Victor Stefan Vogel (August 3, 1935 – September 16, 2019) was a Canadian jazz pianist, composer, arranger, trombonist, and conductor.

Biography

Vogel was born in 1935 to Hungarian parents living in Montreal. He began playing the piano at the age of five after watching his older brother play. He also taught himself to play trombone (from age 19), tuba, and vibraphone, and to arrange music.

At 14, he began working occasionally in Montreal nightclubs, and did a CBC radio broadcast, while repairing cars to earn money.

In the mid-1950s he studied piano and music theory with Michel Harvey in Montreal, and took lesson from Lennie Tristano in New York City.

Vogel became a full-time professional musician in the late 1950s, and through the 1960s worked as both a sideman and bandleader in nightclubs, and eventually in radio and TV studios. He played in a Montreal big band and later a nonet led by Steve Garrick, and honed his arranging skills by writing for various bands, including Garrick's and Al Nichols's.

In 1961, he accompanied on piano the Double Six of Paris, for concerts in the province of Quebec, and, in 1966 led a group of Montreal jazz musicians on a tour of Europe organized by Radio Canada. In 1968, with the dissolution of the Gagnon nonet, Vogel formed his own jazz orchestra, which remained active, including concerts, tours, recordings, and regular Monday night rehearsals, until his death.

Vogel was a central figure on the Montreal music scene, moving freely among jazz, pop, and occasionally symphonic assignments. He was the music director for many CBC/Radio-Canada variety shows, and composed the scores for CBC and CTV news programs, National Film Board documentaries, and other films. He wrote and conducted the music for the opening ceremonies of both the 1968 Man and His World exposition in Montreal, and the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and for the half-time shows at the Grey Cup in 1981 and 1985.

He shared the stage with many great names of jazz and popular music, including Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Eartha Kitt, Andy Williams, Ann-Margret, Paul Anka, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Michel Legrand.

Vogel performed at every Montreal International Jazz Festival since it began in 1980 until 2015 when he missed his farewell show due to illness.

His band's tour and recording with Quebec rocker band Offenbach resulted in the Offenbach en fusion LP that received the Félix Award as rock album of 1980. After several gold and platinum albums, he released his first piano solo album in 1993 consisting mostly of original material; it was nominated for Juno and Félix awards.

His solo and smaller ensemble projects included arranging and conducting the European Jazz Youth Orchestra in tribute to Oscar Peterson's 80th birthday. Vogel also arranged and conducted music for ceremonies at Expo 67, the Canada Games in 1985, For the Olympics he arranged welcoming and theme songs from excerpts of works by André Mathieu.

In 2007, he was the subject of the feature-length documentary film, "The Brass Man" (L'homme de Cuivre), and on November 1, 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Music from Concordia University.

Vogel died on September 16, 2019, at the age of 84.

Discography
 1976 — Olympique 1976
 1980 — En Fusion (with Offenbach)
 1982 — Vic Vogel Big Band
 1987 — Vic Vogel and the Awesome Big Band
 1990 — Le Big Band
 1994 — Piano solo
 1995 — Au revoir et merci (with Les Jérolas)
 1999 — Je me souviens ... mon piano
 1999 — Live — Le Jazz Big Band
 2000 — Montréal Jazz & Blues
 2001 — Montréal Jazz & Blues Plus (double CD/CD-ROM)
 2004 — Hangin' Loose
 2004 — Awesome!
 2004 — Los Boleros Holguineros (with Alfredo Chiquitin Morales)
 2005 — Until I Met You (with Johanne Blouin)
 2005 — Hommage à Oscar Peterson
 2005 — Jazz Les Folles Nuits de Montréal (with various artists)
 2005 — Rose Rouge (with Johanne Blouin)
 2005 — Rose Rose (with Johanne Blouin)
 2006 — 1+1=2
 2007 — Je joue mon piano (CD + 2DVD)
 2012 — Piano et la voix (with Martin Deschamps)
 2008 — Jim & Andy's
 2008 — Les Jalouses du Blues (with Offenbach and Alys Robi)
 2012 — Nostalgie des Fêtes (with Martin Deschamps)
Vic Vogel also made several 33 and 45 RPM recordings before 1976.

See also
 Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970, John Gilmore, Véhicule Press, 1989,

References

External links
 Vic Vogel at Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
 Fonds Vic Vogel, at Concordia University, Montreal

1935 births
2019 deaths
Canadian conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Canadian jazz bandleaders
20th-century Canadian pianists
Francophone Quebec people
Musicians from Montreal
Anglophone Quebec people
21st-century Canadian pianists
Canadian jazz pianists
Canadian male pianists
Canadian jazz trombonists
Male trombonists
Canadian jazz composers
Canadian music arrangers
Canadian people of Hungarian descent
20th-century Canadian male musicians
21st-century Canadian male musicians

Vic Vogel


The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis consists of a yellow-edged black band containing two white stars that divides diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle. Adopted in 1983 to replace the flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, it has been the flag of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis since the country gained independence that year.  Although the flag utilises the colours of the Pan-Africanist movement, the symbolism behind them is interpreted differently. The three islands later became part of the West Indies Federation in 1958; after this dissolved four years later, they were granted the status of associate state as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla.  However, Anguilla decided to secede from the federation in 1969, owing to fears that their population, which was already small, would be further marginalised in parliament. This was eventually formalised in 1980, and a new flag for the remaining parts of the federation was needed, since the symbolism of the previous flag centred on the concept of a union of three.

A national competition was held in the early 1980s to choose a new flag.  The winning design by student Edris Lewis was one of 258 entries.  It was first hoisted one minute after midnight on 19 September 1983, the day Saint Kitts and Nevis became an independent country.

Design

Symbolism
The colours and symbols of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings.  The green alludes to the country's fertile land, while the red evokes the fight against slavery and colonialism.  The yellow stripes represent the sunshine the islands enjoy all year round, and the black epitomises the people's African origins.  The two stars on the black band symbolise the two islands as well as hope and liberty.  The official meaning behind the flag's symbols was formulated by Edris Lewis, the same person who designed the flag.

Flag of Nevis

The flag of Nevis island incorporates the flag of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the top left corner.

The golden field stands for sunshine. The central triangle represents the conical shape of Nevis, with the blue being the ocean; the green being the verdant slopes of the island; and the white being the clouds that usually wreathe Nevis Peak.

Historical flags

References

Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis
National flags
Flags adopted through competition
Flags introduced in 1983
1983 establishments in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis


Bahaddur () is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. Srinivas. The film stars Dhruva Sarja and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. Ravi Shankar, Achyuth Kumar, Jai Jagadish and Srinivasa Murthy. The film released on 3 October 2014, in 7.1 surround sound, the first in Kannada cinema. The 2016 Telugu movie Srirastu Subhamastu was reported to have been heavily inspired by the core plot of this movie.

