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Carole Gaessler Carole Gaessler (born 23 February 1968 in Thionville, Moselle) is a French television journalist. Since September 2010 she has presented the Monday to Thursday editions of 19/20, the main evening news bulletin of France 3. Biography After a preparatory literature class and studying classics at La Sorbonne, she continued her studies at the IUT de journalisme de Bordeaux. Still young for a journalist, she took her first job, while still a student, at the Républicain lorrain. From 1990 to 1991, she worked at RTL TV at Metz (now RTL9) where she worked as an editor for France 3 Lorraine Champagne-Ardenne. In 1996, Carole Gaessler worked on Soir 3 presented by Henri Sannier on France 3. Between 1998 and 2000, she presented the lunchtime news bulletin 13 heures on France 2 together with Rachid Arhab. After two years in Australia, she became in February 2003 the substitute anchor for David Pujadas on the weekday editions of France 2's evening news programme 20 heures, a position she held until August 2006. During this period, Gaessler co-hosted election night coverage of the 2004 French regional and cantonal elections alongside Daniel Bilalian and, with David Pujadas, live coverage of the result of the French European Constitution referendum in 2005. At the end of 2004, Gaessler also presented the magazine programme on France 2 Immersion Totale, in which three teams were immersed in a public place to watch, listen to, and film anonymous men and women and discussing their "reel heroes". At the same time, she presented La France en héritage, a special show on France 2, dedicated to French history for the European Heritage Days. Gaessler later became the editor in chief and presenter of the weekly consumer news magazine C'est notre affaire on France 5. In September 2008, she succeeded Marie Drucker as presenter of Soir 3 from Mondays to Thursdays on France 3. Claire Fournier replaced her as the host of C'est notre affaire. In September 2010, she succeeded Laurent Bignolas as presenter of 19/20 from Mondays to Thursdays on France 3. Private life Carole Gaessler has a daughter (born in 1999) and a son (born in 2004). Awards 10 January 1999 : elected "Femme en Or 99", communication category, in Courchevel. April 2000 : elected honorary president of the Association of former students of Charlemagne School in Thionville (Moselle). 22 October 2000 : Awards in the 14th 7 d'or. Notes and references Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:People from Thionville Category:French television journalists Category:French television presenters Category:French people of German descent Category:Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni |
Egan (surname) Egan is a surname that comes from the Irish Gaelic name Mac Aodhagáin. It is derived from the root 'aedh' meaning little fire and the diminutive 'an' hence 'the little bright-eyed one'. Variations include: Egan, Eagan, Keegan, MacEgan, Kegan, Keagan and Egen. The name originates from County Tipperary (north). The Egans have been around for thousands of years and own a castle in Tipperary, Ireland. That castle is Redwood Castle. People with this surname Ardis Egan, California educator Chandler Egan, golfer Chris Egan (disambiguation), several people Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist Daniel Egan, former mayor of Sydney, Australia Dennis Egan (born 1947), Alaska politician Desmond Egan (born 1936), Irish poet, publisher, and festival organizer. Eddie Egan (1930–1995), New York police detective depicted in The French Connection Edward Egan (1932-2015), Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugene Egan (disambiguation), several people called Eugene Felim Egan, painter George W. Egan, South Dakota politician Gerard Egan, psychologist Greg Egan, author Harry Egan, English footballer James Egan (disambiguation), several people called James or Jim Jennifer Egan, author Joe Egan (disambiguation), several people John Egan (disambiguation), several people Kenny Egan, boxer Johnny Egan, basketball player and coach Jonathan Egan (disambiguation), several people Joseph F. Egan (c.1917–1964), New York politician Joseph V. Egan, New Jersey politician Kian Egan, singer, part of the band Westlife Kieran Egan (educationist), English educator Kieran Egan (politician), Irish politician Mark Egan, jazz musician Matthew Egan, Australian Rules footballer Maureen Egan, American writer and director of music videos and films Maurice Francis Egan, American writer and diplomat Michael Egan (disambiguation), several people Peter Egan British actor Philip Egan (born 1955), Bishop of Portsmouth Pierce Egan, journalist Richard Egan (disambiguation), several people Roma Egan, ballet dancer Rusty Egan, drummer Sam Egan, journalist and producer Seamus Egan, musician Sean Egan, computer software developer Susan Egan, American actress Ted Egan, Australian folk musician and Administrator of the Northern Territory Thomas C. Egan (1894–1961), US federal judge Timothy Egan, writer Walter Egan (born 1948), American musician Walter Egan (golfer), golfer William Egan (disambiguation), several people See also Egan (disambiguation) Eagan (disambiguation) |
