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The 1981 Humberside County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 May. Following boundary changes to the county's electoral divisions, the whole council of 75 members was up for election. The Labour Party regained control of the council from the Conservative Party, winning 42 seats.
Humberside was a created as a non-metropolitan county in England by the Local Government Act 1972, with the first elections to the county council taking place in 1973. It was abolished on 1 April 1996 and replaced by East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.
Results by division
Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.
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1981 English local elections
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François Malkovsky (1889–1982) was a French choreographer.
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1889 births
1982 deaths
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Clayton Robson de Lima (born March 5, 1985), known as Clayton He-Man, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as defender for São Francisco–PA. He already played for national competitions such as Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
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Brazilian men's footballers
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The name paravector is used for the combination of a scalar and a vector in any Clifford algebra, known as geometric algebra among physicists.
This name was given by J. G. Maks in a doctoral dissertation at Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands, in 1989.
The complete algebra of paravectors along with corresponding higher grade generalizations, all in the context of the Euclidean space of three dimensions, is an alternative approach to the spacetime algebra (STA) introduced by David Hestenes. This alternative algebra is called algebra of physical space (APS).
Fundamental axiom
For Euclidean spaces, the fundamental axiom indicates that the product of a vector with itself is the scalar value of the length squared (positive)
Writing
and introducing this into the expression of the fundamental axiom
we get the following expression after appealing to the fundamental axiom again
which allows to
identify the scalar product of two vectors as
As an important consequence we conclude that two orthogonal vectors (with zero scalar product) anticommute
The three-dimensional Euclidean space
The following list represents an instance of a complete basis for the space,
which forms an eight-dimensional space, where the multiple indices indicate the product of the respective basis vectors, for example
The grade of a basis element is defined in terms of the vector multiplicity, such that
According to the fundamental axiom, two different basis vectors anticommute,
or in other words,
This means that the volume element squares to
Moreover, the volume element commutes with any other element of the algebra, so that it can be identified with the complex number , whenever there is no danger of confusion. In fact, the volume element along with the real scalar forms an algebra isomorphic to the standard complex algebra. The volume element can be used to rewrite an equivalent form of the
basis as
Paravectors
The corresponding paravector basis that combines a real scalar and vectors is
,
which forms a four-dimensional linear space. The paravector space in the three-dimensional Euclidean space can be used to represent the space-time of special relativity as expressed in the algebra of physical space (APS).
It is convenient to write the unit scalar as , so that
the complete basis can be written in a compact form as
where the Greek indices such as run from to .
Antiautomorphism
Reversion conjugation
The Reversion antiautomorphism is denoted by . The action of this conjugation is to reverse the order of the geometric product (product between Clifford numbers in general).
,
where vectors and real scalar numbers are invariant under
reversion conjugation and are said to be real, for example:
On the other hand, the trivector and bivectors change sign under reversion
conjugation and are said to be purely imaginary. The reversion conjugation applied to each basis element is given
below
Clifford conjugation
The Clifford Conjugation is denoted by a bar over the object
. This conjugation is also called bar conjugation.
Clifford conjugation is the combined action of grade involution and reversion.
The action of the Clifford conjugation on a paravector is to reverse the sign of the
vectors, maintaining the sign of the real scalar numbers, for example
This is due to both scalars and vectors being invariant to reversion ( it is impossible
to reverse the order of one or no things ) and scalars are of zero order and so are of
even grade whilst vectors are of odd grade and so undergo a sign change under grade involution.
As antiautomorphism, the Clifford conjugation is distributed as
The bar conjugation applied to each basis element is given
below
Note.- The volume element is invariant under the bar conjugation.
Grade automorphism
The grade automorphism
is defined as the composite action of both the reversion conjugation and Clifford conjugation and has the effect to invert the sign of odd-grade multivectors, while maintaining the even-grade multivectors invariant:
Invariant subspaces according to the conjugations
Four special subspaces can be defined in the space
based on their symmetries under the reversion and Clifford conjugation
Scalar subspace: Invariant under Clifford conjugation.
Vector subspace: Reverses sign under Clifford conjugation.
Real subspace: Invariant under reversion conjugation.
Imaginary subspace: Reverses sign under reversion conjugation.
Given as a general Clifford number, the complementary scalar and vector parts of are given by
symmetric and antisymmetric combinations with the Clifford conjugation
.
In similar way, the complementary Real and Imaginary parts of are given
by symmetric and antisymmetric combinations with the Reversion conjugation
.
It is possible to define four intersections, listed below
The following table summarizes the grades of the respective subspaces, where for example,
the grade 0 can be seen as the intersection of the Real and Scalar subspaces
Remark: The term "Imaginary" is used in the context of the algebra and does not imply the introduction of the standard complex numbers in any form.
Closed subspaces with respect to the product
There are two subspaces that are closed with respect to the product. They are the scalar space and the even space that are isomorphic with the well known algebras of complex numbers and quaternions.
The scalar space made of grades 0 and 3 is isomorphic with the standard algebra of complex numbers with the identification of
The even space, made of elements of grades 0 and 2, is isomorphic with the algebra of quaternions with the identification of
Scalar product
Given two paravectors and , the generalization of the scalar product is
The magnitude square of a paravector is
which is not a definite bilinear form and can be equal to zero even if the paravector is not equal to zero.
It is very suggestive that the paravector space automatically obeys the metric of the Minkowski space
because
and in particular:
Biparavectors
Given two paravectors and , the biparavector B is
defined as:
.
The biparavector basis can be written as
which contains six independent elements, including real and imaginary terms.
Three real elements (vectors) as
and three imaginary elements (bivectors) as
where run from 1 to 3.
In the Algebra of physical space,
the electromagnetic field is expressed as a biparavector as
where both the electric and magnetic fields are real vectors
and represents the pseudoscalar volume element.
Another example of biparavector is the representation of the space-time rotation rate that can be expressed as
with three ordinary rotation angle variables and three rapidities .
Triparavectors
Given three paravectors , and , the triparavector T is
defined as:
.
The triparavector basis can be written as
but there are only four independent triparavectors, so it can be reduced to
.
Pseudoscalar
The pseudoscalar basis is
but a calculation reveals that it contains only a single term. This term is the volume element .
The four grades, taken in combination of pairs generate the paravector, biparavector and triparavector spaces as shown in the next table, where for example, we see that the paravector is made of grades 0 and 1
Paragradient
The paragradient operator is the generalization of the gradient operator in the paravector space. The paragradient in the standard paravector basis is
which allows one to write the d'Alembert operator as
The standard gradient operator can be defined naturally as
so that the paragradient can be written as
where .
The application of the paragradient operator must be done carefully, always respecting its non-commutative nature. For example, a widely used derivative is
where is a scalar function of the coordinates.
The paragradient is an operator that always acts from the left if the function is a scalar function. However, if the function is not scalar, the paragradient can act from the right as well. For example, the following expression is expanded as
Null paravectors as projectors
Null paravectors are elements that are not necessarily zero but have magnitude identical to zero. For a null paravector , this property necessarily implies the following identity
In the context of Special Relativity they are also called lightlike paravectors.
Projectors are null paravectors of the form
where is a unit vector.
A projector of this form has a complementary projector
such that
As projectors, they are idempotent
and the projection of one on the other is zero because they are null paravectors
The associated unit vector of the projector can be extracted as
this means that is an operator
with eigenfunctions and
, with respective eigenvalues
and .
From the previous result, the following identity is valid assuming that is analytic around zero
This gives origin to the pacwoman property, such that the following identities are satisfied
Null basis for the paravector space
A basis of elements, each one of them null, can be constructed for the complete
space. The basis of interest is the following
so that an arbitrary paravector
can be written as
This representation is useful for some systems that are naturally expressed in terms of the
light cone variables that are the coefficients of and
respectively.
Every expression in the paravector space can be written in terms of the null basis. A paravector is in general parametrized by two real scalars numbers
and a general scalar number (including scalar and pseudoscalar numbers)
the paragradient in the null basis is
Higher dimensions
An n-dimensional Euclidean space allows the existence of multivectors of grade n (n-vectors). The dimension of the vector space is evidently equal to n and a simple combinatorial analysis shows that the dimension of the bivector space is . In general, the dimension of the multivector space of grade m is and the dimension of the whole Clifford algebra is .
A given multivector with homogeneous grade is either invariant or changes sign under the action of the reversion conjugation . The elements that remain invariant are defined as Hermitian and those that change sign are defined as anti-Hermitian. Grades can thus be classified as follows:
Matrix representation
The algebra of the space is isomorphic to the Pauli matrix algebra such that
from which the null basis elements become
A general Clifford number in 3D can be written as
where the coefficients are scalar elements (including pseudoscalars). The indexes were chosen such that the representation of this Clifford number in terms of the Pauli matrices is
Conjugations
The reversion conjugation is translated into the Hermitian conjugation and the bar conjugation is translated into the following matrix:
such that the scalar part is translated as
The rest of the subspaces are translated as
Higher dimensions
The matrix representation of a Euclidean space in higher dimensions can be constructed in terms of the Kronecker product of the Pauli matrices, resulting in complex matrices of dimension . The 4D representation could be taken as
The 7D representation could be taken as
Lie algebras
Clifford algebras can be used to represent any classical Lie algebra.
In general it is possible to identify Lie algebras of compact groups by using anti-Hermitian elements,
which can be extended to non-compact groups by adding Hermitian elements.
The bivectors of an n-dimensional Euclidean space are Hermitian elements and can be used to represent the Lie algebra.
The bivectors of the three-dimensional Euclidean space form the Lie algebra, which is isomorphic
to the Lie algebra. This accidental isomorphism allows to picture a geometric interpretation of the
states of the two dimensional Hilbert space by using the Bloch sphere. One of those systems is the spin 1/2 particle.
The Lie algebra can be extended by adding the three unitary vectors to form a Lie algebra isomorphic
to the Lie algebra, which is the double cover of the Lorentz group . This isomorphism
allows the possibility to develop a formalism of special relativity based on , which is carried out
in the form of the algebra of physical space.
There is only one additional accidental isomorphism between a spin Lie algebra and a Lie algebra. This
is the isomorphism between and .
Another interesting isomorphism exists between and . So, the
Lie algebra can be used to generate the group. Despite that this group
is smaller than the group, it is seen to be enough to span the four-dimensional Hilbert space.
See also
Algebra of physical space
Dirac equation in the algebra of physical space
References
Textbooks
Baylis, William (2002). Electrodynamics: A Modern Geometric Approach (2nd ed.). Birkhäuser.
Baylis, William, Clifford (Geometric) Algebras With Applications in Physics, Mathematics, and Engineering, Birkhauser (1999)
[H1999] David Hestenes: New Foundations for Classical Mechanics (Second Edition). , Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)
Chris Doran and Antony Lasenby, Geometric Algebra for Physicists, Cambridge, 2003
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Multilinear algebra
Clifford algebras
Geometric algebra |
Sir Ian Archibald Richmond, (10 May 1902 – 5 October 1965) was an English archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Oxford. In addition, he was Director of the British School at Rome from 1930 to 1932, President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from 1958 to 1961, and Director of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1959 to 1964.
Early life
Richmond was born on 10 May 1902 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, alongside his twin brother. He was educated at Ruthin School, a public school in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales. In 1920, he began the study of classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He achieved a third class in Mods in 1922 and a second class in Greats in 1924 of his Literae Humaniores degree. He spent the next two years studying at the British School at Rome.
Academic career
In 1926, following his studies, Richmond joined Queen's University Belfast as a lecturer in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History. In 1930, he returned to Rome as Director of the British School. On leaving Rome in 1935, he became a lecturer in Roman-British studies at Durham University's King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne. He was promoted to Reader in 1943 and to professor in 1950. He was Public Orator for Durham University from 1949 to 1951. In 1956, he was invited to fill the new chair of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at Oxford.
He was a prolific excavator of Romano-British sites, specialising in small-scale excavations, often just a single trench placed at a crucial point in a Roman fort which thereby established both the date and purpose of the fort. He excavated at Segontium in Caernarfon, Chester, South Shields, Lancaster, Bath, Silchester, Inveresk Roman Fort and Chedworth Roman villa. However his two major projects were at the Hod Hill Iron Age hillfort where he elucidated the Roman fort that was inserted into one corner, and then at Inchtuthil near Perth in Scotland, the legionary fortress occupied during Agricola's advance into Scotland. He also wrote a highly successful book on Roman Britain for the Penguin series.
On 25 April 1944, he was appointed a member of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. He was also appointed a member of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England on 2 April 1946. He was a Commissioner until his death, making an important contribution to their study and record of Roman monuments.
Death
Having experienced two years of minor heart troubles, Richmond died at his home in Oxford on 5 October 1965. He was 63 at the time of his sudden death. His funeral was held on 8 October 1965 at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
Personal life
Richmond was a devout Anglican. In 1938, he married Isabel Little. Together they had two children; one son, Hugh, and one daughter, Helen.
Honours
Richmond was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 1931 and Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1947. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1958. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 22 July 1964.
Legacy
The Richmond Prize is awarded every year by the Archaeology department of Newcastle University for the best performance at Stage 2, given to an undergraduate at the end of their second year.
Publications
Roman Britain (1955) Penguin.
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Gibraltar Cricket Board is the official national governing body of the sport of cricket in Gibraltar. Its current headquarters is at 1st Floor, GFSB, Irish Town, Gibraltar. Gibraltar Cricket is Gibraltar's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an Associate Member having been a member of that body since 1969. It is also a member of ICC Europe.
History
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Gibraltar and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be a full T20I.
Gibraltar played their first T20I on 26 October 2019, against Spain, during the 2019 Iberia Cup.
See also
Gibraltar national cricket team
Sport in Gibraltar
References
External links
Gibraltar Cricket web-site
Cricinfo Gibraltar
External links
Cricket administration
Cricket in Gibraltar
Cricket
1960 establishments in Gibraltar |
The Chalk Mountains are a mountain range in Humboldt County, California.
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The Wrath of Grapes may refer to:
The Wrath of Grapes, the British title for Leonard Wibberley's novel The Mouse That Roared
The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II, a TV miniseries |
Scomberoides is a genus of carangids, known as the queenfishes, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The species in this genus may be venomous with the venom found on the spines of the dorsal and anal fins.
Species
Currently, five species in this genus are recognized:
Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacépède, 1801 (Talang queenfish)
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775) (doublespotted queenfish)
Scomberoides pelagicus E.M. Abdussamad, Gopalakrishnan, K.G. Mini, S. Sukumaran, P.R. Divya, T.B. Retheesh, A.A. Muhammed, N.V. Dipti, A.R. Akhil, T. Thomas and K.D. Jacob, 2022 (Deepbodied Queenfish)
Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832) (barred queenfish)
Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832) (needle-scaled queenfish)
References
Scomberoidinae
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Marine fish genera |
Kawan Bergeloet (Perfected Spelling: Kawan Bergelut; Indonesian for "Playmate") is a collection of short stories written by Soeman Hs and first published by Balai Pustaka in 1941. It contains twelve stories, seven of which were previously published in the magazine Pandji Poestaka, as well as an introduction by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana. These stories are generally humorous in nature, and presented with a diction that shows strong east Sumatran influences.
Released in response to the commercial success of collection Teman Doedoek, Kawan Bergeloet has been reprinted several times and received positive critical appraisal. Soeman, together with Kasim, has since been considered a pioneer of the Indonesian short story. The Dutch scholar of Indonesian literature A. Teeuw writes that the collection is Soeman's most interesting contribution to Indonesian literature.
Background
Short stories and sketches in Malay have been recorded in Indonesia since the 1870s, and a short story collection—H. Kommer's Warna Sari—was published in 1912. These early stories used vernacular Malay and were often humorous or derived from fairy tales or detective fiction. Short story-writing developed further in the 1920s and 1930s, when short stories and sketches in a more formal register of Malay were widely published in such magazines as Pandji Poestaka and Poedjangga Baroe. The first collection of short stories in the Indonesian literary canon, Teman Doedoek, was published by Balai Pustaka in 1937. This collection was a commercial success, selling 4,000 copies by 1941.
Teman Doedoek was read by Soeman Hs, a Bengkalis-born teacher who had already gained popularity as a writer of detective fiction. Soeman, once a student of Kasim's, had also experimented with more humorous story-telling approaches, including in his novel Pertjobaan Setia as well as in the numerous short stories he had published through Pandji Pustaka. After the commercial success of Teman Doedoek, Balai Pustaka sought to release a new short story collection; thus, Soeman was contacted.
Contents
Kawan Bergeloet contains twelve short stories or sketches written by Soeman, seven of which had initially been written for and published in Pandji Poestaka. The remaining stories were written especially for the new collection. The first edition included an article on Soeman, written by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, which had previously been published in the January 1936 issue of Pedoman Pembatja. This has been excluded from some later reissues.
"Tjik Mat"
"Tjik Mat" (Perfected Spelling: "Cik Mat") follows a young man named Mat who goes fishing by the riverside. After three casts he is unable to catch any fish. On the fourth cast, he hooks a fish, but it falls into the waters. The story was first published in 1933, in issue 13, volume 11, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Piloe"
"Piloe" (Perfected Spelling: "Pilu", meaning "Melancholia"), follows a mother who goes to the port with her child, Mak Jam, to meet her husband Hajji Saleh. Upon arriving, Jam is unable to find him. A crewman later tells the mother that Saleh died three days before reaching Sabang. The story was first published in 1933, in issue 40, volume 11, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Salah Paham"
"Salah Paham" (meaning "Misunderstanding") follows Kari Boengsoe, a gambir merchant, who travels to Singapore after turning a tidy profit. When his escort leaves, Kari goes to a nearby restaurant for dinner. The waiter asks him, "Kari apa?", to which Kari replies that he wants to eat. This exchange is repeated several times until the waiter asks "Kari ajam? Kari kambing?" Kari and the waiter begin fighting, and the police are called. When they arrive, they realize the source of the confusion, explain it, and leave. Shortly afterwards, the incident is repeated when Kari and the waiter have a misunderstanding over an ice cube. According to Balai Pustaka, "Salah Paham" was previously published. However, Ernst Kratz, in his bibliography of literature published in Indonesian magazines, does not note any publication.
"Salah Sangka"
"Salah Sangka" (meaning "Mistaken Expectations") follows Malim Boengsoe, a respected man from a small village, who—having had four daughters—desperately wants a son. He prays continuously, and his wife becomes pregnant. Nine months later, when she begins labour, Malim is busy praying for a son. An escaped criminal sneaks into the room of Malim's wife, and she and the other women there scream out "Laki-laki! Laki-laki!" Malim praises God and goes to the room as the criminal escapes. When Malim arrives and asks for his son, he is confused, as there is no one else there. The story was first published in 1933, in issue 59, volume 11, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Pandai Djatoeh"
"Pandai Djatoeh" (Perfected Spelling: "Pandai Jatuh", meaning "The Clever Falls") describes an incident involving three old men at a wedding. When the hosts pass out betel to be chewed, the first man takes out a golden mortar to crush the betel. He boasts that the only shortcoming of such a mortar was that the betel tasted somewhat sour. The second man then takes out his silver mortar and says that, with silver, the betel would only taste sour if left for too long. The third man, the poorest of them all, takes out his wooden mortar and says that, having tried golden and silver mortars, he has concluded that betel crushed under wood tastes the best of all. The story was first published in 1933, in issue 60, volume 11, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Karena Hati"
"Karena Hati" (meaning "Because of the Heart") follows a man who becomes an official in a small village. There, he marries Sitti Aminah, a young woman who, though only 20 years of age, has been married and divorced three times. Their marriage does not last long, and the man leaves Aminah three days before the Eid al-Fitr holiday. However, his expensive set of black clothing, which he must wear during the Eid ceremonies, is accidentally left at Aminah's home. Pretending to be sick, the man goes to Aminah and asks her to cover him with clothing and light a fire to keep him warm. When she starts a fire in the kitchen, the man escapes with his black clothes. The story was first published in 1936, in issues 100 and 101, volume 14, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Fatwa Membawa Ketjewa"
"Fatwa Membawa Ketjewa" (Perfected Spelling: "Fatwa Membawa Kecewa", meaning "Preaching Brings Disappointment") follows a Lebai Saleh, a labourer and student of Islam who is known for being greedy and miserly and was once driven out of a village for offering an insultingly low bride price. When arriving in a new village, he is taken on as an Islamic teacher. In his sermons Saleh, hoping that his students will give him some goods, preaches the importance of charity. He is soon receiving chickens and fish, and has married a local woman. During a meal, Saleh again gives a sermon on charity, but he and his wife fight soon afterwards after she gives some bowls and plates to other women. Saleh's nature is revealed, and he is again forced to flee. The story was first published in 1938, in issues 93 and 94, volume 16, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Itoelah Asalkoe Tobat"
"Itoelah Asalkoe Tobat" (Perfected Spelling: "Itulah Asalku Tobat", meaning "Thus Did I Repent") tells of Hajji Malik, a former criminal who became devoted to his prayers in his old age. A fellow villager goes to see Malik and asks why he abandoned his criminal ways and embraced Islam. Malik tells his visitor that, fifteen years previously, he and a friend were travelling through the forests when they saw some people burying a box. That night they dug up the box and tried to take it away, hoping it would be treasure. However, upon opening the box, they found it contained the body of a young child. They returned the box and Malik abandoned the life of a criminal. This story was written for Kawan Bergeloet.
"Selimoet Bertoeah"
"Selimoet Bertoeah" (Perfected Spelling: "Selimut Bertuah", meaning "The Magical Blanket") follows Tji' Dang, a man who is terrified of his wife. During Ramadhan, he is sent to buy a blanket but, on the way home, a wayward cigar burns a hole in the blanket. Afraid of what his wife will say, Dang buys another blanket. The first blanket is given to Dang's stepson, Boejoeng. Later that week, Dang tries to break the fast early by stealing some biscuits. Rather than be found out by his stepson, Dang convinces Boejoeng to cover his head with his blanket. That evening Boejoeng, having seen Dang take the biscuits through the hole in the blanket, demands that his stepfather double his allowance or else he will reveal Dang's secret. This story was written for Kawan Bergeloet.
"Salah Mengerti"
"Salah Mengerti" (meaning "Misunderstanding") follows two young boys: an Indian boy from Madras and a Malay boy nicknamed Pengkar. While out selling their wares, Tambi and Pengkar begin fighting owing to their inability to understand each other. This begins with fighting over their sales cry. This is followed by an argument regarding holy basil and poison ivy which ends with the Indian boy rubbing the poison ivy against his buttocks out of contempt. According to Balai Pustaka, this story was written for Kawan Bergeloet. However, Kratz records it as first being published in 1933, in issue 51, volume 11, of Pandji Poestaka.
"Papan Reklame"
"Papan Reklame" (meaning "Billboards") follows two shopkeeper, a man and a woman, who compete to offer the lowest prices. Both open their shops within days of each other, and they continually undercut each other's prices to attract customers. This conflict reaches the point that one shopkeeper, Wan Saleh, decides to buy out his competitor at cost. She agrees, and Saleh sells these wares, advertising a 5% markup. When he hears that his competitor will go to Singapore to buy new wares, Saleh follows her. When they are on the ship, it is revealed that the shopkeepers are actually husband and wife, and that he had actually bought her stock out with a 10% markup; as such, the customers paid a total markup of 15%. This story was written for Kawan Bergeloet.
"Kelakar Si Bogor"
"Kelakar Si Bogor" (meaning "The Antics of Bogor") follows the betting of a dockworker named Bogor. To introduce himself to some Arab sailors, he convinces them to bet on splitting purple mangosteens. After winning $4.50, Bogor reveals his secret: he has been reusing mangosteen skins to add to his count. Bogor returns the money, and the sailors leave. On another occasion, Bogor bets a young sailor that all of the thirty eggs his chicken has laid will hatch. When the sailor returns and finds thirty chicks, he is shocked, and gives Bogor $10. Bogor later reveals to his friend, the narrator, that only twenty eggs had hatched, and that he had purchased the other ten. This story was written for Kawan Bergeloet.
Style
The Indonesian literary scholar Ajip Rosidi writes that the vast majority of the stories in Kawan Bergeloet are meant as comedy. He considers only one story—"Piloe"—to have been intended as more serious or sad. Several of the stories use tropes previously seen in Kasim's Teman Doedoek, such as conflict arising from a misunderstanding, and the contents of some other stories are similar.
For Kawan Bergeloet, Soeman wrote in Indonesian, a language based on formal Malay. His diction and phrasing was strongly influenced by his east Sumatran background, with little influence from the language as spoken in Java. Rosidi considers his language to flow more easily than Kasim's. John Wolff, the author of Indonesian Readings, sees Soeman as using "flourishes which echo folk-tale stories".
Publication and reception
Kawan Bergeloet was published by Balai Pustaka in 1941, with the series number 1426. The collection's title, Kawan Bergeloet, has variously been translated as Playmates, Comrades Wrestling, and Argumentative Companions; the word bergeloet, in Indonesian, can mean either "to wrestle" or "to laugh". Rosidi, identifying bergeloet as meaning "to laugh", writes that the title was meant to indicate that the book was intended for entertainment purposes, to be read in one's spare time.
Soeman gained recognition as a pioneer of the Indonesian short story for Kawan Bergeloet, and over subsequent decades was commonly mentioned with Kasim in histories of the literary form. The collection has been reissued several times. The third printing, in 1950, introduced an updated spelling as well as nine illustrations by "Nasjah". The most recent edition was published in 1997. The story "Papan Reklame" was reprinted in Indonesian Readings, a student reader for Indonesian as a foreign language, in 1978.
Rosidi writes that Soeman's greatest strength in Kawan Bergeloet is in his description. He considers the writer to have avoided clichéd descriptions, instead using "new and original" descriptions, metaphors, and turns of phrase. Rosidi considers some of the stories' comic incidents to be overly complicated, but attributes this to Soeman's previous activity in the detective genre. The Dutch scholar of Indonesian literature A. Teeuw finds the sketches in Kawan Bergeloet to be "well-observed and realistically described" and Soeman's most interesting contribution to Indonesian literature.
Explanatory notes
References
Works cited
1941 short story collections
Indonesian literature
Balai Pustaka books |
is a Japanese visual novel series produced by Mages, with character design and art provided by Karu. The series follows Mei Ayazuki, a high school girl who is sent back in time to the Meiji period and explores her relationships with spirits and Japanese historical figures.
Meiji Tokyo Renka was released as a mobile game by Dwango in 2011, with over 300,000 users playing the game. In 2013, it was ported onto the PlayStation Portable by Broccoli, and was then followed by game sequels and updated re-releases.
The original game franchise also expanded with a series of adaptations, including two theatrical animated films, musical theatre adaptations, an animated television series, and a live-action film.
Plot
On the night of the crimson moon, high school student Mei Ayazuki comes across a traveling magician, Charlie, and is transported back in time to the Meiji period, where she meets several historical figures and is invited to live with them. Though Mei has lost her memories, she begins helping the men with their own concerns through her ability to see and interact with spirits. While waiting for the next full moon, Mei comes to consider staying in the Meiji period altogether.
Characters
Portrayed by: Shion Aoki (Oborozuki no Chat Noir musical), Momoko Suzuki (Gekkō no Meine Liebe musical), Rikka Ihara (live-action film)
Mei is a high school student who is transported into the Meiji period and loses her memories. She has the ability to see spirits. Her name can be changed by the player in the games.
Portrayed by: Hirofumi Araki (musical), Shuto Miyazaki (live-action film)
Ogai is a translator and writer who also works as a doctor for the military. After meeting Mei, he has her to pretend to be his fiancé to avoid suspicion. Later on, he asks her to pose as his fiancée and invites her to live in his house. Throughout his route, Ogai faces a spirit named Elise, a character he created based on a girl he admired while he was in Germany.
