Edward von Kloberg III (January 9, 1942 – May 1, 2005) was an American lobbyist, infamous for his representation of some of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century.

Life

Born Edward Joseph Kloberg III (he added a "van" to his name in the 1960s and changed it to "von" on the advice of Arnaud de Borchgrave, who told him it was more "distinguished") in New York City, he was the son of an engineer who built housing projects.  He graduated from  Rider College in 1965, and went on to receive a Master's Degree in history at American University.  He was then hired by American University as a fundraiser, and was eventually appointed Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid.

In 1982, von Kloberg began a public relations and lobbying firm, named van Kloberg & Associates, which was renamed the Washington World Group in 1992.  In 1984, he was convicted of filing false financial statements with a Washington bank in connection with loan application. He was sentenced to one year probation. Von Kloberg, who often referred to his clients as "the damned," eventually went on to represent Saddam Hussein, Samuel K. Doe of Liberia, Nicolae Ceauşescu of Romania, Mobutu Sésé Seko of the then-Zaire and the Burmese embassy in the United States.  Upon the overthrow of Mobutu, von Kloberg then represented the government of Laurent Kabila, whose forces had pushed Mobutu from power.

In 1996, von Kloberg represented the apparel manufacturers of Honduras, who were being accused of sexual abuse and child labor.  He later admitted that his clients had been guilty of the accusations, but insisted that his representation of them had led to reforms.

Von Kloberg was known for his flamboyant personal style.  He affected the title "Baron", and was frequently seen wearing a black opera cape, either lined with red silk or with silk in a dove pattern, and a sash decorated with medals given to him by clients.  He traveled with steamer trunks, and was driven in a black limousine also decorated with medals and badges.

The authors of the book Washington Babylon wrote of von Kloberg, "Even within the amoral world of Washington lobbying, [he] stands out for handling clients that no one else will touch."  Washingtonian magazine once labeled him one of the city's "hired guns".  Von Kloberg himself reveled in the motto, "Shame is for sissies."

Spy magazine once ran a sting operation against von Kloberg, in which a staff employee posed as a neo-Nazi who advocated the annexation of Poland by Germany.  When von Kloberg offered to represent her, the magazine reported on the sting operation under the headline, "Washington's Most Shameless Lobbyist".  Following publication of the story, von Kloberg showed up at the magazine's Washington office wearing a helmet, announcing that he was ready to "take the flak".

In 2001, exiled King Kigeli V of Rwanda invested von Kloberg as a Chevalier Grand Croix of the Royal Order of the Intare.  The King called von Kloberg "a great friend of Africa and a true aristocrat."

Death
Von Kloberg committed suicide in 2005 by jumping from the walls of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. By this time he was sick and broke. In his pockets were a note for his younger lover, Darius Monkevicius, who had left him, and a magazine cover showing him beside president George H. W. Bush.

References

External links
"King Kigeli V Honors Von Kloberg, DuVal", The Washington Diplomat, July 2001.
Richard Leiby. "Fall of the House Of von Kloberg", The Washington Post, July 31, 2005.

American lobbyists
American University alumni
Suicides by jumping in Italy
1942 births
2005 deaths
Rider University alumni
People from New York City
LGBT people from New York (state)
20th-century American LGBT people

Edward von Kloberg III


Adrienne Haan (born April 7, 1978) is a German-Luxembourgish actress and singer who has appeared in theatre, cabaret and concert.

Background
Adrienne Catherine Haan was born in Essen, Germany on April 7, 1978. She holds dual citizenship in Germany and Luxembourg and she is a permanent resident of the United States of America. Her moniker is "Chanteuse Internationale".

Education
Haan graduated from American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1999. In 2019, she received her master's degree in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching from St. Mary's University in London (Twickenham), England. She also attended courses at The Juilliard School in New York City and at the Cologne School of Music and Dance.

Career

Haan is an actress and singer who specializes in music of the 1920s and 30s, particularly the music of the Weimar period and the music of Kurt Weill. Since 1999, she has performed in cabarets and on concert stages in the United States, South America, Europe, Israel, Turkey, China and Australia where is known for historically accurate renditions of songs in English, German, Luxembourgish, Swedish, French, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Mandarin and Zulu.  In 2019, she made her debut in Turkey, where she performed for the European Delegation in Ankara on Europe Day 2019 and a performance with her pianist at the Palais de France in Istanbul where she sang the tribute to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "Yiğidim Aslanım". In 2019, she made her first tour of China, performing her show Broadway Rock Hall. Her Carnegie Hall debut entitled Tehorah celebrated the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations with an encore performance in Washington DC and at Ravinia. Haan has also performed Tehorah for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) under patronage of his Royal Highness, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg at the theater in Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg. She also performed at the Jewish Festival Warszawa Singera in Warsaw at the Nowy Teatr in Łódź, Poland and at the White Synagogue in Wrocaw, Poland under the patronage of the Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Republic of Poland, Conrad Bruch. She has performed in the US Embassy of Luxembourg and was featured in a 6 city tour of Israel with the Netanya Orchestra. She has performed at cabarets in New York City including Cafe Sabarsky, 54 Below, Joe's Pub where she performed her show Voluptuous Weimar with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks and the Metropolitan Room as well as the Triad Theatre in New York City where she is artist in residence. Her additional shows include Cabaret Français which she performed at the Embassy of Luxembourg Washington DC in March 2019, her Kurt Weill Soirée, featuring the Dan Levinson Sextet and her Weimar Berlin soirée Berlin, Mon Amour featuring French singer/dancer Magali Dahan. In New Mexico, she performed as part of the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival. In 2022, Adrienne was hired by the Permanent Mission of the International Francophonie at the United Nations in New York, to musically represent the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg during the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations in NY. She is the first and only Luxembourg artist so far to receive this honor.

Her theater and musical productions include lead roles in Les Misérables, Evita, Cats, Cabaret, Sunset Boulevard, King Henry VI, and Richard III. Her cabaret show, The Streets of Berlin, is based on Berlin, mon amour, her most recent CD which was released in both German and English in 2010. Both the show and the recording include works by Mischa Spoliansky, Kurt Weill, and Bertolt Brecht arranged for voice, big band and string quartet by Heinz Walter Florin. Her earlier CDs include music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Claude-Michel Schönberg. In Europe, she has appeared on the "Westdeutscher Rundfunk" Television Channel.

Her latest albums Tehorah in German, Yiddish and Hebrew as well as her rock tribute to the French Chanson Rock Le Cabaret! were both published during the COVID-19 pandemic and have received critical acclaim.

In New York City Haan serves on the International Advisory Board of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts.

She also serves on the honorary entertainment board of the "Survivor Mitzvah Project" helping Holocaust Survivors in Eastern Europe to a better quality of living.

Personal life
In 2007, Haan married Klaus Liever. Her father, Jean Joseph Haan, is a neurologist, and her mother worked as a medical technical assistant. She has one brother.

Discography
 2020: Tehorah  Villa Artis, Königswinter, Germany
 2020: Rock Le Cabaret!  Studio der Welt, Cologne, Germany
 2010: Berlin, Mon Amour  Berlinica
 2006: I Could Have Danced All Night  Reader's Digest
 2003: Born to Entertain:  Hansahaus Studios in Bonn (Germany)

References

External links

Alumni of St Mary's University, Twickenham
1978 births
Living people
American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
21st-century German actresses
Cabaret singers
German musical theatre actresses
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
Actors from Essen

Adrienne Haan


Armani, is an Italian fashion house (fashion designer company). It started in Milan in 1975 by Giorgio Armani and Sergio Galeotti, with $10,000. The company designs and makes several different types of things, including fashion accessories, clothing, cosmetics, fragrances, home decorations, jewelry, glasses, and watches.

Labels
These are sold with several different named labels such as:

Giorgio Armani

Armani Collezioni
Armani Collezioni is a label from fashion designer Giorgio Armani. The label is more expensive than the Armani Exchange, Armani Jeans  labels but less expensive than the Giorgio Armani label(sometimes named the "Armani black label") and Armani Privé.

The label is usually for older buyers who do not want new designs, but has older high quality clothes.

It replaced the Giorgio Armani Le Collezioni line. As well as being sold as the only product in some small shops, it is also sold in expensive department stores such as Harrods, Harvey Nichols, David Jones, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.

Emporio Armani
'The label features high-end, ready-to-wear, and accessories. Emporio Armani line has a high quality in luxury fashion clothes and focus on trends and modern traits. Emporio Armani is sold in freestanding Emporio Armani boutiques in high-end department store and its official website'

Armani Exchange
Armani Exchange (often A|X) was made in 1991. It is for younger buyers, often in their older teenage years. It uses city fashion, quick and easy to wear clothes, especially T-shirts, jeans, polos, and sports coats. Armani Exchange is the cheapest of all the Armani labels and is mainly sold in the USA.
The label has 69 shops and 6 outlets in the United States and over 50 shops in other countries. The UK's first shops opened at Bluewater in Kent, "The Trafford Centre" in Manchester and in the Metquater in Liverpool.

Size
At the end of 2005, sales were $1.69 billion.

Today, the company has 4,700 workers and 13 factories in the world. It has nearly 300 shops in the world, which are in 36 different countries. The company has started a very high-class collection named Armani Privé, which can be seen in the "Haute Couture fashion week" in Paris.

Armani Hotels
Armani agreed in 2004 with Emaar Properties to make some expensive hotels in some big cities, such as London, Paris, New York City, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai and Milan. The company already has many cafes in the world, as well as a bar, a restaurant and a nightclub.

Emaar Hotels agreed to build and operate at least seven expensive hotels and three holiday resorts under the "Armani" name. Armani would design the inside of the buildings and the style of the hotels. The first hotel in Dubai is thought to be ready in early 2008.

The bottom 37 floors of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will have the world's first Armani Hotel, and Giorgio Armani is also designing the inside of the skyscraper.

