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CCSG CCSG may refer to: Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca Coiste Cearta Síbialta na Gaeilge Collège catholique Samuel-Genest Council of Commonwealth Student Governments at Pennsylvania State University |
Embassy of North Macedonia, London The Embassy of North Macedonia in London is the diplomatic mission of North Macedonia in the United Kingdom. References External links Official site North Macedonia Category:Diplomatic missions of North Macedonia Category:North Macedonia–United Kingdom relations Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster |
Yumashev Yumashev, also spelled Yumasheva (feminine), may refer to: Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev (1895-1972), Soviet admiral Tatyana Yumasheva (b. 1960), daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin Valentin Yumashev (b. 1957), Russian journalist and politician |
Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans is a three-act comedy play written in 1910 by the Belgian playwrights Frantz Fonson and Fernand Wicheler. The play premiered at Théâtre de l'Olympia in Brussels on March 18, 1910 and went on to Paris with the original cast, at Théâtre de la Renaissance on June 7, 1910. Combining French with the dialect and particular humour of Brussels, the play was an instant success both in its home country and abroad, and continues to enjoy regular revivals. Fonson and Wicheler's work is nowadays widely regarded as an integral piece of Brussels folklore and its people's cockiness, and endures as part of the Belgian heritage. Although numerous actors have added their own interpretations to the play, Gustave Libeau and Jacques Lippe are especially noted for their portrayals of Ferdinand Beulemans. Summary The play is set in Brussels, where Suzanne Beulemans, the daughter of a rich brewer is promised to marry Séraphin Meulemeester, the son of a rival brewer. The young man and his father both seem particularly motivated by the dowry of the young fiancée. But Séraphin has a rival in Albert Delpierre, a young Frenchman who is learning brewery from Ferdinand Beulemans and who is discreetly enamoured with the young woman. Albert learns Séraphin's secret that he is having an affair with a worker and that they have had a child. He promises Séraphin that he will never reveal any of it to Suzanne, but she is told by Isabelle, her maid. Suzanne breaks off the engagement with Séraphin and convinces him to return to the woman he loves and his son. This rupture leads to another between the two brewers who are both in contention for honorary presidency of the brewers society. In the final act, Suzanne and Albert strive to promote the election of Beulemans which instills him with a deep gratitude toward Albert. Cast Original cast members throughout the first Belgian and French runs featured: Lucienne Roger as Suzanne Beulemans, the only Beulemans daughter Jacque as Ferdinand Beulemans, Brussels brewer, Suzanne's father Vara as Hortense Beulemans, Suzanne's mother Jules Berry as Albert Delpierre, young Frenchman employed by Beulemans Frémont as Monsieur Delpierre, French shopkeeper, Albert's father and acquaintance of Beulemans Merin as Séraphin Meulemeester, Suzanne's fiancé Ambreville as Monsieur Meulemeester, Séraphin's father Vitry as Isabelle, Maid Mylo as Mostinckx, committee president Marmont as Verduren, committee secretary Daix as Baron, committee treasurer Duro, Delferrière, Nobel, Lennac, Cerrébos as committee members Cilly as Octavie, waitress The production crew included Frantz Fonson as stage director and Albert Dubosq as scenographer. About the play In a message dedicated to the people of Brussels in 1960 for the 50th anniversary of Le Mariage de mademoiselle Beulemans, Marcel Pagnol himself recounted the origin of his Trilogie Marseillaise: Frantz Fonson and Ferdinand Wicheler gave an extension to the play in the form of an operetta: Beulemans marie sa fille. The music was composed by Arthur van Oost. This operetta, in three acts and four scenes, opened for the first time at the Théâtre royal des Galeries in Brussels on October 18, 1912. During this enactment the principle roles were played by: Yvonne Gay : Suzanne Beulemans Alfred Jacque : Ferdinand Beulemans Charmal : Madame Beulemans Georges Foix : Albert Delpierre Mylo : Séraphin Meulemeester Ambreville : Monsieur Meulemeester Adaptations Settings in French In 1927, French film director Julien Duvivier adapted the play for the cinema as a silent film, which starred French film actress Andrée Brabant in the lead role, using the same title. The play was also adapted to the screen in 1932 |
by Jean Choux, and in 1950 by André Cerf, who both titled their film just as their predecessor did in 1927. Several television adaptations have been made, all broadcast on RTBF, with principle casting as follows: 1967: Christiane Lenain (Suzanne), Jacques Lippe (M. Beulemans), Irène Vernal (Mme Beulemans), Jean-Pierre Loriot (Séraphin), Alain Robert (Albert), Marcel Roels (M. Meulemeester) 1978: Ania Guédroitz (Suzanne), Jacques Lippe (M. Beulemans), Christiane Lenain (Mme Beulemans), Olivier Monneret (Séraphin), Leonil Mc Cormick (Albert), Robert Roanne (M. Meulemeester) 1998: Cécile Florin (Suzanne), Raymond Pradel (M. Beulemans), Anne Deroever (Mme Beulemans), Pierre Pigeolet (Séraphin), Damien Gillard (Albert), Robert Roanne (M. Meulemeester) - Production by Théâtre de Montreux (Swiss) 2004: Cécile Florin (Suzanne), Daniel Hanssens (M. Beulemans), Pascale Vyvère (Mme Beulemans), Pierre Pigeolet (Séraphin), Damien Gillard (Albert), Robert Roanne (M. Meulemeester) Claudie Rion (Isabelle) 2014: Wendy Piette (Suzanne), Daniel Hanssens (M.Beulemans), Manuel Servais (Mme Beulemans), Denis Carpenters (Seraphin), Damien De Dobbeleer (M Albert), Laure Godisiabois (Isabelle), Pascal Racan (M Delpierre), Michel Poncelet (M Meulemeester), Bernard Lefranc (president), Jean-Paul Clerbois (secretary) 2014, featured a cast of Belgian television presenters: Caroline Veyt (Suzanne), Guy Lemaire (M. Beulemans), Marie-Hélène Vanderborght (Mme Beulemans), Adrien Devyver (Séraphin), Stéphane Jobert (Albert), Hubert Mestrez (M. Meulemeester), Sara de Paduwa (Isabelle) For a long time the Théâtre royal des Galeries held total exclusivity over the play for French-speaking Belgium, as much for professional companies as for amateurs. The play fell into the public domain in 2006 (70 years after the death of F. Wicheler in 1935). Settings in other languages In 1910, Fonson and Wicheler's play was for the first time translated into American English as Suzanne by Charles Haddon Chambers, without any particular adaptation to any singular place and cultural background. It was mounted at the Lyceum in New York by Charles Frohman, with Billie Burke performing the role of Suzanne Beulemans, and received its premiere on the 26th of December of the same year. The play lasted sixty-four performances. In 1912, Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare wrote a new English translation and stage adaptation of the Belgian comedy set in the Welsh town of Carmarthen as Little Miss Llewelyn. The play, which starred Hilda Trevelyan in the title role, was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End by Norman McKinnel and ran from August 31, 1912 to February 20, 1913 for a total of one hundred and eighty-six performances and achieved popular success. In 1996, David Willinger revisited the play, within its original time period, and set the plot in Brooklyn's Yiddish-speaking community. He published this new American English adaptation under the title of Miss Bullberg's Marriage. The play is still to be staged. Notes and references Notes References Category:Belgian plays Category:1910 plays Category:Comedy plays Category:Brussels in fiction Category:Plays set in Belgium Category:Plays about marriage Category:Belgian plays adapted into films |
Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat is an EP by the American aggrotech band Combichrist. It was released in a limited run of 1,000 copies on vinyl. Track listing References External links , the band's official website Combichrist Myspace Category:2009 EPs Category:Combichrist albums Category:Electronic EPs |
Podgłębokie Podgłębokie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cyców, within Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Cyców, east of Łęczna, and east of the regional capital Lublin. References Category:Villages in Łęczna County |
Ceutorhynchus lecontei Ceutorhynchus lecontei is a species of minute seed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. References Further reading Category:Ceutorhynchini Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Beetles described in 1979 |
There's Something About Marrying "There's Something About Marrying" is the tenth episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. In the episode, Springfield legalizes same-sex marriage to increase tourism. After becoming a minister, Homer starts to wed people to make money. Meanwhile, Marge's sister Patty comes out as a lesbian and reveals that she is going to marry a woman named Veronica. Marge originally disapproves of this, making Patty frustrated. When Marge accidentally discovers that Veronica is a man cross-dressed as a woman, she decides to keep quiet about it knowing that Patty will be marrying a man. However, at the ceremony, she is so moved by Patty's vow that she is forced to reveal Veronica's secret. After the ceremony is abruptly cancelled, Marge tells Patty that she now accepts her sexuality. This was the third time that an episode of The Simpsons focused on homosexuality. The episode—written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Nancy Kruse—was inspired by the 2004 same-sex weddings that occurred in San Francisco. According to executive producer Al Jean, the staff wanted the episode to explore what the different characters' stances on same-sex marriage were. Around the time of the episode's original airdate, February 20, 2005, the same-sex marriage question was a hot political issue in the United States and the episode became controversial. "There's Something About Marrying" received a lot of criticism from conservative groups, including the Parents Television Council and the American Family Association, that claimed it was promoting gay marriage. Jean stated in response that the staff was not taking a side on the issue and that they were just examining all sides of it. Positive reaction to the episode came from, among others, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the gay-oriented website AfterEllen.com. During the first airing, 10.5 million people watched "There's Something About Marrying" and it became the highest rated episode of the season. The episode had received a lot of publicity in the media before its broadcast—not only because of the same-sex marriage controversy but also because of Patty's outing. It was revealed in July 2004, that a character would come out as gay in the episode, leading to much speculation from fans and the press. Bookmaker websites were even posting odds on which character it would be, with Patty receiving the best odds. Plot Bart and Milhouse torment a tourist named Howell Huser (a parody of television personality Huell Howser), who is then chased out of town by bullies Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney. Huser is later revealed to be a media personality, and he appears on a network's morning television show warning tourists against visiting Springfield, causing the Springfield tourism business to collapse. Mayor Quimby holds an emergency meeting at the town hall to solve the problem, and after many senseless suggestions, Lisa suggests that Springfield legalize same-sex marriage to entice visitors to their town. All of Springfield happily agrees with Lisa's idea, and the town makes a commercial that is broadcast throughout America, convincing hundreds of homosexual couples to come to Springfield. After Reverend Lovejoy insists that the Bible forbids same-sex marriage and refuses to marry any gay couples, and learning that ministers are paid $200 per couple, Homer abandons his own opposition to the process and becomes a minister himself with help from the online "e-Piscopal" Church, whereupon he marries every gay couple in town. Meanwhile, at the Simpson family's home, Patty comes out of the closet as a lesbian, saying that she is in love with a pro golfer named Veronica and asking Homer to marry them. While Homer accepts Patty's sexuality (briefly |
improving their relationship), an extremely uncomfortable Marge reprimands her for having not told their family and insists that Patty marries a man. Patty is angered and calls Marge out for being a hypocrite in acting liberal about the issues, pointing out that she can not accept their family's sexuality for what it is. Before the wedding, Marge accidentally discovers Veronica is actually male. She decides to keep quiet about it since Patty will be marrying a man. During the ceremony, however, Marge is so moved by Patty's heartfelt declaration of love for Veronica that she reveals Veronica's true gender. "Veronica" explains that as the straight Leslie Robin Swisher, he posed as a woman to get onto the LPGA golf tour. He then asks Patty if she will still marry him, but she declines. Afterwards, Marge reconciles with Patty after telling her that she has learned a lesson and has accepted the fact that Patty is a lesbian. In a meta-reference to the show's tendency to episodically return to status quo ante, Lisa notes that this is the end of Homer's wedding business, and Bart asks, "Why?" Patty and her other sister, Selma, then go to leave a bag at the airport unattended, as a way to meet security personnel they can date. Production "There's Something About Marrying" was written by co-executive producer J. Stewart Burns and directed by Nancy Kruse as part of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. Work on the episode started in March 2004, after the 2004 San Francisco same-sex weddings, a period during February 2004 when the city was issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This served as the Simpsons staff's inspiration for "There's Something About Marrying". The plot point where Springfield tries to increase tourism by marketing towards the LGBT community also had a basis in reality. An example is Fort Lauderdale, which became a popular tourist destination for gays and lesbians in the mid-2000s. Executive producer Al Jean said they were interested in doing the episode because they could explore the various characters' different positions on gay marriage while remaining neutral. "Lisa thinks it's good for civil rights. The reverend of the local Protestant church is opposed to it. Other people think tourists will come to town. Mayor Quimby wants the money. We don't take a position as much as explore everybody's positions," he commented. Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, stated that the staff wanted to out Patty as gay because portraying her as a "love-starved spinster [...] seemed old" on the show. There had previously been hints about Patty's orientation. For example, in the season thirteen episode "Jaws Wired Shut" she is part of the Springfield Gay Pride Parade's "stayin' in the closet" float, though only her voice was heard and she was not seen. Themes and analysis The episode's plotline revolves around homosexuality—the third time for The Simpsons. The first was season eight's "Homer's Phobia", and the second was "Three Gays of the Condo" from season fourteen, both of which won Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program. This time it centered on the right for homosexuals to get married and the coming-out of a character. In the episode, Homer is shown as being tolerant with homosexuality, whereas in "Homer's Phobia" he is portrayed as being strongly homophobic. In that episode, the Simpson family gets a new friend that Homer dissociates himself from after finding out that he is gay. He also fears that the friend will have a negative influence on Bart and decides to ensure Bart's heterosexuality by taking him to do manly things such as hunting. As |
James Delingpole of The Daily Telegraph writes, it was first after "Homer's Phobia" that Homer began to be portrayed as enlightened about homosexuality. Marge, on the other hand, who had previously been portrayed as supportive of gay people on the show, is seen as disapproving of her sister's sexual orientation. According to the publications Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture and Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights, it was the controversial lesbian outing of the main character (played by Ellen DeGeneres) in the sitcom Ellen in 1997 that paved the way for Patty's coming-out in this episode, as well as for many other gay characters on other television shows. In his book Queers in American Popular Culture, Jim Elledge noted that unlike many episodes of The Simpsons that go through a situation and then everything returns to normal during the ending, this one does not. He commented that the staff of the show could have made Patty heterosexual again at the end of the episode and leave it how it was before by having her marry Leslie. Instead, they ended it in a way that could potentially be experienced as distasteful to the heteronormative audience by having Patty exclaim "Hell no! I like girls!" to Leslie's marriage proposal. The author also noted that it is possible the Simpsons staff chose Patty to come out as gay instead of a male character because lesbians were "traditionally considered more acceptable" on television. She did, however, not "adhere to the eroticized male lesbian fantasy or fit into the loveable, asexual guise of the comedy lesbian" that had previously been seen on shows such as Ellen. Instead, Patty is "rude, crude, and not ashamed of declaring her sexual preferences", and this could make her unpalatable to some viewers according to Elledge. Around the episode's original broadcast in early 2005, the same-sex marriage question was one of the hottest political issues in America. It had been an especially hot topic during the then-recent presidential election in the United States. Marty Kaplan, a professor at Annenberg School for Communication and radio host on Air America Radio, commented that the episode is telling "those who demonize homosexuality, or what [these people] call the homosexual agenda," anything from "lighten up" to "get out of town". This was not the first time that an episode of the show had brought up a current issue. Writing in an article about "There's Something About Marrying" for The New York Times, Sharon Waxman said that "as television's longest-running situation comedy, The Simpsons is no stranger to hot-button social, religious and political issues, mocking wardrobe malfunctions, Hollywood liberals and born-again Christians, among other targets." Speculation, publicity and broadcast "There's Something About Marrying" was originally broadcast on February 20, 2005 in the United States. It was reported a long time in advance of the episode's airing that a major character would come out as gay during the episode. At the Comic-Con convention in July 2004, Al Jean revealed: "We have a show where, to raise money, Springfield legalizes gay marriage. Homer becomes a minister by going on the internet and filling out a form. A long-time character comes out of the closet, but I'm not saying who." This led to much media speculation and publicity in the press for the episode. The last such "mystery Simpsons storyline", as BBC News called it, occurred with the "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" episode in which it was announced prior to the broadcast that a character would be killed in the episode, leading to weeks of speculation before the revelation that it was |
