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47081310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaspick | Rathaspick | Rathaspick is a place name and may refer to:
Places
Ireland
Rathaspick, County Laois, a townland
Rathaspick, County Laois (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Ballyadams
Rathaspick, County Westmeath, a townland
Rathaspick, County Westmeath (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Moygoish
Rathaspick, County Wexford, a townland
Rathaspick, County Wexford (civil parish), a civil parish in the barony of Forth |
22216270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanxia%20District | Sanxia District | Sanxia District () is a district in the southwestern part of New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the second largest district in New Taipei City by area after Wulai District.
Name
The old name of Sanxia, Sa-kak-eng () refers to the meeting of the Dahan River, Sanxia River, and . In 1920, Taiwan's Japanese government administratively designated the town as , Kaizan District, Taihoku Prefecture.
History
After the first coffee plants on Taiwan were imported by the British to Tainan in 1884, the first significant small-scale cultivation took place in Sanxia District.
On December 25, 2010, Sanxia Township was upgraded to Sanxia District after the upgrade of Taipei County.
Geography
It has an area of 191.45 km2 and a population of 115,443 (February 2023).
Government institutions
National Academy for Educational Research
Education
University
National Taipei University Sanxia Main Campus (國立臺北大學三峽校區本部)
Senior High schools
Mingde High school (市立明德高中)
BeiDa High School (市立北大高中)
Tsz-Shiou Senior High school (辭修高中)
Junior High schools
Sanxia Junior High school (市立三峽國中)
Anxi Junior High school (市立安溪國中)
Others
National Academy for Educational Research Preparatory office-Planning Objectives
Tourist attractions
Zushi Temple - The most important religious site in Sanxia. Originally built in 1769 by Fukienese immigrants to Taiwan, it has been rebuilt three times, of which the last effort (beginning 1947) is the masterpiece of renown Taiwanese artist Li Mei-shu. It is considered by many to be the most intricately sculpted temple in Taiwan.
Sanxia Old Street - A business street built during the Japanese rule, it is a very well preserved example of baroque-style architecture of the time. The street features stores selling art, ceramics, and local specialty foods (most notably Bull Horn Croissants).
New Taipei City Hakka Museum - the largest Hakka cultural center in Taiwan exhibiting the culture, history, and influence of the Hakka people in Taiwan and abroad.
Li Mei-shu Memorial Gallery
Sanxia History Museum - preserves artistic and cultural artifacts from Sanxia's past.
Manyueyuan National Forest Recreation Area
National Taipei University Arts Boulevard
Sanxia Agricultural Specialty Products Museum
Tourism Factory of Cha-Shan-Fang Soap
Pigs of God (神豬()) Contest - The largest event held at Zushi Temple around Chinese New Year where farmers compete to raise the fattest pig. The fattest pig is then sacrificed at the temple but not to the main deity, Zushi-Ye (祖師爺()) as he was formerly a Buddhist monk. Controversial to animal rights activists, Zushi Temple is one of the few places in Taiwan that still practice this tradition.
Sanxia Indigo Blue Dye Festival - A celebration of Sanxia's past as a major dyeing center in northern Taiwan.
Transportation
Car — Sanxia is served by Freeway No. 3. (San-ying Interchange)
Bus — Sanxia is accessible by bus from Taipei (buses 702, 703, 705, 706,939), Taoyuan District, and Yingge (Blue 19).
Train — Although Sanxia does not have a train station, it is accessible by bus from Yingge Train Station across the river.
MRT — Accessible via the Tucheng Line of the Taipei Metro to Yongning (永寧()). Bus 916 from exit 1 connects to Sanxia on Highway 3. In addition Bus 910 leaves from Fuzhong (府中()) station in Banqiao. Both routes are multi-section tickets, paying on entry or exit.
Notable natives
Li Mei-shu, former painter, sculptor, and politician
See also
New Taipei City
References
External links
Sanxia tourist information (English)
Districts of New Taipei |
58996093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957%20Tipperary%20Senior%20Hurling%20Championship | 1957 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship | The 1957 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 67th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.
Thurles Sarsfields were the defending champions.
On 15 September 1957, Thurles Sarsfields won the championship after a 4–15 to 4–04 defeat of Na Piarsaigh in the final at Cashel Sportsfield. It was their 20th championship title overall and their third title in succession.
Results
Final
References
Tipperary
Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship |
23975867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalarius | Exalarius | Exalarius is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
References
Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Eulophidae |
47419206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe%20Islands%20at%20the%202015%20World%20Aquatics%20Championships | Faroe Islands at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | Faroe Islands competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Swimming
Faroese swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):
Men
Women
References
External links
Kazan 2015 Official Site
Nations at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
2015 in Faroese sport
Faroe Islands at the World Aquatics Championships |
23187599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTCH2 | MTCH2 | Mitochondrial carrier homolog 2 also known as MTCH2 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MTCH2 gene.
MTCH2 resides on the outer mitochondrial membrane where it co-localizes with the apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein BID.
Clinical significance
MTCH2 assists in the recruitment of BID into the mitochondria during apoptosis.
Variants of the MTCH2 gene may be associated with obesity. MTCH2 represses mitochondrial metabolism such that a deficiency of MTCH2 increases energy consumption and production by mitochondria.
See also
Mitochondrial carrier
References
Further reading |
4393859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudis%20paradoxa | Pseudis paradoxa | Pseudis paradoxa, known as the paradoxical frog or shrinking frog, is a species of hylid frog from South America. Its name refers to the very large—up to long—tadpole (the world's longest), which in turn "shrinks" during metamorphosis into an ordinary-sized frog, only about a quarter or third of its former length. Although the recordholder was a tadpole in Amapá that belonged to this species, others in the genus Pseudis also have large tadpoles and ordinary-sized adults.
Distribution and habitat
The species inhabits ponds, lakes, lagoons and similar waters from the Amazon and the Guianas, to Venezuela and Trinidad, with a disjunct distribution in the Magdalena River watershed in Colombia and adjacent far western Venezuela. More southerly populations from the Pantanal region to northeastern Argentina have been recognized as a subspecies, but are now often considered a full species, P. platensis, although the validity of this split is questionable.
Appearance and behavior
The adult frogs of P. paradoxa have a snout–to–vent length of and are green to brown coloured with dark green, olive or dark brownish stripes or mottling; the pattern and hue varies significantly.
The female of P. paradoxa lay eggs among water plants; the eggs develop into tadpoles. They always reach a large size, but there are noticeable local variations in the final size of the tadpoles, with those in large temporary waters with plenty of food and few aquatic predators growing larger than those in smaller waters with less food or waters with more aquatic predators.
The tadpoles feed mostly on algae. The adult frogs, which are active both day and night and always in or near water, eat insects (such as flies, beetles, true bugs, plantsuckers, butterflies, moths and dragonflies) and other invertebrates (such as crabs), and small frogs. When threatened, the frog uses its strong toes with an extra joint to stir up the muddy bottom and hide. The frog also uses this mechanism to find food on the bottom of lakes and ponds.
Potential use in medicine
In March 2008, scientists working from the Universities of Ulster and United Arab Emirates released findings of a study on pseudin-2, a skin compound which protects the paradoxical frog from infection. This work found that a synthetic version of this compound was able to stimulate the secretion of insulin in pancreatic cells under laboratory conditions without toxicity to the cells. As such, this synthetic medicine could be used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
References
External links
Amphibians of Bolivia
Amphibians of Brazil
Amphibians of Colombia
Amphibians of French Guiana
Amphibians of Guyana
Amphibians of Peru
Amphibians of Suriname
Amphibians of Trinidad and Tobago
Amphibians of Venezuela
Amphibians described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
paradoxa |
4499305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Navigator%20%281924%20film%29 | The Navigator (1924 film) | The Navigator is a 1924 American comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film was written by Clyde Bruckman and co-directed by Donald Crisp. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Plot
Wealthy Rollo Treadway suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien, and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer, however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father has just sold to a small country at war.
Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up ashore by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.
The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. They sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves (both used to being served), but adapt after a few weeks, with Rube Goldberg-like devices to make coffee, open cans and boil biscuits.
Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.
Cast
Buster Keaton as Rollo Treadway
Frederick Vroom as John O'Brien
Kathryn McGuire as Betsy O'Brien
Uncredited
Noble Johnson as Chief
Clarence Burton as Spy
H.N. Clugston as Spy
Production
After the disappointing reception of Sherlock Jr., Keaton and his production team's morale was low and they were looking for a project that would be both exciting and successful. While Keaton's Art Director Fred Gabourie was scouting shipyards in San Francisco for another project, The Sea Hawk, he was shown the former USAT Buford, a 5,000 ton, 500 foot ship that was being sold for scrap metal. The actual vessel was a combination passenger/cargo liner that had served as an Army transport during the Spanish–American War and World War I. Prior to The Navigator, the Bufords most controversial service had occurred in 1919–20, during the First Red Scare, when it was used as the "Soviet Ark" to deport 249 "undesirables" from the United States to revolutionary Russia, among them the noted anarchist Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Gabourie was told that a film production could do anything with the ship, including set it on fire or sink it. Gabourie rushed back to Los Angeles to tell Keaton about the ship. Keaton immediately began planning a film centered around the Buford and had producer Joseph Schenck charter the boat for $25,000 with a crew and sail it to Los Angeles.
Keaton renamed the ship Navigator and his crew began remodeling the interior, installing film lights and painting it. Of the 60 person film crew about half were real sailors hired to handle the ship. Filming on board the Navigator took 10 weeks, mostly off Catalina Island. Keaton initially hired Donald Crisp to direct the dramatic scenes, leaving himself free to concentrate on the comedic ones. However, Crisp was uninterested in drama and "turned gagman overnight on me!" according to Keaton. Keaton found Crisp difficult to collaborate with and informed Crisp that the shooting was over just as an excuse to get rid of him. Keaton then resumed filming without Crisp. After completing production on board the Navigator, Keaton began shooting the underwater scenes in the Riverside municipal pool. They had to extend the pool's concrete walls to 20 feet and submerged a 12-foot prop propeller. However the extra weight in the pool caused the bottom to cave in and Keaton had to move production to Lake Tahoe to finish the underwater scenes. To cope with the cold temperature of the lake, Keaton and his cameraman drank bourbon. It took Keaton several weeks to complete what would become a few minutes of underwater footage in the finished film. The delays caused the film to go over budget, which Keaton and Schenck fought over.
Critical reception
The film premiered on Columbus day 1924 at the Capitol Theater in New York, at that time the largest movie theater in the world. At the Capitol The Navigator was a huge hit and ran for a rare second week at the theater. Overall The Navigator was Keaton's biggest hit, grossing $680,406 on a $385,000 budget. Keaton said that it was his best film.
When the film was released, Variety said, "Buster Keaton's comedy is spotty. That is to say it's both commonplace and novel, with the latter sufficient to make the picture a laugh getter..." Variety also noted the novelty of Keaton's deep-sea diving costume and settings and praised "an abundance of funny business" in some of the film's underwater scenes.
More recently, film critic Dennis Schwartz wrote that the film "proved to be Keaton's biggest commercial success. Its theme of civilized man versus the machine (seen as making life difficult for modern man because we have become so dependent on it and it's not always reliable), was never used more effectively in cinema."
Accolades
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
2000: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #81
See also
Buster Keaton filmography
References
External links
1924 films
1924 comedy films
American black-and-white films
Silent American comedy films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Donald Crisp
Films directed by Buster Keaton
Films set on ships
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Seafaring films
United States National Film Registry films
1920s American films
Silent adventure films |
33187110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harand | Harand | Harand may refer to:
Harand, Iran
Harand, Pakistan |
1813857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell%20Buckley | Terrell Buckley | Douglas Terrell Buckley (born June 7, 1971) is a former American football cornerback and current head coach of the Orlando Guardians. He also played professional baseball for the Mobile Baysharks in the Texas-Louisiana League.
College career
Buckley was a two-year starter and three-year letterman at Florida State (1989–91), and left as the school's all-time leader in interceptions (21) and interception return yards (501). His career interception yardage total of 501 is an NCAA record. Buckley also tied school records for touchdowns off interception returns (four) and punt returns (three). He was named first-team All-American and won Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to nation's top cornerback, as a junior. Buckley led the nation with 12 interceptions for 238 yards and two touchdowns. He was named second-team All-American by Associated Press, The Sporting News and The Football News as a junior. Buckley had six interceptions, with two returned for touchdowns. He finished seventh in the Heisman voting in 1991. Buckley played two years of varsity baseball and was a sprinter on the outdoor track team for one year. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft with the fifth overall pick.
Professional career
Buckley is one of only two players (the other being Ken Riley) with 50+ interceptions to never make a Pro Bowl. In a game against Cincinnati in 1992, his rookie season, Buckley set what remains a current record as the youngest player to return a punt for a touchdown in NFL history (). That was his only punt return for a touchdown of his career. He responded to criticism of the veracity of his tackling by giving himself the nickname “The Vaccinator”. The nickname would stay with him over the years if only in an ironic sense. On April 3, 1995, the Packers traded Buckley to the Miami Dolphins for "past considerations." In 1996, he led the league in interception return yards with 164.
He had at least one interception in 13 consecutive seasons. While playing for the New England Patriots, in the 2001 AFC Championship Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buckley had an interception in the 24–17 win. He won a Super Bowl ring one week later in the win over the St. Louis Rams.
Coaching career
Florida State
Buckley got his coaching start after earning his undergraduate degree from Florida State in 2007. From 2008 to 2011, he served in various assistant roles on Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher’s staffs.
Akron
Finally getting his first on-the-field coaching position, Buckley was hired by his collegiate head coach's son, Terry Bowden, at the University of Akron in January 2012 to coach cornerbacks. This reunited him with Coach Chuck Amato and with Coach Todd Stroud—who he played for, and coached with at FSU.
Louisville
After two seasons at Akron, he was hired as the cornerbacks coach at the University of Louisville in January 2014.
Mississippi State
On January 7, 2016 Buckley was hired as the safeties coach at Mississippi State University
Ole Miss
On January 18, 2020, Buckley was hired as cornerbacks coach Ole Miss by Lane Kiffin, the new Head Coach, MSU's rival (Buckley, having had phenomenal success in both recruiting and developing elite talent both on and off the field, and for grooming NFL talent).
XFL
On April 6, 2022, it was reported that Buckley had accepted a job with the XFL to become the Head Coach of an upcoming Orlando franchise (the former Tampa Bay Vipers). The league confirmed Buckley's hiring, but not the existence of a team in Orlando, on April 14. On July 25, 2022, the XFL confirmed a franchise in Orlando, Florida with Buckley announced as head coach. On October 31, 2022 the team was branded the Orlando Guardians
Head coaching record
XFL
Personal life
Buckley has three daughters, Sherrell, Brianna, and Britney. He majored in Theater with a minor in Political Science, and played baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization prior to reporting to GB training camp in July 1994. He is the son of Eddie Buckley Sr. of Columbia, MS and Laura Buckley of Pascagoula, MS. He is a distant cousin of the late Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. His hobbies include baseball, basketball and golf. Has participated in events benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He has worked on behalf of the national "Feed the Children" campaign. He assisted in building a house in Little Haiti for Habitat for Humanity during the 1999 offseason. Sports Talk radio host Jim Rome refers to Buckley as "T-Buck" and credits him as one of The Jungle's first guests who appeared consistently on the program. Rome credits Buckley as the inventor of the Lambeau Leap, based on an interview that Buckley gave.
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
Akron Zips football coaches
All-American college football players
Baseball players from Mississippi
American football cornerbacks
Denver Broncos players
Florida State Seminoles baseball players
Florida State Seminoles football players
Green Bay Packers players
Louisville Cardinals football coaches
Miami Dolphins players
New England Patriots players
New York Giants players
New York Jets players
Ole Miss Rebels football coaches
Orlando Guardians head coaches
Sportspeople from Pascagoula, Mississippi
Macon Braves players
Mobile BayBears players |
32170334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bone%20Collector%20%28novel%29 | The Bone Collector (novel) | The Bone Collector is a 1997 thriller novel by American writer Jeffery Deaver.
The book introduces the character of Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic forensic criminalist.
It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1999. A pilot for a television series based on the novel was ordered by NBC in 2019. Though the pilot was made available through some services on January 1, 2020, it made its broadcast premiere on January 10, 2020.
Summary
Two colleagues, T.J. (Tammie Jean) Colfax and John Ulbrecht, catch a cab at a New York City airport. After a brief ride through New York, they find themselves in an abandoned warehouse district. The cab's doors are locked and the driver ignores their pleas to let them out.
The next day NYPD Patrol Officer Amelia Sachs is called to a possible homicide near some train tracks in Midtown. Her initial search is fruitless until she spots what she thinks is a dead tree protruding from the ground near the tracks. She climbs down the embankment and as she gets closer she sees that it's actually a hand sticking out of the ground, with the flesh removed and a large diamond ring placed on one bony finger. She digs into the earth and uncovers the face of John Ulbrecht, who has been buried alive.
Amelia calls in and secures the area by stopping a train and traffic up above.
Quadriplegic and ex-forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is waiting for a visitor at his apartment when the doorbell rings. His caregiver Thom answers the door and informs him that he has two unexpected visitors, homicide detectives Lon Sellitto and Jerry Banks. Rhyme tells Thom that he doesn't want to see them but ultimately agrees to speak with them.
Sellitto is Rhyme's former partner, and the officers are there to get Rhyme's help on the kidnapping and murder case, but he says he is in no state to help. Sellitto says that all he wants is for Rhyme to look over the case file and give them insight into what it means. The detective explains that the kidnapper still has one hostage they need to find. At this point Rhyme's expected visitor arrives and he asks the detectives to leave, telling them he will read over the case notes. He finds himself drawn into the case, and agrees to work on it with the help of Amelia Sachs as his eyes on the ground.
The killer is Peter Taylor, Rhyme's doctor. Real name Colin Stanton, he lost his family years ago when Lincoln failed to fully check out a crime scene. The suspect was hiding under a bed and started a shootout in the street, gunning down Stanton's family. Stanton subsequently had a breakdown and was admitted to a hospital where he attempted suicide. Once released, he planned to murder a now-quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme, and created the identity of Peter Taylor. The name was inspired by James Schneider, a New York serial killer from the early 1900s - "Schneider" is "tailor" in German. However, when Stanton/Taylor realized that Lincoln was becoming suicidal he had to give him a reason to live so that he could murder him. He took on Schneider's alias, "The Bone Collector", and began copying his crimes. Stanton picked his victims at random and thought of them as Schneider's own.
At the climax, Stanton coaxes his way into Rhyme's apartment, murdering Rhyme's former superior, Polling, who had come to admit his own guilt for his perceived role in Rhyme's accident. The investigating team had a witness to the crime Rhyme was investigating when he was injured and didn't need Rhyme's testimony. Stanton reveals his true identity to Rhyme, and his plan to murder all the people he cares about then slowly kill him. Following a struggle, Rhyme manages to bite Stanton's neck, tearing into an artery and mortally wounding him.
After Stanton is taken away, Rhyme is convinced to assist in another investigation, and accepts the offer under condition that he's allowed to continue working with Sachs.
Characters
Lincoln Rhyme – Quadriplegic forensic criminalist who was the head of IRD (the NYPD's Central Investigation and Resource Division) before being involved in an accident at a crime scene where an oak beam fell on him, crushing his C4 vertebrae and leaving him only able to move from his shoulders up and his left ring finger. At the start of the novel, Lincoln is considering suicide with the help of Dr. William Berger, a representative of a pro-euthanasia group called the Lethe Society, until his ex-partner Lon Sellitto arrives at his apartment asking for help on a kidnapping case.
Amelia Sachs – 31-year-old police officer who is about to be transferred out of patrol. However, on the morning of her transfer, she is called to a possible homicide where she finds the first victim of the bone collector. Her work at this crime scene catches the attention of Lincoln Rhyme and she reluctantly becomes his "legs and eyes" as he takes on the case of the Bone Collector.
Lon Sellitto – Homicide detective working for the NYPD, who has been assigned the kidnapping case from the airport. He is a twenty-year veteran and the ex-partner of Lincoln Rhyme. He has also been given the unenviable task of persuading Rhyme to work on the case.
Thom Reston - Lincoln Rhyme's full-time care assistant.
Sequels
Following the success of this novel, Deaver continued to feature Rhyme and Sachs in a series of subsequent novels. The series to date comprises:
The Bone Collector (1997)
The Coffin Dancer (1998)
The Empty Chair (2000)
The Stone Monkey (2002)
The Vanished Man (2003)
The Twelfth Card (2005)
The Cold Moon (2006)
The Broken Window (2008)
The Burning Wire (2010)
The Kill Room (2013)
The Skin Collector (2014)
The Steel Kiss (2016)
The Burial Hour (2017)
The Cutting Edge (2018)
Adaptations
Film
The film adaptation of the novel, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Martin Bregman, was released on November 5, 1999. It starred Denzel Washington as Lincoln Rhyme and Angelina Jolie as a renamed Officer Amelia Donaghy. The cast also featured Queen Latifah, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rooker, Mike McGlone, Luis Guzmán, Bobby Cannavale, John Benjamin Hickey, and Leland Orser.
The film received mixed to negative critical reviews. It was the number one film its opening weekend, taking in $16.7 million. The film would earn $151.5 million worldwide.
Television
In November 2018, Variety reported that a television adaptation of the novel was in the works with a script by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli sold to NBC. The potential series would be executive produced by Boyd (S.W.A.T.), Bianculli, Alon Shtruzman, Avi Nir (Homeland), Peter Traugott (The Brave), and Rachel Kaplan (Wisdom of the Crowd). NBC ordered a series pilot in January 2019.
In March 2019, NBC cast Russell Hornsby as lead character Lincoln Rhyme as well as Michael Imperioli.
The series, now called Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, focuses on Lincoln Rhyme helping to solve the most high-profile cases for the New York Police Department with the aid of Officer Amelia Sachs while the two attempt to catch the newly resurfaced serial killer known as the Bone Collector. It is also expected to draw from other books in Deaver's Rhyme series. It premiered on January 10, 2020, but was canceled in June of that year.
References
1997 American novels
Lincoln Rhyme (novel series)
Novels set in New York City
American novels adapted into films
Nero Award-winning works
Novels about serial killers
American novels adapted into television shows
Viking Press books |
23281977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20members%20of%20the%20European%20Parliament%20for%20Luxembourg%2C%202009%E2%80%932014 | List of members of the European Parliament for Luxembourg, 2009–2014 | This is a list of the 6 members of the European Parliament for Luxembourg in the 2009 to 2014 session.
List
Party representation
Notes
External links
2009 election results
Luxembourg 2009-2014
List
2009 |
4071486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newington%20Gardens | Newington Gardens | Newington Gardens is located on Harper Road in Southwark, London, England. To the north-west is the Inner London Sessions House, a Crown Court. Its area is . The park occupies part of the site of an old prison that was closed in 1878. The park was opened by Catherine Gladstone, wife of the then prime minister, on 5 May 1884.
The park occupies the site where Horsemonger Lane Gaol was located for almost a century from 1791. Designed by George Gwilt the Elder, architect surveyor to the county of Surrey, this was once the largest prison in the county.
The MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) courts in the park are regularly used by the London Hardcourt Bicycle Polo Association for casual games and tournaments.
See also
Newington, London
Newington Causeway
External links
Newington, Southwark – Hidden London
LondonTown.com information
London Gardens Online information
References
Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Southwark |
6172305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvella%20crispa | Helvella crispa | Helvella crispa, also known as the white saddle, elfin saddle or common helvel, is an ascomycete fungus of the family Helvellaceae. The mushroom is readily identified by its irregularly shaped whitish cap, fluted stem, and fuzzy undersurfaces. It is found in eastern North America and in Europe, near deciduous trees in summer and autumn.
Etymology
The fungus was originally described as Phallus crispus by the naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772. Its specific epithet is Latin adjective crispa 'wrinkled' or 'curly'. The generic name was originally a type of Italian herb but became associated with morels.
Description
Helvella crispa is creamy white in colour, 6–13 cm (2½–5 in) in length, with a cap 2–5 cm (1–2 in) in diameter. It is striking due to its irregularly shaped lobes on the cap, but with a robust creamy-white base (2–8×1–2.5 cm in size). Its flesh is thin and brittle. The stem is 3–10 cm (1¼–4 in) long, white or pinkish in colour and ornately ribbed. It gives off a pleasant aroma, but is not edible raw. The spore print is white, the oval spores average 19 x 11.5 μm. Occasionally white capped forms are found. It can be distinguished from occasional white forms of Helvella lacunosa by its furry cap undersurface and inrolled margins when young.
Distribution and habitat
Helvella crispa grows in grass as well as in humid hardwoods, such as beech, (not so well in resinous ones) along the side of pathways, in hedges and on the talus of meadows. They can be spotted from the end of summer until the end of autumn.
It is found in China, Japan, Europe and eastern North America, though is replaced by the related Helvella lacunosa in western parts.
Edibility
Although some guidebooks list this species as edible, there is speculation that it may contains monomethylhydrazine, which can cause severe intoxication, and may be carcinogenic. It has been reported to cause gastrointestinal symptoms when eaten raw.
Also recent evidence suggests that this fungus and similar species may cause the potentially fatal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) after many years or even decades.
References
External links
Helvella crispa on Mushroomexpert.com
crispa
Fungi of Asia
Fungi of Europe
Fungi described in 1822
Fungi of North America |
70106347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloplaca%20allanii | Caloplaca allanii | Caloplaca allanii is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) and crustose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. Found in New Zealand, it was formally described as a new species by Alexander Zahlbruckner. The type specimen was collected by Lucy Cranwell on Anawhata Beach (Waitākere Ranges, West Auckland) in 1932; she sent a dried specimen to Zahlbruckner for identification. The specific epithet allanii honours New Zealand botanist Harry Allan.
For decades, Caloplaca allanii was a poorly known species, known only from the type collection, and it was assessed as data deficient in a 2012 conservation assessment of New Zealand lichens. In 2014, it was reported to have been rediscovered, and the range of the species was expanded. Caloplaca allanii is endemic to the Waitakere Ranges coastline west of Auckland, and has been recorded from Bethells Beach south to northern Manukau Heads. The lichen contains several secondary chemicals, including emodin, erythroglaucin, fallacinal, parietin, teloschistin, and xanthorin.
See also
List of Caloplaca species
References
allanii
Lichen species
Lichens described in 1934
Lichens of New Zealand
Taxa named by Alexander Zahlbruckner |
54551364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabd%20Bhedi%20Superfast%20Express | Shabd Bhedi Superfast Express | The 22323 / 22324 Shabd Bhedi Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Ghazipur City and Kolkata in India. It is currently being operated with 22324/22323 train numbers on a weekly basis.
Service
The 22324/Shabd Bhedi Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 761 km in 13h 30m. The 22323/Shabd Bhedi Superfast Express has an average speed of 55 km/h and covers 761 km in 13h 45m.
Route & halts
The important halts of the train are:
Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 18 coaches:
Executive Class
Premium Class
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-7 (HOG)-equipped locomotive from Ghazipur City to Kolkata and vice versa.
Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 1 times:
Rake sharing arrangement
The trains shares its rake with 13122 / 13121 Kolkata–Ghazipur City Weekly Express
See also
Kolkata railway station
Ghazipur City railway station
Kolkata–Ghazipur City Weekly Express
Suhaildev Superfast Express
References
External links
22324/Shabd Bhedi Superfast Express India Rail Info
22323/Shabd Bhedi Superfast Express India Rail Info
Transport in Kolkata
Transport in Ghazipur
Express trains in India
Rail transport in West Bengal
Rail transport in Jharkhand
Rail transport in Bihar
Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh
Railway services introduced in 2016
Named passenger trains of India |
32427425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmert%20International | Emmert International | Emmert International is a specialized heavy transportation and rigging company based in Clackamas, Oregon. Founded by Terry Emmert as a house and small building relocation company, Emmert International has grown into being a major player in the global commercial market. While the Residential Division (house relocating) is still in business, the majority of the company’s revenue is generated from the Commercial Division. Emmert International has three branches; Rhome, Texas, Danbury, Texas and the corporate branch in Clackamas, Oregon.
Emmert International’s Commercial Division specializes in mega-load relocation via road, marine and rail. Other services include rigging and gantry crane lifts. Most commercial work falls under the category of "engineered transport" wherein each load is carried on a custom transporter.
Emmert International is distinct in that they engineer and manufacture most of their own equipment. This ability for customization has helped the company compete globally with larger firms. Notable projects include Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose Airplane, The Hubble Telescope, the 3.2 million-pound brick Fairmount Hotel, the L.A. Country Museum’s "Levitated Mass" exhibit and Fermilab's g-2 muon accelerator. Emmert International’s primary focus is on the Power, Oil Gas and Chemical, Nuclear, Mining, and Aerospace Industries.
Emmert International is a division of Emmert Industrial Corporation.
History
During the rapid urban expansion of the 1960s, Terry Emmert began purchasing homes from properties set for commercial development and relocating them to undeveloped properties he had acquired. Terry began hiring out his crew for other structure relocation projects. In 1964 Emmert International officially opened its doors as a house and small building relocation company.
To expand the business further, Emmert International designed and manufactured a revolutionary new dolly and jacking system. The new designed project, headed up by Mike Albrecht, was an enormous success propelling the company into great growth. The Emmert International dollies and jacks set the benchmark for ingenuity that the company became known for.
In the 1990s Emmert International launched new Commercial Division with the vision of pursuing larger clients. Emmert grew considerably with company revenue growing by 2000%. During the growth period Emmert International opened two new branches in Rohme and Danbury Texas and Clackamas became the corporate headquarters.
In June 2009, a 411-ton electrical transformer made in China was delivered to a utility in New Hampshire over the Conway Scenic Railroad using a Schnabel car from Emmert International.
Equipment
Emmert International’s fleet of equipment includes unique transportation dollies rated at 35, 50, 60 and 70 tons, self propelled hydraulic platform trailers capable of moving 10,000 tons, prime movers, dolly beam transport systems, low bed trailers, 128 axle lines of Goldhofer trailers, customized over road transport systems, specialized marine loading components and customized railcars.
See also
List of companies based in Oregon
References
External links
.
Companies based in Clackamas County, Oregon
Transportation companies of the United States
1964 establishments in Oregon
American companies established in 1964
Transportation companies based in Oregon |
14496474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Blue%20Crane%20collapse | Big Blue Crane collapse | The Big Blue was a Lampson LTL-1500 Transi-Lift heavy lift crawler crane that collapsed on July 14, 1999, killing three iron workers.
