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25887112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20Lithuanian%20parliamentary%20election | 1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election | Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania in two stages on 25 October and 15 November 1992. A total of 141 members were elected to the Seimas, which replaced the Supreme Council; 70 were elected using proportional representation and 71 from single-member constituencies. Where no candidate in the single-member constituecies received more than 50% of the vote on 25 October, a run-off was held on 15 November. The first round of the elections were held simultaneously with a referendum on the adoption of a new constitution.
The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LDDP), which won 73 seats. Analysts attributed the surprisingly decisive victory to support from farmers and the Russian and Polish minorities, as well as widespread dissatisfaction with the economic situation and the policies of the ruling Sąjūdis political movement, which only won 30 seats. LDDP leader Algirdas Brazauskas was subsequently elected the Speaker of the Sixth Seimas and assumed the title of acting President. Bronislovas Lubys was appointed Prime Minister.
The elections were the first in Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain in which a former communist party received the most votes and returned to government. They were also the only ones to date in which a single party won an absolute majority in the Seimas. The LDDP received the highest vote share of any party in free and fair elections in Lithuania since 1920.
Electoral system
The elections were held under the terms of the new electoral law, which had been adopted on 9 July 1992; on the same day, the election date was set for 25 October. The law provided for a mixed electoral system, with 70 MPs elected by closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with a 4% electoral threshold, and 71 MPs in single member constituencies using the two-round system. The 4% threshold in the nationwide constituency did not apply to electoral lists representing national minorities, for whom it was reduced to 1.4%. Allocation of seats in single nationwide constituency was conducted using the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota.
The mixed electoral system was a compromise between the two main political powers, the Sąjūdis coalition, which preferred first-past-the-post, and the ex-communist LDDP, which had proposed proportional representation. The latter was confident of the appeal its political stance had with voters but lacked popular personalities, while Sąjūdis was concerned about its falling approval ratings but counted among its members many of the individuals that had led Lithuania to independence from the Soviet Union. The mixed system was also expected to strike a balance between MPs representing the interests of their constituencies and the interests of their parties.
Suffrage was granted based on citizenship of the former Soviet Union (with exceptions) as opposed to being based solely on the citizenship law of the pre-war Republic of Lithuania (similarly as happened in Latvia and Estonia in early 1990s).
The elections were the first in which voters abroad could vote by post. These voters' votes were assigned to the 1st (Naujamiestis) constituency, where the Seimas Palace was located.
Campaign
The main challenger to the ruling Sąjūdis nationalist movement, led by outgoing Chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania Vytautas Landsbergis, was the LDDP headed by Brazauskas. Sąjūdis – which had controlled the Supreme Council since February 1990 and spearheaded the move to independence – was criticized for the country's economic woes, while their opponents called for a slowdown in the pace of change to a free-market system and improved relations with Russia. In the run-up to the elections, Sąjūdis portrayed the opposing political groups as communist and reactionary, opposed to independence and democracy. The LDDP proclaimed their political principles, including the foreign policy aims of membership of the Council of Europe, association agreement with the European Community, agreements with the International Monetary Fund and neighborly relations with Poland. They also called for agreements with Russia to secure traditional sources for materials and trade.
Altogether 26 parties and political movements contested the elections, with 486 candidates contesting the single-seat constituencies. Opinion polls suggested that no political group would win a decisive majority and a coalition government seemed likely. Most participating parties ruled out joining a coalition government with the LDDP.
Opinion polls
Graphical summary
Results
Polling procedures were witnessed by international observers. The LDDP won 73 seats, with analysts attributing their victory to the party's support from farmers and the Russian and Polish minorities, as well as popular anger about the economic crisis, in particular the fuel shortages since Russia (the main supplier) had cut off imports. The results showed widespread desire for a different political direction and dissatisfaction with the confrontational approach to politics used by Sąjūdis. The elections were even more disappointing for centrist political groups, which only received around 15% of the vote, despite many prominent individuals in their ranks.
Aftermath
The decisive outcome of the elections surprised observers and even the LDDP, who had expected to win 15–17 seats and did not have enough names on their electoral list (on their nationwide list the party had put only 71 members). Sąjūdis reacted to their loss with disbelief and encouraged supporters to join acts of civil disobedience. The elections also caused dissent in Sąjūdis' membership and led to the formation of a formal political party, the Homeland Union, in 1993.
The first session of the newly elected Sixth Seimas took place on 25 November 1992, having originally been planned for 18 November, but recounts in some single-member constituencies and disputes over possible voting irregularities caused the session to be delayed.
In the first session of the Seimas, Brazauskas was elected Speaker and assumed the title of acting President. Brazauskas would go on to be elected President on 14 February 1993 in the country's first presidential elections. After Brazauskas was elected president (and due to Speaker Česlovas Juršėnas having to suspend his membership of the LDDP parliamentary group), the LDDP's parliamentary majority decreased to one. By April 1993 the LDDP tally had increased by three seats as the Supreme Court of Lithuania annulled Central Electoral Commission decisions that recognised victories in run-offs to candidates who had received fewer votes than the LDDP candidates. The party also won back Kaišiadorys constituency in a by-election.
On 1 December 1992 Bronislovas Lubys, an independent business manager and politician supported by the LDDP, was appointed Prime Minister.
References
Parliamentary elections in Lithuania
Lithuania
Parliamentary election |
44148739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachile%20stoddardensis | Megachile stoddardensis | Megachile stoddardensis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Mitchell in 1957.
References
Stoddardensis
Insects described in 1957 |
19190348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Live%20%28International%20TV%20channel%29 | MTV Live (International TV channel) | MTV Live (formerly known as MTVNHD and MTV Live HD) is the international version of the American TV channel MTV Live as 24-hour high-definition live music pay television network owned by Paramount International Networks subsidiary Paramount Networks EMEAA.
Overview
MTV Live, the first ever international HD service dedicated to music videos, offers a mix of programming from MTV Europe. MTV Live is operated by MTVNI's Emerging Markets group, who produce and broadcast the channel from its Warsaw hub until 22 April 2012 when the station was moved to 17-29 Hawley Crescent NW1 8TT London, United Kingdom was were MTV Live HD. was launched. The English-language service also features original and acquired shows, and programming from MTVNI's library.
The channel's mix of programming includes shows produced by other international MTV production units in Southern Europe, the UK and Latin America. From the beginning the channels' programming schedules were split into two blocks - MTV HD and Nickelodeon HD, but from October through December 2010 the channel only aired music related programs; it restarted airing Nickelodeon shows at the weekends but earlier in the morning. From July 1, 2011, the channel began to focus primarily on live music programming.
History
The channel was launched on 15 September 2008, in some parts of Europe as MTVNHD (MTV-Nickelodeon HD) and in Latin America by the end of 2008. The channel continued to launch in new countries throughout 2010, including Australia where it first became available in standard-definition.
On 1 July 2011, MTVNHD was officially launched new name and logo to becomes MTV Live HD with a new logo to match the new logos of all other MTV channels revealed on the same date. However, in the UK and Ireland the channel remained as MTVNHD. In Australia MTVN Live was rebranded as MTV Live.
On 23 April 2012, MTVNHD was officially launched new name and logo to becomes MTV Live HD in the UK and Ireland along with the launch of a standard-definition MTV Live.
On 9 April 2013, MTV Live HD ceased broadcasting in France after to the launch of the HD's versions of the French MTV channels.
On 1 October 2013, MTV Live HD and MTV Live officially launching new the channels logo as part of a global rebrand.
On 3 November 2013, MTV Live and MTV Live HD ceased broadcasting on Foxtel's service in Australia.
On 2 March 2014, MTV Live HD launched on Taiwan CHT MOD. On 24 October that same year, it launched on UPC Romania.
On 5 January 2015, MTV Live HD became encrypted and available only on satellite TV provider OSN in the Arab World, replacing MTV Middle East
On 15 February 2016, the standard-definition MTV Live closed and was replaced by MTV Music +1 in the United Kingdom.
On 29 June 2016, the UK feed of MTV Live HD closed and was replaced with Nick Jr. HD on Sky, and the international feed of MTV Live HD on Virgin Media.
On 29 March 2017, it was launched in Portugal as an exclusive on Meo.
On 5 April 2017, MTV Live HD officially launching new international logo.
On 3 August 2018, it was launched in Brazil as an exclusive on NET.
On 1 February 2021, the Latin American feed, which had a 7-hour delay became simulcast.
From 1 May 2021 until Malaysia Independence Day 2022, MTV Southeast Asia programs are shortened to 8 hour broadcast which is from 4:00pm - 12:00mn (SGT) to giveway for their selected programs from its sister channel MTV Live airing on the channel from 12:00mn – 4:00pm (SGT) daily as MTV Southeast Asia became more of music content with less of entertainment programming.
On 14 September 2021, MTV Live HD was officially renamed MTV Live dropping HD from its branding.
On 28 April 2022, MTV Live closed in Russia during the program Rock Solid Playlist.
On 1 September 2022, MTV Live officially relaunched in Malaysia replacing MTV Southeast Asia marked return for Unifi TV users since the channel stopped on 1 August 2017 and in Hong Kong replacing MTV Southeast Asia.
On 8 September 2022 at 22:00 BST, MTV Live (alongside with MTV Music, MTV Hits, MTV 80s, MTV 90s in the United Kingdom) temporarily suspended its regularly scheduled programming due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. As a result of the suspension of regular programming on all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom (in which MTV Live is broadcasting from) on two music video programs were created in order to fill the gap, one being "Programming Pause" (which it was broadcast from 8 September 2022 at 22:55 until 9 September 2022 at 12:30 BST) and the other being "Nothing but Music" (which it was broadcast from 9 September 2022 at 15:00 BST until 13 September 2022 at 02:00 BST). Both of these programs play laid back and somber music videos. Regular programming for MTV Live were resumed on 13 September 2022 at 02:00 BST starting with the Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj episode of My Life On MTV while regular programming for all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom/Ireland were resumed four hours later at 06:00 BST.
On 19 September 2022, all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom temporarily suspended its regularly scheduled programming (including teleshopping programs) and it was replaced with the music program "Nothing but Music" (also known "Nothing but Hits" on MTV Hits, "Nothing but 80s" on MTV 80s and "Nothing but 90s" on MTV 90s) on that day due to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
From 14 December 2022, the broadcasting of MTV Live and affiliated TV channels in Belarus has stopped.
From 8 February 2023, MTV Live officially started airing MTV Top 20 but this is not the same chart as on MTV Hits and MTV.
Availability
The channel is available in thirteen countries throughout Europe and Southeast Asia including:
(studio broadcasting and head office in International)
Programming
Current Programming
... And Friends
... vs ... vs ....
Diary of
HD Hits!
Hot Right Now!
Hot Spot
Leading Ladies / US Ladies
Making The Video
MTV Asks
MTV Essentials
MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Live
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Rewind (2010-2022)
MTV Unplugged
MTV Video Music Awards
MTV World Stage
Powerplay! This Week's MTV Hotlist
This Week's MTV Top 20
Global Beats!
The Rock Zone!
MTV Top 20
Rock. Alt. Indie
The Rock Zone
Eat, Sleep, Dance, Repeat!
2023 MTV VMA Nominees!
Shows
Behind the Music
CMT Crossroads
Events
MTV Europe Music Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Video Music Awards
On-air identity
See also
MTV
MTV Base
MTV Classic
Club MTV
MTV Hits
MTV Music
MTV Rocks
Paramount Networks EMEAA
External links
MTV Live
References
MTV channels
English-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2008
2012 establishments in the United Kingdom
English-language television stations in the United Kingdom
Television channels in the United Kingdom
Music video networks in the United Kingdom
HD-only channels
Music video networks in the United States
English-language television stations in the United States |
8279595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kleptones | The Kleptones | The Kleptones are a one-man English electronic music act fronted by music producer and DJ Eric Kleptone. They are best known for their Internet-exclusive mashup albums. Typically, Eric Kleptone mixes rock/R&B instrumentals with rap and hip-hop vocals in a style that is "fun... and often surprising". Both his name and the group's name are parodies of the famous guitarist Eric Clapton, and a play on the fact that he is a "klepto of tones" (that is, he "steals" others' music).
History
The group's first release was a mix of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips with hip-hop/rap vocals and various soundbites from television programs and movies entitled Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots.
A Night at the Hip-Hopera was the group's breakthrough and most highly acclaimed album, fusing Queen's rock music with rap vocals and many soundbites from movies and other sources. On 8 November 2004, Waxy, the main site that was mirroring A Night at the Hip-Hopera, received a cease and desist notice from the Walt Disney Company for illegal sampling of songs by Queen, similar to the banning of DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album.
From Detroit to J.A. was created originally for the radio program The Rinse on XFM, and was originally broadcast on 23 January 2005. Subsequently, it was released as an internet-only album, which fused R&B instrumentals with pop, rap, and R&B vocals.
In mid-2005, Eric Kleptone was awarded the Webby Award for Artist of the Year by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, who stated he had "taken the art of mash-up to a new level" and become "a global sensation".
In 2006, the group released 24 Hours, a double length album. The release of 24 Hours was preceded by three EP length releases, EP1, EP2 and EP3. Each EP was available for download for a limited time—EP2 replaced EP1, and in turn was replaced by EP3. EP3 itself was removed when 24 Hours was released.
In May 2006, the Creative Commons-licensed film project A Swarm of Angels announced the Kleptones as soundtrack producers.
In late 2006, Eric Kleptone was invited to speak at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, as half of "The Pirate and the Suit", a head-to-head discussion with EMI Music vice-Chairman David Munns.
On 7 December 2006, Eric Kleptone posted a podcast, titled Hectic City on the Kleptones' blog, stating that the intention is to make it a weekly release. The podcast contains mash-ups by the Kleptones, and other artists.
In early 2008 the group released Live'r Than You'll Ever Be - Bestival 2007, a live album containing a recording of their show at Bestival, in the Isle of Wight, on Saturday 8 September 2007.
On 1 January 2010, Uptime / Downtime was released. One preview of the album, the track "Voodoo Sabotage" was released on the Kleptones blog a few weeks prior to release. Later that year, on 9 August 2010, a collection of B-sides and tracks that didn't make it onto an album, Shits & Giggles was released.
On 28 January 2018 a new EP, "COUNT-IN (1234)" was released. On 25 April 2018, The Kleptones announced via their mailing list that a new album would be released later in the year and preceded by four mixtapes. On 18 October 2018, the first of these albums, OV, was released through their mailing list after an experimental release, in which random subscribers received tracks from the album and were asked to compile the album together, was unsuccessful. The second part, LO, was released through the mailing list on 11 February 2019, after a similar experimental release. The third part, ER, was released 18 February 2020; the experimental release system was bypassed and the final album was sent directly to subscribers. The final part, AD, making the entire project come together as "OVERLOAD", was released 13 July 2021; the entire project adding up to over 8 hours.
Starting on 22 March 2020, The Kleptones started releasing a series of "Lockdown Radio" mixes.
Discography
Albums
Remix albums
Live albums
Extended plays
Singles
Mixtapes
References
External links
Official website
British hip hop DJs
English DJs
English record producers
Remixers
British mashup artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Brighton and Hove
21st-century British musicians |
30319585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Manzi | Alberto Manzi | Alberto Manzi (; Rome, 3 November 1924 – Pitigliano, 4 December 1997) was an Italian school teacher, writer and television host, best known for being the art director of Non è mai troppo tardi (Italian for It's never too late), an educational TV programme broadcast between 1959 and 1968.
Biography
He attended navy studies before ending his primary training high school degree and followed a peculiar path of studies, achieving three academic degrees: in biology, pedagogy and philosophy.
He worked as an educator in a teen-age prison in Rome before a full-time job as a primary school teacher.
He was chosen to host the TV programme Non è mai troppo tardi, which made him a celebrity, conceived as an auxiliary help in the social struggle against illiteracy; the show was broadcasting real-life primary school classroom lessons, with revolutionary concepts in didactic methods for those times. Several schools in Italy are indeed named after him.
He also published several novels the most famous of which is Orzowei (1955), from which a serial was adapted for the Tv dei ragazzi (a now-defunct Italian "Children TV").
From 1995 to 1997 he was mayor of Pitigliano, in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany.
Mass media people from Rome
Italian male writers
Italian schoolteachers
Italian television personalities
1997 deaths
1924 births |
3289016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Court%20Reports%20%28Canada%29 | Supreme Court Reports (Canada) | The Supreme Court Reports (S.C.R.) is the official reporter of the Supreme Court of Canada. Since the creation of the Supreme Court, all of its decisions have been published in the Reports, in both English and French. The first volume was published in 1877 containing the first case ever heard by the Supreme Court, Kelly v. Sullivan.
Initially, the reports were identified from 1 to 64, but from 1923 they have been identified by their year of publication. By 1975 the reporter started putting out two volumes a year, which increased to between 3 and 4 by 1990. Volumes from 1983 and later are also available in electronic format, hosted by LexUM at the Université de Montréal.
External links
lexum database of Supreme Court Reports
Case law reporters of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada |
356374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saikaid%C5%8D | Saikaidō | is a Japanese geographical term. It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it. Saikaido was one of the main circuits of the Gokishichidō system, which was originally established during the Asuka period.
This name identified the geographic region of Kyūshū and the islands of Tsushima and Iki. It consisted of nine ancient provinces and two islands. The provinces included Chikuzen, Chikugo, Buzen, Bungo, Hizen, Higo, Hyūga, Satsuma and Ōsumi.
See also
Comparison of past and present administrative divisions of Japan
Notes
References
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
Road transport in Japan
Saikaido |
47086354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20P.%20Gane | Christopher P. Gane | Christopher P. (Chris) Gane (September 6, 1938 – November 25, 2019) was a British/American computer scientist, consultant and information technology writer, known for developing data flow diagrams with Trish Sarson in the 1970s.
Life and work
Born in England, Gane obtained his MA in Physics at the University of Cambridge, and started working as computer scientist at IBM in London. In 1973 he emigrated to the United States, where he started as independent IT consultant in New York.
In 1975 he joined Ed Yourdon's software company. In 1977 with Trish Sarson he founded Improved Systems Technologies (IST). In 1977 they published their famous work Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques, in which they presented a specific type of data flow diagrams.
Beside his work Structured Analysis, Gane published works on rapid application development (1989) and computer-aided software engineering (1990).
Selected publications
Lewis, Brian N., Ivan S. Horabin, and Chris Gane. Flow charts, logical trees and algorithms for rules and regulations. No. 2. HM Stationery Office, 1967.
Gane, Chris, and Trish Sarson. Structured Systems Analysis and Design. New York: Improved Systems Technologies (1977).
Gane, Chris P., and Trish Sarson. Structured systems analysis: tools and techniques. Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 1979.
Gane, Chris. Computer-aided software engineering: the methodologies, the products, the future. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990.
Gane, Chris. Rapid System Development. (1989).
References
1938 births
Living people
American technology writers
British technology writers
American computer programmers
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
IBM employees |
71100872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%20%281973%20film%29 | Blade (1973 film) | Blade is a 1973 American mystery thriller film directed by Ernest Pintoff and starring John Marley, Jon Cypher, Kathryn Walker, William Prince and Keene Curtis.
Cast
John Marley as Tommy Blade
Jon Cypher as Petersen
Kathryn Walker as Maggie
William Prince as Powers
John Schuck as Reardon
Rue McClanahan as Gail
Morgan Freeman as Chris
Michael McGuire as Quincy
Joe Santos as Spinelli
Ted Lange as Henry Watson
Julius Harris as Card Player
Keene Curtis as Steiner
Marshall Efron as Fat man
Reception
Leonard Maltin awarded the film two and a half stars, describing it as "A bit pretentious and involved; fairly absorbing."
References
External links
1970s English-language films |
63072639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholepidium | Tricholepidium | Tricholepidium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).
Taxonomy
Tricholepidium was first described by Ren-Chang Ching in 1978. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Tricholepidium was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "Lepisorus sensu lato". Its species were embedded in a clade in which none of the genera appeared to be monophyletic:
Species
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) separates the monotypic genus Lepidomicrosorium from Tricholepidium. , neither the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World nor Plants of the World Online accepted the separation, and so placed Lepidomicrosorium subhastatum in Tricholepidium (as Tricholepidium buergerianum) along with four other species:
Tricholepidium normale (Don) Ching
Tricholepidium subhemionitideum (Christ) Fraser-Jenk.
Tricholepidium superficiale (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
Tricholepidium venosum Ching
References
Polypodiaceae
Fern genera |
20841200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20American%20Physicians | Association of American Physicians | The Association of American Physicians (AAP) is an honorary medical society founded in 1885 by the Canadian physician Sir William Osler and six other distinguished physicians of his era for "the advancement of scientific and practical medicine."
Election to the AAP is an honor extended to individuals with outstanding credentials in biomedical science and/or translational biomedical research and is limited to 60 persons per year. The AAP includes about 1000 active members and 550 emeritus and honorary members. The great majority are US citizens. However, other countries are also represented.
Mission
The overarching goals of the AAP include the promotion of professional and social interaction among biomedical scientists, the dissemination of important information related to biomedical science and teaching, the recognition of outstanding scientists through membership, and the establishment of role models to kindle new generations of high achievers in medicine and medical science.
The range of topics studied by members of the AAP is as broad as medicine itself, ranging from fundamental biological questions to translational research (development and testing of new treatments) to public policy issues. The "Transactions of the Association of American Physicians," published until 1995, recorded the presentations of members at the annual meeting. In that year, it was replaced by the bimonthly "Proceedings of the Association of American Physicians" (no longer published).
The AAP honors selected scientists with the George M. Kober Medal (started in 1927; awarded annually since 1929, except for 1944 and 1946) and the George M. Kober Lectureship (awarded every three years since 1925), for outstanding contributions to medicine or medical science.
The AAP holds a joint meeting each year with the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), another honorary medical society with closely related goals.
History
The AAP held its first meeting in 1886. Some of the most important advances in biomedical science were first reported at annual AAP meetings. These included the discovery of insulin by Banting and Macleod in 1922, and discovery, by Minot and Murphy in 1926, that pernicious anemia could be treated by feeding patients extracts of raw liver.
Members of the AAP have included Nobel laureates, and members of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. Living members of the AAP who have also been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine include Barry Marshall, Stanley Prusiner, Michael S. Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein, and others.
References
External links
Car Accident Doctors
Medical associations based in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Michigan
Organizations established in 1885
501(c)(3) organizations |
2627719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub%20game | Pub game | A pub game is one which is traditionally played inside or outside a pub. Most pub games date back centuries and are rooted in village culture. Many derive from older outdoor sports.
Pub games can be loosely grouped into throwing games, dice games, card games, board games, slot games, cue and ball games, bat and ball games, coin pushing/throwing games, and drinking games.
History
In his book, Beer and Skittles, Richard Boston claims that the first regulation concerning national control of pubs was about pub games; Henry VII's statute of 1495 restricted the playing of "indoor games which were distracting Tudor pubmen from archery".
Many of pub games owe their origins to older outdoor sports, adapted and transformed over time for indoor play, either for convenience, or to allow publicans to maintain their teams during the off-season.
Gaming activities associated with pubs included card games such as cribbage, throwing games such as darts, physical sports such as cricket, and blood sports such as cock fighting. Balls Pond Road in Highbury, London, was named after an establishment run by Mr Ball that had a pond out the back filled with ducks, where drinkers could, for a certain fee, go out and take their chance at shooting the creatures.
Types
Pub games can be loosely grouped into throwing games, dice games, card games, board games, cue and ball games, bat and ball games, bowling games, coin pushing/throwing games, and drinking games.
Throwing games
Darts
A game which involves the throwing of small missiles at a circular target, called a dartboard. It is one of the few traditional pub games that remains popular to the present day. When played at a professional level the game adheres to a specific board design and set of rules, but as a pub game it can encompasses several variants, such as 'Cricket'.
Aunt Sally
Traditionally played in pubs and fairgrounds. An Aunt Sally was originally a figurine head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth, or subsequently a ball on a stick. The object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The game bears some resemblance to a coconut shy, or skittles.
Today, the game of Aunt Sally is still played as a pub game in Oxfordshire. The ball is on a short plinth about 4 inches (10 cm) high, and is known as a 'dolly'. The dolly is placed on a dog-legged metal spike and players throw sticks or short battens at the dolly, trying to knock it off without hitting the spike.
Devil among the tailors
A form of table skittles. The game involves 9 small skittles arranged in a 3 x 3 square, usually within a shallow open-topped wooden box sitting on a table-top. The wooden ball (about the size of a golf ball) hangs from a string or chain attached to the top of a vertical wooden post rising from one corner of the box. The aim of the game is to knock down the skittles by swinging the ball in an arc round the post (rather than aiming directly at the skittles).
In the picturesque name, the 'devil' refers to the ball and the 'tailors' are the skittles.
Ringing the bull
A game which involves swinging a bull's nose-ring, which is attached to a string, in an arc so as to hook it onto a bull's horn or hook attached to the wall. It was adopted by the earlier settlers of the Caribbean islands, where it is also referred to as the Bimini Ring Game.
The game is still played in Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, in Nottingham, which claims to be Britain's oldest pub.
Quoits
A game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike. The sport encompasses several distinct variations which are played either indoors on a small elevated table, or outside on a marked strip.
Dice games
Bar dice is a simple game played with five dice and a cup, often played to determine who buys the next round of drinks.
Card games
Numerous card games have been traditionally played in pubs. Those still played in Britain today include:
Traditional card games
Cribbage
Euchre
Phat
Whist
Gambling games
Brag
Poker
Cue and ball games
Pool
Pool is played on a billiard table with six pockets into which balls are deposited in a specified order. The game encompasses distinct variants, including eight-ball, nine-ball, and several others.
