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45668707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Chicago%20Fire%20characters | List of Chicago Fire characters | This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Chicago Fire. The article deals with the series' main, recurring, and minor characters.
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Matthew Casey
Kelly Severide
Gabriela Dawson
Portrayed by Monica Raymund
Gabriela "Gabby" Dawson (Seasons 1–6, Guest Season 7–8) is introduced as the Paramedic EMS in Charge of Ambulance 61, at Firehouse 51. Dawson gets in trouble for not strictly following procedure in order to save lives, which leads to her being written up several times and butting heads with Paramedic EMS Chief Hatcher. She was partnered with Leslie Shay for much of the first two seasons, and they shared a close friendship, but their friendship was strained after a call went bad. Both were well-liked by the all-male crew at 51, who are all very protective of them. She transfers to Truck 81 in season 3 after passing firefighter training.
Off-duty, she runs Molly's, a small bar jointly owned by her, Otis, and Herrmann. The bar is also popular with her brother's colleagues from the 21st District and the staff at Chicago Medical Center, whom the paramedics regularly come into contact with. She is usually in charge of the food and beverage aspects, while Otis and Herrmann deal with the business and marketing aspects.
The younger sister of Detective Antonio Dawson, a main character in spin-offs Chicago P.D. and Chicago Justice, Gabby is well known for being able to hold her own in a largely male-dominated occupation and an all-male firehouse; she and Shay were the only women at 51 until Brett was assigned to Ambulance 61 in season 3.
Dawson shared a close friendship with longtime colleague Matthew Casey even though they were each in relationships with different people. Later, she and the new candidate Peter Mills bond over their mutual love for cooking and begin a relationship in secret. When their relationship is brought to light, Casey seems to be jealous and pulls rank to keep them apart at work. She later discovers that Boden had had an affair with Mills's mother, and she keeps this knowledge from him. When he finds out that she had known about it and that she still has feelings for Casey, he ends their relationship, but they remain mutual friends. She had a brief relationship with Detective Jay Halstead at the beginning of season 2, but they mutually part ways. Following Casey's near-death accident in the season 2 episode "Not Like This", Dawson and Casey start a very serious romantic relationship, and Casey proposes to her. She later is a candidate at the Fire Academy. She fails her physical exam by several seconds, after injuring her ankle. In season 3, she has passed the Fire Academy. However, her relationship with Casey poses a problem due to fraternization rules, and she is initially assigned to Firehouse 105 in Austin under Casey's nemesis Lieutenant Welch. Welch was against her assignment to his truck company due to a past bad experience with a female firefighter. He fills the spot, and she is assigned as the candidate on Truck 81, under Herrmann's supervision. During her first few weeks on the job, Casey is extra protective of her, much to Herrmann's frustration, but she eventually settles in. In season 4, she suffers a miscarriage. Her return to duty coincides with Chief Riddle's quest to oust and make an example of Chief Boden so that he can make Fire Commissioner.
In season 5, Dawson decides to foster Louie, the child of one of the victims of a fire that Truck 81 attended, and the decision puts her at odds with Casey, who has doubts about having a child in their lives. Casey moves back in with her again and accepts Louie in their "family". After a close call involving both her and Casey, Dawson begins to consider the fact that if both of them remain at Truck 81, there is a possibility Louie could be orphaned. She decides to return to Ambulance 61 after the spot opens up when Borelli returns to the truck. She and Casey marry in the 100th episode as part of their plans to speed up Louie's adoption. However, Louie's biological father, who had up until then been listed as "unknown", shows up at both their apartment and the firehouse demanding to see his son. Louie eventually moves in with his biological father and paternal relatives.
Dawson and Casey reconnect after Dawson almost loses him in the fire that ended season 5. Dawson meets a girl named Bria in a fire. She finds out her father is addicted to meds and tries to help her, after not talking to Casey about it and instead talking to Severide. Casey finds out what they are up to and is upset. Dawson decides to let Casey help with Bria.
Dawson's old fling, Jake Cordova, comes to the firehouse since Otis is hurt, but things get crazy with Dawson. She doesn't tell Casey right away, which makes him mad when he finds out. When Otis is allowed back on the truck, everything goes back to normal, or that's what Dawson and Casey think.
Dawson gets a call from Bria asking to help her with some "girl problems", so Dawson does. She helps Bria get ready for prom. Casey decides that they can ride in the truck, so with Stella driving, Bria and her date ride to prom in the truck. While watching the truck pull away, Dawson tells Casey she wants to start trying again. After trying for a while, Dawson wants to get to the doctor to make sure everything is okay and to move the process along faster.
Finding out Dawson has an aneurysm that could burst with pregnancy, Casey and Dawson stop trying. Dawson tells Casey she wants to take the risk, but Casey says no, not wanting to lose her. He brings up adoption, which sets Dawson off since she doesn't want to go through the same thing they did with Louie.
In the last episode, Dawson is offered a job in Puerto Rico, which she turns down at the beginning of the episode. During the episode, Brett and Dawson fight on one of the calls, and then Dawson and Casey fight when they get home.
She departs Chicago after season 6 to help with relief work in Puerto Rico. In the Season 7 premiere, she briefly returns to Chicago and says goodbye to Matthew Casey. She returned briefly in the Season 8 episode "Best Friend Magic"
Sylvie Brett
Portrayed by Kara Killmer
Paramedic Sylvie Brett (season 3 – present) joins Ambulance 61 following Leslie Shay's death. Initially, 51 is not enthusiastic about her arrival; most of the crew had known and worked with Shay for a long time and are still getting over her death. Despite a frosty beginning working together, Dawson becomes Brett's first friend in Chicago, and the others warm up to her soon after. She works alongside Peter Mills when he replaces Dawson after she transfers to Truck 81 as a candidate. Mills is not cleared for duty after an inner ear injury, which damaged his balance following the explosion where Shay died, so he is assigned to work on Ambulance 61. The two become good friends and partners while working together; as a Christmas gift, he gives her a wiggling hula-girl that sits on the rig's dashboard to this day. Like the rest of 51, Sylvie is upset when Mills chooses to leave for North Carolina with his family near the end of Season 3 and during his goodbye party, she breaks down in tears and hugs him goodbye. In late season 3, Mills gets replaced by Jessica "Chili" Chilton as the Paramedic In Charge (PIC); in mid season 4, Brett becomes PIC after Chili is fired and goes to rehab. Brett has appeared on the spin-off Chicago P.D. as the first responder on scene, crossing paths with members of the Intelligence Unit, and on Chicago Med and Chicago Justice.
Brett is a small-Midwestern-town girl from Indiana, where she grew up in a farm with her parents and a little brother. She frequented the church and even sang in the choir. She reveals to Dawson that she was adopted and never knew her birth parents. In her first episode, she self-proclaims she is a "runaway bride" who goes "up I-65 to Chicago" to escape her ex-fiancée Harrison after their engagement fell apart. However, a few episodes later her husband to-be finds her working at 51 and comes to visit her. He apologizes in front of everyone for leaving her before their marriage, revealing that he's the one who had cold feet. Nonetheless, she gets back together with him briefly until she realizes he has a very overbearing nature. He psychologically tries to dominate her by telling her how she should feel and where she should work. She tells him she's happy in Chicago but he tells her she isn't. She breaks up with him again and he leaves. Initially she has difficulty adjusting to city life due to her naivete, as shown by the fact that she leaves cash out on the table with the windows open and rented an apartment in a neighborhood known for crime because the rent is cheap. She also has a hard time handling some of the tough calls early on, but learns to deal with it and adapts quickly. She shares a new apartment with Gabby Dawson when the latter's relationship with Matthew Casey cools. Afterwards, she moves in with Cruz and Otis.
When Severide returns from a long furlough after Shay's death and first sees Brett going out to Ambulance 61, he does a double take, noticing the resemblance between her and Shay. While he is going through his grief process over losing Shay, he tries to hang out with her while deeply intoxicated, yet when sober and on the job, he treats her more coolly, a behavior that visibly throws her. After the two get closer while working together to help a single mom and her kid, Severide invites her to go to Vegas with him. She says she would love to, but doesn't know if that's a great idea so he leaves without her. This apparent mutual pull they feel for each other then ceases after he marries Brittany. Sylvie joins the best-rated Zumba class she finds on Yelp in her neighborhood and finds that the instructor is none other than Cruz. They agree to keep it a secret as long as she can teach him how to cook since he's opening Molly's 2 and she has skills that she no longer gets to use, but she ends up telling Casey due to his misunderstanding of her relationship with Cruz. She asks him to keep it a secret, but he ends up telling Dawson, who then tells Hermann, who then tells Mouch, who then tells everyone else. Joe then asks Sylvie out and she rejects him. However, she accepts some time later and they start dating. After a few months, the two break up once they realize they're not in love and remain good friends. At this point, Otis seems to realize he has feelings for her and considers asking her out. Later in Season 4 he asks her to the CFD gala and after initially rejecting him she agrees and they go together. He keeps meaning to ask her out again, but other people or things get in the way and in the end they remain just friends.
Brett appears to have a romantic interest in Officer Sean Roman from Chicago P.D. as they share an encounter in the season 3 finale of Chicago Fire. She reveals her feelings for Jimmy Borelli, when she finds out that Jimmy is leaving, she confesses her feelings for him, which she later tries to cover up when she finds out he is staying in the CFD and working alongside her as her new partner.
During a call in Season 4, Brett gets attached to a baby she delivers to a gunshot victim mother who dies in the ambulance. She visits the baby in the hospital several times until Chief Boden finds out and tells her to let it go and so does Chili. However, she still goes back, where she meets Dr. Charles (Chicago Med). He tells her secretly to check the father's details while the duty nurse is out. She goes to see him and tells him about the son but he ignores her. However, when she comes back to see the baby yet again, the dad is there and thanks her. She and Dawson also help host a wedding at Firehouse 51, where she sings.
In season 5, both Chili and Jimmy leave as paramedics, leaving Dawson to take their spot and work alongside Brett once more. During a case, Gabby's older brother Antonio Dawson shows up, and Sylvie instantly develops a liking for him. After some consideration, she asks him out but he refuses, saying his breakup with his ex-wife is still on his mind and he doesn't want her mixed up with this. She says she doesn't mind and they start going out. In the end of "An Agent of the Machine", Sylvie tries harder to impress Antonio's son Diego, who likes to play chess and whom she doesn't connect with. Joe teaches her the basics and Antonio asks her later to take care of Diego when he's called in to work. Antonio's ex-wife, Laura, shows up at the firehouse and takes Diego away, telling Sylvie to mind her own business and stay away from her family. This upsets Sylvie and she tells Antonio she doesn't want to be in the middle of his fight with his ex-wife. He says he warned her about this before but she replies that she didn't expect to be directly confronted by Laura. He lashes out and she breaks up with him. Antonio later shows up at Sylvie's door and apologizes, and even though she understands she tells him he's not ready and it's best if they stay apart. She later tries to get her mind off Antonio by doing extra exercise at the firehouse, trying to find online makeup classes and changing her look and even learning German. Dawson feels bad and tries setting her up with people Casey knows, but Casey doesn't want to get involved in her love life. In "A Man's Legacy", while in the hospital, she sees Antonio with his sister after visiting his father and talks with him. In "Foul is Fair", it was revealed that Brett breaks up with Antonio again, as they insist they should keep things casual but she fears if they keep seeing each other one of them will get hurt eventually. At the end of "Hiding Not Seeking", she has a one-night stand with Antonio in his car, then the two start seeing each other again. In "Looking for a Lifeline", Brett confides in Dawson, who suggests that Brett might be pregnant. She takes a pregnancy test, but is disappointed when it comes up negative, making her realize in "The Chance to Forgive" that she wants to spend the rest of her life with Antonio. She wants to talk to him about them making a real shot at a relationship, but before she can do so, finds out that he has been set up on a blind date. After the discovery, she clears her locker of anything to do with Antonio, declaring to Dawson that she is a new person.
In "It Wasn't Enough", her High School friend Hope Jacquinot comes for a visit and stirs up trouble, first by seeking out Severide's attention, despite Brett's warning that it is a bad idea to get involved with him as he is recovering from the death of his girlfriend. Then Hopes gets an office position working at the bullpen and Connie warns Brett that there are rumors that Hope had stolen money from her last employer. Hope says it was a misunderstanding following a bad break-up. Then she purposefully misplaces Stella Kidd's payment only so she can appear to come out as the hero in the situation, gaining Stella's favor. Hope forges a signature to get Kidd transferred to CFD's Public Relations Department to get her out of Firehouse 51 and away from Severide. Casey and Chief Boden find out, and she gets fired. Afterwards, Sylvie tells her to go back to Fowlerton and that she doesn't want anything to do with her anymore. Brett is very apologetic with her colleagues at 51 for bringing Hope into their lives and all the mess that followed, but people don't hold her responsible nor any grudges over what happened.
During the season 6 episode "Slamigan", Brett assists Cruz in creating a new firefighting tool since she grew up on a farm and has experience welding. This brings them closer, and it appears Cruz develops feelings for her once more. He spends the rest of season 6 battling his own feelings for Brett, which gets her aggravated at his overprotectiveness in a few instances. In the season 6 finale, he considers confessing his feelings for her, but once she declares how much she cherishes his friendship he decides to keep this to himself and move on from her.
In "The Grand Gesture", Brett is distraught over a stabbing victim who dies in front of her after being stabbed by a mentally unstable man. She is seen crying in her car after the call. She eventually explodes when Dawson also becomes angry and yells at her when she grabs scissors instead of gauze during a call. She is upset at Dawson for being treated this way, and they have a fight right before Dawson leaves to work at relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
In "A Closer Eye", Brett turns away every paramedic she is partnered with, believing Dawson will come back. She is then partnered with Emily Foster by Chief Boden, who tells her to make it work. At first, the chemistry between the two is a little rocky. In "Going to War", she confronts Casey about letting Dawson leave. He replies that there was nothing anyone else could have done. He also gives her a goodbye gift from her recent ex-partner: a photo of the pair, on the back of which is written: “Love you, partner, and always will." In that same episode, she shows Foster an intubating technique on a severely burned victim, which impresses the new paramedic. Brett says her old partner was a master at it and taught her well; it's the very same technique that Dawson taught her during the first episode of Season 3. She also learns that Foster was a surgical resident at Lakeshore Hospital and got kicked out of the program for cheating on her medical boards evaluation, as she was going through a rough patch in her personal life during her mother's sudden illness and death. After a rocky start, they form a good partnership at work and become good friends too, with Brett even defending Foster and berating a doctor at Lakeshore that "ghosted" her on a date.
In season 7, she dates Kyle Sheffield, a chaplain with the CFD and friend of Foster. They break up in "Fault in Him", with Kyle saying their relationship has led to firefighters not being willing to confide in him after Brett asks him to talk to Casey about a bad call he experienced. She has a hard time moving on and sympathizes with Casey on the subject of tough breakups. She then attempts to help him out by setting him up with her spin class instructor, Olivia, in "Try Like Hell". After a game night with their friends, Olivia says Matt is great, but that Brett should be the one dating him as she and Matt are "meant for each other". Later, Brett confides this to Foster and Kidd, who seem to agree with Olivia's assessment, leaving Sylvie confused about her feelings for Casey. In "I'm Not Leaving You", Kyle comes to 51 and proposes to Sylvie in front of everyone after he tells her he's moving to Indiana. Brett accepts his proposal and tries to make it work with him, but misses her life in Chicago and isn't happy in her new quiet life with Kyle, so they break up.
Brett returns to 51 in the third episode of season 8 after leaving Fowlerton and resumes working on Ambulance 61 with Foster. Her feelings for Casey still seem confusing, and she gets overly defensive when he assumes she is dating a guy who meets her for drinks at Molly's. She also meets her birth mother who wants to make a connection with her before giving birth to her second child. Sylvie spends time with her mother Julie until the latter dies giving birth. The baby survives and Sylvie becomes a half-sister to a baby girl name Amelia. Although her stepfather initially does not want to take care of her, Sylvie is able to persuade him to keep his daughter to honor his wife.
In Season 9, Sylvie is assigned a new partner Gianna Mackey and they become fast friends. Sylvie's status with Casey also evolves, with the two sharing a kiss. However, Sylvie fears his former relationship with Dawson will be a problem and calls it off before things go further. Her relationship with Casey becomes awkward for a period of time, but they continue to support each other. When Casey goes through a health scare, Sylvie is there to support him, which results in her breaking up with her boyfriend at the time, Greg Grainger. After Casey confesses his love to Sylvie, she too admits to him that she loves him, and they finally consummate their relationship in the season 9 finale.
In season 10 Casey moves to Oregon to look after Andrew Darden's kids, he maintained a long distance relationship with Sylvie until the start of season 11, they broke up due to the distance and Sylvie felt they were growing apart. In the season 11 finale "Red Waterfall" Casey returns to Chicago and proposes to Sylvie.
Wallace Boden
Portrayed by Eamonn Walker
Chief Wallace Boden (season 1 – present) is in charge of Battalion 25 stationed at Firehouse 51. He is a scarred veteran of the fire department and served with Benny Severide and Henry Mills, the fathers of his subordinates, Kelly Severide and Peter Mills, respectively. Chief Boden has unwavering dedication to the firefighters under him and has earned their loyalty and respect. He will go to great lengths to protect the integrity of the firehouse and his men, even if it means having to antagonize them by disciplining them. His career is threatened after a feud with Gail McLeod when she tries to overthrow him and install his former colleague Benny Severide as the chief of Battalion 25. Boden refuses to give up his house and fights for it. Later she tries to "justify" the closing due to an incident at a call where the victim had to be cut out of a $40,000 trash compactor. McLeod is eventually removed and Firehouse 51 remains open. Despite his serious exterior, he is open to advice from his men, particularly regarding his personal life; for example, he asks Herrmann, who has five children, for tips on how to deal with his pregnant wife Donna and infant son and Mills for some insight while he was dating Donna. He also views his firefighters as his extended family, especially his two lieutenants, Matt Casey and Kelly Severide, who view him as a mentor and fatherly figure at 51. Stella Kidd looks up to chief Boden as a father figure since she lost her parents at such a young age.
Boden has an ex-wife, Shaunda, and a stepson, James, who appear in season 1 and later in season 5. Shaunda owns a pancake and waffle restaurant on the south side of Chicago that Boden and his crew often visit. In season 2, while intervening on a fire in a building he meets one of the residents, Donna Robbins, an elementary school teacher. Being attracted to each other, they start dating until Boden breaks it off, being afraid of screwing up the relationship like he always does. After a while, he meets Donna again and learns that she's pregnant with his child. Soon after, he proposes to Donna, arguing that it would be better for the child since he will be able to support them financially. She turns him down, not convinced by his non-romantic point of view. Confused, Boden goes to Mills for some explanation. He understands then that he didn't speak about his feelings and, in full uniform, proposes to Donna again, successfully this time. He marries Donna in a small ceremony, the same day as her parents years ago. Herrmann is his best man and organizes the wedding ceremony in front of firehouse 51 with Mills as clergyman. Donna has some difficulties with her pregnancy, having a risk of fatal blood loss. At first she refuses to know the baby's gender unlike Boden who would like to know. She reveals to him later that they are expecting a boy. They have a son Terence who is born in Squad 3's truck en route to the hospital (Chicago Med).
Boden had an affair with Ingrid Mills, Peter Mills' mother, when she and her husband were separated. As soon as he realized they had still feelings for each other, he stepped back. Mills is very upset when he learns about the affair and remains angry at Boden for a long time. He has a bad relationship with Benny Severide due to their opposite views on the heroic death of Henry Mills. Benny Severide argued that Mills' death was due to his attempt to impress Boden who was having an affair with his wife. In season 5 Jimmy, now a high school student, comes to live with him and joins the crew at 51 to "observe" what life is like as a firefighter. However, Severide and Cruz both suspect that Jimmy is not telling the whole story. Jimmy finally confesses that his mother's new boyfriend had been abusing him physically whenever she is not around. In "Ignite on Contact", his wife Donna was almost killed when the high school she teaches is on fire and another teacher is seriously injured. It is later revealed to be arson and one of the students a suspect.
In "The One that Matters the Most", Boden contemplates moving up in rank after the CFD is considering promoting him. In "One for the Ages", after being encouraged by Casey and Severide to seek a promotion in "The Unrivaled Standard", he decides to run for Fire Commissioner of Chicago with the Mayor of Chicago endorsing him. In "The Grand Gesture", his run for the fire commissioner is stopped when allegations of bribery come to light. He then loses the campaign to Chief Carl Grissomr.
Boden's father Wallace Sr. (Richard Roundtree) lives in Orlando, Florida. In the episode "Ambush Predator", Boden finds out that his father has stage four cancer and has been given four months to live. Wallace Sr. peacefully passes away at his son and daughter-in-law's home at the end of the episode "Call It Paradise".
In Season 1, Boden gets close to Ernie, a teenager he sees several times on garbage fire interventions. Thinking the boy may be responsible for those fires, he invites him to the firehouse to investigate with Herrmann's help. It turns out that Ernie was under his uncle Ray's influence and he eventually dies in a fire set by Ray. His death devastates Boden. In Season 4, Boden invites Capt. Dallas Patterson to command Squad 3 after Kelly Severide is demoted from lieutenant to firefighter. Boden and Patterson are later seen playing poker with Sgt. Whitaker of Chicago PD. Boden faces legal troubles after a neighbor, Serena Holmes, accuses him of home invasion and assault. Holmes had moved into the apartment next to Boden and Donna as a temporary Airbnb tenant and requests Boden's help after locking herself out of the apartment, claiming that she had left the stove on. Boden forces entry into the apartment at her request, only to find the stove off and Holmes acting seductively. She offered him a glass of wine, which he declines before leaving. Later, a detective with Chicago P.D. confronts Boden at home and says that Holmes claims that Boden broke into her apartment and assaulted her with a wine bottle. The detective produces photographs that show an obviously battered Holmes. Knowing that he did not commit the crime, Boden enlists the help of Firehouse 51 to uncover the truth. Boden first suspects that Deputy District Chief Ray Riddle, who had been attempting to remove Boden from his post, may have put Holmes up to the job of sullying Boden's reputation. But with the help of Kelly Severide's ex-girlfriend, attorney Jamie Killian, it is revealed that arsonist Roger Maddox - who was set to go to trial for his crimes and who was being represented by Killian - hired Holmes to accuse Boden. It is also revealed that Maddox set out to discredit members of the department's Office of Fire Investigation (OFI), including captains Greg Duffy and Suzie Wilder, who were to testify against Maddox at the trial.
In Season 8, after the death of Otis, Boden is reluctant to bring Blake Gallo into his firehouse due to his daredevil antics but is convinced by Casey and Severide to give him a chance. He soon learns of Gallo's tragic history of losing his family in a fire and it is implied that Boden was the one who saved him as a child. Throughout Season 8, as a way to cope after Otis and seeing her potential as a leader, Boden takes Stella under his wing, giving her opportunities to prove herself. However, in doing so, Stella exhausts herself trying and causes an accident. Afterwards, Boden apologizes for turning her into his project, but she thanks him for the opportunity to so, strengthening their relationship.
In Season 9, after seeing Stella use her ingenuity to save Severide and a civilian, he offers her the chance to take the Lieutenant's exam. During this time, a deputy fire Commissioner offers him a potential promotion to Deputy District Chief, which he gets in Season 10. Despite the challenges of his new role he remains confident that the family at firehouse 51 will stay together, no matter what.
Christopher Herrmann
Portrayed by David Eigenberg
Lieutenant Christopher Herrmann (season 1 – present) is one of the senior firefighters of Truck 81. He is the third most-experienced firefighter at 51 (after Mouch and Boden), having served for nearly two decades. He passed the Lieutenant's promotion examination during season 2 episode "Virgin Skin" and was wait-listed until the Season 7 episode "This Isn't Charity" where he was finally promoted. He is generally considered Casey's de facto right-hand man on the job by the rest of the truck company, as shown by the fact that he was made Acting Lieutenant whenever Casey is off-duty or unavailable and also oversees Candidates assigned to Truck 81. Casey once described him as "the heart and soul" of Firehouse 51.
Outside his job, Herrmann was a self-described "day trader". There is a running gag in the show about how Herrmann would come up with ideas to solve his various problems and they would often backfire or go completely wrong. His sharp instincts on the job are in stark contrast to those when he is not at the firehouse, which include taking on several "get rich quick" schemes that have left him financially precarious. However, he seemed to have finally made a good investment by opening Molly's Bar, along with Dawson and Otis, after putting out a fire at the location and buying it out. Molly's was nearly another of his failed investments as paperwork mishaps, building code issues and competition from a large sports bar located across the street threatens closure. In season 1, one of his investments goes bad and he loses his home to foreclosure, forcing him and his family to move in with the in-laws for several months. In season 4, he attempts to run a rude and condescending couple out of town, after they sued Molly's for "breaching" the city's noise limits, by hosting karaoke night at Molly's and belting out the chorus of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" over the microphone. He also developed a near father-daughter relationship with Chili in season 3 as he immensely helps her design her dad's business idea, helping to fund and create it. The relationship greatly fades away by Season 4 as she breaks away from him and the rest of 51 after her sister's death and spirals into alcoholism. In season 5 he and Otis bring a discarded table tennis table back to the firehouse and end up smashing out a glass panel after the former challenges the rest of Truck 81 to a "show down".
Until the birth of Boden's son with his current wife Donna, Herrmann was the only character on the show who was married with children. As such, he has a soft spot for young victims. In season 3, after learning that a young boy he had previously rescued died from a fire caused by his negligent alcoholic father, he had to be physically restrained by Casey from hitting the father in a fit of rage. Boden sought his advice many times about dealing with his pregnant wife and infant son. Herrmann is also the first to notice Dawson's strange behavior prior to her and Casey revealing her pregnancy to the crew.
Herrmann is portrayed as a hands-on father and devoted family man who considers his fellow firefighters and paramedics at 51 as part of his extended family; most of his colleagues have babysat his five children at some point and Herrmann has no qualms about discussing the children with his wife in front of them. In the episode "Path of Destruction" it is stated that he and his family live in the West Lawn area of Chicago. At the start of season 1, Herrmann and his wife Cindy have three sons and a daughter. In season 4 he stated that they have been married for twenty two years. Cindy had suffered a miscarriage before their first child Lee Henry. Their fifth child and youngest son was born in the season finale after a difficult birth. Severide and Shay are named as godparents. Herrmann is shown to be a doting father and husband who often speaks of his family. All five children were christened into the Catholic Church. Because Cindy is Catholic, she does not use birth control, which led to Herrmann's much derided decision to do a vasectomy as his 20th anniversary present to her so that she does not have to go through another pregnancy without compromising her religious beliefs. His co-workers all tried to dissuade him from going through with it but their "concern" backfires against them as Cindy reacted by laughing and hugging her husband.
When Rebecca Jones joins firehouse 51 as the new candidate, her cocky behavior doesn't sit well with any of the members. However, it's revealed that her father is constantly trying to stop her being a firefighter and shutting down all of her ambitions, which eventually drives her to suicide. Herrmann and Mills get into a heated argument following the cause of her suicide. Mills accuses Herrmann and the others of being uncaring and inconsiderate, which Herrmann fights against until revealing his guilt in that he saw her the night before and wondered whether him saying something to her would've changed the outcome. They get past this together. Herrmann looks into expanding Molly's into a franchise and pitches his idea to the group. Cruz and Mouch want in and after a good presentation, Herrmann happily accepts their proposal into expanding Molly's into a truck this time.
Herrmann and Dawson also have tension between them when she reveals she's going to be a firefighter at the end of season 1 from a bad experience with a female firefighter. When she finally passes her physical exam and becomes a candidate, Welch rejects her from 81 and quickly recruits a male candidate. This upsets her, so Boden overlooks her and Casey's relationship and lets her be the new candidate at 51. This doesn't sit well with Herrmann since Casey makes a habit of overlooking all of her mistakes, forcing him to do the same and not question her. She reveals afterwards that she has been deliberately making mistakes in hopes that someone will overlook their friendship and correct her.
When Chili joins 51, despite the at-the-time cold welcome, she tries to make friends but doesn't have a lot in common with the others. This is until she reveals she's in-midst of creating and designing a button on the side of beverages to cool them instantly in 5 seconds. Being a business investor, Herrmann immediately jumps in and tells her she can sell it at Molly's as soon as she's finished. He helps her a lot until Sylvie and Dawson tell him to calm and slow down since Chili is spending all of her money on it without leaving any to pay her bills. He says this to Chili who thanks him for his help, saying Herrmann reminds her of her own father who died but created the idea in the first place. They get emotional and he says he will be right with her.
Herrmann and Cindy gave Chili Molly's funds to help her idea, for which she is very thankful. They then celebrate their success when she finishes her design and test to see that it works, which it does. However, she's left deeply hurt and upset when they find that someone else has already created and launched it on TV. She cries but Herrmann tells her she will definitely come up with something else and hugs her.
In season 1, Otis, Herrmann, and Dawson buy a bar, which they call Molly's. They had been called to a fire there and the owner wanted to sell it and move to Miami. After agreeing to buy it, they discover that a local mobster named Arthur had conned his way into being offered a "minority" stake. Arthur repeatedly harasses the threesome, even nearly setting Dawson on fire before Detective Jay Halstead takes him down and arrests him. After much difficulty, Molly's has become an established bar and is popular with firefighters and cops (it is featured multiple times in spin-offs Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med). After Captain Patterson, then chief, tells Cruz to tell Freddy he can no longer come to 51, Herrmann happily offers him a job at Molly's to get him out of the gang life he wants to escape. He's friendly towards him. At the end of "Short and Fat", Herrmann is stabbed by Freddy, Cruz's friend, at Molly's bar after he tells a joke that Freddy takes as an offense. The doctors reveal that he's lost a lot of blood and it would be difficult for him to pull through. Things heat up between Rhodes (Chicago Med) and Severide after he accuses him of not treating Herrmann properly after Halstead (Med) says something about this to one of the others. However, he pulls through and is back to 51 soon. Although, the encounter leaves him with a shaky feeling and he is constantly on edge his first shift back - constantly worrying about Cindy and his kids even though he tries to hide this. He also tells Cruz not to mention Freddy to him again. He was later discovered by his co-workers in the crossover episode "The Beating Heart" and was rushed to Chicago Med. Freddy was later arrested by Chicago PD detectives, after he was rescued by firefighters from hanging on the fire escape. He makes a statement against Freddy in court. In "Not Everyone Makes It", he had to testify against Freddy about the events that led up to the stabbing. Freddy's father, also in prison, requests Herrmann to see him. Cruz tells him not to, and he says he won't but ends up going. He reveals that he used to beat Freddy and is the reason why he is the way he is. When Cruz convinces him that Freddy came from a hard life, he convinces the judge to be lenient with him. He eventually retracts his statement and they let him out with watch. Cruz helps him through it. Herrmann as well as other members of Truck 81 report their concerns about Jimmy Borelli to Boden. He is in attendance at Matthew Casey and Gabriela Dawson's wedding. Many other story lines include him dealing with Lee Henry, continuing to operate Molly's Bar, etc. In the Season 5 finale, he is seen performing CPR on Mouch, who appears to be having a heart attack. In the season 6 premiere, Hermann, as well as the rest of the firehouse fully return to normal lives. Luckily and surprisingly, he survives the fire that ended Season 5. In the Season 7 Episode "Thirty Percent Sleight Of Hand", he is promoted to Lieutenant of 51.
In season 8, he faces charges of conduct unbecoming when he moves a CPD squad car in order to help position Engine 51 for a hostage situation with a potential fire, and things get worse when he tries to make things square with the officer who filed the complaint. These charges are later dropped when Severide made a deal to join the Office of Fire Investigation in exchange for Herrmann's charges being dropped.
Crossover appearances
Chicago P.D.: "Stepping Stone" (January 8, 2014)
Chicago P.D.: "Conventions" (February 26, 2014)
Chicago P.D.: "Disco Bob" (January 21, 2015)
Chicago P.D.: "Debts of the Past" (October 21, 2015)
Jessica "Chili" Chilton
Portrayed by Dora Madison
Jessica "Chili" Chilton (season 3–4) replaced Peter Mills as the new Paramedic in Charge (PIC) in season 3 after the latter leaves the CFD. The crew at 51 were initially lukewarm to her as they were still getting over Mills' departure, having warmed up and grown to like to their former Candidate.
She came from a dysfunctional family; her parents divorced not long after marrying and her mother became a heroin addict and eventually abandoned the family. Her sister Alissa lives in Kansas City and they lost contact. Prior to being cast on Chicago Fire, Madison actually appeared as Alissa on Chicago P.D. in the episode "Call It Macaroni". Alissa was one of Antonio Dawson's CIs and using the cash paid by the district for her tip, leaves Chicago to start a new life. When Chili joins Firehouse 51, despite the at-the-time cold welcome, she tries to make friends but doesn't have a lot in common with the others. This is until she reveals she's in-midst of creating and designing a button on the side of beverages to cool them instantly in 5 seconds. Being a business investor, Herrmann immediately jumps in and tells her she can sell it at Molly's as soon as she's finished. He helps her a lot until Sylvie and Dawson tell him to calm and slow down since Chili is spending all of her money on it without leaving any to pay her bills. He says this to Chili who thanks him for his help, saying Herrmann reminds her of her own father who died but created the idea in the first place. They get emotional and he says he will be right with her. Herrmann and Cindy gave Chili Molly's funds to help her idea, for which she is very thankful. They then celebrate their success when she finishes her design and test to see that it works, which it does. However, she's left deeply hurt and upset when they find that someone else has already created and launched it on TV. She cries but Herrmann tells her she will definitely come up with something else and hugs her. At the start of Season 4, Chief Boden is under watch and investigation up to the point he is arrested and demoted from Chief and replaced by Dallas Patterson. When Casey then sees Chili and Jimmy hanging out too closely with each other around the firehouse, he tells Jimmy to slow things since it isn't appropriate while they are under watch, especially with Patterson. Jimmy tells Chili this and she is okay. However, she shows inappropriate behavior again and when they're caught by Patterson, he gets worried but she laughs it off, which angers him and they break up.
Throughout the next few weeks, Chili behaves erratically and is constantly angry and raging at anyone who asks her anything or questions her. Sylvie assumes it's the breakup or the fact that Herrmann is in hospital but Jimmy tells her he doesn't think it's either of those. A brief moment of her crying in the hospital waiting room is shown but the reason still isn't revealed.
The next shift, the house is on lockdown from a tornado warning. Jimmy asks Chili if they can be friends, to which she agrees, but the next second, she lashes out and tells him he isn't worth it and that it's unbelievable he would break up with her just because Casey told him to. During a call later that day, Chili mistakenly injects a seizing victim with morphine instead of valium, which causes the girl to stop breathing altogether instead of stopping seizing. She zones out after this and Sylvie takes over, properly injecting the patient and therefore saving her life. Chili says it's no big deal. At the hospital, she lies to the attending when she says the reason the woman has morphine in her system is because she accidentally knocked over a bottle, causing it to break. Sylvie tries to talk to her about this later but she brushes her aside and is making plans to go out. Wary and finally tired of her behavior, Sylvie reports her actions and the syringe accident to Chief Boden. After Alissa's death, Chili starts drinking to cope and Borelli and Brett both witness her mood swings. While at Molly's, Dawson is talking to Antonio, who tells her that Chili's sister Alissa was found dead in her apartment a week ago. Boden asks her about this and she says she is fine, he gives her the second strike for the syringe incident though. She then apologizes to Dawson and Sylvie for acting rudely toward them, which they accept. However, they see her drinking the next night and are disappointed. She starts up again and during a call, Sylvie ignores a direct call from Chili, who then tells Boden she wants Sylvie gone. Sylvie also finds out that Chili was asked to leave from the last house because of her problem. Boden gets angry hearing this and asks her to work things out or she'll be gone from 51 too. They both work things out at a later case where she apologizes to Sylvie for nearly replacing her. She pushes them away by repeatedly brushing them off. Things go downhill again when Chili receives a package at her day off containing all of Alissa's belongings and she breaks down again. She then starts to make a habit of taking small breaks to drink and then come back and spray some breath spray and chew gum so the people don't notice. However, Severide notices her constant breaks and tries to talk to her but she ignores him and Sylvie tries to look past her issues. However, Severide eventually catches her out and tells her to talk to Boden or he will. She goes to see him and tells him she needs help and is willing to take time off to go to counselling but he fires her instead. He then tells her to ask for help and she says she just did and they did nothing. She goes to her locker and the whole of 51 follow, trying to talk to her. She says they aren't her family and leaves, including leaving her photos with them behind. Herrmann gets one of the photos and frames it and takes it to her apartment. He tells her through the door that she can always come to him and leaves the picture behind.
Chili calls someone and tells them she needs help. It's revealed it was Severide, who takes her to counselling and is glad she called. She tells him she'll call them and apologize. She thanks him and she goes to rehab. At Severide's urging she enters an alcohol rehabilitation program to get help.
In "Bad For The Soul", she was mentioned when Sylvie asks Jimmy if she's responded to their calls, which she hasn't.