Portrayed by: Shohei Hashimoto (musical), Makaha Takahashi (live-action film)
Shunso is an artist living with Ogai and is known for his unique art style. He acts exasperated towards Ogai and Mei, but secretly admires them. He is fascinated with cats, but falls into a slump after a black cat from one of his paintings escapes into the real world. Shunso also has problems with his vision and avoids getting examined out of fear that it may lead to the end of his career.
Portrayed by: Kousuke Asuma (musical), Taiki Yamazaki (live-action film)
Otojirō is an actor who works as a cross-dressing geisha under the name Otoyakko. He invites Mei to train as a geisha at his okiya. He enjoys the plays that Kyōka writes and uses them for his performances.
Portrayed by: Tomoru Akazawa (musical), Toman (live-action film)
Kyōka is a playwright. He is mysophobic and hates dogs. Like Mei, he can also see spirits, including the rabbit on his shoulder, a memento from his deceased mother.
Portrayed by: Yu Yoshioka (musical), Yuki Kubota (live-action film)
Gorō is a policeman and a former member of the Shinsengumi. The reflection of his katana allows him to see spirits, which he fights to preserve peace in the village.
Portrayed by: Ire Shiozaki (musical), Tetsuya Iwanaga (live-action film)
Yakumo is a researcher from Greece who came to Japan to teach English and do research on Japanese spirits.
Portrayed by: Yūya Asato (musical), Yutaka Kobayashi (live-action film)
Charlie is a traveling magician who transports Mei into the Meiji period. His real identity is . He can only appear at nighttime.
Portrayed by: Shōta Matsushima (live-action film)
Tōsuke was introduced as an original character for the 2015 anime film Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade, but was integrated into the main cast following the release of Full Moon. He is an inventor with a focus on electric devices and can also see spirits. Because he believes a spirit killed his mother when he was young, he hopes to eliminate all spirits from the world.
Kōyō is an author and Kyōka's mentor. He was introduced as a new character for Haikara Date.
Rentaro is a prodigy pianist. He was introduced as a new character for Haikara Date.
Taikan is an apprentice painter and Shunso's friend. He was introduced as a new character for Haikara Date.
Media
Games
Meiji Tokyo Renka was originally a game published for mobile phones in 2011 by Dwango. The characters were designed by Karu. The game's theme song was "Tokyo Roman Tan" by KENN. The game was ported to the PlayStation Portable by Broccoli, which released on September 26, 2013. The game's theme song is "Kurenai no Yoru no Uta" by KENN. A sequel, Meiji Tokyo Renka: Twilight Kiss, was released for the PlayStation Portable on April 23, 2015.
An updated re-release of the first game, titled Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon, was released for the PlayStation Vita on August 25, 2016, which included a route for Tōsuke Iwasaki, an original character from Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade and Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Hana Kagami no Fantasia. A mobile port for the iOS and Android were released on July 20, 2017.
A fourth game developed by Mages and titled Meiji Tokyo Renka: Haikara Date was released as a mobile game app on December 14, 2018.
Light novels
Meiji Tokyo Renka was adapted into several light novels written by Yukiko Uozumi.
Manga
Meiji Tokyo Renka was adapted into a manga series by Hiyori Hinata and ran in Monthly Asuka. A manga anthology drawn by several artists was later released in 2016.
Film
An animated film project was announced in January 2013, and the cast from the original game reprised their roles. Sumire Morohoshi was cast as Mei, who was unvoiced in the games, and the film also introduced a new original character, Tōsuke Iwasaki. The film was animated by Studio Deen and directed by Hiroshi Watanabe.
The story is centered on Kyōka Izumi's route, with new plot elements introduced through Tōsuke Iwasaki. The first film, Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade, was released in theaters in Japan on July 18, 2015. The theme song, "Dance in the Light", was performed by KENN. The second part, Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Hana Kagami no Fantasia was given a one-day screening event on May 6, 2016 in select theaters due to the first film's poor box office performance.
A live-action film titled Meiji Tokyo Renka was announced in January 2018 and is slated for a 2019 release. Rikka Ihara was cast as Mei. The film also stars Yutaka Kobayashi as Charlie, Shuto Miyazaki as Ogai, Makaha Takahashi as Shunso, Taiki Yamazaki as Otojirō, Toman as Kyōka, Yuki Kubota as Gorō, Tetsuya Iwanaga as Yakumo, and Shōta Matsushima as Tōsuke. To promote the film, a live-action television series featuring the same cast will air in April 2019. Daisuke Namikawa, Nobuhiko Okamoto, and Toshiyuki Morikawa, who voiced Ogai, Kyōka, and Charlie respectively, will make voice-only cameos in the film. The theme song, "Ichiya no Eien ni Kimi Omou", will be performed by KENN.
Musicals
A musical theatre adaptation titled Kageki Meiji Tokyo Renka: Oborozuki no Chat Noir ran in June 2016. Oborozuki no Chat Noir is centered on Shunso Hishida's route. The musical was directed by Kotaro Yoshitani and written by Sayaka Sakuragi. It starred Shohei Hashimoto as Shunso, Hirofumi Araki as Ogai, Kousuke Asuma as Otojirō, Tomoru Akazawa as Kyōka, Yu Yoshioka as Gorō, Ire Shiozaki as Yakumo, and Yūya Asato as Charlie. Shion Aoki was cast as Mei. The musical was given a home release on Blu-ray and region 2 DVD on October 5, 2016, with the Blu-ray peaking at #175 and the DVD at #109 on the Oricon Weekly Charts.
A sequel stage musical titled Kageki Meiji Tokyo Renka: Gekkō no Meine Liebe ran from August 18–19, 2018 at Morinomiya Piloti Hall in Osaka and August 25-September 2, 2018 at Theatre 1010 in Tokyo. The musical focuses on Ogai Mori's route. The cast from the previous musical reprised their roles, this time with Hirofumi Araki as lead, while Momoko Suzuki was recast in the role of Mei.
Anime
An anime adaptation was announced at a promotional event in October 2016. Akitaro Daichi was announced as the director at the Haikara Date promotional event on January 21, 2018. The cast from the games and the anime film reprised their roles and the show is animated by TMS Entertainment. The series premiered on Tokyo MX and TVA from January 9 to March 27, 2019. The series is being simulcasted by Crunchyroll, and in Indonesia by Ponimu. It is also being given an English dub by Funimation.
The opening theme song is "Tsukiakari no Rhapsodia" by KENN. The series features three ending songs, each performed by members of the cast: "Hoshikuzu no Yomibito" by KENN and Daisuke Namikawa; "Mellow na Yoru ni Odorimashō" by Shinnosuke Tachibana and Nobuhiko Okamoto; and "Yoiya Yoiya" by Kousuke Toriumi and Jun Fukuyama.
Episodes
Reception
Over 300,000 users had downloaded the 2011 mobile game. The PlayStation Portable port of the original game sold 5,963 copies in its first week.
References
External links
Official website
Official Full Moon website
2019 anime television series debuts
2.5D musicals
2013 video games
2015 video games
2016 video games
2018 video games
Anime television series based on video games
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Funimation
Japan-exclusive video games
Kadokawa Beans Bunko
Light novels
Meiji period in fiction
Musicals based on anime and manga
Musicals based on video games
Otome games
PlayStation Portable games
PlayStation Vita games
Male harem anime and manga
Video games developed in Japan
Visual novels
Android (operating system) games
IOS games
Broccoli (company) games
Mages (company) games |
The shrimp eel (Ophichthus gomesii) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1855. It is a common inshore species of eel usually found in the shallow Gulf of Mexico and the high-salinity bays where it inhabits muddy habitats.
Characteristics
The shrimp eel has an elongate body and snake-like shape characteristic of the eels. Individuals are colored brown to gray on their dorsal side with lighter coloration below. Their branchial region (ventral side behind the head) is swollen with a basket-like structure of over-lapping free rays (jugostegalia) underneath the skin but they are often visible through the skin. The tail is fleshy with no caudal or pelvic fins. The common length of an adult is 50 centimeters. The maximum length collected is 91.4 centimeters.
Shrimp eels can be distinguished from other eels by their lack of a caudal fin and external jugostegalia (basket-like structure of over-lapping free rays). It can also be distinguished from other snake eels by its lack of markings, well-developed pectoral fin, and dorsal fin originating behind the gill slit.
Distribution
Shrimp eels are distributed along the Western Atlantic from Canada to Massachusetts and the northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. They are absent in the Bahamas and most of the Caribbean islands.
Habitat
Shrimp eels habitat gulfs and bays in sandy or muddy waters. Their depth range is between 1–450 meters.
Importance to humans
The shrimp is the most common eel in Florida shrimp grounds, although they are rarely consumed.
References
Ophichthus
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
Fish described in 1855 |
```jsx
import { h, Fragment } from 'preact';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { useRef, useState, useEffect } from 'preact/hooks';
import { DefaultSelectionTemplate } from '../../shared/components/defaultSelectionTemplate';
const KEYS = {
ENTER: 'Enter',
COMMA: ',',
SPACE: ' ',
DELETE: 'Backspace',
};
/**
* Component allowing users to add multiple entries for a given input field that get displayed as destructive pills
*
* @param {Object} props
* @param {string} props.labelText The text for the input's label
* @param {boolean} props.showLabel Whether the label text should be visible or hidden (for assistive tech users only)
* @param {string} props.placeholder Input placeholder text
* @param {string} props.inputRegex Optional regular expression used to restrict the input
* @param {string} props.validationRegex Optional regular expression used to validate the value of the input
* @param {Function} props.SelectionTemplate Optional Preact component to render selected items
*/
export const MultiInput = ({
placeholder,
inputRegex,
validationRegex,
showLabel = true,
labelText,
SelectionTemplate = DefaultSelectionTemplate,
}) => {
const inputRef = useRef(null);
const inputSizerRef = useRef(null);
const selectedItemsRef = useRef(null);
const [items, setItems] = useState([]);
const [editValue, setEditValue] = useState(null);
const [inputPosition, setInputPosition] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
// editValue defaults to null when component is first rendered.
// This ensures we do not autofocus the input before the user has started interacting with the component.
if (editValue === null) {
return;
}
const { current: input } = inputRef;
if (input && inputPosition !== null) {
// Entering 'edit' mode
resizeInputToContentSize();
input.value = editValue;
const { length: cursorPosition } = editValue;
input.focus();
// This will set the cursor position at the end of the text.
input.setSelectionRange(cursorPosition, cursorPosition);
}
}, [inputPosition, editValue]);
const handleInputBlur = ({ target: { value } }) => {
addItemToList(value);
clearInput();
};
const handleInputChange = async ({ target: { value } }) => {
// When the input appears inline in "edit" mode, we need to dynamically calculate the width to ensure it occupies the right space
// (an input cannot resize based on its text content). We use a hidden <span> to track the size.
inputSizerRef.current.innerText = value;
if (inputPosition !== null) {
resizeInputToContentSize();
}
};
const handleKeyDown = (e) => {
const { value: currentValue } = inputRef.current;
switch (e.key) {
case KEYS.SPACE:
case KEYS.ENTER:
case KEYS.COMMA:
e.preventDefault();
addItemToList(e.target.value);
clearInput();
break;
case KEYS.DELETE:
if (currentValue === '') {
e.preventDefault();
editPreviousSelectionIfExists();
}
break;
default:
if (inputRegex && !inputRegex.test(e.key)) {
e.preventDefault();
}
}
};
const addItemToList = (value) => {
if (value.trim().length > 0) {
// If an item was edited, we want to keep it in the same position in the list
const insertIndex = inputPosition !== null ? inputPosition : items.length;
// if we do not pass in a validationRegex we can assume that anything is valid
const valid = validationRegex ? checkValidity(value) : true;
const newSelections = [
...items.slice(0, insertIndex),
{ value, valid },
...items.slice(insertIndex),
];
// We update the hidden selected items list, so additions are announced to screen reader users
const listItem = document.createElement('li');
listItem.innerText = value;
selectedItemsRef.current.appendChild(listItem);
setItems([...newSelections]);
exitEditState({});
}
};
const checkValidity = (value) => {
return validationRegex.test(value);
};
const clearInput = () => {
inputRef.current.value = '';
};
const resizeInputToContentSize = () => {
const { current: input } = inputRef;
if (input) {
input.style.width = `${inputSizerRef.current.clientWidth}px`;
}
};
const deselectItem = (clickedItem) => {
const newArr = items.filter((item) => item.value !== clickedItem);
setItems(newArr);
// We also update the hidden selected items list, so removals are announced to screen reader users
selectedItemsRef.current.querySelectorAll('li').forEach((selectionNode) => {
if (selectionNode.innerText === clickedItem) {
selectionNode.remove();
}
});
};
// If there is a previous selection, then pop it into edit mode
const editPreviousSelectionIfExists = () => {
if (items.length > 0 && inputPosition !== 0) {
const nextEditIndex =
inputPosition !== null ? inputPosition - 1 : items.length - 1;
const item = items[nextEditIndex];
enterEditState(item.value, nextEditIndex);
}
};
const enterEditState = (editItem, editItemIndex) => {
inputSizerRef.current.innerText = editItem;
deselectItem(editItem);
setEditValue(editItem);
setInputPosition(editItemIndex);
};
const exitEditState = ({ nextInputValue = '' }) => {
// Reset 'edit mode' input resizing
inputRef.current?.style?.removeProperty('width');
inputSizerRef.current.innerText = nextInputValue;
setEditValue(nextInputValue);
setInputPosition(nextInputValue === '' ? null : inputPosition + 1);
// Blurring away while clearing the input
if (nextInputValue === '') {
inputRef.current.value = '';
}
};
const allSelectedItemElements = items.map((item, index) => {
// When we are in "edit mode" we visually display the input between the other selections
// If the item being edited appears before the item being rendered then we set its position to
// the index + 1 which matches the order, however, any items that appear after the item that is
// being edited will need to increment their position by one to make place for the item being edited.
// at this point the position is already set
const defaultPosition = index + 1;
const appearsBeforeInput = inputPosition === null || index < inputPosition;
const position = appearsBeforeInput ? defaultPosition : defaultPosition + 1;
return (
<li
key={index}
className="c-input--multi__selection-list-item w-max"
style={{ order: position }}
>
<SelectionTemplate
name={item.value}
className={`c-input--multi__selected ${
!item.valid ? 'c-input--multi__selected-invalid' : ''
}`}
enableValidation={true}
valid={item.valid}
onEdit={() => enterEditState(item.value, index)}
onDeselect={() => deselectItem(item.value)}
/>
</li>
);
});
return (
<Fragment>
<span
ref={inputSizerRef}
aria-hidden="true"
className="absolute pointer-events-none opacity-0 p-2"
/>
<label
id="multi-select-label"
className={showLabel ? '' : 'screen-reader-only'}
>
{labelText}
</label>
{/* A visually hidden list provides confirmation messages to screen reader users as an item is selected or removed */}
<div className="screen-reader-only">
<p>Selected items:</p>
<ul
ref={selectedItemsRef}
className="screen-reader-only list-none"
aria-live="assertive"
aria-atomic="false"
aria-relevant="additions removals"
/>
</div>
<div class="c-input--multi relative">
<div class="c-input--multi__wrapper-border crayons-textfield flex items-center cursor-text pb-9">
<ul class="list-none flex flex-wrap w-100">
{allSelectedItemElements}
<li
class="self-center"
style={{
order:
inputPosition === null ? items.length + 1 : inputPosition + 1,
}}
>
<input
autocomplete="off"
class="c-input--multi__input"
type="text"
aria-labelledby="multi-select-label"
onBlur={handleInputBlur}
onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
placeholder={inputPosition === null ? placeholder : null}
onChange={handleInputChange}
ref={inputRef}
/>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</Fragment>
);
};
MultiInput.propTypes = {
labelText: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
showLabel: PropTypes.bool,
placeholder: PropTypes.string,
inputRegex: PropTypes.string,
validationRegex: PropTypes.string,
SelectionTemplate: PropTypes.func,
};
``` |
Chelsea McMullan is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for their 2013 film My Prairie Home, a film about transgender musician Rae Spoon.
McMullan is non-binary, and uses they/them pronouns.
Early life
McMullan grew up in Langley, British Columbia as an avid basketball player. They received a basketball scholarship to play at Brookswood Secondary School and were scouted to play at the university level in Canada, but eventually decided to pursue an interest in film.
Career
McMullan's early film credits include the documentary films Derailments (Deragliamenti) and The Way Must Be Tried, and the short films Plume and Bath Time. McMullan has worked on several projects with the National Film Board of Canada. In addition to My Prairie Home, their prior films Mise en Scène and Deadman were made for the NFB; they first met Spoon when they wanted to secure rights to one of Spoon's songs as background music for Deadman.
My Prairie Home competed in the World Cinema Documentary program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.
McMullan's 2015 film World Famous Gopher Hole Museum was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.
In 2022, McMullan and Tanya Tagaq collaborated on the film Ever Deadly. The film Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas, profiling a dance work by ballet choreographer Crystal Pite, was also released in 2022.
In 2023, McMullan released Swan Song, a documentary film profiling Karen Kain as she prepares to retire from her career in dance.
McMullan's forthcoming projects include a documentary film, Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John, and a narrative feature film, Swan Killer.
References
External links
Mise en Scène at NFB.ca
Canadian documentary film directors
Film directors from British Columbia
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Langley, British Columbia (city)
Canadian non-binary people
Canadian LGBT film directors |
Richard Boyle may refer to:
Nobility
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1566–1643), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), and 2nd Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier
Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (1675–1740), British military officer and statesman
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), and 4th Earl of Cork
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1727–1807), Irish peer and Member of Parliament
Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (1809–1868), British politician
Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1829–1904), British politician
Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon (1860–1906), politician in Canada's Northwest Territories
Sports
Richard Boyle (canoeist) (born 1961), New Zealand sprint canoeist
Richard Boyle (rowing) (1888–1953), British rowing coxswain; medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Dickie Boyle (1869–?), Scottish professional footballer for Everton
Dick Boyle (American football), American football player and coach
Others
Richard Boyle (archbishop of Tuam) (c. 1574–1644), Archbishop of Tuam
Richard Boyle (soldier) (died 1649), Anglo-Irish Royalist officer
Richard Boyle (MP, died 1665), MP for County Cork
Richard Boyle (bishop of Ferns and Leighlin) (died 1682), Anglican bishop
Richard Boyle (MP, died 1711), MP for Old Leighlin
Richard Vicars Boyle (1822–1908), Irish civil engineer
Richard Boyle (journalist) (1942–2016), American screenwriter and protagonist for the 1986 film Salvador
Richard Boyle (astronomer) (born 1943), astronomer at the Vatican Observatory
See also
Boyle (disambiguation) |
Qaleh-ye Gol (, also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Gol and Qal‘eh Gol; also known as Qal‘eh-i-Gulāb and Qal‘eh-ye Golāb) is a village in Doshman Ziari Rural District, in the Central District of Kohgiluyeh County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 374, in 73 families.
References
Populated places in Kohgiluyeh County |
Chalunka (also known as Chalunkha or Chulungkha) is a small mountainous village, in Nubra tehsil and Turtuk community development block, in Chorbat area of Shyok River valley in Ladakh, India. At the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, it was on the cease-fire line agreed between the India and Pakistan. After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the village came under the jurisdiction of Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir.
History
Chalunka, along with Tyakshi, Turtuk and Thang, became part of the Pakistani-administered Northern Areas following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, on 10 December 1971, the Ladakh Scouts under the command of Major Chewang Rinchen cleared the village of the Pakistani forces (two companies of Karakoram Scouts). Advancing further, they attacked Turtuk on 11 December, and captured it by 14 December.
After the Simla Agreement of 1972, they were incorporated into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Following the reorganisation of the state in August 2019, these villages became part of the union territory of Ladakh.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Chulungkha has 42 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 91.1%.
References
Sources
Villages in Nubra tehsil
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Dreństwo (also: Dręstwo) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bargłów Kościelny, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bargłów Kościelny, south-west of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok.
References
Villages in Augustów County
Łomża Governorate
Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Belastok Region |
Now and Forever or Now & Forever may refer to:
Film and television
Now and Forever (1934 film), an American drama by Henry Hathaway
Now and Forever, a 1953 Finnish film shot in the Philippines
Now and Forever (1956 film), a British drama by Mario Zampi
Now and Forever (1983 film), an Australian adaptation of the Danielle Steel novel (see below), by Adriane Carr
Now & Forever (2002 film), an American romance by Bob Clark
Now and Forever (2006 film), a South Korean film by Kim Seong-joong
Now and Forever (TV series), a 2005–2006 Philippine daytime drama
Literature
Now and Forever (novel), a 1978 novel by Danielle Steel
Now and Forever, a 1979 novel by Diana Palmer
Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is Playing & Leviathan '99, a 2007 collection of stories by Ray Bradbury
Music
Albums
Now and Forever (Air Supply album) or the title song, 1982
Now and Forever...Greatest Hits Live, by Air Supply, 1995
Now and Forever (Donna Cruz album), 2016
Now & Forever (Kim Wilde album) or the title song, 1995
Now and Forever (Sister Sin album), 2012
Now and Forever: The Hits, by TLC, and Now and Forever: The Video Hits, a video compilation, 2003
Now & Forever – Best of Xandria or the 2005 title song (see below), 2008
Now + 4eva, by Architecture in Helsinki, 2014
Now & Forever, by Anne Murray or the 1986 title song (see below), 1994
Now & Forever, by Color Me Badd, 1996
Now and Forever, by the Lettermen, 1974
Now and Forever, by Sattalites, 1995
Now and Forever, by Triinu Kivilaan, 2008
Now And Forever: The Ballads or the 1994 title song (see below), by Richard Marx, 2014
Songs
"Now and Forever" (Carole King song), 1992
"Now and Forever" (Richard Marx song), 1994
"Now and Forever (You and Me)", by Anne Murray, 1986
"Now and Forever", by Barry Manilow and Sheena Easton from the film The Pebble and the Penguin, 1995
"Now & Forever", by Drake from If You're Reading This It's Too Late, 2015
"Now and Forever", by Hinoi Team, 2006
"Now and Forever", by Vanilla Ice from Mind Blowin', 1994
"Now & Forever", by Xandria from India, 2005
See also
Ahora y Siempre (disambiguation) |
This is a list of association football clubs in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia Football League 2023-2024 season
Saudi Professional League (18 team)
Saudi First Division (19 team)
Saudi Second Division (20 team)
Saudi Third Division (34 team)
Saudi Arabia
Football
Clubs |
Alind Ferhati (born 20 January 1994) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a forward.
Playing career
Ferhati played in the Albanian Superliga with FK Dinamo Tirana. In 2014, he played with KF Ada Velipojë, and later with Besëlidhja Lezhë. In 2019, he played abroad in the Canadian Soccer League with SC Real Mississauga.
References
1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Shkodër
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
FC Dinamo City players
KF Ada players
KF Besëlidhja Lezhë players
Kategoria e Parë players
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players |
Kruki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żychlin, within Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Żychlin, east of Kutno, and north of the regional capital Łódź.
References
Villages in Kutno County |
The 2018 Sri Maha Mariamman Temple riot was a rioting incident that took place for two days from 26 to 27 November 2018 at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple site and also the surrounding area at USJ 25, Subang Jaya, Petaling, Selangor. The riot stemmed from a misunderstanding between the temple and the developer, One City Development Sdn. Bhd. in the issue of the transfer of the temple. As a result, the riot incident resulted in damage to public property and the death of a firefighter, Muhammad Adib bin Mohd Kassim. The riots had already received public attention and widespread coverage in the Malaysian mass media.
Incident
The first riot
On 26 November 2018 around 2:40 am, the Subang Jaya District Police Headquarters (IPD) Operations Room received a call from the public about the commotion incident at the temple. Immediately after receiving the report, the Subang Jaya District Police Chief ordered the police to move to the scene. At about 2:50 am, four police multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) arrived at the scene but were barred from entering by a group of Indian men. The action caused the rear window of one of the MPVs that arrived to be broken while a trailer truck was parked horizontally to block the path leading to the temple. Therefore, at 3:30 am, the Subang Jaya District Police Chief contacted the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) and the Serdang IPD to seek additional assistance from members. Serdang IPD assistance arrived at the scene at 4:00 am.
At that point, the first riot erupted when there was a fight inside the temple between temple devotees and a group of Malay thugs who invaded the temple area until some were seriously injured. However, some of the thugs fled from the temple grounds after the fight broke out. Shortly after the incident, the Hindus involved set fire to several vehicles which were believed to be owned by the group of Malay men. A total of 18 vehicles were on fire. Around 5:00 am later, firefighters arrived at the scene to control the fire. The FRU team arrived at the scene at 5:30 am to quell the riot. The situation around the temple became under control by noon and the situation calmed down. Following the fights and riots that occurred, three Malay men and three Indian men were injured while a policeman was also injured.
Around 1:00 pm, a foreign man believed to be a construction worker was raided and beaten by the crowd until he was injured after allegedly starting a fire in a shared house in the temple area. The atmosphere around the temple, which was initially calm, turned chaotic again as a result of the action and to some extent, some people even blocked the police vehicle. The situation regained control after the man was rescued through a police vehicle and a team of FRU members patrolled the location. Firefighters then arrived to put out the fire in the shared house.
Chairman of the Task Force of the temple of S. Ramaji has claimed that the invasion was carried out around 2:00 am conducted by about 250 people from among the Malays and foreigners armed with knives, machetes, axes, sticks and others. Meanwhile, the Selangor Police Chief reported that 17 suspects had been arrested in connection with the unrest around the temple. The Deputy Inspector General of Police stressed that the riots had nothing to do with racial issues.
The second riot
Then in the late afternoon of 26 November, the crowd regrouped and this situation led to a second riot in the early morning of 27 November which was joined by about 10,000 Indians. During the riot, several more vehicles were set on fire by rioters. Firefighters who arrived at the fire area were also stopped and attacked by rioters. The group of rioters attack the developer's premises around 2:00 am at Menara MCT, about 1 kilometre from the temple, causing several vehicles to suffer damage and fire. This tension caused guests of nearby hotels to be evacuated to a safer place.
There was also a viral video footage showing two motorcyclists being beaten by rioters while passing through the street in front of the temple but were rescued and they lodged a police report shortly thereafter. The injuries they received were found to be mild. At 9:00 am, a survey around the temple and the developer's premises found that the situation had calmed down and was under control as guaranteed by the Selangor Police Chief, Datuk Mazlan Mansor.
Around 10:45 pm, there were about 80 Malays assembled and marched towards the main road in front of the temple, although the police had made a fortress to stop their advance and control the group. They were eventually ordered to disperse. Nine men who joined the rally were detained by police after they ignored orders to disperse by police. The situation around the temple was brought back under control and the police continued to search for the suspects involved to assist in the investigation into the cause of the riots. The Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stressed that the riot incident in the temple area is a crime and not a racial or religious issue.
Attack on the firefighters
The second riot also saw the serious injury of an emergency respondent, Muhammad Adib bin Mohd Kassim, who was a firefighter based at the Subang Jaya Fire Station. Adib was one of nine respondents to the second temple riot that was attacked when they arrived in the area in an attempt to put out the fire, and he was the only one to suffer injuries as a result of being beaten by a group of unknown rioters. His colleague, Mohd Hazim bin Mohd Rahimi accidentally left Adib in the riot area because Hazim himself said that he was also attacked by other rioters with sharp weapons and the fire brigade had to withdraw from the riot area. A fire engine was also damaged by rioters. Although there were claims made that the firefighter was injured as a result of being hit by the fire engine, this allegation was later refuted by the Director General of the Fire and Rescue Station, Mohamad Hamdan Wahid.