Accident
On July 14, 1999, at approximately 5:12 pm, the Big Blue collapsed during the construction of the Miller Park (now American Family Field) baseball stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a load of over on the hook. Three Iron Workers Local 8 members, Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave, and Jerome Starr, were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was hit by the falling crane. A safety inspector was filming construction of the stadium on that day and captured the collapse on video as it occurred.
Wind speeds were between , with gusts of up to , at the time of the collapse. The boom was rated to , and other workers had expressed concern at the speed of the wind.
An investigation revealed that although the effects of side winds on the crane itself had been calculated, it had not been considered for the load the crane was lifting.
Aftermath and memorial
Three firms were fined a total of over as a result of the collapse. The widows of the workers, Marjorie DeGrave, Ramona Dulde-Starr and Patricia Wischer, settled a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America, the company responsible for constructing the retractable roof of the stadium, for an undisclosed total of over $99 million.
Teamwork, a bronze sculpture by Omri Amrany, was installed at Miller Park in 2001 to honor the three workers. The Brewers wore an Ironworkers Local 8 memorial patch on the left breast of their jerseys following the accident for the remainder of the 1999 season.
Work on Miller Park was later completed with a new crane, a red and white Van Seumeren Demag CC-12600.
References
External links
Video of the accident
1999 disasters in the United States
Accidental deaths in Wisconsin
Construction accidents in the United States
Disasters in Wisconsin
Filmed deaths in the United States
1990s in Milwaukee
Individual cranes (machines)
July 1999 events in the United States
1999 in baseball
1999 in Wisconsin |
390397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1602%20in%20music | 1602 in music |
Events
Asprilio Pacelli is appointed of St Peter's Basilica
Publications
February – Giulio Caccini – (The New Music), published in Florence
Agostino Agazzari – , book 1 (Rome: Aloysio Zannetti)
Gregor Aichinger – (Augsburg: Officina Praetoriana), settings of selections from the Floridorum of , for three voices
Felice Anerio
Second book of (Rome: Aloysio Zannetti)
Second book of madrigals for six voices (Rome: Luigi Zannetti)
Giammateo Asola
(Vespertine psalms for all solemnities) for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat, Salve Regina, and Regina caeli
(Vespertine hymns for the major solemnities of the year) for eight voices (two choirs) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
Lamentations for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
Ippolito Baccusi – for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
Giovanni Bassano – First book of madrigals and canzonettas for soprano or bass voice with lute or other plucked instrument (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
Lodovico Bellanda – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
Aurelio Bonelli – First book of ricercars and canzonas for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
Christoph Demantius – for four, five, and six voices and instruments (Nuremberg: Catharina Dieterich for Konrad Agricola), a collection of music for Vespers
Scipione Dentice – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices (Naples: Antonio Pace)
Stefano Felis – Ninth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
Melchior Franck
for four voices (Nuremberg: Konrad Baur), a collection of secular partsongs
for six voices (Nuremberg: Katharina Dieterich), a collection of secular partsongs
for four voices (Nurember: Konrad Baur), a collection of psalms and other church songs in German
Marco da Gagliano – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
Bartholomäus Gesius – for six voices (Frankfurt an der Oder: Friedrich Hartmann), a song in praise of Music
Pierre Guédron – for four and five voices (Paris: Ballard)
Claude Le Jeune – First book of psalms for three voices (Paris: widow of R. Ballard)
Alonso Lobo – First book of masses (Madrid: Joannes Flandre)
Duarte Lobo – for four and eight voices (Antwerp: Plantin), a collection of liturgical music
Tomaso Pecci – Madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), also contains two pieces by Mariano Tantucci
Andreas Pevernage – Masses for five, six, and seven voices (Antwerp: Pierre Phalèse), published posthumously
Costanzo Porta – for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of hymns for the whole year
Hieronymus Praetorius – Magnificats for eight voices (Hamburg: Philip von Ohr)
Orfeo Vecchi
Third book of masses for five voices (Milan: Agostino Tradate)
(Milan: the heirs of Simon Tini & Giovanni Francesco Besozzi), a madrigal cycle
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana – Cento concerti ecclesiastici (One Hundred Church Concertos), the first major publication to make extensive use of figured bass
Opera
Giulio Caccini – Euridice (not the same as the 1600 opera of the same name by Jacopo Peri, to which Caccini contributed some of the music)
Births
February 14 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died 1676)
April – William Lawes, English composer (died 1645)
probable – Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Italian composer (died 1678)
Deaths
January 6 – Andreas Raselius, German composer (born c. 1563)
March 11 – Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer (born c. 1563)
October – Thomas Morley, English composer, music theorist and publisher (born c. 1557)
November 29 – Anthony Holborne, English composer (born c. 1545)
Notes
17th century in music
Music by year |
22796020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocommit | Autocommit | In the context of data management, autocommit is a mode of operation of a database connection. Each individual database interaction (i.e., each SQL statement) submitted through the database connection in autocommit mode will be executed in its own transaction that is implicitly committed. A SQL statement executed in autocommit mode cannot be rolled back.
Autocommit mode incurs per-statement transaction overhead and can often lead to undesirable performance or resource utilization impact on the database. Nonetheless, in systems such as Microsoft SQL Server, as well as connection technologies such as ODBC and Microsoft OLE DB, autocommit mode is the default for all statements that change data, in order to ensure that individual statements will conform to the ACID (atomicity-consistency-isolation-durability) properties of transactions.
The alternative to autocommit mode (non-autocommit) means that the SQL client application itself is responsible for ending transactions explicitly via the commit or rollback SQL commands. Non-autocommit mode enables grouping of multiple data manipulation SQL commands into a single atomic transaction.
Some DBMS (e.g. MariaDB) force autocommit for every DDL statement, even in non-autocommit mode. In this case, before each DDL statement, previous DML statements in transaction are autocommitted. Each DDL statement is executed in its own new autocommit transaction.
See also
Commit
Transaction
References
Databases |
50634990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indio%20%28album%29 | Indio (album) | Indio is the second studio album by Australian pop rock band Indecent Obsession, released in Australia by Melodian Records and internationally by MCA Records in August 1992. It features the singles "Kiss Me", "Indio", and "Whispers in the Dark".
Track listing
Personnel
David Dixon – lead vocals
Andrew Coyne – guitar, vocals
Michael Szumowski – keyboards, vocals
Darryl Sims – drums, percussion, vocals
with
Peter Wolf – bass, keyboards
Peter Manu – guitar (13)
Kirk Whalum – saxophone (14)
The Chumash Horns – horns (11)
Ina Wolf – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 14, 15)
J. D. Nicholas – backing vocals (2, 4, 5)
Jeff Pescetto – backing vocals (1, 9, 11)
Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (13)
Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals (13)
Weekly charts
References
External links
1992 albums
Indecent Obsession albums
MCA Records albums |
32881033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig%20Hirsch | Ludwig Hirsch | Ludwig Hirsch (28 February 1946 – 24 November 2011) was an Austrian singer/songwriter and actor.
Life and work
Hirsch was born in Sankt Magdalena am Lemberg, Styria, grew up in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna and first studied graphic arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, but switched to the Krauss drama school. He made his stage debut in 1973 at the municipal theater in Regensburg. From 1975 to 1979 he was a member of the ensemble of the Theater in der Josefstadt.
In 1978 Hirsch launched his career as a singer-songwriter and became known for his critical, macabre, and morbid lyrics. He is known as an outstanding representative of Austropop. In some of his works he lends modern interpretations to traditional Viennese songs (for example, the 1834 Hobellied).
In 1991 and 1992 Hirsch appeared before sold-out crowds of 200,000 spectators with his Gottlieb-Tournee, playing his most famous songs worked together into an interesting story. He often toured with guitarist Johann M. Bertl.
Hirsch's studio album Perlen (Pearls) achieved gold status in Austria and for it he was awarded the Amadeus Austrian Music Award, the highest Austrian popular music prize. His newest album, In Ewigkeit Damen, appeared in 2006. He has also hosted the radio program Siesta for the Austrian broadcaster Hitradio Ö3.
In 1977 Hirsch married actress Cornelia Köndgen and had one son with her.
In September 1993, the Austrian Post honored Hirsch with a 5½ schilling stamp. In 2001 he was awarded a silver medal for service to the City of Vienna, and was made a "Golden citizen" of the city of Vienna.
On 24 November 2011, Hirsch committed suicide by jumping from a window from the second floor of the Wilhelminenspital in Vienna where he was being treated for lung cancer. He was 65.
References
External links
ludwighirsch.at – official website Fanpage
1946 births
20th-century Austrian male singers
Austrian songwriters
Austrian male songwriters
People from Leopoldstadt
Suicides by jumping in Austria
People from Hartberg District
2011 suicides
2011 deaths |
44837010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEQR-AM | XEQR-AM | XEQR-AM (branded as Radio Centro) is a radio station based in Mexico City. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro, broadcasting an oldies and adult standards format in Spanish.
History
XEFO-AM signed on January 1, 1931, as the radio station of the National Revolutionary Party (later the PRI). In 1941, the PRN sold the station to Francisco Aguirre Jiménez. From 1030 AM he would build a broadcasting empire initially known as "Cadena Radio Continental", starting with XERC-AM in 1946 and growing into today's Grupo Radio Centro. That same year, the station took on the name "Radio Centro", branding as "the station of the Mexican family" and positioned itself as a general station similar to XEW-AM; while airing musical programming for most of its existence, in the 1980s, information and entertainment programs were added, and by 1998 non-talk programming had disappeared. Newscasts and sport programs were also present, but were later moved to Radio Red AM and Radio Red FM. In its final years as a talk station, the station aired programs focused on self-help and motivation, hosted by professionals in the topic, and it also aired the live Sunday noon mass from the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (which in 2017 moved to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe).
In 2017, citing "changes in AM transmission infrastructure", Grupo Radio Centro reorganized all of its AM radio stations, shutting down several and consolidating their programs. Radio Centro's talk programming, of which only two programs ("Club Nocturno" and "Buenos Días", the former of which was cancelled in 2019) survived the transition, went on to share XEN-AM 690 with Spanish oldies format El Fonógrafo, which had been on XEJP-AM 1150. XEQR then went silent. Beginning on October 2, 2017, the full slate of talk programming returned as an online and HD Radio-only stream, which only lasted less than two months after a fire affected GRC's headquarters. It wouldn't be until March 2019 when the station's stream returned, although not with all the programming it had prior to 2017. In August, the format absorbed the programming of sister station XERED-AM (which had also become an online-only stream) unifying it under the "Radio Centro 1030" name.
On April 11, 2020 it returned to the air, however, the next day, it switched from the talk format to a simulcast of XERC-FM, the English classic hits format "Universal", and on May 15, concurrent with the announcement that XERC-FM was being sold to MVS Radio, the Internet stream was shut down with all their collaborators dismissed. On May 18, XEQR switched again to a simulcast of XEN-AM. From July 2020 until June 2022, the station broke away from XEN to air sports programming at certain times and days simply branding itself as "1030 AM", but otherwise remained a simulcast.
On June 18, 2022, XEQR rebranded as sports format "Radio Centro Deportes" and stopped simulcasting XEN.
On August 7, 2023, XEQR retook the "Radio Centro 1030" name and a primarily musical format, airing an oldies and adult standards format primarily in Spanish but also some in English, consisting mostly in music such as bolero, mariachi, big band, rock and roll, ranchera, mambo, trío romántico, which is the format XEQR had from the 1960s until the early 1990s, and was also the original "El Fonógrafo" format from the 1990s and 2000s. With the relaunch, the "Buenos Días" morning talk program returned to XEQR.
References
External links
1931 establishments in Mexico
Grupo Radio Centro
Radio stations established in 1931
Radio stations in Mexico City
Sports radio stations in Mexico |
10852977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20the%20Lights%20Go%20Down | As the Lights Go Down | Duran Duran's Oakland, California concerts that were filmed for the Arena (An Absurd Notion) movie were also edited to form the one-hour As the Lights Go Down concert video. The name comes from a lyric in the song "Shadows on Your Side" from the Seven and the Ragged Tiger album.
As the Lights Go Down is essentially the Arena video without the theatrical sequences, although the live footage for many songs was edited differently. This version was first aired on the Cinemax cable television channel, and later on MTV and other music channels. The concert was also shown on British television channel ITV, on 30 December 1984 at 17:00. At least two versions exist.
Bootleg DVDs of the video frequently appear on auction sites. As of 2015, the only official DVD release has been as a bonus disc in the March 2010 special edition re-issue of the Seven and the Ragged Tiger album, which uses the North American track listing.
Rock Band 2 featured the live version of "Hungry Like the Wolf" as included in this video and the Arena album/video.
Track listing
North American version
Intro: Tiger Tiger
Is There Something I Should Know?
Hungry Like the Wolf
Union of the Snake
New Religion
Save a Prayer
Rio
The Seventh Stranger
The Chauffeur
Planet Earth
Careless Memories
Girls On Film
European version
Intro: Tiger Tiger
Is There Something I Should Know?
Hungry Like the Wolf
Union of the Snake
New Religion
Save a Prayer
The Reflex [standard promotional 'live' video]
The Seventh Stranger
The Chauffeur
Planet Earth
Careless Memories
Girls On Film
References
Duran Duran video albums
Films directed by Russell Mulcahy
2010 video albums
Live video albums
2010 live albums |
1094723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hollow%20Tree | The Hollow Tree | The Hollow Tree is a 1997 children's historical novel by Janet Lunn. The book is the third in a trilogy, the first two being The Root Cellar and Shadow in Hawthorn Bay. Having progressed backward from the American Civil War in The Root Cellar, another few decades in Shadow in Hawthorn Bay, The Hollow Tree takes place during the starting of the American Revolution in 1777.
The main character, Phoebe Olcott, is mentioned briefly in Shadow in Hawthorn Bay as "Phoebe Morrisay," having married Jem Morrisay. Phoebe's suitor, Ben Larkin, is implied to be an ancestor to Rose Larkin, the protagonist of The Root Cellar, while the Morrissay family's descendants would include Will Morrisay, who also appears in The Root Cellar.
Plot overview
Plump little Phoebe Olcott is a timid but helpful 15-year-old girl, admired by her father's students for her quiet temperament and stubbornness. After her father, a schoolteacher, is killed in action while fighting as an American Patriot (commonly known as Rebels) in the quick revolution, she ends up living with her aunt's family, who happen to be Loyalist.
Phoebe continues to hide in the shadows of her cousins Gideon and Anne Robinson until Gideon becomes a British soldier. When he is suddenly found hanged, Phoebe discovers that Gideon was actually a spy and finds a list of names that was entrusted to Gideon and must be delivered to Fort Ticonderoga.
She arrives at Fort Ticonderoga too late; the post has been abandoned. Instead, she finds a bear and a cat and meets Jem Morrissay, whose family happens to be one of the names on the list entrusted to Gideon. Phoebe and Jem form an uneasy relationship and she is reunited with her family and several other Loyalist families fleeing to Upper Canada to avoid persecution by the Patriots.
During the flight of the Loyalists, they capture Japhet Oram, a Loyalist soldier, and are uncertain if he is a deserter or a rebel spy. The leader of the group insists that the soldier be taken to Canada and hanged. When Phoebe's own convictions, background, and morals clash with the more radical of the Loyalists, she soon finds herself isolated from the rest of the group. She secretly cuts Japhet loose and runs away, but is pursued by Jem.
Despite their growing attraction to one another, Phoebe refuses to return to the other Loyalists with Jem. Forced to continue alone, Phoebe begins her dangerous journey to Canada in order to escape the revolution and fulfil Gideon's final mission.
See also
American Revolution
References
1998 Canadian novels
1998 children's books
Children's historical novels
Novels set during the American Revolutionary War
Novels set in the 1770s
Fiction set in 1777
Governor General's Award-winning children's books
Knopf Canada books
Children's books set in the 1770s
Children's books set in New York (state)
Children's books set during the American Revolutionary War |
251722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Arrows | Black Arrows | The Black Arrows, one of the predecessors to the current Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows, were an aerobatic demonstration team formed in 1956 by Squadron Leader Roger L.Topp, then Commanding Officer 111 Squadron ("treble-one"). One of the many memorable feats accomplished by the Black Arrows was the execution of a world record loop of 22 Hawker Hunters in formation at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' show at Farnborough in 1958. This was a world record for the greatest number of aircraft looped in formation, and remains unbroken to this day. After the loop the Black Arrows performed the world's first 16 aircraft barrel roll. Roger Topp handed over the lead of the Black Arrows to Squadron Leader Peter Latham in late 1958. Latham expanded the size of the team to nine aircraft from the original five and led the Squadron for two years.
No. 111 Squadron was formed at RAF North Weald where they received the Hunter before moving to RAF Wattisham in Suffolk. Until 1961, the Black Arrows were the RAF's premier team. In the early years of the 1960s the "Blue Diamonds" of No. 92 Squadron RAF (also flying Hunters), "The Tigers" of No. 74 Squadron RAF, equipped with the new English Electric Lightning, the "Red Pelicans" flying BAC Jet Provosts, and the "Yellowjacks" flying Folland Gnats formed. The large number of squadron display teams later rationalised to a single unit from the Central Flying School.
Aircraft used
List of Leaders
1956–1958: Roger Topp
1958–1960: Peter Latham
Notes and references
External links
Videos of the Black Arrows' last show, in Barcelona, accessed on 5 November 2022
Royal Air Force website, accessed on 5 November 2022
Royal Air Force website - see Red Arrows History, accessed on 5 November 2022
Black Arrows history at RAF website through the Internet Archive
British aerobatic teams
Organisations based in Suffolk
Military units and formations in Suffolk
Royal Air Force units |
44232141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantegumia%20flavaginalis | Plantegumia flavaginalis | Plantegumia flavaginalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on the Virgin Islands.
References
Moths described in 1894
Pyraustinae |
54460739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGS%20JH24 | AGS JH24 | The JH24 was a Formula One car built and raced by the AGS team for the 1989 Formula One season.
It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFR engine. The car only managed to qualify for one race. The cars were driven by Gabriele Tarquini and Yannick Dalmas, who replaced Joachim Winkelhock in the middle of the 1989 season.
Race history
1989
The car was built to replace the JH23, but in its debut in the British Grand Prix, it failed to qualify. At first, the JH24 was only used by Tarquini until the Belgian Grand Prix, where a chassis was also available for Dalmas.
In the second half of the season, the team had to prequalify - a task that was nearly never achieved by either Tarquini or Dalmas. AGS then finished 15th in the Constructors' Championship, equal with the Lolas used by the Larrousse team.
1990
A revised version of the car was entered in the first two races of the season. The car, being entered without a "B" suffix, ran with a revised suspension and enabled Dalmas to qualify for the 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix in last place, with a 3.8-second gap from the pole lap set by Ayrton Senna. Dalmas then retired on lap 28 with a suspension problem.
The car was then replaced by the JH25.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
References
External links
Profile at ChicaneF1
AGS F1 chassis listing
AGS Formula One cars |
16309419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguette%20Tourangeau | Huguette Tourangeau | Huguette Tourangeau, (August 12, 1938 – April 21, 2018) was a French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories.
Life and career
Huguette Tourangeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated in pedagogy and piano from the Montreal Marguerite-Bourgeoys College, before entering the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal in 1958, where she was a pupil of Ruzena Herlinger (voice), Otto-Werner Mueller (repertory) and Roy Royal (declamation). In 1962, she was a soloist in Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine, in Montreal. She made her operatic debut as Mercédès in Carmen, under Zubin Mehta, in 1964, also in Montreal.
In 1964 Tourangeau won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The same year, she sang Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Stratford Festival under Richard Bonynge. During the 1965–66 season, she appeared as Carmen in fifty-six cities throughout North America with the Metropolitan Opera National Company. Around that time, she began a partnership with Dame Joan Sutherland and Bonynge, both on stage and on record. She was heard in Seattle as Malika in Lakmé; London as Urbain in Les Huguenots; and San Francisco as Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda, Adalgisa in Norma, Parséīs in Esclarmonde, and Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus.
In 1967 and 1968, Tourangeau appeared with the New York City Opera, as Carmen. She made her formal Metropolitan Opera debut on November 28, 1973, as Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann (with Plácido Domingo in the titular role), and later sang Dorabella in Così fan tutte (1975–76), Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (opposite Justino Díaz and Judith Blegen, 1976) and Parséïs in Esclarmonde (opposite Sutherland, 1976).
Tourangeau appears in Christopher Nupen's 1973 film Carmen: the Dream and the Destiny, which documents a production of Carmen at the Hamburg State Opera (directed by Regina Resnik) in which Plácido Domingo plays Don José to her Carmen. In 1978, she was seen in the Met's televised performance of Don Giovanni, as Zerlina, which was her final role at that theatre. She last appeared in a staged opera in Lyon in 1980, in Werther.
Other notable roles included Bertarido in Rodelinda, at the Holland Festival; in Semiramide (as Arsace), Mignon (as Mignon), and Le roi de Lahore (as Kaled), at the Vancouver Opera; and La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, at the Santa Fe Opera.
Legacy
In 1977, Tourangeau became the first recipient of the "Canadian Music Council" artist of the year, and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in July 1997. Her husband, Barry Thompson (who died in 2009), was manager of the Vancouver Opera (1975–78) and of the Edmonton Opera Association.
Death
Tourangeau died on April 21, 2018, aged 79.
Recordings
Tourangeau sings in many recordings on Decca Records opposite Sutherland: Les Huguenots (1969), Messiah (1970), Rigoletto (1971), Lucia di Lammermoor (1971), Les contes d'Hoffmann (1971), Maria Stuarda (1975), L'oracolo (with Tito Gobbi, 1975), Esclarmonde (1975), Le roi de Lahore (with Luis Lima, 1979), and Rodelinda (as Unulfo, 1985). She also recorded Thérèse (with Louis Quilico, 1974) and El amor brujo (with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 1981) and made two recital discs: "Arias from Forgotten Operas" (1970) and art songs by Massenet (with Bonynge at the piano, 1975).
Videography
Delibes: Lakmé (Sutherland; Bonynge, Ayrton, 1976) [live] Kultur
References
5. Huguette Tourangeau Has Died, Limelight Magazine, by Justine Nguyen on April 27, 2018
Sources
The Canadian Music Encyclopedia, Gilles Potvin.
External links
On Huguette Tourangeau at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Signed photo, dedicated to her goddaughter, Lorraine Hétu Manifold
1938 births
2018 deaths
French Quebecers
Canadian mezzo-sopranos
20th-century Canadian women opera singers
Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal alumni
Members of the Order of Canada
Operatic mezzo-sopranos
Singers from Montreal
Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions |
68380696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolas%20Muci | Nikolas Muci | Nikolas Marcel Cristiano Muci (born 8 February 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Wil in the Swiss Challenge League on loan from Lugano.
Professional career
Muci made his professional debut with Lugano in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over FC Luzern on 21 May 2021. On 1 June 2021, he signed a 4 year contract with Lugano until 2025.
On 23 June 2022, Muci moved on a two-year loan to Wil.
International career
Born in Switzerland, Muci holds Swiss, Italian and German passports. He is a youth international for Switzerland, having represented the Switzerland U16s, and U17s.
Personal life
Muci is German descent through his mother. His brother, Alexander, is also a professional footballer in Switzerland.
Honours
Lugano
Swiss Cup: 2021–22
References
External links
SFL Profile
SFV U16 Profile
SFV U17 Profile
2003 births
Living people
People from Lenzburg
Swiss men's footballers
Switzerland men's youth international footballers
Swiss people of Italian descent
Swiss people of German descent
Men's association football forwards
FC Lugano players
FC Wil players
Swiss Super League players
Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
2. Liga Interregional players
Footballers from Aargau |
13950111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitayatsugatake%20Ropeway | Kitayatsugatake Ropeway | The is the name of a Japanese aerial lift line (known until 2012 as Piratasu Tateshina Ropeway) in Chino, Nagano, as well as its operator. The company also operates Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort, a ski area served by the line. The company operates Tateshina Kōgen Art Museum at the submontane station as well. Opened in 1967, the line climbs , transporting skiers and rime spectators in winter, hikers in other seasons. The observatory has a view of the Yatsugatake Mountains and Southern Alps.
Basic data
System: Aerial tramway, 3 cables
Cable length:
Vertical interval:
Maximum gradient: 25°45′
Operational speed: 7.0 m/s
Passenger capacity per a cabin: 100
Cabins: 2
Stations: 2
Duration of one-way trip: 7 minutes
See also
List of aerial lifts in Japan
External links
Official website
Aerial tramways in Japan
1967 establishments in Japan |
11615252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Good%20Times | The Good Times | The Good Times is the fourth studio album by Mississippi-based rapper Afroman. It was released after his record deal with Universal Records, and is composed of material taken from his previous independent releases. It contains his two hit singles: "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap", along with his other popular songs from his two albums. Most of the songs on the album are about growing up in the ghetto of East Palmdale. The album was certified gold in the United States on October 24, 2001 by the RIAA.
Track listing
"Because I Got High" (radio edit) – 3:20
"Crazy Rap" – 5:55
"She Won't Let Me Fuck" – 6:03
"Hush" – 4:42
"Tumbleweed" – 5:23
"Let's All Get Drunk" – 5:54
"Tall Cans" – 7:14
"Palmdale" – 6:42
"Mississippi" – 5:34
"The American Dream" – 2:53
"Because I Got High" (extended version) – 5:10
Notes
"Mississippi" was remade for The Good Times, and is not the same as the original Because I Got High version.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2001 compilation albums
Afroman albums
Universal Records compilation albums |
2193257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20African%20Party | German African Party | The German African Party (in German: Deutsche Afrikanische Partei) was a small anti-Nazi political party which existed in South West Africa (currently Namibia) from the 1930s through the 1950s.
The German African Party was created on February 8, 1939 by Martin Maier as a result of political tensions within a rightist conservative party named Deutscher Südwest-Bund (DSWB) (or “German Southwest Union”), currently disappeared as well. Like the German Nazi Party (National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei -NSDAP-, or “National-Socialist Party of the German Workers”), all of these parties were overtly racist, as they only accepted members with German ancestry.
References
NAMIBIA LIBRARY OF DR. KLAUS DIERKS:
Political parties and organisations.
(http://www.klausdierks.com/).
Defunct political parties in Namibia
German-Namibian culture
Anti-fascist organizations |
1854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Africa | Geography of Africa | Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of , excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro; its largest lake is Lake Victoria.
Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez (which is transected by the Suez Canal), wide. For geopolitical purposes, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt – east of the Suez Canal – is often considered part of Africa. From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in Tunisia, at 37°21′ N, to the most southerly point, Cape Agulhas in South Africa, 34°51′15″ S, is a distance approximately of ; from Cap-Vert, 17°31′13″W, the westernmost point, to Ras Hafun in the Somali Puntland region, in the Horn of Africa, 51°27′52″ E, the most easterly projection, is a distance (also approximately) of .
The main structural lines of the continent show both the east-to-west direction characteristic, at least in the eastern hemisphere, of the more northern parts of the world, and the north-to-south direction seen in the southern peninsulas. Africa is thus mainly composed of two segments at right angles, the northern running from east to west, and the southern from north to south.
Main features
The average elevation of the continent approximates closely to above sea level, roughly near to the mean elevation of both North and South America, but considerably less than that of Asia, . In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively small area of either very high or very low ground, lands under occupying an unusually small part of the surface; while not only are the highest elevations inferior to those of Asia or South America, but the area of land over is also quite insignificant, being represented almost entirely by individual peaks and mountain ranges. Moderately elevated tablelands are thus the characteristic feature of the continent, though the surface of these is broken by higher peaks and ridges. (So prevalent are these isolated peaks and ridges that a specialised term—Inselberg-Landschaft, island mountain landscape—has been adopted in Germany to describe this kind of country, thought to be in great part the result of wind action.)
As a general rule, the higher tablelands lie to the east and south, while a progressive diminution in altitude towards the west and north is observable. Apart from the lowlands and the Atlas mountain range, the continent may be divided into two regions of higher and lower plateaus, the dividing line (somewhat concave to the northwest) running from the middle of the Red Sea to about 6 degrees south on the west coast.
Africa can be divided into a number of geographic zones:
The coastal plains—often fringed seawards by mangrove swamps—never stretching far from the coast, apart from the lower courses of streams. Recent alluvial flats are found chiefly in the delta of the more important rivers. Elsewhere, the coastal lowlands merely form the lowest steps of the system of terraces that constitutes the ascent to the inner plateaus.
The Atlas range—orthographically distinct from the rest of the continent, being unconnected with and separated from the south by a depressed and desert area (the Sahara).
Plateau region
There are many plateaus in Africa.
The high southern and eastern plateaus, rarely falling below , have a mean elevation of about . The South African plateau, as far as about 12° S, is bounded east, west and south by bands of high ground which fall steeply to the coasts. On this account South Africa has a general resemblance to an inverted saucer. Due south, the plateau rim is formed by three parallel steps with level ground between them. The largest of these level areas, the Great Karoo, is a dry, barren region, and a large tract of the plateau proper is of a still more arid character and is known as the Kalahari Desert.
The South African plateau is connected towards East African plateau, with probably a slightly greater average elevation, and marked by some distinct features. It is formed by a widening out of the eastern axis of high ground, which becomes subdivided into a number of zones running north and south and consisting in turn of ranges, tablelands and depressions. The most striking feature is the existence of two great lines of depression, due largely to the subsidence of whole segments of the Earth's crust, the lowest parts of which are occupied by vast lakes. Towards the south the two lines converge and give place to one great valley (occupied by Lake Nyasa), the southern part of which is less distinctly due to rifting and subsidence than the rest of the system.
Farther north the western hollow, known as the Albertine Rift, is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over long and the longest freshwater lake in the world. Associated with these great valleys are a number of volcanic peaks, the greatest of which occur on a meridional line east of the eastern trough. The eastern branch of the East African Rift, contains much smaller lakes, many of them brackish and without outlet, the only one comparable to those of the western trough being Lake Turkana or Basso Norok.
A short distance east of this rift valley is Mount Kilimanjaro – with its two peaks Kibo and Mawenzi, the latter being , and the culminating point of the whole continent – and Mount Kenya, which is . Hardly less important is the Ruwenzori Range, over , which lies east of the western trough. Other volcanic peaks rise from the floor of the valleys, some of the Kirunga (Mfumbiro) group, north of Lake Kivu, being still partially active. This could cause most of the cities and states to be flooded with lava and ash.