Brian "Otis" Zvonecek
Portrayed by Yuri Sardarov
Firefighter / Chauffeur Brian "Otis" Zvonecek (season 1: recurring; season 2– 8) was a firefighter on Truck 81 and was the most junior member at 51 until Peter Mills' arrival. Nicknamed after the eponymous elevator company as he is frequently assigned to elevator or ladder duty, Otis had just recently finished his candidacy before Mills joined the truck company. He is eager to move up the ranks within the firehouse but often feels overlooked and unappreciated by the rest of his truck company. The other more senior firefighters would pull rank, including Lieutenant Casey, and assign him to do undesirable menial jobs around the firehouse or pull pranks on him. This led him to consider transferring to another firehouse, but he ultimately decided to stay with Truck 81 after Severide pranks him into believing that the rest of the crew had placed a bet on how long he'd last at 51. In season 2 Otis begins a relationship with Katie, Kelly's half-sister. During "You Will Hurt Him", the house finally gets to meet Severide's half-sister Katie Nolan when she brings them lunch. Brian shows interest but Severide is very protective of his sister. She goes by the house again to bring them more food and tells Otis he should be home for dinner as Katie is coming over. They both bond over a game of Catan and end up kissing. Otis, then, asks Severide for his blessing as he wants to take Katie on a date. After messing up with him a little he eventually says yes. The two begin dating. Until she is kidnapped. Otis feels guilty he wasn't with her at the time it happened but Severide calms him and assures him it is not his fault. After she is found and taken to the hospital Katie makes the decision to move to Colorado. At the end of "Rhymes With Shout", Otis and Severide arrive to an empty and looted apartment. Shay gives Devon a key, and she steals all of their valuables, including Otis' collection piece (that later turns out to be completely worthless and fake). After this event Brian decides to leave the apartment and find his own space. Meanwhile, Cruz comes up to him and tells him that, since they are both "roommateless", they should find a place together. It was revealed that Shay's runaway ex Devin absconded with their money and possessions. Later in the season, he and Cruz decide to room together. As the most tech-savvy of the crew, he becomes something of a cult figure amongst other firefighters due to his podcast, called "Good to be a goat" after Truck 81's mascot, about life as a firefighter. He often comes up with ideas and solutions for everything, much to his colleagues' amusement and derision. As of season 4, he was "promoted" to chauffeur as Cruz transferred to Squad 3. In "Joyriding", the day of the Union presidency vote, Mouch and his opponent Greg Sullivan have an all-important live debate on Otis' podcast. The debate is a disaster, Mouch opts to keep his integrity and to not use personal information on Sullivan that could ruin his run, thus losing the presidency. In "Just Drive the Truck", Cruz is suspended from driving for three months, pending investigation following the crash of Truck Co. 81 with Truck 66 from Welch's antagonistic Firehouse 105. Casey puts Otis as driver. In "The Nuclear Option", Otis' nephews come to visit the Firehouse and he is excited to take them on a ride while driving the Truck. Cruz's suspension is lifted, and he is now back in the driver's seat. However, on the last episode of the season Scott is kicked out of Squad 3 leaving a void. It's revealed that Cruz passed his squad certification and is now on squad. Otis is now the Truck driver. Dawson begins as a candidate, and Otis tries to prank her the same way the guys did to him when he first started, but since she was already at the house, she is aware of the pranks and manages to steer clear of them. Ever since Cruz broke up with Sylvie, Otis has shown interest in her. After the breakup, Sylvie comes up to him to return a book. After that conversation, Otis goes to Casey and says he might be in love with her. Casey tells him that it is crazy to even look at his best friend's ex the day after they broke up. During the entire season, Otis makes advances on Sylvie trying to go on a date with her. In "On The Warpath", he asks Sylvie if she has plans for the following night as Phantasm is showing at the Music Box. She has no idea what Phantasm is and the two are interrupted by Jimmy bringing Sylvie coffee. Brett gets herself into trouble, so Jimmy gives her a ride home. As they are both leaving, Otis tells Cruz that Phantasm was never going to happen. He stated his intentions, he even changed his looks but he finally realizes nothing would ever happen between him and Sylvie.
In season 1, Otis, Herrmann, and Dawson buy a bar, which they call Molly's. The bar is also seen on Chicago P.D. as it is popular with firefighters and cops. Otis is shown to be the more business-minded one and often had to remind Herrmann about paperwork for inspections and bills.
Otis is unabashedly proud of his Russian heritage and frequently speaks of his parents and his grandmother ("Baba"), although actor Yuri Sardarov is actually of Georgian and Armenian heritage. It is implied that Otis was either born in the United States or emigrated as a young child. He comes from a large family and every season has seen him introduce or speak of various relatives, with his grandmother even moving in and sleeping in his bunk bed. His father died of leukemia. Cruz was initially furious with Otis for only telling him the day "Baba", who spoke no English, shows up at their apartment but relents after Otis explains his reasons. In season 1 there was a running gag where he would tell his colleagues in any joint venture that he had "a cousin" who could come and help. For example, he gets his Russian cousin Zoya a job as a waitress at Molly's but incurs the wrath of business partners Herrmann and Dawson after they find out Zoya barely speaks any English.
In "I Will Be Walking", while changing in the locker room, Cruz asks him what happened to his back since he has a bruise the size of a bread basket. Otis gets suspicious about some bruises that appear on his back and hip. He asks Sylvie's opinion, who tells him to get it checked out by a doctor which he doesn't want to do fearing it might be something serious. He also asks Sylvie to keep it a secret from the house. In the episode "Kind of a Crazy Idea", eventually he decides to get it checked out by Dr. Halstead from Chicago Med. However, he still doesn't want to know the diagnosis and lies to Sylvie about having his blood results back and everything being ok. Later on, Sylvie finds out the truth and asks Cruz for help. Cruz enlists the help of Otis' grandmother, who after a visit to the Firehouse convinces him to get the tests done. Otis is diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and went on medical leave. He returns to the firehouse, and he meets his temporary replacement and is convinced by Herrmann that Connie was trying to replace him permanently. Otis then takes Connie to the theater and she tells him that he always has a place at 51. Otis, along with other Members Of Chicago Fire Department Truck Company 81 are concerned about Borelli's Behavior following his brother's death. Other storylines included him still working at Molly's and still working as a member on truck.
In season 6, he goes into a relationship with Lily, whom he met when he visited a bar that was in the stages of closing, in what would become Molly's North.
In "The Chance to Forgive", while performing an evacuation on a house fire, he was shot in the neck and severely wounded. In a twist, the guns were inside the house and the ammunition was being fired due to the fire. He was eventually taken to Chicago Med, where Dr. Ethan Choi tells everyone that the bullet is lodged near his spinal cord and operating could cause serious problems. The owner of the guns won't be charged, since he owned them all legally and didn't intentionally hurt Otis. At the end, Otis got through his surgery in one piece. Choi sticks his head into the room and realizes that Otis can't feel anything in his toes.
Otis returns to active duty in "The Strongest Among Us", having fully recovered from his injuries, and butts heads with Kidd over who gets to drive Truck 81. He dies in a mattress fire after failing to get to safety in the Season 8 premiere, devastating the entire firehouse, especially Cruz.
Crossover appearances
Chicago P.D.: "Stepping Stone" (January 8, 2014)
Chicago P.D.: "The Docks" (May 14, 2014)
Chicago P.D.: "Life Is Fluid" (September 30, 2015)
Chicago P.D.: "Natural Born Storyteller" (October 7, 2015)
Joe Cruz
Portrayed by Joe Minoso
Firefighter/Chauffeur Joe Cruz (season 2 – present; recurring season 1) is the designated chauffeur for Truck 81. In season 3, he tries out for squad and has transferred to Squad 3 by the season 4 premiere.
Having grown up in the gangster-infested neighborhoods of Humboldt Park where he was regularly "lulled to sleep by gunfire", many of his peers were gangsters and he is constantly trying to keep his younger brother Leon out of the local gang. He is haunted by a decision that he made on the job related to his brother that later affects his own safety and the safety of his fellow firemen, forcing Casey to discipline him. Indeed, during a fire, he lets Flaco, the boss of his brother's gang, die, so Casey threatens to go to the police about Flaco if Cruz does not resign. Casey later reconsiders his decision. When Leon realizes what his older brother did, he vows not to let Joe down and enrolls at a local community college. Sergeant Voight seeks Cruz's permission to send Leon back into the gang, albeit undercover, after a little girl is killed in a drive-by shooting in his neighborhood so that the Chicago PD can shut down the gang once and for all. The takedown is successful but comes at a cost: Leon takes a bullet and eventually leaves Chicago for his own safety and starts a new life away from gang influence in Florida.
Cruz is generally well-liked by his coworkers and is often seen cracking jokes and exchanging banter with the rest of the crew. He and Otis often bicker with one another in the lounge during downtime over the most trivial matters. They later share an apartment together, thus referring to their arrangement as "Crotis" (a portmanteau of Cruz and Otis).
At the end of season 1 into a portion of season 2, Joe begins a relationship with Zoya, Otis's Russian immigrant cousin, and decides he wants to marry her to get her to stay, but she feels that is not right, so she leaves. In season 3, he begins dating the new paramedic, Sylvie Brett.
Seeing the success of the bar Molly's owned by Dawson, Herrmann, and Otis, Cruz decides along with Mouch to be part of the project. Cruz comes up with the idea of making "Molly's II" a truck. This project convinces Herrmann and is accepted. Finding a truck was difficult, but Newhouse finds one on the condition of being a 20% associate.
Joe was the driver of Truck 81 but received a suspension from Deputy District Chief Joel Tiberg when 81 got involved in a T-bone collision with Truck 66 from Firehouse 105 in Austin since they were both en route to the same structure fire. The collision resulted in Mouch sustaining a major eye laceration, two guys from Truck 66 having a broken arm for one and a broken leg for the other, and the driver, Jason Molina, being knocked unconscious. At first, he was accused of blowing a red light because he forgot the color of the traffic light and because he blew another red light 30 seconds before the accident. But when Molina woke up, he confessed that his Lieutenant, Tommy Welch, ordered him to beat Truck 81 so they could take command of operations at the scene. He was cleared of the accusation, and since Molina woke up, he was not charged with manslaughter. He still got 3 months suspension' from driving the truck and was temporarily replaced by Otis, who was next in line to drive 81. However, Chief Boden managed to reduce his suspension.
Cruz is a dance instructor and teaches Zumba when off-duty, a fact that he keeps a secret until Brett coincidentally turns up at his Zumba class because she lives nearby. He asks her to keep it a secret since he does not want to be ridiculed by his colleagues at 51. A running gag in the show is Cruz's inability to cook; he tries to fill in as the firehouse cook after Mills is promoted from Candidate status, but his cooking is often met with ridicule from the rest of the firehouse. He occasionally works as a bouncer at a bar. Since Cruz regularly talks to her about the class, Casey becomes suspicious and talks to Brett about romantic relationships inside the firehouse. To clear the misunderstanding, she reveals to him that Cruz is actually her instructor. Casey talks to Dawson, who tells Herrmann and so on until the whole firehouse knows about it. In "Chopper", the guys from Truck 81 and Squad 3 come to assist one of his classes. In "Spartacus", after Scott Rice is given the boot, Chief Boden announces that Cruz received his squad certification just before his shift started, and he is subsequently given Rice's spot just as a call comes in. At first, Otis is pissed Cruz did not tell him first due to the recent tensions between Truck and Squad but later congratulates him at Molly's.
In "Hiding Not Seeking", he grows increasingly concerned about Brett after she volunteers to go undercover to one of the bombing suspect's houses. After it was successful, he begins to take it out on her.
In "The Chance to Forgive", he becomes too personal when a call to a house fire goes awry and Otis is severely wounded. Cruz yells at the guy as he leaves the hospital in shame and vows revenge after Otis finally wakes up. Later in the hospital church, the father of the gun owner thanks Cruz for saving his life and says he didn't know his son had all those guns. When the call for another house fire at the same address as the first encounter comes in, the gun owner tries to kill himself due to his guilt over the events that play out. Cruz goes in and gets him. Moved by watching the kid nearly die, Cruz encourages him to stay alive.
At the start of Season 6's "Slamigan", Cruz creates a firefighting tool of the same name that combines a sledgehammer with a Halligan. Despite his annoyance of Mouch and Herrmann taking over the business side and credit for his hard work, the Slamigan proves to be an effective tool in the field, and he has used it on multiple occasions. Initially, his attempts to market the tool are hindered by his lingering feelings for Brett affecting his judgment, but in Season 8's "Welcome to Crazytown", he successfully proves the tool's worth at a firefighter expo against a flashier copy.
In "Going to War", Cruz saves a woman named Chloe Allen from a high-rise fire who in the next episode shows a romantic interest in him. Later, he asks her to accompany him to a firefighter picnic, and the two are officially dating by "The Solution to Everything". However, in "Always a Catch", Chloe is injured in a highway pileup and rushed to the hospital via helicopter. Cruz stays by her side with her parents, who remark he is good for her, and she recovers from her injuries. In Season 8's "Infection Part 1", Joe reveals his plans to propose to Chloe, but due to Otis's death and seeing the ramifications of being with a firefighter, Chloe breaks up with him. However, in the next episode, Brett manages to convince Chloe to give him another chance, and upon learning that Cruz was going to propose, she reconciles with him and happily accepts his engagement. Later, he asks Severide to be his best man.
In "My Lucky Day", Cruz reveals that Chloe is pregnant to Herrmann while they're trapped in an elevator, something that Cruz asks him to keep secret because he doesn't want to reveal it right away. He tells the rest of the firehouse in "Dead of Winter" when he gets good news from the doctor. In that same episode, Chloe reveals that they are having a boy. In "Two Hundred", Cruz and the rest of 51 are present for the birth of his son, Brian Leon, who is named after his late best friend, Otis.
Randall "Mouch" McHolland
Portrayed by Christian Stolte
Firefighter Randall "Mouch" McHolland (season 2 – present; recurring season 1) is one of the veteran firefighters of Truck 81. As the longest-serving member of Truck 81, he, along with fellow veteran Christopher Herrmann, is often seen as the ringleaders and respected by the rest of the crew as such. Mouch serves as union representative for the members of the station whenever they face disciplinary action or a lawsuit and is knowledgeable in the legalities and political side of the fire department. He has a part-time job as a security guard. Instead of "McHolland", he has "Mouch" written on the back of his turnout coat. With the help of Herrmann, he joins the race for fire union president but loses his chance to win due to his refusal to play dirty. When Firehouse 51 is about to be shut down, Mouch is the one who rallies the union's executive committee to stand up to Gail McLeod.
Infrequently referred to as "Randy", Mouch gained his peculiar nickname due to the fact that he can almost always be found on the couch watching television when not on a call ("half man, half couch"). He offends Boden's secretary Connie, who has the couch moved to the space outside Boden's office. He spends much of the episode distressing over the loss of "his" couch before succumbing to Herrmann's advice to apologize to Connie. She finally returns the couch to the lounge after Mouch apologizes twice.
Mouch was in a long-distance relationship with a Japanese woman named Mari. In season 1, Mouch was taking Japanese lessons. She is from Japan and comes to visit Mouch in A Hell of a Ride. She leaves in A Problem House. Mouch says he will try to visit her, but this never happens and they end up breaking up. Later, Shay sets him up with a "Golden Oldies" dating profile, and he acquires a blind date. His lack of social skills around women hinders him and his colleagues have had to "coach" him on the idiosyncrasies of taking women out on dates. He meets Chicago PD Sergeant Trudy Platt (Amy Morton), who also appears in Chicago P.D., by accident at Chief Boden's wedding reception and they have been dating ever since. As such, Mouch has appeared on Chicago P.D., usually to visit Platt. In season 4, he finally finds the courage to propose to Platt but it goes down the drain and they have to part ways after he is called to an emergency. Platt eventually proposes to spare him the embarrassment and they agree to get married. They marry in an intimate ceremony at Molly's, in the presence of Mouch's co-workers from 51 and Platt's co-workers from the 21st District. They went to the Wisconsin Dells for their honeymoon.
In a Chicago PD episode "All Cylinders Firing", after Platt was a victim of brutal assault, Mouch goes to Chicago Med to see her and while there, was questioned by Voight and Lindsay. He took offense when he was labeled a suspect by them. But he affirms his innocence and demanded to know the truth about what had happened. He was seen on another Chicago PD episode "Profiles" consoling his wife after she was injured during a bombing of a TV station.
Towards the end of season 5, Mouch considers retiring from the fire department.
In the Season 5 Finale, Mouch, While trapped inside of a burning factory, seems to be having a heart attack. In the season 6 premiere, luckily, he is back at 51 with all members returning to normal lives. He delivers a moving speech about how close he came to "walking off of this job". he didn't mean that his heart stopped. he had almost gave up on the second greatest thing in his life because he was feeling a little "run down". as he says "while I was lying down on the ground in that burning factory, the one thing I thought about was it wasn't enough". He treasures the time that he has with his brothers and sisters at 51. He hopes he will never have to look down that dark tunnel ever again. He realizes he has not had enough time with Trudy or his coworkers at 51. He signs the whole firehouse second shift up for a Firefighter's muster. he believes that his friends at 51 have been there for him day in and day out no matter what.
In "A Real Shot in the Arm", he and Trudy use their savings to buy out Otis' share of Molly's after his death. Initially unwilling to buy out his shares, he does so after Herrmann reveals to Ritter that he wasn't as much fun anymore since Dawson gave away her piece of ownership and Otis' death meant that his shares would go to his brothers, who want nothing to do with Molly's.
Jimmy Borrelli
Portrayed by Steven R. McQueen
Firefighter Candidate Jimmy Borrelli (seasons 4 – 5) is the newest Candidate at Firehouse 51 introduced in the season 4 premiere. He comes from a family of firefighters "who drink testosterone for breakfast". His older brother Danny (Andy Ahrens), a firefighter at Engine 67, pranks him by dousing him with beer, dumping him in the trunk of his car wrapped up with duct tape, and dropping him off at 51 in front of a bemused Chief Boden, Lieutenant Casey, and most of Truck 81. An unimpressed Chief Boden tells Borrelli to go home and never come back to 51 but Jimmy returns to apologize and promises to earn his place. True to his word, he shows himself to be hardworking and dedicated, earning the acceptance of his truck company and the trust of his lieutenant. Casey comments that Borrelli was one of the best candidates he has had on 81 in recent years. Danny tries to get Jimmy into the same firehouse and is rebuffed by his younger brother. He later explained that he had promised their dying mother that he would protect Jimmy, hence his actions, but stops pursuing the matter after Jimmy explains that he wants to stay at 51 due to the "family" atmosphere. Like Mills before him, Borrelli was assigned to kitchen duty and menial tasks and occasionally subjected to pranks and good-natured ribbing from the more senior firefighters. For example, Gabby Dawson's brother Detective Antonio Dawson talks him into representing 51 at the "Battle of the Badges" boxing match organized by Mouch, but his co-workers at 51 intentionally leave out the fact that the detective is a seasoned amateur boxer.
Borrelli was attracted to Paramedic in Charge Jessica "Chili" Chilton, and they begin seeing each other until both Lieutenant Casey and Chief Patterson catch them making out and give Borrelli a stern warning about fraternization rules. Chili tries to brush it off, but Borrelli respects Casey and asks Chili if they could "cool it", to which she angrily accuses him of not being serious in their relationship. Their relationship is further strained after Chili spirals out of control when she starts drinking to cope with the death of her sister and repeatedly refuses help from him or Sylvie Brett. Chili is then fired from 51 and enter rehab and Brett becomes the new PIC. Borelli is transferred to Ambulance 61 as his spot as a Candidate at 51 was under threat due to budget cuts and reshuffling of manpower.
In "Where the Collapse Started", Danny comes over and asks Jimmy for some help with a bar deal. But after Jimmy finds out what's really going on, he refuses. Danny becomes angry and leaves. Later, the house gets a call for a structure collapse where Truck 70 and Engine 67, Danny's company, are already on scene. Danny goes into the building along with Truck 81 and Squad 3 and ignores Jimmy. After the firefighters find and evacuate victims with the building crumbling around them, Severide reports to Chief Boden and he gives the order to evacuate. But Danny believes he heard someone still call out and asks Boden to bring the victim out so he is given one minute. But the roof collapses moments later and Jimmy rushes in. Upon arrival, Jimmy requests Squad assistance for extrication since Danny is pinned but Boden is hesitant. Boden himself then goes inside and pulls Jimmy back just as more debris falls on Danny, killing him. Outside, firefighters, paramedics, and cops line up to form an aisle leading to Ambulance 61 and salute as some firefighters bring out Danny's body and Jimmy leads the way to the ambo. Jimmy then takes some time off after this incident. The next evening, Jimmy shows up at Casey/Severide's apartment and tells Severide that he believes Boden made a mistake by giving Danny one minute that he didn't have. He then storms off after Severide tells him to cool off. In "The Hose or the Animal", he files an official grievance against Boden.
Borrelli returned to Truck 81 in season 5 but the character was written out in the second episode after being injured on the job. He suffered serious injuries to his hand, face, neck and left eye in an explosion. It is implied, based on Dr. Halstead's prognosis, that his career as a firefighter is over. In the third episode, Boden mentions that Borrelli's family had him transferred to a long-term care facility.
Stella Kidd
Portrayed by Miranda Rae Mayo
Stella Kidd (season 5 – present; recurring season 4) is the newest transfer at Truck 81. She had known Gabby Dawson from the academy and transferred from a firehouse in Auburn. When news of her transfer first reached 51 it was met with much derision as Borelli, by then a popular figure with the crew of 81, had left his candidate position to join Brett at Ambulance 61 due to manpower changes. Like Dawson, she quickly shows that she is able to hold her own in a male-dominated firehouse. Her first appearance was "Bad For the Soul". When Kidd first arrives at the House, Dawson acts as they have problems, just kidding around since it is revealed they are good old friends. When asked she said that the only thing she heard about Firehouse 51 was that they all live together. She tells the House that she is recently divorced and is enjoying the single life. Kidd says she goes out whenever she wants, eats at nice restaurants and whenever she's lonely she sleeps with her ex, something that apparently he is alright with. Kidd quickly proves to be a worthy firefighter and a great asset to the House.
While writing her name on her new locker, Kidd asks Dawson whose locker it was before hers since it smells like cologne. Dawson tells her that it used to belong to one of Severide's old friends, Scott Rice, which didn't end well. When Dawson says Severide's name, Kidd acts suspiciously shy and "blushy", but they are interrupted by Severide, cutting the conversation short. Severide then apologizes for "the most embarrassing night of his career" since he didn't know she was married and showed up with a six-pack at her back door. Her husband went crazy and actually wanted to press charges against Severide. The awkward situation is put behind them and everything seems ok. Grant shows up at the firehouse looking for Stella. Saying he misses her and feels so lonely it's like he is going to die. She then goes to the Turn-Out Gear room with him to administer him a B-12 shot.
It is implied that she and Severide had known each other at some point prior to her transfer. They begin a "no strings attached" relationship but it hits a hurdle when her ex Grant shows up. Stella shares with Severide that Grant is using again and that she is worried about him. During the last episode Grant shows up at Molly's, Stella and Severide walk in together causing Grant to fight with Kidd once again. A while later, Grant texts Kidd. She tries to call him back and realizes he is on something. Worried that something might have happened to him, she locates his phone. The team leaves the House to find an overdosing Grant. At the hospital, Stella tells him that he needs help to get clean. Grant insists she is all he needs. Nonetheless, Stella is done and Grant shouts at her to leave. Kidd leaves, worried. Dr Charles calms her down telling her that rock bottom always looks ugly but they will do their part to help him. His behavior becomes erratic and escalates but she tries to deny that there was a problem, even after he attempted to assault Severide and overdosed. The final straw came when he escaped from the hospital to sneak into her apartment with the intent of hurting Severide, but does not go through with it. She finally makes the decision to force him to go to rehab by severing all ties with him. Stella's parents died when she was a teenager her mom and dad were addicts and her dad was abusive to her and her brother.
Herrmann and Kidd get on a discussion about who is the best manager. Stella states that she ran the best pub in Milwaukee for 2 and a half years. Dawson then proposes they settle things by doing the "Bar Olympics": 2 contestants, 10 events, winner takes all. Kidd wins. However, instead of the money she wants to help them manage Molly's. One of the changes she introduces to the bar is the artisan ice cubes, the giant perfectly clear ice cubes, that require a special machine to make them, so they can charge more per drink and sell more cocktails than beer. She finally convinces them to buy the machine. However, later on the House is called to a fire at Molly's that apparently started because of said machine. Stella feels awful about what happened so she decides to fix the damage herself.
Since then, Stella's biggest recurring theme is her on-again, off-again relationship with Kelly Severide, but even when they weren't together in season 5, she still cares for him greatly and encourages him in his new romance with Anna, a pediatric nurse in remission. However, when Anna's health takes a turn for the worse, she continues to support him emotionally and comforts him when Anna dies. In season 6, Stella is kicked out of her apartment and Kelly offers for her to stay at his place until then. However, she runs afoul with Hope, a deceitful friend of Brett's after discovering she and Kelly slept together. However, Brett points out she was merely jealous of Hope, but her friend's true colors came to light when she attempted to transfer Stella to the Public relations department.
Soon, Stella and Brett compete for the affections for Zach, a lieutenant in the HAZMAT unit, with Brett ultimately throwing in the towel. Initially, their relationship starts off great, but both her and Severide's lingering feelings for each other begin to bubble up again, especially when Kelly goes against orders to save Stella from a fire involving exploding ammunition. The two try a 'friends with benefits' relationship, but quickly evolves into something more. But, her insecurities about their relationship emerge from learning about his past relationships, his tenuous relationship with his father and an old ex-girlfriend returning seeking his help. Ultimately, after putting some distance between them by her moving into Hermann's guest house, her fears are put to rest when Kelly remains faithful after the business with his ex is finished.
Early in season 7, Stella is gravely injured during a twenty-five story fire in attempt to try and save Severide, almost losing her lung in the process. However, thanks to Doctor Rhodes, her lungs were saved and she returns to work. However, her relationship with Severide takes a hit when an old friend of her comes to town and Kelly thinks he has feelings for her. Things get worse when Kelly's father dies and his resulting grief causes them to split up again. The two deal with it differently with Stella leaning on her girl friends at the firehouse, but after helping Severide capture an arsonist his father was looking for, they ultimately restarted their relationship on firmer ground.
Following the death of Otis in Season 8, Kidd is made the chauffeur of Truck 81. During this time, Boden picks Stella to attend a leadership seminar, seeing she has potential. He was proven right and offers her chances to prove herself by teaching at the Academy. However, the resulting exhaustion from trying to live up to expectations leads her to being zoned out on calls, and she gets told off by Casey. Eventually, she got into a small car accident in front of the firehouse. While Boden apologizes for putting too much on Stella, she ultimately thanks him for the chance and the two remain close, even offering to participate in a diet with him on his wife's behalf. Her ambitions grow again when she starts a program for at-risk teens called 'Girls on Fire'. With help from Brett, Foster and Seager (a Lieutenant Severide worked with in OFI), her program is a hit and has many girls signing up for her group. Girls on Fire is noted as a real development program for girls and young women providing "firefighting and resilience programs" in several parts of the world.
In Season 9 in the midst of COVID-19, Stella's Girls on Fire program is shut down, despite repeated attempts to get it back up and running. However, after showing she was capable of making command decisions and saving Severide's life from a fire, Boden recommends her to take the Lieutenant's exam and managed to get her program restarted at the firehouse. In the Season 9 Episode "What Comes Next", she takes the exam and later learns that she passed it. With Casey's encouragement, Severide proposes to her in a fire, and she happily accepts. The news of their engagement is first broken to Casey, who is elated to hear the news, and then to the rest of the firehouse.
In Season 10, she spent a couple of episodes starting a Girls on Fire program in Boston.
Emily Foster
Portrayed by Annie Ilonzeh
EMT Emily Foster (seasons 7–8) was introduced as the new paramedic at Firehouse 51, replacing Gabriella Dawson after she stays in Puerto Rico. Initially, she and Brett get off to a rough start due to Brett still being hurt by Dawson leaving. But, Foster quickly gets settled into the firehouse and reveals to Brett she was a former medical student, but due to an unknown cause in her personal life, she cheated on her SATs and was promptly dismissed. However, her more advanced medical training allows her to accurately diagnose patients' afflictions, but she has overstepped her boundaries at times, as she is a paramedic, not a doctor. Later, she is revealed to be bisexual after Brett tries to defend her after she was stood up on a date, only to learn her date was with a woman. In "You Choose", she goes on a date with Dr. Jim Shaw, the doctor she suspected and later cleared, of overdosing a patient. In "Make This Right", she has a one-night stand with him and tries to break it off. At the end, he shows up in Molly's and whispers to her that he will back down. In "The Plunge", his continued harassment takes a toll on her job when she got called to Lakeshore Hospital where an anonymous complaint, implied to be Dr. Shaw, had been filed against both Foster and Sylvie Brett, that could potentially cause the revocation of their paramedic licenses. Foster finally decided to come forward about the harassment to Chief Boden. Then, she decided to confront Shaw herself, and with Brett backing her up. In the middle of Lakeshore Hospital and with a half-dozen other women watching, Foster told him to "come at me with all you got." So Shaw did literally, following her out into the parking lot—where Brett had called in Boden and the rest of Firehouse 51. She left to go to medical school in The Season 8 Finale "51's Original Bell".
Darren Ritter
Portrayed by Daniel Kyri
Firefighter Candidate Darren Ritter (season 9 – present; recurring seasons 7–8) is a firefighter candidate at Firehouse 51, assigned to Engine Company 51. He was previously the candidate for Engine 37, but was kicked out of his firehouse after freezing up on an apartment fire call. He is sent to the "floater pool", where he took temporary assignments before initially resigning. He is offered a second chance by Mouch and assigned to Engine 51 under Herrmann after Herrmann kicks a firefighter off Engine. He owns a Dalmatian named Tuesday, who hangs around the firehouse when Ritter is unable to find someone to watch her while he is on shift. It is revealed that he became a firefighter because of his uncle, a New York firefighter who was working on 9/11. In "Make This Right", he tries to get Mouch and Otis to make amends after Mouch gets sick of Otis' old man jokes, even going as far as wearing a tacky costume in Molly's to help bring them together before Herrmann tells them to make up. In "Move a Wall", he injures his shoulder on a call after a car runs over a hose he was carrying, leading to Casey berating Herrmann. He is shown to be adept at picking up signs of depression, noticing that a retiring firefighter was showing signs of depression before others noticed. He later revealed that his firefighter uncle ended up committing suicide after retiring, showing signs of depression. In the season 8 premiere, "Sacred Ground", he is chastised by Herrmann after disobeying the latter's order to escape from the mattress fire that had later taken the life of Otis and is later transferred to Truck 81 at Herrmann's request. When Ritter goes to apologize to Herrmann, Herrmann reveals that he is not mad that Ritter disobeyed his command as it probably meant that he wasn't a good enough lieutenant to him. Herrmann also reveals that he will transfer Ritter back to Engine 51 when Casey finds the right firefighter to replace Otis. It is revealed in "A Real Shot in the Arm" that Ritter is gay, and seeing someone. In "Then Nick Porter Happened", his boyfriend Eric is introduced, where he is shown to be a travel agent helping Kidd plan a birthday trip for Severide.
Blake Gallo
Portrayed by Alberto Rosende
Firefighter Candidate Blake Gallo (season 8 – present) was introduced as a young firefighter who was so committed to his career that he was willing to take significant risks to his life and disobey orders. He started out as a candidate for Truck 90, where he caught the eye of Captain Matthew Casey as he free-climbed up a building to make a save. Casey attempts to transfer Gallo to Truck 81 but is initially rejected by Boden out of fear that Boden would lose another man. Casey attempts to convince Boden a second time but only gets the transfer after Kelly Severide convinces Boden to give Gallo a shot.
It was revealed in "Badlands", that Gallo was inspired to become a firefighter after he was rescued from a house fire in West Lawn when he was 12, and that he spent "everyday in the firehouse" after school and was a junior firefighter. It was later revealed by the West Lawn Battalion Chief that Gallo was the only survivor of the fire, and he lost both his parents and his younger sister.
In "What Went Wrong", he disobeys a direct order not to breach at a fire call and gets punished by Casey since his future in the CFD was put into question. After Boden reveals Gallo's past to Casey, Casey tries to get him to open up, but Gallo initially does not say anything other than the facts of what took place. It is only after fellow firefighter candidate Darren Ritter convinces Gallo to open up to Casey that it's revealed that Gallo feels guilty for not getting to his sister in the fire that took her and his parents' life since he had heard her crying for help, and he hid instead of helping her.
In "Shut It Down", he takes a call personal when a little girl is injured in a gas explosion and fire, visiting her in the hospital after he is treated for burns he received in that fire and even buying a blanket for her for whenever she wakes from her coma. It is inferred by Casey to Kidd that he is feeling lost since the girl injured in the fire was around the age Gallo's sister was when she died.
In "Hold Our Ground", he begins a fling with Violet Mikami, an old rival from the academy and a paramedic over at Firehouse 20. They begin a relationship in "Then Nick Porter Happened", where Gallo reveals they're going on a date. In "Shut It Down", their relationship appears to gain traction when she purchases a Fitbit so that they can compete on their step counts.
During "51's Original Bell", Gallo becomes jealous of Violet seeing other men, despite him being the one who suggested they be open. Violet and Gallo argue over their relationship and presumably break up because of Violet being upset with him having trust issues.
In Season 9, Gallo becomes attracted to Gianna Mackey, who is a childhood friend of Joe. He attempted to ask permission but Joe refused because of his over protective attitude with her though this does not stop Gianna who makes advances on him to his discomfort.
After Mackey's departure, Violet came to Firehouse 51 as Mackey's replacement. Gallo was relieved when he found out that it was for one shift only as he got flustered around her. Later, when Violet revealed that she would be full time at 51, Ritter told him that he had to pull himself together.
Gianna Mackey
Portrayed by Adriyan Rae
Gianna Mackey (season 9) was introduced as the new paramedic on Ambulance 61, replacing Emily Foster after the latter decided to return to medical school. It is revealed in her opening scene that she and Joe Cruz grew up in the same neighborhood and that he was the one who recommend she fill the open position at 51. Her first call was shown to be harrowing, as she and Brett were forced to treat a man suffering from a drug overdose at gunpoint by the man's brother. They are then targeted after the man does not survive, eventually leading to Brett and Mackey going off a bridge at the end of "Rattle Second City". The beginning of the subsequent episode "That Kind of Heat" reveals that they both survived the fall, albeit a minor head wound for Mackey. Throughout the same episode, Mackey is seen questioning whether she should continue to be at 51, eventually returning after some convincing from Cruz and a promise that he won't be as overprotective as he was in the previous episode. She is also shown to have an attraction to Blake Gallo, something that Cruz tries to shut down almost immediately.
Gallo saves Mackey's life during an explosion on a call, which Cruz is grateful for but still does not give him permission to pursue her. The two eventually sleep together in "Blow This Up Somehow", much to Cruz's dismay, but he eventually lets it go since his upcoming child distracts him from interfering. Mackey departs 51 in "Double Red" to take a paramedic position at Firehouse 33 that had a better opportunity for career advancement.
Violet Mikami
Portrayed by Hanako Greensmith
Paramedic Violet Mikami (season 8-9: recurring, season 10) was introduced in "Hold Our Ground" as a paramedic from Firehouse 20 an old rival of firefighter Blake Gallo from their days at the Fire Academy. Their first interaction is shown at a car accident call, where she berates Gallo for removing a victim without properly putting a c-collar on him first. Gallo then defends his actions, saying that the fire would've killed the victim if he did. Their arguments are viewed as signs of flirtations, as viewed by fellow firefighter Darren Ritter. The episode ends with them sleeping together after Gallo admits that he was watching her at the academy. In "Where We End Up", their fling continues as they have sex in the exercise room at Firehouse 20 when Firehouse 51 has to share space with them. In "Then Nick Porter Happened", it is revealed by Gallo that they have started a relationship and that they are going on a date soon. In "Shut It Down", she buys Gallo a Fitbit so that she can compete with him on their step counts. During "51's Original Bell", Gallo becomes jealous of Violet seeing other men, despite him being the one who suggested they be open. The pair argue over their relationship and presumably break up because of Violet being upset with him having trust issues.
In season nine, Chief Boden asked her to temporarily transfer to Firehouse 51 to fill the spot on Ambulance 61 after Gianna Mackey left after a promotion. Afterward, Brett convinces her to permanently transfer to Firehouse 51, stating that they work well together. She was shown as a brainiac who knows a lot about chemistry. Gallo is flustered around her at first, but later, the duo, along with Ritter, become great friends. At the end of season 9, Gallo states that he was happy that there was no more sexual tension between them, prompting Violet to kiss him at Molly's. In the next episode, Gallo asks her out, but she coincidentally finds out that Gallo went out with Mackey too and rejects him, thinking he goes for all paramedics in 51.
In Season 10, she, Gallo, and Ritter start a brewery business together, although Violet and Gallo's constant bickering frustrates Ritter at times. In "Two Hundred", she is jealous when someone flirts with Gallo.
Peter Mills
Portrayed by Charlie Barnett
Firefighter/Paramedic Peter Mills (season 1–3) was introduced as the Firefighter Candidate at Truck 81. Following in the footsteps of his father, Peter aspires to join the Rescue Squad. His father served with Chief Boden and Lieutenant Severide's father Benny. Just minutes after arriving at the firehouse, he quickly finds himself caught in the middle of a spat between the firehouse's two Lieutenants, who have been at odds with one another since Darden's death a month earlier. As the new Candidate of Truck 81, he was pranked by his more senior counterparts and referred to by his whole name instead of his last name as per custom. At the end of season 1, he picks up an application for the Chicago Police Department because he does not get promoted to squad and to avoid Chief Boden. However, Mills later gets rewarded with a promotion to Squad 3. After badly injuring his leg in the season two finale Mills is put off work for six weeks but returns after four weeks in the season three premiere. After revealing to Lt. Severide that he gets dizzy whenever he isn't up right, Severide tells him to see a doctor. The doctor tells him that he can no longer be a firefighter. This all happens after Dawson is named to be a candidate on Truck 81, so because Mills has EMT training, he applies to replace Dawson as PIC and gets the job and now works with paramedic Sylvie Brett. In season 3, he stated his desire to return to Squad 3, only to find that Severide had already filled the vacancy left by Newhouse. In late season 2, he asks Newhouse, one of Severide's men in Squad 3 who moonlights as a private investigator, to track down his father's side of the family as he wanted to know why his mother had forbidden him to talk about his paternal relatives or contact them all these years.
Mills begins dating Gabriela Dawson in secret, later breaking up with her because she keeps the knowledge of an affair between his mother and Chief Boden from him. He tells Dawson that he would be willing to start over with her if she can tell him for sure that she does not have feelings for Casey, but she cannot, and the two officially end their relationship. He later dates Isabella, a friend of Dawson's, and their relationship takes various turns: First they meet, and she takes him to a formal event with Senator Wheeler and reveals her future ambitions; they feud because he feels used since his feelings of insecurity take over. Later they get over the feud and grow closer, Finally when the firehouse is in severe danger of closing he asks her for help to save 51 and they work together.
His sister Elise and mother ran a family restaurant following his father's death and Mills quickly earns the favor of his colleagues at the firehouse for his cooking skills. After Mills is promoted from Candidate status, the men have a hard time finding a replacement, with Otis and Cruz both trying but failing miserably.
In season 3, Mills' family is notified that his paternal grandfather has left them a restaurant in Wilmington, North Carolina. As their family restaurant had been burned in the previous season, his mother and sister jumped at the chance but Mills was reluctant to leave as he just returned to duty with the rescue squad. He finally decides to move with his family.
Leslie Shay
Portrayed by Lauren German
Paramedic Leslie Shay (seasons 1–3) was Gabby Dawson's partner at Ambulance 61 and the designated driver. An experienced paramedic, she was well-liked by the mostly male crew of 51 and was frequently seen joking and horseplaying with them in the lounge during downtime. She and Kelly Severide shared an apartment as roommates and were best friends. Shay was openly gay, often cracking self-deprecating jokes about it, and was entangled in a relationship with her ex-lover Clarice, who was most recently married to and impregnated by a man. She was fiercely loyal to her friends, particularly to Kelly, whom she had risked her job for several times. Toward the end of season 1 and the beginning of season 2, she tries to have a baby through artificial insemination with Kelly, but the process fails. She was also close with Dawson, but a rift comes between them when Dawson fails to be there for her during her downward spiral of guilt over a man's suicide. She then gets mixed up with a girl she meets, Devon, whom she really likes, but that all ends when Devon robs Shay and her roommates, Severide and Otis. Shay disappears, and Severide tries to look for her. He asks for Dawson's help, and when Dawson finds her, they rekindle their friendship, and Shay goes back to Firehouse 51. An accident in the cliff-hanger season finale of season two leaves Shay critically injured in the explosion of a building, and she dies in the third-season premiere, "Always". Her death affects the entire firehouse since she was popular with everyone and well-liked by the mostly male crew. The subsequent investigation and Severide's own observations reveal that Shay had been murdered. Chicago PD detectives later link the fire with a string of unsolved arson cases dating back several decades. The investigation proves that the arsonist and murderer of Shay is Trenton Lamont under the aliases of Adrian Gish and Ross Mcgowan. Shay is avenged for good when Lamont is later shot and killed by Chicago PD detective Antonio Dawson.