References

1975 establishments in Europe
1970s establishments in Italy
Italian fashion houses
Milan
Cosmetics companies
Hotel chains
Italian fashion designers
Perfumery

Armani


Ibn al-Zayyat or Ibn az-Zayyat is an Arabic patronymic meaning "son of the oil merchant". It can refer to:

 Muhammad ibn al-Zayyat (died 847), Abbasid vizier
 Ibn az-Zayyat (governor of Tarsus) (fl. 956–962), Hamdanid governor of Tarsus
 Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili (died 1229/30), Sufi mystic from Morocco

Patronymics

Ibn al-Zayyat


The UNIVAC 490 was a 30-bit word magnetic-core memory machine with 16K or 32K words; 4.8 microsecond cycle time made by UNIVAC. It was a commercial derivative of the instruction set that had been developed for the AN/USQ-17 by Seymour Cray for the US Navy. This was the last machine that Cray designed before leaving UNIVAC to join the early Control Data Corporation.

Univac Federal Systems would further developed this system into the AN/USQ-20 for the United States Navy. That system was the heart of the Naval Tactical Data System which pioneered the use of shipboard computers for air defense. The military version went by a variety of names: UNIVAC 1232, AN/USQ-20, MIL-1206 and CP642.

Overview
At least 47 of these machines were made (serial numbers run from 101 to 147). Six were installed at NASA and played important roles in Gemini and the Apollo missions.  The U490 had complete control of most or all of the data readout screens in Houston Mission Control. The USAF had two installed, as did Lockheed.

Airlines using the 490 Real-Time system included Eastern and Northwest Orient – principally airline reservations systems at Eastern Air Lines (1963) and British European Airways (BEACON – 1964). Other commercial installations of the 490 Real-Time included two at Westinghouse, and one each at Alcoa, U.S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel and General Motors.

The only surviving, nearly complete, original, civilian version of the 490 Real Time System is on display at System Source in Hunt Valley, Maryland. It has six banks of memory cores. System Source also has a nearly complete set of original documentation for the machine, including original blueprints and troubleshooting data. This includes the Boss and Wilen document.

The standard Operating System was REX (RealTime Exec), except at Eastern and B.E.A. where a custom operating system was developed for airline reservations (CONTORTS – CONTrol Of Real Time System).  CONTORTS was the origin of Univac's subsequent RT operating systems for 494 (STARS) and later converted to the 1100 Series (RTOS).

Architecture

The instruction word format:
f – Function code designator (6 bits)
j – Branch condition designator (3 bits)
k – Operand-interpretation designator (3 bits)
b – Operand address modification designator (3 bits)
y – Operand designator (15 bits)

Numbers were represented in ones' complement.

The machine provided the programmer with the following registers:
Seven B-registers (Address modifying index registers) 15 bits each
One A-register or accumulator 30 bits
One Q-register and auxiliary arithmetic register 30 bits

Hardware

Construction (Arithmetic unit only)

 Type           Quantity
 Diodes         37,543 All types
 Transistors    13,819 All types

See also
 AN/USQ-17
 List of UNIVAC products
 History of computing hardware

References

External links
UNIVAC 490 Real-Time System
UNIVAC 490 manuals
UNIVAC 490 at the System Source Computer Museum

490

UNIVAC 490


Bull Hill, also known as Mount Taurus, is a mountain north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River in Putnam County in the State of New York. It is part of the river-straddling range known as the Hudson Highlands. The original name came after a bull that used to terrorize the mountain was chased by indignant inhabitants. A hunting party drove the bull over the hill. In an attempt to flee the mountaineers, the bull plunged out into space and fell down. Its broken and shapeless mass on the rocks was memorialized in the name of the mountain the bull used to haunt.

While not as well known as neighboring Breakneck Ridge or Storm King Mountain across the river, it too is part of Hudson Highlands State Park and has an extensive trail system and offers hikers sweeping views of the river and neighboring peaks from rock outcrops near its wooded 1,420-foot (433 m) summit, higher than both neighbors.

References

External links
 Bull Hill (Mt. Taurus) via Washburn/Notch/Brook/Cornish Trail Loop

Hudson Highlands
Mountains of Putnam County, New York
Mountains of New York (state)

Bull Hill


Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 – 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English writers of detective fiction.

Early life and education
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the son of a clergyman. His father died when he was eight months old, and after which his grandmother raised him on a farm in Darrington, near Pontefract. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield, and after some study of law, he became a journalist.

Writing career
At age 20, Fletcher began working in journalism, as a sub-editor in London. He subsequently returned to his native Yorkshire, where he worked first on the Leeds Mercury using the pseudonym A Son of the Soil, and then as a special correspondent for the Yorkshire Post covering Edward VII's coronation in 1902.

Fletcher's first books published were poetry. He then moved on to write numerous works of historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire, which led to his selection as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Michael Sadleir stated that Fletcher's historical novel, When Charles I Was King (1892), was his best work. Fletcher wrote several novels of rural life in imitation of Richard Jefferies, beginning with The Wonderful Wapentake (1894).

In 1914, Fletcher wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred more, many featuring the private investigator Ronald Camberwell.

Fletcher published multiple crime fiction novels during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction," namely his The Middle Temple Murder (1919) which served as the basic formulaic template for writing detective fiction novels; though, this particular novel (in addition to many of his others) did not share many general traits with those that characterize this particular literary era. On the contrary, it's argued that Fletcher is an almost exact contemporary of Conan Doyle. Most of his detective fiction works considerably pre-date that era, and even those few published within it do not conform to the closed form and strict rules professed, if not unfailingly observed, by the Golden Age writers.

Personal life
He married the Irish writer Rosamond Langbridge in 1927, with whom he had one son, Rev. Valentine Fletcher, who held various ministries across Yorkshire, including Bradford and Sedbergh, and was himself a writer, author of various children's books and of Chimney Pots and Stacks, on the British domestic chimney pot.

Death
Fletcher died in Surrey 1935, one week short of his 72nd birthday.  He was survived by his wife Rosamond and son Valentine.

Works

Novels
Frank Carisbroke's Stratagem (1888)
Andrewlina (1889)
Mr. Spivey's Clerk (1890)
When Charles the First Was King (1892)
In the Days of Drake (1895)
Where Highways Cross (1895)
Mistress Spitfire (1896)
Baden Powell of Mafeking (1900)
Lucian the Dreamer (1903)
Perris of the Cherry-Trees (1913)
The King versus Wargrave (1915)
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917)
Paul Campenhaye (1918)
The Chestermarke Instinct (1918)
The Borough Treasurer (1919)
The Middle Temple Murder (1919)
The Talleyrand Maxim (1919)
Scarhaven Keep (1920)
The Herapath Property (1920)
The Lost Mr. Linthwaite (1920)
The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920)
The Markenmore Mystery (1921)
The Root of All Evil (1921)
Wrychester Paradise (1921)
In the Mayor's Parlour (1922)
Ravensdene Court (1922)
The Middle of Things (1922)
The Million Dollar Diamond (1923)
The Charing Cross Mystery (1923)
The Mazaroff Murder (1923)
The Kang-He Vase (1924)
The Safety Pin (1924)
Sea Fog (1925)
The Bedford Row Mystery (1925)
The Cartwright Gardens Murder (1925)
The Mill of Many Windows (1925)
The Secret Way(1925)
The Passenger to Folkestone (1927)
Dead Men's Money (1928)
The Ransom for London (1929)
Murder at Wrides Park (1931)
Murder in Four Degrees (1931)
The Solution of a Mystery(1931)
Murder of the Ninth Baronet (1932)
Murder in the Squire's Pew (1932)
The Borgia Cabinet (1932)
The Solution of a Mystery (1932)
The Murder of the Secret Agent (1934)

Todmanhawe Grange (completed after his death by Edward Powys Mathers as Torquemada, 1937)
 And Sudden Death'" (1938)

 Short stories Miscellaneous Stories (1907)Mr. Poskitt's Nightcaps (1910)The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories (1924)Green Ink and other stories (1926)

Poetry
The Juvenile Poems of Joseph S. Fletcher (1879)
Early Poems by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1882)
Anima Christi (1884)

References

Further reading
Ellis, Roger and Richard Williams, J. S. Fletcher: A Bibliographical Checklist of the British First Editions. Dragonby Press, 2013.

External links

1863 births
1935 deaths
British male journalists
20th-century English novelists
British mystery writers
English historical novelists
Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
Writers from Halifax, West Yorkshire
People educated at Silcoates School
English male novelists
English crime fiction writers
British detective fiction writers
20th-century English male writers
Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period

J. S. Fletcher


Richard Collingham Wallhead (28 December 1869 – 27 April 1934), known as R. C. Wallhead, was a British Member of Parliament.

Beginning his career as a decorator, Wallhead joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and later became a journalist and lecturer.  A committed opponent of World War I, he was detained in 1917 under the Defence of the Realm Act.

Wallhead unsuccessfully contested Coventry in the 1918 general election for the Labour Party, to which the ILP was affiliated.  He was elected to Manchester City Council in 1919, a position he held for three years.

At the 1922 general election, Wallhead gained Merthyr from the Liberals. As the politics of the South Wales coalfield radicalised, this turned into a safe Labour seat, which he was to hold until his death.  He was one of only five ILP MPs to retain their seats in the 1931 general election, after Labour withdrew their support, and initially supported their disaffiliation from Labour.  However, in September 1933 he resigned from the ILP and rejoined Labour.  He died the following year.

His daughter Muriel Nichol was also a Labour politician, and served as MP for Bradford North from 1945 to 1950.

References
Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945

1869 births
1934 deaths
Councillors in Manchester
Independent Labour Party MPs
Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members
Welsh Labour MPs
UK MPs 1922–1923
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
Welsh socialists
Members of the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International

R. C. Wallhead


Spanish naming customs are traditions for naming children as used in Spain.

A person's name consists of a given name (simple or composite) followed by two surnames. Historically, the first surname was the father's first surname, and the second the mother's first surname.

In recent years, the order of the surnames in a family is done when registering the first child. However, the traditional order is still largely the choice. Often, the practice is to use one given name and the first surname most of the time (e.g. "Miguel de Unamuno" for Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo). The complete name being usually reserved for legal, formal, and documentary matters.

