John Wesley Ackroyd (1925 – September 29, 1992) was a prominent Canadian Chief of Police and high level Ontario civil servant. He served as the chief of the Metro Toronto Police Force from 1980 to 1984. Known as an ideas man, and 'kind cop' he introduced community policing when he was the deputy chief. Though later, during his term as the chief, the biggest mass civilian arrest since the Second World War occurred in Toronto's Gay district. Following his retirement from the police force, he was head of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario from 1984 to 1990, where he modernized the retail operations and its marketing.

Policing career
Jack Ackroyd joined the Toronto Police Department as cadet, in 1941. He rose through the ranks and by the mid 1970s, was a deputy police chief. During this period he earned the nickname "Kojak", after the 1970s TV show and character Kojak. One of his biggest accomplishments was introducing "community policing" to the Metro force in the late 1970s.  This so-called "more humane" style of policing was lauded by the media and politicians alike.  Ackroyd will be remembered for this major innovation and for the following dark incidents that occurred on his watch.

1977 Yonge Street clean-up
During the spring and summer of 1977, Toronto's city and metro councils were under pressure to do something about the sex trade and sex shops that were housed in the area along Yonge street from Queen to Bloor streets following the death of the twelve-year-old shoe-shine boy, Emanuel Jaques.  The crisis was more political than real; nevertheless, under pressure from Toronto mayor David Crombie, Ackroyd had to plan and implement a neighbourhood sweep on the scale of the 1968 Yorkville sweep. Like in the Yorkville "crisis", Yonge street did not pose a major policing problem. The police were not raising a fuss for something to be done, it was the politicians, this time led by Crombie. Another factor driving this sweep was economic, as the newly opened Eaton Centre  did not want this 'riff-raff' near its business establishment. So, over the course of a few months, Ackroyd – following the political directives issued by city council and the provincial government – ordered his officers to step up their patrols on this commercial strip and forced the closure of many shops and arrested prostitutes and their clients.

1981 Bathhouse raids
Jack Ackroyd became the Metro Force's Chief of Police in 1980 following the tenure of Harold Adamson (police chief). Again political – not policing – concerns overshadowed how the Gay Community around the Church and Wellesly area should be monitored. During Ackroyd's first year as the chief, there was both a  municipal election in November 1980, and a  provincial one in March 1981.

Ackroyd, in an interview with the Toronto Star, talked about how police officers should act professionally, despite their personal prejudices:

A few days later on February 5, 1981, under his reign as police chief, one of Canada's largest civilian round-ups occurred in the city's gay ghetto.  It was the infamous "Bathhouse raids" and as the CBC reported "the largest mass arrest in Canada since the October Crisis of 1970." 286 people were arrested, and Ackroyd defended it by the fact that there were several criminal code violations and that he "...as Chief, have no other course of action but to go along with the direction of
the Crown Attorney."

Large protests followed these raids, and the raids became a rallying symbol for the Gay community.  Because the raids took place in the middle of a provincial election, it was seen by many observers including the Toronto Star, that the raids were politically motivated to help the ruling Conservative government gain a majority. His career was an interesting dichotomy of progressive reform with the community-based policing approach, as well as accusations that the police force became an instrument for political advantage as seen in his handling of the policing of the Gay community.

Post Police Chief career

Head of the LCBO
At the age of 58, Jack Ackroyd made a career change: he became an Ontario Civil Servant, by accepting the position of vice-chairman of the LCBO.  In quick succession, he became the chairman of the public sector corporation, and immediately set about reforming it.  Under his watch, the LCBO launched Project Image, which improved the retail end of its operations in many ways. He was responsible for ordering the  redesign of the board's logo – which was in use until the early 2000s – to a burgundy and gold design. To improve the image of the retail locations, he made sure that newly designed  uniforms were issued to sales staff.  In an effort to bring more modern in-store marketing techniques, he authorized store managers to mount discreet product displays.  General marketing outside the retail locations was modernized to include bus shelter posters and other forms of advertising.  Ackroyd also made the visibility of the higher quality Vintages stores more known and important.  His term as the LCBO's chairman can be summarized as bringing the board from a Prohibition-era government substance control agency, to a modern, customer-friendly corporation that made billions of dollars for the Ontario Government.

Ackroyd hadn't completely abandoned his policing background during this time though. He made sure his policing legacy would endure by donating the funds for an "academic excellence in police related studies"  prize, administered by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Research Foundation.

Sickness and death
Ackroyd spent many months confined to a hospital bed due to a blood illness.  He died in the early morning hours of September 30, 1992 at Toronto General Hospital from long-term complications due to the blood disorder.  His funeral was held on October 3, 1992, at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, a house of worship accustomed to holding the city's notable funeral services.

An official tribute, on the floor of the Ontario Legislature, by Bob Runciman, the MPP for Leeds—Grenville, stated that "Jack Ackroyd set an example that continues to be the goal of Metro's men and women in blue. While he will be sadly missed by us all, there is comfort in knowing that his style and professional manner will be with us for many years to come."

References and notes

Further reading

Toronto police chiefs
1925 births
1992 deaths
Place of birth missing

Jack Ackroyd


Hugo Gunckel Lüer (August 10, 1901 – July 17, 1997) was a Chilean pharmacist, botanist, and university professor.

Life
Gunckel was born in Valdivia. His primary and secondary studies were at the Colegio Alemán (founded by Carlos Anwandter) and in the lyceum of Hombres, entering the Universidad de Concepción in 1921, from which he got a degree in pharmacy.

As assistant of botany to the Prof. Alcibíades Santa Cruz, he demonstrated his interest in nature, stimulated by his parents who offered him frequent excursions that allowed him to observe nature, plants, and their development. Later, the study of plants, their properties, and life conditions became a passion.

After graduating he worked as a professional in Talca in the pharmacy of Guillermo Kuschel, the distinguished trade union and industrial director, one of the founding partners of the Laboratorio Geka. Later Gunckel returned to Valdivia to serve as the pharmaceutical head of the Railroad Zone IV, work which was later suppressed.

Gunckel moved to Corral, where he started a pharmacy but the near-virgin landscape that surrounded this port, rich in forests, ferns and grasses, made him a collector of plant specimens. In 1940 he moved to Temuco, where he became the director of the Museo Araucano (today the Museo Regional de la Araucanía). In 1943 he was elected the first president of the Temuco Regional Council of the College of Pharmacists of Chile (Consejo Regional en Temuco del Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Chile), which was led by Victor M. Cereceda. In 1946 he became the president of the School of Forestry Engineers (Escuela de Ingenieros Forestales), the first establishment of the specialty created in Chile. However, he continued studying and wrote articles for the daily Austral, other newspapers in the region and scientific journals. He was founding member of the Academia de Ciencias Naturales, which he was president of later for 12 years and for which he wrote articles they published in their journal over the course of 20 years. With Hans Niemeyer, he edited the "Revista Universitaria-Universidad Católica" or "Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Naturales."

On May 1, 1950 he moved to Santiago to fill the botany chair in the Facultad de Farmacia, which was directed by the professor Juan Ibáñez, who performed duties for UNESCO and thus was frequently travelling. His mission was the formation of the herbarium of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy. At the same time, Gunckel taught classes at the Instituto Pedagógico de la Universidad de Chile, today the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, where he continued to serve until he retired in 1968. This body's journal Academia published some of his works related to botany and history (Gunckel 1982). He became an honorary member of the Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía and a member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua.

Hugo Gunckel was also the founder and subdirector of the Third Company of Firefighters of Corral and served as mayor of the community.

He died in Santiago de Chile at the age of 96.

Works
Books
Helechos de Chile Monografías Anexos de los Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 245 pp.
Bibliografía Moliniana Fondo Andrés Bello, 166 pp.

Articles
 (1948) "La floración de la quila y el coligüe en la Araucanía." Ciencia e Investigación 4: 91–95.
 (1953) "Plantas chilenas estudiadas por Linneo." Revista Universitaria (Chile) 38: 67-76
 (1959) "Nombres indígenas relacionados con la flora chilena." Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile,
 (1967) "Fitonimia atacameña, especialmente cunza." Anales de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias Naturales 52: 1 – 81
 (1972) "Plantas chilenas descritas como nuevos por Juan Ignacio Molina y sus concordancias con la nomenclatura botánica actual." Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Año 17 (N° 197):3-11.
 (1979) "Vocablos populares técnicos relacionados con la industria del alerce" Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 274-275
 (1980) "Plantas magicas mapuche." Terra Ameriga 41:73-75.
 (with C. Munizaga, 1958) "Notas etnobotánicas del pueblo atacameño de Socaire, o etnobotánica de Socaire." Publicaciones del Centro de Estudios Antropológicos 5: 9-40.
 (1982). Significado de nombres genéricos de algunas plantas de la flora chilena. Academia N° 4. Academia Superior de Ciencias Pedagógicas. 157-180 Chloris chilensis vol. 9., Nº2

Notes

References
Marticorena C. (1992). Bibliografía botánica taxonómica de Chile Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 41, Missouri Botanical Press

External links
Sandoval, C. (2002). Desarrollo de los estudios de Farmacia en Concepción. Anal. Real Acad. Nac. Farm 111-156

20th-century Chilean botanists
Members of the Chilean Academy of Language
Chilean pharmacists
People from Valdivia
1901 births
1997 deaths
University of Concepción alumni
Ethnobotanists

Hugo Gunckel Lüer


Buchholz-Kämpen [German: Buchholz-Kämpen] is a city-district of Witten-Herbede, which is a part of the City of Witten, (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Buchholz-Kaempen is placed about 12 kilometres southeast of the city.

Buchholz

History
Buchholz is one of the oldest settlement places in the Ruhr valley. About 2000 years ago the first settlers came to the valley of Buchholz. Since the 19th century there is steel industry in Buchholz, until the late 1920s there have also been several coal mines.

Town of Blankenstein / Herbede / Witten
In its history Buchholz belonged to several counties. In 1966 it became a city-district of the new founded City of Blankenstein. Just three years later the town Blankenstein became a part of the City of Hattingen while Buchholz became a part of the City of Herbede. When Herbede was incorporated to Witten in 1975 Buchholz became part of the new founded city-district Buchholz-Kaempen.