Hallie Thomas
Portrayed by Teri Reeves
Dr. Hallie Thomas (season 1) was a resident at Lakeshore Hospital and Casey's former fiancée. In the pilot episode, the two break up, but reconcile soon after. Their relationship becomes strained when Hallie reveals that she does not want to have children and she leaves Casey. When she returns, the two mend their relationship. After reuniting with Matt, the clinic she worked in was set ablaze. Hallie was trapped in the drug lockup but was rescued by Casey. After being pulled from the blaze, she was transported with CPR in progress to Lakeshore Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Recurring characters
Firefighters and paramedics
Jose Vargas (Mo Gallini) is a former firefighter at 51. A sixteen-year veteran of the CFD, Vargas recently transferred from Truck 81 in the episode "Professional Courtesy" to Squad 3. Initially, Severide questions if his motivation was due to monetary benefits and a potential promotion but Vargas proves to be one of his most reliable men. He is forced to retire after he suffers serious injuries to his lungs in a warehouse fire and considers suicide by jumping from his apartment building rooftop, but Severide and Casey talk him out of it. At the beginning of season 3, he appears in a flashback on Shay's first day at Firehouse 51.
Harold Capp (Randy Flagler) is a member of Squad 3. He is usually one of the less vocal firefighters at 51 and is particularly loyal to Severide. He and Tony are the only remaining men who have been with Severide in Squad 3 since the first season.
Tony (Anthony Ferraris) is a member of Squad 3. Although his turnout coat has his last name, he is always addressed as "Tony" by Severide. Ferraris himself is a Chicago Fire Department firefighter and is one of several CFD current and retired firefighters involved in the show.
Kevin Hadley (William Smillie) is a former member of Squad 3; he was transferred out of Squad 3 to another house because of an inappropriate prank on Peter Mills. In season 2 he targets Firehouse 51 and personally targets Severide for revenge with arson attacks and burns himself when pouring gas on himself and standing on top of an accelerant, leaving him badly scarred and in constant pain. He is currently in prison. He appears in a flashback on Shay's first day at Firehouse 51 in the season 3 premiere.
Allen Chout (Alex Weisman) is a paramedic who was introduced in the season 2 episode "Rhymes with Shout", the episode title being a reference to how his last name is pronounced. He has also appeared on Chicago Med.
Rick Newhouse (Edwin Hodge) transfers from the fictional Squad 6 based in South Side in the season 2 episode "One More Shot" to fill the empty spot left behind in Squad 3 after Clarke's promotion and subsequent transfer. His experience and charismatic personality quickly win over Severide and the rest of the men, although Herrmann initially antagonized him as he had yet to come to terms with the recent suicide of Candidate Rebecca Jones. When off duty, he moonlights as a skiptracer and has been seen entertaining his coworkers with stories of his "clientele". Mills looks up to him as an older brother figure. He hails from the crime-ridden Chicago area of Roseland and, despite getting out, still goes back to visit family. He is a single father with an elementary school-age daughter Naomi. In season 3, he leaves Chicago to visit family in Miami and Scott Rice takes over his spot on Squad 3 on a temporary basis. Whether or not Newhouse will return remains ambiguous.
Pouch the dog: Peter is given a dog by a child from a family who could not take care of it. Hermann, Chief Boden, and Mouch decide against it. Eventually, the three agree after Hermann suggests the three should rethink the dog. She is given a name and adopted by the team. Pouch's name was decided by Hermann, who suggests she should be named after Mouch, which is half man, half couch, to Pouch: half pooch, half couch. Mouch was initially against them adopting Pouch because of a bad experience he had with the dog at his former firehouse but comes to enjoy Pouch's company. The two are often seen on the couch together. In the episode "The Last One for Mom", Pouch bonds with Detective Holloway's son JJ, who Kelly is watching over while she is working an undercover assignment. After Holloway is killed, the team decides to let Pouch go with JJ when he leaves the firehouse with his aunt.
Firefighter Candidate Rebecca Jones (Daisy Betts) was a Candidate assigned to Truck 81 and the only daughter of Deputy District Chief Lionel Jones. She and Gabby Dawson were the only females in their cohort at the fire academy. Dawson catches her cheating in the theory test but decides not to say anything after Jones reveals the real reason why she wanted to become a firefighter. The men of Truck 81 are unsettled upon finding out that she was their new candidate. She turns against Dawson after being told to clean the toilets by Herrmann, backed up by Lieutenant Casey, both of whom already had reputations for being hard on candidates, since she thought that Casey and Dawson were colluding against her. After she begins to settle into a better relationship with the people of 51, her father orders Boden and Casey to provide a pretext to end her candidacy so he can transfer her to a safer position at headquarters. Boden and Casey plan to resist the order, but upon Dawson's telling her about her father's plot, Rebecca spirals into depression and takes her own life.
Lieutenant Jeff Clarke (Jeff Hephner) is a former member of Squad 3. After his firehouse is closed, he is transferred to Firehouse 51, Squad 3. He is initially not liked by the rest of the crew since he is extremely private and prefers to read newspapers at the squad's table rather than socialize with them in the lounge. Additionally, his arrival at Firehouse 51 coincides with McLeod's efforts to find reasons to close it down, and he is falsely accused of being McLeod's mole. When the rest of the firehouse realizes that he had actually turned McLeod down, they befriend him and help him through his marital problems. He is also revealed to be a former Marine and Iraq veteran. His wife Lisa had cheated on him while he was on his final tour, and they are estranged when the character is first introduced. They reconnect after she asks for his forgiveness and he and the crew are nearly killed by a burning propane tanker on a call. Lisa's ex-lover Hayes turns out to be a loanshark who continuously harasses them to the point where Clarke is prepared to kill the man with his military-issue sniper rifle. When Hayes is found dead, Clarke becomes the prime suspect and tries to protect Lisa upon finding out that she had been involved. The detective in charge of his case, Jay Halstead, sympathizes with him (it is revealed in Chicago P.D. that Jay is also a military veteran) after Clarke explains that he had to protect Lisa since she was the only one who was there for him when he returned from his tour of duty suffering from PTSD. He transfers out of 51 after being promoted to lieutenant and is now the commander of Truck 25. His last appearance was in the episode "A Heavy Weight", when he drops by 51 to check up on his friends after Rebecca Jones' suicide. After his promotion, he hurts himself on the job and returns to med school and is now a Resident at Chicago Medical Center, thus becoming a recurring character on Chicago Med. He also reveals that he and Lisa eventually divorced.
Lieutenant Spellman (John Hoogenakker) is introduced as a transfer to Firehouse 51, along with Clarke, after city budget cuts force downsizing in the CFD. He is later revealed to be the snitch to Gail McLeod and is "transferred" out of 51. Mills realizes that he was McLeod's "spy", and Spellman is quickly transferred out after the entire crew, Lieutenants Casey and Severide and Chief Boden included, stage a "rebellion" by handing him pink transfer forms and taping his locker with pink forms.
Chaplain Orlovsky (Gordon Clapp) is a CFD chaplain and long-time colleague of Boden. There was some tension between him and Boden due to unresolved issues from the past, but they put it behind them after Orlovsky explains what happened. He runs a boys' hockey team, which Herrmann's son Luke is part of. It was revealed in "Ambush Predator", that he had come up with Bobby Hull, but turned down an offer from the Blackhawks to become ordained. Boden would send his firefighters to the chaplain for counselling, especially after a traumatic experience.
Paramedic in Charge Allison Rafferty (Christine Evangelista) joins Ambulance 61 as Leslie Shay's new partner and Dawson's replacement after the latter begins training at the fire academy. At first, Rafferty seems distant toward Shay, and when Shay later confronts her, she tells her that her previous partner at 24 was a lesbian and used to make "graphic" phone calls to her girlfriend that made Rafferty uncomfortable. In her second episode appearance, it is revealed she was a resident doctor at Chicago Med but dropped out when her fiancé developed Hodgkin's lymphoma; he died six months later. She is suspended for treating a patient who refused treatment, and Dawson regains her spot on Ambulance 61. She is the PIC for Ambulance 61 on first shift.
Erik McAuley (David Pasquesi) is a paramedic who has appeared in several episodes on relief duty. He is known for his sarcasm and pessimism and was described by the crew at 51 as "the worst Mr. Doom and Gloom" and "Eeyore".
Scott Rice (Warren Christie) is a former firefighter with 114 who rejoins the CFD and fills in the empty spot in Squad 3 vacated by Mills, who was out with an injury. He is widowed with a young son named Logan. Severide had recommended him and his arrival was met with suspicion, particularly by Otis. According to Otis, there were rumors going around about Rice shirking his duty or losing his concentration at critical moments. He pulls out of a fire on a call, claiming that his SCBA mask malfunctioned. Otis is suspicious as Rice had previously left a fire claiming he didn't have his Denver bar, but no one initially believes him. It is only when Cruz tests Rice's SCBA mask that he now starts to believe Otis. Otis then accuses Rice of being a ducker, causing Severide to throw a punch at him while off duty at Molly's. Tensions continue to rise between Truck 81 and Squad 3 when members of 81 sit at the table on the apparatus floor that Squad usually sits at. Rice is kicked off of Squad and out of 51 in "Spartacus" when Severide finds that Rice had never sent his SCBA mask in for repair and Rice reveals that he did duck dangerous calls in fear of orphaning his son. He is replaced by Cruz because the latter had just received his squad certification.
Battalion Chief Dallas Patterson (Brian J. White) was assigned by Chief Riddle to oversee Squad 3 during Severide's temporary demotion in the season 4 premiere. Severide tries to hide the fact that he resents Patterson, who attempts to win over the men of Squad 3 by taking the tab or buying pizza for them. He is given the promotion from Captain to Chief during Boden's legal troubles, much to everyone's dismay. It is later revealed that Patterson had actually been waiting for an opportunity to trap the much despised Chief Riddle and force him into retirement.
Lieutenant Wendy Seager (Andy Allo) is a lieutenant in the Office of Fire Investigation (OFI). She initially attempts to recruit Severide to join her at OFI to help clear backlogged cases, which he initially declines. Severide is then assigned to OFI by Commissioner Grissom, and Severide accepts on the condition that Herrmann is cleared of misconduct charges. She and Severide proceed to clear cases until he returns to his command of Squad 3. She returns in "Protect a Child" when Kidd is trying to create a program to recruit female teenagers from public schools to become junior firefighters and Kidd needs a female officer in order to get the program started. She has expressed her romantic interest in Severide on several occasions.
Family members and significant others
Nancy Casey (Kathleen Quinlan) is the mother of Matthew and Christie Casey. She was incarcerated for murdering their verbally abusive father and her husband Gregory in 1997, fifteen years prior to the beginning of the series. She had grown estranged from her children while in prison; it was mentioned that Christie still could not forgive her and would testify against her at each parole hearing, thereby postponing Nancy's release, while Casey only visited on rare occasions. Casey is successful in getting Nancy released on parole after convincing Christie to let go of the past. Nancy stays with her son as part of her parole, but things become tense between mother and son when Casey voices his discomfort over her going out with "a penpal" just hours after being released. She moves in with her former cellmate but not before telling her children to mend their relationship. Prior to the character's introduction, Casey almost never mentioned any family members. Only Dawson knew about his having to testify at Nancy's parole hearing while his two most senior firefighters, Herrmann and Mouch, both mentioned that Casey's family was a taboo topic. When Nancy came to visit him at the firehouse, he was visibly uncomfortable with her presence.
Renee Royce (Sarah Shahi) is the ex-girlfriend of Lieutenant Kelly Severide. Renee becomes attracted to Kelly after he saves her in a traffic accident, and they begin dating. In the season 1 finale, she announced that she is pregnant with Kelly Severide's child. In season 2, it is revealed that the baby is not Severide's.
Benjamin "Benny" Severide (Treat Williams) is Kelly's father and a fire Chief who served with Chief Wallace Boden and Peter Mills' father Henry Mills. He is a skilled arson investigator with the CFD's Office of Fire Investigation Division (OFI). The elder Severide seems well known within the CFD, with various characters, mainly the "white shirts" (high-ranking officers), referring to Kelly as Benny's son. In season 2, Gail McLeod plots a way to overthrow Chief Boden and recruits Benny to see if he will command 51. He accepts but then he backs out because of his longstanding friendship with Wallace. He and Chief Boden had fallen out after the death of Henry Mills in the line of duty to the point where they even argued in front of Boden's men at the firehouse but both have been able to set aside their differences when needed. Benny had a love-hate relationship with his son as he had left Kelly and his mother when the latter was ten years old and had Katie, Kelly's half-sister, with another woman before abandoning them too. He lived in Kenosha, Wisconsin with his new wife Beth and two sons but abandoned them and moved to Chicago without Kelly's knowledge. Kelly only finds out when Beth personally introduces herself to him and asks him to tell Benny to come home for the boys' sakes. He ultimately sees the error of his actions after Kelly scolds him for his repeated abandonments. He goes back to Beth after telling Kelly to connect with Katie. In season 2, he was implied to be responsible for the disappearance of Vince Keeler, the mobster behind his daughter Katie's kidnapping, and confesses to Sergeant Voight in a bar. Voight, being a father himself, lets Benny off and Benny returns to Kenosha on his advice. He makes recurring appearances in later seasons. He ultimately dies in Season 7 of a stroke.
Cindy Herrmann (Robyn Coffin) is the wife of Christopher Herrmann, and mother of their five children (4 boys and 1 girl). In the episode "Under the Knife" Herrmann announces that Cindy is pregnant with their fifth child. In "Ambition" she has a medical episode as a result of the pregnancy and passes out and is rushed to the hospital. In "Hell of a Ride" she has a baby boy. As she is Catholic and does not use birth control because of religious restrictions, Herrmann surprises her on their twentieth anniversary by getting a vasectomy.
Elise Mills (Alexandra Metz) is Peter Mills' sister. She helps run the family restaurant with her mom and is torn between being protective of Peter and encouraging him to follow his passion for public service.
Katie Nolan (Brittany Curran) is Kelly Severide's half-sister, and Benny Severide's daughter. Kelly and Katie didn't know each other until they meet in the restaurant where Katie works as a chef. She initially did not trust Kelly, but he assured her that he was nothing like their father. After bonding, the pair accept each other as family. Katie briefly dated Otis while bonding with Kelly. She was kidnapped after "the blackout" by Vince Keeler, though is rescued by her brother but is badly injured. When her father learned this, he is implied to have had a role in Keeler's disappearance. Katie later moves to Colorado for a fresh start. She makes a brief return in season seven after her father died of a stroke.
Clarice Carthage (Shiri Appleby) is introduced as the pregnant ex-girlfriend of Leslie Shay. In season 1, episode 13, Shay and Clarice reconcile their relationship, and Clarice moves back in with Shay, only for Clarice to break up with Shay for a second time at the end of season 1, episode 16.
Donna Robbins (Melissa Ponzio) is the wife of Wallace Boden. A schoolteacher, she is introduced as a citizen Boden helps deal with her neglectful landlord, and in return she gives him a cooked dish. They initially broke up after Boden was fearful he'd screw up the relationship based on of his relationship history. She later reveals that she is pregnant, and Boden proposes unromantically. He later proposes to her in front her students in his dress blues, citing his love for her, and she accepts. They get married in the season 2 finale in front of Firehouse 51, with Peter Mills serving as the clergyman and Herrmann as Boden's best man. She gives birth to their son Terence in "Santa Bites" in the back of Squad 3 while en route to the hospital.
Lily (Ariane Rinehart) was Otis's girlfriend introduced in season 6, episode 6 "Down Is Better". She is introduced as the owner of a bar near Otis' apartment that was closing and was later bought by Herrmann, Otis, and Dawson and rebranded Molly's North. After Otis' death, it's revealed that Lily did not feel like running Molly's North and closed down. She returned in "The Tendency of a Drowning Victim" with an investment opportunity for Herrmann.
Chloe Allen (Kristen Gutoskie) is the wife of Joe Cruz. She is the head of research at a consulting company and has a degree in library science. They met in "Going to War", where he rescues her during the tower fire. She shows up at the firehouse in "Thirty Percent Sleight of Hand" to give Cruz and the firehouse cake pops, showing signs of attraction to Cruz. Cruz is initially unsure of whether she is just being nice or flirtatious with him, until he goes to her office to ask her out. She accepts immediately, with the entirety of her office watching. She suffers serious injuries in a car crash in "Always a Catch", and later recovers. Cruz discloses his intention to propose to her in "Infection", but she breaks up with him before he gets the chance to do so. In "Buckle Up", she reveals to Brett that she broke up with him out of fear that she would lose him like Lily did with Otis. Brett convinces her to give Cruz a second chance, and she later accepts his proposal outside of his apartment. They get married in the season 8 episode "Light Things Up". In Season 10, Chloe gives birth to a son, Brian "Otis" Leon Cruz, in honor of his late best friend and brother.
Other
Gail McLeod (Michelle Forbes) is a financial consultant hired by the state to help trim the budget of the CFD which includes closing some firehouses. She had Lieutenant Spellman, a transfer from a closed firehouse, "report" to her on the activities of the crew at 51, but Spellman was coerced into transferring out when the entire crew, led by Lieutenants Casey and Severide, staged a plan to run him out upon discovering that he was the mole. Mouch rallies the union to fight back when he discovers the reason why McLeod was so keen on closing down firehouses. The community and fellow firefighters rally behind 51, drawing the attention of State Senator Wheeler, who orders his assistant Isabella, then-girlfriend of Peter Mills, to reverse the closure of 51.
Connie (DuShon Monique Brown) is Boden's secretary. She is feared by the other firefighters for her no-nonsense attitude and acerbic wit. Mouch notably had "his couch" confiscated when he tried to push his union paperwork to her and only got it back after apologizing to her twice. Boden once quipped that his "entire relationship with Connie is based on asking her for as little as possible." Nonetheless, Connie has been known to be extremely protective of Chief Boden and Firehouse 51. She is implied to have been the one to file a complaint against Firefighter Candidate Rebecca Jones for her sexual innuendo-laced prank on Herrmann as she has repeatedly made known her dislike of Jones. She is well known for her inability to keep secrets. Executive producer Derek Haas commented that Brown's unexpected death towards the end of Season 6 posed a unique challenge for the writing team and they chose not to immediately address the character's absence in latter half of the season. In the season 7 premiere, during the firehouse meeting, Boden tells the team that Connie had completed her master's degree in counseling and left the CFD to fulfill her dream of becoming a counsellor.
Jack Nesbitt (Eric Mabius) is a former firefighter who started a nightclub-cum-strip club called "Stilettos" and initially appeared to be a success story of a firefighter smoothly transitioning into civilian life. He contacts Casey, an old acquaintance, to do renovation work for the club. Casey begins to suspect something is going on after seeing some foreign-looking men in Nesbitt's office and Nesbitt attempts to get him to join as a "business associate". Detective Voight then alerts Casey that the CPD has been suspecting Nesbitt for human trafficking but were unable to nail him with solid evidence. One of the strippers, Katya, later tells Casey that she has collected information on the trafficking ring operating out of Stilettos, confirming Voight's suspicion. It is revealed that Nesbitt was actually a double agent; he was colluding with Bulgarian criminals and profiting from the trafficking ring while feeding the FBI information about the Bulgarians' criminal activities. He is eventually arrested by Voight and the FBI.
Katya L. Antov (Izabella Miko) was a 27-year-old Bulgarian immigrant working at a nightclub Casey was contracted to do renovation work for during the latter half of season 3. She had gathered information on a trafficking ring running out of the nightclub and went to Casey's apartment to ask for his help. Casey tells her that he was helping Detective Hank Voight in doing undercover surveillance to find evidence so the Chicago Police Department could shut down the trafficking ring. They were ambushed by Bulgarian criminals and she was shot execution-style in front of him. Her death would haunt Casey for the first several episodes of season 4.
Crossover characters
Chicago P.D.
Detective Antonio Dawson (Jon Seda) is a Chicago Police Department detective assigned to District 21 and older brother of Gabriela "Gabby" Dawson. He is enlisted by Casey for help when Casey runs into trouble with the seemingly dirty CPD Detective Hank Voight. He is later almost killed in an undercover job gone bad, and joins District 21's Intelligence Unit run by the newly out of prison Hank Voight. Whenever a firefighter at Firehouse 51, where Gabby works, has a run-in with the CPD, Antonio is often called in due to his good relationship with Boden and the firefighters. He and his (ex)wife Laura have two children: Diego and Eva.
Sergeant (previously Detective) Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) is a seemingly dirty cop who clashes with Lieutenant Matthew Casey (in the episode "Professional Courtesy") after Voight's son's drunk driving paralyzes a teen. Voight covers for his son and targets Casey when he refuses to back down. He was imprisoned for trying to have Casey murdered but has since been released and promoted to sergeant. He heads up the Intelligence Unit of Chicago P.D. and has since been working with Casey to track down the person or people involved with the death of his ex-fiancée. At the end of season 1 episode 23, it is shown that Voight is actually posing as a dirty cop in an undercover collaboration with Internal Affairs to smoke out criminals and other dirty cops. Due to his history with Casey, Voight is still largely despised or viewed with suspicion by the men at Firehouse 51. He does earn their grudging respect with his dedication to finding justice for victims. Voight stated on Chicago P.D. that he considers firefighters "one of our own" and has gone out of his way a number of times to help them and their family members when necessary. He returns to seek Casey's help in investigating a suspected human trafficking ring operating out of a nightclub at which Casey was doing renovation work for. In season 4, he personally arrests Jack Nesbitt, owner of the nightclub, as the latter was about to shoot Casey to cover his tracks.
Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush) is a colleague of Antonio's and Voight's adopted daughter who previously dated Lieutenant Kelly Severide. She was one of the detectives assigned to investigate the kidnapping of Severide's half sister Katie. They break up by season 3 when Severide spirals out of control after the death of his best friend and co-worker Leslie Shay. With the premiere of Fire spin-off Chicago P.D., she has had an on-off relationship with her partner Detective Jay Halstead.
Detective Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) is a detective with the Intelligence Unit who was first introduced as an undercover cop. He was posing as "Jay", a regular customer at Molly's, and begins a relationship with Gabriela Dawson, sister of his colleague Antonio. She discovers he was a henchman of Arthur, a mobster who has been harassing Gabby and her fellow firefighters and joint owners at their bar, Molly's. Feeling betrayed, she dumps him and is about to call the police when Antonio reveals to her that "Jay" was actually his co-worker Detective Jay Halstead. Halstead eventually successfully takes down and arrests Arthur, but not before taking a bullet to his shoulder. He and Gabby mutually agree to part ways. In season 2, he appears again, this time to investigate whether Clarke, one of Severide's men, was involved in the murder of his wife's ex-lover.
Officer Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati) is an officer with the Intelligence Unit. She often stops by Firehouse 51 to deliver information to various firefighters and other personnel who have asked her to look into a particular person or incident under investigation.
Desk Sergeant Trudy Platt (Amy Morton) is the wife of Mouch, one of the firefighters at 51. They first met at Chief Boden's wedding reception in the season 2 finale and began dating. She often dotes on him, much to the envy of his colleagues.
Greg "Mouse" Gerwitch (Samuel Hunt) is the tech analyst at the 21st District. Lieutenant Severide asks for his help regarding a potential cover-up after some files on Gabby's computer were deleted.
Chicago Med
Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) is the brother of Detective Jay Halstead. He was previously a plastic surgeon based in New York City but returned home to Chicago where he is now an emergency medicine resident at the (fictional) Chicago Medical Center. He is one of two main characters from the spin-off Chicago Med who has been introduced to the franchise prior to the episode "I Am the Apocalypse", which served as a backdoor pilot for Med.
April Sexton (Yaya DaCosta) is a nurse at Chicago Med and was first introduced in the episode "Forgive You Anything". She went to high school with Lieutenant Kelly Severide and is one of the few characters who knew Severide prior to him joining the CFD and of his background. Her family welcomed Kelly into their home when he was going through a troubled phase due to his dysfunctional family life.
Dr. Daniel Charles (Oliver Platt) is a psychiatrist at Chicago Med. He counselled Brett when she found herself too attached to an infant she helped deliver during a call.
References
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12511025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1705%20in%20Ireland | 1705 in Ireland | Events from the year 1705 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Monarch: Anne
Events
November 5 – The Dublin Gazette, the official newspaper of the British Government in Ireland, publishes its first edition.
Royal Mines Act enacted.
Births
Constantia Grierson, editor, poet and classical scholar (d. 1732)
Deaths
March 10 – John Temple, lawyer and politician (b. 1632)
July 29 – Richard Tennison, Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath (b. 1642)
December 25 – Nehemiah Donnellan, lawyer (b. 1649)
Diarmuid mac Sheáin Bhuí Mac Cárthaigh, poet.
Footnotes
Years of the 18th century in Ireland
Ireland
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56854130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20Henderson%20%28cultural%20entrepreneur%29 | Graham Henderson (cultural entrepreneur) | Graham Henderson is a cultural entrepreneur based in London. He is best known for developing the arts organisation Poet in the City. In 2014 he launched a second arts organisation, the Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation, committed to cross-arts commissioning and to championing a new funding model for the arts. Henderson has also been involved in many other arts-related initiatives including the development of a public art consultancy, the creation of an international arts network and a campaign to create a new investment fund for the arts.
Early life and education
Henderson was born in Somerset in 1964, was educated at Taunton School in Taunton and Millfield School in Street, Somerset, and spent a year in Ontario, Canada before doing a history degree at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge between 1983 and 1986.
Early career
Graham Henderson’s career has spanned both the City of London and the arts. A qualified solicitor, he previously worked as a commercial litigation lawyer at one of the largest law firms based in the City of London, Clifford Chance. He took a sabbatical break from legal practice in 2000–01 to become a consultant in the specialist travel business in which he created and marketed specialist dance and music activity holidays for both Dance Holidays Ltd and WOMAD. In 2003 he produced Coach of Black Water, an exhibition of Cuban art photographs, which took place at the Menier Gallery in Southwark, the first sponsored exhibition to take place at this venue. In 2004 he launched The Company of Adventurers Ltd in an attempt to raise funding for independent arts and cultural documentary films. And in 2005 he was responsible for arranging the translation and publication of Kindred Spirits, a collected edition of poems by the Cuban poet Regino E Boti, known as "the poet of Guantanamo", which was published by Mango Publications.
The Lorca case
In 2002, Graham Henderson was the solicitor in charge of the high-profile case concerning ownership of the manuscript of the famous poetry collection Poet in New York by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, assassinated by Franco's militia at the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. This case resulted in a 10-day trial at the High Court in London, presided over by Judge Peter Smith. The case was a success for Henderson and his law firm, Morgan Cole, who were acting under a conditional fee agreement. Henderson was keen to celebrate the life and work of the poet and organised a special event in the Great Room at Christie’s on the eve of the auction of the manuscript. The event was attended by, amongst others, the ambassadors of all the main countries associated with the manuscript, Spain, Cuba and Mexico. In order that the event should be bipartisan in nature, he invited Poet in the City, a project founded in 1998 by City of London lawyers, to present the event on his behalf. The success of the event led Rosamund McCarthy, its founder and first chair, to invite Henderson to run Poet in the City.
Poet in the City
Initially Henderson continued to run Poet in the City as a project of the Poetry Society, to which it was affiliated. However, he became increasingly interested in the opportunities it presented to reach out to new audiences for poetry and to access new sources of funding to support poetry education. Establishing Poet in the City as a separate charity in 2006, he obtained substantial sponsorships for it, including sponsorships from leading brands such as Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Pfizer, Linklaters and Lloyd's of London. He also achieved its selection as a National Portfolio Organisation by Arts Council England in 2010. Between 2006 and 2014, Henderson led on programming over 50 high-profile poetry events every year in London and South East England, together with a wide range of other poetry-related projects and activities, including short films, national poetry tours and public art commissions. After organising Poet in the City's successful transition to a new chief executive in April 2014, he remained as a trustee of the charity, and as its public art consultant, until April 2016.
The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation
In 2007, Henderson became involved in the campaign to save the Regency property at 8 Royal College Street that had been occupied by the French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine in 1873. Henderson persuaded the owner, Michael Corby, to leave the property as a legacy gift in his will. The Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation was created to take advantage of this gift, and with the long-term goal of establishing a European-style "poetry house" at the property, providing a cultural and educational resource for the residents of the London Borough of Camden. Incubated inside of Poet in the City, the Foundation was launched as a separate organisation and as a registered charity in 2014. However, rather than just be a small house museum the Foundation decided to use the poets as an inspiration for a wider mission to champion the arts, create new sources of earned income, and provide platforms for talented up-and-coming artists across many different art forms. Becoming Chief Executive of the new Foundation in April 2014, Henderson delivered a programme of over 30 cross-arts events and original arts commissions during 2014–17 that featured opera, classical and rock music, theatre, film, sculpture and other art forms, as well as poetry and literature. Henderson has also been responsible for developing a new business model for the arts centred on the development of new sources of earned income, and for devising a new form of investment bond suitable as a means of attracting investment to arts organisation.
Kindred Spirits – The European Poetry House Network
As part of his role in championing the idea of the "poetry house" as a new and streamlined business model for the arts, Henderson created an international collaboration, bringing together seven "poetry houses" in six different European countries. Kindred Spirits seeks to promote international cultural exchange and to develop new business and funding models for the arts, as well as being an arts network and a vehicle for celebrating a shared European culture.
Social capital building
Henderson has long championed the arts as an important source of social capital, and as a fundamental building block of a healthy civil society. This has directly informed his work, both in promoting a new approach to public art and in seeking an innovative new funding model for arts organisations.
Public art
As public art consultant for Poet in the City, between 2014 and 2016, Graham Henderson created important new sources of income for the arts. In 2015, working in partnership with Richmond upon Thames Council and the architectural design practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, he conceived, designed, built and installed Pope's Urn, a contemporary piece of public art, inspired by the poetry of Alexander Pope. Enjoying a central position on the Twickenham riverside, the sculpture was commissioned to celebrate the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and was opened in a ceremony in September 2015. This work provided an important source of earned income for Poet in the City in 2015. Associated with this work, Henderson has also been involved in high-level advocacy for innovative approaches to public art, including an active role in the 2014 Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, writing the official essay in support of its findings, and continues to work with BEAM in promoting new approaches to the commissioning of public art.
Limited profit investment fund for the arts
As an elected member of the Culture Forum in 2010, Henderson played an important part in developing innovative ideas for the funding of the arts, including an influential paper which led directly to the establishment in 2014 of an Arts Impact Fund. However, Graham Henderson parted company with the Fund over the insistence on the part of some its funders that investment in arts organisations should also achieve so-called "social outcomes". He continues to campaign for the original funds that he proposed in 2010, a limited profit fund designed to help arts organisations to make money from their existing assets and intellectual property rights. Henderson argues that investment which allows arts organisations to develop their sources of earned income will release a great deal of entrepreneurial activity in the arts, particularly amongst small-medium enterprise arts organisations, and will lead to a much more resilient funding basis for the arts sector as a whole.
Modern Poetry in Translation
Graham Henderson has been an active board member of the journal Modern Poetry in Translation since 2008 and is now working with its editor, Clare Pollard, to deliver a programme of poetry and translation placements in Camden schools.
Oxford Cultural Leaders programme
In 2015 Henderson was selected, along with 17 other leaders from the arts, cultural and museums sectors, to be part of a new residential programme, Oxford Cultural Leaders, delivered by Oxford University Museums in partnership with the Saïd Business School. The programme, held for the first time in 2015, brings together leaders to experiment and take risks, to explore new business models and ways of working and to develop innovative organisational cultures. Henderson now runs the alumni network for all those who have passed through the programme, encouraging them to continue to meet and to collaborate.
Jan Patočka
Henderson has been interested for many years in the ideas of the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka (1907–1977). In particular, Patočka's ideas for "putting soul in the city", and of recapturing the relationship between the arts and social capital building (and between culture and political engagement) characteristic of the ancient Athenians, have been much used by Henderson in his own championship of the arts. As of 2018 he is involved in a project, working in partnership with the Jan Patočka Archive in Prague and with the phenomenologist Erin Plunkett, to publish, for the first time, an English-language edition of the philosopher’s selected works.
Personal life
Graham Henderson lives in Twickenham, south-west London.
See also
Poet in the City
Pope's Urn
Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation
References
External links
: Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation
Kindred Spirits – European Poetry House Network
BEAM
Oxford Cultural Leaders Alumni
The Jan Patočka Archive
Living people
1964 births
20th-century English lawyers
21st-century English businesspeople
21st-century English lawyers
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
British arts administrators
English curators
English nonprofit executives
English solicitors
Founders of charities
People educated at Millfield
People educated at Taunton School
People from Somerset
Poetry houses |
8972490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Anthology%20%28Deep%20Purple%20album%29 | The Anthology (Deep Purple album) | The Anthology is a compilation album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, containing material by Mks I (1968–1969), II (1969–1973), III (1973–1975) and IV (1975–1976) line-ups. It was released as a double vinyl album and double-cassette, and included a few previously unreleased tracks and mixes. The sleeve-notes were written by Chris Charlesworth, author of Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography.
This compilation was never re-issued on CD: a 2-CD set, released by EMI in 1991, was also titled 'Anthology', but featured different songs and only previously released material.
Track listing
1985 vinyl version
Side one
"Hush" (Joe South) – 4:24
"Emmaretta" (Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans) – 4:28
"Hallelujah" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) – 3:42
"Shadows" (Blackmore, Lord, Evans, Nick Simper, Ian Paice) – 3:29 (Previously unreleased track from the Shades of Deep Purple sessions in 1968)
"Love Help Me" (Blackmore, Evans) – 3:23 (Previously unreleased instrumental version)
"Wring That Neck" (Lord, Blackmore, Simper, Paice) – 4:12
Side two
"Speed King" (Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:53
"Black Night" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:27
"Grabsplatter" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:34 (Instrumental jam from a BBC session in 1970)
"Child in Time" (Edited version) (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 9:16
Side three
"Strange Kind of Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:50
"Freedom" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:31 (Previously unreleased track from the Fireball sessions in 1971)
"Fireball" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:24
"Highway Star" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:07
"Never Before" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:00 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, than the ordinary album version)
"When a Blind Man Cries" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 2:30
Side four
"Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:38 (A different (quadrophonic) mix, than the ordinary album version)
"Woman from Tokyo" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 5:49
"Might Just Take Your Life" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, David Coverdale) – 4.39
"Coronarias Redig" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 4:51
"Soldier of Fortune" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 3:15
"You Keep on Moving" (Coverdale, Glenn Hughes) – 4:17
1991 CD version
CD one
"Hush" – 4:25
"Mandrake Root" (Blackmore, Evans, Lord) – 6:08
"Shield" (Lord, Blackmore, Evans) – 6:03
"Wring That Neck" – 5:13
"The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Backmore, Lord) – 5:36
"Bloodsucker" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:08
"Speed King" – 5:53
"Black Night" – 3:27
"Child in Time" – 10:16
"Fireball" – 3:23
"Strange Kind of Woman" – 8:35 (Live version taken from Deep Purple in Concert, 1980)
"No One Came" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 6:25
"Highway Star" – 6:06
CD two
"Smoke on the Water" – 7:01 (live version taken from Made in Japan, 1972)
"Pictures of Home" – 5:03
"Woman from Tokyo" – 5:50
"Smooth Dancer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:09
"Sail Away" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 5:48
"Lay Down Stay Down" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 4:15
"Burn" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale) – 6:50 (Live version taken from Live in London, 1982)
"Stormbringer" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 4:05
"Hold On" (Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice) – 5:05
"Gypsy" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Coverdale, Hughes) – 4:13
"Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 11:40 (Live version taken from Made in Europe, 1976)
"Gettin' Tighter" (Tommy Bolin, Hughes) – 3:36
"Love Child" (Bolin, Coverdale) – 3:05
"You Keep on Moving" – 5:18
Credits
Deep Purple
Mk. I
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Rod Evans – lead vocals
Jon Lord – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums
Nick Simper – bass, backing vocals
Mk. II
Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
Ian Gillan – vocals
Roger Glover – bass
Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
Ian Paice – drums
Mk. III
Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
David Coverdale – vocals
Glenn Hughes – bass guitar, vocals
Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
Ian Paice – drums
Mk. IV
Tommy Bolin: Guitar and vocals.
David Coverdale: Lead vocals
Glenn Hughes: Bass and vocals
Jon Lord: Keyboards
Ian Paice: Drums
Production credits
Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios, London by Peter Vince
Photography: Fin Costello and Richard Imrie
Charts
References
1985 compilation albums
Harvest Records compilation albums
Deep Purple compilation albums
EMI Records compilation albums |
11606027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen%20Moments%3A%20The%20Lady%20Sings...%20Jazz%20and%20Blues | Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues | Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues is a 1993 live album by Diana Ross released on the Motown label.
The album was recorded at the 975-seat Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City on December 4, 1992. The nineteen Jazz standards, which are strongly associated with the late Billie Holiday, had been sung by the Motown singer twenty years before for the Lady Sings the Blues soundtrack.
The band backing Ross includes jazz giants Roy Hargrove, Ron Carter, Jon Faddis, and Urbie Greene, among others. Upon release, the album reached the Top 10 on Billboard's jazz chart, peaking at number two.
A 90-minute video recording of the show was released, initially as a Pay-Per-View event in the United States, and then in the various video formats available at the time. The video recording featured a performance by Rhonda Ross and behind-the-scenes footage with Diana.
A studio recording of the new song "Where Did We Go Wrong", co-written by Ross, was included on international editions of the album, but these international releases omitted the live track "The Man I Love".
The original airing in 1992 celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the release of Ross's film debut in Lady Sings the Blues''.
The album CD and DVD were both remastered and re-released in 2002.
This is the second of three jazz albums that Ross has recorded including "Lady Sings the Blues" and "Blue". All albums lead back to "Lady Sings the Blues". The soundtrack hit the summit (#1) on the Jazz album chart, while both "Stolen Moments" and "Blue" peaked at #2. Along with their commercial success, they were all critically acclaimed.