Maude Flanders. There was a widespread debate among fans of the series as to who the character coming out of the closet would be, also similar to how they years earlier debated who shot the character Mr. Burns. Matt Groening joked at the Comic-Con convention that "it's Homer". Many fans correctly guessed that it would be one of Homer's sisters-in-law, either Patty or Selma, while others believed it to be Waylon Smithers. It had for a long time been hinted on the show that the Smithers character was gay and in love with his boss Mr. Burns. However, as The Baltimore Sun writes, it would have been unlikely for Smithers to be the outed character because it would not have been a surprise to fans, and his love for his heterosexual boss would prevent him from marrying another person. Patty was suspected by fans and the press because she had not often been seen dating men on the show. The tabloid newspaper The Sun revealed already in September 2004 that the character who would come out was Patty, though this was regarded as a rumor and Jean would not confirm it. Bookmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom took bets on which character would be uncovered as homosexual, and if there would be a kiss featured in the episode—BetUS laid odds at four to five that it was Patty, while Smithers had four to one odds and Ned Flanders fifteen to one odds. A kiss was given odds of seven to five. BetUS said gamblers made more than 900 bets on the coming-out on their website. According to The Baltimore Sun, another betting site named PaddyPower.com "stopped taking wagers because so much money was being placed on [Patty]." Jean told The Advocate that he thought it was "an insane thing for someone to take bets on a result that can be determined by other people", referring to the Simpsons staff, "and could be changed by them at the last minute." The episode was heavily promoted and hyped, with some sources calling it "much anticipated" and "long-awaited". In addition to the publicity about the coming-out of a character, "There's Something About Marrying" was discussed a lot in the media before its airing because of its gay marriage theme. The entertainment website MovieWeb predicted in October 2004 that the episode would become controversial when it aired because of the large children audience and "also because it comes at a time when many states are seeking to ban same-sex wedding ceremonies." According to Knight Ridder, "some conservative groups [...] growled in advance over the episode", but most pre-broadcast publicity was directed at the outing. Mark Pinsky, on the other hand, wrote in his book The Gospel According to The Simpsons that when the announcement that an episode of the show would focus on gay marriage was made, "it stoked a debate that few issues and few television shows could." Before its original airing, Pinsky was interviewed about the episode on ABC's World News Tonight, CNN, BBC Radio, and more, as the author of a book on religion in The Simpsons. The Fox network, which airs The Simpsons, chose to begin the episode with a Parental Advisory warning stating that it "contains discussions of same-sex marriage" and that "parental discretion is advised." This was a first for the show, which had not received parental advisories before even when dealing with themes such as drug use, gambling addictions, theft, crime, and violence. A warning similar to the one displayed at the beginning of this episode was used in front of the gay-themed "The |
Puppy Episode" of the Ellen series. The buzz "There's Something About Marrying" had received attracted a lot of viewers to its broadcast, and therefore the Fox network chose to air it during the ratings sweeps. The episode was watched by 10.5 million people in the United States, making it the highest-rated episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. It was up by two million from the season's average rating. Reception "There's Something About Marrying" featured the first appearance of an animated same-sex marriage on network television. Television columnist Ray Richmond wrote that the episode was a cultural milestone for The Simpsons and that the "issue [of gay marriage] was mainstream to some degree, but now that [the staff has] deigned it worthy of the show it is interwoven into the popular culture. The Simpsons bestowed upon something a pop culture status it never had before, simply by being ripe for a joke." John Kenneth White, author of the book Barack Obama's America, similarly called "There's Something About Marrying" a cultural barrier breaker. The episode, dealing with "one of the most divisive issues in American society" according to The New York Times, became a subject of controversy after its broadcast. The authors of The Marriage and Family Experience called it "one of the more controversial episodes of a frequently controversial cartoon." Several conservative groups and American Christian conservatives thought it was promoting same-sex marriage. Parents Television Council president L. Brent Bozell III criticized "There's Something About Marrying" for bringing up the issue. Even though he had not seen the episode himself, he commented that "at a time when the public mood is overwhelmingly against gay marriage, any show that promotes gay marriage is deliberately bucking the public mood." A researcher for the American Family Association, named Ed Vitagliano, claimed the presentation of same-sex marriage in the episode was "very one-sided". He said that this episode proved "Hollywood's blatant pro-homosexual bias" because despite The Simpsons being "generally kind of a wacky animated program" it was not neutral on the issue. Bozell also worried about the influence the episode would have on children, despite the parental discretion advisory at the beginning, commenting: "You've got a show watched by millions of children. Do children need to have gay marriage thrust in their faces as an issue? Why can't we just entertain them?" Similarly, Vitagliano said that many children watch The Simpsons and Hollywood "will pull out all the stops to promote same-sex marriage — and children will be influenced by it." Mark Washburn of Knight Ridder wrote that at the time of the episode's broadcast, most Americans were accustomed to seeing homosexual characters on television. He said this is why Patty's coming-out did not become as controversial as the episode's examination of the same-sex marriage issue, which was more sensitive in the country then. The controversy became so big that local news programs in certain cities aired segments about it. In response to the claims that this episode was supporting gay marriage, Al Jean replied that "we don't really take any positions for or against anything, we just like to examine all sides of an issue and I think that anyone who would get their political wisdom from a cartoon might be sadly mistaken." Likewise, Mark Pinsky writes in The Gospel According to The Simpsons that once the episode ended, it was hard to tell what stance on same-sex marriage the writers had and that "both sides of the controversy had their say, voiced by various Simpsons characters". Jean has also cited the episode in defense to critics who say The Simpsons has |
lost its relevance and edginess in later years. In his book The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History, John Ortved responded to this, commenting that despite the controversies the episode was "in fact a long-winded and lame exploration of the topic." "There's Something About Marrying" was met with positive reception as well, particularly from gay rights groups. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) was welcoming of the episode, calling it "a ray of light". GLAAD executive director Joan Garry enjoyed seeing Marge's transformation, from having ambivalent feelings for her sister to then supporting her. He commented that "when Marge learns that Patty's about to marry someone who isn't really a lesbian, she comes to realize that what her sister really deserves is to be in love with and married to a person who's right for her. If millions of Simpsons viewers came away from last night's episode with that little bit of moral truth, it was time well spent." AfterEllen.com's David Kennerley approved of the willingness of a "hit network TV show in prime time, watched by children and adults" to "serve up such a politically charged issue". Rick Garcia, an activist of the gay rights group Equality Illinois, said to the Chicago Tribune that the episode would likely affect society in a positive way because of the iconic status of the show which "shape[s] our attitudes". Unlike many of the conservative groups, Kennerley noted that "in the show's tradition of equal-opportunity lampooning, the message is not all pro-gay. Irksome lesbian stereotypes abound, and Nelson the bully suggests they 'legalize gay funerals.' And naturally, Reverend Lovejoy shutters his church to the same-sex sinners." According to Simpsons writer Mike Reiss, the episode also had supporters among conservative groups. He told Encore magazine that "gay people came out very much in favor of it and were happy with the episode, but arch conservatives and right-wing Christians loved the episode, too, because they seemed to think we were making fun of gay people. We really had it both ways." Kennerley further wrote that "based on this episode, [...] The Simpsons is in top form. It still reigns as the funniest, brashest, fastest-paced half-hour you'll see on television." Bill Gibron of PopMatters also thought the episode was funny, commenting that it "explored the often-cited 'slippery slope' of allowing matrimony to be defined outside the parameters of a man and a woman—with hilarious results." In regards to the revelation that Patty was gay, The A.V. Club wrote that it "wasn't particularly earth-shattering" but that Marge's initial reaction provided a good twist to the episode. J. Stewart Burns received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination in the animation category for his work on "There's Something About Marrying", although he lost the award to another Simpsons writer. References External links SpringfieldIsForGayLoversOfMarriage.com (archived), a website designed by the Fox network specifically for this episode "There's Something About Marrying" at The Simpsons.com Category:The Simpsons (season 16) episodes Category:2005 American television episodes Category:American LGBT-related television episodes Category:Same-sex marriage in television Category:Television episodes about weddings Category:LGBT-related animation Category:Television episodes about prejudice against LGBT people |
2011 South American Beach Soccer Championship The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also later and commonly known as the 2011 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the fourth Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from July 31– August 7 on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 7 – 14 May 2011. The qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier title. CONMEBOL began recognising the tournaments in 2013, under the title South American Beach Soccer Championship, also acknowledging the 2006–11 events as historic editions of the championship. CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title. Participating teams A tournament-record nine teams, an increase of one team from the previous CONMEBOL qualifier, have confirmed their participation in the competition. Group stage The draw to decide the groups was conducted on June 29, 2011. All match times were of local time in Rio de Janeiro, being Brasilia Time, (UTC-03:00). Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi finals Third place play off Final Winners Awards Teams Qualifying Final Placement References 2011 Qualification Conmebol Beach Soccer Championship 2011 Category:2011 in beach soccer |
Cork, Georgia Cork is an unincorporated community in Butts County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A variant name was "Dublin". The present name is after Cork, in Ireland, the native land of a large share of the early settlers. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Butts County, Georgia Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) |
Mechanism (engineering) In engineering, a mechanism is a device that transforms input forces and movement into a desired set of output forces and movement. Mechanisms generally consist of moving components that can include: Gears and gear trains Belt and chain drives Cam and followers Linkage Friction devices, such as brakes and clutches Structural components such as a frame, fasteners, bearings, springs, lubricants Various machine elements, such as splines, pins, and keys. The German scientist Reuleaux provides the definition "a machine is a combination of resistant bodies so arranged that by their means the mechanical forces of nature can be compelled to do work accompanied by certain determinate motion." In this context, his use of machine is generally interpreted to mean mechanism. The combination of force and movement defines power, and a mechanism manages power to achieve a desired set of forces and movement. A mechanism is usually a piece of a larger process or mechanical system. Sometimes an entire machine may be referred to as a mechanism. Examples are the steering mechanism in a car, or the winding mechanism of a wristwatch. Multiple mechanisms are machines. Kinematic Pairs From the time of Archimedes through the Renaissance, mechanisms were viewed as constructed from simple machines, such as the lever, pulley, screw, wheel and axle, wedge, and inclined plane. Reuleaux focused on bodies, called links, and the connections between these bodies called kinematic pairs, or joints. To use geometry to study the movement of a mechanism, its links are modeled as rigid bodies. This means that distances between points in a link are assumed to not change as the mechanism moves that is, the link does not flex. Thus, the relative movement between points in two connected links is considered to result from the kinematic pair that joins them. Kinematic pairs, or joints, are considered to provide ideal constraints between two links, such as the constraint of a single point for pure rotation, or the constraint of a line for pure sliding, as well as pure rolling without slipping and point contact with slipping. A mechanism is modeled as an assembly of rigid links and kinematic pairs. Links and joints Reuleaux called the ideal connections between links kinematic pairs. He distinguished between higher pairs with line contact between the two links and lower pairs with area contact between the links. J. Phillips shows that there are many ways to construct pairs that do not fit this simple model. Lower pair: A lower pair is an ideal joint that has surface contact between the pair of elements, as in the following cases: A revolute pair, or hinged joint, requires a line in the moving body to remain co-linear with a line in the fixed body, and a plane perpendicular to this line in the moving body must maintain contact with a similar perpendicular plane in the fixed body. This imposes five constraints on the relative movement of the links, which therefore has one degree of freedom. A prismatic joint, or slider, requires that a line in the moving body remain co-linear with a line in the fixed body, and a plane parallel to this line in the moving body must maintain contact with a similar parallel plane in the fixed body. This imposes five constraints on the relative movement of the links, which therefore has one degree of freedom. A cylindrical joint requires that a line in the moving body remain co-linear with a line in the fixed body. It combines a revolute joint and a sliding joint. This joint has two degrees of freedom. A spherical joint, or ball joint, requires that |
a point in the moving body maintain contact with a point in the fixed body. This joint has three degrees of freedom. A planar joint requires that a plane in the moving body maintain contact with a plane in fixed body. This joint has three degrees of freedom. A screw joint, or helical joint, has only one degree of freedom because the sliding and rotational motions are related by the helix angle of the thread. Higher pairs: Generally, a higher pair is a constraint that requires a line or point contact between the elemental surfaces. For example, the contact between a cam and its follower is a higher pair called a cam joint. Similarly, the contact between the involute curves that form the meshing teeth of two gears are cam joints.. Kinematic diagram A kinematic diagram reduces the machine components to a skeleton diagram that emphasizes the joints and reduces the links to simple geometric elements. This diagram can also be formulated as a graph by representing the links of the mechanism as vertices and the joints as edges of the graph. This version of the kinematic diagram has proven effective in enumerating kinematic structures in the process of machine design. An important consideration in this design process is the degree of freedom of the system of links and joints, which is determined using the Chebychev–Grübler–Kutzbach criterion. Planar mechanisms While all mechanisms in a mechanical system are three-dimensional, they can be analyzed using plane geometry, if the movement of the individual components are constrained so all point trajectories are parallel or in a series connection to a plane. In this case the system is called a planar mechanism. The kinematic analysis of planar mechanisms uses the subset of Special Euclidean group SE, consisting of planar rotations and translations, denote SE. The group SE is three-dimensional, which means that every position of a body in the plane is defined by three parameters. The parameters are often the x and y coordinates of the origin of a coordinate frame in M measured from the origin of a coordinate frame in F, and the angle measured from the x-axis in F to the x-axis in M. This is often described saying a body in the plane has three degrees-of-freedom. The pure rotation of a hinge and the linear translation of a slider can be identified with subgroups of SE , and define the two joints one degree-of-freedom joints of planar mechanisms. The cam joint formed by two surfaces in sliding and rotating contact is a two degree-of-freedom joint. See Theo Jansen's Strandbeest walking machine with legs constructed from planar eight-bar linkages Spherical mechanisms It is possible to construct a mechanism such that the point trajectories in all components lie in concentric spherical shells around a fixed point. An example is the gimbaled gyroscope. These devices are called spherical mechanisms. Spherical mechanisms are constructed by connecting links with hinged joints such that the axes of each hinge passes through the same point. This point becomes center of the concentric spherical shells. The movement of these mechanisms is characterized by the group SO(3) of rotations in three-dimensional space. Other examples of spherical mechanisms are the automotive differential and the robotic wrist. Select this link for an animation of a Spherical deployable mechanism. The rotation group SO(3) is three-dimensional. An example of the three parameters that specify a spatial rotation are the roll, pitch and yaw angles used to define the orientation of an aircraft. Spatial mechanisms A mechanism in which a body moves through a general spatial movement is called a spatial mechanism. An example |