Curios
Because Buchholz had previously been part of Hattingen, it is assigned phone code 02324 (Hattingen) and not 02302 (Witten).

Kaempen
Kaempen was founded in 1926.

Witten
Former municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia

Buchholz-Kämpen


Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley (born 20 March 1972) is a Scottish musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and author. He is best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. He has also been a part of the supergroups FFS and BNQT.

Early life
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley was born on 20 March 1972 in Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, the son of an English mother and Greek father. As a two-month-old he moved to Sunderland, moving to Scotland when he was 7. He attended the University of Aberdeen to study Theology. After dropping out, he continued studying at the University of Strathclyde, gaining a BA. In 2005, he was awarded Strathclyde's Alumnus of the Year.

Kapranos worked as a chef, barman, music promoter, driver, welder and IT lecturer prior to his success in music. From the early 1990s, he was a fixture of the Glasgow music scene, running live nights at The 13th Note Café, most notably The Kazoo Club.

Career

Performing
While working at the Glasgow's Anniesland College in late 90's, Alex Kapranos played in some of city's popular bands, including The Blisters (later known as The Karelia), The Amphetameanies and The Yummy Fur. He is also known to have contributed to the noise act Urusei Yatsura and Lung Leg recordings.

After dropping "Huntley" from his name, Kapranos formed Franz Ferdinand in 2001. The band was composed of Kapranos, Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals), Paul Thomson (drums, backing vocals) and Bob Hardy (bass). The band saw chart success after their second single "Take Me Out" was released on 12 January 2004 and reached Number 3 in the UK Charts followed by their debut album Franz Ferdinand (released 9 February 2004), which debuted on the UK album chart at Number 3.

The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two Brit Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act.

In 2015, the Franz Ferdinand collaborated with American band Sparks to form a supergroup named FFS.

Also in 2015 Kapranos joined the supergroup BNQT.

In 2019 British band All We Are released a single "Heart Attack" with Alex Kapranos.

In 2020 Kapranos released an English-French cover of "Summer Wine" with Clara Luciani.

Producing
Kapranos produced Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever—the third album by British indie rock group The Cribs in Vancouver, B.C., released on 14 May 2007. He also produced their single-only track "Don't You Wanna Be Relevant?", which was featured with "Our Bovine Public" (from Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever) as a double A-side.

Kapranos makes a cameo appearance in the video for "Our Bovine Public".

His remix of the single "New in Town" by British pop singer Little Boots was featured on various formats of the singles release.

He produced the debut album by British indie rock band Citizens!, Here We Are, which was released by Kitsuné on 28 May 2012.

He produced the second album of Scottish guitarist RM Hubbert, Thirteen Lost & Found.
In 2019, he produced the single "Pista (Great Start)" by London-based band Los Bitchos, which he described thus: "Truly international with cumbia beats, Turkish psychedelia, a hint of Swedish pop and a touch of shoegaze shimmer. More than anything, they put you in a really good mood when you listen to them. Celebratory trills and whoops energise the vibrant Dick Dale-esque guitars and brass, making for a blistering escape to a rip-roaring desert session."

Other work

Writing
In September 2005, Kapranos began "Soundbites", a weekly food column for G2 in The Guardian newspaper, which detailed his culinary adventures as Franz Ferdinand traversed the globe on their world tour. Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand, a book of the column and unreleased material illustrated by Andy Knowles, was released in 2006.

Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand was read by Kapranos on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week for 4–8 December 2006, described as "his account about what he ate while touring the world."

Narration
Kapranos narrated the 2008 BBC Scotland documentary Edwyn Collins: Home Again on the recovery of Orange Juice singer Edwyn Collins.

Also in 2008, Kapranos narrated the BBC Radio 1 documentary The Story of Kraftwerk.

Film
In 2016, Kapranos took part in a documentary about Glasgow music, and Chemikal Underground Records, called Lost in France. The film was directed by Niall McCann and brought Kapranos (along with members of The Delgados, Mogwai and others) to Mauron, Brittany, to recreate a gig they played when Kapranos was in his earlier band, The Karelia. The film features Kapranos playing live with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, and other musicians such as Emma Pollock and RM Hubbert, and Holy Mountain, as well as interviews with Kapranos and his old label-mates. Lost in France premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to wholly positive reviews and was called "Funny, vital and sobering" by Scotland's arts publication, The Skinny.

Kapranos was interviewed for Edgar Wright's 2021 documentary film The Sparks Brothers, centered around the band Sparks, with whom Franz Ferdinand formed supergroup FFS.

Radio presenting
From 7 August to 11 September 2022, Kapranos presented a six part Sunday night radio programme titled "The Alex Kapranos Show" on Absolute Radio.

Personal life
In his spare time, Kapranos enjoys crafting abstract furniture in his carpentry workshop.

In June 2005, Kapranos was detained for around an hour by officials at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow after being mistakenly identified as belonging on a U.S. "no-fly" list. This occurred due to the surname on his passport, Huntley, also having been previously used as an alias by the former MI6 agent Richard Tomlinson. Tomlinson had been fired, imprisoned, and labelled a security risk after circulating to publishers a draft of a book on MI6. Kapranos was released after officials determined that he did not fit Tomlinson's description.

Growing up in Sunderland, he supported the local football club Sunderland A.F.C.

Kapranos has asthma and is allergic to peanuts.

Kapranos dated singer Eleanor Friedberger for a few years (he dedicated the song "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" to her). Since 2019, he has been in a relationship with French musician Clara Luciani. Luciani announced her pregnancy with the couple's first child in May 2023.
They married in Scotland at the end of May 2023. The pair welcomed a son in September 2023.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Franz Ferdinand official website
Alex Kapranos interview with World Hum
Alex Kapranos interview  with SPIN

1972 births
Living people
20th-century Scottish male singers
Scottish rock singers
Scottish rock guitarists
Scottish male guitarists
Scottish male songwriters
Scottish male singer-songwriters
Scottish singer-songwriters
Scottish people of English descent
Scottish people of Greek descent
Franz Ferdinand (band) members
Ivor Novello Award winners
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
People from Almondsbury
People educated at Bearsden Academy
FFS (band) members
BNQT members
The Yummy Fur members
The Cribs members
British post-punk musicians
21st-century Scottish male singers

Alex Kapranos


The Affenpinscher is a small breed of dog in the toy group. These dogs originally came from Germany. They are known to have existed since the 1600s. Their name comes from the German word "Affe," which means "monkey," because their faces remind people of monkeys. Originally, the dog was bred to be a "ratter," a type of dog that kills rats and mice in homes, farms, and stables. Now that mice are not so commonly found in the home, Affenpinschers are usually just kept as pets.

Appearance
The Affenpinscher is a very small kind of dog. It weighs between . Its height is between  at the shoulder. Their face is flat and "monkey-like." The most common and preferred colour of fur for this breed is black, but they can also come in grey, beige, and other colours. In the American Kennel Club, a good example of these dogs could be any colour. In the French and British Kennel Clubs they must only be black.

Temperament
Even though Affenpinschers were bred to hunt mice, they do not like to chase other animals, so they can happily live with other pets. They are playful but very stubborn. These dogs can be difficult to train, because they do not like to listen to instructions and often become bored. Affenpinschers are somewhat territorial (protective) when it comes to their toys and food, so they are not recommended for homes with very small children.

This dog is mostly quiet, and does not bark much. It can become very excited if attacked, and shows no fear. toward any aggressor.

Health
A small study showed that these dogs live an average of 11.4 years, which is not very long for a small dog (small dogs usually live 14–15 years). One of their most common health problems is bladder disease, which happens most often when the dogs are older (8 years and up.) Their short faces can make it difficult for them to breathe and exercise in hot weather. Like many kinds of dogs, Affenpinschers often get a disease called hip dysplasia which makes it difficult for them to run or walk.

Extinct variant
The Seidenpinscher (Silky coated Pinscher),  was bred from the Affenpinscher and the Maltese (dog) around 1800.
The dog had long, tousled, silky hair, a curly tail like the Maltese dog, a face like the Affenpinscher, and a size like an Affenpinscher or Maltese dog. All colors was allowed.

The Seidenpinscher is believed to have died out between the two world wars. A well-known painting is that of the Seidenpinscher Puss from 1863.

References

Dog breeds originating in Germany
Rare dog breeds
FCI breeds

Affenpinscher


Late night television is a timeslot after primetime and before the overnight graveyard slot. It runs from 11:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Eastern Time. In the United States, local news precedes the block. Shows include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC.

Time
Television

Late night television


Camp Bethel is a historic Christian camp meeting facility at 124 Camp Bethel Road, overlooking the Connecticut River in Haddam, Connecticut.  Founded in 1877, Camp Bethel is one of the few surviving camp meeting sites left in New England.  It is owned by the Camp Bethel Association (CBA), a non-denominational, evangelical organization and is open to rent.  The camp was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Description and history
Camp Bethel is located in southeastern Haddam, just north of the East Haddam Bridge over the Connecticut River.  It is accessed via Camp Bethel Road, which runs north from Connecticut Route 82.  It is located on a bluff overlooking the Connecticut River, surrounded by woods.  The main facilities of the camp include a chapel, memorial hall, boarding houses, and a dining hall, as well as more than 40 cabins.  Most of these facilities were built between 1889 and about 1920; the dining hall is the notable exception, built in 1992 after the old dining hall burned down.

The camp was established in 1877 by the Life and Advent Union, a division of Seventh Day Adventism which split in 1863 (at an Adventist revival camp in Wilbraham, Massachusetts).  Functioning mainly at other Adventist camps throughout New England, they located this site as a permanent base on land leased from a local farmer named Clark.  It was the third revival camp established in the state, and the first known to be for an Adventist denomination.  As with most camps, early revivals were held in temporary structures, mainly tents, including large ones for use as dining and worship halls.  In 1964 the camp was formally renamed "Camp Bethel", and its ownership was converted to a non-denominational not-for-profit organization.  It is still used as an organizing center for missionary work; its facilities are sometimes leased to other organizations.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Connecticut

References

External links
Camp Bethel Website

Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Gothic Revival architecture in Connecticut
Churches completed in 1877
Churches in Connecticut
Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Connecticut
Haddam, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Connecticut
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
1877 establishments in Connecticut
Camp meeting grounds
Campgrounds in Connecticut

Camp Bethel


USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), named for Commodore Jacob Jones USN (1768–1850), was a . She was sunk by a German submarine in 1942 during World War II.