Both surnames are sometimes used when the first surname is very common (e.g., Federico García Lorca, Pablo Ruiz Picasso or José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero) to get a more customized name. In these cases, it is even common to use only the second surname, as in "Lorca", "Picasso" or "Zapatero". This does not affect alphabetization: "Lorca", the Spanish poet, must be alphabetized in an index under "García Lorca" and not "Lorca".

References

Spanish culture
Names

Spanish naming customs


Poetry for the Beat Generation is the debut album of American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac and was originally released in 1959. Initial performances of these poems were poorly received by an audience at the Village Vangard in 1957. However, Kerouac was so impressed with how the poems sounded when accompanied by Steve Allen's piano that it became the first record Kerouac committed to audio.

History
Kerouac is accompanied by Steve Allen on the piano. All songs were written by Kerouac. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.

Track listing

Side One
"October in the Railroad Earth" – 7:08
"Deadbelly" – 1:02
"Charlie Parker" – 3:43
"The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window" – 3:14
"One Mother" – 0:47
"Goofing at the Table" – 1:42
"Bowery Blues" – 3:48

Side Two
"Abraham" – 1:14
"Dave Brubeck" – 0:27
"I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time" – 6:11
"The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" – 1:51
"McDougal Street Blues" – 3:23
"The Moon Her Majesty" – 1:36
"I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous" – 0:37

Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue
(Taken from the Steve Allen Plymouth Show, NBC Broadcast, Monday 10:00pm, 16 November 1959 Eastern time)
"Readings from On the Road & Visions of Cody" – 3:31

References

1959 debut albums
Jack Kerouac albums
Albums produced by Bob Thiele

Poetry for the Beat Generation


Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau, (31 August 1931 – 2 December 2014) wis a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He playit pairts o 20 seasons wi the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens frae 1950 tae 1971. He wis nicknamit "Le Gros Bill".

1931 births
2014 daiths
Art Ross Trophy winners
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Canadian ice hockey centres
Canadian fowk o Acadian strynd
Companions o the Order o Canadae
Conn Smythe Trophy winners
French Quebecers
Grand Officers o the Naitional Order o Quebec
Hart Memorial Trophy winners
Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Ice hockey fowk frae Quebec
Montreal Canadiens players
National Hockey League All-Stars
National Hockey League players wi reteert nummers
Order of Hockey in Canada recipients
Quebec Aces (QSHL) players
Sportsfowk frae Trois-Rivières
Stanley Cup champions
Stroke survivors

Jean Béliveau


Isaac Morley (March 11, 1786 – June 24, 1865) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and a contemporary of both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. He was one of the first converts to Smith's Church of Christ. Morley was present at many of the early events of the Latter Day Saint movement, and served as a church leader in Ohio, Missouri, and Utah Territory.

Morley was born on March 11, 1786, in Montague, Massachusetts to Thomas E. Morley and Editha Morley (née Marsh). His parents were members of the Presbyterian faith. Morley served in the War of 1812 from 1812–15, holding the position of captain in the Ohio militia.

In 1812, Morley married Lucy Gunn, with whom he had seven children. Some years after becoming a member of the church in 1830, he practiced plural marriage, taking Leonora Snow (the older sister of Lorenzo and Eliza R. Snow) and Hannah Blakesley (also found as Blaixly or Blakeslee) as his second and third wife in 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois. He had three children with Blakesley. His other wives included Hannah Knight Libby, Harriet Lucinda Cox, Hannah Sibley, and Nancy Anne Bache (also found as Back).

Campbellite commune
Morley was an early settler in the Western Reserve wilderness area of northern Ohio, and created a productive farm in the region near Kirtland, Ohio. While in this area, he joined the reformed Baptist faith (also known as the Campbellites) under the ministry of Sidney Rigdon. Morley was also the leader of a utopian group that practiced communal principals, holding goods in common for the benefit of all. Members of this group included Lyman Wight and Morley's brother-in-law Titus Billings. Eight additional families joined in 1830. The society was sometimes called the "Morley Family," as Rigdon caused a row of log houses to be built on Morley's farm, where a number of the society's members could live periodically.

Latter Day Saint movement
On November 5, 1830, Morley was baptized into the newly organized Church of Christ by Parley P. Pratt. He had been introduced to the teachings of Smith when Oliver Cowdery and several other missionaries passed through Ohio. He was ordained an elder shortly after his baptism.

When the Latter Day Saints began to settle in Kirtland, Morley opened up his home to them. Joseph Smith and his family lived with Isaac Morley when they first came to Kirtland. Morley later built a small house for them on his farm, where Joseph's and Emma's twins, Thaddeus and Louisa, were born and died only three hours later on April 30, 1831. Isaac's daughter, Lucy, and her elder sister kept house for Emma while she was ill.

Morley was ordained a High Priest on June 4, 1831, by Lyman Wight and was immediately selected for a leadership position. He was ordained on June 6 as First Counselor to Bishop Edward Partridge and served until Partridge's death in 1840.

On June 7, 1831, Morley was asked to sell his farm and act as a missionary while traveling to Independence, Missouri with Ezra Booth (an assignment given to him through Doctrine and Covenants 52:23). Morley and Booth were chastised for lack of obedience three months later in a revelation given in Doctrine and Covenants 64:15–16. Here, Morley faced the violence generated by disagreements and misunderstandings between Mormon settlers and Missouri residents. In July 1833, a mob of about 500 men demolished the home and printing office of William Wines Phelps at Independence and tarred and feathered Bishop Partridge. Morley and five others stepped forward and offered themselves as a ransom for these men. After negotiation, the Missouri citizens agreed to stop the violence and the Mormons agreed to leave the county by April 1, 1834. Morley moved from Jackson County to Clay County with his fellow Latter Day Saints.

Morley left Missouri and returned to Kirtland in early 1835. He was in attendance at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in March 1836 and was among the first to receive the washing and anointing ordinance, also known as the "initiatory".

In 1835, Morley served a mission with Partridge to the Eastern States. They returned to Kirtland on November 5, 1835. On November 7, Joseph Smith wrote:

The word of the Lord came to me, saying: "Behold I am well pleased with my servant Isaac Morley and my servant Edward Partridge, because of the integrity of their hearts in laboring in my vineyard, for the salvation of the souls of men."

Morley returned to Missouri with his family in early 1836, and helped establish the city of Far West. Then, on November 7, 1837, he was chosen as the patriarch of Far West and ordained under the hands of Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith. He lived in Far West until he was arrested with fifty-five other Mormon citizens on the basis of the Extermination Order of Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs. The citizens were taken by the Missouri militia to Richmond, Missouri to await trial. After being held for three weeks, all the prisoners were released by Judge Austin A. King on November 24, 1838.

Upon leaving Missouri with the expelled Saints, Morley settled in Hancock County, Illinois, in a settlement called Yelrome (from the reverse spelling of "Morley"). There, he established a prosperous business as a cooper. In October 1840, Hyrum Smith appointed Morley to serve as president of the stake centered in Lima, Illinois, with John Murdock and Walter Cox as counselors. On April 11, 1845, he was selected to be a member of the Council of Fifty. However, in September 1845, his houses, cooper's shop, property, and grain were burned by a mob, and his family took refuge in the Mormon center of Nauvoo. From there, they moved to Winter Quarters, where Morley's first wife, Lucy, died.

Utah settlement
Morley emigrated to the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1848 with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) following the death of Joseph Smith, and is considered to be the founder of Manti, Utah. After Ute Indian leader Walkara invited Church president Brigham Young to send Mormon colonists to the Sanpitch (now Sanpete) Valley in central Utah, Young dispatched Morley and James Russell Ivie as leaders of the first company of 225 settlers. Morley and his group felt that part of the purpose of the settlement was to bring the gospel to the Indians. He wrote, "Did we come here to enrich ourselves in the things of this world? No. We were sent to enrich the Natives and comfort the hearts of the long oppressed." (May, p. 104)

Morley and the settlers arrived at the present location of Manti in November 1849, and established a winter camp, digging temporary shelters into the south side of the hill on which the Manti Utah Temple now stands. It was an isolated place, at least four days by wagon from the nearest settlement. Relations between the Mormons and the local Utes were cooperative. The first winter was severe, and, although the settlers were fairly well supplied, they had great difficulties. A measles epidemic broke out and the settlers used their limited medicine to nurse the Utes. When supplies ran low, the Utes helped settlers haul food on sleds through the snow.

Morley encouraged the settlers in their work and assured them that their community would grow to be one of the best in the mountains. The settlers and members of the Ute Sanpitch tribe referred to him affectionately as "Father Morley". Morley supervised the building of the first schoolhouse and the first gristmill in Sanpete Valley. The Sanpete Valley settlement grew and prospered and became known as a prime agricultural area.

Morley served as a senator in the general assembly of the provisional State of Deseret. He represented Sanpete county in the legislative council of the Utah Territory from 1851 to 1857.

During his last years, Morley spent most of his time on his calling as a patriarch, conferring priesthood blessings on thousands of church members. He died on June 24, 1865, in Fairview, Utah.

On a wall inside the Manti Utah Temple is a framed piece of temple clothing used by Morley in the Nauvoo Temple when he was endowed there.

See also
Fountain Green Massacre

References

Allen, James B. and Leonard, Glen M.  The Story of the Latter-day Saints.  Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 1976.
Ludlow, Daniel H.  A Companion to Your Study of the Doctrine and Covenants:  Volumes 1 and 2.  Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah,  1978.
May, Dean L. Utah:  A People's History.  Bonneville Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987.
 Saga of the Sanpitch, Vol 13, 1981, p. 8

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Rukirabasaija Kakende Nyamuyonjo was Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom from 1875 until 1876 and from 1879 until 1880. He was the eighth (8th) Omukama of Tooro.

Claim to the throne

Married life
married Logose a musoga from the baise igaga Clan

Offspring

Omukama Kakende fathered three children with his wife logose namely;- one son Katunku Zephania and two daughters Bulage and Mpindi.