is the RSSR linkage, which can be viewed as a four-bar linkage in which the hinged joints of the coupler link are replaced by rod ends, also called spherical joints or ball joints. The rod ends let the input and output cranks of the RSSR linkage be misaligned to the point that they lie in different planes, which causes the coupler link to move in a general spatial movement. Robot arms, Stewart platforms, and humanoid robotic systems are also examples of spatial mechanisms. Bennett's linkage is an example of a spatial overconstrained mechanism, which is constructed from four hinged joints. The group SE(3) is six-dimensional, which means the position of a body in space is defined by six parameters. Three of the parameters define the origin of the moving reference frame relative to the fixed frame. Three other parameters define the orientation of the moving frame relative to the fixed frame. Linkages A linkage is a collection of links connected by joints. Generally, the links are the structural elements and the joints allow movement. Perhaps the single most useful example is the planar four-bar linkage. However, there are many more special linkages: Watt's linkage is a four-bar linkage that generates an approximate straight line. It was critical to the operation of his design for the steam engine. This linkage also appears in vehicle suspensions to prevent side-to-side movement of the body relative to the wheels. Also see the article Parallel motion. The success of Watt's linkage lead to the design of similar approximate straight-line linkages, such as Hoeken's linkage and Chebyshev's linkage. The Peaucellier linkage generates a true straight-line output from a rotary input. The Sarrus linkage is a spatial linkage that generates straight-line movement from a rotary input. The Klann linkage and the Jansen linkage are recent inventions that provide interesting walking movements. They are respectively a six-bar and an eight-bar linkage. Compliant mechanisms A compliant mechanism is a series of rigid bodies connected by compliant elements. These mechanisms have many advantages, including reduced part-count, reduced "slop" between joints (no parasitic motion because of gaps between parts), energy storage, low maintenance (they don't require lubrication and there is low mechanical wear), and ease of manufacture . Flexure bearings (also known as flexure joints) are a subset of compliant mechanisms that produce a geometrically well-defined motion (rotation) on application of a force. Cam and follower mechanisms A cam and follower is formed by the direct contact of two specially shaped links. The driving link is called the cam (also see cam shaft) and the link that is driven through the direct contact of their surfaces is called the follower. The shape of the contacting surfaces of the cam and follower determines the movement of the mechanism. In general a cam follower mechanism's energy is transferred from cam to follower. The cam shaft is rotated and, according to the cam profile, the follower moves up and down. Now slightly different types of eccentric cam followers are also available in which energy is transferred from the follower to the cam. The main benefit of this type of cam follower mechanism is that the follower moves a little bit and helps to rotate the cam 6 times more circumference length with 70% force. Gears and gear trains The transmission of rotation between contacting toothed wheels can be traced back to the Antikythera mechanism of Greece and the south-pointing chariot of China. Illustrations by the renaissance scientist Georgius Agricola show gear trains with cylindrical teeth. The implementation of the involute tooth yielded a standard gear design that provides a constant speed ratio. Some important |
features of gears and gear trains are: The ratio of the pitch circles of mating gears defines the speed ratio and the mechanical advantage of the gear set. A planetary gear train provides high gear reduction in a compact package. It is possible to design gear teeth for gears that are non-circular, yet still transmit torque smoothly. The speed ratios of chain and belt drives are computed in the same way as gear ratios. (See bicycle gearing.) Mechanism synthesis The design of mechanisms to achieve a particular movement and force transmission is known as the kinematic synthesis of mechanisms. This is a set of geometric techniques that yield the dimensions of linkages, cam and follower mechanisms, and gears and gear trains to perform a required mechanical movement and power transmission. See also Gear train Linkage (mechanical) Machine (mechanical) Mechanical system Mechanical watch Outline of machines Virtual work Hoberman mechanism References External links Balanced hinge-lever mechanism 507 Mechanical Movements a 1908 publication by Henry T. Brown Machines and Mechanisms Wiki Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL) collections of movies and photos of hundreds of mechanism models. A six-bar straight-line linkage in the collection of Reuleaux models at Cornell University Animations of a variety of mechanisms. Example of a six-bar function generator that computes the angle for a given range. A variety of linkage animations. A variety of six-bar linkage designs. Category:Machines |
2005 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Pool The Pool of the 2005 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II composed of four teams competing in a round robin competition. The top two teams qualified for Group I next year. Colombia vs. Venezuela Chile vs. Dominican Republic Colombia vs. Chile Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic Colombia vs. Dominican Republic Chile vs. Venezuela and advanced to Group I for next year, where they both placed equal fifth. See also Fed Cup structure References External links Fed Cup website Category:2005 Fed Cup Americas Zone |
Catarina (given name) Catarina is a feminine given name. It is a Portuguese, Spanish, Galician and Italian form of the name Katherine. It may refer to: Portuguese infantas Infanta Catarina of Portugal (1436–1463), daughter of King Edward of Portugal Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza (1540–1614), granddaughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and pretender to the Portuguese throne Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), wife of King Charles II of Great Britain Other people Catarina Eufémia, illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike Catarina Lindqvist, professional tennis player Catarina Ruivo, Portuguese film director Catarina Rodrigues, Portuguese judoka Caterina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter |
Anadiscalia Anadiscalia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There is at least one described species in Anadiscalia, A. basalis. References Further reading External links Category:Tachinidae |
Salute! Salute! is Italian satellite television channel, owned by Eurodigital and broadcast by Rai International, free to air on Hot Bird 6 13°E. It is also scheduled to be broadcast in North America and Australia. The programming is devoted to medicine, nutrition, beauty treatments and well-being issues. Category:Free-to-air Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009 Category:Italian-language television stations Category:Television channels in Italy |
Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2004 The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured Australia in July 2004, well outside the normal Australian cricket season. Two Test matches were played, Australia winning the series 1–0. Test series 1st Test 2nd Test External links CricketArchive Sri Lanka in Australia, 2004 Category:2004 in Sri Lankan cricket Category:2004 in Australian cricket 2004 Category:International cricket competitions in 2004 Category:Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 2000–01 |
Berak Berak is a village in municipality of Tompojevci in eastern Croatia. Village is located 11 km from county seat Vukovar. History First written records about Berak comes from 15th century when village was known under names Perecke and Perethe. There is an ossuary from the period of World War II with the bones of Yugoslav Partisans and Italian resistance movement fighters from the time of Syrmian Front. Ossuary was built in 1966 and inscription on it state "For the eternal glory to the fallen fighters" together with the names of the famous fighters from the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Italy. It played a huge role in the Log Revolution during the breakup of Yugoslavia. References Category:Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Category:Populated places in Syrmia |
Baynards railway station Baynards was a railway station on the Cranleigh Line. The line was single track and opened on 2 October 1865. The station comprises the stationmaster's house, two waiting rooms, covered platforms, storesheds, a booking hall, a porch and a large goods shed. The station covers in all . History It was built for Lord Thurlow, the owner of nearby Baynards Park, whose land was on the route of the proposed railway line. As a condition of sale, Lord Thurlow insisted on having a station built to serve his estate, despite there being no nearby settlement. The station was also used as the local post office in times when up to 30 horses and carts would queue outside on market days. Near the station was the Baynards Brick and Tile Works which was served by its own private siding. In early years it was a brickworks, producing Fuller's earth for the wool industry, and then foundry clay in later years. It then became a chemical processing works, receiving annually 400 tons of goods by rail (including sulphur from Italy via the Thames docks, tin from Swansea and packaging from Sittingbourne), whilst also sending out its own goods, from seed dressings to polishing compounds. The station closed in June 1965 when the Cranleigh Line was closed as part of the Beeching Axe. The station was used in the 1957 BBC television adaptation of The Railway Children, and several films including: They Were Sisters (1945), Room at the Top (1959), The Grass Is Greener (1960), Monster of Terror and Rotten to the Core (both 1965). Other Cranleigh Line stations Guildford Horsham References External links Baynards railway station at Disused-Stations.org.uk "Cranleigh Line" website Baynards station on navigable 1946 O.S. map Category:Disused railway stations in Surrey Category:Railway stations opened in 1865 Category:Railway stations closed in 1965 Category:Beeching closures in England Category:Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Category:Cranleigh |
4-Hydroxy-2-oxopentanoic acid 4-Hydroxy-2-oxopentanoaic acid, also known as 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate, is formed by the decarboxylation of 4-oxalocrotonate by 4-oxalocrotonate decarboxylase, is degraded by 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate aldolase, forming acetaldehyde and pyruvate and is reversibly dehydrated by 2-oxopent-4-enoate hydratase to 2-oxopent-4-enoate. References External links 4-Hydroxy-2-ketovalerate, biocyc.org Category:Secondary alcohols Category:Alpha-keto acids Category:Valerates Category:Hydroxy acids |
Denton, North Carolina Denton is a town in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,636 at the 2010 census. Geography Denton is located in southern Davidson County at (35.632752, -80.111603). It is southeast of Lexington, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.31%, is water. Climate Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 1,636 people. The population density was 821.5 people per square mile (316.3/km²). There were 651 housing units at an average density of 368.8 per square mile (142.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.07% White, 0.62% African American, 0.34% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.00% of the population. There were 595 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.89. In the town, the population was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $30,950, and the median income for a family was $40,375. Males had a median income of $28,571 versus $21,354 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,439. About 11.2% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. History The founding of Denton may be dated from the time the place acquired a post office, began to be called "Denton" and ceased to be "Finch's Cross Road". The General Assembly passed a bill incorporating the town of Denton on March 11, 1907. The town had its first mayor, J.E. Varner, in 1907, with B.I. Harrison, Arthur E. Davis, J.M. Daniel, L.A. Newsom and Jesse C. Morris as town commissioners. Abel Anderson was the town physician, and John F. Carroll as the chief of police. The Adderton - Badgett House, Chapel Hill Church Tabernacle, Mor-Val Hosiery Mill, and Mount Ebal Methodist Protestant Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Southeast Old Threshers' Reunion, described as "the largest antique tractor and engine show in the Southeast", takes place during the July 4 holiday at Denton FarmPark, a historical park with several restored buildings. A one-day event with airplane rides later expanded to include displays of farm equipment to give people something to do while they waited. As of the 48th annual event in 2018, over 50,000 attended from 20 states, and the five-day event includes 125 vendors, train and helicopter rides, musical performances and fireworks. The primary purpose is to teach people, especially children, about the history of agriculture. Lawn and garden equipment was added in 2018. Education Denton has two area elementary schools; Denton Elementary and Silver Valley Elementary. Silver Valley is the smallest elementary school in the Davidson County Schools system, having just under 275 students. Denton Elementary is almost |
twice the size of Silver Valley, with about 460 children. Both schools feed into South Davidson Middle School, which lies just a mile north of the Denton town limits. South Davidson Middle has just under 395 students. The middle school feeds into the adjoined high school, South Davidson High School. South Davidson is the smallest high school in Davidson County with 413 students at the 2011-2012 school year. The closest college to Denton is Davidson County Community College, a two-year college in northern Davidson County. The closest four-year college is Pfeiffer University, located 19 miles south, near Richfield. Notable people Furman Bisher, sportswriter Max Lanier, baseball player Buren Skeen, NASCAR driver who was killed in an accident during the 1965 Darlington Southern 500 References External links Denton Area Chamber of Commerce Denton NC Unofficial site, History, Photos and Centennial site www.ourstate.com/denton/] Category:Towns in Davidson County, North Carolina Category:Towns in North Carolina Category:Populated places established in 1907 Category:1907 establishments in North Carolina |
Andriy Vynokurov Andriy Vynokurov (born August 14, 1982) is a Ukrainian professional track cyclist. Palmarès 2002 2002 World Cup 2nd, 1 km, Moscow 2005 2005–2006 World Cup 1st, Keirin, Moscow 2006 2006–2007 World Cup 1st, Keirin, Moscow 2008 2007–2008 World Cup 3rd, Sprint, Copenhagen External links Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists of Ukraine Category:Ukrainian track cyclists Category:Ukrainian male cyclists Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Kharkiv |
Saco, California Saco (formerly, Jewetta) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The Jewetta post office operated from 1893 to 1903, with a closure during 1896 to 1898. The name Jewetta honors Solomon and Philo D. Jewett, pioneers. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Kern County, California Category:Unincorporated communities in California |
Hamirgarh Hamirgarh is a taluka in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. It is historical town and well known for textile industries. Legend has it that its old name was Bankrola and changed into current name after Rana Hamir singh of Mewar Kingdom. He built a fort in Hamirgarh. The town is 19 kilometers away from district headquarters Bhilwara. It has one air strip situated in nearby Takhtpura village on Chittorgarh-Bhilwara district border, which was established by the former chief minister of Rajasthan, Shiv Charan Mathur. The town is situated at the base of outcrops of Aravali mountain chain. There is a temple of Goddess Mahishasur Mardini Mata atop hill. The town was a feudatory, containing 12 villages, of Mewar Kings before independence. The villages constituted the feudatory were Aujyada, Takhtpura, Kherabad, Bardod, Amli, Kabra, Shadiganj and some other small villages to name. The population of the town has drastically increased in the last decade due to rapid textile industrialisation. Places to visit Hamirgarh Eco-Park: This Eco-park is situated at Hills of Hamirgarh far 20 km from Bhilwara. The park is famous for sun-set point. You can see Blue Bulls, Jackles, Foxes, Vultures and many other wild animals. The "Mansha Mahadev" famous Shiv Temple is situated here. Chamunda mata Temple: Chamunda mata Temple also known as Mahishasur Mardini Mata Temple is situated on a hill in Hamirgarh. this temple was built by Rana Sanga in 1527 before starting of battle of khanwa. Sadar bazar: also known as Juna bazaar and zinda bazaar' is the main and only market in hamirgarh and known for Hand block printing and bandhej. Category:Cities and towns in Bhilwara district |
WYAH-LP WYAH-LP (93.7 FM) was a radio station licensed to Winchester, Kentucky, United States. The station was owned by Franklin Avenue Church of the Living God, Inc. References External links YAH-LP YAH-LP |
Menzies' echymipera Menzies' echymipera (Echymipera echinista), or Menzies' spiny bandicoot or Fly River bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. References Category:Peramelemorphs Category:Mammals of Papua New Guinea Category:Mammals described in 1990 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
Bloody Knuckles (album) Bloody Knuckles is an album released by American blues rock artist Iron Mike Norton. It was released June 4, 2013, on GFO Records and distributed by INgrooves. Production Bloody Knuckles was recorded at The Gutbuckit in Gainesville, Missouri, and produced by Iron Mike Norton. Track listing Personnel Musicians Iron Mike Norton – Slide guitar (all tracks except 8), Guitar (all tracks), vocals (all tracks), Bass guitar (tracks 4 & 7). Drums (all tracks), Roland TR-808 (tracks 2, 8) Production Iron Mike Norton – producer, mixing engineer References External links Bloody Knuckles at Iron Mike Norton Official Website Bloody Knuckles at Discgos Bloody Knuckles on Musicbrainz Bloody Knuckles Lyrics on Musixmatch Category:2013 albums Category:Iron Mike Norton albums Category:Roots rock albums |
Cam Gambolati Cam M. Gambolati (born September 29, 1949 in Manchester, Connecticut) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best known for winning the 1985 Kentucky Derby with Spend A Buck. Gambolati worked as a Laundromat operator and as a statistician for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He has had a long association with racehorse owner and University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino who heads a racing partnership competing as the Ol Memorial Stable. References March 18, 2008 Thoroughbred Times article May 13, 1985 TIME magazine article on Cam Gambolati and Spend A Buck Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:American horse trainers Category:People from Manchester, Connecticut |
Historical British performances at Wimbledon This article lists the progress of British tennis players at Wimbledon each year. Wimbledon is the home grand slam for British players, but in recent years they have not had much success. However, on 7 July 2013 Andy Murray became the first Briton to win the men's competition since Fred Perry in 1936. The last British woman to win the ladies' tournament was Virginia Wade in 1977. Men's singles (Open era) See the article for each year of the Wimbledon Championships (linked in the 'Year' column) for references. Ladies' singles (Open Era) See the article for each year of the Wimbledon Championships (linked in the 'Year' column) for references. References See also List of British finalists at Grand Slam tennis tournaments List of UK number 1 men's tennis players Category:The Championships, Wimbledon Category:History of the London Borough of Merton |