Bar billiards
The game, in its current form, started in the UK in the 1930s. The tables were made by the Jelkes company of Holloway Road in London, and sold to many pubs.
Today, it mostly played in southern England and Jersey on a special table without side and corner pockets, but with 9 scoring holes in the playing surface. On the playfield are normally placed three skittles--guarding the highest scoring holes (the two 50 point holes and the 200 point hole). The aim of the game is to score as many points as possible by potting balls down the holes before either the time runs out or a skittle is knocked over. The last ball can only be potted by getting it into the 100 or 200 point hole after bouncing off one cushion.
Bat and ball games
Bowling games
Skittles
Skittles is "one of the quintessential English pub games" and many pubs have a skittle alley, often in a side room. They may be of quite basic construction and the balls, as well as the skittles, may be made of wood. Some were based cowsheds and only used during the summer months when the shed was not occupied by cattle.
Coin pushing/throwing games
Pitch penny
A game which involves throwing coins across the room and into a hole carved in the seat of a wooden bench.
Shove ha'penny (or "shove halfpenny")
Played by two players on a small, smooth board, made of slate or wood. A number of parallel lines or grooves run horizontally across this board. Ha'pennies or similarly-sized coins or metal discs are placed at one end of the board and are shoved with a quick flick of the hand. The object is to shove the coins so that a certain number of them (normally five) lie between the lines. The two players take alternate turns. In addition to shoving his own coin directly between the lines, a player may use his turn to knock his own coins into position. One set of coins is used by both players.
Toad in the hole
Involves the throwing of brass discs, called Toads, at a hole in a lead-topped table. A variation of this game has been played in pubs in East Sussex, UK, the 'hole' being in the centre of the lead surface.
Drinking games
Yard of ale
Other games
Bagatelle
Bowls
Skittles
Table shuffleboard
Table football
See also
Pub quiz
Karaoke
References
Hampson, Tim (2019). London's Riverside Pubs, updated edn.
External links
Online guide to traditional games
Toad in the hole in the Online guide to traditional games
Shove ha'penny Article
Hickok Sports History |
39580911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyMusic%20%28season%202%29 | MyMusic (season 2) | The second season of The Fine Brothers' web series MyMusic premiered on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Unlike with the first season, which had its episodes uploaded to the MyMusicShow YouTube channel, the second season was uploaded to the TheFineBros channel.
Plot
Following the burning of the MyMusic building at the conclusion of the first season, Indie has the MyMusic team returning to its roots. Indie also has the MyMusic crew focusing more on social media and the MyMusic blog.
Announcement and production
In May 2013, the Fine Brothers announced the second season of MyMusic, having released an announcement video on the MyMusicShow channel.
The Fine Brothers were cited saying "We had an overwhelming fan response in Season 1 and we definitely couldn’t have made it to a second season without their viewership and participation."
The production of the second season began on May 14, 2013, with filming taking place at YouTube Space LA.
The Fine Brothers have also been releasing several photos, daily, of production. Videos, or "Production Diaries", have also been released on TheFineBros2, weekly.
The second season saw Lee Newton and Paul Butcher join the MyMusic cast. Toby Turner was also announced to reprise his role as Satan. A production diary video was uploaded featuring Lee Newton as Country, confirming reports that she would be joining the cast, as well as featuring Harley Morenstein as Jesus.
The extended trailer for Season 2, posted on TheFineBros YouTube channel on July 30, revealed the season would begin on August 20.
The budget for MyMusic is "nothing close to a TV size budget."
There will be sitcom versions of the arc episodes after all the webisodes air. The Fine Brothers confirmed this in their vlog, Fine Time.
Cast
Main cast
The main cast from the first season were announced to have reprised their roles.
Adam Busch as Indie
Jarrett Sleeper as Metal
Jack Douglass as Intern 2/Flowchart
Lainey Lipson as Scene
Mychal Thompson as Hip Hop/Nerdcore
Tania Gunadi as Techno
Chris Clowers as Dubstep
Lee Newton as Country
Grace Helbig as Idol
Recurring
Toby Turner as Satan
Lia Marie Johnson as Rayna
Lisa Schwartz as Tina
Paul Butcher as Jeff Pookie
Notable guest appearances
Freddie Wong as DJ Elephant ("Ghosts!!!")
Harley Morenstein as Jesus ("Saying Goodbye :(")
Janet Varney as Nancy Spackman ("I Can't See!!!")
Joey Graceffa as Vampire Temp ("I Can't See!!!, "Attention & Affection", "Stand Up for Yourself!", "Someone's Quitting!", "Insane Wife!", and "Wedding Plans!")
Colleen Ballinger as Receptionist ("Wedding Plans!")
Episodes
References
2010s YouTube series seasons |
35962726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi%20timbel | Nasi timbel | Nasi timbel is an Indonesian hot dish, consisting of steamed rice wrapped inside a banana leaf. It is a traditional Sundanese cuisine from West Java. The heat of the hot-cooked rice touches the banana leaf and produces a unique aroma. It is made in ways similar to making lontong; compressed, rolled, and wrapped in banana leaves; it then evolves into a complete dish served with various side dishes such as fried chicken, empal gepuk (fried beef), jambal roti (salted fish), tahu goreng, tempeh, salted duck egg, sayur asem, with lalab and sambal. Nasi timbel later evolved to nasi bakar.
See also
Nasi bakar
Nasi bogana
Nasi lemak
Nasi liwet
Nasi tutug oncom
Nasi uduk
References
External links
Nasi Timbel recipes (in Indonesian)
Indonesian rice dishes |
1553998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442%20Eichsfeldia | 442 Eichsfeldia | Eichsfeldia (minor planet designation: 442 Eichsfeldia) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomers Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 15 February 1899 in Heidelberg. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.
Although Eichsfeldia has an orbit similar to the Vesta family asteroids, it was found to be an unrelated interloper on the basis of its non-matching spectral type.
References
External links
Lightcurve plot of (442) Eichsfeldia, Antelope Hills Observatory
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Discoveries by Max Wolf
Discoveries by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann
Named minor planets
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33544846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Karnataka | Flag of Karnataka | The Kannada flag, a bicolour of yellow and red, symbolises both Kannada and Karnataka, although it doesn't have any official status and it isn't recognized as a state flag by the Government of India.
Based on ancient Kannada, people believe the yellow and red colours in the flag stand for Arashina (Turmeric) and Kumkuma (Vermilion).
These two substances signify auspiciousness and well-being in Karnataka and among Kannada people across. It is hoisted every year by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Karnataka Rajyotsava (November 1).
Government banner
The Government of Karnataka can be represented by a banner that depicts the emblem of the state on a white background.
History
Vijayanagara Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire was a Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana and Maharashtra. Sun, Moon, Dragger and Boar (Varaha) were identified with Royal insignia of the Vijayanagara kings.
Kingdom of Mysore (1880s–1974)
The present-day Karnataka state went through a series of geopolitical and cultural transformations. After India's independence in 1947, the constitutional changes took nearly three years to come into effect, during which the Kingdom of Mysore remained the state's original form territorially. In 1950, the Kingdom of Mysore was renamed Mysore State when India became a democratic republic, but Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar continued to be the chief head of Mysore State (as maharaja, then as rajpramukh, and finally as governor). In 1956, the Reorganisation of States Act on linguistic-basis was passed by the Republic of India, which furthered Mysore State's frontiers. Coastal parts of Mangalore, which previously belonged to Madras Presidency, were incorporated into Mysore State, as well as Kannada-speaking regions of Bombay Presidency (sometimes referred to as Bombay-Karnataka region) and Hyderabad State (Hyderabad-Karnataka region). In 1974, Mysore State was renamed Karnataka State. Until this point, the flag of the Kingdom of Mysore remained the state's flag, official until 1956, and de facto thereafter, until 1974, alongside the bi-coloured Kannada flag. With the renaming of state, pro-Kannada movements throughout Karnataka gained pace, during which the bi-coloured Kannada flag became more prevalent.
The Mysore Kingdom flag was oblong and bi-coloured: a red strip on the top, symbolising vermilion, and a maroon strip on the bottom. In the centre was inscribed the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Mysore. Some synonymous versions of the flag redact the emblem; the original version, however, comes with it inscribed in the centre. The coat of arms bore a mythical two-headed eagle, called Gandabherunda, in Kannada. This emblem itself was an adoption from that of the Vijayanagara Empire. Mysore Kingdom inherited this right after the principality was commissioned in 1399 by Harihara II, anointing Mysore Kingdom's first ruler, Yaduraya Wodeyar, as its ruler.
After the state's renaming in 1974, this flag was gradually decommissioned. Nevertheless, this flag remains, to this day, the official flag of the Mysore royal family, and is used during the private and, sometimes, in public, celebrations of the Dasara festival, including the Special Assembly (khas durbar) during the carnival.
Kingdom of Mysore Under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan (1761–1799)
In the second half of the 18th century, the Maharajas of Mysore were reduced to the role of puppet rulers, with the real power held by military rulers, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan.
At least 3 flags are known from this period. Hyder Ali standard from Battle of Sholinghur 1781 captured by Madras Regiment. White with a red border, with five red disks was the naval flag used from c. 1784 to 1799, the year of Tipu Sultan's defeat by the British. The weak and primitive local navy disintegrated at the first serious clash with European ships, and with it the flag disappeared. Another flag is a green triangle with gold symbols seen in one of James Hunter's paintings.
Jamkhandi State
Jamkhandi State was one of the Maratha princely states of British India. It was founded in 1811 and its capital was at Jamakhandi.
State flag used until 1948. The state coat of arms without colors appeared on a plain saffron background. An oval shield with a ritual ax flanked by two torches placed on the bordure. Around the shield, supported by two draped elephants with a flag in their trunks, were various figures: above the sun and moon, below various weapons and a scroll with the name of the country.
Mudhol State
Mudhol State was a princely state during the British Raj. The rulers were from the Ghorpade clan of the Marathas. It was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country and its capital was the city of Mudhol.
Ramdurg State
Ramdurg State was one of the Maratha princely states ruled by the Bhave family during the British Raj. It was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency, founded in 1799. It was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country and its capital was at Ramdurg.
National flag adopted at an unknown date and abolished in 1948. The classic Bhagwa zenza (deep indented square), usually worn with a large orange ribbon. It was also the banner of the ruler.
Sandur State
Sandur State was a princely state of India during the British Raj, part of the Madras States Agency. Its capital was the town of Sanduru.
State flag adopted at an unknown date and abolished with the state in 1949. Proportions 4/7. The orange field signified the descent of the ruling dynasty from the Maratha Empire. The black and white canton was taken from the insignia of the Armed Forces. Another flag of Sandur, considered a royal flag, featured an emblem consisting of a sun with an umbrella and a lizard on an Bhagwa Dhwaj. The umbrella and the lizard are the crest and badge of the principality's coat of arms respectively. The same emblem appeared on the war flag, it was a white triangle with two black stripes above and below it.There is no evidence to link the design of the national flag with the similar design of the old Georgian flag.
Kannada flag
The Kannada flag is a flag that is in popular use in the state of Karnataka, India. It is widely identified with Karnataka, Kannadigas and the Kannada language. The flag does not represent separatist ideology and was used across the length and breadth of the state by Kannada-centric organisations and private individuals to show solidarity with Kannada causes and demonstrate their unity. It finds a place in the official website of the Government of Karnataka.
History
The Kannada Movement, Chaluvali, is a result of various socio-political issues that rocked the capital in the early part of the 20th century. The British established the Cantonment and brought a large number of Tigalas from the Madras province to work. When the plague killed a large number of people at the end of the 19th century, the two major textile mills in Bengaluru were closed down. After three decades, they were restarted and workers from Arcot were brought in. Added to that population were the officials in the British government who were all from Tamil Nadu. The local language was pushed to a corner as all of them were using their mother tongue.
It was only in 1909 when Sir M Visverwaraya became the dewan that a Mysuru Economics Conference was established for integrated development of the Kingdom of Mysore and R H Deshpande, founder of Karnataka Vidhyavardhaka Sangha in Dharwad, suggested a Servants of Karnataka Society, similar to Servants of India Society to safeguard the interests of Kannada. This was the actual beginning of Karnataka Sahitya Parishat in 1915. Following an advertisement in the newspaper calling invitations from “painters for Bangalore municipality, knowledge of Tamil and Telugu compulsory” writer A N Krishna Rao and his band of faithful followers launched a Kannada movement.
In 1962, a Bengaluru Kannadiga conference was held at the Mysuru Commerce Bhavan inaugurated by Kengal Hanumanthaiah and attended by a number of stalwarts like Gubbi Veeranna, Khadri Shamanna, M Ramamurthy, Veerakesari Seetharama Shastri, who formulated several actions plans to safeguard Kannada in the capital. Gradually the movement took the momentum and several incidents during that time shed interesting insights. For instance, when the 1963 Tamil film Kaanchi Thalaivan showed the war between Chalukya and Pallava, a scene in which the king stamps on the Kannada flag, created a lot of dissentment among Kannada activists, and a special screening was arranged at Minerva theater for all writers, artists, eminent personalities to give their opinion. There were heated exchanges of words between the exhibitors and the people. But the result was the unification of Kannada activists. In 1964, the government declared a state holiday for a cricket match between MCC and Presidents’ XI and refused to declare November 1 a holiday. Protests and subsequent developments resulted in the Rajyotsava Day being declared a state holiday. M Ramamurthy went on a Padayatra, protesting against the hoisting of flags from neighboring state parties in the capital and soon he realized Kannadigas did not have a flag to hoist. He designed a flag that was yellow, a Karnataka map, and a paddy crown in the center. Since everybody wanted a simple flag, the current yellow and red flag was adopted. The yellow color represents ‘Arisina’ (Turmeric) and the red color represents ‘Kumkuma’ of Goddess Bhuvaneshwari. The flag is in popular use all over Karnataka to represent Karnataka and Kannada.
The Kannada Movement also has seen several agitations like The Gokak Chaluvali, demand for Bengaluru Kannada TV channel and many others. In all these agitations, the Kannada flag has been the symbol of the unity of Kannadigas.
In 2009, B. S. Yeddyurappa, then Chief Minister of Karnataka, issued a circular enforcing restrictions on hoisting the Kannada flag on government buildings. Later, this move was challenged in Karnataka High Court in 2012 after then Chief Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda mentioned in his budget speech that the hoisting of the Kannada flag on 1 November will be made compulsory in all government offices, schools, and colleges.
Kodava flag
The Kodava people are an ethno-linguistic group from the Kodagu district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, who natively speak the Kodava language. There is no universal design for the Kodava flag, however, all flags created to represent the Kodava people feature a crossed knife, knife scabbard, and rifle emblem. The choice of these elements is due to the special place that weapons occupy in Kodava culture.
See also
Emblem of Karnataka
Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate
National flag of India
List of Indian state flags
References
Flags of India
Government of Karnataka
2018 in India
Karnataka
Karnataka |
4433190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Diego%20Handicap | San Diego Handicap | The San Diego Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late July/early August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. This Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It is considered the track's key prep race for its foremost attraction, the $1-million Pacific Classic Stakes.
Inaugurated in 1937, it was first run on July 3 as part of the first-ever racecard at Del Mar Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:
6 furlongs : 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947
1 mile : 1941
miles : 1991-1993
miles : 1938, 1948–1990, 1994–present
The race was not run in 1939-1940 and from 1942 through 1944.
From 2007 to 2014, the race was run on a Polytrack artificial dirt surface.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of miles)
1:40.00 - Windy Sands (1962)
1:40.00 - Native Diver (1965)
Most wins:
3 - Native Diver (1963, 1964, 1965)
Most wins by a jockey:
6 - Chris McCarron (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999)
6 - Victor Espinoza (2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2016, 2017)
Most wins by a trainer:
5 - Charlie Whittingham (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1989)
5 - Robert J. Frankel (1976, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2001)
5 - John W. Sadler (2003, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Most wins by an owner:
3 - E. O. Stice & Sons (1945, 1948, 1949)
3 - M/M Louis K. Shapiro (1963, 1964, 1965)
Winners
† In 1976, Mark's Place finished first but was disqualified and set back to last.
† In 1969, TripleTux finished first but was disqualified and set back to fourth.
References
The 2009 San Diego Handicap at the NTRA
Del Mar Racetrack
Horse races in California
Graded stakes races in the United States
Open mile category horse races
Recurring events established in 1937 |
58410820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore%20Traction%20Company | Singapore Traction Company | The Singapore Traction Company (STC) was a tram, trolleybus and motor bus operator in Singapore from 1925 to 1971. Established as a result of the Traction Ordinance in 1925, it was initially owned by the Shanghai Electric Company. The company took over Singapore's tram network, converting it to a trolleybus network by 1927. It acquired its first omnibuses in 1929, took over "mosquito bus" (seven-passenger buses) service in 1933, and became independent of the electric company in 1935.
With only 20 operational trolleybuses at the end of World War II, a programme to restore full service by purchasing new buses was begun during the late 1940s. The company experienced a 15-week strike in 1947, and a 142-day strike over wages from 1955 into 1956.
Trolleybus service ended in December 1962, and the company headquarters was moved from London to Singapore in 1964. By the late 1960s, the STC's financial state had worsened; with the April 1971 repeal of the Traction Ordinance, its losses mounted. With the company near bankruptcy, its buses were sold to Singapore's three other bus companies and the STC ceased operation in December 1971.
History
Background
The Shanghai Electric Company (SEC), which operated a trolleybus network in Shanghai, was approached to rehabilitate the Singapore tramway network during the early 1920s. Due to the poor state of the tram infrastructure, rehabilitation was deemed too costly and plans were made to convert the system to trolleybuses.
The SEC began negotiations with Singapore's municipal government over a new traction ordinance. The ordinance included the conversion of the tram system to trolleybuses and the restructuring of the old tramway company.
Establishment and conversion of tram system
The STC was established in 1925 in accordance with the Singapore Traction (Transfer) Ordinance, which was passed by the Legislative Council in March of that year, to take over Singapore's tram network from Singapore Electric Traction and replace it with trolleybuses. The first two trolleybus routes began operation on 14 August 1926, and the last tram line was converted on 4 September 1927.
The company received approval to operate motor buses on its existing trolleybus routes in 1929, and operated an experimental route between Geylang and Finlayson Green with seven buses. The buses, introduced to reduce travel time, were noted by a reporter for The Straits Times as having a smooth, comfortable ride. The motor-bus service was then expanded with the introduction of a route to Seletar in July of that year.
STC revenue declined by £20,000 from 1931 to 1932 (during the Great Depression), due to the continuation of service despite reduced demand. By 1933, the company operated what was claimed to be the largest trolleybus network in the world: long, served by 108 vehicles. That year, negotiations began on articles and amendments to the management agreement to release the STC from Shanghai Electric Company control.
Mosquito-bus takeover
In 1933, with the failure of Southern Omnibus Services, the municipal government decided to transfer all mosquito-bus service to the STC by replacing the service with new routes and extending existing ones. The replacement of mosquito buses on the first few routes prompted commuter complaints about overcrowding, and the Municipal Commission recommended adjusting the route timetables. The STC added buses to its fleet and began express service on the Tampines Road route, the route with the most problems.
The company bought out its Shanghai Electric Company ownership for £100,000 in 1935. The deal was delayed, however, when the Chancery Court granted an injunction to the Investment Trust Corporation and other STC shareholders because the STC did not have the required money. The STC successfully appealed the injunction on 1 May 1935. The management agreement between the companies was terminated in October of that year, when payment was made.
In September and October 1936, STC bus drivers and conductors struck twice over split shifts and harsh working conditions. Two years later, STC workers went on strike again after four months of negotiations with the company falied. The strike continued for 15 days, with strikers unwilling to negotiate with the company until the government stepped in to arbitrate. The strikers were unwilling to accept arbitration, and the strike continued for almost a month before service resumed on 22 August 1938.
1940s and 1950s
Only 20 trolleybuses were found fit for service when Singapore returned to British rule, and operations were limited until new buses could be delivered. The restoration of full service was also delayed by a 15-week strike in 1947 over wages. Concerns about overcrowding on STC buses were also raised frequently in the media and by the Municipal Commission, and fines for breaches of regulation were increased in 1950. The company introduced buses for schoolchildren in April 1950, in response to a request made six months earlier.
In September 1955, the STC refused to accept demands for 60- to 70-percent wage increases and over 2,800 employees went on strike. Although some of the workers attempted to run a free bus service, they were prevented from doing so. The STC chairman flew to Singapore for negotiations at the Labour Ministry, but no progress was made. Negotiations resumed in December 1955, reaching an impasse after a few days.
The government convened a court of inquiry for the dispute, which recommended a wage increase. Management rejected the recommendations, saying that the company would incur a loss. After Chief Minister David Marshall warned that the STC might have its franchise cancelled, the company backed down and bus service resumed on the afternoon of 16 February 1956.
Demise
The STC discontinued trolleybus operations in December 1962. In January 1964, the company transferred its headquarters from London to Singapore; the Singapore company was formed by a new board, and the London company was voluntarily liquidated. Most of the company's shareholders were in Malaysia, and greater opportunity for expansion was possible in Singapore.
By 1966, as a result of competition from pirate taxis (which resulted in the loss of about six million passengers in 1965), the STC was operating at a loss of $1 million per year. The company was unable to meet its payroll or acquire new buses, and its directors considered voluntary liquidation. The government's seizure of 1,000 pirate taxis and the resulting reduction of operating losses in 1967 averted the STC's financial collapse. However, the company continued to incur losses for the rest of the 1960s.
In April 1971, with the adoption of the Wilson Report by the government, the Traction Ordinance was repealed and the STC had to compete on an equal footing with Singapore's other bus companies. The company's losses increased to
$13,000 per day, leaving it nearly bankrupt.
It was learned in November 1971 that the United Bus Company had made a bid for the STC's bus operations, with negotiations between the companies directed by the government. The following month, the STC concluded negotiations with the three other bus companies for the sale of its buses for about $2.7 million. In addition to acquiring the buses, the three companies hired 2,000 STC employees (including 1,700 drivers and conductors). Several mechanical workers were hired by the Ministry of Defence, and others were registered at Labour Ministry employment exchanges in Havelock and Bendemeer Roads.
The company was placed in receivership by the Chung Kiaw Bank on 21 December 1971.
The STC's Upper Aljunied Road bus depot was purchased by the three Chinese bus companies in 1972 for about $2 million, and its Mackenzie
Road property was taken over by the government. Unsuccessful efforts were made to salvage the company over the next five years, and it was wound up in 1978.
Fleet
The initial fleet of trolleybuses acquired in 1926 consisted of chassis built by the Associated Equipment Company in England and bodies constructed in Shanghai, with assembly in Singapore. The trolleybuses, with a capacity of 32 passengers, had a two-class layout. The STC began replacing its 20-seat, petrol-powered motor buses with 30-seat heavy-oil buses during the late 1930s as part of a fleet renewal programme.
After World War II, nearly all the company's buses were unusable as a result of deferred maintenance and the use of poor-quality lubricants during the Japanese occupation. The STC ordered new omnibuses and trolleybuses from the United Kingdom, which came into service in 1946 and 1947 respectively. The bus chassis were built in the United Kingdom, and the bodies were assembled in Singapore. By 1949, all but 10 of the STC's buses were modern vehicles ordered after the war; the total carrying capacity was higher than the pre-war level by 1950.
In 1954, as part of an expansion programme, the STC acquired 24 new omnibuses and Singapore's first buses. The 30-foot buses, which had lighter aluminium chassis, were ordered as part of a plan to move the STC fleet towards fewer, larger buses. The company began a programme to convert its buses to aluminium bodies in March 1956, and invested $2 million in aluminium-body buses from Britain.
In 1962, the STC replaced its trolleybus fleet with 35 Isuzu buses. The Japanese-built buses had automatic doors, telescopic shock absorbers and air suspension. In 1967, the STC acquired 50 37-seat Nissan buses at a cost of $1.5 million to serve the Toa Payoh housing estate. To pay for the buses, the company mortgaged its Mackenzie Road properties.
References
External links
Bus companies of Singapore
Transport companies established in 1925
Transport companies disestablished in 1971
1925 establishments in Singapore
1971 disestablishments in Singapore |
6794234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemu%20Kalani | Hemu Kalani | Hemandas Kalani (, 23 March 1923 – 21 January 1943) was a revolutionary and freedom fighter during the Indian Independence Movement. He was a leader of Swaraj Sena, a student organisation which was affiliated with All India Students Federation (AISF). He was one of the youngest revolutionaries to be martyred for the nation's freedom struggle, being executed by the British colonial authorities when he was only 19, two months before his 20th birthday.
Early life
Hemu Kalani was born in a Sindhi family at Sukkur in Sind Division of Bombay Presidency in British India (now in Pakistan) on 23 March 1923. (His birthday coincides with the day Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru were hanged). He was son of Pesumal Kalani and Jethi Bai. As a child and young man he campaigned with his friends for boycotts of foreign goods and tried to persuade people to use Swadeshi goods. He was drawn to revolutionary activities and started participating in acts of protests with the aim of driving out the British from the Indian subcontinent.
Freedom struggle
Hemu Kalani joined Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India movement when it was started in 1942. Support for the movement in Sindh was such that the British colonial authorities had to send military detachments after him consisting of European battalions. Hemu Kalani found out that a train of these troops and their supplies would be passing through his local town on 23 October and decided to derail it by removing the fishplates from the railway track. This despite the fact that neither he nor his colleagues had the necessary tools and so had to use a rope as a means to loosen the fixings.