The third division of the higher region of Africa is formed by the Ethiopian Highlands, a rugged mass of mountains forming the largest continuous area of its altitude in the whole continent, little of its surface falling below , while the summits reach heights of 4400 m to 4550 m. This block of country lies just west of the line of the great East African Trough, the northern continuation of which passes along its eastern escarpment as it runs up to join the Red Sea. There is, however, in the centre a circular basin occupied by Lake Tsana.
Both in the east and west of the continent the bordering highlands are continued as strips of plateau parallel to the coast, the Ethiopian mountains being continued northwards along the Red Sea coast by a series of ridges reaching in places a height of . In the west the zone of high land is broader but somewhat lower. The most mountainous districts lie inland from the head of the Gulf of Guinea (Adamawa, etc.), where heights of are reached. Exactly at the head of the gulf the great peak of the Cameroon, on a line of volcanic action continued by the islands to the south-west, has a height of , while Clarence Peak, in Fernando Po, the first of the line of islands, rises to over . Towards the extreme west the Futa Jallon highlands form an important diverging point of rivers, but beyond this, as far as the Atlas chain, the elevated rim of the continent is almost wanting.
Plains
Much of Africa is made up of plains of the pediplain and etchplain type often occurring as steps. The etchplains are commonly associated with laterite soil and inselbergs. Inselberg-dotted plains are common in Africa including Tanzania, the Anti-Atlas of Morocco, Namibia, and the interior of Angola. One of the most wideaspread plain is the African Surface, a composite etchplain occurring across much of the continent.
The area between the east and west coast highlands, which north of 17° N is mainly desert, is divided into separate basins by other bands of high ground, one of which runs nearly centrally through North Africa in a line corresponding roughly with the curved axis of the continent as a whole. The best marked of the basins so formed (the Congo Basin) occupies a circular area bisected by the equator, once probably the site of an inland sea.
Running along the south of desert is the plains region known as the Sahel.
The arid region, the Sahara — the largest hot desert in the world, covering — extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea. Though generally of slight elevation, it contains mountain ranges with peaks rising to Bordered N.W. by the Atlas range, to the northeast a rocky plateau separates it from the Mediterranean; this plateau gives place at the extreme east to the delta of the Nile. That river (see below) pierces the desert without modifying its character. The Atlas range, the north-westerly part of the continent, between its seaward and landward heights encloses elevated steppes in places broad. From the inner slopes of the plateau numerous wadis take a direction towards the Sahara. The greater part of that now desert region is, indeed, furrowed by old water-channels.
Mountains
The mountains are an exception to Africa's general landscape. Geographers came up with the idea of "high Africa" and "low Africa" to help distinguish the difference in Geography; "high Africa" extending from Ethiopia down south to South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope while "low Africa" representing the plains of the rest of the continent. The following table gives the details of the chief mountains and ranges of the continent:
Rivers
From the outer margin of the African plateaus, a large number of streams run to the sea with comparatively short courses, while the larger rivers flow for long distances on the interior highlands, before breaking through the outer ranges. The main drainage of the continent is to the north and west, or towards the basin of the Atlantic Ocean.
To the main African rivers belong: Nile (the longest river of Africa), Congo (river with the highest water discharge on the continent) and the Niger, which flows half of its length through the arid areas. The largest lakes are the following: Lake Victoria (Lake Ukerewe), Lake Chad, in the centre of the continent, Lake Tanganyika, lying between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia. There is also the considerably large Lake Malawi stretching along the eastern border of Malawi. There are also numerous water dams throughout the continent: Kariba on the river of Zambezi, Asuan in Egypt on the river of Nile, and Akosombo, the continent's biggest dam on the Volta River in Ghana (Fobil 2003).
The high lake plateau of the African Great Lakes region contains the headwaters of both the Nile and the Congo.
The break-up of Gondwana in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic times led to a major reorganization of the river courses of various large African rivers including the Congo, Niger, Nile, Orange, Limpopo and Zambezi rivers.
Flowing to the Mediterranean Sea
The upper Nile receives its chief supplies from the mountainous region adjoining the Central African trough in the neighborhood of the equator. From there, streams pour eastward into Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa (covering over 26,000 square m.), and to the west and north into Lake Edward and Lake Albert. To the latter of these, the effluents of the other two lakes add their waters. Issuing from there, the Nile flows northward, and between the latitudes of 7 and 10 degrees north it traverses a vast marshy level, where its course is liable to being blocked by floating vegetation. After receiving the Bahr-el-Ghazal from the west and the Sobat, Blue Nile and Atbara from the Ethiopian Highlands (the chief gathering ground of the flood-water), it separates the great desert with its fertile watershed, and enters the Mediterranean at a vast delta.
Flowing to the Atlantic Ocean
The most remote head-stream of the Congo is the Chambezi, which flows southwest into the marshy Lake Bangweulu. From this lake issues the Congo, known in its upper course by various names. Flowing first south, it afterwards turns north through Lake Mweru and descends to the forest-clad basin of west equatorial Africa. Traversing this in a majestic northward curve, and receiving vast supplies of water from many great tributaries, it finally turns southwest and cuts a way to the Atlantic Ocean through the western highlands. The area of the Congo basin is greater than that of any other river except the Amazon, while the African inland drainage area is greater than that of any continent but Asia, where the corresponding area is .
West of Lake Chad is the basin of the Niger, the third major river of Africa. With its principal source in the far west, it reverses the direction of flow exhibited by the Nile and Congo, and ultimately flows into the Atlantic — a fact that eluded European geographers for many centuries. An important branch, however — the Benue — flows from the southeast.
These four river basins occupy the greater part of the lower plateaus of North and West Africa — the remainder consists of arid regions watered only by intermittent streams that do not reach the sea.
Of the remaining rivers of the Atlantic basin, the Orange, in the extreme south, brings the drainage from the Drakensberg on the opposite side of the continent, while the Kunene, Kwanza, Ogowe and Sanaga drain the west coastal highlands of the southern limb; the Volta, Komoe, Bandama, Gambia and Senegal the highlands of the western limb. North of the Senegal, for over of coast, the arid region reaches to the Atlantic. Farther north are the streams, with comparatively short courses, reaching the Atlantic and Mediterranean from the Atlas mountains.
Flowing to the Indian Ocean
Of the rivers flowing to the Indian Ocean, the only one draining any large part of the interior plateaus is the Zambezi, whose western branches rise in the western coastal highlands. The main stream has its rise in 11°21′3″ S 24°22′ E, at an elevation of . It flows to the west and south for a considerable distance before turning eastward. All the largest tributaries, including the Shire, the outflow of Lake Nyasa, flow down the southern slopes of the band of high ground stretching across the continent from 10° to 12° S. In the southwest, the Zambezi system interlaces with that of the Taukhe (or Tioghe), from which it at times receives surplus water. The rest of the water of the Taukhe, known in its middle course as the Okavango, is lost in a system of swamps and saltpans that was formerly centred in Lake Ngami, now dried up.
Farther south, the Limpopo drains a portion of the interior plateau, but breaks through the bounding highlands on the side of the continent nearest its source. The Rovuma, Rufiji and Tana principally drain the outer slopes of the African Great Lakes highlands.
In the Horn region to the north, the Jubba and the Shebelle rivers begin in the Ethiopian Highlands. These rivers mainly flow southwards, with the Jubba emptying in the Indian Ocean. The Shebelle River reaches a point to the southwest. After that, it consists of swamps and dry reaches before finally disappearing in the desert terrain near the Jubba River. Another large stream, the Hawash, rising in the Ethiopian mountains, is lost in a saline depression near the Gulf of Aden.
Inland basins
Between the basins of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, there is an area of inland drainage along the centre of the Ethiopian plateau, directed chiefly into the lakes in the Great Rift Valley. The largest river is the Omo, which, fed by the rains of the Ethiopian highlands, carries down a large body of water into Lake Turkana. The rivers of Africa are generally obstructed either by bars at their mouths, or by cataracts at no great distance upstream. But when these obstacles have been overcome, the rivers and lakes afford a vast network of navigable waters.
North of the Congo basin, and separated from it by a broad undulation of the surface, is the basin of Lake Chad — a flat-shored, shallow lake filled principally by the Chari coming from the southeast.
Lakes
The principal lakes of Africa are situated in the African Great Lakes plateau.
The lakes found within the Great Rift Valley have steep sides and are very deep.
This is the case with the two largest of the type, Tanganyika and Nyasa, the latter with depths of .
Others, however, are shallow, and hardly reach the steep sides of the valleys in the dry season.
Such are Lake Rukwa, in a subsidiary depression north of Nyasa, and Eiassi and Manyara in the system of the Great Rift Valley.
Lakes of the broad type are of moderate depth, the deepest sounding in Lake Victoria being under .
Besides the African Great Lakes, the principal lakes on the continent are: Lake Chad, in the northern inland watershed; Bangweulu and Mweru, traversed by the head-stream of the Congo; and Lake Mai-Ndombe and Ntomba (Mantumba), within the great bend of that river. All, except possibly Mweru, are more or less shallow, and Lake Chad appears to be drying up.
Divergent opinions have been held as to the mode of origin of the African Great Lakes, especially Tanganyika, which some geologists have considered to represent an old arm of the sea, dating from a time when the whole central Congo basin was under water; others holding that the lake water has accumulated in a depression caused by subsidence. The former view is based on the existence in the lake of organisms of a decidedly marine type. They include jellyfish, molluscs, prawns, crabs, etc.
Islands
With the exception of Madagascar, the African islands are small. Madagascar, with an area of , is, after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo, the fourth largest island on the Earth. It lies in the Indian Ocean, off the southeast coast of the continent, from which it is separated by the deep Mozambique Channel, wide at its narrowest point. Madagascar in its general structure, as in flora and fauna, forms a connecting link between Africa and southern Asia. East of Madagascar are the small islands of Mauritius and Réunion. There are also islands in the Gulf of Guinea on which lies the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (islands of São Tomé and Príncipe). Part of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea is lying on the island of Bioko (with the capital Malabo and the town of Lubu) and the island of Annobón. Socotra lies E.N.E. of Cape Guardafui. Off the north-west coast are the Canary and Cape Verde archipelagoes. which, like some small islands in the Gulf of Guinea, are of volcanic origin. The South Atlantic Islands of Saint Helena and Ascension are classed as Africa but are situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge half way to South America.
Climatic conditions
Lying almost entirely within the tropics, and equally to north and south of the equator, Africa does not show excessive variations of temperature.
Great heat is experienced in the lower plains and desert regions of North Africa, removed by the great width of the continent from the influence of the ocean, and here, too, the contrast between day and night, and between summer and winter, is greatest. (The rarity of the air and the great radiation during the night cause the temperature in the Sahara to fall occasionally to freezing point.)
Farther south, the heat is to some extent modified by the moisture brought from the ocean, and by the greater elevation of a large part of the surface, especially in East Africa, where the range of temperature is wider than in the Congo basin or on the Guinea coast.
In the extreme north and south the climate is a warm temperate one, the northern countries being on the whole hotter and drier than those in the southern zone; the south of the continent being narrower than the north, the influence of the surrounding ocean is more felt.
The most important climatic differences are due to variations in the amount of rainfall. The wide heated plains of the Sahara, and in a lesser degree the corresponding zone of the Kalahari in the south, have an exceedingly scanty rainfall, the winds which blow over them from the ocean losing part of their moisture as they pass over the outer highlands, and becoming constantly drier owing to the heating effects of the burning soil of the interior; while the scarcity of mountain ranges in the more central parts likewise tends to prevent condensation. In the inter-tropical zone of summer precipitation, the rainfall is greatest when the sun is vertical or soon after. It is therefore greatest of all near the equator, where the sun is twice vertical, and less in the direction of both tropics.
The rainfall zones are, however, somewhat deflected from a due west-to-east direction, the drier northern conditions extending southwards along the east coast, and those of the south northwards along the west. Within the equatorial zone certain areas, especially on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea and in the upper Nile basin, have an intensified rainfall, but this rarely approaches that of the rainiest regions of the world. The rainiest district in all Africa is a strip of coastland west of Mount Cameroon, where there is a mean annual rainfall of about as compared with a mean of at Cherrapunji, in Meghalaya, India.
The two distinct rainy seasons of the equatorial zone, where the sun is vertical at half-yearly intervals, become gradually merged into one in the direction of the tropics, where the sun is overhead but once. Snow falls on all the higher mountain ranges, and on the highest the climate is thoroughly Alpine.
The countries bordering the Sahara are much exposed to a very dry wind, full of fine particles of sand, blowing from the desert towards the sea. Known in Egypt as the khamsin, on the Mediterranean as the sirocco, it is called on the Guinea coast the harmattan. This wind is not invariably hot; its great dryness causes so much evaporation that cold is not infrequently the result. Similar dry winds blow from the Kalahari Desert in the south. On the eastern coast the monsoons of the Indian Ocean are regularly felt, and on the southeast hurricanes are occasionally experienced.
Health
The climate of Africa lends itself to certain environmental diseases, the most serious of which are: malaria, sleeping sickness and yellow fever. Malaria is the most deadly environmental disease in Africa. It is transmitted by a genus of mosquito (anopheles mosquito) native to Africa, and can be contracted over and over again. There is not yet a vaccine for malaria, which makes it difficult to prevent the disease from spreading in Africa. Recently, the dissemination of mosquito netting has helped lower the rate of malaria.
Yellow fever is a disease also transmitted by mosquitoes native to Africa. Unlike malaria, it cannot be contracted more than once. Like chicken pox, it is a disease that tends to be severe the later in life a person contracts the disease.
Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is a disease that usually affects animals, but has been known to be fatal to some humans as well. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly and is found almost exclusively in Sub-Saharan Africa. This disease has had a significant impact on African development not because of its deadly nature, like Malaria, but because it has prevented Africans from pursuing agriculture (as the sleeping sickness would kill their livestock).
Extreme points
See also
List of national parks in Africa
Outline of Africa#Geography of Africa
The Horn of Africa
Notes
Further reading
External links
Geology of Africa
Africa |
63497745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yezovo | Yezovo | Yezovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Bogorodskoye Rural Settlement, Ust-Kubinsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 17 as of 2002.
Geography
Yezovo is located 75 km northwest of Ustye (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ugol is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural localities in Tarnogsky District |
57151248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaure%2C%20Gurdaspur | Kaure, Gurdaspur | Kaure is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter, from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
Demography
, The village has a total number of 141 houses and the population of 725 of which 381 are males while 344 are females. According to the report published by Census India in 2011, out of the total population of the village 390 people are from Schedule Caste and the village does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
See also
List of villages in India
References
External links
Tourism of Punjab
Census of Punjab
Villages in Gurdaspur district |
25985308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Crowdy%20%28cricketer%29 | James Crowdy (cricketer) | James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
Life and first-class cricket
The son of George Frederick Crowdy, he was born in July 1847 at Highworth, Wiltshire. He was educated at Rugby School, where he played for the school cricket team. From Rugby, he matriculated to Wadham College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, he was appointed a minor canon at Winchester Cathedral in 1872, a post he held until 1890. In the same year as his appointment at Winchester, Crowdy made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford. He later played county cricket for Hampshire on six occasions between 1875 and 1884. In seven first-class matches, he scored 112 runs at an average of 9.33, with a highest score of 21. Commenting in Scores and Biographies, Arthur Haygarth noted that Crowdy was "a good hitter and field generally at point or cover-point".
Crowdy was later appointed rector of Sherfield on Loddon in 1890, alongside being an honorary canon and precentor at Winchester Cathedral. He held the rectorship at Sherfield until 1912. He died at Winchester in December 1918, with a memorial to him being erected on the wall inside Winchester Cathedral.
References
External links
1847 births
1918 deaths
People from Highworth
People educated at Rugby School
Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
19th-century English Anglican priests
English cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Hampshire cricketers
20th-century English Anglican priests
Cricketers from Wiltshire |
49335273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generations%20and%20Gender%20Survey | Generations and Gender Survey | The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is a series of panel surveys on families, life course trajectories and gender relations administered by the Generations and Gender Programme to improve demographic and social developments among several countries in Europe as well as Australia and Japan. The programme has collected at least one wave of surveys in more than 19 countries, with an average of 9,000 respondents per country. The importance of the GGS data is documented by its uptake in the research community, generating over 1,200 peer-reviewed publications. It was launched by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, as a successor to its previous Fertility and Family Survey in the 1990s.
The participating countries are Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Sweden. It does not include the United Kingdom, where, on the other hand, the UK households study has a similar scope.
Survey content
The core questionnaire contains over 1,000 questions or items, broadly classified as follows:
parent-child relationships
parent's perspective
child's perspective
relationships between partners
partnership formation and dissolution
gender perspective
complex partnership and fertility histories, stepfamilies
contraception and infertility treatment
household
housing
economic activity, income and wealth
education
health
personal networks
welfare state
subjective well-being
values
References
External links
ggp-i.org (survey homepage)
Household surveys |
74245580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehraam-e-Junoon | Ehraam-e-Junoon | Ehraam-e-Junoon () is a romantic Pakistani drama television series produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under the banner 7th Sky Entertainment. Directed by Syed Ramish Rizvi, it aired from 8 May 2023 on Geo TV. It stars Imran Abbas, Neelam Muneer, and Nimra Khan in main roles.
The story of a young and immensely beautiful girl who believes that money can buy everything, including happiness.
Plot
Shanzay (Neelum Muneer), who has yet to encounter a man who can truly impress her, meets Shayan (Imran Abbas) one day and ends up falling in love with him. Shayan, a charming man from a middle-class family, works as a pizza delivery boy to help support his family. Shanzay, who is attracted to Shayan right away, wants to provide him with a better lifestyle, but he keeps his distance and rejects all of Shanzay's advances. Shayan is engaged to his cousin Sajeela (Nimra Khan) whom he truly loves but Shanzay is unaware of this. As the story unfolds, both Shayan and Shanzay's paths cross again and again as Shanzay finds herself helplessly and madly in love with Shayan.
Cast
Main
Imran Abbas as Shayan "Shani" Ahmed
Neelam Muneer as Shanzay Shayan
Nimra Khan as Sajeela
Recurring
Maira Khan as Nadiya; Shayan's sister
Ismat Zaidi as Kulsoom; Shayan's mother
Aadi Khan as Subhan "Jugnu" Ahmed; younger brother of Shayan
Saqib Sumeer as Khawar; Nadiya's husband
Zainab Qayyum as Samiya; Shanzay's mother
Mehmood Aslam as Kamran; Shanzay's father
Birjees Farooqui as Farzana; Sajeela's mother
Farah Nadeem as Shakeela; Khawar's mother
Anas Ali Imran as Rumi; Shayan's friend
Kinza Bukhari as Shaziya; Khawar's sister
Fahima Awan as Ramsha; Sajeela's sister and Shayan's cousin
Mirza Rizwan as Faiq
Original soundtrack
The original soundtrack of the series was released on 10 May, 2023 in the vocals of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan under the title "Aye Mohabbat Ehraam-e-Junoon (Original Score)". Alongside this, another track was released for the series, a duet by Sahir Ali Bagga and Nirmal Roy titled "Acha Lagta Hai Tu".
References
External links
Geo TV original programming
2023 Pakistani television series debuts
2023 Pakistani television series endings |
21064400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%20Philadelphia%20Eagles%20season | 1972 Philadelphia Eagles season | The 1972 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 40th season in the National Football League. They failed to improve and declined on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning only two games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the twelfth consecutive season.
Both of the Eagles' victories were one-point decisions on the road vs. AFC teams, 21–20 over the Kansas City Chiefs and 18–17 over the Houston Oilers, a victory which cost the Eagles the #1 selection in the 1973 NFL Draft. The meeting with the Chiefs was the last until 1992, and Kansas City did not come to Philadelphia until 1998.
Following the disastrous season, the third with three wins or fewer since 1968, general manager Pete Retzlaff resigned, and coach Ed Khayat was fired by owner Leonard Tose.
Offseason
The Eagles held training camp at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. This was their last year there. The next year, they moved camp to Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, only 7 miles from Veterans Stadium where they played their home games in Philadelphia.
NFL Draft
The 1972 NFL Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972. The draft was 17 rounds and a total of 443 players were chosen.
The Eagles chose John Reaves, a quarterback from the University of Florida, with the 14th pick in the 1st round. They had the 14th pick in each of the 17 rounds. They chose 17 players in this year's draft.
The number 1 overall pick went to the Buffalo Bills, who chose Walt Patulski, a defensive end out of the University of Notre Dame.
In the 2nd round with the 40th pick, the Atlanta Falcons took 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan, a quarterback out of Auburn University
Player selections
The table shows the Eagles' selections and which picks they had that were traded away and the teams that ended up with those picks. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with.
Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
Roster
Regular season
On November 12, Tom Dempsey kicked six field goals in one game.
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game recaps
A recap of the scoring plays and the game scores by quarters during the year. The record after the team's name reflects this game's outcome also.
Week 9
Sunday, November 12, 1972
Played at Houston Astrodome on AstroTurf in 72F degrees indoors
Week 11
Sunday, November 26, 1972
Played at Yankee Stadium on grass in 50F degrees with a 15 MPH wind
NOTE: The game was not televised by CBS after striking International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers members cut the transmission cables in The Bronx.
Standings
Postseason
At the end of 1972 season, head coach Ed Khayat was fired. Mike McCormack, a Washington Redskins assistant coach from 1965 to 1972, was hired in his place. Khayat was never an NFL head coach again, although he would be the head coach of the New Orleans Night of the Arena Football League in 1991.
Awards and honors
References
Philadelphia Eagles seasons
Philadelphia Eagles
Philadel |
37100314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radoslav%20Lorkovi%C4%87 | Radoslav Lorković | Radoslav Lorković (born September 3, 1958) is a Croatian-born and classically trained folk and blues musician, known in particular for his flair on the piano and accordion. He has six solo studio recordings, three live albums and has recorded and performed with numerous artists including Odetta, Asleep at the Wheel, Jimmy LaFave, Shawn Mullins, Greg Brown, Richard Shindell, Ellis Paul, Susan Werner, Ronny Cox, Dave Moore, Andy White, Bo Ramsey, and Ramsay Midwood. His year career as a touring musician has taken him around the world, where he has performed from castles in Italy to Carnegie Hall.
Growing up
Lorković was born into a musical family and grew up listening to classical music. Antonija, his maternal grandmother, sang Croatian, Slovenian, and Czech folk songs to him from the time of his birth. He inherited his piano passion from his paternal grandmother, Melita Lorković, at one time the premier pianist of Yugoslavia. His great-grandfather was one of the great conductors of Eastern Europe. His mother, Tatjana Lorković, remembers her son as a toddler who, when listening to Modest Mussorgky's Pictures at an Exhibition, would begin to sing. At age one he was reported to be singing back on pitch. By age three he was putting on floor shows for his grandfather and friends who would respond by showering him with coins yelling "pivaj Radoslav pivaj!" After this blend of central European musical influences, Lorković's family moved to London when he was five, to Minnesota when he was six, and three years later to Iowa, where he lived for the next many years.
Music career
Lorković started playing piano when he was seven. In high school, a friend who played piano introduced Lorković to the blues. That would be a turning point in Lorković's life. He says:
"When I heard John’s piano blues I was astounded. He showed me the scale and the left-hand bass pattern and that led to six hours a day of gleeful, voluntary practicing. Shortly thereafter I started learning music by ear. Then my buddy had a ticket to the Grateful Dead concert and, well, the rest is history." After his friend, Phil, took him to the Grateful Dead show, they formed a band. Lorković says: "But my friend Phil who took me to the show and I bought instruments – a Gibson SG guitar and a Gibson amp – and learned all of Europe ’72. The guitar was for Phil, and I just used the little upright piano in my living room. We dropped a mic in it and jammed at my house, usually when my mom was out. This led to me being a musician." During a gig at a venue in Iowa City, Iowa called The Sanctuary, producer/musician Bo Ramsey heard him play and for three or four years while in college Lorković was a member of Ramsey's band The Third Street Sliders. Eventually he started playing piano for singer-songwriters Greg Brown, who he had met in Iowa, and Richard Shindell, who he had met in Italy. Although Lorković has recorded several solo albums, according to No Depression he is best known for the "virtuoso musicianship and beauty he has put into many other artists’ music – both live and in the studio". Lorković met Austinite Jimmy LaFave during the 1990s and in 2005, when he became a member of LaFave's band, he moved to Austin. "He's like a mad genius," LaFave says. "If I know a crowd's not responding, I'll throw a Hail Mary to Rad. His showmanship adds so much flair to a live gig." In 2014, Lorković and Scott Crago (drummer for The Eagles) played on LaFave's cover of Jackson Browne's "For Everyman" on Music Roads Records' Looking into You: A Tribute to Jackson Brown.
Lorković's piano playing on LaFave's 2015 release The Night Tribe, is said to be "straight from the Garth Hudson School of Excellence; and his tinkling of the ivories turns a very good album into a great one." Of LaFave, Lorković says: "Jimmy is a true rocker, and he brings that out in me."
Around that time, he also became a piano accompanist to the late blues great Odetta. "Odetta," he says, "stands alone. She is by far the best musician I have ever played with. She taught me so much about music, not so much in words, but in gestures, directions, stares, even smiles, and all with her sense of grace."
At some point Lorković found the accordion. He said: "So I came from this world as a proper pianist and I landed on the accordion...and it became the perfect instrument for me because there was so much expression there. The piano’s amazing, too, but the accordion, I think it’s one of the most versatile instruments out there. It’s a lead instrument, it’s a wind instrument and...I pretend that I’m playing lead guitar on it."
Lorković tours internationally and often performs at festivals including the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, held annually in Woody Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma. Sometimes referred to as the "Croatian Sensation," Lorković is known to be the busiest musician during the festival, having first attended in 2005 as a member of Jimmy LaFave's band. A few years later he was on the festival schedule performing his own solo set as well as accompanying many others. Lorković's version of Woody Guthrie's "The Jolly Banker" – which he performs on accordion – was described as being "dazzling". Lorković has also performed on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. For several years he has accompanied Ellis Paul at Paul's traditional New Year's Eve shows at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lorković's earliest recording, Clear and Cold (1990) was digitally re-mastered and re-released in 2013. In her review of the album for The Oklahoman, Brandy McDonnell said: "Although the Croatian-born singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist also is known for his skill on the accordion, Clear and Cold showcases his classical training and fleet-fingered prowess on piano..."
The Red Accordion
During a show in Italy in 1992, Lorković was given a red accordion as a gift. The accordion was his travel companion and the only accordion that he played for the next 20 years. The accordion case, covered in stickers representing Lorković's years of attending folk festivals around the world, was often a favorite subject of photographers. On March 10, 2012, the accordion and case were stolen after a performance at the Brady Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Local news outlets spread the word about the theft in hopes the accordion and case would be returned, and Lorković issued a plea for their return via social media outlets. On Christmas Day 2012 a Tulsa, Oklahoma woman received the accordion as a gift. Upon inspection, she found Lorković's name and after doing some research, discovered that the accordion had been stolen earlier in the year. She was able to contact Lorković and within a few days the accordion was back in Lorković's possession.
Photography
Lorković's interest in photography began in high school when he unexpectedly became a yearbook photographer for his Iowa City High School class of 1975. He went on to study photography under John Schultze at the University of Iowa. Lorković's photographs taken on the road as he travels to his music performances can be found on his Facebook page.
Discography
Clear and Cold (1990)
The Line (1992)
High and Dry (1996)
Blue Parade (2005)
Wastelands and Casinos (2010)
The Po, the Mississippi (2018)
Live albums
Live from Castello Scaligero (1997)
Live from Cortile Mercato Vecchio (1998)
Homer: A Piano Odyssey (2013)
References
External links
1958 births
Living people
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
American folk musicians
American male singer-songwriters
21st-century accordionists
Male pianists
American organists
20th-century pianists
21st-century pianists
Croatian emigrants to the United States
20th-century Croatian male singers
21st-century Croatian male singers
Croatian accordionists
Croatian pianists
Croatian organists
Musicians from Zagreb
Singer-songwriters from Iowa |
18839556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdili%2C%20Barda | Mehdili, Barda | Mehdili (also, Mekhdili and Mekhtili) is a village and municipality in the Barda Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,152.
References
Populated places in Barda District |
43337726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20Medical%20College%20and%20Super%20Facility%20Hospital%2C%20Azamgarh | Government Medical College and Super Facility Hospital, Azamgarh | Government Medical College and Super Facility Hospital, Azamgarh is a state-run medical college located in Chakrapanpur of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
The college has guidance and mentorship of Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur.
History
In 2006, Government of Uttar Pradesh decided to set up a new medical college and hospital at Azamgarh in the eastern part of the state at an approximate cost of . In 2013, the institute was recognized for 100 M.B.B.S. seats by Medical Council of India.
In 2006, OPDs were started which gradually shifted to 140 Bedded IPD & Presently GMC & SFH is running with 550 Beds IPDs, well created emergency & Private wards. The Hospital has well trained Health Care workers including Clinicians, Nursing Staff & Paramedical Staff. The Academic activities started in August 2013 with first Batch of MBBS students.
Courses
Each year 100 students are allowed to take admission in the M.B.B.S. course by the competitive examination NEET.
Campus
The Government Medical College & Super Facility Hospital is situated at Chakrapanpur of the historic city of Azamgarh in U.P. Chakrapanpur is about 20 km away from Azamgarh city. GMC & SFH is spread in 105 acre area which includes Administrative Block, Academic Block, Central Library, Examination hall, Auditorium, Lecture Theater & Various Departments of Medical Education. It also consists of different Residents as faculty and staff flats, S.R. Hostel, J.R. Hostel, Boys hostel, Girls hostel, Intern Girls and Boys hostel, Nursing Hostel & Guest house.
External links
Official website
References
Medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh
Education in Azamgarh
2006 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Colleges in Azamgarh district
Hospitals in Uttar Pradesh
Universities and colleges established in 2006 |
37800674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian%20M%C3%BCtzel | Sebastian Mützel | Sebastian Mützel (born 9 August 1989) is a German footballer who plays for TuS Bövinghausen.
External links
1989 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
German men's footballers
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Oberliga (football) players
SpVgg Unterhaching players
1. FC Nürnberg II players
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
SpVgg Unterhaching II players
SC Westfalia Herne players
Rot Weiss Ahlen players
Sportspeople from Bad Tölz
Footballers from Upper Bavaria |
57651407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount%20Network%20%28Spanish%20TV%20channel%29 | Paramount Network (Spanish TV channel) | Paramount Network is a Spanish free-to-air television network primarily programmed in a general entertainment format.
It was originally launched on March 30, 2012, as Paramount Channel, primarily broadcasting films from the 1980s and 1990s, as well as recent television series.