Brian Gaynor Brian Gaynor (born 1973) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Tipperary senior team. Gaynor joined the team during the 1995-95 National League and was a regular member of the team for just three seasons. During that time he failed to claim any honours at senior level. At club level Gaynor played with the Kilruane MacDonagh's club. References Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Kilruane MacDonaghs hurlers Category:Tipperary inter-county hurlers |
Leo Mainoldi Leonardo "Leo" Andrés Mainoldi, (born March 4, 1985), is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is tall. He plays at the power forward position. Professional career On September 1, 2013, Mainoldi signed a one-year deal with the Spanish EuroLeague club Laboral Kutxa. National team career Mainoldi has been a member of the senior men's Argentina national basketball team. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, the bronze medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, and the silver medal at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. He also played at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Honors and awards Ford Burgos Spanish 3rd Division Champion 2006 Spanish 3rd Cup Winner 2006 Plus Pujol Lleida Catalan 2nd Division Champion 2007 Argentine national team South American Under-21 Championship: 2004 South American Championship: 2006 South American Championship: 2008 FIBA Americas Championship: 2009 South American Championship: 2010 FIBA Americas Championship: 2013 FIBA Americas Championship: 2015 Personal life Leonardo has an older brother, Carlos, who is also a professional basketball player. References External links Twitter FIBA Profile FIBA Europe Profile Euroleague.net Profile Eurobasket.com Profile NBADraft.net Profile Spanish League Profile Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:AB Castelló players Category:Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain Category:Argentine men's basketball players Category:Argentine people of Italian descent Category:Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players Category:Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Club San Martín de Corrientes basketball players Category:Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia basketball players Category:Italian men's basketball players Category:Liga ACB players Category:Olympic basketball players of Argentina Category:Power forwards (basketball) Category:Quimsa basketball players Category:Saski Baskonia players Category:Valencia Basket players |
Advanced Brake Warning Advanced Brake Warning Systems are a technology developed in Israel in 1989 which display additional signalling information, such as by actuating the brake lights when a driver suddenly and abruptly releases the accelerator pedal in preparation for a panic stop. Other proposed systems advocate a different signal (brake lights brighter or blinking) during a hard panic stop or when a vehicle is no longer moving at all. While these concepts were advocated to various regulatory bodies in the U.S. and Europe during the 1990s, the idea has met with limited enthusiasm and much opposition. Many of the objections assert that drivers do not have time to assimilate extra information sent by non-standard signalling apparatus and that even the advanced warning of a brake light being actuated by the driver's foot suddenly leaving the accelerator could generate enough false alerts to render the impact of such a system meaningless. The systems are therefore not approved even as aftermarket devices in many western markets and there is little prospect of them being required to be installed on new cars by automobile manufacturers anytime in the near future. External links Economic council for Europe - inland transport committee report US NHTSA report Category:Vehicle safety technologies |
Short food supply chains Short food supply chain (SFSCs) is a broad range of food production-distribution-consumption configurations, such as farmers' markets, farm shops, collective farmers' shops, community-supported agriculture, solidarity purchase groups. More in general, a food supply chain can be defined as "short" when it is characterized by short distance or few intermediaries between producers and consumers. Origin of the concept SFSCs were originally identified as examples of "resistance" of farmers to modernization of the food system, characterized by the development of supply chains based on long-distance trade. Resistance consists in the fact that, by selling directly to consumers, farmers bypass intermediaries and thus can develop autonomous marketing strategies based on differentiation. These strategies give farmers the possibility of keeping a bigger share of the value added within the farm and within the local economies. Given these characteristics, short food supply chains are increasingly taken into consideration by rural and food policies as a driver of change in the food system and a policy tool for rural development. The analysis of short food supply chains has fed a broader debate on "alternative food chains", "alternative food networks", and "sustainable food chains". Specificity SFSCs are considered the most appropriate channels for organic and locally specific products and for small farmers. In fact, a closer relation between producers and consumers gives producers the opportunity to develop a richer communication, and to identify market niches. Ilbery and Maye state, “the crucial characteristic of SFSCs is that foods which reach the final consumer have been transmitted through an SC that is 'embedded' with value-laden information concerning the mode of production, provenance, and distinctive quality assets of the product”. Likewise, Marsden et al. (2000) state that “a common characteristic, however, is the emphasis upon the type of relationship between the producer and the consumer in these supply chains, and the role of this relationship in constructing value and meaning, rather than solely the type of product itself”. Dimensions of proximity In order to develop a definition of SFSCs, there are a number of candidate criteria that may be used. SFSCs have been conceptualized in terms of Dimensions of Proximity. Kebir and Torre (2012) were perhaps some of the first to propose such a conceptualization, classifying SFSCs based on two dimensions: Geographical Proximity and "Organized" Proximity, the latter of which incorporates social notions of Belonging and Similarity. Other dimensions have been proposed, including [citations needed]: Geographical proximity: physically close, and is measured as a distance between producers and consumers. Social proximity: expression is direct (with very few intermediaries) and trustful relations between a producer and consumer who know each other and the product, solidarity between producers and consumers, civic engagement in local food system, (re)connection with local food traditions and identities. Economic proximity: market exchanges happen and money circulates within a community or a certain locality (owned and governed locally, transparent, and traceable) Classification SFSCs are classified by Renting et al. into face-to-face, proximate, extended. Face to face are characterized by physical encounters between producers and consumers (as in the case of farmers' markets). In the proximate short food supply chains producers are not necessarily managing product distribution (as in the case of consumers' cooperatives). In the extended short food supply chains, although geographical distances between producers and consumers may be long, consumers are aware of the identity of the producers and of the products (such as in the case of fair trade and protected denominations of origin). Regulations An action plan developed in 2009 at the Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood, and Forestry of France was aimed at supporting the development of short food chains. According |
to the plan, short food chains are defined on the base of the number of actors involved; precisely : SFSC are considered as « commercialisation of agricultural products through direct selling or indirect selling when only one intermediary is involved ». (« Un circuit court est un mode de commercialisation des produits agricoles qui s'exerce soit par la vente directe du producteur au consommateur, soit par la vente indirecte à condition qu'il n'y ait qu'un seul intermédiaire. » . However, there have been discussions at the senate and at regional levels that short-ness should not be reduced to the number of intermediaries but also geographical distance should be considered (f.i., one can buy vine directly, but what if it travels 1,000 km?). Following the national action plan (or maybe prior to it in some cases), regional SFSC plans have been developed. Regional action plans refer to the definition above, but they also complement or precise it. F.i. Aquitaine region also adds short or reduced geographical distance between producers and consumers (link). The French Law on modernisation of agriculture and fishing, updated in 2010 (n° 2010-874), among its many other intervention actions also states «the development of short food chains and facilitation of geographical proximity between producers and processors. » Examples Farmers' markets, are physical retail markets featuring foods sold directly by farmers to consumers. Community-supported agriculture (CSA), network or association of individuals who have pledged to support one or more local farms, with growers and consumers sharing the risks and benefits of food production. The URGENCI network federates initiatives of CSA from all over the world. Gruppi di acquisto solidale (GAS) Italian networks initiated by consumers that link up to farmers to organize alternative food provision AMAP (French Associations pour le maintien d'une agriculture paysanne) support peasant and organic agriculture through direct links between farmers and consumers Food hubs aggregate, distribute and market food from farmers to consumers. Research projects GLAMUR - Global and local food assessment: a multidimensional performance-based approach FOODLINKS - Knowledge brokerage to promote sustainable food consumption and production: linking scientists, policymakers, and civil society organisations SUS-CHAINS - Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development PUREFOOD - is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework PEOPLE program. The objective of PUREFOOD is to train a pool of early-stage researchers in the socio-economic and socio-spatial dynamics of the (peri-)urban and regional foodscape SMARTCHAIN - is a Horizon 2020 funded project aiming to further support the development of collaborative short food supply chains and promote a more favourable framework for sustainable, local, healthier and ethically produced food in Europe See also Alternative food systems Local food and short food supply chains, an ENRD (European Network of Rural Development) publication Short Food Supply Chains and Local Food Systems in the EU. A State of Play of their Socio-Economic Characteristics. a publication of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Short Food Supply Chains as drivers of sustainable development. Evidence Document. This document is the result of a joint collaboration among practitioners, policy makers and scientists who joined in the Short Food Supply Chains Community of Practice, established within the Foodlinks project (in the framework of the FP7 project FOODLINKS GA No. 265287) References Category:Food politics Category:Supply chain management Category:Food retailing Category:Sustainable food system |
Electoral district of Burnett (New South Wales) The Burnett was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created for the July 1859 election. It was abolished in December 1859, with the establishment of Queensland as a separate colony. Members for Burnett Burnett Burnett Category:History of Queensland |
Ambalantota Ambalantota is a coastal town in southern Sri Lanka. It is located in Southern Province in Hambantota District between Matara and Hambantota. The Valave River meets the sea near Ambalantota. The Ambalantota is famous for its ancient ruins of the Kingdom of Ruhuna. After his many conquests abroad King Gajaba returned to the country from the port of Godavaya that is within sight of Ambalantota. History Ambalantota played an important role in past Sri Lanka as the major city of the Kingdom of Ruhuna. It was called 'Manaulu Pura'. The great king Vijayaba, the great warrior Therapuththabhaya, Divisional king Mahanagha made Ambalantota flourish and Ridiyagama was the commercial hub in those days. Attractions There are many remarkable places in Ambalantota. Ussangoda Beach - Nonagama Ochchama Beach - Nonagama Godawaya Beach - Godawaya (Dehigahalanda, Ambalantota) Godawaya ancient port - (Dehigahalanda, Ambalantota) Ridiyagama Lake Safari park - Ridiyagama Kalamatiya Bird Century - Hungama Madunagala Temple - Koggalla Walawe River Mouth - Ambalantota Mangrove forest - Ambalantota Karadhulena Temple - Koggalla Liyangastota Amuna - Barawakubuka Valuable ancient temples Ramba Raja Maha Vihara Madhunagala Raja Maha Vihara Karadhulena Raja Maha Vihara Girihandu Raja Maha Vihara Wilgamvehera Raja Maha vihara Galvila Raja Maha vihara Uswella Raja Maha Vihara Godavaya Raja Maha vihara Therapuththabhaya Raja Maha viharaya Rangiri Raja Maha viharaya Transport The town is served by public and private buses. The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) (also known as the Hambantota International Airport) (IATA: HRI, ICAO: VCRI) is the closest international airport serving the town from nearby Hambantota. Education Theraputtha National School is the leading and popular mixed school in Ambalantota. The other leading schools are Vijayaba Central College (mixed) - Hungama and Ambalantota Maha Vidyalaya (mixed) - Malpeththawa. Surrounding Ambalantota, the other leading schools are Bolana Maha Vidyalaya (mixed) – Bolana and St Mary's Central College, Hambantota (mixed). The Open University of Sri Lanka has opened a Study Centre for Ambalantota in Rajasaranagama Road, Lunama South, Ambalantota which will play an important role in improving the knowledge for Hambantota students. They offer a wide variety of Higher Education programmes in Management, Language, Education, Engineering, Information Technology, Human Resource Management, etc. Development The area is part of the southeastern region of Sri Lanka experiencing extensive investment in new infrastructure and services. The new Hambantota Port (Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port) is situated near Ambalantota. A new botanical garden is also proposed for Ambalantota. A Safari Park is being constructed in Ridiyagama, Ambalantota. The Safari Park is scheduled to open in April 2014 References External links HambantotaZone- Hambantota District Travel information Ambalantota Travel Guides and Place to Visit, News, Photos Ambalantota Divisional Secretariat Discover Sri Lanka - More information & images about Ambalantota Category:Populated places in Southern Province, Sri Lanka |
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices is a book of poetry for children by Paul Fleischman. It won the 1989 Newbery Medal. The book is a collection of fourteen children's poems about insects such as mayflies, lice, and honeybees. The concept is unusual in that the poems are intended to be read aloud by two people. Some lines are spoken by the readers simultaneously, while others are read alternately by the speakers. Kirkus Reviews called Joyful Noise "A splendid collection of poems in many moods about the lives and dreams of insects." References Category:1988 children's books Category:American poetry collections Category:Newbery Medal-winning works Category:Children's poetry Category:Harper & Row books Category:Insects in culture |
Yin Meng Yin Meng (; born 11 January 1984 in Shijiazhuang). She is retired middle blocker in the China national team. Career She was awarded Most Valuable Player of German League and 2005 Junior U-20 World Championship. She signed with Guangzhou Evergrande in 2009. Clubs Hebei (2001–2006) Rote Raben Vilsbiburg (2006–2007) Hebei (2007–2009) Guangdong Evergrande (2009-2011) Awards Individuals 2005 FIVB Junior World Championship "Best Spiker" 2005 FIVB Junior World Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2006-2007 German League B "Best Spiker" 2006-2007 German League B "Most Valuable Player" Clubs 2009–10 Chinese League B — Champion, with Guangdong Evergrande 2010–11 Chinese League A — Runner-Up, with Guangdong Evergrande National team 2009 Montreux Volley Masters - Bronze medal References Category:Chinese women's volleyball players Category:Living people Category:1984 births Category:Volleyball players from Hebei Category:Sportspeople from Shijiazhuang Category:Middle blockers Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople Category:Chinese expatriates in Germany Category:Expatriate volleyball players in Germany |
Joseph Hoch Joseph Paul Johannes Hoch (May 3, 1815 – September 19, 1874) was a German lawyer and benefactor. He willed his fortune to the Hoch Conservatory Foundation, founded in 1878 in Frankfurt. It is, after Leipzig and Berlin, the seventh oldest music conservatory in Germany. He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main. Life Hoch came from a family which had been in Frankfurt am Main for generations. All four of his grandparents had lived there. His father, the lawyer Johann Peter Hieronymus Hoch (1779 – 1831), was a magistrate and senator who, in 1829, became mayor of the Free City of Frankfurt. His mother, the Swiss-born Ottilie von Sodenstern, was also the child of a magistrate and senator. He began to learn piano and violin at a young age. Like his father before him, Hoch studied law and received the degree of Doctor of Law. At the age of 41 he married the Baroness Ottilie von Sodenstern, who would outlive him by 48 years. She died in Kassel in 1922. The couple had no offspring. He inherited a large fortune from both sides of his family. He decided early on, with banker Johann Friedrich Städel as his model, to bequeath enough money to his city to found an institute for education in the arts. Before he made a trip to in England in 1843, he made a first version of a will with this intention, which was completed on July 14, 1857. In his testament of 21 paragraphs, he left the Conservatory Foundation approximately one million German gold marks. His grave can be found at the main city graveyard in Frankfurt. Further reading Commemoration Speech by Professor Dr. Max Flesch-Thebesius, given on May 19, 1965 at the celebration of the 150th birthday of Joseph Hoch, printed in: Stiftung Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium Joseph Hoch zum 100. Todestag, Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1974, with kind permission of Dr. Henriette Kramer, Verlag Waldemar Kramer GmbH, Frankfurt and Dr. Peter Cahn, Frankfurt. Peter Cahn: Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878-1978), Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. Festschrift 125 Jahre Stiftung Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, 2003. References External links Homepage of the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main Category:1815 births Category:1874 deaths Category:People from Frankfurt Category:Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery |
BAM (magazine) BAM (short for Bay Area Music) was a free bi-weekly music magazine founded and published by Dennis Erokan in the San Francisco Bay Area from January 1976 until June 1999. History BAM magazine was first published in January 1976. It was a free bi-weekly magazine that was funded by advertisers. In the mid-1980s the magazine reached its largest circulation of 130,000 biweekly throughout California, after opening an office in Los Angeles. After the opening of the Los Angeles office, separate Northern and Souther editions of BAM were published. In October 1994, the magazine got a new publisher, Earl Adkins. In 1995, Bam magazine's parent company, Bam Media, bought the copyright to the Seattle Rocket. The final edition of the print magazine was published in June 1999. The paper's circulation at the time of closing was 55,000. The BAM logo was used as the music section of This Week, another Bam Media publication, after the paper folded. In 2011, BAM magazine returned as a web-based magazine at BAMmagazine.com, operated by Dennis Erokan. Bammies In 1977, Erokan founded the Bay Area Music Awards, better known as the Bammies, a yearly awards show for musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Winners were voted on by BAM's readers. In 1998, the Bammies name was changed to the California Music Awards. In March 2018, there was a Bammies Reunion Concert in San Francisco. References Category:American music magazines Category:American online magazines Category:Defunct magazines of the United States Category:Magazines established in 1976 Category:Magazines disestablished in 1999 Category:Magazines published in California Category:Online magazines with defunct print editions Category:Biweekly magazines Category:Free magazines |
Velicham Vitharunna Penkutty Velicham Vitharunna Penkutty is a 1982 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Durai and produced by P. K. Kaimal. The film stars Shankar, Poornima Jayaram, Swapna and Raveendran in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Shyam. The film also had a Tamil version as Punitha Malar. Plot Velicham Vitharunna Penkutty is an emotional love story. Cast Shankar as Prasad Poornima Jayaram as Geetha Swapna as Asha Raveendran as Jayan Sukumari as Parvathy Sankaradi as Sanku Vanitha Krishnachandran as Vanitha Nithya Ravindran as Nithya Sadhana as Pankajam Vanchiyoor Radha as villager Manavalan Joseph as Appu Kamala Kamesh as Geetha's mother Y. G. Mahendran as Swami P. R. Menon as Jyotsyar Soundtrack The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan. References External links Category:1982 films Category:Indian films Category:1980s Malayalam-language films |
HMS Romney (1708) HMS Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 2 December 1708. On 11 June 1723 orders were issued for Romney to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Deptford according to the 1719 Establishment, and she was relaunched on 17 October 1726. Romney was sold out of the navy in 1757. Notes References Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. . Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Category:1700s ships |
Losing Composure Losing Composure is the debut studio album by American rapper Trae. It was released on September 9, 2003 through his independently-owned record label G-Maab Entertainment. The S.L.A.B.-ED version of the album, was released on February 28, 2006. Track listing All tracks are produced by Q-Stone, except for tracks 1, 3 and 11. References External links Category:2003 debut albums Category:Trae tha Truth albums |
Athelas (typeface) Athelas is a serif typeface designed by Veronika Burian and Jose Scaglione and intended for use in body text. Released by their company TypeTogether in 2008, Burian and Scaglione described Athelas as inspired by British fine book printing. Athelas is included as a system font in Apple's macOS operating system and as a default font in its Apple Books e-books application. It won joint first prize for best Latin-alphabet body text face at the Granshan International Type Design Competition in 2008. It is named after a healing herb in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Cyrillic characters were later added to the font family, designed by Tom Grace, and monotonic Greek characters designed by Irene Vlachou. References External links Identifont sample TypeTogether commercial release Category:Serif typefaces Category:Typefaces with text figures Category:Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2008 |
Agnes Burns Agnes Burns or Agnes Galt was Robert’s eldest sister born in 1762 at the Alloway Cottage in South Ayrshire to William Burnes and Agnes Broun. She did not adopt the spelling 'Burnes'. At the advanced age of forty-two, late for the times in which she lived, she married William Galt at Dinning in 1804 who had worked for her brother Gilbert at Dinning Farm in Nithsdale. Life and character Agnes Broun recalled that her husband only once took a strap to his children and that was to their daughter Agnes when she showed reluctance to pay attention to his reading lessons and that "..it had had a good effect upon the child's temper." Agnes moved in 1817 with William to the Fortescue Estates at Stephenstown in Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland where he was employed to build two reservoirs to supply water to the estate gardens, orchards, grinding mill, etc. Impressed with his work, Matthew Fortescue offered him the post of Confidential Manager on the Stephenstown Estate for the generous salary of 40 guineas per annum that also came with a tied cottage that was built for them and a plot of land for growing crops, keeping a cow or two, etc. William also stocked the ponds with a number of coarse fish. Stephenstown House had been built in 1785 by Matthew Fortescue for his new bride Marian McClintock. It was sold by the Fortescues in 1974 and was a ruin by the late 1980s. William in the years 1821-2 planted 53,000 trees on the estate as well as many shrubs and flowers. He also insisted on buying the best farm equipment and as a result in 1847, part of the Fortescue estate was considered to be one of the best farms in the British Isles. It is recorded by Major McClintock that she had a strong Ayrshire accent, saying that "she was as unprepossessing a female as one would care to see. But, oh! to hear her read her brother's poems was a caution, with hard rasping delivery, that I question if many out of Ayrshire could make out the meaning of a word she said.” The couple never had any children and Agnes worked on the estate for many years as a dairy maid. Agnes died in the cottage in 1834 aged 72 and William lived on at the estate at Lakeview Cottage for another thirteen years until he died in 1847. Memorial and association with Robert Burns The couple were buried in the St Nicholas, Dundalk, Church of Ireland cemetery where a monument was erected by admirers of Robert Burns. The inscription on the memorial commemorating the centenary of his birth reads :- “As a tribute to the genius of Robert Burns, the national bard of Scotland and in respect for the memory of his eldest sister Agnes, whose mortal remains are deposited in this church-yard erected by the contributions of the poet’s numerous admirers in Dundalk and its vicinity 25th of January 1839." “Time but the impression stronger makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.” (From “To Mary In Heaven” 1789) Stephenstown Pond Project William and Agnes’s cottage at Knockbridge is now a museum and coffee shop in a nature park and conference centre. The cottage’s museum section explores the life and works of the poet as well as interpreting his sister’s life as a dairymaid on the estate, the estate itself and the Fortescue family. The Belfast Burns Club and the Stephenstown Pond Trust undertook the restoration project in 1996 writing that :- “We, the Belfast Burns Club, recognised that some form |
of Peace and Reconciliation Initiative in this island of ours might not go astray, and what better format for it to take but an association with Robert Burns and his work?” See also Jean Armour Alison Begbie Isabella Burns (Sister) May Cameron Mary Campbell (Highland Mary) Jenny Clow Nelly Kilpatrick Jessie Lewars Anne Rankine Isabella Steven Peggy Thompson Agnes Broun (Mother) William Burnes (Father) Elizabeth 'Betty' Burns (Sister) Gilbert Burns (farmer) (Brother) References Notes Sources Mackay, James (2004). Burns. A Biography of Robert Burns. Darvel : Alloway Publishing. . McIntyre, Ian (2001). Robert Burns. A Life. New York : Welcome Rain Publishers. . McQueen, Colin Hunter (2008). Hunter's Illustrated History of the Familly, Friends and Contemporaries of Robert Burns. Messsrs Hunter McQueen & Hunter. Purdie, David, McCue & Carruthers, G (2013). Maurice Lindsay's The Burns Encyclopaedia. London : Robert Hale. Westwood, Peter J. (2008). Who's Who in the World of Burns. Kilmarnock : Robert Burns World Federation Publications. Category:Robert Burns Category:18th-century Scottish women Category:1763 births Category:1834 deaths |
Korea National Oil Corporation Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) is the national oil and gas company of South Korea and one of the most important industrial companies in the country. The company operates oil and gas fields in Vietnam, Libya, Peru, Indonesia, Nigeria, Yemen, Kazakhstan, Russia, Canada and South Korea. The company has oil reserves of around and gas reserves of 10 billion m3. On 26 September 2008 KNOC signed a deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government where KNOC was granted rights to explore and drill on several sites in the Iraqi Kurdistan in exchange for valuable support on a range of infrastructure projects. In 2009, the company purchased Harvest Operations, along with its subsidiary North Atlantic Refining and its refinery in Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador. On 2 July 2010 KNOC confirmed preliminary discussions regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of Dana Petroleum. Notes External links Petronet Opinet Category:Oil companies of South Korea Category:Natural gas companies of South Korea Category:National oil and gas companies Category:Energy companies established in 1979 Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1979 Taylor Energy - Gulf of Mexico -- Persistent oil leak |
Giovanni Malagò Giovanni Malagò (born 13 March 1959) is an Italian businessman, sports manager and former futsal player. He is the current president of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). Since the 1st January 2019 ha is a member of the International Olympic Committee. Life and career Born in Rome, since his youth Malagò practiced different sports and notably futsal, in which discipline he won 3 league titles with Roma RCB and in 1986 he attended with the national team the World Cup in Brazil. After graduating in economics, he became CEO of Samocar, a car sales company founded by his father Vincenzo in 1977. As a sports manager he became chairman of the sports club Aniene Rowing Club in 1997 and then he was chairman of the organizing committee of the Italian Open of tennis. In 2000 Malagò became a member of the Executive of the Italian National Olympic Committee, dealing with many international sporting events organized in Italy, such as the European Volleyball Championship in 2005 and the World Swimming Championships in 2009. On 19 February 2013 he was resoundingly elected President of CONI against Raffaele Pagnozzi, secretary general of the Committee since 1993, who had the support of the outgoing President Gianni Petrucci and of the major sports federations including the Italian Football Federation. Malagò currently leads the organizing committee of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. References Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Italian men's futsal players Category:Italian businesspeople Category:People from Rome Category:Sports managers Category:International Olympic Committee members Category:Presidents of the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games |
Attention restoration theory Attention restoration theory (ART) asserts that people can concentrate better after spending time in nature, or even looking at scenes of nature. Natural environments abound with "soft fascinations" which a person can reflect upon in "effortless attention", such as clouds moving across the sky, leaves rustling in a breeze or water bubbling over rocks in a stream. Philosophically, nature has long been seen as a source of peace and energy, yet the scientific community started rigorous testing only as recently as the 1990's which has allowed scientific and accurate comments to be made about if nature has a restorative attribute. The theory was developed by Rachel and Stephen Kaplan in the 1980s in their book The experience of nature: A psychological perspective, and has since been found by others to hold true in medical outcomes as well as intellectual task attention, as described below. Berman et al. discuss the foundation of the attention restoration theory (ART). "ART is based on past research showing the separation of attention into two components: involuntary attention, where attention is captured by inherently intriguing or important stimuli, and voluntary or directed attention, where attention is directed by cognitive-control processes." Restorative environments Restoration or psychological restoration in the environmental psychology field is the recovery of depleted resources which can be psychological (attention and emotions), physiological (stress) and/or social. This results from interaction with a restorative environment to change negative states to positive ones. Psychological restoration can be described as the capability of perception of restoration, as an observer can perceive the properties of an environment that relieves the mental fatigue and stress in a person. The Kaplans describes a series of characteristics that an environment must have to be restorative. Fascination: the ability of an environment to generate awe in people; the amount of awe can give the directed attention a rest as the involuntary attention appears in its place. Being away: a feeling that can be objective or subjective in form, e.g. a person can be far away from a location or can let his or her mind go from everyday life and worries. Extension: the connection between each element found in an environment; the feeling of being able to travel through the environment in order to look for the information it provides. Compatibility: characteristics found in an environment that meet the preferences and goals of a person. Mental fatigue The function of directed attention is to inhibit stimulus from the environment. Its effectiveness will diminish over time with constant use. The result is mental fatigue, which increases the difficulty of discriminating environmental stimulus. Directed attention Attention restoration theory describes various possible human states of attention: Directed attention Directed attention fatigue Effortless attention Restored attention Tasks that require mental effort draw upon "directed attention". People must expend effort to achieve focus, to delay expression of inappropriate emotions or actions, and to inhibit distractions. That is, they must concentrate on the higher task, avoiding distractions. Performing the actual task also requires other knowledge and skills. In Peopleware, a book on office work, Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister report that in an office environment, workers may take 15 minutes to achieve this state of flow in their concentration, and that it can be destroyed in a moment by an interruption, such as a telephone call. The task may be fascinating so that it allows "effortless attention", or may have sufficient scope to sustain interaction without boredom, or may simply be more compatible with a person's interests. However, after a period of directed attention, people begin to suffer "directed attention fatigue". They become distracted, irritable, |
and impatient. They become less effective in performing their tasks. Attention may be "restored" by changing to a different kind of task that uses different parts of the brain, as in the familiar idiom "a change is as good as a rest". Alternatively, exposure to natural environments and wilderness has psychological benefits including attention restoration. Nature has an abundance of fascinating objects. "Soft fascinations" such as clouds in the sky or leaves rustling in a breeze, gain our attention relatively effortlessly and are compatible with our wants and needs. This is in comparison with snakes and spiders, which may gain our attention out of fear. The biophilia hypothesis argues that people are instinctively enthusiastic about nature, and both Fuller et al. and Irvine et al. suggests that the positive psychological effect increases as the perceived biodiversity of the landscape increases. After spending some time of effortless attention with soft fascinations and removed from their day-to-day tasks, people may have a chance to reflect. This brings a "restorative" benefit which thus enables further attention. Stress reduction After medical surgery, patients resting in rooms overlooking trees recovered better than those in rooms with only a view of a brick wall. They experienced fewer complications from the surgery, recovered faster, and asked for weaker painkiller drugs. Similarly, natural scenes can reduce stress before an event. Women with breast cancer who walked in a park, watched birds, or tended flowers, achieved better attention after surgery. Merely keeping sight of natural features improves self-discipline in inner-city girls. Children in New York State were less stressed by adversity when they lived in rural areas. Stress in college examinations was similarly reduced by viewing natural scenes. Viewing scenes of urban streets and artifacts excluding nature did not achieve any stress reduction, in a similar study upon workers viewing a film about industrial accidents. Taking breaks outside in settings that contained some nature has been shown to reduce stress, leaving nurses feeling refreshed, relaxed, and energized upon return to work. See also Attention span Attentional retraining Ecopsychology Environmental psychology Green exercise Nature deficit disorder Outdoor education References Category:Attention Category:Behavioral concepts |
1951–52 Celtic F.C. season During the 1951–52 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division. Results Scottish First Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup References Category:Celtic F.C. seasons Celtic |