2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Mexico and Brazil on 11 November 2007 at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil were the winners, winning by eight goals to two. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners. It was Brazil's second title in a row. Roads to the final Mexico Mexico started their campaign in group A, along with Brazil, with a tight opening game against Russia, with Mexico eventually seeing them off 2-1 on penalties to earn 2 points. Things were looking bad for Mexico after losing 6-4 to Brazil in the second round of games, putting Russia in the driving seat to take second place in the group and progress to the quarter finals. However, in the final round of games, with Mexico winning 6-3 against the Solomon Islands, and Brazil beating Russia, Mexico sneaked through into the quarter-finals, finishing the group on a meagre 5 points. As Mexico were the runners-up of group A, they met the winners of group B, Spain in the quarter-finals. Spain were the favorites to reach the semi-finals but, after coming from behind, Mexico produced a surprising win, and clinched the game 5-4, holding their nerve in the final moments. Mexico moved into the semi-finals against Uruguay. The semi-final was, in the end, an easier battle for Mexico. With the score at 2-2 going into the final 5 minutes, the game seemed poised for extra-time. However 3 goals in the 32nd, 35th and 36th minutes meant Mexico finished off their semi-final in style, and secured their place in the final against Brazil. Brazil Brazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group A, along with Mexico, demolishing the Solmon Islands 11-2 in their opening game of the group. Brazil continued to perform well with a 6-4 win against Mexico, however left it late to score 2 goals in the third period to secure the three points. Finally, Brazil met Russia. The game was extremely close, seeing Russia lead 2-1 with three minutes left, but a 33rd-minute goal by Sidney sent the game to extra-time and ultimately, penalties. It was a very nerve-racking shoot-out, seeing seven players from each team take a penalty but in the end, it was Brazil who prevailed, taking the 2 points and denying Russia a place in the quarter finals. In the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group B, Portugal. The two rival nations battled it out in a match full of goals, but it was Brazil's ability to produce goals at any time that saw them beat Portugal 10-7. In the semi-finals Brazil met, 2005 winners, France. It was a simple game for Brazil, winning 6-2, only ever having to deal with French goals in the 1st and 35th minutes, setting up a final with Mexico. Match details Overall Statistics See also 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup References Final Beach Soccer World Cup Final 2007 |
Liberty Fanfare Liberty Fanfare is a composition for orchestra by John Williams. Written in 1986, the piece was commissioned to celebrate the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty on July 4 of that year. However, the piece was actually premiered a month beforehand, on June 4, when Williams conducted the Boston Pops. The entire piece is approximately five minutes in length and utilizes both the brass section for the main themes and the strings for providing a recurring, melodious motif. The rhythm is also repeated several times throughout the piece. Before the premiere of the piece, Williams commented that he had "tried to create a group of American airs and tunes of my own invention that I hope will give some sense of the event and the occasion." The composition received generally positive reviews at the time and is still regularly performed as a patriotic piece. Several recordings of the piece are also available. Partial discography 1987: By Request...The Best of John Williams & the Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra - Philips Records 1988: American Jubilee, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Telarc Records 1990: The Best of John Williams, the Philharmonic Rock Orchestra - Naxos Records 1998: Victory at Sea (arranged for concert band), the United States Navy Band - Altissimo! Records 1999: Splash of Pops, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra - RCA Records See also List of compositions by John Williams References External links Liberty Fanfare - The John Williams Web Pages, accessed June 4, 2006 Unofficial Liberty Fanfare website, Allison Schwartz, accessed June 4, 2006 Category:Compositions by John Williams Category:1986 compositions Category:Compositions for symphony orchestra Category:Statue of Liberty |