His reign
1875–1876 and 1879–1880  Omukama Kakende was raised to the throne in 1875 following the flight of his older brother, Rububi Kyebambe II, with the help of an invading army from Buganda. However, when the army left the Tooro Kingdom in 1876, Omukama Kakende left with them. He returned with another army from Buganda in 1879 and deposed his brother Rububi Kyebambe II. He ruled until 1880.

The final years
In 1880, the Tooro Kingdom was invaded by an army from Bunyoro. The invaders expelled Omukama Kakende, who first took refuge in Ankole and later in Buganda. Omukama Kakende died from smallpox in Buganda, prior to 1885. He was buried at Busimba Zone, Mpogo, Sironko District.

Succession table:First time

Succession table:Second time

See also
 Omukama of Tooro

References

Toro
19th-century monarchs in Africa

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There are three known stable isotopes of oxygen: 16O, 17O, and 18O. Oxygen also has radioisotopes ranging from 11O to 26O. They all have short half-lives. The longest-lived radioisotope is 15O. It has a half-life of 122.24 seconds. The shortest-lived radioisotope is 12O. It has a half-life of 580(30)×10−24 seconds.

Isotopes
Oxygen

Isotopes of oxygen


Delhi Public Library is a national depository library in the Indian Union Territory of Delhi. The library has 37 branches across the state.

History
The library was established on 27 October 1951 as a pilot project sponsored by UNESCO and the Government of India. The library project dates back to 1944, when Shri Ramkrishna Dalmia donated most of the amount required to construct a library building at the request of Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck. In February 1950 the Indian government and UNESCO agreed to initiate the project, and the library was officially opened on 27 October 1951, by then Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The library buildings were acquired between 1951 and 1953, with operations formally transferred from UNESCO to the Indian Government in 1955. The library provides training facilities to both student librarians and social education workers and has done so from its early days.

At present, The library network consists of a Central Library, 3 Branch Libraries, 20 Sub-Branch Libraries, 1 Community Library, 8 Resettlement Colony Libraries, One Braille Library, 100 Mobile Library Service Points (including 25 Braille Mobile library points) and 33 Deposit Stations in the Union Territory of Delhi Delhi & NCR.The DPL has been one of the four recipient libraries under the Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act of the Parliament of India, 1954 (as amended in 1956). As per the provision of this act, the DPL is entitled to receive one copy of each publication published in India from publishers free of cost.

Facilities
The library has been expanding its services as a centre for the dissemination of knowledge, information and culture. It is increasingly felt that the library should not merely serve as a centre for lending books, but should also grow as a robust organization devoted to promote intellectual pursuits and create community rapport among its readers.

Lending of Books

Issuing Books and reading materials to its members is the main service of every library. 1,65,854 registered members are availing this service from DPL upto 31.3.2021. In DPL, books are issued to members for a maximum period of 14 days which may be further renewed for another 14 days either in person or online. Delhi Public Library online catalog is available for its users

References

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The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (usually called the MBTA or "the T") is Massachusetts' public transportation system.

The MBTA opened on September 2, 1897.  Its first line, the Green Line, was the first subway in the Western Hemisphere.  At first, it connected only the Boston Public Garden to Park Street Station - about a half-mile walk.

Today, all together, the parts of the MBTA travel 1392 miles each way, every day.p.3

Parts of the MBTA

The MBTA uses many different forms of public transportation to connect most of the parts of Massachusetts.  As of the MBTA's last official report in 2014, there are 295 different MBTA stations in Massachusetts.p.6

Commuter Rail

The Commuter Rail covers more of Massachusetts than any other part of the MBTA.  The Commuter Rail is a fast train, similar to an Amtrak commuter train.  Of all the MBTA's services, the Commuter Rail runs the farthest from Boston.  Because of this, it is also the most expensive.

In the MBTA's color-coding system, Commuter Rail Trains are purple.

As of 2014, there were a total of 138 Commuter Rail stations in Massachusetts.p.7

All Commuter Rail trains start or finish their journeys at one of two stations in Boston: South Station or North Station.

South Station

Commuter Rail trains run to South Station from towns like:
 Plymouth
 Worcester
 Providence, Rhode Island (including a stop at T.F. Green Airport)

When the New England Patriots are playing at home, the MBTA runs special Commuter Rail trains to Gillette Stadium from both South Station and T.F. Green Airport.

Closer to Boston, Commuter Rail trains stop at a few different Boston neighborhoods on their way to South Station, like Back Bay, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, and Dorchester.

Travelers can change to the MBTA's Red Line subway at South Station.

North Station

Commuter Rail trains run to North Station from towns like:
 Salem
 Gloucester
 Lowell
 Waltham (including a stop at Brandeis University)

Closer to Boston, Commuter Rail trains run through towns near Boston, like Cambridge, Chelsea, Medford, Melrose, and Belmont.

Travelers can change to the MBTA's Green or Orange Lines at North Station.

The Subway
The subway runs mostly in Boston and in the towns next to it.  There are five different subway lines, which are color-coded.  Each line runs to a different part of the city.  There are a total of 66 different subway routes in the Boston area.  The lines cross each other at different points throughout the city so people can switch lines when they need to.  A person does not have to pay to switch from one underground subway to another.

Each train runs in one of two directions: Inbound or Outbound.  If a train is traveling toward Downtown Crossing, it is an Inbound train.  If a train is traveling away from Downtown Crossing, it is an Outbound train.

Orange Line

The Orange Line began running in 1901.  At that time, it was the first public transit in Boston that was elevated (on train tracks above the streets, instead of on the streets or underground).

The Orange Line runs from Malden to Jamaica Plain.  It has 19 stops, including stops at Bunker Hill Community College, Tufts Medical Center, Boston's Chinatown, and Haymarket (a famous outdoor food market).

The Orange Line intersects with every other line on the MBTA.  Travelers can change to any color subway or trolley car from the Orange Line.

Red Line

The Red Line was the last of the four subway lines to be built.

Today, the Red Line runs from Cambridge to inner-city Boston.  Important stops include Harvard Square Station; Kendall/MIT Station; Charles/Massachusetts General Hospital; and JFK/UMASS (the stop for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and the University of Massachusetts Boston.  The Red Line intersects with the Commuter Rail, and with every other subway except the Blue Line.

The Red Line is the most used subway line on the MBTA.  On average, about 74,450,000 people make trips on the Red Line every year.

Blue Line
The Blue Line was built in 1904 as the world's widest underwater streetcar tunnel.  (The Blue Line travels under the Charles River).  By 1924, the Blue Line had been made into a subway.

Today, the Blue Line runs from Revere and East Boston to a small part of downtown Boston.  It stops at Wonderland, which used to be a greyhound racing track; Suffolk Downs, which still is a horse racing track; Revere Beach; Logan Airport; Government Center, where Boston City Hall is located; and the New England Aquarium.  Free shuttle buses take travelers from the Airport MBTA Station to the terminals in the airport.

The Blue Line is used less than any other MBTA subway line.  About 17,880,000 people make trips on the Blue Line every year - about 76% less than the number of people who use the Red Line each year.

Green Line
Part of the green line is a street trolley.  It runs along train tracks in the middle of Boston's streets.  However, some of the Green Line is a subway (underground).  This part of the Green Line goes from Cambridge to downtown Boston.  The Green Line then splits into five different street trolleys that travel to different neighborhoods around Boston.

Longwood Station on the D line, and the Longwood Medical Area Station on the E line, are within walking distance of multiple world-class hospitals, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Joslin Clinic for Diabetes, and Boston Children's Hospital.

The Green Line is the second most popular subway line on the MBTA.  The Red Line is used a little more often.

Street Trolleys

There are four different street trolleys.  These Green Line trolleys are called the "B," "C," "D," and "E" trains.  There are many trolley stops on the MBTA - 61 in total.p.7

Each train but the "E" train splits off from the underground subway at Kenmore Station.  This is the station closest to Fenway Park, where the Boston Red Sox play.

 The B line runs to Boston College, passing through Boston University
 The C line runs to Cleveland Circle in Brighton
 The D train runs to Newton

The E train splits off from the underground subway at Copley Station.  Its stops include the Prudential Tower, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Northeastern University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Its last stop is at the VA Medical Center in Jamaica Plain.  It is the only part of the MBTA that runs on tracks in the middle of the street.

Rapid bus lines

The MBTA has 4 rapid transit bus lines with a total of 30 stops.  These are color-coded silver:

SL1 travels from Logan Airport to South Station, stopping at the federal courthouse, World Trade Center, and each terminal at the airport
SL2 travels from the Boston Design Center to South Station.  It stops at the federal courthouse and the World Trade Center on the way.
SL4 travels from Dudley Station to South Station.  Dudley Station is a major station in Roxbury with connections to 16 different buses.  The SL4's other stops include Tufts Medical Center and Chinatown.
SL5 travels from Dudley Station to Downtown Crossing.  Downtown Crossing is a center of public transit in Boston, with connections to the Red, Orange, and Silver Lines, and 15 different buses.  This is the most popular bus route on the MBTA.  About 14,709 people ride this bus every day.

Commuter Boats

The MBTA also includes commuter boat lines:

 F1 travels from Rowes Wharf in Boston to Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts
 F2H travels from Hingham, to Hull, Massachusetts, to Logan Airport
 F4 travels from Long Wharf in Boston to Charlestown Navy Yard
 At some times of year, a ferry runs from the New England Aquarium to Lynn and Salem

Buses
The MBTA operates 174 different buses.  Together, these buses travel a total of 745 miles, one way, each day.p.e

The two most commonly used buses on the MBTA both average about 14,000 riders every day:
 The 66 bus, which runs from Harvard Square to Dudley Station
 The 39 bus, which runs from Forest Hills (Jamaica Plain) to Back Bay

Summary
This table gives a summary of the different parts of the MBTA:

Criticism

Safety

Some travelers have brought up concerns about safety on the MBTA.  In a 2011 article, Boston Magazine's Jason Schwartz described serious concerns about safety issues on the MBTA - like train fires, and crucial safety issues which he said the MBTA had not addressed.  He wrote: "The system is broke, broken, and about to get a whole lot worse.  No one on Beacon Hill [in the Massachusetts government] wants to address any of this ... History shows that it takes a tragedy - deaths - to fix something as basic as infrastructure.  Hopefully Massachusetts won't wait for that."