Track listing
"Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday) - 2:58
"Them There Eyes" (Pinkard, Tauber, Tracey) - 3:42
"Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Holiday) - 4:48
"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Woods) - 3:46
"Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 2:41
"Lover Man" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) - 5:01
"Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" (Coot Grant / Wesley Wilson) - 3:31
"Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:21
"There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:47
"I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed) - 6:38
"The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:13
"God Bless the Child" (Herzog, Holiday) - 6:13
"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:18
"You've Changed" (Carl Fischer, Bill Carey) - 2:59
"Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allan) - 3:31
"Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 5:02
"Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins) - 2:44
"My Man" (Maurice Yvain, André Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock (writer)) - 3:54
"Fine and Mellow (Reprise)" (Holiday) - 2:06
Charts
References
External links
Stolen Moments at Motown link
1993 live albums
Diana Ross live albums
Motown live albums |
2723308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C3%A5%27pang | Matå'pang | Matå'pang (died 1680) was a Chamorro maga'låhi or chief of the ancient Chamorro village of Tomhom on the island of Guahan. His name meant "to be made pure by cleansing" in Chamorro.
Matå'pang is best known for resisting the Spanish invasion during the Spanish–Chamorro Wars and for his conflict with a Spanish priest Diego Luis de San Vitores, an early missionary of the colonial Spanish empire on Guam, and his Filipino associate, Pedro Calungsod, resulting in the deaths of the foreigners at the hands of Matå'pang and his companion Hurao.
Today Matå'pang has become iconic among many activists for Chamorro self-determination.
Biography
Early in his life, Matå'pang converted to Christianity, but later renounced the faith after seeing the Spaniards use it to suppress Chamorro culture. However, in an attempt to draw Matå'pang back to the church, Diego Luis de San Vitores covertly baptized Matå'pang's infant daughter in 1672. This action infuriated Matå'pang, not just because of the baptism but also because it violated a taboo against entering a chief's home; after learning of his daughter's baptism, Matå'pang immediately tracked down and killed San Vitores.
The death of San Vitores caused the Christianizing mission on Guam to deteriorate into open conflict, and Matå'pang began acting as a key military leader among the Chamorro. However, he was eventually injured in battle, and retreated to the nearby island of Rota to recuperate. A Spanish fleet was subsequently sent to Rota to track down Matå'pang, and fearing that they would draw the Spaniards' ire, the island's population turned on him. The people of Rota attacked Matå'pang and cast him out on a boat; Matå'pang would succumb to his injuries while sailing back to Guam.
Cultural references
Matå'pang today has been reclaimed as a celebrated figure by many in the younger generation of Chamorro activists, who view him as a moving figure of resistance against imperial domination and cultural erasure. Jay Baza Pascua's spoken-word poem "A Descendant of Matå'pang" is a good example of this movement to rehabilitate Matå'pang as a Chamorro icon. In that poem, Pascua states:"You see, Father Luis de San Vitores was determined to bring God to the "Indios" of the Pacific.
"Determined enough he disobeyed Matåpang’s order not to baptize his ailing child ... Matåpang retaliated by killing the missionary priest.
"It was not that Matåpang defied the missionary’s spiritual relief but that San Vitores defied Matåpang’s cultural belief.
"In so doing … this legendary chief ignited the flames that started a 30-year war between the Chamorros and the Spanish ... the embers of that fire continue to burn within the hearts of those who want Guam to be free from colonial rule."
Matapang Beach Park is a small public park along Tumon Bay in Tumon that is popular with local outrigger canoe rowing teams. It is located off of Pale San Vitores Road, named after the Jesuit.
Academic critiques
Professor Vince Diaz has critically examined the legacy of Maga'låhi Matå'pang in his presentation and later article "In the Wake of Matå'pang's Canoe." His talks deconstruct the varying accounts of Matå’pang from both indigenous and colonial views. In doing so, he utilizes the metaphor of the canoe – the literal and symbolic seafaring vessel of the Chamorros – and delves into the linguistic variations of the word matå'pang between Chamorro and Tagalog. "The first step is to displace momentarily San Vitores as the principle sign in favor of Native perspective and reality, so that the new protagonist is Matå'pang", said Diaz. "The second step would be to appreciate Matå'pang in native discourse, that is, in terms of how it has and how it can be understood and comprehended in indigenous ways".
See also
Hurao
Gadao
References
Bevacqua, Michael Lujan. "Matå'pang: Evolution of the Term." Guampedia.
Diaz, Vicente M. "In the Wake of Mata'pang's Canoe: The Cultural and Political Possibilities of Indigenous Discursive Flourish." Critical Indigenous Studies. Ed. aileen Moreton-Robinson. University of Arizona Press: 2016.
Rogers, Robert F. (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam: University of Hawai'i Press.
Hale'ta / Produced and Published by Political Status Education Coordinating Commission Vol. 1 Agana, Guam 1995
External links
Mata'pang at Guampedia
Chief Quipuha
Year of birth unknown
1680 deaths
Burials in Guam
Chamorro chiefs
Deaths by stabbing
Former Roman Catholics
17th-century murdered monarchs
Murder in 1680 |
16955814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000%20Argentine%20Primera%20Divisi%C3%B3n | 1999–2000 Argentine Primera División | The 1999–2000 Argentine Primera División was the 109th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 7, 1999 to July 17, 2000. Instituto de Córdoba (champion of 1998–99 Primera B Nacional) and Chacarita Juniors (winner of "Torneo Reducido" after beating Juventud Antoniana in a two-legged series) were promoted from Primera B Nacional.
As Conmebol extended the number of 2000 Copa Libertadores clubs from 23 to 34, four Argentine clubs were eligible to play the tournament. As Boca Juniors and River Plate had already qualified, Rosario Central and San Lorenzo (2nd and 4th respectively) earned their right to play the Copa Libertadores. On the other hand, Talleres de Córdoba replaced Gimnasia y Esgrima to play the 1999 Copa Conmebol after the club from La Plata declined to participate.
At the end of Torneo Clausura, the best five placed teams earned right to play the 2001 Copa Libertadores while six participants of 2000 Copa Mercosur were eligible by similar system.
River Plate won both, Apertura and Clausura championships (totalising 31 league titles to date). For the first time in Primera División, a promotion and relegation system was introduced. The two teams with the worst average were directly relegated to the second division while teams placed 17th and 18th in average played two leg series each with two teams from Primera B Nacional.
As a result, three teams were relegated, Ferro Carril Oeste, Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) (worst averages) and Instituto (C) (lost promotion to Almagro). Belgrano remained in Primera after the series vs Quilmes ended 4–4 on aggregate.
Torneo Apertura
League standings
Top scorers
Torneo Clausura
League standings
Top scorers
Relegation
Relegation table
Promotion Playoffs
For the first time in Primera División, a promotion playoff system was implemented in order to decide which teams would be promoted from the second division (or relegated from Primera División), apart from the two worst averages that were directly relegated. The system ruled that clubs with the third and four worst averages played a two-legged series versus two teams qualified from Primera B Nacional. In case of being tied on points, teams in Primera División would win the series.
Instituto and Belgrano (both from Córdoba) played the promotion playoff v Almagro and Quilmes (qualified from 1999–2000 Primera B Nacional) respectively. Belgrano remained in Primera División after a 4–4 tie because of the sporting advantage rule, while Almagro relegated Instituto after winning 3–1 on points, promoting to Primera División for the first time in its history.
See also
1999–2000 in Argentine football
Notes
References
Argentine Primera División seasons
Argentine Primera Division
Primera Division
Argentine
Argentine |
12342241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crnjelovo%20Donje | Crnjelovo Donje | Crnjelovo Donje () is a small village located north of the city of Bijeljina in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
References
External links
Bijeljina official website (Serbian)
Bijeljina
Populated places in Bijeljina |
33578945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chingravthi | Chingravthi | Chingravthi or chingrawthi is a village in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
This village is mainly named for its bravery and also for its culture.
It is also famous for its crimial record for that reason only it has police station and also 'SDM' house .
Chingrawthi village have all castes but dominant caste is 'jat' , also it is famous for jat culture(surname like: duhan,dulhe,sindhu,sandhu and many more).
This village is also rewarded every year for its farming(sugar cane , wheat,etc.)
Villages in Bulandshahr district |
7448759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit%20Students%20Encyclopedia | Merit Students Encyclopedia | Merit Students Encyclopedia was a printed encyclopedia that was very similar to Collier's Encyclopedia, but was geared towards upper grade school through college level. It was printed by Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation from about 1967–1992 (1967 was cited from the 1969 edition). There were twenty volumes, with two volumes of a dictionary in the set.
The encyclopedia volumes are also arranged like a dictionary, with each volume being of a uniform size separated by words, instead of by the letter of the alphabet. There were also "Student Guides" which give a brief overview of certain topics. Also, "Highlights In History" (a printed timeline) and other graphs and headings make it easy to find information. There is a listing of "Books for Further Study" on certain articles. The topics are written by various authors, who are cited at the end.
References
External links
Children's encyclopedias
American encyclopedias
English-language encyclopedias
Publications established in 1967
Publications disestablished in 1992 |
59473396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headingley%20and%20Hyde%20Park%20%28ward%29 | Headingley and Hyde Park (ward) | Headingley and Hyde Park is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the inner-city area of Hyde Park (traditionally known as Wrangthorn, the name still used by the Church of England) and suburb of Headingley to the north of the city centre. It was created in advance of the 2018 council election.
Councillors
indicates seat up for election.
indicates councillor vacancy.
* indicates current incumbent councillor.
Elections since 2018
May 2023
May 2022
May 2021
May 2019
May 2018
Notes
References
Wards of Leeds |
57400718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Windsor%20municipal%20election | 2018 Windsor municipal election | The 2018 Windsor municipal election occurred on October 22, 2018 to elect the Mayor of Windsor, Windsor City Council and the Greater Essex County District School Board, Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Conseil scolaire Viamonde. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.
As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections would be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.
Mayor
City Council
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
*Withdrawn but still on ballot
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Greater Essex County District School Board
Wards 1, 2, 9
Wards 3, 4, 10
Wards 5, 6, 7, 8
Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board
Wards 1, 10
Wards 2, 9
Wards 3, 4
Wards 5, 8
Wards 6, 7
Conseil Scolaire Viamonde
Wards 1-10 (Windsor only)
Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence
Wards 6, 7 (Windsor only)
References
Windsor
Municipal elections in Windsor, Ontario |
29516493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Glacier | Pope Glacier | Pope Glacier () is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north along the west side of Mount Murphy to Crosson Ice Shelf on Walgreen Coast, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Maj. Donald R. Pope, (CE) USA, civil engineer on the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1965–67.
Glaciers of Marie Byrd Land |
59355064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiyevka%2C%20Amur%20Oblast | Georgiyevka, Amur Oblast | Georgiyevka () is a rural locality (a selo) in Korolinsky Selsoviet of Oktyabrsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 38 as of 2018. There is 1 street.
Geography
Georgiyevka is located 21 km north of Yekaterinoslavka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Koroli is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural localities in Oktyabrsky District, Amur Oblast |
3998537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20French%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20singles | 2001 French Open – Women's singles | Jennifer Capriati defeated Kim Clijsters in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 12–10 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2001 French Open. Clijsters became the first Belgian woman to reach a major singles final, having won an all-Belgian semifinal against Justine Henin for the honor.
Mary Pierce was the reigning champion, but did not compete due to a back injury.
This marked the first major in which future major champion Marion Bartoli competed in the main draw. It also marked the French Open debut of 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone, who reached the quarterfinals, her best result at the tournament until her title run nine years later.
This was the last major to feature only 16 seeds.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Jennifer Capriati is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
2001 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation
Women's Singles
French Open by year – Women's singles
French Open - Women's Singles
French Open - Singles
French Open - Singles |
72380852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Tomaso%20P900 | De Tomaso P900 | The De Tomaso P900 is an upcoming high-performance limited-production sports car to be manufactured by Italian car company De Tomaso. A track-only special, its production will only be limited to 18 units, of which delivery will commence in early 2023. The P900 name is derived from the car's claimed dry weight, .
Specifications
The P900's dry weight, combined with the offered option of a V12 producing gives the car a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio. De Tomaso also claims that the bespoke V12 in the P900 will be the lightest and shortest production V12 engine and will run on fully synthetic fuel. The V12 option will also not be available until till 2024, due to the development time needed to make the block suitable to run on synthetic fuels. Prior to then, customers taking delivery of the P900 in 2023 will have a Judd GV4.2-derived V10 fitted, which produces slightly less power than the V12. Power delivery to the rear wheels is via an unspecified speed Xtrac sequential manual transmission.
As an evolution of the De Tomaso P72, the P900 maintains the P72's fully carbon-composite construction, alongside revised bodywork, and an adjustable rear wing similar to Formula One's drag reduction system. Other efforts to improve aerodynamic efficiency include underbody aero features and testing in Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe's former Formula One wind tunnel.
References
De Tomaso vehicles
Cars introduced in 2022 |
72345732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20World%20RX%20of%20Catalunya | 2022 World RX of Catalunya | The 2022 World RX of Catalunya was the eighth and ninth round of the ninth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was double-header (two races in a weekend) held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia. Johan Kristoffersson clinched his fifth FIA World Rallycross Championship crown – and the first of the series’ new electric era – at World RX of Catalunya (30 October).
World RX1e Championship Race 1
Source
Heats
Progression
Race 1
Race 2
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
Note: Gustav Bergström progressed to the Final race as one of two placed trird Semi-Finals drivers with better result in Progression Round.
Final
World RX1e Championship Race 2
Source
Heats
Progression
Race 1
Race 2
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
Note: Niclas Grönholm progressed to the Final race as one of two placed trird Semi-Finals drivers with better result in Progression Round.
Final
Standings after the event
Source
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
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41025462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Oliseh | Isaac Oliseh | Isaac Oliseh (born 3 August 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jomala IK in Finland.
References
External links
Isaac Oliseh – Danish Superliga player statistics at danskfodbold.com
1993 births
Living people
Nigerian men's footballers
FC Midtjylland players
Thisted FC players
Danish Superliga players
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Men's association football midfielders |
4669309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Real%20Dirt%20on%20Farmer%20John | The Real Dirt on Farmer John | The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics. It tells the history of the eccentric farmer's family farm in rural Caledonia, Illinois.
Awards
The Real Dirt on Farmer John won 31 awards at film festivals. This includes the first ever Reel Current Al Gore Award at the Nashville Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Chicago International Documentary Festival, the Grand Jury Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival and the Italian Environmental Film Festival.
References
External links
Angelic Organics website
The Real Dirt on Farmer John site for Independent Lens on PBS
Documentary films about agriculture in the United States
American documentary films
Boone County, Illinois
2005 films
2005 documentary films
Films directed by Taggart Siegel
Films scored by Mark Orton
2000s English-language films
2000s American films |
30667421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Bia%C5%82ystok | Transport in Białystok | This is a sub-article to Białystok
Białystok is, and has been for centuries, the main hub of transportation for the Podlaskie Voivodeship and the entire northeastern section of Poland. It is a major city on the European Union roadways (Via Baltica) and railways (Rail Baltica) to the Baltic Republics and Finland. It is also a main gateway of trade with Belarus due to its proximity to the border and its current and longstanding relationship with Hrodno, Belarus. Passenger trains do connect from Suwałki, Hrodno and Lithuania to Warsaw and the rest of the European passenger network. An extensive public transportation system is provided within the city by three bus services, but no tram or subway exists.
A civil airport, Białystok-Krywlany Airport, lies within the city limits, but does not provide regularly scheduled service.
History
Before World War II Białystok had a horse tram network. After the war, plans for the electrification of the lines proved too costly and the lines were pulled down. Since then buses have been the only means of public transportation. There are plans to develop a rapid city rail system in the near future, using the existing railways within the city limits, which will improve the reliability of public transport.
Roads and highways
The National Roads () running through Białystok:
/ : Budzisko (Polish–Lithuania border) – Białystok – Warsaw – Wrocław – Kudowa-Zdrój (Czech–Polish border)
: Rzeszów – Lublin – Bielsk Podlaski – Białystok – Kuźnica (Belarus–Polish border)
: Gołdap (Russia–Polish border)-Ełk-Białystok-Bobrowniki (Belarus-Polish border)
The expressways () near Białystok:
/ : Białystok – Warsaw – Wrocław
(projected): Rzeszów – Lublin – Bielsk Podlaski – Białystok – Kuźnica (Belarus–Polish border)
The Voivodeship roads () running through Białystok::
: Porosły - Białystok - Supraśl - Krynki
: Białystok - Wysokie Mazowieckie
: Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych Street
: Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego Avenue ()
In Białystok Country () there are also Poviat roads () which connect Białystok with other towns in the area:
Public transport
Bialystok is the largest city in Poland that has only one form of public transit (bus).
There is an extensive bus network that covers the entire city. Tickets have to bought in advance - they are sold in many places, including newsagents, convenience stores, supermarkets and designated ticket retail points. Only in the latter can you buy daily and monthly bus passes.
There are 29 city lines, 14 metropolitan lines and 6 night lines (weekends only) served by 3 bus operators partially owned by the municipality - KPKM, KPK and KZK. Each share approximately a third of the lines and the bus fleet.
History
One of the first means of urban transport were demobilized trucks owned by Miejski Zakład Komunikacyjny (MZK) in Białystok, which existed after Second World War and the establishment of the People's Republic of Poland. In 1954, this company was transformed into a Municipal Transport Company, MPK Bialystok, maintaining vehicles from Chausson, Star, Mavag, San, Autosan, ZIS and Jelcz in operation, and in the 1980s Ikarus was also the first articulated bus with the nidel 280.
A strike began on May 13, 1991. Employees demanded the resignation of the director, salary increases and discussions on the ownership transformations of the company. The legal patron Jerzy Korsak (then owner of the only private law office in Białystok, now a member of the Supreme Lawyer's Council) came to the strikers and convinced them that in order to dismiss the director, the company had to be dissolved.
In February 2004, the functions of the Municipal Service Department were taken over by the Road and Transport Authority (ZDiT), and in June 2006 the Department of Urban Transport (WTM). In March 2007, the Urban Transport Department was merged with the Municipal Roads Department, resulting in the Department of Roads and Transport (DDT). Since the beginning of 2007, the name Białostocka Miejska has been used in relation to public transport in Białystok. Since 2010, the role of organizer of public transport has been the Authority of Bialystok Municipal Transport (BKM) ().
On early 2016 there were calls from the city council to unite the 3 bus operators as it is costly for the city to own 3 different companies more or less with the same size who perform the same tasks. The mayor replied that this model works well and no further action was taken.
Trams
Horse-drawn trams existed in the city for merely 20 years, between 1895 and 1915, but most of the infrastructure was damaged during the World War I. In the course of its operation the network consisted of 3 lines. The interwar period seen attempts to revive the system, but those never materialised.
Currently, Białystok is one of the most populous cities in Poland without a tram network. In 2019, the Sobieski Institute published a report outlining potential routes consisting of of tracks. City officials cited extensive bus network and high costs of implementing a tram system as the main factor preventing its implementation.
Rail transport
The main railway station is Białystok railway station and passenger services are provided by two rail service providers:
PKP Intercity - intercity passengers trains (express, intercity, eurocity, hotel and TLK)
Przewozy Regionalne - runs only regional passenger trains financed by the voivodeship. Passenger trains are mostly run using electrical multiple units (on electrified lines) or rail buses.
Przewozy Regionalne provides service on the following routes:
Białystok - Waliły (periodically)
Białystok - Sokółka - Augustów - Suwałki
Białystok - Sokółka - Kuźnica
Białystok - Mońki - Grajewo - Ełk
Białystok - Szepietowo
Białystok - Hajnówka - Czeremcha - Siemiatycze - Siedlce
Białystok - Bielsk Podlaski - Czeremcha (Connects to Hajnówka - Siedlce service)
Białystok has also direct connections with other cities in northern Poland such as Gdańsk and Olsztyn.
Intercity bus
PKS Nova operates coaches to most major cities in Poland.
Air transport
Currently, the nearest airport to Białystok is a regional airport, Hrodna Airport in Hrodna, Belarus. Hrodna only provides domestic service within Belarus. The closest international airport to Białystok is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport in Warsaw.
Białystok-Krywlany Airport lies within city limits. It is currently used only by Aeroklub Białostocki, a sports and recreational flying association, and by private airplanes.
There were plans of construction a new regional airport, Białystok-Saniki Airport 27 km west-northwest of Białystok in the village of Saniki, Gmina Tykocin at 2010.
References
Notes
External links
Białystok |
50074581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitation%20%28illusion%29 | Levitation (illusion) | A levitation illusion is one in which a magician appears to defy gravity by making an object or person float in the air. The subject may appear to levitate unassisted, or it may be performed with the aid of another object (such as a silver ball floating around a cloth) in which case it is termed a "suspension".
Various methods are used to create such illusions. The levitation of a magician or assistant can be achieved by a concealed platform or hidden wires, or in smaller-scale illusions by standing on tiptoe in a way that conceals the foot which is touching the ground.
Of people
Asrah levitation
In Asrah levitation, an assistant lies down and is fully covered with a cloth. The assistant then appears to levitate beneath the cloth, before slowly floating down. As the magician pulls the cloth away, the assistant is seen to have vanished.
The trick uses a structure of thin wire that is placed over the assistant at the same time as the cloth. The wire structure can be raised while the assistant escapes unseen.
This illusion is credited to Servais Le Roy and was first performed with his wife as assistant in 1902.
Balducci levitation
The performer stands at an angle facing away from the spectators and appears to levitate a few inches above the ground. The effect generally does not last for more than five seconds. The performer's feet return to the ground, and the effect is complete.
The trick is performed by standing on the front of one foot, while raising one foot and the visible part of the other foot, blocking the view of the front of the supporting foot with the other foot and the rear part of the supporting foot.
This illusion was first described by Ed Balducci in 1974. Its inventor is unknown.
King levitation
The performer is viewed from the side. The performer's legs are commonly covered for a moment at the beginning of the effect, perhaps by a jacket. The performer's whole body is clearly visible. The performer suddenly appears to levitate a few inches above the ground. Both feet are clearly seen to be in the air. The levitation usually lasts just a few seconds.
The trick is performed by removing the shoe furthest from the audience, and turning that foot 90 degrees away from the audience, with the empty shoe clamped between both feet. When the performer stands on the tip of the hidden foot, the two shoes are raised together, and the audience assumes that these are both of the performer's feet.
This illusion is also known as the King Rising levitation.
Chair suspension
The chair suspension is an illusion where a person appears to float in midair, supported only by the back of a fold-up chair.
"The Levitation of Princess Karnac"
American magician Harry Kellar performed a trick where his assistant, introduced as a Hindu princess, was brought onto the stage apparently sleeping on a couch. He would then levitate her, passing a hoop back and forth along her body to show that she was not being suspended.
Kellar supposedly developed this trick by abruptly walking onto the stage during a levitation show by John Nevil Maskelyne, seeing what he needed to know, and leaving. The Buffalo writer John Northern Hilliard wrote that the levitation was a marvel of the twentieth century and "the crowning achievement of Mr. Kellar's long and brilliant career."
The trick was done by having the assistant rest on a flat board concealed inside her dress, connected to a metal bar going out the side into the backstage which was hidden by the assistant's dress and the stage curtain. The other end of the bar was connected to a machine which could raise and lower the woman. To allow Kellar to "prove" with the hoop that she was floating, the bar was formed as a rough "S" shape, which would allow him move the hoop through the length of her body in either direction.
David Copperfield's flying illusion
Magician David Copperfield has performed an illusion in several magic shows since 1992 in which he appears to fly on stage for several minutes, while surrounded by audience members. During the trick, Copperfield flies acrobatically on the stage, performs a backflip in midair, and then has spinning hoops passed around him, supposedly to prove that he is not suspended by wires. Copperfield then descends into a glass box, which is covered with a lid, and continues to float inside it.
The method was created by John Gaughan, who described how the trick works in US Patent #5,354,238. The illusion utilises a series of wires controlled by a complex computer-controlled rig above the stage. In the glass box demonstration, the top of the box is threaded between the two sets of wires in a vertical position.
Of objects
Blackstone's Floating Light Bulb
Harry Blackstone, Sr. was famous for performing a "Floating Light Bulb" illusion, in which an illuminated lightbulb – supposedly made by Thomas Edison – was produced and illuminated in Blackstone's hands with no visible means of power. The bulb would then be extinguished and levitated into the air, where it would be illuminated again, before being floated out over the audience, still lit. Dutch magician Hans Klok became the custodian of the illusion after the death of Blackstone, Jr.
Hummer card
The Hummer card is a levitation trick in which a regular playing card floats, hovers, spins and flies around the body of the magician in a seemingly impossible manner.
Fearson's floating cigarette
A trick in which a cigarette floats around the performer, moving from hand to hand before suddenly dropping down near the floor. As it moves up again it passes through a ring formed by the performer's fingers, as proof that there is no external support, and ends up in the performer's mouth.
References
Magic tricks |
8239702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dop%C3%A1dromo | Dopádromo | Dopádromo (Drug-O-Rama) is the third album by Argentine rock group Babasónicos.
Track listing
"Zumba" (Hum)
"El Médium" (The Medium)
"Cybernecia" (Cyberfool)
"Safari Vixen"
"¡Viva Satana!" (Long Live Satana!)
"Perfume Casino" (Casino Perfume)
"Calmática"
"Coyarama"
"Su Majestad" (Your Majesty)
"Pesadilla Biónica del Perro Biónico" (Bionic Nightmare of the Bionic Dog)
"Gronchótica"
"Su Ciervo" (Her Deer)
Trivia
"¡Viva Satana!" refers to actress Tura Satana, famous because of her appearance in various sexploitation films of the 60's, most notably Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.
"Gronchótica" samples the main theme from Shaw Brothers studios' "The drug addicts".
"Safari vixen" starts with a sample from the theme from Mario Bava's film "Shock".
"Su Ciervo" is a play on words, as "Siervo" means "serf" or "slave", and "Ciervo", though pronounced exactly the same way, means "deer".
References
1996 albums
Babasónicos albums |
43262096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplocalyptis%20nigricana | Diplocalyptis nigricana | Diplocalyptis nigricana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on the island of Shikoku in Japan.
References
Archipini
Moths of Japan
Endemic insects of Japan
Moths described in 1975 |
15055025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawlers%20of%20the%20Royal%20Navy | Trawlers of the Royal Navy | Naval trawlers were purpose-built or requisitioned and operated by the Royal Navy (RN), mainly during World Wars I and II. Vessels built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by the RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, for "His Majesty's Trawler".
Summary
First World War
The trawler Viola, built in 1906 at Hull and requisitioned September 1914 is the oldest surviving steam trawler in the world. She is currently beached at Grytviken in South Georgia, though there are currently plans to return her to Hull.
Second World War
Requisitioned trawlers
There were also 215 trawlers of no specific class These were commercial trawlers that the Admiralty requisitioned. The Royal Navy classified requisitioned trawlers by manufacturer, although such classes were more diverse than traditional naval classifications. Seventy-two requisitioned trawlers were lost.
See also
Anti-submarine warfare
Auxiliary Patrol
List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal Naval Patrol Service
Vorpostenboot, the German equivalent to the trawlers of the Royal Navy
Footnotes
References
Cocker, M P (1993) Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy - 1908 to date. Airlife Publishing.
Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1971) The Trawlers go to War
Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1978) Out Sweeps! - The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II. New English Library Ltd
McKee, Alexander (1973) The Coal-Scuttle Brigade : The splendid, dramatic story of the Channel convoys. New English Library ASIN B000RTAX2Y
RNPS Book list
Royal Naval Patrol Service Booklist
Books about the RNPS
External links
A/S Trawlers (uboat.net)>
The Trawlers go to War
The Battle of Mesco Point
The Dover Convoys
The 'Art' of Minesweeping
Naval Trawlers
Trawlers lost in the Namsen Fjord
The Loss of HMT Cap d'Antifer
The Loss of the Rutlandshire
HM Trawler Orfasy
List of all trawlers lost during WW2
Memorial site to a trawler skipper
HMS Almond Memorial Site
History of the Royal Navy |
16000229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Hearts%20ga%20Kikoenai | Blue Hearts ga Kikoenai | was a compilation video album released by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. The video served to record the history of the band, from its formation in 1985 to its breakup in 1995.
The video itself does not play any of the band's songs in its entirety. Instead, it uses various song clips, either from live performances, promotional videos, or recorded albums, interspersed with commentary to show viewers the history of the band. The video includes a narration to move between the clips.
Chapter Listing
Below is the chapter listing on the back of the DVD release, which differs slightly from the original VHS release.
"Hito ni Yasashiku"
"1985"
"Linda Linda", "Owaranai Uta", "Mado wo Akeyō"
Staff interview
"Blue Hearts Theme", "Hammer", "Shōnen no Uta", "Punk Rock"
Rehearsal at Hibiya Yaon
"Bakudan ga Okkochiru Toki", "No No No"
"Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka", "Hadaka no Ō-sama", "Roku de Nashi", "Blue Hearts Yori Ai o Komete"
"Line o Koete", "Dance Number", "Linda Linda"
"Hito ni Yasashiku", "Eiyū ni Akogarete", "Owaranai Uta", "Chernobyl"
"Love Letter"
"Fūsen Bakudan", "Denkō Sekka"
"Sekai no Mannaka"
"Blue Hearts Theme", "Roku de Nashi", "No No No", "Dance Number", "Kimi no Tame", "Blues o Ketobase", "Kiss Shite Hoshii", "Omae o Hanasanai", "Train-Train", "Too Much Pain"
"Aozora", "Dance Number"
"Hito ni Yasashiku"
"Kubitsuri-dai Kara"
"Kiss Shite Hoshii"
"Tatakau Otoko"
"Koroshi no License"
"Jōnetsu no Bara", "Image", "Navigator"
"Ano Ko ni Touch", "Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka", "Bakudan ga Okkochiru Toki"
"The Rolling Man"
"Too Much Pain"
"Minagoroshi no Melody", "Tokyo Zombie", "No No No", "The Rolling Man"
"Nakanaide Koibito Yo"
"Jōnetsu no Bara"
"Yume", "Yaru ka Nigeru ka"
"Train-Train", "Boku no Migite", "Jōnetsu no Bara"
"Party"
"Sutegoma", "Tabibito", "44 Kōkei"
"Yūgure"
"Yume", "Ore wa Ore no Shi o Shinitai"
"Tegami", "Yoru no Tōzokudan", "Tsuki no Bakugekiki", "1000 no Violin"
"Shōnen no Uta", "Sekai no Mannaka", "Romantic", "Kimi no Tame"
"Hito ni Yasashiku"
"Aruku Hana"
"Kyūjitsu"
"Linda Linda"
"Blue Hearts Yori Ai o Komete"
References
The Blue Hearts video albums
1996 video albums
Live video albums
1996 live albums |
74883731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324%20WNBL%20season | 2023–24 WNBL season | The 2023–24 WNBL season is the 44th season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The Townsville Fire are the defending champions.
Cygnett remains as the WNBL's naming rights partner for this season, after signing a three-year deal in September 2022. Spalding again provided equipment including the official game ball, alongside iAthletic supplying team apparel for the seventh consecutive season.
In July 2023, the season structure was confirmed to feature an 84-game regular season and best-of-three Semi-Final & Grand Final series' to follow. All games were again confirmed to be broadcast via 9Now and ESPN, for the second consecutive season.
Player movement
Standings
Finals
Awards
Player of the Round
Team of the Round
Team captains and coaches
References
External links
WNBL official website
Basketball
2023 in women's basketball
Basketball
Australia |
57234226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Canadian%20Ringette%20Championships | 2018 Canadian Ringette Championships | 2018 Canadian Ringette Championships was 40th edition of Canadian Ringette Championships. It was a national ringette tournament held from April 9 to April 14, 2018 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Stadium
Bell MTS Iceplex
Seven Oaks Arena
Bell MTS Place
Champions
U16: Angles
U19: Laurentides
NRL: Atlantic Attack
Results
c denotes the team clinches the consolation round
x denotes that team clinches first round (U16) or quarterfinal (U19)
y denotes that team clinches quarterfinal (U16)
U16
Round-robin
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Championship
Consolation
U19
Round-robin
Pool A
Pool B
Championship
Consolation
NRL
Mini game
U16
U19
Final
U16
U19
NRL
Final standing
U16
: Angels
: Calgary Surges
: Nepean Ravens
4: Regina Stingers
5: New Brunswick
6: Zone 2
7: Rive Sud
8: LMRL Thunder
9: Saskatoon Selects
10: Calgary Shock
11: PEI
12: Manitoba Magic
13: Mississauga Mustangs
14: Central Alberta Sting
15: BLL (QC)
16: Spruce Grove Pursuit (AB)
17: Central Whitby Sharks
18: Zone 5 Pack (AB)
19: Sherwood Park Power (AB)
20: Manitoba Wild
21: Eastman Flames (MB)
U19
: Laurentides
: Angels
: Eastman Flames
4: Waterloo Wildfire
5: Guelph Predators
6: Manitoba Magic
7: Team New Brunswick
8: BLL (QC)
9: Calgary Strive
10: Nova Scotia
11: Saskatchewan
12: Zone 5 GRIT (AB)
13: Mississauga Mustangs
14: LMRL Thunder
15: Edmonton Elite
16: TORL Force (BC)
17: St. Albert Mission
18: Wave
National Ringette League
2018 Canadian Ringette Championships, National Ringette League results:
: Atlantic Attack
: Edmonton WAM!
: Cambridge Turbos
4: Calgary RATH
5: Richmond Hill Lightning
6: Montreal Mission
7: Gatineau Fusion
8: Manitoba Intact
Awards and all-star team
Agnes Jacks True Sport awards
U16: Saskatoon Selects
U19: Eastman Flames
NRL: Calgary RATH
Toughest Competitor Awards
U16: Keala Fleury (Saskatoon Selects)
U19: Trudy Beamish (Eastman Flames)
NRL: Chantal Gauthier (Richmond Hill Lighting)
1st all-star team
U16
Offence: Emma Kelly – Nepean Ravens
Offence: Alexsi Kavvadas – Angels
Offence: Alexane Dupuis – New Brunswick
Defence: Chanelle Smith – Calgary Surge
Defence: Reese Lange – Angels
Goalie: Georgia Fraser - PEI
U19
Offence: Alana Lesperance – Angels
Offence: Milica Oravec – Eastman Flames
Offence: Mégane Fortin – Laurentides
Defence: Nicole Pelletier – Edmonton Elite
Defence: Gabriele Lefebvre – Laurentides
Goalie: Marie Ève Dubé – Laurentides
NRL
Offence: Martine Caissie – Atlantic Attack
Offence: Jenny Snowdon – Atlantic Attack
Offence: Maude Charbonneau – Montreal Mission
Defence: Paige Nosal – Cambridge Turbos
Defence: Erica Voss – Richmond Hill Lightning
Goalie: Karine Doiron – Atlantic Attack
2nd all-star team
U16
Offence: Riley Wasylyniuk – Zone 2 Alberta
Offence: Brynn Nesbitt – Calgary Surge
Offence: Rileigh Hache – Nepean Ravens
Defence: Olivia Birstonas – Central Whitby Sharks
Defence: Grace Brown – Calgary Shock
Goalie: Julianna McIntyre – Angels
U19
Offence: Kaylee Spearing – Angels
Offence: Claire Wyville – Guelph Predators
Offence: Cloé LeBlanc – New Brunswick
Defence: Laurence St-Denis – Laurentides
Defence: Emilie Gruninger – Eastman Flames
Goalie: Janna Griffioen – Guelph Predators
NRL
Offence: Chantal St-Laurent – Gatineau Fusion
Offence: Kaitlyn Youldon – Gatineau Fusion
Offence: Justine Exner – Calgary RATH
Defence: Julie Vandal – Gatineau Fusion
Defence: Lindsay Brown – Edmonton WAM!
Goalie: Breanna Beck – Edmonton WAM!
References
Canadian Ringette Championships |
46978112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20McLeod | Bruce McLeod | Bruce McLeod may refer to:
Bruce McLeod (clergyman) (born 1930), Moderator of the United Church of Canada
Bruce McLeod (politician) (1890–1966), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
Bruce McLeod (rugby union) (1940–1996), New Zealand rugby union player |
29948792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikola%20Statkevich | Mikola Statkevich | Mikola Viktaravich Statkevich (, ; born 12 August 1956) is a Belarusian lieutenant colonel, politician, and opposition leader who was a presidential candidate at the 2010 Belarusian presidential election. Since 31 May 2020 he is held in prison by Belarusian authorities. Viasna Human Rights Centre recognized him as a political prisoner. On 14 December 2021, Statkevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Early life and career
Mikola Viktaravich Statkevich was born in Liadna near Slutsk into a family of school teachers. He is a member of the noble family (of the Kościesza coat of arms), and is additionally a member of the Wołodkowicz noble family through his mother.
During the German occupation of Belarus in World War II, his father (Viktar Paulavich Statkevich) and grandfather (Paul Statkevich) participated in the Belarusian partisan movement, engaging in sabotage against German authorities. His grandfather was executed in 1944 by the German occupational authorities for his partisan activities. Viktar, despite having been shot by a German soldier, survived the war and lives in the city of Baranavichy, where he is popular among the city's population and recognised by the local Belarusian opposition yearly on Victory Day. His maternal grandfather, Symon Harabiets, was a member of the Communist Party of Western Belorussia who fled Polish political repression for the Soviet Union and was later executed during Soviet repressions in Belarus.
Military career
In 1978, Statkevich graduated from the Minsk Higher Military Engineering School and served as a member of the Soviet Air Defence Forces in the Murmansk Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, where he was recognised for his capability among his unit, responsible for air defence within the entire Russian Far North. He left active military service in 1982, at the rank of lieutenant colonel, to return to the Higher Military Engineering School, where he defended his thesis and became a teacher under the Ministries of Education and Culture. Statkevich has published over 60 scientific works, focusing on, among other things, ergonomics, engineering psychology, and social psychology.
In the early 1990s, Statkevich was one of the leaders of the Belarusian Militarymen Association, a pro-independence union of Soviet officers from Belarus. In 1991 Statkevich has left the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a protest against the January Events, a crackdown by the Soviet military on democratic activists in Lithuania.
Political career
In 1993 Statkevich was actively protesting against Belarus joining a collective defence treaty with Azerbaijan and Armenia that were at war at a time, to prevent Belarusian soldiers serving in military conflicts outside the country. For this Statkevich has been dismissed from the army shortly before the scheduled presentation of his Doctor of Science dissertation. He then became one of the leaders of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly), including the party's chairman since 1995.
Statkevich was one of the leaders of the 1999 Freedom March against the Union State.
In 2005 Statkevich was sentenced to three years of labour for organising mass protests against the 2004 referendum in Belarus that has lifted the constitutional limit on presidential terms and allowed president Aliaksandr Lukashenka to again participate in presidential elections. Amnesty International declared Mikola Statkevich a prisoner of conscience. He was then set free in 2007 following an amnesty.
Statkevich was one of many democratic candidates who ran in the 2010 Belarusian presidential election. After a crackdown on opposition demonstrations, he was arrested and imprisoned. On 26 May 2011, he was sentenced to 6 years in a medium security penal colony. Amnesty International reported in July 2012 that Statkevich had been moved to a "punishment cell" after refusing to sign a confession. He was later released from imprisonment but disappeared in early 2017 after announcing a planned demonstration in central Minsk. He was again released by authorities after they violently suppressed the rally.