Cast

Plot

Set in an urban milieu, the story revolves around Ashok (Dhruva Sarja), who belongs to the Bahaddur royal family. He comes to Mysore in search of an ideal girl and is smitten by the charming Anjali (Radhika Pandit). From teasing her, following her, irritating her and cajoling her, he tries every trick of the trade to win her heart. However, he doesn't disclose his background. But Anjali has a promise to keep. She's made a commitment to her father Shankarappa (Srinivasamurthy) that she will marry the boy of his choice. This doesn't deter the lover in Ashok from giving up. In due course of time, Anjali's engagement is fixed with Sharath, the son of Shankarappa's close friend. The story takes a turn when Appaji Gowda (Ravishankar), her father's friend, reveals what's brewing between Ashok and Anjali.

Production

Casting
Speculations of Radhika Pandit having been signed as the female lead opposite Sarja were confirmed in March 2013. However, Sarja's signing was confirmed in October 2013. Having worked together in Addhuri (2012) previously, the film was their second together. It was revealed in August 2014, that actor Puneeth Rajkumar would be giving a voice-over for the film. Speaking on the importance of this, the director Chethan Kumar said, "The film begins with Puneeth's voice over. He introduces the characters and the story and his voice becomes the sutradhar of the film, as it returns towards the end of the film. What he says also forms an essence of this story that we have tried to narrate".

Filming
After the film was announced in 2012, the filming got underway, until the producers Legend International backed out in March 2013, following losses incurred from the failure of its previous production Andhar Bahar. Filming then resumed after R. S. Productions took over in October 2013. Majority of the film was shot in Mysore and Hubli, among other places like Bangalore and Mandya. Two songs for the film were shot in Malaysia. In an interview, Sarja revealed that he had to put on 22 kg for his role in the film and then shed 18 kg for the song sequences.

Marketing
The trailer of the Bahaddur was released on 22 September 2014, on YouTube. As part of the promotional activities, the cast and crew of the film participated in a blood donation camp in Bangalore, organized by fan clubs Dhruva Warriors and Besuge Adda, prior to its 25th day run in theatres. The cast and crew then promoted the film in various theatres in Bangalore. They further went on a tour of Karnataka promoting the film, visiting places such as Mandya, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamrajnagar and Tumkur.

Soundtrack

The music for the film and soundtracks were composed by V. Harikrishna, with lyrics for the soundtracks penned by Chethan Kumar, Yogaraj Bhat, Kaviraj and A. P. Arjun. The soundtrack album has five tracks. It was released first on 1 September 2014, under the label D Beats, owned by V. Harikrishna. However, it was released officially on 20 September.

Reception
The soundtrack album was received positively by critics and fans alike. It sold 1 lakh audio CDs in 18 days from its release, also with 1.5 lakh digital downloads by the time. Following this, the platinum disc was launched in September 2014. Reviewing the album, Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India wrote, "The tracks make for a perfect mix of romance, massy and dance numbers -the must-haves in a commercial entertainer."

Release and reception
The film released on 3 October 2014, in around screens across Karnataka. The distribution rights of the film were bought by Samarth Prasad under his banner Samarth Ventures. Following a good response at the domestic box-office, it was announced 24 October, that the film would be screened in 29 centres abroad, that include screens in Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Singapore.

Critical reception
Upon its theatrical release, the film received mixed reviews from critics. Shyam Prasad S. of Bangalore Mirror gave the film a rating of four out of five and said, "[the film]... takes the romantic story of boy-meets-girl to the level where the rest of the characters are down to a bare minimum." and gave credit to the "chemistry between the lead pair". G. S. Kumar of The Times of India felt the film has "all the ingredients of the perfect romantic flick". He concluded writing praises for the roles of the acting, music, cinematography and the choreography departments in the film. Bharath Bhat of FilmiBeat gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Bahaddur is a very entertaining movie. The viewers will not have single moment of boredom. A must watch to all cine lovers." However, it received a negative review from S. Viswanath of Deccan Herald who gave the film a 1/5 rating and called the film "sickening". He wrote of the film, "Legitimising stalking, in the guise of comedy, Director Chethan Kumar gives one goosebumps."

Box office
Following a good opening, reports said Bahaddur collected  in the first week of its release. A bulk of this,  came from the Bangalore, Kolar and Tumkur regions. Following its first week from release, it managed to retain all the screens and collected  within 2 weeks. Unusually, even two weeks after its release, the film was said to be faring well at multiplexes considering the Kannada films were screened in single screens after such a run, previously.

References

External links

2014 films
2010s Kannada-language films
Kannada films remade in other languages
Films directed by Chethan Kumar

Bahaddur


Lord Ayyappa was the son of Vishnu & ShivaLord Ayyappa is a very popular Hindu deity, which is mainly worshipped in South India. He is also spelt as Ayyappa. It is believed that he was born out of the union between Lord Shiva and the mythical Mohini, who is also regarded as an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Therefore, Ayyappa is also called as ' Hariharan Puthiran' which means the son of both Hari or Vishnu and ' Haran' or Shiva.

Hindu gods and goddesses

Ayyappan


The Saint Rita Apartments is an apartment building located at 35 Owen Street in the North End, of Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

Description

The Saint Rita Apartments is a six-story English Renaissance Revival red brick apartment building. The exterior has extensive terra cotta detail work. The terra cotta ornamentation is most noticeable at the roofline.

On the interior, the lobby features ornate plaster detail and complex designs, including a portrait of two dancers and the name "SAINT RITA" above the entrance. When constructed, the Saint Rita contained 24 apartments of four or five room each.

History
The Saint Rita Apartments were constructed in 1916. When constructed, the building contained 24 luxury apartments. The building was designed by Harry Stevensen and owned by Robert S. Brown.

By 1990, the apartment building had been converted into subsidized housing. The building closed in 2005, and shortly thereafter a fire damaged the interior. In 2008, it was placed on the demolition list by the city. In 2011 it was sold at auction.

In September 2017, Central City Integrated Health Inc., broke ground on a $7 million housing development for homeless veterans on the city's North End. Plans are to renovated the building into 26 units of "Permanent Supportive Housing". Permanent Supportive Housing combines affordable housing, health care, and supportive services to help individuals and families lead stable lives. The project is planned for completion by late 2018.

On February 27, 2019, The Saint Rita Apartments reopened.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit

References

Apartment buildings in Detroit
National Register of Historic Places in Detroit
Residential buildings completed in 1916
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan

Saint Rita Apartments


Psychpanalyst and writer, Claude Delay (born 22 December 1934 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is also the author of several biographies of Coco Chanel, the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva and the brothers Alberto and Diego Giacometti. The granddaughter of the surgeon and politician , she is the daughter of professor Jean Delay and the sister of the novelist Florence Delay of the Académie française

Biography

Hands
Claude Delay has published some of her texts under the name of Claude Baillén or Claude Delay-Tubiana, Professor Raoul Tubiana, surgeon of the hand, being her husband.

In the biography written by Claude Delay, Giacometti, Alberto and Diego, l'histoire cachée, Raoul Tubiana intervenes in the last chapter to evoke Alberto Giacometti, whom he met in 1948 thanks to their common friend Jacques Audiberti, Before getting to know Diego. For his part, Claude Delay met Diego later.

On the occasion of the marriage of Raoul Tubiana and Claude Delay in 1972, Diego offered them "a bronze couple holding hands". For his part, Raúl Tubiana possessed a hand carved by Alberto; Diego then carved a hand of Claude Delay. "This is how we have bronze hands of the two brothers," says Raul Tubiana.