In 2014, Robert Murch, a "world-renowned Ouija board" expert, joked that he is more afraid of taking the Red Line than he is of ghosts.

The MBTA has put many programs into place to help prevent crime and terrorism on the MBTA.  The latest report published by the MBTA Transit Police compared crime rates in 2014 and 2015.  Between 2014 and 2015, there was about a 7% increase in crimes on the MBTA.  In 2014, there were 946 reported crimes on the MBTA.  In 2015, there were 1009.  Since over 380,900,000 people ride the MBTA each year, this means that about 0.0003% of travelers were victims of a crime while riding the MBTA in 2015.  Most of these crimes were larceny, robbery, or assault.

Convenience

Some Boston residents have criticized the slowness of the trains, especially the Green Line trolleys.  Kyle Scott Clauss, the author of The Curmudgeon's Guide to the MBTA, writes: "The C branch [of the Green Line] essentially functions as a sort of moving sidewalk leading to and from the Trader Joe's in Coolidge Corner.  It was where Kenyan runner Rita Jeptoo memorably cruised past a Green Line trolley on her way to a first-place finish in the 2014 Boston Marathon."

2015 Blizzards

The MBTA experienced a major crisis in winter of 2015.  This was the snowiest winter in Boston's history, with six weeks of blizzards and heavy snowstorms.  In February alone, 64.8 inches of snow fell in Boston.  The MBTA's train tracks were so frozen and covered with snow that the trains could not drive.  Kyle Scott Clauss of "The Curmudgeon's Guide to the MBTA" joked that "During the Snowpocalpyse of 2015 ... the T's newly installed countdown clocks all read "NOW I AM BECOME DEATH" and workers had to literally set the rails ablaze to keep them from freezing...."

The General Manager of the MBTA, Beverly Scott, shut down all rail service (all trains and trolleys) for over 36 hours.  The MBTA had to hire hundreds of workers to shovel snow and chip ice off the tracks.  On February 11, Scott announced that she would resign from her job, as of April 11, 2015.

References

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Transport in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority


Mermaids on the Golf Course (1985) is a collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith, encompassing her standard themes of murder, violence, secrets and insanity.

Overview
The stories all serve as an exposé of the underbelly of American middle-class society, including the titular tale of a man whose near death experience casts a dark shadow over the rest of his days, and another about a husband who exacts cruel revenge on his wife by exploiting her habit of preserving dead pets in their garden.

Other stories in the collection are set outside of the US. For example 'A Clock Ticks at Christmas' is set in France, and 'A Shot From Nowhere' in Mexico. Both are countries in which Highsmith lived, and, like her novels, feature distinctly middle and upper-class characters.

Contents
"Mermaids on the Golf Course"
"The Button"
"Where the Action Is"
"Chris's Last Party"
"A Clock Ticks at Christmas"
"A Shot from Nowhere"
"The Stuff of Madness"
"Not in This Life, Maybe the Next"
"I Am Not As Efficient As Other People"
"The Cruellest Month"
"The Romantic"

Reception
One of the exhilarating effects of reading Highsmith's stories is their sure handedness, their amazing breadth and abundance. They compel attention and they add significantly to her already formidable presence. - James Lasdun, Washington Post
A true master of the psychological thriller. - Bookforum
An atmosphere of nameless dread, of unspeakable foreboding, permeates every page of Patricia Highsmith, and there's nothing quite like it. - Boston Globe
It should not now be necessary to expound on Highsmith's great gift...Like Graham Greene, she knows she has no need to gesticulate. - The Times Literary Supplement

References

Short story collections by Patricia Highsmith
1985 short story collections
Heinemann (publisher) books

Mermaids on the Golf Course


Susan Kempter is an American violin teacher and prominent Suzuki teacher trainer who specializes in applying interdisciplinary research to music pedagogy.  She is an active promoter of teaching students to play musical instruments with both physical as well as musical demands in mind, so that they can play their instruments without the pain and repetitive stress injuries which are common in the profession.  She was influenced by the teaching of Paul Rolland and John Kendall. She is the director of a violin performing group, Mad About Music, in Albuquerque, NM, which exemplifies her teaching methods.

She was the founding director of String Pedagogy at the University of New Mexico, and is well as a frequent speaker and workshop specialist for the American String Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association, and the Suzuki Association of the Americas.  She is the author of several articles and books dealing with violin pedagogy, including How Muscles Learn: Teaching the Violin with the Body in Mind.

External links
 Bio from the website of the University of New Mexico

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Luigi Rusca (Алоизий Иванович Руска; 1762–1822) was a Neoclassical architect from Ticino who worked in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia between 1783 and 1818.

Life and career
Rusca was apprenticed to Georg Veldten and Giacomo Quarenghi, then went on to a successful career on his own. In 1783 he arrived in St. Petersburg, worked as a master mason to Yury Felten, Vincenzo Brenna and Giacomo Quarenghi and by 1790, had set up as an independent architect. By 1802, he had been appointed to the position of court architect. Rusca's arrival in Saint Petersburg coincided with a period of great demand for Roccoco and Neoclassical designs with a Western aesthetic. Rusca's time in Saint Petersburg was very productive as he worked on more than 50 buildings throughout Russia and the Ukraine.

In around 1833, while Rusca's team were working in Saint Petersburg, they employed a young Swiss-Italian architect, Gaspari Fossati, also from Ticino, who in 1837, married Rusca's daughter. Gaspare was subsequently appointed as the court architect in Istanbul. He recruited Rusca's son, (Gaspari's brother-in-law), Alessandro Rusca, along with Gaspari's own younger brother to become part of his team. They set sail from Odessa, arriving in Constantinople on 20 March, 1837 where they would remain for just over 20 years, and would enjoy a distinguished career.

In 1818, at the time he decided to leave Russia, Rusca was living at Nevsky Prospekt, 26, Saint Petersburg. After leaving Saint Petersburg, Rusca and family and returned to Switzerland, leaving his wife's nephew, Louis-Henri Charlemagne-Baudet called "Ludwig" (russ.: Людвиг (Людовик) Иванович Шарлемань-Боде), to supervise the completion of his buildings. He died 1822 in Valenza (Italy).

Work

Several boulevards in St. Petersburg (including the modern-day Admiralty Garden) and the Neoclassical interiors at Ropsha, Gatchina, and the Anichkov Palace are also the work of Luigi Rusca and his associates.

In 1810, Rusca published an album of Standardised Facades for Private Two- and Three-storeyed Houses in Towns throughout Russia. Many of his designs lacked originality and were never carried out.

In addition to his construction work, Rusca published more than 14 books, mostly works containing designs and plans for building projects.

Among the surviving buildings he designed are:
 the Skorbyashchenskaya Church in St. Petersburg;
 the Bobrinsky Palace on the Moika Embankment;
 the Zubov family mausoleum in Strelna;
 the Nikolskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin;
 the Nizhyn Lyceum;
 the Gostiny Dvor in Podil, Kiev;
 the triumphal arches in Novocherkassk and Dikanka.

Gallery

See also

 Russian architecture

References

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1822 deaths
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Julie A. Casimiro (born June 21, 1962) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since 2017. Casimiro, a member of the Democratic Party, represents District 31, which includes portions of North Kingstown and Exeter. Casimiro was first elected to the chamber on November 8, 2016, and assumed office on January 3, 2017.

Representative Casimiro is the operations director for the Kent County YMCA. She is also the 2nd Vice Chair of the North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee and is a mentor for the Year Up Providence Program.

She has lived in North Kingstown since 1997, and is married to Richard Casimiro.

Early life and education
After graduating from Cranston High School West in 1980, she earned her bachelor's degree in marketing from Providence College in 1984.

Political career
Casimiro first ran for elective office in 2014, when she challenged incumbent Republican State Representative Doreen Costa for the District 31 seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. She ran unopposed in the Democratic Party primary election, but lost the general election on November 4, 2014 to Costa by 357 votes. Casimiro earned 46.7 percent of the total votes cast, while Costa earned 53.2 percent.

In 2016, Casimiro ran again for the District 31 seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Costa, the Republican incumbent, did not seek reelection to the RI House, and instead ran successfully for the North Kingstown Town Council. Casimiro won the Democratic primary unopposed, and faced Republican Michael Marfeo in the general election on November 8, 2016. She won the general election with 57.5 percent of the vote. On November 6, 2018, Casimiro won a second term unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, receiving 90.7 percent of the vote.

In the Rhode Island House, she serves on the House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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An oblate spheroid is a famous shape. It is the shape of the Earth and some other planets. It is like a sphere squashed from the top so the circumference around the poles is less than the circumference around the equator. Shapes of this type are called ellipsoids.

Oblate spheroids have rotational symmetry around an axis from pole to pole.

Many planets, including the Earth and Saturn, are oblate spheroids. The difference between a sphere and the Earth's shape is small, only about one part in 300.

Stars spin, and some spin very fast. The faster the spin, the flatter the oblate spheroid. The Sun rotates at 2 km per second, neutron stars have speeds of thousands of km/sec.

Origin of flattening
In 1687 Isaac Newton published the Principia. He included a proof that a rotating self-gravitating fluid body in equilibrium takes the form of an oblate ellipsoid of revolution (a spheroid). The amount of flattening depends on the density and  the balance of gravitational force and centrifugal force.

In other words, the Earth is a spheroid because it rotates. Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn are flattened by rotation more than the Earth.

References

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Doris Zemurray Stone (November 19, 1909 – October 21, 1994) was an archaeologist and ethnographer, specializing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and the so-called "Intermediate Area" of lower Central America.  She served as the director of the National Museum of Costa Rica and endowed numerous professorial chairs in U.S. universities.