In May 2018, Viacom announced that the Spanish version of the channel would relaunch as Paramount Network (itself a relaunch of the former U.S. network Spike) on 10 June 2018, switching to a general entertainment format with television series and films.
Programming
Charmed
Columbo
Father Brown
The Librarians
Alice Nevers
Atrapa a un ladrón
Agatha Christie: Miss Marple
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Alaska y Mario
Alice Nevers
Cazatesoros
Central de cómicos
Cinexpress
Candice Renoir
Diagnosis: Murder
Don Matteo
Endeavour
Father Brown (2013 TV series)
Fotogramas TV
Gotham
Grantchester
Houdini & Doyle
Informe criminal
La Señora
Little House on the Prairie
Los vecinos en guerra
Man in an Orange Shirt
Mary Higgins Clark
Midsomer Murders
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
MovieBerto
Murder, She Wrote
Murdoch Mysteries
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: New Orleans
Papel pintado
Pata negra
Peliculeros
Scorpion
Section de recherches
Sherlock
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Un passo dal cielo
Waco
Yellowstone
References
Television networks in Spain
Paramount Network |
292225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Perry | Fred Perry | Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles titles. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936, and the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title, until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open.
Perry was the first player to win a "Career Grand Slam", winning all four singles titles, which he completed at the age of 26 at the 1935 French Championships. He remains the only British player ever to achieve this. Perry's first love was table tennis and he was World Champion in 1929. He began playing tennis aged 14 and his tennis career at 21, when in 1930 an LTA committee chose him to join a four-man team to tour the United States.
In 1933, Perry helped lead the Great Britain team to victory over France in the Davis Cup; the team's first success since 1912, followed by wins over the United States in 1934, 1935, and a fourth consecutive title with victory over Australia in 1936. But due to his disillusionment with the class-conscious nature of the Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain, the working-class Perry turned professional at the end of the 1936 season and moved to the United States where he became a naturalised U.S. citizen in 1939. In 1942, he was drafted into the US Army Air Force during the Second World War.
Despite his unprecedented contribution to British tennis, Perry was not accorded full recognition by tennis authorities until later in life, because between 1927 and 1967 the International Lawn Tennis Federation ignored amateur champions who later turned professional. In 1984, a statue of Perry was unveiled at Wimbledon, and in the same year he became the only tennis player listed in a survey of 2,000 Britons to find the "Best of the Best" British sportsmen of the 20th century.
Early life
Perry was born in 1909 in Stockport, where his father, Samuel Perry (1877–1954), was a cotton spinner. For the first decade of his life, he also lived in Bolton, Lancashire, and Wallasey, Cheshire, because his father was involved in local politics. When living in Wallasey he attended Liscard Primary School and, briefly, Wallasey Grammar School. Perry moved to Brentham Garden Suburb in Ealing, west London aged eleven years when his father became the national secretary of the Co-operative Party after World War I. His father became the Labour and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering in 1929.
Perry first began to play tennis on the public courts near his family's housing estate. He was educated at Ealing Grammar School for Boys.
Amateur career
During his amateur playing career Perry trained with Arsenal football club to focus on his fitness.
1927
Perry was an eighteen year old table tennis protege when he began his tennis career. He reached several quarter finals of tennis events in the London area at Herga club in Harrow, Blackheath, Fulham and Ealing. He also reached the semi-finals at New Malden.
1928
Perry reached the semi-finals at the Herga club tournament in Harrow in July. He also reached the semi-finals of the Sidmouth tournament in September.
1929
In 1929, a year when Perry won the World Table tennis championships, he continued his tennis career. He won the New Malden championships in August beating Wilfred Freeman in the final. He also won Queen's Evening Tournament in December in Queen's Club, London, beating Horace Lester in the final.
1930
Perry won the Middlesex championships in May beating Madan Mohan in the final and the same month won the Harrogate championships beating John Olliff in the final. In November, Perry beat Eric Peters in the final of the Argentine championships in Buenos Aires.
1931
In April, Perry beat Ryuki Miki in the final of the Paddington championships in London. In August, Perry won the Eastern grasscourt championships in Rye, New York beating Cliff Sutter in the semis and J. Gilbert Hall in the final. In November, Perry beat Olliff in the final of the Cromer covered court autumn championships.
1932
In January, Perry won the Coupe de Noel in Paris beating Marcel Bernard and Jean Borotra. The following week, Perry beat Bernard in the final of the Flanders club event in Roubaix. In February, Perry beat Pat Hughes in the final of the Kingston championships in Jamaica. Then Perry beat Harry Lee in the final of the Bermuda championships. Soon after returning to the UK in March, Perry beat Lee in the final of the Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships in Birmingham. In April, Perry came from two sets down to beat George Lyttleton Rogers in the final of the British hardcourt championships in Bournemouth. In May, Perry beat William Powell in the final of Harrogate championships. In July, Perry won the Herga Club tournament beating Takeo Kuwabara in the final. In September at the Pacific Southwest championships, Perry was 5–2 down in the final set and saved three match points before winning an epic quarter final 12–10 in the final set against Keith Gledhill. He went on to beat Satoh to take the title. Perry won the Pacific coast championships in October beating Bunny Austin in the final.
1933
In May, Perry won the British hard court championships in Bournemouth over Adrian Quist, Lee and Austin in the final three rounds. Perry denied Crawford the calendar Grand Slam and won his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Championships. Crawford had a bad knee and "the Australian had to play a limping game at times on any quick starts or hard gets. In spite of this the tennis Fred Perry played deserved the title. He had the heart and used his head. His forcing strokes kept Crawford worried all afternoon. At any rate, leading two sets to one, Crawford had nothing left for the last two sets" according to The Hartford Courant. In September, Perry won the Pacific Southwest championships beating Satoh in four sets in the final. In November, whilst touring Australia, Perry played in the Victorian championships in Melbourne and beat Harry Hopman and Jack Crawford to take the title.
1934
Perry beat Crawford in the final of the Australian championships in January and the British hardcourt championships in Bournemouth in May. Perry won his first Wimbledon title beating defending champion Crawford in the final. Perry's success attracted the adoration of the crowds at Wimbledon particularly as he contrasted sharply with the privileged background of most patrons and players associated with the All England Club at the time. The upper echelons of the British tennis establishment greeted his success more coolly, regarding him as an "upstart". After winning his maiden Wimbledon title, Perry recalled overhearing a Wimbledon committee member remark that "the best man didn't win." His All-England Club member's tie, awarded to all winners of the Championships, was left for him on a chair in his dressing room. Perry faced Wilmer Allison in the final of the U.S. Championships and when Perry led 5–2 in the fifth set "the crowd sighed in unison and looked toward the exits, but the Texan still wasn't through. He ripped to the net after his service balls to win one at love, and then he broke through Perry in the ninth. Allison held his own service in the 10th game and the count was five-all". However, Perry took the set and match 8–6. Perry beat Stoefen in the final of the Pacific Southwest championships in September. Perry beat Don Budge in five sets in the final of the Pacific Coast championships in October. Perry won "without going to the net more than a half dozen times in 50 games and when it was all over Budge had scored more points than his adversary, made fewer errors and many more placements". Perry was ranked World No. 1 amateur by A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou, Bernard Brown, John R. Tunis, Bill Tilden, Ned Potter, G.H. McElhone (The Sydney Morning Herald), Harry Hopman, R.O. Cummings (The Courier Mail), and J. Brookes Fenno, Jr. (The Literary Digest)
1935
Perry beat Abel Kay in the final of the New Zealand championships in January. Perry beat Austin in five sets in the final of the British hardcourt championships in May. Perry won the French championships in June to become the first man to win all four Grand Slam singles titles. In the final he beat Gottfried von Cramm in four sets. "The two hours final was conducted in perfect composure. It was essentially a sporting match, exhibiting beautiful tennis but lacking drama, because, after the second set. it was obvious that von Cramm could not pierce Perry's armour" according to a newspaper article. Perry beat Hermann Artens in the final of the Belgian championships in Brussels in June. Perry retained his Wimbledon title beating von Cramm in the final. "The German didn't like Perry's speed today. Nor did he care for the Englishman's eternal hustle which forced him to hurry his shots. Perry stayed close to the baseline save in the second set, for he saw that he could triumph without going to the net, thus exposing his wings to the German's favorite shot a razor-like drive down the sidelines." Perry was ranked World No. 1 amateur by A. Wallis Myers,
S. Wallis Merrihew,
Pierre Gillou,
Harry Hopman,
Ned Potter,
G. H. McElhone,
The Times and
"Forehand" (Ashburton Guardian).
1936
Perry beat Max Ellmer in the final of two Cannes championship titles (the Beau site event in March and the Cannes handicap tournament in April). Perry beat Ladislav Hecht in the final of the Czech championships in Prague in April. Perry beat Austin in straight sets in the final of the British hardcourt championships in Bournemouth in May to win his fifth consecutive British hardcourt title. His Wimbledon final triumph was a 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 victory over the German Baron Gottfried von Cramm which lasted less than 45 minutes. It became the quickest final in the 20th century and the second shortest of all time. Perry had learned from the Wimbledon masseur that von Cramm had suffered a groin strain which limited his ability to move wide on the forehand. Perry faced Budge in the final of the U.S. Championships. At 5-4 and 8–7 in the fifth set, Budge came within two points of victory at Deuce on Perry's serve. "Verging on victory, the pressure weighed heavily on the slightly built, elongated American, while Perry, an experienced campaigner, remained cool", according to Chicago Tribune. Perry won the fifth set 10-8 and with it his eighth and last Grand Slam singles title.
In the Davis Cup, Perry led the Great Britain team to four consecutive victories from 1933 to 1936, with wins over France in 1933, the United States in 1934 and 1935, and Australia in 1936. Perry competed in a total of 20 Davis Cup matches, winning 34 of his 38 rubbers in singles, and 11 out of 14 in doubles.
Perry was ranked World No. 1 amateur by A. Wallis Myers, Pierre Gillou, Ned Potter, The Times, Harry Hopman, "Austral" (R.M. Kidston), G.H. McElhone, Mervyn Weston (The Australasian) and Bill Tilden.
Professional career
1937
After three years as the world No. 1 tennis amateur player, Perry turned professional in late 1936. This led to his being virtually ostracised by the British tennis establishment. He made his professional debut on 6 January 1937 at the Madison Square Garden against the best professional player, Ellsworth Vines, winning in four sets. For the next two years he played lengthy tours against Vines. In 1937, they played 61 matches in the United States on their big tour, with Vines winning 32 and Perry 29. They then sailed to Britain, where they played a brief tour in UK and Ireland. Perry won the King George VI Coronation Cup over Vines. Perry won six matches out of nine in UK and Ireland, so Vines and Perry finished the year tied at 35 victories each. Ray Bowers ranked Perry and Vines joint no. 1 pros for 1937.
1938
The following year, 1938, the big tour was even longer, and this time Vines beat Perry 49 matches to 35, while a short tour of the Caribbean and Central and South America ended at four victories a piece. Perry won the U.S. Pro at Chicago beating Bruce Barnes in the final.
1939
Don Budge won the Grand Slam in 1938 as an amateur and then turned professional and played a series of matches against both Vines and Perry in 1939, beating Vines 22 times to 17, and beating Perry by 28 victories to 8. In October, Perry lost in the final of U.S. Pro to Vines in four sets. Then Perry won a four-man round robin at Long Beach (he, Gorchakoff and Stoefen finished level on 2 wins each). He also won a four-man round robin in San Diego in November (where he and Stoefen finished on two wins each). In December he won four man round robins at Phoenix and Pasadena.
1940
Perry won the Finnish relief event in New York in March, beating Vines and Budge. Perry won West Coast Pro round robin in Los Angeles in April. This was the last time Perry and Vines played each other before Vines embarked full time on a golf career. Perry won their final match. Perry lost in the final of the U.S. Pro in Chicago to Budge.
1941
In April Perry won tournaments at Pinehurst (over Dick Skeen) and White Sulphur Springs (over Skeen). Perry beat Skeen again in the final of the U.S. Pro at Chicago in June and also in June, Perry won a four-man round robin at Forest Hills over Budge, Skeen and Tilden and won an event at Rye (beating Skeen in the final). In August Perry won a four-man round robin at St. Louis. Perry was ranked World No. 1 pro by Ray Bowers.
1942-1945
After breaking his elbow in a match against Bobby Riggs on the opening night of the Round robin World Series, Perry had to miss several matches of the tour. Perry finished fourth in the standings. Soon after the pro circuit petered out in mid-1942, Perry was involved in World War 2, where he served in the U.S. Air force, having already gained American citizenship in 1939.
1946
In 1946, Perry won events at Tucson in January (beating Bobby Riggs in the final), Omaha in February (beating Wayne Sabin in the final), Palm Springs in April (over Carl Earn) and El Paso in May (over Frank Kovacs). Perry also played a series of matches against Tilden.
1947
In June, Perry lost in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Pro to Van Horn. In August Perry won the White Mountains Pro at Jefferson beating Sabin in the final.
1948
Perry won the Slazenger Pro at Scarborough in July. In the final he won in four sets against Yvon Petra, who had won the Wimbledon men's singles two years earlier. "Perry, noted one observer, had lost none of his zest, sting—or shrewdness. Perry assessed Petra's game while losing the first set of the final and won the next three for the loss of seven games. 'I knew a little bit more about the game than he did', said Perry afterwards."
1949
Perry turned 40 in May. By now, Perry was playing on the pro circuit sporadically. Defending his title at Scarborough in July, Perry lost in the quarter-finals to Dinny Pails in five sets.
1950-1959
Perry won the Slazenger Pro at Scarborough in August 1950, beating Salem Khaled in the final. In August 1951, aged 42, Perry won his final title at Scarborough beating Francesco Romanoni. Perry won a tournament at Hagen in September 1953 beating fellow veteran Hans Nusslein in the final. He continued playing until he was 50 in 1959, when he lost in the first round of the U.S. Pro at Cleveland.
Table tennis career
"Perry took advantage of his athletic build and extraordinary physical capacity: he was highly mobile and fast, had a sound defence and placed his balls very well. Thanks to his very strong wrist he could hit a very hard forehand drive". Perry reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles in the 1928 Stockholm World championships, where he lost to Laszlo Bellak. He was runner-up in the men's doubles with Charlie Bull. In 1929 Perry lost to Bull in the Czechoslovak Open and lost to Anton Malacek in the English Open. At the Budapest World championships men's singles event, Perry beat Miklós Szabados 3 games to 1 to win the title. He beat Szabados again in an exhibition in Paris. His final table tennis appearance was in 1932, in a team match in London against Hungary.
Broadcasting career
Fred Perry had a long career as a tennis broadcaster. He worked as a summariser and reporter for BBC Radio from 1959 to 1994 and for many years was a familiar voice during BBC radio's coverage of Wimbledon. He also commentated on TV on the BBC from 1951 to 1952 and ITV's coverage of Wimbledon from 1956 to 1968, after which ITV stopped broadcasting the championships. ITV "employed me as a would-be counter-attraction to my old friend Dan Maskell on BBC Television. We were simply not able to compete and I wasn't unhappy when ITV gave it up as a bad job. The BBC had two channels to ITV's one, and were not inhibited by commercial breaks every fifteen minutes and the imposition of a strict time limit on the coverage, as ITV was", explained Perry in his autobiography. In later years, Perry was sometimes interviewed by BBC Television during their Wimbledon coverage. In 1979 Perry spoke to Des Lynam at Wimbledon about his life in an episode of the TV series "Maestro". The programme was shown again as a tribute after his death.
Personal life
Perry was one of the leading bachelors of the 1930s and his off-court romances were reported in the world press. Perry had a romantic relationship with actress Marlene Dietrich and in 1934 he announced his engagement to British actress Mary Lawson, but the relationship fell apart after Perry moved to the US. In 1935 he married American film star Helen Vinson, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1940. In 1941 he was briefly married to model Sandra Breaux. Then, in 1945, he married Lorraine Walsh, but that marriage also ended quickly. Perry's final marriage to Barbara Riese (the sister of actress Patricia Roc) in 1952 lasted over forty years, until his death. They had two children, Penny and David. David led his father's clothing line prior to a buyout.
In July 1937, an England vs America pro-celebrity tennis doubles match was organized, featuring Perry and Charlie Chaplin playing against Groucho Marx and Ellsworth Vines, to open the new clubhouse at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club.
Perry had an older sister, Edith; they were both born in Stockport, Cheshire. Edith greatly supported her younger brother throughout his sporting achievements. Perry had a half sister, Sylvia.
Death
Perry died at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, after breaking his ribs following a fall in a hotel bathroom.
Sporting legacy
Perry is considered by some to have been one of the greatest players ever to have played the game. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, called Perry one of the six greatest players of all time. In 1975, Don Budge ranked his top five players of all time and rated Perry number three behind Vines and Kramer.
Kings of the Court, a video-tape documentary made in 1997 in conjunction with the International Tennis Hall of Fame, named Perry one of the ten greatest players of all time. But this documentary only considered those players who played before the Open era of tennis that began in 1968, with the exception of Rod Laver, who spanned both eras, so that all of the more recent great players are missing.
In 100 Greatest of All Time, a 2012 television series broadcast by the Tennis Channel, Perry was ranked the 15th-greatest male player, just behind Boris Becker at 14th, and just ahead of Stefan Edberg at 16th. Perry's great rivals Vines (37th) and Crawford (32nd) were ranked well below him.
Kramer, however, had several caveats about Perry. He says that Bill Tilden once called Perry "the world's worst good player". Kramer says that Perry was "extremely fast; he had a hard body with sharp reflexes, and he could hit a forehand with a snap, slamming it on the rise—and even on the fastest grass. That shot was nearly as good as Segura's two-handed forehand." His only real weakness, says Kramer, "was his backhand. Perry hit underslice off that wing about 90% of the time, and eventually at the very top levels—against Vines and Budge—that was what did him in. Whenever an opponent would make an especially good shot, Perry would cry out 'Very clevah.' I never played Fred competitively, but I heard enough from other guys that 'Very clevah' drove a lot of opponents crazy."
Perry, however, recalled his days on the professional tour differently. He maintained that "there was never any easing up in his tour matches with Ellsworth Vines and Bill Tilden since there was the title of World Pro Champion at stake." He said "I must have played Vines in something like 350 matches, yet there was never any fixing as most people thought. There were always people willing to believe that our pro matches weren't strictly on the level, that they were just exhibitions. But as far as we were concerned, we always gave everything we had."
Another comment from Kramer is that Perry unwittingly "screwed up men's tennis in England, although this wasn't his fault. The way he could hit a forehand—snap it off like a ping-pong shot—Perry was a physical freak. Nobody else could be taught to hit a shot that way. But the kids over there copied Perry's style, and it ruined them. Even after Perry faded out of the picture, the coaches there must have kept using him as a model."
Clothing label
In the late 1940s, Perry was approached by Tibby Wegner, an Austrian footballer who had invented an anti-perspirant device worn around the wrist. Perry made a few changes to create the first sweatband.
Wegner's next idea was to produce a sports shirt, which was to be made from white knitted cotton pique with short sleeves and a buttoned placket like René Lacoste's shirts. Launched at Wimbledon in 1952, the Fred Perry tennis shirt was an immediate success. Initially it was only available in two colours—white and black. The brand's logo is a laurel wreath. It was based on the original symbol for Wimbledon. The logo, which appears on the left breast of Fred Perry garments, is stitched into the fabric of the shirt.
The white tennis shirt was supplemented in the late 1950s with coloured versions for table tennis, in which white shirts are not allowed. These became popular in the 1960s as a symbol of mod culture. The brand had been associated with skinheads and the National Front in the 1970s. During the mid-1990s, its popularity in the United Kingdom was revived due to its association with the band Blur. In France, the brand is popular with both the far right and far left.
The brand was initially run by the Perry family, namely his son David, until it was bought by Japanese company Hit Union in 1995. However, the Perry family continued to work closely with the brand.
The brand was the clothing sponsor of British tennis player Andy Murray from the start of his career until 2009.
From September 2019, Perry stopped selling its black and yellow polo shirts across North America after they became the "unofficial uniform" of the far-right organisation Proud Boys, and called on Proud Boys members to stop wearing its clothing.
Honours and memorials
United Kingdom
A bronze statue of Fred Perry was erected at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, in 1984 to mark the 50th anniversary of his first singles championship. It is located at the Church Road gate. After Perry's accidental death in 1995, he was cremated and his ashes buried in an urn near the statue.
Perry's home town of Stockport has numerous memorials to the former tennis champion. For instance there is a blue plaque commemorating the house where he was born.
In September 2002, a designated walking route called the Fred Perry Way was opened through the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. The route from Woodford in the south to Reddish in the north, combines rural footpaths, quiet lanes and river valleys with urban landscapes and parklands. Features along the route include Houldsworth Mill and Square, the start of the River Mersey at the confluence of the River Tame and River Goyt, Stockport Town Centre, Vernon and Woodbank Parks and the Happy Valley. The route also passes through Woodbank Park, where Perry played some exhibition tennis matches.
In 2009, Perry was selected by the Royal Mail for their "Eminent Britons" commemorative postage stamp issue. In November 2010, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and John Perry, Fred Perry's grandson, opened Fred Perry House in Stockport.
The building, which is the borough's new civic headquarters, will be used by various local government agencies. In June 2012, an English Heritage blue plaque was unveiled on the house at 223 Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London, where Perry lived between 1919 and 1935.
World
Perry was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1975.
Perry received a Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa, from Washington and Lee University on 4 June 1987. He had coached the W&L tennis team in 1941 and again in 1947.
In the United States, two drives in El Paso, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a street in Springfield, Tennessee, are named after Fred Perry.
World Table Tennis Championships
Gold 1; Silver 1; Bronze 4
1928 Stockholm: Silver Doubles; Bronze Mixed Doubles; Bronze Team
1929 Budapest: Gold Singles; Bronze Doubles; Bronze Team
Major finals
Major tournaments
Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runners-up)
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Mixed doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Pro Slam tournaments
4 finals (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Performance timeline
Fred Perry joined professional tennis in 1937 and was unable to compete in the Grand Slams tournaments.
See also
Lists of tennis players
World Table Tennis Championships
List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
All-time tennis records – Men's singles
Open Era tennis records – Men's singles
Sergio Tacchini
Lacoste
References
Bibliography
McCauley, Joe (2003). The History of Professional Tennis.
External links
Official Wimbledon website profile
Fred Perry Official website
Fred Perry Way route map
Australian Championships (tennis) champions
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
British brands
Clothing brands of the United Kingdom
English male table tennis players
English male tennis players
Washington and Lee University faculty
Washington and Lee Generals men's tennis coaches
French Championships (tennis) champions
International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
People educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys
Sportspeople from Stockport
United States National champions (tennis)
Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era)
1909 births
1995 deaths
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Professional tennis players before the Open Era
British male tennis players
Tennis people from Greater Manchester
1950s fashion
1960s fashion
Naturalized citizens of the United States
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
World number 1 ranked male tennis players |
42015265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethalto%20Village%20Hall | Bethalto Village Hall | The Bethalto Village Hall is the former center of government of Bethalto, Illinois. Built in 1873, the building is the oldest remaining city hall building in Madison County. While Bethalto was platted in 1854, the need for a village hall did not arise until the city incorporated as a village in 1873. The two-story brick building was designed in the Italianate style. The first floor of the building housed government offices, while the second floor had a meeting room used by the village's fraternal organizations and community groups. In 1938, the village built a fire station annex onto the building. The village government operated in the building until 1963.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1987.
The Bethalto Historical Museum is housed in the former Village Hall. Exhibits include the city's tiny one-room jail and displays about local history, including a recreated classroom.
References
External links
Bethalto Historical Museum
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Italianate architecture in Illinois
Government buildings completed in 1873
National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois
Buildings and structures in Madison County, Illinois
Museums in Madison County, Illinois
History museums in Illinois
City and town halls in Illinois |
32537943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302%20Birmingham%20City%20F.C.%20season | 2001–02 Birmingham City F.C. season | The 2001–02 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 99th in the Football League. They finished in 5th position in the 24-team Football League First Division, thus qualifying for the play-offs, and were successful in the final, beating Norwich City in a penalty shootout to gain promotion to the Premier League. Birmingham entered the 2001–02 FA Cup at the third round and lost to Liverpool in that round, and after entering the League Cup in the first round, lost to Manchester City in the third.
Trevor Francis was dismissed as manager in October with Birmingham mid-table in the First Division. Mick Mills and Jim Barron acted as caretakers until December, when former Crystal Palace manager Steve Bruce was appointed. French manufacturers Le Coq Sportif supplied Birmingham's kit for the fourth consecutive season, and mobile phone retailer Phones4U were the new shirt sponsors. Tommy Mooney was top scorer with 15 goals, of which 13 were scored in the league.
Football League First Division
Trevor Francis was dismissed as manager in October with Birmingham mid-table in the First Division. Mick Mills and Jim Barron acted as caretakers until December, when former Crystal Palace manager Steve Bruce was appointed. Under his management Birmingham improved to finish fifth in the First Division for the third season running, qualifying for the play-offs yet again. This season, however, Birmingham finally tasted success: after beating Millwall 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-final, they faced Norwich City in the play-off final at the Millennium Stadium. After normal time ended goalless, the match went to extra time, only for Norwich's Iwan Roberts to score in the first minute of extra time. However, Geoff Horsfield equalised 11 minutes later and, with no further goals, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Birmingham won 4–2 to finally gain promotion to the Premier League, 16 seasons after their previous top-flight campaign.
Match details
League table (part)
Results summary
Play-offs
Final
FA Cup
League Cup
Transfers
In
Brackets round club names indicate the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Birmingham.
Out
Brackets round a club denote the player joined that club after his Birmingham City contract expired.
Loan in
Loan out
Appearances and goals
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with squad numbers struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
See also
List of Birmingham City F.C. seasons
References
General
Source for match dates, league positions and results:
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 438–39.
Source for goal times:
Source for transfers:
Specific
2001-02
Birmingham City |
5976105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valiant%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20Deep%20Space%20Nine%29 | Valiant (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) | "Valiant" is the 146th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 22nd episode of the sixth season. It was first broadcast on television on May 4, 1998.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet-run space station Deep Space Nine. The later seasons of the show follow a war between the United Federation of Planets and a powerful empire known as the Dominion. In this episode, the young Starfleet officer Nog and his friend Jake Sisko find themselves on board a starship crewed by a squad of elite Starfleet cadets.
Plot
While en route to the planet Ferenginar in a runabout, Jake Sisko and Nog are attacked by a Dominion vessel, but are rescued by the Federation starship Valiant. Jake and Nog find that the crew are all members of Red Squad, an elite squadron of Starfleet cadets. Red Squad was on Valiant for a training mission when the ship was attacked by Dominion forces, resulting in the loss of the entire commissioned staff. Before dying, the late captain transferred command to now–acting Captain Tim Watters.
Watters says the late captain was ordered to seek intelligence on a new Dominion battleship, and the Valiant has continued to pursue that mission under Watters's command, but its damaged warp drive has prevented it from getting close enough to observe the Dominion ship. Nog has the expertise to repair the engine, and Watters appoints him Chief Engineer; but Jake is seen as an outsider. When Jake talks to Collins, one of the cadets, about her personal life, she breaks down emotionally, and Watters orders Jake not to talk to her further.
With Nog's help, the Valiant is able to scan the battleship. Watters informs the crew that their mission has been carried out, and they could go home now, but he wants them to attempt to destroy the Dominion vessel, using a weak point in its design they believe the scan has revealed. Jake tries to tell them that his father Benjamin Sisko, one of the finest battle commanders in Starfleet, would never engage in such a foolhardy attack, but the cadets are won over by Watters' enthusiasm and the lure of becoming heroes.
When Jake attempts to warn Nog and Collins that the mission is too dangerous to succeed, Watters has Jake thrown in the brig. The Valiant attacks the vessel and successfully hits the targeted area, but the ship remains undamaged. The Valiant is assaulted by the battleship, which critically damages the ship and kills much of the remaining crew. Nog, Collins and Jake leave the Valiant in an escape pod before it explodes; the sole survivors, they are rescued by Jake's father's ship, the Defiant. Nog states that the Valiant was a good ship with a good crew, whose only mistake was blindly following Watters' disastrous orders. To Collins' pleas that Watters was a great man, Nog replies, "He may have been a hero, he may even have been a great man, but in the end, he was a bad captain."
Reception
The episode received Nielsen ratings of 4.6 points corresponding to about 4.5 million viewers.
See also
Starfleet Academy
The First Duty (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (also focuses on Starfleet cadets)
Coming of Age (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
References
External links
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 6) episodes
1998 American television episodes
Television episodes written by Ronald D. Moore |
67822914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Leg | A Leg | A Leg () is a 2020 Taiwanese dark romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Chang Yao-sheng (in his feature directorial debut), produced and co-written by Chung Mong-hong and starring Gwei Lun-mei and Tony Yang. The film was the opening film at the 2020 Golden Horse Film Festival on November 5, 2020. It screened at several film festivals including Tokyo International Film Festival and Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, and it was officially released in Taiwan on December 24, 2020. It received 4 nominations at the 57th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress for Gwei, Best Supporting Actor for Michael, Best Makeup & Costume Design.
Plot
A wife who battles to keep her husband’s body intact after he dies of a leg amputation.
Cast
Gwei Lun-mei as Qian Yuying
Tony Yang as Zheng Zihan
Michael Chang as Yuehan
Chin Shih-chieh as Yuan Zhang
Lee Lee-zen as Doctor Gao
Lin Chih-ju as Wang Qian
Chen Yi-wen as a senior police officer
Chang Li-tung as a young policeman
Wang Tzu-chiang as a security guard
Yang Li-yin as Yang [Director of Pathology Department]
Liu Liang-tso as Director of General Affairs Copan
Shih Ming-shuai as Mr. Chen [Casino]
Jag Huang as a truck driver
Nadow Lin as ambulance driver
Liu Kuan-ting as William
Charles Tu
Awards and nominations
References
External links
2020 films
2020s Mandarin-language films
2020 romantic comedy films
2020 black comedy films
Taiwanese romantic comedy films
Taiwanese black comedy films
2020s Taiwanese films |
65290146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B2n%20C%C3%B3nsul | Tòn Cónsul | Tòn Cónsul Vivar (born 1 April 1998) is a Spanish pair skater. With his former skating partner, Laura Barquero, he is the 2020 Spanish national champion and competed in the final segment at the 2020 European Championships.