Works

Novels and memoires
 Paradis noir, novel, Gallimard
 Le Hammam, novel, Gallimard, prix Lucien Tisserant
 Roger la grenouille, portrait-souvenir, Jean-Jacques Pauvert
 Les ouragans sont lents, novel, Éditions des Femmes
 Passage des Singes, éditions des Femmes, prix littéraire de Trente Millions d'amis

Biographs
1993: Chanel solitaire, Gallimard ; , 2001
1997: Marina Tsvetaïeva, Une ferveur tragique, Plon, prix Anna de Noailles of the Académie française
2007: Giacometti, Alberto et Diego, L'histoire cachée, Fayard
1998: Zao Wou-Ki, Couleurs et mots, collections of interviews with Zao Wou-Ki and several authors,
2013: Marilyn Monroe, la cicatrice, Fayard

External links
 Claude Delay on Babelio
 Claude Delay : la dernière confidente de Coco Chanel on France Info
 Claude Delay on Éditions des Femmes
 Claude Delay on the site of the Académie française.
 Interview avec Claude Delay on YouTube

Writers from Neuilly-sur-Seine
1934 births
Living people
21st-century French writers
French biographers
French psychoanalysts
French women novelists
20th-century French women writers
21st-century French women writers
French women biographers

Claude Delay


The Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre is located to the North of Montrose, Angus, Scotland. Montrose has the distinction of having the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and the Heritage Centre is located on the former airfield.

The Air Station Heritage Centre is run by the Ian McIntosh Memorial Trust and is a registered Scottish charitable organisation. It is self-financing, relying on visitors fees and donations together with grants from local government and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The centre receives no regular financial support from local or national government.

History

The airfield was first opened on 1913 when five aircraft of No.2 Squadron Royal Flying Corps arrived. Montrose became the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and first military airfield in Scotland.

The air station closed in 1920 but was reopened in 1935 for use in the Second World War. After the war the airfield continued to be used as a maintenance unit until it closed on 4 June 1952.

In 1983 a group of local enthusiast banded together to ensure that the history of Montrose Air Station would not be forgotten. A local man, Ian McIntosh, established the Montrose Air Station Heritage Trust, now known as the Ian McIntosh Memorial Trust and money was raised by the Montrose Aerodrome Museum Society.

In 1992 the trust purchased the Watch Office and ground which became the Montrose Air Station Museum. Over the years the museum has added more buildings to house its increasing collection of artefacts, memorabilia and models aided by donations, local government grants and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

On 19 May 2012 a memorial stone was unveiled at the air station in remembrance of the units and personnel who were stationed there. The memorial was provided by the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust.

Projects

Training Pilots for War
This project was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund  as well as local benefactors. It commenced in June 2010 and involved extending the Romney Building to create room for new facilities. These included a Link Trainer, computer flight simulator and a learning zone with audio and video resources. It was completed in October 2012.

The Spitfire Fund
Similar to the wartime Spitfire Funds  this was to raise money to purchase a full size replica Spitfire. Additional funding from Angus Council  has enabled the purchase of the Spitfire which now sits at the front of the main building. The Aircraft, made by GB Replicas, stands as a monument to the many people who served there during two World Wars. It is in the colours and markings of the 602 Squadron (City of Glasgow) Red Lichtie Spitfire. The original Red Lichtie was purchased in 1942 by the people of Arbroath, Angus after they started a Spitfire fund and raised £5000.
On 26 July 2013 HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex visited the Heritage Centre and unveiled the Spitfire and a commemorative stone.

First in France 1914
The first pilot to land in France after the declaration of war was Lieutenant H.D. Harvey-Kelly of No.2 Squadron RFC Montrose. The project is named after this event. A new building has been erected which will house the centre's artefacts from World War I including the Robertson Cross and the replica Sopwith Camel. They have also constructed a full size replica B.E.2a aircraft and put together a comprehensive exhibition. Also part of this project will involve the production of a Roll of Honour, an 'online' Book of Remembrance for pilots who were killed in accidents whilst flying at Montrose Air Station. The First in France 1914 project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Exhibits

Aircraft on display
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a replica representing No.471 of No.2 Squadron RFC as flown by Major Harvey Kelly DSO
Sopwith Camel F.1 replica representing B7320 of No.70 Squadron RFC as flown by WWI fighter ace Captain John Todd MBE MC DFC
Miles M.2H Hawk Major (DG590) Civilian Registration was G-ADMW
Avro Anson Mk.C19 No.TX266 on display whilst under renovation.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVb full size replica LO-D (EP121) No.602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF
Gloster Meteor T.7 (WF825) from No.603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAF
de Havilland Sea Vampire T.22 (XA 109)
Hawker Hunter F.1  (WT619).
Panavia Tornado GR4  (ZD744).

Engines on display
Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine
Rolls-Royce Derwent jet engine
Rolls-Royce Spey jet engine
Rolls-Royce Olympus jet engine
Turbo-Union RB199 jet engine
De Havilland Gipsy Queen   aero engine
Bristol Hercules radial engine – No 210016 series 264
Bristol Hercules radial engine – No 210391 series 264

Other items
Link Trainer
Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 Anti Aircraft gun
1941 David Brown Taskmaster World War II Airfield Tractor
Robertson Cross

Buildings

MT Hut
The MT (Mechanised Transport) Hut can be seen in some of the oldest pictures of the air station and dates back to around 1915. After the closure of the air station in 1952 the hut fell into a state of disrepair. In 2009 volunteers started restoring the hut and it was formally reopened on 5 May 2012. The building is a category:C(S) Listed Building Historic Scotland Building ID: 38231

HQ Building
Built in 1915 this was the former headquarters building of the air station and now holds several exhibitions. The building is a category:C(S) Listed Building Historic Scotland Building ID: 38229

Exhibition Room 1
Formerly the Commanding Officers office, there is a display on the theme of the Home Front during World War II

Exhibition Room 2
Is used for temporary displays.

Exhibition Room 3
The largest display room tells the story of Montrose Air Station from its foundation in 1913 to its closure in 1952 and the people who served there. A new acquisition for 2013 is a large Diorama showing the layout of the airfield in 1940.

Exhibition Room 4
A pilots bedroom in 1940.

Wartime Pillbox and Anderson Shelter
The pillbox dates from 1949 and was an important part of the defences at Montrose.
The Anderson shelter was designed in 1938 by William Paterson and Oscar Carl (Karl) Kerrison in response to a request from the Home Office. It was named after Sir John Anderson, then Lord Privy Seal with special responsibility for preparing air-raid precautions immediately prior to the outbreak of World War II, and it was he who then initiated the development of the shelter. It was widely used by the civilian population during World War II

The Richard Moss Memorial Collection
Formerly the Kirriemuir Aviation Museum, this building displays Richard Moss's collection of RAF memorabilia.

Jack Drummond Workshop and Store
This is named after LAC Jack Drummond who was posted to Montrose in 1937. The Nissen hut is used for restoration projects and houses working machinery. For safety reasons it is not open to the public.