On 31 May 2020, he was arrested on his way to a rally where signatures for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya were being gathered. He was sentenced to 15 days for participating in an unsanctioned protest. This sentence was extended two more times, and he was tried again on 29 June for organizing unrest. Viasna Human Rights Centre called the accusations politically motivated and demanded the immediate release of Statkevich.
On 14 December 2021, Statkevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Along with him, Ihar Losik, Sergei Tikhanovsky and three other political prisoners were also sentenced. Throughout the 565 days he has spent in detention, Statkevich was not allowed to get access to legal representation or defence and he has been denied all contact with his family.
Awards and recognitions
In December 2020, Statkevich was named among the representatives of the Democratic Belarusian opposition, honored with the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament.
Notes
References
External links
Official website of Mikola Statkevich
Official presidential candidate's biography
Official YouTube channel of Mikola Statkevich
1956 births
Living people
Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Belarus
Belarusian democracy activists
Belarusian military personnel
Belarusian nobility
Belarusian politicians
Belarusian prisoners and detainees
Candidates in the 2010 Belarusian presidential election
People from Slutsk District
Political prisoners according to Viasna Human Rights Centre
Soviet Army officers |
73754964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalonen | Jalonen | Jalonen was a Finnish firearms manufacturer in Sastamala from 1990 to 2016. The company is known for making silhouette pistols and rifles for hunting og sport shooting based on their own series of action designs called "JJ-aktio". The firearms were built to order, and customers could choose from a selection of chamberings.
History
In 1990, Jyri Jalonen started producing firearms. In the early 2000s it became difficult to export receivers-only from Finland, and Jalonen therefore switched to delivering barreled actions by combining their action with locally produced hunting barrels from Mäkinen for a few years until Mäkinen retired. Stocks and other accessories were ordered from other manufacturers. By 2007, the company had produced approximately thousand firearms, and was in the process of calming down its activity.
In 2016 Juri Jalonen retired, and the manufacturing plant was sold to Ensio Firearms. The production of silhouette pistols then gradually ceased, and Ensio switched to producing rifles based on a further development of the JJ action as well as constructing new models of modern rifles.
Models
Jalonen's actions were lapped and made to tight tolerances, and can therefore be heavy to cycle. The actions have had a reputation for having a good finish and being very straight, and have been used for benchrest shooting, often in combination with aftermarket barrels.
The triggers are proprietary, and only Jalonen's triggers can be used on their actions. These have been made in several different versions for hunting and competition either with or without a manual safety. Several of the triggers have an adjustable distance.
The extractor is placed in front of the breechface, and must be ground if a close fit between the barrel and breech is desired. The extractor is sharp from the factory and can cause chips from the cases during cycling. Like the TAP-375, the angle and location of the lever arm (that is perpendicular to the axis of the bolt sleeve) means that a deep cut for the lever arm in the stock is necessary.
Overview
In the following table, the mass is given for the complete action with bolt, trigger, trigger guard and magazine as shown on the manufacturer's website. All the actions have a 90 degree bolt opening. List of mechanisms:
JJ-90 Magazine action in blued steel. 2-position safety.
JJ-900 Single-shot action in blued steel. 2-position safety.
JJ-91 Magazine action in blued steel. Trigger pull weight 700-1500 grams.
JJ-910 Single-shot action in blued steel. Trigger pull weight 700-1500 grams.
JJ-92 Single-shot action in steel. JJ-92 has many similarities with Tikka M55, but is a different design. It can cycle cartridges up to 85 mm total length or .308 Winchester. Trigger pull weight 700-1500 grams.
JJ-92A Single-shot action of aluminium with steel insert (the A in the model name stands for aluminium). Trigger with a manual safety or a 100 grams trigger without a manual safety. Adjustable distance to the trigger. Wooden or fiberglass stock. Available in many different chamberings. 17 mm dovetail rail milled on the top of the action for attaching sights. Was used in the pistol Silhouette 92A which was Jalonen's base model for the IMSSU production class. Being a long action it is somewhat long for PPC/BR cartridges. The stock is attached to the action's rear tang, and the maximum barrel length is 215 mm.
JJ-93 Magazine action in blued steel, with trigger pull weight 700-1500 g, safety with 2 positions and adjustable trigger distance.
JJ-930 Single-shot action in blued steel, and with a 2-position safety.
JJ-50 12.7×99 mm rifle in blued steel, and with a 2-position safety in front of the trigger.
See also
Loppo, another Finnish firearms manufacturer
References
Firearm manufacturers of Finland |
33569141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Leisure%20Holidays%20v%20Georges | World Leisure Holidays v Georges | World Leisure Holidays (Pty) Ltd v Georges is an important case in South African contract law, specifically in the area of termination. It was heard in the Witwatersrand Local Division by Cloete J, Blieden J and Malan J on 14 February, 2002, with judgment handed down on 26 February. An appeal from a decision in a magistrate's court, it is the leading case on the issue of temporary supervening impossibility of performance.
Late in 1996, a family booked a holiday in Mauritius, only to find its flight suspended due to a tropical cyclone, and so attempted to cancel its contract with the tour operator and claim damages, on the grounds that the supervening impossibility of performance had brought the contract to an end. The court a quo upheld the claim.
On appeal, however, Cloete J found that temporary impossibility of performance does not of itself bring the contract to an immediate end. Only where the foundation of the contract has been destroyed, or where all or part of the performance is already (or would inevitably become) impossible, is the creditor entitled to regard the contract as having ended.
The test for impossibility has been formulated in a variety of ways, but the court found that it was neither necessary nor desirable to lay down a concrete formula:
The facts in some cases will lend themselves more readily to the application of one test, whereas other cases will more easily be disposed of by the application of another test. In every case a value judgment, based on objective criteria, will be required to establish whether it is just that the bargain should, to the extent still possible, be upheld and the obligations of the parties adjusted. On the one hand, the court should not make a new contract for the parties. On the other hand, neither party should be allowed to escape its obligations where the essence of the contract is still capable of performance.
The appeal was upheld with costs and the magistrate's order set aside.
See also
South African contract law
References
Du Plessis, Jacques, et al. The Law of Contract in South Africa. Edited by Dale Hutchison, Chris-James Pretorius, Mark Townsend and Helena Janisch. Cape Town, Western Cape: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Notes
2002 in South African case law
South African contract case law
Gauteng Division cases |
39394273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanauer | Hanauer | Hanauer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adrian Hanauer (born 1966), American businessman
Chip Hanauer (born 1954), American motorboat racer
J. E. Hanauer (1850–1938), Palestinian writer and photographer
Milton Hanauer (1908–1988), American chess player
Nick Hanauer (born 1959), American businessman |
8568182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alick%20Maemae | Alick Maemae | Alick Leonard Maemae (born 10 December 1985) is a football midfielder from the Solomon Islands.
He hails from Suraina, North East coast of Malaita.
Club career
He played soccer at a very early age. His interest in soccer forced him to abandon secondary education back at his home village at Manasu'u. Inspired by the first Solomon Islands professional soccer player, Batram Suri who is his very close relative, Maemae went to Honiara and started playing for Koloale FC. At Honiara, he started to gain popularity.
The pacy and skilful, leftsided Maemae has played for NZFC outfit YoungHeart Manawatu, where he was joined by his compatriot Nelson Sale Kilifa. Other former clubs include Richmond Athletic, Koloale FC Honiara and Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues in Australia's Victorian Premier League.
In May 2010, he won the Oceania Champions League with Hekari United. In September that year he followed his teammate and compatriot Stanley Waita to Amical FC.
International career
He made his debut for the Solomon Islands national football team in 2004 against Vanuatu and collected 19 caps, scoring 5 goals.
Honours
Oceania Champions League: 1
2009–10
References
External links
2008/2009 season stats - NZFC
1985 births
Living people
People from Malaita Province
Solomon Islands men's footballers
Solomon Islands men's international footballers
Manawatu United players
2004 OFC Nations Cup players
Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand
Expatriate men's footballers in Papua New Guinea
Expatriate men's footballers in Vanuatu
Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Solomon Islands expatriate men's footballers
Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands expatriate sportspeople in Vanuatu
Men's association football midfielders |
21355206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Stickl | Simon Stickl | Simon Stickl (born 18 October 1987) is a German freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline.
He made his World Cup debut in January 2008 in Les Contamines, and collected his first World Cup points four days later with a nineteenth place in Flaine. He then recorded a thirteenth place in Kreischberg before dropping slightly through the remainder of the 2007–08 season. He opened the 2008–09 season with a 21st place in St. Johann in Tirol.
He represents the sports club SC Bad Wiessee.
References
1987 births
Living people
German male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Germany
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
21st-century German people |
39048784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupithecia%20dominaria | Eupithecia dominaria | Eupithecia dominaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Tajikistan.
References
Moths described in 1956
dominaria
Moths of Asia |
69695226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalhath%20Ibrahim%20Kaleyfaanu | Thalhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu | Thalhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu is a Maldivian military officer and former minister of Defence and National Security (2011-2012).
Biography
Kaleyfaanu joined the National Security Service in 1989. At the time of joining, he was enlisted in national security with a rank of private, and then lance corporal, corporal, and sergeant until he was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant and warrant officer in grade 1. Prior to his retirement in 2006 from the service as a lieutenant, he was the first lieutenant at the National Security Service as well as the Maldives National Defence Force.
Arrests
Kaleyfaanu was charged in 2015–2016 by the Criminal Court of Maldives for his alleged role in terrorism and arbitrary arrest of Criminal Court chief justice Abdulla Mohamed in 2012. The Supreme Court of the Maldives issued a 10-year jail sentence for Kaleyfaanu, however Kaleyfaanu filed a review request for his conviction, which later in 2018 was provisionally accepted by the Supreme Court.
References
Living people
Maldivian military personnel
Government ministers of the Maldives
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people) |
12618392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo%20Morrison | Mateo Morrison | Mateo Morrison Fortunato (born 14 April 1946) is a Dominican writer, lawyer, poet and essayist. He won the Premio Nacional de Literatura of the Dominican Republic in 2010.
Biography
Morrison is the son of Egbert Morrison, a native of Jamaica, and Efigenia Fortunato. He studied at the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Cultural Development in Venezuela, majoring in Cultural Management. He started the Cesar Vallejo Literary Workshop in the latter part of 1970s and, in 2010, became the twentieth recipient of the Premio Nacional de Literatura, being honored especially for his poetry. He was director of the Departament of Culture of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) and has served as the Sub-Secretary of Culture for the Dominican Republic since his appointment in 2008 by Leonel Fernández.
Selected works
Abril del ’65 : Visión Poética, Comisión Permanente de Efemérides Patrias (2000)
Pablo Neruda y Su Presencia, Camara Dominicano del Libro (2004)
Un Silencio que Camina : Novela, Editora Búho (2007)
Estático en la Memoria y Otros Textos, Santuario (2009)
Política Cultural, Legislación y Derechos Culturales en República Dominicana, Ediciones de la Secretaría de Estado de Cultura (2009)
El Abrazo de las Sombras, Santuario (2011)
References
External links
1946 births
Living people
20th-century Dominican Republic poets
Dominican Republic male poets
Lawyers from Santo Domingo
Writers from Santo Domingo
21st-century Dominican Republic poets
Dominican Republic people of Cocolo descent |
3589012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wajd | Wajd | or is a Sufi term for the religious ecstasy induced by dhikr (the remembrance of God) or by means of sama, listening to the measured recitation, signing or chanting of spiritual verses or poetry.
See also
Wujud
References
Sufi philosophy |
14348521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula%20Renault%20AsiaCup | Formula Renault AsiaCup | The Formula Renault AsiaCup (formerly known as the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and AFR Series) is a Formula Renault 2.0 championship held in Asia. The series debuted in 2002 and also held the China Formula Renault Challenge.
The series is a part of the Formula Racing Development Limited (FRD) organization managed by Kenneth Ma to promote motorsport in Asia. The FRD also runs the China Formula Campus and Clio Cup China Series.
The cars use Tatuus chassis and 2.0 L Renault Clio engines like other Formula Renault 2.0 series. After several seasons racing on Kumho tires, the series started using Giti tires from 2014.
About
With the aim of providing a budget junior racing series around the Asian region, FRD, with the support of Renault Sport, imported a fleet of Formula Renault 2.0 race cars and first organized the Asian Formula Renault Series in 2000. The series attracted numerous young talents from the region.
From 2002 to 2005, the series held an invitational race during the Macau Grand Prix weekend. Future F1 drivers such as Kamui Kobayashi, Kazuki Nakajima, Bruno Senna and Red Bull Junior Team's Scott Speed all once took part in the event.
The Asian Formula Renault Series changed its name to the Formula Renault AsiaCup, commencing in 2020. Formula Renault AsiaCup aligned with the Formula Renault Eurocup running the Tatuus F3R-Spec car with a Renault engine (Formula Renault FR-19) and the FIA F3/2018 homologated chassis.
Regulation
The main classification was the International Challenge, the winner of which was the overall champion of the series. From 2007 until 2013, Asian drivers also had a parallel category with the Asian Challenge. Another class, for Chinese events only, was the China Formula Renault Challenge, which was an entry-level series intended to reduce the championship cost. All series drivers and teams raced at the same time during the races in China but points were calculated separately.
The cars can be tested outside the race weekend on the Zhuhai International Circuit or Shanghai International Circuit.
The race weekend starts on Thursday and Friday with a 2-hour free practice session but with additional cost for drivers. On Saturday there are two 30 minute practice sessions and 20 minutes of qualifications. A warm-up (15 minutes) occurs on Sunday morning and two 10 lap races are held in the afternoon.
In 2013, the series changed its championship format to 3 classes, "International Class" as the main championship, "Asian Class" for rookie drivers of the region and "Masters Class" for gentlemen drivers who are at the age of 35 or older. The 3 classes have their own drivers' and teams' classifications and championship.
In 2015, the series changed its championship format again due to the introduction of the current FR2.0 car, which debuted in 2013 in the European series. Starting from this season, there are two classes, Class A for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Class B for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.
Only drivers and teams that complete 75% of a race receive points. Points are awarded in each race as follows:
Champions
Series Winners
Macau Asian Formula Renault Challenge Winners
References
External links
Asian Formula Renault Series at frdsports.com.
China Formula Renault Challenge at frdsports.com.
Formula Racing Development Limited official site.
Formula Renault 2.0 series
Auto racing series in China |
979276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Moss | Johnny Moss | Johnny Moss (May 14, 1907 – December 16, 1995) was a gambler and professional poker player. He was the first winner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, at the time a cash game event in which he was awarded the title by the vote of his peers in 1970. He also twice won the current tournament format of the WSOP Main Event in 1971 and 1974. He was one of the charter inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979.
Early years
Moss was born on May 14, 1907, in Marshall, Texas and grew up in Dallas, Texas, which was where he learned how to gamble as a young boy. A group of cheaters taught him how to cheat in games, but Moss put this knowledge to good use. As a teenager, he was hired by a local saloon to watch over games and make sure they were played fairly. While he was keeping games safe from cheaters, he was learning the strategy behind playing poker.
Gambling career
Two years later, Moss became a rounder and traveled the country looking for gambling action. In the 1950s, Moss moved to Odessa, Texas to be a part of the oil boom and gambling action. Moss and his fellow gamblers were part of one of the biggest poker games in Texas for many years.
Heads-up marathon with Nick The Greek
In 1949, Moss played with Nick the Greek in a five-month-long "heads up" poker marathon set up by mob boss Benny Binion, winning between $2 and $4 million. At the conclusion of the game, Nick the Greek uttered what has become one of the most famous poker quotes ever: "Mr. Moss, I have to let you go." This game is often cited as the inspiration behind the WSOP. This game became the foundation for Al Alvarez's book The Biggest Game in Town and is one of the best known stories in poker. Despite being one of the best-known poker stories, claims have been made that the game never took place.<ref name = "never">Fischer, Steve. "The Biggest Game Never Played" in Poker Pro Magazine" pages 36-43. December 2009. </ref> According to author Steve Fischer, there were no stories or reports of this tournament until six years after Nick's death. Binion never spoke of the game even when providing a detailed history of Las Vegas and avoided answering questions about the game by saying, "Well, my memory ain't what it used to be." While Nick the Greek was often covered by the national media, there are no news reports in any local or national source. Fischer says that nearly every version of the story is virtually identical to the version first told by Moss beginning circa 1971. The story is consistently said to have taken place in 1949 at the Horseshoe Casino, a casino that did not exist for another year and a half. Fischer also points out that during the time that Binion supposedly set up the game, he was fighting off a request from Texas to have him extradited. Because of his past, Binion lost his license to run a gambling establishment in 1948 and did not regain it until April 13, 1950. He was not granted a license to open the Horseshoe Casino until December 5, 1952. Fischer believes that the notion of Binion sponsoring a poker game, in front of a window, of a casino that had not opened, while fighting extradition is "absurd."
In reaction to a 2017 pokernews.com article on the topic, Jack Binion, at the time 80 years old, attempted to clarify. To address the heart of the matter first, Binion explained that Johnny Moss and Nick Dandolos did play a poker match in 1949, although it was not at the Horseshoe at all. Nor was it the months-long spectacle open to spectators many have suggested the match to have been.
"It took place at the Flamingo," Binion explained. Also, it was "not in public." This, he noted, was a quote from Dandolos himself.
Meanwhile, a few years later there was another poker game involving Moss, this time at the Horseshoe.
"There was a big game at the Horseshoe in the early '50s," Binion explained, "but Nick didn't participate." The game featured "multiple players" including Moss, who came and went as the game continued around the clock. Unlike the game at the Flamingo in 1949, the later one "was held in public."
The confusion, Binion surmised, likely stemmed from Moss having participated in both games. However, there was never one between him and Dandolos at the Horseshoe, and the pair never did have a high-stakes heads-up battle in public. Binion also clarified that the inspiration for the WSOP was the previously held Texas Gamblers Reunion and not any Moss/Dandolos match.
World Series of Poker
Moss won the 1970, 1971, and 1974 World Series of Poker Main Events. For the 1970 Main Event, Moss was actually elected champion by his peers and received a silver cup as his prize. A (possibly apocryphal) story about that election which has appeared in print several times has every one of the seven players voting for himself as the best player, and that it was only when the players were asked to vote for the second best player that Moss emerged. He played at every WSOP from 1970 through 1995, and during his career, he won nine WSOP bracelets. Moss had at least a share of the lifetime WSOP bracelet lead up until the 2005 World Series of Poker, which is where Johnny Chan won his tenth career bracelet.
World Series of Poker bracelets
*In 1970, Moss was voted champion by his peers and was awarded a silver cup.
**Moss set the record for the oldest bracelet winner in WSOP history, which still stands as of the end of the 2017 World Series of Poker.
Personal life and legacy
Moss's wife was Virgie, who was from West Texas.
One of Moss's strategies for tournament poker was survival in the early stages. As the tournament goes on and blinds increase, his strategy was to test opponents with aggression and bigger pots.
Moss outlined his strategies in a slim 1950 book, "How to Win at Poker" The publisher's foreword demurs that there is any such person as "John Moss," stating that the name hides the identity of "a very astute midwest poker player." Further biographical details confirm that the author is indeed Moss.
Fellow professional Doyle Brunson put Moss on his Mount Rushmore of poker players, along with Puggy Pearson, Sailor Roberts, and Chip Reese.
An authorized autobiography on Moss, which is called Champion of Champions'', was written by Don Jenkins.
References
External links
Hendon Mob tournament results
1907 births
1995 deaths
World Series of Poker Main Event winners
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Super Bowl of Poker event winners
American poker players
People from Marshall, Texas
People from Dallas
American gamblers
Poker Hall of Fame inductees |
58045820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger%20Explorer | Badger Explorer | Badger Explorer ASA () is a Norwegian company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. It developed a technology used to explore and map the extent of hydrocarbon resource and reserve base and provide long-term monitoring. Badger Explorer ASA was listed on the Oslo stock exchange in 2007 and has new ticker from May 2017.
Technology
The technology is based on an invention of the researcher at International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS). The invention was granted a patent in 2002 (Norway) and 2006 (USA). The Badger tool drills into the subsurface without a rig and buries itself. It carries an electrically powered drilling system and sensors, which continuously record data, producing logs while drilling, and providing continuous, long-term data in surveillance mode. The tool connects to the surface by a power and communication cable, which are initially spooled inside the tool and gradually released in the course of advancing.
References
External links
Badger Explorer ASA has new ticker
Record of Badger Explorer ASA in Proff, retrieved 01 Aug 2018
Filed and granted patents of Badger Explorer ASA, retrieved 01 Aug 2018
Badger Explorer prototypes and animations, retrieved 01 Aug 2018
Companies based in Stavanger
Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange |
21695783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20Nationals%20%28ice%20hockey%29 | Toronto Nationals (ice hockey) | The Toronto Nationals are a pair of defunct Tier II Junior "A" & Junior "B" ice hockey teams from Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and the Metro Junior B Hockey League.
Jr. A Nationals
In 1975, the Nationals won their one and only Junior "A" league title. They went on to the Ontario Hockey Association Championship and met the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League Champion Guelph CMC's. Guelph came out on top 4-games-to-2. The Nationals folded in 1977.
Season-by-season results
Playoffs
1973 Lost final
Toronto Nationals defeated Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-none
Toronto Nationals defeated Richmond Hill Rams 4-games-to-2
Wexford Raiders defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-1
1974 Lost quarter-final
North Bay Trappers defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-3
1975 Won League, lost OHA Buckland Cup
Toronto Nationals defeated Richmond Hill Rams 4-games-to-2
Toronto Nationals defeated Seneca Flyers 4-games-to-none
Toronto Nationals defeated Wexford Raiders 4-games-to-1 OPJHL CHAMPIONS
Guelph CMC's (SOJHL) defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-2
1976 Lost semi-final
Toronto Nationals defeated Royal York Royals 3-games-to-2
Toronto Nationals defeated Weston Dodgers 2-games-to-none
North York Rangers defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-1
1977 Lost quarter-final
Markham Waxers defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-none
Jr. B Nationals
In the early 1970s, the Toronto Nationals also had an entry in the Metro Junior B Hockey League who were 1973 Metro Champions and runners up for the Sutherland Cup All-Ontario title. The 1975-76 season saw a 14-year-old Wayne Gretzky challenge the wishes of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and sign with the Toronto Nationals. Barely 16 years old, Gretzky had played two seasons with the Nationals and scored 63 goals for 132 points in just 60 games. The Nationals won the 1977 Metro championship, led by the young Gretzky with 75 points in just 23 playoff games. The next season, he signed with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, a quick stop before going professional and starting what is considered by many hockey enthusiasts as the greatest career in hockey history.
Season-by-season results
Sutherland Cup appearances
1973: Sarnia Bees defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-2
Notable Jr. B alumni
Bill Gardner
Wayne Gretzky
Basil McRae
Rick Middleton
Dave Shand
Daryl Evans
Dwight Foster
Rob Palmer
Warren Holmes
External links
OHA Website
Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada
Ice hockey teams in Ontario
Sport in Vaughan |
51464800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells%20High%20School%20%28Texas%29 | Wells High School (Texas) | Wells High School is a public high school located in Wells, Texas (USA). It is the sole high school in the Wells Independent School District. In 2015, the school was rated "Improvement Required" by the Texas Education Agency.
Athletics
The Wells Pirates compete in the following sports:
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Golf
Softball
Tennis
Track and Field
References
External links
Official website
Public high schools in Texas
Schools in Cherokee County, Texas |
9265429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Think%20It%27s%20Love | We Think It's Love | "We Think It's Love" is a song by Australian singer Leah Haywood, released as her debut single in February 2000. Co-written by Haywood and Jorgen Elofsson, it is Haywood's biggest hit off her debut album, Leah (2001), peaking at number seven on the Australian Singles Chart and spending 18 weeks in the top 50.
Chart performance
On 5 March 2000, the song debuted at number 41 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, falling off the listing the next week. However, it reappeared at number 42 the following week and began to climb the chart, reaching its peak of number seven on 30 April. It stayed on the chart for 10 more weeks, dropping out of the top 50 on 16 July. It was certified Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association, and at the end of 2000, it was ranked as the 79th-highest-selling single of Australia.
Music video
There are two different music videos for "We Think It's Love". The original video was shot in early 2000 and features Haywood in a futuristic underground basement club where she meets her boyfriend and tells him off before walking away and leaving the place. During the bridge of the song she is seen running in slow motion in the middle of the rain. Throughout the second chorus there is a special shot of Haywood singing with a few dancers in the back where the frame is paused while the camera continues to turn 180 degrees left and right giving a sense of a 3D world. The video ends with Haywood leaving a voicemail message to her lover that they have been "going on far too long", with the words appearing on her computer screen in the same way that video started out with her settling down on to her computer seat.
An alternate video was shot a few months later in Barcelona where Haywood enters a modern house full of advanced technological surroundings which is transformed into a large garden maze during the second chorus. The garden maze then reverts into the modern-tech house before changing into a forest with Haywood during the bridge of the song. Towards the climax of the video, there are shots of a wet Haywood singing under a waterfall just as the video fades out of her walking across a room in the modern-tech house.
Cameron Casey directed the alternate video. It is also likely that the alternate music video was shot specifically for the UK market since Haywood was about to start promoting the song in the UK months after it had charted successfully in Australia. The alternate version was soon to be featured in the Australian commercial promo for her album, even though it was rarely ever aired in full (or possibly never at all) on Australian television.
Track listings
The single was released in three formats. It was first released as a digipak single where it housed a special "clear disc" and then later in a slimline jewel-case packaging which came with bonus stickers of Haywood and other "Sony" music label artistes and an enhanced multimedia screensaver section on the disc. It was finally released on a 12-inch vinyl which contained two remixes that were unavailable on either CD single releases. Both CD releases contain the ballad B-side track "...And If I Could", which never appeared on the album. The track was co-written and co-produced by Haywood and Sydney music producer Barbara Griffin.
Digipak CD single
"We Think It's Love" – 3:17
"We Think It's Love" (Discothèque Club remix edit) – 4:02
"We Think It's Love" (Patric's Lounge remix) – 4:55
"...And If I Could" – 3:35
Slimline jewel case CD single
"We Think It's Love" – 3:17
"We Think It's Love" (Discothèque Club remix edit) – 4:02
"We Think It's Love" (Patric's Lounge remix) – 4:55
"...And If I Could" – 3:37
Multimedia
12-inch single
A1. "We Think It's Love" (Tasty Club remix)
A2. "We Think It's Love" (Discothèque Club remix)
B1. "We Think It's Love" (Kitten's Kitchen Sink remix)
B2. "We Think It's Love" (Patric's club remix)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2000 singles
2000 songs
Epic Records singles
Leah Haywood songs
Songs written by Jörgen Elofsson
Songs written by Leah Haywood |
1902451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT%20Tunstall | KT Tunstall | Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland.
The name of her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father's physics laboratory at University of St Andrews. Released in 2004, the album led to her nominations for the Mercury Prize in 2005, a BRIT Award for Best British Live Act and BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2006, and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nomination in 2007. She won the BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist and the European Border Breakers Award, both in 2006. The single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was given the Q Magazine Award for Best Track in 2005, and "Suddenly I See" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in 2006. "Suddenly I See" became a popular hit and has been featured in The Devil Wears Prada, Blind Dating, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy and Love, Rosie; Thrillville, and as a campaign song on the Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign.
She has released seven studio albums internationally: Eye to the Telescope (2004), Drastic Fantastic (2007), Tiger Suit (2010), Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013), Kin (2016), Wax (2018) and Nut (2022). She has also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series This is Jinsy on Sky Atlantic.
Tunstall has written music and songs for film soundtracks including "Boy" for The Kid, "Miracle" for Winter's Tale, "We Could Be Kings" for Million Dollar Arm; "Float", "Strange Sight" and "1000 Years" for Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast; "Fit In" for About Ray; and "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)" and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for Bad Moms.
Early life and education
Tunstall was born to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother, Carol Anne (or Carol-Ann), who was from Hong Kong, and an Irish father. Her parents met while her mother was working as a dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a bartender. She never met her biological father. She was born at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital and at 18 days old, was placed for adoption by her mother with a family in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Her adoptive father, David Tunstall, was a physics lecturer at the University of St Andrews, and her adoptive mother, Rosemarie Tunstall, was a primary school teacher; they already had adopted another child who became her older brother Joe, and went on to have another son, Dan. Tunstall has said: "My earliest memories are Californian", from a sabbatical that her father took at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979. She was musically oriented and her adoptive parents supported her interest. She recollected that she asked for a piano when she was four.
Tunstall grew up in St Andrews, Fife, attending Lawhead Primary, then Madras College in St. Andrews and the High School of Dundee, but she spent her last year of high school in the United States at the Kent School, a selective boarding school in Kent, Connecticut. She spent time busking on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, and at a commune in rural Vermont. Tunstall studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & Music in 1996. Royal Holloway conferred an honorary doctorate in science on her in 2011 for her work on environmental issues as a musician.
Music career
Career beginnings
Throughout Tunstall's twenties, she played in indie music bands including Elia Drew and Tomoko. She focused on songwriting, as well as performing with members of the fledgling Fence Collective. Tunstall had lived with Gordon Anderson of the Beta Band, and the Aliens, whom the song "Funnyman", on her second studio album Drastic Fantastic (2007), is about. She toured with the klezmer band Oi Va Voi, and stayed with them while they were making their second studio album, Laughter Through Tears (2003).
British label Relentless Records put forward an independent offer. However, Tunstall had decided to sign with a US major, and initially passed up the offer. But when that deal did not work out, she decided to go with Relentless. Although Relentless co-founder Shabs Jobanputra recognised the potential in the quality of Tunstall's voice and songs in the early 2000s, his assessment then was that she "wasn't ready yet" and so together with Tunstall's manager, Jobanputra discussed "the process of how we saw her happening and how we would work, why we thought the songs were great, why we thought she was great, and why it could really work if we took enough time."
Eye to the Telescope and Acoustic Extravaganza (2004–2007)
Her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope, was first released in late 2004, entering the UK Albums Chart at number 73.
Tunstall's first appearance of note was a solo performance of her folk blues song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland. She had only 24 hours to prepare after scheduled performer Nas cancelled. She performed as a one-person band using a guitar, a tambourine, and a loop pedal.
Shortly after the Later appearance, Eye to the Telescope was re-released and shot up the British charts, peaking at No. 3, and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI; it was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. It was released in the US on 7 February 2006.
On the UK Singles Chart, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" made No. 28 on the charts and on the US Billboard Hot 100, charted at No. 20. The next release from the album in the United Kingdom was "Other Side of the World" whilst "Suddenly I See" was released in the United States and used in the opening credits of the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006), as well as in the television series Ugly Betty. Further singles released from the album were "Under the Weather" and "Another Place to Fall" which were also successful.
Tunstall released an acoustic collection album on 15 May 2006, KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza, which was first available only via mail order from her website. The album was re-released in stores worldwide in October 2006.
Tunstall's North American break came when American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee contacted her asking to use "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" as her choice for a Billboard-themed week. At the time, the song was No. 79 on the Billboard charts. Tunstall had not been shy with her opinions regarding shows like Idol, saying "The major problem I have is that it's completely controlled. They're told what to say. They're told how to sing." She chose to license the song as she felt that "no one on that show told Katharine McPhee to sing my song because no one knew it". Tunstall's belief was correct—the song was suggested to McPhee by Billboard columnist and author Fred Bronson.
The song immediately jumped to No. 23 on the Billboard charts the week following McPhee's performance.
Tunstall sang with Scottish band Travis on their fifth studio album The Boy with No Name (2007), on the track "Under the Moonlight", a song written by Susie Hug, formerly of Katydids.
Drastic Fantastic and Tiger Suit (2007–2012)
Tunstall's second studio album, Drastic Fantastic, premiered on 3 September 2007 in Scotland, followed a week later on 10 September 2007 with the London release for Britain and 18 September 2007, in the US. In its first week, Drastic Fantastic reached No. 1 on the Scottish Album Charts, No. 3 on the British Charts, and No. 9 in the American Charts. The album's lead single, "Hold On", was released in the UK in August 2007, debuting at No. 34 there before peaking at No. 21. The song was also very successful in certain European nations peaking at No. 19 in Italy, No. 19 in Norway, No. 26 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Ireland. The album's second single, "Saving My Face", was released in December 2007. The song did not make the UK Top 40 Singles Charts, but did manage to peak at No. 50 on the UK Singles Charts, managing three weeks on the UK Charts. Despite missing the UK Top 40, the song made the Top 40 in Italy, making No. 23 and in Switzerland peaking at No. 93. The album's third single and final worldwide single, "If Only", was released in March 2008, becoming the second single from the album not to make the UK Top 40, it managed No. 45 in audition.
In the United States, "Hold On" was moderately successful, charting at No. 95 on the US Billboard Pop Chart and No. 27 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40. However, on the main Billboard Hot 100 charts, it stalled, failing to make impact inside the Top 100, causing it to chart at No. 104 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Drastic Fantastic became one of her best charting albums to date, charting at No. 3 on the UK Album Charts, topping the Scottish Album Charts and making the top ten of the US Billboard 200 album charts, charting at No. 9. Further singles released from Drastic Fantastic were "Saving My Face" and "If Only" which were moderately successful, charting at No. 50 and No. 45 on the UK Singles Charts respectively.
Tunstall commented that the photograph for the album cover was influenced by the rock star Suzi Quatro.
On 5 October 2007, the US discount department store chain Target, in association with NBC, released a special KT Tunstall Christmas EP on CD, Sounds of the Season: The KT Tunstall Holiday Collection. On 10 December 2007, it was released in Europe through Relentless under the title Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas.
In 2008, Tunstall recorded a song for the double album Songs for Survival, in support of the indigenous rights organisation Survival International. In a video for Survival International, she speaks of music as being a force for good, and about what she has learned about tribal people on this project. She also discusses various issues concerning our culture of consumption and greed, our relation to the earth and the importance of indigenous rights in the world today.
Tunstall also worked with Suzanne Vega on her seventh studio album Beauty & Crime (2007), singing backing vocals on songs "Zephyr and I" and "Frank and Ava". It was revealed in the booklet by Vega that the two had never met during the process of making the album.
Over the Christmas holidays in 2008, Tunstall joined Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide line-up in Auckland, New Zealand to record a charity studio album for Oxfam. The album was recorded in Finn's New Zealand studio over three weeks and featured all-new material, with singing and songwriting contributions divided amongst the group. Most of the participants from the original 2001 7 Worlds Collide line-up returned, along with several new additions including Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco, New Zealand songwriters Don McGlashan and Bic Runga, and Finn's son Elroy Finn. The album, titled The Sun Came Out, was released on 31 August 2009.
On 11 February 2010, the Daily Record reported that Tunstall had recorded her new album in Berlin's Hansa Studios. Located near the former site of the Berlin Wall, the studio was used to make legendary studio albums including David Bowie's "Heroes" (1977) and U2's Achtung Baby (1991). Tunstall said, "I had an amazing three weeks recording in Hansa in Berlin in January and am finishing it all off in London." Her third studio album, titled Tiger Suit, was released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2010 and in the United States on 5 October 2010.
Tunstall said that Tiger Suits title is inspired by a recurring dream she had, before discovering that 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger. The dream is about her, seeing a tiger in her garden and goes outside to stroke it. She returns indoors and is seized by the fear that she could have been killed. Over the years, it has occurred to her that the reason the tiger responds so passively is that she herself is disguised as a tiger, wearing a tiger suit. She said that while writing and recording the album, she experimented with a new sound she called "Nature techno", which mixes organic instrumentation with electronic and dance textures, similar in style to the work of Icelandic singer Björk. At a media showcase in London, Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like Eddie Cochran working with Leftfield".
The album's first single was "Fade Like a Shadow" in the United States and "(Still a) Weirdo" in the United Kingdom. These lead singles were released before the album.
Tunstall has also been a panellist on the BBC Two comedy music show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, first on series 21 episode 8 (2008), and on series 24 episode 10 (2012).
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon and other ventures (2013–2014)
On 20 March 2013, Tunstall announced that her fourth studio album would be titled Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon, which has since been considered her best by many critics and her most melancholy album to date. The title reflects the two batches of songs she recorded with singer-songwriter and producer Howe Gelb in 2012. Invisible Empire, recorded in April, is the melancholic half that deals with her father's death and the theme of mortality, while Crescent Moon, recorded in November 2012, features songs that are more ethereal. These 13 songs formed an album that Tunstall described as "from the heart," inspired by her divorce from Luke Bullen and her father's passing.
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon came out in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2013, while it was released in Germany and Australia on 7 June, in Japan and Canada on 11 June, and 6 August 2013 in the United States. Meanwhile, the lead single, "Feel It All", was released worldwide on 10 June, and its music video premiered on 29 April.
In its first week of release, the album entered the UK charts at No. 14 and it was a modest commercial success in Europe: it peaked at No. 52 in Belgium, No. 84 in the Netherlands, No. 240 in France, No. 7 in Scotland, and No. 56 in Switzerland. On the other hand, the album received the best reviews and ratings Tunstall has ever received.
In 2013, Tunstall teamed up again with Gelb in Tucson, Arizona for his twenty-first studio The Coincidentalist, and they recorded a duet, "The 3 Deaths of Lucky". She appeared on the second episode of This is Jinsy on 5 February 2014, as bearded folk musician Briiian Raggatan.
Over a year after her album's release, Tunstall left Edinburgh to move to Los Angeles and began a new career as a soundtrack composer. She studied at the Skywalker Ranch and subsequently composed and performed the following:
"Miracle" for the film Winter's Tale, featuring Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith. The song was released on 14 February 2014.
"We Could Be Kings" written with A. R. Rahman for the Disney movie Million Dollar Arm and released on 14 May 2014. The song is included on the Million Dollar Arm: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which also features songs by Iggy Azalea, Sukhwinder Singh and others.
"Float", "Strange Sight" and a duet with Bleu on "1000 Years", for the UK version of Disney's Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast. It was released on 19 February 2015.
"Fit It" for the 2015 film About Ray, featuring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon.
Kin, Wax and Nut album trilogy (2015–present)
From August to September 2015, Tunstall embarked on a small US Tour, made up of eleven dates, playing songs from her various albums and EPs, such as The Scarlet Tulip EP (2011).
On 16 June 2016, Tunstall released the Golden State EP before the album release. It is made of the lead single "Evil Eye" and its remix, and two other tracks: "All or Nothing" taken from the French TV series Sam and "The Healer". Tunstall released her fifth studio album, Kin, on 9 September 2016. The album was produced by Tony Hoffer, and recorded in Los Angeles. Four singles were released from this album: the lead single "Maybe It's a Good Thing", plus "Hard Girls" in which Melanie C from the Spice Girls made an appearance, "Love Is an Ocean", and "It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am"
Tunstall co-wrote "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)", and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for the soundtrack of the 2016 comedy Bad Moms.
In 2017, Tunstall announced a trilogy of studio albums following the themes of soul, body and mind. Kin was the first, with the theme of soul. She released the second, Wax, with the theme of body, on 5 October 2018.