They were seen by the British before being able to complete the sabotage. Hemu was caught, imprisoned, and tortured by the Indian Imperial Police in an attempt to get him to reveal the names of his co-conspirators. He refused to divulge any information, was put on trial and sentenced to death. The people of Sindh petitioned the Viceroy for mercy but the condition of granting it was that the authorities must be told the identity of his co-conspirators. He again refused to pass on the information and he was hanged on 21 January 1943.
It is said that Hemu Kalani was so happy upon being handed the death sentence that, contrary to usual, he gained a good deal of weight during the time between his sentencing and his execution. On the day of his execution, he appeared extremely overjoyed, and walked to the gallows with a copy of the Bhagavad Gita in his hands, smiling and humming the whole way.
Legacy
India
Statue instituted of Hemu Kalani at Hemu Kalani Square Jaripatka, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Sant Hidaram Nagar (Bairagarh) Bhopal
Statue, institutions and many more name of the Shaheed Hemu Kalani
Agra city in U.P.
Hemu Kalani Statue near Sadar Tehsil, Hemu Kalani road, Agra
erected Statue by Agra Sindhi Samaj & Hemu Kalani Murti Sthapana Samiti, Agra
Adipur city in Kutch, Gujarat, has also Hemu Kalani Statue near Gandhi Samadhi, Maitri School road
Bhilwara city, In Sindhunagar Colony has erected Statue of Shaheed Hemu Kalani at the crossing of the road (chowk). Called Hemu Kalani Circle.
Tonk city (Rajasthan) has erected a statue of Young Martyr Hemu Kalani at the Sawai Madhopur Circle
Ahmedabad city (Gujarat) has erected Statue of Amar Shaheed Shree Hemu Kalani at the Rajavir Circle
Indore city has named a road intersection after Hemu Kalani and placed his statue at the center of the intersection
Faizabad city has named a National Parks in His Name and a Faizabad to Ayodhya HWY A National Libraries in Ayodhya
A statue of Hemu Kalani is located in the Parliament complex in front of the Deputy Speaker's office
Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai with a large Sindhi population, has Hemu Kalani Marg named after the famous freedom fighter
In Ulhasnagarhas erected Statue of Shaheed Hemu Kalani at the crossing of the road (chowk)
Jodhpur city (Rajasthan) has named a road intersection after Hemu Kalani and placed his statue at the center of the intersection
Ajmer city (Rajasthan) has erected Statue of Shaheed Hemu Kalani at the Diggi Bazar Chowk
Ajmer city (Rajasthan) has a locality in Lakhan Kothri called Hemu Kalani Mohalla
Delhi city (Lajpat Nagar), located a senior secondary school named Shaheed Hemu Kalani Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya
Delhi city (Pitampura), Veer Hemu Marg and a street named "shaheed hemu kalani marg" In old Rajendra Nagar, Karol Bag, New Delhi
Kanpur city, has a park named Hemu Kalani park located in the Sindhi Colony area named after Shaheed Hemu Kalani
Kota city, has a community hall Hemu Kalani Samudayik Bhawan located in the Sahjidera area named after Shaheed Hemu Kalani
Dhule city in Maharashtra has Shaheed Hemu Kalani Road
Amalner city in Maharashtra has Shaheed Hemu Kalani Road
Pimpri-Chinchwad city in Maharashtra has a children's park named Hemu Kalani Garden and society named Hemu Kalani Housing Society located in Pimpri
Bhilwara city in Rajasthan has a Road Square in Sindhu Nagar named as Hemu Kalani Chowk
Bilaspur city in Chhattisgarh has a locality named after him called Hemu Nagar
Neemuch city in Madhya Pradesh has a Road Square named Hemu Kalani Chowk with an erected Statue of Shaheed Hemu Kalani
Bikaner city (Rajasthan) has named a road intersection after Hemu Kalani and placed his statue at the center of the intersection
A poem " Hemu Kalani" was written on 25 January 1943 by Indra Bahadur Khare, just 4 days after Hemu's hanging, and it is published in 2017 after a span of 74 years
The Raipur city of Chhattisgarh has a square in the main street called Hemu Kalani Chowk
Shaheed Hemu Kalani education society is run in Sant Hirdaram Nagar Bhopal
Raipur city of Chhattisgarh has a Community Hall near Lakhe Nagar Area called Amar Shaheed Hemu Kalani Bhawan
Korba city of Chhattisgarh has a Big community hall near the Rani Road area called Amar Shaheed Hemu Kalani Dharamshala
Bhavnagar city in Gujarat has a Road Square at Gopal Park in Sindhunagar has erected Statue of Amar Shaheed Hemu Kalani at the crossing of the road (chowk) named as Hemu Kalani Circle on 21 January 2020
Chittorgarh, Rajasthan has an intersection named after Shaheed Hemu Kalani Chauraha which was previously known as Pratap Nagar Chauraha.
Jalgaon, Maharashtra has a garden, Park Named "Hemu Kalani Bagicha" behind Sindhi Colony, Kanwar Nagar, Near Joshi Colony, Jalgaon-425001
[Belagavi] Hemi Kalani chowk near Daak bungalow, a circle named
Ujjain, M.P. Statue of Hemu Kalani erected at Park Named "Choithram Gidwani Udyan" , Situated at Sindhi Colony, Sanwer Road, Freeganj, UJJAIN (M.P.)-456001
Khairthal, Rajasthan has an intersection named after Shaheed Hemu Kalani Chauraha
Sindh
Hemu Kalani Park, Sukkur, Pakistan – However was later renamed to Qasim Park.
Hemu Kalani has been unfortunately largely forgotten in Pakistan, being entirely absent from history books, except from the Sindh Province in Pakistan where he was born and raised in.
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12528440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Dransfield | Joe Dransfield | Joseph Dransfield (1827 – 21 September 1906) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand, from 1870 to 1872. He was the first mayor of the reconstituted Wellington City since William Guyton was (briefly) mayor of the previous Wellington Borough in 1843.
Background
Dransfield was born Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1827, where his father, also Joseph, was the owner of the Rookery Woollen Mills. He was educated in Huddersfield and migrated to Australia in 1852 on the Falcon when he was 25 years old before coming to Wellington in 1857. His mother and father also settled in New Zealand living for a time in Lyttelton. He was married and had several sons and daughters.
Dransfield's brother, C. E. Dransfield, was already in Wellington when he arrived and had established a general merchant business, which Dransfield eventually took over. They were major coal merchants into the 1860s, with supply contracts for the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company, and M'Meckan Blackwood's fleets. From 1878 to 1879 he was president of the chamber of commerce, having been a member for a number of years. Dransfield carried on in business until ill health forced his retirement in 1888. He sold out the goodwill and business to the United Importers Company.
Civic roles
In 1842 Wellington had been declared a borough and elected its own mayor. In 1843, while William Guyton was mayor, the British Government declared the legislation that founded the borough invalid and disbanded the local government there. For the period from 1843 to 1863 Wellington had no local authority. In 1863 legislation under the provincial government allowed a town board to be set up. This was followed by legislation that allowed the establishment of the Wellington City Council in 1870.
Dransfield became mayor in 1870 after Wellington was declared a city. He was mayor again in 1878, but resigned on 9 May 1879. He had previously been chairman of the town board from 1865 to 1870, and represented Wellington City in the Wellington Provincial Council from 1863 to 1867. He was noted as securing one of Wellington's more important reclamations.
Dransfield Street in Vogeltown is named after him. Dransfield died at Wellington on 21 September 1906.
Notes
References
No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor.
1827 births
1906 deaths
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Wellington City Councillors
Members of the Wellington Provincial Council
British emigrants
Immigrants to New Zealand
People from Huddersfield
19th-century New Zealand politicians
1870s in Wellington |
3564450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20Navy%20order%20of%20battle%20in%201939 | Polish Navy order of battle in 1939 | This article details the order of battle of the Polish Navy prior to the outbreak of World War II and the Polish Defensive War of 1939. Following World War I, Poland's shoreline was relatively short and included no major seaports. In the 1920s and 1930s, such ports were built in Gdynia and Hel, and the Polish Navy underwent a modernisation program under the leadership of Counter-Admiral Józef Unrug (Commanding Officer of the Fleet) and Vice-Admiral Jerzy Świrski (Chief of Naval Staff). Ships were acquired from France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and the navy was to be able to secure the Polish supply lines in case of a war against the Soviet Union. By September 1939 the Polish Navy consisted of 5 submarines, 4 destroyers, and various support vessels and mine-warfare ships.
This force was no match for the large German Navy, and so a strategy of harassment and indirect engagement was implemented. Lacking numerical superiority, Polish naval commanders decided to execute the Peking Plan, an operation to withdraw most of the naval vessels to British ports, from where the ships were to secure convoys with aid for Poland, either bound for Gdynia or for Constanca in Romania.
Peace-time organization
The Polish Navy was organized into a Warsaw-based Naval Command, subordinate to the Commander in Chief of the Polish forces, and several naval and riverine bases and flotillas. The navy was commanded by Counter Admiral Józef Unrug and his Chief of Naval Staff Jerzy Świrski. Apart from its own bases, the navy also commanded the Westerplatte Transit Wharf, an extraterritorial base and depot in the Free City of Danzig, commanded by Henryk Sucharski and Franciszek Dąbrowski. The naval bases included:
Gdynia-Oksywie kmdr por. Mieczysław Adamowicz
Hel kmdr Włodzimierz Steyer
Puck Naval air base (2 squadrons and 1 support air group under kmdr por. pil. Edward Szystowski)
Gdynia Naval Officers' School
The navy itself was divided onto four flotillas:
Destroyer flotilla under Lieutenant Commander Roman Stankiewicz
Submarine flotilla under Counter Admiral Adam Mohuczy
Pińsk river flotilla under Commander Witold Zajączkowski
Vistula river detachment under Lieutenant Commander Roman Kanafoyski
Finally, under the influence of French maritime traditions the Naval Officers' School in Gdynia (under Captain Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd) was considered a separate naval base. It used a variety of school ships, including most of the Polish surface vessels.
War-time organization
Prior to the outbreak of World War II, on July 10, 1939, the defence of the Polish Pomerania was reorganized into two separate commands under the leadership of Counter Admiral Unrug. The Land Coastal Command (Lądowa Obrona Wybrzeża, also translated as Land Coastal Defence) and Naval Coastal Command (Morska Obrona Wybrzeża, also translated as Naval Coastal Defence) formed the Coastal Defence Group (Grupa Obrony Wybrzeża). They were supported by the Naval Air Squadron (Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy).
Land Coastal Command
The Land Coastal Command (Lądowa Obrona Wybrzeża, LOW), subordinate to the Toruń-based military area command led by General Władysław Bortnowski, was led by Colonel Józef Sass-Hoszowski and, since July 23, by Colonel Stanisław Dąbek. It was to organize the defence of the Polish seashore, the borders with Nazi Germany and Free City of Danzig, as well as to prepare the defence of the Polish naval bases and the Westerplatte outpost in Danzig.
As it was clear that the Polish defenders of the so-called Polish Corridor would be cut off from the Polish mainland, the defence was organized into several fortified lines that were to shield the naval base of Hel Peninsula and the city of Gdynia from all sides, and moved from General Bortnowski command to that of Counter Admiral Józef Unrug. The units included:
Wejherowo Independent Detachment (Odział Wydzielony Wejherowo; west of Wejherowo) under Lieutenant Colonel Kazimierz Pruszkowski
1st Marine Rifles Regiment
Puck National Defence Battalion
Redłowo Independent Detachment (Odział Wydzielony Redłowo; south of Gdynia) under Lieutenant Colonel Ignacy Szpunar
2nd Marine Rifles Regiment
1st Reserve Infantry Battalion
Kartuzy Independent Detachment (Odział Wydzielony Kartuzy) under Captain Marian Mordawski
Gdynia II National Defence battalion
Kartuzy National Defence battalion
Gdynia I National Defence battalion (near Koleczkowo)
Altogether, the forces subordinate to Colonel Dąbek numbered about 15,000 men.
Separate from the Land Coastal Defence were:
the Hel Fortified Area (Rejon Umocniony Hel, ca. 3,000 men) under Ctr. Adm. Włodzimierz Steyer
supported by 4th battalion of the Border Defence Corps;
Westerplatte garrison (ca. 200 men)
The remainder of the Polish forces, including the improvised units, the mobilized Police, Polish Border Guard, Border Defence Corps and the volunteers, were to defend the outskirts of Gdynia and the Oksywie Heights, while the 4th battalion of the Border Defence Corps was to defend Hel. The anti-air defence was provided by the 1st and 2nd battalion of AA artillery, with 14 75 mm guns wz.22/24 and 14 40 mm wz. 38 guns.
Naval Coastal Command
The Naval Coastal Command (Morska Obrona Wybrzeża, MOW) included all of the Polish naval vessels, as well as the coastal artillery batteries of Hel and Oksywie. Out of the destroyer flotilla, all but one were withdrawn to Great Britain during the Operation Peking. These included ORP Burza under Lt. Cmdr. Stanisław Nahorski, ORP Błyskawica under Lt. Cmdr. Włodzimierz Kodrębski and ORP Grom under Lt. Cmdr. Aleksander Hulewicz.
The only large surface vessels to be left in Poland before the outbreak of hostilities were the heavy minelayer ORP Gryf under Stefan Kwiatkowski (later replaced by Lieutenant Commander Wiktor Łomidze) and its escort, the destroyer ORP Wicher under Stefan de Walden.
The submarine flotilla was left in Poland with the task of disrupting the enemy movement in the area of the Bay of Gdańsk, as well as to lay mines on the routes from Germany to East Prussian ports in the Operation Worek. Commanded by Lieutenant Commander Adam Mohuczy, the flotilla included:
ORP Wilk under Captain Bogusław Krawczyk
ORP Żbik under Lieutenant Commander Michał Żebrowski
ORP Ryś under Lieutenant Commander Aleksander Grochowski
ORP Sęp under Lieutenant Commander Władysław Salomon
ORP Orzeł under Lieutenant Commander Henryk Kłoczkowski
Apart from the abovementioned ships, a number of other vessels were left in the Polish naval bases, including several smaller torpedo boats, mine trawlers, minelayers and auxiliary vessels. The Minelayer/Minesweeper Flotilla (Flotylla Minowców) was composed mostly of the so-called birdies (ptaszki, a nickname coined after the fact that all of the Jaskółka class ships were named after a different species of non-raptor birds).
ORP Czajka
ORP Mewa
ORP Jaskółka
ORP Rybitwa
ORP Czapla
ORP Żuraw
Two obsolete gunboats, the ORP Generał Haller and ORP Komendant Piłsudski were grouped in the so-called group of gunboats. Other ships left in the bases of Gdynia and Hel included frogmen support ship ORP Nurek, school artillery ship ORP Mazur and mobilized patrol boat of the Border Guard, ORP Batory.
Naval Air Squadron
The Naval Air Squadron (Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy) was composed of two squadrons of seaplanes, both based in Puck and commanded by Lieutenant Commander Edward Szystowski. The squadron consisted of roughly 17 obsolete planes (mostly Lublin R-VIII and Lublin R-XIII Hydro of various versions), three liaison planes (one RWD-14 Czapla and two RWD-17), and a single modern CANT Z.506 Airone, purchased in Italy.
Both squadron were to provide reconnaissance for the ships of the Polish Navy, while the fighter cover was to be provided by the organic squadrons of the Army Pomorze fighting in southern Pomerania. However, the Naval Air Squadron was mostly destroyed on the ground on September 1, with its commander being the first Allied naval officer to be killed in action in World War II.
Riverine flotillas
During the Polish-Bolshevik War the Pinsk Marshes in modern Belarus proved to be almost impassable to troops of both sides. Lack of roads and railways posed a serious danger to infantry and cavalry that could easily be cut off both by the enemy and the weather. Because of that, a number of river monitors were either constructed or acquired from private owners and armed. They were used on the Pripiat River, as well as its extensive river basin. After the war, some of the ships were returned to their owners, while the rest remained in active service and were pressed into the so-called Pinsk Flotilla.
In peacetime, the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, as it was officially called, operated on the Pina River, as well as on Pripyat and Strumień. It served as a mobile reserve of the Border Defence Corps and was to support the front in case of a war with the Soviet Union. Prior to the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War, a number of ships and detachments of the Riverine Flotilla were moved to the Vistula River as a Separated Detachment of the Vistula River (Oddział Wydzielony Rzeki Wisły), better known as the Vistula Flotilla. During the fight against the Soviets and the Germans, most of the ships were sunk by their crews to avoid capture.
See also
Battle of the Danzig Bay
Battle of Gdynia
Battle of Kępa Oksywska
Battle of Hel
Worek Plan
Orzeł incident
Polish River Fleet
Polish contribution to World War II
References
External links
Polish Navy (1939–1947) homepage
Polish Navy
Invasion of Poland
World War II orders of battle |
26849411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyposmocoma%20syrrhaptes | Hyposmocoma syrrhaptes | Hyposmocoma syrrhaptes is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
External links
syrrhaptes
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Moths described in 1907
Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham |
24621519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boghenii%20Noi | Boghenii Noi | Boghenii Noi is a commune in Ungheni District, Moldova. It is composed of five villages: Boghenii Noi, Boghenii Vechi, Izvoreni, Mircești and Poiana.
References
Communes of Ungheni District |
27794680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Cheynet | Jerry Cheynet | Jerry Cheynet is the coordinator of soccer operations at Virginia Tech.
From 1974 to 2001, he was Virginia Tech's head soccer coach. He took over the program in its third year of existence, and compiled a 238-212-37 record overall. His win total remains, by far, the most of any Hokies soccer coach. He was named Atlantic 10 Conference coach of the year in 1997, when he led the team to a 14-5-1 record.
He also served as the school's wrestling coach from 1975 to 1995, posting a record of 188-161-6. He was named Colonial Athletic Association coach of the year in 1993. He also served as the school's head golf coach from 1980 to 1983. He is a graduate of Kansas State University.
References
External links
http://www.hokiesports.com/staff/cheynet.html
Living people
Kansas State University alumni
Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer coaches |
10620027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary%20Audio%20Design | Cary Audio Design | Cary Audio Design is a company founded in May 1989 which originally designed and manufactured vacuum tube audio amplifiers. Since the mid-1990s they have expanded into the home theater market, producing DVD players and surround sound processors in addition to their original vacuum tube designs.
The company is notable as one of the few U.S. manufacturers of vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their high-end "Classic Series" designs have received favorable reviews in audiophile publications, including The Absolute Sound, Stereophile and Soundstage!. Their CAD280 SE V12 stereo amplifier received a CES 2001 "Best of Show" designation from reviewer Jim Saxon.
Originally based in (and named after) Cary, North Carolina, Cary Audio Design's facilities are now located in the nearby town of Apex.
Amateur Radio Connection
Dennis "Denny" Had was also the founder of the Dentron Radio Company, Ameritron amplifiers, and Amp Supply Company. Dentron Radio Manufactured all sorts of Amateur Radio gear; Amplifiers, Tuners, and for a very short time High Frequency Transceivers. Amp Supply Company and Dentron are no longer in business. Ameritron is now owned by MFJ Enterprises. Dentron, Ameritron and Amp Supply Company were all based originally in Ohio. Amp Supply moved to Cary, North Carolina and soon morphed into the Cary Audio Company. Amp Supply was eventually closed. Amp Supply, Dentron and Ameritron Amps can all be found on eBay to this very day. Amp Supply Products are not commonly found on eBay, but Dentron and Ameritron are very common. Dennis Had is no longer associated with Cary Audio Design.
References
Interviews
The Single-Ended Amplifier: Cary's Dennis Had in Stereophile, September, 1995
External links
Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States
Companies based in Cary, North Carolina |
12181431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnm%C3%B8re%20List | Sunnmøre List | Sunnmøre List () is a local political party for Møre og Romsdal in Norway with focus on the Sunnmøre district. It has been represented in the county council for several periods, and in the 2007 election won three seats. In the 1985 Storting election they also ran for Storting office, but failed to get a seat, though they did get 1.1% of the popular vote.
References
Political parties in Norway
Sunnmøre
Political parties with year of establishment missing |
21889086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy%21%20%28film%29 | Oy! (film) | Oye! is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by debutanat Anand Ranga. The film stars Siddharth and Shamili (in her first leading role), while Sunil and Ali play supporting roles. The music of the film was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The story revolves around Uday (Siddharth) fulfilling the wishes of Sandhya (Shamili) during her last days, as the latter was diagnosed with cancer.
The film was released on 3 July 2009. The film is loosely based on the 2002 film A Walk to Remember. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Kadhal Alai.
Plot
Uday, is a rich kid who becomes the chairman of a company following his father's death He believes in the adage of life is short and carpe diem. At a New Year's Party 2007, he spies on a girl called Sandhya in a salwar-kameez, writing a diary at the pub.
Through a series of searches with his friend Fatso, he ends up discovering that Sandhya lives alone at a beachside house and runs a nursery. She is very traditional with her own ideals. He enters in her house on a pretence as a paying guest to make her fall in love with him. After a series of attempts to woo Sandhya, Uday eventually succeeds and presents her with 12 gifts on her birthday, the last being Uday himself.
In a subplot, an insurance salesman named Abhishek ends up trying to show his younger and reclusive colleague "how to be a man" in many lessons that often result in the latter's physical pain. Eventually, the duo collides with the story's main plot when they attempt to sell Sandhya life insurance (which she later agrees to buy). When asked who the beneficiary of the policy should be, she writes Uday's name. When Uday hears this, he thinks that he has won Sandhya. However, it is revealed to Uday (through the insurance policy which has now been rejected) that Sandhya is suffering from breast cancer (lobular carcinoma) and has limited time left.
In the ensuing part of the film, Uday takes Sandhya on a cruise to Kolkata to spread her parents' ashes in the Ganga River. They run into several comic characters in their journey, including a kidnapped Abishek who tries unsuccessfully to tell Sandhya that her policy was rejected because of her illness; his attempts are thwarted by Uday. These circumstances help Uday teach Sandya how to live life, and back from the trip, Sandhya and Uday throw a Christmas party at Sandhya's beach house. However, Sandhya collapses in the aftermath of the party and discovers the truth about her health.
Sandhya eventually falls in love with Uday and says that she wants to spend the last days of her life with him. The ending scene has Uday and Sandhya sitting on a bench in the rain with a "Welcome 2008" sign in the background on New Year's Eve. The scene then fades to Uday sitting alone with a "Welcome 2009" sign in the background one year later waiting for the rain. This infers that Sandhya has died, but Uday still keeps her memories close to heart. The film ends with Uday leaving after the rain.
Cast
Siddharth as Uday
Shamili as Sandhya Jagarlamudi
Sunil as Abhishek
Ali as Layout M. Lingaraju
Napoleon as Dr. Harish Chandra Prasad
Pradeep Rawat as Ras Bihari
Krishnudu as Fatso
M. S. Narayana as Hotel Manager
Tanikella Bharani as Telugu Teacher
Saptagiri as Abhishek's assistant
Master Bharath as Maruthi
Surekha Vani as Sandhya's friend
Raavi Kondala Rao as Koteswara Rao "Kotigadu"
Radha Kumari as Rajyamma
Rallapalli as Advocate
Bhanu as Loan Recovery Goon
Baby Srilekha as Srilakshmi a.k.a. Sri
Baby Harshitha as Srivijayalakshmi a.k.a. Viji
Baby Nandini as Bhagyalakshmi
Gururaj Manepalli as Uday's coworker
Soundtrack
The music, including film score and soundtrack was composed by Tamil film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack, released on 22 May 2009 at Rama Naidu studios, features 6 tracks overall, out of which, Yuvan Shankar Raja himself has sung one song and one song by the film's lead actor Siddharth.The lyrics were penned by five people, with Vanamali writing the lyrics for three of the six songs, Chandrabose, Anantha Sreeram for each one song and Surendra Krishna and Krishna Chaitanya together for the last song. The theme is inspired from the Tom Hanks comedy, Forrest Gump.
Yuvan Shankar Raja received positive reviews for his musical score, which was described as a "rhythmic joy", "superb", "a blast" and "a highlight of the movie".
Track listing
Reception
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "All in all, a good film". Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "One should have guts to make such a film in Telugu where heroine dies at the end". The film released to mixed reviews and had an average run at the box office.
Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Special Award - South for Outstanding Score – Yuvan Shankar Raja
CineMAA Award for Best Female Debut - Shamili
References
External links
2009 films
2000s Telugu-language films
2009 romantic drama films
Films shot in Visakhapatnam
Indian romantic drama films |
31278498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Cohen%20Takes%20a%20Walk | Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk | Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk, also known as Father Takes a Walk, is a 1935 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine, starring Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, and Chili Bouchier, and based on a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. This was one of many "quota quickies" produced by Warner Bros. in the UK.
Plot
Jake Cohen, the owner of a department store (Graetz), goes on the road, and leaves it under the control of his children, only to have to return when they fight with each other on the eve of a worker's strike.
Cast
Paul Graetz as Jake Cohen
Violet Farebrother as Rachel Cohen
Chili Bouchier as Julia Levine
Mickey Brantford as Jack Cohen
Ralph Truman as Sam Cohen
Barry Livesey as Joe Levine
Sam Springson as Abraham Levy
Kenneth Villiers as Bob West
Meriel Forbes as Sally O'Connor
George Merritt as Pat O'Connor
References
External links
1935 films
1935 comedy films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by William Beaudine
British comedy films
British black-and-white films
Films based on works by Mary Roberts Rinehart
1930s British films
English-language comedy films |
31506220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Epp | Thomas Epp | Thomas Epp (born 7 April 1968 in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
References
External links
1968 births
Living people
People from Bietigheim-Bissingen
Footballers from Stuttgart (region)
German men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Cypriot First Division players
VfL Bochum players
1. FC Saarbrücken players
Stuttgarter Kickers players
SV Waldhof Mannheim players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
FC Admira Wacker Mödling players
AEL Limassol players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
German expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
West German men's footballers |
38587432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakiabad | Sakiabad | Sakiabad (, also Romanized as Sākīābād) is a village in Chaghakhor Rural District, Boldaji District, Borujen County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 144, in 25 families. The village is populated by Lurs.