John Betty Library and Research Centre
Named after Squadron Leader John Betty, former Chief Flying Instructor at RAF Montrose, the library houses the largest private collection of aviation books in Scotland and the Heritage Centre's archives. It is accessible to visitors by arrangement and will eventually provide computer access to archives in the future for family history research.

David Butler Building
This building, a Romney Hut funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, was named after David Butler who was a founder member of the Heritage Centre. It houses the Miles M.2H Hawk Major, T.22 de Havilland Sea Vampire and link trainer together with a display of aircraft engines. There is also a Pilot Training Display and a Learning Zone for visits from local schools.

Lt John Ross Robertson Building
The Heritage Centre's newest building was erected in July 2014 and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It was officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Angus, Mrs Georgiana Osborne, on 3 August 2014. The Heritage Centres World War I artefacts are on display in the building together with its full size replica B.E.2a and Sopwith Camel aircraft. The building is named after Lt Robertson who learned to fly at Montrose and was killed in action on his fourth mission 5 months later on 12 May 1917. He was buried by the Germans and the cross they made for his grave is now on display in the building. It stands as a memorial not just for Lt Robertson but to all the people who served at Montrose.

Major Burke's Shed 1.b
On 14 January 2019 Heritage Centre entered into a long-term agreement with Angus Council for use of Major Burke's Shed 1.b.  Sheds 1.a and 1.b form the first of three hangars build in late 1913. The hanger contains a Panavia Tornado GR4  (ZD744). and a Hawker Hunter F.1 (WF619) on loan from the RAF Museum

Historic airfield buildings nearby
To the immediate south of the Heritage Centre stand three aircraft hangars which are believed to be the oldest example of their type in the world. The hangars were built at the end of 1913 and first used in early 1914 to house No. 2 Squadron when they moved to the airfield from Upper Dysart. Their design was based on Indian Army Sheds modified by Major Burke to house aircraft and were pre-fabricated in Glasgow before being transported to Montrose. The buildings were constructed of wood with corrugated iron roofs and each one had two gabled openings. The hangars were built in a curve following the path of railway line which used to be at the rear of the buildings.

The hangar farthest away from the heritage centre retains its original cladding. The building is a category:A Listed Building Historic Scotland Building ID: 38228

The other two hangars have had a steel cladding added in 1987-8 and on the 10 August 2018 were relisted from category:B to category:A in recognition of their historical importance   Historic Scotland Building ID: 38227

See also

List of aerospace museums
RAF Montrose
Royal Flying Corps

References

External links
Official website

Museums in Angus, Scotland
Aerospace museums in Scotland
Military and war museums in Scotland
Science museums in Scotland
Local museums in Scotland
History of Angus, Scotland
Category A listed buildings in Angus, Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Angus, Scotland
Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland
Royal Flying Corps
World War I
World War II museums
Montrose, Angus

Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre


Carnaval, Op. 9, is a work for piano solo by Robert Schumann. It was written in 1834-1835. Subtitled Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes (Little Scenes on Four Notes). the work is a collection of short pieces representing masked revelers at a festival. Schumann, his friends and colleagues, and characters from improvised Italian comedy (commedia dell'arte) are all depicted musically in the work. Carnaval is centered on four notes which had special meaning for Schumann: A, E-flat, C, B - signified in German as A-S-C-H. Each piece has a title, and the work as a whole is a musical representation of an elaborate masked ball during carnival season. Both Schumann and his wife, Clara, thought his solo piano works too difficult for the general public. They were rarely performed in Schumann's lifetime. Franz Liszt however performed selections from Carnaval in Leipzig in 1840.  Today, the work is one of Schumann's most often performed works. The work was orchestrated in the early 20th century for a ballet produced for the Ballets Russes which starred Nijinsky.

References

Solo piano pieces
Compositions by Robert Schumann
Ballets

Carnaval


Ambitious Kung Fu Girl is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Lu Chin Ku, starring Chen Kuan Tai and Michelle Yim.

Plot

Spoiled and with her head permanently in the clouds, Yuen Si Si (Yim) - naive daughter of an affluent merchant - lives her cosseted life dreaming of a meeting with her idol Qin Ge (Chen Kwan-Tai). Qin Ge is a kung-fu celebrity somewhat out of reach though and Si Si's wealthy father decides to marry her of to his friend's son, Yang Fan (Tak). Obviously an arranged marriage is anathema to the fiercely independent young woman and she sneaks out of the house with the intention of finding her beloved Qin Ge. What she doesn't realise though is that the kung-fu skills she thinks will protect her are merely a pretence, cleverly engineered to boost her ego by her over-protective father. It isn't too long into her misadventure that the formerly hermitic Si Si discovers that the world outside is far from being the world of chivalry that she expected and there are people practically lining up to take advantage of her. Not too far behind her is Yang Fan who is keen to save his fiancée more for the reward offered by her father than any feelings of affection for her.

External links

1982 films
Hong Kong martial arts films
Kung fu films
Shaw Brothers Studio films
1980s Hong Kong films

Ambitious Kung Fu Girl


Faith Broadcasting Network was a Christian television network owned and operated by the Faith Center church in Glendale, California.

Until the mid-1980s, FBN owned and operated WHCT-TV 18 in Hartford, Connecticut (now Univision affiliate WUVN), KVOF-TV 38 in San Francisco (now KCNS), and KHOF-TV (today's KPXN-TV) 30 in San Bernardino, CA. During the same era the Faith Center owned and operated KHOF-FM which was licensed in the city of Los Angeles, CA.

KHOF-FM
An FM radio station was the first broadcast property owned by Faith Center and was constructed around 1955. The transmitter site was located on a hill south of the junction of the Ventura and Glendale Freeways. Radio studios were originally in the pipe organ studios of Lorin Whitney in Glendale and later re-located to a rented store-front on Adams at the bottom west side of the transmitter hill. Studios were ultimately located at Faith Center when the church relocated to 1615 South Glendale Avenue in Glendale.
The station operated on FM frequency 99.5 MHz with an original power of 16,500 watts and later increased to 100,000 watts. The call letters of KHOF stood for the King's Herald Of Faith.  The original station manager was Jean Carpenter and Chief Engineer, Howard Bollanback.  After Howard left, Jack Short became Chief Engineer until 1961.

KHOF-TV
One of the early Christian television stations on the west coast was KHOF-TV. Faith Center constructed the station from ground up and signed it on the air in October 1969. The transmission facilities were located on Sunset Ridge, which is about 20 miles east of Mount Wilson, where the major television stations for Los Angeles are located. The station was licensed to San Bernardino and broadcast on UHF television channel 30. Programming originated at the transmitter facility, with video tape and film programming transported daily up the mountain for broadcast. A 30-mile microwave radio link was constructed from Faith Center in Glendale to Sunset Ridge which allowed for live programming, such as church services, telethons and festivals, to be broadcast.

KIFM
Around late 1971 Faith Center acquired an FM radio station in Bakersfield, California. The station operated on FM frequency 96.5 MHz with the call sign of KIFM. The call sign was passed along from the previous ownership and the meaning is assumed to have been Kings Inspirational FM, or Kings Inspiration For Man. The KIFM studios in Bakersfield were located in a renovated residence on South H Street.  While KIFM had a small staff to program the station there was a radio link established where the programming from KHOF-FM was sent to the KIFM studios. This allowed for some KHOF-FM programming including live church services to be broadcast on the Bakersfield station.