Meloidogyne arenaria Meloidogyne arenaria is a species of plant pathogenic nematodes. This nematode is also known as the peanut root knot nematode. The word "Meloidogyne" is derived from two Greek words that mean "apple-shaped" and "female". The peanut root knot nematode, M. arenaria is one of the "major" Meloidogyne species because of its worldwide economic importance. M. arenaria is a predominant nematode species in the United States attacking peanut in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. The most damaging nematode species for peanut in the USA is M. arenaria race 1 and losses can exceed 50% in severely infested fields. Among the several Meloidogyne species that have been characterized, M. arenaria is the most variable both morphologically and cytologically. In 1949, two races of this nematode had been identified, race 1 which reproduces on peanut and race 2 which cannot do so. However, in a recent study, three races were described (races 1, 2, and 3). López-Pérez et al (2011) had also studied populations of M. arenaria race 2, which reproduces on tomato plants carrying the Mi gene and race 3, which reproduces on both resistant pepper and tomato. History M. arenaria has the same history as the other root knot nematodes. Meloidogyne spp were originally grouped together with the cyst nematodes (Heterodera spp) but they were later separated after they were confirmed to be significantly different from each other. The changes that were made when discovering Meloidogyne spp of nematodes are described below; 1855 – Reverend Miles Joseph Berkeley (clergyman) noted galls on cucumbers in greenhouse in England. This was the first official report of nematodes that caused galls on plant roots. 1871 – Schmidt described Heterodera schactii the sugarbeet cyst nematode. 1872 – Greeff described Anguillula radicicola – a nematode that caused galls on cereals and grasses but this was actually Ditylenchus and not a root knot nematode. 1879 – Cornu – described a root-knot nematode as Anguillula marioni . 1884 – Muller decided root-knot nematode was the same as Greeff's root-galling nematode and that both should be Heterodera- Heterodera radicicola. 1887 – Goeldi – Brazil – described a root knot on coffee – Meloidogyne exigua. 1932 – Goodey – decided that use of Heterodera radicicola was incorrect according to International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature as original H. radicicola was not a root-knot nematode. He renamed it Heterodera marioni. 1949 – Chitwood removed them from Heterodera because they differed from cyst nematodes. Since the oldest name for the genus was Goeldi's Meloidogyne exigua, that name had precedence. Chitwood described five species based on perineal patterns, M. arenaria being one of the five. Distribution Crop damage by this nematode is mostly faced in warmer regions and it is rarely found in areas where the average monthly temperatures approach freezing. The peanut root knot nematode, race 1 is found in all areas where peanuts are grown. Economic importance The peanut root-knot nematode is the most serious nematode pest of the crop and questionably the most serious soil-borne disease problem. For example, the nematode is present in almost all fields where the crop is grown in Florida and economic damage is estimated to occur in greater than 50% of these fields. Individual peanut fields heavily infested with the root-knot nematode have sustained yield losses greater than 75%. In addition to causing considerable damage alone, it also increases the severity and incidence of other soil-borne diseases such as southern stem rot and Cylindrocladium blackrot. M. arenaria is C-rated pest in California. Morphology and anatomy Different development stages of this nematode have unique features that are used to describe them. Among the characters commonly |
used to define nematode species and populations, morphometric characters have a marked significance. Females are swollen, pear-shaped pearly white and sedentary. They deposit their eggs in a gelatinous mass, which usually protrudes from galled root tissue. Females of this nematode are completely endoparasitic. Mature females of M. arenaria are identified by the cuticular markings in the perineal area, stylet length, punctations on the cuticle. When describing the morphology of M. arenaria race1, Eisenback et al., (1981) reported that in females, the dorsal arch is flattened and rounded. The striae in the arch are slightly indented at the lateral lines and generally form a shoulder on the arch. The stylet is very robust and the cone and shaft are broad. The labial disc and lips are dumb bell shaped and it has large lateral lips that are