References
Populated places in Borujen County
Luri settlements in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |
5956858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassin%27s%20kingbird | Cassin's kingbird | Cassin's kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) is a large tyrant flycatcher native to western North America. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist John Cassin.
Taxonomy
Cassin's kingbird was formally described in 1826 by English naturalist William John Swainson under the current binomial name Tyrannus vociferans. The type locality is Temascaltepec, Mexico. The specific epithet vociferans is Latin for "shouting".
Two subspecies are recognised:
T. v. vociferans Swainson, 1826 – southwest USA to central Mexico
T. v. xenopterus Griscom, 1934 – southwest Mexico
Description
Adults have a gray head with slightly darker cheeks; a dark unforked tail with a buffy fringe and gray-olive underparts. They have a pale throat and deep yellow lower breast.
Juveniles are duller and have pale edges on their wings.
Measurements:
Length:
Weight:
Wingspan: 41 cm
Similar species
Cassin's kingbird and the western kingbird are similar in appearance. Cassin's is a little larger than the western and the upper parts are a darker gray than the western. The most distinctive difference between these birds is that the Cassin's has a thin white edge along the distal end of the tail feathers, while the western kingbird has a thin white edge that runs along the side of the tail feathers. This difference can be seen in the adjacent image.
Distribution and habitat
In the summer, these birds can be found in California and from Montana to Utah, along the eastern Rocky Mountains. Their habitat includes rangelands and savannas.
These birds migrate to their winter quarters between Southern California and northern Central America. They are permanent residents in south-central Mexico, and their main wintering ranges are west of the Gulf of California on Baja California Sur, and east of the sea on the mainland of western Mexico.
Behavior
They build a bulky nest on a horizontal tree limb in mid-story or the canopy of trees. The three to five spotted white eggs have an incubation period of 18 to 19 days.
The Cassin's kingbird primarily feeds on insects it preys upon from high perches by hawking. It also eats berries and fruits in lesser quantities.
The call is a high-pitched shorter followed by a longer chirp, sounding like chi-beer.
Mating ritual
In early spring, presumably after having chosen (or shown up with) their mate, they launch into a peculiar dance. With excited high-pitched calls, they hover in unison, wings outstretched, over a favorite perch. This dance takes place several times a day over several days, over several separate sites in an area covering . The sites chosen for the dance appear to be the same sites used as hunting perches during the spring and summer.
References
External links
Photo of Cassin's kingbird at Coal Oil Point Reserve - UCNRS.org
Cassin's kingbird
Native birds of the Southwestern United States
Birds of Mexico
Cassin's kingbird |
66992190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Gloucester%20City%20Council%20election | 1998 Gloucester City Council election | The 1998 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 1998 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.
Results
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Ward results
Abbeymead
Barnwood
Barton
Eastgate
Hucclecote
Kingsholm
Linden
Longlevens
Matson
Podsmead
Quedgeley
Tuffley
Westgate
References
1998 English local elections
1998
1990s in Gloucestershire |
9590719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlands%2C%20New%20Zealand | Woodlands, New Zealand | Woodlands is a small town in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island on the banks of the Waihopai River. It is northeast of Invercargill between Dacre and Longbush. Other nearby settlements are Rakahouka to the northwest and Rimu and Waituna to the south.
Demographics
Woodlands is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement and covers . It is part of the wider Edendale-Woodlands statistical area.
Woodlands had a population of 273 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 12 people (4.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 18 people (7.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 111 households. There were 141 males and 135 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female, with 51 people (18.7%) aged under 15 years, 39 (14.3%) aged 15 to 29, 144 (52.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 42 (15.4%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 87.9% European/Pākehā, 12.1% Māori, 1.1% Pacific peoples, and 7.7% Asian (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 46.2% had no religion, 45.1% were Christian and 3.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 27 (12.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 54 (24.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 132 (59.5%) people were employed full-time, 33 (14.9%) were part-time, and 12 (5.4%) were unemployed.
Transport
The town is located on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line portion of the South Island Main Trunk Railway. The railway has been freight-only since the cancellation of the Southerner passenger express on 10 February 2002. During the construction of the Main South Line, Woodlands was briefly a railway terminus. The first section of the line out of Invercargill was opened to Woodlands on 11 February 1874. On 7 June 1875, the next section beyond Woodlands was opened to Mataura via Edendale.
War memorial
A number of Woodlands residents fought overseas in World War I. A memorial to those who died stands in the town.
Education
Woodlands Full Primary School caters for years 1 to 8 with a roll of students as of The school opened in 1871.
References
Populated places in Southland, New Zealand |
6363613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303%20QMJHL%20season | 2002–03 QMJHL season | The 2002–03 QMJHL season was the 34th season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league discontinues the AutoPro Plaque and Philips Plaque as those sponsorships expire. The St-Clair Group Plaque is renamed the Jean Sawyer Trophy. Sixteen teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Baie-Comeau Drakkar finished first overall in the regular season winning their first Jean Rougeau Trophy. The Hull Olympiques won their fifth President's Cup, defeating the Halifax Mooseheads in the finals.
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OL = Overtime loss; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Lebel Conference
Dilio Conference
y-won division
x-made playoffs
complete list of standings.
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
complete scoring statistics
Playoffs
All-star teams
First team
Goaltender - Adam Russo, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Left defence - Jesse Lane, Hull Olympiques / Victoriaville
Right defence - Maxime Fortunus, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Left winger - Timofei Shishkanov, Quebec Remparts
Centreman - Joel Perrault, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Right winger - Jonathan Gagnon, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Coach - Shawn MacKenzie, Halifax Mooseheads
Second team
Goaltender - Marc-Andre Fleury, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Left defence - Alexandre Rouleau, Val-d'Or Foreurs / Quebec Remparts
Right defence - Bruno Gervais, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Left winger - Olivier Filion, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Centreman - Maxime Talbot, Hull Olympiques
Right winger - Steve Bernier, Moncton Wildcats
Coach - Richard Martel, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Rookie team
Goaltender - David Tremblay, Hull Olympiques & Jean-Michel Filiatrault, Victoriaville Tigres / Quebec Remparts
Left defence - Mario Scalzo, Victoriaville Tigres
Right defence - Jim Sharrow, Halifax Mooseheads
Left winger - Kevin Mailhiot, Drummondville Voltigeurs
Centreman - Petr Vrana, Halifax Mooseheads
Right winger - Olivier Labelle, Hull Olympiques
Coach - Judes Vallee, Victoriaville Tigres
List of First/Second/Rookie team all-stars.
Trophies and awards
Team
President's Cup - Playoff Champions, Hull Olympiques
Jean Rougeau Trophy - Regular Season Champions, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Luc Robitaille Trophy - Team that scored the most goals, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Robert Lebel Trophy - Team with best GAA, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Player
Michel Brière Memorial Trophy - Most Valuable Player, Joel Perrault, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Jean Béliveau Trophy - Top Scorer, Joel Perrault, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Guy Lafleur Trophy - Playoff MVP, Maxime Talbot, Hull Olympiques
Telus Cup – Offensive - Offensive Player of the Year, Pierre-Luc Sleigher, Victoriaville Tigres
Telus Cup – Defensive - Defensive Player of the Year, Marc-Andre Fleury, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy - Best GAA, Adam Russo, Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Emile Bouchard Trophy - Defenceman of the Year, Maxime Fortunus, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Mike Bossy Trophy - Best Pro Prospect, Marc-André Fleury, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year, Petr Vrana, Halifax Mooseheads
Michel Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year, Petr Vrana, Halifax Mooseheads
Raymond Lagacé Trophy - Defensive Rookie of the Year, Mario Scalzo, Victoriaville Tigres
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy - Most sportsmanlike player, Patrick Thoresen, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year - Humanitarian of the Year, A.J. MacLean, Halifax Mooseheads & David Massé, Québec Remparts
Marcel Robert Trophy - Best Scholastic Player, Eric L'Italien, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
Paul Dumont Trophy - Personality of the Year, Jean-Francois Plourde, Sherbrooke Castors
Executive
Ron Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year, Shawn MacKenzie, Halifax Mooseheads
John Horman Trophy - Executive of the Year, Sylvie Fortier, Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Jean Sawyer Trophy - Marketing Director of the Year, Michel Boisvert, Shawinigan Cataractes
See also
2003 Memorial Cup
2003 NHL Entry Draft
2002–03 OHL season
2002–03 WHL season
References
Official QMJHL Website
www.hockeydb.com/
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League seasons
QMJHL |
61539171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Peter%20Nikiferow | Jan-Peter Nikiferow | Jan-Peter Nikiferow (born 8 November 1971) is a German gymnast. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
German male artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for Germany
Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Magdeburg
20th-century German people
21st-century German people
People from Bezirk Magdeburg
East German male artistic gymnasts |
61908925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Snare%20%281912%20film%29 | The Snare (1912 film) | The Snare is a 1912 silent film short directed by Theodore Wharton and starring Beverly Bayne, William Bailey and Lily Branscombe. It was produced by Essanay Studios and distributed through General Film Company.
Cast
William Bailey - Tom Ransom
Lily Branscombe - Mrs. Ransom, Tom's Mother
Beverly Bayne - Mary Clement, Detective
Frank Dayton - Police Chief
E. H. Calvert - Detective
Charles Hitchcock - Detective
Billy Mason - Detective (*William Mason)
Howard Missimer - Telegraph Operator
Whitney Raymond - Boy in Detective Office
References
External links
The Snare at IMDb.com
1912 short films
1912 films
Essanay Studios films
Films directed by Theodore Wharton
Silent American drama films
1912 drama films
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
1910s American films
1910s English-language films |
58754811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Prat%20%28anarchist%29 | José Prat (anarchist) | Josep Prat was a Catalan anarchist writer and theoretician of syndicalism. He translated titles including Enrique Leone's El sindicalismo and Luis Fabbri's Anarquismo y socialismo.
References
Further reading
1860s births
1932 deaths
People from Barcelona
Anarchists from Catalonia
Syndicalists
Anarchist writers |
63055709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20highways%20numbered%20966 | List of highways numbered 966 | The following highways are numbered 966:
United States |
52133021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetrator-by-means | Perpetrator-by-means | In criminal law, a perpetrator-by-means is a person who manipulates a perpetrator into committing a crime by exploiting their mental health condition, other excusable condition, or by duress. The term is contrasted with accomplice.
References
Criminal law |
69804062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20West%20Gladiatrix | Life West Gladiatrix | Life West Gladiatrix are a women's rugby union club based in Hayward, California. The Gladiatrix are named after ancient female Gladiators who were fierce and ruthless in combat and were the equivalent of their male counterparts. They were formed in the fall of 2014 and took the field for the first time in January 2015.
They have won several National Championship titles since then, they won the 2016 Division 2, and, 2017 and 2018 Division 1 championships. 2019 saw them entering the Women's Premier League for the first time and reaching the finals.
History
Life West Rugby
Dr. Brian Kelly (former President of Life Chiropractic College West) and his colleague Dr. Bruce Chester, established Life West Rugby in late 2013. Dr. Kelly grew up in New Zealand and wanted to establish a top-level rugby program which was realized on January 11, 2014, when the Life West Men's team, the Gladiators, played their first ever league match.
Dr. Kelly wanted to develop a program from the beginning that showcased excellence in rugby and chiropractic. He also wanted to enhance college pride and introduce chiropractic to a wider community. The program provided opportunities for students, alumni, chiropractors and the local community to be involved with the team.
References
External links
Official site
Women's Premier League Rugby teams
Women's sports in California
Sports in Hayward, California
Rugby clubs established in 2014
2014 establishments in California |
26462765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone%20Confalone | Simone Confalone | Simone Confalone is an Italian former football (soccer) player who played for S.P. La Fiorita in the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.
Club career
AC Cesena – F.C. Forlì
Simone Confalone started his professional career with the youth system of A.C. Cesena in 1986. Before Confalone was promoted to the senior squad for Cesena, he was sold to F.C. Forlì in 1993. He only remained at the club for one season, making just 8 total appearances. He was sold in the summer of 1994 back to AC Cesena, but in a six-month spell, with his original club, he failed to make a single appearance, and was again transferred in January 1995.
Imolese Calcio
In January 1995, Confalone moved to Imolese Calcio 1919, where he would make 13 appearances, and score his first professional goal.
San Marino Calcio
After six months with Imola, Confalone moved to Serie C club, San Marino Calcio in the summer of 1995. He managed a single league goal in 8 total appearances for the club in which he remained only for a single season.
A.S.D. Cervia 1920
In the summer of 1996, Confalone transferred to A.S.D. Cervia 1920. the experience was again very short of expectations, as due to various injuries, and set backs, he managed just 11 total appearances in 3 years. He left the club in the summer of 1999.
A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio
He then transferred to A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio, after his poor experience with Cervia. In his first season with the club, he got off to a good start, and would go on to make over 50 total appearances, scoring 9 goals. He left the club after just two seasons however, to re-sign for A.C. Cesena, the club he represented at a youth and senior level in the past.
Return to Cesena
In July 2001, Canfalone transferred back to A.C. Cesena, after a good experience with A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio. He finally managed to make his way into the club's first team and would go on to be one of the key players in their bids to at a time be promoted to the Serie B, and also look to both avoid relegation and/or be promoted to the Italian Serie A. He remained with the club until August 2005. This was the longest and most successful spell for the player, with a single club. He appeared nearly 150 times, scoring over 20 goals.
AC Arezzo
After his four-season stint with Cesena, Confalone moved to Tuscany, with A.C. Arezzo in 2005. The club was at the time in the Serie B. In his single season with the Tuscan club, Confalone established himself as a starter for much of the season. he formed a solid midfield partnership with Mirko Conte, and managed 38 appearances in all competitions as well as 3 goals.
Spezia Calcio
In August 2006, Canfalone was sold to Spezia Calcio, another Serie B club, following Arezzo's Relegation to Serie C1, now known as the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. With the club, Confalone was also part of the starting eleven for much of the season, and most notably scored a goal against Juventus FC, in a 1–1 draw at the Stadio Alberto Picco, in Spezia. He appeared 30 times for the club over the course of the season, scoring 2 other goals along the way. Despite not finishing in the bottom 4 in Serie B, Spezia were relegated anyway, due to financial purposes and eventual bankruptcy. Hence, Confalone left the club.
Bologna FC 1909
During the summer of 2007, Confalone moved to Bologna FC. At the time of his arrival, Bologna were in the Italian Serie B, however in his first season with the club, they achieved a second-place finish, leading to promotion to the Italian Serie A. Confalone helped contribute to their promotion with 19 total appearances and 1 goal. In his first ever season in Serie A, he was struck with injury for much of the campaign, only featuring 4 times throughout the season. His contract was not renewed and he was released on 30 June 2009.
Later career
On 4 November 2009, Confalone officially signed for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side, Ternana Calcio. He appeared 14 times with 6 of them coming as a part of the starting XI. Ternana just barely missed out on a return to Serie B that season, and Confalone eventually departed the club in order to return to his former club, Imolese. His stay at the club was very brief however, and he transferred to Associazione Calcio Asti after just 11 appearances and 1 goal for Imolese. His stay at Asti proved even shorter than his previous cameo, as he made just 6 appearances, scoring once for the Asti based club. He then transferred to amateur side Pelli SantaCroce before returning to the professional stage with S.P. La Fiorita in the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.
References
1974 births
Living people
Footballers from Rimini
Italian men's footballers
Serie A players
Juventus FC players
Bologna FC 1909 players
ACD Castel di Sangro Cep 1953 players
ASD Victor San Marino players
Men's association football midfielders
Imolese Calcio 1919 players |
3998025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magenta%20%28Welsh%20band%29 | Magenta (Welsh band) | Magenta are a Welsh progressive rock band formed in 1999 by ex-Cyan member Rob Reed. Reed takes his influences from artists such as Renaissance, Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Yes, Eurythmics and Björk.
Current lineup
Christina Booth: lead vocals.
Rob Reed: keyboards, backing vocals.
Chris Fry: lead electric guitars, backing vocals.
Dan Nelson: bass.
'Jiffy' Griffiths: drums.
History
Although heavily influenced by progressive rock, Reed is a professional songwriter and has done many other projects for both film and television. The most successful of these projects was called Trippa, featuring Christina Booth on vocals and Rob Reed on guitars and keyboards. Reed asked Christina to be lead vocalist for a progressive rock project he had in mind, and the initial ideas for Magenta were born. Booth previously was guest on a number of Cyan albums providing backing vocals.
In late 1999, Reed started writing for what would become Magenta's debut release, Revolutions. Reed wanted to do something new, bigger and more conceptual. "Current prog bands are always scared and shy about admitting the influences of the great bands of the 70's, and I wanted to come clean and admit and celebrate those influences, and hopefully create something as worthwhile as those classic bands" said Reed. "To do this, all I had to do was to give priority to melody rather than technical showmanship, something I have always tried to do with all my work." Revolutions was named "Best New Album" in 2001 by Musical Discoveries, an online resource for female vocalists in the music industry.
Magenta's second album, Seven was released in March 2004 and sold out of its first pressing within four weeks. The band's first single, "Broken" was released in June 2004 – from the EP Broken. While shorter than any of the epic tracks on Seven, Broken retains the classic prog rock sound of Magenta, with a slightly more modern edge.
In November 2004, Magenta released the double live album Another Time, Another Place, recorded on tour in Europe from 2002–2004. The live concert DVD The Gathering was also released in late 2005 and a series of live shows followed.
Magenta's third studio album, Home, was officially released on 1 June 2006. The album is a concept piece and tells the story of a woman who emigrates from Liverpool, England in the early 1970s to "find herself" in the USA. The CD is 68 minutes long and includes contributions from a variety of guests including Magenta regulars Martin Shellard on guitar alongside Troy Donockley (Iona, Mostly Autumn) on Uilleann Pipes and whistles. Once again, the album was written and produced by Rob Reed, with lyrics by Steve Reed. Musically, Home represents a further development for the band, combining the Magenta sound established on Revolutions, Seven and the two singles Broken and I'm Alive. The new album was released in two separate versions, the single disc Home and the double disc version featuring the New York Suite. The second disc contains four longer pieces of music which could not fit onto the single disc version. Home was later re-released as a double album, with the four tracks from the New York Suite inserted into the relevant position in the "story".
Magenta: The Singles was released in summer 2007. The album features re-recorded versions of various singles and album tracks. Rob Reed explains, "The first reason for doing the album was to get definitive versions of the songs recorded. We’d been playing some of the songs live for 3 years and we now had Dan on bass, and he’d brought his own character to the songs as they’d developed. Also, the original versions had been recorded quite quickly and we wanted to get high quality versions of the songs down, as we’d done with "Speechless". It was great to take a bit more time with them and record them properly. Also a lot of Prog fans don’t like buying singles, they’d much rather have the album format, and at 79 minutes we certainly have an album's worth of material. We can delete the singles now."
In addition, another DVD Live At The Point was recorded on 23 November at The Point in Cardiff.
On 30 November 2007 it was announced that drummer Allan Mason-Jones had left the live version of the band. He was replaced in the live band by Keiran Bailey. On 11 December 2007 it was announced that rhythm guitarist Martin Rosser had also left the band to work with Dan Fry and Allan Mason-Jones on their new C-Sides project.
Their fourth album, entitled "Metamorphosis", was released to registered fans on 23 March 2008, with an accompanying DVD featuring footage of the recording process and a full 5.1 version of the album. (The official release date for these items was 21 April.) Prior to its release, Reed said it was "unlike what Magenta fans have heard up until now." The album contains just four tracks, two of which are longer than 20 minutes. The album has a much darker edge than previous Magenta albums.
In November 2009, Magenta performed an acoustic concert at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios near Bath. The concert was notable for featuring a wind section, and the one-off return of Martin Rosser on rhythm guitar – Colin Edwards having recently departed the band. The concert Live At Real World was released as a double CD and DVD in September 2010.
On 4 March 2010, it was announced on the Magenta homepage that bassist Dan Fry had left the live band, to pursue his MLE project. This caused two shows in the Netherlands set for May to be cancelled, and the band went on an extended hiatus while other projects were being worked on, such as Christina Booth's and Chris Fry's solo albums.
Magenta returned to the live scene at the Summer's End Festival in October 2011, with Dan Nelson and Steve Roberts (from Godsticks) on bass and drums respectively.
Magenta's fifth album, Chameleon, was released in November 2011. It features several shorter tracks but mostly with a hard edge, similar to the previous album Metamorphosis. At this time, Magenta's full members were confirmed to be Rob Reed, Christina Booth and Chris Fry, with other musicians brought in for studio recordings and live gigs. Kieran Bailey recorded drums on the album but no longer plays with the live version of the band.
Current status
Magenta remain active, with work continuing on the sixth album and some more gigs scheduled, including the inaugural Celebr8 festival in Kingston upon Thames in July 2012. The live band continues to be the three core members along with Godsticks' Dan Nelson and Steve Roberts.
Rob Reed's previous project, Cyan, is also taking to the stage for the first time to play at the Summer's End Festival in September 2012. The live band will feature the Magenta live line-up, but with Steffan Rhys Williams on lead vocals rather than Christina Booth.
In April 2015, Rob Reed and Christina Booth collaborated with Big Big Train’s David Longdon and Nick D’Virgilio, Steven Wilson band’s Nick Beggs and Steve Hackett (ex Genesis) on a new version of Hackett’s 1979 instrumental track "Spectral Mornings", with new lyrics written by David Longdon, in support of the Parkinson’s Society UK.
After the release of We are Legend, in April 2017, containing just three tracks, all of them developing musical themes and influences beyond 10 minutes each, Magenta released a new CD/DVD live compilation We are Seven in 2018, with the performance of two complete albums for the first time live: The awards winning 2004 album Seven and Magenta's latest album We Are Seven. For the occasion, the band are augmented by additional flute and oboe players.
In July 2019 a new version of the Home album was released. About this new recording, Rob Reed declared in Magenta's website: “During the preparation for the Magenta 20th Anniversary shows, we decided to include a large selection from the underperformed HOME album. Having to recreate the tracks, meant having to re-visit the multi-tracks which were in a mess. Not being able to resist a ‘tinker’ with the tracks, I ended up re-working the multitrack. Solving problems in the arrangements, adding fresh dynamics and colours. Keeping what was good about the original, the vocals which are amazing, but re-working the backing tracks. Adding new things, and then taking away anything that did not earn its keep from the regional recordings. We were also very lucky to have Pete Jones (Tiger Moth Tales) to play saxophone on the track “Moving On”, like he did at the recent Magenta 20th Anniversary Show. The result I think is a more dynamic and atmospheric interpretation of what we looking to achieve. I hope you enjoy..”.
Summer 2020 saw the release of the album Masters of Illusion which is a new concept album based on the Hammer Horror films. Musically it's very much a hark back to the first two heavily Genesis influenced "Revolutions" and "Seven".
Autumn 2022 saw the release of the album The White Witch - A Symphonic Trilogy, an orchestral re-imagining of the songs "The White Witch" from Revolutions (Sacrifice), "Lust" from Seven (Retribution) plus a new piece entitled Survival.
Awards
In 2004, Magenta received the Classic Rock Society Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and "Best Live Band". The Classic Rock Society (CRS) honours groups or artists who are popular with the public, but whose music remains unpublicised by national media and radio station programmers. Other past contributors and recipients have included Pallas, IQ, Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, Mostly Autumn, Karnataka, Pendragon and many others from the progressive rock genre.
Best Live Gig – Classic Rock Society 2004, 2008 and 2012
Best Band – Classic Rock Society 2005, 2008
Best Album – Seven – Metal Hammer, Poland
Best Live Album – Hungarian Prog Rock Society 2005
Best Foreign Album – Home – Italian Prog Awards 2006
Best Female Vocalist – Christina Booth – CRS 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012
Best Guitarist – Chris Fry – CRS 2008 and 2012
Rob Reed's Kompendium project – Beneath The Waves – won the CRS Best Album Award 2012
Discography
Studio
Revolutions (1 March 2001)
Seven (1 March 2004)
Home (1 June 2006)
New York Suite (1 June 2006)
The Singles (21 May 2007)
Metamorphosis (21 April 2008)
Seven : The Instrumentals : exclusive download release (3 January 2010)
Rarities Vol 1 : exclusive download release (5 January 2010)
Home : re-released & remixed 2-CD set combining the songs from Home and New York Suite in the originally intended order (20 March 2010)
Chameleon (10 November 2011)
Chameleon : The Instrumentals : exclusive download release (6 December 2011)
The Twenty Seven Club (2 September 2013)
We Are Legend (April 2017)
Masters of Illusion (1 July 2020)
The White Witch (October 2022)
Live
Another Time, Another Place...Live (1 November 2004)
Live at the Point (27 October 2008)
The Gathering – Exclusive download release (January 2010)
Live at Real World (19 September 2010) – Acoustic concert with a string quartet
Live: On Our Way to Who Knows Where (2012)
Chaos from the stage (2016)
We Are Seven (26 October 2018)
Reaching for the Moon (7 April 2023)
EPs
Broken (1 June 2004)
I'm Alive (1 November 2004)
Wonderous Stories (15 November 2009): cover of the Yes song plus instrumental and acoustic mixes
The Lizard King (August 2013): single edit, acoustic mix and extended version of "The Lizard King" from the album The Twenty Seven Club
Trojan E.P. (April 2017): single edit and Chimpan A remix of "Trojan" from the album We Are Legend; and Chimpan A remix of "Look Around"
DVDs
The Gathering (24 October 2005)
The Metamorphosis Collection (21 April 2008)
Live at the Point (27 October 2008)
Chaos from the stage (12 November 2016)
Live at Real World
We Are Seven (26 October 2018)
Reaching for the Moon (7 April 2023)
Collaborations
Spectral Mornings 2015 (27 April 2015) – charity single in aid of Parkinson's Society UK. Christina Booth and Rob Reed of Magenta, with Nick Beggs, Nick D’Virgilio, Steve Hackett, and Dave Longdon.