WHCT-TV
On February 16, 1972 Faith Center further expanded its ministries with the addition of WHCT in Hartford, Connecticut. WHCT was acquired from RKO General and broadcast on UHF television channel 18. RKO donated the station to Faith Center. The call letters were passed along from the RKO ownership. The "W" in the call sign is the typical first letter of the FCC call sign for stations located east of the Mississippi River. While "HCT" without a doubt originally stood for Hartford, Connecticut (CT) there was a dual meaning of Hartford Christian Television.  Studios were located at 555 Asylum Street in Hartford.

Unlike the other two television stations, WHCT remained a commercial station most of the broadcast day, at least initially. They signed on late morning, running rejected CBS shows, then religious shows early afternoon, a mix of cartoons, sitcoms, and westerns in the late afternoon and early evening, sports some evenings and Christian programming others. As sports contracts expired, the station gradually added more Christian programming and by 1974 was about half and half. Due to WHCT being across country, there was no economical means the station could be connected to Faith Center for live programming. Christian programming in the form of videotape and film was shipped from Faith Center to WHCT for airing on a part-time basis. By late 1975, the station was about 2/3 Christian, with 1/3 from Faith Center and 1/3 from selling time but was down to about 9 hours a day.

In 1975, Doctor Gene Scott took over Faith Center, and the station gradually cut the budget and stopped renewing most programming. Plans in 1975 were to sell Faith Center's assets, with WHCT to be sold to the Christian Broadcasting Network and become a more conventional commercial independent station, with Christian programming late mornings and prime time. However, the planned sale was canceled in early 1976. That fall, the station was nearly all Christian, but due to financial problems, WHCT was only on the air about 10 hours a day. By the fall of 1977, WCHT aired Christian programming the entire broadcast day (except for an hour), though the entire broadcast day was now down to about 8 hours. From 1977 to 1979, all the outside Christian programming was gradually replaced with strictly religious shows with Gene Scott. In 1980, with satellite technology, WHCT ran Faith Center programming full-time as well but hours were down to only a couple a day.

KVOF
Faith Center acquired a television station in San Francisco, California and signed it on the air on August 4, 1974. The call sign of KVOF which stood for King's Voice Of Faith was assigned and the station transmitted on UHF channel 38. Office facilities were located at 601 Tarval Drive in San Francisco, while the transmitter and tower were located atop San Bruno Mountain in Daly City. For several years, Christian programming was shipped to KVOF from Faith Center by ground carrier, similar to how programming was being sent to WHCT in Hartford. In 1978, a microwave radio link was leased that interconnected Faith Center to KVOF, so programming could now originate in Glendale and be broadcast live on KVOF.

FBN Production Center
The demand of increased Christian programming for the five broadcast stations owned by Faith Center was met through the construction of a television production center. Production in the church auditorium was becoming very labor-intensive as it required setting up lights and sets for productions but then having to tear everything down for Wednesday and Sunday church services. This also required the disassembling and reassembly of the rows of folding chairs to accommodate the attendees of the church services. In circa 1973 Faith Center acquired the former Glendale Hardware store located on East Broadway in Glendale. The building was refurbished and converted into a three studio production facility. A microwave link was installed between the production center and Faith Center which allowed live broadcasts to originate from there.

See also
 Faith Broadcasting Network Information Site
 Eugene Scott

References

Evangelical television networks
Companies based in Glendale, California
Radio stations established in 1955
Television channels and stations established in 1969
1955 establishments in California
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2021 was unanimously adopted on 29 November 2011.

Resolution
Condemning the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council today renewed until 30 November 2012 the arms embargo and related sanctions on that country, and requested the Secretary-General to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts monitoring those measures.

Unanimously adopting resolution 2021 (2011) under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council requested the Secretary-General to appoint a sixth expert, on natural resources, and asked the Group of Experts — established under resolution 1533 (2004) — to report back by 18 May 2012 and again before 19 October 2012.

Established in 2003, the sanctions regime consists of an arms embargo against armed groups in the country that are not part of the Government's integrated army or police units, as well as a travel ban and an asset freeze on violators of the embargo and other persons and entities designated by the Sanctions Committee for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as determined by relevant Security Council resolutions.

Welcoming the support of the due diligence guidelines for importers, processing industries and consumers of Congolese mineral products by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Council called on all States to assist the country and others in the Great Lakes region in the implementation of those guidelines.  It encouraged raising awareness of the due diligence guidelines, in particular in the gold sector, as part of a broader effort to mitigate the risk of further financing armed groups and criminal networks within the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC).

Also by its resolution, the Council recommended that all States, particularly those in the region, regularly publish full import and export statistics for natural resources, including gold, cassiterite, coltan, wolframite, timber and charcoal, and enhance information sharing and joint action at the regional level to investigate and combat regional criminal networks and armed groups involved in the illegal exploitation of natural resources.

See also
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2001 to 2100

References

External links
Full text of UNSCR 2021

 2021
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2011 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
November 2011 events


The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains the Solar System.

Milky Way may also refer to:

Places
 Milky Way (Antarctica), a col in Antarctica
 Via Lattea ("Milky Way"), a winter sports area in the Italian and French Alps

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films
 The Milky Way (1922 film), a silent film directed by W. S. Van Dyke
 The Milky Way (1936 film), a Harold Lloyd film
 The Milky Way (1940 film), an MGM cartoon
 The Milky Way (1969 film), a film directed by Luis Buñuel
 Milky Way (2000 film) (Mliječni put), a 2000 Bosnian film
 The Milky Way (2007 film) (A via láctea), by Lina Chamie (Brazil), featured at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

Music
 MilkyWay, a Japanese girl group created as a tie-in to the anime Kirarin Revolution
 "Milky Way" (Syd Barrett song), a song by Syd Barrett
 "Milky Way" (BoA song), a song by BoA from Double
 Milky Way (album), an album by Bas
 "Milky Way", a song by Loudness from Disillusion
 "Milky Way", a jazz track by Marcus Miller from Free
 "Milky Way", a 1975 song by Sheer Elegance
 "Milky Way", a song by VIXX from VIXX 2016 Conception Ker
 Milkie Way, a member of the British electronic rock duo Wargasm
 Wintergatan ("Milky Way"), a Swedish band

Other arts, entertainment, and media
 Milky Way, a 1999 television commercial by Volkswagen featuring the song "Pink Moon"
 Milkyway Image, a Hong Kong feature film production company
 The Milky Way (novel), the UK publication of Jean Dutourd's novel The Best Butter

Brands and enterprises
 Milky Way (chocolate bar), a brand of chocolate bar
 Milky Way (spread), a brand of chocolate spread
 Melkweg (Dutch for "Milky Way"), a music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam
 The Milky Way (amusement park), an amusement park in Clovelly, Devon, England

Other uses
 Milky Way (mythology), myths and legends about the origin of the Milky Way

 MilkyWay@home, a distributed computing astronomy project

Milky Way (disambiguation)


The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) serves as an interagency law enforcement training body for 105 United States government federal law enforcement agencies. The stated mission of FLETC is to "...train those who protect our homeland". Through the Rural Policing Institute (RPI) and the Office of State and Local Training, it provides tuition-free and low-cost training to state, local, campus and tribal law enforcement agencies.