Construction and commissioning
Jacob Jones was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jersey on 21 February 1918, launched on 20 November 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Cazenove Doughton, great-granddaughter of Commodore Jones, and commissioned on 20 October 1919.

Service history
Jacob Jones was decommissioned on 24 June 1922 and placed in reserve until recommissioned on 1 May 1930, and was assigned to Neutrality Patrol duties out of Charleston, South Carolina on 4 April 1940.

Inter-war period
After fitting out at Philadelphia, Jacob Jones sailed 4 December for shakedown in the Atlantic Ocean. She arrived at Pensacola, Florida on 22 December to continue her training and departed on 3 January 1920 for the Pacific Ocean. Arriving at San Diego on 26 January, she operated along the California coast on anti-aircraft and firing exercises. She entered Mare Island Navy Yard 17 August for repairs and overhaul and assumed a reserve status. Returning to duty with Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet, 18 June 1921, she operated out of San Diego until decommissioning 24 June 1922.

Recommissioned 1 May 1930, Jacob Jones trained in coastal waters from Alaska to Mexico as a plane guard for the Navy's budding aircraft carriers. Following Battle Fleet maneuvers during August, she entered Mare Island in November for repairs. The destroyer sailed 4 February 1931 for Panama, where she resumed plane guard duty for . Jacob Jones transited the Panama Canal on 22 March, and sailed for maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea. She sailed for the United States on 1 May and took part in joint Army-Navy maneuvers in the Chesapeake Bay 26 to 29 May. During the remainder of the summer, she operated with Destroyer Division 7 along the New England coast before retiring to the Boston Navy Yard 2 October for overhaul.

Jacob Jones steamed from Boston on 1 December for maneuvers off Haiti. On 13 February 1932 she departed the Caribbean to begin 13 months of plane guard duty and torpedo practice along the California coast. She returned to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba on 1 May 1933 for general drill and battle problem exercises, and on 26 May she sailed for Norfolk, Virginia to undergo self-upkeep on rotating reserve.

Following two months of overhaul at Charleston, Jones returned to Guantanamo on 29 November for scouting and firing exercises. She interrupted her maneuvers on 29 June 1934, and sailed for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she served as an escort during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" visit to Haiti. She resumed Caribbean operations in July and participated in landing force exercises at Guantanamo Bay during September. She retired from the Caribbean late in November and entered Norfolk Navy Yard 3 December 1934 for several months of upkeep.

In May 1935, Jacob Jones embarked midshipmen from the Naval Academy for an Atlantic training cruise. She returned to Norfolk 7 June for three months of coastal patrols and maneuvers. She steamed to New York in September to participate in destroyer maneuvers and operated out of New York until entering Brooklyn Navy Yard in January 1936 for upkeep and inspection.

On 15 June 1936, the destroyer departed New York with reserve officers on board for training cruises in the Caribbean which continued through September. In October, she participated in joint Army-Navy coastal maneuvers; and, following her annual inspection at Norfolk, she participated in minesweeping training during February 1937. In March, she trained officers of the 5th Fleet Reserve and in June she resumed training cruises for midshipmen. She continued to operate as a practice ship for reserve officers until 15 January 1938, when she departed Norfolk for fleet landing exercises and battle maneuvers in waters off Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Jacob Jones returned to Norfolk on 13 March for overhaul. In June she resumed operations out of Norfolk, serving as a carrier plane guard and conducting torpedo and gunnery practice.

After attending the Presidential Regatta in September, Jacob Jones prepared to sail for Europe to join Squadron 40-T in the Mediterranean Sea. Organized in September 1936 to protect and evacuate Americans from Spain during the civil war, the squadron remained in the western Mediterranean. Departing Norfolk 26 October, Jacob Jones reached Gibraltar on 6 November, and arrived Villefranche on 17 November. She operated out of that French Mediterranean port on patrol until 20 March 1939. She visited Algiers from 24 to 25 March 1939 and, during the next seven months, steamed to various Atlantic European ports from Rotterdam to Lisbon. Departing Lisbon on 4 October, she sailed for the United States and anchored at Norfolk on 14 October.

Resuming her coastal operations, Jacob Jones conducted plane screening patrols from Norfolk to Newport, Rhode Island and in December she escorted the submarine  during its Caribbean shakedown.

World War II
After two months of upkeep and inspection at Norfolk, Jacob Jones sailed for Charleston on 4 April 1940 to join the Neutrality Patrol. Organized in September 1939 as a response to the war in Europe, the Neutrality Patrol was ordered to track and report the movements of any warlike operations of belligerents in the waters of the Western Hemisphere. The basic purpose of the patrol "was to emphasize the readiness of the United States Navy to defend the Western Hemisphere." In June, after two months of duty with the Neutrality Patrol, Jacob Jones returned to training midshipmen.

In September, Jacob Jones departed Norfolk for New London, Connecticut, where her crew underwent intensive ASW sound school training. Returning briefly to Norfolk on 6 December, she sailed to Key West for further anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training. She resumed her operations with the Neutrality Patrol in March 1941, patrolling the waters from Key West to Yucatán Channel. In May, she joined the ships which guarded the waters of Vichy-controlled islands, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles. Jacob Jones maintained her Caribbean operations throughout the summer.

On 30 September 1941, she departed Guantanamo with Destroyer Division 54 to prepare for escort duty in the North Atlantic. Jones received two months of upkeep and inspection at Norfolk and on 1 December 1941, departed for convoy escort training along the New England coast. Clearing Boston Harbor on 12 December, she sailed to Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland, to begin her escort duty. On 16 December she escorted the submarines  and  through heavy seas to Boston and returned to Argentia on 24 December. Jacob Jones once again departed Argentia on 4 January 1942 escorting  and . While steaming to join Convoy SC 63, bound for the British Isles, the destroyer made an underwater contact and commenced a depth charge attack. Losing contact with the submarine, she escorted her ships to the convoy and returned to Argentia on 5 January.

Sailing from Argentia on 14 January 1942, Jacob Jones joined Convoy HX 169, which was headed for Iceland. The convoy encountered a violent storm; heavy seas and winds of force 9 scattered its ships' convoy. Separated from the convoy, the destroyer steamed independently for Hvalfjörður, Iceland. Though hampered by a shortage of fuel, an inoperable gyro compass, an erratic magnetic compass, and the continuous pounding of the storm, Jacob Jones arrived on 19 January. Five days later, she escorted three merchant ships to Argentia. Once again heavy seas and fierce winds separated the ships, and Jacob Jones continued toward Argentia with one Norwegian merchantman. She detected and attacked another submarine on 2 February 1942, but her depth charges yielded no visible results.

Arriving at Argentia on 3 February, she departed the following day and rejoined Convoy ON 59, bound for Boston. Reaching Boston on 8 February, Jacob Jones received a week of repairs. She sailed on 15 February for Norfolk and three days later steamed from Norfolk to New York.

In an effort to stem the losses to Allied merchant shipping along the Atlantic coast, Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier, established a roving ASW patrol. Jacob Jones, Lieutenant Commander Hugh Black in command, departed New York on 22 February for this duty. While passing the swept channel off Lightship Ambrose, Jones made a possible submarine contact and attacked immediately. For five hours, Jones ran twelve attack patterns, dropping some 57 depth charges. Oil slicks appeared during the last six attacks, but no other debris was detected. Having expended all her charges, Jones returned to New York to rearm. Subsequent investigation failed to reveal any conclusive evidence of a sunken submarine.

Fate
On the morning of 27 February 1942, Jacob Jones departed New York harbor and steamed southward along the New Jersey coast to patrol and search the area between Barnegat Light and Five Fathom Bank. Shortly after her departure, she received orders to concentrate her patrol activity in waters off Cape May and the Delaware Capes. At 1530 she spotted the burning wreckage of tanker , torpedoed the previous day east of Barnegat Light; Jacob Jones circled the ship for two hours searching for survivors before resuming her southward course. Cruising at  through calm seas, she last reported her position at 2000 and then commenced radio silence. A full moon lit the night sky and visibility was good; throughout the night the ship, completely darkened without running or navigation lights showing, kept her southward course.

At the first light of dawn 28 February 1942, the undetected  fired a spread of torpedoes at the unsuspecting destroyer. The torpedoes were not detected and two or three struck the destroyer's port side in rapid succession.

According to her survivors, the first torpedo struck just aft of the bridge and caused major damage. Apparently, it exploded the ship's magazine; the resulting blast sheared off everything forward of the point of impact, destroying completely the bridge, the chart room, and the officers' and petty officers' quarters. As she stopped dead in the water, unable to signal a distress message, a second torpedo struck about  forward of the fantail and carried away the after part of the ship above the keel plates and shafts and destroyed the after crew's quarters. Only the midships section was left intact.

All but 25 or 30 officers and men, including Lieutenant Commander Black, were killed by the explosions. The survivors, including a badly wounded, "practically incoherent" signal officer, went for the lifeboats. Oily decks, fouled lines and rigging, and the clutter of the ship's strewn twisted wreckage hampered their efforts to launch the boats. Jacob Jones remained afloat for about 45 minutes, allowing her survivors to clear the stricken ship in four or five rafts. Within an hour of the initial explosion Jacob Jones plunged bow first into the Atlantic; as her shattered stern disappeared, her depth charges exploded, killing several survivors on a nearby raft (as had happened to the previous Jacob Jones in 1917).

At 0810, an Army observation plane sighted the liferafts and reported their position to  of the Inshore Patrol. By 1100, when strong winds and rising seas forced her to abandon her search, she had rescued 12 survivors, one of whom died en route to Cape May. The search for the other survivors of Jacob Jones continued by plane and ship for the next two days, but none were ever found.