separated from the medial lips and the head region. In a study in Argentina, perineal patterns of 100 females from a population of M. arenaria, race 2 growing on tomato plants were analyzed and moderate morphological variations observed. The overall shape was rounded in most cases, but it was oval-shaped in a small proportion (4%). Forty-six percent of females showed low dorsal arch while 38% depicted a high dorsal arc, while the rest were intermediate. Lines in the post-anal region were smooth or wavy, continuous or broken, occasionally forming shoulders (18% of females). Wings were generally not observed. Phasmids were visible in 25% of the patterns and the mean distance between them was 24.33 ± 1.61 mm. Only seven out of one hundred females presented perineal patterns with lateral lines weakly demarcated by forked striae. Adult females were pyriform and lacking a terminal protuberance in the posterior area of the body. The female body lengths ranged between 465 mm and 1,129 mm. The excretory pore of the females was located closer to the base of the stylet than to the median bulb, at approximately 2-stylet lengths, in agreement with a typical M. arenaria specimen. The stylet was dorsally curved. Second stage juveniles of this nematode are short (400–600 micrometers) with very short stylets (10-15micrometers). The stylet is lightly sclerotized with indistinct Knobs. The cephalic framework is also weakly sclerotized. The esophageal gland overlaps the intestine ventrally and the tail tapers to a pointed tip with a clear terminus In a study, second stage juveniles (J2s) averaged 458.51 ± 20.48 mm in length and 15.35 ± 0.76 mm in width. The rectum was undilated. Tail length (from anus to posterior end) was 56.21 ± 2.78 mm and the tail tip was rounded. Males of M. arenaria are long (1.0 to 2.0 mm). The stylet is short and has distinct knobs. The esophageal gland overlaps the intestine ventrally. The tail is short and rounded and has no bursa. Spicules open a short distance from the tail tip. The males also have a head cap that is low and slopes posteriorly with 2 or 3 incomplete annulations around the head region. The stylet is pointed and the lumen opening has a small protuberance on the ventral side. From their study, Garcı´a and Sa´nchez-Puerta, (2012) also reported that the mean length of the male body was 1.6 ± 0.31 mm. The head of the males was flat to concave and showed a moderately elevated labial disc. The males also had four lateral lines, which were easily observed. Symptoms of root knot disease of peanut These nematodes cause symptoms both on leaves and roots. Foliar symptoms of root-knot disease may be expressed at any time during the growing season. These symptoms of nematode damage on peanut plants range from |
stunting, yellowing, wilting and even plant death. Ferris (1999–2012), also reported that nematodes cause yellowing; mid-day wilting; symptoms of water and nutrient stress; and sometimes death, especially if the nematode is interacting with other organisms. They can appear in a peanut crop beginning about 100 days after planting or after periods of dry hot weather. Areas of root-knot nematode damaged peanut are usually round to oblong in shape, and rows of infected plants may never overlap as those of healthy plants. It is common for plants to wilt and eventually die in areas where nematode populations are high. Root symptoms are similar to those caused by all nematodes including a reduction in number of feeder roots and root stunting, but root knot nematodes cause unique symptoms on roots and pods. Nematodes cause galls (knots) to form on both roots and pods of the peanut, and these galls are highly diagnostic for root-knot nematode presence compared to other nematodes affecting peanut. The presence of galls on roots, pegs and pods appears as single or multiple wart-like growths that may or may not be discolored. As root knot nematode infection progresses, and generally later in the season, secondary root and pod rots cause further damage and eventual death of the plants. Many soil-borne fungi, especially Sclerotium rolfsii (which causes southern stem rot) and Sclerotinia minor (which causes Sclerotinia blight), will infect the weakened peanut plants and cause more plant death. Root knot nematode infection of the peg weakens the peg so that it breaks during harvest, contributing to additional yield losses because the detached pods are then left in the soil. Infection of the pods leads to a decline in yield quality. The damage threshold, or the initial nematode population density at which peanut yields begin to decline, has been reported to be in the range of 1 to 10 eggs and second stage juveniles per 500 cm3 soil for M. arenaria on susceptible peanut cultivars. Reproduction and life cycle Reproduction occurs mitotically by parthenogenesis and the species has chromosome