Initially, Adib was assisted by several Hindus present at the temple and was later sent to Ramsay Sime Darby Medical Center (also known as Subang Jaya Medical Center) for treatment. As a result of his deteriorating health, Adib was later transferred to the National Heart Institute (IJN) as he needed the use of an ECMO machine. While Minister of Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin visited the severely injured firefighter, she was reported to have said that Adib had been “beaten and trampled” causing a broken rib and internal injuries. Health Minister, Dzulkefly Ahmad reported that Adib's health was improving while undergoing treatment. Adib was also visited by the Sultan of Kedah on 29 November 2018 because he is from Kedah.
Although Adib was initially reported to be recovering well, Adib eventually died of lung failure on the night of December 17 while still in intensive care at IJN. He was later buried at the As-Saadah Mosque Islamic cemetery in Kampung Tebengau, Kuala Kedah on 18 December 2018. His name and service number were then written on the 'Fallen Heroes' Bomba monument in Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the deceased firefighter.
Aftermath
Following the riots at the temple, reports show that there were several cases of injuries, 23 vehicles were destroyed by rioters as well as damage to a police MPV, a fire engine, several other vehicles and property around the temple site and nearby developer premises. As of December 8, 2018, the official report from police stated that 106 arrests had been made to assist in the investigation.
A day after the second riot, there were reports that two law firms representing the developer had hired thugs who broke into the temple thus causing the first riot. This is further denied by the firms in question who reportedly represented the developer in its injunction against the temple. On November 29, 2019, the Inspector General of Police reportedly said that a lawyer arrested in connection with the riot was an adviser to the developer. Apart from that, the police investigation also found that only 50 men were involved in the attack on the temple, instead of 250 people as alleged by the Chairman of the Temple Action Body, S. Ramaji.
Earlier, after the first riots subsided, Minister of Unity and Social Welfare, P. Waytha Moorthy who led a press conference at the Parliament lobby on 26 November 2018 was reported to have said that police delays and their ineffective actions had made the riot incidents uncontrollable. He also claimed that the statement issued by the Subang Jaya District Police that the cause of the riot was a misunderstanding between the two Indian groups over the relocation of the temple was false. The statement issued by P. Waytha Moorthy was deemed inflammatory, causing an investigation to be carried out against him by the authorities. Opposition lawmakers had previously urged him to resign or be fired as a result of his actions saying some things were seen as defamatory of the previous Malaysian government in an old video as well as the hotly debated International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) issues at the time.
The demand for the resignation of P. Waytha Moorthy gained heightened attention in several protests causing Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to respond to the demand publicly by stating that it remains the prerogative of the Prime Minister to determine the post of P. Waytha Moorthy. In response, an NGO known as Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) organized a protest involving about 5,000 people in the Klang on December 25, 2018, a week after the death of Adib. The purpose of the protest was to demand justice for Adib's death and also demanded that P. Waytha Moorthy resign as Unity Minister in connection with the temple riots incident in November. Wanted their claims to be heard, the President of the Jaringan Melayu Malaysia, Azwanddin Hamzah's call for 'storming the police station' if no action is taken. As a result, on 26 December 2018, the police arrested the president of the organization for his provocative speech during a protest held the previous day in Klang.
On 11 February 2019, the inquest into Muhammad Adib's death began to investigate the cause of the death of the firefighter. The inquest proceedings ended on September 27, 2019, when the Shah Alam Coroner's Court, Selangor ruled that the cause of Adib's death was due to criminal acts by two or more unknown individuals.
See also
2001 Kampung Medan riots
13 May incident
2018 in Malaysia
References
Further reading
Riots and civil disorder in Malaysia
2018 in Malaysia
2018 riots
History of Selangor
2018 crimes in Malaysia |
Danford's lizard (Anatololacerta danfordi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Greece and Turkey. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Etymology
The specific name, danfordi, is in honor of zoologist Charles G. Danford (1843–1928).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. danfordi is rocky areas in forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction
A. danfordi is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch of 3–8 eggs.
References
Further reading
Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. (Anatololacerta danfordi, new combination).
Günther A (1876). "Description of a new Species of Lizard from Asia Minor". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876: 818. (Zootoca danfordi, new species).
Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetological Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .
Sindaco R, Venchi A, Carpaneto GM, Bologna MA (2000). "The reptiles of Anatolia: a checklist and zoogeographical analysis". Biogeographia 21: 441–554. (Archaeolacerta danfordi, new combination).
Anatololacerta
Reptiles described in 1876
Taxa named by Albert Günther |
Dimitris Rizopoulos (born 26 August 1984) is a Greek volleyball player, a member of the club Olympiacos CFP.
Personal life
He was born in Skotoussa, Serres.
Sporting achievements
National Team
European League:
2006
References
External links
GreekVolley profile
Volleybox profile
Volleyball-Agency profile
CEV profile
1984 births
Living people
People from Serres (regional unit)
Greek men's volleyball players
Sportspeople from Central Macedonia |
In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 24 is a family of glycoside hydrolases.
Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of >100 different families. This classification is available on the CAZy web site, and also discussed at CAZypedia, an online encyclopedia of carbohydrate active enzymes.
Glycoside hydrolase family 24 CAZY GH_24 comprises enzymes with only one known activity; lysozyme (). This family includes lambda phage lysozyme and Escherichia coli T4 phage endolysin. Lysozyme helps to release mature phage particles from the cell wall by breaking down the peptidoglycan. The enzyme hydrolyses the 1,4-beta linkages between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid in peptidoglycan heteropolymers of prokaryotic cell walls. E. coli endolysin also functions in bacterial cell lysis and acts as a transglycosylase. The T4 lysozyme structure contains 2 domains, the interface between which forms the active-site cleft. The N-terminus of the 2 domains undergoes a 'hinge-bending' motion about an axis passing through the molecular waist. This mobility is thought to be important in allowing access of substrates to the enzyme active site.
References
EC 3.2.1
Glycoside hydrolase families
Protein families |
Chris Wilson (born July 10, 1982) is a Canadian football defensive end who is now retired. He began his professional career with the BC Lions after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles before re-signing with the Lions. He played college football for Northwood University. He is a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity.
Professional career
BC Lions
Wilson signed with the BC Lions in 2005 and was part of the BC Lions' defensive line in their 2006 Grey Cup victory.
Washington Redskins
On January 3, 2007, Wilson signed with the Washington Redskins for a reported three-year contract. In the 2007 season, his rookie season in the NFL, he finished with 13 tackles and four sacks.
Wilson recorded 20 tackles and one sack in the 2009 season.
Initially, Wilson played as a defensive end for the Redskins, but transitioned to outside linebacker when the team switched to a 3-4 defense in the 2010 season.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles signed Wilson on August 8, 2011. He was released during final cuts on September 2, 2011.
Second stint with Redskins
On April 24, 2012, Wilson signed a one-year contract with Washington Redskins and competed with Markus White and Rob Jackson for one of the backup roles at outside linebacker. After performing well in the preseason games, he made the final 53-man roster by the start of the 2012 season.
Return to BC Lions
On September 9, 2013, the BC Lions announced that Wilson had re-signed with the team.
Coaching
Wilson interned as a special teams and linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2017 NFL training camp. He served as the head football coach of the Flint Jaguars, the remaining high school team in the Flint, Michigan community. Wilson also served as the defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator for Vermilion Community College.
Wilson is currently serving as director and head football coach for 475 Elite Training's Youth Football Club.
Wilson also serves as a youth pastor at Church of the Harvest International.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
Washington Redskins bio
BC Lions bio
1982 births
Living people
American football defensive ends
American football linebackers
Players of Canadian football from Michigan
BC Lions players
Canadian football defensive linemen
Northwood Timberwolves football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Players of American football from Flint, Michigan
Sportspeople from Flint, Michigan
Washington Redskins players |
Alamitornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph bird, possible within the family Patagopterygidae. Remains have been found in the Upper Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation at Los Alamitos, Río Negro Province, Argentina. It was first named by Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli in 2009 and the type species is Alamitornis minutus.
References
Bird genera
Maastrichtian life
Cretaceous birds of South America
Late Cretaceous animals of South America
Cretaceous Argentina
Fossils of Argentina
Fossil taxa described in 2009
Prehistoric euornitheans |
The 1956 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
North Dakota was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 61.72% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, with 38.09% of the popular vote.
Results
Results by county
See also
United States presidential elections in North Dakota
Notes
References
North Dakota
1956
1956 North Dakota elections |
Nicole Roth (born 8 May 1995) is a German female handball player for Thüringer HC and the German national team.
She is part of the German 35-player squad for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship in North Macedonia/Montenegro/Slovenia. She also participated at the 2011 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship and 2014 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.
Achievements
Bundesliga:
Silver: 2018
Bronze: 2019
DHB-Pokal:
Winner: 2014
References
1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nuremberg
German female handball players |
Amblyseius salinellus is a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae.
References
salinellus
Articles created by Qbugbot
Animals described in 1966 |
Fort Massachusetts can refer to:
Fort Massachusetts (Colorado), the first permanent U.S. military post in the State of Colorado
Fort Massachusetts (Florida)
Fort Massachusetts (Massachusetts)
Fort Massachusetts (Mississippi)
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), was originally called Fort Massachusetts |
Arctostaphylos nortensis, common name Del Norte manzanita, is a shrub narrowly endemic to the mountains along the Oregon/California state line. It has been reported from only 3 counties: Del Norte County, California; and Curry and Josephine Counties in Oregon. The plant grows in chaparral and open forests at elevations of , occasionally on serpentine.
Description
Arctostaphylos nortensis is a shrub up to tall, bearing racemes of white flowers. It is distinguished from other species in the region by the long hairs on its twigs, flowers and fruits.
References
External links
Calflora: Arctostaphylos nortensis (Del Norte manzanita)
Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Arctostaphylos nortensis
USDA Plants Profile for Arctostaphylos nortensis (Del Norte manzanita)
nortensis
Flora of California
Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Flora of Oregon
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Flora without expected TNC conservation status |
Clevelândia is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. Its name is an homage to American president Grover Cleveland.
The municipality contains part of the buffer zone of the Mata Preta Ecological Station, a fully protected area created in 2005.
See also
List of municipalities in Paraná
References
Municipalities in Paraná |
Thomas Noble Stockett was an American surgeon and revolutionary war veteran as well as a prominent landowner in Maryland.
Biography
He served in Colonel Thomas Ewing's battalion under General William Smallwood's 1st Maryland Regiment, Flying Camp where he spent the winter at Valley Forge as part of the Maryland Line.
He was named a member of the Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland in 1799 by an act of the Maryland General Assembly.
He inherited the family home known as Obligation in Harwood, Maryland.
Personal life
His father was Thomas Stockett III. He married Mary Harwood in 1770. One of his sons was Joseph Noble Stockett, born in 1779.
References
Continental Army soldiers
People of Maryland in the American Revolution
1747 births
1802 deaths
American surgeons
People from Anne Arundel County, Maryland
People of colonial Maryland |
Senator Tully may refer to:
B. Joseph Tully (1927–2015), Massachusetts State Senate
Michael J. Tully Jr. (1933–1997), New York State Senate
William J. Tully (1870–1930), New York State Senate |
Orthops basalis is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina Faroe Islands, Iceland and Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172810/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=452077|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2013|title=Orthops (Orthops) basalis (A. Costa, 1853)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate=October 14, 2013}}</ref> then east across the Palearctic to Central Asia and Siberia.
Description
It is long and is elongated with males often having three pale spots on the scutellum.
BiologyO. basalis'' lives on various Apiaceae and have no specialization in certain genera. Both the nymphs and the adult bugs are often on the flowers, especially on the stems directly below the flowers. There they suck on the immature reproductive organs.
References
External links
Orthops basalis
Insects described in 1853
Hemiptera of Europe
Mirini
Taxa named by Achille Costa |
Schwalm may refer to
Geography
Schwalm (region), a natural region in the West Hesse Depression, Germany
Schwalm (Eder), a tributary of the Eder in North Hesse, Germany
Schwalm (Meuse), a tributary of the Maas between Rur, Nette and Niers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; in the Netherlands known as the Swalm
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany
People
Béla Schwalm (born 1941), Hungarian former ice hockey player
J. Peter Schwalm (born 1970), German composer and music producer |
The Banque Italo-Belge () was a Belgian bank established in 1911 on the initiative of the Société Générale de Belgique (SGB) jointly with Credito Italiano and other partners. Despite its name, it operated mainly in South America. It was known as the Banque Brésilienne Italo-Belge before 1913, and Banque Européenne pour l'Amérique Latine (BEAL) after 1974.
Background
In the early 20th century, the Banque d'Anvers, the SGB's affiliate in Antwerp, developed operations in Argentina in relation with local businessman Edouard Bunge. In 1907, the SGB fostered the merger between two London-based banks in which it had acquired equity stakes, the Bank of Tarapacá and Argentina and the Anglo-Argentine Bank, to form the Anglo-South American Bank. In 1910 a separate institution, the , was created by the SGB and the Banque d’Anvers together with the Banque de l'Union Parisienne (in which the SGB was also a significant shareholder) in order to develop financial relations with South America. The Banque de l'Union Anversoise was eventually merged into the Banque d'Anvers in 1919.
Banque Brésilienne Italo-Belge
In 1911, the SGB, together with the Anglo-South American Bank and the Banque de l’Union Anversoise, teamed up with the Credito Italiano, industrialist Emmanuel Janssen, Bunge, and partnering businessmen to form the Banque Brésilienne Italo-Belge. It opened an office in São Paulo and soon afterwards in Campinas and Santos, then in 1912 in Montevideo and 1914 in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. A capital increase in 1913 allowed the Banque Belge pour l'Étranger, another SGB affiliate, to join the group of controlling shareholders. That same year, as its business had already started to expand beyond Brazil, the bank's name was shortened to Banque Italo-Belge.
Banque Italo-Belge
New offices were opened in London and Paris during World War I, then in 1920 in Santiago and Valparaíso. This network was complemented by a branch in Porto Alegre in 1952. In 1920, its head office in Antwerp was relocated to Meir 48, together with that of the Banque d'Anvers.
Banque Européenne pour l'Amérique Latine
In 1974, the bank was renamed the Banque Européenne pour l'Amérique Latine. By 1977 the BEAL's shareholders included the SGB (with 25 percent) and Credito Italiano but also France's Société Générale, the Netherlands' AMRO Bank, Spain's Banco Español de Crédito, Switzerland's Credit Suisse, and the UK's Midland Bank. By 1992, WestLB had become a significant shareholder of BEAL.
In 1998, the BEAL's seat moved from downtown Brussels, where it had been domiciled at the former since 1964, to a new address at Chaussée de La Hulpe 166. It appears to have ceased operations in the 2000s.
See also
Banque Belge pour l'Étranger
Banque du Congo Belge
Notes
Defunct banks of Belgium |
Ceratodacus is a genus of tephritid fruitfly. The type species Ceratodacus longicornis is found in South America in Brazil, Guyana and Peru. Nothing is known about its host plant. A second species, Ceratodacus priscus has been described from Dominican amber (Upper Eocene, age estimates vary widely from 15 to 45 million years).
References
Tephritidae genera
Blepharoneurinae |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kōka, Shiga, Japan operated by the third-sector Shigaraki Kohgen Railway.
Lines
Kumoi Station is a station on the Shigaraki Line, and is 10.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving single bi-directional track. The station's building dates from the Shigaraki Line's opening in 1933, making it the oldest structure on the line. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
History
Kumoi Station opened on May 8, 1933 as a station of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The station was closed from October 1, 1943 to July 25, 1947, when it reopened as a station of the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR and was transferred to the Shigaraki Kohgen Railway on July 13, 1987.
Passenger statistics
Surrounding area
Kumoi Elementary School
Japan National Route 307
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Shigaraki Railway home page
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933
Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture
Kōka, Shiga |
Hunchun River (), is a river located in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in the Chinese province of Jilin. It is the tributary of the left bank of the Tumen River.
References
Rivers of Jilin |
Tri-Star Customs and Forwarding Ltd v Denning [1999] 1 NZLR 33 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding unilateral mistakes under the Contractual Mistakes Act 1977.
Background
The Dennings leased a commercial building to Tristar. A condition of the lease agreement, gave Tristar the right to purchase the building for $720,000. An option that Tristar later accepted.
However, whilst the lease agreement clearly stated that the rentals were GST exclusive, the purchase price of $720,000 was silent regarding whether it exclusive or inclusive of GST.
This was unfortunate for the Dennings, as under NZ tax law, it was deemed that it was GST inclusive, although they successfully obtained relief in the High Court.
Tristar appealed.
Held
A bench of five of the Court Appeal ruled that the Contractual Mistakes Act 1977 requires that Tristar had actual knowledge of the mistake at the time, and not merely "ought to of known" of the mistake as was the old common law standard. Henry J stated "It may of course be proper for the Court to infer actual knowledge from proved circumstances, even if the person in question denies having that knowledge".
References
Court of Appeal of New Zealand cases
New Zealand contract case law
1998 in New Zealand law
1998 in case law |
Constantine Dillon (born 1953), usually known as Costa, is a retired U.S. National Park Service Superintendent and a writer and actor of Greek ancestry. He is most famous as the creator of the film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! and its sequels: Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! and Killer Tomatoes Eat France; he also wrote the film Happy Hour.
Biography
Early life
Dillon, a Greek American (his grandfather's family name was Anglicized from Deligianis), was born in Norwich, Connecticut, to parents who were second-generation Greeks. There is a street in Norwich named after his grandfather who was a carpenter and who built houses there. His father, a career U.S. Marine, moved about the country and Dillon eventually ended up in San Diego
Film Career and Killer Tomatoes
Dillon began making films in high school with his friends John DeBello, Steve Peace, and Mike Grant. The group took 3rd place in the 1971 National Kodak Teenage Film Festival and won the 1972 Shasta Film Festival. They then established Four Square Productions, a film company in San Diego and began making sports films. The group later formed Killer Tomato Entertainment, Inc. which produced the four Killer Tomato films as well as Happy Hour.
Dillon created the concept of Killer Tomatoes as a short film in college. It was later made as a feature film, now famous, at a cost of less than $100,000. Finding a new audience as one of the first films to be available on VHS, the movie developed a cult following that led to three sequels, including Return of the Killer Tomatoes starring George Clooney. A cartoon show was aired on Fox 1990–1992 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The term "killer tomato" has often been used as shorthand for the fear of genetically engineered food and was used by the media extensively during the tomato salmonella outbreak in spring 2008.
Other feature films include Killer Tomatoes Strike Back (writer, actor), Killer Tomatoes Eat France (writer, actor), and Happy Hour (writer, actor, production design).
Jeff Strand's novelization of the film was published in April 2023
National Park Service Career
Dillon spent 35 years with the National Park Service, retiring in 2013. Dillon had a parallel career with his motion picture work and has worked in numerous national parks, including Gettysburg National Military Park, Eisenhower National Historic Site, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Independence National Historical Park, and Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. He was the superintendent of the National Park Service Horace M. Albright Training Center and the interim Chief of Learning and Development for the National Park Service in 2006–2007. He formerly served as Superintendent of Homestead National Historical Park, Fire Island National Seashore, and Indiana Dunes National Park. He is a recipient of the National Parks Conservation Association's Stephen T. Mather award, the National Park Service Sequoia Award for outstanding contributions to park interpretation, the Secretary of the Interior's Award for Long-Term achievement in Diversity, and the Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award
While at Fire Island, he also received commendations from the New York State Legislature and the Suffolk County Legislature for his accomplishments there. He is a recipient of two awards from the Urban League for achievements in diversity. He is an admiral in the Nebraska Navy.
Dillon is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the University of Colorado. He is currently an Instructor for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Diego State University.
References
External links
National Parks Traveler Podcast
1953 births
Living people
American people of Greek descent
National Park Service personnel
University of Colorado Denver alumni
University of California, Davis alumni |
The 1965 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 51st edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 2 May 1965. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Carmine Preziosi of the Pelforth team.
General classification
References
1965
1965 in Belgian sport
1965 Super Prestige Pernod |
Chakthip Chaijinda (; born 19 October 1959) is a former Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police from 2015 to 2020.
Educations
Chakthip graduated from Vajiravudh College, and then he graduated from Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School in Class 20, same class with current King Vajiralongkorn man, Apirat Kongsompong. After graduated from AFAPS he studied at the Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy and an additional investigation course in international post-blast investigations at the International Law Enforcement Academy of Bangkok (ATF-ILEA), and then took courses at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He passed the Counter Assault Team course of the United States Secret Service. He attended the anti-terror course of the Naresuan 261 Counter-Terrorism Unit and Arintharat 26.
Career
Following the military coup of 22 May 2014, Chakthip was appointed to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).
The National Police Policy Committee, on 14 August 2015, promoted Chakthip to be the eleventh Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, replacing Pol. Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung who retired on 30 September 2015.
In the Nakhon Ratchasima shootings of February 2020, Chakthip led the SWAT team.
Chakthip was retired on 30 September 2020, making him one of the longest-serving Royal Thai Police Commissioners-General. Chakthip was succeeded by Suwat Jangyodsuk in 2020.
Personal life
Chaktip, together with his spouse, declared assets of 865 million baht in his 2014 asset declaration.
Awards
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
References
1959 births
Living people
Chakthip Chaijinda
Chakthip Chaijinda
Chakthip Chaijinda
Chakthip Chaijinda |
Local elections (Indonesian: Pemilihan Kepala Daerah or Pilkada) were held in Indonesia on 27 June 2018. Voters elected 17 governors, 39 mayors and 115 regents across the country. The elections included gubernatorial elections for Indonesia's four most populous provinces: West Java, East Java, Central Java and North Sumatra.
Like other local elections in Indonesia (except for Jakarta), the elections followed a simple plurality, first-past-the-post system where the candidates with the most votes automatically wins the seat even if they have less than 50% of the votes.
Background
Simultaneous local elections (Pilkada Serentak) was first held in Indonesia on 2015. Another one was held in 2017, making the 2018 election the third simultaneous regional elections to be held in the country. The next set of regional elections are set to be held in 2020 and 2024, the latter one being simultaneous with the presidential and legislative elections. It is also planned that regional offices with elections in 2017 and 2018 are to be held by centrally appointed officials starting from the end of their five-year terms until the 2024 elections.
It has been described as a run-up to the 2019 national elections, due to the fact that the three most populous provinces in the country (West Java, East Java and Central Java) hosting 48 percent of voters in 2014 are to vote, with the elections covering 31 provinces altogether. 152 million of the country's 260 million citizens were eligible to vote in the elections. Some observers also described the election as a follow-up to the 2017 elections, particularly the Jakartan election where Gerindra and PKS-backed Anies Baswedan defeated Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly seen as president Joko Widodo's ally. The Indonesian National Police identified several provinces as being prone to conflicts arising from the results of the elections, namely North Sumatra, West Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, and Papua.
Schedule
Preparations of the elections began in 2017, with the KPU receiving demographic data by 31 July 2017 and forming local committees by October. Finalization of the voter list was done by 31 December 2017 and registration for candidates opened the following day, closing at 10 January. For regions where only a single candidate were registered, 3 additional days were allocated between the 14 and 16 January 2018 for extended registration. The campaigning period was to officially start on 15 February 2018 and end by 24 June. The actual voting took place on 27 June.
According to the KPU, the election would cost an estimated Rp 10.5 trillion (USD 735 million). The day of the election (27 June) was made into a national holiday by the government on 25 June.
Elections
Gubernatorial
Note: name in italics indicate incumbents who ran for re-election
Mayoral
Regent
Aceh
North Sumatera
Riau
Jambi
South Sumatera
Bangka Belitung Islands
Lampung
Banten
West Java
Central Java
East Java
Bali
West Nusa Tenggara
East Nusa Tenggara
West Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
South Kalimantan
East Kalimantan
North Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi
West Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi
Maluku
Papua
Gallery
Notes
References
External links
KPU page
2018 elections in Indonesia
2018
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Lake Hindmarsh, an ephemeral lake located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia, is the state's largest natural freshwater lake. The nearest towns are Jeparit to the south and Rainbow to the north. After more than a decade of drought, in early 2011 the lake filled as a result of flooding in the region. The Wemba Wemba name of the lake is recorded as Gour or Koor.
Geography
Lake Hindmarsh is the northernmost lake of the Wimmera River Terminal Wetlands, and receives water directly from the Wimmera River. When full, the lake covers , is deep and holds of water. It is a wetland of national significance. On the rare occasions when Lake Hindmarsh overflows, water runs, via Outlet Creek (Wergaia: Krumelak), to the deeper Lake Albacutya (Wergaia: Ngelbakutya), which has been recognised under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.
Flat and shallow, Lake Hindmarsh is subject to very high evaporation. When it is full, evaporation from the lake is around per year. With flows down the Wimmera River averaging only half of that, the lake rarely fills, but if it does, the water takes three to four years to evaporate entirely.
The lake was full during the wet years of the early to mid-1970s. It supported a commercial fishing industry and was a destination for tourism and water sports, with a water-skiing club having a membership of over 100. The lake filled again in 1996, but then received no further water from the Wimmera River, and had dried up by 2000. It remained dry for almost a decade.
In October 2009, water from the Wimmera River trickled into Lake Hindmarsh for the first time in thirteen years. The 2010 Victorian floods of September raised lake water levels higher and triggered a revival of birdlife. The January 2011 Victorian floods in the Wimmera catchment raised hopes that the lake would fill, and possibly overflow into the lakes to the north. However, Outlet Creek remained dry.
Indigenous people
The area around the lake is the traditional country of the Gromiluk, a branch of the Wotjobaluk people. They speak the Wergaia language.
Colonial history
Explorer Edward Eyre camped at Lake Hindmarsh in 1838 while searching for an overland route from Melbourne to Adelaide, and named the lake after the then governor of South Australia, John Hindmarsh. European pastoralists occupied land around the lake from 1845, and the Moravian Ebenezer Mission was established nearby in 1859.
See also
Lakes and other water bodies of Victoria
References
Lakes of Victoria (state)
Wimmera catchment
Rivers of Grampians (region)
Wimmera |
Proguithera is a genus of thread-legged bug in the Emesinae. This genus forms a group with two other genera, Guithera and Lutevula. The relationship between the group is unclear at the moment.
Partial species list
Proguithera drescheri
Proguithera inexpectata
References
Reduviidae
Cimicomorpha genera |
The British rock band Queen was well known for its diverse music style in contemporary rock. Their large sound systems, lighting rigs, innovative pyrotechnics and extravagant costumes often gave shows a theatrical nature. Artists such as Bob Geldof, George Michael, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Robbie Williams have expressed admiration for lead singer Freddie Mercury's stage presence.
Queen wrote certain songs, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", with the goal of audience participation. "Radio Ga Ga" came to inspire synchronized hand-clapping (this routine, originating from the song's video, was the invention of the video's director, David Mallet). This influenced Queen's appearance at Live Aid, where the 72,000-person crowd at Wembley Stadium would sing loudly and clap their hands in unison. Queen's performance at Live Aid was later voted the greatest live show of all time by a group of over 60 musicians, critics, and executives in a poll conducted by Channel 4.
1970s
Queen played approximately 700 live performances during their career with roughly two-thirds during the 1970s. Their early performances were generally hard rock, but the band developed a noticeably more pop-oriented sound in later years. Many of their future trademarks first appeared in these early shows, although some could be traced back to the members' previous bands and artistic outlets (e.g., Smile, Ibex later renamed as Wreckage, and Sour Milk Sea).