All European Academies All European Academies (ALLEA) is the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities. It was founded in 1994 and brings together more than 50 Academies of Sciences and Learned Societies from over 40 countries in the Council of Europe region. Since May 2018 the President of ALLEA is Antonio Loprieno. ALLEA is financed by annual dues from its member academies and remains fully independent from political, religious, commercial or ideological interests. The ALLEA secretariat is based on the premises of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin. Mission ALLEA’s mission includes facilitating the collaboration between Academies, fostering excellence and high ethical standards in the conduct of research, promoting the autonomy of science and research, representing the European Academies’ positions to the European authorities, and contributing to the improvement of the framework conditions for science and research. Jointly with its Member Academies, ALLEA is in a position to address the full range of structural and policy issues facing Europe in science, research and innovation. In doing so, it is guided by a common understanding of Europe, bound together by historical, social and political factors as well as for scientific and economic reasons. Member Academies ALLEA Member Academies operate as learned societies, think tanks, or research performing organisations. They are self-governing communities of leaders of scholarly enquiry across all fields of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities. ALLEA therefore provides access to an unparalleled human resource of intellectual excellence, experience and expertise. Furthermore, its integrative membership structure comprises Academies from both EU and non–EU member states in Europe. Working Groups The core of the scientific work of ALLEA is performed by its Working Groups. ALLEA Working Groups are advisory bodies concerned with specific issues and providing advice and guidance on matters related to science, science management and science policy on the European level. Their activities and services may vary from advising decision-makers and the general public to producing memoranda, statements, position papers or reports published under the auspices of ALLEA. SAPEA ALLEA, jointly with four other European academy networks, forms part of the EU-funded SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) project, bringing together knowledge and expertise of Fellows from over 100 Academies across Europe. SAPEA provides interdisciplinary, independent and evidence based-scientific advice on policy issues to the European Commission and the European public in the context of the European Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism. References External links ALLEA website Category:International organizations based in Europe Category:College and university associations and consortia in Europe |
Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles peace Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles peace is a book by the American historian John M. Thompson (1926–2017) that discusses the impact of events in Russia on the activities of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919—1920; the work was first published by Princeton University Press in 1966. References Max Gunzenhäuser. Die Pariser Friedenskonferenz 1919 und die Friedensverträge 1919—1920. Literaturbericht und Bibliographie : [de]. — Frankfurt/M. : Bernard & Graefe, 1970. — vii, 287 S. — (Schriften der Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart: Heft 9). George Brinkley. The Bolsheviks - Isaac Deutscher: Stalin. (Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. Pp. 661. $12.50.) - Francis B. Randall: Stalin's Russia. (New York: The Free Press, 1965. Pp. 328. $6.95.) - Adam B. Ulam: The Bolsheviks. (New York: Macmillan, 1965. Pp. 598. $9.95). - John M. Thompson: Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles Peace. (Studies of the Russian Institute of Columbia University Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966. Pp. 429. $11.50). (англ.) // The Review of Politics. — 1968. — July (vol. 30, iss. 3). — P. 378–383. — ISSN 0034-6705. — DOI:10.1017/S0034670500041073. White J. Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles Peace by John M. Thompson // Indiana Magazine of History. — 1967. — September (vol. 63, iss. 3). Klaus Meyer. Review of Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles Peace [de] // Historische Zeitschrift. — 1969. — Februar (Bd. 208, H. 1). — S. 167. Jane Degras. John M. Thompson, Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles Peace. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967 (1966 on title page). Pages vii, 429. $11.50. “Studies of the Russian Institute, Columbia University.” // Slavic Review. — 1968. — March (vol. 27, iss. 1). — P. 149–151. — ISSN 0037-6779. — DOI:10.2307/2493936. Rex A. Wade. Review of Russia, Bolshevism and the Versailles Peace // Soviet Studies. — 1968. — July (vol. 20, iss. 1). — P. 148–149. Harry Hanak. Review of Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles Peace // The Slavonic and East European Review. — 1970. — October (vol. 48, iss. 113). — P. 616–617. Нарочницкая Н. А. Русская революция и мир в ХХ столетии: через призму «русского вопроса» на Парижской мирной конференции [ru] // «Перспективы» / Фонд исторической перспективы. — 2018. — 23 января. External links Category:1966 non-fiction books Category:English-language books Category:History books about World War I Category:History books about Russia Category:Princeton University Press books |
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (born 23 November 1973) is a Mongolian former wrestler who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. References Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Olympic wrestlers of Mongolia Category:Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Mongolian male sport wrestlers Category:Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling Category:Wrestlers at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Mongolia Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Mongolia Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists |
Phil Scott (footballer) Phil Scott (born 17 January 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A foundation player at West Coast, Scott made his debut in the third round of the 1987 VFL season. He was used as a ruckman and represented Western Australia at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival. Scott twice won West Coast's 'Best Clubman' award, the second of which came after making his final appearance in the 1990 Preliminary Final loss to Essendon. He finished his career back at his original club, Subiaco, with whom he played in the 1986 premiership side. Having taken the field for two further years to bring his tally to 110 WAFL games, Scott retired. References Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:West Coast Eagles players Category:Subiaco Football Club players Category:Western Australian State of Origin players Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia |
Selo pri Bledu Selo pri Bledu () is a settlement in the Municipality of Bled in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name The name of the settlement was changed from Selo to Selo pri Bledu in 1953. References External links Selo pri Bledu at Geopedia Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Bled |
Idaho State Arboretum The Idaho State Arboretum is an arboretum located across the campus of the Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States. It is open to the public daily without charge and includes an organized tree walk. Trees and shrubs in the arboretum include Acer glabrum, Acer negundo, Aesculus hippocastanum, Berberis thunbergii, Betula pendula var. dalecarlica, Buddleja davidii, Celtis occidentalis, Cercis canadensis, Cercocarpus ledifolius, Crataegus oxyacantha, Forsythia intermedia, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Juglans nigra, Kolkwitzia amabilis, Lonicera tatarica, Magnolia stellata, Mahonia aquifolium, Malus spectablis, Philadelphus lewisii, Picea abies, Pinus edulis, Picea pungens, Pinus mugo, Pinus nigra, Pinus sylvestri, Populus tremuloides, Potentilla fruticosa, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus virginiana, Pyrus calleryana var. Bradford, Quercus robur var. fastigiata, Salix blanda, Syringa, Taxus x media, Thuja orientalis, Ulmus americana, Ulmus glabra var. camperdownii, Ulmus pumila, and Viburnum opulus. External links Guide to the Plants of The Idaho State Arboretum See also List of botanical gardens in the United States Category:Arboreta in Idaho Category:Botanical gardens in Idaho Category:Protected areas of Bannock County, Idaho Category:Pocatello, Idaho Category:Idaho State University |
Agallpampa District Agallpampa District is one of ten districts of the province Otuzco in Peru. References |
Pappobolus argenteus Pappobolus argenteus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Sources arg Category:Endemic flora of Ecuador Category:Endangered flora of South America Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
Requiem shark Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes. They are migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas (sometimes of brackish or fresh water) and includes such species as the tiger shark, the spinner shark, the blacknose shark, the blacktip shark, the grey reef shark, the blacktip reef shark, and the Oceanic whitetip shark. The name may be related to the French word for shark, requin, which is itself of disputed etymology. One derivation of the latter is from Latin requiem ("rest"), which would thereby create a cyclic etymology (requiem-requin-requiem), but other sources derive it from the verb reschignier ("to grimace while baring teeth"). Family members have the usual carcharhiniform characteristics. Their eyes are round, and one or two gill slits fall over the pectoral fin base. Most species are viviparous, the young being born fully developed. They vary widely in size, from as small as adult length in the Australian sharpnose shark, up to adult length in the tiger shark. Requiem sharks are involved in a large proportion of attacks on humans, among the top five species; however, due to the difficulty in identifying individual species, a degree of inaccuracy exists in attack records. Hunting Strategies Requiem sharks are incredibly fast and effective hunters. Their elongated, torpedo-shaped bodies make them quick and agile swimmers, so they can easily attack any prey. They have a range of food sources depending on their location and species that includes bony fish, squids, octopuses, lobsters, turtles, marine animals, seabirds, other sharks and rays. They are often considered the ‘garbage cans’ of the seas because they will eat almost anything, even non-food items like trash. They are migratory hunters that follow their food source across entire oceans. They tend to be most active at night time, where their impressive eyesight can help them sneak up on unsuspecting prey. Most Requiem sharks hunt alone, however some species like the Whitetip reef sharks and Lemon sharks are cooperative feeders and will hunt in packs through coordinated, timed attacks against their prey. Classification The 60 species of requiem shark are grouped into 12 genera: Genus Galeocerdo J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 Galeocerdo cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822 (tiger shark) Genus Scoliodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 Scoliodon laticaudus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 (spadenose shark) Scoliodon macrorhynchos Bleeker, 1852 (Pacific spadenose shark) Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 Carcharhinus acronotus Poey, 1860 (blacknose shark) Carcharhinus albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837 (silvertip shark) Carcharhinus altimus S. Springer, 1950 (bignose shark) Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides Whitley, 1934 (graceful shark) Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856 (grey reef shark) Carcharhinus amboinensis J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (pigeye shark) Carcharhinus borneensis Bleeker, 1858 (Borneo shark) Carcharhinus brachyurus Günther, 1870 (copper shark) Carcharhinus brevipinna J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (spinner shark) Carcharhinus cautus Whitley, 1945 (nervous shark) Carcharhinus cerdale C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Pacific smalltail shark) Carcharhinus coatesi Whitley, 1939 (Coates's shark) Carcharhinus dussumieri J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (whitecheek shark) Carcharhinus falciformis J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (silky shark) Carcharhinus fitzroyensis Whitley, 1943 (creek whaler) Carcharhinus galapagensis Snodgrass & Heller, 1905 (Galapagos shark) Carcharhinus hemiodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (Pondicherry shark) Carcharhinus humani W. T. White & Weigmann, 2014 (Human's whaler shark) Carcharhinus isodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (finetooth shark) Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick, 1985 (smoothtooth blacktip shark) Carcharhinus leucas J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (bull shark) Carcharhinus limbatus J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (blacktip shark) Carcharhinus longimanus Poey, 1861 (oceanic whitetip shark) Carcharhinus macloti J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (hardnose shark) Carcharhinus melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (blacktip reef shark) Carcharhinus |
obscurus Lesueur, 1818 (dusky shark) Carcharhinus perezi Poey, 1876 (Caribbean reef shark) Carcharhinus plumbeus Nardo, 1827 (sandbar shark) Carcharhinus porosus Ranzani, 1839 (smalltail shark) Carcharhinus sealei Pietschmann, 1913 (blackspot shark) Carcharhinus signatus Poey, 1868 (night shark) Carcharhinus sorrah J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839 (spot-tail shark) Carcharhinus tilstoni Whitley, 1950 (Australian blacktip shark) Carcharhinus tjutjot Bleeker, 1852 (Indonesian whaler shark) Carcharhinus obsolerus White, Kyne, and Harris, 2019 (lost shark) Genus Glyphis Agassiz, 1843 Glyphis fowlerae Compagno, W. T. White & Cavanagh, 2010 (Borneo river shark) Glyphis gangeticus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Ganges shark) Glyphis garricki Compagno, W. T. White & Last, 2008 (northern river shark) Glyphis glyphis (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (speartooth shark) Glyphis siamensis (Steindachner, 1896) (Irrawaddy river shark) Glyphis sp. Not yet described (Mukah river shark) Genus Lamiopsis Gill, 1862 Lamiopsis temminckii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (broadfin shark) Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905) (Borneo broadfin shark) Genus Nasolamia Compagno & Garrick, 1983 Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898) (whitenose shark) Genus Negaprion Whitley, 1940 Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) (sicklefin lemon shark) Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) (lemon shark) †Negaprion eurybathrodon (Blake, 1862) Genus Prionace Cantor, 1849 Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (blue shark) Genus Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929 Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) (milk shark) Rhizoprionodon lalandii (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Brazilian sharpnose shark) Rhizoprionodon longurio (D. S. Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific sharpnose shark) Rhizoprionodon oligolinx V. G. Springer, 1964 (grey sharpnose shark) Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean sharpnose shark) Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915) (Australian sharpnose shark) Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (J. Richardson, 1836) (Atlantic sharpnose shark) Genus Loxodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1838 Loxodon macrorhinus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (Sliteye shark) Genus Isogomphodon Gill, 1862 Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1839) (daggernose shark) Genus Triaenodon J. P. Müller & Henle, 1837 Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) (whitetip reef shark) † = extinct See also Shark meat References External links Requiem Shark Photo Gallery (Bahamas) Elasmo-research International Shark Attack File Category:Valanginian first appearances Category:Extant Early Cretaceous first appearances Category:Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann |
Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle The women's slopestyle event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place 11 February 2014. In July 2011 slopestyle was added to the Olympic program, meaning the event made its debut in the 2014 Olympics. Qualification An athlete must have placed in the top 30 at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 50 FIS points. A total of 24 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee. Maggie Voisin of the United States and Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen of Norway withdrew with injuries, meaning 22 athletes competed. Results Qualification The qualification was held at 10:00. Final The final was started at 13:00. References Category:Women's freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
Curtain Call (UK album) Curtain Call is a live album by U.K. recorded during one single night in Kawasaki, Japan. The album was released in 2015 to coincide to the final concerts by the band, hence the title. The track list consists of complete live performances of the two studio albums by the band, "U.K." and "Danger Money", plus the two non-studio tracks present on the live album "Night After Night". The line-up is the same as their previous live album "Reunion – Live in Tokyo". The set list also includes "Waiting for You", a previously unreleased song that was performed live during UK's last 1979 tour and that was intended to be included in the band's never recorded third studio album. The song "Mental Medication", from UK's first album, was never performed live before this special event. The album was released as a double CD, DVD and Blu-ray and in a special package together with Eddie Jobson's Four Decades. Track listing All songs written by Eddie Jobson and John Wetton except as noted. Personnel Eddie Jobson - keyboards, electric violin John Wetton - vocals, bass Alex Machacek - guitar Marco Minnemann - drums External links Official Eddie Jobson website Official Jobson subscription fanclub Category:UK (band) albums Category:Live progressive rock albums Category:2015 live albums |
115th meridian east The meridian 115° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 115th meridian east forms a great circle with the 65th meridian west. Between Australia and the 60th parallel south it forms the western boundary of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 115th meridian east passes through: {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" width="130" | Co-ordinates ! scope="col" | Country, territory or sea ! scope="col" | Notes |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Arctic Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Laptev Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Sakha Republic Irkutsk Oblast — from Republic of Buryatia — from Zabaykalsky Krai — from |- | ! scope="row" | | |-valign="top" | ! scope="row" | | Inner Mongolia Hebei – from Henan – from Shandong – from Henan – from Anhui – for about 18 km from Henan – from Hubei – from Jiangxi – from Guangdong – from |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | South China Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands |- | ! scope="row" | | On the island of Borneo |- | ! scope="row" | | Sarawak - on the island of Borneo |- | ! scope="row" | | On the island of Borneo |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Java Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Bali Sea | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Island of Bali |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Western Australia – Thevenard Island |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Western Australia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | | Western Australia |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Southern Ocean | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | |- | ! scope="row" | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by |- |} See also 114th meridian east 116th meridian east e115 meridian east |