Cónsul is the 2017 Spanish junior national champion in men's singles and in pairs with Alexanne Bouillon, as well as the 2018 Spanish junior national champion in pairs with Isabella Gamez.
Personal life
Cónsul was born on 1 April 1998 in Vielha e Mijaran, Lleida, Spain. His favorite skaters are Javier Fernández and Stéphane Lambiel. Cónsul is a business administration student at Pompeu Fabra University.
Career
Early career
Cónsul began skating in 2006 in Val d'Aran under his first coach Nathalie Pardos. He competed in men's singles up through the 2016–17 season, winning several international medals and the 2017 Spanish junior national title. As a singles skater, he trained in Barcelona under Patrick Capmartín and Marta Andrade.
Cónsul competed pairs with Mónica Carratalá for two seasons, beginning in the 2012–13 season. Together, they were the 2012 Open d'Andorra champions and the 2014 Spanish novice national champions. He later moved to Montreal, Canada to team up with Canadian skater Alexanne Bouillon and train with pairs coaches Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, and Nicholas Young. Bouillon/Cónsul won the 2017 Spanish junior national title and competed in the final segment at the 2017 World Junior Championships, finishing 16th. Cónsul began competing solely in pairs from the 2017–18 season. Competing for Spain with American skater Isabella Gamez, he is the 2018 Spanish junior national champion and the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup champion. Gamez/Cónsul finished 13th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.
Cónsul left skating in mid-2018 and thus did not compete during the 2018–19 season.
2019–2020 season
In July 2019, Cónsul teamed up with Laura Barquero. They trained under her coaches Barbara Luoni, Franca Bianconi, and Rosana Murante in Bergamo, Italy.
The team made their international debut in October 2019 at the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where they won the silver medal and earned the technical minimums for both Europeans and Worlds. They then won bronze at the IceLab International Cup. Competing on the ISU Challenger Series, Barquero/Cónsul finished fourth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup and eighth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In their first season together, they won the national title at the 2020 Spanish Championships, ahead of Dorota Broda / Pedro Betegón.
At the 2020 European Championships, Barquero/Cónsul were 15th in the short program and 14th in the free skating to finish 14th overall. Although they expressed disappointment with their mistakes, they were happy with their progress over the course of their short partnership. Together with teammates Broda/Betegón, Barquero/Cónsul made history for the Spanish Ice Sports Federation by marking the first time two Spanish pairs had competed at the European Championships.
In February 2020, Barquero/Cónsul finished ninth at the Challenge Cup. They were named to the 2020 World Championships team, but the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 26 June 2020, it was announced that the pair had split after only one season together.
Programs
With Barquero
With Gamez
With Bouillon
Men's singles
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Barquero
With Gamez
With Bouillon
With Carratalá
Men's singles
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
With Barquero
References
External links
1998 births
Spanish male pair skaters
Spanish male single skaters
Living people |
25654246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackenthwaite | Brackenthwaite | Brackenthwaite may refer to the following places in England:
Brackenthwaite, Buttermere, Cumbria, a settlement some south of Cockermouth
Brackenthwaite, Westward, Cumbria, a settlement some south-east of Wigton
Brackenthwaite, North Yorkshire, a settlement some south-west of Harrogate |
72248973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Knights%20and%20Dames%20Grand%20Cross%20of%20the%20Royal%20Victorian%20Order%20appointed%20by%20Elizabeth%20II%20%282003%E2%80%932022%29 | List of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (2003–2022) | The Royal Victorian Order is an order of knighthood awarded by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth realms. It is granted personally by the monarch and recognises personal service to the monarchy, the Royal Household, royal family members, and the organisation of important royal events. The order was officially created and instituted on 23 April 1896 by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Realm by Queen Victoria. It was instituted with five grades, the two highest of which were Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) and Knight Commander (KCVO), which conferred the status of knighthood on holders (apart from foreigners, who typically received honorary awards not entitling them to the style of a knight). Women were not admitted until Edward VIII altered the statutes of the order in 1936; those receiving the highest two awards were styled dames and those grades, when conferred on women, are Dame Grand Cross and Dame Commander (DCVO).
No limit was placed on the number of appointments which could be made. Queen Elizabeth II appointed 23 Knights and 5 Dames Grand Cross between 2003 and her death on 8 September 2022.
Knights and Dames Grand Cross appointed by Elizabeth II
The list below is ordered by date of appointment. Full names, styles, ranks and titles are given where applicable, as correct at the time of appointment to the order. Branch of service or regiment details are given in parentheses to distinguish them from offices. Where applicable, the occasion is given that was listed either with the notices or in published material elsewhere, in which case that material is cited.
See also
List of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1952–1977)
List of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order appointed by Elizabeth II (1978–2002)
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
P. Duckers (2004), British Orders and Decorations (Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Ltd, )
P. Galloway, D. Stanley, D. Martin (1996), Royal Service, volume 1 (London: Victorian Publishing, )
C. McCreery (2008), On Her Majesty's Service: Royal Honours and Recognition in Canada (Toronto: Dundurn Press; )
British honours system
Royal Victorian Order
Lists of knights and dames |
2670872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20E.%20Benjamin | William E. Benjamin | William Evarts Benjamin (1859 – 1940) was a prominent publisher and collector in Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
William E. Benjamin was born in 1859. His most well-known work was the printing and extensive promotion of Edmund Clarence Stedman's A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, which his company published in 1894.
His father was Park Benjamin (1809-1864) and his mother was Mary Brower Western. Mary's father, Henry M. Western (Esq.), was a well known lawyer in New York City. (One of Henry M. Western's brothers, Thomas Gehot Western, was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs under Sam Houston in Texas.) Henry M Western's wife, Hannah Romaine, was the daughter of a well known Revolutionary War veteran, Benjamin Romaine.
William's wife was Anne Engle Rogers (1865-1924), whose father, Henry H. Rogers (1840-1909), along with John D. Rockefeller, founded Standard Oil Company.
Friend Helen Keller dedicated to Henry H. Rogers, a benefactor, the book The World I Live In, with the inscription, "To Henry H. Rogers, my Dear Friend of Many Years." On the fly leaf of Rogers' copy, she also wrote, "To Mrs Rogers, The best of the world I live in is the kindness of friends like you and Mr Rogers."
Benjamin married Anne Engle Rogers, eldest daughter of Abbie Palmer (née Gifford) Rogers and Henry Huttleston Rogers, each of Mayflower lineage. Her father was an industrialist millionaire who was a principal of Standard Oil. They had two children, Beatrice Benjamin Cartwright and Henry Rogers Benjamin.
After 1900, when Mark Twain went bankrupt investing in the Paige Compositor, Benjamin and his father-in-law assisted him financially by taking control of his accounts and real estate.
Benjamin died in 1940 and is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.
References
Archival Sources
Finding aid to Preston Gibson papers, including correspondence with William E. Benjamin, at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
1859 births
1940 deaths |
13411216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich%20Matteson | Rich Matteson | Rich A. Matteson, (born Richmond Albert Matteson, January 12, 1929, Forest Lake, Minnesota – June 24, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist and collegiate music educator who specialized in the euphonium. He played the tuba in a walking bass style with Bob Scobey (1958), and worked with the Dukes of Dixieland for two years (1959–61). In the 1970s Matteson taught Jazz Improvisation at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas and was Director of NTSU's 3 O'Clock Lab Band.
Selected discography
Uniquely Rich, The Rich Matteson Foundation
The Sound of the Wasp, Phil Wilson & Rich Matteson
The Riverboat Five on a Swinging Date, Rich Matteson, Helicon
Balls, Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort, Harvey Phillips Foundation and Richmond A. Matteson Legacy Productions
Pardon Our Dust, We're Making Changes, Rich Matteson Sextet - John Allred (musician), Shelly Berg, Jack Petersen, Lou Fischer, Louie Bellson; Four Leaf Clover (FLC CD 131) (1990)
See also
Euphonium repertoire
Jack Petersen (guitarist)
Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort
Audio & video samples of Matteson performing
References
1929 births
1993 deaths
People from Forest Lake, Minnesota
American jazz composers
American male jazz composers
American music arrangers
Jazz arrangers
American jazz bandleaders
University of Iowa alumni
University of North Texas College of Music faculty
Musicians from Florida
American jazz educators
20th-century American composers
Jazz musicians from Minnesota
Jazz musicians from Texas
20th-century American male musicians
Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort members
20th-century jazz composers |
31676144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Dub%C3%A9 | Matthew Dubé | Matthew Dubé (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election to represent the electoral district of Chambly—Borduas in Quebec as a member of the New Democratic Party. He was re-elected in 2015 to the redistributed riding of Beloeil—Chambly but lost his seat in 2019.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Dubé was elected co-president of NDP McGill in September 2010 and was also elected president of the Quebec Young New Democrats in November 2010. At the time of his election to the House of Commons, he was a McGill University student completing his Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science with a minor in history.
He married Chantale Neapole on June 30, 2018.
Politics
Dubé defeated incumbent MP Yves Lessard of the Bloc Québécois by 15.1% or more than 10,000 votes in the 2011 election. Specifically, Dubé received 42.7% of the vote, Lessard received 27.6%, independent candidate Jean-François Mercier received 11.4%, Liberal Party candidate Bernard DeLorme received 8.9%, Conservative Party candidate Nathalie Ferland Drolet received 7.9%, and Green Party candidate Nicholas Lescarbeau received 1.5%.
He was one of five current McGill University students, alongside fellow undergraduates Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Charmaine Borg, and graduate student Jamie Nicholls, elected to Parliament in the 2011 election following the New Democratic Party's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec.
Borg and Dubé were co-presidents of NDP McGill (the NDP student group at McGill University) at the time that they both won election to Parliament, and both had spent the campaign working to re-elect NDP Quebec lieutenant Tom Mulcair in the nearby riding of Outremont.
At the time of his election, Dubé had coached junior-league soccer and hockey for several years.
Dubé was the only one of the so-called "McGill 5" re-elected in the 2015 election. Mulcair, by this time leader of the NDP, appointed Dubé to be the NDP critic for Infrastructure and Communities and Deputy House Leader in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Subsequently, under Mulcair's successor Jagmeet Singh, Dubé went on to become the party’s Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness critic as well as the NDP caucus chair.
He lost his seat to Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Bloc Québécois, in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Electoral record
References
External links
Campaign web site
1988 births
Living people
McGill University alumni
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
New Democratic Party MPs
Politicians from Montreal
21st-century Canadian politicians |
2662771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amici%20prism | Amici prism | An Amici prism, named for the astronomer Giovanni Battista Amici, is a type of compound dispersive prism used in spectrometers. The Amici prism consists of two triangular prisms in contact, with the first typically being made from a medium-dispersion crown glass, and the second from a higher-dispersion flint glass. Light entering the first prism is refracted at the first air–glass interface, refracted again at the interface between the two prisms, and then exits the second prism at near-normal incidence. The prism angles and materials are chosen such that one wavelength (colour) of light, the centre wavelength, exits the prism parallel to (but offset from) the entrance beam. The prism assembly is thus a direct-vision prism and is commonly used as such in hand-held spectroscopes. Other wavelengths are deflected at angles depending on the glass dispersion of the materials. Looking at a light source through the prism thus shows the optical spectrum of the source.
By 1860, Amici realized that one can join this type of prism back-to-back with a reflected copy of itself, producing a three-prism arrangement known as a double Amici prism. This doubling of the original prism increases the angular dispersion of the assembly and also has the useful property that the centre wavelength is refracted back into the direct line of the entrance beam. The exiting ray of the center wavelength is thus not only undeviated from the incident ray, but also experiences no translation (i.e. transverse displacement or offset) away from the incident ray's path.
Amici himself never published about his nondeviating prism, but rather communicated the idea to his friend Donati, who constructed the device for observations of stellar spectra. Donati's publications of his observations (in 1862) were the first disclosure of the prism doubling idea, and because the prism was practical to build and much more compact than multiple-prism arrangements typical in that period for producing high spectral dispersion, Amici's invention quickly caught the attention of researchers throughout Europe. The dispersion of Amici prisms can be accurately calculated using the multiple-prism dispersion theory assuming no spatial separation between the prism components.
The dispersive Amici prism should not be confused with the non-dispersive Amici roof prism.
References
Prisms (optics)
Italian inventions |
29405962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrus%20chrysomycelinus | Clathrus chrysomycelinus | Clathrus chrysomycelinus is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. It is found in South America and reported from New Zealand, although the equivalence of the species is yet to be determined.
References
Phallales
Fungi of South America
Fungi described in 1898 |
9459668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan%20Nasir | Hassan Nasir | Hassan Nasir (1 January 1928 - 13 November 1960) was a Pakistani proletarian leader, Secretary General of the proscribed Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) and Office Secretary in the National Awami Party. Hasan Nasir was born in Hyderabad (Deccan) and had fought, along with Makhdoom Mohiuddin and others, in the Telangana Peasants’ Revolt against the Razakars.
Early life
Nasir was a maternal grandson of Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, one of the founders of the All-India Muslim League. After completing college, he was admitted into the University of Cambridge in England where he came into contact with various Marxist ideologues and soon became inspired by the rhetoric he heard. Upon his return to India, he joined forces with the oppressed Hindu peasants of Telangana and took part in anti-colonial uprisings to the chagrin of his bourgeoisie family. In the aftermath of the Partition of India and the Liberation of Hyderabad from the rule of the Nizam by Indian forces, the communist movement in Telangana collapsed and a temporary military administration was instituted in the region which subdued the collectivized communes established by the peasant rebels. The Indian Army soon pursued the remaining communist guerrilla factions in the countryside, which prompted Nasir to migrate to Pakistan in 1947. Upon arrival in Karachi in 1950, he resumed his political activities and soon became one of the most dreaded communists in the new nation to the ruling elite of right-wing Islamists. Thus, despite being the scion of an aristocratic family in Hyderabad (Deccan), he had taken up the cause of the oppressed. He was a popular left-wing activist among students, peasants, and laborers. In 1954, he was arrested by the government, imprisoned, tortured and then forcibly flown back to India. But only a year later, he escaped Indian custody and returned again to Pakistan. Nasir's reconnection with Indian communists further radicalized his ideology and hardened him as a person, and he began serving as the office secretary of the National Awami Party (NAP) after his arrival back to Karachi.
Death
In 1960, he was arrested in Karachi and put in a cell in the Lahore Fort and brutally tortured till he passed away. He died while under interrogation in Lahore Fort, a detention centre established by the Martial-Law regime of Ayub Khan. After his murder his mangled body was hastily buried by the police. The reports of torture were frightening and succeeded in halting the protests for several months. There was such a fervor over his martyrdom that the President Ayub Khan government had to exhume his body to attempt to prove to the prosecution point that he had committed suicide and was not tortured. The reason was that the government did not want to let remain anything reminding the people of Hassan Nasir. Today, there remains nothing of that cell, where he was killed, except a wall containing a small window.
Hassan Nasir was brought to Lahore Fort's cell on 13 September 1960. On 13 November, at 12:40 pm, the Assistant Deputy Inspector General of the Criminal Investigation Department received a call from the line officer at the Lahore Fort that Hassan Nasir was found hanging in cell number 13 at 11:00 am that morning.
On 4 December 1960, Hasan Nasir’s mother, Zahra Alamdar Hussein, arrived in Lahore from her home in Hyderabad, India. She witnessed the exhumation of the body in the Miani Sahib Graveyard on 12 December 1960 for the possession. The body suffered an advanced stage of decomposition and thus not identifiable. Mrs. Hussein issued a statement at the court that she did not think the body was that of Hasan Nasir’s and refused to take the possession. The Anarkali Police later reburied the body into an unknown grave.
References in literature and popular culture
Sibte Hassan in his book Sher-e-Nigaran briefly discussed Hasan Nasir
Maj. Ishaq Muhammad in his book Hassan Nasir Ki Shahdat
References
External links
Discussion show about Hassan Nasir on Pakistan Television: , , ,
1928 births
1960 deaths
Communist Party of Pakistan politicians
Deaths in police custody in Pakistan
Pakistani torture victims
People murdered in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistani people of Hyderabadi descent |
13774721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallwang | Hallwang | Hallwang is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
References
Cities and towns in Salzburg-Umgebung District |
30283445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko%20Kurvinen | Mikko Kurvinen | Mikko Kurvinen (born March 11, 1979) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for HIFK of the Finnish Liiga.
Career statistics
References
External links
1979 births
Living people
Finnish ice hockey defencemen
FoPS players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
Kiekko-Vantaa players
Modo Hockey players
Mora IK players |
15149241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Moir | Charles Moir | Charles Robert Moir (November 29, 1930 – November 14, 2019) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team from 1976 until his resignation in October 1987. During his 11 seasons at Virginia Tech, Moir's Hokies compiled a 213–119 record. He was forced to resign after the discovery of severe NCAA violations. Including his time at Tech and coaching stints in high school and at Roanoke College and Tulane University, Moir compiled a career record of 616–238 in his 31 seasons as a high school and college head coach.
He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (the state-wide organization that honors sports figures who were either from Virginia, or contributed to teams from the state) in 2000.
College Athlete
Moir was a basketball and baseball athlete at Appalachian State University. Following his college career, Moir played Minor League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization.
College Coach
After three years in baseball, Moir moved on to coach high school basketball, coaching for eleven years in Stuart, Virginia, Jefferson, North Carolina, and Mount Airy, North Carolina and finishing with a career record of 224–43.
In 1963, Moir joined the Virginia Tech basketball coaching staff as an assistant. After coaching under Bill Matthews and Howard Shannon for four seasons, Moir moved on to Roanoke College where he compiled a 133–44 record in his six years, winning the NCAA College Division (now called Division II) national championship in 1972.
Moir's first recruit at Roanoke was Frankie Allen, the first African American basketball player in school history, who would eventually follow Moir as the head coach of Virginia Tech and become Virginia Tech's first African American head coach.
Moir left Roanoke for Tulane University in 1973, where he earned a 46–33 record. After three years in New Orleans, he returned to the Hokies and Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech
Moir became the head coach in 1976, replacing Don DeVoe, who had moved on to Wyoming. In Moir's first season, the Hokies earned a bid to the NIT, but fell in the second round to #12 Alabama. In Moir's third season as coach, the Hokies, who had been independent since leaving the Southern Conference some 13 years earlier, joined the upstart Metro Conference. Tech stunned tournament favorite #13 Louisville in the conference semi-finals and went on to defeat Florida State for the conference championship.
Following Moir's lone losing season with the Hokies (1986–1987), a report presented by Mike Glazier and Michael Slive detailed 12 NCAA violations in Moir's program. The report found that, "in reviewing the academic records of basketball athletes, it is evident that most are not serious students." Most seriously, none of Moir's recruits from 1981 to 1986—essentially, what would be his last five recruiting classes—graduated. The most serious were that a player had falsely been given credit for a course he did not take and the wife of another player was given a personal car loan. Moir himself was cleared of any wrongdoing, but was forced to resign. Moir's ouster completed a difficult year for the Hokie program; athletics director and football coach Bill Dooley had been pushed out earlier that year. In October, Virginia Tech's football and basketball programs were placed on two years' probation, and the basketball team was banned from postseason play until the 1989–90 season. Virginia Tech was placed in the unenviable position of having both football and basketball on NCAA probation.
During his time at Tech, Moir led the Hokies to four NCAA tournament appearances and four NIT appearances. With a record of 213–119, Moir remains Tech's winningest basketball coach of all time and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Personal
Moir's son, Page Moir, was the head men's basketball coach at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia from 1989–2016. The younger Moir played for his father as a walk-on at Virginia Tech in the 1980s. Charles Moir died on November 14, 2019, at age 88 of congestive heart failure.
Head coaching record
College
References
1930 births
2019 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
American men's basketball players
Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball players
Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from North Carolina
Basketball players from North Carolina
College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
High school basketball coaches in North Carolina
High school basketball coaches in Virginia
People from Stokes County, North Carolina
Roanoke Maroons men's basketball coaches
Tulane Green Wave men's basketball coaches
Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball coaches |
43766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/264 | 264 |
Year 264 (CCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Saturninus (or, less frequently, year 1017 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 264 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Asia
March 1–3 – Zhong Hui's Rebellion in China is quelled.
Sima Zhao, regent of the Chinese state of Cao Wei, styles himself the "King of Jin", the penultimate step before usurpation.
Sun Hao succeeds Sun Xiu as emperor of the Chinese state of Eastern Wu.
Births
Deaths
March 3
Jiang Wei (or Boyue), Chinese general and regent (b. 202)
Zhang Yi (or Bogong), Chinese general and politician
Zhong Hui (or Shiji), Chinese general and politician (b. 225)
March 22 – Dionysius the Great, patriarch of Alexandria
September 3 – Sun Xiu (Jing of Wu), Chinese emperor (b. 235)
Deng Ai (or Shizai), Chinese general and politician (b. 197)
Guo (or Mingyuan), Chinese empress of the Cao Wei state
Liao Hua (or Yuanjian), Chinese general and politician
Liu Xuan, Chinese prince of the Shu Han state (b. 224)
Puyang Xing (or Ziyuan), Chinese official and chancellor
Zong Yu (or Deyan), Chinese general and politician
References |
2443053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce%20minister | Commerce minister | A Commerce minister (sometimes business minister, industry minister, trade minister or international trade minister) is a position in many governments that is responsible for regulating external trade and promoting economic growth (commercial policy). In many countries, this role is separate from a finance minister, who has more budgetary responsibilities.
Notable examples are:
: Minister of Commerce and Industries (Afghanistan)
: Minister for Trade
: Bangladesh Commerce Minister
: Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (Brazil)
: Ministry of Finance and Economy
: Ministry of Commerce (Cambodia)
: Minister of International Trade
: Minister of Commerce (People's Republic of China)
: Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs
: Ministry of Industry and Commerce
: Commissioner for Trade
:Minister of Commerce (France)
: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
: Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
: Minister of Commerce (Iceland)
: Minister of Commerce and Industry
: Minister of Trade
: Minister for Commerce reestablished 2022
: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
: Minister of Trade
: Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel
: Minister of Economy and Finance
: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
: Ministry of Economy
: Ministry of Economy
: Ministry of International Trade and Industry
: Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
: Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
: Minister of Commerce
: Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism
: Department of Trade and Industry
: Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment (Romania)
: Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)
: Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
: Ministry of Commerce of the USSR
: Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism
: Federal Department of Economic Affairs
: Ministry of Commerce
: Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries (Tonga)
: Ministry of Trade
: Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Northern Ireland:
Minister for the Economy
Minister of Commerce (Northern Ireland)
: Secretary of Commerce
: Executive Director of the Commerce Department
: Minister of Industry and Trade
References
See also
Ministry of Commerce
Industry minister
Commerce |
49824891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherepkivtsi | Cherepkivtsi | Cherepkivtsi (; ) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Hlyboka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Until 18 July 2020, Cherepkivtsi belonged to Hlyboka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Hlyboka Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.
References
Villages in Chernivtsi Raion |
52448620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20at%20the%20Berlin%20Jazz%20Days%201980 | Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 | Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 is a live album featuring a memorial concert for Lennie Tristano by saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Martial Solal which was recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie by Sender Freies Berlin as part of the Berliner Jazztage in 1980 and released on the MPS label in 1982. The album was also released in the US on Pausa Records.
Critical reception
The Allmusic review stated "Although the repertoire certainly pays tribute to Tristano's legacy the altoist had grown quite a bit as an improviser during the previous 30 years and Solal is a major stylist in his own right. Their explorative and spontaneous music covers a wide area of styles from swing and cool-toned bop to freer explorations and lives up to one's expectations".
Track listing
All Compositions by Martial Solal and Lee Konitz unless noted.
"Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:45
"No. 317 East 32nd Street" (Lennie Tristano) – 4:37
"A Ballad for Lennie" – 7:35
"Improvisation No. 53" – 5:56
"Just a Blues" – 5:40
"Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:32
"Noblesse Oblige" (Ray Noble) – 5:44
"Subconciously" (sic) (Lee Konitz) – 4:50
Personnel
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Martial Solal – piano
References
Lee Konitz live albums
Martial Solal live albums
MPS Records live albums
1982 live albums |
27625424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arron%20Monk | Arron Monk | Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996 Winmau World Masters winner Colin Monk.
Career
Monk came to prominence with a group of young darts players at the 2010 UK Open which included Joe Cullen, William O'Connor and Reece Robinson. He defeated Nick Fullwell in the second round, whilst being cheered on by his father. In the third round, however he was defeated by the in-form Denis Ovens, who went on to reach the semi-final.
Monk also competed on the PDC Pro Tour and won the New Kids on the Oche event – Nuts TV's last televised darts tournament – in 2008.
On 3 January 2011, he won the final of the PDC Under-21 World Championship against Michael van Gerwen, played before the final of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship. As a result of reaching the final, he qualified for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.
2012 season
Monk qualified for his first PDC World Championship in 2012 by beating Joe Cullen in the PDPA Qualifier. He was perhaps unlucky with the draw for the first round as he played the winner of the previous weeks Players Championship Finals, Kevin Painter, and was beaten 3–1. In April, he earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in Vienna by defeating Paul Barham and Daniel Day in the UK qualifier. He played Raymond van Barneveld in the first round and lost 6–4. At the UK Open Monk enjoyed a 9–8 victory over Painter, before losing to Paul Nicholson 9–3 in the last 32. He also qualified for the third European Darts Open with wins over Jack Hill and Chris Mason, but lost to Steve Brown 6–2 in the first round in Düsseldorf. In October, Monk reached the semi-finals of a PDC event for the first time at the 13th Players Championship of the year. He defeated the likes of Dennis Priestley, Roland Scholten and Mark Webster, all of whom have won major titles in the past, before losing 6–1 to Michael van Gerwen. Monk then saw off John Part, Vincent van der Voort and Andy Hamilton, to make the quarter finals of the firth European Tour Event of the year, the Dutch Darts Masters. Monk faced Paul Nicholson and lost 6–1 with an average of just 69.39.
Monk qualified for the 2012 Grand Slam of Darts by finishing top of the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit. He won two of his three group games to finish second in the table and qualify for the last 16 of a major tournament for the first time. He played Dean Winstanley and was beaten 10–5.
2013 season
Monk reached his second World Championship by finishing 35th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the fifth of sixteen spots that were awarded to non-qualified players. He lost 3–0 to Peter Wright in the first round. Monk was ranked world number 45 after the event. At the UK Masters he defeated Ian White and Mark Walsh both 6–4, before missing one match dart in the third round against Robert Thornton to lose 6–5. He was beaten 6–4 by Ricky Evans in the semi-finals of the Under-21 World Championship, and lost 5–2 to Gaz Cousins in the second round of the UK Open. In total he reached the last 16 stage four times during the year but could not advance beyond this stage.
2014 season
Monk was beaten 3–0 by Justin Pipe in the first round of the 2014 World Championship as he lost each set by three legs to one with an average of just 78.64. He lost 5–4 to Karl Merchant in the second round of the UK Open. Monk had a disappointing year as he couldn't get beyond the last 32 of any event. The only European Tour event he could qualify for was the Austrian Darts Open and he was beaten 6–1 by Stephen Bunting in the first round.
2015 season
Monk received a ban from the DRA for reckless throwing of darts and did not play in an event until September 2015 and only won two matches in the nine tournaments he entered. He dropped to 145 in the world at the end of the year and could not win his place back on tour via Q School.
2016 season
Monk qualified for the 2016 UK Open and defeated Stewart Rattray 6−3 and Robert Thornton 6−4, before losing 9−5 to Phil Taylor in round three. He was knocked out in the semi-finals of the 13th Challenge Tour event by Michael Barnard, but went one better later in the day at the 14th event by reaching the final where he lost 5−1 to Richie Burnett.
World Championship results
PDC
2012: First round (lost to Kevin Painter 1–3)
2013: First round (lost to Peter Wright 0–3)
2014: First round (lost to Justin Pipe 0–3)
2020: First round (lost to Jose Justicia 0–3)
Performance timeline
PDC European Tour
References
External links
Arron Monk profile at Unicorn-darts
Management Website
Living people
Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
People from Andover, Hampshire
English darts players
1990 births
PDC world youth champions |
15506991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw%20%28video%20game%29 | Saw (video game) | Saw, also known as Saw: The Video Game, is a survival horror video game that was developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The game was released on October 6, 2009, in North America and later that year in other regions. The Microsoft Windows version was released on October 22, 2009. Part of the Saw film franchise, the game is set between the first and second films.
In Saw, the Jigsaw Killer has healed Detective David Tapp from his gunshot wound, and places him in an abandoned insane asylum to teach him a lesson in life appreciation. Obsessed, Tapp traverses the asylum and gathers clues along the way in hopes of apprehending Jigsaw. As he progresses through the asylum, he encounters several people with connections to him, whom he must save. The asylum also has inhabitants who are in games of their own, ordered to kill Tapp. Along the way, Tapp uncovers the origins of Jigsaw and the motives behind his tests. The development team brought in the Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell to help with the storyline and create new trap designs for the game.
Upon release, Saw received mixed reviews. It was praised for the storyline and multiple endings, as well as the immersive environment that is true to the Saw film series. The controls and combat system, however, were panned by critics. Since Konami purchased the publishing rights after former publisher Brash Entertainment went bankrupt, Konami had a significant input on the games' final outcome. They stated that they had plans to make Saw their next big franchise as well as a spiritual successor to their other survival horror series, Silent Hill. A sequel, Saw II: Flesh & Blood, was released on multiple platforms on October 19, 2010.
Gameplay
Saw is primarily a third-person survival horror game with elements of the action genre. The player controls David Tapp, a former detective trapped in an abandoned asylum filled with Jigsaw traps. The primary goal of the game is to traverse the asylum and survive traps in order to escape. Tapp has several abilities in the game, such as the ability to search things like toilets and corpses to find items such as weapons, health, or clues he can use to fulfill his objectives. Items such as case files and cassette tapes are found hidden around the asylum, and provide additional information about the asylum's past and give background information about certain victims.
The game's combat system allows the character to block, counter-attack, and perform attacks to fend off enemies. There are over eighteen different weapons available to players, including lead pipes, mop handles, firearms, and explosives. Certain weapons may also be used for other purposes, such as cutting open a body to search inside, or breaking down a molding wall to reveal hidden paths. Weapons in the game deplete upon use in real time until they are rendered unusable. As a way to avoid combat, Tapp has the ability to rearm or place certain traps after activating them. For example, he can electrify water puddles or create and place explosive mines on one of "Jigsaw's Worktables". Tapp's health bar, once depleted, can only be restored by bandages or hypodermic needles, which can be stored in an inventory of items. When Tapp is losing health, the environment slowly fades to black-and-white until Tapp heals himself or dies.