Freddie Mercury often dressed in a flamboyant manner and acted with camp, while dry ice and multi-coloured lights were used. During the concerts, it was typical for both Brian May and Roger Taylor to have impromptu, instrumental interludes and for Mercury to engage in a crowd 'shout-along' whereas it was traditional for Taylor to sing one song. Brian May and John Deacon sang backup vocals. Other distinguishable trademarks were Mercury's microphone, which featured only the upper part of the stand with no base (which allegedly came about while Mercury was with "Wreckage" during which the bottom of his stand accidentally broke off), a grand piano, and May's hand-built electric guitar, the Red Special. The lengthy guitar solo by May showcased his use of a multiple-delay effect, helping create a layered atmosphere. Rarely, Queen would host a non-member on stage with them, the most notable being keyboardist Spike Edney who performed with the band during the 1980s. A semi-informal medley of 1950s rock 'n' roll songs (especially "Big Spender" and "Jailhouse Rock") was also a staple and usually formed the backbone of an encore. The band's logo, designed by Mercury shortly before the release of the first album, is made up of the band's star signs and was usually displayed on the front of Taylor's bass drum during their early tours. Some stage costumes worn by Mercury and May on their earliest tours and a few subsequent tours were created by fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.
The concert duration and set-list for each Queen show progressed significantly during its career, eventually leading to shows exceeding two hours. Queen performed most of the songs released on their studio albums during concerts. So far, two shows have been officially released as concert videos from this era, which are the November 1974 show at the Rainbow and the Christmas Eve 1975 show at the Hammersmith Odeon.
Lisa Marie Presley stated that the first rock concert she attended was by Queen in Los Angeles in the late 70s. After the show, she gave Mercury a scarf that belonged to her late father.
Queen – Queen II Tours
With the release of their first two albums Queen & Queen II, the band began live performing in earnest, essentially following the traditional 'album-tour' cycle throughout the 70s. The embryonic Queen played numerous gigs in and around London in the early seventies, but evidence suggests that its first performance was on 27 June 1970 at Truro in England. The band's first major step toward becoming a recognized live act came when Queen was a support act to Mott the Hoople on its UK tour. Queen's performances consistently received an enthusiastic reception from audiences. This led to Mott the Hoople inviting Queen to be its support act for Hoople's US tour. Here, the band was able to hone its on-stage presentations in front of large crowds, try out different songs and arrangements, and gain experience with state-of-the-art light and sound systems. The Queen song "Now I'm Here" was written by Brian May as a tribute to Mott The Hoople.
Sheer Heart Attack Tour
The year 1974 had started with their first trip outside of Europe and an appearance at the Sunbury Music Festival in Australia. Although the band headlined the event on 2 February, their appearance the next day was canceled. In March, the band commenced on their first headlining tour of the United Kingdom to promote their new album Queen II, and then embark on their first trip to the USA. Once again, they supported Mott The Hoople on a four-week tour beginning in April. The band paid more attention to their look on stage and employed the services of Zandra Rhodes to design some of their costumes, such as Freddie Mercury and Brian May's white and black wingsuits. Queen's supporting stint came to an abrupt halt, however, when May collapsed from hepatitis after the New York show on 11 May, and they all had to fly home so that he could recover.
The band were soon back on the road and commenced their second tour as the headlining act, with nineteen concerts at eighteen different venues around the UK. The band rotated supporting acts, and the setlist contained much of the material from the new album Sheer Heart Attack. With more money to invest in a new stage show, the band wore new costumes for this tour and added an additional lighting rig, complete with state of the art stage effects. To conclude Queen's touring for the year, they extended the leg with mainland European shows, consisting of ten shows in six countries, performing over a two-and-a-half-week period. The year 1975 started with the American leg of the tour, before transferring to Japan. The tour would have been longer, but an accident involving the truck that transported their equipment meant it was not able to reach the remaining scheduled venues, which would have been a second American leg for the tour. In late February, on the North American tour, a handful of shows were cancelled due to Freddie Mercury's voice failing on him. After several doctor's visits, he was diagnosed with vocal fold nodules, which would impact him for the rest of his life. With this, several more shows were cancelled to allow for a more lenient touring schedule for his voice.
There were slight differences between the European, North American and Japanese sets. The Japanese shows were a bit longer; the band added Doing All Right to the set, extended Killer Queen to include the second verse, and added See What A Fool I've Been to the end of some shows as well as reviving Hangman on the final night of the tour, almost certainly due to the warm welcome they received from the Japanese fans. Additionally, for the North American leg, Seven Seas of Rhye was dropped from the setlist due to it picking up little attention from listeners.
The band planned to return to the United States in late 1975 to play arena shows, however these were all cancelled, most likely due to Queen wanting to distance themselves from Trident and switching managers to John Reid. The shows most likely wouldn't have been profitable, seeing as Queen didn't tour arenas in the United States until 1977.
A Night at the Opera Tour
The tour marked the debut of "Bohemian Rhapsody", which would be played at every Queen gig thereafter (except a 1984 gig in Sun City but because of other reason).
The DVD A Night at the Odeon is taken from the Christmas Eve concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. "It's quite something to watch", said Brian May. "We were just a four-piece, but we made a lot of noise. I'm quite shocked at how good it was. We were incredibly tight and, at the same time – because we knew each other so well – very loose in terms of improvisation."
Summer Gigs 1976
Queen played four shows during a short UK tour during September 1976. Beginning on 1 September, Queen played in Edinburgh, as well as on the following night on 2 September. On 10 September, they played in Cardiff, which was Queen's second and final show in the city, having played there on the previous tour in 1975.
The final Queen show of the year was in Hyde Park, performed on 18 September after the hot summer of 1976. The Hyde Park gig was in fact a free concert, which drew in a crowd of about 180,000. The free concert was organised by Richard Branson, an entrepreneur at the time.
The Hyde Park show has several audio sources available, including a soundboard source. The only other concert on the tour with available audio is the second Edinburgh concert, which has an audience recording in circulation.
This tour features the debut performances of "You Take My Breath Away", "'39" and "Tie Your Mother Down" (Tie Your Mother Down was not played at Hyde Park due to limited time), about 3 months before A Day At The Races was released.
A Day at the Races Tour
News of the World
Jazz
Crazy Tour
1980s
The Game Tour
Hot Space Tour
The Works Tour
Live Aid
The performance at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985 is often regarded as Queen's greatest single live performance. Their set lasted 21 minutes and consisted of a version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" (ballad section and guitar solo) slightly sped up in lyrics, "Radio Ga Ga", a crowd singalong, "Hammer to Fall", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Will Rock You" (1st verse), and "We Are the Champions". Mercury and May returned later on to perform a version of "Is This the World We Created?" The band were unenthusiastic about performing when they were first approached by Bob Geldof, but the acclaim they received after their performance led to them writing, collectively, the song "One Vision" which was then released as a single.
The Magic Tour
1990s
Queen did not perform any concerts in their original line-up in the 1990s. After Freddie Mercury's death in November 1991, Queen organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and took place in April 1992 at Wembley Stadium. The three remaining members (in one of the few concerts they played together after Mercury's death) and a host of special guests staged a lengthy and emotional show billed as the Concert For AIDS Awareness (as well as Concert for Life) that was televised worldwide. Queen appeared only sporadically following the concert. Not all appearances featured all three surviving members. The final occasion where all remaining members of Queen performed on stage was in January 1997 at Paris in France for the world premiere of Bejart Ballet For Life. Joining the surviving trio were Spike Edney on keyboards/backing-vocals and Elton John who sang lead vocals. They only performed one song, namely "The Show Must Go On" which was one of the two songs they had performed together at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and this was the last reported appearance of John Deacon on stage.
2000s
Following Freddie Mercury's death and John Deacon's retirement, May and Taylor continued to make sporadic live appearances in addition to their long-term collaboration with Paul Rodgers.
One-off performances
Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour
Rock the Cosmos Tour
2010s
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2012
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015
Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2017–2018
The Rhapsody Tour
Queen's line-up (live)
See also
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Rock in Rio
Live Aid
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Party at the Palace
46664 Concerts
References
Further reading
Greg Brooks, Chris Charlesworth. Queen Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press, 1995.
Lists of concert tours |
England's Gazetteer, or, an accurate description of all the cities, towns, and villages of the kingdom was a large road atlas printed in the mid 18th century. The Gazetteer was written by Stephen Whatley (1712–1741) and was published in three separate editions, each of which offered maps of the roads of England and Wales. Editions 1 and 2 included a dictionary of the cities, corporations, market towns, and the most-noted villages. Edition 3 went further, including an alphabetical register of the less noted villages with their distance, or bearing, from the next market town, or well known place. In London, it was published by J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, A. Millar, J. Whiston and B. White.
References
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v.3
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The Tōkai–Tōsan dialect (東海東山方言 Tōkai–Tōsan hōgen) is a group of the transitional Japanese dialects spoken in the southern and eastern Chūbu region. The dialects spoken in the northwest Chubu region are classified as the Hokuriku dialect of Western Japanese. The Tokai–Tosan dialect has three sub-groups: Gifu–Aichi, Echigo, and Nagano–Yamanashi–Shizuoka. These are transitional between Western and Eastern Japanese; which branch of the family they fall in depends on which isoglosses are taken as definitive. (See Eastern and Western Japanese for details.)
Nagano–Yamanashi–Shizuoka
The Nagano–Yamanashi–Shizuoka a.k.a. Na-Ya-Shi dialects are spoken in Nagano Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture. It is characterized by a presumptive suffix -zura or -ra.
Nagano a.k.a. Shinshū dialect (Nagano Prefecture)
Okushinano dialect (Sakae, the northernmost village)
Hokushin dialect (northern area)
Tōshin dialect (eastern area)
Chūshin dialect (central area)
Nanshin dialect (southern area)
Shizuoka dialect (Shizuoka Prefecture especially central area)
Izu dialect (eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Izu Province)
Ikawa dialect (the upper reaches of the Ōi River) - language island
Enshū dialect (western Shizuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Tōtōmi Province)
Kōshū a.k.a. Yamanashi dialect (Yamanashi Prefecture, especially western area)
Narada dialect (Narada village in Hayakawa) - language island
Echigo
The Echigo dialect is spoken in mainly Niigata Prefecture, formerly known as Echigo Province.
Niigata dialect (city of Niigata)
Nagaoka dialect (central Niigata Prefecture, centered Nagaoka)
Jōetsu dialect (western Niigata Prefecture, centered Jōetsu)
Uonuma dialect (southern Niigata Prefecture)
Gifu–Aichi
The Gifu–Aichi a.k.a. Gi–A dialects are spoken in Gifu Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture. They share many grammar features with Western Japanese.
Mino dialect (southern Gifu Prefecture, formerly known as Mino Province)
Hida dialect (northern Gifu Prefecture, formerly known as Hida Province)
Owari dialect (western Aichi Prefecture, formerly known as Owari Province)
Chita dialect (along the Chita Peninsula)
Nagoya dialect (Nagoya)
Mikawa dialect (eastern Aichi Prefecture, formerly known as Mikawa Province)
West Mikawa (centered Okazaki)
East Mikawa (centered Toyohashi)
In popular culture
At the beginning of the movie Your Name the teacher teaches students differences between the standard Japanese language and the Tōkai-Tōsan dialect.
References
Japanese dialects
Culture of the Chūbu region |
Al Dia may refer to:
Al Día (Costa Rica), a Costa Rican newspaper
Al Día (Guatemala), a Guatemalan newspaper
Al Día (Dallas), a Spanish-language U.S. newspaper in the Dallas-Fort Worth region
Al Día (Philadelphia), a Spanish-language U.S. newspaper in the Philadelphia region
See also
El Día (disambiguation)
Dia (disambiguation) |
Robert Lynn Hogg (December 30, 1893 – July 21, 1973) was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1930 to 1933. He was the son of Congressman Charles E. Hogg.
Hogg was born in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He attended the public schools and West Virginia Preparatory School. He graduated from West Virginia University at Morgantown, West Virginia in 1914 and from its law department in 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. During the First World War, he served from 1917 to 1919 in the Coast Artillery Corps and the Air Service. After the war, he resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Hogg was the prosecuting attorney of Mason County, West Virginia 1921-1924. He was also a member of the West Virginia Senate 1925-1929. He was elected as a Republican, in a special election, November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Hughes and was reelected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.
After leaving Congress, Hogg resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was a lawyer for the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, New York City, 1935–1944 and executive and vice president of American Life Convention, Chicago, Illinois 1944-1954. In addition, he was the senior vice president, advisory counsel, and vice chairman of the board, Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, from 1954 until retirement in 1960 and then continued to serve as a member of its board and executive committee. He was the counsel to a law firm in Charleston, West Virginia 1960-1970 and resided in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
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The Kwazá (or Coaiá, Koaiá, Koaya, Kwaza, and Quaiá) are an indigenous people of Brazil. Most Kwazá live with the Aikanã and Latundê in the Tubarão-Latundê Indigenous Reserve in the province of Rondônia; however, some Kwazá live in the Terra Indígena Kwazá do Rio São Pedro. In 2008 their population was 40, up from 25 in 1998.
Language
As of 2005, 25 Kwazá people spoke the Kwazá language, an unclassified language.
History
Kwazá people historically lived with the Aikanã, Kanoê, Tuparí, Sakurabiat, Salamãi, and other groups, that were culturally similar, even though their languages were not all mutually intelligible. These groups intermarried, battled with each other, and joined in festivals.
The Kwazá were forced off their traditional homelands by ranchers after the construction of BR-364 in the 1960s.
Notes
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon |
Pihuamo is a town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco in Mexico.
History
Pihuamo is a municipality located in the southeast region of the state of Jalisco. At one time this region belonged to another town in Jalisco known as Tzapotlán. The occupants of this town have had various origins: toltecas, zapotecas and purépechas. The purépechas arrived to that region in 1480, and they dominated the town of Tzapotlán for some years, but before the Spanish conquest they were defeated by the indigenous of Zapotlán, Zacoalco, Sayula, and Colima in the Saltpeter War (1480-1510) (Guerra del Salitre).
This territory was discovered and conquered by the Captain Cristóbal de Olid with the aid of Juan Rodríguez de Villafuerte in early 1522 when they were sent there by Hernán Cortés to explore the western region of what is today known as Jalisco.
In 1598 the town of Santiago of Pivámoc was on the bank of a river, in a valley between the high hills. It was inhabited by seven married aborigines. They spoke the Mexican language and the popoloca language. They lived in Tuxpan. Xilollancini was a little town that was in a deep valley; however Xilollancini was destroyed by a heavy rain that lasted various hours and it divided La Cajita hill. Today, this town is called Pueblo Viejo. This incident caused Xilollancini to be changed from its old location to its current location called Las Lomas. This place belonged to a man named Pío, who his workers called "owner", and with the time these 2 words were converted into the current name of this town: Pihuamo.
During Mexico's Independence from Spain 1810–1821, the parroquial files were burned. Antonio Cañas escaped because frequently, in the church, he gave the orders to the insurgent movement.
In 1825 he was in the town hall because at that time the town was controlled by the army, the "4º Cantón de Sayula" and in 1890 the town was controlled by other army, the name of that army was the "9º Cantón de Ciudad Guzmán".
In the development of Pihuamo, there isn't information about the history of this municipality between 1825 and 1890.
In April 1891 this place became a municipality, and the territorial limits were established. This was under the 472 decree on 29 April of the sale year.
The 7341 decree published on 27 January 1959 granted the title of "Villa".
In Pihuamo, Dr. Atl presented the chimerical city of the Universal Culture with the name of "Olinka". Olinka is a náhuatl word and it means place where movement is generated. The objective of Olinka was that artists and intellectual people could live there.
Government
Municipal presidents
References
Pihuamo, Jalisco, México
Pihuamo, jalisco Mexico Página Oficial
Municipalities of Jalisco |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik () is a diocese located in the city of Nashik in the Ecclesiastical province of Bombay in India.
History
May 15, 1987: Established as Diocese of Nashik from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona
Leadership
Bishops of Nashik (Latin Rite)
Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. (15 May 1987 – 31 Mar 2007 )
Bishop Valerian D'Souza (Apostolic Administrator 31 March 2007 – 16 January 2008)
Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado (16 Jan 2008 - Nov 2009) [transferred to Vasai diocese, Nov 2009]
Bishop Lourdes Daniel (Apostolic Administrator Nov 2009 - 11 Nov 2010)
Bishop Lourdes Daniel (11 Nov 2010 - )
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in India
Christian organizations established in 1987
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Christianity in Maharashtra
1987 establishments in Maharashtra
Nashik |
A Verbindungsbahn (link line, connecting line, junction line) is in German language a railway line that links stations, in some cases of different railroad companies, sometimes bypassing specific stations. Its most simple form is a Umgehungsbahn (bypass railway). A Verbindungsbahn can often be found near Terminus stations (Kopfbahnhof in German), interlinking them in large cities with several terminus stations. Sometimes the Verbindungsbahn is also called Stammstrecke (lit. original line). The term can also be found in other European languages in a similar form. As an abbreviation for Verbindungsbahn sometimes V-Bahn is used.
Examples
Examples for a Verbindungsbahn are:
Germany
Verbindungsbahn (Frankfurt)
Verbindungsbahn (Hamburg)
Stammstrecke (München)
Verbindungsbahn (Stuttgart)
Austria
Switzerland
Verbindungsbahn (Basel)
References
Rail transport in Germany
Rail transport in Austria
Rail transport in Switzerland |
Action Now! was a Dutch pay television movie channel, broadcasting in the Netherlands and Flanders. The programming of the channel mainly consisted of action movies. In November 2008 Dutch largest cable company Ziggo removed Action Now! from its network, followed by Caiway on 1 April 2009. The availability of Action Now! dropped considerably in the Netherlands, resulting in the closure of the channel on 31 May 2009.
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Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009
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Century High School (CHS) is a public high school located in Bismarck, North Dakota. It serves 1,346 students and is part of the Bismarck Public Schools system. The principal is Steve Madler. The school colors are red, white, and blue. Century's mascot is the Patriot.
The school was built on reclaimed land from Bismarck's landfill in 1976 and was renovated and expanded in 1998. It is one of three public high schools in the city of Bismarck. Century serves the northwest region of the city. It supports many extracurricular activities. Among these are several sports teams, pre-professional organizations, string orchestras, bands, and choirs.
Athletics
Championships
State Class 'A' boys' basketball: 1984, 2011, 2018
State Class 'A' baseball: 2018, 2019
State Class 'A' girls' basketball: 1990, 2009, 2012, 2013
State Class 'A' wrestling: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2001
State Class 'A' girls' track and field: 1999, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013
State Class 'A' volleyball: 1983, 2008, 2012, 2015
State girls' swimming and diving: 1993 2009, 2010
State boys' swimming and diving: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
State girls' soccer: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011
State boys' soccer: 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
State boys' golf: 1978, 2013
State boys' football: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
State boys' track and field: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
State boys' cross country: 2016, 2017, 2019
State girls' cross country: 2014
Honors
The school's literary magazine is the Lit Mag, the newspaper is the Century Star, and the yearbook is the Century Spirit. These student-run publications have all been recognized by the National Scholastic Press Association as being among the top scholastic publications in the country.
In 2008 Century's chamber orchestra was selected to perform at the national convention of the American String Teachers' Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Notable alumni
Michelle Axtman, pilot and member of the North Dakota Senate
Paula Broadwell, author and extramarital partner of David Petraeus
Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
Carmen Berg, Playboy Playmate in July 1987
Todd Schmitz, swimming coach
Carson Wentz, quarterback and free agent
Notes
External links
Century High School website
Public high schools in North Dakota
Buildings and structures in Bismarck, North Dakota
North Dakota High School Activities Association (Class A)
North Dakota High School Activities Association (Class AAA Football)
Schools in Burleigh County, North Dakota
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New Spanish Baroque, also known as Mexican Baroque, refers to Baroque art in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. During this period, artists of New Spain experimented with expressive, contrasting, and realistic creative approaches, making art that became highly popular in New Spanish society.
Among notable artworks are polychrome sculptures, which as well as the technical skill they display, reflect the expressiveness and the colour contrasts characteristic of New Spanish Baroque.
Two styles can be traced in the architecture of New Spain: the Salomónico, developed from the mid-17th century, and the Estípite, which began in the early 18th century.
A model of the Cathedral of Puebla represents the architectural magnificence of New Spain. A choir book and a harpsichord of the 18th century highlight the importance of music for the colonial society of the Baroque period in Mexico.
Painting
In the realm of painting, New Spanish baroque had great artists whose works are in museums such as the Museum of the Viceroyalty in Tepotzotlán, El Carmen Museum in San Ángel, Santa Mónica Museum in Puebla, and Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
Among the most distinguished artists were:
Miguel Cabrera
Juan Correa
Cristóbal de Villalpando
Simón Pereyns
Simón Pereyns
Simón Pereyns lived in Antwerp then Mexico . He was a Flemish painter and in 1558, he moved to Lisbon and then to Madrid, where he worked as a court artist.
In 1566, he went to New Spain, achieved fame with his paintings in Mexico. Many works are attributed to him, but most of them have been lost; among those conserved are the ten tables of the altarpiece of Huejotzingo (1586), which revealed the influence of Dürer and his work on Saint Christopher (1585).
Pereyns was put on trial on religious charges. His beliefs were inherited from his ancestors, specifically his father, who was a Lutheran. While he was in prison, he painted a picture called "Our Lady of Atonement", hoping to win a pardon. He was released and donated the painting to the Archbishop of Mexico, whose successors mounted it on the Altar del Perdón at the Metropolitan Cathedral.
Juan Correa
Juan Correa (1646-1716) was a Novohispanic painter active between 1676 and 1716. His painting covers topics both religious and secular. One of his best works is considered to be the "Assumption of the Virgin" in the Cathedral of Mexico City; several of his works depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe found their way to Spain. He also made paintings of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Rome in 1669.
Cristóbal de Villalpando
Some of Cristóbal de Villalpando's ( – 1714) early work dates from 1675 with the high altar of the Franciscan convent of St. Martin of Tours in Huaquechula, where there are 17 of his paintings; but that is not necessarily the beginning of his career. It is likely that the painter was born in Mexico City in 1649. Little is known about his childhood and adolescence, the earliest documented date being his wedding in 1669. He married María de Mendoza, with whom he had four children.
Undoubtedly, Villalpando was one of the foremost painters of Mexico City during the latter part of the 17th century, as evidenced by the collection of triumphal paintings that were commissioned by the council of the Cathedral of Mexico, for decorating the walls of the sacristy of the church. The canvases prepared for that commission were: The Triumph of the Catholic Church, The Triumph of St. Peter, St. Michael's victory (known as Woman of the Apocalypse) and the appearance of St. Michael on Mount Gargano. Unfortunately, due to structural faults in the vaults of the building, Villalpando was unable to complete the intended set of six paintings; they were completed by Juan Correa.
Due to this hindrance to his work at Mexico City, Villalpando moved to Puebla de los Ángeles where he carried out similar work at the Cathedral there. He produced a well-known oil painting titled "Glorification of the Virgin", in the dome of the Chapel de Los Reyes located in the end wall of the church. It is also worth noting the amount of his work found in the church of the Profesa in Mexico City. His importance was recognized by the painters' guild, of which he became leader on several occasions. He reached old age with a great reputation, and he was recognized as an important stylistic influence on later generations. He is considered one of the last exponents of Baroque painting in New Spain: after his death New Spanish plastic art took a different path.
Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera (1695-1768) was an extraordinarily prolific artist, specialising in depictions of the Virgin Mary and other saints. He is regarded as the leading colourist of the 18th century.
His paintings were very much in demand: many requests for pictures came from convents, churches, palaces, and noble houses.
Writing and philosophy
A wide range of poets and writers fell within the New Spanish Baroque tradition.
Gutierre de Cetina
Gutierre de Cetina (1520 - 1557) was a Spanish poet of the Renaissance and the Spanish Golden Age. He was born in Seville, Spain and died in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Of a noble and wealthy family, he lived for a long time in Italy, where he was a soldier under the command of Charles I. Spending much time in the court of the Prince of Ascoli, to whom he dedicated numerous poems, and also associated with Luis de Leyva and distinguished humanist and poet Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. He adopted the nickname "Vandalio" and composed a song in the Petrarchan style to a beautiful woman named Laura Gonzaga. To such a woman was dedicated the famous madrigal that has been included in all anthologies of poetry in the Spanish language:
Eyes clear, calm,
Since you are praised for your tender gaze,
Why, when you look at me, do you look angry?
In the same songbook there are many sonnets whose pattern was essentially the rendering of a loving thought of Petrarch or Ausiàs March in the quartets, and a further, more personal development in the tercets.
In 1554 Cetina returned to Spain and in 1556 went to Mexico; he had previously been there between 1546 and 1548, with his uncle Gonzalo Lopez, who had gone there as chief accountant. He fell in love again, with Leonor de Osma, and was mortally wounded in 1557 in Puebla de los Angeles by an envious rival, Hernando de Nava.
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (c.1581 - 1639) was born in Taxco. He was a Novohispanic writer of the Golden Age who developed various forms of drama. His works include the comedy "La Verdad Sospechosa" (Suspicious Truth), which is one of the most important works of Spanish American Baroque theater, comparable to the best pieces of Lope de Vega or Tirso de Molina.
Little is known about the early life of Ruiz de Alarcón. It is known that his maternal grandfather was Jewish and his paternal grandfather was the son of a priest of La Mancha and a Moorish slave. It is probable that he came from a family well connected with the Castilian nobility. He studied from 1596 to 1598 in the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. About 1600 he set off for the University of Salamanca, where he studied civil law and specialized in canon law.
While in Salamanca, Alarcón rose to prominence as the author of dramas and stories. In 1606 he went to Seville in order to practice commercial and canonical law. There, he met Miguel de Cervantes, who was subsequently influenced by his works, including La cueva de Salamanca (The Cave of Salamanca) and "El Semejante A Sí Mismo" (Like unto Himself).
In the first months of 1607 he returned to New Spain. Two years later he obtained a bachelor's degree in law and several times tried unsuccessfully to gain a university chair. His next move was to Madrid, where he began the most fruitful period of his literary output. His early works were "Las Paredes Oyen" (Walls Have Ears) and "Los Pechos Privilegiados" (The Privileged), both meeting with some success. He soon came to be recognised in literary circles in Madrid, but never established close relations with any of their members. Indeed, he earned the hostility of others. We know of many satirical quatrains and disguised allusions to Alarcón, who was always ridiculed for his physique - he was a hunchback - and his American origins. He, in turn, responded to the vast majority of personal attacks and never stopped writing.
It has been suggested that he may have collaborated with Tirso de Molina, one of the most famous writers of his time and the one who most influenced his works. There are no written evidence of such a collaboration, although it is thought that at least two of the comedies of Tirso, published in the second volume of his works (Madrid, 1635), were in fact written by or with the collaboration of Alarcón.
With the accession of Philip IV, in 1621, the theater achieved an important place in the royal court. Alarcón soon struck up a useful friendship with the son-in-law of the powerful Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Ramiro Felipe de Guzmán, under whose patronage he grew better-known as a poet. Between 1622 and 1624 he wrote "La Amistad Castigada" (Punished Friendship) and "El dueño de las estrellas" (The Owner of the Stars) as well as the vast majority of his plays. From 1625 he served on the Council of the Indies, thanks to the intercession of his friend Ramiro Felipe de Guzmán.
During the first months of 1639, Alarcón's health began to deteriorate. He stopped attending the council's meetings and was replaced in his position as rapporteur. In August he dictated his will, making provision for all his debts and debtors. He died on August 4, 1639, and was buried in the parish of San Sebastián.
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (1645 - 1700) was the youngest son of eight children and was related to the famous Baroque Culteranismo poet Luis de Góngora. His father was a tutor to the royal family in Spain; after he emigrated to the New World he joined the bureaucracy of the viceroyalty.