Hunt With the Hounds Hunt With the Hounds is a mystery novel by Mignon G. Eberhart. It's one of her stand-alone mysteries. It was published as A Witness for my Love in the June & July 1950 issues of Woman's Home Companion, then published by Random House in 1950 as part of its "Detective Book Club" series. It was reprinted as a mass market paperback in 1963 by Popular Library, and in 2011 by Symonds Press (). Plot outline The action takes place in Bedford, Virginia, a fox-hunting region. The story starts out with the acquittal of Jed Bailey for the murder of his wife Ernestine. The blame is then leveled upon Sue Poore, the "other woman" in the case. References External links Hunt With the Hounds at Kirkus Reviews Hunt With the Hounds at Goodreads Category:1950 American novels Category:American crime novels Category:American romance novels Category:American mystery novels Category:Novels set in Virginia Category:Random House books |
Astrakhan Kazakhs Astrakhan Kazakhs are people of Kazakh ethnicity originating from or living in the historically Central Asian city and region of Astrakhan in South-Western Russia. The Kazakhs of the neighboring regions of Volgograd and Kalmykia share history and culture with Astrakhan Kazakhs and are often considered a part of them. They are the second biggest ethnic group in Astrakhan Oblast, making up about 16% of its population. Their demographic situation is stable and their number and percentage are growing, unlike those of many other population groups including ethnic Russians. Language Astrakhan Kazakhs generally speak Western dialects of the Kazakh language, but in bigger villages and towns language shift to Russian is becoming more and more common. Many rural schools offer standard Kazakh as a non-mandatory subject, using textbooks imported from Kazakhstan. Astrakhan dialects of Russian are noticeably influenced by Kazakh and differ considerably from the Central Russian spoken in Moscow and its surroundings. References Category:Ethnic groups in Russia Category:Ethnic Kazakh people |
Batman: Dark Moon Rising Batman: Dark Moon Rising is a two-part comic book series written by Matt Wagner about the superhero Batman. It contains two six-part miniseries entitled Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk. The two series take place after the events of Batman: Year One and before Batman: The Man Who Laughs. Batman and the Monster Men Batman and the Monster Men has Batman have his first encounter with Professor Hugo Strange and his hulking Monster Men. It also introduces Julie Madison, as well as her father Norman, to the Post-Crisis continuity and revealing that Sal Maroni was involved in the funding for Strange's project on Arkham Asylum's patients. Characters involved Bruce Wayne/Batman Julie Madison Professor Hugo Strange Sal Maroni Norman Madison James Gordon Alfred Pennyworth Continuity changes Julie Madison is now a law student instead of an actress. Norman Madison is introduced. Sal Maroni is involved in the funding for Hugo Strange's project on Arkham Asylum's patients. Batman and the Mad Monk Batman and the Mad Monk has Batman battling the vampiric Monk. Julie Madison and Norman Madison return. Characters involved Bruce Wayne/Batman Julie Madison Norman Madison Alfred Pennyworth James Gordon The Monk Dala Continuity changes Dala is not a vampire like she was in the original story. The Monk is now Niccolai, the vampiric leader of the cult known as the Brotherhood. Julie joins the UN Peace Corps and goes to Africa after the death of her father instead of becoming the Grace Kelly analogue Princess Portia Storme, ruler of Moldacia. References Category:Comics by Matt Wagner |
Earl Hebner Earl William Hebner (born May 17, 1949) is an American professional wrestling referee, best known for his time as senior referee for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 1988 to 2005. Hebner (along with his identical twin brother, Dave) played a prominent role in the inaugural The Main Event card in 1988, in which André the Giant controversially defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, as well as the infamous "Montreal Screwjob" during the main event of the 1997 Survivor Series. He also participated in a number of storylines, including feuds involving The McMahon-Helmsley Faction and The Alliance. Hebner was also the senior referee for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 to 2017, and was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2015, making him the first referee to be inducted into a major professional wrestling hall of fame. In 2019, Hebner joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as senior referee. Professional wrestling career Early career (1977–1988) Hebner officiated matches for Jim Crockett Promotions during much of the 1980s. He was the referee during the famous "I Quit" match at Starrcade 1985 between Tully Blanchard and Magnum T.A. He can be seen at ringside during the first ever WarGames match at the 1987 Great American Bash as well as the final match of the Bunkhouse Stampede tournament in January 1988. World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment Debut and championship controversy (1988−1997) Just days after that match, Hebner debuted in the World Wrestling Federation as a referee during a WWF Championship match pitting champion Hulk Hogan against challenger André the Giant, which aired live on February 5, 1988, on NBC's The Main Event. In the storyline, Hebner's identical twin brother Dave Hebner was the assigned official, but unbeknownst to Hogan, André's manager Ted DiBiase had bribed the then-unknown Earl Hebner to steal the victory and the championship (Earl and Dave are identical twins, so this was easy to pull off). Earl then counted André's pin against Hogan, even though Hogan's shoulders were clearly off the mat. As André and DiBiase were celebrating (with André quickly "selling" his title to an overjoyed DiBiase), Dave (whom DiBiase had locked in a closet prior to the match) ran to the ring and confronted Earl. The two brothers argued, and then they fought each other in the middle of the ring. Hulk Hogan, figuring out that Dave's "evil twin" had jobbed him out, picked Earl up and gorilla press slammed him over the ropes and onto the aisleway (missing DiBiase). It was part of the storyline for Hogan to lose the title in order for him to start filming on No Holds Barred. This match helped set up a 14-man elimination tournament at WrestleMania IV, since WWF President Jack Tunney declared the title "vacant" a week after The Main Event match as the WWF Championship "cannot be bought or sold," where the winner would win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Vince McMahon paid both Hebners a bonus of $2,500 for participating in the angle. Meanwhile, the WWF continued to build heat for Earl Hebner through a kayfabe "investigative report" published in the promotions' flagship publication, WWF Magazine. The article claimed, through a fictional backstory, that Dave had "been plagued by the misdeeds of his brother Earl" throughout their childhoods, citing such examples as Earl's cheating in school and, while posing as Dave, doing such things as bullying fellow students and abandoning Dave's pretty girlfriend on a sidewalk in a slum district at night. The report continued by noting that, despite Dave's appeal of the controversial ending to the Hogan-Andre match at The Main Event, |
Tunney had to uphold the decision since Earl was a licensed referee in Indiana (the match took place in Indianapolis); and that, as a result of Earl's cooperation, he became a "very rich" man thanks to a payoff by DiBiase. However, the "evil twin" referee storyline was quickly dropped when Dave was apparently injured in the aftermath of the Hogan-Andre Main Event match; in a 2001 interview with the WWF RAW Magazine, Dave claimed to have suffered broken ribs as a result of Earl kicking him as part of the angle, forcing Dave out of action until after WrestleMania IV. The storyline was then shifted to have Earl come clean, and he was the referee when "Macho Man" Randy Savage won the Tournament final at WrestleMania IV against "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase for the WWF Championship. The Montreal Screwjob (1997) The most infamous event in Hebner's career—and possibly in the history of professional wrestling in North America—came during the main event of the 1997 Survivor Series in what has since been dubbed the “Montreal Screwjob”. During a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship between then-champion Bret Hart and challenger Shawn Michaels, Hebner signaled for the timekeeper to ring the bell (signifying the end of the match) while Michaels had Hart in a Sharpshooter hold—Hart's long-established signature move—even though Hart visibly had not submitted. Michaels had thus "won" the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. This was not the match ending that Hart had asked for. Hebner had, at the behest of Vince McMahon, "screwed" Hart out of the title. The reason for the "screwjob" was that Hart, who would be leaving the company one month later to join rival promotion World Championship Wrestling, was unwilling to lose the title to Michaels in Canada. Though Hart said that he was willing to vacate the title the next night on Raw, McMahon feared that Hart would leave the company with the title, take the belt to WCW, and disrespect it as Madusa had done in 1995 with the WWF Women's Championship, throwing the belt into a garbage can during a live Nitro show. He therefore decided to remove the title from Hart forcibly, by instructing Hebner (who had previously promised Hart "on his children's lives" that he would not betray him) to signal an end to the bout when Michaels had Hart in a submission hold. The fallout of the screwjob led to a large degree of antagonism towards Hebner, McMahon, and Michaels, especially in Canada, where fans often chant "You screwed Bret!" at the offending parties. In the same vein, Earl's son Brian Hebner, a former WWE referee on the SmackDown! brand and current Impact Wrestling referee, received chants of "Your dad screwed Bret!" at shows in Canada. However, on Right After Wrestling, hosted by Arda Ocal and Jimmy Korderas, Earl stated that he has since spoken with Bret and they have buried the hatchet, in regards to the Montreal Screwjob. Later WWF/E career and departure (1999–2005) Hebner was involved in several storylines. He spearheaded the (kayfabe) referee's strike in 1999, resulting in referees being given the authority to defend themselves if physically provoked by wrestlers. In early 2000, he cost Triple H his WWF Championship by quick-counting during a match between Triple H and Chris Jericho following weeks of abuse by Triple H. Triple H eventually forced Hebner to reverse the decision, promising never to lay his hands on Hebner as long as Hebner was a WWF employee. After Hebner took the title from Jericho and gave it back to Triple H, Triple H "fired" Hebner and promptly Pedigreed him |
and beat him unconscious. Hebner was reinstated by Linda McMahon thirteen days later, replacing corrupt guest referee Shane McMahon during a title match between Triple H and The Rock at Backlash 2000 and counting the fall when The Rock covered Triple H for the pin. Hebner was also the first referee to be a playable character in a wrestling video game as he was included in the roster of WWF No Mercy. During the Invasion angle in late 2001, Hebner became involved in a feud involving WCW referee Nick Patrick. Patrick was a biased referee who often helped The Alliance achieve victories over their WWF opponents. Hebner defeated Patrick in a match at WWF Invasion. On July 18, 2005, WWE announced that Hebner was fired from WWE for selling WWE merchandise without permission. Hebner's identical twin brother Dave was released from WWE as well on July 19 in connection with these events. These activities would have been conducted from a store that Earl Hebner had partial ownership in, the St. Louis based Pro Shirt Shop. To avoid negative publicity, the controlling owner of the Pro Shirt Shop, Nick Ridenour, bought out Hebner's share in the company and released a press statement which claimed that the company only received merchandise from licensed distributors. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling (2006–2017) Seven months after his departure from WWE, Hebner debuted for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at Against All Odds pay-per-view on February 12, 2006. He officiated the main event, which saw Canadian born Christian Cage defeat Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, commentators Mike Tenay and Don West alluded to the Montréal Screwjob on several occasions, urging Hebner not to call for the bell when Jarrett placed Cage in a sharpshooter. Despite the concerns of the commentators, Hebner was an impartial referee. However, he once again caused controversy based on his actions at the TNA Slammiversary 2006 pay-per-view. During the King of the Mountain match, he assisted Jeff Jarrett in winning the match by pushing a ladder over with Sting and then-champion Christian Cage on it. This led to the new head of management Jim Cornette taking the belt from Jarrett as the show ended, leaving the status of the belt in question as to who would be the champion. On the June 22 episode of TNA Impact!, Cornette vacated the title. On the June 30 episode, he awarded the title to Jarrett, but fired (kayfabe) Hebner. Hebner was then reinstated by Cornette due to Jarrett's polygraph test saying that Hebner was not involved. Hebner was punched in the face by Jeff Jarrett and was kayfabe injured. At No Surrender he replaced original referee Slick Johnson for the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship match because of what happened at Victory Road. TNA Wrestling had their own version of the Montreal Screwjob, in this case, it was a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match on the January 21, 2010 episode of TNA Impact! between Kurt Angle and defending champion A.J. Styles. Previously to this match, Angle and Styles had fought at the TNA pay-per-view Genesis, which was also for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship except the stipulation was that if Angle were to lose, he would never get another shot at the title in 2010. In this match, Ric Flair interfered causing Styles to retain his title. Hulk Hogan, now running TNA with Eric Bischoff somewhat controversially to some fans, said that due to Flair's interference in the match at Genesis, Angle would get another match at the title on Impact! and if Flair were to interfere, Styles would be |
stripped of the title and the title would be awarded to Angle. During the match, Angle put his signature move, the Ankle Lock on Styles, but Styles reversed it and used the Ankle Lock on Angle which resulted in the "Screwjob" when referee Earl Hebner called for the bell although Angle did not submit, similar to The Montreal Screwjob. On the January 28 episode of Impact! Earl confessed to screwing Bret Hart and Kurt Angle for the money. Hulk Hogan then suspended him indefinitely. On the March 8 Monday night edition of Impact! Hogan decided to give Hebner a second chance and had him referee the main event of the evening, a tag team match, where Hogan and Abyss faced A.J. Styles and Ric Flair. In May 2012, Hebner signed a contract extension with TNA, which would keep him with the promotion through 2013. In July 2012, Hebner started a romance storyline with Madison Rayne, as part of which, he started helping her win matches, including one for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship on August 12 at Hardcore Justice. In response to this situation, Knockouts Executive Brooke Hogan announced that Hebner would no longer referee the Knockouts matches. On April 17, 2014, Hebner was reinstated as Knockouts referee, when Madison Rayne defeated Velvet Sky in a Street Fight. On June 19, 2014, Hebner was involved in the TNA World Heavyweight Championship bout between Kenny King and Eric Young, but after King's loss, MVP fired Hebner and made him get rid of his uniform, to the disgust of his son, Brian, but was reinstated by the new Executive Chief of Wrestling Operations, Kurt Angle after MVP was relieved of his duties by Board of Directors. On September 14, 2015, it was announced that Hebner would be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame class of 2015. On November 3, 2017, it was reported both Hebner and his son, Brian, had parted ways with Impact Wrestling. Independent circuit (2018–2019) On July 7, 2018, Hebner refereed what was advertised as his final event at Ring Wars Carolina, which also saw the refereeing debut of his daughter, Katie. On September 1, 2018 Hebner refereed All In, and was part of the match between Nick Aldis and Cody Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Hebner refereed NWA 70th Anniversary Show in Nashville, Tennessee, and was part of the main event match between Nick Aldis and Cody Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. All Elite Wrestling (2019–present) Earl Hebner, along with a number of other referees, have joined All Elite Wrestling, and officiates primarily AEW pay-per-views and selected major episodes of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite. He officiates a limited number of AEW events (the pay-per-views and major shows, but not weekly episodes). Personal life Hebner was married twice, he was first married to Carol Ann Kettner from 1969 to 1977. He later married Susan Ann Green, the marriage lasted from 1978 to 2000. Hebner's son Brian Hebner is also a professional wrestling referee. In TNA, both Hebner's once called a match between Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns at Victory Road (2010), where they both simultaneously called a winner from one member of each team, forcing the match to restart. His daughter Katie made a cameo appearance with TNA in 2008 as "Katie Kim", the sister of Gail Kim. In February 2012, Katie stated that she had begun training as a wrestler. Hebner's identical twin brother, Dave, is also a wrestling referee as well as a promoter. Hebner played himself in the episode "Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred Pound Men" of Boy Meets World. |
Stock footage of one of his WWF matches was also featured in the motion picture Encino Man. In July 2016, Hebner was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that performers incurred "long term neurological injuries" and that the company "routinely failed to care" for them and "fraudulently misrepresented and concealed" the nature and extent of those injuries. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE, primarily over Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, an issue that has risen to the forefront of sports-related injuries, especially after the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide. In September 2018, US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant dismissed the lawsuit. Awards and accomplishments Ground Xero Wrestling GXW Hall of Fame (Class of 2016) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA Hall of Fame (Class of 2015) References External links Category:1949 births Category:All Elite Wrestling personnel Category:Identical twins Category:Impact Hall of Fame Category:Living people Category:Professional wrestling referees Category:Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia Category:Twin people from the United States Category:Twin sportspeople |
Anus (disambiguation) In anatomy, the anus is the opening at the lower end of the digestive tract. Anus can also refer to: Anus language Anu (tribe) Anuš, the spelling of Enosh in the religion of Mandaeism Anusim, Jews forced to convert to another faith who still secretly practice Judaism Anus (album), an album by Alaska Thunderfuck Places: Anus, Yonne, France Anus, Indonesia, a small village in Indonesia Anus, Batangas, Philippines, in the province of Batangas Anus, Laguna, Philippines, a small village in the province of Laguna Olonets, Russia, known in the Olonets Karelian language as Anus or Anuksenlinnu See also Anu (disambiguation) |