At certain points in the game, the player will be joined by AI teammates that help Tapp. There are many points in the game where multiple paths are available that can be taken to avoid certain areas or uncover hidden items. Lighting plays a dynamic role in the game. While Tapp begins with a lighter, other light sources such as flashlights or camera flashes can be found later in the game. Minigames are a major part of the game. These include a searching game in which an X-ray view is used to avoid dangers like razors or syringes, and a game that involves grabbing a key before a "Pain meter" fills and wounds Tapp. Other puzzle minigames include powering fuse boxes, placing rotating gears in a box, and aligning steam valves. Doors rigged with shotguns attached to pulleys are in place all around the asylum. When the player encounters one of these doors, they must press a randomly assigned button before the pulley falls too far, or the gun will discharge. There are puzzles called "environmental traps", in which Tapp must use different elements in the environment, use the in-game camera, or go to certain locations to accomplish a task.
Synopsis
Setting
Saw, like its film predecessors, is set in the fictional Saw universe in an unnamed city in the United States. The overlying storyline follows that of a man named John Kramer. According to the backstory in the film Saw IV, John encountered a series of events, including the loss of his unborn child, his diagnosis of an inoperable frontal lobe tumor, his divorce from his wife, and a suicide attempt that caused him to begin testing other people's will to live. These tests, which ironically killed many of his victims, and the fact that he symbolically carved a puzzle piece out of the flesh of his victims, soon earned him the alias "The Jigsaw Killer" from newspaper reporter Oswald McGullicuty. Due to the chronology of Saw, Jigsaw is still alive and his apprentice Amanda is still assumed to be a victim rather than an accomplice.
In Saw, Jigsaw has just concluded the bathroom trap of Lawrence Gordon and Adam Stanheight, an incident that occurred at the end of the first film. David Tapp, a police officer who had his throat damaged by Jigsaw's knife and was later shot in the chest by a suspect named Zep Hindle, has been healed and is brought to Whitehurst insane asylum, an abandoned sanitarium with a reputation for medieval tactics and frequent patient abuse. The asylum has many areas, most of which contain a key trap scene for Tapp to solve. A large part of the asylum consists of cells that were at one time used to hold the criminally insane. Jigsaw placed traps all around the asylum to continue his tests of will for Detective Tapp and his apprentice, Amanda Young, who monitors Tapp as the story progresses.
Characters
Saw revolves around the Jigsaw Killer and his test subject Detective David Tapp, the games' protagonist. Jigsaw, a serial killer who is determined to spend the remainder of his life making people appreciate their lives, gives clues to Tapp as he progresses through the game. Clues are usually delivered by Jigsaw's puppet Billy. Tapp is a veteran detective for the local police force who was recently discharged for mental instability after the loss of his partner, Steven Sing, an event which led him to develop an obsession with catching Jigsaw. Throughout the game, Jigsaw attempts to teach Tapp to let go of his obsession and focus on survival.
In addition to Tapp and Jigsaw, there are six main characters who Tapp must save throughout the game. Amanda Young is a drug user who is secretly Jigsaw's apprentice. Jennings Foster is a corrupt CSI who framed an innocent citizen for a hit and run he committed. Melissa Sing is the wife of Tapp's former partner, Detective Steven Sing. She blames Tapp for her husband's death and has since become a neglectful parent to her son. Oswald McGullicuty is a newspaper reporter who coined the name "Jigsaw Killer" and accused Tapp of being Jigsaw. Obi is an arsonist who seeks a test from Jigsaw to give his life a purpose. Jeff Ridenhour is the second survivor of Jigsaw's games, and has become suicidal after Tapp interrogated him relentlessly about Jigsaw.
There are also minor characters spread around the asylum. Most of these people have instructions to kill Tapp and obtain a key placed inside his chest by Jigsaw to free themselves. Some of the attackers have a "reverse bear trap", and some have a "Venus flytrap". Others are equipped with new, unique traps, and some have no traps at all. While not an attacker, a masked figure called "Pighead" is the antagonist. Pighead pursues Tapp around the asylum and watches over Tapp's game as per Jigsaw's instructions. At the end of the game, Pighead becomes the only boss battle.
Plot
The story centers on the kidnapping of David Tapp by the Jigsaw Killer. During the first Saw film, Tapp witnessed his longtime friend and partner, Detective Steven Sing, fall victim to one of Jigsaw's traps. This left Tapp mentally unstable and he was soon discharged from the police force. Later, Tapp was shot in the chest by Zep Hindle after chasing him in pursuit of Jigsaw. Jigsaw had Tapp healed and concealed a key in his chest. Tapp was then placed in an abandoned insane asylum. Tapp wakes up in a bathroom with the reverse bear trap on him. He quickly pulls it off and ventures into the rest of the asylum. He is led to a medical wing by another victim of Jigsaw, only to be betrayed by the man. Tapp learns that he is being hunted by other victims in the asylum who need the key inside his chest to escape their own games. In the medical wing, Jigsaw informs Tapp that there is a woman trapped in the area who needs Tapp's help to survive. He quickly deciphers that it is Amanda Young, whom Tapp interviewed after she survived her first test. He saves Amanda, and she follows Tapp until a mysterious figure called Pighead captures her to fake her escape; she is actually Jigsaw's secret apprentice.
Tapp is forced to move further into the asylum, where he is captured by Pighead and is placed in the shotgun collar, which is later used in Saw III. Still in the trap, Tapp finds a second victim who is being held by Jigsaw. The victim, Jennings Foster, blames Tapp for being in his trap and thus harbors hatred for him. Tapp finds Jennings in a pendulum trap similar to the one used in Saw V. Tapp releases Jennings, who quickly runs away, believing that Tapp would get him killed if he stayed with him. Tapp moves on to find the next victim left behind by Jigsaw. He traverses the asylum and is led to the grave of his former partner Detective Sing. It is there that Tapp discovers that Jigsaw has captured Melissa Sing, Detective Sing's widow. She has become a neglectful parent and is convinced that it is Tapp's fault that her husband was killed. Melissa is found in an iron maiden-esque trap with spinning blades that will mangle her body should the device close on her. Jigsaw informs her that Tapp did not call for backup when searching Jigsaw's lair and that every one of the traps there could have been easily avoided by using standard police procedure, which makes Tapp responsible for his partner's death. After Tapp saves Melissa, she tells him Jigsaw gave her the option to leave Tapp, so she quickly runs away.
Tapp is beginning to learn that these people all have a dark connection to him. He proceeds to the offices of the building and finds Oswald McGullicuty in the next Jigsaw trap. Jigsaw felt that Oswald was perverting his message, and so he was placed into a folding table trap, which will snap his body in half if Tapp fails to save him. Tapp saves Oswald, but he is swiftly killed by a compacting metal slab before either have a chance to react.
Jigsaw then leads Tapp to the asylum's crematorium, where he informs Tapp that some people actually desire his tests, much to Tapp's surprise. At the crematorium is Obi, an arsonist who had put advertisements in the newspaper seeking for Jigsaw to test him. Tapp saves him from a burning furnace, but Obi is still frustrated because he wanted to survive his own test. Feeling that Tapp is throwing away a gift from Jigsaw, Obi runs away. Tapp then ventures through a theater, where he finds evidence that a former Jigsaw victim is being held there. He soon finds that it is Jeff Ridenhour, the man who was saved by Sing while he and Tapp were in Jigsaw's lair. Jeff has since become suicidal from Tapp's incessant questioning, and has been re-captured by Jigsaw. Tapp saves Jeff from a wall of spikes. Jeff is still frustrated, so he runs away, wounded. As this was the last victim in the asylum, Tapp is free to pursue Jigsaw, but encounters Pighead again. Jigsaw informs Tapp that Pighead wishes to surpass Jigsaw and sabotage Tapp's game, so he must be stopped. Tapp confronts and kills Pighead in order to get a key to proceed, to which Jigsaw rhetorically asks Tapp if he is a murderer.
Finale
Tapp heads to the asylum's library, where Jigsaw confronts him in person to present his final choice to conclude his test. Tapp chases Jigsaw, to no avail, but manages to recover the final choice key. At this point, there are two possible endings. Tapp returns to the library, where he must choose between "Freedom", which would simply allow Tapp to leave without catching Jigsaw, and "Truth", in which Jigsaw promises Tapp that his obsession to catch Jigsaw will be satisfied, but at a cost.
If the player chooses the Freedom door, Tapp escapes from the asylum, freeing the rest of the people trapped inside. Tapp returns to his apartment and reviews newspaper clippings which label him a hero by those who survived their tests in the asylum. Despite this, Tapp cannot overcome his obsession with Jigsaw and eventually commits suicide in his apartment, leaving Jigsaw free to conduct the rest of the tests as shown in the rest of the Saw films. The game's sequel, Saw II: Flesh & Blood, contains newspaper clippings documenting Tapp's escape and subsequent suicide, confirming that this ending is canon to the franchise.
If the player chooses the Truth door, Tapp pursues a mysterious cloaked figure whom he believes to be Jigsaw. After catching and brutally beating the figure, Tapp realizes that it is actually Melissa Sing. A tape found on Melissa explains that Jigsaw had put her in charge of keeping Tapp alive and making sure he followed the rules of Jigsaw's game after Tapp rescued her. Jigsaw had kidnapped her son and had Pighead sew her mouth shut to avoid her spoiling Tapp's test. Attempting to run away from Tapp, Melissa desperately charges through a nearby door rigged with a shotgun, which kills her in the same way as her late husband, Steven Sing. Tapp suffers a mental breakdown as a result of her death and is placed in a functional asylum where he still believes he is playing Jigsaw's games.
Development
Prior to the release of Saw III, Twisted Pictures and Brash Entertainment announced they were planning to create a game based on the Saw property. Although no release was confirmed, they stated that the game would most likely release alongside Saw IV. Originally, Brash Entertainment was going to develop the game and co-publish it with Twisted Pictures, the producers of all of the Saw films. The game's plot was originally to follow that of the first Saw film, with the player assuming control of various characters in Jigsaw's traps, but this was later changed as development progressed.
After the initial announcement, there were no updates from Brash Entertainment. The only form of news came from a teaser site for the game, which was removed as the game moved further into production. The game resurfaced at the Game Developers Conference 2008, on January 22, where a teaser trailer was played. The trailer showed franchise staple Billy the Puppet preaching to reporters about their wasted lives. Brash Entertainment confirmed that Zombie Studios had taken over development of the game, and Brash Entertainment would publish. The trailer briefly showed some gameplay elements from one of the traps featured in the game. After the trailer, Brash Entertainment confirmed that the game would utilize the Unreal Engine 3 and be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows platforms. A poster for the game which depicted an amorphous gamepad in a pool of blood was released soon after at the 2008 Comic Con convention. The tagline "Dying To Play?" was coined by Brash Entertainment for the poster. The development team brought in James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creators of the first Saw film, to design new traps and help with the storyline for the game.
On November 14, 2008, Brash Entertainment held a press conference announcing that they would be ceasing operations due to financial difficulties. Since Brash Entertainment was publishing the game with Twisted Pictures, the game itself may have been left in "possible state of limbo". Considering that the game was far into production, the owners of the Saw brand, Lionsgate considered publishing the game themselves. The idea was soon rejected, as Lionsgate is primarily a film company and has no experience in the video game industry. Konami picked the game up for distribution/development on February 6, 2009, after almost four months of uncertainty regarding the game's fate. The game, now under control of Konami, was redesigned to be a spiritual successor to Konami's other survival horror franchise, Silent Hill. While key elements were retained, Konami did have a large influence in the development of the game. The only cast member to reprise their role from the films was Tobin Bell as the Jigsaw Killer. Other cast members were replaced with other actors prominent in the video game voice-over industry. Earl Alexander replaced Danny Glover as the voice of protagonist David Tapp. Instead of actress Shawnee Smith, Jen Taylor voiced Amanda Young. Other cast members include David Scully as Oswald McGullicuty and Kahn Doan as new character Melissa Sing. Konami plans to use Saw for its visual intensity rather than traditional psychological terror.
Mod support
The PC version of Saw includes the Unreal Editor, which allows a user to create additional levels and modifications for the game. In order to launch it, SawGame.exe must be run with "editor" command-line parameter. There is only one released mod, Truth, where the player controls Melissa Sing. The mod continues the game's story after the Truth ending.
Marketing and release
To advertise the game, Konami released a series of screenshots and viral videos prior to release. The screenshots depicted different areas of the asylum and victims in their traps. The videos demonstrated the first hour or so of the game and included certain gameplay elements. While a few of the videos are inaccurate due to the developer making dramatic changes to the environment and gameplay, they still maintained the general roots of the game and the storyline.
On August 8, 2009, the Konami website had lost the entire section on Saw, including screenshots and information. The site was soon restored within a few days with updated information, including the official ESRB rating of Mature 17+ for blood and gore, drug reference, intense violence, and strong language. Other ratings were released later from the BBFC and the ACB, which gave Saw an 18 and a MA15+ rating respectively. The game has a PEGI rating of 18, citing violence and bad language.
The game was originally intended to include an online multi-player offering, but that was later canceled. Since the game was in early development stages at the time, no further details were released. On September 17, 2009, Konami released the full list of Xbox Live achievements for the Xbox 360 version of the game. The game was released in North America on October 6, 2009, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with other countries and the Microsoft Windows platforms being released at later times in 2009. The Microsoft Windows version, which was released on October 22, 2009, was originally intended to be released exclusively through Valve's Steam digital distribution service; this was later corrected when Konami announced that Saw would also be available through another online distributor, Direct2Drive.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the game is an original score composed by Alex Guilbert. The theme for Saw, a series of plunking piano keys joined by a bass drum and violins, can be heard during the menu screen and the end credits. At some points during the game, a quick tempo score similar to the opening piano track is used to increase suspense during trap and puzzle sequences. A high-pitched tune can be heard during slower parts of the game, which was used to make these parts more ominous. Variations or mixes of these tracks occur throughout the game. The game utilizes a minimalist approach to music, with most of the ambient sound being provided by other victims, screaming or taunting protagonist David Tapp. Because the tracks were meant for a video game, there are no vocals; the tracks are much shorter than typical songs and are more abundant.
The game is the first piece of digital Saw media not to feature the series' staple "Hello Zepp" theme, a piece composed by Charlie Clouser and traditionally used in every Saw film. Because of this, the music for the game is often miscredited to Clouser, even though it was clarified as early as 2008 that Guilbert would be composing, with no mention of Clouser.
The soundtrack includes three bonus tracks, which extend the total length from 1:08:04 to 1:08:43. These appear on the bonus features of the game, which include the Saw VI CGI trailer and the E3 2009 demo.
Reception
Critical reception
Saw received mixed reviews. The Xbox 360 version of the game currently holds an average score of 59 percent on the game aggregator Metacritic, based on 35 reviews; the PlayStation 3 version has 59 percent from 36 reviews. On another aggregator site, GameRankings, the Xbox 360 version has a 60.89 percent score based on 27 reviews, while the PlayStation 3 has 58.57 percent from 23 reviews. The PC version holds a lower score of 44.33 percent, based solely on three reviews. Although the game was nearly universally praised for the storyline and the two endings the game presented and critics consistently mentioned the immersive atmosphere and environment as being true to the Saw series, the quality level of puzzles were mixed, depending on the reviewer. The controls in general were not well received by many, and worse the combat system was panned by nearly every reviewer.
Official Xbox Magazine gave the game a 4.5 out of a possible 10, stating, "Whether you're swinging a pipe or a scalpel, the controls never feel responsive, and rotten collision detection will drive you mad before Jigsaw's twisted games even have the chance." Writing for IGN, David Clayman gave Saw a 7.5 out of a possible ten, earning it a rating of "Good". Clayman praised the unique take on the survival horror franchise and the omnipresence of Jigsaw, but criticized the repetitive puzzles and the flawed combat system. Clayman even called the combat the Achilles' heel of the game. He went on to say: Overall, Saw is a welcome entry in the horror genre that provides a good dosage of thrills. Depending on your tolerance for repetition, it's a good way to test your nerves and scare yourself silly during a dark and stormy night.
While reviewing the game, many critics pointed out the quality of Guilbert's soundtrack. Eric Qualls praised the soundtrack, calling it a high point of the game. He stated that "The same sound effects and similar music and everything just sounds right". Qualls went on to compliment Tobin Bell's voice as a good addition to the music and the environment. Reviewer Kadath Bird noted the absence of the Hello Zepp theme, though the review did not comment on the soundtrack itself.
While Saw received mixed reviews, a general consensus among reviewers was that fans of the film series would enjoy it. Reviewer for Xbox 360 Achievements Alan Pettit wrote that while he enjoyed the game, it was not an outstanding title. Pettit commented that the game suffered due to the choice of Zombie Studios as the developer and that the franchise could be successful if a sequel was made with changes in developer and budget. Although he claimed it was repetitive, Pettit mentioned that "If there was only one thing the game did well, I'd say the puzzles that are put before you are excellently constructed, well thought out and best of all, difficult enough that you may not get it on your first attempt." The resulting score from Pettit's review was a 74 out of 100.
Controversy
Akin to the films, the Saw video game has been the subject of much controversy, often being classified as "torture porn" by its critics. Its violence and visual intensity sparked many allegations that the main goal of the game is to mutilate characters simply for the sake of doing so. It was compared to games such as Grand Theft Auto IV, MadWorld, and Manhunt, but contrasted for the claim that the aforementioned games' violence served a somewhat humorous purpose or had some type of moral reprieve. William Usher of Cinema Blend wrote that Saw pushed controversial boundaries and called it a "tutorial for sadists to get pleasure from". Usher said that the lack of a moral message makes it even more controversial.
The game contains one scene that allows players to cut open bodies and sift through their insides to retrieve a key. This area was a particular focus for critics, chief among them being Cinema Blend. It was stated that this scenario was "sick" and "tasteless". Konami had already received indefinite BBFC and ESRB ratings, so the game was released in all regions without any censorship. Robert Workman of Game Daily agreed with the sentiment that moral messages presented an issue to the game and included it in the "top ten controversial games of 2009." Mac World writer Chris Holt showed surprise that Konami would choose to release Saw but refuse to publish Six Days in Fallujah due to controversial factors. Konami later stated that this was because the events that took place in Fallujah were real events that could cause offense to some while Saw was entirely fictional.
Despite the controversy surrounding the game, it was approved for release in Germany and Australia, countries that are known to ban explicit video games. Producer John Williamson stated in an interview, "I thought, just based on everything I always read online, that it would never get through, but it went through on the first pass." Williamson attempted to justify the release of the game by noting the intellectual elements of both the game and the film franchise. He pointed out: I think they reviewed the game based on everything that was in it, not just on a couple of minutes of it, just like the Saw movies themselves aren't really pure torture porn. If you pay attention, there's actually usually a big twist in them. He went on to comment that the Saw films would not continue to appeal to fans if they were stereotypical torture porn.
Sequel
On April 9, 2010, Konami announced Saw II: Flesh & Blood and released a teaser trailer. The sequel is set between the first game and second film. The protagonist is David Tapp's estranged son Michael, who seeks the cause of his father's death, which leads him into conflict with the Jigsaw Killer and the second Pighead. It was released in October 2010 to coincide with the release of Saw 3D, the seventh film in the series.
References
External links
Publisher's official website
Developer's official website
2009 video games
Action-adventure games
Android (operating system) games
Detective video games
2000s horror video games
Konami games
PlayStation 3 games
Saw (franchise) video games
Survival video games
Unreal Engine games
Video games based on films
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in abandoned buildings and structures
Video games set in psychiatric hospitals
Windows games
Linux games
Xbox 360 games
Zombie Studios games
Obscenity controversies in video games
Single-player video games
Video games featuring black protagonists |
74971272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%20Kitchen | Levi Kitchen | Levi Kitchen (born February 16, 2001) is an American professional Motocross and Supercross racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships. He is the 2022 Pro Motocross 250cc Rookie of the year.
Amateur career
As an amateur, Kitchen won four Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Championship titles. His titles are as follows:
2020 450cc (B-Limited)
2020 250cc (B-Limited)
2021 Open (Pro Sport)
2021 250cc (Pro Sport)
250cc career
2023
Supercross
Kitchen won his first professional supercross race at Anaheim 2, which was a triple crown event. He ended the supercross season 3rd in points.
Motocross
Levi ended the Motocross season with 3 podium finishes and a 5th in the championship, in a fairly successful campaign.
SuperMotocross
Kitchen finished 4th overall in the 250cc SMX playoffs with a moto win at the final round.
On October 2 2023, Kitchen announced his departure from Star Yamaha to Pro Circuit Kawasaki.
AMA Supercross/Motocross results
References
2001 births
American motocross riders
Living people |
163220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Globe%20Award%20for%20Best%20Television%20Series%20%E2%80%93%20Drama | Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama | The Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama is one of the annual Golden Globe Awards, given to the best drama television series. Documentary series and mini-series are also eligible for this award. From 1962 to 1968, the category was Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, and grouped musical, comedy and drama series in a single category.
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Series with multiple wins
3 wins
Mad Men
The X-Files
2 wins
The Crown
Hill Street Blues
Homeland
L.A. Law
Murder, She Wrote
Northern Exposure
Succession
Series with multiple nominations
7 nominations
ER
6 nominations
Dynasty
L.A. Law
Murder, She Wrote
5 nominations
24
Columbo
The Crown
Dallas
Game of Thrones
NYPD Blue
The Sopranos
The West Wing
4 nominations
Cagney & Lacey
Chicago Hope
Hart to Hart
Hill Street Blues
Law & Order
Lou Grant
Mad Men
Mannix
St. Elsewhere
thirtysomething
The X-Files
3 nominations
Big Love
Boardwalk Empire
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dexter
Downton Abbey
Family
The Good Wife
Grey's Anatomy
House
Lost
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Medical Center
The Mod Squad
Northern Exposure
Police Story
The Practice
Six Feet Under
The Waltons
2 nominations
Beauty and the Beast
Beverly Hills, 90210
Breaking Bad
Charlie's Angels
China Beach
Homeland
House of Cards
I'll Fly Away
In the Heat of the Night
I Spy
Kojak
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Miami Vice
The Morning Show
Nip/Tuck
Ozark
Party of Five
Pose
Stranger Things
Succession
This Is Us
True Blood
Upstairs, Downstairs
Wiseguy
Total awards by network
NBC – 13
ABC – 11
CBS – 11
HBO – 6
Fox – 5
AMC – 4
FX – 3
Showtime – 3
Netflix – 2
Hulu – 1
ITV – 1
USA – 1
See also
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series
Television Series Drama |
59094681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprockel%20cabinet | Sprockel cabinet | The Sprockel cabinet was the 5th cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles.
Composition
The cabinet was composed as follows:
|Minister of General Affairs, Justice
|Gerald C. Sprockel
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|27 June 1969
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|Minister of Social Affairs, Economic Affairs
|H.S. Weber
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|27 June 1969
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|Minister of Finance and Welfare
|D.E. Calvo
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|27 June 1969
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|Minister of Education, Culture and Public Health
|A.J. Muyale
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|27 June 1969
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|Minister of Traffic and Communications
|F. Wernet
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|27 June 1969
|}
References
Cabinets of the Netherlands Antilles
1969 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles
Cabinets established in 1969
Cabinets disestablished in 1969
1969 disestablishments in the Netherlands Antilles |
18871135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qadimk%C3%BCc%C9%99 | Qadimkücə | Qadimkücə (also, Qədiməkücə, Qədimküçə, Kadimkyudzha and Khat’ma-Kyudzha) is a village in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Nüsomurya.
References
Populated places in Lerik District |
35541901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin%20disk | Thin disk | The thin disk is a structural component of spiral and S0-type galaxies, composed of stars, gas and dust. It is the main non-centre (e.g. galactic bulge) density, of such matter. That of the Milky Way is thought to have a scale height of around in the vertical axis perpendicular to the disk, and a scale length of around in the horizontal axis, in the direction of the radius. For comparison, the Sun is out from the center. The thin disk contributes about 85% of the stars in the Galactic plane and 95% of the total disk stars. It can be set apart from the thick disk of a galaxy since the latter is composed of older population stars created at an earlier stage of the galaxy formation and thus has fewer heavy elements. Stars in the thin disk, on the other hand, are created as a result of gas accretion at the later stages of a galaxy formation and are on average more metal-rich.
The thin disk contains stars with a wide range of ages and may be divided into a series of sub-populations of increasing age. Notwithstanding, it is considered to be considerably younger than the thick disk.
Based upon the emerging science of nucleocosmochronology, the Galactic thin disk of the Milky Way is estimated to have been formed 8.8 ± 1.7 billion years ago. It may have collided with a smaller satellite galaxy, causing the stars in the thin disk to be shaken up and creating the thick disk, while the gas would have settled into the galactic plane and reformed the thin disk.
See also
Disc galaxy
Galaxy formation and evolution
Galactic corona
Galactic halo
Galactic spheroid
Spiral arm
Thick disk
External links
Astronomers identify thick disc of older stars in nearby Andromeda galaxy
Populations & Components of the Milky Way
References
Galaxies |
33122075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Louis%20C2%20Cardinal | St. Louis C2 Cardinal | The St. Louis C2 Cardinal family are a series of light sport monoplanes built by the St. Louis Aircraft Corporation during the peak of the Lindbergh Boom after the Spirit of St. Louis flight of 1927.
Design and development
The Cardinal shares close proportions with the Monocoupe Model 22 also designed and built in St. Louis in 1927. The Cardinal is a two seat high wing conventional geared aircraft with side-by-side configuration seating. The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing. The spar is made of spruce and ribs are basswood with aircraft fabric covering. The ailerons are controlled by push-pull tubes. The aircraft were delivered with progressively more powerful engines, the LeBlond 5DE, and Kinner K-5, and one with a Warner engine.
Operational history
The prototype was presented at the 1929 Detroit Air Show.
Variants
C2-60 Cardinal
1929 - LeBlond 5D - 10 built
C2-65 Standard Cardinal
1929 - Modified C2-60 [C1111] - LeBlond 5DE
C2-85 Cardinal
1930 - LeBlond 5DF - 1 built [NC559N].
C2-90 Senior Cardinal
1929 - LeBlond 7D - 6 built, with 1 converted from a C2-60.
C2-100 Super Cardinal
1929 - Warner Scarab - 1 conversion [X12319] for factory tests.
C2-100 Special
1 converted from a C2-110
C2-110 Super Cardinal
1929 - Kinner K-5 - 5 built with one converted from a C2-60
Surviving aircraft
103 – C2 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.
C-106 – C2-110 airworthy at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
Specifications (St. Louis C2-110 Super Cardinal)
See also
References
External links
Aircraft Sa-Si
1920s United States civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft |
30940799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Girl%20%28Fugative%20song%29 | Bad Girl (Fugative song) | "Bad Girl" is a single by British artist, Fugative. It released on 25 July 2010 on digital download on Hard2Beat Records. Celeste Scalone provides vocals on the song's hook, but is uncredited. The track charted at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listing
Chart performance
Release history
References
External links
Official website
Fugative on Twitter
2010 songs
2010 singles
Fugative songs |
52738711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xun%20Yi | Xun Yi | Xun Yi (early 200s - 19 June 274), courtesy name Jingqian, was a Chinese politician of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China. After the fall of Wei, he continued serving under the Jin dynasty, which replaced Wei in 266. He was the sixth son of Xun Yu.
Family background and early life
Xun Yi's ancestral home was in Yingchuan Commandery (穎川郡; around present-day Xuchang, Henan). He was born in the influential Xun family as the sixth son of Xun Yu, a prominent statesman of the late Eastern Han dynasty and an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao. When he was still young, his brother-in-law Chen Qun (who married an elder sister of his) already regarded him highly. Before he reached adolescence, he was already known for his filial piety, and for being knowledgeable, insightful and meticulous.
Service in Cao Wei
Due to his father's past contributions, Xun Yi was given an appointment as a Palace Gentleman (中郎) in the state of Cao Wei. When Sima Yi was the regent of Wei, he felt that Xun Yi was a rare talent and once remarked, "Lord Prefect Xun's son is comparable to Yaoqing's son Yuan Kan (袁侃)." Xun Yi was later promoted to a Mounted Gentleman (散騎侍郎) and then to a Palace Attendant (侍中).
Xun Yi was a tutor to the third Wei emperor, Cao Fang. He was also commissioned as a Cavalry Commandant (騎都尉) and awarded the title of a Secondary Marquis (關內侯). He studied the Yijing with Zhong Hui and had philosophical debates with Sima Jun on the Confucian values ren and xiao.
When the regent Cao Shuang was in power from 239 to 249, the official He Yan and others wanted to harm Fu Jia, but Xun Yi saved him. After the regent Sima Shi deposed Cao Fang and replaced him with Cao Mao as the emperor of Wei in 254, Xun Yi advised Sima to use the opportunity to announce the new emperor and see how his potential political rivals would react. In the same year, the generals Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin, who opposed Sima Shi's act of changing the emperor, started a rebellion in Shouchun (壽春; around present-day Shou County, Anhui). Xun Yi assisted Sima Shi in suppressing the rebellion. As a reward for his efforts, he was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Wansui Village (萬歲亭侯) and given 400 taxable households to form his marquisate.
Following Sima Shi's death in 255, his younger brother Sima Zhao became the new regent. Xun Yi was promoted to a Master of Writing (尚書). Between 257 and 258, when Sima Zhao was on a campaign to suppress a rebellion by Zhuge Dan, he left Xun Yi behind to guard the imperial capital Luoyang in his absence. In 260, after his maternal nephew Chen Tai died, Xun Yi replaced him as a Supervisor (僕射) and took charge of the Ministry of Personnel. After he took over the ministry, he implemented more stringent practices to ensure that officials were carefully selected and appointed. During the Xianxi era (264-265) in the reign of the last Wei emperor Cao Huan, Xun Yi served as Minister of Works and was promoted from a village marquis to a district marquis.
Xun Yi was known for his filial piety, which he maintained even when he was already in his 60s. When his mother died, he left office to perform filial mourning and displayed such deep sorrow over her death that he earned praise from his contemporaries for his filial piety. Sima Zhao also provided escorts for Xun Yi when he travelled around. In 265, after the Cao Wei state conquered one of its rival states, Shu Han, it wanted to restore the five-tiered nobility hierarchy system so it put Xun Yi in charge of the process. Xun Yi proposed to the Wei imperial court to allow Yang Hu, Ren Kai (任愷), Geng Jun (庚峻), Ying Zhen (應貞) and Kong Hao (孔顥) to assist him, and they collectively drafted a set of rules governing imperial protocol and etiquette. Xun Yi was also promoted from a district marquis to a county marquis under the title "Marquis of Linhuai" (臨淮侯).