References

External links
USS Jacob Jones web page at Destroyer History Foundation

Jacob Jones (DD-130)
Jacob Jones (DD-130)
Jacob Jones (DD-130)
Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Shipwrecks of the New Jersey coast
World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
1918 ships
Maritime incidents in February 1942
Naval magazine explosions

USS Jacob Jones (DD-130)


The Juno Awards of 2003 were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by Shania Twain at the Corel Centre (now Canadian Tire Centre) and televised on CTV.

Ceremony highlights
The evening program included song performances by Avril Lavigne, Our Lady Peace, Sam Roberts, Remy Shand, Swollen Members and host Shania Twain.

Red Rider frontman and long-time solo artist Tom Cochrane was honoured as the 2003 inductee for the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

During the awards telecast, host Shania Twain made a succession of costume changes with clothing based on logos of every Canadian National Hockey League team. When the time came for her to wear the Toronto Maple Leafs insignia, the crowd in the home arena of the Ottawa Senators provided a substantial booing.

Nominees and winners

People

Artist of the Year
Winner: Shania Twain

Other nominees:
Daniel Bélanger
Celine Dion
Alanis Morissette
Remy Shand

Group of the Year
Winner: Sum 41

Other nominees:
Blue Rodeo
Our Lady Peace
Swollen Members
The Tragically Hip

Fan Choice
Winner: Shania Twain

Other nominees:
Celine Dion
Diana Krall
Avril Lavigne
Nickelback

New Artist of the Year
Winner:  Avril Lavigne

Other nominees:
Shawn Desman
K-OS
Sam Roberts
Sarah Slean

New Group of the Year
Winner: Theory of a Deadman

Other nominees:
Bet.e & Stef
Crush
One Ton
Simple Plan

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year
Winner: Alanis Morissette – "Hands Clean", "So Unsexy" (both songs by Alanis Morissette)

Other nominees:
Garth Richardson – "Family System", "The Red" (both songs by Chevelle)
Arnold Lanni – "I'd Do Anything", "I'm Just A Kid" (both songs by Simple Plan)
Bob Rock – "Somewhere Out There" (Our Lady Peace), "Take Me As I Am" (Tonic)
Remy Shand – "Burning Bridges" "The Way I Feel" (both songs by Remy Shand)

Recording Engineer of the Year
Winner: Denis Tougas, "Double Agent" and "Everybody's Got A Story" by Amanda Marshall

Other nominees:
Richard Chycki, "Just Like Ali" by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, "Visions of Paradise" by Mick Jagger
Eric Filto, "Another Miracle" and "Supersexworld" by One Ton
Brad Haehnel, "Shake It Off" by Jarvis Church, "Stoplight" by Scott Merritt
Randy Staub, "Innocent" and "Somewhere Out There" by Our Lady Peace

Songwriter of the Year
Winner: Chad Kroeger of Nickelback – "Hero",  "How You Remind Me", "Too Bad"

Other nominees:
Avril Lavigne with The Matrix – "Complicated", "I'm with You", "Sk8er Boi"
Ron Sexsmith – "Former Glory", "Gold In Them Hills", "These Days"
Remy Shand – "Burning Bridges", "Take a Message", "The Way I Feel"
Shania Twain with Robert John "Mutt" Lange – "I'm Gonna Getcha (Good)"

Albums

Album of the year
Winner: Let Go, Avril Lavigne

Other nominees:
Rêver mieux, Daniel Bélanger
A New Day Has Come, Celine Dion
Gravity, Our Lady Peace
Up!, Shania Twain

Aboriginal recording of the Year
Winner: Lovesick Blues, Derek Miller

Other nominees:
The Right Combination, Vern Cheechoo and Lawrence Martin
spirit world, solid wood, Leela Gilday
Standing Strong, Chester Knight
Round Dance The Night Away, Randy Wood

Alternative album Album of the Year
Winner: You Forgot It in People, Broken Social Scene

Other nominees:
Square, Buck 65
Make Up The Breakdown, Hot Hot Heat
The New Deal, The New Deal
Alone at the Microphone, Royal City

Blues Album of the Year
Winner: 6 String Lover, Jack de Keyzer

Other nominees:
First Class Riff-Raff, Fathead
Wise And Otherwise, Harry Manx
Long Hard Road, The Twisters
88th & Jump Street, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne

Children's Album of the Year
Winner: Sing with Fred, Fred Penner

Other nominees:
Nous sommes tous comme les fleurs, Charlotte Diamond
Once Upon A Tune – Volume 3 – Beanstock, Judy & David
Dodo la planète do dream songs night songs, Pelican Music Project
Let's Play, Raffi

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Winner: Instrument of Praise, Toronto Mass Choir

Other nominees:
Army Of Love, Jake
Jubilation VIII – A Cappella Plus, Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
Saved!, Northern Blues Gospel All Stars
Tumbling After, Starfield

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)
Winner: Bruch Concertos: Vol. II, James Ehnes, Mario Bernardi, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal

Other nominees:
 The Overcoat: Music By Dmitri Shostakovich, Angela Cheng, Mario Bernardi, CBC Radio Orchestra
 Schumann Piano Works, Anton Kuerti, Mario Bernardi, CBC Radio Orchestra
 Nocturnal Dances of Don Juan Quixote, I Musici de Montreal
 A Baroque Feast, Tafelmusik

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)
Winner: Liszt: Paganini Studie & Schubert March Transcriptions, Marc-André Hamelin

Other nominees:
Fritz Kreisler, James Ehnes
Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Angela Hewitt
Graupner – Partitas for Harpsichord, Geneviève Soly
Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbuk, St. Lawrence String Quartet

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)
Winner: Mozart Requiem, Les Violons de Roy

Other nominees:
¡Ay Que Si!, Suzie LeBlanc
Margison Sings Verdi, Richard Margison
Of Ladies and Love..., Michael Schade
Bach Cantatas, Daniel Taylor, Theatre of Early Music

Album Design of the Year
Winner: Exit, K-OS – Marina Dempster, Nelson Garcia, Steve Goode, Margaret Malandruccolo

Other nominees:
Acoustic Kitty, John Mann – John Rummen
Chicken Scratch, Zubot and Dawson – Mark Mushet, John Rummen
Home is Where My Feet Are, Holly McNarland – Garnet Armstrong, Susan Michalek, James Pattyn
Square, Buck 65 – Robbie Cameron, James Patterson

Francophone Album of the Year
Winner: Rêver mieux, Daniel Bélanger

Other nominees:
Rendez-vous, Sylvain Cossette
Break Syndical, Les Cowboys Fringants
Les Lettres Rouges, Lynda Lemay
De L'amour le mieux, Natasha St-Pier

Instrumental Album of the Year
Winner: Allegro, Robert Michaels

Other nominees:
Celtic Mystique, Howard Baer
Camino Latino / Latin Journey, Liona Boyd
Lakeside Retreat, Oliver Schroer & Dan Gibson
Big Band Love Songs, The Swingfield Big Band

International Album of the Year
Winner: The Eminem Show, Eminem

Other nominees:
Weathered, Creed
Escape, Enrique Iglesias
Nellyville, Nelly
Laundry Service, Shakira

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: Tales from the Blue Lounge, Richard Underhill

Other nominees:
Mistura, Mark Duggan's Vuja dé
Love Songs, Warren Hill
Highwire, Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra
Mother Tree, Jean-Pierre

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: Live in Paris, Diana Krall

Other nominees:
the path of least resistance, Coral Egan
Another Day, Molly Johnson
Pennies From Heaven, Susie Arioli Swing Band
The Wall Street Sessions, Joani Taylor/Bob Murphy

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
Winner: Life on Earth, Renee Rosnes

Other nominees:
Spirituals and Dedications, Jane Bunnett, Dewey Redman, Dean Bowman, Larry Cramer, Stanley Cowell, Kieran Overs, Mark McLean
Then and Now, Oliver Jones and Skip Bey
Thank You, Ted, Rob McConnell Tentet
Evolution, Bernard Primeau and the Montreal Jazz Ensemble

Pop Album of the Year
Winner: Let Go, Avril Lavigne

Other nominees:
Shake It Off, Jarvis Church
Asianblue, Emm Gryner
Everybody's Got a Story, Amanda Marshall
Under Rug Swept, Alanis Morissette

Rock Album of the Year
Winner: Gravity, Our Lady Peace

Other nominees:
Born a Lion, Danko Jones
The Interzone Mantras, The Tea Party
Detox, Treble Charger
Rained Out Parade, Wide Mouth Mason

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)
Winner: Chicken Scratch, Zubot and Dawson

Other nominees:
All Day Every Day, The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills)
Five Dollar Bill, The Corb Lund Band
Your Daughters and Your Sons, The Duhks
Field Guide, John Reischman and the Jaybirds

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)
Winner: Unravel, Lynn Miles

Other nominees:
Gingerbread, Kim Barlow
Voodoo King, Bill Bourne
Failer, Kathleen Edwards
That's How I Walk, Stephen Fearing

World Music Album of the Year
Winner: Balagane, Jeszcze Raz

Other nominees:
la fiesta mondiale de percussion, The Beat
Cuban Odyssey, Jane Bunnett
Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3, Raphael Geronimo
Hypnotika, Maza Mezé

Releases

Single of the Year
Winner: "Complicated", Avril Lavigne

Other nominees:
"Bulletproof", Blue Rodeo
"A New Day Has Come", Celine Dion
"Somewhere Out There", Our Lady Peace
"Brother Down", Sam Roberts

Classical Composition of the Year
Winner: "Requiem for a Charred Skull", Bramwell Tovey, Voices on High

Other nominees:
"Test Run", John Estacio, Banff International String Competition
"Orbiting Garden", Christos Hatzis, Orbiting Garden
"Music for a Thousand Autumns", Alexina Louie, Music for a Thousand Autumns
"Concerto for Cello", Heather Schmidt, Colour Of My Dreams

Country Recording of the Year
Winner: "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!", Shania Twain

Other nominees:
"I Just Wanna Be Mad", Terri Clark
Curve, Doc Walker
Emerson Drive, Emerson Drive
Shut Up and Kiss Me, Michelle Wright

Dance Recording of the Year
Winner: Billie Jean, The Sound Bluntz

Other nominees:
Wet, Boomtang
Tribalmania, Grand Menage
Freak The Funk, MC Mario
Sunglasses At Night 2002, Original 3 featuring Corey Hart