International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the Catholic episcopal conference that includes Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia together in a cross-border conference. Permanent members are the Catholic bishops and archbishops from the four countries. Two bishops are authorized (Apostolic Exarchate) for jurisdictional districts of the Byzantine rite. , the Chairman of the Conference is the bishop of Zrenjanin László Német. The conference is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences. Chairmen Stanislav Hočevar (2004 - 2011) Zef Gashi (2011 - 2016) László Német (since 2016) Members Serbia: Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade Bishop János Pénzes - Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica Bishop László Német - Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin Bishop - Roman Catholic Diocese of Syrmia Bishop Đura Džudžar - Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur Kosovo: Bishop Dodë Gjergji - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina (elevated from an Apostolic Administration in 2018) Montenegro: Archbishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar Bishop - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor North Macedonia: Bishop Kiro Stojanov - Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Strumica-Skopje Notes References External links http://www.ceicem.org/ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/028.htm International Category:Catholic Church in Serbia Category:Catholic Church in Kosovo Category:Catholic Church in Montenegro Category:Catholic Church in North Macedonia Category:Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia Category:Macedonian Greek Catholic Church |
Spodnje Mestinje Spodnje Mestinje () is a settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. It lies just west of the regional road from Šmarje to Podčetrtek. The area is part of the historical Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. References External links Spodnje Mestinje at Geopedia Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah |
2013 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships The 2013 Norwegian Figure Skating Championships was a national figure skating event in the 2012–2013 season. Skaters competed in the discipline of ladies' singles for the title of national champion of Norway. The results of this competition are among the criteria used to determine the teams to the 2013 World, World Junior, European, and Nordic Championships. The competition was held at the DNB Arena in Stavanger from December 14 to December 16, 2012. Senior results Ladies Junior results Junior ladies References info at the Norges Skøyteforbund official site results Category:Norwegian Figure Skating Championships Norwegian Figure Skating Championships, 2013 Category:2013 in Norwegian sport |
Ferdinand A. Rojahn Ferdinand August Rojahn (1822-1900) was a German-born organist, violinist and conductor. He was violin and piano teacher to the Norwegian composer, violinist and conductor Sigurd Lie (born 1871). Rojahn was a Stadmusikanten in Kristiansand, Norway. He was "orchestra leader" of Musikselskabet Harmonien (which later became the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) from 1856 until 1859. Category:1822 births Category:1900 deaths Category:German male musicians Category:19th-century German musicians Category:19th-century male musicians |
Mont di Mont di ( ) is a collective term for Burmese cuisine dishes made with thin rice noodles. The vermicelli is used fresh, as it ferments quickly in Myanmar's tropical climate. There are a number of mont di dishes, and the Rakhine mont di of the Arakanese from western Myanmar is the most popular. Mandalay mont di is another well-known dish. Variations All the variants of "mont di" are often accompanied by Burmese fritters (), of one's choice. Rakhine mont di Rakhine mont di () is the most popular dish in association with the Rakhine people. It is a semi staple dish of the Rakhine State. It comes in two forms: salad or soup. The soup is the more common version, in which rice vermicelli is mixed with a thin soup made of daggertooth pike conger,called thinbaw htoe () in Arakanese, nga shwe () in Burmese), Rakhine ngapi and lemongrass. Dry roasted pike conger eel flakes, fried onion and garlic, fresh coriander, red and green chili paste are added. It is also called arpu sharpu () which roughly means 'hot throat, hot tongue', due to the green chili paste. Some add fried pulverised nga phe and pork rind. In the dry salad form, the same ingredients are mixed into a colourful combination. The green chili paste gives the white rice vermicelli a slight greenish in colour. Mandalay mont di Mandalay mont di () is quite different from Rakhine mont di. It uses meat instead of marine fish, as Mandalay is an inland city located in Central Myanmar. The meat is cooked as a sauce and added to the noodles like a salad (in some recipes only). Many authentic shops uses a variation of daal flour (powder) and its different flavoured oils to bring about its unique Mandalay flavours. Most mont di shops will prepare the dish based on the customers' preferences for specific tastes and offers the option of "mixing" (tossing) it for the customer. Another difference is that larger rice noodles are used instead, similar to nan gyi thoke. Yodaya mont di During the 1700s, the influx of Ayutthayans following the Burmese–Siamese wars to Mandalay also created an infusion Central Thai-inspired dishes, one of which is known as Yodaya mont di (ယိုးဒယားမုန့်တီ, lit. "Ayutthayan mont ti"). The rice noodle dish uses fish as the main protein instead of chicken, and is prepared using slivers of curled rice vermicelli strands (khanom chin) tossed in a turmeric-infused oil, and served with fried onions and raw green beans. A unique rendition of Yodaya mont di, served with bean flour, dried shrimps, and a thicker gravy, can be found in Mandalay's Minthazu ward. Yangon "mont di" Yangon mont di () is very similar to the Rakhine mont di. The only difference is that oil is added to the salad, reflecting the Burmese preference to oiliness. See also Rakhine-inspired Burmese dishes A thoke Ohn no khao swe Meeshay References Category:Burmese cuisine Category:Noodle soups Category:Noodle salads |
Flag of Tristan da Cunha The flag of Tristan da Cunha was adopted on October 20, 2002, in a proclamation made by the Governor of Saint Helena under a Royal Warrant granted by Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to this, as a dependency of Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha used the flag of Saint Helena for official purposes. The flag is a blue ensign design, defaced with the coat of arms of Tristan da Cunha — a Tristan longboat above a Naval Crown, with a central shield decorated with four yellow-nosed albatrosses and flanked by two Tristan rock lobsters. Below this is a scroll with the territory's motto, Our faith is our strength. The designer is the prominent vexillologist Graham Bartram. Flag Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha Tristan |
National Medical College National Medical College may refer to: Calcutta National Medical College, in India Dhaka National Medical College, in Bangladesh George Washington University Medical School, formerly known as the National Medical College of Columbian University, in the United States Topiwala National Medical College and Nair Hospital, in India Tribhuwan University National Medical College, of Nepal |
Yer So Sweet (Baby Donut) "Yer So Sweet" is a single by Cold Cold Hearts, released in 1996 as their only 7" through Kill Rock Stars. Track listing Yer So Sweet (Baby Donut) Broken Teeth Any Resemblance to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental Notes Category:1997 singles Category:1995 songs Category:Song articles with missing songwriters |
Mike Daly (Canadian football) Michael Daly (born May 30, 1990) is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Tiger-Cats 45th overall in the sixth round of the 2013 CFL Draft and signed with the team on May 27, 2013. He elected to return to university, but re-signed with the team in 2014. He played CIS Football for the McMaster Marauders. Personal life Mike is married with one son named Levi and one daughter named Myla (spouse Samantha) References External links Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio Category:1990 births Category:Canadian football defensive backs Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Category:Living people Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario Category:McMaster Marauders football players Category:Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario |
Han Sang-guk Han Sang-guk (born 2 November 1978) is a North Korean short track speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. References Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:North Korean male short track speed skaters Category:Olympic short track speed skaters of North Korea Category:Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Category:Place of birth missing (living people) |
Mathias Schwerbrock Mathias Schwerbrock (born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a producer, director, writer, and line producer. He is the founder of the film company Film Base Berlin GmbH, which co-produced the internationally acclaimed film Don 2. Schwerbrock has produced over 20 projects, wrote, directed and served as line producer on several films. Credits References Category:German film producers Category:German directors Category:German film directors Category:German-language film directors Category:Living people Category:German male writers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
Shirō Sano is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school. He joined several theatrical troupes, including Jurō Kara's Jōkyō Gekijō. He had his first starring role in a film in Kaizō Hayashi's To Sleep so as to Dream in 1986, but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992. He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999. Filmography Films To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) Tomorrow (1988) Violent Cop (1989) It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) Sharaku (1995) Karaoke (1999) (as director) Godzilla 2000 (1999) The Princess Blade (2001) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Infection (2004) – Dr. Kiyoshi Akai Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) The Sun (2005) Persona (2008) Railways (2010) Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) – Chief of Space Police Weeval (Actor)/Makuu Prison Warden Ashurada (Voice) Reunion (2012) Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (2016) – Michihiko Zaizen (Actor)/Dr. Pac-Man (Voice)/Genomes (Voice) Nariyuki na Tamashii (2017) – Tadao Tsuge Parks (2017) – Professor Inoue Roupeiro no Yūutsu (2018) My Little Monster (2018) We Are Little Zombies (2019) Fukushima 50 (2020) – The Prime Minister Damashi-e no Kiba (2020) Television Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992) Hana no Ran (1994) Platonic Sex (2001) – Ishikawa Vanpaia Hosuto (2004) Water Boys 2 (2004) Kuitan 2 (2007) Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–2011) Deka Wanko (2011) Shizumanu Taiyō (2016) Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) – Sessai Choro Spring Has Come (2017) Ishitsubute (2017) Segodon (2018) – Ii Naosuke Genkai Danchi (2018) – Seiji Terauchi Anime GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th) (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57) References External links Kisseidō (in Japanese) Category:Japanese male actors Category:Actors from Yamanashi Prefecture Category:1955 births Category:Living people |
Drews Gap Drews Gap (el. 5306 ft.) is a mountain pass in the U.S. state of Oregon traversed by Oregon Route 140. It is named for Major Charles S. Drew of the 1st Oregon Cavalry, who surveyed a route from Fort Klamath east to the Owyhee River in 1864 that became the Oregon Central Military Road. It is located between Drews Reservoir and Booth State Scenic Corridor which is just East of the summit and 12 miles west of Lakeview. References Category:Mountain passes of Oregon Category:Landforms of Lake County, Oregon |
Mirandol-Bourgnounac Mirandol-Bourgnounac is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. René Mauriès, (1921–1999), journalist and writer, winner of the Albert Londres Prize (1956) and the Prix Interallié (1974) was born in Mirandol-Bourgnounac. See also Communes of the Tarn department References INSEE Category:Communes of Tarn (department) |
Calero Reservoir Calero Reservoir is an artificial lake in the Santa Teresa Hills south of San Jose, California, United States. A county park surrounds the reservoir and provides limited fishing ("catch-and-release"), picnicking, hiking, and horseback riding activities. Although swimming is prohibited, boating, water-skiing and jet-skiing are permitted in the reservoir. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment released a "Do Not Eat" warning regarding eating any fish caught from this reservoir based on the elevated mercury level. History The reservoir was formed by the Calero Dam, built in 1935 across Arroyo Calero, which is also known as Calero Creek. Its waters reach the San Francisco Bay by way of Los Alamitos Creek and the Guadalupe River. It is the fourth largest reservoir owned by the Santa Clara Valley Water District. The reservoir captures and stores winter runoff from the nearby foothills and from Almaden Reservoir. Water recharges groundwater basins and is also provided directly to water treatment plants to be treated and distributed to county residents. Calero Dam Calero Dam is an earthen dam high and long containing of material. Its crest is above sea level. See also List of lakes in California List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area List of reservoirs and dams in California References External links Category:Dams in California Category:Reservoirs in Santa Clara County, California Category:United States local public utility dams Category:Dams completed in 1935 Category:Reservoirs in California Category:Reservoirs in Northern California |
Sandalinas Sandalinas is a Spanish/Swedish progressive metal band founded in 2001 by guitarist Jordi Sandalinas, featuring Rick Altzi on vocals (also with Masterplan and At Vance). Apollo Papathanasio, ex-Firewind and Spiritual Beggars sang on the band's debut album called Living on the Edge. Their first album, Living on the Edge, was produced by Andy LaRocque and released in 2005. The band is on hiatus because Jordi Sandalinas is working on his first solo album. Biography Sandalinas' first EP, Like an Arrow, was released in 2001 and a single, "Die Hard", followed in 2002. The following year, Sandalinas contacted Andy LaRocque, guitarist of King Diamond, because he was interested in recording an album at his studio located near Gothenburg. The album, called Living on the Edge, was recorded in 2004 and released in 2005 by German label Massacre Records in Europe, Canada and Australia, and later by Nightmare Records for the United States and Art Music for Russia. A European tour supporting Cornerstone and dates supporting Sebastian Bach, former Skid Row singer, and Steven Adler, former Guns N' Roses drummer, were cancelled due to personal reasons. A few months later Sandalinas supported Y&T, Yngwie Malmsteen and Scorpions on a major and successful Spanish tour. SANDALINAS' second release, FLY TO THE SUN, started in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, on December 2006, at the Barn's Studio Facilities (Florida, USA) where Jordi and Patrick Johansson set up the first stone of this album by recording all drum files following the precise instructions and guidelines of Andy LaRocque. Rhythm guitars and keyboards were tracked down at Los Angered Studio recording facilities by Jordi Sandalinas (guitars) and Elias Holmild (keyb) and following on that, Mick Cervino recorded the bass parts at Liquid Ghost Studio in BOCA RATON, FLORIDA and Derek Sherinian recorded the keyboard parts for "Seasons in the Sand" in Burbank, California, at the Beachwood Manor Studios followed by well known engineerer Matt Flinker, Jordi and Derek entered into an excellent crossed solos that turned a great song into a magnifiscent state of the art creation. Chris Caffery, Jordi Sandalinas and Andy LaRocque were the very last artists to record at the former Los Angered Recording Studios, actually moved to Sonic Train Studios in Sweden. Chris recorded two solos for "Shadows in the Rain" and "Double Cross" and Andy LaRocque did the same part for the song "The Healer Talks". Jordi Sandalinas has been the first artist to record at Sonic Train Studios. Jordi used 10 different guitars. 5 Electric guitars, and different models of 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars for the album. Andy LaRocque took over the mixing and the mastering process. Despite names such as Andy Horn were pointed as possible mastering maestro, Andy finally mastered Sandalinas' Fly to the Sun. On February 2012 Sandalinas went on tour supporting HOUSE OF LORDS in Europe in a trip that covered 17 shows in 19 days. Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland were some of the countries that the band visited. The live line-up was Rick Altzi (Vocals), Jordi Sandalinas (lead guitars), Agus Gonzalez-Lancharro (rhythm guitars), Julian Langer (Bass) and Alex Landenburg (drums), the latter substituted Mats and Alvaro. On August 2012 Sandalinas has scheduled to conclude the recording of the third album called CIRCLES again at Sonic Train studios in Sweden. Andy LaRocque himself and Chris Caffery from SAVATAGE and TSO have contributed with the composition of one and two songs respectively. Members Jordi Sandalinas - Guitars & Backing vocals Rick Altzi - Vocals Alvaro Svanerö - Drums Mats Rendlert - Bass Former members Apollo Papathanasio - Vocals Marcus Palsson - |
Keyboards Ludwig Witt - Drums Discography Like an Arrow - EP (2001) Living on the Edge (2005) Fly to the Sun (2008) No Matter What: A tribute to Japan (2011) No Matter What: CD for Metal Hammer Magazine Spain (2012) Power to the People, The Raw E.P (2013) Singles "Die Hard" (2002) External links Official website Official website of Jordi Sandalinas Sandalinas at MySpace Category:Musical groups established in 2001 Category:Spanish heavy metal musical groups |
2012 Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses The Northern Mariana Islands Republican Caucuses for 2012 took place on March 10, 2012. Citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands send nine delegates to convention. The caucus will elect six of the nine delegates to the Republican National Convention. Delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands are not technically required to support a certain candidate at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. Matt Romney, son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, arrived in the Northern Mariana Islands to campaign on behalf of his father in the run-up to the caucus. This is the first time in history that any U.S. presidential campaign had visited the Northern Mariana Islands. Governor Benigno Fitial endorsed Romney for President at a luncheon with Romney's son and daughter-in-law on March 9, 2012. Results See also Republican Party presidential debates, 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Notes External links The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order Category:2012 Northern Mariana Islands elections Category:2012 United States Republican presidential primaries by state 2012 |
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