Biography
Born 1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Doris Zemurray was the daughter of Samuel Zemurray, aka Sam the Banana man, a Jewish immigrant who founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company the following year. He built the company into a successful venture, later famously selling it to the United Fruit Company giant in 1930 only to subsequently engineer a reverse takeover of sorts, serving as the latter's director in a profitable, if controversial, tenure from 1933 to 1952.

In 1917 Zemurray purchased and moved his family into a three-storey Beaux Arts mansion on St. Charles Avenue facing Tulane University, which would become the family home for the next four decades. In the early 1960s the mansion was transferred to Tulane where it became the residency of the university's presidents.

Doris Zemurray attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she majored in anthropology, and also pursued graduate studies in archaeology. She graduated in 1930.  During her studies she met and married Roger Thayer Stone, a physics student at Union College, Schenectady, New York.

The year after graduating Doris Stone joined the Department of Middle American Research at Tulane University, which later became the Middle American Research Institute (MARI). Over the next eight years Stone was employed initially as a research associate in ethnography, and then as an associate in archaeology.

In 1939 shortly before the outbreak of World War II Doris Stone and her husband moved to Costa Rica, where Roger had business interests in a coffee plantation operating in Curridabat, outside of the capital San José. Stone would remain based there and in Central America for the next two decades, returning to New Orleans after her father's death and her husband's retirement from the plantation business, in 1961.

With her husband Roger Thayer Stone, she co-founded the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.

Stone was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1973 by Union College NY, her husband's alma mater.

In her last decades Doris served as president of the Zemurray Foundation, the funding agency supporting educational and cultural programs established through the legacy of her father. Her husband Roger had been foundation president up until his death in 1983.

Stone died in Covington, Louisiana on October 21, 1994, at the age of eighty-four.

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Time between overhauls (abbreviated as TBO or TBOH) is the manufacturer's recommended number of running hours or calendar time before an aircraft engine or other component requires overhaul.

On rotorcraft, many components have recommended or mandatory TBOs, including main rotor blades, tail rotor blades and gearboxes.

For engines, the time between overhauls is generally a function of the complexity of the engine and how it is used. Piston-based engines are much more complex than turbine-powered engines, and generally have TBOs on the order of 1,200 to 2,000 hours of running time. They tend toward the lower number if they are new designs, or include boosting options such as a turbocharger. In comparison, jet engines and turboprops often have TBOs on the order of 3,000 to 5,000 hours.

Since overhauling requires that the engine be disassembled, parts inspected and measured, and many parts replaced, it is typically a labour-intensive and hence expensive operation. The value of a used engine decreases as hours increase since its last overhaul, so sellers of used engines (and aircraft) typically list the engine's time since major overhaul (SMOH) when advertising the engine (or the aircraft it is fitted in) for sale.

The TBO is a time "recommended" by the manufacturer, and depending upon what rules the aircraft operates under, overhauling the engine at this time is not necessarily mandatory. Depending on the country of registration, aircraft in non-commercial use overhauls may not be mandatory; overhauls at the scheduled times are nevertheless highly recommended for reliability and safety. Likewise, overhaul at the TBO does not guarantee that the engine will last that long.

References

External links
What Makes an Engine Airworthy? AOPA

Aircraft engines
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Blackburn is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,  east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Blackburn recorded a population of 14,478 at the 2021 census.

The origin of the name Blackburn is not certain, but may have been after an early settler or James Blackburn, who designed Yan Yean Reservoir. It lies within the City of Whitehorse, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.

Blackburn is bounded in the west by Middleborough Road, in the north by Springfield Road, in the east by an irregular line along streets to the east of Blackburn Lake Sanctuary - known as the Bellbird area  - and in the south by Canterbury Road.

History

Europeans first settled the area of Blackburn in the 1841s. The area was densely wooded, though orchards and small farms were soon developed. In 1861 the Traveller's Rest Hotel was built on the current site of the Blackburn Hotel. Blackburn Creek Post Office opened on 10 January 1876 and was renamed Blackburn in 1883.

During the land boom of the 1880s, brickworks and quarries were established in the area. Blackburn railway station was built in 1882. A primary school was established in 1889.

Though the area near the railway station was subdivided in the nineteenth century, development was slow and most houses in the suburb were not built until after the Second World War.

A large part of Blackburn is of historical significance, as it was built around the artificial Blackburn Lake in 1889, now known as Blackburn Lake Sanctuary, with the lake in the middle of the sanctuary. This was a popular day trip destination by train in the late nineteenth century. Some Australian artists painted in the bush around the Blackburn and Box Hill areas. Of these, Roberts and McCubbin are the best known. The area is protected by strict planning controls restricting development and has retained a village atmosphere.

Demographics
In the 2011 census the population of Blackburn was 12,796, approximately 51.1% female and 48.9% male.

The median/average age of the people in Blackburn is 40 years of age.

70.8% of people living in the suburb of Blackburn were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.6% England, 3.6% China, 2.4% India, 1.4% New Zealand, 1.3% Malaysia, 0.7% Hong Kong, 0.7% Korea, Republic of, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Italy, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Netherlands.

78.8% of people living in Blackburn speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.9% Mandarin, 2.3% Cantonese, 1.2% Other, 1.0% Punjabi, 1.0% Greek, 0.9% Italian, 0.6% Other, 0.6% Korean.

The religious makeup of Blackburn is 29.3% No religion, 21.3% Catholic, 12.6% Anglican, 9.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.1% Uniting Church, 4.0% Baptist, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Buddhism, 2.0% Eastern Orthodox.

The median individual income is $667 per week and the median household income is $1508 per week.

The median rent in Blackburn is $335 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

In the 12-month period to January 2020 Blackburn reported a median house price of A$1.03 million for a three bedroom house.

Facilities

The major shopping hub of Box Hill is two train stops away, while three buses connect Blackburn to Forest Hill.  The 901 Smartbus route also travels via Blackburn, connecting Blackburn with Frankston, Dandenong and Melbourne Airport. It shares its postcode with Blackburn North and Blackburn South.

Blackburn contains two railway stations, Laburnum and Blackburn, on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines, the former of which services the locality of Laburnum, in the western part of the suburb. Blackburn is also home of the 1st/8th Blackburn Scout Group and The Nerve Centre.

Blackburn enjoys three significant bushland parks:  the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary, the Blackburn Creeklands park (comprising Blacks Walk, Kalang Park and Furness Park) which follows Gardiners Creek, and Cootamundra Walk.

Sport

 The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The Blackburn Panthers' (known as 'The Burners'), competing in the Eastern Football League.
 Cricket: Blackburn Cricket Club, Blackburn North Cricket Club, Blackburn South Cricket Club, Laburnum Cricket Club (formerly Nunawading Churches of Christ Cricket Club)
 Soccer: Blackburn Soccer Club,  Blackburn North Baptist Soccer Club
 Netball (Juniors): Blackburn South Netball Club], St Thomas Netball Club, Laburnum Netball Club, Blackburn Burners Netball Club and Blackburn lake netball club.
 Tennis: Blackburn Tennis Club
 Basketball: Blackburn Vikings - teams playing in the Victorian Junior Basketball League (Juniors) and the BigV Competition (Senior)

Local schools

There are six schools in Blackburn: Laburnum Primary School, Blackburn Primary School, Blackburn Lake Primary School, Old Orchard Primary School St Thomas the Apostle Primary School and Blackburn High School.

Notable residents

 Edith Coleman (1874-1951), naturalist and well-known nature writer who lived at Walsham on Blackburn Road. Famed for her work on orchid pollination, she was the first woman to be awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion. Married to pioneering motorist, James G Coleman, who founded the RACV.
 Josh Gibson, footballer for the Hawthorn in the AFL. He grew up in Blackburn.
 Xavier O'Neill, footballer for the West Coast Eagles. He grew up in Blackburn and played for Blackburn Football Club.

See also
 City of Nunawading – Blackburn was previously within this former local government area.
 Laburnum, Victoria

References

External links

 Australian Places - Blackburn (History)
 City of Whitehorse
 Blackburn Creeklands

Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Whitehorse

Blackburn, Victoria


Jase Dyer is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Stephen Lord between 19 July 2007 to 29 August 2008. The character and his casting was announced mid 2007. Lord, in his first role, began filming for EastEnders in June 2007 one month before his casting announcement, and made his first episode broadcast on 19 July 2007. The character was introduced and created by Diederick Santer the executive producer of EastEnders. Beginning in the serial on July as a man in his mid-thirties, Jase arrives as the father of Jay Brown (played by Jamie Borthwick). Jase is also described a love interest for Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) and Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon).

Following Jase's arrival his storylines mainly focused on him arriving and bonding with his son, being engaged to his girlfriend Dawn and his secret past, which later it is revealed he was involved in a gang and was sent to prison for his crime. Lord was nominated for the Best Newcomer category at the 2008 British Soap Awards for his portrayal of Jase, though lost out to Coronation Streets Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre). In an interview Lord has described his character Jase as a "enigmatic", "a dead wrong'un" and "mystery character with a dark past". It was later confirmed that the character would leave EastEnders. Jase was killed off in the serial, making his final credited appearance (as a corpse) in an episode aired on 29 August 2008, after being subsequently murdered by his antagonistic gang leader, Terry Bates (Nicholas Ball). On Virgin Media his death was named one of the best soap storylines of 2008.

Storylines
Jase arrives in Walford in search of his estranged son, Jay (Jamie Borthwick). He flirts with a pregnant Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton), angering her husband Billy (Perry Fenwick). When Billy finds Jase's letter regarding visits to a probation office, he tells the community that Jase is a criminal, causing them to shun him. When Jay discovers his father has been in prison, he reacts badly and is arrested for carving "LIAR" into a bus shelter, referring to Jase's lies about where he had been all his life. In wake of this, despite the initial animosity, Jase and Jay begin to bond.