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Winner: The Way I Feel, Remy Shand

Other nominees:
You Changed, Jully Black
Get Ready, Shawn Desman
RNB, Carl Henry
World Outside My Window, Glenn Lewis

Rap Recording of the Year
Winner: Monsters in the Closet, Swollen Members

Other nominees:
El Dorado, BrassMunk
R.A.W., Checkmate
Exit, K-OS
Reloaded, Rascalz

Reggae Recording of the Year
Winner: You Won't See Me Cry, Sonia Collymore

Other nominees:
Gifted Man, Belinda Brady featuring Carla Marshall
Heartache, Mr. Leroy Brown
You Won't See Me Cry, Sonia Collymore
She Boom, Kulcha Connection
Two Hands Clapping, Snow

Video of the Year
Winner: "Weapon" by Matthew Good – Director: Ante Kovac, Matthew Good

Other nominees:
"Black Black Heart" by David Usher – producer: Craig Bernard
"Lovercall" by Danko Jones – producer: Craig Bernard, Danko Jones
"Superstarr Pt. 0" by K-OS – producer: Micah Meisner
"PDA" by Interpol – producer: Christopher Mills

External links
OttawaStart archive of 2003 Juno Awards
Capital Xtra: "Juno mania hits Ottawa"
"The 2003 Juno Awards: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly", April 2003 on TheGATE.ca

Juno Awards site

2003
2003 music awards
Music festivals in Ottawa
2003 in Canadian music
April 2003 events in Canada
2003 in Ontario
2000s in Ottawa

Juno Awards of 2003


Guillemundus (also Guillemó) (died 827) was count of Razès and Conflent, in what is now southern France.

He was  son of Bera of Barcelona. He received these counties from delegation of his father (before 820) and retained them when Bera was exiled to Rouen in 821/22. In 826 he joined the revolt of Aissó and, routed, fled to Córdoba.

827 deaths
Counts of Razès
Year of birth unknown
9th-century Visigothic people

Guillemundus


Ipomopsis congesta is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family, known by the common name ballhead ipomopsis. It is native to much of western North America, where it grows in many habitats from alpine peaks to low-elevation scrub. It is a perennial herb which varies in appearance, especially across subspecies and climates. It may take the form of a squat patch with stems under 10 centimeters in height or a more erect form up to 30 centimeters tall. The stems are often hairy to woolly. The thick leaves are usually fork-shaped with a number of clawlike lobes and 1 to 4 centimeters long. The flowers appear in a rounded, dense cluster atop the stem. Each flower is bell-shaped to funnel-shaped and white with a pale yellow throat and protruding yellow or white stamens. There are several subspecies, many of which were formerly considered species of Gilia.

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Photo gallery: I. congesta
Photo gallery: ssp. congesta
Photo gallery: ssp. montana

congesta
Flora of the Western United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status

Ipomopsis congesta


Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega , commonly known as Riah Phiyega, was the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service. She was appointed to the office by South African President Jacob Zuma on 12 June 2012 and was the first woman to hold the post . Phiyega was suspended on 14 October 2015 by the President following a recommendation of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the deaths of protesting miners in Marikana in 2012.

Early life and education

Phiyega was born on  in the village of Leolo near Burgersfort and received her primary and secondary education at various schools in Limpopo.

She received a BA degree in Social Work from the University of the North (now called the University of Limpopo). She  also received BA Hons degree in Social Sciences from Unisa, an MA degree in Social Sciences from the University of Johannesburg and a postgraduate diploma in Business Administration from the University of Wales in Cardiff.

Career

Private sector
Phiyega was a Group Executive at Absa Bank Limited, a board member of Absa Actuaries and trustee of the Absa Foundation. She was also a Group Executive at Transnet and served on numerous Transnet subsidiaries. She was part of a team of senior executives who were responsible for the restructuring of the old Portnet into two major separate entities: Port Operations and Port Authority. Subsequent to the above restructuring, she became part of the Executive of the National Ports Authority of South Africa.

She served as Director for Development at the National Council for Child Welfare. She spent a few years at the Chamber of Mines as an employee well-being consultant. Prior to joining the South African Police Service, she was appointed as Chairperson of the Presidential State-Owned Enterprise Review Committee. The Committee was tasked with the responsibility of reviewing State-Owned Entities and to make recommendations for their future repositioning.

Government service
Phiyega was the vice chairperson for the Independent Commission for Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. She chaired the Road Traffic Management Corporation Investigation Task Team which looked into maladministration, corruption and poor corporate governance. The task team made major intervention and restructuring recommendations to the Minister of Transport, assisting to improve the corporation.

Phiyega has served in other significant national structures, which included serving as a board member of the 2010 Bid Committee that managed the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup by South Africa and as commissioner for the Road Accident Fund Commission led by Judge Satchwell.

Police commissioner

Phiyega was appointed commissioner of the South African Police Service in 2012. At the time of her appointment the Mail and Guardian noted she had no prior police experience and "was sure to come under fire for this." Phiyega countered by explaining that her experience as a leader in the corporate world made her an effective manager and offered her a perspective that would be useful to the South African police.

Awards
In 2012 Phiyega's wearing of police medals was scrutinized by Democratic Alliance party spokeswoman Dianne Kohler Barnard The police ministry responded that they were satisfied that Phiyega met the requirements for the medals. Helmoed-Römer Heitman, an expert on South African military decorations, examined the specific medals and the conditions of issue at the request of media outlets and concluded he was "happy to accept that she deserves the medals." Oscar Skommere, general secretary of the South African Police Union, however, criticized Phiyega's decorations and claimed that some police officers had been waiting to receive medals for which they qualified for more than 15 years.

Investigation
In 2015, following a three-year inquiry, the Farlam Commission, which had been charged with investigating the deaths of 34 miners shot to death by police in 2012 at a Lonmin mine in Marikana, recommended that Phiyega's fitness to hold office be investigated. Phiyega responded by noting she had only been on the job for two months at the time the killings occurred, having inherited an unworkable agency from her fired predecessor Bheki Cele. In a separate finding, the commission determined Phiyega had let "political considerations" influence her decisions as police commissioner, and had failed to act in an impartial manner. Provincial police commanders issued an open letter affirming their support of Phiyega.

Suspension
President Jacob Zuma suspended Phiyega on October 14, 2015. Subsequent to her suspension an investigation by a "reference group" appointed by police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko found Phiyega to have committed perjury and ignored internal processes when demoting, suspending and removing several senior officials.

References

Law enforcement in South Africa
Living people
People from Polokwane Local Municipality
South African police officers
South African women
University of Limpopo alumni
University of South Africa alumni
University of the Witwatersrand alumni
1958 births

Riah Phiyega


The Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor); ) is a Russian federal agency tasked with the supervision and control of national education and science. It was formed in 2004 and is an independent agency that functions as part of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Functions
The scope of activities of Rosobrnadzor are:

Licensing and state accreditation of educational activities.
Certification of scientific and pedagogical workers of institutions of higher professional education.
Certification of graduates of educational institutions.
Confirmation and nostrification of education documents.
Conducting a unified state exam.
Maintenance of the Federal Register of state documents on education, on academic degrees and academic titles.

Directors of the Federal Service
Bolotov Viktor Alexandrovich headed Rosobrnadzor from March 2004 , was relieved of his post on March 28, 2008 by order of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation V. A. Zubkov "in connection with the transfer to another job" (order No. 395-r of March 28, 2008). Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education .
Glebova Lyubov Nikolaevna was appointed head of the service on March 28, 2008 (order No. 396-r dated March 28, 2008), left the post on November 1, 2012 in connection with the transfer to the position of a member of the Federation Council from the Penza region. Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education .
Muravyov Ivan Alexandrovich was appointed head of Rosobrnadzor from November 3, 2012 , previously was deputy L. N. Glebova. Released from office by order of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev on July 31, 2013. PhD in Law.
Kravtsov Sergey Sergeevich was appointed head of department on August 1, 2013 . Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences. On January 21, 2020, he left his position due to the transition to the post of Minister of Education of the Russian Federation.
Muzaev Anzor Akhmedovich was appointed as head of department on August 18, 2020 ; has been acting since February 13, 2020. Candidate of Technical Sciences.

Institutions under the jurisdiction of the Rosobrnadzor
FGBNU "Federal Institute of Pedagogical Measurements" (Official site)
FSBI "Federal Testing Center"
National Information Center for the Recognition of Education "GlavExpertCenter" (Official site)
National accreditation agency in the field of education (Rosakkredaghenstvo) (Official site)
Information and Methodological Center for Certification of Educational Organizations
FSBI "Federal Institute for Education Quality Assessment" (Official site)

Criticism
Scientists from the European University at Saint Petersburg noticed that Rosobrnadzor inspects private universities more often and more often applies harsh sanctions to them compared to public institutions. In 2015-2016, after inspections, the service in 134 cases raised the issue of terminating the work of universities, while only two cases occurred in budgetary institutions. Journalists explained this by the use of double standards.

Director of Research at the Institute for Law Enforcement Problems at the European University at St. Petersburg K. D. Titaev, in an interview with the Internet publication "Indicator", speaking about the launch of a research project on the activities of Rosobrnadzor, noted a number of already identified significant shortcomings in the approach of Rosobrnadzor, mainly related to focusing exclusively on paper indicators and an excessive bureaucratic approach. As an example of the incompetence of the department, Titaev cited one of the full-time universities known to him with an area of 200 square meters, in which four courses of students study on paper in three areas, while there are about 100 students per course. Instead of actual training, as Titaev suggests, in this case, in such an area, only the purchase of a diploma for four years can take place, but "Rosobrnadzor, who goes there once a year or several years, sees that everything is in order. Without any bribes. Documentary support for people is at the highest level, everything is fine." Titaev also points out that most of the employees of Rosobrnadzor are lawyers who are incompetent in matters of many special disciplines, and that in Rosobrnadzor "it is technically impossible to order an examination of a lecture on curriculum only. Therefore, if we assume that a medical university will teach students to heal , calling it "modern methods of therapy" in the curriculum, then Rosobrnadzor does not have the opportunity to find out what students are actually taught" Titaev believes.