In 1662, Sigüenza entered the Jesuit college of Tepotzotlán to begin his religious studies, which he continued in Puebla. In 1667 he was expelled from the order for indiscipline. He returned to Mexico City and entered the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. In 1672 he took the post of professor of mathematics and astrology, the position that Diego Rodríguez had occupied thirty years before. Sigüenza held this position for the next twenty years. In 1681, he wrote a book, "A Philosophical Manifesto", concerning comets, in an attempt to calm the superstitious fears arising from this cosmic phenomenon. A Jesuit, Eusebio Kino, strongly criticized this text from an Aristotelian and Thomistic point of view; but, far from being intimidated, Sigüenza responded by publishing his work "Libra astronómica y philosóphica" (1690). Here he rigorously justified his view of comets, referring to the most current scientific knowledge of his time; against the Thomism and Aristotelianism of Father Kino he quoted authors like Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Kepler and Tycho Brahe.
Until recently it had been thought that another of his works, "Los infortunios de Alonso Ramírez" (1690), describing the adventures of a Puerto Rican named Alonso Ramírez, was a mere fiction invented by the famous Mexican intellectual. It has now been shown to be a historical account. [See article on Siguenza y Gongora]
The heavy rains of 1691 flooded the fields and threatened to flood the city; the wheat crop was devastated by a disease. Sigüenza used a precursor of the microscope to discover that the cause of this disease in wheat was the Chiahuiztli, an insect like the flea. As a result of this disaster, the following year there was a severe shortage of food which caused large-scale rioting. Mobs looted Spaniards' shops and caused numerous fires in government buildings. Sigüenza managed to salvage the city library from the fire, avoiding a great loss. Sigüenza estimated that about ten thousand people took part in the riot. As the royal cosmographer of New Spain he drew hydrologic maps of the Valley of Mexico. In 1693 he was sent by the viceroy as a companion of Andrés de Pez in an exploration trip to the north of the Gulf of Mexico and in particular the peninsula of Florida, where he drew maps of Pensacola Bay and the mouth of the Mississippi River. This experience may have inspired him to write about marine adventure in the "Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez".
In his later years he spent much time collecting material for a history of ancient Mexico. Unfortunately, his untimely death interrupted the work, which was not resumed until centuries later when criolla self-awareness had developed enough to be interested in the identity of their nation. Sigüenza had directed that upon his death, his valuable library with more than 518 books would be donated to a Jesuit school, and his body handed over to medical research in order to find a cure for the disease that caused his death.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 - 1695), known as the "Tenth Muse", was born on 12 November 1651 in San Miguel Nepantla and died in Mexico City on April 17, 1695. She was one of the greatest writers during the Golden Age. Her passion for literature began in childhood, but as a woman, she could not get into university, so she started to write poetry, pieces of music, sonnets, ten-line stanzas and books. She first entered the Carmelite order, but decided to change to the Jerónimas in the Convento de San Jerónimo (Mexico City), which is now University of the Cloister of Sor Juana.
Her works included "Redondillas" and "Al que ingrato me deja" (To the one who ungratefully leaves me). She composed a poem which became a Christmas carol called "¡Ah de las mazmorras!" (Ah dungeons!). She was on the verge of condemnation by the Spanish Inquisition, because at that time women were not thought fit to philosophize. There was presumed to be a lesbian relationship between Sor Juana and Viceroy María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga yet there was no certain evidence. It was also alleged that she was a feminist, citing her accusations against men and her poems such as those mentioned above.
Sor Juana eventually retired from writing and poetry to devote herself to religious work. She became characterized by a famous phrase: "I, the worst of all." In 1695, an epidemic of plague affected the capital of New Spain, including the Convento de San Jerónimo. Sor Juana helped care for the sick until she contracted the plague and died.
See also
Baroque art in Mexico
Churrigueresque
Azulejo
References
Spanish art
Spanish Baroque
New Spain
New Spain |
Mathia (Greek: Μαθία or Μαθιά) may refer to several villages in Greece:
Mathia, Heraklion, a village in the Heraklion regional unit
Mathia, Messenia, a village in Messenia
Mathia may also refer to food or cooking ingredients:
Mathia, a flour, similar to peasemeal, made of peas and lentils
Mathri, an Indian snack
Mathia (film), a 2004 Indian film
Mathia may also refer to:
MATHia, educational software developed by Carnegie Learning |
Amanda Pascoe (born 31 October 1984) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.
Career
Pascoe first competed for Australia at the 2000 Oceania Swimming Championships in Christchurch where she won gold in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:20.46 and with Heidi Crawford, Tammie Smith and Joy Symons won gold in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:24.69. In both events new championships record times were set. Pascoe also won silver in 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay with Crawford, Brooke Townsend and Carmen Cosgrove in 3:55.46, and won bronze in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:04.89 and bronze 800-metre freestyle in 8:56.83.
At the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Pascoe finished 4th in the 1500 metre freestyle in 16:16.80 and 12th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:43.79.
At the 2001–02 FINA Swimming World Cup event in Melbourne, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle in 8:21.27, finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:05.28 and 12th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:02.13. At the event in Paris, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle in 8:19.54 and was runner up in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:07.13. In Stockholm, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle in 8:23.99, finished 3rd in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:08.70 and 14th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:03.23. At the final event in Berlin, Pascoe won the 800-metre freestyle for the fourth time in 8:17.64, finished runner up in 400-metre freestyle in 4:05.42 and 21st in 200-metre freestyle in 2:02.35.
At the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, Pascoe with Giaan Rooney, Clementine Stoney and Lori Munz finished 4th in the heats of the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay. In the final, Pascoe and Stoney were replaced with Elka Graham and Petria Thomas who won bronze with a time of 7:49.50. In other results, Pascoe finished 6th both the 400 and the 800-metre freestyle events with times of 4:08.68 and 8:29.98 respectively.
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Pascoe won silver in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:34.19 and finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:14.74.
At the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Japan, Pascoe finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:13.33, 6th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:39.89 and 7th in the 1500 metre freestyle in 16:46.84.
At the 2003 Duel in the Pool between United States and Australia in Indianapolis, Pascoe finished 3rd in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:37.52.
At the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Pascoe finished 14th in the 800-metre freestyle in 16:38.70 and 15th in the 800-metre freestyle in 8:42.27.
References
1984 births
Living people
Australian female freestyle swimmers
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Australian women
20th-century Australian women
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Etowah High School is located in Woodstock, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of six high schools in the Cherokee County School District (CCSD), along with Cherokee, Sequoyah, Woodstock, Creekview, and River Ridge.
Its mascot is the Eagle, and its colors are blue and gold.
Etowah High School opened in 1976. Originally the campus had three buildings, and it has since expanded to 10.
The school was one of the sites used for filming the 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans.
Administration
Robert Horn – Principal
Cassandra Mathious – Assistant Principal
Ken Nix – Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
Justin Sanderson – Assistant Principal
Jennifer Jones – Assistant Principal
Brett Pinkard – Assistant Principal
Departments
CTAE – The Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education department represents more than 96 career pathways. The department is meant to help students discover new interests and passions that can help lead them to success in high school, college, and a career.
English – The English department is meant to help teach student listening, speaking, and reading and writing skills.
ESOL – English to Speakers of Other Languages is a state-funded instructional program for eligible English Leaders (ELs).
Fine Arts: Visual Arts, Chorus, Dramatic Arts, Band – The Fine Arts department is meant to help teach students how to better understand human ideals and aspiration through artistic expression. It includes performing arts, the visual arts and theater arts.
Math – The Mathematics department is meant to help students gain better problem solving, communication, reasoning and connection-making skills. The math studied includes numbers and operations, algebra, functions, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, probability, discrete mathematics, analysis and calculus.
Physical Education – The Physical Education program is meant to teach develop students' motor skills, physical fitness, emotional strength, maturity, values, healthful decision-making and pursuit of lifelong health and fitness.
Science – The Science department is meant to facilitate students in their learning of science through technology, laboratory experiences, current science issues and real life problem-solving.
Social Studies – The Social Students department's goals include helping students develop a continuing interest in their society; develop a respect for the dignity and worth of all persons; and achieve the depth of understanding and loyalty to democratic ideas and the skills necessary to accept responsibilities and rights of citizenship.
World Languages – The World Language department consist of Spanish, French, and German.
Academic performance
2017 rankings:
Etowah High School is ranked #1812 in the National Rankings and earned a silver medal. Schools are ranked based on their performance on state-required tests and how well they prepare students for college.
All rankings:
It was one of 304 schools in the nation that won the National Blue Ribbon School Award in 2010. The Washington Post named EHS in the top 10% of America's Most Challenging High Schools in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2016 Etowah was named as a Silver Honoree for the second time by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2016 Etowah High School received the highest ACT composite score in the Cherokee County School District for the 4th year in a row. Etowah ranked 29th in the state of Georgia in 2016. EHS ranked 1st in ACT participants in CCSD with 370 participants in 2016. In 2016, EHS ranked 2nd in English in CCSD and 1st in Math, Reading, and Science. The ACT composite score of 23.6 in 2016 was Etowah's highest average composite score. In 2017, Etowah senior Nathan Baker received a perfect score on the ACT.
Etowah was in the top seven in the state for Advance Placement Testing Performance in 2014. Advanced Placement classes offered include: World History, U.S. History, Government, Psychology, Chemistry, Biology, Physics (1, 2, and C: Mechanics), Environmental Science, Calculus (AB and BC), Statistics, Computer Science, English Language, and English Literature. Overall, they offer 22 AP courses and administer over 800 exams. The average AP score across classes was a 3.72 out of a possible 5 in 2010. Etowah was named an AP STEM School, an AP STEM Achievement School, and an AP Humanities school.
Sports
Etowah received the 2016 GHSA Team Spirit Award.
Dance team: Coach Brittany Chandler led the Dancing Eagles to be 2020 State Championship Runner Ups and Regional Champions.
Baseball: Coach Greg Robinson lead the Eagles to the Region 7A 2017 State Championship, where they beat their county rival, Woodstock High School.
Softball: Region 5-AAAAA Champions, 2009
Football: Region 5-AAAAA Champions, 2006, 2008, and 2010; State Playoffs 2006-2011; Region AAAAAA
State Playoffs Semifinals Final Four 2014
Previous Head Coach Dave Svehla took the 2014 EHS football team to the state semi-finals, making school history in his third year as head coach.
Basketball: Girls' AAAA State Champions 2005, Girl's AAAA Runner-up 1989, Girls 2017 Region Runner-Up, 2017 Boys Region Champions
Winter Guard: SCGC Georgia State Champions 2004
Cross-country: Boys' and Girls' Region 5-AAAAA Champions, 2007
Soccer: Boys' Sweet Sixteen 2008, Men's 5-AAAAA Co-Champions, Girls' Region 5-AAAAA Champions, 2010
Swimming: state champions 2007; County Champions 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Baseball: AAAA state final four 2006, Region 5-AAAAA Champions 2009, 2010, state champions 2017
Golf: Boys' state champions 2002, 2005
Academic Bowl Team: 2006, 2008, 2012 Region Champions, State Final Four 2006, Elite Eight 2008, 4th Place in AAAAA 2012, 6A State Champions 2013
Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Unit GA-958
Boys' and girls' track team: Boys' and Girls' Region 5-AAAAA Champions 2008, 2009
Math Team
Wrestling: County Champions 1985, 1990, 1991, 2004, 2008, 2010; Region Champions 1985, 1990, 2014, 2015; Region runner-up individual 2009, team 2011; State runner-up 2015; 2017 Region runner-up
Tennis: 5-AAAAA
Lacrosse
Volleyball
Gymnastics: 2017 qualified for the state championships
Between 2010 and 2016 Etowah won the GEMA/GHSA Sportsmanship Award for the 5AAAAAA region three times.
Notable alumni
Michael Caldwell - Mayor of Woodstock, GA
Chris Kirk – PGA Tour golfer
Bronson Rechsteiner – professional wrestler and American football player
Chandler Riggs – actor (The Walking Dead)
Buster Skrine – NFL Cornerback, (Tennessee Titans)
Drew Waters – baseball player in the Kansas City Royals organization
Joseph Dorgan – professional wrestler under a contract to Impact Wrestling with the ring name Johnny Swinger
SoFaygo - Rap and Hip-Hop Artist signed to Cactus Jack Records
References
External links
Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Schools in Cherokee County, Georgia
1976 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
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The Indian Parliament Special Session, 2023 was a Special Session held in the Parliament of India from 18 to 22 September 2023. This 5-day assembly meet of MPs was announced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on 31 August 2023. This parliamentary gathering marked the 13th session of the 17th Lok Sabha and the 261st session of the Rajya Sabha.
On 17 September, the Vice President of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar in presence of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla hoisted the National Flag of India on the top of Gaja Dwar, one day prior to the special session at the newly constructed Parliament House. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge skipped the event and expressed "disappointment" over receiving the invitation for the event "quite late". He scheduled Congress Working Committee meeting in Hyderabad on 16-17 September.
As anticipated, this special session witnessed the transfer of parliamentary proceedings from the existing premises of British-era building to the New Parliament House in the national capital. and this special session of Parliament did not include Question Hour, Zero Hour, or Private Member Business.
On 21 September, the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, one day earlier than planned, subsequent to the successful passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, officially the 128th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, with an overwhelming majority in both Houses. The Lok Sabha concluded the four sitting session lasting about a little more than 30 hours after a debate on Chandrayaan-3 mission. This special session in Lok Sabha saw a House productivity of 160 percent.
Agenda
While the agenda for the House business was notified on 13 September, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs convened a meeting with the floor leaders of various political parties on 17th September. On the inaugural day, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha discussed Parliamentary Journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha – Achievements, Experiences, Memories and Learnings. Opposition parties criticized the early announcement without disclosing the agenda.
The parliamentary bulletin showed the Post Office Bill, 2023; the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023; and the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 as legislative bills listed for business in the Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha listed additional discussion on the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 and the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Business
Day 1
The inaugural session commemorated the 75th anniversary of the parliamentary voyage, which commenced with the establishment of the Constituent Assembly. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha engaged in a discourse concerning the accomplishments, encounters, recollections, and insights gained over the past 75 years.
Speaker Om Birla initiated the discussion in Lok Sabha and highlighted successful completion of G20 summit during India's presidency.
During his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted the achievements of Chandrayaan-3 and G20 summit. He reflected upon noteworthy events spanning the past 75 years of the Indian Parliament and paid tribute to all former PMs. While highlighting the need and significance of moving to new Parliament building and remembering the legacy of old Parliament building, he suggested renaming the old Parliament as Samvidhan Sadan. Modi informed the house that his cabinet has cleared the long pending Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 which shall be called as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a day before the commencement of special session.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, shared his sentiments on the Parliament building and emphasized on the significant role played by Nehru in fostering the advancement of Parliamentary democracy. He questioned the reason behind calling the special session without the routine Question Hour and Zero Hour. DMK's T. R. Baalu downplayed the significance of this special session and tried to disassociate the Chandrayaan-3 success from the Modi Government. Leader of the Trinamool Congress Party in Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandyopadhyay spoke about his concerns on the essence of fraternity among fellow parliamentarians. Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule criticized the government and recalled the efforts of Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in Parliament for the Women's Reservation Bill. Bhartruhari Mahtab from Biju Janata Dal, Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, DMK's A. Raja and Arun Sao of Bharatiya Janata Party also spoke in the Lok Sabha on Day 1.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar began the discussion in Upper House and remarked that the characteristic feature of a thriving democracy is the presence of constructive discourse in the Parliament. Every MP should thrive to achieve this by avoiding disruptive tactics and having fruitful debates. He spoke on the 75-year-long trajectory of the Indian Parliament, which has played a pivotal role in shaping the country's democratic landscape. Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, emphasized the importance of eradicating corruption in order to make India a developed nation. He brought out the awful experiences of Emergency in India, the 2001 Parliament terror attack, the cash-for-votes scandal, and the parliamentary deliberations pertaining to the establishment of the state of Telangana. Furthermore, Goyal highlighted the crucial role of the Opposition in ensuring accountability and transparency in the government's actions.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge spoke on Nehru's inclusive approach towards political opponents in the Parliament and regretted the current situation in the national politics. He stated that the Congress has always strengthened India's democracy and its constitution. He raised the issue of PM Modi's absence in the Upper House. Manoj Kumar Jha from the Rashtriya Janata Dal said the concept of democracy encompasses the crucial aspect of safeguarding against the potential tyranny that may arise from the majority. Kerala Congress (M) MP Jose K. Mani said the recent years have indisputably witnessed occurrences of undemocratic parliamentary methods and procedures that have posed a significant threat to the fundamental principles of democracy. DMK's Tiruchi Siva asserted that the available room for the opposition is gradually diminishing. Amar Patnaik, a member of the BJD, emphasized the significant role that states hold within the framework of parliamentary democracy. He further acknowledged the existence of challenges pertaining to financial relations, particularly concerning the devolution of funds. YSRCP's S. Niranjan Reddy raised his concern on the part of southern states having less representation in future parliament owing to delimitation process to be carried out on the basis of increased population of northern states. John Brittas, a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), asserted that as per the views expressed by B. R. Ambedkar, democracy should not be perceived merely as a system governed by the majority, but rather as a mechanism designed to safeguard the rights and interests of the minority. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Vaiko expressed his fear of India becoming a Hindu Rashtra and claimed that the establishment of the opposition INDI Alliance posed a significant challenge to the Modi government, compelling it to adopt the name 'Bharat' during the G20.
The discussion witnessed the active participation of prominent political figures from various parties including Praful Patel from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bhubaneswar Kalita from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Birendra Prasad Baishya from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Nadimul Haque from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Shaktisinh Gohil and Rajiv Shukla from the Indian National Congress, M. Thambidurai from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), K. Keshava Rao from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party (BRS), Vikramjit Singh Sahney from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Mamata Mohanta from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), and G. K. Vasan from the Tamil Maanila Congress.
Day 2
On the second day, the parliamentarians convened within the Central Hall of the Old Parliament. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced that the former Parliament building will henceforth be referred to as Samvidhan Sadan, coinciding with the relocation of Parliament's operations to its new premises on the 'auspicious day' of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Performance
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had 4 sittings instead of 5 as per schedule. Only one Bill, Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam - The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023, was discussed and passed in Parliament whereas five Bills were listed for the business. Both houses fulfilled their legislative duties, surpassing their respective scheduled time allocations by 137% in Lok Sabha and 128% in Rajya Sabha.
Reactions
Delay in release of tentative agenda for the Special Session from official sources led to various assumptions across the political parties. Many saw convening of Parliament Special Session as something related to upcoming elections. The use at the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit of the term "Bharat" rather than "India" sparked speculation that some sort of attempted elevation of the name "Bharat" might be proposed.
The session started on 18 September, seventy-four years exactly after a proposal to use "Bharat" as the country's name was proposed and defeated at the Constituent Assembly of India. The proposal was by H.V. Kamath of the All India Forward Bloc, and the amendment was ultimately defeated by a vote of 38 to 51. Political analysts say it may not be a coincidence that the special session has been called on the same date.
Some speculated on the Government pushing for "one nation, one election" bill while Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar guessed the current Lok Sabha might be dissolved to call for early national elections along with poll-bound states. Pointing out the suspense over agenda, Jairam Ramesh said the government would throw "legislative grenades" during the special session. Asaduddin Owaisi demanded for a discussion on Chinese incursion in the Ladakh region. Mallikarjun Kharge termed the government decision without consulting opposition parties to convene special session of Parliament as an indicator of "dictatorship". Sanjay Raut said the special session of Parliament called by the Government is an act "deceit" and termed it as "cheating with Ganpati Ji." Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister raising the issues her party would like to have debate in the special session of the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi linked the session to "panic" of government as he was raising the "uncomfortable" Adani issue in the Parliament. Nana Patole asserted that the forthcoming parliamentary session has been convened with the purpose of declaring Mumbai as Union Territory and separating it from Maharashtra.
Some hinted at Government bringing back the Women's Reservation Bill. The UPA led 15th Lok Sabha failed to pass the bill due to strong opposition from political parties, including Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal. It was suggested that BJP might "expose" ideological differences among the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. Media reports emerged that the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir might be restored in this special session. Political commentators signaled the possibilities of government bringing the Uniform Civil Code, Universal Basic Income or the Presidential form of national elections.
See also
Parliament Special Session (India)
References
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India
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2023 in India |
Glorious Ashes (original title: Tro tàn rực rỡ) is a 2022 Vietnamese-language drama film directed and written by . It is an adaptation of two short stories, "Glorious Ashes" and "Drifting Firewood" ("Củi mục trôi về"), taken from the Đảo (Island) short story collection by Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư. The film has an ensemble cast including Juliet Bảo Ngọc Doling, , , , , Thạch Kim Long, Mai Thế Hiệp and . Set in Thom Rom village of Cà Mau, the story revolves around three women, their journey of love and their efforts to keep their men. The imagery of fire and ashes appears throughout as a metaphor for the passion and longing of these women.
Glorious Ashes surpassed 27 other projects to win the top prize of $15,000 at the Asian Project Market, a division of the Busan International Film Festival, in 2017. The film also won the Inaugural Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant by the Singapore Film Commission in November 2019. It was then premiered at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival and became the first Vietnamese film to compete for the festival's top prize, the Tokyo Grand Prix, in October 2022. The film won the Montgolfière d'or at the 2022 Three Continents Festival and won four awards at the 2023 Kite Awards. In Vietnam, Glorious Ashes opened in theaters nationwide on December 2, 2022. The film was chosen as the Vietnamese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Plot
Set in the poor Mekong Delta coastal village of Thom Rom, the film follows the lives of three women, whose love lives are unusual and unique to their nature. The film is narrated from Hau's perspective, as she experiences life with a husband who only has eyes for another woman, and develops her growing friendship with her rival.
Cast
Lê Công Hoàng as Duong
Juliet Bảo Ngọc Doling as Hau
Phương Anh Đào as Nhan
Ngô Quang Tuấn as Tam
Ngô Phạm Hạnh Thuý as Loan
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hiệp as Duong's mother
Mai Thế Hiệp as Monk
Nguyễn Văn Thạch and Hoàng Thị Thuý appear as neighbors; Phạm Thị Hoa Lan appears as charcoal factory boss; Lê Ánh Hồng appears as Loan's aunty; Huỳnh Ngọc Tâm appears as old man in charcoal; Trương Vũ Phước appears as Hau's father; Phạm Văn Cường, Lý Văn Tiễn and Nguyễn Chí Hữu appear as workers in charcoal factory; Lê Phương Anh Dũng appears as boat captain; Kha Ngọc Hồng Hạnh appears as Nhan's daughter; Trần Minh Chi Nhân appears as singing man on boat; Uyên Nhi appears as Hau's daughter.
Themes
Set in the poor Mekong Delta, the film portrays the love and pain of three women with their men. The imagery of fire and ashes appears throughout as a metaphor for the passion and longing to be "seen" of these women. Bùi Thạc Chuyên said he was fascinated by the power of love of women in the original story by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư.
Production
The film is produced by An Nam Productions and distributed by CGV. It began principal photography in 2021.
Release
Glorious Ashes was selected to compete for the Tokyo Grand Prix at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival to be held from 24 October to 2 November 2022. It screened for the first time in Tokyo and subsequently had its French premiere at the Three Continents Festival in November 2022.
On 10 November 2022, Glorious Ashes had its premiere in Ho Chi Minh City before being released in Vietnam theatrically on 2 December.
Reception
Critical response
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter, wrote "Premiering in competition at Tokyo, the film provides an intriguing look at a part of the world where the old ways, whether in farming, fishing or wives being completely subjected to their husbands’ every last whim, still dominate daily life. But the two-hour drama never quite rises above its earnest and weighty message, which makes it more of a thoughtful pedagogical item than a movie with serious market potential."
Wendy Ide of Screen Daily, describing it as "a thoughtful piece which is elevated by strong performances."
Accolades
Gallery
See also
List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
List of Vietnamese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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2022 films
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Vietnamese drama films
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Brazhnikov (; 11 November 1941 – 7 March 2011) was a Russian professional football coach.
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Kenneth "KK" Knight (23 March 1922 – 2 November 2018) was a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He served as head of department between 1967 and 1982. and as Dean of the Faculty during 1969/1971. Prof Knight was a lecturer and researcher in geotechnical and pavement engineering
Background
Born in Durban, South Africa on 23 March 1922, Knight matriculated from Parktown Boys' High School in 1939. After serving five years in the South African Naval Forces, he continued his studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) graduating with a BSc (Eng) Civil Engineering in 1949. During his university studies he was an active student leader serving on the Students Engineering Council.
After spending several years working as an engineer for the Springs and Johannesburg Municipalities he returned to Wits as a lecturer in 1955. Here he worked on collapsible soils and presented his PhD thesis titled “The collapse of structure of sandy sub-soils on wetting” in 1960. Following this he spent nine months as an honorary visiting Lecturer at Imperial College.
In 1963 he was appointed as senior lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu Natal). He was made full professor in 1967 and served as the head of department until his retirement in 1982.
During his professional career he was much in demand as consultant on foundation engineering projects such as piling, ground freezing, and the foundations for multistorey buildings, concrete mining headgears, and large mill houses. After retiring he remained an active consultant.
Knight, considered being a whole engineer required active engagement within one's society. Consequently, he served for several years as chairman of Northcliff Primary School board and held many appointments in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. After his retirement he was an active member of various charities.
He died in Durban, South Africa on 2 November 2018. He was married to Antoinette with whom he had four daughters and a son, and later several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Contributions
Knight was an early advocate of equal access to engineering during apartheid. During his 1977 SAICE Presidential address he stated, "My ideal is that of educating and training engineers of any ethnic group and of either sex to perform engineering work whenever engineering work is required to be done for the benefit of the community." His advocacy was responsible for promoting the career of Trueman Goba, the first black SAICE president, and of Allyson Lawless, the first female SAICE president.
His contributions to geotechnical engineering include research on collapse soils in collaboration with Jeremiah Jennings, and the effect of bentonite on the skin friction on cast-in-situ piles and diaphragm walls. He also contributed to the use of gap graded mixes for asphalt overlays. Knight was also the Chairman of the organising committee for the first Conference on Asphalt Pavements for southern Africa held in Durban in 1969, which now continues on a five yearly cycle.
In addition to serving as SAICE president he also served a number of terms as Chair of the Durban Branch of SAICE. He also served the wider engineering fraternity by sitting on the South African Council for Professional Engineers council and education advisory committee.
Awards
For his contributions to geotechnical engineering, Kenneth Knight was awarded the 1992 SAICE Geotechnical Division Medal. In 1995, he was awarded the SAICE Gold Medal, which is the institutes highest honour that can be bestowed on a Corporate Member.
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Józef Bielak ( – 11 June 1794) was a Lithuanian Tatar general, who fought in the Bar Confederation, the War of 1792 and Uprising of 1794. He commanded the 4th Lithuanian Advance Guard Regiment from 1763 to his death in 1794.
Early life
He was the son of Osman and Regina née Rudnicka.
Military career
Seven Years' War (1761–1763)
In 1761 he became a captain in general Czymbaj Murza Rudnicki's regiment, which was assigned to the Royal Saxon army until 1764. With it, he fought in Silesia, Saxony and Czechia during the Seven Years' War. In 1763 he was promoted to colonel and a year later he became the commander of the 4th Lithuanian Vanguard Regiment.
Bar Confederation (1768–1772)
During the Bar Confederation he fought on the side of the Confederates, under the command of Casimir Pulaski against the Russians. In 1771, however, he passed over to the king's side. However, he soon returned to the Confederates and fought in the Battle of Stołowicze. In 1772 he became a major general of the Lithuanian army.