In 2018, Tunstall contributed several songs to the Pete the Cat children's album including "CatGo & the Nine Lives", "Catalina Casesolver", "Let It Slide" and "CatGo's Weird Song". On 29 August 2019, Tunstall opened for Squeeze at Tanglewood.
In March 2020, Tunstall announced she would start recording the third and final studio album of the trilogy by fall, with the theme of mind. In 2021 she cancelled her summer tour and said she would avoid long runs of performances due to hearing problems. In 2018, she had suffered sudden hearing loss and tinnitus in her left ear. In July 2021, after she started experiencing tinnitus in her right ear, she decided to change her tour schedule to allow for longer periods of rest between performances.
In December 2021, Tunstall performed at the New Year's Eve Times Square Times Square Ball celebration in New York.
Since March 2022, Tunstall has narrated adverts for car company Skoda.
Tunstall announced her seventh studio album, the third and final album on the Soul, Body and Mind trilogy, would be called Nut. The album was released on 9 September 2022. The album's first single, "Canyons", was released on 1 June 2022.
In August 2023, Tunstall release an album of duets with Suzi Quatro entitled Face to Face. After discovering they were mutal fans of each other, they were put in touch with each other by a mutual friend.
Artistry
Tunstall has a contralto vocal range. Tunstall is known for her live performances, using an Akai E2 Headrush loop pedal which she affectionately calls "Wee Bastard", in her solo performances and with a full four-piece backing band (Luke Bullen on drums, Arnulf Lindner on bass, Sam Lewis on lead guitar and Kenny Dickenson on keyboards, trumpet, percussion and various other instruments), as well as her two backing vocalists, Cat Sforza and Ami Richardson.
After her debut on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland, Tunstall performed on various American talk shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 21 September 2007. She has since performed at many large concerts and festivals such as the Hogmanay Edinburgh Concert in 2005.
Tunstall said prior to that performance: "This is the gig of a lifetime... This Hogmanay party is probably the best-known and best-loved in the world, and I've been here a few times over the years dreaming of being the one entertaining the crowds. Until we're on that stage I won't believe we're allowed on it."
She has also performed at the Glastonbury Festival several times, from 2005 to 2019; the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, the American leg of Live Earth in 2007, and the Nobel Peace Prize Concert also in 2007.
Personal life
Family
Tunstall tracked down her biological mother, Carol Anne, located c. 1996–1998, and learned that she was married to cab driver David Orr and had borne three more children. She has been critical of the British National Party (BNP) and publicly disowned Orr in 2010 because of his decision to run as a BNP candidate in the general election for Livingston. In 2019, she appeared in Series 9 of Long Lost Family. By that time, the media attention had been too much for Carol Anne, and she was grateful to KT ("She has given me a new lease on life.") for having relocated her somewhere far away, in Southern Spain. She learned that her biological father, John (surname not revealed), had died in 2002 (at age 49), but she was united with two half-sisters, Siobhan and Lesley-Anne, by John's second marriage.
Tunstall's first name is Kate, but she chooses to use her initials KT (pronounced "Katie") instead, saying "[Kate] just makes me think of a buxom lass baking bread for her man working in the fields. I have no problem with that, but it's just not really how I pictured being a rock star." The spelling KT, as opposed to Katie, also differentiates Tunstall from fellow singer Katie Melua. She also said that she derived "KT" from K–T impact, the name of a geological event that caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
Her father, David Tunstall, was a lecturer in physics at St Andrews University. The title of her debut studio album, Eye to the Telescope (2004), alludes to her experiences with scientific equipment at her father's laboratory.
Relationships and marriage
In 2003, Tunstall began dating Luke Bullen, the drummer in her band. On Christmas Day, 2007, Bullen proposed to her at her parents' home in St Andrews, Scotland, and the couple were married in September 2008. They divorced in May 2013, after separating the year before.
Controversy
Tunstall sparked some controversy in 2005 when she publicly criticised singer-songwriter Dido, stating that the artist "can't fucking sing" after several fans compared the two musically. Tunstall later apologised, stating that she did not want to be involved in a public feud. Tunstall clarified her comments in 2017, stating "I had total respect for her and I felt terrible about saying it. It was more anger at the journalist rather than her and I have apologised on so many occasions since."
Activism
In 2007, Tunstall joined the Disko Bay Cape Farewell expedition to the West Coast of Greenland in September 2008. Cape Farewell is a British-based arts organisation that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to instigate a cultural response to climate change.
Health
In April 2007, Tunstall underwent surgery to correct an undersized kidney, a problem caused by a childhood infection.
In 2008, Tunstall started experiencing problems with the hearing in her left ear. Hearing problems have always been a worry to her; a brother of hers was profoundly deaf since birth. By 2018, the problem had progressed to full left-ear hearing loss and balance problems. In July 2021, she announced that she was having to pull out of her summer tour dates and permanently avoid lengthy runs of closely consecutive performances, citing issues with her right ear which were "exactly how the breakdown of my left ear began". She did perform some solo shows in early summer, including the Spring Hill Arts Gathering (SHAG) in June in Washington Depot, Connecticut.
DiscographyStudio albums'''
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Drastic Fantastic (2007)
Tiger Suit (2010)
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013)
Kin (2016)
Wax (2018)
Nut (2022)Face to Face (2023, with Suzi Quatro)
Awards and nominations
Awards overview
In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize, which eventually went to Antony and the Johnsons; and she won the Best Track of the year award from Q magazine for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree".
In January 2006, she received three BRIT nominations—best British Live Act, best British Breakthrough Act, and best British Female Solo Artist—eventually gaining the award for best British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fellow nominee Kate Bush. Later the same month she was given a European Border Breakers Award, which recognises the top-selling European Union artists outside their home country. Also in 2006, she won the Ivor Novello Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Suddenly I See", along with Scottish Style Awards "Most Stylish Band or Musician".
She gained more nominations in 2007 and 2008: a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (the award went to Christina Aguilera for "Ain't No Other Man"), and another BRIT nomination for British Female Solo Artist, the award she had won in 2006.
List of awards and nominations
References
External links
– official site
KT Tunstall US Official Billboard Chart History
KT Tunstall is patron of Educational Wealth Fund (2018)
KT Tunstall, on MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation
KT Tunstall on Billboard''
1975 births
Living people
21st-century Scottish women singers
21st-century Scottish songwriters
21st-century British guitarists
Women rock singers
Scottish buskers
Scottish contraltos
Scottish women guitarists
Scottish folk singers
Scottish pop pianists
Scottish pop singers
Scottish women singer-songwriters
Brit Award winners
Ivor Novello Award winners
Blue Note Records artists
Relentless Records artists
Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London
People educated at Madras College
People educated at the High School of Dundee
Kent School alumni
Scottish adoptees
Scottish people of Irish descent
Scottish people of Hong Kong descent
People from St Andrews
Caroline Records artists
21st-century women guitarists
21st-century women pianists |
24044557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danis%20Salman | Danis Salman | Danis Mahmut Mehmet Salman (; born 12 March 1960), sometimes known as Danny Salman, is an English former professional football player and coach, best remembered for his time as a defender in the Football League with Brentford. He made over 380 appearances for the Bees, is the club's youngest-ever league debutant and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. He also played for Millwall, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United. Born in Cyprus, he represented England at youth level.
Club career
Early years
Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, Salman was brought up in England from the age of two. He spent the early part of his career with Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and came under the wing of John Docherty at the latter club.
Brentford
Despite being offered an apprenticeship, a fee and a guaranteed professional contract by Arsenal, new Brentford manager John Docherty convinced Salman to join the Fourth Division club on schoolboy forms in September 1975. Beginning life at Griffin Park in the club's youth team, Salman was handed an unexpected senior debut in a match versus Watford on 15 November 1975, having never even trained with the first team. At 15 years, 248 days old, he became Brentford's youngest ever debutant. Salman later revealed that he only found out he was playing the day before the match, when a reporter from The Sun arrived at his house and told him the news. He made five further appearances during the 1975–76 season and 22 in the following campaign, scoring his first senior goal.
Salman's debutant record was beaten by Paul Walker in August 1976, but Salman remains the Bees' youngest-ever league debutant. Salman signed his first professional contract during the 1977 off-season, worth £55 a week. Adept at right back or centre back, he broke into the team during the 1977–78 season, making 37 appearances on the way to the Bees securing automatic promotion to the Third Division with a fourth-place finish. During the 1978 off-season, Brentford turned down transfer bids from other clubs for Salman's services.
Salman was a first-team regular until the 1982–83 season, when a mismanaged ruptured thigh injury restricted him to just a single appearance. Potential moves away from Griffin Park fell through, with Salman failing trials with Stoke City and Millwall in 1982. He re-established himself in the team during the 1984–85 season, making 58 appearances and following up with another 45 during the following season.
At only age 26, Salman was rewarded with a testimonial versus Tottenham Hotspur in May 1986, which earned him £5,552. The match brought down the curtain on an 11-year career at Griffin Park, during which Salman made 371 appearances and scored eight goals. A return to Brentford during the reign of Steve Perryman was mooted, but fell through after Perryman's departure in August 1990. In recognition of his performances for the club, Salman was inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in November 2014.
Millwall
Salman moved up to the Second Division to sign for Millwall in August 1986 for a £20,000 fee, which was settled by a tribunal. He made 36 appearances and scored two goals during a forgettable debut season, in which the Lions finished in the bottom half of the table. Everything came right during the 1987–88 season, making 42 appearances as the Lions won the Second Division title. Receiving the club's Player of the Year award capped Salman's season. His appearances tailed off in the First Division and he departed in March 1990, having made 112 appearances and scored five goals during his time at The Den.
Plymouth Argyle
Salman dropped back down to Second Division to sign for Peter Shilton's Plymouth Argyle on 20 March 1990 for a £50,000 fee. He made 11 appearances in what remained of the 1989–90 season, before establishing himself in the team in a poor 1990–91 season for the club. He remained with the club until the end of the 1991–92 season and played for Peterborough United on loan in March 1992. Salman departed Home Park having made 84 appearances and scored five goals for the Pilgrims.
Torquay United
Salman joined Third Division club Torquay United in September 1992. He made 20 league appearances during the 1992–93 season and retired at the end of the campaign.
International career
Salman won five caps for England Youth and played at the 1978 European U18 Championship.
Post-football career
While still a player, Salman had a spell managing the Torquay United youth team during the 1992–93 season, combining his role with that of the club's Youth Development Officer. He became the Gulls' Commercial Manager in 1993. As of July 2010, Salman was coaching youth players in the South West at his own soccer school and Plymouth College. He is a qualified sport and body massage therapist and as of July 2010 was working part-time for Plymouth Raiders.
Personal life
Since retiring from football, Salman has lived in Plymouth. Salman works for the Press Association and focuses on covering Plymouth Argyle's matches. He writes a column in the Plymouth Herald.
Career statistics
Honours
Brentford
Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1977–78
Millwall
Football League Second Division: 1987–88
Individual
Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year: 1984–85
Brentford Players' Player of the Year: 1984–85
Brentford Hall of Fame
Millwall Player of the Year: 1987–88
References
1960 births
Living people
English men's footballers
England men's youth international footballers
Turkish Cypriot men's footballers
English people of Turkish Cypriot descent
Brentford F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Peterborough United F.C. players
Torquay United F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football defenders
People from Famagusta |
11075110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasja | Natasja | Natasja is a given name, and may refer to:
Natasja Crone Back, Danish journalist
Natasja Saad (1974–2007), Danish reggae and dancehall artist known as "Natasja"' or "Little T"
Natalya Panina (ballroom)
Natasja Shah, (1972-) Trinidad poet
Natasja Vermeer, Dutch actress and model
See also
Natasha
Natacha |
38818812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20salvage%20ship%20Kommuna | Russian salvage ship Kommuna | Kommuna is a submarine salvage ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel. A double-hulled catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now the Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. She was renamed Kommuna on 31 December 1922. Kommuna has served in the Russian Imperial, Soviet, and Russian Federation navies through the Russian Revolution and two World Wars.
History
The ship was the first Russian double-hulled vessel, and was developed by order of the Naval General Staff. SMS Vulkan was used as prototype.
The contract to build the ship was won by the Putilov company, who received Order No. 3559 from the General Directorate of Shipbuilding on 30 December 1911, and the contract for construction was signed on 5 May 1912. The ship was laid down on 12 November 1912 under the supervision of naval architect N.V. Lesnikova. On 17 November 1913 the ship was launched under the name Volkhov, and was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet on 15 July 1915.
Volkhov was initially based at Reval where she served as a submarine tender, capable of carrying 10 spare torpedoes and 50 tons of fuel, as well as accommodation for 60 submariners. She serviced Russian submarines, and also British E and C-class submarines.
Volkhov made her first successful salvage of a submarine in the summer of 1917, raising the American Holland-class submarine , which had sunk off Åland. On 24 September 1917, Volkhov refloated the submarine Edinorog from a depth of .
From late 1917 Volkhov participated in the Civil War, serving the submarines of the Soviet Baltic Fleet, and on 31 December 1922 (just days after the founding of the USSR) she was renamed Kommuna. Under her new name she continued in service in the Baltic, extinguishing a fire aboard the submarine Zmeya, and raising the despatch boat Kobchik, and the boat Krasnoarmeyets. In mid-1928 Kommuna raised the British submarine , which had been sunk in the Gulf of Finland in June 1919, from a depth of , and which then served as the prototype for the . Kommuna continued to serve as a salvage and repair ship, also raising a tug, a torpedo boat, and a crashed aircraft.
Following the German invasion in June 1941 Kommuna was based at Leningrad, and although damaged by bombing continued to serve throughout the siege. In March 1942 she recovered four KV tanks, two tractors and 31 vehicles from Lake Ladoga, which had fallen through the ice road, called the "Road of Life", which was Leningrad's only supply route. That year she also repaired six M-class submarines, as well as salvaging the 411, the tugboat Austra, the schooners Trud and Vodoley-2, and several other vessels. In February 1943, the crew of Kommuna were sent to the Volga where they recovered the tug Ivan and an Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft. In 1944, Kommuna recovered 14 wrecks, totalling 11,767 tons, and repaired 34 ships. Following the end of the siege the entire crew were awarded the Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad". The ship continued to serve after the war, and in 1954 she was refitted and her engines were replaced by more modern Dutch ones. In November 1956 she located the submarine , and in October 1957 raised the .
In 1967, the ship sailed from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and was refitted at a cost of 11 million rubles to carry submersibles. In 1974 she was equipped with a Type AS-6 Poisk-2 submersible, which on 15 December 1974 made a record dive to a depth of . In 1977 it was used in the search for a Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft that crashed and sank off the Caucasus at a depth of .
In 1984 the ship was laid up for transfer to the Russian Academy of Sciences. However, the transfer was cancelled, and she was thoroughly looted, and had to be completely refitted before returning to Naval service. In 1999 she was re-designated from "salvage ship" to "rescue ship".
In October 2009 she received the British-built submarine rescue submersible Pantera Plus, capable of operating to depths of up to . As of January 2012 she forms part of the detachment of rescue vessels based at Sevastopol.
In April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ship was deployed after the sinking of the guided missile cruiser Moskva. The Moskva sank off the coast from Odesa in of water. The size of the Moskva, which sank in one piece, makes bringing it to the surface impractical. Kommuna will reportedly assist in recovering weapons, bodies, and other sensitive material that foreign powers might be interested in.
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Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy
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53134359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphic%20toxins | Polymorphic toxins | Polymorphic toxins (PTs) are multi-domain proteins primarily involved in competition between bacteria but also involved in pathogenesis when injected in eukaryotic cells. They are found in all major bacterial clades.
Bacteria live in complex multispecies communities such as biofilms and human-associated microbiotas. The dynamics and structure of these communities are greatly influenced by interbacterial competition through the secretion of toxic effectors. Bacteria have evolved several systems to outcompete their neighbors by poisoning them through a contact-dependent killing (including effectors of type V and VI secretion systems) or the release of soluble toxins (including colicins) in the environment.
Definition
Polymorphic toxins are bacterial exotoxins which share common features regarding their domain architecture.
Each family of PTs is defined by a conserved N-terminal region associated with diverse C-terminal (CT) toxic domains, which can be found in several other PT families. The fact that toxic domains are shared between several families of PTs is a hallmark of this category of toxins. A pool of more than 150 distinct toxic domains have been predicted by an in silico study. The most frequent toxic activities found among PTs are RNases, DNases, peptidases and protein-modifying activities.
PTs are involved in killing or inhibiting the growth of bacterial competitors lacking the adequate immunity protein. Indeed, in PT systems, a gene encoding a protective immunity protein is always located immediately downstream of the toxin gene. The immunity protein is present in the cytoplasm to protect the toxin producing-cell both from auto-intoxication and from toxin produced by other strains.
Polymorphic toxin families
The most studied PT families encompass colicins, toxic effectors of type V secretion systems, some toxic effectors of type VI secretion systems and MafB toxins.
Colicins
Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition (CDI) systems: CdiA toxins
Rhs toxins
"Extended" VgrG toxins
"Extended" Hcp toxins
MafB toxins
References
See also
Exotoxin
Toxins |
17880497 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine%20Chihuri | Augustine Chihuri | Augustine Chihuri (born 10 March 1953) is the former commissioner-general of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, having led the country's police force from 1991 to December 2017. He was named to the position in an acting on 18 December 1991, following the resignation of Henry Mukurazhizha, and was appointed substantive commissioner-general in September 1993.
Chihuri was forced into hiding in 2018 after president Emmerson Mnangagwa took over. In May 2019 it was falsely reported that Chihuri was in Malawi helping the DPP government to rig elections. On 6 December 2017, a rogue police officer attempted to set fire to Chihuri's house during a shootout at the property as a result of the offending officer attempting to steal goods from the property. The fire was promptly put out by the fire brigade. Since 2003, Chihuri is on the European Union and United States sanctions lists.
See also
Joint Operations Command
References
Further reading
Living people
1953 births
Zimbabwean individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
Zimbabwean police officers |
69004499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsudaira%20Chikauji | Matsudaira Chikauji | Matsudaira Chikarauji (松平親氏, died 1393) was a Japanese feudal lord in the early Muromachi period, who was the lord of Matsudaira in Mikawa Province. He was the founder of the Matsudaira clan and the Tokugawa clan who is recorded in the Edo period genealogy Matsudaira-shi Yuishogaki.
Life
His paternal lineage is said to be descended from the Shinden Genji Serada clan. The fourth son of Niida Yoshishige, Yoshiki, lived in Nitta-sho Tokugawa and called himself Tokugawa. Yoshiki's second son was Yoriji, who was named Yashiro Sarada and became the governor of Mikawa. His second son was Jiro Noriji, Noriji's son was Matajiro Ietoki, and Ietoki's son was Yajiro Mitsuyoshi. After Mitsuyoshi, he was succeeded by Masayoshi, Chikaki, and Arichika, and Arichika's son was Chikara'.
However, Japanese historian Watanabe Seisuke has argued that Tokugawa Ieyasu connected the Serada clan's genealogy with his own in 1566. In today's academic world, it is commonly believed that the genealogy was embellished by Ieyasu. However, Ieyasu's grandfather Matsudaira Kiyoyasu had already called himself the Serada clan, and Ieyasu is thought to have been influenced by him.
Chikara was defeated in the Kanto (or Shinano Province) by the forces of the Kamakura kōkata (or Shiba clan), and became a member of the Ashikaga clan, he was defeated by the forces of Kamakura lord (or Shiba clan), and to avoid Ashikaga clan capture, he entered Shōjōkō-ji, the head temple of the Toki sect, in Sagami Province with his father Arichika, and was ordained as a priest. He is sometimes described as "a Beggar monk" or "a kind of Lowborn". However, it has been revealed by Masuo Sembon that the story of rakugo at Seikouji Temple was not told until after the Genroku period, after the establishment of the "Butoku Taiseiki", and is considered to have been created in later times.
Tokuami's subordinate, Magosaburo Ishikawa, Shomyoji Sakki and Yugyo and Fujisawa Shonin no Rekishi Keifu. The name of Magosaburo Ishikawa appears as his companion. He became a guest of Matsudaira Nobushige (Ensign Tarozaemon), the lord of the area who was descended from the Zaihara clan or Kamo clan. Nobushige took Tokuami as his son-in-law because of his knowledge of waka poetry and his bravery, and Tokuami returned to secular life and took the name Matsudaira Tarozaemon Lieutenant Chikashi.
"In the "History of the Matsudaira Clan," when Nobushige asked him about his ancestry, he replied, "I am a wanderer who travels from east to west, and I am ashamed to say so. Here, the Chikara is described as a person whose identity is unknown.
After becoming the lord of Matsudaira, he built Goshiki Castle and became a legitimate son (according to the sibling theory In cooperation with Yasuchika, who is said to be his eldest son, he destroyed the neighboring lords called "Nakayama Shichina" and expanded his power, laying the foundation of the Matsudaira clan, a feudal lord. However, based on the description in the "History of the Matsudaira Clan," there is a theory that he actually acquired the land through purchase.
He built many shrines and temples in his territory, including Kogetsuin, his family temple, and did not spare any assistance to the poor people.
In addition to the aforementioned arguments, there is also a theory that doubts the existence of the second generation of the Matsudaira clan, Chikashi and Yasuchika, because their names cannot be found in historical documents of the same period.
The year of his birth and death
According to the "History of the Matsudaira Clan", Chikara seems to have died suddenly. There are various theories about the year of birth and death of Chikara, and it has not reached the stage of a definite theory. According to the Folklore of the local town of Matsudaira (Toyota City), he died around the fourth year of the Meitoku reign (1393), and in the fifth year of the Heisei reign (1993), the 600th anniversary of his death was celebrated. In Heisei 5 (1993), Toyota City held the "600th Anniversary of Prince Chikaga" to commemorate the 600th anniversary of his death. As part of the event, a national seminar for castle researchers was held.
There are ten different traditions of the date of Chikara's death
Kōan first year (1361), April 20 ("Hōzō-ji history", "Daiju-ji records", "Okuhira family records" )
Oei first year (1394) April 20 ("Mikawa Kaitōki" )
1394 April 24 ("Kogetsuinki" )
Onei 20th year (1413) ("Shinkomyoji Enki" )
Onei 21 (1414 years) ("Matsudaira So Keifu" )
Onei 28 (1421) ("Sanyo Matsudaira Gidenki" )
Eikyō 35nen (1428nen) ("Toei Kan" )
Eikyō 9 (1437 years) ("Takimura Manshoji Genealogy" and "Ryōzan Myōshōji tablets" )
Kōshō2 (1456) ("Dai Mikawa Shi" )
Onin first year (1467 years), April 20 ("Chronicles of the Tokugawa" )
There are several theories for the year of his birth, such as Eiin6th year (1298) ("Daijuji Records") and Genkō2nd year/Shōkei1st year (1332) ("Kogetsuin Historical Records").
Relationship with Sakai clan
According to the genealogy of the Sakai clan, who later became a chief vassal of the Matsudaira clan, the founder of the clan, Hirochika, was the son-in-law of the lord of Sakai village in Hekikai County, Mikawa Province, before he succeeded the Matsudaira clan. According to this theory, the Sakai clan is a member of the Matsudaira clan.
However, according to the research of Akio Hirano, the Sakai clan arose when the eldest daughter of Matsudaira Nobushige married into Sakai-go. In any case, the Matsudaira and Sakai clans are related.
References
References
1393 deaths
14th-century births
People of Muromachi-period Japan
Matsudaira clan
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19038088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wybrze%C5%BCe%2C%20Podkarpackie%20Voivodeship | Wybrzeże, Podkarpackie Voivodeship | Wybrzeże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubiecko, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.
References
Villages in Przemyśl County |
10452934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20Breeskin | Olga Breeskin | Olga Breeskin Torres (September 22, 1951) is a Mexican violinist, dancer and actress. She was one of the most famous Mexican vedettes in 1970s and 1980s. Since her conversion to Christianity, she has only presented herself as a violinist.
Early life
Olga Breeskin was born in Mexico City. She is the daughter of Ukrainian violinist and conductor Elias Breeskin. She and her brother as children learned to play the violin from their father. When Breeskin was 13 years old; she and her brother were forced to support the family and began to play their violins for tips in restaurants. Breeskin later confessed that she kept some of the tip money for herself by hiding it in her shoe. Later, Ernesto Valz, the owner of a Mexico City night-club chain, discovered Breeskin playing her violin for tips during lunch. Recognizing her talent and her natural beauty, he hired her to perform in many of his nightclubs and created a nightclub act for her.
Career
Breeskin rose to fame in the 1970s for her cabaret act, where she danced and shimmied in French-cut leotards while playing the violin. She became the headliner in the nightclub "Belvedere", located in the penthouse of the Hotel Continental. (It was previously known as the Hilton Hotel). Her Hotel Continental nightclub act was based on a Las Vegas-style show that had numerous back-up dancers and a full show band to accompany Breeskin. The opening song for her show was "Todos Queremos Ver A Olga (We all Want to See Olga)". The television network Televisa, developed a 30-second TV commercial, where Olga wore a French-cut leotard with dangly sequined ribbon strips that flew away from her body as she spun around, she stopped, put her hand on her hip and with the other hand motioned "to come here." It was a lusty commercial for conservative Mexico. But Mexico was hypnotized with Breeskin's charms. For years, every night her performances were sold out. Nightclubs led to films. Her most recognizable movie was Nora la rebelde. She was considered for many years the number one female entertainer in Mexico. The Mexican press called her "The Number One" or "Super Olga". But the Hotel Continental was completely destroyed in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. In the 1990s, Breeskin appeared in some television programs and Mexican telenovelas, before moving to Las Vegas.
Currently Breeskin presently lives and works in Las Vegas, NV. She has a popular radio show and occasionally performs her nightclub act. On September 5, 2014 Breeskin performed for the Alonzo De Leon Middle School orchestra class. Honors students were delighted by her.
In 2016, Breeskin, along with other vedettes like Lyn May, Rossy Mendoza, Wanda Seux and Princesa Yamal, stars in the documentary film Beauties of the Night, by the filmmaker María José Cuevas.
Personal life
When she married a New York dancer, Joey Doucette, the Mexican press asked her why she married an American instead of Mexican. Her reply was, "A Mexican husband would never allow me to wear a postage-stamp size costume." Joey and Breeskin had one child, Alan. Later Breeskin opened a clinic for research and care for asthmatic children in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Conversion
After facing the death of her mother and falling in depression due to a life of addiction to alcohol, drugs, and gambling, in 2007, Breeskin attended a religious meeting and became a born again Christian. She has been sharing her testimony at Christian services ever since. Now she plays at Churches and Christian meetings.
Filmography
Films
México de noche (1968)
Los desalmados (1971)
Elena y Raquel (1971)
Me he de comer esa tuna (1972)
Lo que más queremos (1972)
Bikinis y rock (1972)
La disputa (1974)
El padrino...es mi compadre (1975)
La loca de los milagros (1975)
Eva, ¿qué hace ese hombre en tu cama? (1975)
El compadre más padre (1976)
Nora la rebelde (1979)
Beauties of the Night (2016)
Television
Tú y yo (1996) .... Lucrecia Álvarez Albarran
Al final del arco iris (1982) .... Elsa Rivera
Rina (1977) .... Silvia
El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971) .... Milena del Real
El chofer (1974) .... Nora
References
External links
Christian Testimony of Olga Breeskin (In Spanish)
1951 births
Living people
Actresses from Mexico City
Mexican people of Russian descent
Mexican people of Ukrainian descent
Mexican female dancers
Mexican violinists
Mexican women violinists
Mexican film actresses
Mexican vedettes
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican Christians
Converts to Christianity
21st-century violinists |
4519522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink%20cinema | Hyperlink cinema | Hyperlink cinema is a style of filmmaking characterised by complex or multilinear narrative structures with multiple characters under one unifying theme.
History
The term was coined by author Alissa Quart, who used the term in her review of the film Happy Endings (2005) for the film journal Film Comment in 2005. Film critic Roger Ebert popularized the term when reviewing the film Syriana in 2005. These films are not hypermedia and do not have actual hyperlinks, but are multilinear in a more metaphorical sense.
In describing Happy Endings, Quart considers captions acting as footnotes and split screen as elements of hyperlink cinema and notes the influence of the World Wide Web and multitasking. Playing with time and characters' personal history, plot twists, interwoven storylines between multiple characters, jumping between the beginning and end (flashback and flashforward) are also elements. Ebert further described hyperlink cinema as films where the characters or action reside in separate stories, but a connection or influence between those disparate stories is slowly revealed to the audience; illustrated in Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu's films Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Babel (2006).
Quart suggests that director Robert Altman created the structure for the genre and demonstrated its usefulness for combining interlocking stories in his films Nashville (1975) and Short Cuts (1993). However, his work was predated by several films, including Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjunga (1962), Federico Fellini's Amarcord (1973), and Ritwik Ghatak's Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973), all of which use a narrative structure based on multiple characters.
Quart also mentions the television series 24 and discusses Alan Rudolph's film Welcome to L.A. (1976) as an early prototype. Crash (2004) is an example of the genre, as are Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000), Fernando Meirelles's City of God (2002), Stephen Gaghan's Syriana (2005) and Rodrigo Garcia's Nine Lives (2005).
The style is also used in video games. French video game company Quantic Dream has produced games, such as Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, with hyperlink cinema style storytelling, and the style has also influenced role-playing games such as Suikoden III (2001) and Octopath Traveler (2018).
Analysis
The hyperlink cinema narrative and story structure can be compared to social science's spatial analysis. As described by Edward Soja and Costis Hadjimichalis spatial analysis examines the "'horizontal experience' of human life, the spatial dimension of individual behavior and social relations, as opposed to the 'vertical experience' of history, tradition, and biography." English critic John Berger notes for the novel that "it is scarcely any longer possible to tell a straight story sequentially unfolding in time" for "we are too aware of what is continually traversing the story line laterally."
An academic analysis of hyperlink cinema appeared in the journal Critical Studies in Media Communication, and referred to the films as Global Network Films. Narine's study examines the films Traffic (2000), Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Beyond Borders (2003), Crash (2004; released 2005), Syriana (2005), Babel (2006) and others, citing network theorist Manuel Castells and philosophers Michel Foucault and Slavoj Žižek. The study suggests that the films are network narratives that map the network society and the new connections citizens experience in the age of globalization.
Alberto Toscano and Jeff Kinkle have argued that one popular form of hyperlink cinema constitutes a contemporary form of it-narrative, an 18th- and 19th-century genre of fiction written from the imagined perspective of objects as they move between owners and social environments. In these films, they argue, "the narrative link is the characters' relation to the film's product of choice, whether it be guns, cocaine, oil, or Nile perch."
Examples
Films
Grand Hotel (1932)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Kanchenjunga (1962)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Amarcord (1973)
Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Zavallilar (1974)
Nashville (1975)
Welcome to L.A. (1976)
Yol (1981)
After Hours (1985)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Mystery Train (1989)
Grand Canyon (1991)
Slacker (1991)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
Three Colours: Red (1993)
Before the Rain (1994)
Exotica (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Gummo (1997)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Happiness (1998)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Go (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Code Unknown (2000)
Timecode (2000)
Amores perros (2000)
Snatch (2000)
Traffic (2000)
Lantana (2001)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
City of God (2002)
11:14 (2003)
Elephant (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
21 Grams (2003)
Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Crash (2004)
Happy Endings (2005)
Syriana (2005)
Nine Lives (2005)
Sin City (2005)
Inland Empire (2006)
Look Both Ways (2006)
Babel (2006)
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Rendition (2007)
You, the Living (2007)
The Air I Breathe (2008)
Gomorrah (2008)
Vantage Point (2008)
Ajami (2009)
Powder Blue (2009)
Watchmen (2009)
Hereafter (2010)
Answers to Nothing (2011)
Contagion (2011)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Disconnect (2012)
The Big Short (2015)
Dunkirk (2017)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Bullet Train (2022)
Video games
Suikoden III (2001)
Indigo Prophecy (2005)
Heavy Rain (2010)
Resident Evil 6 (2012)
Until Dawn (2015)
Octopath Traveler (2018)
Detroit: Become Human (2018)
Directors associated with hyperlink cinema
Paul Thomas Anderson
Satyajit Ray
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Altman
The Wachowskis
Tom Tykwer
Steven Soderbergh
Richard Linklater
See also
Anthology film
Composite film
Nonlinear (arts)
Ensemble cast
References
External links
Jason Kottke's explanation of the origin of the term
Film genres
Film styles
Concepts in film theory
History of film
2000s neologisms
2005 neologisms
1930s in film
1960s in film
1970s in film
1980s in film
1990s in film
2000s in film
2010s in film
2020s in film
Postmodern art |
67635565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesella | Friesella | Friesella is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae.
The species of this genus are found in South America.
Species:
Friesella schrottkyi (Friese, 1900)
References
Meliponini
Bee genera |
65599488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383%20Kent%20Football%20League | 1982–83 Kent Football League | The 1982–83 Kent Football League season was the 17th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England. This season was the last with two points for a win system.
The league was won by Crockenhill, while Chatham Town was promoted to the Southern Football League.
League table
The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, transferred from the London Spartan League:
Alma Swanley
Beckenham Town
League table
References
External links
1982-83
1982–83 in English football leagues |
52166228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineville%2C%20South%20Carolina | Pineville, South Carolina | Pineville is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The community is located on South Carolina Highway 45 west-northwest of St. Stephen. Pineville has a post office with ZIP code 29468, which opened on March 19, 1880.
The Pineville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Pineville.
Cross Generating Station is a large coal-fired power station located in Pineville.
References
Unincorporated communities in Berkeley County, South Carolina
Unincorporated communities in South Carolina |
37185321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boneh-ye%20Isa | Boneh-ye Isa | Boneh-ye Isa (, also Romanized as Boneh-ye ‘Īsá and Boneh Isa) is a village in Choghamish Rural District, Choghamish District, Dezful County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 373, in 76 families.
References
Populated places in Dezful County |
51546135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehru%20Enclave%20metro%20station | Nehru Enclave metro station | The Nehru Enclave metro station is located on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. It was opened to public on 29 May 2018.
History
The station
Station layout
Entry/exit
Connections
Bus
Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 8A, 306, 427, 442, 445A, 445STL, 447, 492, 493, 511, 511A, 529SPL, 534, 534A, 544A, 567A, 568A, 724, 764, 764EXT, 774, 874, AC-534, AC-724, serves the station from nearby Nehru Place Terminal bus stop.
See also
Delhi
List of Delhi Metro stations
Transport in Delhi
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Delhi Suburban Railway
Delhi Monorail
Delhi Transport Corporation
South East Delhi
Nehru Place
Okhla Sanctuary
Okhla railway station
National Capital Region (India)
List of rapid transit systems
List of metro systems
References
External links
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
Delhi Metro Annual Reports
Railway stations in India opened in 2018
Delhi Metro stations
Railway stations in South East Delhi district |
1034291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer-specific%20stadium | Soccer-specific stadium | Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-purpose stadium which is for a variety of sports. A soccer-specific stadium may host other sporting events (such as lacrosse, American football and rugby) and concerts, but the design and purpose of a soccer-specific stadium is primarily for soccer. Some facilities (for example SeatGeek Stadium, Toyota Stadium and Historic Crew Stadium) have a permanent stage at one end of the stadium used for staging concerts.
A soccer-specific stadium typically has amenities, dimensions and scale suitable for soccer in North America, including a scoreboard, video screen, luxury suites and possibly a roof. The field dimensions are within the range found optimal by FIFA: long by wide. These soccer field dimensions are wider than the regulation American football field width of , or the width of a Canadian football field. The playing surface typically consists of grass as opposed to artificial turf, as the latter is generally disfavored for soccer matches since players are more susceptible to injuries. However, some soccer specific stadiums, such as Portland's Providence Park and Creighton University's Morrison Stadium, do have artificial turf.
The seating capacity is generally between 18,000 and 30,000 for a Major League Soccer franchise, or smaller for college or minor league soccer teams. This is in comparison to the much larger American football stadiums that mostly range between 60,000 and 80,000 in which the original North American Soccer League teams played and most MLS teams occupied during the league's inception. As opposed to gridiron-style football stadiums, where the front row of seats is elevated several feet above the field of play to allow spectators to see over the heads of substitute players and coaches on the sidelines, soccer-specific venues typically have the front row closer to the level of the pitch.
History
In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, first-division professional soccer leagues in the United States, such as the North American Soccer League and Major League Soccer, primarily used American football fields, many of which were oversized in terms of seating capacity and undersized in terms of the width of the soccer field; they often used artificial turf (none of which, at the time, were approved for international soccer under FIFA rules). Although many of the baseball parks had smaller capacities, natural grass, and a wider field, these parks were generally in use during summer, when North American–based soccer leagues, such as Major League Soccer, also hold their seasons, and the irregular field dimensions and sightlines were often considered undesirable.
Soccer-specific stadiums first came into use in the 1990s, after the multi-purpose stadium era.
The term "soccer-specific stadium" was coined by Lamar Hunt, who financed the construction of the Columbus Crew Stadium, the first soccer-specific stadium constructed specifically for Major League Soccer. In the 2000s, other Major League Soccer teams in the United States began constructing their own stadiums. Canada's first soccer-specific stadium was BMO Field in Toronto, home to Toronto FC. This stadium was renovated to accommodate Canadian football for the 2016 and subsequent seasons. The distinction is less prominent in Canada, where MLS's attendance figures are comparable to those of the domestic Canadian Football League, and the CFL's wider field means fewer compromises must be made to accommodate both; Tim Hortons Field was built purposely to both soccer specifications and CFL regulations. Of the three Canadian cities that host both MLS and CFL teams, only one (Montreal) has separate stadiums for each.
Major League Soccer (MLS)
Current MLS soccer-specific stadiums
Proposed MLS soccer-specific stadiums
National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Current NWSL soccer-specific stadiums
Under construction
United Soccer League (USL)
Current USLC and USL1 soccer-specific stadiums
All USL Championship teams and USL League One teams will be required to play in self-owned, soccer-specific stadiums by the 2022 season. The following is a list of current USL stadiums that are soccer-specific stadiums:
Stadiums under construction
Proposed USL soccer-specific stadiums
NCAA (Division I)
Other soccer-specific stadiums
Past soccer-specific stadiums
Other countries
The term "football-specific stadium" is sometimes used in countries where the sport is known as football rather than soccer, although the term is not common in countries where football is the dominant sport and thus football-specific stadiums are quite common. The term tends to have a slightly different meaning in these countries, usually referring to a stadium without an athletics track surrounding the field. Some soccer stadiums in Europe are also used for other sports, including rugby, American football, and field hockey. The problem with oversized stadiums designed for another sport is particularly visible in European American football leagues and conflicts between teams sharing the stadium (a notable example are Eintracht Braunschweig and the Braunschweig Lions which share a stadium) and (often municipal) owners of the stadiums sometimes arise, leading to attempts at single sport-specific venues.