The decision of Rosobrnadzor to revoke the state accreditation of the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences(MSSES) provoked public criticism. The HSE University Academic Council came out in support of the university. According to the academic council, the university verification system played a role when Rosobrnadzor fought against the "deliberately profanity programs" of unscrupulous universities. However, now that this work has come to an end, traditional accreditation as a tool increasingly affects innovative universities that operate "above the level of state standards". Commenting on this situation, Oleg Smolin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science, expressed the opinion that "Rosobrnadzor does not check the quality of education, but the quality of paperwork. According to its rules, it acts correctly, it is another matter that these rules have nothing to do with the quality of education. Therefore, in my opinion, these rules need to be changed". MSSES students published a petition demanding to close the department.

References

External links
 Official website

2004 establishments in Russia
Government agencies established in 2004
Government agencies of Russia

Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Russia)


David Vamplew (born 1 September 1987, Fife, Scotland) is a professional poker player. He has earned nearly 3 million dollars in tournaments, with over 4 million total career earnings.  Vamplew lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.  He got a degree in maths from Edinburgh University  in 2009.

The first time he won money in a professional tournament was for 106th-place finish in the 2010 World Series of Poker. He earned $2,500. He won the championship of the European Poker Tour in London, 2010. For this win, he earned $1.400,00. The next day, he won the UK & Ireland Poker Tour "Champion of Champions" title.

In the 2013 World Series of Poker, he came 2nd for $342,450 in event 2, losing heads-up to Trevor Pope, 16th in event 45 for $7,697, and 2nd in event 53 for $413,157 losing again heads-up to Brett Shaffer.

References

Other websites
Statistics from Card Player

Poker players
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Fife

David Vamplew


Club Leonés O.P. was a team that play during the Amateur period of the Mexican Football league. They played their games in Mexico City.

1931–32
During this season, as Basque teams such as Aurrerá and Club España, the league decided to invite two teams in order to complete the eight teams for the season. The teams that were invited were Veracruz Sporting and Club Leones.

Since these teams were new they did not fare well in the season. Club Leones attempted to play veteran players from other teams such as Nieves Hernández,  Miguel "Venada" Alatorre y Lage, combined with a few rookies who later became professionals such as "Chueco" Arteaga.

That season Leonés ended up winning 2 games, 1 draw, and 11 loses.

1932–33
With the league expanding the number of team to 10, the teams were divided into two groups of five with Leonés was placed in group B. Leonés were going as first place in their group on the game of the season with Germania one point behind. The game started quickly for Germania taking the 3–0 lead until Leonés tied it up in the first half. In the second half Leonés went up 4–3 and then Germania tied it up towards to end to finish the match 4–4.

Leonés ended up playing the worst team in group Asturias in order to see what team would be relegated. The playoff was a two leg game with Asturias winning both games with an aggregate 15–5. The games were on August 6 and 13 with scores of 6–2 and 9–3.

In the second games Asturias' center forward Pepe Pacheco scored 6 goals, a record that would remain until Isidro Lángara scored 7 goals in 1946.

After the season, all teams except México FC were dissolved. Mexico FC was accepted by the league because it was the older from the team in group B and it required six teams for the following season.

Player Records

Top scorers

Honours
 Liga Amateur del Distrito Federal Grupo B (1): 1932–33

Defunct football clubs in Mexico City
Association football clubs established in 1915
1915 establishments in Mexico
1933 disestablishments in Mexico
Association football clubs disestablished in 1933
Primera Fuerza teams

Club Leonés


Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American physician, professor, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, and NASA Astronaut. Cagle joined NASA as an astronaut in 1996. She is one of six African American female astronauts.

Education
Born in West Point, New York, Yvonne Cagle graduated from Novato High School in Novato, California. She received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from San Francisco State University in 1981, and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Washington in 1985. She completed a transitional internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California in 1985 and received a certificate in Aerospace Medicine from the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, in 1988. She then went on to complete a residency in family practice at Ghent FP at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1992 and received certification as a senior aviation medical examiner from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1995.

U.S. Air Force
Cagle retired from the United States Air Force with the rank of Colonel in 2008. In May 1989 as a commissioned medical officer assigned to the 48th Tactical Hospital, United Kingdom, Cagle served as Air Force Medical Liaison Officer for STS-30 mission to test the Magellan spacecraft, before she became a NASA astronaut. She worked as medical doctor at NASA's Occupational Health Clinic from 1994 to 1996. In 1996 she was selected for astronaut training by NASA.

Astronaut career
Yvonne Cagle was a member of the Astronaut Class of 1996 (NASA Astronaut Group 16).
Cagle is also an advisor for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program (originally named CRuSR – Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program). Currently Dr. Cagle is on faculty and serves as the NASA liaison for exploration and space development with Singularity University. During the workshop, Dr. Cagle was embedded with the crew as a crew training consultant and advisor, providing insights and feedback to both crew and study team from the viewpoint of an astronaut, flight surgeon, space development expert, and science liaison.

In 2013, she was selected as part of the reserve crew for Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), which is part of a study for NASA to determine the best way to keep astronauts well nourished during multiple-year missions to Mars or the moon. Furthermore, Dr. Cagle is also listed as an honorary member of the Danish Astronautical Society.

In 2014, Cagle was a visiting professor to Fordham University where she was participating in interdisciplinary research in health, environment and human Performance.  She was  awarded  an  honorary  Ph.D.  by  Fordham  University  for  her substantial  and  significant  contributions  to  the  fields  of  science,  technology  and  human  health.

Cagle never flew on a space mission, and as of no later than June 2017 was deemed a NASA Management Astronaut, which means that she is employed at NASA but is no longer eligible for spaceflight assignments; she still appears on the active list of NASA Management Astronauts as of January 2021, assigned to NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, in addition to her previously mentioned work as a professor and visiting professor.

Post-NASA Career
Cagle served as the VP for space exploration and space exponential technologies at Singularity University and acted as a Visiting Professor at Fordham University. She holds adjunct professorships with Stanford University, UC Davis, and UTMB, Galveston.

Awards and honors
Cagle has received numerous awards and recognition including Outstanding Young Women of America; National Defense Service Medal; Air Force Achievement Medal; U.S. Air Force Air Staff Exceptional Physician Commendation; National Technical Association Distinguished Scientist Award; Commendation Marin County Board of Supervisors; Commendation Novato School Board; Honorary Ph.D. in Humanities, Fordham University; Honorary appointment, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Other
In 2017, she brought Katherine Johnson onto the stage at the Academy Awards.

Cagle was a TEDx speaker in 2018 on the subject of "Poetry of space on Earth".

See also
 List of African-American astronauts
 HI-SEAS

References

Further reading

External links

 Spacefacts biography of Yvonne Cagle
 Mars Habitat Food Study in Hawaii
 Poetry of Space on Earth | Yvonne Cagle Ph.D. | TEDxSanFrancisco

1959 births
Living people
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Torp Station (), also known as Sandefjord Airport Station (), is on the Vestfold Line in Sandefjord, Norway. It is served with regional trains operated by Vy. Located close to Sandefjord Airport, Torp, the station is served by a free four-minute shuttle bus service from the station to the airport. The trains operate northwards via towns in Vestfold to Drammen and Oslo and onwards via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to towns in Hedmark and Oppland. Southwards, the trains serve Sandefjord, Larvik and Grenland.

The station opened as Raastad, later Råstad, in 1881. It had a single building, designed by Balthazar Lange. It was upgraded with a passing loop in 1910, but this was removed in 1971, and the station was closed in 1978. In 2008, the station reopened to serve the airport. The station is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.

Service

Torp Station's primary function is to serve as an airport rail link for Sandefjord Airport. The station is served by regional trains that operate northwards via towns such as Tønsberg, Holmestrand and Drammen to Oslo Central Station and onwards via Oslo Airport to Hamar and Lillehammer, calling at several other smaller stations. Southwards, the trains serve Sandefjord, Larvik, Porsgrunn and Skien. Travel time to Oslo is 1 hour and 48 minutes, and to Oslo Airport it is 2 hours 23 minutes.

The station is equipped with a shed, but no other amenities, and also lacks a ticket machine. The platform (but not necessarily the train) is wheelchair accessible. There are about ten parking spaces at the station. A shuttle bus corresponds to all trains during the opening hours of the airport, and a bus trip takes four minutes to the airport terminal. The shuttle bus leaves the airport ten minutes before each train's scheduled departure. The bus is operated by NSB, and is included in the price of the train ticket. There are 42 bus departures each day. The train supplements a coach service, Torp-Ekspressen operated by Unibuss Ekspress, to Oslo, and a local bus service to Sandefjord, operated by Tide Buss for Vestfold Kollektivtrafikk.

History
The station was originally named Raastad, and opened as part of the Vestfold Line on 7 December 1881. It was located in the former municipality of Sandar, that was also served by Jåstad Station. Raastad was equipped with a wooden station building designed by Balthazar Lange, and cargo expedition. There was initially only one track, but on 1 July 1910, a passing loop was installed at the station, allowing trains to pass. The station was renamed Råstad in April 1921. In 1969–70 the passing loop was extended, but already on 15 September 1971 it was disabled, and subsequently removed, with the automation of the signaling. The station became unmanned on 1 October 1971 and was closed on 28 May 1978. The following day, the new "InterCity" services started on the Vestfold Line.

Sandefjord Airport experienced a rapid growth as an airport for low-cost carriers serving Eastern Norway since the late 1990s. Along with the success of the Airport Express Train that connects Oslo with Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and the decision to provide a shuttle service to the competing Moss Airport, Rygge from Rygge Station, local politicians took initiative to open a dedicated stop for the airport. During the planning of high-speed upgrade of the line, plans called to move the line to create a station integrated in the airport terminal, as had been done with Oslo Airport Station and Trondheim Airport Station. However, as the construction of a new Vestfold Line was put on hold, an intermediate solution was found to reopen Råstad Station, and offer a shuttle bus to the airport. On 16 May 2007, Vestfold County Municipality announced that they would forward the investment costs of  for the new station, with a payback from the National Rail Administration by 2012. The latter would build, own and operate the station. The station opened on 21 January 2008, and the new platform is located on the east side of the tracks. The old station building, location in the west side, has been converted into a museum. During the first year, 80,000 passengers used the station, sufficient to make the NOK 4.5 million used by NSB on the shuttle bus profitable.