After the fall of the confederation, he returned to Koszoły, which was granted to him by King Augustus III for his war merits in 1763.
Four Years' Sejm (1788–1792)
In the years 1788-1789, he suppressed Ukrainian peasant revolts.
He distinguished himself in the War in Defence of the Constitution, commanding the Lithuanian Vanguard corps. He participated, among others in the battles of Mir, Zelwa and Lietuvos Brasta. He was one of the most talented commanders of this campaign, for which he was decorated with the Knight's Cross of Virtuti Militari.
Kościuszko Uprising (1794)
During the Kościuszko Uprising, he led the Lithuanian corps formed in Gardinas. He died of natural causes during the uprising. He was buried in Studzianka.
Family
He had thirteen children from two marriages. With Urszula née Łosiów he had a son Abraham, and with Kunegunda née Tuhan-Baranowska: Samuel - lieutenant colonel, Mustafa - captain, Machmet - lieutenant, Albrycht - lieutenant, Osman - ensign, Soliman - lieutenant, Bohdan (killed in the November Uprising), Bekier, Elijah, Elizabeth, Eve and Felician. After Józef's death in 1794, his wife Kunegunda married his adjutant, also Tatar, Tupalski.
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Prehotep may refer to:
Prehotep I, vizier in the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II
Prehotep II, also vizier in the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II
Scholars disagree as to whether there were two viziers or just one with the name Prehotep. |
The Buick V8 is a family of V8 engines produced by the Buick division of General Motors between 1953 and 1981. The first version replaced the Buick straight-eight. Displacements vary from (for the division's unique all-aluminum early 1960s engine) to for its last big block in 1976. All are naturally aspirated OHV pushrod engines, except for an optional turbocharged version of the short-lived 215 used in the 1962-63 Oldsmobile Jetfire.
Six displacements of the engine were used in two generations between 1953 and 1966, varying from to ; three displacements of standard cast-iron small blocks between 1964 and 1981, and and ; one of the aluminum blocks (1961-1963); and three big blocks between 1967 and 1976 and and .
Some of these Buick V8s, such as the 350, 400, and 455, had the same displacements as those from other GM divisions, but were otherwise entirely different engines.
Buick "Nailhead" V8 (first generation)
Buick's first generation of V8 was offered from 1953 through 1956. It was an OHV pushrod engine like the then-new Oldsmobile "Rocket" V8. While it was officially called by Buick the "Fireball V8" it became known as the "Nailhead" by enthusiasts for the unusual vertical alignment of its small-sized valves, features that were the result of putting both intake and exhaust valves on the intake manifold side of the "pent-roof combustion chamber" used in this engine series. (Originally, it was known to hot rodders as the “nail valve” because the valves had long stems and small heads which made them look like nails.) To offset the smaller-sized valves ( for the intake and for the exhaust) and restrictive port diameters, the Nailhead V8 family used a camshaft with greater lift and duration. The small-diameter intake runners allowed these engines to develop high torque, with many exceeding 1 ft-lb/cu in, exceptional for the time. All of the nailhead designs have a bore spacing. The high torque nature of the engine was developed to provide adequate acceleration when mated to the Dynaflow transmission which favored smoothness above most other design and marketing objectives. Dynaflow's non-shifting design was demonstrably smoother than the rough shifting automatics then available, to include GM's Hydramatic, and the Powerglide unit used by Chevrolet. After the war, manual transmissions fell out of fashion, and automatic transmissions were more popular.
264
The produced in 1954 and 1955 was a direct replacement for the 263 straight-eight and the only engine available for the economy "Special" series during its run. The smallest displacement Nailhead, it is a small-bore version of the 322, sharing stroke and deck height, but having its own bore.
322
The larger was the original Nailhead, used by Buick from 1953 through 1956 in the Roadmaster, Super, and Century models, and the Special in 1956. It has a bore and stroke of .
The 322 was also used in the 1956 through 1957 10,000-Series conventional-cab Chevrolet heavy duty trucks labeled as the Loadmaster.
Buick "Nailhead" V8 (second generation)
Buick's second variation of the nicknamed "Nailhead" was produced from 1957–1966, and the "Fireball" name was no longer used starting in 1958, and was very briefly called the "B-12000" referring to the 12,000 foot pounds generated by each piston.
364
The 364 was introduced in 1957 and produced through 1961. The Special came standard with two-barrel carburetor and , where all others had the four-barrel, engine. Buick, like most of its competitors, continued to expand their durable V8 engine to larger displacements, such as the (bore by stroke) .
401 (400)
The 364 was enlarged to and produced from 1959 to 1966. Originally a 401, it was later redesignated a 400 to meet 1960s GM directives for maximum displacement engines in mid-size cars. Bore and stroke were enlarged to respectively.
The 401/400 became Buick's full-sized and later intermediate muscle car powerplant of choice, used in the company's Skylark Gran Sport, Buick Sport Wagon and Buick Wildcat models, among others. The engine was variously designated the Wildcat 375, Wildcat 410, and Wildcat 445 depending on the torque each version produced. The Wildcat 410 was the two-barrel carbureted engine, standard on the 1962-63 LeSabre. The Wildcat 375 was a no-cost option for the 1962-63 LeSabre that used a lower compression ratio to run on lower-octane fuel. The various Wildcat engines had decals on their air cleaners indicating their version; however, the four-barrel edition of the 1966-67 small-block Buick 340 V8 was also labeled Wildcat 375 on its air cleaner, but was not a Nailhead.
The Wildcat 445, with a single four-barrel carburetor, was the standard engine in the Invicta, 1959-1966 Electra, 1962–1966 Buick Wildcat, 1963 Riviera, and 1965 Riviera (the 1964 and 1966 Riviera models used the 425 with a single four-barrel carburetor, labeled Wildcat 465, as standard equipment).
In an effort to overcome the restrictive exhaust-port design of the Nailhead, Buick drag racing enthusiasts in the 1960s adapted superchargers with a custom camshaft to feed intake air in through the exhaust ports; the larger intake ports became the exhaust outlets.
425
The was produced from 1963 to 1966. Its bore and stroke measured . The largest-displacement version of the Nailhead, it began as an option on the 1963 Riviera, and was later available on the Wildcat and Electra models. The 1964 and 1966 Rivieras used the 425 engine as standard equipment. Mounted on a trolley, Buick 425s were also used as starter motors for the SR-71 Blackbird supersonic jet.
Four-barrel carburetion was standard on the basic 425, called the Wildcat 465 for the torque (as measured in lb-ft) it developed. The Super Wildcat (Regular Production Option {RPO}-coded Y48) was available on the 1964 Riviera as a factory option (2,122 produced), 1964 Electras (any model, production numbers unknown), 1965 Riviera Gran Sport and 1966 Wildcat GS, which included two four-barrel carburetors and matching intake manifold. Coded "MW", these parts were delivered in the car's trunk for dealer installation. Toward the end of the 1966 model year, around May 1966, Buick offered the Super Wildcat 465 with factory-installed dual four-barrel Carter AFB carburetors as an "MZ" option. Only 179 of the 1966 Riviera GS cars were built with the MZ package.
Buick small block
215
See also Rover V8 engine
In 1961, Buick unveiled an entirely new small V8 engine with aluminum cylinder heads and cylinder block. Lightweight and powerful, the aluminum V8 also spawned a turbocharged version, (only in the 1962–63 Oldsmobile Jetfire), which together with the turbocharged Corvair Spyder, also introduced in 1962, were the first ever offered in passenger cars. It became the basis of a highly successful cast iron V6 engine, the Fireball. The all-aluminum V8 engine was dropped after the 1963 model year, but was replaced with a very similar cast-iron block, aluminum head version for one year, and then in all-iron versions. Bore spacings for all variants of the SBB are .
History
GM experimented with aluminum engines starting in the early 1950s. Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) was pushing all automakers to use more aluminum. An early-development supercharged version of the V8 was used in the 1951 Le Sabre concept car, and the 1953 Buick Roadmaster concept car, and work on a production unit commenced in 1956. Originally intended for displacement, Buick was designated by GM as the engine design leader and decided to begin with a larger, size, which was deemed ideal for the new senior compact cars introduced for the 1961 model year. This group of cars was commonly referred to as the B-O-P group — for Buick-Olds-Pontiac — or the Y-bodies.
Known variously as the Fireball and Skylark by Buick (and as Rockette, Cutlass, and Turbo-Rocket by Oldsmobile), the 215 had a bore spacing, a bore and a stroke of , for an actual displacement of . At the time, the engine was the lightest mass-production V8 in the world, with a dry weight of only . Measuring long, wide, and high (same as the small-block Chevy), it became standard equipment in the 1961 Buick Special.
Oldsmobile and Pontiac each used an all-aluminum 215 on its senior compact cars, the Oldsmobile F-85, Cutlass, and Jetfire, and Pontiac Tempest and LeMans. Pontiac used the Buick version of the 215. At that time the engine was closely associated with the Buick brand, and Pontiac sold few cars with it, using it only in 1961 and 1962. The Oldsmobile version of this engine, although sharing the same basic architecture, had cylinder heads and angled valve covers designed by Oldsmobile engineers to look like a traditional Olds V8 and was produced on a separate assembly line. Among the differences between the Oldsmobile and Buick versions was weight, being somewhat heavier, at . The major design differences were in the cylinder heads. Buick used a five-bolt pattern around each cylinder, while Oldsmobile used a six-bolt pattern and a wedge combustion chamber, which allowed larger valves. The sixth bolt was added to the intake manifold side of the head, one extra bolt for each cylinder, intended to alleviate a head-warping problem on high-compression versions. This meant that Buick heads would fit on Oldsmobile blocks, but not vice versa. Changing the compression ratio on an Oldsmobile 215 required changing the heads, but on a Buick 215, only the pistons were changed, which was less expensive and simpler. For that reason, the more common Buick version (which looks like a traditional Nailhead V8) has emerged as more desirable to some. The Oldsmobile wedge-shaped/quench combustion chambers/pistons are more compatible with modern low-octane/low-lead motor fuels than the Buick 'hemispherical'-shaped combustion chambers and domed pistons. The previous statement is incorrect, the 215 Buick only used "dished head" pistons even in the highest compression models, all Buick 215's have a 37-cc wedge combustion chamber. Later Rover versions of the aluminum block and subsequent Buick iron small-block 300s with aluminum, then iron heads, 34 (0 and 350 with iron heads) went to a four-bolt-per-cylinder pattern.
At introduction, Buick's 215 was rated at 4400 rpm. This was raised soon after introduction to at 4,600 rpm. of torque was produced at 2,400 rpm with a Rochester 2GC (DualJet) two-barrel carburetor and 8.8:1 compression ratio. A mid-year introduction was the Buick Special Skylark version, which had 10.0:1 compression and a four-barrel carburetor, raising output to at 4,800 rpm and at 2,800 rpm.
For 1962, the four-barrel-equipped engine's compression ratio was increased to 10.25:1 and horsepower to at 4,800 rpm and at 3,000 rpm. The two-barrel engine was unchanged. For 1963, the four-barrel was bumped to 11.0:1 compression and an even at 5,000 rpm and at 3,200 rpm, /cu in.
The great expense of the aluminum engine led to its cancellation after the 1963 model year. The engine had an abnormally high scrap ratio due to hidden block-casting porosity problems, which caused serious oil leaks. Another problem was clogged radiators from antifreeze mixtures incompatible with aluminum. It was said that one of the major problems was because the factory had to make extensive use of air gauging to check for casting leaks during the manufacturing process and was unable to detect leaks on blocks that were as much as 95% complete. This raised the cost of complete engines to more than that of a comparable all cast-iron engine. Casting-sealing technology was not advanced enough at that time to prevent the high scrap rates.
The 215's very high power-to-weight ratio made it immediately interesting for automobile and boat racing. Mickey Thompson entered a stock-block 215-powered car in the 1962 Indianapolis 500. From 1946-1962, there had not been a single stock-block car in this race. In 1962, the 215 was the only non-Offenhauser-powered entry in the field. Rookie driver Dan Gurney qualified eighth and raced well for 92 laps before retiring with transmission problems.
Surplus engine blocks of the Oldsmobile F85 version formed the basis of the Australian Formula One Repco V8 used by Brabham to win the 1966 Formula One world championship, although only the earliest engines had any Oldsmobile components. The majority of Repco RB620 engines were cast and built in-house at Repco.
Rights to these engines were purchased by the British Rover Company and used in the 1967 Rover P5B that replaced the 3 L straight six Rover engined P5. Throughout the years, the Rover Company (which became part of British Leyland in 1968), and its successor companies constantly improved the engine making it much stronger and more reliable. Capacities ranged from . This engine was used for V8 versions of the MGB GT known as the GTV8. Rover also used the engine in the 1970 Range Rover. Morgan used the Rover version in its Plus 8. American 215s have also been engine swapped into countless other platforms, especially Chevrolet Vegas and later British cars including the MG RV8 in the 1990s, Triumph TR8, and various sports sedans and sports cars by the MG Rover Group and specialist manufacturers such as TVR. The engine remains well-supported by enthusiast clubs, specialist parts suppliers, and by shops that specialize in conversions and tuning.
In the mid-1980s, hot rodders realized the 215 could be stretched to as much as , using the Buick 300 crankshaft, new cylinder sleeves, and an assortment of non-Buick parts. It could also be fitted with high-compression cylinder heads from the Morgan Plus 8. Using the 5 liter Rover block and crankshaft, a maximum displacement of is theoretically possible.
300
In 1964, Buick replaced the 215 with an iron-block engine of very similar architecture. The new "small block" engine had a bore of and a stroke of for a displacement of . It retained the aluminum cylinder heads, intake manifold, and accessories of the 215 for a dry weight of . The 300 was offered in two-barrel form, with 9.0:1 compression, making at 4600 rpm and at 2400 rpm, and four-barrel form, with 11.0:1 compression, making at 4800 rpm and at 3000 rpm.
For 1965, the 300 switched to cast-iron heads, raising dry weight to , still quite light for a V8 engine of its era. The four-barrel option was cancelled for 1966, and the 300 was replaced entirely by the 350 in 1968.
In 1964, while nearly all Buick engines were painted "Buick Late Green", the 300ci V8s were painted Silver instead. In 1966 Buick engines switched to "Buick Late Red", but until 1967 at least, the 300 V8 (and the 225) were still painted Buick Late Green. The Apollo 5000 GT sports car, (also sold as the Vetta Ventura) used this engine.
340
In 1966, the 300's stroke was increased to in a raised block to create the 340 () as a replacement for the four-barrel-carbureted 300. The taller deck (raised by compared to the 215/300's) meant the intake manifold was of a new design to bolt to the otherwise interchangeable cylinder heads.
It was offered with two- or four-barrel carburetion, the two-barrel with a 9.0:1 compression rated at at 4,000 rpm and at 2,400 rpm, and the four barrel with 10.25:1 compression, rated at at 4,000 rpm and at 2,800 rpm. It was only produced through 1967, being replaced by the new small block in 1968.
350
Buick adopted the popular size in 1968 for their final family of V8 engines, the 350, which was produced through 1980. Although it shared the displacement of the other GM small blocks, including the Chevrolet 350, Oldsmobile 350, and Pontiac 350 (although the Pontiac was technically a 354), the Buick blocks were of a substantially different proprietary company design. The Buick 350 featured the same bore as the version of the Buick 90° V6 and retained the stroke of the previous V8. The exact displacement is .
The major differences of the 350 in comparison to other GM V8s are Buick's "deep-skirt" engine block construction, the use of cast iron with increased nickel content, an external oil pump, a forward-mounted distributor, under-square cylinder bore sizing, crankshaft main journals, and connecting rods. The Buick 350 also shares an integrated aluminum timing cover, which incorporates the oil pump mechanisms, leaving the oil filter exposed to oncoming air for added cooling. The engine garnered a reputation as rugged and durable, and some of its design characteristics are found in other Buick-designed GM engines, such as the V6 and its 3800 descendants. Of all the GM "350s", the Buick has the longest piston stroke. This design characteristic made the engine significantly wider than the others — essentially the same as the Buick big-blocks, which have the shortest stroke of the GM big-blocks.
The 350 was used by Kaiser-Jeep and AMC Jeep in the Jeep Gladiator and Wagoneer models from 1968–71; in these applications, the engine was billed as the Dauntless V8.
1968-1972 Buick Skylark
1968-1972 Buick Sport Wagon
1968-1971 Jeep Wagoneer
1968-1971 Jeep Gladiator
1971-1973 Buick Centurion
1971-1980 Buick Electra
1971-1980 Buick LeSabre
1973-1975 Buick Apollo
1973-1977 Buick Century
1973-1977 Buick Regal
1975 Pontiac Ventura
1975-1979 Buick Skylark
1977-1980 Buick Estate
1977-1978 Buick Riviera
Buick big block
Buick introduced a "big block" V8 in 1967 to replace the largest displacement nailheads. It retained a cylinder bore spacing, and was produced in three displacements, 400, 430, and 455, through 1976.
400
The was produced from 1967-1969. This engine has a bore and a stroke of . It was the only large V8 engine available for the intermediate-sized A-body Buicks due to the GM cubic inch limit restriction in effect through 1970. Most parts except the pistons interchange with the 430 and 455. This 400 engine had the distributor towards the front of the engine, as opposed to the 401/400 nailhead, which had its near the firewall.
430
The was only produced from 1967 until 1969. This engine had a bore and a stroke of . The 430 four-barrel engine was rated at and of torque. This engine was used in large B-, C- and E-body Buicks. Most parts except the pistons interchange with the 400 and 455.
Applications:
1967-1969 Buick Electra
1967-1969 Buick Riviera
1967-1969 Buick Wildcat
455
The 400-based was produced from 1970–1976, with a bore x stroke of . Most parts (except pistons and heads) interchange between the 400 and the 430. The base model was rated at , while the 455 Stage 1 equipped with a single 4-barrel Rochester Quadrajet carburetor was rated at at 4600 rpm. The regular 455 produced a rated of torque at 2,800 rpm, more than any other muscle car engine. The horsepower was somewhat reduced in 1971 mainly due to the reduction in cylinder compression ratio, a change which was mandated by GM in order to cope with the introduction of new federal laws which would require new cars to use low octane gasoline in an effort to reduce exhaust emissions. Then, starting in 1972, the horsepower rating on paper would be reduced again due to a shift from SAE gross to SAE net, down to approximately . Unleaded gasoline and catalytic converters came into play in 1975 for all US manufactured cars. Tightening emissions controls would cause the engine to drop in power still further, a little at a time, through 1976.
The 455 was one of the first "thin-wall casting" engine blocks at GM, and because of this advance in production technology, it weighs significantly less than other engines of comparable size (for example, less than a Chevrolet 454 and only more than a Chevrolet 350).
Applications:
1970-1976 Buick Electra
1970-1976 Buick Estate
1970-1976 Buick LeSabre
1970-1976 Buick Riviera
1970-1972 Buick Skylark
1970 Buick Wildcat
1971-1973 Buick Centurion
1973-1974 Buick Century
1973-1974 Buick Gran Sport
1973-1974 Buick Regal
GM V8s
In the mid-1970s Buick's 400/430/455 big blocks became unable to meet fuel economy/emission requirements and were phased out, with the Buick 350 remaining as a factory option until 1980. In their place were a variety of GM V8s were offered, both as standard equipment and factory options. These included:
260
The was an Oldsmobile V8 engine shared with Buick:
1975–1977 Buick Skylark
301
The was a Pontiac V8 engine shared with Buick.
305
The was a Chevrolet V8 engine shared with Buick:
1978–1987 Buick Regal
1975–1979 Buick Skylark
307
The was an Oldsmobile V8 engine shared with Buick:
1980–1985 Buick Lesabre
1980–1984 Buick Electra
1980–1985 Buick Riviera
1980–1990 Buick Estate Wagon
1986–1987 Buick Regal
403
The was an Oldsmobile V8 engine shared with Buick:
1977 Buick Century estate
1977–1979 Buick Riviera
1977–1979 Buick Electra
1977–1979 Buick Estate Wagon
1977–1979 Buick LeSabre
See also
Buick V6 engine
From the 1950s-1970s, each GM division had its own V8 engine family. Many were shared among other divisions, but each design is most-closely associated with its own division:
Cadillac V8 engine
Chevrolet Small-Block engine
Chevrolet Big-Block engine
Oldsmobile V8 engine
Pontiac V8 engine
Holden V8 engine
GM later standardized on the later generations of the Chevrolet design:
GM LT engine — Generation II small-block
GM LS engine — Generation III/IV small-block
List of GM engines
References
V8
Buick 350
V8 engines |
Sudha Ragunathan is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer and composer. She was conferred the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1994, Padma Shri (2004) and Padma Bhushan (2015) by the Government of India, and Sangeetha Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy in 2013.
Early life and education
Sudha Ragunathan (née Sudha Venkatraman) was born in Chennai on 30 April 1956 and later shifted to Bangalore. She did her schooling in Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai. She studied at Ethiraj College, and obtained a postgraduate degree in economics.
Musical career
Training
Sudha Ragunathan received her initial training in Carnatic music from her mother V. Choodamani. From the age of three, she began to learn bhajans, Hindu devotional songs. Her tutelage continued under B. V. Lakshman. In 1977, she received an Indian government scholarship to study music under a doyenne of Carnatic music, Dr. M.L Vasantha Kumari, whose student she remained for thirteen years.
Trained under Dr. ML Vasanthakumari in the gurukula style, it involved considerable amounts of listening to the teacher and other practitioners to absorb their style and oeuvre. Part of her duties involved the accompaniment on the tanpura of her teacher during concerts, and also accompanying her during concerts. In her own words, "A period of 13 years from 1977 to 1990, a phase of complete absorption and internalisation! There was no teaching in a formal atmosphere. We learnt while being with her during the katcheris (concerts). We would record her singing in our minds and then replay it while learning the intricacies. It was a very challenging and different experience and as I had begun learning very early from her, my mind was like a sponge and absorbed whatever I heard".
As of January 2015, she is preparing to debut in Kollywood as a music director with the upcoming Tamil film 'Thanneer' based on a Novel published in 2009 by Ashoka Mitran.
Performances and critical reception
Sudha Ragunathan has performed at the Madras Music Season every year since 1990, the very year in which her Guru Dr. ML Vasanthakumari breathed her last. She is considered one of India's leading Carnatic performers. In 2013 she was awarded the Sangita Kalanidhi of the Madras Music Academy. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honor, in January 2015.
On 2 October 2016, the United Nations released stamp to honour India's Carnatic music artist Bharat Ratna Dr.M S Subbulakshmi and this stamp was presented to Sudha Raghunathan to honour her performance at the United Nations on 2 Oct 2016.
Concert performances
Ragunathan has performed and collaborated with other artists all over the world. She has performed at the United Nations, and the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris. Sudha performed at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre, at New York Broadway to commemorate 50 years of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Sudha is the only Indian vocalist to have participated in the Global Vocal Meeting organized by the 'Burghof,' an Academy of Music and Arts at Lorrach, Germany and produced by Stimmen Voices International Vocal Festival.
Other Music
Ragunathan has also performed as a playback singer in the Tamil cinema. She got her first break as playback singer under Illayaraja in the movie 'Ivan', performing the song,'Enna Enna Sethai'. Besides the Carnatic repertoire, Raghunathan has also explored the world music scene, in particular fusion music.
Teaching
Following Carnatic musicians, Sudha Ragunathan has also taught the tradition to her students. Sudha has launched her own school Sudhaarnava Academy for Musical Excellence on the day of Vijayadashami in 2017. The school has a faculty of her students along with Sudha Ragunathan herself and has conducted lec demonstrations and workshops in many venues across the globe.
Personal life
Sudha married Ragunathan and they have two children.
Charitable works
Sudha is known for her charitable works, and had launched the 'Samudhaaya Foundation' in 1999 of which she is the Founder and Managing Trustee. The Foundation has assisted the under privileged in the areas of child healthcare, infrastructural aid for homes and for heart surgeries for children. The foundation has also raised funds for victims of the Gujarat earthquake and cyclone relief in Orissa.
Albums
Awards
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from Sangeet Natak Akademi (2021)
Padma Bhushan award in 2015
Sangita Kalanidhi from Madras Music Academy (2013).
Padma Shri award in 2004
Sangeetha Choodamani, from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai (1997).
Kalaimamani award from the state government of Tamil Nadu, India (1993).
Bharat Jyothi from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New York (1988).
Sangeetha Kalasarathy from Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai, from Shri Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Mutt.
Sangeeta Saraswathi from The Mahasannidanam of Sringeri.
Gana kuyil from Valmiki Manram, Chennai.
Isai Peroli and VST Award from Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai.
Sangita Kokila from Tamil Sangam Navi Mumbai.
"Rama Gana Kalacharya National Award" from Sree Ramaseva Mandali in the year 2017.
Sama Gana Mathanga National Award from Bharatiya Sama Gana Sabha (2017)
"Sangeetha Ratnakara" from Sri Surabharathi Sanskrit and Cultural foundation, Bengaluru.
"Gaana Padhmam" from Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai.
MLV Platinum Jubilee Award 2003 from Dr. MLV Cultural Trust, Chennai.
Rashtriya Ekta Award at the 57th birth anniversary celebrations of Rajiv Gandhi in recognition of achievements and contribution to fine arts.
Outstanding National Citizen Award 2001 from The National Citizen's Guild, New Delhi.
Gem of India Award 2001 at the All India Achiever's conference in the category of fine arts and culture.
"Seva Ratna Award" 2001 from The Centenarian Trust, Chennai.
"Swara Raga Laya Ratna" from Academy of Indian Music, Melbourne.
"Isai Chelvam" in 2000 from Muthamizh Peravai from Kalaingar Dr.M.Karunanidhi.
"Sivan Isai Selvi" from Papanasam Sivan Rasika Sangam.
"Rasika Kala Ratna" from Rasikapriya, Sydney.
"Gana Sudha Amrithavarshini" from Sree Kanchi Kamakotti Peetam.
"Thennisai Thilakam" from The Federation Tamil Sangams of North America and the Tamil Nadu Foundation, USA.
"Ugaadi Puraskar Award" from Telugu Academy.
"Youth Excellence Award" from Sri Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Trust.
"Woman of Golden Substance 1998-1999" from Rotary Club, Chennai.
"Sangeeta Kala Sironmani" from Nungabakkam Cultural Academy Trust, Chennai.
Sudha received the title of "Nadha Kalanidhi" from Sri Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, New Delhi in February, 2005.
Padma Sarangapani Cultural Academy honoured Sudha with the 'Padma Sadhana' award on 24 December 2005.
The Tamil Brahmin Association (THAMBRAAS) At Chennai presented Sudha Ragunathan with the 'Award of Excellence' at the Silver Jubilee of State Conference on 25/12/2005.
The Rotary Club of Trichirapalli Fort, Trichy presented Sudha with the 'VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE Award' on 8 March 2006.
'Vani Kala Sudhakara' from the Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha on 9 December 2005.
'Sangeetha Mamani' from the Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj, K.K.Nagar, Chennai
'Nadha Ratnakala' from the Universal Fine Arts, on 21 December 2005.
'Nadha Kavidha' on 26 December 2005, under the aegis of the music journal, 'Nadha Brahmam'.
"Arsha Kala Bhushanam" from Pujyasri Swami Dayananda Saraswati organized by Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
References
External links
Sudha Ragunathan's Homepage
Sudha Ragunathan's samudhaaya foundation
Living people
Women Carnatic singers
Carnatic singers
Indian women classical singers
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
Singers from Bangalore
Carnatic composers
Indian women composers
20th-century Indian composers
20th-century Indian singers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
20th-century Indian women singers
20th-century Indian women musicians
21st-century Indian women musicians
21st-century Indian composers
21st-century Indian singers
21st-century Indian women singers
Women musicians from Karnataka
Musicians from Bangalore
1956 births
20th-century women composers
21st-century women composers
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award |
Wirehog was a friend-to-friend file sharing program that was linked to Facebook and allowed people to transfer files directly between computers.