See also
List of soccer stadiums in the United States
List of soccer stadiums in Canada
List of football (soccer) stadiums by capacity
List of Major League Soccer stadiums
List of NASL stadiums
List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums
List of Women's Professional Soccer stadiums
Notes
References
Association football venues
Association football terminology
Soccer
Lists of soccer stadiums in Canada
Specific
Stadiums |
562198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skye%20and%20Lochalsh | Skye and Lochalsh | Skye and Lochalsh () is one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region of Scotland. The main offices of the Skye and Lochalsh district council were in Portree, on the Isle of Skye.
History
As statutory local government areas, the region and districts were created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. The area of the region is now the Highland unitary council area, and the former Skye and Lochalsh district is within the Highland Council's Ross, Skye and Lochaber corporate management area.
The 1973 legislation abolished local government counties and burghs throughout Scotland and created a new system of nine two-tier regions and three islands council areas. Each region consisted of a number of districts and the islands areas were created as unitary council areas. The Skye and Lochash district of the Highland region was created by merging the Skye district of Inverness-shire (consisting of the Skye group of Inner Hebridean islands) with the South West district of Ross and Cromarty (consisting of an area around and including the village of Kyle of Lochalsh).
The 1994 legislation abolished regions and districts and established a system of 32 unitary council areas covering the whole of Scotland, and all of the Highland districts were merged into the new unitary Highland council area.
In 1996 the new Highland Council adopted the areas of the former districts as council management areas, and created area committees to represent them. The Skye and Lochalsh management area then consisted of six out of the 72 wards of the council area, each electing one councillor by the first past the post system of election. In 1999 ward boundaries were redrawn to create 80 new wards. Management area boundaries were not redrawn, however, and therefore area committees ceased to represent exactly the areas for which they were named and made decisions. The Skye and Lochalsh committee continued to have six members.
Ward boundaries were redrawn again in 2007, and the council's eight management areas were abolished in favour of three new corporate management areas, including the Ross, Skye and Lochaber area which absorbed the former Skye and Lochalsh area. The Highland council area now has 22 wards and each elects three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, a system designed to produce a form of proportional representation. The total number of councillors remains the same. The Ross, Skye and Lochaber area consists of six out of the 22 wards and these ward elect 23 of the 80 Highland councillors.
There is also a Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster), but its boundaries are not exactly those of the council corporated management area. The constituency was created in 2005 with boundaries based on those of wards in use during the period 1999 to 2007.
The Skye group of islands is now a ward named as the Eilean a' Cheò ward, which elects four councillors. The Lochalsh area is now within the Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh ward, which also elects four councillors.
District coat of arms
The Skye and Lochalsh District Council coat of arms, granted by Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1987, featured a wavy blue fess across the centre of the shield for the Kyle of Lochalsh. Above this were emblems for the three main historic families of the Isle of Skye (Macleod of Macleod, Macdonald of Sleat and Mackinnon) and below it a stag's head from the arms of Mackenzie of Kintail for the Lochalsh area. The gold coronet above the arms was a special pattern reserved for the arms of Scottish district councils, and was topped by thistle-heads.
See also
Politics of the Highland council area
Subdivisions of Scotland
References
External links
Skye and Lochalsh Visitor Guide
Districts of Scotland |
67119106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhead%20Moss | Greenhead Moss | Greenhead Moss Community Nature Park, or simply Greenhead Moss is a nature reserve and public park in the town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Despite its small area of only 100 hectares, the park has many different flora and fauna. The most notable feature of the park is the Perchy Pond, an artificial pond known for its many Swans and Amphibians. The area is naturally occurring, and the area around the pond was designated as a Local nature reserve (LNR), in 1989, with the rest of the Moss being designated so by 2013. The main habitat is moorland and Bogs, although flower Meadows and woods are also predominant.
History
According to park signs, the landscape formed around 10,000 years ago in the Mesolithic, with known habitation occurring as far back as 2,000 years ago. The marshes and peat bogs were used as a source of fuel by the Britons in ancient times. The peat in the moss was used for fuel as late as 1993. Coal mining became the industry of choice during the Industrial Revolution with OS Maps showing small coal mines and railways on the land. These were short lived however.
After the designation of the Pond as an LNR in 1989, the council acquired the land in 1999 and the community trust for the park was established. This new nature reserve lay between the Wishaw neighbourhoods of Greenhead and Cambusnethan and soon was fitted with new pathways, stairs and gates. These regeneration efforts mainly took place during the early 2000s. They were a large success in making the Moss the nature park it is today.
Cambusnethan Bog Body
On 23 March 1932 a local Wishaw worker by the name of Gerald Ronlink was digging peat in the Moss, when he came across the preserved body of a fully clothed man about two feet beneath the bog. While his clothes were partially damaged, a unique jacket, cap and leather boots could be made out. The body was identified to have been buried in the 1680s, and the man to be a foot soldier of some sort, most likely a Covenanter.
The man was around age 50, 5'6 (1.66m) tall, with brown hair and size 7 feet, and was found to have had a severe blow to the head. It has been theorised that the man was most likely the victim of a murder. He was probably a Covenanter soldier who had been cut off from the rest of his group, and was then found and killed by political enemies. His body then buried in the wet, isolated bogs of Cambusnethan to avoid discovery.
References
Parks in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire articles missing geocoordinate data
1989 establishments in Scotland
Wishaw
Local nature reserves in Scotland |
12283325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n%20B%C3%A1n%20Breathnach | Seán Bán Breathnach | Seán Bán Breathnach (born 1949) is an Irish radio and television broadcaster and personality. He broadcasts primarily in the medium of the Irish language.
Early life and career
Born in the Connemara area of County Galway, Breathnach moved to the United Kingdom as a teenager and worked as a DJ at discos in London. After returning to Ireland, he worked for Radio Éireann in the late 1960s.
Broadcasting
When he was 19 years old in 1969, Breathnach presented the first Irish language pop music programme on Raidió Éireann. Shortly afterwards he presented his first television show, Imeall, a bilingual folk music show. In 1975, he had the lead role in Bob Quinn's first feature Irish-language drama, Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoire. He hosted the show SBB ina Shuí with Gráinne Gleoite from 1976 to 1982. This became the highest-rated Irish-language television programme at the time, coming first in TAM ratings in 1979.
Over the coming years, Breathnach presented several television and radio programmes and documentaries for the state broadcasting corporation Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the Irish-language broadcaster TG4 and the RTÉ national-regional station RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. He is also known for his radio sports coverage.
In 1978, he was appointed to RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta staff. He worked mainly with the sports department and has presented the station's flagship sports programme, Spórt an tSathairn for several years. In 1991, Breathnach won a Jacob's Award for his sports commentaries on Raidió na Gaeltachta.
Other work in television has included the community based programme Eadrainn Féin (1984–1986) and Scaoil Amach an Bobailín with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (1990–1993). Since the formation of TG4, Breathnach has also been involved in programmes such as Cleamhnas and a soccer programme which covered the possible influence of Celts on the game.
In February 2007, Breathnach began presenting an hour-long music documentary Siar agus Aniar, on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Later in 2007, he took part in RTÉ One's Charity You're A Star to raise money and awareness for the Carers Association of Ireland. He was the runner-up.
Personal life
Breathnach lives in Indreabhan, Cois Fharraige in County Galway. He is married with four children. His wife Brighid is from another Gaeltacht area in County Waterford (An Rinn). His twin children Léan and Cárthach Bán Breathnach both had acting roles in the TG4 series Aifric. His eldest daughter Brighid is a television producer, and his second eldest daughter Katie is a teacher.
See also
Breathnach
References
Living people
20th-century Irish people
Irish radio presenters
Irish sports broadcasters
Irish television personalities
TG4 presenters
Jacob's Award winners
Broadcasters from County Galway
You're a Star contestants
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta presenters
1949 births |
62950983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw%20Effah-Baafi | Yaw Effah-Baafi | Yaw Effah-Baafi (born 21 September 1955) served as the Member of Parliament of Kintampo South in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana.
Early life and education
Effah-Baafi was born on 21 September 1955 in Tanfiano No. 2 in the Brong Ahafo region. He attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where he earned his BSc. in Agriculture in 1985. He also graduated from Ghana institute of Management and Public Administration(GIMPA) where he obtained a postgraduate certificate in Administration in 1997 and EMGL in 2008.
Career
Effah-Baafi is an agriculturist. He was the Regional Coordinator for On-Farm trial in MOFA. He also served as the board chairman of Kintampo Rural Bank.
Politics
Effah-Baafi is a member of National Democratic Congress. He was the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He was also Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs Ghana. He was elected as Member of the Parliament in January 2001 and had a run of 4 terms in office. He was member of committees on Poverty Reduction Strategy, Roads and Transport, Standing Orders Committee, Subsidiary Legislation Committee.
Elections
2000 Elections
In the year 2000, Effah Baafi won the Ghanaian general elections as the member of parliament for the Kintampo constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the 7 parliamentary seats out of 21 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Brong Ahafo Region. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 14,134 votes out of 45,801 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 32.0% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Yaw Adjei-Duffour of the New Patriotic Party, Ishmale Bin Abdallah, Emmanuel Nsiah Dwomoh and Gladys Abena Nsowaa - independent candidates, Peter Ndela of the People's National Convention, Ahmed Mohammed Dapaah of the Convention People's Party, Sulemana Badivare Kukuje of the National Reform Party and Anarwat Joseph Yendu of the United Ghana Movement. These obtained 13,039, 4,760, 3,473, 1,737, 3,593, 1,626, 976 and 815 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 29.5%, 10.8%, 7.9%, 3.9%, 8.1%, 3.7%, 2.2% and 1.8% respectively of total valid votes cast.
2004 Elections
Effah- Baafi was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Kintampo South constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 14,040votes out of 24,869 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.50% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Kwasi Adu Gyan of the New Patriotic Party, Appiah Emmanuel Kwame of the Democratic People's Party and Duffour Stephen K of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 38.10% , 4.00% and 1.50% of respectively of total valid votes cast. Effah-Baafi was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency formed a part of 10 parliamentary seats won by the party out of a total 24 parliamentary seats for the Brong Ahafo region. In the 2004 Ghanaian general elections the National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary representation out of a total of 230 parliamentary seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
Effah-Baafi was re-elected as the Member of parliament for the Kintampo South constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections. He represented the constituency again in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 13,009votes out of 23,921 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 54.38% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Yaw Adjei-Duffour of the New Patriotic Party and Atomeh Koranteng Joseph of the People's National Convention. These obtained 44.52% and 1.16% respectively of all total valid votes cast. Effah-Baafi was elected again on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. The National Democratic Congress won majority total of 114 parliamentary representation out of a total 230parliamentary seats in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
Personal life
He is married with five children. He is a Christian and attends the Church of Pentecost.
References
1955 births
Living people
National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni
Ghanaian agriculturalists
People from Brong-Ahafo Region
21st-century Ghanaian politicians
Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009
Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013
Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017
Ghanaian Pentecostals |
13518286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parignargues | Parignargues | Parignargues is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Population
See also
Communes of the Gard department
References
Communes of Gard |
51663245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Chance | Kenneth Chance | Kenneth Macomb Chance (1879–1969) was an English industrialist and founder of British Industrial Plastics, who served as Sheriff of Warwickshire.
Chance was born on 16 July 1879, at Edgbaston, Birmingham (then in Warwickshire), the son of Alexander Macomb Chance and Florence Mercer. Chance's fraternal grandmother was Cornelia de Peyster, whose ancestors were Dutch and Huguenot settlers in British North America and Loyalist to the Crown. He was educated at Bilton Grange School, Warwickshire, Repton School and Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he played cricket for Trinity College's Second XI
He served as director (from 1901), Managing Director (from 1906), and Chairman (from 1933) of British Cyanides, and was MD & Chairman of its sister company British Industrial Plastics Ltd. He wrote a history of British Cyanides.
In 1944, he gave the Society Of Chemical Industry's first Chance Memorial Lecture, on the subject of his father.
He was Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1948–1949. At that time, his address was listed as Radford Manor, at Radford Semele, near Leamington Spa.
Chance was also a keen egg-collector, forming between 1925 and 1938 a complete collection of Warwickshire birds' eggs which is now in the possession of his grandson.
He died on 9 January 1966.
Kenneth Chance's younger brother was the industrialist and ornithologist Edgar Percival Chance.
References
External links
Entry at The Peerage
1879 births
1966 deaths
Place of death missing
People from Edgbaston
Sheriffs of Warwickshire
People educated at Repton School
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
People educated at Bilton Grange
English industrialists
English company founders
English people of Dutch descent
Schuyler family
Egg collectors |
44262139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Bouillon | Jean Bouillon | Jean Bouillon (20 December 1926 – 29 March 2009) was a Belgian marine biologist and expert on Hydrozoa.
Biography
Jean Bouillon was born in Uccle, Belgium. He worked from 1955 to 1991 as a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He was both Director of the Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology at the University.
From 1975 to 1994, he was the founder and director of the King Leopold III Biological Station at Laing Island, Hansa Bay, Madang Province, Papua New-Guinea.
On 4 April 1992, he became a corresponding member of l’Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique . He was promoted to full member on 13 January 2001 and an honorary member 7 October 2004.
He was also a member of l’Académie royale des sciences d’Outre-mer.
His last publication, the modestly named "An Introduction to Hydrozoa", is the standard work on this group of animals.
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Bouillon, J., 1967. Révision de la famille des Ptilocodiidae avec la description d'un nouveau genre et d'une nouvelle espèce. Bull. Acad. r. Belg. 53 9: 1106–1131.
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Bouillon, J., 1968. Introduction to Coelenterates. In: M. Florkin & B.T. Scheer, eds., Chemical Zoology, 2, Porifera, Coelenterata, and Platyhelminthes Chem. Zool. : 81–147.
Bouillon, J., 1968. Sur la structure des tentacules adhésifs des Cladonematidae et Eleutheriidae (Anthomedusae). Pubbl. Staz. zool. Napoli 36 : 471–504.
Bouillon, J., 1968. Une mission scientifique belge a l'archipel des Seychelles. Africa-Tervuren 14 : 98–102.
Bouillon, J., 1969. Les bâtisseurs de récifs. Forum Univ. libre Bruxelles 5 : 471–504.
Bouillon, J., F. Bazin & J.J. Cleret, 1969. Une Limnoméduse: Ostroumovia inkermanica dans le canal de Caen (Calvados, France). Bull. Soc. linn. Normandie, 10 10 100: 75–79.
Bouillon, J. & G. Houvenaghel, 1970. Histophysiologie de la digestion chez Cladonema radiatum, Dujardin 1843 (Anthomeduse). Pubbl. Staz. zool. Napoli 38 1: 71–108.
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Bouillon, J., 1974. Description de Teissiera milleporoides, nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce de Zancleidae des Seychelles (Hydrozoaires; Athécates. – Anthoméduses), avec une révision des hydroïdes Pteronematoidea. Cah. Biol. mar. 15 : 113–154.
Bouillon, J., 1974. Sur la structure de Paracoryne huvei, Picard, 1957. (Coelenterata, Hydrozoa, Athecata). Mém. Acad. r. Belg., Cl. Sci., 4o −218 3: 5–45.
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Bouillon, J. 1978. Hydroméduses de l'archipel des Seychelles et du Moçambique. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 92: 117–172.
Bouillon, J. 1978. Hydromeduses de la mer de Bismarck (Papouasie, Nouvelle-Guinée). Partie 1: Anthomedusae Capitata (Hydrozoa – Cnidaria). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 19: 249–297.
Bouillon, J., 1978. Hydroméduses de la mer de Bismarck (Papouasie, NouvelleGuinée. Partie II. Limnomedusa, Narcomedusa, Trachymedusa et Laingiomedusa (sous-classe nov.). Cah. Biol. mar. 19 : 473–483.
Bouillon, J., 1978. Sur un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de Ptilocodidae, Hydrichthelloides reticulata et la super-famille des Hydractinoidea (Hydroida-Athecata). Station Biolgique Leopold III, Laing Island. Contribution no. 1. Steenstrupia 5 6: 53–67.
Bouillon, J. 1980. Hydromeduses de la Mer de Bismarck. (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée). Partie 3: Anthomedusae – Filifera (Hydrozoa – Cnidaria). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 21: 307–344.
Bouillon, J. 1981. A new species of the genus Eutiara, Eutiara russelli n. sp. (Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Steenstrupia 7: 233–236.
Bouillon, J., 1981. Origine et phylogénèse des Cnidaires et des Hydropolypes-Hydroméduses. Annls Soc. r. zool. Belg. 111 1–4: 45–56.
Bouillon M. & Hubart J.M. (1982). Premiers resultats d'une experience de transplantation de cavernicoles pyreneens dans une grotte de Belgique. Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d' Etudes Géologiques et Archéologiques "Les Chercheurs de la Wallonie", 25, 97–106.
Bouillon, J., 1983. Sur le cycle biologique de Eirene hexanemalis (Goette, 1886) (Eirenidae, Leptomédusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Cah. Biol. mar. 24 4: 421–427.
Bouillon, J. 1984. Sphaerocoryne peterseni: Nouvelle espèce d'anthoméduse de Papouaise Nouvelle-Guinée (Hydrozoa-Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zoology 1: 245–248.
Bouillon, J., 1984. Sur la méduse de Porpita porpita (Linné, 1758) (Velellidae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zool. 1 2: 249–254.
Bouillon, J., 1984. Révision de la famille des Phialuciidae (Kramp, 1955) (Leptomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria), avec un essai de classification des Thecatae-Leptomedusae Indo-Malayan Zool. 1 1: 1–24.
Bouillon, J., 1984. Hydroméduses de la Mer de Bismarck (Papouasie – Nouvelle – Guinée). Partie IV: Leptomedusae (Hydrozoa – Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zool. 1 1: 25–112.
Bouillon, J. 1985a. Essai de classification des hydropolypes-hydroméduses (Hydrozoa-Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zoology 2: 29–243.
Bouillon, J. 1985b. Notes additionelles sur les hydroméduses de la mer de Bismarck (Hydrozoa-Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zoology 2: 245–266.
Bouillon, J., 1986. Nemalecium gen. nov., genre nouveau de Haleciidae (Thecata-Leptomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zool. 3 1: 71–80.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero & N. Gravier-Bonnet, 1986. Pseudostenotele, a new type of nematocyst, and its phylogenetic meaning within the Haleciidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Indo-Malayan Zool. 3 1: 63–69.
Bouillon, J., M. Claereboudt & G. Seghers, 1986. Hydroméduses de la baie de Hansa (Mer de Bismarck; Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée). Répartition, conditions climatiques et hydrologiques. Indo-Malayan Zool. 3 2: 105–152.
Bouillon, J. & F. Boero, 1987. The life cycle of Teissiera medusifera (Teissieridae, Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zool. 4 1: 1–9.
Bouillon, J., 1987. Considérations sur le développement des Narcoméduses et sur leur position phylogénétique. Indo-Malayan Zool. 4 2: 189–278.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero & G. Seghers, 1987. Redescription of Cladocoryne haddoni Kirkpatrick and a proposed phylogeny of the superfamily Zancleoidea (Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Indo-Malayan Zool. 4 2: 279–292.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, 1987. A new approach to scientific meetings. Editor's preface to: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, eds, Modern trends in the Systematics, Ecology and Evolution of Hydroids and Hydromedusae : xi–xiii .
Bouillon, J., F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, 1987. The cnidarian work of Donat Naumov, Frederick Russell, and Bernhard Werner. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, eds., Modern trends in the Systematics, Ecology and Evolution of Hydroids and Hydromedusae : 3.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero, F. Cicogna & P.F.S. Cornelius, eds., 1987. Modern trends in the Systematics, Ecology and Evolution of Hydroids and Hydromedusae. Clarendon Press, Oxford : i–xxi, 1–328.
Bouillon, J. & P.F.S. Cornelius, 1988. Redescription and affinity of the large hydroid Chitina ericopsis Carter, 1873 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Solanderidae). J. nat. Hist. 22 6: 1551–1563.
Bouillon, J., & Gravier-Bonnet, N. 1988. Pseudosolanderia picardi, nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce de Rosalindidae de la Réunion (Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 9: 755–771.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero & G. Seghers, 1988. Notes additionelles sur les Hydroméduses de la mer de Bismarck (Hydrozoa-Cnidaria) II. Indo-Malayan Zool. 5 1: 87–99.
Bouillon, J., G. Seghers & F. Boero, 1988. Note sur les cnidocystes des hydroméduses de la mer de Bismarck (Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée). Indo-Mal. Zool. 5 2: 203–244.
Bouillon, J., G. Seghers & F. Boero, 1988. Notes additionelles sur les méduses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) III. Indo-Malayan Zool. 5 : 225–253.
Bouillon, D.R. & J.B. Dempson, 1989. Metazoan parasite infection in landlocked and anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus Linnaeus), and their use as indicators of movement to sea in young anadromous charr. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(10):2478–2485. (French summary.)
Bouillon, J. & P.A. Grohmann, 1990. Pinushydra chiquitita gen. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Athecata), a solitary marine mesopsammic polyp. Cah. Biol. mar. 31 2: 291–305.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero & G. Seghers, 1991. Notes additionelles sur les méduses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) IV. Additional notes on the medusae of Papua New Guinea (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): IV. Cah. Biol. mar. 32 3: 387–411.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero & S. Fraschetti, 1991. The life cycle of Laodicea indica (Laodiceidae, Leptomedusae, Cnidaria). In: R.B. Williams, P.F.S. Cornelius, R.G. Hughes & E.A. Robson, eds., 1991. Coelenterate Biology: Recent research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 1989. Hydrobiologia 216217 : 151–157.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, 1992. Non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa: what are we talking about ? In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2–3: 279–284.
Bouillon, J., F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds, 1992. Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2–3: 99–284.
Bouillon, J., K. Wouters & F. Boero, 1992. Etude des Solanderiidae de la Baie de Hansa (Papouasie Nouvelle-guinée) avec une révision du genre Solanderia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg., Biol. 62 : 5–33.
Bouillon, J. & P.A. Grohmann, 1994. A new interstitial stolonal hydroid: Nannocoryne gen. nov. mammylia sp. nov. (Hydromedusae, Anthomedusae, Corynidae). Cah. Biol. Mar. 35 4: 431–439.
Bouillon, J., 1994. Embranchement des Cnidaires (Cnidaria). In: P.P. Grassé & D. Doumenc, eds, Traité de Zoologie 3 2: 1–28.
Bouillon, J., 1995. Classe des Hydrozoaires (Hydrozoa Owen, 1843) In: P.P. Grassé, D. Doumenc (eds.) Traité de Zoologie 3 2: 29–416.
Bouillon, J., C. Massin & R. Kresevic, 1995. Hydroidomedusae de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 78 : 1–106.
Bouillon, J., D. Medel & A. Peña Cantero, 1997. The taxonomic status of the genus Stylactaria Stechow, 1921 (Hydroidomedusae, Anthomedusae, Hydractiniidae), with the description of a new species. Sci. Mar. 61 4: 471–486.
Bouillon, J., 1995. Hydromedusae of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). N.Z. Jl. Zool. 22 2: 223–238.
Bouillon, J., 1999. Hydromedusae. In: D. Boltovskoy, ed., South Atlantic Zooplankton 1 : 385–465.
Bouillon, J., Barnett T.J. , 1999. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Niwa Biodiversity. Memoir, New Zealand 113: 1–136.
Bouillon J., Gili J.M., Pages F. & Isla E. (2000). Amphinema modernisme, a new Pandeid (Cnidaria: Anthomedusae) from the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology, 23, 34–37.
Bouillon, J. & F. Boero, 2000. Phylogeny and classification of Hydroidomedusae. The Hydrozoa: a new classification in the light of old knowledge. Thalassia Salentina 24 : 1–46.
Bouillon, J. & F. Boero, 2000. Phylogeny and classification of Hydroidomedusae. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salentina 24 : 47-296.
Bouillon, J., Pagès F., Gili J.-M., Palanques A., Puig P., Heussner S., 2000. Deep-water Hydromedusae from the Lacaze-Duthiers submarine canyon (Banyuls, Northwestern Mediterranean) and description of two new genera, Guillea and Parateclaia. In: C.E. Mills, F. Boero, A. Migotto & J.M. Gili, eds., Trends in Hydrozoan Biology – IV. Sci. Mar. 64 Supl. 1: 87–95.
Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47–296
Bouillon, J., Pages F., Gili J.M., 2001. New species of benthopelagic hydroidomedusae from the Weddell Sea. Polar Biol. 24 11: 839–845.
Bouillon, J.; Medel, M.D.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F.; Gravili, C. (2004). Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 68(Suppl. 2). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona, Spain. 5-449 pp.
Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. . 591pp. + 1 cd-rom
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1926 births
2009 deaths
Marine biologists
20th-century Belgian zoologists |
59035897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogomar%20Mart%C3%ADnez | Dogomar Martínez | Dogomar Martínez (30 July 1929 – 7 February 2016) was a Uruguayan boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
References
1929 births
2016 deaths
Uruguayan male boxers
Olympic boxers for Uruguay
Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Montevideo
Middleweight boxers |
61757898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stary%20Kichkinyash | Stary Kichkinyash | Stary Kichkinyash (; , İśke Keskenäş) is a rural locality (a village) in Starotumbagushevsky Selsoviet, Sharansky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 103 as of 2010. There is 1 street.
Geography
Stary Kichkinyash is located 13 km northeast of Sharan (the district's administrative centre) by road. Novy Kichkinyash is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural localities in Sharansky District |
22131073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%A0%20Bang | Xà Bang | Xà Bang is a commune (xã) and village in Châu Đức District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in Vietnam.
Populated places in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province
Communes of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province |
70927880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20Masters%20Hockey%20World%20Cup | 2022 Masters Hockey World Cup | The 2022 Masters Hockey World Cup an World Masters Hockey was a field hockey event. The event comprised a series of tournaments in both male and female competitions.
Age Groups
Across both the men's and women's tournaments, a total five age groups were played:
2022 World Cup: Nottingham
12 - 21 August 2022, Nottingham Hockey Centre, England
Men
Over 35's
Over 40's
Women
Over 35's
Over 40's
2022 World Cup: Cape Town
1-10 October; Hartleyvale Stadium, Cape Town
Men
Over 45's
Over 50's
Over 55's
Women
Over 45's
Over 50's
Over 55's
Over 60's
Over 65's
2022 World Cup: Tokyo
19 -29 October; Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo
Men
Over 60's
Over 65's
Over 70's
Over 75's
Over 80's
Venues
Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
Results
2022 World Cup: Nottingham
Men
Women
2022 World Cup: Cape Town
Men
Women
2022 World Cup: Cape Town
Men
References
External links
2022 World Cup: Nottingham
2022 World Cup: Cape Town
2022 World Cup: Tokyo
Masters Hockey World Cup
Masters Hockey World Cup
2022 in English sport
2022 in South African sport
2022 in Japanese sport
International field hockey competitions hosted by South Africa
International field hockey competitions hosted by England
International field hockey competitions hosted by Japan |
74136216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Wines | Emily Wines | Emily Wines is an American wine professional and as of December 2020 board chair of the Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS) of the United States.
Early life
Wines grew up in the Pacific Northwest.
Career
Wines began working in the restaurant industry in San Francisco as a young adult. She received her Master Sommelier accreditation in 2008. She was featured in the 2012 documentary SOMM.
She previously served as a CMS board member from 2013 to 2015.
She worked for Kimpton Hotels. In 2017 she became vice president for beverage for Cooper's Hawk.
Wines received a Grand Award from Wine Spectator and a James Beard nomination for wine service.
Court of Master Sommeliers
In 2018 CMS experienced a cheating scandal. In 2020, during the Me Too movement, The New York Times revealed a pattern of sexual harassment involving multiple powerful male members of CMS. In response to the sexual harassment scandal, the body made a statement in support of the women who had spoken up, but omitted mention of increased transparency or investigations. Public feedback to the response was negative. In November, the court issued an apology to the women named in the article in the Times. It also announced the suspensions of seven of its Master Sommeliers pending further investigation, and the resignation of another Master Sommelier. Those suspended included Fred Dame, a co-founder of the group.
The organization in November 2020 held elections and replaced chair Devon Broglie, who had subsequently to the original New York Times story been himself accused of sexual harassment, with Wines. Broglie, as well as being the board chair, had been a member of the organization's ethics committee, which was in charge of investigating sexual misconduct.
Wines prioritized professionalizing the organization by hiring an executive director; the organization hire Julie Cohen Theobald and added board seats representing industries unrelated to hospitality.
Personal life
Wines identifies as queer.
References
Master Sommeliers
Queer people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
15456104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac%20de%20Louvie | Lac de Louvie |
Lac de Louvie is a lake above Fionnay in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
The Lac de Louvie is paradise for all nature lovers such as trail runners and hikers. It is situated at above sea level and is a 2 hour walk from Fionnay.
See also
List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
References
External links
Louvie |
31113634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Easterbrooks | James Easterbrooks | James Easterbrooks (ca 1757 – 1842) was a political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1802 to 1820.
The son of Valentine Easterbrooks who came to New Brunswick from Rhode Island, he served as a magistrate for Westmorland County. Easterbrooks died in Sackville at the age of 85.
References
Year of birth uncertain
1842 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Colony of New Brunswick people
Colony of New Brunswick judges
Canadian magistrates |
60653441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla%20Kirkegaard | Karla Kirkegaard | Karla Kirkegaard (born 1954) is the Violetta L. Horton Research Professor of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She was the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from 2006 to 2010. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on virology.
Education
Kirkegaard received her bachelor's degree in genetics from the University of California Berkeley in 1976 and her PhD from Harvard University in biochemistry and molecular biology in 1983 the lab of James C. Wang. She then did postdoctoral research at the Whitehead Institute in the lab of David Baltimore.
Career
She joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder, before moving to the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1996. She was the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from 2006 to 2010.
She is an editor for the American Society for Microbiology's Journal of Virology. She was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and her work has been funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Her research focuses on the transmission of viruses and how viruses develop resistance to drugs.
Awards
1987 Searle Scholar
1989 Packard Fellow
2006 NIH Director's Pioneer Award
2010 Elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2012 Elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 Elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
References
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
American virologists
Stanford University School of Medicine faculty
Harvard University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
1954 births
Living people |
33854505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Schilling | Phil Schilling | Phil Schilling (January 1, 1940 – May 26, 2015) was an editor at Cycle magazine from 1970 until 1988, including nine years as editor-in-chief. For his contributions to journalism and motorcycle racing, he was inducted to AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2011 and into the Ducati North America Hall of Fame in 2006. Schilling died in Santa Barbara May 26, 2015.
Racing
In 1977, he helped to create the 750SS that won Ducati's first AMA Superbike title and brought the Ducati marque to the attention of the American public. The process was documented in Cycle's "Racer Road" series.
Bibliography
Schilling, Phil (1975). Knowledge Through Color, Motorcycles (Ridge Press/Bantam Books). Library of Congress Catalog Number 75-517.
Schilling, Phil (1977). Motorcycles: The World's Greatest Motorcycles in Full Color. (Ridge Press/Bantam Books). ISBN 0-553-11182-5.
References
American magazine editors
1940 births
2015 deaths
Motorcycling writers |
14757502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi%C5%9Bniowa | Wiśniowa | Wiśniowa may refer to the following places in Poland:
Wiśniowa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
Wiśniowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
Wiśniowa, Kielce County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)
Wiśniowa, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland)
Wiśniowa, Staszów County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)
Wiśniowa, Strzyżów County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) |
34213245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%20M.%20Isaacs | Stanley M. Isaacs | Stanley M. Isaacs (1882–1962) was a Republican politician from New York City who served as Manhattan Borough President from 1938 to 1941 and later as a member of the New York City Council from 1942 to 1962. He was Minority Leader of the council from 1950 to 1962. An advocate for social justice, Isaacs is perhaps best known for his support for housing and the work he did with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, whom he helped to get elected.
A graduate of both Columbia College and New York Law School, Isaacs was born in Manhattan to a family of English-Jewish descent. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Myer Isaacs, was rabbi at Temple Shaaray Tefila. His father, Myer S. Isaacs, along with his grandfather, published The Jewish Messenger.
References
1882 births
1962 deaths
20th-century American lawyers
American people of English-Jewish descent
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Housing reformers
New York City Council members
New York Law School alumni
New York (state) Republicans
Politicians from Manhattan
20th-century American politicians |
71743243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian%20Hockey%20Centre | Tasmanian Hockey Centre | The Tasmanian Hockey Centre, is a government owned outdoor field hockey stadium located in New Town, a northern suburb of Hobart. It offers three international standard water-based hockey pitches which are used for both international and domestic competition, as well as training activities.
The stadium is home to the Tassie Tigers men's and women's hockey teams in Hockey Australia's premier domestic league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One League.
Facilities
Pitches
The Tasmanian Hockey Centre houses three international water-based pitches. The two main pitches are separated by the main building.
Function rooms
The Tasmanian Hockey Centre is home to 'The Function Centre', a public café. In addition to this, the Function Centre can also host large functions, with a choice of private function rooms housed within the complex.
Hockey
National competitions
The Tasmanian Hockey Centre has played host to a number of national championships. The centre most recently hosted home matches for the Tassie Tigers in the Sultana Bran Hockey One League in the league's inaugural editions.
International competitions
In addition to national competition, the centre has also hosted international competitions on a number of occasions, including:
2001 Men's FIH Junior World Cup.
2011 Men's and Women's editions of the Oceania Cup.
2019 Men's and Women's editions of the FIH Pro League
References
External links
Tasmanian Hockey Centre at austadiums.com
Sports venues in Hobart
Field hockey venues in Australia |
21790983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50%20metres%20hurdles | 50 metres hurdles | 50 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions. Because very few contests are held over the distance, most of the fastest times recorded for the event were set during specially measured and timed races over longer distances, typically the 55 metres hurdles or 60 metres hurdles.
All-time top 25
Note: Indoor results only.
+ = Timed recorded by athlete en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
Men
Correct as of August 2018.
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.39:
Greg Foster also ran 6.37 (1986).
Renaldo Nehemiah also ran 6.38 (1979).
Mark McKoy also ran 6.38 (1986), 6.39 (1995).
Tony Dees also ran 6.38 (1999).
Anier García also ran 6.39 (2000).
Women
Correct as of August 2018.
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.73:
Cornelia Oschkenat also ran 6.60 (1988), 6.68 (1988), 6.69 (1989), 6.71 (1986, 1987), 6.73 (1986, 1987).
Gloria Siebert also ran 6.67 (1988), 6.69 (1988), 6.72 (1990).
Michelle Freeman also ran 6.69+ (2000), 6.72+ (2001).
Jackie Joyner-Kersee also ran 6.73 A (1996).
References
External links
IAAF list of 50-metres-hurdles records in XML
Events in track and field
Hurdling
Indoor track and field
Sprint hurdles |
62663706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen%20Barth-J%C3%B8rgensen | Jørgen Barth-Jørgensen | Jørgen Barth-Jørgensen (15 February 1932 – 6 December 2021) was a Norwegian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. From 1952 to 1958 he was Norwegian champion in the 90 kg category without interruption.
References
External links
1932 births
2021 deaths
Norwegian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Norway
Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Larvik
20th-century Norwegian people |
7784562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas%20Epp%20Jr. | Claas Epp Jr. | Claas Epp Jr. (21 September 1838 – 19 January 1913) was a Russian Mennonite minister known for leading his followers into Central Asia where he predicted Christ would return in 1889.
Life
Epp was born in Fürstenwerder, Prussia. His family moved to the Trakt Mennonite settlement in the Russian province of Samara in 1853. He was married to Elisabeth Jantzen in 1862. Most of their twelve children died before reaching adulthood. His son, Claas Epp III migrated to Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1891, and his numerous descendants live in the United States.
The 1870s were a time of stress and transition in the Mennonite settlements of Russia. The population of the colonies was more than could be supported by available land. The Russian government announced in 1870 that it would end all special privileges granted to colonists by 1880, including the exemption from military service, which was so important to nonresistant Mennonites. Those most concerned with these changes were looking toward North America as a resettlement option. There was widespread distribution of chiliastic writings by prophetic authors such as Jung Stilling and others among the Mennonite colonies.
It was in this uncertain environment that Epp distributed a self-published book in 1877 in which he put forth his own prophetic interpretation of the Bible. Epp predicted that Christ would return in 1889 and meet the faithful in central Asia. According to Epp, his own congregation was Philadelphia of the seven churches of the Book of Revelation, which would become a doorway into heaven.
As 1880 and the end of special privileges approached, a group of Epp's followers prepared for a trek east. A party traveled to Saint Petersburg where they obtained permission to settle near Tashkent from Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman, the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan. Over a hundred families in four groups set out in summer and fall of 1880, arriving in the vicinity of Tashkent after an arduous fifteen-week journey. When they learned that the military exemption now no longer applied to Russia's Asiatic possessions, a disagreement arose among the group. Those willing to accept forestry service in lieu of military service, separated from the main group and settled at Aulie-Ata, northeast of Tashkent.
Epp took his group of some sixty families to Bukhara, hoping to be out of the reach of Russian jurisdiction and the associated conscription requirements. The emir of Bukhara refused to accept the settlers, sending Epp and his followers back into Turkestan. After much traveling back and forth in the border area of Bukhara and Turkestan, the group was invited to settle near the Laudan canal on the upper Amu Darya river in the Khanate of Khiva.
Their journey was at its end, but new problems arose. When nearby bandits learned that the Mennonites would not defend themselves their thievery advanced from taking horses and livestock to boldly coming into homes and taking possessions at will. As the violence escalated, a young Mennonite man was murdered, straining the group's nonviolent values. The khan offered a permanent solution by inviting the Mennonites to relocate in a walled garden called Ak Metchet a dozen kilometers southeast of Khiva.
Epp became ever more fanatical. He predicted Christ's return on 8 March 1889. When the date came and nothing happened, Epp adjusted his calculations — claiming the original date was based on a leaning clock — and corrected the year to 1891. That year passed and Epp, ever more eccentric, declared himself to be Christ's son. His congregation dwindled over the decades. Epp died in 1913 in Ak Metchet, two days after his wife's death. The community survived until 1935, and is considered by historians as a successful Mennonite settlement that was dissolved under the Soviet collectivization program.
Notes
References
Further reading
Dueck, A. J. "Claas Epp and the Great Trek Reconsidered." Journal of Mennonite Studies 3 (1985): 138-147.
Dyck, Frederick D. "In their own Words, A Short Sketch of my Life:Jacob Toews (1838 - 1922)." Mennonite Family History (Jan. 2007): 34-49 (Toews participated in the migration to Asia).
Juhnke, James C. "Rethinking the Great Trek." Mennonite Life 62, no. 2 (2007).
Ratliff, Walter R. "Last Oasis: The Mennonite Refuge in Khiva." Mennonite Life 63, no. 1 (Spring 2008) (Details the final years of Ak Metchet).
Unger, Walter. "Mennonite Millennial Madness: A Case Study." Direction 28, no. 2 (1999): 201-217.