numbers that range from 30 to 50 The life cycle of all Meloidoigyne spp is similar but they have different temperature requirements. At temperatures ranging from 32.8 to 39.50C, M. arenaria reached the egg laying stage in about 21 days on peanut and completed its life cycle in 32 days. The population levels increased faster from a starting level of 10 juveniles per plant that from 1000 or 10,000 per plant. Adult females deposit eggs into a protective gelatinous matrix, near or just outside the root surface. A single female lays about 500 to 1,500 eggs during her life, which lasts about two to three months. Eggs hatch only under favorable conditions, such as adequate moisture and warm temperatures. Root knot nematode development begins inside the egg. After the completion of embryogenesis, the first-stage juvenile remains inside the egg until it molts into the second stage juvenile. The first stage juvenile (J1) lacks a stylet. Second stage juveniles (J2) hatch from the egg and move freely in the soil in quest for a suitable host plant. Once they find suitable host and enter the root with the help of the stylet, they start to feed within 24 hours, inducing giant cells to form. J2s then molt thrice (to J3, J4 and then the adult) before they mature in to adults. Adult males remain vermiform and get out of the root while females swell and obtain the pyriform/round shape. Females lay eggs in the gelatinous matrix which hatch again and the cycle is repeated if environmental conditions are favorable. The length of the |
life cycle depends on environmental factors mostly temperature and host status. It may take about 1 month to complete the life cycle. The nematodes also have a very high reproductive rate. Feeding behavior Just like the other root knot nematodes, to be able to feed within the host, this nematode must establish an interaction with the plant. J2s are attracted to the root tip in the zone of elongation and the areas of lateral root emergence. Initially it was reported that they are attracted by CO2, and apparently by small molecules that are dialysable – perhaps amino acids. Recent studies suggest that the attraction may not be to CO2 but to lower pH resulting from carbonic acid formed from the CO2 in solution. The second juvenile (J2) penetrates zone of elongation by mechanical (stylet thrusts) and probably chemical (cellulase and pectinase) means. It moves between, rather than through, cortical cells towards root apex, turns at the meristem, and migrates back to the vascular cylinder in the zone of cell differentiation. Once the J2 is in the root, they migrate intracellularly to the provascular cells and begin to parasitize cells within 24 hours. The nematode initiates formation of the giant cell (also called a nurse cell) from potential vascular tissue. Sub ventral gland become prominent after penetrating the root, and it could be playing a role of secreting enzymes that play a role in the formation of the giant cell which is a large cell with several nuclei. Giant cell are very large in size (100 fold increase), with reduced vacuoles and they are multinucleate containing about 40 to 100 nuclei. The female feeds from the giant cell as it expands further posteriorly accumulating eggs. After formation of the giant cells, gall development occurs though these two events are separate. Galls result from hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the cells around the giant cells. Growth regulators (IAA) are thought to have a role in cell enlargement since they increases cell wall plasticity. Host range M. arenaria parasitizes peanut, vegetables, grasses, fruit ornamentals and tobacco. The root-knot nematode, M. arenaria can infect almost every plant family. While characterizing the host range of the peanut root knot nematode, López-Pérez et al., 2011, reported that the most frequent hosts of the peanut root knot nematode were vegetables, fruit trees, tobacco, grapevine, and weeds. Management Plant resistant cultivars: Although genes conferring resistance to peanut root knot nematode have not been found in cultivated peanut, other Arachis spp. have been identified to be highly resistant or immune to the peanut root knot nematode. Simpson and Starr (1991) and Garcia et al. (1996) reported successful crosses to transfer a high level of nematode resistance into A. hypogaea. The resistance was obtained from a wild species, Arachis cardenasii. Resistance was obtained by introgression of resistance genes into A. hypogaea using a series of backcrosses. Examples of resistant peanut varieties are COAN and NemaTAM. Both cultivars are highly susceptible to tomato spotted wilt virus and prevalent fungal diseases. In 2008, however, the USDA released a cultivar, Tifguard, which has resistance to both tomato spotted wilt virus and root-knot nematode. Rotation with crops that are poor or non-hosts of the nematode. Two year rotations with cotton, bahai grass, or velvet bean are effective also. Use of nematicides as needed. Management of root-knot nematodes on peanut has traditionally relied primarily on treatment of infested fields with nematicides such as granular aldicarb (Temik) or the fumigant 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone). Nematicides are usually recommended for high value crops such as peanuts, tobacco and peach. Plant tolerant varieties. Crop yields will not be affected even in |