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Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency (THBD, BH4D) is a rare metabolic disorder that increases the blood levels of phenylalanine. Phenylalanine is an amino acid obtained normally through the diet, but can be harmful if excess levels build up, causing intellectual disability and other serious health problems. In healthy individuals, it is metabolised (hydroxylated) into tyrosine, another amino acid, by phenylalanine hydroxylase. However, this enzyme requires tetrahydrobiopterin as a cofactor and thus its deficiency slows phenylalanine metabolism.

High levels of phenylalanine are present from infancy in people with untreated tetrahydrobiopterin (THB, BH4) deficiency. The resulting signs and symptoms range from mild to severe. Mild complications may include temporary low muscle tone. Severe complications include intellectual disability, movement disorders, difficulty swallowing, seizures, behavioral problems, progressive problems with development, and an inability to control body temperature.

It was first characterized in 1975.

Signs and symptoms

Genetics

This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, which means two copies of a specific gene in each cell are altered in order for the individual to be afflicted. Most often, the parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive disorder are carriers of one copy of the altered gene but do not show signs and symptoms of the disorder.

Related genes

Mutations in the GCH1, PCBD1, PTS and QDPR genes directly cause BH4 deficiency. Additionally, mutations of the MTHFR gene (A1298C variant) and DHFR can interfere with the recycling of BH4 and lead to less severe, but still clinifically significant, deficiencies of BH4.

BH4 is a compound that helps convert several amino acids, including phenylalanine, to other essential molecules in the body. It is also involved in the production of serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine – neurotransmitters that transmit signals between nerve cells in the brain. THB deficiency can be caused by mutations in one of several genes, including GCH1, PCBD1, PTS, and QDPR. These genes control the production of hydroxylase enzymes that are critical for producing and recycling THB. If just one of the enzymes fails to function correctly because of a gene mutation, little or no BH4 is produced. As a result, phenylalanine from the diet builds up in the bloodstream and other tissues, potentially damaging nerve cells in the brain. Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency also disrupts the levels of certain neurotransmitters in the brain, which affects the function of the central nervous system (CNS), and dysregulation of the nitric oxide cycle leads to a buildup of peroxynitrite, an inflammatory oxidant that further degrades BH4 and perpetuates a state of inflammation.

Pathophysiology
Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency can be caused by a deficiency of the enzyme dihydrobiopterin reductase (DHPR), whose activity is needed to replenish quinonoid-dihydrobiopterin back into its tetrahydrobiopterin form. Those with this deficiency may produce sufficient levels of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) but, since tetrahydrobiopterin is a cofactor for PAH activity, deficient dihydrobiopterin reductase renders any PAH produced unable to use phenylalanine to produce tyrosine. Tetrahydrobiopterin is a cofactor in the production of L-DOPA from tyrosine and 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan from tryptophan, which must be supplemented as treatment in addition to the supplements for classical PKU.

Other underlying causes of tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency are:
 6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) deficiency
 Autosomal recessive guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) deficiency
 Autosomal dominant guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) deficiency
 Pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency

Diagnosis
Directed by screening newborn for elevated plasma levels of phenyl alanine. The normal level of phenyl alanine in plasma is 1-2 mg/dl and in PKU, it normally ranges between 20-65 mg/dl. The main test for confirmation of PKU is the Guthrie test, which is a Bacillus subtilis Bioassay.

Phenyl pyruvate in urine can also be detected using Ferric Chloride test.

Treatment

Treatment of THB deficiencies consists of THB supplementation (2–20 mg/kg per day) or diet to control blood phenylalanine concentration and replacement therapy with neurotransmitters precursors (L-DOPA and 5-HTP) and supplements of folinic acid in DHPR deficiency.

Tetrahydrobiopterin is available as a tablet for oral administration in the form of tetrahydrobiopterin dihydrochloride (BH4*2HCL). BH4*2HCL is FDA approved under the trade name Kuvan. The typical cost of treating a patient with Kuvan is $100,000 per year. BioMarin holds the patent for Kuvan until at least 2024, but Par Pharmaceutical has a right to produce a generic version by 2020. BH4*2HCL is indicated at least in tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency caused by GTPCH deficiency or PTPS deficiency.

Epidemiology

This condition is very rare; approximately 600 cases have been reported worldwide. In most parts of the world, only 1% to 2% of all infants with high phenylalanine levels have this disorder. In Taiwan, about 30% of newborns with elevated levels of phenylalanine have a deficiency of THB.

Subclinical deficiency can be found in individuals with poor diet (including low intake of folate or vitamin C) or genetic mutations in the MTHFR genes, which are involved in BH4 synthesis and recycling.

See also
 Phenylketonuria (PKU)
 Tetrahydrobiopterin (THB, BH4)
 Mild non-BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia - disorder arising due to mutations of the DNAJC12 gene.

References

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Vitamin, coenzyme, and cofactor metabolism disorders
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Jéssica de Barros Augusto,  (born 8 November 1981) is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events. At club level, she represents Sporting CP.

Augusto has enjoyed much success at the European Cross Country Championships. She won the event in 2010, was the runner-up in 2008, and shared in the team gold on three occasions. She was the first European-born runner to finish at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, although she was 21st overall. She has represented Portugal in three World Championships in Athletics and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics.

She has won medals on the track at minor championships, including golds at the 2007 Summer Universiade and 2009 Lusophony Games. In road running, her greatest achievement is a win at the 2009 Great North Run, where she set a half marathon best of 1:09:08. She has also won at the Cursa Bombers, and finished second at both the São Silvestre de Lisboa and Great South Run.

Career
Starting out in cross country running, she took gold in the junior race at the 2000 European Cross Country Championships. Her first appearance on the world stage on the track came in the 5000 metres at the 2005 World Championships, but she finished last in her heat. She enjoyed success at the Ibero American Championships however, taking gold in the 3000 m in 2004 and 2006. She led the Portuguese women to the team gold at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships. Competing at the Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade, Augusto set Universiade record on the way to winning the 5000 metres.

She was the 2008 Portuguese cross country champion and went on to take the silver medal at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships. She began to apply herself to the steeplechase and set the Portuguese record in 2008. She competed in two disciplines at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (5000 m and steeplechase) but failed to reach the final of either event.

In the following season, a fourth-place finish at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships meant she missed out on an individual medal, although she again headed Portugal to the women's team gold. She became the 1500 m champion of the 2009 Lusophony Games in July. Competing at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, she reached the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase and finished 11th overall. When years later, in 2015, Spanish athlete Marta Domínguez was banned for three years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport because of her ties to doping as well as issues with her biological passport and as a result, saw all her results from 5 August 2009 until 8 July 2013 being nullified, Augusto's 11th place turned into a 10th overall. Augusto won the Great North Run in 2009, recording a time of 1:09:08 for the half marathon race. She fended off compatriots Inês Monteiro and Anália Rosa to win the 2009 Oeiras International Cross Country meeting.

She ran in the 3000 m at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and she finished in eighth place in the final. She was 21st at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but despite this she was the first European-born runner to cross the line. After a win at the Cursa Bombers in a 10 km personal best of 32:08, she stated that she was looking to attempt longer distance races, including the 10,000 metres on the track. She improved her 10K best further to 31:47 minutes with a runner-up performance at the Great Manchester Run. At the 2010 Ibero-American Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 1500 m but she was dissatisfied with the performance, despite running a personal best of 4:08.32. Augusto entered the 3000 m where she promptly ran a championship record of 8:46.59, the fastest run by a European at that point in the year. She ran a Portuguese record of 9:18:54 in the 3000 m steeplechase later that month, finishing behind Marta Domínguez at the Gran Premio de Andalucía.

She recorded a personal best in the 5000 metres at the Meeting Areva Diamond League competition, knocking over 20 seconds off her previous time with a run of 14:37.07 for fifth place. At the 2010 European Athletics Championships she was some distance behind Elvan Abeylegesse in the 10,000 m, who completed a solo run to victory, but she was still the clear bronze medallist – her first podium finish on the track at continental level. She represented Europe over 5000 m at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup but only managed seventh place. Her end of year focus was the 2010 European Cross Country Championships held on home soil in Albufeira. She led the race from virtually start to finish and openly celebrated to the home crowd in the final straight, such was the size of her lead. Her win also brought the Portuguese women the team gold for the third year running. She ended the year with a win at the San Silvestre Vallecana 10K race in Madrid, where she again completed a gun-to-tape victory.

She took on Anna Incerti at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon in February 2011, but was beaten by the Italian's pace and had to settle for second. She made her debut over the marathon distance in April at the 2011 London Marathon and she recorded a time of 2:24:33 hours for eighth position. She was second behind her fellow Portuguese and friend Ana Dulce Félix at the Austrian Women's Run after beginning the race with an excessive pace. She came tenth in the 10,000 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. On the roads, she was runner-up at the Great North Run, won the Ovar Half Marathon, but failed to finish at the 2011 New York City Marathon.

In her second marathon finish she gave a similar performance at the 2012 London Marathon, taking eighth in just under two hours and 25 minutes. Augusto represented Portugal at the London 2012 Olympic marathon and placed seventh, first among the Portuguese. Her only international appearance of 2013 came at the European Team Championships, where she was fifth in the 3000 m. She was in the top ten at the Great North Run and Portugal Half Marathon, but reached the podium at the Yokohama Women's Marathon, coming third.

Despite the fact that she is currently a mother, she plans to participate in 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Achievements

Personal bests
800 metres – 2:10.59 min (2001), indoor – 2:05.97 min (2002)
1000 metres – 2:47.5 min (2001)
1500 metres – 4:08.23 min (2010), indoor – 4:07.89 min (2009)
Mile run – 4:45.15 min (1999), indoor – 4:32.18 min (2009)
3000 metres – 8:41.35 min (2007)
3000 metres steeplechase – 9:18:45 min NR (2010)
5000 metres – 14:37.18 min (2010)
10,000 metres – 31:15.78 min (2010)
Half marathon – 1:09:58 hrs (2011)
Marathon – 2:24:37 hrs (2014)

References

External links
Official website

1981 births
Living people
Portuguese female middle-distance runners
Portuguese female long-distance runners
Portuguese female marathon runners
Portuguese female steeplechase runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Portugal
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes from Paris
European Cross Country Championships winners
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Portugal

Jéssica Augusto


Akron Jewish Center is a historic building in Akron, Ohio. Built in 1929 and expanded in 1951 it was a Jewish Community Center and headquarters for the organization with the same name for over 45 years.