Robert Reed solo albums
n.b.
Sanctuary (2014)
Sanctuary II (2016)
Variations On Themes By David Bedford (2017)
Sanctuary Live (2017)
Sanctuary III (2018)
Cursus 123 430 (2020)
Cursus: A Symphonic Poem (2020)
The Ringmaster Part One (2021)
The Ringmaster Part Two (2022)
References
External links
Magenta-web.co.uk: The official Magenta website
Magenta MP3 samples
Magenta @ Myspace.com
Bandcamp digital download page
Related
Musical Discoveries.com: Progressive female vocalists
Magenta page at ProgArchives.com
Welsh rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1999
1999 establishments in Wales |
24890554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20Island%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge%20Complex | Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex | Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of New York. All of the component refuges are located on Long Island.
The Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of seven national wildlife refuges, two refuge sub-units and one wildlife management area, all managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Collectively, the ten units are approximately in size. Each unit is unique and provides wildlife habitat amongst Long Island's urban settings essential for the livelihood of migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, fish and other wildlife. The strategic location of Long Island in the Long Island Pine Barrens and along the Atlantic Flyway make it an important nesting, wintering and migratory stop over area for hundreds of species of birds.
Refuges within the complex
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge
Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
Lido Beach Wildlife Management Area
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Sayville National Wildlife Refuge
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
References
External links
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
National Wildlife Refuges in New York (state) |
1787097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9vis%20%28federal%20electoral%20district%29 | Lévis (federal electoral district) | Lévis was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. From 1998 to 2003, it was known as Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ridings.
History
The Lévis electoral district consisted initially of the County of Lévis. During 1924, it was redefined to specifically include the City of Lévis.
During 1933, it was redefined to consist of only the parts of the county of Lévis included in the city of Lévis, town of Lauzon, Village de Charny, and the municipalities of St-David de l'Aube-Rivière, Ste-Hélène-de-Breakeyville, St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévis, St-Louis-de-Gonzague-de-Pintendre, St-Romuald d'Etchemin and St-Télesphore.
Subsequently, during 1947, it was redefined to consist of the country of Lévis, excluding the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri, and including the city of Lévis and the town of Lauzon.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of:
the Cities of Lauzon and Lévis;
the Towns of Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin;
the county of Lévis;
in the County of Dorchester: the village municipalities of Saint-Bernard and Saint-Isidore; the parish municipalities of Saint-Bernard, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Maxime; the municipality of Taschereau-Fortier; and
in the County of Lotbinière: the village municipalities of Francoeur, Saint-Agapitville, Sainte-Agathe, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Sylvestre; the parish municipalities of Saint-Agapit-de-Beaurivage, Sainte-Agathe, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Sylvestre.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:
the Cities of Lauzon, Lévis and Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin;
the Towns of Charny, Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme and Saint-Nicolas;
the County of Lévis;
in the County of Bellechasse: the village municipality of Saint Charles; the parish municipalities of Saint-Charles-Borromée and Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont;
in the County of Dorchester: the village municipalities of Saint-Anselme, Saint-Bernard and Saint-Isidore; the parish municipalities of Saint-Anselme, Saint-Bernard, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Isidore and Saint-Maxime; the municipality of Taschereau-Fortier; and
in the County of Lotbinière: the village municipalities of Saint-Agapitville and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage; the parish municipalities of Saint-Agapit-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:
the Towns of Charny, Lauzon, Lévis, Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicholas, Saint-Rédempteur and Saint-Romuald;
the County of Lévis; and
in the County of Lotbinière: the parish municipality of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:
the cities of Charny, Lévis, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur and Saint-Romuald;
the County Regional Municipality of Desjardins;
the County Regional Municipality of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, excepting the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon.
In 1998, it renamed "Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière". It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between into Lévis—Bellechasse and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Lévis
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
See also
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
Levis
Levis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Former federal electoral districts of Quebec
Politics of Lévis, Quebec |
70979202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20Pacific%20Four%20Series | 2022 Pacific Four Series | The 2022 Pacific Four Series was the second edition of the Pacific Four Series. The competition was hosted by New Zealand from 6 to 18 June. Matches were played at two of the venues which will host the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup – The Trusts Arena in West Auckland and the Semenoff Stadium in Whangārei.
New Zealand won their first series title after defeating the United States 50–6 in the final round.
Format
With New Zealand and Australia joining the competition alongside the United States and Canada, six matches were played in a round-robin format.
Participants
Match officials
On 1 June World Rugby announced the team of officials selected for the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. All eight were announced as part of a wider squad of officials for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Lauren Jenner
Sara Cox
Maggie Cogger-Orr
Amber McLachlan
Julianne Zussman
Tyler Miller
Chris Assmus
Lee Jeffrey
Table
Fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Broadcast
All the Pacific Four Series matches were broadcast live in New Zealand on Spark Sport.
References
International women's rugby union competitions hosted by New Zealand
Pacific Four
2022 in women's rugby union
2022 in American rugby union
2022 in Australian rugby union
2022 in Canadian rugby union
2022 in New Zealand rugby union
2022 in American women's sports
2022 in Canadian women's sports
Pacific Four Series
Pacific Four Series |
32543187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%40earth | @earth | @earth is a 2011 book made by the London-born (and based) photomontage artist Peter Kennard with Lebanese artist Tarek Salhany. It is a photo-essay told through photomontage with seven chapters exposing the current state of the Earth, the conditions of life on it and the need to resist injustice. It was released on 1 May 2011 by Tate Publishing.
Apart from the title @earth (which is also in different languages on its back cover) the pocket book contains no words and its story is told in sequences of constructed images.
@earth combines images created digitally over the preceding two years by Kennard with Salhany especially for the project, with Kennard's earlier darkroom based photomontages (spanning over 40 years of work) some of which are part of the Tate Permanent Collection. They have been recontextualised for the book. The authors met when Kennard taught Salhany at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.
Naomi Klein, the author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, said of @earth: "This book perfectly captures the brutal asymmetries of our age: heavy weaponry trained on broken people, all-seeing technologies and disappearing identities, perpetually exhaling industry and an asphyxiating planet. If there's a word that's worth a thousand pictures, it's @earth."
@earth was launched during a 3-day event called shooting@earth at Black Rat Projects in London, together with a display of artworks by War Boutique. The centrepiece was a paintball shooting gallery where visitors could fire at silhouetted figures of city bankers. Starting concurrently, an exhibition of works from the book was held at Raven Row in London. The exhibition included prints of the digital works pasted on the gallery walls by dr.d as well as Kennard's earlier montages
References
2011 non-fiction books
Political books
Political art
Artists' books |
63130224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%20State%20Buckeyes%20men%27s%20basketball%20statistical%20leaders | Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball statistical leaders | The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball program in various categories, including points, three-pointers, assists, blocks, rebounds, and steals. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Buckeyes represent the Ohio State University in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference.
Ohio State began competing in intercollegiate basketball in 1898. However, the school's record book does not generally list records from before the 1950s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent. Since scoring was much lower in this era, and teams played much fewer games during a typical season, it is likely that few or no players from this era would appear on these lists anyway.
The NCAA did not officially record assists as a stat until the 1983–84 season, and blocks and steals until the 1985–86 season, but Ohio State's record books includes players in these stats before these seasons. These lists are updated through the end of the 2021–22 season.
Scoring
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
References
Lists of college basketball statistical leaders by team
Statistical |
43678730 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20Trade%20Exchange | Carbon Trade Exchange | Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) operates spot exchanges in multiple global environmental commodity markets, including carbon, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and water. Carbon Trade Exchange allows buyers and sellers to trade voluntary credits, as well as those issued by a United Nations program established under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
Background
CTX was founded in London by Wayne Sharpe in 2009, after two years of research and development. CTX opened office in Sydney in 2009.
CTX uses cloud based unique technical IT infrastructure to support and operate its exchanges. CTX is currently operating in Globally in the Voluntary carbon end environmental sectors. CTX's parent company, Global Environmental Markets (GEM), has the ability to expand into other jurisdictions and markets, with licensed regulated exchange platforms .
The CTX Exchange Platform interfaces with multiple environmental commodity registries, including Gold Standard, Verra VCS and the UNFCCC CDM Registry. It also electronically links to financial intermediaries, such as Westpac in Australia, to provide efficient trading and create liquid and transparent markets.
Key people
Wayne Sharpe, Executive Chairman
Lee Barton, Chief Operating Officer
Key partners
CTX has established relationships with various parties and companies around the world and continues to develop new relationships as it expands globally.
Current partnerships include:
Westpac
The Gold Standard
Verified Carbon Standard
IETA
CDM
References
2009 establishments in England
Emissions trading |
31536034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech%20Creek%2C%20Tennessee | Beech Creek, Tennessee | Beech Creek is an unincorporated community and stream located in Wayne County, Tennessee. The community has one store called Beech Creek Grocery.
References
Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee |
75074411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLQ | JLQ | JLQ can refer to:
Justice League Queer, a fictional team of LGBTQIA+ superheroes in the DC Comics universe
Justice League Quarterly, an American comic book series about the DC Comics universe running from 1990 to 1994
JLQ Technology, a joint venture company formed by Chinese semiconductor company Leadcore Technology and three other companies |
14388960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild%20%28Faberg%C3%A9%20egg%29 | Rothschild (Fabergé egg) | The Rothschild egg is a jewelled, enameled, decorated egg that was made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé by the workshop of Michael Perchin in 1902. Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild presented this egg to upon her engagement to Béatrice's younger brother, Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild.
Surprise
Upon the hour, a diamond-set cockerel pops up from the top of the egg, flaps its wings four times, then nods his head three times, crowing all the while. This lasts for fifteen seconds, before the clock strikes the hour on a bell.
Similarities with Kelch Chanticleer egg
As one of only four Fabergé eggs with an ornamentation surprise and a clock, similarities have been drawn with the 1904 Kelch Chanticleer egg.
History
It is one of the few significant Fabergé eggs that were not made for the Russian Imperial family, and it had been in the Rothschild family since it was first purchased. It was one of the most expensive eggs that Fabergé had ever made and sold.
Sale in 2007
It was sold by Christie's auction house on 28 November 2007, for £8.9 million (including commission). The price achieved by the egg set three auction records: it is the most expensive timepiece, Russian object, and Fabergé object ever sold at auction, surpassing the $9.6 million sale of the 1913 Winter egg in 2002.
The egg was bought by Alexander Ivanov, the director of the Russian National Museum. "It's one of the most beautiful, valuable and most intricate Fabergé eggs ever," Ivanov said, as well as adding that "We didn't have investors, and this egg will go into the private museum which we are building in downtown Moscow. We will not resell it." The Rothschild egg was eventually displayed at Ivanov's Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany.
Subsequent history
On 8 December 2014, the Rothschild egg was given to the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This occurred during a reception to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the museum. The presentation of the egg was made by Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, who also gave another item by Fabergé to the museum. In a speech during the reception, Putin made the following remarks: "I would like to present a gift to the Hermitage: a clock created by Carl Faberge, and a clock-egg, another of Carl Faberge’s works. The first is a clock created for the 25th anniversary of the marriage between Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. The second is called the Rothschild-Faberge-Clock-Egg. I hope they will find a place in the Hermitage’s displays." As of January 2019, the Rothschild egg is on display in Room 302 of the Hermitage's General Staff Building.
It has been reported that Ivanov donated the egg to the Russian government in 2014. On 1 December 2014, British and German tax investigators had conducted a search of Ivanov's Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden. It appears that this raid was connected to a tax dispute involving the Rothschild egg.
References
External links
Rothschild egg at Hermitage Museum website
Detailed article on the Rothschild egg, from wintraecken.nl
Comparison with the Kelch Chanticleer egg, from wintraecken.nl
Archive article showing Rothschild egg in Perchin's workshop – Wartski, London
Fabergé eggs
Fabergé egg
1902 works
Fabergé clock eggs |
25096785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908%20Nebraska%20Cornhuskers%20football%20team | 1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team | The 1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1908 college football season. The team was coached by second-year head coach William C. "King" Cole and played its home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.
This was the final year Nebraska played home games at Antelope Field. Following the 1908 season, the university constructed Nebraska Field, located on campus adjacent to where Memorial Stadium was later built. Nebraska's all-time record at Antelope Field was 56–8–2.
Schedule
Coaching staff
Roster
Game summaries
Peru State
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Doane
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Grinnell
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At Minnesota
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Nebraska again traveled north to face powerhouse Minnesota, ending a four-game losing streak against the Golden Gophers with a goal-line stand to force a scoreless draw.
Haskell
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Iowa
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Iowa State
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Kansas
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Kansas ended Nebraska's 11-game home winning streak, NU's first loss at Antelope Field since falling to KU in 1906. After the game, Nebraska players accused Kansas of spying on team practices or otherwise improperly obtaining NU team signals, but the game result stood and gave the Jayhawks the MVIAA championship.
Wabash
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Carlisle
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For the second consecutive week, Nebraska hosted a team it would play only once in program history. The meeting was arranged to bring the heralded Jim Thorpe to Lincoln, and though Thorpe reportedly struggled, Carlisle dominated the game.
References
Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons
Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
2381537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Rosario%2C%20La%20Paz | El Rosario, La Paz | El Rosario is a municipality in the La Paz department of El Salvador.
Early history
The history of El Rosario begins when it was a plantation called "Hacienda El Rosario", which belonged to Doña Margarita Carballo, and originated from Zacatecoluca. The inhabited village was composed of Ladinos, mulattos, and peasants with a predominantly rural agricultural environment. This plantation was visited as early as 1770 by Monsignor Pedro Larras Cortez, a Spanish Archbishop based in Guatemala, when he came on pastoral visits to the country.
El Rosario belonged to the department of San Salvador until February 21, 1852, when the Department of La Paz was established and Zacatecoluca was named as the departmental headquarters whose administrative area was now to include the town of El Rosario while still a part of the Olocuilta district.
Title of town
By Legislative Decree No 486, dated November 18, 1998, El Rosario obtained the title of city, under the administration of Julio Arevalo Diego Bonilla. The administration of former President Dr. Armando Calderon Sol bestowed the title of City in a solemn public ceremony in the town's Central Park on December 19, 1998.
Politics
Historically El Rosario has had a Conservative right leaning municipal government in charge, the first being P.C.N. “Partido de Conciliación Nacional” (The Party of National Conciliation) and currently A.R.E.N.A “Alianza Republicana Nacionalista” (The Nationalist Republican Alliance). Julio Arevalo Diego Bonilla of P.C.N. is credited with modernizing the city of El Rosario by implementing the construction of concrete streets and a municipal soccer stadium.
External links
Take the virtual tour of El Rosario using google maps
Municipalities of the La Paz Department (El Salvador) |
24764237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons%20Racing | Pons Racing | Pons Racing is a motorcycle and auto racing team owned by the British company Pons Racing UK Limited. The team principal is former 250 cc world champion, Sito Pons. In motorcycle road racing world championships, Pons has fielded riders such as Alex Barros, Max Biaggi, Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau. In auto racing, his team won the 2004 World Series by Nissan championship with driver Heikki Kovalainen.
History
500cc / MotoGP (1992 - 2005)
2002
Both Barros and Capirossi entered their third season with Pons, where they remained with the factory-spec NSR500 in the year where 990cc four-stroke machinery made their debut in the top class.
West Honda Pons had a solid season with the 500cc bikes where Barros scored two consecutive podiums in Assen and Donington Park, while Capirossi finished third in Welkom before suffered wrist injury in Assen. German Alex Hofmann filled Capirossi's seat in Donington and Sachsenring, finished 10th in his home race.
Alex Barros was given the four-stroke RC211V in the last four races of the season, the decision which paid off by finished in top three in those four races, two of them being a victory in Motegi and Valencia, ended the season in fourth place, eleven points behind second placed Max Biaggi. Capirossi scored another podium in Motegi, finished eighth in the final standings.
At the end of the season both riders left Honda Pons, along with title sponsor West.
2003
Honda Pons entered a new chapter in team's history, with R. J. Reynolds's Camel cigarettes became team's title sponsor. Max Biaggi joined the team from factory Yamaha team, while HRC moved Tohru Ukawa from Repsol Honda. Both riders rode the customer-spec RC211V.
Biaggi won 2 races in Donington Park (After Rossi got 10-seconds time penalty for yellow flag infringement) and Motegi en route to third place in the standings, while Ukawa ended the season in eight place before demoted to factory testing role with Honda, ended his full time Grand Prix career.
2004
Max Biaggi remained in the team, joined by Makoto Tamada as Pons and Pramac Racing collaborate as one team. Due to the agreement, Tamada raced with Bridgestone tires, while Biaggi remained with Michelin.
The team's technical director Antonio Cobas passed away in Barcelona just days before the opening round in South Africa. Max Biaggi finished the race in second place after battled with Valentino Rossi throughout the race. Camel Honda then won two races in a row in Brazil and Germany courtesy of Tamada and Biaggi respectively, with Tamada's victory was the first for Bridgestone in MotoGP. Tamada scored another win in Motegi en route to sixth place in the standings, while Biaggi ended the year in the same way he finished 2003, in third place.
2005
The agreement with Pramac ended as the company switched to D'Antin Racing as title sponsor, while Camel remained in the team. Alex Barros returned to the team after spending the last two seasons with Tech3 and Repsol Honda respectively, along with Troy Bayliss who left Ducati.
Barros winning in Portugal along with 11 top-10 finishes, finished 8th in the standings. Bayliss scored 5 top-10 finishes in 11 races, however his season was cut short when he injured his wrist in a motocross accident. Tohru Ukawa, Shane Byrne, Chris Vermeulen and Ryuichi Kiyonari filled Bayliss's seat for the remainder of the season. Both Barros and Bayliss moved to Superbike World Championship at the end of the season
Pons signed Carlos Checa and Australian rookie Casey Stoner for the 2006 season. However, the team lost their title sponsor Camel, who moved to Yamaha, forcing the team to withdraw from MotoGP after 25 seasons in the sport. Checa ended up moved to Tech 3, while Lucio Cecchinello's LCR Team secured the lease of one of the RC211V and signed Stoner.
250cc / Moto2 (2009 - present)
Results
Motorcycle racing
Notes
* Season still in progress.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Notes
References
External links
Auto racing teams in Spain
Motorcycle racing teams
World Series Formula V8 3.5 teams
Formula Renault Eurocup teams
Auto racing teams established in 1992
1992 establishments in Spain
Motorcycle racing teams established in 1992 |
51474487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KXJB-LD | KXJB-LD | KXJB-LD (channel 30) is a low-power television station licensed to Horace, North Dakota, United States, serving the Fargo–Grand Forks market as an affiliate of CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KVLY-TV (channel 11). Both stations share studios on 21st Avenue South in Fargo, where KXJB-LD's transmitter is also located.
Due to KXJB's low-power status, its over-the-air signal only covers the immediate Fargo area. Therefore, the station's main CBS channel is simulcast in 720p high-definition on KVLY's second digital subchannel to increase its over-the-air broadcasting radius; this signal can be seen on channel 11.2 from a transmitter near Blanchard. The KVLY tower also transmits KXJB's much lower powered translator K28MA-D (licensed to Argusville), carrying all of KXJB's subchannels on channel 28, serving a rural area from Valley City to Mayville. A second translator, K30LR-D in Grand Forks, carries all of the KXJB subchannels on channel 30.
History
Intellectual unit
From 1955 to 2014, the KXJB call sign and CBS affiliation operated on channel 4, under the broadcast license presently associated with KRDK-TV.
KXJB was co-owned with the KX Television network in western North Dakota from 1959 to 1971. The station never changed its network affiliation until late 2014, when Major Market Broadcasting purchased the station. CBS was also carried with Grand Forks newscasts and commercials on KXJC-LP, channel 35, as a semi-satellite of KXJB, from 2000 until the license for that station was canceled in April 2003, due to KVLY-TV taking over operations of the original KXJB.
On November 20, 2013, KXJB owner Parker Broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group to Excalibur Broadcasting. The deal was concurrent with KVLY-TV owner Hoak Media Corporation selling almost all of its stations to Gray Television; Excalibur's other stations were operated by Gray under local marketing agreements. After heightened scrutiny by the FCC over LMAs and similar agreements, Gray announced that it would acquire the non-license assets of six stations from the Hoak/Parker deal, including KXJB, move their programming to digital subchannels of existing Gray stations in the affected markets and divest their licenses to minority-owned broadcasters who would operate them independently and not enter into any LMAs or similar agreements with Gray. In the case of KXJB, its intellectual unit would be moved to KVLY's subcarrier.
On November 12, 2014, KVLY added a simulcast of KXJB on its second digital subchannel, displacing MeTV to the third subchannel. KXJB-TV signed off the air at 12 midnight CT on December 1, 2014, CBS programming continued to be available on KVLY-DT2, hence making KVLY-DT2 the sole CBS affiliate in the area. KVLY-DT2 also retained the original "KX4" branding of the original CBS affiliate. KXJB was sold to Major Market Broadcasting on December 18 of that year. Channel 4 returned to the air on January 13, 2015, as KRDK-TV, now an affiliate of multiple multi-cast networks, including Cozi TV, and later MyNetworkTV, on its main subchannel, and locally operated BEK Sports, featuring local high school sports coverage in the area, on KRDK-DT2 and in primetime on the main subchannel. Most of KRDK's other eight subchannels provide programming from various classic TV and movie networks.
Current license
Gray signed on three low power TV stations in September 2016, with the KXJB call sign and translators replicating coverage in areas with strong coverage of the previous KXJB-TV (now KRDK-TV). KXJB's CBS channel, also broadcast on KVLY 11.2, carries CBS and other programs in KXJB-TV's 1080i HD format, the second subchannel carrying The CW Plus (previously on WDAY-TV 6.2 and WDAZ-TV 8.2), and the third subchannel carrying Heroes & Icons (previously on KRDK-TV).
In October 2016, KRDK-TV requested must-carry on channel 4 (the former home of KXJB prior to December 2014). The area's pay TV providers then moved "KX4" to channel 9, though this put the channel closer to the other major affiliates on those systems, as WDAY-TV is on cable channel 6, with KVRR on channel 10 and KVLY on channel 11.
News operation
KXJB produces its own newscasts on weekdays at noon, 5:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m., with the CBS Evening News being carried at 6:00 p.m. instead of the normal 5:30 p.m. slot on most CBS affiliates in the Central Time Zone. The morning Valley Today, 10:00 p.m., and weekend newscasts are simulcast with KVLY. This combined news operation is known as Valley News Live.
On September 12, 2016, KXJB launched a prime time newscast on its CW-affiliated subchannel known as Valley News Live at 9. The half-hour broadcast offers direct competition to Fox affiliate KVRR's long established hour long newscast airing at the same time and WDAY-TV/WDAZ-TV's half-hour WDAY'Z Xtra News at 9 on its second and third subchannels, which was launched just weeks before Fargo CW's 9:00 p.m. newscast.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Translators
Argusville, ND
Baudette, MN
Grand Forks, ND
Roseau, MN
Williams, MN
See also
Channel 4 branded TV stations in the United States
Channel 30 digital TV stations in the United States
Channel 30 low-power TV stations in the United States
Channel 30 virtual TV stations in the United States
References
External links
CBS network affiliates
The CW affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 2016
2016 establishments in North Dakota
XJB-LD
Gray Television
Heroes & Icons affiliates
Cass County, North Dakota |
74570855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo%20Cu%C3%B1at | Pablo Cuñat | Pablo Cuñat Campos (born 28 April 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SD Amorebieta, on loan from Levante UD.
Club career
Born in Valencia, Cuñat joined FC Barcelona's La Masia on 13 June 2017, from hometown side Levante UD. He returned to Levante in 2020, and made his senior debut with the reserves on 13 December of that year, starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B home loss against Hércules CF.
On 3 December 2021, after establishing himself as a starter with the B's under manager Alessio Lisci, Cuñat renewed his contract with the club until 2024. On 7 August 2023, he was loaned to Segunda División side SD Amorebieta for the season.
Cuñat made his professional debut on 11 August 2023, starting in a 1–1 home draw against his parent club Levante.
References
External links
2002 births
Living people
Footballers from Valencia
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Segunda División players
Segunda Federación players
Segunda División B players
Tercera Federación players
Atlético Levante UD players
Levante UD footballers
SD Amorebieta footballers
Spain men's under-21 international footballers |
21709287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mia%20L.%20Jones | Mia L. Jones | Mia L. Jones (born April 26, 1968) was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 14th District, which includes parts of downtown Jacksonville in northern Duval County, from 2008 to 2016.
History
Jones was born in Jacksonville, and attended Florida A&M University, where she graduated with a degree in accounting in 1991 and then a Master of Business Administration in 1992. After graduation, she worked under Ed Austin, the Mayor of Jacksonville, in the Office of Equal Employment from 1992 to 1995. Jones also worked for Duval County Public Schools as the Supervisor of Affirmative Action and the Director of Minority Business Affairs. She served on the Jacksonville City Council from 2003 to 2008 where she served on the Public Health & Safety Committee, Land Use & Zoning Committee, Recreation & Community Development Committee, Personnel Committee, City Council's Task Force on Affordable & Low Income Housing, Zoning Code Rewrite Special Committee and Liaison to the Water & Sewer Expansion Authority.