the presence of M. arenaria. Promising ongoing research and other issues Plant breeders and nematologists are actively pursuing the incorporation of the root-knot nematode resistance into varieties adapted to the disease situation in the southeastern U.S. Tifguard is the first of many future varieties that will be released from peanut breeding programs including the UF/IFAS peanut breeding program. These resistant varieties will not solve the peanut root knot nematode problems in peanut production; however, they hold great promise to reduce losses from this disease by more than 50%. Since neither COAN nor NemaTAM are resistant to the tomato spotted wilt virus (Tospovirus, family Bunyaviridae), efforts to introgress resistance into other high yielding peanut varieties is ongoing. This will reduce crop losses in the areas with high incidences of the virus. The tomato spotted wilt virus, which causes substantial yield losses in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Points to ponder The resistance in Tifguard and other varieties that will soon be released is the same single dominant gene. Continuous planting of peanut with this gene in the same fields is likely to eventually lead to resistance-breaking nematode biotypes. This can be delayed or prevented by utilizing proper crop rotation and even planting non-resistant peanut in the rotation as well. Secondly, this resistance does not reduce damage from lesion nematodes which are a major problem in peanut production in the central peninsular production area of Florida. See also Coffee root-knot nematode References External links Nemaplex, University of California – Meloidogyne arenaria Category:Tylenchida Category:Nematodes described in 1949 Category:Agricultural pest nematodes Category:Grape pest nematodes Category:Peanut diseases |
Mike Dodd Michael Dodd (born August 20, 1957) is an American retired professional beach volleyball player who attended San Diego State University. With his partner Mike Whitmarsh he won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since winning silver in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he has worked the Olympic Games of 2000 as a beach analyst and 2004 as an indoor analyst for NBC. In 2008 Dodd coached AVP stars Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal in the Beijing Olympics. Dodd also captained Team USA to a win over Brazil's best players in the inaugural AVP World Challenge in 2009. Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California and a Mira Costa High School alumnus, Dodd won five Manhattan Beach Open titles. In 2009, he became the first person to coach the men's and women's champions of the same Manhattan Beach Open (Gibb and Rosenthal and Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs). Dodd was named AVP Sportsman of the Year in 1994 and 1996 and AVP Most Inspirational Player three times in a row from 1995–1997. Since earning his AAA volleyball rating at age 15, Dodd has represented the U.S. National Team and played professionally in Italy in addition to his AVP career as a player and coach. He is in the California Beach Volleyball Association Hall of Fame. One of beach volleyball's all-time greats, Dodd won 75 titles in his illustrious 18-year career and a silver medal in the first Olympics to feature beach volleyball. He also played basketball while at San Diego State for four years; in fact, he was drafted by the hometown San Diego Clippers in 1979 (9th round, 176th overall pick), but ultimately decided that playing competitive volleyball was his calling because basketball is too physical for him. Awards and honors AVP Best Defensive Player 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 AVP Best Spiker 1989 AVP Most Inspirational 1995, 1996, 1997 AVP Sportsman of the Year 1994, 1996 References External links Mike Dodd at the Beach Volleyball Database Player profile at goaztecs.com Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic beach volleyball players of the United States Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in volleyball Category:Sportspeople from Manhattan Beach, California Category:San Diego Clippers draft picks Category:San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball players Category:San Diego State Aztecs men's volleyball players Category:American men's beach volleyball players Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:American men's basketball players |