External links
Interactive Map of the Mennonite Great Trek
Satellite photo of Ak Metchet, Khiva
1838 births
1913 deaths
Russian Mennonites
Prussian Mennonites
Mennonite ministers
19th-century Anabaptist ministers
Cult leaders |
16953228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20Football%20Conference | 2008–09 Football Conference | The 2008–09 Football Conference season was the fifth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions, and the thirtieth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier was the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, while the Conference North and Conference South existed at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the National division were promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four were relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions were promoted to the National division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions were relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League. For sponsorship reasons, the Conference Premier was frequently referred to as the Blue Square Premier.
Conference Premier
A total of 24 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, two relegated from the Football League Two, two promoted from the Conference North and two promoted from the Conference South.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference North
Kettering Town
Barrow
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Conference South
Lewes
Eastbourne Borough
Teams relegated from 2007–08 League Two
Mansfield Town
Wrexham
Eastbourne, Mansfield, Lewes and Wrexham appear in the Conference Premier for the first time, while Barrow return to the league after ten years. Kettering have three times been runners-up at this level and return to the league after an absence of five years. Altrincham remain in the Conference after a third consecutive reprieve from relegation, following Halifax Town's demotion for financial reasons.
Woking's relegation ended the tenure of the Football Conference's longest serving club, completing seventeen seasons in the top-flight.
League table
Results
Play-offs
Semifinals
Cambridge United won 4–3 on Aggregate.
Torquay United won 2–1 on Aggregate.
Play-Off Final
Stadia and locations
Top goalscorers
Conference North
A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 16 sides from last season, three relegated from the Conference Premier, two promoted from the Northern Premier League and one promoted from the Southern Football League.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Northern Premier League Premier Division
Gateshead
Fleetwood Town
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Southern League Premier Division
King's Lynn
Teams relegated from 2007–08 Conference Premier
Droylsden
Stafford Rangers
Farsley Celtic
Droylsden and Farsley are returned having spent just one season in the higher league. Fleetwood reached a new high eleven seasons after being re-formed following the bankruptcy of the original Fleetwood Town. Both Boston United and Nuneaton Borough were expelled from the league for financial reasons before the season, resulting in Vauxhall Motors relegation and Redditch United's transfer to the Conference South being cancelled.
League table
Results
Play-offs
Top goalscorers
Conference South
A total of 22 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from last season, one transferred from the Conference North, two promoted from the Isthmian League and one promoted from the Southern Football League.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Southern League Premier Division
Team Bath
Teams promoted from 2007–08 Isthmian League Premier Division
Chelmsford City
AFC Wimbledon
'''Teams transferred from 2007–08 Conference North
Worcester City
No teams were relegated to the Conference South from the Conference Premier, so Worcester City were transferred in from the Conference North. The expulsion of two teams from the Conference North for financial reasons cancelled Redditch United's transfer between the two, and allowed Dorchester Town to remain in the Conference South. All the four new teams never played in Conference South before.
League table
Results
Play-offs
Top goalscorers
References
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32416645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu%20%28Lou%20Reed%20and%20Metallica%20album%29 | Lulu (Lou Reed and Metallica album) | Lulu is a collaborative studio album between rock singer-songwriter Lou Reed and heavy metal band Metallica, released on October 31, 2011, through Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records elsewhere. The album is the final full-length studio recording project that Reed was involved in before his death in October 2013. It was recorded in San Rafael, California, during April to June 2011, after Reed had played with Metallica at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary Concert which led to them wanting to collaborate. The lead single, titled "The View", was released on September 27, 2011.
Lulu is a double album that, conceptually, is based on the two "Lulu plays" by the German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864–1918). The majority of composition is centered on spoken word delivered by Reed over instrumentals composed by Metallica, with occasional backing vocals provided by Metallica lead vocalist James Hetfield. Reed wrote the majority of the lyrics. The album was released worldwide on October 31, 2011, and on November 1 in North America. Upon its release, Lulu received polarized reviews, and an extremely negative response from many fans and several prominent critics. As of March 2023, Lulu has sold 280,000 copies worldwide.
Background
Lou Reed and Metallica had both been on the bill in October 1997 for the eleventh of Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concerts. The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both Metallica and Reed performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary Concert. After that performance, they began "kicking around the idea of making a record together," but did not start working together until two years later. In February 2011, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett announced that in May 2011 the group would start working on something that's "not 100 percent a Metallica record. It's a recording project, let's put it that way." The project was revealed to be a collaboration with Lou Reed once the recording of the album had been completed in June 2011.
The collaboration was originally intended to be Metallica re-recording various previously unreleased tracks Reed had written over the years. Among these unreleased demos was a collection of songs composed for a play called Lulu—a theatrical production of two plays originally written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. Reed shared the demos of these songs with the members of Metallica to help bring the "piece to the next level," and the group provided "significant arrangement contributions" to the material. David Fricke of Rolling Stone heard at least two of the songs from the project in June 2011—"Pumping Blood" and "Mistress Dread"—and described their sound as a "raging union of [Reed's] 1973 noir classic, Berlin, and Metallica's '86 crusher, Master of Puppets." All tracks were made available for listening on the official Lou Reed & Metallica website before its release. Reed stated that "Everything is cut live – us staring at each other, playing". Tempers flared a few times during the recording sessions, with Lars Ulrich admitting that at one point Lou Reed challenged him to a "street fight".
Singles
"The View" was released for streaming online in late September 2011. Examining reaction to the track and a previously released 30-second preview of the same, The New Zealand Herald reported that there was much negative reaction by fans online, and that the song had about twice as many dislikes as likes on YouTube. Not all reaction to the song was negative; Rolling Stone gave "The View" a 4 out of 5 star rating while the same song was rated 4.5 out of 5 by Artist Direct and positively by One Thirty BPM. The song's music video was directed by Darren Aronofsky, with cinematography by Matthew Libatique and produced by Scott Franklin through Protozoa Pictures, his and Aronofsky's production company. Originally it was planned that Aronofsky should helm a performance video for the album's second single "Iced Honey" but "when everyone got together, it became obvious 'The View' was the way to go."
Reception
Lulu received polarized reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Lulu received an average score of 45, based on 31 reviews. Staff reviewer Joseph Viney of Sputnikmusic rated it one and a half out of five and commented "The fallout from this could have dire consequences. A lot of people, already placing Metallica at the best seat in the house at the Last Chance Saloon have now called last orders. It's genuinely difficult to guess what their next move will be. As for Reed, his legacy, whatever that means in his case, is cemented and this will have no real effect on him."
Pitchfork critic Stuart Berman assigned the album a rare 1.0 rating, writing "for all the hilarity that ought to ensue here, Lulu is a frustratingly noble failure. Audacious to the extreme, but exhaustingly tedious as a result, its few interesting ideas are stretched out beyond the point of utility and pounded into submission." Essayist and pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman, in his review for the website Grantland, wrote, "If the Red Hot Chili Peppers acoustically covered the 12 worst Primus songs for Starbucks, it would still be (slightly) better than this." Reviewer Julian Marszalek of The Quietus gave it a very negative review, commenting that "the effect is that of Lou Reed ranting over some Metallica demos that were never intended for human consumption." Marszalek summarized the review by suggesting that time spent listening to Lulu could have been better spent watching grass grow, "or perhaps wanking into a sock." Furthermore, longtime reviewer Don Kaye, who had previously defended Metallica's much-maligned 2003 album St. Anger, wrote on Blabbermouth.net that "Lulu is a catastrophic failure on almost every level, a project that could quite possibly do irreparable harm to Metallica's career."
The German edition of Metal Hammer gave it four out of seven stars. The reaction of the reviewer, Metallica biographer Joel McIver, was mixed. According to McIver, Lou Reed and Metallica had created an "avant-garde theatrical" soundtrack that is "not easy to listen to" and recommendable for Lou Reed fans. However Metallica fans "will mostly ignore Lulu—and listen to Master of Puppets".
In contrast with the negative reviews, J. R. Moores of Drowned In Sound however, gave the album a perfect score of 10 out of 10, praised the album as 'the second greatest record ever made in the history of the human ear drum' after Metal Machine Music. The review was misunderstood to be a joke as the writer stated that every point he mentioned about Lulu is sincere; saying the album is the most interesting Metallica album and Lou Reed's most enjoyable lyrics. In a review titled "Metallica and Lou Reed's 'Lulu' Is Actually Excellent", James Parker of The Atlantic wrote "I don't think the record is crap. In fact I love it... Give Lulu a shot. Give it another listen. Offer it what Lou would call your 'coagulating heart,' and you will be rewarded."
In the British avant-garde music magazine The Wire, David Keenan wrote "Metallica's unrelenting sledgehammer style works as the perfect complement to Reed's vision of compassionless love" and concluded "[a]gainst all the odds, Lulu functions as the ultimate realisation of Reed's aesthetic of Metal Machine Music, cruel vulgar, half in love with power and pain but with a bruised, beating heart at its centre." Uncut gave the record a positive review, singling out the closer "Junior Dad" for praise and calling it "breathtaking" and "astonishing", a "perfect ending to the most extraordinary, passionate and just plain brilliant record either participant has made for a long while." NME, scoring the record seven out of ten, praised it as "a surprising triumph", and said that the offering's "breadth and ambition is to be applauded. Metallica have performed way beyond what many thought them capable; they improvise freely as Reed's musical bitch, while for him this marks his most outré offering since Metal Machine Music". The Telegraph awarded Lulu three stars out of five, stating that while it was "gruelling, even by latter Lou Reed standards," the sense of "unrestrained folly" and sheer lack of commercialism made the album feel "important".
Additional praise was received for the album when Lulu reached number nine on The Wire 'year-end critics' poll. Indeed, The Wires Jennifer Lucy Allan commented about the bad reviews: "ultimately, the reaction to it is a testament to Lou Reed's ability to still get up the noses and under the skin of even the most open-minded listeners. He's probably laughing his head off at it all this very minute." Moreover, Mattin in his review of Lulu for Volcanic Tongue agreed when Lou Reed said "This is the best thing ever done by anybody" and he adds "Lulu is more Lou Reed than Lou Reed and that surely means that this is the best thing ever done by anybody."
In a piece published on the day of Reed's death, Robert Christgau wrote that Lulu "probably didn't get enough" "mazel tov" from critics.
At Lou Reed's 2015 posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Reed's widow Laurie Anderson announced that David Bowie had referred to Lulu as Reed's "greatest work". LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy later said Bowie had told him Lulu was "some of the best writing Lou's done. People are making a snap judgment and they aren't listening."
Response to criticism
Reed stated that Metallica fans threatened to shoot him due to the collaboration on Lulu. In response to this and the overall negative reaction to the album, Reed commented, "I don't have any fans left. After Metal Machine Music (1975), they all fled. Who cares? I'm essentially in this for the fun of it." Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich also noted the negative reaction to Lulu, and stated that he wasn't surprised by the criticism due in part because, "In 1984, when hard-core Metallica fans heard acoustic guitars on 'Fade to Black', there was a nuclear meltdown in the heavy-metal community," and also noted that Reed's poetry is "not for everyone." Talking about the negative reactions, frontman James Hetfield expressed understanding of "fearful people", who are "typing from their mom's basement that they still live in", stating that the band needed "to spread our wings" and try something new, while Reed stated that the album is for "literate people". Robert Trujillo spoke about the album saying, "Love it or hate it, it was definitely something that we enjoyed and that we embraced."
Following Reed's death, Ulrich wrote the following about Lulu in The Guardian:
Commercial performance
In the United States, the album debuted at number 36 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 13,000 copies. This made it Reed's highest-charting release since Sally Can't Dance, which reached number 10 in 1974. Lulu debuted in the top 10 of the charts in eight countries. Despite this, sales fell off exponentially; three years after its release, the album had sold just under 33,000 copies in the US, well below the average sales of both Metallica and Lou Reed. As of March 2023, Lulu has sold 280,000 copies worldwide.
Track listing
PersonnelMusicians Lou Reed – lead vocals, Continuum, acoustic guitar
James Hetfield – guitars, vocals
Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, rhythm guitar on "Junior Dad"
Robert Trujillo – bass
Lars Ulrich – drumsAdditional personnel Sarth Calhoun – electronics
Jenny Scheinman – violin, viola, string arrangements
Gabe Witcher – violin
Megan Gould – violin
Ron Lawrence – viola
Marika Hughes – cello
Ulrich Maiss – cello on "Little Dog" and "Frustration"
Rob Wasserman – stand up electric bass on "Junior Dad"
Jessica Troy – viola on "Junior Dad"Production and design'
Anton Corbijn – photographs for album packaging
Stan Musilek – photographs for album cover and packaging
Greg Fidelman – record producer, mixing and engineering
Metallica – production
Lou Reed – production
Hal Willner – production
Vlado Meller – mastering at Masterdisk NYC
Charts
References
External links
2011 collaborative albums
Lou Reed albums
Metallica albums
Avant-garde metal albums
Concept albums
Vertigo Records albums
Warner Records albums
Alternative metal albums
Albums produced by Lou Reed
Albums produced by Greg Fidelman
Albums produced by Hal Willner
Adaptations of works by Frank Wedekind |
73792695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola%20Zadranin | Nikola Zadranin | Nicholas of Zadar (; ) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Duvno from 1460. The date of the end of his episcopate remains unknown.
Nicholas, a Franciscan born in Zadar, was appointed the bishop of Duvno on 2 January 1460, as it is evident from the consistorial minutes from that period. The circumstances of his appointment were complicated, as the territory of the diocese was a domain of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, a nobleman who was a member of and the protector of the Bosnian Church, in conflict with the Catholic King Thomas. Stjepan's domains were at the time ravaged by the Ottomans, the allies of his son Vladislav Hercegović, with whom he was also in conflict. During 1461, Nicholas sent the Pope several requests, granted to him with the intercession from the archbishop of Zadar Maffeo Valaresso. Due to the Ottoman incursions, Nicholas, like the local knyaz Pavao Klešić and many influential people from the area, fled. For some time, Nicholas resided in his native Zadar. At the end of July and early August 1463, Nicholas was in Venice with the papal delegate Cardinal Bessarion, with a task to convince the Republic of Venice to go to the war against the Ottomans. Bessarion appointed Nicholas to preach for the Crusade in the area of Furlania and Istria. Nicholas went preaching in August 1463, and at the same time, tried to get his transfer in Gemona, in the region of Furlania. On 3 April 1464, the Gemona city council accepted him as their bishop, however, it remains unknown whether the appointment was confirmed by the Pope or whether he was resolved of his episcopal duties in Duvno. Dominik Mandić wrote that the Holy See probably didn't allow the transfer and forced him to either to return to Duvno or the nearby Dalmatian town from where he could administer the diocese. Nothing is known about Nicholas after 1464, and by the time of the appointment of his successor Vid of Hvar in 1489, he was dead for a long time.
Footnotes
References
Books
People from Zadar
Croatian Franciscans
Bishops of Duvno
Franciscan bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius II
15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina
15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia |
39847758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everblack | Everblack | Everblack may refer to:
Everblack (The Black Dahlia Murder album), an album by the American band The Black Dahlia Murder
Everblack (Mercenary album), an album by the Danish band Mercenary |
23927538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanshan%20District%2C%20Rizhao | Lanshan District, Rizhao | Lanshan District () is one of two districts of the prefecture-level city of Rizhao, in the south of Shandong province, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south.
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this district is divided to 2 subdistricts, 6 towns and 1 township.
Subdistricts
Lanshantou Subdistrict ()
Andongwei Subdistrict ()
Towns
Townships
Qiansandao Township ()
References
External links
Official home page
Lanshan
Rizhao |
53953147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca%20Masso | Luca Masso | Luca Masso (born 17 July 1994) is an Argentine field hockey player. He was part of the Argentine team that won gold in men's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also holds Belgian nationality.
Masso was born in Brussels, Belgium to an Argentine-born father, Eduardo, and a Belgian mother, Sabrina Merckx. He comes from a family of sportsmen. His father Eduardo Masso is a former tennis player who represented Belgium at the Davis Cup. His maternal grandfather is the Belgian former cycling champion Eddy Merckx, a five-time Tour de France winner. His maternal uncle, Axel Merckx, is an Olympic bronze medalist in cycling for Belgium.
References
1994 births
Living people
Field hockey players from Brussels
Belgian people of Argentine descent
Argentine people of Belgian descent
Belgian male field hockey players
Argentine male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Argentina
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Argentina |
47154681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky%20Scaife | Nicky Scaife | Nicholas Antony "Nicky" Scaife (born 14 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football for Guisborough Town, Whitby Town, Pickering Town and Gateshead.
References
1975 births
Living people
Footballers from Middlesbrough
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Guisborough Town F.C. players
Whitby Town F.C. players
York City F.C. players
Pickering Town F.C. players
Gateshead F.C. players
English Football League players |
28807164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly%20Advice | Deadly Advice | Deadly Advice is a 1994 British comedy drama film directed by Mandie Fletcher and starring Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker and Edward Woodward.
Plot
The daughters of a domineering mother aspire to break free of her control and form romantic attachments.
Cast
Jane Horrocks ... Jodie Greenwood
Brenda Fricker ... Iris Greenwood
Imelda Staunton ... Beth Greenwood
Jonathan Pryce ... Dr. Ted Philips
Edward Woodward ... Maj. Herbert Armstrong
Billie Whitelaw ... Kate Webster
Hywel Bennett ... Dr. Crippen
Jonathan Hyde ... George Joseph Smith
John Mills ... Jack the Ripper
Ian Abbey ... Bunny
Eleanor Bron ... Judge
Roger Frost ... Rev. Horace Cotton
Gareth Gwyn-Jones ... Mr. Smethurst
Richard Moore ... Constable Dickman
Alice Burrows ... Joyce Cream
References
External links
1994 films
1994 comedy-drama films
British comedy-drama films
Films directed by Mandie Fletcher
1990s English-language films
1990s British films |
67945237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leki | Leki | Leki may refer to:
People
Ananias Leki Dago (born 1970), Ivorian photographer
Leki (singer) (born 1978), Congolese singer
Leki Dukpa (born 1989), Bhutanese football player
Leki Fotu (August 23, 1998), American American football player
Leki Maka (born 1985), Tongan boxer
Places
Azagi Leki or Aşağı Ləki, Azerbaijan
Leki or Lyaki or Ləki, Azerbaijan
Orta Ləki or Leki, Azerbaijan
Yuxari Leki or Yuxarı Ləki, Azerbaijan
Łęki (disambiguation), several places in Poland
Other
Leki language, spoken in Iran and Turkey
LeKi or Lempäälän Kisa, a Finnish ice hockey team |
13077232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%20Palm | Johannes Palm | Johannes Palm (1713–1799), whose name is often anglicized to John Palm, is given credit for founding Palmyra, Pennsylvania. He was a prominent figure in the early days of the community, who served his country as a doctor and soldier.
Personal life
Johannes Palm was born in Heilsbronn to Matthias and Sibylla Palm on July 15, 1713. In 1739, Palm moved to Backnang, near Stuttgart. He married Christina Dorothea Kern on August 2, 1740. After a visit to Amsterdam, Palm began to study medicine in Württemberg. He was most likely aided by relatives, as many physicians and druggists in Württemberg at that time held the Palm family name. Palm left Germany, and arrived in Philadelphia in 1749. He first settled in Northern New Jersey, near Elizabeth. After the death of his wife, he married Catharine Salome Fenger around 1754. He would outlive her as well.
On June 17, 1766, Palm secured his plot from Conrad Raisch. Palm was the third owner of the tract since it was surveyed for Johannes Deininger in 1751. This tract can be located today using Railroad St. as the eastern border, Maple St. as the southern border, and the Dauphin County Line as the western border. His house would be in the center of the 100 block on W. Main St.
By the time the American Revolution broke out in 1775, Palm was 62. Although he felt was too old to take an active part in the revolution, he did participate in the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777. He would later recall how George Washington would encourage his men in battle. Sixteen days after he served at Brandywine, Palm took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity before Justice of the Peace John Thomas. Ten other soldiers from the Palmyra area also served in the American Revolution. Their names are recorded and their graves are marked in Bindnagles Cemetery.
Palm had an extensive medical practice. Since the region was still sparsely populated, many of his patients traveled great distances to receive his attention. He had a sophisticated laboratory where he prepared most of his medicines. He distilled his own essential oils and waters from herbs, flowers and other plants. His medical books were mostly from German authors. Palm was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Church.
Death
Johannes Palm died on April 25, 1799, in Palmyra, at the age of 85. He had practiced medicine in North America for nearly 50 years.
On July 24, 1932, American Legion Post No. 72, with the assistance of S. M. Aument of Montoursville, a great-great-great-great granddaughter of Johannes Palm, unveiled a new marker at Palm’s grave at Bindnagle Cemetery, located at Bindnagle Lutheran Church, 801 Gravel Hill Road. On November 20 of that same year, the John Palm Memorial was erected on a small triangle of land on Railroad St. On hand was Dr. Howard Palm of Camden, who was also a direct descendant of Johannes Palm.
References
1713 births
1799 deaths
People from Ansbach (district)
Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire
Immigrants to the Thirteen Colonies
People of colonial New Jersey
People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution
People of colonial Pennsylvania
Burials in Pennsylvania
18th-century American physicians |
52753198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila%20Meszlenyi | Attila Meszlenyi | Meszlényi Attila (born 2 May 1954 in Budapest) is an ecological writer, painter, animated film director, musician, and composer. His work as a painter and thinker is dominated by the theme of nature and our relation to it.
Attila Meszlényi has lived in seclusion since 2006. He prefers not to exhibit his work, publishing only on the Internet. His more recent works in relation to the ecology topic are available in parts online. Meszlényi Attila states: “every piece of work is worthy of respect only if it creates more value than it destroys; the canvas coated in paint by itself is no more valuable than the flax and cotton it is made of.”
Career
Graduated in applied graphic arts from Képző- és Iparművészeti Szakközépiskola (Fine and Applied Arts School) in 1972. Against his parents’ and teachers’ wishes, he did not continue his education as he did not want to move away from everyday life. He also believed that self-education was worth more than institutional education. He spent the following years doing various, mostly physical jobs such as baker, stone sculptor, decorator, plumber etc. He continued his art activities in his free time beginning to turn towards films.
Attila Meszlényi took part in a study called ‘A magyar film formanyelve és közleménye’ about film semiotics in cooperation with László Beke, Özséb Horányi, András Lányi and Róbert Vadas led by Péter Józsa. Spotted by Foky Ottó, he started directing animated films in Pannónia Filmstúdió from 1977 to ’79, mostly parts of the popular cartoon series ‘Frakk, a macskák réme’,.
After the series ended, he started working as a freelance graphic designer. Made covers and illustrations for no less than two hundred books, drew many slide films, occasionally took commercial graphic design work orders as well. Since 1980, he is member of Művészeti Alap (Artist Fund) and its successor organisation Magyar Alkotóművészek Országos Egyesülete (National Association of Hungarian Artists).
In 1983, he founded an early music ensemble, Musica Profana, in which he played the Baroque flute and musette till 1993.
Due to the instigation of Muray Róbert and Dr. Zoltán Attila, from 1987, he started painting wild birds and mammals of Europe and occasionally other continents, mixing naturalist depiction with various stylistic elements.
In 1990, he founded (and has been leading ever since) the TARON TÁRSASÁG (called Gondolkodókör after 2001).
Between 1998 and 2006, he was a regular participant of national exhibitions, fine art biennales. He keeps painting animals, animal and plant remains using watercolour or oil. Since 1999, he has been member of the Magyar Vízfestők Társasága (Association of the Hungarian Watercolour Painters). He co-founded the Unikornis fine art group with Péchy Tamás in 2001. Its members: Csíkszentmihályi Róbert sculptor, Nagy Judit gobelin artist, Nemes István painter and graphic artist, Szemadám György fine artist, Péchy Tamás environmentalist and Sárosdy Judit art historian.
In recent years, he has mainly been painting and publishing his art-, ecology-themed books, writings.
Solo exhibitions
1985 Körmend, Batthyány Castle, Hungary
1987 Budapest, Hotel Mercure Buda, Hungary (together with Katalin Nagy)
1988 Körmend, Batthyány Castle, Hungary
1996 Budapest, Írók Boltja, Hungary
1998 Budapest, Természet Stúdió, Hungary (together with Valaczkai Erzsébet)
1998 Brüsszel, Contact Point Hungary, Belgium (together with László Péter)
1999 Budapest, Vigadó Galéria, Hungary (Enteriőr–Miliő)
2014 Sepsiszentgyörgy, Bene Ház, Romania
2014 Keszthely, a Helikon Kastélymúzeum Vadászati Múzeuma, Hungary
Selected collective exhibitions
1998 „Csergezán Pál” Országos Pályázati Kiállítás, Szántódpuszta, Siotours Kiállítóterem, Hungary (Csergezán-díj)
1999 ’English water-colour by Hungarian Brush’ Hatvan, Moldvay Győző Galéria, Hungary
1999 ’Coloured Drawing’ National Mini-drawing Exhibition. Budapest, Nádor Galéria, Hungary
2000 XVII. National Water-colour Biennale, Eger, Dobó István Vármúzeum, Hungary
2000 X. National Drawing Biennale, Salgótarján, Nógrádi Történeti Múzeum, Hungary
2000 „Tér rajz” National Mini-drawing Exhibition, Budapest, Nádor Galéria, Hungary
2001 ’English water-colour by Hungarian Brush II’, Budapest, Újpest Galéria, Hungary
2002 IX. Panel Painting Biennale, Szeged, Olasz Kulturális Központ, Hungary
2002 XVIII. National Water-colour Biennale, Eger, Trinitárius templom, Hungary
2003 ’English water-colour by Hungarian Brush III’, Budapest, Újpest Galéria, Hungary
2003 Exhibition of Unikornis Group, Budapest, Csepel Galéria, Hungary
2004 XIX. National Water-colour Biennale, Eger, Trinitárius templom, Hungary
2004 Exhibition of Unikornis Group, Szentendre, Régi Művésztelepi Galéria, Hungary
2005 Exhibition of Unikornis Group, Budapest, Karinthy Szalon, Hungary
2006 ’Szívügyek’, Szentendre, Művészet Malom, Hungary
2006 XX. National Water-colour Biennale, Eger, Hungary
2006 ’English water-colour by Hungarian Brush IV’, Szekszárd, Művészetek Háza; Eger, Hungary
Public collections
Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum, Budapest
Dobó István Vármúzeum, Eger
Public art
Plaque of Muray Róbert (Budapest XIII. ker., Visegrádi Str. 23. Hungary, 2013.).
Awards
1984 – Won the Award for Excellence from Magyar Diafilmgyártó Vállalat
1992 – First Prize at the international memorial competition – NATUREXPO.
1998 – Won the Csergezán Award
Animated films
Hajrá, vadmacskák! (Frakk, a macskák réme)
Gumicsont (Frakk, a macskák réme, III. season)
Egy tollseprő tündöklése (Frakk, a macskák réme, III. season)
Egér pongyolában (Frakk, a macskák réme, III. season)
Ki táncol Lukréciával? (Frakk, a macskák réme, III. season)
Mit hoz a télapó? (Frakk, a macskák réme, III. season)
Tündér Erzséböt (as co-director of Imre István)
Books
Ez a kapa, ez a kasza [Hungarian Nursery Rhyme] (Móra Ferenc Könyvkiadó, Budapest 1984)
Csigakalauz [Snail Guide]
Emberi tanítás [Human Teaching]
Nyúlkalauz [Rabbit Guide]
Sünkalauz [Hedgehog Guide]
A világvége illemtana [Etiquette of the Doomsday]
Olajfestés – vadon élő állatok [Oilpainting – Wild Animals]
Művészeti állatismeret [Artistic Zoology]
Selected publications
Kiáltványok [Manifestos for Art]; Mozgó Világ 1981/10
A musette, a dudák királynője [Musette– The Queen of Bagpipes]; Magyar Zene 1987/4
Poems; Pompeji 1992/2
Ne nézz a dobozember szemébe… [Do Not Look into the Box Man's Eyes...]; Liget 1997/11
Humanista jelképek [Humanistic Symbols]; Liget 1995/12
Egy természetfestő naplójából [From the Diary of a Wildlife Painter]; Nimród 1998/9
Szponzorok [Sponsors]; Madártávlat 2003/2
A létvédelem [Environmental Protection]; Napút 2003/4
Seattle főnök beszédei [Speeches of Chief Seattle]; Napút 2003/7
Published (musical) compositions
A tenger éneke [Song of the Sea]; Ananda Sounds Edition
(Sheet music) Könnyű darabok gitárra 17. és 18. századi művekből [Easy Pieces for Guitar; 17th and 18th Century Works]; Rózsavölgyi és Társa, Budapest
Recordings
Begone Sweet Night (baroque recorder, musette; with Musica Profana Ensemble)
Puer natus in Betlehem (musette; with Capella Savaria band)
A tenger éneke [Song of the Sea] (baroque recorder; with István Kozma and Zsolt Szabó)
Further reading
Tamás Márok: Egy szabálytalan természetfestő. Meszlényi Attila arcképe [An Irregular Wildlife Painter. Portrait of Attila Meszlenyi]; Nimród, 1999/3
Egy festőművész gondolatai a természetről, festészetről. (A festővel beszélgetett Péchy Tamás)[A Painter's Thoughts about Nature, Painting. The Painter Interviewed by Tamás Péchy]; Madártávlat, 1999/5. 9.p.
Erzsébet Valaczkai: Meszlényi Attila. Vadgazda, 2003/5
János Szarka: A Meszlényi-féle aszú... a királyok bora! [The Meszlényi Nectar… Savoury of theKings!]; Magyar Vadászlap, 2006/9, 574-575.p.
Katalin Keserü: Foreword for the catalogue of the XVII. National Drawing Biennale; Dobó István Vármúzeum, Eger 2000
Katalin Benedek: Foreword for the catalogue of the XVIII. National Drawing Biennale; Dobó István Vármúzeum, Eger 2002
Ernő P. Szabó: Foreword for the catalogue of the XIX. National Drawing Biennale; Dobó István Vármúzeum, Eger 2004
Tamás Vásárhelyi: Az unikornisról. [About the Unicorn]; Élet és irodalom, 2003. április 25.
Judit Sárosdy: Legendás valóság. Az Unikornis csoport kiállítása [Legendary Reality. Exhibition of the Unikornis Group]; Új Művészet, 2004/11
Lajos Szakolczay: A szép törhetetlensége. Az Unikornis Csoport kiállítása a Karinthy Szalonban [Infrangibility of Beauty.Exhibition of the Unikornis Groupinthe Karinthy Salon]; Mai Magyar Kultúra, 2005/4
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Living people
Animal painters
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Hungarian painters
Hungarian illustrators
Hungarian animators
Hungarian animated film directors |
16639276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Byron%20%28British%20Army%20officer%29 | John Byron (British Army officer) | Captain John Byron (1757 – 2 August 1791) was a British Army officer and letter writer, best known as the father of the poet Lord Byron. In 1824, an obituary of his son gave him the nickname "Mad Jack Byron", and though there is no evidence for this in his own lifetime, it has since stuck – certainly he was called "Jack" by his family members and referred to himself as such.
Early life
Byron was the sixth child and eldest son of Vice-Admiral Hon. John Byron and Sophia Trevanion and grandson of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron of Rochdale. The earliest record of him is his baptism record, dated 17 March 1757 in Plymouth.
After his family moved to London he was educated at Westminster School.
He gained the rank of captain in the Coldstream Guards and was dispatched with his regiment to Philadelphia, where he managed to accrue considerable debts during the American Revolution.
Marriages
In 1778, Jack became embroiled in an affair with the married Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen, daughter of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness. Shortly before Christmas they ran away to Rottingdean, where they were discovered in bed together by one of her husband's servants. Her husband, Francis Osborne, later 5th Duke of Leeds, filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery in 1779. Byron married Amelia in London on 9 June 1779 and they went on to have three children: Sophia Georgina Byron, an unnamed boy, and Augusta Maria Byron. Sophia and the unnamed boy died in infancy; Augusta Byron went on to marry George Leigh. Amelia died in London in 1784.
Byron then married Catherine Gordon, heiress of Gight in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, daughter of George Gordon and Catherine Innes, on 17 May 1785. In order to claim his wife's estate in Scotland, Captain Byron took the surname Gordon. They had one child, born on 22 January 1788: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.
Having attempted to live with his wife in Aberdeen and squandered her fortune, Jack eventually left both his wife and son in Scotland and went to France to live with his sister, Frances Leigh. Having never managed to take control of his spending – which continued to go on parties, theatre trips and courtesans - Jack died in August 1791 at Valenciennes, while still in his mid-thirties.
Though his son Lord Byron claimed many years later that his father had cut his own throat, there is no contemporary evidence to support this. The fact that Jack mentioned coughing up blood and losing weight, and that his sister Sophy described his "long and suffering illness" supports the idea that he died from a consumptive illness such as tuberculosis.
Had he survived, Jack would have been next in line to inherit his uncle's title as Lord Byron. Instead, it fell to his ten-year-old son George in 1798.
Bibliography
Michael Bakewell and Melissa Bakewell, Augusta Leigh: Byron's Half-Sister (2000)
Emily Brand, The Fall of the House of Byron (John Murray, 2020)
Violet Walker, The House of Byron (Quiller Press, 1988)
References
1756 births
1791 deaths
British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War
18th-century English soldiers
John
Coldstream Guards officers
People educated at Westminster School, London
18th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in France |
46824244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Ecleo%20Jr. | Ruben Ecleo Jr. | Ruben Ecleo Jr. was a Filipino politician who was the leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association.
Background
Ruben Jr. was born to an influential Ecleo political family in the Dinagat Islands. His father Ruben Sr. was a former mayor of San Jose while his mother Glenda was a former member of the House of Representatives.
Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association
Ruben Ecleo Jr. in 1987 inherited the leadership of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (SBMA), an organization ran by his father Ruben Sr. He was Supreme President of the SBMA and is sometimes referred to as the "Supreme Master" of the group. The SBMA is headquartered in San Jose in the Dinagat Islands.
The SBMA has been characterized as a cult. The older Ecleo has claimed to have supernatural abilities while the younger one was reportedly believed to be an reincarnation of Jesus Christ
Political career
Ecleo was Mayor of San Jose from 1991 to 1994 when the town was still part of Surigao del Norte.
Ecleo would be elected as a member of the House of Representatives for Dinagat Islands' lone district in the 2010 election. But he would removed from his position on May 31, 2012 due to his conviction for graft and corruption.
Crimes
Ruben Ecleo Jr. was married to Alona Bacolod. He would strangle his wife to death in their residence in Cebu City on January 5, 2002. At the time of her death Bacolod is in her 20s and a fourth-year medical student. Bacolod's body later found three days later in a ravine in Dalaguete. Ecleo's crime was linked to his dependency on methamphetamine by a court testimony of one of Bacolod's seven siblings.
On June 18, 2002 Alona's brother Ben, a key witness to Ecleo's case along with her parents and sister Evelyn were killed at their house in Mandaue.
A warrant for his arrest would be released. The police and military went to the SBMA headquarters in San Jose, Dinagat Islands to serve the warrant.<
Ecleo would be detained but released on bail in March 2004 to seek treatment for his heart condition.
In October 2006, the Sandiganbayan sentenced Ecleo Jr. to thirty years in prison for entering a 1993 government contract in which the government lost about PHP 2.4 million. He was found guilty of three counts of violating Republic Act 3019. His co-defendants, Anadelia Nalauan-Navarra and Ricardo Santillan, were convicted of twice violating the anti-graft laws and sentenced to six to ten years for each count. The case involved the funding of the construction of the market and municipal building and repair of a building owned by the SBMA during Ecleo's tenure as San Jose mayor.
Ecleo would stopped attending hearings in 2011 when his bail was cancelled but would be continued to be tried in absentia. He was convicted in April 13, 2012 for parricide.
Ecleo was arrested in Pampanga on July 30, 2020 after being a fugitive for almost a decade.
Illness and death
Ecleo would contract COVID-19 and on April 25, 2021 brought to the Dr. J. Sabili General Hospital in Taguig he would recover and brought back to prison. He died at the New Bilibid Prison Hospital in Muntinlupa due to cardiac arrest on May 13.
References
2021 deaths
People from Dinagat Islands
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Dinagat Islands
Filipino politicians convicted of murder
Ruben Jr. |
35287246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegeinsider.com | Collegeinsider.com | Collegeinsider.com is a sports website based in Boston that is noted particularly for its basketball polls, awards and sponsored tournament.
The website was founded by Joe Dwyer and Angela Lento and traces it history to 1995 as regional basketball newsletter. The collegeinsider.com domain was registered on June 13, 1997.
The organization achieved its first attention for its midmajor poll which began in 1998.
On December 3, 2020, the organization founded Eracism.
Sponsored events and awards
Tournaments
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) - Established 2009 as an alternative basketball venue for schools not selected for the NCAA or NIT tournaments, last contested in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Basketball Classic - A rebranding of the CIT launched and last contested in 2022.
Awards
Jack Bennett Award
Lefty Driesell Award – Established 2010 to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition.
Hugh Durham Award – Established in 2005 to the most outstanding mid-major men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition.
Clarence Gaines Award
Joe B. Hall Award
Lou Henson All-America Team – Established in 2010 alongside the Lou Henson Award (below). Initially honored the top 30 NCAA Division I mid-major men's players, with all treated equally as All-Americans. Reduced to 25 in 2012, and now excludes players who make the Lute Olson All-America Team.
Lou Henson Award – Established in 2010 for the most outstanding mid-major men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. Beginning in 2012, the award was restricted to mid-major players who were not recognized on the Lute Olson All-America Team (below).
Ben Jobe Award – Established 2010 for outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I.
Kyle Macy Award
John McLendon Award
Don Meyer Award
Lute Olson All-America Team – Established in 2012 as a supplement to the Lute Olson Award (below). Honors the top 25 NCAA Division I men's players regardless of conference affiliation or year of attendance, with all treated equally as All-Americans.
Lute Olson Award – Established in 2010 for the most outstanding Division I men's college basketball player who has completed at least two years at his current school.
Jim Phelan Award – Established 2003 for outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I (non–mid-major conference) competition.
Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award – Established in 2008 for Division I basketball coach who exhibits strong moral character.
Glenn Robinson Award
Riley Wallace All-America Team
Kay Yow Award – Established 2010 for outstanding women's Division I basketball coach.
References
External links
College basketball websites
Internet properties established in 1997 |
31104692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20Canadian%20Senior%20Curling%20Championships | 2011 Canadian Senior Curling Championships | The 2011 Canadian Senior Curling Championships were held from March 19 to 26 at the Digby Arena and Digby Curling Club in Digby, Nova Scotia. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2012 World Senior Curling Championships in Tårnby, Denmark.
Men's
Teams
Standings
Results
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Draw 13
Draw 14
Draw 15
Draw 16
Playoffs
Tiebreaker
Semifinal
Final
Women's
Teams
Standings
Results
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Draw 13
Draw 14
Draw 15
Draw 16
Playoffs
Semifinal
Final
External links
Canadian Seniors Home Page
2011
Senior Curling Championships
Digby County, Nova Scotia
Curling competitions in Nova Scotia
2011 in Nova Scotia |
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