Description
The address of the center is 220 S. Balch Street. Designed by architectural firm Fichter & Brooker in a free Romanesque style the details display Byzantine influences. Built in 1929 the two and a half story masonry building is constructed of red brick in American bond pattern. Exterior trim is faux granite terra-cotta, with the raised basement demarcated by a prominent terra-cotta water table. The main entrance is raised six steps above ground level. Exterior walls rise to a parapet with a frieze that creates the effect of corbelling and a low profile ornamented cornice. The parapet conceals a flat roof.

On the long side of this basically rectangular structure the grandly ornamented main entrance is set off center. An archway featuring multiple archivolts resting on a boss that is a stylized  (see Torah) figure in turn resting on  lions (see Lion of Judah). The entire arch is supported by multiple engaged columns in groups set at 90 degrees from each other. Four multiple light doors with the center two paired are topped by wide cross beam bearing the words, "Akron Jewish Center" supporting a fully glazed tympanum. A smaller doorway on the left leading directly to the athletic facilities has a deep transom and ornamented lintel.

Further to the left is a large addition constructed in 1951. This addition was designed by Michael M. Konarski in a congruent Art Deco style with interpretations of Byzantine influences evident in the terra-cotta detailing. Matching brick was used for this addition. A notable feature of the interior is a multipurpose auditorium with balconies and a full proscenium stage. The seating capacity in stage configuration is 1,000. Extensive athletic facilities with equipment and a wide variety of recreational and social purposed rooms are complemented by office and civic spaces. The low profile building fits quietly in a neighborhood that remains residential.

Jewish Community Center

The Akron Jewish Center is also the name of the organization for whom this building was headquarters for over forty-five years. The charter to establish the Akron Jewish Center was secured by a group of prominent local Jewish men who organized for that purpose in 1924. As a Jewish Community Center the organization and the facility served a deep variety of religious and secular purposes.

A Synagogue and all associated functions were just the beginning of the activities of the center. The health of the community was advanced physically, socially, intellectually, spiritually and in civic discourse. The organization was very active in the community at large as well as within the Jewish community of Akron. In addition to the full complement of religious and Jewish cultural programming, concerts, theatrical performances and a civic speaker series aimed at the wider community were put on by the center.

The theatrical performances and concerts were popular and the speaker series Akron Civic Forum had developed into a television and radio program in 1986. Notable guests of the speaker series included Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert A. Taft, Edward R. Murrow and Drew Pearson. The program America's Town Meeting of the Air broadcast from the center twice.

The property is composed of several lots including one that had been a meeting place for a local Jewish congregation. The cornerstone was laid on November 4, 1928 and the building was dedicated and opened on September 22, 1929. The building's architects were J. Adam Fitcher and Harry A. Brooker namesakes of a firm that left a notable imprint on Akron across two decades.

Modern times
The Akron Jewish Center organization moved out of the building in 1973, selling it to Shadyside Baptist Church which occupied it until 1985. Today the building is owned by the City of Akron, which uses it as a community center.

The property was listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1986.

See also
 History of the Jews in Ohio
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Akron, Ohio

References

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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
Buildings and structures in Akron, Ohio
Jews and Judaism in Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Summit County, Ohio

Akron Jewish Center


The Nova Scotia Railway is a historic Canadian railway.  It was composed of two lines, one connecting Richmond (immediately north of Halifax) with Windsor, the other connecting Richmond with Pictou Landing via Truro.

The railway was incorporated March 31, 1853 and received a charter to build railway lines from Halifax to Pictou by way of Truro, as well as from Halifax to Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia on the Annapolis Basin opposite Digby by way of Windsor. The company also received a charter to build from Truro to the border with New Brunswick. The railway was a key project of the visionary Nova Scotian leader Joseph Howe who felt a government built railway led by Nova Scotia was necessary after the failure of the Intercolonial Railway talks and several fruitless private proposals.

The railway line to Windsor (known as the Windsor Branch) was opened in June 1858 and the line to Truro (known as the Eastern Line) was opened in December 1858. No further work was undertaken on the line to Victoria Beach beyond Windsor but the Eastern Line to Pictou Landing was completed by June 1867, under the supervision of Sir Sandford Fleming. The construction of the Nova Scotia Railway by the colonial government was partly encouraged by the construction failures and ongoing delays in building the Shubenacadie Canal The success of the railway came at the expense of the canal which opened in 1861, but soon fell into disrepair from lack of use (and because the rail bridges over the canal were too low for the steamers on the canal).

One noteworthy early feature of operations on the Nova Scotia Railway was the first known case of intermodal operations involving the "piggyback" transport of road vehicles on railway cars. Farmers in the Windsor area were able to drive their teams of horses and loaded wagons onto railway cars and be transported into Halifax to sell their loads, returning to Windsor the same day.

On July 1, 1867, ownership of the NSR was passed from the Government of Nova Scotia to the Government of Canada.

The Windsor Branch was leased to the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in 1871.  The W&A became part of the Dominion Atlantic Railway or DAR in 1894 and the DAR itself was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway or CPR in 1912, although it was operated as a separate entity. When the DAR was sold by CPR in 1994, the Windsor Branch came under the control of the shortline Windsor and Hantsport Railway.

The Government of Canada dissolved the NSR in 1872 when it became part of the Intercolonial Railway. The ICR in turn was controlled by Canadian Government Railways from 1915 to 1918 and was merged into the Canadian National Railways or CNR in 1918. The Halifax to Truro line remains part of CN, however the rest of the Eastern Line from Truro to Pictou was sold by CN in 1993 to the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway as part of CN's sale of the entire Truro to Sydney line.

External links
 History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
 Nova Scotia Railway, Pictou Extension 1866
Dominion Atlantic Railway Digital Preservation Initiative - Wiki

References
 Iron Roads of Nova Scotia, David E. Stephens, Lancelot Press, Windsor NS

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Colonel John Downes (1609 – c. 1666) was a commissioner who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England. After the English Restoration he was found guilty of regicide and imprisoned for life.

Background
John Downes' family had moved southwards from Cheshire to Warwickshire. They were said to be able to trace their Cheshire lineage back to 864 AD, according to John Parsons Earwaker's History of East Cheshire. It is said that when the King came hunting in Macclesfield Forest, a Downes held the King's stirrup whilst he mounted, while the Earl of Derby was to hold that of Downes. Derby refused on the basis of rank, instead pointing his whip at Downes' stirrup.

As far back as 864 AD there is mention of the family.
It is said that certain Cheshire estates belonged to the 'Ancient Family of Downes and Taxall' which did service to Earl Edwin of Chester, brother in law to Harold, one of the Saxon kings of Mercia.
The historian, Ormerod states that for many centuries these estates 'were for many centuries owned by the ancient family of Downes and Taxall'.

According to Ormerod in 1339 year Queen Isabella of France granted, that in consideration of the fine which " Edmund, son of Edmund de Downes has made to us, we have pardoned to him as much as in us lies, the transgression which he made in taking to himself and his heirs, from his father, Edmund, a certain bailiwick \ballivani\ of Forestry in our Forest of Macclesfield

The Downes held various manors in Cheshire and Lancashire from as early as the 12th century. They were an ancient Forester family, like the Stanleys, Egertons and other Cheshire families whom they married into. They held the manors of Overton, Taxall, Shrigley, Sutton Downes and Wardley.
Ormerod in his 'History of Macclesfield states that a Downes, styled the Great Lord of Downes, was Royal Forester to King Harold, the Saxon king of Mercia. This legend recounts how the Downes family acquired the coat of arms of the white stag. The King was hunting in Macclesfield Forest and became lost. Whilst all went to look for him, the Royal Forester, Downes, was resting when a white stag approached and led him to the King. The white stag was given to Downes by the King and became the family's arms. Ormerod claims the Downes family held their lands by a blast of the horn on Midsummer's Day and had many curious medieval rights including one to hang draw and quarter.

One member of the family, Roger Downes, a friend of the notorious libertine Lord Rochester, was killed in a London brawl, with his head apparently being sent to the family home at Wardley Hall. The Hall is supposed to be haunted by his ghost. They acquired Wardley Hall through marriage to a Worsley heiress.

Some of the Downes family were well known for their adherence to the Catholic faith, though in later centuries they remained Anglican. It was Francis Downes who retrieved the head of his martyred cousin Ambrose Barlow.

Biography
John Downes was born at Manby in Lincolnshire. He was grandson of Rev George Downes of Nuneaton, 'descended out of Cheshire'.
He was appointed an auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1633 and was elected MP for Arundel, Sussex in December 1641.

A lawyer, he studied at the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1642. He did not fight in the English Civil War but amassed a fortune dealing in the confiscated Royalist estates. He was a close friend of Oliver Cromwell and received substantial land grants in Ireland and England.

John Downes was arrested on 18 June 1660. When soon afterwards he petitioned King Charles II for an appointment, Robert Howcott stated that he was a servant of Mr Almery who was a relation of "Collonell Downes of Hampstead". A warrant had been issued by Sir Edward Nicholas for Downes to be arrested. Robert Howcott discovered and apprehended Downes before bringing him before the King who ordered Howcott to take Downes to General Monke, who passed him on to the "martiall Generall".

On being found guilty of regicide, John Downes was condemned to death in October 1660, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment because he had tried to intervene on the King's behalf and only signed the death warrant after being intimidated by the other commissioners.

Downes spent the rest of his life a prisoner in the Tower of London.

References

External links
John Downes, Regicide
The British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1638-60
The Trial of King Charles I - Defining Moment for Our Constitutional Liberties, by The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

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1660s deaths
Regicides of Charles I
Prisoners in the Tower of London
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