History
Wirehog was created by Andrew McCollum, Mark Zuckerberg, Adam D'Angelo, and Sean Parker during their development of the Facebook social networking website in Palo Alto in the summer and fall of 2004. The only way to join Wirehog was through an invitation from a member and although it was originally planned as an integrated feature of Facebook, it could also be used by friends who were not registered on Facebook. Wirehog was launched in October 2004, and taken down in January 2006. Its target audience at the time was the same as the campus-only file-sharing service i2hub that had launched earlier that year. i2hub was gaining a lot of traction and growing rapidly. In an interview with The Harvard Crimson, Zuckerberg said, "I think Wirehog will probably spread in the same way that thefacebook did."
The software was described by its creators as "an HTTP file transfer system using dynamic DNS and NAT traversal to make your personal computer addressable, routable and easily accessible". The client allowed users to both access data stored on their home computer from a remote location and let friends exchange files between each other's computers. In ways, Wirehog was a project comparable to Alex Pankratov's Hamachi VPN, the open-source OneSwarm private network, or the darknet RetroShare software.
Until at least July 2005, Facebook officially endorsed the p2p client, saying on their website:
"Wirehog is a social application that lets friends exchange files of any type with each other over the web. Facebook and Wirehog are integrated so that Wirehog knows who your friends are in order to make sure that only people in your network can see your files. Facebook certifies that it is okay to enter your facebook email address and password into Wirehog for the purposes of this integration."
The Wirehog software was written in Python and was available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X only. A Linux version had been promised on the service's website. The service ran a custom-written HTTP server, and file downloading and photo viewing was through the web browser, with requested authentication by Wirehog's central servers to allow users to set up custom privacy settings.
See also
Friend-to-friend
Private P2P
Virtual private network
References
External links
Wirehog defunct
Wirehog P2P Melds Social Networks and File-Sharing - TechNewsWorld article
History of Wirehog - Harvard Crimson
File sharing networks
Meta Platforms applications
Computer-related introductions in 2004 |
"Pride, Pomp and Circumstance" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell on Wheels; it aired December 11, 2011 on AMC, and was written by Bruce Romans and directed by Michael Slovis. The episode title is a quote from Act III, Scene III of William Shakespeare's play Othello. In the episode, Senator Jordan Crane (James D. Hopkin) arrives in town for an arranged peace talk with the Cheyenne and to discuss the Union Pacific Railroad's future with Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney). Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is put in charge of security while the natives are in town. He prevents Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) from causing a scene, after she spots a female native wearing Lily's dead husband's hat.
Plot
Thomas Durant prepares the town's makeshift depot for Senator Jordan Crane's arrival via train. Crane arrives and announces to all that he has come to discuss peace with the Cheyenne people. However, he threatens battle if the natives decline.
Over a meal served outside under a tent, Crane, Durant, and Lily Bell discuss the issues with payroll and the Union Pacific Railroad's finances. Durant tells the Senator things are fine. Lily comments about her husband Robert's missing survey maps and the path to the Rocky Mountains. Crane lets Durant know that the rival Central Pacific Railroad has already laid its 40 miles of track, pushing east from California.
Cullen is put in charge of security for the peace talks while the Cheyenne are in Hell on Wheels. Reverend Cole (Tom Noonan) comes to Cullen and asks that he please tell his foremen to keep the peace to prevent bloodshed between the town and the natives. Cullen then asks Elam (Common) to keep his crew civil during their visit. Elam speaks of their recent fisticuffs, and Cullen accuses him of cheating. Elam seems shocked at the mention of his peppered hand wraps and denies cheating.
Out of view from Durant's coach, The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) informs Crane that Durant used $147,000 of Union Pacific cash to speculate on railroad stock. Crane wonders about The Swede's interest in the matter. The Swede then requests information about Frank Harper, who is Cullen's current target in avenging his wife's death.
Chief Many Horses (Wes Studi) and his tribe arrive at Hell on Wheels. At the negotiations, the chief scoffs at Durant's opinion that Crane is offering the Cheyenne a better way of life. After debating who really owns the land they're discussing, the Cheyenne or the U.S. government, Durant storms off. The chief has rejected the proposal that his people live on a reservation. Crane warns Chief Many Horses that his people will be killed if he doesn't accept the U.S. government's deal. The chief threatens to slaughter Crane's people, in return.
After Durant returns to the table, Chief Many Horses describes Pawnee Killer's "vision" of defeating the train. On a whim, Durant offers the chief's son a chance to make his vision a reality. As the Cheyenne and Hell on Wheels townsfolk watch, Pawnee Killer (Gerald Auger) races on horseback against a locomotive, taking the early lead as the train crew stokes the fire to increase speed. The locomotive eventually bests Pawnee Killer.
Durant boasts over his victory later to Crane, who congratulates him but again vows to ruin him over the embezzlement. To prove he's not bluffing, Crane reports that he's sold his landholdings and Crédit Mobilier stock. Durant no longer has a figurative hold on Crane.
At the church tent, Ruth (Kasha Kropinski) and Joseph (Eddie Spears) mutually bond over losing their mothers, but Ruth tells Joseph that his mother cannot be in Heaven since she wasn't a Christian. The two later try to explain Christian beliefs to the female Cheyenne. Lily approaches Cullen to inform him that she is taking his advice and leaving town. She notices a Cheyenne woman wearing her dead husband's hat. Lily tries to snatch it from the squaw, but Cullen wrestles her away. She accuses Joseph of lying when he said it wasn't his tribe that attacked her camp. She intends to tell Durant that Robert's killers are in town. Cullen warns her that the price of her revenge will be the death of innocent women and children. The squaw with Robert's hat later offers it to Lily, stating her husband was killed in the massacre as well, with his own arrow. Lily awkwardly realizes that she killed the squaw's husband. After placing the hat on her husband's grave marker, Lily digs up the missing maps from his grave and gives them to Durant, urging him to complete the railroad.
Chief Many Horses leaves town, warning Joseph about the people with whom he now resides. Meanwhile, at the saloon, Toole (Duncan Ollerenshaw) and his gang attempt to incite the townsfolk against the natives. Although outnumbered, Cullen moves to stop him. The Swede also intervenes, reminding everyone that Durant does not want the natives harmed. The Swede suggests the men "find some amusement here in town". Toole heads with his men to the cathouse, demanding to see Eva but is told that she's not around. Eva (Robin McLeavy) and Elam are dressing in his tent, when Toole and his men storm in to beat Elam and drag him away.
Title reference
The episode title is a quote from Act III, Scene III of William Shakespeare's play Othello, wherein the title character bids farewell both to being happily married and also to his career as a military general, after receiving news his wife has been unfaithful. He feels he can no longer experience "pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war."
Reception
The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Adam Raymond of New York Magazine conveyed his happiness about seeing trains in the episode: "Before last night’s episode, I was ready to rename it Hell on Hooves because, you know, there are more horses than trains. But then 'Pride, Pomp and Circumstance' arrived bellowing enough black smoke to warrant a visit from the EPA." TV Fanatic's Sean McKenna gave the episode almost 4 out of 5 stars: "'Pride, Pomp and Circumstance' continued to move the show forward in its efforts to draw the characters closer towards a larger conflict ... Here's to hoping that the second half of the season begins to take all of those interesting story lines and make something of them." Phil Nugent of The A.V. Club would prefer the series to center more on Cullen. "The problem with giving the hero of a TV series a vengeance quest for his principal motivation is that, once it’s fulfilled, you have to figure out what he’s going to do next or the series has to end ... If the show becomes swamped by matters in which the man-of-action hero has no stake, then why should we care?"
The sixth episode was watched by 2.15 million viewers, and had a 0.6 rating with the 18-49 age range — the lowest viewership of the season, so far.
References
External links
TV.com: Pride, Pomp and Circumstance
TV Guide: Pride, Pomp and Circumstance
2011 American television episodes
Hell on Wheels (TV series) episodes |
Lomnica (, ) is a village in the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.
History
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Lomnica appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are: Andreja, son of Gjon; Aleska, his brother; Gjon, son of Lazor; Gjon, son of Leka; Nikolla, son of Matosh; Dabziv, poor; the widow of Gjon; Gjini, son of Petro; Bojk-o, son of Gjon; Luka, son of Gjon; Nikolla, son of Gjergj; Petro, son of Gjerjg; Bogdan, son of Tanush; Nikolla, son of Tanush; Andreja, son of Andre; Stojko, son of Andre; Gjon, son of Niko; Gjuro, son of Niko; Rajk-o, the son of Tano.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Lomnica had 118 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Albanians 93
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 25
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 574 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Albanians 571
Macedonians 1
Others 2
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lomnica was inhabited by 463 Muslim Albanians.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Lomnica was inhabited by 166 Мuslim Albanians.
References
External links
Villages in Vrapčište Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia |
Derek Charles Blasberg (born April 22, 1982) is an American writer, socialite, author, and television personality who works in the fashion industry. As of 2018, he is the head of fashion and beauty partnerships at YouTube and is a senior staffer at Gagosian.
Early life and family
Blasberg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Bill Blasberg, a certified public accountant, and Carol Blasberg, the managing editor of the medical journal The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. In 2000, Blasberg graduated from Affton High School, where he was salutatorian of his class.
Career
College years and early career
In 2000, Blasberg moved to New York City to attend New York University. He graduated in 2004.
During college, Blasberg worked at the model agency Elite Model Management writing bios for models. He got the job by befriending a model who lived in his dorm. He worked a similar position for European agency Models 1 during a semester abroad in London.
Blasberg had a part-time position at W magazine during his junior year of college. In his senior year, he began working as an assistant at Vogue magazine and continued working there full time after graduating college.
Writing
From 2006 to 2010, Blasberg was the Editor at Large of Style.com, where he wrote a column called "The Blasblog."
In 2008, Blasberg edited Influence, a fashion and art tome conceived by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
From 2009 to 2012, he wrote a column called "Fast + Louche" for Interview magazine. Blasberg co-wrote several of the New York City editions of the Louis Vuitton Travel Guides.
In April 2010, Blasberg's debut book, Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, was published. It was a collection of humorous essays about etiquette and was on The New York Times best sellers list for several weeks. In October 2011, Blasberg published a follow-up to Classy called Very Classy: Even More Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, which was an expanded and updated version of the original.
In 2014, Blasberg worked at the Gagosian Gallery as a senior staffer. In this position, Blasberg wrote the "In Conversation" series for Gagosian Quarterly.
Before joining Vanity Fair in 2015, Blasberg was the Editor at Large of Harper's Bazaar. Blasberg was an Editor at Large a V and VMAN. He was the founding U.S. Editor of the London-based arts publication Garage Magazine where he wrote a column called "Emails from the Edge."
In 2015, Blasberg published Harper's Bazaar: Models, a survey of the most important models and iconic images in fashion history, which has a foreword that was written by Karl Lagerfeld.
Television
Starting in 2015, Blasberg hosted several Vanity Fair magazine web series, including "Conversations In The Backseat," where he has interviewed Reese Witherspoon, Gigi Hadid, Naomi Campbell, Maria Sharapova, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
He was also the host of the popular series "Derek Does Stuff With a Friend", which was one of Conde Nast Entertainment's first franchises.
Since April 2016, Blasberg has been the host of the CNN International show, CNN Style. CNN Style focuses on covering fashion internationally, but also includes art, architecture, and design. CNN Style was created 15 years after the long-running Style with Elsa Klensch.
Fashion consultant
As a fashion editor, Blasberg has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld, David Bailey, Terry Richardson and Marilyn Minter. Blasberg has worked as a consultant on creative projects for fashion brands that included Chanel, MAC Cosmetics, Opening Ceremony, where he had a stationery line the "Handwritten Letter Helper," and Tiffany's.
Personal life
Blasberg lives in New York with his long-time partner, Nick Brown, a venture capitalist. On May 18, 2021, Blasberg and Brown became fathers to twins: a boy named Frederick Noah and a girl named Elizabeth Grace, who were born to a surrogate.
Filmography
2010-2012: America's Next Top Model (TV Series) – 2 episodes: "Patrick Demarchelier" and "Georgina Chapman"
2012: 24 Hour Catwalk (TV Series) – Judge
2012: Fashion Fetish (Short Film) – Concept, Script, Actor
2012: Sh*t Fashion Girls Say (Short Film)
2014: The Approval Matrix (TV Series) – Panelist
2015: Fashionably Late with Rachel Zoe (TV Series)
2015: Love Advent (TV Series short)
2015-2016: Vanity Fair magazine's "Conversations in the Backseat" – 2 seasons (11 episodes)
2016–present: CNN Style with Derek Blasberg (TV Series)
2017: Odd Mom Out (TV Series) – 1 episode: "M.F.A. in B.S."
2018: Ocean's 8
Works and publications
Books
References
External links
Derek Blasberg at Condé Nast Traveler
Derek Blasberg at Interview
Derek Blasberg at V
Derek Blasberg at Vanity Fair
American male journalists
American male bloggers
American bloggers
American editors
American socialites
Living people
Writers from St. Louis
New York University alumni
1982 births
American LGBT journalists
LGBT people from Missouri
21st-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American LGBT people
Vanity Fair (magazine) people |
Andrew Elgar Vern-Barnett AM MBE (30 March 1923 – 15 July 2011) was a pioneer in Australia in the care and treatment of autistic children.
Early life and education
Andrew Elgar Vern-Barnett was born in Sydney on 30 March 1923. He was the son of George Vern Barnett, organist and choir master, and his wife Doris Kathleen (née Gartrell). Andrew was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and studied dentistry at the University of Sydney, graduating BDS in 1944.
He returned to study at the same institution gaining a master's degree in dentistry in 1955 and a doctorate in dental science in 1959.
Career
Vern-Barnett enlisted in the Australian Army on 12 December 1944 and served as a captain in 2MD Dental Unit until his discharge on 15 April 1947.
Personal life
He married Margaret Mary Cust on 16 February 1946 at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Macquarie Street, Sydney. The youngest of their four children, Susan, was diagnosed with autism.
Philanthropy
In 1966, Andrew and Margaret joined with five other families to form the Autistic Children's Association of NSW. By 1969, the Association had raised $200,000 to establish the first school to provide autism-specific education programmes, now known as the Aspect Vern Barnett School.
Vern-Barnett chaired the board of the Autistic Children's Association from its beginning in 1966 until 1981, and then came back for a second stint in the mid-1980s. The organisation, now renamed Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), is in contact with 10,000 people with autism and their families each year, operates in 58 locations across NSW, ACT and Victoria, has over 600 staff, and claims to be the largest single autism specific school system in the world with 800 students.
In 1973, Andrew and Margaret were both appointed members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). In 1985, Andrew was appointed a member of the Order of Australia (AM) while, in 1993, Margaret was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Margaret Vern-Barnett died in November 2005, and Andrew died on 15 July 2011.
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External links
Autism Spectrum Australia
'Dedicated campaigner worked tirelessly for autistic children'
1923 births
2011 deaths
Australian dentists
Autism activists
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Members of the Order of Australia
Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire
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Dahmar Maurice Smiles, (born January 3, 1990 in St. Paul, Minnesota), is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hurdles.
High school
He received 3 medals in the 2008 MPSSAA 3A Outdoor Track and Field championships and was the 110 high hurdle champion running 14.24 tying the #10 All-Time record. He also earned 3 medals at the 2008 MPSSAA 3A Indoor Track and Field championships and helped lead the mustangs to 3 consecutive team state championship titles. He was also a member of the US# 3 2008 high school indoor 4 × 400 m relay team from Meade Senior High School in Fort Meade, MD that placed 2nd at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships making him an NSIC All-American. He was also a member of the same 4 × 400 m relay team that placed 3rd in the 2008 Championship of America at the Penn Relays.
College
Smiles ran for Saint Louis University. In his freshmen year he was named Atlantic 10 Track and Field Rookie of the Week a total of 4 times.
At the 2009 Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championships held in Charlotte, N.C. at the Irwin Bell Track and Field Center on the Charlotte campus he finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a school-record (SLU) time and PR of 53.12. He also finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.72. He advanced to the finals of the event after registering a school-record time (SLU) of 14.65 in the prelims. These performances qualified Smiles to run in the 2009 USA Junior Outdoor Championships making him the first Billiken to qualify in more than one event.
At the 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Amherst, Mass, Smiles claimed the first conference title of his career in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a school-record time of 14.02, becoming the first male student-athlete to earn a conference title. He also finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the A-10 meet, becoming the first Billiken to ever claim two All-Conference honors. Smiles along with teammate Brittany Cloudy helped the women's and men's squads to ninth-place showings, the Billikens' best finish since the program's inception.
In 2011, Smiles repeated as the Atlantic 10 Conference champion in the 110m hurdles at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Smiles is a two-time Atlantic 10 Conference champion in the 110-meter hurdles, winning the title in 2010 and 2011. He also owns four runner-up finishes in A-10 Championships competition, placing second in the 110-meter hurdles in 2012, in the 400-meter hurdles in 2009 and 2010, and indoors in the 55-meter hurdles in 2011. Smiles qualified for NCAA Championships first-round competition three times; he moved on to the NCAA Championships quarterfinal round in 2010 and 2011, making him the only athlete in Billiken track and field history to advance twice. In 2009, he became the only Saint Louis track and field athlete ever to qualify in two events (110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles) at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships. Smiles holds SLU records in the 110-meter hurdles (14.02) and 60-meter hurdles (8.01).
Honors
Smiles was inducted into the Saint Louis Billiken Hall of Fame in 2022.
References
1990 births
American male hurdlers
Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Living people |
Eudendrium capillare is a marine species of cnidaria, a hydroid (Hydrozoa) in the family Eudendriidae.
References
Eudendrium
Animals described in 1856 |
Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.
List of common non-visa travel restrictions
Blank passport pages
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages. Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Vaccination
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require incoming passengers older than nine months to one year to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
An increasing number of countries have been imposing additional COVID-19 related health restrictions such as quarantine measures and testing requirements. Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all.
Passport validity length
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens or even accept passports that have already expired (but been cancelled).
Some countries, such as Japan, Ireland and the United Kingdom, require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand.
Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except the Republic of Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives and South Africa.
Criminal record
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
Persona non grata
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.
For example, Azerbaijan bans visits by foreign citizens that have previously entered Azerbaijan through non-Azerbaijani controlled borders. This includes the illegal entry into the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding Armenian-occupied territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae". the list mentioned 852 people.
Israeli stamps
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Yemen do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still () stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Biometrics
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Japan, Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), Malaysia upon entry and departure, Mongolia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation), intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders. In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.
See also
Travel visa
References
Human migration
Visas |
Mercury Plains is a 2016 American action drama film directed by Charles Burmeister and starring Scott Eastwood, Angela Sarafyan, and Nick Chinlund. Grindstone Entertainment Group acquired the US rights to the film, and it was distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Eastwood stars as an American drifter hired in Mexico to fight drug cartels.
Plot
Mitch Davis, unhappy with his life and seeing no prospects for work, leaves with a friend for a trip to Mexico. After getting a prostitute in a bar, Mitch's friend leaves without paying. When Mitch refuses to pay his friend's debt to the pimp, he is beaten and robbed. Another American, Jesse, buys him a meal. As they talk, Jesse offers him a job working for a man known as the Captain, an American veteran who runs a paramilitary vigilante group that targets the Mexican cartels. Mitch answers noncommittally and listens to the Captain's recruitment speech. The Captain, recognizing his ordinary speech that emphasizes glory and power will not appeal to Mitch, flatly offers him $5000. Mitch at first declines but reconsiders after the Captain points out that anyone who comes to Mexico on a lark must be leaving behind an even worse situation than what he offers.
At the Captain's compound, Mitch meets Camarillo, the Captain's second in command; Alyssa, the Captain's girlfriend; Paul, a surly skinhead; Benito, a young Mexican thief; and several other young recruits, including the Captain's teenage son, Jack. The Captain's first job has them build a ditch. When Benito is bitten by a scorpion, Mitch protests when Camarillo forces him back to work. Camarillo orders Paul to beat Mitch. When Mitch turns out to be a competent fighter, Camarillo knocks him out with a Taser. Mitch wakes in a thick wooden box, where he is given limited rations. After being stuck there for a day, Mitch escapes by knocking loose a hinged slot and using it to dig a tunnel. Impressed with his ingenuity, the Captain allows him to rejoin the others as they eat. Mitch also impresses Alyssa, who flirts with him when the Captain is not around. The two later have sex.
Speaking privately with Mitch, the Captain says Mitch has become his favorite recruit, as Mitch reminds the Captain of himself. The Captain explains his philosophy: lawlessness allows common men to become great, though they must then combat the lawlessness to retain their power. The Captain point blank asks Mitch if he is having sex with Alyssa, which Mitch denies, satisfying the Captain. Their first mission is to rob a drug runner named Brad. After kidnapping him, they find no drugs on Brad. When Brad goes for Paul's gun, Paul accidentally shoots Brad in the struggle. Mitch insists they take Brad with them, but Camarillo orders them to leave him for dead. Before they leave, Benito steals Brad's expensive shirt. When they get back to the compound, Benito, being illiterate, has Mitch read a letter he found in the shirt. In it, Brad's parents tell him they love him and support any decision he makes about staying in Mexico.
With the money stolen from Brad's credit cards, they purchase more guns. Dressed as FBI agents, they stop a cartel car and attempt to restrain them. When the cartel men become suspicious, a gunfight ensues, causing Jesse's death. The next hit turns out to be federal police officers. Mitch tries to abort the mission, but the others continue. Paul is killed in the resulting fight, but Mitch recovers a suitcase full of cash from the federales' car. Shortly after they return to the compound, the police raid it. Mitch, the Captain, and Camarillo escape in Mitch's car together. When Camarillo later reads them a Mexican newspaper, the Captain learns Jack died during the fight, and he deduces Benito was a police informer. They pick up Benito, drive to a secluded area, and the Captain drags Benito out of the car. Mitch at first does nothing, but then strangles Camarillo when he decides that he has to do something to prevent what is about to happen. After helplessly watching the Captain kill Benito, Mitch flees with the money.
The two men wound each other, and after a long chase, the Captain finally catches up to Mitch, who has crossed most of the desert on foot trying to get back to the States. Further elucidating on his philosophy, the Captain says war is like love and allows men to express themselves. As he prepares to kill Mitch, Mitch surprises him with a small, single-shot pistol favored by Benito. After killing the Captain, Mitch returns to the city, buys new clothes to replace his bloody and torn rags, and visits Brad's parents. He secretly leaves them the money stolen from the federales.
Cast
Scott Eastwood as Mitch Davis
Angela Sarafyan as Alyssa
Nick Chinlund as The Captain
Justin Arnold as Paul
Andy Garcia as Benito
Joe Gonzales as Bodyguard
Brinlee Grace as Beth
Mark Hanson as Ron
Jorge A. Jimenez as Camarillo
Karina Junker as Tatiana Gomez
Justin Park as Jesse
Keith Poulson as Naylor
Nicholas Pullara as Jack
Steven Pritchard as Brad
Reception
John Noonan of Filmink called it "a rather cold and sluggish watch". Though Noonan complimented Chinlund, who he said was reminiscent of Dennis Hopper and Ed Harris, Noonan said Eastwood was forced to mimic his father's style too much. Writing at DVD Talk, Tyler Foster rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it "generally well-made" film with a good performance from Eastwood.
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2016 films
2016 action drama films
American action drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
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Furnace Hills Tenant House, also known as Kurtz House and Foxfire House, is a historic home located at West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a 1 1/2 to -story, banked sandstone dwelling, built c. 1830–1850. It is considered to be in a vernacular Pennsylvania German perpendicular bankhouse style. It measures 19 feet wide and 26 feet deep and has a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing stone stable, also built c. 1830–1850. The stable has a frame barn addition built in the 1930s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Houses completed in 1850
Houses in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dutch culture
National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Ptychoglene is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Felder in 1874.
Species
Ptychoglene pertunda Druce, 1889
Ptychoglene xylophila Druce, 1885
Ptychoglene sanguineola (Boisduval, 1870)
Ptychoglene aequalis (Walker, 1854)
Ptychoglene phrada Druce, 1889
Ptychoglene erythrophora Felder, 1874
Ptychoglene coccinea (H. Edwards, 1886)
Ptychoglene rubromarginata Druce, 1885
References
Cisthenina
Noctuoidea genera |
Meurthe () is a former department of France created in 1790. Its prefecture (capital) was Nancy. It ceased to exist following the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany in 1871.
General characteristics
The department of Meurthe was created on 4 March 1790, during the French Revolution, out of a part of the former province of Lorraine. It took its name from the river Meurthe flowing through it.
As of 1866, Meurthe had 714 communes. Its area was 6,070 km2 (2,344 sq. miles). It was divided into 5 arrondissements: Nancy, Château-Salins, Lunéville, Sarrebourg and Toul.
History
After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, the northeastern part of the Meurthe department was annexed to the German Empire by the Treaty of Frankfurt. On 18 May 1871 about one-third of the Meurthe, corresponding approximately to the arrondissements of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg in the northeast of the department, were detached from Meurthe and annexed to the German Department of Lorraine, becoming part of the Reichsland of Alsace-Lorraine.
The remaining two thirds of Meurthe were merged with one fifth of the Moselle department (arrondissement of Briey, in the extreme west of Moselle, to the northwest of Meurthe) which had escaped German annexation, and on 7 September 1871 the merger gave birth to the new Meurthe-et-Moselle department (area: 5,246 km2, compared to 6,070 km2 for the former Meurthe), with its prefecture at Nancy.
In 1919, with the Allied victory in the First World War, Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France by Germany at the Treaty of Versailles. However, the old departments of Meurthe and Moselle was not recreated by reverting to the old department borders of before 1871. Instead, Meurthe-et-Moselle was left untouched, and the one-third of Meurthe and the four-fifths of Moselle that had been formed the German region of Lorraine in 1871 were reinstituted as the new department of Moselle, which shares the name of the old department of Moselle but which has quite different borders.
Population
At the 1866 French census, the Meurthe department had a population of 428,387 inhabitants. In 1872, after the annexation and merger, the new Meurthe-et-Moselle department had a population of 365,137 inhabitants.
At the 1999 French census, if Meurthe still existed it would have had a population of 647,307 inhabitants. On the other hand, in 1999 Meurthe-et-Moselle had a population of 713,779 inhabitants (the industrial area of Briey and Longwy merged in 1871 is more populated than the rural areas of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg lost in 1871).
See also
Meurthe (river)
Former departments of France
Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe - pioneering industrialist whose father invented the de la Meurthe suffix.
Former departments of France in France
States and territories established in 1790
States and territories disestablished in 1871
1790 establishments in France
1871 disestablishments in France |
Direct Hit may refer to:
Direct Hit Technologies, a Boston-based search engine company acquired by Ask Jeeves in January 2000
Direct Hit Records, a record label and store based in Dallas, Texas
Direct Hit (film), a 1994 film starring William Forsythe
Direct Hit (band), a Milwaukee-based punk rock band
Direct Hit, a single from the album It's a Bit Complicated by British band Art Brut
See also
DirectHit, a pharmacodiagnostic test used to determine the tumor sensitivity or resistance to drug regimens
"Direct Hit! Operation Dead Ball", an episode of the 1977-1980 Japanese animated television series Lupin III Part II
Direct Hits (disambiguation)
The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits, country singer Collin Raye's first greatest hits album |
Preyer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Gottfried von Preyer (1807–1901), Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher.
Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803–1889), German still life painter
L. Richardson Preyer (1919–2001), jurist and a U.S. representative in Congress
William Thierry Preyer (1841–1897), English-born physiologist who worked in Germany.
See also
Prior (surname)
Pryor
Pryer |
The DBLCI Mean Reversion Index is a commodity index published by the Deutsche Bank. Launched at the same time as the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index (DBLCI) in February 2003, the DBLCI-Mean Reversion has the same underlying assets. The listed instruments are also rolled using the same mechanism as the DBLCI, namely energy contracts are rolled monthly and the metal and grain contracts are rolled annually. This occurs between the second and sixth business day of the month. The DBLCI-MR is also quoted in both total returns and excess returns terms in US dollars as well as EUR, JPY and GBP.
Rolling methodology
In contrast to the DBLCI, the DBLCI-MR undertakes no annual re-balancing. Instead, the individual commodity weights are reset every time any one of the commodities undergoes a 'trigger event'. This happens when the one-year moving average of the commodity price is a whole multiple of 5% away from the five-year moving average. When this happens, the weights of all the commodities are re-balanced such that 'expensive' commodities have their weights reduced while 'cheap' commodities have their weights increased according to a simple, pre-defined formula. The entire process is rule-based and mandatory. The fact that there exist clear pre-set 'hurdle rates' to trigger a re-weighting, minimises the number of re-weightings and thus reduces the transactions costs for replication.
Characteristics
Six commodities: WTI crude oil, heating oil, aluminium, gold, corn and wheat. The same rolling schedule as the DBLCI.
No annual rebalancing. Instead commodity weights are adjusted according to a pre-defined formula.
It is the only commodity index in the marketplace which possesses a dynamic rule-based asset allocation mechanism which attempts to underweight "expensive commodities and overweight "cheap" commodities.
Total and excess returns data are available from December 1, 1988.
Rationale and mechanism
The DBLCI-Mean Reversion is the only index which dynamically changes its weights according to whether a commodity is considered cheap or expensive. When all the commodities are within 5% of their five-year averages, the weights will automatically revert to the weights of the base index, the DBLCI. The rationale behind the construction of the DBCLI-MR is to exploit the tendency of commodity prices to trade within wide, but, defined ranges because:
As prices of commodities rise, new production capacity is brought on line to benefit from higher prices.
More supply becomes available from alternative sources previously considered uneconomic.
In oil markets, quota systems that attempt to control supply come under strain as the rewards for cheating rise.
As prices rise, the demand for the commodity will begin to fall as it faces competition from cheaper sources.
The net effect is to keep commodity prices bound around their long run average price.
In essence the DBLCI-MR is a strategy to buy low and sell high. It therefore tends to take profits gradually in a bull run and re-invest those proceeds into cheaper commodities. One benefit of this approach is that the DBLCI-MR tends to extract volatility from the index since as commodity prices rally so to does volatility. evidence suggests that portfolios comprising past losers tend to outperform past winners and vice versa over time, see Hersh Shefrin, Beyond Greed and Fear, Harvard Business School, 2000. In fact this has been a recurring theme of commodity markets over the past few years. We find that it has been common for a commodity to be at the bottom of the league table in terms of total returns in one year, to be close to the top in the following year only to reverse these gains in the next 12 month period.
See also
Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index (DBLCI)
DBLCI Optimum Yield Index
DBLCI Optimum Yield Balanced Index
Dow Jones–AIG Commodity Index
Reuters-CRB Index
Rogers International Commodity Index
Standard & Poor's Commodity Index
Commodity price indices |
Newton Falls is a village in southwestern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,557 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. The city takes its name from the two sets of waterfalls within the village, each on different branches of the Mahoning River. The city is known for its notable ZIP code (44444) and for its covered bridge, which is the second oldest in the state of Ohio.
History
It is believed that early property owners of Newton Township spent time in Newtown, Connecticut before departing for the Ohio Country and that the name Newton may be a corruption of Newtown. The village's name stems from its location on the falls on the Mahoning River. It grew in to a home of the steel manufacturing industry, as did much of the region, aided by its location along the river and the proximity of the nearby Ravenna Training and Logistics Site.
On May 31, 1985, an F5 tornado struck the city as part of the 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak, a deadly series of tornadoes that swept through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario. The tornado that hit Newton Falls was the only F5 in Ohio that day, and damaged most of the downtown, destroying many homes and businesses, and damaging the senior and junior high schools (it destroyed the gymnasium and rendered the junior high unusable). There were between 70 and 80 injuries, and 400 families were left homeless. The Ohio Army National Guard credited warning sirens for the lack of fatalities. A monument was erected in 2022 memorializing the devastation. It is situated at the corner of Broad and Center Streets.
On July 6, 2012, the city was shaken by a shooting rampage in the East River Gardens apartment complex. Robert Brazzon murdered four people, including a 15-year-old boy, before taking his own life in a city cemetery.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
The Mahoning River flows through Newton Falls.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,795 people, 2,064 households, and 1,236 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 2,395 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.6% White, 0.8% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.
There were 2,064 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.1% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.98.
The median age in the village was 40 years. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.3% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 17.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,002 people, 2,171 households, and 1,346 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,376 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.10% White, 0.38% African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.64% of the population.
There were 2,171 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the village the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $32,827, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $34,067 versus $21,992 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,039. About 8.1% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.8% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.
Arts and culture
Covered Bridge
Newton Falls is home to the early 19th-century Newton Falls covered bridge, which was constructed over the Mahoning River in 1831. A walkway was added to the side of the bridge in 1921–1922. In 1985 the bridge was repaired after being damaged by the Niles/Wheatland tornado. In December 2007 the bridge was reopened after a two-year restoration funded by government grants. In July 2009 a delivery truck damaged the bridge and rendered it out of service until repairs could be made. It reopened in 2010. The Newton Falls bridge is considered the second oldest existing covered bridge in Ohio, the oldest covered bridge in use on its original site, the only covered bridge in the state with a covered crosswalk, and the last surviving covered bridge in Trumbull County. Built on the Town Lattice truss plan, the bridge is 123 feet long and twenty-four feet wide. It has a clear span of 101 1/2 feet and a sixteen-foot-wide roadway.
Fourth of July festivities
The village last celebrated Dicker Days in 2021.
It holds the largest Fourth of July Festivities in the county, which have been annual since 1946. The normally sleepy little town brings in up to 40,000 spectators to view the Parade and Fireworks, as well as a week-long carnival with entertainment provided by the Newton Falls Fourth of July Festivities Committee which is made up entirely of volunteers. The committee raises money for the fireworks through a Car Show, Bike Show, and 10,000 Dollar Raffle, in addition to donations.
Government
The village government consists of five elected city councilmen (each representing different wards), an elected mayor (who serves on the council and votes in the event of a tie), and a village manager. The council meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the administration building.
Mayor: John Baryak (acting)
Ward 1: Gideon "Bud" Fetterolf
Ward 2: John Baryak
Ward 3: Tesa Spletzer
Ward 4: Kevin Rufener
At-Large: Julie Stimpert
Village Manager: Pamela Priddy
Education
Newton Falls is served by the Newton Falls Exempted Village Schools district. The current schools serving Newton Falls include:
Newton Falls Elementary/Middle School – grades K-5
Newton Falls Junior/Senior High School – grades 6-12
Media
Newspapers
The Bridge (defunct)
The Newton Falls Herald (defunct)
The Review
The Weekly Villager
Transportation
Major highways that pass through the village include:
Interstate 80
State Route 5
State Route 534
The Baltimore & Ohio's Pittsburgh to Chicago main line ran through the town. "The Tower", a historic train station, was demolished in 2011 after suffering extensive damage in a train derailment.
Notable people
Clara Louise Bell, artist
Patricia Cooksey, horse jockey
Edward H. Ives, Wisconsin State Senator
Jack Kucek, major league baseball player
Earnie Shavers, heavyweight boxing contender
References
External links
City website
Villages in Trumbull County, Ohio
Villages in Ohio |
Henry Stern may refer to:
Henry Aaron Stern (1820–1885), Anglican missionary
Henry Stern (New York politician) (1935–2019), commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Henry Stern (California politician) (born 1982), California state senator
Henry Stern, finalist in a Magic: The Gathering World Championship
Henry Stern, screenwriter of Paper Dolls
See also
Harry Stern, mayor of Cumberland, Maryland
Henry Sterns, American bobsledder |
SX-Window is a graphic user interface (GUI) operating system for the Sharp X68000 series of computers, which were popular in Japan. It was first released in 1989 and had its last update in 1993.. It runs on top of the Human68k disk operating system, similarly to how Windows 3.1 runs on top of MS-DOS.
History
SX-Window was introduced for X68000 in 1989, and came preinstalled on the X68000 EXPERT model. It was developed by Hudson. The final release was 3.1 in 1993. In 2000, Sharp released the system software for the X68000 free-of-charge, including SX-Window.
Technical details
The look and feel of the GUI is like that of the NeXTSTEP operating system, and its API is similar to the Macintosh Toolbox. It uses non-preemptive multitasking with the event-driven paradigm. It has a garbage collection system without MMU of MPU, but it was difficult to program because all pointers derived from handles become invalid once any API is called. The X68000 was very powerful for game software, but this GUI could be slow, as no hardware acceleration card was supported. Only a few applications and games were developed for this system.
References
Windowing systems |
Keith Gaither (born September 4, 1974) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at the University of Virginia. His previous college coaching stops include Greensboro College, Tusculum University, Winston-Salem State University, Elon University, Ball State University, the United States Military Academy, East Carolina University, and Western Michigan University.
Playing career
Gaither was a four-year starter at defensive back for Elon. He twice earned all-region honors.
Coaching career
Early coaching
Immediately following his playing career, Gaither joined the staff at Greensboro College coaching the defensive backs in 1997. In 1998, Gaither moved on to Tusculum to coach the defensive backs for two seasons.
From 2000 to 2004, Gaither returned to his high school alma mater, Thomasville High School in Thomasville, North Carolina as an assistant coach.
Winston-Salem State
Gaither returned to the college coaching ranks when he was hired as the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Winston-Salem State from 2005-2008.
Elon
From 2009 to 2010, Gaither served as the wide receivers coach for head coach Pete Lembo at his college alma mater, Elon University. While with the Phoenix, he helped Terrell Hudgins break 19 NCAA, Southern Conference, and Elon records, along with a runner-up finish in the Walter Payton Award voting in 2009. He also tutored All-American and future Baltimore Ravens receiver Aaron Mellette.
Ball State
When Lembo was hired as the new head coach at Ball State prior to the 2011 season, he brought Gaither with him as the wide receivers coach. Throughout Gaither’s tenure at BSU, he mentored five All-Mid-American Conference selections, including future NFL receiver Willie Snead. Snead’s breakout 2013 season led to Ball State single season records in receiving yards (1,516), catches (106) and touchdowns (15).
Army (First stint)
From 2015 to 2016, Gaither was the wide receivers coach for Jeff Monken and the Army Black Knights. In his second season, his receiving corps finished fourth nationally in yards per reception (17.9).
East Carolina
In 2017, Gaither was hired at East Carolina by head coach Scottie Montgomery as the pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach. In Gaither’s two seasons with the program, he trained a first team all-conference selection each year.
Western Michigan
Following Montgomery and his staff's dismissal at East Carolina, Gaither joined Tim Lester’s staff at Western Michigan as the wide receivers coach.
Army (second stint)
On January 11, 2020, Gaither returned to Army as the wide receivers coach for the Black Knights. Over two seasons, his receivers helped Army win 18 games, including a win over the Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the 2021 Armed Forces Bowl. The Black Knights receivers averaged 20.55 yards per reception in 2020 and had 11 touchdown receptions in 2021.
Virginia
In January 2022, Gaither was hired as the special teams coordinator and running backs coach at Virginia as part of new head coach Tony Elliott's inaugural staff.
Personal life
Gaither, who has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Elon University. Keith and his wife Holly, have four children; Jonesha, Akeem, Madison and Hazel.
References
External links
Virginia profile
1974 births
Living people
American football defensive backs
Army Black Knights football coaches
Ball State Cardinals football coaches
East Carolina Pirates football coaches
Elon Phoenix football players
Elon Phoenix football coaches
Greensboro Pride football coaches
Tusculum Pioneers football coaches
Virginia Cavaliers football coaches
Western Michigan Broncos football coaches
Winston-Salem State Rams football coaches
High school football coaches in North Carolina
People from Thomasville, North Carolina
Coaches of American football from North Carolina
Players of American football from North Carolina |
M |
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
References
1998 births
Living people
Baseball people from Chiba Prefecture
Waseda University alumni
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players |
The West Side Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The club has 38 tennis courts in all four surfaces (clay court, Har-Tru, grass court and hardcourt), a junior Olympic-size swimming pool and other amenities. It is the home of the Forest Hills Stadium (originally Forest Hills Tennis Stadium), a 14,000 seat outdoor tennis stadium and concert venue.
The club hosted 60 editions of the U.S. National Championships (renamed the US Open Tennis Championships in 1968), first from 1915 to 1920, and then again from 1924 to 1977. In addition, the finals of the Davis Cup were held at the club 10 times, more than any other venue. The US Pro tournament was held at the venue 11 times, and another prominent professional tournament, the Tournament of Champions, was held at the venue 3 times. The West Side Tennis Club was the venue of the Forest Hills Tennis Classic, a now-defunct WTA Tour Tier IV event, and a men's challenger event. The Open saw some of its biggest moments and changes while at West Side, including the introduction of seedings in 1927, tiebreakers in 1970, equal prize money for men and women in 1973, and night play in 1975. Currently, the stadium is used as an outdoor concert venue.
History
The club was founded in 1892 when 13 original members rented land on Central Park West for three clay courts and a small clubhouse. Ten years later, the land had become too valuable, and the club moved to a site near Columbia University with room for eight courts. In 1908, the club moved again to a property at 238th Street and Broadway. The new site covered two city blocks and had 12 grass courts and 15 clay courts.
The club hosted the International Lawn Tennis Challenge (now known as the Davis Cup) in 1911. With crowds in the thousands, the club leadership realized that it would need to expand to a more permanent location. In 1912, a site in Forest Hills, Queens, was purchased. The signature Tudor-style clubhouse was built the next year.
In 1915, the United States Lawn Tennis Association National Championship, later renamed the U.S. Open, moved to West Side. By 1923, the success of the event necessitated the construction of a 14,000-seat horseshoe-shaped stadium that still stands today. The stadium's first event was the final of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, which saw the U.S. defeat Australia.
Beginning in 1971, the stadium was home to the annual Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Tennis Tournament which was a celebrity pro-am for charity featuring the likes of Chevy Chase, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carlos Santana, Edward M. Kennedy, Elton John and more throughout the decade.
In 1975, the tournament was switched to Har-Tru clay courts. By 1978, the tournament had outgrown West Side, and the USTA moved the tournament to the new USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows under USTA President William Hester's leadership. In 2008, the stadium was the site of a women's satellite tournament.
The New York Empire of World TeamTennis announced it would play its home matches, coached by Patrick McEnroe, at the stadium beginning with its inaugural 2016 season. The team relocated to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for its second season in 2017.
Forest Hills Stadium
In addition to hosting the main court for tennis championships, the Forest Hills Stadium has been used as a concert venue featuring major artists ranging from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, The Supremes, Judy Garland, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Donna Summer, Brand New, Arctic Monkeys, and Chance the Rapper. From 1961 to 1971, the stadium was also the location for the Forest Hills Music Festival.
Following the 1978 departure of the Open the stadium fell into such disrepair that by 2011 it was called a "crumbling ruin" and was denied landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The West Side Tennis Club received an offer in 2010 to raze the stadium and replace it with condominiums.
However, in mid-2013, the stadium re-opened as an outdoor concert venue with Mumford & Sons performing the inaugural concert. Since then the Forest Hills Stadium has held a regular summer concert series featuring Santana, Zac Brown Band, D'Angelo, Van Morrison, Arctic Monkeys, and others. It is also the summer home of The New York Pops.
From 2013 to 2017, an extensive four-year renovation to revitalize the historic venue included several significant upgrades. Starting with patching up concrete exterior walls, old seats were removed and replaced by initially 1,200 new seats in 2014. A permanent stage was installed, designed by Mark Fisher, renowned for his sets for Pink Floyd, U2 and the Rolling Stones. A new concourse redesign expanded it to twice its original size for attendees to relax on a grassy court as well as easier access to food and beverages concessions. In addition to reserved seating in the club and bowl were improved seating options for people with disabilities. And after 70 years the central tennis courts were replaced with a standing room general admission floor to accommodate many thousands more people. And unique VIP party lounges were created from unused spaces discovered beneath the stadium after removal of decades-worth of rubble and debris. Plans announced in 2018 to turn the stadium into a year-round venue as a winter village with an ice skating rink have yet to be realized as of 2022.
The stadium also has a history of use as a filming location. The Alfred Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train (1951) was filmed in part during the 1950 Davis Cup finals at the West Side Tennis Club on August 25–27, 1950. Several scenes in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums were filmed in and around the stadium, including the "Windswept Fields" meltdown of Richie Tenenbaum.
References
External links
West Side Tennis Club official website
Forest Hills Stadium official website
Forest Hills, Queens
Music venues in New York City
Sports venues in Queens, New York
Tennis venues in New York City
US Open (tennis)
Wightman Cup
1923 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1947 Davis Cup
1948 Davis Cup
1949 Davis Cup
1950 Davis Cup
1955 Davis Cup
1959 Davis Cup
Tennis clubs |
Floppy usually refers to a floppy disk.
Floppy may also refer to:
Floppy-disk controller
The Floppy Show, an American children's television series
Mr Floppy, an Australian rock band
Mr. Floppy, a talking, toy rabbit from the television sitcom Unhappily Ever After
An American comic book
Floppy, a dog in the children's novel series The Magic Key by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta |
Galanin receptor 3 (GAL3) is a G-protein coupled receptor encoded by the GALR3 gene.
Function
The neuropeptide galanin modulates a variety of physiologic processes including cognition/memory, sensory/pain processing, hormone secretion, and feeding behavior. The human galanin receptors are G protein-coupled receptors that functionally couple to their intracellular effector through distinct signaling pathways. GALR3 is found in many tissues and may be expressed as 1.4-, 2.4-, and 5-kb transcripts
See also
Galanin receptor
References
Further reading
External links
G protein-coupled receptors |
Pool () is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Lékoumou, and Plateaux. Internationally, it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also surrounds the commune district of the national capital, Brazzaville.
The regional capital is Kinkala. Principal towns include Boko, Kindamba and Mindouli. In the early 2000s, the Pool region was the home of a low-level insurgency led by Pasteur Ntumi. The inhabitants of this department are the Kongo, the Téké and the Native population (Pygmies).
The region is named after the Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool), a particularly wide stretch of the Congo River here.
Administrative divisions
Pool Department is divided into thirteen districts:
Kinkala District
Boko District
Mindouli District
Kindamba District
Goma Tsé-Tsé District
Mayama District
Ngabé District
Mbanza–Ndounga District
Louingui District
Loumo District
Ignié District
Vindza District
Kimba District
References
Republic of the Congo at GeoHive
Departments of the Republic of the Congo
Congo River |
Siavash or Siyavash () is an Iranian male given name. It was popularized by Siyâvash () or Siavash (), a legendary prince who is a major figure in Ferdowsi's epic, the Shahnameh.
Notable people with the name Siavash, Siyâvash, or various other transliterations from Persian/Azerbaijani languages include:
Siyawush, Iranian officer who served as the head of the Sasanian army during the second reign of the Sasanian shah Kavad I (r. 498–531)
Siyavakhsh, Iranian aristocrat from the House of Mihran who was descended from Bahram Chobin, the famous spahbed of the Sasanian Empire
Siavash Akbarpour, Iranian football player and coach
Siavash Alamouti, Iranian scientist
Siavash Daneshvar, Iranian activist
Siavash Ghomayshi, Iranian musician, singer and song writer
Siavash Hagh Nazari, Iranian professional footballer
Siavash Kasrai, Iranian poet, literary critic and novelist
Siavash Shahshahani, Iranian mathematician
Siavash Shams, Iranian singer, songwriter, record producer
Siavash Yazdani, Iranian professional footballer
Siyâvush Beg Gorji, Iranian illustrator of Georgian origin
Siyavush Novruzov, Azerbaijani politician
See also
Siyavuş Pasha, several Ottoman persons
References
Persian masculine given names
Masculine given names |
The Mansión Seré (also known as Quinta de Seré and Atila) was a (CCD) run by the Argentine Air Force during the self-styled National Reorganization Process (1976–1983).
History
Mansión Seré was an old house located on on the border between the towns of Castelar and Ituzaingó, Partido de Morón, Buenos Aires Province.
In 1868, the French Basque immigrant acquired 56 hectares in the outskirts of Morón. There he built the Quinta Seré, where he dedicated himself to the breeding of polo horses and livestock. When Seré died in 1893, the lands were divided among three of his children. In 1900, his daughter Leocadia, heir to the plot adjoining Ituzaingó, and her husband Santiago Capdepont commissioned the architect Juan Bernardo Seré, brother of Leocadia, to build the Mansión, a French-style manor on two floors with materials imported from Europe. The beauty of the building was enhanced by the rural landscape that surrounded it.
In 1928, Leocadia acquired 11 hectares of adjoining land. During those years, the first subdivisions were made, giving rise to .
For reasons not established, the mansion was sold to the Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires in 1949, for a sum close to three million pesos (called "national currency pesos"). After the fall of Juan Perón, the property was virtually abandoned until 1966.
During the de facto presidency of Juan Carlos Onganía in 1966, the building was repurposed as the officers' mess of the 7th Air Brigade of Morón, thus beginning the military's presence in the area. After the coup of 1976, from 1977 to 1978, the site functioned as a clandestine detention center under the jurisdiction of the Air Force, with assistance from the Buenos Aires Police of Castelar. In the jargon of the repressors it was known as "Atila" or "La Mansión".
Despite the strict controls and surveillance to which the prisoners housed in the mansion were subjected, an escape was possible, and with it came the beginning of the end for this clandestine detention center. On 24 March 1978, coinciding with the second anniversary of the military coup, footballer Claudio Tamburrini, Daniel Rusomano, Guillermo Fernández, and Carlos García Muñoz managed to sneak out by lowering themselves naked and handcuffed from a window on the first floor. These events are recreated in the 2006 film Chronicle of an Escape by director Adrián Caetano.
After the escape, the military authorities decided to destroy the building to hide evidence of human rights abuses that had occurred there. The mansion was set on fire and dynamited, leaving only an unstable façade, and the prisoners were sent to various penal units. In 1985, soon after the restoration of democracy, Morón mayor Norberto García Silva oversaw the recovery of the property through a ten-year loan from the Municipality of Buenos Aires to the Municipality of Morón, to be assigned to the construction of a sports center called "Gorki Grana". On the day of the inauguration, the mayor affirmed: "Where there was darkness, now life must spring forth."
The ruins of Mansión Seré were demolished during the construction of the sports center. In 2002, through the Mansión Seré Archaeological and Anthropological Project, excavations were started that managed to recover the foundations and build a memorial site of national and international relevance.
The site today
The House of Memory and Life () and the Directorate of Human Rights began operating on the site in 2000. It is the first case in Latin America of the recovery of a space of these characteristics for historical memory – the first clandestine detention and torture center to become a place of rescue of memory, of action to modify the present, and of projection to build a different future. Now the "mansion" is located in the Gorki Grana.
Through national decree 2243/15 it was declared a National Historic Site.
The venue also hosts the La Minga! festival, where artists such as Manu Chao, Fito Páez, León Gieco, Vicentico, and Divididos have performed.
Gorki Grana
The Gorki Grana Municipal Recreational and Sports Center is located on the site of the Mansión Sere clandestine detention center, on an 11-hectare property at 3530 Santa María de Oro Street, Castelar sur, Morón. It has sports and recreational facilities which can be accessed free of charge.
The property is used by 3,400 beneficiaries who participate in weekly Sports Directorate programs, and 2,300 who visit it every week as a place for leisure and recreation.
The Gorki Grana Sports and Recreation Center has spaces specially designed and maintained for sports practice: a track, 11-a-side football field, softball diamond, semi-indoor gym, hockey field, beach volleyball court, smaller football fields, shuffleboard courts, multipurpose room, swimming pool for people with disabilities, a sector of picnic areas, a playground, changing rooms and toilets, sports room, and doctor's office.
To highlight the facilities, the Municipal Sports Center has a covered micro-stadium of 4,150 square meters with capacity for 2,500 people. The new micro-stadium, inaugurated at the end of 2014, is used for social and training sports and is suitable for high performance sports competitions in disciplines such as volleyball, basketball, futsal, and gymnastics. It hosted the final of the in 2014, and Club Ciudad played its home matches there during the , , and Liga Argentina seasons, and the . The 2014 and 2016 editions of the Master Cup were also held here, as was the eighth edition of the World Union Karate Organization (WUKO-AD) World Cup in November 2016.
In addition, there is the Miguel Benancio Sánchez Library of Sports, Recreation, and Physical Activity, the Directorate of Sports and Recreation, the Directorate of Human Rights, and the House of Memory and Life.
References
External links
Casa de la Memoria y la Vida
Quinta Seré at desaparecidos.org
Argentine Air Force
Defunct prisons in Argentina
Detention centers
Dirty War
Morón Partido |
is a Shinto shrine located in Karatsu, Saga prefecture, Japan. The shrine is at the base of () in Genkai Quasi-National Park. It is now called Matsura Sōchinshu Kagami-jinja (松浦総鎮守鏡神社), and formerly known as the name of Kagami no mikoto Byōgū (鏡尊廟宮), Kagami-gū (鏡宮), Matsuura-gū (松浦宮), Itabitsu-sha (板櫃社) and Kuri Daimyōjin (久里大明神).
Kagami-jinja was the head shrine of in the former Hizen Province and is classified historically as a "Sosha".
The shrine has a small museum preserving remaining artifacts, including an image of Yōryū Kannon from Goryeo Dynasty of Korea in 1310, now kept at the Saga Prefectural Museum, is the Cultural Properties of Japan.
History
According to legend, Empress Jingū climbed atop of the Mount Kagami during the legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century. She put a mirror aside the mountain tops and praying for victory. After that this mirror gave off a ghost light, she was enshrined her own spirit when she heard to hear that tells a story. After she returned to Japan, she suffered the pain of labor in the land. The villagers gave a freshwater spring to her. She recovered her illness, and it was said that she had given birth to the Emperor Ōjin in Umi now part of modern Fukuoka Prefecture.
The Ni-no-miya, or secondary shrine, is dedicated to Fujiwara no Hirotsugu, the imperial prince and the eldest son of Fujiwara no Umakai. Hirotsugu petitioned for the removal of Genbō; and then Kibi no Makibi and Genbō used this complaint as a pretext to discredit Hirotsugu. As a result, Hirotsugu initiates a futile military campaign in September 740. The shrine was built in 750 by Kibi who was exiled to Dazaifu on the island of Kyushu, ten years after the execution of Hirotsugu. At the time of Genbō's death, it was popularly believed that he was killed by the vengeful spirit of Hirotsugu.
It was originally called Matsuura-gū or Matsuura-byōgū (松浦廟宮), but Kūkai has changed its name to Kagami-jinja.
In the Tamakazura (玉鬘) chapter of The Tale of Genji, the song of the mirror god of Matsuura (松浦なる鏡の神 Matsuura naru Kagami no Kami) written by Tayunogen (大夫監), a powerful family in Higo Province.
Gallery
See also
List of Shinto shrines
References
External links
Official website
Shinto shrines in Saga Prefecture
Sōja shrines |
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