Service under the Jin dynasty
Xun Yi continued serving under the government of the Jin dynasty, which replaced the state of Cao Wei in February 266. After Sima Yan (Emperor Wu) was enthroned as the first Jin emperor, he promoted Xun Yi from a county marquis to a duke under the title "Duke of Linhuai" (臨淮公), with 1,800 taxable households in his dukedom. Emperor Wu also appointed Xun Yi as Minister over the Masses. Later, Xun Yi was concurrently appointed as a Palace Attendant and promoted to Grand Marshal (太尉), putting him in charge of military affairs and in command of 100 of the emperor's close guards. Shortly after, Xun Yi was given an additional appointment as acting Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince (太子太傅).
Xun Yi died in 274 during the Taishi era (265–274) of Emperor Wu's reign. Before his death, he had been tasked with arranging the music for two dance pieces, Zhengde (正德) and Dayu (大豫). Emperor Wu held a grand state funeral for Xun Yi and ordered the crown prince Sima Zhong to pay respects at the funeral. He also honoured Xun Yi with the posthumous name "Kang" (康), hence Xun Yi was formally known as "Duke Kang of Linhuai" (臨淮康公). Xun Yi's family members were given two million coins to build a house because Xun Yi and his family had no fixed residence when he was still living. In the early Xianning era (275–280) of Emperor Wu's reign, the emperor issued an imperial edict to honour his subjects who had rendered meritorious service. Xun Yi, as one of those subjects named in the edict, was enshrined in the imperial ancestral temple.
Xun Yi was very familiar with the rules of decorum and propriety, having read and known by heart the contents of books such as Etiquette and Ceremonial, Book of Rites and Rites of Zhou. Although his moral character was considered generally good, it was nonetheless tarnished by his obsequious behaviour towards, and association with, Jia Chong and Xun Xu (荀勗). When it was time for the crown prince Sima Zhong to marry, Xun Yi nominated Jia Nanfeng, Jia Chong's daughter to be the prince's consort. He was scorned by others for doing that.
Succession
Xun Yi had no son when he died so he had no one to inherit his peerage and dukedom. Sometime in the late 380s, Xun Xu (荀序), a great-great-grandnephew of Xun Yi, inherited the peerage as the "Duke of Linhuai". After Xun Xu's death, Emperor Xiaowu (r. 372–396) designated Xun Xu's son, Xun Heng (荀恆), as the new Duke of Linhuai. The peerage was later passed on to Xun Heng's son, Xun Longfu (荀龍符), and finally abolished in 420 when Liu Yu ended the Jin dynasty and founded the Liu Song dynasty.
See also
Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms
References
Fang, Xuanling (648). Book of Jin (Jin Shu).
Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).
274 deaths
3rd-century births
Cao Wei government officials
Jin dynasty (266–420) government officials |
18773802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazn%C3%B3w%2C%20%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA%20Voivodeship | Kaznów, Łódź Voivodeship | Kaznów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świnice Warckie, within Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Świnice Warckie, west of Łęczyca, and north-west of the regional capital Łódź.
References
Villages in Łęczyca County |
17306669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclamen%20graecum | Cyclamen graecum | Cyclamen graecum, the Greek cyclamen, is a perennial plant in the flowering plant family Primulaceae that grows from a tuber. It is native to southern Greece, southern Turkey and neighboring islands and is prized for its variable leaf forms, which include some of the most striking of any cyclamen.
Distribution
Cyclamen graecum is native to a wide variety of areas up to elevation in southern mainland Greece, the Peloponnese, Aegean Islands, Crete, the southern coast of Turkey, and northern Cyprus.
Description
The tuber is corky, with a thick, strong, fleshy anchor, and roots sprouting from the center of the bottom.
The leaves are heart-shaped and toothed.
The flowers bloom in autumn, with five petals which are white or pink with a darker blotch at the nose. They are often fragrant. The bases of the petals are curled outwards into auricles. After pollination, the flower stem coils in both directions, starting from the center, not from the top as in Cyclamen hederifolium.
Subdivisions
Subspecies
Cyclamen graecum has three subspecies, distinguished by flower characteristics:
Cyclamen graecum subsp. graecum — pink flowers with a darker blotch at the nose (Greece, Aegean islands, Crete)
Cyclamen graecum subsp. graecum f. album — all-white flowers (Peloponnese, Rhodopou Peninsula of Crete)
Cyclamen graecum subsp. anatolicum Ietsw. — more slender flowers with a smaller blotch and slight auricles (southern Turkey, Rhodes, northern Cyprus). Now elevated to a separate species, Cyclamen maritimum.
Cyclamen graecum subsp. mindleri Hildebr. (or candicum Ietsw.) white or pale pink flowers with more pronounced auricles (western Crete)
References
External links
Cyclamen Society
Cyclamen graecum (Monthly feature article);
photos of tuber (Bulb Log 31, 30 July 2008) — Scottish Rock Garden Club
Pacific Bulb Society
photos — Flickr search
Gallery of the World's Bulbs — International Bulb Society (photo of tuber)
graecum
Flora of Greece
Flora of Turkey |
12226690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel%20Manuel%20Rodr%C3%ADguez | Ángel Manuel Rodríguez | Ángel Manuel Rodríguez (1945—) is a Seventh-day Adventist theologian and was the director of the Biblical Research Institute (BRI) before his retirement. His special research interests include Old Testament, Sanctuary and Atonement, and Old Testament Theology. He has written several books, and authors a monthly column in Adventist World.
Biography
Rodríguez received a Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) in biblical theology from Andrews University.
He was the president of Antillean College, and the academic vice president of Southwestern Adventist University.
He has worked for the Biblical Research Institute since 1992, serving as director from 2001 until 2011.
Woodrow Whidden has said,
"I have the highest respect for the staff of the BRI and especially consider Angel Rodriguez, the current director, to be the most able defender of the Adventist faith in our time."
See also
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist theology
Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
28 Fundamental Beliefs
Questions on Doctrine
Teachings of Ellen G. White
Inspiration of Ellen G. White
Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Investigative judgment
Pillars of Adventism
Second Coming
Conditional Immortality
Historicism
Three Angels' Messages
Sabbath in seventh-day churches
Ellen G. White
Adventist Review
Adventism
Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers
Seventh-day Adventist worship
Ellen G. White Estate
Biblical Research Institute
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
References
External links
Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI) search for "Rodriguez, Angel Manuel"
Seventh-day Adventist religious workers
Seventh-day Adventist theologians
20th-century Protestant theologians
American theologians
Living people
Andrews University alumni
1945 births |
53931315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Akdo%C4%9Fan | Lake Akdoğan | Lake Akdoğan, also called Lake Hamurpert, is the name of two neighbouring Crater lakes on the Akdoğan Mountains in Turkey. They are separated by a land strip of about . They are both high-altitude lakes located in Varto district of Muş Province.
History
The word Xamurpert means 'Dried castle' in Armenian. According to Gukas Inchichyan, it is said that a bey (melik) dynasty of Sasun origin ruled in the Xamurpert or Xamlpert castle in these mountains until the 1760s.
Geology and geomorphology
As a result of the volcanic eruptions in the Akdoğan Mountains. Akdoğan crater lakes was formed. The complete melting of the snow around the lakes takes place at the end of May. With the arrival of May, the habitats around the lakes are revived.
Bigger lake
Lake Akdoğan () is at . Its elevation with respect to sea level is and its maximum depth is . Its surface area is about The snow from Akdoğan mountains feeds it, and the excess water pour to İskender creek. Big Akdoğan is 3,971 meters wide and 6,185 meters long.
Smaller lake
Lake Small Akdoğan () is at . Its elevation with respect to sea level is and its maximum depth is . Its surface area is . It feeds the main lake through an underground creek. Small Akdoğan is 2,243 meters long and 964 meters wide.
Biota
Flora
The main plant species in the Akdoğan Lakes are Toxic Ferula and non-toxic Ferula, Rheum ribes, Gundelia, Sorrel, Arum maculatum, Asphodelus, Paeonia turcica, Diplotaenia cachrydifolia Boiss, Astragalus kurdicus and Chaerophyllum macrospermum. In addition, there are Pleurotus eryngii var. ferulae mushrooms in every part of the Lakes.
Oak trees, Frangula alnus and Prunus cerasifera are located on the humid shores of the lake. Crataegus monogyna, Malus sylvestris, Prunus mahaleb and Rosa canina are other trees around the lake.
Fauna
The main fish of the lake is the common carp. The primary birds living on the lake are ducks, geese, and cranes.There are also many bears around the lake.
See also
Lake Nemrut
References
Landforms of Muş Province
Akdogan
Important Bird Areas of Turkey |
3070808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongfeng%20Automobile%20Company | Dongfeng Automobile Company | Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (abb. DFAC) is a Chinese automobile company based in Xiangyang, Hubei. It is a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL) which is a joint venture of Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) and Nissan. DFG is majority owned by Dongfeng Motor Corporation, a Chinese state-owned enterprise.
It makes light commercial vehicles for the Chinese market. It also makes diesel engines in a 50-50 joint venture with Cummins, Inc. known as Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co. Ltd.
, DFAC is a constituent of small cap index SSE 380 Index.
History
The predecessors of Dongfeng Automobile Company, were a light commercial vehicles factory, an engine factory and a foundry of Dongfeng Motor Corporation, that were located in Xiangyang, Hubei province. Founded in Shiyan in 1969, the ultimate parent company Dongfeng Motor Corporation was headquartered in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei since 2003. However, the headquarter of Dongfeng Automobile Company was remained at Xiangyang.
The first factory of Dongfeng Motor in Xiangyang was first built in 1983.
Dongfeng Automobile Company Limited (; abb. DFAC) was incorporated as a subsidiary (70% shares) of Dongfeng Motor Corporation on 21 July 1999, the date of receiving the license of incorporation, or 15 July, the date of the first annual general meeting. In the same year the rest of the shares were floated on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The company also signed a leasing agreement with Dongfeng Motor Corporation, regarding the land lease and trademarks.
In 2001, the shares held by Dongfeng Motor Corporation were transferred to an intermediate parent company Dongfeng Motor Group (; known as Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. () at that time), as part of a debt restructuring. In 2003, the shares were transferred again, to a Sino-Japanese joint venture [new] Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. ().
In 2010, it was reported that the company started to build its electric bus assembly line.
Subsidiaries
current
former
DFAC acquired 51% stake of Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile () in 2005 for from two other state-owned companies: CITIC Automobile (of CITIC Group) and Zhengzhou Light Vehicle Works (). DFAC also subscribed a capital increase of Zhengzhou Nissan, for in 2008. On 13 June 2017, DFAC announced to sell Zhengzhou Nissan to the direct parent company Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. for about , subject to the approval of extraordinary general meeting. It was approved on 28 June.
Joint ventures
Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. (; abb. DCEC), a joint venture of Cummins and Dongfeng in Xiangyang (formerly called Xiangfan), was established in 1995. It manufactured heavy duty vehicle engines.
Shareholders
DFAC was majority owned by a joint venture Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., making DFAC was indirectly owned by the Chinese Government (via Dongfeng Motor Corporation), the French State (via Renault), H share shareholders of Dongfeng Motor Group and other shareholders of Nissan and Renault (via Nissan).
The Chinese Government also owned an additional 2.74% shares via their sovereign wealth fund Central Huijin as the second largest shareholder of Dongfeng Automobile Company.
Products
DFAC
The light commercial vehicle products of Dongfeng Automobile Company are sold under the DFAC brand.
Dongfeng DFAC Xiaobawang V
Dongfeng DFAC Xiaobawang W (Suzuki Carry based, later rebranded as Tuyi T3)/ Xiaobawang W08/ Xiaobawang
Dongfeng DFAC Xiaobawang W15
Dongfeng DFAC Xiaobawang W17
Dongfeng DFAC Xiaobawang W18
Dongfeng DFAC Duolika D5/ D6/ D7/ D8 (Nissan Cabstar based)
Dongfeng DFAC Duolika D9/ D9K/ D12
Dongfeng DFAC Furuika F5/ F6/ F7
Dongfeng DFAC Furuika R5/ R6/ R7/ R8
Dongfeng DFAC Lituo T5/ T10/ T15/ T20/ T25
DFAC electric trucks (Captain)
The electric light commercial vehicle products of Dongfeng Automobile Company are Dongfeng Electric Light Trucks sold under the DFAC or Captain (凯普特) brand.
Dongfeng DFAC Captain (Kaipute) K5/ K6/ K6-N/ K7/ K8
Dongfeng EV200
Dongfeng EV300
Dongfeng EV350
Dongfeng EV400
Dongfeng EV450
Dongfeng EV500
Dongfeng E-Star
Yufeng series
The electric commercial vans of Dongfeng Automobile Company are mainly developed for the logistics industry and are mainly rebadged variants of gasoline-powered vans sold under the Yufeng series. The Dongfeng Yufeng was originally a full size van, which later spawned an electric variant called the Yufeng EM19 which became the start of the Yufeng series.
Dongfeng Yufeng EA100
Dongfeng Yufeng EM19
Dongfeng Yufeng EM26
Vasol (Dongfeng Huashen)
The light commercial vehicle products of Dongfeng Automobile Company are sold under the Dongfeng Automobile Company subsidiary, Vasol (Dongfeng Huashen) (东风华神) brand.
Dongfeng Huashen Tianlai
Dongfeng Huashen T1
Dongfeng Huashen T5
Dongfeng Huashen T7
Dongfeng Huashen F5
Dongfeng Teshang
Dongfeng Jingying
Footnotes
References
External links
Truck manufacturers of China
Dongfeng Motor joint ventures
Engine manufacturers of China
Xiangyang
Companies based in Hubei
Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange |
21881357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum%20Hardy%20House | Nahum Hardy House | The Nahum Hardy House is a historic house at 724 Lexington Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built c. 1845, and is a well-preserved local example of a Greek Revival side-hall house. It has a fully pedimented gable end, a full entablature with dentil-like peg moulding, and a single-story porch with Tuscan columns (probably a later addition). The corner boards are pilastered. The house stands on land purchased by Nahum Hardy from Harvard College in 1839.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Waltham, Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1845
Greek Revival houses in Massachusetts |
19411083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperClash%20II | SuperClash II | SuperClash II was the second SuperClash professional wrestling supercard event produced by American Wrestling Association (AWA). The event took place at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California on May 2, 1987. The show was promoted as the AWA's most important show of the year. Unlike SuperClash I and SuperClash III, the second event featured mainly AWA wrestlers. While not the last match of the show the main event was a match between Curt Hennig and Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which Hennig defeated Bockwinkel to capture his only world championship.
The show featured six additional matches that were taped for television and shown as part of the AWA's weekly television shows in subsequent weeks. The show was produced by San Francisco based Robert McWilliams Productions for the AWA.
Event
The opening match of the event took place between Buck Zumhofe and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy. Kassie pinned Zumhofe with a roll-up in the corner.
Next, D.J. Peterson took on Super Ninja. Near the end of the match, Peterson got a sunset flip and covered Ninja in a small package for the pinfall but the fifteen minute time limit expired, resulting in the match ending in a time limit draw.
Next, Sherri Martel defended the World Women's Championship against Madusa Miceli. Miceli performed an airplane spin on Martel but Doug Somers distracted the referee, allowing Martel to roll-up Miceli by grabbing her tights for leverage to retain the title.
Next, Nick Bockwinkel defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Curt Hennig. Larry Zbyszko showed up to challenge the winner of the match. Near the end of the match, Zbyszko handed a roll of quarters to Hennig, who hit Bockwinkel with them to win the title.
Later, The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Ray Stevens took on the team of Buddy Wolfe, Doug Somers and Kevin Kelly in a six-man tag team match. Stevens pinned Somers with a small package.
In the penultimate match, Jerry Blackwell took on Boris Zhukov. Blackwell hit a clothesline to Zhukov for the win.
The main event was a tag team match pitting Jimmy Snuka and Russ Francis against The Terrorist and The Mercenary. Francis hit a diving splash to Terrorist for the win.
Results
See also
1987 in professional wrestling
References
SuperClash
1987 in professional wrestling
Professional wrestling in San Francisco
Events in San Francisco
1987 in San Francisco
May 1987 events in the United States |
27882486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Jackson%20%28rugby%20union%29 | Josh Jackson (rugby union) | Josh Jackson (born 2 October 1980 in Fergus, Ontario) is a Canadian rugby union player. He can play at lock or in the backrow.
Jackson currently plays his rugby with Stade Montois in the French Rugby Pro D2. He has played previously for the Canadian club Castaway Wanderers and French clubs Stade Bordelais and Bordeaux Bègles.
He has been part of the Canadian national team since his debut on 23 August 2003, in a 21–11 victory over Uruguay. He participated in both the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups.
Jackson currently holds 22 caps but has yet to score his first points for Canada.
References
External links
Josh Jackson International Statistics
1980 births
Living people
Canadian rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Canada international rugby union players
Stade Bordelais players
Union Bordeaux Bègles players
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France
Stade Montois Rugby players
Canadian expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in France
2003 Rugby World Cup players
2007 Rugby World Cup players |
6427562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwale%20County | Kwale County | Kwale County is a county in the former Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kwale, although Ukunda is the largest town.
Kwale county has an estimated population of 866,820.
Kwale is mainly an inland county, but it has coastline south of Mombasa. Diani Beach is part of the Msambweni division. Shimba Hills National Reserve and Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary are other attractions in the county.
Religion
Religion in Kwale County
Distribution and demographics
The main ethnic communities in the county include the Digo and Duruma clans of the larger Mijikenda tribe and also a significant presence of the Kamba tribe.
The Digos are the majority in Msambweni, Lunga Lunga and Matuga while the Durumas are the dominant in Kinango. Most Kambas are found in Kinango, Matuga and Lunga Lunga with a significant population in Msambweni.
The county has four constituencies:
Msambweni Constituency
Matuga Constituency
Kinango Constituency
Lunga Lunga Constituency
Samburu should not be confused with Samburu County.
Religion
As of 2019, there were 43,624 Catholics, 116,453 Protestants, 82,176 Evangelicals, 70,805 other Christians; 520,160 Muslims, 332 Hindus, 7,121 Animists; 4,703 from other religions and 12,551 who have no religion.
Towns and settlements
Bazo
Bwaga Cheti
Chingwede
Dololo
Dundani
Dzirive
Golini
Jambole
Jego
Kwale
Livundoni
Lungalunga
Msambweni
Ufumbani
Ukunda
Vikinduni
Wasin
Majoreni
Geography
Topographic features
The coastline in Kwale County stretches for roughly 250 kilometres, which consists of corals, sands and alluvial deposits.
The Coastal Plain, the Foot Plateau, the Coastal Uplands, and the Nyika Plateau are the four principal topographical features of Kwale County.
The Coastal Plain is famous for its white sand beaches. These land formations is a made up of eroded reef material, such as coral sand when it is deposited on the inshore side of the reef. Furthermore, this region has one of the most productive coral reefs, including coral flats, lagoons, reef platforms and fringing reefs. These reefs occupy an estimated total area of 50,000 Ha, with stony coral covering 30%-40% of the total reef population.
Behind the Coastal Plain lies the Foot Plateau at an altitude of 60–135 meters above sea level.
From the Foot Plateau, the Coastal Uplands (also known as "Shimba Hills"), ascends steeply, reaching an altitude of 135–462 meters above the sea level. This geographical area consist of numerous sandstone hills, which include the Shimba Hills (420m), Tsimba (350m), Mrima (323m) and Dzombo (462m).
On the western boundary of the county, the Nyika Plateau (commonly referred to as the "hinterland") gently climbs from roughly 180 meters and covers more than half of the county. A basement rocks system lies beneath the plateau, which also contains random reddish sand soils patches. Since the soil in these regions are semi-arid and low-fertile, livestock rearing became the main activity at the hinterland.
Seven major rivers and numerous minor streams form the county's drainage system. The main rivers and streams are Ramisi, Marere, Pemba, Mkurumuji, Umba, Mwachema and the Mwachi River. Out of these seven rivers, three are permanent (Marere, Mwaluganje, and the Ramisi River). All these rivers flow into the Indian Ocean.
Climate
The county has a monsoon climate; it is hot and dry from January to April, with the coolest months being June to August.
Rainfall is divided into two seasons: short rains from October to December, and long rains from March to June/July. The county's average temperature is 24.2 °C. In the coastal low lands, temperature ranges from 26.30 °C to 26.60 °C; in Shimba Hills, 25.00 °C to 26.60 °C, and in the hinterland, 24.60 °C to 27.50 °C.
Annual rainfall varies between 400 and 1,680 mm.
Historically, flooding has occurred in Kwale County in the central eastern parts of the county which is caused by intense rains. Climate experts and farmers have seen a significant change of climate conditions which have greatly affected agriculture production and the livelihood of the people of Kwale County. Significant increase of heat has led to frequency of drought in the county.
Agriculture
The county has a potential to feed its population and even export food to neighboring counties but Kwale County has faced food insecurity caused by low productivity and only 30% of the population in both urban and rural areas are secure with food. some of the reasons for food insecurity in Kwale County include:
Lack of access to farm inputs such as plants and animals genetic improved materials.
Pests and Vector control solutions including machinery.
Lack of available and affordable high quality plant and livestock breeds, husbandry services.
These have led to the farmers in the county to use poor quality of seeds while pests and diseases becomes a threat to production of agriculture inputs.
Beans, cassava, maize, peas, grams and semi-commercial crops, like coconuts and mangoes, are the majority of crops grown in Kwale County.
Cashew nuts, sugarcane, cotton, simsim, bixa and tobacco are cultivated as cash crops.
On the 17th of December (Friday), 2021, the Kwale County opened a Sh130 million wholesale fresh produce market at Kombani, which was co-funded by the European Union and the county government, hoping to ease the selling of farmers’ produce and promote trading activities. The new market also ranks largest, after the Kongowea market in Mombasa, in the coastal area.
Animal Farming
The Nyika Plateau, which receives rainfall of less than 700mm, relies heavily on livestock farming. About two-thirds of the county is covered by the hinterland.
According to the 2009 Census, there were 255,143 cattle, 349,755 goats, 83,133 sheep, and 433,827 indigenous chickens in the livestock population. Zebu and Boran cattle are the most common beef breeds, while Crosses of Ayrshire and Sahiwal cattle are the most common type for dairy.
Despite the large number of livestock, production has remained low due to poor-quality breeds, inadequate husbandry, and high pest and disease occurrences.
Livestock Off-Take Program
In November 2021, the Kenya Red Cross Society began the Livestock Off-take and Cash Transfer initiatives in Kwale County to help livestock farmers avoid severe losses during the drought season.
The livestock offtake programme includes purchasing, killing, and distributing livestock meat to local inhabitants.
Mohammed Mwainzi, the Kwale County Coordinator for the Kenya Red Cross Society, said the off-take programme aims to reduce livestock deaths during the dry season and empower livestock caretakers to withstand the ravages of drought and famine.
The price of each cow is between Sh 5,000 and Sh 6,000.
The Kenyian government also launched a Sh40 million Livestock Off-take Programme in Kwale County as a response to reduce loss of animals to drought. Government Spokesperson Colonel (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna said 26,000 people in Kwale who have been affected by drought will get a monthly stipend of Sh3,000 via mobile money transfer platforms to help cushion and enhance their lives.
Kwale Agribusiness Program
Background
Since 2014, Australian-based Business for Development (B4D) has partnered with ASX-listed Base Titanium Limited (BTL), a mineral sands producer in Kwale County, to initiate programs that support local farming communities in their endeavours to improve the returns from their agricultural activities
Together with the Cotton On Group (COG), Australia's largest global retailer, the Government of the Republic of Kenya, and the local Kwale Government, the Kwale Agribusiness Program (KAP) was established.
The program's purpose is to transition smallholder agricultural communities in the region from subsistence farming to more economically focused, and thus more profitable, farming practices. The main products of this program are cotton, grain, pulses, and livestock, including stock feed.
Program Objectives
The KAP model has demonstrated that industrialisation of the Kenyan cotton sector is attainable through long-term improvements in farming methods, quality control, productivity, and increased profit margin retention by the farming community.
Over the next five years, the primary objective will be to execute the KAP model across Kenya's cotton growing communities. Through the growth and replication of the KAP model across Kenya, the initiative will contribute to the revival of the cotton sector in Kenya. To that end, the following goals have been set.
Kenyan smallholder farmers will have increased voice, agency, and capacity.
Farmers have increased resilience through improved food security, nutrition, and diversified income.
Established partnerships and contractual certainty delivers increased profits for farmers and global buyers and guarantees supply.
Development of new localised cotton processing capacity will deliver increased national support and export of Kenyan cotton and lint.
PAVI Kwale Farmers' Co-operative
The society's name is derived from ‘pamba na viazi’, the Swahili words for cotton and potatoes. The development of the PAVI Kwale Farmers' Co-operative has provided additional aid by giving the farmers a united voice in discussions with COG and other customers, suppliers, government, and supportive partners.
Through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF) and the Kwale County Government, PAVI has been able to obtain technical assistance and additional resources. Both levels of government have expressed a strong desire to assist PAVI's agriculture prospects. A stock mill has been built, and negotiations for the development of a cooperatively operated cotton gin are currently underway.
References
Coast Province
Counties of Kenya |
54364936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Thompson%20%28physician%29 | Gilbert Thompson (physician) | Gilbert R. Thompson (born 1932) is a British physician and researcher in lipidology.
Thompson studied at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1956.
After National Service, he was at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hospital from 1963 to 1998, but including time at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Methodist Hospital, Houston and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, as a researcher.
He was Honorary Consultant Physician in charge of the lipid clinic at Hammersmith Hospital from 1993 to 1998.
He served as chair of the British Hyperlipidaemia Association and of the British Atherosclerosis Society.
Since formal retirement in 1998, he has been Emeritus Professor in Clinical Lipidology at Imperial College, London.
He has been an associate editor of the Journal of Lipid Research, and founding editor of Current Opinion in Lipidology.
He was awarded the 1981 Lucien Award, "designed to honour outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases", in Montreal. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Atherosclerosis Society, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
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1932 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
Living people
20th-century British medical doctors
British medical researchers
Academics of Imperial College London
Alumni of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School |
64244934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Geiger | Hugo Geiger | Hugo Geiger (1 July 1901 – 8 July 1984) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Life
In 1945 Geiger was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Bavaria, and from 1950 to 1953 he was also a member of the state parliament there.
Geiger was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1961. He represented the constituency of Tirschenreuth in parliament. From 1953 to 1957, Geiger was deputy chairman of the committee pursuant to Article 15 of the Basic Law, from 23 March 1956 to 10 January 1957 chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Atomic Questions, and from 1957 to 1961 deputy chairman of the Committee on Nuclear Energy and Water Management.
From 27 February 1958 to 29 November 1961, Geiger was also a member of the European Parliament.
Literature
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1901 births
1984 deaths
Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Members of the Bundestag 1957–1961
Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Members of the Landtag of Bavaria
MEPs for Germany 1958–1979
Christian Social Union in Bavaria MEPs |
541900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiological%20culture | Microbiological culture | A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a method of multiplying microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined culture medium under controlled laboratory conditions. Microbial cultures are foundational and basic diagnostic methods used as research tools in molecular biology.
The term culture can also refer to the microorganisms being grown.
Microbial cultures are used to determine the type of organism, its abundance in the sample being tested, or both. It is one of the primary diagnostic methods of microbiology and used as a tool to determine the cause of infectious disease by letting the agent multiply in a predetermined medium. For example, a throat culture is taken by scraping the lining of tissue in the back of the throat and blotting the sample into a medium to be able to screen for harmful microorganisms, such as Streptococcus pyogenes, the causative agent of strep throat. Furthermore, the term culture is more generally used informally to refer to "selectively growing" a specific kind of microorganism in the lab.
It is often essential to isolate a pure culture of microorganisms. A pure (or axenic) culture is a population of cells or multicellular organisms growing in the absence of other species or types. A pure culture may originate from a single cell or single organism, in which case the cells are genetic clones of one another. For the purpose of gelling the microbial culture, the medium of agarose gel (agar) is used. Agar is a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed. A cheap substitute for agar is guar gum, which can be used for the isolation and maintenance of thermophiles.
Bacterial culture
There are several types of bacterial culture methods that are selected based on the agent being cultured and the downstream use.
Broth cultures
One method of bacterial culture is liquid culture, in which the desired bacteria are suspended in a liquid nutrient medium, such as Luria broth, in an upright flask. This allows a scientist to grow up large amounts of bacteria for a variety of downstream applications.
Liquid cultures are ideal for preparation of an antimicrobial assay in which the liquid broth is inoculated with bacteria and let to grow overnight (a ‘shaker’ may be used to mechanically mix the broth, to encourage uniform growth). Subsequently, aliquots of the sample are taken to test for the antimicrobial activity of a specific drug or protein (antimicrobial peptides).
Static liquid cultures may be used as an alternative. These cultures are not shaken, and they provide the microbes with an oxygen gradient.
Agar plates
Microbiological cultures can be grown in petri dishes of differing sizes that have a thin layer of agar-based growth medium. Once the growth medium in the petri dish is inoculated with the desired bacteria, the plates are incubated at the optimal temperature for the growing of the selected bacteria (for example, usually at 37 degrees Celsius, or the human body temperature, for cultures from humans or animals, or lower for environmental cultures). After the desired level of growth is achieved, agar plates can be stored upside down in a refrigerator for an extended period of time to keep bacteria for future experiments.
There are a variety of additives that can be added to agar before it is poured into a plate and allowed to solidify. Some types of bacteria can only grow in the presence of certain additives. This can also be used when creating engineered strains of bacteria that contain an antibiotic-resistance gene. When the selected antibiotic is added to the agar, only bacterial cells containing the gene insert conferring resistance will be able to grow. This allows the researcher to select only the colonies that were successfully transformed.
Agar based dipsticks
Miniaturised version of agar plates implemented to dipstick formats, eg. Dip Slide, Digital Dipstick show potential to be used at the point-of-care for diagnosis purposes. They have advantages over agar plates since they are cost effective and their operation does not require expertise or laboratory environment, which enable them to be used at the point-of-care.
Stab cultures
Stab cultures are similar to agar plates, but are formed by solid agar in a test tube. Bacteria is introduced via an inoculation needle or a pipette tip being stabbed into the center of the agar. Bacteria grow in the punctured area. Stab cultures are most commonly used for short-term storage or shipment of cultures.