History

Studies conducted in the late 1960s revealed an urgent need for training by professional instructors using modern training facilities and standardized course content. Congress  authorized funds for planning and constructing the Consolidated Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (CFLETC). In 1970, the CFLETC was established as a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Order #217) and began training operations in temporary facilities in Washington, D.C.

The permanent location of the  center was originally planned for the Washington, D.C., area. However, a three-year construction delay resulted in Congress requesting that surplus federal installations be surveyed to determine if one could serve as the permanent site. In May 1975, after a  review of existing facilities, the former Naval Air Station Glynco was selected. In the summer of 1975, the newly renamed Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) relocated from Washington, D.C., and began training in September of that year at Glynco, Georgia. Glynco is the headquarters site and main campus for the FLETC and houses the senior leadership of the organization.

On March 1, 2003, FLETC formally transferred from the Treasury Department to the newly established U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with some 22 other federal agencies and entities. The move reflected the centrality of the FLETC's mission in support of the unified homeland security effort.

Headquarters
The FLETC headquarters are at the former Naval Air Station Glynco in the Glynco area of unincorporated Glynn County, Georgia, near the port city of Brunswick, Georgia, and about halfway between Savannah, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida. Additionally, it operates two other residential training sites at Artesia, New Mexico, and in Charleston, South Carolina. It also operates an in-service re-qualification training facility in Cheltenham, Maryland, for use by agencies with large concentrations of personnel in the Washington, D.C., area. The FLETC Orlando team located at Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida trains with branches of the United States Armed Forces evaluating new and existing training technologies for their ability to meet law enforcement training needs. The Los Angeles Regional Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center in Los Angeles, California has worked a partnership with FLETC along with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department along with state and local agencies to develop comprehensive maritime training. FLETC has oversight and program management responsibilities for the International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana, San Salvador, El Salvador, and Lima, Peru. It also supports training at ILEAs in Budapest, Hungary, and Bangkok, Thailand.

Parent department
The FLETC's parent department, the DHS, supervises its administrative and financial activities. As an interagency training organization, FLETC has professionals from diverse backgrounds to serve on its faculty and staff. Approximately one-third of the instructor staff are permanent FLETC employees. The remainder are federal officers and investigators on short-term assignment from their parent organizations. Agencies take part in curriculum review and development conferences and help develop policies and directives.

Affiliations

Partner organizations have input regarding training issues and functional aspects of the Center. The current partner organizations are:

Administrative Office of the United States Courts
U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Office of Inspector General
Police Department
Central Intelligence Agency
The Directorate of Digital Innovation
The Directorate of Analysis
The Directorate of Operations
The Directorate of Support
The Directorate of Science and Technology
 Executive Office
Department of Agriculture
Animal Plant Health Inspection Services
Food Safety Inspection Service
Office of the Inspector General
United States Forest Service
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Department of the Army
Army Criminal Investigation Command
Army Counterintelligence Command
Department of the Navy
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Logistics Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
Office of Inspector General
Defense Criminal Investigative Service
Pentagon Force Protection Agency
Department of Education
 Office of the Inspector General
Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration - Office of Secure Transportation
Office of Health, Safety and Security
Office of Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Office of Safety, Security and Asset Management
Food and Drug Administration - Office of Criminal Investigations
National Institute of Health
Office of the Inspector General
Department of Homeland Security
Customs and Border Protection
United States Border Patrol
Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Enforcement and Removal Operations
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Office of Security
Federal Protective Service
Homeland Security Investigations
Intelligence Analysis Operations
Office of Inspector General
Office of Professional Responsibility
Transportation Security Administration
Federal Air Marshal Service
United States Secret Service
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard Investigative Service
Marine Law Enforcement Academy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of the Inspector General
Protective Services Division
Department of Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Office of Inspector General
Office of Law Enforcement and Security
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
National Park Service
United States Park Police
United States Park Rangers
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Law Enforcement
Refuge
Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Office of the Inspector General
United States Marshals Service
Department of Labor
Office of Inspector General
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Department of State
Diplomatic Security Service
Office of Inspector General
United States Agency for International Development - Office of Inspector General
Department of Transportation
Office of Inspector General
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of the Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control
Office of the Inspector General
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
United States Mint
United States Mint Police
Department of Veterans Affairs
Law Enforcement Training Center
Office of the Inspector General
Environmental Protection Agency
Criminal Investigation Division
Office of the Inspector General
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Office of the Inspector General
Federal Reserve System
General Services Administration - Office of the Inspector General
Government Publishing Office
Office of the Inspector General
Security Services
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Office of the Inspector General
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 Office of the Inspector General
Office of Personnel Management
 Office of the Inspector General
Railroad Retirement Board - Office of the Inspector General
Small Business Administration
Office of the Inspector General
Smithsonian Institution
National Zoological Park Police
Office of Protective Services
Social Security Administration
 Office of the Inspector General
Tennessee Valley Authority
Office of the Inspector General
Police Department
United States Capitol Police
United States Postal Service
Office of the Inspector General
United States Supreme Court Police

See also
 FBI Academy

References

 Attribution

Further reading

 Public Manager. Spring 2013, Vol. 42, Issue 1, pp. 15–19.
 Vital Speeches of the Day. December 2010, Vol. 76, Issue 12, pp. 556–558.
 Journal of Applied Security Research. 2012, Vol. 7 Issue 4, pp. 478–488.
 U.S. News Digital Weekly. 4/4/2014, Vol. 6 Issue 14, pp. 15.

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Brunswick, Georgia
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Shooting ranges in the United States
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Ken Davenport (born Kenneth Anjum Hasija, August 23, 1972) is a two-time Tony Award-winning theatre producer, blogger, and writer. He is best known for his production work on Broadway.

Early life and career
Davenport was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Dr. Kenny Hasija and Pamela Soper (née Davenport). He grew up in Sturbridge, Massachusetts and attended the Bancroft School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Johns Hopkins University for one year with the intention of practicing law, before transferring to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.

Davenport began his professional theater career by working as a production assistant on the 1993 Broadway revival of My Fair Lady starring Richard Chamberlain. Before he began his producing career, he established himself as a company and general manager, working on shows such as Grease, Show Boat, Ragtime, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Gypsy.

Davenport Theatrical Enterprises
Davenport founded Davenport Theatrical Enterprises (DTE) in 2004, and has created, produced, and managed shows under that business for the last 15 years. His first ventures as a producer were the three Off-Broadway shows The Awesome 80s Prom, Altar Boyz, and My First Time, which he also wrote. Davenport's first Broadway credit as a producer was 13, and since then he has produced over a dozen other Broadway shows, including the first Broadway revival of Godspell, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Kinky Boots, and Deaf West Theatre's Spring Awakening.