Florida House of Representatives
In 2008, following the inability of State Representative Terry L. Fields to seek re-election due to term limits, Jones ran to succeed him in the Democratic primary in the 14th District, which included northern Duval County. She ran against fellow City Councilwoman Pat Lockett-Felder, whom she defeated with 54% of the vote. In the general election, Jones defeated the Republican nominee, Sarah Lovett, with 74% of the vote. She was re-elected without opposition in 2010.
Following the reconfiguration of Florida House districts in 2012, Jones ran for re-election in the 14th District, which included most of the territory that she had previously represented. She won the nomination of her party uncontested, and in the general election, defeated Libertarian candidate Jonathan Loesche in a landslide, winning 79% of the vote. In 2014, Jones was re-elected without opposition to her fourth and final term in the House.
While serving in the legislature, Jones ran against State Representative Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg for the position of Democratic floor leader for the 2014-2016 term. In a closely contested vote, she narrowly lost to Rouson, receiving the votes of 21 of her colleagues to Rouson's 23. Just months later, Rouson was ousted as floor leader by a majority vote of the Democratic caucus. Jones was mentioned as a potential candidate to succeed him, but she ultimately declined to run. During the debate over expanding Medicaid as provided for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Jones proposed a plan that "would have implemented Medicaid expansion as offered under the Affordable Care Act," which "gave Democrats a public stage to extol the virtues of Medicaid expansion, which would bring $51 billion in federal money over the next decade and cost the state $3.5 billion over that time," though the plan ultimately failed. When the legislature passed legislation that aimed to speed up executions of prisoners on death row, Jones strongly opposed the legislation because many death row inmates have been exonerated, noting, "The one thing that you cannot take back is if you put a person to death, you can't bring them back to life. If you put a person to death and that person is innocent, that's one innocent life too many." Additionally, when the House was debating legislation that would "require a doctor to sign an affidavit that a woman is not seeking an abortion based on sex or gender," Jones declared that it was a "bald-faced lie" that the bill's advocates was supporting the legislation to oppose discrimination against minorities and women.
Due to term limits, she was not eligible for re-election in 2016.
References
External links
Florida House of Representatives - Mia L. Jones
1968 births
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
African-American city council members in Florida
African-American women in politics
Florida A&M University alumni
Jacksonville, Florida City Council members
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
Women city councillors in Florida
Women state legislators in Florida |
53575017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythris%20schouteni | Scythris schouteni | Scythris schouteni is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 2014. It is found in Madagascar.
References
schouteni
Moths described in 2014 |
53856899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Love%20Again | First Love Again | First Love Again () is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Myung Se-bin, Kim Seung-soo, Wang Bit-na, and Park Jung-chul. The series airs on KBS2 on Monday to Friday from 7:50 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (KST).
Plot
Lee Hajin has love and talent for cooking and is dating Cha Doyun, who unbeknownst to her, is the son of Chairman of LK group. Cha Doyun proposes to her which she accepts gladly, still unaware about his rich background. Cha Doyun's father wants his legitimate eldest son, Cha Doyun to marry Baek Minhui, the sole daughter and heir to Myunghua Foundation so that he can get material benefits from her family. When both Lee and Cha families meet for the formal meeting before the wedding, the enmity between two families is revealed and nobody wants Lee Hajin and Cha Doyun to marry. The whole situation is further complicated by an unwanted pregnancy, with Baek Minhui scheming to pass on her baby as Cha Doyun's child as to keep the baby's life safe from the clutches of her mother, the Chairwoman Kim of Myunghua Foundation. Will Baek Minhui be able to separate Cha Doyun and Lee Hajin? Will Cha Doyun and Lee Hajin be able to forget their first love?
Cast
Main cast
Myung Se-bin as Lee Ha-jin
Kim Seung-soo as Cha Do-yoon
Wang Bit-na as Baek Min-hui
Park Jung-chul as Choi Jung-woo
People around Ha-jin
Lee Duk-hee as Hong Mi-ae
Seo Ha as Chun Se-yoon
Kang Nam-gil as Director Park
People around Do-yoon
Kim Bo-mi as Kim Mal-soon
Jung Han-yong as Cha Duk-bae
Jo Eun-sook as Yoon Hwa-ran
Yoon Chae-sung as Cha Tae-yoon
Uhm Chae-young as Cha Hye-rin
People around Min-hui
Seo Yi-sook as Kim Young-sook
Kim Young-ki as President Baek
Others
Jung Ae-yun as Mrs. Seo
Choi Seung-hoon as Ga On
Song Won-seok
Ratings
The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings
NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date
Awards and nominations
References
External links
First Love Again official KBS website
Korean Broadcasting System television dramas
2016 South Korean television series debuts
2017 South Korean television series endings
Korean-language television shows
South Korean romance television series
South Korean melodrama television series |
12570990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm%20to%20Market%20Road%20734 | Farm to Market Road 734 | Farm to Market Road 734 (FM 734) is a farm-to-market road in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the state-maintained portion of Parmer Lane, a major arterial road in the region. Most of the route's length is located just within the northern city limits of Austin, with portions located in Cedar Park, Leander, and unincorporated areas.
Route description
The southern terminus of FM 734 is at US 290, just west of Manor in Travis County. It travels northwest to intersect with Interstate 35 (I-35). It continues to Loop 1 and crosses SH 45 and RM 620 in northwest Austin before reaching its northern terminus at RM 1431 in Cedar Park. The roadway continues beyond RM 1431 as Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, which travels northward into Leander before curving eastward back to I-35 within the southern city limits of Jarrell.
For most of its length, FM 734 is a six-lane divided roadway. West of Loop 1, the road has wide shoulders and is relatively lightly developed, making it attractive as a bicycling route. However, FM 734 does carry a high traffic load during rush hours, especially at Loop 1 and I-35. FM 734 is primarily a four-lane road between US 290 and Yager Lane, east of I-35.
On June 27, 1995, FM 734 was redesignated Urban Road 734 (UR 734). The designation reverted to FM 734 with the elimination of the Urban Road system on November 15, 2018.
Except for the section between Loop 1 and I-35, Parmer Lane is designated a scenic roadway by the City of Austin.
History
Previous route
Current route
Parmer Lane between Loop 275 (Lamar Boulevard) and Loop 1 (Mopac Boulevard) was first designated as FM 734 on April 25, 1978. It was extended north to RM 620 on April 23, 1981. The current termini of FM 734 were set on October 24, 1985, when the northern terminus was moved from RM 620 to RM 1431, and on May 16, 1988, when the southern terminus was moved from Loop 275 to US 290.
In 1997, FM 734 was improved east of I-35 to accommodate a new Samsung Electronics chip fabrication facility. Other major developments along FM 734 include a Freescale Semiconductor office complex built south of RM 620 in 1999, the Round Rock ISD Athletic Complex built between RM 620 and RM 1431 in 2003 and the Tech Ridge shopping center, which opened at I-35 in 2003.
Junction list
References
0734
Transportation in Austin, Texas
Cedar Park, Texas
Transportation in Williamson County, Texas
Transportation in Travis County, Texas |
4373325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paid%20Educational%20Leave%20Convention%2C%201974 | Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 | Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1974:
Ratifications
As of 2022, the treaty has been ratified by 35 states.
External links
Text.
Ratifications.
Education treaties
International Labour Organization conventions
Treaties concluded in 1974
Treaties entered into force in 1976
1974 in education
Leave of absence
Treaties of Czechoslovakia
Treaties of Yugoslavia
Treaties of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Treaties of Azerbaijan
Treaties of Belgium
Treaties of Belize
Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Treaties of Brazil
Treaties of Chile
Treaties of Cuba
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Treaties of Finland
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Treaties of West Germany
Treaties of Guinea
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Treaties of the Hungarian People's Republic
Treaties of Ba'athist Iraq
Treaties of Kenya
Treaties of Mexico
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Treaties of Nicaragua
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23730322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Parsons | Richard Parsons | Richard Parsons may refer to:
Richard Parsons (diplomat) (1928–2016), British ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden
Richard Parsons (businessman) (born 1948), former chairman of Citigroup and the former Chairman and CEO of Time Warner
Richard Parsons (author) (born 1966), English educational non-fiction author
Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702–1741), freemason and founder member of the Hell-Fire Club
Richard Parsons (convict) (fl. 1823), Australian explorer
Richard Parsons (skier) (1910-1999), American Olympic skier
Richard C. Parsons (1826–1899), U.S. Representative from Ohio
Richard Parsons (bishop) (1882–1948), English Anglican bishop
Richard Martyn Parsons (1910–1998), British Army championship rifle marksman
Dick Parsons (coach) (born 1938), retired American basketball and baseball coach |
68294248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaush | Vaush | Ian Kochinski (born February 14, 1994), better known as Vaush ( ), is an American left-wing YouTuber and Twitch streamer who debates and discusses politics online from a libertarian socialist perspective.
Early life
Ian Kochinski was born on February 14, 1994, in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Beverly Hills. Kochinski studied sociology at Humboldt State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2018. He is of Irish and Polish descent.
Career
Kochinski has livestreamed debates with far-right figures such as Stefan Molyneux and Sargon of Akkad, which have millions of views. His first appearances online were in discussions with the political streamer Destiny, and encouraged by Destiny's audience he later began a Twitch channel of his own. Kochinski felt that other members of the online left at the time were too academic to reach the demographic of insecure white men that he thought was most susceptible to online radicalization and he opted to instead create loud, angry content that he thought would be more likely to appeal to them. While appealing to what he calls "masculine tendencies", Kochinski has aimed to create an inclusive community and has comparatively high proportions of female, gay and trans people in his audience.
Kochinski mimicks the style of right-wing YouTubers and utilizes similar video titles so that his videos are suggested by recommendation algorithms to those at risk of radicalization, a common strategy employed by the left-wing BreadTube community on YouTube. He also uses memes and internet slang in his videos to appeal to the audience of primarily young people online. His content features himself discussing news events and contentious issues, and debating other political streamers from the left and right, often in a confrontational style aimed at making his opponent appear unintelligent and often utilizing the research skills and knowledge he gained from his sociology education to back up his arguments. However, when engaging with conspiracy theorists, Kochinski generally does not spend much time on research or debunking debated topics, as he believes that taking a more amiable approach is better at influencing people away from such hardened views. His channel also features discussions and debates with offline figures, including journalists, radio hosts, and political candidates.
In 2019, he was banned from Twitch for saying that the US should invade Israel in defense of Palestinians, an incident which he later described as himself "going too far criticising Israeli imperialism". As a result, he transitioned to YouTube as his main platform, after having created his YouTube channel that January. In June 2019, Kochinski debated conservative YouTuber Hunter Avallone. Avallone later said "I got wrecked in [that] debate" and subsequent to the debate his views took a leftward turn resulting in a video titled "Why I Left The Right". In December 2021, Kochinski was again banned from Twitch indefinitely for using the racial epithet "cracker" on stream. He used the term while discussing whether it could be considered a racial slur and if saying it should be a bannable offense following the ban of fellow Twitch streamer Hasan Piker for saying the word on stream. In response to the ban, Kochinski told The Washington Post that social media platforms are "terrible at acknowledging context and power relations when it comes to harassment."
Kochinski and fellow political streamer Destiny organized their communities to knock on more than 10,000 doors and make 50,000 phone calls in support of Janet Protasiewicz during the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. That September, Kochinski, alongside Destiny, Emma Vigeland, and Keffals, interviewed U.S. Representative Ro Khanna about various topics, including the importance of youth political participation and ways to push progressive political sentiment.
Reception
Online, Kochinski is seen as a controversial figure. In 2021, controversy on Twitter surrounding Vaush was prompted by the reemergence of videos in which he justified his past uses of the word nigger and argued that the word is acceptable in certain contexts. Responding to the controversy on his livestream, Kochinski said that earlier statements that he had made had been a failed attempt at being "overly edgy" and that he "no longer stand[s] by" his arguments justifying the use of the word.
Later in 2021, his arguments that kink should be excluded from some pride events for not being family-friendly and for making pride inaccessible to young questioning queer people were met with divided opinions on social media and criticism from writers for Vox, The Mary Sue, and The Bulwark, though he later renounced his statements, saying "[During the] kink at pride discourse, I said some stuff that I later came to regret. I think that there were some issues I was reactionary on... kink at pride isn't a problem".
Also in 2021, Kochinski received praise from Kotaku for a charity livestream in which he raised over $200,000 for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund and from The Daily Beast for challenging Tim Pool on the meaning of critical race theory while appearing on his podcast Timcast IRL. He was also positively cited by sociologist Anthony Knowles for successfully communicating sociological ideas to a large audience outside the reach of academic sociologists.
Political views
Kochinski is a self-described progressive, anti-fascist, and libertarian socialist. He has also described himself as a "dirtbag leftist" and "a big fan of democracy". In the 2020 United States presidential election, he opposed the "Bernie or Bust" movement and urged people to vote for Joe Biden, calling a refusal to vote "stupid" and motivated by "[an] incredibly narcissistic 'doomerism' that prevents people from engaging in meaningful action". Kochinski opposes the United States embargo against Cuba and supported the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. He also opposed Donald Trump's withdrawal of United States troops from Rojava. While believing that tech companies have too much power, Kochinski also felt that Donald Trump being banned from various social media websites was an "unequivocally good thing". In 2022, Kochinski posted multiple videos and broadcast multiple livestreams condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kochinski has criticized the online right for creating a "pipeline" that pushes people to radical hard-right views such as ethnic nationalism, disenfranchising women and for engaging in "absolute abject cruelty to trans people". He has also criticized the online left for "purity politics" and for engaging in actions that create "great content but terrible political advocacy". Nonetheless, he believes that the left should engage in online advocacy because the internet allows for their message to reach a wider audience than any other medium and has argued that BreadTube has decreased the number of people online moving to the political right. Following the arrest of manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, Vaush argued that Tate's rise to popularity was due to the left failing to address the problems of young men and boys, saying they were being "pulled into fascism" because "the right talks to them and the left doesn't".
In May 2021, he opposed Twitch's use of the term "womxn", saying "There is already an inclusive term for trans women and cis women, and it's women... The only reason you [would not] believe that is if you don't believe trans women are women." He has criticized Twitter for banning trans people for using the term TERF, which he argues is "categorically not a slur".
Personal life
Kochinski identifies as pansexual. He is on the autism spectrum and also has ADHD.
See also
BreadTube
References
External links
1994 births
Living people
21st-century American LGBT people
21st-century American people
Activists from Los Angeles
American activists with disabilities
American anti-fascists
American LGBT rights activists
American people of Irish descent
American people of Polish descent
American socialists
American YouTubers
California socialists
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt alumni
Entertainers from Los Angeles
LGBT YouTubers
Libertarian socialists
Pansexual entertainers
People on the autism spectrum
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Entertainers with disabilities
Progressivism in the United States
Transgender rights activists
Twitch (service) streamers
Washington (state) socialists
YouTubers from California
American political commentators |
12695985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20Apis | Clan Apis | Clan Apis is a graphic novel created by then Assistant Professor (now Full Professor) of Biology at Juniata College, Jay Hosler. It was originally published by Active Synapse in 1998 as five comic books, and as a single graphic novel in 2000. The novel follows the life story of a honey bee named Nyuki learning about her purpose in the vast world of insects.
Plot
Nyuki, a Japanese honey bee, begins life as a bee larva. Taken care of by another older bee named Dvorah within the bee hive, she tells her a fictional myth about the ”World Flower”, how the universe came into existence from the pollen grains of a cosmic flower. She continues to explain the evolution of life on Earth and how insects fulfilled many niches, including the honey bee's role as a pollinator. The bees' ever-changing roles as they get older (such as Dvorah's role from cleaning empty brood cells to capping them) makes Nyuki curious, but is scared by having to undergo metamorphosis alone. She is reassured that every bee has to go through with it and after completing it they will never feel alone again.
Finally finishing her metamorphosis into a grown honey bee, she believes that she is special but is called a "goofball" by other bees whom mentions that every bee in the hive underwent the same process. Dvorah reunites with her once again and plans to join the bee swarm to a new site. Interrupted by the swarm stampede, they meet the queen bee Hachi. Nyuki curiously asks why she has a large abdomen and Hachi explains her role as both "slave and sovereign", where she needs to tirelessly lay eggs and control her workers with pheromones. She plans to leave immediately as the sounds of piping from queen brood cells begin.
Queen Hachi begins the task of sending scouts to find a suitable place for a newly built bee hive. Dvorah decides to join the search and advises the inexperienced Nyuki to stay put. While waiting, she is surprised by a drone bee named Zambur going around greeting everyone. She flies off on her own after tirelessly waiting around to find the best spot and lands on a tree branch. A mantis hiding in the tree leaves attempts to catch her but she nearly escapes. Now lost from the swarm cluster, she lands on a flower to think but is caught by a camouflaged crab spider named Thom. A dung beetle named Sisyphus passes by and accidentally knocks Nyuki off the flower with his dung ball, saving her from being consumed. He is willing to help her get back to the swarm. On their travel, Sisyphus explains to her how each insect species has their own purpose and lifestyle, such as Nyuki's role as a bee. They say their goodbyes once they find the swarm and she meets up with a worried Dvorah, who was about to head to the new hive.
A honey bee from a different group is halted from entering the newly built hive. After she kills one of the guarding bees, they retaliate by surrounding and killing her with heat. Meanwhile, Nyuki is tasked to work on constructing honeycombs with other honey bees named Ari and Bij while constantly talking about the wonders of comb construction. Zambur comes across her again and asks for some honey. She wonders why and he explains his purpose as a drone bee, to mate with a queen and die afterwards. She is baffled but he gladly accepts this role.
Dvorah suggests that she should be a forager, but she refuses due to her previous experience on the outside. As they were arguing, a woodpecker begins drilling into the hive. Dvorah heads outside while Nyuki tries to comfort the bee larvae in their cells. Dvorah targets the woodpecker's eye as a weak point and strikes with her stinger but as a result is mortally wounded. Nyuki, refusing to let her go by an undertaker bee, brings her outside herself. Dvorah tells her one last story about a leaf she saw eventually blown off of a branch, falling onto a stream, and gliding along the top of it to tell her to stop hiding from the world and her life.
Time passes by, and Nyuki is now an older bee teaching other younger bees techniques like the waggle dance. She makes friends with another honey bee named Melissa who becomes more reluctant to letting her continue foraging. Nyuki frequently gathers the nectar from a flower named Bloomington and tells sedentary jokes to it. During her last foraging trip, her wings give out and she lands far away from the hive. She crawls all the way to Bloomington and it realizes she is dying. Sisyphus hear its cry for help and finds her again under it. She retells one of Dvorah's "World Flower" stories rewarding bees in the afterlife where they will never need to work ever again and just socialize on its grand stem. She bases her big plan off this story by enriching herself into the soil for Bloomington so next spring Melissa can bring back its nectar back to the hive. They understood her intentions and mourn for her passing.
Next spring, Bloomington sprouts back up again and awaits only for Melissa to arrive to offer its nectar. It tells her how Nyuki wanted to return home as a full load of nectar. Melissa happily understands and brings the nectar back to the hive.
Reception
Popular Science called it "absolutely wonderful" and a "beautiful story", with a "delightful cast". Modern Farmer stated that it was "one of the better graphic novels we’ve ever read, period", commending Hosler's linework and composition and noting the novel's "surprisingly touching plot"; similarly, Discover observed its "moving conclusion".
Awards
Xeric Award (1998)
References
External links
Official Clan Apis website
Jay Hosler's website
American graphic novels
Bees in popular culture
2000 graphic novels
Fictional bees
1998 comics debuts |
14092276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBAA | KBAA | KBAA (103.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format to the Grass Valley, California, United States, area as well as the area north of Sacramento. This station is currently owned by Alfredo Plascencia, through licensee Lazer Licenses, LLC. The station is a semi-simulcast of sister station KGRB, due to having KHHM next door at 103.5. On October 21, 2014, Adelante Media Group announced that it was selling KBAA, its sister stations and its LPTV outlet in Sacramento to Lazer Broadcasting, pending FCC approval The transaction was consummated on December 31, 2014, at a price of $2.9 million.
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BAA
BAA
Grass Valley, California |
2846549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herr%20Lehmann | Herr Lehmann | Herr Lehmann is a German novel by Sven Regener, published in 2001, adapted for the screen in 2003. It has been translated into English by John Brownjohn under the title Berlin Blues.
The book has sold more than 1 million copies in German and Regener received the Deutscher Filmpreis in gold for the screenplay. The story tells of the life of Frank Lehmann in Berlin in 1989. Regener's prequel Neue Vahr Süd (published in 2004) tells of Frank Lehmann's life in the year 1980, especially his time in the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) while the middle part of the trilogy Der kleine Bruder (the little brother) (published 2008) tells of two days in November 1980, when Frank Lehmann arrives at Berlin and tries to find his older brother Manfred who lives as an artist in Berlin Kreuzberg. After these two days of odyssey Frank is no longer the "little brother".
Plot
Frank Lehmann works as a barkeeper in Kreuzberg, West Berlin, complacent and drinking frequently, with few other ambitions. His 30th birthday is fast approaching, and as a result, he is teasingly called "Herr Lehmann" ("Mr Lehmann") by his friends. The book follows Frank Lehmann's daily life in Kreuzberg and showcases the attitude of a generation of young adults in West Berlin in autumn 1989 in the months leading up to the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Chapters 1–7
The first third of the book recounts the events of a single day. Shortly before dawn on a Sunday morning, Herr Lehmann is walking home from work, drunk, and comes across a dog that is blocking his path. Herr Lehmann is afraid of the dog and is overwhelmed by the situation. Here, like in many other portions of the text, the reader is given direct access to Herr Lehmann's thoughts. The comedy of the situation is derived from the discrepancy between Herr Lehmann's thoughts and actions, but the subjective narrative voice allows the reader to comprehend the rational reasons for the discrepancy. Herr Lehmann solves the problem with the dog by giving it whiskey, whereupon he is found by two policemen who threaten to report Herr Lehmann for animal cruelty. The dog bites one of the policemen, and Herr Lehmann finally finds his way home.
In the morning, Herr Lehmann is woken by a phone call from his mother, who announces that she and his father are coming to visit him in Berlin. Hungover and unexcited about the upcoming visit, Herr Lehmann makes his way to a nearby pub and meets Karl, his best friend. The pub is full of "Sunday breakfasters", who annoy Herr Lehmann. Out of spite, Herr Lehmann orders pork roast for breakfast, which makes the new cook, Katrin, cross. This leads to a philosophical argument between them about "time" and "purpose in life", and Herr Lehmann is immediately smitten with her. He meets her again twice that day, in the afternoon at a pool, and again in the evening during his shift at the bar.
Chapters 8–20
Chapters 8 through 20 follow Herr Lehmann's life over the course of the next couple of weeks, focusing on his relationships with Katrin, his parents, and Karl. Karl works in the same bar as Herr Lehmann, but is also an artist who is scheduled to have an opening later that autumn.
The narrative remains narrowly focused on Herr Lehmann and his everyday life, ignoring the external historical and political situation as much as possible. Herr Lehmann attempts to travel to East Berlin and is detained by the customs official for hours. Herr Lehmann is principally bothered by the limitations on his personal freedom and how his day did not go according to plan, rather than any political aspects of the situation. He is fixated only on his environment, friends and his life in his walled-in "island" of West Berlin.
On Herr Lehmann's "island", each of his relationships come to a head. All three threads of the story lead into dead ends: his relationship with Katrin falls apart when they realize they both had entirely different expectations; his parents' visit show his supposed independent, self-actualized life is an empty self-deception; and Karl suffers a nervous breakdown shortly before his art opening, destroying his sculptures. Each of these events destroys part of Herr Lehmann's self-image, and he comes to realize that he needs to escape from his "island".
Throughout the novel, it is implied that Karl has been abusing stimulant drugs, and Herr Lehmann has to take him to the hospital, as Karl is suffering from acute psychological problems. Herr Lehmann has to admit that he is not in a position to help his friend. On top of this, the evening is also Herr Lehmann's 30th birthday. After leaving the hospital, Herr Lehmann sets out to celebrate his birthday alone by bar-hopping through West Berlin and using alcohol to escape, which has been a recurrent theme throughout the book.
Conclusion
While Herr Lehmann is bar-hopping, the news comes out that the Berlin Wall has fallen. Herr Lehmann participates with a mixture of interest and boredom, watching history happen in front of him. The story ends with the impression that Herr Lehmann's personal life also will see a fresh start. The novel closes with Herr Lehmann's thoughts: "I'm just going to get moving [...]. The rest will unfold by itself."
Film
Leander Haußmann did an adaption with the same name for the screen with the former MTV video jockey Christian Ulmen in the title role. At the 54th German Film Award in Berlin in 2004 the film was awarded 2 Golden Lolas for Detlev Buck (best supporting actor) and for Regener (best screenplay).
References
2001 novels
German-language novels
German novels adapted into films
Novels set in Berlin
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg |
38196637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20IPC%20Athletics%20World%20Championships%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20800%20metres | 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's 800 metres | The women's 800 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 24–29 January 2011.
Medalists
References
Complete Results Book from the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
800 metres
2011 in women's athletics
800 metres at the World Para Athletics Championships |
46206476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit%20McHenry | Emmit McHenry | Emmit McHenry (born July 12, 1943, in Forrest City, Arkansas), is an American entrepreneur and company builder.
Biography
He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, attending Stewart Elementary School, Carver Middle School and Booker T. Washington High School. He received his B.S. in communications from the University of Denver in 1966. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of lieutenant. McHenry earned his M.S. degree in communications from Northwestern University in 1979.
He started as an IBM Systems Engineer and later served as Assistant Dean and Instructor at Northwestern University.