Culture collections
Microbial culture collections focus on the acquisition, authentication, production, preservation, catalogueing and distribution of viable cultures of standard reference microorganisms, cell lines and other materials for research in microbial systematics. Culture collection are also repositories of type strains.
Solid plate culture of thermophilic microorganisms
For solid plate cultures of thermophilic microorganisms such as Bacillus acidocaldarius, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Thermus aquaticus and Thermus thermophilus etc. growing at temperatures of 50 to 70 degrees C, low acyl clarified gellan gum has been proven to be the preferred gelling agent comparing to agar for the counting or isolation or both of the above thermophilic bacteria.
Viral culture
Virus and phage cultures require host cells in which the virus or phage multiply. For bacteriophages, cultures are grown by infecting bacterial cells. The phage can then be isolated from the resulting plaques in a lawn of bacteria on a plate. Viral cultures are obtained from their appropriate eukaryotic host cells. The streak plate method is a way to physically separate the microbial population, and is done by spreading the inoculate back and forth with an inoculating loop over the solid agar plate. Upon incubation, colonies will arise and single cells will have been isolated from the biomass. Once a microorganism has been isolated in pure culture, it is necessary to preserve it in a viable state for further study and use in cultures called stock cultures. These cultures have to be maintained, such that there is no loss of their biological, immunological and cultural characters.
Eukaryotic cell culture
Isolation of pure cultures
For single-celled eukaryotes, such as yeast, the isolation of pure cultures uses the same techniques as for bacterial cultures. Pure cultures of multicellular organisms are often more easily isolated by simply picking out a single individual to initiate a culture. This is a useful technique for pure culture of fungi, multicellular algae, and small metazoa, for example.
Developing pure culture techniques is crucial to the observation of the specimen in question. The most common method to isolate individual cells and produce a pure culture is to prepare a streak plate. The streak plate method is a way to physically separate the microbial population, and is done by spreading the inoculate back and forth with an inoculating loop over the solid agar plate. Upon incubation, colonies will arise and single cells will have been isolated from the biomass. Once a microorganism has been isolated in pure culture, it is necessary to preserve it in a viable state for further study and use. Stock cultures have to be maintained, such that there is no loss of their biological, immunological and cultural characters.
See also
Colony-forming unit
Blood culture
Microbial dark matter
Microbial Food Cultures
Screening cultures
Sputum culture
Synchronous culture
Gellan gum
References
External links
EFFCA - European Food and Feed Cultutes Association. Information about production and uses of microbial cultures as well as legislative aspects.
Microbiology terms
Cell culture |
61772292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929%20Indianapolis%20mayoral%20election | 1929 Indianapolis mayoral election | The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1929 took place on November 5, 1929, and saw Democrat Reginald H. Sullivan in a landslide victory. Incumbent mayor, Democrat Lemuel Ertus Slack, had been appointed mayor in 1927 following the resignation of Republican John L. Duvall after he was charged with corruption by the state.
Duvall had been elected mayor in 1925 with the support of the Ku Klux Klan, and the Marion County Republican Party had close Klan ties. The City Council and school board both were composed of Klan-supported members. Opposition arose by 1929 to both the Klan and to the corruption in the city government.
Sullivan's victory was seen as a rebuke of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Republican nominee was businessman Alfed M. Glossbrenner.
Sullivan spent much of the campaign in a hospital bed after being injured in an airplane crash.
Sullivan received strong support from African American and Catholic voters.
Coinciding mayoral elections across the state also saw Klan-supported, generally Republican, mayors voted out and replaced by new, generally Democratic, mayors. Anderson, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Muncie, and Terre Haute all replaced Klan-supported Republicans with Democratic mayors in what the New York Times hoped would be, "The dawn of a more liberal and cleaner political day in Indiana".
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1929
1929 United States mayoral elections
1929 Indiana elections |
26136829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto%20Pizzi | Fausto Pizzi | Fausto Pizzi (born 21 July 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Since 2011, he has managed Parma F.C.'s most senior youth team.
Playing career
Pizzi was born in Rho. He started his career at Inter and spent the first five years of his career on loan, including one spell at Parma. He subsequently struggled to break into Inter's first team on a regular basis and moved to Parma in 1992, where he spent one year. He retired in 2005.
Managerial career
On 21 June 2011, Pizzi became the head coach of Parma's under-20 team, the primavera. He replaced Tiziano De Patre, who had decided to move to another team to pursue a senior coaching post. Pizzi had coached other Parma youth sides after joining the club in 2007.
Honours
Inter
UEFA Cup: 1990–91
Parma
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1992–93
References
1967 births
Living people
People from Rho, Lombardy
Men's association football midfielders
Italian men's footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Inter Milan players
LR Vicenza players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Udinese Calcio players
SSC Napoli players
AC Perugia Calcio players
Genoa CFC players
US Cremonese players
Treviso FBC 1993 players
AS Cittadella players
AC Reggiana 1919 players
ASD Victor San Marino players
Italian football managers
UEFA Cup winning players
Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Milan |
4422381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottesville%20High%20School | Charlottesville High School | Charlottesville High School is a public high school in the independent city of Charlottesville, Virginia, serving students from 9th to 12th grade. It is a part of Charlottesville City Schools.
It is the second largest high school in the region with a student population of approximately 1,200. The school grounds include a memorial garden, a running track, ballfields, landscaped courtyards and the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center (or "MLK PAC"). Across Melbourne Road lies Theodose Stadium, which doubles as the field hockey stadium during the fall, and soccer and lacrosse stadium during the Spring season.
University Gardens, a University of Virginia family housing unit, is zoned to Charlottesville High School.
History
Charlottesville High School was founded by John Cunningham in 1904 and was built in 1974 because the Lane High School building had become too small to accommodate all students within the city limits. Lane High school saw its last graduating class in June, 1974. CHS opened its doors in September, 1974. The new school inherited their school colors (black & orange) as well as their mascot (the Black Knight) from the former high school. Lane High School was never demolished and is now the Albemarle County office building. Charlottesville High School's sports complex was still located on the grounds of the Lane High School building until the 1980s, when it was moved to a site across the street from CHS. During the last 20 years of the 20th century, CHS has had some major additions including a new gym facility and a large auditorium.
Renovations started in 2004, lasting two years, and included a fresh coat of paint, updated class rooms, larger and modern restroom facilities, updated ventilation systems, new lockers, and new, asbestos-free floor tile.
Athletics
CHS has many athletic programs, ranging from football to tennis, track and field to field hockey. Recent highlights include soccer (boys') winning a state championship in 2004. The Charlottesville High School boys soccer team also won the state championships in 2019.
Performing arts
In 1984, the 1,276-seat Performing Arts Center of Charlottesville (PAC) was built to address both the shortage of auditorium space for the high school as well as the area's need for a large venue to accommodate professional touring performances, such as the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Russian Ballet, and the Charlottesville performance of A Prairie Home Companion. In the fall of 2005, Charlottesville City Council decided to rechristen the Performing Arts Center of Charlottesville as "The Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center of Charlottesville" (MLK PAC), in order to honor the civil rights activist. Sixty dates during the school year are reserved for school-sponsored events such as assemblies and the school's performing arts program.
Notable alumni
Lloyd Burruss, former NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs
Eric Wilson, former NFL player for the Buffalo Bills
Rashard Davis NFL player for a number of teams.
Mike Cubbage, former MLB baseball player
Larry Mitchell, Former MLB player (Philadelphia Phillies)
Eugene Puryear, vice presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the 2008 United States presidential election
Boyd Tinsley, violinist, mandolinist, and singer, formerly of the Dave Matthews Band
Will Anderson, vocalist and guitarist for the band Parachute
Alex Plank (Class of 2005) autism advocate and founder of Wrong Planet web forums
Nikuyah Walker, Mayor of Charlottesville (2018-2022)
References
External links
Charlottesville High School
Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center of Charlottesville
Schools in Charlottesville, Virginia
Public high schools in Virginia
Educational institutions established in 1974 |
1039857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament%20Act%201949 | Parliament Act 1949 | The Parliament Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 103) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It reduced the power of the House of Lords to delay certain types of legislation – specifically public bills other than money bills – by amending the Parliament Act 1911.
After the Labour Party's election in 1945, Attlee's government was worried that the Lords would delay their nationalisation programme. In particular, they feared that Peers would reject the Iron and Steel Bill. To resolve the issue, the Commons passed the Parliament Bill in 1947, but it took until December 1949 for the law to be given royal assent under the provisions of the Parliament Act 1911.
This Act is interpreted as one with the Parliament Act 1911. This Act, and that Act, may be cited together as the "Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949".
Parliament Act 1911
The 1911 Act placed the relationship between the House of Commons and House of Lords on a new footing, removing the power of the Lords to veto money bills.
Other public bills could be delayed for up to two years. This two-year period meant that legislation introduced in the fourth or fifth years of a parliament could be delayed until after the next election, which could prove an effective measure to prevent its being passed. Specifically, two years had to elapse between the second reading in the House of Commons in the first session and the passing of the bill in the House of Commons in the third session.
Effects of 1949 Act
The 1949 Act amended the 1911 Act, reducing this delay to a single year. Section 2 defined the act's short title as the "Parliament Act 1949" and stated that the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 should be construed together as one under that name.
Legal challenge
In Jackson v Attorney General, the validity of the Parliament Act 1949 was questioned because it used the 1911 Act to ensure its passage. The challenge asserted that the 1949 Act was delegated rather than primary legislation, and that the 1911 Act had delegated power to the Commons. If this were the case, then the Commons could not empower itself through the 1949 Act without direct permission from the Lords. Since it was passed under the 1911 Act, it had never received the required consent of the Lords. However, the 1949 Act was found to be legal. It was concluded that the 1911 Act was not primarily about empowering the Commons, but rather was about restricting the ability of the Lords to affect legislation. This ruling also meant that efforts to abolish the House of Lords using the Acts could be successful, although the issue was not directly addressed in the ruling.
See also
List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted without the House of Lords' consent
Further reading
Digital reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue
References
Case law
Citations
Bibliography
1949 in British law
Constitutional laws of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1949
December 1949 events in the United Kingdom
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the House of Lords |
69804213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro%20de%20Arte%20Moderna%20Gulbenkian | Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian | The Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM) is a major venue for contemporary art in Portugal and holds one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary Portuguese artworks. Its building is currently under renovation and will reopen to the public, with a reformulated building, by Kengo Kuma, to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2023. The CAM continues to develop its activities beyond the limits of the building until its reopening.
References
Art museums and galleries in Portugal
Contemporary art galleries in Europe
Buildings and structures completed in 1983
1983 establishments in Portugal
Museums in Lisbon |
28924739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start%20Hill%2C%20Essex | Start Hill, Essex | Start Hill is a hamlet on the B1256 road, in the Great Hallingbury civil parish, Uttlesford District, in the English county of Essex. It is near the town of Bishop's Stortford.
Singer Charli XCX grew up in Start Hill.
Location
Start Hill is located on the B1256 road to the east of the town of Bishop's Stortford and junction 8 of the M11 motorway. The A120 road passes to the north of Start Hill. It is about 3 miles away from London Stansted Airport and is the location of one of the National Express coach depots.
References
Essex A-Z (page 22)
Hamlets in Essex
Uttlesford |
40764039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassodes%20opalina | Thalassodes opalina | Thalassodes opalina is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Asia, where it is known from India, Thailand, Taiwan, and China.
References
Geometrinae
Moths described in 1880 |
74170422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant%20Sahasrabuddhe | Jayant Sahasrabuddhe | Jayant Sahasrabuddhe (17 April 1966 – 2 June 2023) was an Indian paramilitary activist who was the National Organizing Secretary of Vijnana Bharati and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Indian scientists successfully demonstrated their role in promoting independence, highlighting the importance of Indian scientists in achieving independence.
Education
After completing a BSc in Electronics from Mumbai University, he worked at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). In 1989, he became Sangh Pracharak and served in Maharashtra.
Early life
Sahasrabuddhe was born on 17 April 1966 in Girgaon (Mumbai). His father, Srikant Sahasrabuddhe, is still involved with Sangh's work. His mother was an active Rashtra Sevika Samiti worker.
Sahasrabuddhe, who worked at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, left the job in 1989 and served as a Sangh pracharak in several cities of Maharashtra.
From 2001 to 2009, he was Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh campaigner (Vibhag Pracharak) of Goa and later Prant Pracharak of Konkan Prant (Province) after being a Division Pracharak in Goa.
Since 2009, he has been the All-India National Organising Secretary of Vigyan Bharati, guiding initiatives like Viddyarthi Vigyan Manthan, Tech for Seva, IISF, Vishva ved Vigyan Sammelan, and Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan. Jayant Sahasrabuddhe has done important work to take the work of Vigyan Bharati to the global level. In an unusual act at a young age, he did a remarkable job of creating a discourse on Indian science and the contribution of Indian scientists to India's independence movement. Jayantji was unceasingly working to give impetus and guidance to the many dimensions and initiatives of Vigyan Bharati. Jayant ji has directed various dimensions of Vijanan Bharati, including the World Ayurveda Foundation, GIST, and NASYA.
Jayant, an Indian intellectual, narrated the Struggle for Swatantrata and Science, highlighting the influential roles of Indian scientists like Acharya Jagdish Chandra Basu, C.V. Raman, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Mahendralal Sarkar, and Meghnad Saha. He also discussed Swami Vivekananda, Bharatiya kala Ganana, the national calendar, Patrick Geddes, Bhahin Nivedita, Science in Indian Art forms, and the environment.
Death
Jayantji was disciplined and active, travelling 600km daily for years, spreading the message of Vijnana Bharati. He was involved in a car accident on 3 September 2022 in Ghaziabad, and died on 2 June 2023, at the age of 57. He was cremated in Shivaji Park, Mumbai.
Books
References
1966 births
2023 deaths
Activists from Maharashtra
Marathi people
People from the Central Provinces |
36911242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Heltzen | Michael Heltzen | Michael Heltzen (22 June 1712 – 10 September 1770) was a Norwegian mining engineer.
He was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Helle Michelsen (1674-1725) and Sophie Cathrine Paulsdatter Vogt (d. 1723).
He started studies at the University of Copenhagen. In 1733, he went on a several-year study trip in Europe, where he toured German mining operations.
He was assigned a position as civil servant () at Kongsberg from 1740. He served as head of the Kongsberg Silver Mines from 1756, and assumed the position of from 1758, and the position of from 1764.
Heltzen chaired the committee for the construction of Kongsberg Church. The church was consecrated in 1761. Heltzen was a leading force in the interior decoration and furnishings, which were changed compared to the original plans. The church interior in Rococo style reflects the rock community's hierarchy, with chandeliers from Nøstetangen and Gloger organ as highlights.
In 1757, he was fundamental to the establishment of the Kongsberg School of Mines (Bergseminaret på Kongsberg). An academic institution for mining technology, it was at that time one of Norway's few institution of higher technical and scientific education.
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1712 births
1770 deaths
Engineers from Oslo
University of Copenhagen alumni
Norwegian mining engineers
Norwegian business executives |
54580427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Daubney | Simon Daubney | Simon Leslie Daubney (born 17 July 1959) is a New Zealand sailor who has sailed in the Olympics and is a member of the America's Cup Hall of Fame.
Early life
Daubney was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1959.
Olympic career
Daubney sailed for New Zealand at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1984 he sailed in a Soling alongside Tom Dodson and Aran Hansen and they placed 11th. At the 1988 Olympics the same crew placed 7th. He competed with Russell Coutts and Graham Fleury in the 1992 Olympics, placing 8th. He is New Zealand Olympian number 425.
America's Cup
Daubney sailed for New Zealand Challenge on KZ 7 during the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup. He was the mainsheet trimmer for New Zealand Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.
He was a trimmer on NZL 32 during Team New Zealand's 1995 America's Cup victory and 2000 America's Cup defence.
Daubney then joined Alinghi and was part of their 2003 America's Cup victory. He was a trimmer during the successful 2007 America's Cup defence. In 2007 Daubney tested positive for a recreational drug, but an America's Cup jury found that there was no fault or negligence and he was not sanctioned. The decision was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and in January 2009, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposed a backdated two-year ban that lasted until July 2009.
Daubney then sailed on Alinghi 5 in the 2010 America's Cup loss. In 2010 he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame.
Daubney joined Oracle Racing and was part of the crew that sailed in the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series.
References
1959 births
Living people
New Zealand male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for New Zealand
Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Soling
Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling
Team New Zealand sailors
Alinghi sailors
Oracle Racing sailors
2010 America's Cup sailors
2007 America's Cup sailors
2003 America's Cup sailors
2000 America's Cup sailors
1995 America's Cup sailors
1992 America's Cup sailors
1987 America's Cup sailors
Sportspeople from Christchurch |
11613688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antweiler | Antweiler | Antweiler is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
References
Populated places in Ahrweiler (district) |
3177142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20NBA%20Finals | 1989 NBA Finals | The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the 1989 NBA Playoffs. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Eastern Conference playoff champion Detroit Pistons and the defending NBA champion and Western Conference playoff champion Los Angeles Lakers. This, along with the 1983 NBA Finals, were the only two NBA championships of the 1980s not to be won by either the Lakers or the Boston Celtics; every NBA Finals of that decade featured either the Lakers or Celtics, and sometimes both (1984, 1985, 1987). Coincidentally, the Lakers were also swept in the 1983 NBA Finals, that time by the Philadelphia 76ers.
During the season, the Lakers had won their division, with Magic Johnson collecting his second MVP award. The team swept the first three playoff series (Pacific Division foes: Portland, Seattle, and Phoenix), resulting in a rematch with the Detroit Pistons in the Finals.
The Pistons had dominated the Eastern Conference, winning 63 games during the regular season. After sweeping the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, the Pistons beat the Chicago Bulls in six games, earning a second straight trip to the NBA Finals. In the season before, the Lakers had beaten them in a tough, seven-game series.
The Pistons won the series in a four-game sweep of the injury-riddled Lakers, marking the first time a team (Lakers) had swept the first three rounds of the playoffs, only to be swept in the finals. As of today, the Pistons are the most recent Eastern Conference team to sweep an NBA Finals. The Pistons teams clinched all four series on the road, which were later followed by the 1999 San Antonio Spurs and the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers.
For their rough physical play, and sometimes arrogant demeanor, Pistons' center Bill Laimbeer nicknamed the team 'The Bad Boys'. The name became an unofficial 'slogan' for the Pistons throughout the next season as well.
Following the series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced his retirement at 42, after 20 years with the NBA.
Pistons' guard Joe Dumars was named MVP for the series.
Prior to the 2014 NBA Finals, the Pistons were the last Finals champion to have been runner-up to the same opponent the previous season as they did in the 1988 Finals.
Background
Detroit Pistons
Before the season began, the Pistons moved from the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan to the brand-new The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The new arena was envisioned by Pistons owner William Davidson. The arena consisted of luxury boxes and club seating, which added profits compared to older arenas. The Pistons sold out all 41 games at The Palace.
The team itself was also an improvement, highlighted by a mid-season trade that sent Adrian Dantley to the Dallas Mavericks for Mark Aguirre. With Aguirre taking over the starting small forward spot, the Pistons went on a tear, winning 31 of its final 37 games to finish with a league-best 63–19 record.
Their second-half momentum carried over to the playoffs, sweeping both the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks in the first two rounds. However, they lost two of the first three games to their archrival Chicago Bulls in the conference finals, but after devising the Jordan Rules scheme to contain Michael Jordan, the Pistons won the final three games to earn another Finals berth.
Los Angeles Lakers
Prior to the season, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced that the 1988–89 season was to be his last. Therefore, his 'retirement tour' consisted of pregame tributes in every arena to pay homage to the retiring Lakers captain.
Seeking to become the first team since the Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1960s to win three consecutive championships, the Lakers managed to put up a conference-best 57–25 record. The team's core remained mostly intact, save for veteran forward Kurt Rambis, who was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the expansion draft. Their most notable addition was former Chicago Bulls forward Orlando Woolridge.
In the playoffs, the Lakers turned it up a notch. They became the first team to win their first 11 playoff games, as they swept the Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle SuperSonics and Phoenix Suns in each of the first three rounds. Magic Johnson won the MVP award that year.
Road to the Finals
Regular season series
The Detroit Pistons won both games in the regular season series:
Series summary
Game summaries
Game 1
Just before Game 1, Lakers guard Byron Scott suffered a severe hamstring injury in practice; he would miss the series. His absence would especially be felt on the defensive end. Magic Johnson had a size advantage, but was too slow to defend against the Pistons' three-headed backcourt monster of Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, and Vinnie Johnson. Super-sub Michael Cooper would have to log more minutes than he was accustomed to, and rookie David Rivers was inexperienced. Another option was Tony Campbell, but he played very little during the season.
Without Scott's quick switches and help defense, the Piston guards smoked the Lakers in Game 1. Thomas had 24 points, Dumars 22, and Johnson 19. With six minutes left, Detroit led 97-79, and the final score was 109–97.
Game 2
The short-handed Lakers snapped right back in Game 2, pounding the boards and taking a strong first-quarter lead. Joe Dumars had a hot first half with 24 points (he would finish with 33) to keep Detroit close. Los Angeles held a 62–56 lead at halftime.
With about four minutes left in the third period, a major misfortune would befall the Lakers, leading 75–73. John Salley blocked a Mychal Thompson shot, which started a Detroit fast break. Magic Johnson dropped back to play defense, and in so doing, pulled his hamstring. Magic was visibly hurt and frustrated, and had to be coaxed into leaving the floor. Dick Stockton, commentating for CBS, said, "I've never seen him (Magic) look like that", referring to Magic's look of intense pain combined with resignation.
The Pistons had made the bucket on the break to tie the game at 75–75, but the Lakers, minus Johnson, charged to a 90–81 lead late in the period. In the fourth, however, the Lakers missed three easy baskets and committed an offensive foul as Detroit first tied the game, then went up 102–95. The gritty Lakers charged back and cut the lead to 106–104. The Pistons committed a 24-second violation, giving the Lakers the ball with eight seconds left.
James Worthy drove to the basket and was fouled, giving him an opportunity to tie the game. But the 1988 Finals MVP missed the first free throw. He made the second, bringing the Lakers within one, 106–105. Isiah Thomas then hit two free throws with one second remaining to give the Pistons a three-point lead and the Lakers, who called timeout to advance the ball to midcourt, one last chance to force overtime, but Jeff Lamp lost the ball on the inbound pass, and the horn sounded, ending Game 2 with the Pistons winning, 108–105, to take a 2–0 series lead.
Game 3
The Pistons had a 2–0 series lead, but knew it would be tough going in L.A. Magic Johnson tried to play, but the pain of his hamstring injury was just too great. He left Game 3 after just five minutes with the Lakers leading, 11–8.
Without Magic, the Lakers made a heroic effort. James Worthy scored 26 points, and the 42-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar found the fountain of youth, contributing 24 points and 13 rebounds. Michael Cooper, the last remaining backcourt veteran, had 13 assists and 15 points. But it wasn't enough.
Dennis Rodman, despite suffering from painful back spasms, pulled down 19 rebounds between trips to the sideline for rubdowns. But the main effort came from the guards. Joe Dumars scored 31, including a remarkable third quarter in which he scored 17 consecutive points (21 in all for the period). Vinnie Johnson added 17, including 13 points in the fourth. Isiah Thomas pitched in with 26 points and eight assists, including six and three in the final period.
The Pistons led 113–108 with 15 seconds left when Thomas allowed A. C. Green to tie him up and steal the ball. Thomas then fouled Lakers rookie point guard David Rivers, who made both free throws, pulling Los Angeles to within three at 113–110 with 13 seconds left. Dumars then lost the ball out of bounds with nine seconds left, giving the Lakers a shot at the tie.
The Lakers then ran a play where Rivers got free for an open three-pointer in the corner. Dumars lunged and blocked the shot, and saved the ball from going out of bounds. The Pistons then ran out the clock after Bill Laimbeer's free throw to close the game with a 114–110 win, putting them on the verge of an unexpected sweep.
Game 4
With the Lakers' backs to the wall, coach Pat Riley admonished key offensive player James Worthy to step up his game. Worthy responded with a championship effort of 40 points on 17-of-26 field-goal shooting with Rick Mahorn in his face every step of the way. The Forum crowd was also anticipating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's possible curtain call. During the pregame warmups and introductions, Kareem received several ovations.
With Worthy playing out of his mind, the Lakers took a 35–23 lead at the end of the first period. Despite trouble at the free-throw line (11 missed), the Pistons began to claw back as Los Angeles led 55–49 at intermission.
The Pistons started fast in the third quarter, beginning with a three-point basket by Bill Laimbeer. Mahorn then scored four quick points, and the Pistons took a 59–58 lead moments later. Dumars hit a driving bank shot, drew the foul and made the free throw, giving him 19 points on the evening. Mahorn followed that with another bucket and the Lakers called timeout. Worthy led the Lakers back into a 78–76 lead at the end of the third, but they knew the Pistons were coming on.
The Pistons took control of the game in the fourth, with James Edwards scoring particularly well. With 3:23 left and the Pistons leading 100–94, the crowd rose to a standing ovation as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the game. For the next two minutes, it seemed nobody wanted to hit a shot. Abdul-Jabbar reentered the game and spun and hit a bank shot with 1:37 left, his last two NBA points, cutting the Pistons' margin to 100–96. Kareem went out of the game with 47 seconds remaining amid thunderous applause.
Laimbeer hit a jumper at the 28-second mark, and the Pistons began celebrating. Riley sent Abdul-Jabbar back in after the timeout, but Michael Cooper missed a three-pointer and Isiah Thomas was fouled. Riley then sent Orlando Woolridge in for Abdul-Jabbar, this time for good, prompting a standing ovation from the crowd and acknowledgment from the players on both the Lakers and, in a rare show of sportsmanship, the Pistons. Thomas then hit the foul shots, closing out the 105–97 win and the championship. Dumars was named Finals MVP.
This was the first NBA Finals that ended in a four-game sweep since the Finals went to the 2–3–2 format in 1985.
Team rosters
Detroit Pistons
Los Angeles Lakers
Player statistics
Detroit Pistons
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| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 26.8 || .364 || .000 || .750 || 6.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 7.5
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| align="left" | || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
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| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 36.8 || .576 || .000 || .868 || 1.8 || 6.0 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 27.3
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 24.3 || .444 || 0.0 || .750 || 3.5 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 9.0
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 23.8 || .600 || .200 || .636 || 3.3 || 2.8 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 17.0
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| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 23.5 || .545 || .667 || .857 || 5.3 || 2.3 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 8.0
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| align="left" | || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 24.5 || .556 || .000 || .667 || 5.3 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 23.5 || .467 || .000 || .857 || 10.0 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 5.0
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| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 20.3 || .684 || .000 || .571 || 2.5 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 2.8 || 7.5
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 35.3 || .485 || .333 || .760 || 2.5 || 7.3 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 21.3
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| align="left" | || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
Los Angeles Lakers
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| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 26.0 || .435 || .000 || .833 || 5.0 || 1.8 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 12.5
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| align="left" | || 4 || 1 || 20.8 || .625 || .333 || .765 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 11.0
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| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 40.8 || .378 || .333 || .833 || 1.5 || 6.8 || 1.8 || 0.5 || 12.0
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 33.5 || .440 || .000 || .684 || 9.3 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 8.8
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| align="left" | || 3 || 3 || 25.0 || .462 || .200 || .909 || 3.7 || 8.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 11.7
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| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 2.8 || .667 || .000 || .500 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.3
|-
| align="left" | || 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
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| align="left" | || 3 || 0 || 8.7 || .333 || .000 || .800 || 1.0 || 1.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0
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| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 25.8 || .433 || .000 || .636 || 4.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 10.0
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 21.8 || .611 || .000 || .842 || 5.3 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 42.5 || .481 || .667 || .710 || 4.3 || 3.5 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 25.5
Television coverage
This series was aired on CBS. Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown called the action. Stockton also narrated the season-ending documentary "Motor City Madness" for NBA Entertainment.
That year, Pat O'Brien filled in for Brent Musburger for Game 2 as pre-game, half-time and post-game host as Musburger was on assignment for CBS Sports, the same thing that happened in 1988. CBS used three sideline reporters which were O'Brien (the Pistons' sideline), Lesley Visser (the Lakers' sideline) and James Brown (both teams). This was Musburger's last NBA Finals assignment for CBS, as he was fired on April 1, 1990, months before NBA's television contract with CBS expired. Musburger moved to ABC and ESPN, and later called nine NBA Finals series for ESPN Radio between and .
For the start of 1989 NBA Finals CBS completely revamped their opening montage for their NBA broadcasts. The computer-generated imagery (once again set in and around a virtual arena) was made to look more realistic (live-action footage was incorporated in the backdrops). Also, the familiar theme music (an uptempo series of four notes and three bars composed by Allyson Bellink since the 1983 NBA Finals) each was rearranged to sound more intricate and to have a more emotional impact, along the lines of the network's later World Series coverage. Between the 1989 NBA Finals and the 1990 NBA Finals' intros, the theme music was slightly revised; the 1989 Finals intro incorporated more of a guitar riff, while the 1990 Finals intro featured a little more usage of trumpets.
Aftermath
With the Michigan Wolverines winning the 1989 NCAA Basketball championship two months prior, the Metro Detroit area was home to a National Champion and NBA champion in the same season or calendar year, a similar distinction would occur once more in 1997, when the Detroit Red Wings and Michigan Wolverines won the Stanley Cup and the College Football National Championship respectively.
The Pistons would repeat as champions in 1990. The Pistons won 59 games that season, then defeated the Indiana Pacers (3-0), New York Knicks (4-1) and Chicago Bulls (4-3) in the first three rounds, before overcoming the Portland Trail Blazers 4–1 in the Finals.
The Lakers earned the league's best record with a 63–19 record in the 1989–90 NBA season, despite losing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to retirement. However the Lakers fell to the Phoenix Suns 4–1 in the Western Conference Semifinals, after which head coach Pat Riley resigned. The Lakers did make it back to the finals in 1991 but fell to the Bulls in five games.
The Pistons and Lakers met again in the 2004 NBA Finals. Much had changed since they last met, but they still took on the personalities of their respective teams: the more physical, defensive Pistons against the finesse, offensively-minded Lakers. In the rematch, the underdog Pistons, led by Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince, and coached by Larry Brown, upset the star-studded future Hall-of-Fame Lakers team of Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton, and coached by Phil Jackson, in five games.
Two-time NBA All-Star Isaiah Thomas was named after Isiah Thomas as a consequence of this series. The former Thomas' father, a lifelong Lakers fan, bet his son's name on his team winning the series.
References
External links
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