Since its founding, Davenport Theatrical Enterprises has expanded to other areas of the theater business. It founded Broadway Genius Group Sales, a group sales agency for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows; DTE Agency, a theatrical marketing agency; and DTE Management, a general management division. In 2019, DTE Management relaunched as Architect Theatrical.

Davenport Theatrical Enterprises has founded several websites, including Your Broadway Genius, Best of Off-Broadway, and both the website and smartphone app Did He Like It?, a review aggregator for New York theater based on New York Times chief theatre critic Ben Brantley.  Additionally, Davenport is the creator of Be a Broadway Star, the only Broadway-themed board game.

In 2019, Inc. 5000 named Davenport Theatrical Enterprises one of America's fastest-growing private companies.

He is the founder of TheaterMakersStudio.com, a one-of-a-kind "masterclass" community with the goal of educating and inspiring writers, directors, producers and more to get their shows off the ground.

Davenport's television and film credits include the documentary These Magnificent Miles: On the Road with Red Wanting Blue, and The Bunny Hole, an award-winning television pilot that has appeared in the LA Indie Film Festival, the Orlando Film Festival, the LA Comedy Festival and more.

He managed and owned the Davenport Theatre, an Off-Broadway theater in Manhattan's Theater District until January 2019.  The Davenport Theatre had two performance spaces, a 149-seat main stage on the ground level, and a 60-seat blackbox theater on the upper level.  Davenport named the theater after his great-grandfather, Delbert Essex Davenport, who was a theater producer, publicist, author and lyricist in the early 1900s.

Innovations in Marketing and Producing

Davenport is well known among the Broadway community as an innovative producer and marketer.  He started The Producer's Perspective in 2008, a blog on which he shares his thoughts, experiences and opinions that is dedicated to making Broadway accessible and understandable.

Davenport's unique marketing initiatives have helped to bring attention to his Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.  In 2007, his Off-Broadway show My First Time had a "Virgins get in free" promotion, during which audience members who were determined to be "virgins" by a psychic received a free ticket to the show.  In 2012, Davenport instated the first ever "Tweet Seats" for a Broadway show during his production of Godspell.  During a specially designated performance, 15 of the show's biggest fans received free tickets specifically so they could share their experience during the show on Twitter and promote it on social media.

In 2006 on his Off-Broadway production of Altar Boyz, Davenport became the first producer to send audience members a follow-up email after they attended a show, a method now widely used across the industry.

In 2010, Davenport announced that he would be crowd-funding his Broadway revival of Godspell. Godspell was the first Broadway production to use the crowd-funding model.  Previously, Broadway investing was open to only accredited investors, who would ordinarily invest tens of thousands of dollars.  In comparison, Godspell was largely funded by 700 investors (called "People of Godspell") who were able to invest amounts as small as $1,000.  Davenport was lauded for making Broadway investing accessible to "average people," and for helping to bring a new crowd of investors into the Broadway community.

In 2012, Davenport held auditions to find the "Godspell Cast of 2032," a group of children ages 6 to 16 who were given the chance to perform with the Broadway cast.  Over 500 children auditioned, and 10 were chosen to join the company of Godspell for the curtain call for one night only.

In Macbeth on Broadway, Alan Cummings played all the roles. Organically, the show's mission took a step further. Davenport asked Cummings to step into another role to get up close and personal with the audience. He went to the theater on a rainy, Sunday morning to sell rush tickets at the Box Office, this allowed the audience to interact with him on and off the stage.

Gettin' the Band Back Together is set in Sayreville, NJ. In hopes of creating something special, Davenport asked the mayor and entire town to co-produce this musical with him. He was very specific as to who sent out press releases. He wanted to make the town feel as if it was similar to a sports team, Sayreville musical: Gettin' the Band Back Together!

During the Portland Center Stage run of his musical Somewhere in Time, Davenport used dial-testing to partially gauge audience reaction.  Although dial-testing is common in film and television, Davenport was the first producer to use it for the stage.  While dial-testing is a controversial issue in the Broadway community, with some believing it will create formulaic theater, others see it as a useful tool, as detailed in the New York Times story covering the testing of Somewhere in Time.

On November 30, 2015, Davenport announced that he would be livestreaming a performance of his Off-Broadway musical, Daddy Long Legs.  The performance was broadcast online for free on December 10, 2015.  Although the Metropolitan Opera and National Theatre Live, an initiative of the Royal National Theatre, have broadcast theatrical productions in the past, this was the first time a Broadway or Off-Broadway production was livestreamed.

On January 15, 2016, the producers of Spring Awakening, in association with The Broadway League, presented a symposium titled "How to Make Broadway More Accessible," featuring members of the disability community and a keynote address from Timothy Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics.

Other activities
Davenport was named one of Crain's "40 Under 40", and received the 2010 Leonidas A. Nickole Award of Distinction from the Musical Theatre Society of Emerson College. He won the 2008 Spirit of Theatre Award from Theatre Resources Unlimited, and his television pilot The Bunny Hole has been honored at the Orlando Film Festival, the IndieFEST Film Awards, and more.

In 2008, he appeared in one of the first Apple iPhone television commercials.

Davenport has been a guest lecturer at universities in the New York City metropolitan area. He has taught "Acting As A Business" for America Online, and his marketing techniques have been profiled in the New York Times and in marketing guru's Andy Sernovitz's book Word of Mouth Marketing.  Davenport was a member of the BMI Librettist Workshop and is a founding member of the Independent Theater Bloggers Association.

Davenport is a member of The Broadway League and the League of Off-Broadway Theaters and Producers.

Productions
 2022, Joy: the Musical (George Street Playhouse)
 2022, Harmony: A New Musical (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene)
2020, Americano! (Phoenix Theatre Company)
 2019, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Broadway)
2018, Gettin' The Band Back Together (Broadway)
2017, Once on This Island (Broadway)
2017, Groundhog Day (Broadway)
2017, The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway)
2015, Allegiance (Broadway)
 2015, Daddy Long Legs (Off-Broadway)
 2015, Spring Awakening (Broadway)
 2015, That Bachelorette Show (Off-Broadway)
 2015, The Visit (Broadway)
 2014, It's Only a Play (Broadway)
 2014, Mothers and Sons (Broadway)
 2014, The Bridges of Madison County (Broadway, tour)
 2013, Gettin' the Band Back Together (George Street Playhouse)
 2013, Macbeth (Broadway)
 2013, Kinky Boots (Broadway, tour, Toronto, West End)
 2011, Godspell (Broadway)
 2011, Chinglish (Broadway)
 2010, Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage (Off-Broadway)
 2009, Oleanna (Broadway)
 2009, Blithe Spirit (Broadway, tour, West End)
 2009, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America (Broadway)
 2008, Speed-the-Plow (Broadway)
 2008, 13 (Broadway)
 2007, My First Time (Off-Broadway)
 2005, Altar Boyz (Off-Broadway)
 2004, The Awesome 80s Prom (Off-Broadway)