With Gary Desler, Ty Grigsby, and Ed Peters he founded his first full-time entrepreneurial venture: Network Solutions.
His accolades include an Honorary Doctorate from Shaw University, the Marine Corps Sunset Parade Guest of Honor for his contributions to the Nations C4 Capacity, and the Chairman’s Award from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Foundation.
He is currently CEO, in partnership with his son Kurt, of Archura, a telecommunications systems integrator, and chairman and CEO of Defense Manufacturing.
References
External links
Living people
1943 births
American technology chief executives
University of Denver alumni
Northwestern University School of Communication alumni |
52428100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador%20Route%20201 | Newfoundland and Labrador Route 201 | Route 201 (known as the Osprey Trail) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of only three loop roads designated with a route number that starts and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 351, Norris Arm Road, and Route 404, Robinsons Road, are the others). The road spans , and allows for a scenic journey along the southern coast of Trinity Bay. There are quite a number of summer cottages along the route, and highway is known for an abundance of ospreys during the summer months.
The image of the osprey used in the logo on the Osprey Trail signage is believed to have been taken from the back of the 1989 issue of Canada’s ten-dollar bill.
Route description
Route 201 begins in Chapel Arm at an interchange between Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway, Exit 27) and Route 202 (Long Harbour Road). It heads north to pass through downtown before leaving and passing along the coastline to pass through Norman's Cove-Long Cove. The highway now turns to the west and winds its way more inland for several kilometres before passing through Thornlea, Bellevue, and Bellevue Beach, where it has an intersection with Route 203 (Fair Haven Road). Route 201 winds its way along the coastline for a few kilometres to have an intersection with a local road leading to Chance Cove before heading west through hilly terrain to come to an end at another intersection with Route 1 (TCH).
As with most highways in Newfoundland and Labrador, the entire length of Route 201 is a two-lane highway.
Major intersections
References
201 |
53350590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fox%20%28rugby%20union%29 | John Fox (rugby union) | John Fox (30 August 1921 – 27 September 1999) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. Fox played as a Prop.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Fox played for Gala.
Provincial career
Fox played for South in the 1951 South v North match on 10 November. South won the match 18 points to nil.
International career
Fox was capped for four times in 1952, all of the caps coming in the Five Nations matches.
References
1921 births
1999 deaths
Gala RFC players
Rugby union players from Scottish Borders
Scotland international rugby union players
Scottish rugby union players
South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
Rugby union props |
5937818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick%20Bunnage | Mick Bunnage | Mick Bunnage (born 21 December 1958) is a cartoonist, journalist, and comedy writer and was formerly the bass guitarist of The Deep Freeze Mice. He is the co-creator of the Modern Toss comic, which was also turned into a TV series by Channel 4. He has also worked as a writer on the BBC's 2004 The Stupid Version.
Bunnage was one of the three co-creators of Loaded magazine in 1994, alongside original editor James Brown and deputy editor Tim Southwell, and went on to become associate editor. Under the guise of Dr. Mick he continued to contribute to Loaded until 2004, where he created, with Jon Link, the Office Pest cartoon strip, which became a prototype for Modern Toss. The duo went on to contribute cartoons to a broad range of publications including The Guardian and the Daily Mirror. They then produced a website, shitflap.com, in 2003.
References
Living people
British editorial cartoonists
British comic strip cartoonists
British comics artists
British male journalists
1958 births
Place of birth missing (living people) |
5739383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin%20group%20%28combinatorial%20group%20theory%29 | Thin group (combinatorial group theory) | In mathematics, in the realm of group theory, a group is said to be thin if there is a finite upper bound on the girth of the Cayley graph induced by any finite generating set. The group is called fat if it is not thin.
Given any generating set of the group, we can consider a graph whose vertices are elements of the group with two vertices adjacent if their ratio is in the generating set. The graph is connected and vertex transitive. Paths in the graph correspond to words in the generators.
If the graph has a cycle of a given length, it has a cycle of the same length containing the identity element. Thus, the girth of the graph corresponds to the minimum length of a nontrivial word that reduces to the identity. A nontrivial word is a word that, if viewed as a word in the free group, does not reduce to the identity.
If the graph has no cycles, its girth is set to be infinity.
The girth depends on the choice of generating set. A thin group is a group where the girth has an upper bound for all finite generating sets.
Some facts about thin and fat groups and about girths:
Every finite group is thin.
Every free group is fat.
The girth of a cyclic group equals its order.
The girth of a noncyclic abelian group is at most 4, because any two elements commute and the commutation relation gives a nontrivial word.
The girth of the dihedral group is 2.
Every nilpotent group, and more generally, every solvable group, is thin.
External links
A preliminary paper on girth of groups
Properties of groups |
40590358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceryx%20nacliodes | Ceryx nacliodes | Ceryx nacliodes is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Zimbabwe.
References
Endemic fauna of Zimbabwe
Ceryx (moth)
Moths described in 1914 |
58609964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319%20Tahiti%20Ligue%201 | 2018–19 Tahiti Ligue 1 | The 2018–19 Tahiti Ligue 1 is the 72nd season of the Tahiti Ligue 1, the top-flight football league in Tahiti. The season started on 28 September 2018. A.S. Central Sport are the defending champions.
Team changes
To Ligue 1 Vini
Promoted from 2017 to 2018 Ligue 2
A.S. Arue
A.S. Jeunes Tahitiens
Promoted from Ligue 2 Moorea
A.S. Tiare Tahiti
Relegated to 2018–19 Ligue 2
AS Aorai
A.S. Tamarii Punaruu
Excluded
Tahiti U-19
Teams
A total of ten teams compete in the league.
Stadium and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
League table
Relegation playoff
The winner of the relegation playoff between Arue (Ligue 1 9th place) and Olympique de Mahina (Ligue 2 2nd place) earned a place in the 2019–20 Tahiti Ligue 1.
Olympique de Mahina were promoted; Arue were relegated.
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
References
External links
Fédération Tahitienne de Football
FIFA
Sports Tahiti
Tahiti Ligue 1 seasons
Tahiti
Tahiti
1 |
39433950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Memory%20Palace | The Memory Palace | The Memory Palace is a monthly historical podcast hosted by Nate DiMeo that debuted in 2008. The program features historical narratives concerning such subjects as the Cardiff Giant and the CIA project Acoustic Kitty. It is currently distributed online by Radiotopia.
History
In 2009, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned a version of the episode "A Brief Eulogy for a Consumer Electronics Product" for its Rewind Remix Replay exhibit.
In July 2011, design podcast 99% Invisible commissioned the episode "A Stretch".
In August 2011, Slate commissioned a series of "Civil War Stories" in conjunction with their Slate Daily Podcast.
In July 2012, Maximum Fun began supporting The Memory Palace. The two parted ways in early 2015. The podcast joined Radiotopia in June 2015.
Reception
99% Invisible's Roman Mars described The Memory Palace as "sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, and often a wonderful mix of both."
The A.V. Club called The Memory Palace a "brisk and sadly infrequent podcast" whose episodes feature "a kind of precious, deadpan delivery similar to This American Life, but more humorous, backed by a surprisingly evocative and effective musical score."
Boing Boing's David Pescovitz called The Memory Palace "terrific," "excellent," and "one of my favorite podcasts." While guest blogging for Boing Boing, Douglas Rushkoff described The Memory Palace as "highly textured historical narratives about stuff we might not know or remember." Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder called The Memory Palace one of his "favorite podcasts of 2012" comparing it to Paul Harvey's radio program The Rest of the Story.
The show was nominated for the 2015 Peabody Awards.
See also
List of history podcasts
References
External links
Audio podcasts
Comedy podcasts
2008 podcast debuts
Radiotopia
History podcasts |
45476813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Stephens%20%28legal%20academic%29 | Tim Stephens (legal academic) | Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Stephens' main areas of research are the international law of the sea and international environmental law.
Early life
Stephens was educated at St Aloysius' College, Sydney, and then at the University of Sydney where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons.), LL.B. (Hons.) and a Ph.D. He studied geography and took an MPhil at St John's College, Cambridge.
Career
Stephens is a legal academic. Before his appointment at the University of Sydney, he was Associate to the Hon Justice Arthur Emmett AO in the Federal Court of Australia.
Stephens has authored, co-authored, and edited eleven books, including International Courts and Environmental Protection (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009). In 2010 he was awarded the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law Junior Scholarship Prize for ‘outstanding scholarship and contributions in the field of international environmental law’. Stephens was President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law from 2015 to 2019. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2020.
In 2014 Stephens was appointed with Professor AM to the List of Experts for the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation. In 2023 he was appointed to the List of Arbitrators under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
In 2021 Stephens was elected as a Councillor on Inner West Council, representing the Leichardt-Gulgadya Ward. Stephens' election was considered a 'surprise' as he was second on the Australian Labor Party's ticket for the Ward.
Books
VanderZwaag, D., Oral, N., Stephens, T. (2021). Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Craik, N., Jefferies, C., Seck, S., Stephens, T. (2018). Global Environmental Change and Innovation in International Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Saul, B., Stephens, T. (2015). Antarctica in International Law. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Rothwell, D., Oude Elferink, A., Scott, K., Stephens, T. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Butt, S., Lyster, R., Stephens, T. (2015). Climate Change and Forest Governance: Lessons from Indonesia. United Kingdom: Routledge.
Stephens, T., VanderZwaag, D. (2014). Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of Environmental Change. Cheltenham & Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Saul, B., Sherwood, S., McAdam, J., Stephens, T., Slezak, J. (2012). Climate Change and Australia: Warming to the Global Challenge. Sydney: The Federation Press.
Rothwell, D., Stephens, T. (Third Edition, 2023; Second Edition, 2016; First Edition, 2010). The International Law of the Sea. Oxford, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury / Hart Publishing.
References
Living people
International law scholars
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
21st-century Australian lawyers
Sydney Law School alumni
Academic staff of the University of Sydney
1975 births
Non-fiction environmental writers
People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney) |
18260512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgoch | Gorgoch | Gorgoch (); formerly known as Korchlu, Gorchulu, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is included in the community of Meghradzor village.
See also
Kotayk Province
References
Populated places in Kotayk Province |
44888813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanda%20Musa | Atanda Musa | Atanda Ganiyu Musa (born 3 February 1960) is a Nigerian table tennis player. He represented Nigeria at two Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992, taking part in both the singles and doubles events. He was once ranked 20th in the world at his peak.
In 1982, he won the table tennis singles event at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships (in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), before partnering with Sunday Eboh to take the doubles gold in the same discipline.
Along with Francis Sule, Atanda, again, won the table tennis doubles gold medal at the 1985 Commonwealth Games. He achieved a clean sweep of gold in each of the singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles events representing Nigeria at the 1987 All-Africa Games and then, in 1991, with Bose Kaffo as partner, he won the Commonwealth Games' Mixed Doubles event for table tennis.
Arguably one of the best table tennis players to contest out of Africa, Musa's backhand play, and the loop associated with it remains his pièce de résistance. He played in various countries and locations and during his best years in Alicante, Spain.
Besides playing, the 10-time African Men's Table Tennis Singles Champion, has always liked coaching.
In 1992 he became a full-time coach in Saudi Arabia for three years. In 1995 he was hired to coach in Qatar at the Ali club. In 1997 he returned to Nigeria, where he continued to play and coach before moving permanently to the US.
Atanda Ganiyu Musa has coached various notable individuals, including celebrities such as Susan Sarandon, Drew Barrymore and Nancy Pelosi, in addition to his successful coaching career. Musa's coaching style emphasizes hard work, discipline, and dedication, with a focus on developing players' skills and helping them reach their full potential. He currently resides in New York City where he coaches in his spare time at SPIN.
References
External links
1960 births
Living people
Olympic table tennis players for Nigeria
Nigerian male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics |
3947115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20Law | Forest Law | Forest Law may refer to:
Royal forest § Forest law, a system established by William the Conqueror put in service to protect game animals and their forest habitat from destruction
Forestry law, laws governing activities in designated forest lands with respect to forest management and timber harvesting
Forest Law (Tekken), a playable character in Namco Bandai's Tekken fighting game franchise |
10182524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Want%20You%20to%20Stay | I Want You to Stay | "I Want You to Stay" was the fifth single released from Maxïmo Park, taken from their debut album A Certain Trigger. It was the last single from the album, released on 20 February 2006. "I Want You to Stay" reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video for the song was also the first video not to feature the band.
A B-side from Maxïmo Park's February 2005 single for "Apply Some Pressure" features a song called "I Want You to Leave," a play on the title of "I Want You to Stay." The song is also included on the band's 2006 compilation album Missing Songs.
Track listing
CD (WAP201CD)
"I Want You to Stay" (Edit) – 3:12
"La Quinta" – 2:38
"I Want You to Stay" (Field Music / J. Xaverre Remix) – 4:06
7" #1 (7WAP201, turquoise vinyl)
"I Want You to Stay" (Original Demo) – 5:16
"I Want You to Stay" (Field Music / J. Xaverre Remix) – 4:06
7" #2 (7WAP201R, white vinyl)
"I Want You to Stay" (Cristian Vogel Remix) – 4:29
"La Quinta" – 2:38
External links
Single information on MaxïmoPark.com
2006 singles
Maxïmo Park songs
Songs written by Paul Smith (rock vocalist)
Song recordings produced by Paul Epworth
2005 songs
Songs written by Lukas Wooller |
58243743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav%20Heythum | Ladislav Heythum | Ladislav Heythum (born 22 May 1950) is a Czech rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
References
1950 births
Living people
Czech male rowers
Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia
Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Rowers from Prague |
26388667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot%20strike | Foot strike | Foot strike may refer to:
Foot strike (gait) – how the foot contacts the ground when walking or running.
A strike (attack) using the foot, such as a kick. |
20857269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%20Stowe | Hal Stowe | Harold Rudolph Stowe (born August 29, 1937) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Following his college baseball career with the Clemson Tigers, Stowe played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees in 1960.
Amateur career
Stowe is from Gastonia, North Carolina. He played in American Legion Baseball and led his team to the national finals in 1954. He attended Belmont High School in Belmont, North Carolina, and played for their baseball team.
Stowe enrolled at Clemson University and played college baseball for the Clemson Tigers. As a junior in 1958, Stowe set school records with 14 wins, 21 games pitched, 15 games started, innings pitched, and 126 strikeouts. His wins and strikeouts were the most in college baseball that season. Used as a stopper in 1959, he pitched in 19 of Clemson's 32 games. Stowe pitched for the Tigers in the 1959 College World Series (CWS), and was named to the All-Tournament Team. For his collegiate career, Stowe had a 24–13 win–loss record and a 2.32 earned run average (ERA).
Professional career
Days after the 1959 CWS ended, the New York Yankees signed Stowe as an amateur free agent for a bonus reported to be above $20,000 ($ in current dollar terms). He reported to the Greensboro Yankees of the Class B Carolina League. Stowe also played for the Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Class C Northern League and was assigned to the Florida Instructional League after the season.
In 1960, Stowe pitched for the Amarillo Gold Sox of the Class AA Texas League, and had a 15–3 win–loss record and a 3.43 ERA. Stowe appeared in one major league game, on September 30, 1960, pitching one inning against the Boston Red Sox. He was optioned to the Richmond Virginians of the Class AAA International League in 1961, but was demoted to Amarillo during the season. He also pitched for Richmond in 1962 and 1963.
In 1964, the Yankees released Stowe, and he signed with the Minnesota Twins, who assigned him to the Charlotte Hornets of the Class AA Southern League. On July 11, he came into a tie game with two out and a runner on base. He picked off the baserunner, ending the inning without throwing a pitch, and earned the win after the team scored the go-ahead run in the next inning. Stowe retired after the season.
Personal life
Stowe married Betty Jean Taylor on December 22, 1956.
After his baseball career, Stowe operated his family restaurant in Gastonia. He was inducted into the Clemson Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979. The Clemson Tigers annually give the Hal Stowe Most Valuable Player Award to its top pitcher.
References
External links
1937 births
Living people
New York Yankees players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from North Carolina
Businesspeople from North Carolina
Sportspeople from Gastonia, North Carolina
Fargo-Moorhead Twins players
Greensboro Yankees players
Amarillo Gold Sox players
Richmond Virginians (minor league) players
Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players
Clemson Tigers baseball players |
70657771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrisodes%20venyivi | Batrisodes venyivi | Batrisodes venyivi, also known as Helotes mold beetle, is an eyeless beetle in the family Staphylinidae. They are found exclusively in the dark zones of caves in the Southwest region of Texas. More specifically, they have been found in eight caves throughout Bexar County, Texas. Similar species include the eight other Bexar County invertebrates, such as Rhadine exilis or Rhadine infernalis. All nine of these species are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Despite the efforts of a small number of researchers, the logistical challenges of accessing this habitat greatly limit the amount and type of information. Very little is known of the species’ behavior, population trends, or general ecology.
Description
The Helotes mold beetles average about two millimeters in length. No current information is available about the coloration of the Helotes mold beetles.
The Helotes mold beetles are eyeless Arthropods. There are 5 species of Batrisodes in the Edwards Plateau region that typically differ from their usual species traits. The species in this region have abnormally long antennae and legs. Additionally, the species that live under these conditions often develop elongated sensory setae that enable them to attach to irregular cave surfaces.
Ecology
Diet
Helotes mold beetles are omnivores. They consume animal or plant materials that have been transported via water or wind to their habitats. They play an important role in their ecosystem, as they eat invertebrates such as mites, springtails, and cave crickets. In addition, they are eaten by other invertebrates and vertebrates in caves. Their overall role in their ecosystem is still in the process of being researched by scientists, but they are a large part of the food chain in Bexar County, Texas.
Habitat
The Helotes mold beetles live in underground habitats with high humidity and stable temperatures. They are found in the dark regions of caves, often under rocks. They exhibit troglobitic traits, such as absent or reduced eyes, long antennae, legs, and sensory setae (hair-like structures). Previous studies show that troglobitic arthropods thrive in higher humidity and lower air temperatures, which explains their necessity for deep cave conditions. Because of this, the Helotes mold beetles are most commonly found in the southwestern region of Texas.
There are current efforts to conserve and protect these habitats under the Bexar County Karst Invertebrate Recovery Plan. See Human Impact and Current Conservation Efforts for more information.
Range
Helotes mold beetles are commonly found in eight caves throughout the southwest region of Texas, more specifically Bexar County, where they were first collected in 1984. When they were first discovered, they were only found in six caves, but have since been found in two more in the area. However, troglobites, like the Helotes mold beetle, cannot travel between cave systems and are endemic to a single cave or cave system. Their specific habitat requirements and their troglobitic characteristics make the range of the species very small. Because of this, the species is facing habitat loss due to increased urbanization and population growth in Bexar County. There is little evidence that indicates the Helotes mold beetles have occurred elsewhere in Texas (for a range map see ).
Historic and current population size
The Helotes mold beetles are known to live in stressful conditions as their habitats are commonly impacted by urbanization. Their range is limited, and they are sparsely found in southwestern Texas. Due to the difficulty in accessing their habitats, a specific estimation of their population size seems to be unknown to researchers. In 2000, the Helotes mold beetle was recognized by the Endangered Species Act.
Life history
Information about the reproduction of the Helotes mold beetle is largely unknown because it is such a small and rare species. The following information is about two similar species, the Coffin Cave mold beetle, Batrisodes texanus, and the Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle, Texamaurops reddelli.
Helotes mold beetle
Little is known about the daily lives of the Helotes mold beetles and similar karst invertebrates because of their secretive habitats. There does not seem to be a distinct reproduction pattern for this species, and they may reproduce at any time during the year if steady conditions remain present in the caves.
General Batrisode beetles
Batrisode beetles can be sexually dimorphic, meaning that sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics. Males tend to reach sexual maturity at a smaller size than females. While information about the reproductive process for Batrisode beetles is largely unknown, it is likely that this species of beetle engages in a similar lifestyle to that of beetles in general. This means that a male and a female mate, the female lays an egg, the egg hatches, and the young beetle grows to become a fully developed adult. The adult will eventually find another mate to restart the cycle.
Conservation
The Helotes mold beetle was listed as endangered in 2000 and is currently protected under the Endangered Species Act. Large amounts of land in Bexar County are privately owned, making cooperative conservation efforts difficult and essential to the conservation of the species. Three of the caves that the species inhabits have been purchased to minimize damage from urbanization. Preserving these caves and thus protecting the genetic diversity and ensuring long-term survival is essential.
Human impact on the species
The rapid urbanization of the land around the city of San Antonio has greatly impacted this species. Urbanization has proceeded largely unregulated both before and after the listing of the species. Thus, the number of suitable cave preservation sites is likely dwindling by the minute. Caves and other suitable karst habitats are vanishing due to human overtake during development, and quarrying the rock from which they are comprised. The filling, or altering cave entrances, is extremely destructive and results in habitat loss. Examples of this may include alternating drainage patterns, reducing or increasing nutrient flow, altering native surface plant and animal communities, contamination, and the competition and predation of invasive, non-native species.
In 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was tasked with building a critical habitat for the nine Bexar County invertebrates, including the Helotes mold beetle. They held a public hearing in 2011 to discuss the proposed critical habitat and took public word into consideration. This enabled the government to purchase more of the privately-owned critical habitat for conservation.
Major threats
There are several major threats to the Helotes mold beetle. Changes to a cave’s surface or underground drainage basin can hurt a beetle habitat. This generally occurs from development activities that might affect the quality of hydrologic inputs into the karst ecosystem. The Helotes mold beetles are reliant on buffers in the form of plant communities. Without these native plant communities present, it becomes more difficult to maintain microclimatic conditions. Urbanization also poses a threat to the Helotes mold beetle because it alters cave entrances, infiltrates cave water, decreases connectivity among populations, and degrades surface habitats. All of these effects ultimately reduce Helotes mold beetle population status and the species’ long-term persistence.
History of ESA and IUCN listings
The Helotes mold beetles were listed (as of 12/26/2000) as endangered wherever found in the ESA. They were first collected in 1984 and later rediscovered by Chandler. It was Chandler’s descriptions that prompted a petition by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to list the Helotes mold beetles. At the time of its original listing, the Batrisodes venyivi was only known in six caves. The species later appeared on the federal register in 1994. In a recovery plan from 2011, it was detailed that these beetles inhabit eight caves around Bexar, Texas, yet they remain endangered. On 8/27/2002, there was a proposal for the designation of critical habitat for the species. Additionally, a final recovery outline plan was developed and published on 9/12/2011.
The IUCN does not currently have a listing for this species.
Current conservation efforts
A critical habitat designation for the Helotes mold beetle was proposed to preserve habitat areas and support populations that represent the genetic diversity of the species.
In 2011, the Bexar County Karst Invertebrates Recovery Plan was published. In this plan, the Helotes mold beetle is listed as a priority 2C, with 1 being the highest priority and 18 being the lowest priority, due to a moderate degree of threat and low recovery potential. The recovery strategy states that karst fauna areas should adhere to the following objectives:
Establish sufficient quantity of moisture to karst ecosystems
Maintain stable in-cave temperatures
Limit red-imported fire ant predation/competition
Provide adequate nutrient input to karst ecosystems
Protect caves as they serve as migration routes for karst invertebrates
Ensure that preserves are large enough to withstand random or catastrophic events
Minimize the amount of active management needed for each preserve
Maintain adequate populations of native plant and animal communities
The long-term targets of this recovery plan include maintaining high numbers of Helotes mold beetles through trend monitoring of cave species, research on the species’ genetic diversity, and educating the public about karst biology. The short-term efforts of this plan include designing preserves that meet the species needs to breed and protect the surface drainage basins and ensuring that karst fauna areas are far enough apart so that catastrophic events do not overtake all of them at once. Additionally, this plan involves monitoring population statuses to document loss/growth and applying adaptive management strategies to limit human intervention in Helotes mold beetles’ habitats. Both short-term and long-term strategies are implemented to create high quality karst fauna areas and increase probability of species survival, so the Batrisodes venyivi can be delisted in the future.
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Pselaphinae
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47596942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulte | Dulte | Dulte is a village in the Champhai district of Mizoram, India. It is located in the Khawzawl R.D. Block.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Dulte has 194 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 97.81%.
References
Villages in Khawzawl block |
8244560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20S.%20Goldstein | Herbert S. Goldstein | Herbert S. Goldstein (February 8, 1890 – January 1970) was a prominent American rabbi and Jewish leader. He was the only person to have been elected president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the Rabbinical Council of America (first presidium), and the Synagogue Council of America. Globally, he fought for the survival and transplantation of European Jewry as an activist in the Vaad Hatzalah and the Agudath Israel.
Early life
Goldstein and his family were members of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, where he had his Bar Mitzvah, and met his future father-in-law and renowned Jewish leader Harry Fischel.
He attended Etz Chaim Yeshiva, Townsend Harris High School, and Columbia University (B.A., M.A.). He also graduated as valedictorian at the (then-more-traditional) Jewish Theological Seminary. He received rabbinic ordination both from Rabbi Shalom Elchanan Jaffe of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, and from the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Leadership roles
Fights for Jewish rights
He led many fights for Jewish rights, beginning with the fight to expose unscrupulous fraudulent "kosher" butchers, and their powerful backers; fought for the rights of the downtrodden, in many social settings and political arenas, including the successful fight for a historic Minimal Wage Law.
Institutional Synagogue
As the founder of the original Institutional Synagogue in 1917, he was one of the creators of the Jewish Community Center idea, certainly within an Orthodox Jewish setting, where Jewish prayer was a major component. The synagogue services came first, and then came the gymnasium and the Olympic-size swimming pool. The Institutional Synagogue, in its prime, served approximately 3000 people a day, and had a roster of 67 clubs. The synagogue was located at 37 West 116th Street in Harlem.