Jase meets up with Terry Bates (Nicholas Ball), leader of a gang of football hooligans, who looked after Jase when he was a teenager. It is revealed Jase's involvement with the gang, led to his imprisonment. He decides that he does not want to be part of the gang any longer, as he has Jay to look after. Terry is angry about this and makes various threats to get him to reconsider. Jase refuses and Terry's gang raid The Queen Victoria looking for him. Jase is dragged into the cellar and beaten. Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant Honey calls the police and steps in to stop Jase being attacked; however, in retaliation, she is assaulted by the gang, after being caught-up in a violent siege. She goes into premature labour and gives birth to her son, Will Mitchell. Enraged by the gang attack, Jase swears revenge on Terry and threatens to kill him to gain his freedom, but he is stopped by the intervention of Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), who calls the police; the gang is then arrested. Phil expects repayment for his help and forces Jase to assist him in his various vendettas.

Following a brief fling with Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Jase begins a more serious relationship with Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon), whom he later proposes to. He unknowingly begins working for May Wright (Amanda Drew), the woman who had planned to adopt Dawn's daughter, Summer. A violent confrontation occurs when May tries again to abscond with Summer and causes a gas explosion in Dawn's house; Jase saves Summer's life, catching her when she is dropped from a first floor window. With their house burnt down and no money, Dawn begins to fret over their financial future. Wanting to please Dawn, Jase takes a mysterious call saying he will do "one more job for him." The next day Jase brings home a bag full of money. Dawn then spends the money on various things including clothes and rent money for a new flat. Jase adopts Summer and his name is added to her birth certificate, after Dawn had left it blank when Summer was born. Dawn's demands continue, so Jase does more jobs for his associate. When he comes home beaten and bloodied, he is forced to admit to Dawn that he is working for Terry Bates once again. Dawn is initially furious, but despite realising that he is involved in criminal activity, she makes no attempt to stop him as she is desperate to keep the money and get the wedding of her dreams. Jase speaks of leaving Walford to escape Terry, but Dawn announces that they have set a date for their wedding, ensuring that Jase cannot leave.

Upon cancelling his stag night to collect £100,000 for Terry, Jase reluctantly takes Billy on as a getaway driver, revealing his intention to steal Terry's money. They agree to split the money 60/40, however upon arriving at the location of the job, there is no money, only a note stating that Terry and his men have Jay hostage and the job is a setup. When they arrive back at the flat in search of Jay, Jase and Billy are greeted by Terry and his men wielding baseball bats. Eventually, the confrontation between Jase, Terry and his men leads to violence; Jase and Billy manage to save Jay, but in the ensuing fight, Jase is brutally beaten up by Terry's men. To Billy's horror, he witnesses the assault; however, he is too frightened to help Jase and hides in the bathroom. After beating Jase up, Terry fatally stabs him. Meanwhile, Jay, hiding in the van, makes a call to Honey, who makes the call to 999. The police arrive and arrest Terry and his men, however, Jase later dies of his injuries in hospital. Dawn learns of his death on their wedding day. Jase is last seen when Jay identifies his body in the mortuary.

He is later cremated on 7 October 2008, with Jay, Dawn, Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins), Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves), Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi) and Billy attending the funeral. Several months later, Billy eventually admits to Jay what happened on the night Jase died after being blackmailed by Nick Cotton (John Altham), who threatened to tell Jay about his cowardice. Viv Bates (Dido Miles), Terry's wife, and his gang, threaten Billy into staying away from the court case by kidnapping Jay for security measures. Billy saves him, and he finally testifies against Terry, which results in him receiving life imprisonment for Jase's murder.

Casting and characterisation
Lord's casting was announced on 4 June 2007. Kris Green of Digital Spy reported Lord was cast in the recurring role of Jase Dyer, father of established character Jay Brown played by Jamie Borthwick. Lord commented on that it felt good to join the cast, while executive producer Diederick Santer stated "I am delighted that EastEnders has attracted yet another top class actor to its cast. Stephen Lord is an actor of great talent and charisma, and I hope that his character Jase will attract, intrigue and entertain the audience in equal measure." Lord stated filming his first scenes at Elstree Studios one month before his casting announcement. Nicola Methven and Polly Hudson of the Daily Mirror wrote that he would make his first screen appearance as Jase in July 2007.

Shortly after the character was announced, a show spokesperson stated "Jase is an enigmatic character in his mid thirties and arrives on the Square looking for his son. We don't know much about him, but what we do know is that he hasn't been in Jay's life for years and he was never a doting parent." They added that Jase's past is full of secrets and summed him up as "a dead wrong'un." A writer from the EastEnders website said "Jase is something of a mystery man, with a dark past." During an interview with a What's on TV writer, Lord explained that Jase comes to Walford to see his son and he admitted that both Jay and his father-in-law, Bert Atkinson (Dave Hill), are shocked by his appearance. Lord stated that it is obvious Jay is happy to see his father, but Bert is unsure. He explained "The truth is Bert doesn't really know Jase. They've not had much to do with each other. He just assumes Jase is up to no good. Well you can see why Bert thinks that – there's definitely something of the dark horse about Jase. He doesn't give much away."

The Daily Mirror describe Jase a "hunk who will soon be breaking Walford hearts". It said, "Jase hasn't been in Jay's life for years. He returns to find his boy. And, naturally, our Jase has a dark past riddled with shocking secrets". In 2007 he turns up in the Square to look after son Jay after being mysteriously absent for many years. It also adds the Jase keeps himself to himself.

Lord further explained that Jase has not had much to do with Jay and he was not with him when his mother died of breast cancer. Jase tells Jay that he has been working on cross Channel ferries, but has finally had enough of it. Now he wants to get to know Jay and help bring him up. Lord commented "He genuinely wants to be there for Jay and be part of his life." The interviewer said Jase looked like he would be a ladies' man and Lord believed that Jase does not have any intention of attracting as many women as he can, however he does turn on the charm when he wants. Lord added that Jase is unpredictable, which makes people wary of him. Jase's profile on the What's on TV website stated that Jase preferred to keep himself to himself and that he was determined to stay on the straight and narrow, while doing the right thing by Jay.

Development
In 2007, Jase's primary storyline was arriving to Walford to salvage the relationship with his son. Keeping on eye on him to make a fresh start with him. Saving Dawn's baby Summer by catching her at a first floor from a burning house window at the hands of baby-stealer borderline psychopath Dr. May Wright (Amanda Drew). Having a brief fling with Roxy Mitchell. Proposing to his girlfriend Dawn Swann realising how much he loves her. Jase was caught flirting with Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) much to her husband Billy's (Perry Fenwick) disgust.

In November 2007 Jase is attacked on The Queen Victoria in the barrel store led by Terry Bates (Nicholas Ball) the gang leader in Jase's dark past, in which they subsequently knocked over a heavily pregnant Honey. The attack is witnessed by residents: Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor), Roxy, Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack), Keith Miller (David Spinx), Mickey Miller (Joe Swash), Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins), Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves) and Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker). A spokesperson stated "Jase is trying is hardest to turn the corner – he's paid his dues courtesy of Her Majesty but his former thuggish cronies are persistent." "Honey's terrified that something's happened to the baby and when the doctors examine her they're just as worried."

Notable Relationships

Jay Brown
Jase has not been in Jay's life for years, but he comes to Walford to track him down. Jase cares for his son despite him being estranged all those years of never doing parenting. In his profile on What's on TV stated that Jase turns up in the Square to look after son Jay after being mysteriously absent for many years. However, Jay discovers his father was in prison and goes of the rails. Jay always admired Jase because of his criminal past. Although Jase tells him not to get involved in wrong crowd and make the mistake he did, which this is many reasons why Jase is protective of his son. He is determined to stay straight and narrow down in order to do the right thing for Jay. Jase found out when Jay went missing and found him with Terry. Jase would have reacted badly and the time when Jay had a flick knife Jase took drastic measures which involves him asking why he had a weapon. Lord had explained that Jase has not had much to do with Jay and he was not with him when his mother died of breast cancer. Lord had further stated, that he wants to be there for Jay and be part of his life.

When Jase begins dating Dawn, Lord explained that "While Jase was falling for Dawn, his son was falling in with a gang of thugs". He also added "He finds out Jay has a flick knife and he's furious. He tells him how dangerous it is to carry a knife. But he still doesn't know about the gang. If he did he'd be horrified because Jase of all people knows just how dangerous gangs can be." He also added The very worst... After they vandalise Dot Branning's (June Brown) house Jay has a change of heart. He gets into a fight with one of the gang – and ends up stabbed and fighting for his life. He also mentioned that "Jay is his life and he'll feel he's failed him. He vowed to be a good dad and he'll blame himself totally. In August 2008, Jase gets into trouble with gangster Terry Bates. He sets him up and then kidnaps son Jay. The only way Jase can save his son's life is to sacrifice his own, as actor Stephen Lord explained: "Jase has been fooling himself. He thought he could do one or two jobs for Terry then walk away whenever he wanted… But when he tries his worst nightmare begins." He also added "All he cares about is saving his son. In the mayhem, Billy manages to get Jay out to safety". Lord also added, "It's brave of the show to have a character like Jase and to show the other side of him self-sacrificing his life for his son."

Roxy Mitchell
In late 2007, Jase embarked on a relationship with Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons). After weeks of flirting between the both of them, Roxy visits Jase and kisses him. The kiss is witnessed by Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon), Roxy's rival for Jase's affections. Jase and Roxy's relationship starts to gather pace until Jay steals her engagement ring. Jase and Roxy end their relationship and Lord said that despite them having things in common, Jase's head has been turned by Dawn.

Dawn Swann
Jase's second relationship storyline with Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon) was aired in the middle of November in 2007. Tointon admitted that "On a soap you lead a double life. You get so close to people and I had formed a great friendship with Lord, who plays Jase Dyer. She explained "Whenever anybody leaves it's emotional and I did feel quite down about it". During an interview on What's on TV Lord explained "What he likes about Dawn is she's stunning. But she's also cute and has a very warm and caring nature. He feels comfortable with her and they get along well". When Jase fell for one of Dawn's "seductive" spell, they started dating in The Queen Victoria, when Dawn chose Jase over his rival for Dawn's affections, Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves). Lord explained that "Garry and Jase are in competition for Dawn. Though to be honest Jase doesn't really see Garry as competition!, as Mo Harris (Laila Morse) set it up so Garry's wearing a red T-shirt, but Jase ends up wearing one too – and Dawn sees him first in the Vic. So she grabs him and kisses him full on! Although Jase doesn't feel sorry for Garry for the best man won. Eventually this however lead Jase to take his eye of his son, A EastEnd writer asks Lord on What's on TV is this a relationship Jase wants? Lord explained "He feels he does with Dawn. What he craves is normality for him and Jay. Jase isn't somebody who lets people get too close to him but with Dawn he's let down his guard and that's quite a big deal for him." Jase's relationship with Dawn increases when he proposed which was aired in June 2008. This eventually lead Jase to promises to have better life for Dawn.