Awards and nominations
 2018: Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical, Once on This Island (winner)
2018: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Once on This Island (nominee)
2017: Tony Award, Best Musical, Groundhog Day (nominee)
2016: Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical, Spring Awakening (nominee)
2016: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Spring Awakening (nominee)
2016: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical, Daddy Long Legs (nominee)
2015: Tony Award, Best Musical, The Visit (nominee)
 2015: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical, The Visit (nominee)
 2014: Tony Award, Best Play, Mothers and Sons (nominee)
 2014: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical, The Bridges of Madison County (nominee)
 2013: Tony Award, Best Musical, Kinky Boots (winner)
 2013: Broadway.com Audience Choice Award, Favorite Play Revival, Macbeth (winner)
 2012: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play, Chinglish (nominee)
 2012: Broadway.com Audience Choice Award, Favorite Musical Revival, Godspell (winner)
 2009: Tony Award nominee, Best Special Theatrical Event, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America (nominee)
 2009: Broadway.com Audience Choice Award, Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show, Altar Boyz (winner)
 2009: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Blithe Spirit (nominee)
 2005: Drama Desk Award, Outstanding New Musical, Altar Boyz (nominee)
 2005: Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Off Broadway Musical, Altar Boyz (winner)
 2005: Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical, Altar Boyz (nominee)

References

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Zoltán von Balla  (31 August 1883, Budapest – 1 April 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess champion.

In 1904, Balla took 11th place in Coburg (14 DSB Congress, B tournament). In 1905, he took 10th place in Vienna. In 1906, he won the first Hungarian Championship in Győr. He shared the title with Zsigmond Barász at Budapest in 1911. He won at Győr in 1911, took 18th place at Breslau in 1912 (18th DSB-Congress, Akiba Rubinstein and Oldřich Duras won), tied for 7th and 8th at Pistyan in 1912 (Rubinstein won),  tied for 3rd and 4th at Temesvár in 1912, and tied for 4th and 5th at Budapest in 1913 (Rudolf Spielmann won).

In 1916, he took 2nd in Budapest. In 1918, he tied for 1st and 2nd in Budapest. In 1918, he tied for 6th and 7th in Kaschau (Richard Réti won). In 1921, he took 5th in Budapest. In 1922, he tied for 12th and 13th in Pistyan (Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1924, he won in Budapest. In 1925, he took 3rd in Budapest. In 1928, he took 9th in Budapest (José Raúl Capablanca won).

In 1935, Balla tied for 17th and 18th in Tatatovaros (László Szabó won). In 1939, he tied for 1st and 2nd with László Szabó in Budapest (Dori Memorial). In 1940, he tied for 4th and 5th in Budapest (Maróczy Jubilaeum, Max Euwe won).

He died in a traffic accident with a Soviet tank at the end of the Second World War.

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Lieutenant General Royal Newman "King" Baker (November 27, 1918 – May 1, 1976) was a United States Air Force (USAF) flying ace during the Korean War. He accrued 13 victories in the war.

Baker was one of the few military aviators who flew operationally in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Biography
Baker was born in Corsicana, Texas, in 1918, where he graduated from high school in 1936. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial arts from North Texas State Teachers College in 1941. He began his military career as an aviation cadet at Hicks Field, Texas, in June 1941, and graduated from flight training in January 1942 with a commission as second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF). He then attended USAAF Observer School at Brooks Field, Texas.

In March 1942 he joined the 308th Fighter Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group at New Orleans, Louisiana, and went with the group to Atcham Army Air Forces Station, England, in June 1942, the first American fighter group to reach England. The group was subsequently equipped with British Supermarine Spitfire aircraft and Aug. 19, 1942, participated in the historic Dieppe Raid. Three months later, the group moved to North Africa, where General Baker piloted the British fighter in air operations over Algeria, Tunisia, and Sicily. For his aerial combat achievements, General Baker was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 16 oak leaf clusters.

In November 1943 Baker was assigned as flight commander with the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group, at Tullahoma, Tenn. Early in 1944, he went to the European Theater of Operations with the group which was assigned to the Ninth Air Force. He flew P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft in the campaigns of Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; and Rhineland. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and also received an oak leaf cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross. By the end of his second European tour of duty, he had flown a total of 523 hours on 272 combat missions in British Spitfire and Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.

Baker returned to the United States in December 1944 and served for a year as assistant director and director of fighter pilot training units. He was relieved from active duty in November 1945.

In July 1947 Baker reentered active duty and was named commander of the 115th Army Air Forces Base Unit at Stewart Field, N.Y. In December 1947 he was transferred to Mitchel Air Force Base, N.Y., as commander of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52d Fighter Group, and became group operations officer. He next attended the Air Command and Staff School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In October 1950 he was transferred to McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., as director of operations and training for the 52nd All-Weather Wing and later was commander of the 52nd Fighter Interceptor Group. When the 52nd Wing was reorganized, he was appointed director of operations of the 4709th Air Defense Wing.

He went to Korea in April 1952 and assumed command of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group, Far East Air Forces. During the Korean War, he flew 127 missions and accumulated 199 combat hours in F-86 Sabre jet aircraft and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Legion of Merit. He was the leading jet ace when he returned home and is the 21st jet ace of the Korean War, with 13 enemy aircraft destroyed.

In March 1953 Baker was assigned to Air Defense Command with duty station at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where he served as liaison project officer, Directorate of Plans and Requirements; in July 1955 became ADC project officer for the Directorate of Operations and Training; and in May 1957 became director of testing for the Air Force Flight Test Center of the Air Research and Development Command. He graduated from the National War College in June 1961.

He next assumed command of the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Station Wethersfield, England. In June 1963 he was appointed deputy commander of Third Air Force with headquarters at South Ruislip, England. In July 1964 General Baker returned to Washington, D.C., and assumed duties as chief of Regional Division 1, Plans and Policy Directorate of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was assigned in August 1966 as vice commander of Twelfth Air Force with headquarters at Waco, Texas.

In March 1968 Baker went to the Republic of Vietnam as assistant chief of staff for plans, Military Assistance Command Vietnam, and in July 1968 assumed duties as vice commander, Seventh Air Force. He flew 140 combat sorties and piloted every kind of USAF combat aircraft based in Vietnam. In July 1969 he was appointed commander, Seventeenth Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, with dual responsibility to command NATO's Allied Sector Three. In February 1971 he was assigned as chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, with headquarters at Bonn, Germany.

In January 1973 Baker became vice commander, Aerospace Defense Command, at Ent Air Force Base, Colo. Because of the consolidation of Continental Air Defense Command and Aerospace Defense Command headquarters he was appointed assistant vice commander on July 1, 1973, and in January 1974 was renamed vice commander until his retirement from the USAF on August 1, 1975.

Baker died on April 17, 1976, and was buried at the Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Texas.

Awards and decorations
Royal Baker's ribbons as they appeared at retirement:

See also
List of Korean War flying aces

References

Sources

1918 births
1976 deaths
American Korean War flying aces
American Vietnam War pilots
United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War
United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War
Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Recipients of the Silver Star
Recipients of the Air Medal
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Order (Vietnam)
United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
United States Air Force generals
People from Corsicana, Texas
Recipients of the National Order of Vietnam
Order of National Security Merit members
Military personnel from Texas
Aviators from Texas
University of North Texas alumni

Royal N. Baker