Goldstein almost left the Institutional Synagogue to assume the pulpit of America's oldest synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, most commonly known as the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. Goldstein was to succeed the Reverend Doctor Henry Pereira Mendes in 1921, but ultimately did not take the position. Goldstein stayed at the Institutional Synagogue, and its eventual successor, the West Side Institutional Synagogue. The latter was one of the most influential Orthodox synagogues in the country under his leadership during its most influential years.
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
As president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (UOJCA) for close to a decade, he led the establishment of national kosher food endorsements, which became the symbol of the O.U., as well as a national organization for college youth (the precursor of Yavneh) and for high school youth (the precursor of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (the NCSY).
As president of the UOJCA, he played a role in getting Yeshiva University recognized as such by the New York Board of Regents, by guaranteeing its financial viability on behalf of the UOJCA.
American Religious Palestine Fund
He was president of the Keren Hayishuv, the American Religious Palestine Fund, and of the Save-A-Child Foundation, which evolved into the Homes for Children in Israel;
National Conference of Christians and Jews
He was co-founder of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; he was one of the leading English-speaking fund-raisers in the Orthodox Jewish community when it was still dominated by Yiddish-speaking foreign born individuals.
Homiletics
He also headed the homiletics department for decades at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University's affiliated rabbinical school, guiding virtually the first two generations of America's leading American-born and educated orthodox rabbis, having joined its staff shortly after he was ordained before World War I, and continuing almost until U.S. President John F. Kennedy sent advisers into Vietnam.
Writings
The primary books authored by Rabbi Goldstein were: Bible Comments for Home Reading (The Five Books of the Chumash, plus the Book of Joshua), 'Between the Lines of the Bible (on each commandment in the Bible), and a commentary on the Pirkei Avot (The Ethics of the Fathers).
Notes
References
Goldman, Yosef, Hebrew Printing In America (YGBooks 2006).
Goldstein, Herbert S. Forty Years of Struggle for a Principle: The Biography of Harry Fischel, Bloch Publishing Company, 1928.
Gurock, Jeffrey S. "The Orthodox Synagogue", in Wertheimer, Jack. The American Synagogue: A Sanctuary Transformed, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Reichel, Aaron I. The Maverick Rabbi—Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein and the Institutional Synagogue -- "A New Organizational Form", Donning Company Publishers, 1984.
Reichel, Aaron I. "Pioneers of American Jewish Orthodoxy: Mr. Harry Fischel and Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein", The Commentator, April 18, 2005.
Columbia University alumni
American Orthodox rabbis
1890 births
1970 deaths
Townsend Harris High School alumni
20th-century American rabbis |
47483944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%20Nok%20railway%20station | Bo Nok railway station | Bo Nok station () is a railway station located in Bo Nok Subdistrict, Prachuap Khiri Khan City, Prachuap Khiri Khan. It is a class 3 railway station located from Thon Buri railway station.
Services
Ordinary 251/252 Bang Sue Junction-Prachuap Khiri Khan-Bang Sue Junction
Ordinary 254/255 Lang Suan-Thon Buri-Lang Suan
References
Railway stations in Thailand
Prachuap Khiri Khan province |
40099518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar%20Rodeo | Interstellar Rodeo | Interstellar Rodeo was an annual three-day outdoor music event held the last weekend of July in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 2012 and held at the Heritage Amphitheatre within Hawrelak Park. From 2015 to 2017, Six Shooter Records also had an Interstellar Rodeo in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The final Edmonton Interstellar Rodeo was in 2019.
The festival showcases performers from numerous genres. Notable performers to date include Blue Rodeo, Randy Newman and Hawksley Workman in 2012, and Alabama Shakes, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Sarah Harmer, Serena Ryder and Shout Out Out Out Out in 2013.
History
Interstellar Rodeo was established in 2012 by Shauna de Cartier of Six Shooter Records. The event took place annually during the last weekend of July at the Heritage Amphitheatre at Hawrelak Park in the North Saskatchewan River Valley. The amphitheatre features covered seating with uncovered grassed areas beyond. Interstellar Rodeo featured artist-wine pairings.
In 2019, festival passes cost between 149 and 279 dollars.
In 2014, Interstellar Rodeo was shut down for one day due to poor weather. The 2019 Festival was shut down for approximately one hour on July 27 due to severe thunderstorms in eastern Alberta. In late 2019, de Cartier announced the festival would be going on hiatus and not returning for summer 2020.
Interstellar Rodeo Winnipeg
From 2015 to 2017, Interstellar Rodeo expanded to Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Winnipeg festival took place at The Forks in mid-August. The festival line-up typically featured some overlap with the Edmonton festival but with the addition of Manitoba-based artists such as Leonard Sumner. The festival dropped out of Winnipeg due to financial concerns from competing with free concert series in Winnipeg such as the Canada Summer Games concerts in 2017.
Performers
2015
Sinéad O'Connor
Dwight Yoakam
Blue Rodeo
Vance Joy
Steve Earle and The Dukes
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
July Talk
Hawksley Workman
Tanya Tagaq
Justin Townes Earle
Rhiannon Giddens
The Lone Bellow
Black Joe Lewis
Elliott Brood
NQ Arbuckle
Amelia Curran
Jason Plumb & The Willing
2016
Blond(e) Goth
The Strumbellas
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
NQ Arbuckle
Serena Ryder
The Wet Secrets
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Leonard Sumner
Skydiggers
Fantastic Negrito
Sykamore
Margo Price
Joe Nolan
Wilco
Henry Wagons
Sam Outlaw
Begonia
Wintersleep
Lee Fields & The Expressions
Henri Herbert
Whitehorse
Del Barber
Case/Lang/Veirs
2017
Aloe Blacc
Sarah Slean
Danny Michel
The Dead South
Yola Carter
Shakey Graves
Beck
Broken Social Scene
Father John Misty
List of artists
2012 (July 27–29)
The Beauties
Alejandro Escovedo and The Sensitive Boys1
Blue Rodeo
Richard Buckner
Cadence Weapon
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Jenn Grant
Randy Newman
Michael Rault Band
Jason Plumb and The Willing
Shakura S'Aida
The Sojourners
Wagons
Gillian Welch1
Whitehorse (featuring Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet)
Hawksley Workman
1Sinéad O'Connor, originally booked, was unable to perform due to illness and was replaced by Alejandro Escovedo and The Sensitive Boys and Gillian Welch.
2013 (July 26–28)
Alabama Shakes
C.R. Avery
Del Barber
Amelia Curran
The Deep Dark Woods
Steve Earle and The Dukes
Elliott Brood
John Fullbright
The Good Lovelies
Sarah Harmer
Interstellar All-Stars, featuring Jim Cuddy, Danny Michel and Quique Escamilla
Jr. Gone Wild
Danny Michel with The Garifuna Collective
Mike Plume
Serena Ryder
Rachel Sermanni
Shout Out Out Out Out
Skydiggers
Kurt Vile
M. Ward
Chris Wynters and Scott Peters
See also
List of festivals in Edmonton
List of festivals in Alberta
List of music festivals in Canada
References
External links
Folk festivals in Canada
Music festivals in Edmonton
Recurring events established in 2012
2012 establishments in Alberta |
12766825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle%20Chenard | Danielle Chenard | Danielle Chenard (December 12, 1957 – May 20, 1986) was a Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.
She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches.
References
Danielle Chenard's profile at Sports Reference.com
1957 births
1986 deaths
Canadian female handball players
Olympic handball players for Canada
Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Montreal
French Quebecers |
19623104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False%20River%20%28Louisiana%29 | False River (Louisiana) | False River () is an oxbow lake located in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana centered at This lake was once the main channel of the Mississippi River in this area, but was cut off in about 1722 when seasonal flooding cut a shorter channel to the east.
History
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and his party bypassed False River to shorten their route up-river.
Recreation
This long lake is a "trophy lake", which means that fish of a certain size are required to be thrown back to grow larger. False River has often held the state record for the largest bass caught, and has the largest number of striped bass per acre in the state. Between 1974 and 1981, more than 265,000 striped bass fingerlings were released into the lake which covers approximately .
Additionally, water sports including boating, sailing, and water skiing may be enjoyed in the clean, sparkling waters of the lake. A number of commercial establishments provide launch facilities, boat rentals, supplies, and concessions. There are also many restaurants, bar & grills, antique shops, and bed & breakfast accommodations in the area.
During duck hunting season, waterfowl may be legally harvested by the public in an area near Jarreau and Oscar, Louisiana known as "the south flats". Several private duck blinds have been erected in this area, but most duck hunters tend to simply anchor off their boats in the shallow water of the flats.
Located on the northern end of the lake is the city of New Roads. A free public boat launch, barbecue and picnic facilities, a fishing pier and gazebo may be found at the end of Morrison Parkway, near City Hall and the downtown area. Another boat launch, open to the public for a launching fee, is located on the southern end of the lake in Jarreau. This launch, which is the most accessible when coming to the area from Baton Rouge, Louisiana is located on the Island side of False River on Louisiana Highway 413. Other paid launching facilities include Bergeron's Campground near Lakeland, Bueche's Bar & Grill located near Ventress, Jim's Place located in Ventress, The Sand Bar (also home of Pelican Yacht Club) in Oscar, Louisiana, and the Point Breeze Motel on False River Drive (LA-1) in New Roads.
In popular culture
The lake can be seen in the 2002 film The Badge.
References
External links
False River Community Site
Lakes of Louisiana
Oxbow lakes of the United States
Baton Rouge metropolitan area
Bodies of water of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Tourist attractions in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana |
23892611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ven%C4%8Dac | Venčac | Venčac (Serbian Cyrillic: Венчац) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Aranđelovac. Its highest peak has an elevation of 659 meters above sea level. It is well known by its mine of white marble. Some parts of White House, Washington, D.C. are built from this quality material from Venčac.
See also
Bukulja
References
External links
Vencac marble mine
Mountains of Serbia |
29067656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gambler%20%281997%20film%29 | The Gambler (1997 film) | The Gambler is a 1997 drama film directed by Károly Makk and starring Michael Gambon, Jodhi May and Polly Walker. It is set around the writing of the 1866 novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The film was notable for its casting of Luise Rainer. The Oscar-winning actress had not made a film in fifty-four years prior to her appearance in this one.
Plot summary
Cast
Michael Gambon ... Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Jodhi May ... Anna Snitkina
Polly Walker ... Polina
Dominic West ... Alexei
Luise Rainer ... Grandmother
Will Houston ... Pasha
Johan Leysen ... De Grieux
John Wood ... The General
Angeline Ball ... Mlle. Blanche
Marjon Brandsma ... Mme. de Cominges
Mark Lacey ... Ivan
Gijs Scholten van Aschat ... Maikov
Lucy Davis ... Dunya
András Fekete ... Potapych
Patrick Godfrey ... Professor Olkhin
Greet Groot ... Ustinya
Tom Jansen ... Stellovsky
Miklós Székely B. ... Anna's Father
Vera Venczel ... Anna's Mother
János Xantus ... Karl
Ed De Bruin ... Croupier I
Vittoria De Bruin ... Middle Aged Woman
Zoltán Gera ... Creditor
References
External links
1997 films
1997 drama films
British drama films
Hungarian drama films
Dutch drama films
Biographical films about writers
English-language Dutch films
English-language Hungarian films
Films directed by Károly Makk
Films set in 1866
Films about gambling
Works about Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1990s British films |
10183855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimenkirch | Heimenkirch | Heimenkirch is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Heimenkirch is located in the Allgäu region. It consists of the subdivisions of Aspach, Berg, Biesenberg, Dreiheiligen, Engenberg, Geigersthal, Hofs, Kappen, Mapprechts, Meckatz, Menzen, Mothen, Oberhäuser, Ober- und Unterried, Riedhirsch, Syrgenstein, Wolfertshofen, and Zwiesele. In some districts Heimenkirch has the same area code (07566) as Leutkirch, which is away.
History
Heimenkirch owes its name to a Germanic sovereign called Heimo. Before becoming part of Bavaria, Heimenkirch belonged to Austria. At that time it was part of the Austrian authority of Bregenz-Hohenegg. Since the signing of the peace treaties of Brünn and Preßburg in 1805, the town has belonged to Bavaria. During the administrative reforms in Bavaria the contemporary municipality was formed by the "Gemeindeedikt" of 1818.
Population development
Heimenkirch had 2,845 residents in 1970, 3,093 in 1987, and 3,586 in 2000.
Politics
The mayor of Heimenkirch is Markus Reichart (Greens). His deputies are Albert Lau and Angela Fessler.
Seating in the municipal council:
CSU: 7 seats
FW: 7 seats
SPD: 1 seats
Grüne: 1 seat
The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 3,345,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 1,761,000 €.
Sister town
Balassagyarmat, Hungary
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
According to the official statistics, in 1998 there were seven employees who were subject to social insurance contribution in the sector of agriculture and forestry, 1,456 in the industrial sector and 31 in the sector of trade and transport at place of work. In miscellaneous sectors there were 131 people employed at place of work. At place of domicile there were 1,328 employees altogether. In the industrial sector there were two, in the main construction trade eight businesses. Moreover, there were 80 agricultural businesses in 1999 with a total area of 1,428 ha.
Resident businesses
Hochland SE: cheese dairy
Meckatzer Löwenbräu: brewery in the district of Meckatz
Holdenried Reisen: travel business, which is active nationwide, especially for cruises
Transportation
Heimenkirch has a train station, which reopened in 2010.
Notable people
Günter Bentele, professor of public relations
References
External links
Website about Heimenkirch
Lindau (district) |
3726302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Rockets | Chicago Rockets | The Chicago Rockets were an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets. Unlike the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts, the franchise did not join the National Football League (NFL) prior to the 1950 season.
The Chicago Rockets franchise was owned by Chicago trucking executive John L. "Jack" Keeshin, president of the National Jockey Club that owned and operated Sportsman's Park race track in Cicero, Illinois. He originally attempted to purchase the Chicago White Sox from the Comiskey family but was turned down. Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward suggested starting a pro football team in the AAFC. In a market where the NFL Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals were already well established, Keeshin stood little chance of success. He did cause a stir by attempting to sign Chicago Bears stars Sid Luckman, George McAfee and Hugh Gallarneau without success.
The Rockets played their home games at Soldier Field.
Season records
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Chicago Rockets
|-
| 1946 || 5 || 6 || 3 || 4th AAFC West || --
|-
| 1947 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th AAFC West || --
|-
| 1948 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th AAFC West || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Chicago Hornets
|-
| 1949 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 6th AAFC || --
|-
!Totals || 11 || 40 || 3
|colspan="2"|
References
External links
databaseFootball: Chicago Rockets statistics
Defunct American football teams
Rockets
American football teams established in 1946
American football teams disestablished in 1949
1946 establishments in Illinois
1949 disestablishments in Illinois |
21862507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Man%27s%20Thoughts | A Man's Thoughts | A Man's Thoughts is the sixth studio album from American R&B singer Ginuwine. It was set to be released June 2 but was pushed back to June 23, 2009. The album received average critical reception from pop critics.
Release
The first single from the album is "Last Chance", which was produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and written by Adonis Shropshire. The single speaks about a man's plea for one last chance to prove his love. "'Last Chance' reflects the maturity of my personal growth over the last few years," explains the singer. A video for the single was recently shot in Los Angeles and will feature appearances from singer Tyrese and actress LisaRaye. It was directed by Juwan Lee, who has also done work with Mario, Nelly and Young Capone.
"Last Chance" was released to Urban AC radio on March 3 and was released to mainstream urban markets on March 24. On March 26, on 106 & Park, Ginuwine stated that his second single will feature Missy Elliott and describe to album as a sort of reunion. He also stated that he had not spoken to Timbaland within 5 years, because they simply grew apart.
Despite "Get Involved" being listed as the second single for the album, the track "Trouble" featuring Bun B was the second music video to be shot and released. The music video was done for the version of the track that did not feature Bun B. The official remix of "Trouble" features Hurricane Chris, Gucci Mane, & OJ Da Juiceman.
Critical reception
A Man's Thoughts was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 53 based on 10 reviews. In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Andy Kellman called he album "a decent set of modern R&B, dominated by seductive slow jams, that stimulates a little more often than it fades into the background. It does take a serious tone on a handful of songs dealing in a wider range of relationship issues than lust, heartache, and devotion." Similarly, Steve Jones from USA Today found that "Ginuwine has always been a smooth purveyor of steamy slow jams, but here the sex involves more emotional entanglement, and that can lead to complications [...] The simmering tempo is interrupted only by the percolating "Get Involved," which reunites him with early mentors Timbaland and Missy Elliott. It's like a sunny commercial break in the middle, before regular programming resumes."
The Boston Heralds Lauren Carter called A Man's Thoughts "a sultry collection of body-worshiping, bedroom-centric tales [...] But this is not the same ol’ G. Though he reunites with former cohorts Timbaland and Missy Elliott [...] Ginuwine has traded in the synth burps and stuttering percussion for a mature sound that mixes contemporary with quiet storm. Yes, his vocals still burn, but the total package has lost some sizzle." Mikael Wood from The Los Angeles Times argued that "the vocals are fine. In fact, their relatively rough-hewn humanity is kind of refreshing in the Age of Auto-Tune. But with only a few exceptions [...] the material here doesn't live up to his performances, making the music easier to admire than to enjoy." Entertainment Weeklys Simon Vozick-Levinson remarked that "a handful of uptempo highlights aside, the rest of the disc turns out to be an unduly generous helping of syrupy bedroom pleas that'll have you wishing Ginuwine had decided to keep some of those Thoughts to himself." Tyler Lewis from PopMatters found that A Man's Thoughts "continues the uneven work" Ginuwine's had been doing since 2001. He critiqued the singer for replacing himself "with the latest trendy producers" and noted that "as a result, very few songs on the album stand out."
Chart performance
The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200, selling 38,000 units in its first week.
Track listing
Notes
denotes a co-producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
Album preview at Amazon.com
2009 albums
Ginuwine albums
Albums produced by Bryan-Michael Cox
Albums produced by Timbaland
Albums produced by Maejor
Albums produced by Oak Felder |
51676239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai%20Varfolomeev | Nikolai Varfolomeev | Nikolai Efimovich Varfolomeev (; 29 September 1890 – 8 May 1939) was a Soviet military commander and theoretician. He and Vladimir Triandafillov made significant contributions to the use of technology in deep offensive operations. Varfolomeev was one of the foremost military theorists teaching at the RKKA Military Academy. He was executed in 1939 during the Great Purge.
Deep operation
Varfolomeev, unlike Triandafilov, was less concerned with developing the quantitative indices of deep battle, but rather the mechanics of the shock army's mission. Varfolomeev termed this as "launching an uninterrupted, deep and shattering blow" along the main axis of advance. Varfolomeev believed the shock army needed both firepower and mobility to destroy both enemy tactical defences, operational reserves and seize geographical targets or positions in harmony with other operationally independent, but strategically collaborative, offensives.
References
Bibliography
Brigade Commander Georgii Samoilovich Isserson. The Evolution of Operational Art. Translator: Bruce W. Menning. Combat Studies Institute Press. .
Harrison, Richard W. The Russian Way of War: Operational Art 1904–1940. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2001.
Soviet kombrigs
Military doctrines
Military strategists
Military theorists
1890 births
1939 deaths
Soviet military writers |
11783151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20McCorkle | Mark McCorkle | Mark McCorkle (born August 1961) is an American screenwriter, television writer and television producer. Among others, he is co-creator of the popular Disney animated series, Kim Possible. He frequently collaborates with fellow writer Bob Schooley. Prior to Kim Possible, McCorkle, Schooley, and the main director of Kim Possible, Steve Loter, also held their respective jobs (writer/producer and director respectively) on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. Many voice talents on Kim Possible, also did work on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (Nicole Sullivan, Patrick Warburton). He worked on DreamWorks' The Penguins of Madagascar as a producer along with Schooley, again with regular voices Sullivan and John DiMaggio. From 2017 to 2021, McCorkle and Schooley created and executive produced a TV series based on the 2014 Disney animated feature, Big Hero 6 for Disney XD and Disney Channel.
He has also written screenplays for Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Sky High and Hotel for Dogs as well as co-writer again with Bob Schooley of the novel Liar of Kudzu.
Filmography
Maxie's World - sound department (1987)
The Real Ghostbusters - producer, sound department (1988-1990)
ALF Tales - sound department (1988)
ALF (TV series) - sound department (1988-1989)
C.O.P.S. - producer, sound department (1988-1989)
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil - sound department (1988)
G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire (1989)
Ring Raiders - casting director (1989)
Captain N: The Game Master - sound department (1989)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - producer (1989)
The Karate Kid (TV series) - sound department (1989)
Camp Candy - sound department (1989)
New Kids on the Block - producer, (1989)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - sound department (1989)
Little Golden Book Land - sound department (1989)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers - producer, sound department (1990-1991)
Swamp Thing (1991)
Goof Troop - producer (1992)
Bonkers (1993)
The Return of Jafar - screenwriter (1994)
Aladdin: The Series - story editor (1994)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves - screenwriter (1996)
Great Minds Think 4 Themselves - writer (1997)
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride - screenwriter (1998)
Disney's Hercules - writer, producer (1998-1999)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins - screenwriter, producer (2000)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - writer, producer (2000-2001)
Kim Possible - co-creator, executive producer, writer, lyrics (1 episode) (2002-2007)
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time - executive producer (2003)
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama - screenwriter, executive producer, story editor (2005)
Sky High - screenwriter (2005)
Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess (2005)
Enchanted - uncredited rewrite (2007)
Hotel for Dogs - screenwriter (2009)
The Penguins of Madagascar - writer, executive producer (2009-2015)
Monsters vs. Aliens - writer, executive producer (2013-2014)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast - screenwriter (2014)
All Hail King Julien - executive consultant: season 1 (2014)
Big Hero 6: The Series - co-developer, executive producer (2017–2021)
Kim Possible - screenwriter, executive producer, based on TV series (2019)
External links
https://twitter.com/ridiculousmark
American male screenwriters
American television producers
American television writers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1961 births
American male television writers
Nickelodeon Animation Studio people
Disney Television Animation people
DreamWorks Animation people
American casting directors
Primetime Emmy Award winners |
14283161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliprando%20Caprioli | Aliprando Caprioli | Aliprando Caprioli was an Italian engraver, born in Trento and active in Rome between 1575 and 1599, producing portraits and historical subjects in the style of Agostino Carracci and Cornelis Cort.
References
Italian engravers
People from Trento
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown |
17845214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sandman%20Saga%20%28Superman%29 | The Sandman Saga (Superman) | "The Sandman Saga" is a Superman story arc published in 1971 in Superman (Vol. 1) #233 - 235, #237 - 238 and #240 - 242. This is the first Superman storyline under editor Julius Schwartz and the first Bronze Age-era Superman story.
History
In 1971, DC attempted to revamp and streamline the Superman universe, "de-powering" Superman so that he was no longer a god-like character who was impossible to beat.
Many of the concepts introduced during this time, such as a powered-down Superman, Intergang, the Cadmus Project, the Guardian and Darkseid, would later be used in the Post-Crisis incarnation of Superman that first appeared in John Byrne's The Man of Steel.
Mort Weisinger, the editor on the Superman titles, retired from his 30-year career at DC at the end of 1970. A prolific editor, DC replaced him with four people: Mike Sekowsky (Adventure Comics and Supergirl), Murray Boltinoff (Superboy, Action Comics and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen), E. Nelson Bridwell (Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane) and Julius Schwartz (World's Finest and Superman). The new editors streamlined the Superman mythos: things like kryptonite, imaginary stories, Mister Mxyzptlk, Bizarro, Krypto the Superdog, Jimmy Olsen's Elastic Lad stories, Lana Lang's Insect Queen stories and Titano the Super-Ape would all be removed and forgotten.
After a series of house ads including two-page center-spreads, DC published Superman #233 in January 1971. With the tagline The Amazing New Adventures of above the Superman title, and the displayed "1" which was actually part of the slogan "Number 1 Best-Selling Comics Magazine", it led some to believe that the book was actually called The Amazing New Adventures of Superman #1. Writer Denny O'Neil, known from his memorable runs on the Batman books and Green Lantern/Green Arrow and artists Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson began the "Sandman Saga" in this issue. The story would open up with an archetypal situation where a scientist is trying to create an engine powered by kryptonite when the experiment goes awry. However, because of this "freak accident", all kryptonite on Earth becomes nothing more than harmless iron. The same incident opens a portal to another dimension, leading to the creation of a sand version of Superman called Quarmer. Following this development, Clark Kent is reassigned by his new boss, Morgan Edge, as a television reporter of WGBS, and O'Neil dumps the wimpy-Clark Kent persona.
Aftermath
After the conclusion of the storyline, DC pulled the plug on this "new" incarnation and Cary Bates came in to script Superman #243. It is possible that DC was competing with its past and followed the advice of those fans who were more interested in seeing cosmic conflicts. While the "new" Superman still occasionally popped up, O'Neil's vision of Superman disappeared after the final "Sandman Saga" issue. In 1992, Walt Simonson wrote and drew a Post-Crisis version of the "Sandman Saga" in Superman Special #1.
Collection
In January 2009, the storyline was collected as Volume 1 of the DC Comics Classics Library and titled Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore (). It was later reprinted as a stand-alone trade paperback in 2012 () and a 50th anniversary hardcover edition in 2021 ().
References
External links
History of The Sandman Saga
Adaptation of The Sandman Saga
Superman Adventures #54
Superman Adventures #55
Comics by Dennis O'Neil
Sandman |
15616973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avricourt | Avricourt | Avricourt is the name of the following communes in France:
Avricourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department
Avricourt, Moselle, in the Moselle department
Avricourt, Oise, in the Oise department |
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