Lord further stated that I hope it would be nice if the relationship worked out, but also mentions "Jay's a bit uncomfortable. But the real problem is that Dawn's very full-on, so Jase hasn't as much time for him and consequently Jay gets involved with a dangerous street gang." He stated the worst thing is that Jay may end up fighting for his life. Jay's stabbing was aired on 22 January 2008 during a fight. Lord explained Jay is his life and he'll feel he's failed him. He vowed to be a good dad and he'll blame himself totally. It may also make him think he's got his priorities wrong and that he should have been looking out for Jay instead of spending so much time with Dawn... He also added "After his romance with Roxy ended Jase's head has been well and truly turned. When Lord announced his exit, tragedy was brought to Dawn and the family when they find out Jase has tragically died. Lord explained in an interview that The night before the wedding he's supposed to do a job with Billy but at the last minute he's struck by the fact that he's got responsibilities and he shouldn't be doing this. He's about to get married.

Departure and death
It was reported in July 2008 on the website Inside Soap that bride-to-be Dawn will be devastated his fiancée Jase will be dead on his wedding day. Jase's death was aired on 28 August 2008, concluding his storylines in one of the shows most dramatic and horrific exits, being stabbed to death by his old boss Terry Bates (Nicholas Ball), after double crossing him in order to pay for his extravagant wedding to Dawn. Terry's tactic was to have murder in mind. The murder is being witnessed by Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) who hides in the bathroom. Lord also mentioned during an interview on What's on TV "His exit was all filmed in a very dramatic and moving way with Jase imagining he's with his son as he's on the operating table". "Even as he dies he's trying to reach out and touch his son". He also mentioned "It's brave of the show to have a character like Jase and to show the other side of him. You know, the loving partner and dad". But he couldn't get away with his crimes. It's a potent ending". Lord also mentioned "It's brutal in many ways but I think it's a sweet exit". Jase made his final scene (as a corpse) on 29 August 2008. Lord mentioned during another interview that he loved the exit. The BBC defended the use of violent scenes where Jase dies following a confrontation with a group of gangsters who stabbed him after brutally beating him up. Later, the character's dead body was seen by viewers in hospital scenes which featured Jase's son Jay Brown, played by Jamie Borthwick.

In an interview in Digital Spy, Perry Fenwick admitted "It's gutting for Billy and for me." He also quoted as saying: "You will see a real similarity between these two. Here are two men so desperate to provide for their families that they have been driven down this path of violence. "Their paths collide but things go horribly wrong. I don't think Billy has thought things through. He doesn't expect to suddenly get caught up in what is effectively a gang war." Jase's profile on the BBC Online stated his death was leaving bereft Dawn and angry son Jay out for revenge when Jase died in hospital. He may be gone but never forgotten - least of all by Billy Mitchell who stood by and watched him die, and will forever live with the guilt... His death brought to the exit of another character, Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton). Billy attempts to fix his marriage, but Honey cannot trust him and leaves Walford. His death turns in devastation as Jay lashes out at Dawn as he struggles to cope with the aftermath of his father's brutal murder by a criminal gang. When Jase's fiancée Dawn asks to say a few words about him, his son Jay objects and announces to the mourners that it's her fault that his father is dead.

Reception
For his portrayal of Jase, Lord was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2008 British Soap Awards but lost out to Coronation Street'''s Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre). A writer stated "Jase will attract, intrigue and entertain the audience in equal measure." The Daily Mirror's Nicola Methven and Polly Hudson branded Jase a "beefcake" and "the new Albert Square hunk who will soon be breaking Walford hearts." While a What's on TV writer said Jase is "broodingly sexy", "highly attractive" and that "women lust after him". Kevin O'Sullivan, writing for the Sunday Mirror, commented Jase was "another pointless newcomer". Kris Green writing for Digital Spy commented that Jase may have is eye on the women, Jane Beale (Laurie Brett) and Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton). The writer hilariously wrote his money's on Pat Evans (Pam St. Clement).

Nancy Banks-Smith of The Guardian Looking on the bright side of death, it offered Jason's young son, Jay (Jamie Borthwick), a chance to steal the show, which he duly did with a touching torrent of grief. His father, a thief himself, would have been proud of him. Seventy-eight people complained about the instalment, aired on 13 November, mostly concerned about the level of violence. The BBC defended the episode. It said the storyline before the attack made it clear violence was coming and that an announcement before the show warned. The regulator has rejected 45 complaints that an episode of the BBC1 soap broadcast on 28 August had too much physical violent. The BBC itself received 134 complaints from viewers but the BBC defended the scenes on the grounds that the violence was "implied rather than explicit". Last night's episode of the BBC1 soap, a viewer saw the death of character Jase Dyer, played by Stephen Lord, with one viewer complaining that his wife was "physically sick" while his 13-year-old son was reduced to tears. 'This was the climax of a long-running story involving Jase and his former 'firm', and we believe this was the outcome that many viewers would have been anticipating in the context of this storyline. The BBC complaints stated "While we acknowledge that this was a particularly dramatic episode, we were very careful to make sure that any actual violence was implied rather than explicit, and it was made clear from the outset that Jase's life was in serious jeopardy,". The viewers appreciate that some viewers found the images of Jase's dead body uncomfortable; however, in trying to fully convey Jay's loss and depth of emotion, we felt it was necessary for viewers to see what he was seeing. However the other shows had a lot of complaints so The BBC has defended violent scenes in last night's edition of EastEnders following complaints from viewers.Inside Soap'' asked their readers who they thought Roxy should be with out of Jase, Max Branning (Jake Wood), Deano Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) and Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky). Jase was voted their favourite with thirty-nine percent of the vote.

See also
List of EastEnders characters (2007)

References

External links

 Jase Dyer at What's on TV

EastEnders characters
Fictional people from Manchester
Fictional criminals in soap operas
Fictional carpenters
Television characters introduced in 2007
British male characters in television

Jase Dyer


SS Mission Capistrano was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission Capistrano (AO-112). Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112). She was a   and was named for San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Career
Originally laid down on 29 February 1944 as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull (MC hull 1819) under a Maritime Commission contract as SS Mission Capistrano at the Marinship Corporation in Sausalito, California; launched on 7 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. James E. George; and delivered on 14 June 1944.  Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc., she spent the rest of the War supporting allied forces overseas (during which time she was awarded the National Defense Service Medal), until returned to the Maritime Commission on 20 April 1946 and laid up at the Maritime Commission Reserve Fleet at Mobile, Alabama. Acquired by the Navy on 17 November 1947, she was designated as Mission Capistrano (AO‑112) and transferred to the Naval Transportation Service for duty. She served with this service until 1 October 1949 when the Naval Transportation Service was absorbed into the new Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and laid up at the Beaumont, Texas, Reserve Fleet.

Redesignated USNS Mission Capistrano (T‑AO‑112), she was transferred to the operational control of MSTS on the same date. She continued her service with MSTS until 1 January 1955 when she was placed out of service, struck from the Naval Vessel Register, and transferred to the Maritime Administration and laid up at the Beaumont, Texas Reserve Fleet. Reacquired by the Navy on 5 July 1956, she was transferred to MSTS on the same date and placed in service for further duty with MSTS. She continued her voyages along the world's tanker routes transporting oil to and from the United States until early 1960, when she entered the Todd Pacific Shipyards at New Orleans, Louisiana for conversion to a "Sound Testing Ship."  Reclassified USNS Mission Capistrano (AG‑162) on 1 July 1960 she was modified to carry an ultra‑high‑powered sonar transducer array some five stories high and several tons in weight.  The transducer could be raised and lowered like a centerboard through the ship's bottom.  Upon completion of her conversion, she was placed in service as USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AG-162) (date unknown) and joined "Project Artemis," a project intended to ultimately produce a system that could detect submarines at long range.

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the "National Defense Reserve Fleet," Mission Capistrano was sold by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for commercial purposes in 1972 and converted to a "drill ship." Renamed Mission Exploration by 1975, she was scrapped 5 years later in Brownsville, Texas.

Falcon Lady
Another tanker, constructed in the 1970s and initially named Falcon Lady, was later renamed Mission Capistrano. It is part of the "Ready Reserve Force" fleet located near Beaumont, Texas. Because of the similar name it can be confused with the 1940s Mission Capistrano.

References

Bibliography

Type T2-SE-A2 tankers
Ships built in Sausalito, California
1944 ships
World War II tankers of the United States
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Suck It is a studio album by American rock and roll band Supersuckers. It was released on September 21, 2018, by Acetate Records.

Track listing
 "All of the Time"
 "The History of Rock 'n' Roll"
 "Dead Inside"
 "Breaking My Balls"
 "The Worst Thing Ever"
 "What's Up (With This Motherfucking Thing?)"
 "Cold Wet Wind"
 "(I'm Gonna Choke Myself and Masturbate) 'Til I Die"
 "Private Parking Lot"
 "Beerdrinkers and Hellraisers"

References

Supersuckers albums
2018 albums

Suck It (album)


A TV aerial plug is a connector used to connect coaxial cables with each other and with terrestrial VHF/UHF roof antennas, antenna signal amplifiers, CATV distribution equipment, TV sets and FM / DAB-radio receivers.

In Europe and Australia the Belling-Lee connector (IEC 61169-2 radio-frequency coaxial connector of type 9,52) is commonly used for this purpose.

In other parts of the world the F connector is most commonly used.

Television terminology
RF connectors

TV aerial plug