Garbage (album) Garbage is the debut studio album by American rock band Garbage. It was released on August 15, 1995, by Almo Sounds. The album was met with critical acclaim upon its release, being viewed by some as an innovative recording for its time. It reached number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number six on the UK Albums Chart, while charting inside the top 20 and receiving multi-platinum certifications in several territories. The album's success was helped by the band promoting it on a year-long tour, including playing on the European festival circuit and supporting the Smashing Pumpkins throughout 1996, as well as by a run of increasingly successful singles culminating with "Stupid Girl", which received Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group in 1997. In October 2015, the album was reissued to mark its 20th anniversary, featuring remastered tracks from the original analog tapes, as well as remixes and previously unreleased alternate versions of songs from the album. Background In 1983, Butch Vig and Steve Marker founded Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, and Vig's production work brought him to the attention of Sub Pop. Vig's old band Spooner reunited in 1990 and released another record, but disbanded in 1993 as Vig's and Marker's careers as producers gained strength. In 1994, as Vig became "kind of burned out on doing really long records", he got together with Duke Erikson and Marker, and they started producing remixes for acts such as U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and House of Pain, featuring different instrumentation and often highlighting new guitar hooks and bass grooves. The experience inspired the three men to form a band, in which they "wanted to take that remix sensibility and somehow translate it into all of the possibilities of a band setup." An early comment that their work sounded "like garbage" inspired the band's name. Shirley Manson had been performing with the Edinburgh-based rock band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie since 1984. In 1993, several of the members, including Manson, formed the side project Angelfish. Their only studio album, the self-titled Angelfish, was as commercially unsuccessful as preceding albums by Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, selling only 10,000 copies. Initial sessions with Vig on vocals and the members' past work with all-male groups led to the band's desire for a woman on lead. Marker was watching 120 Minutes when he saw the one-time airing of the music video for Angelfish's "Suffocate Me". He showed the video to Erikson and Vig while their manager, Shannon O'Shea, tracked Manson down. When Manson was contacted, she didn't know who Vig was and was urged to check the credits on Nirvana's album Nevermind, which Vig had produced. On April 8, 1994, Manson met Erikson, Marker and Vig for the first time in London. Later that evening Vig was informed of Kurt Cobain's suicide. Garbage was put on hold as Angelfish was touring North America in support of Live. Erikson, Marker and Vig attended the Metro Chicago date, and Manson was invited to Madison to audition for the band. The audition did not go well, but Manson socialized with the men while there and they found they had a similar taste in music. Angelfish disbanded at the end of the Live tour. Manson called O'Shea and asked to audition again, feeling that "it would work out". Recording In her return to Smart Studios, Manson began to work on skeletal versions of the songs "Queer", "Vow" and "Stupid Girl". While looking for a record deal for the album, Garbage sent out demo tapes with no bio, to |
avoid a bidding war over Vig's production history. Garbage signed with Mushroom Records UK worldwide and to Jerry Moss's label Almo Sounds for North America. Manson's contribution was licensed to both Mushroom and Almo by her label Radioactive Records. Garbage continued to work on the album throughout the start of 1995, delayed by Vig's work producing Soul Asylum's Let Your Dim Light Shine album and the songs being "piecemealed together in the studio". Vig described the composing process as a "dysfunctional democracy" where someone would bring a loop or a sample, which was followed by jam sessions in which the band members would "find one bar that's kind of cool, load that into our samplers, jam on top of that, [and] Shirley will ad-lib", with the process continuing until the song was finished, often with "all of the original ideas gone, and the song had somehow mutated into something completely different." Among the songs that were completely reworked, "As Heaven Is Wide" went from "a big rock track" to a techno-style song with Tom Jones-inspired beats, only keeping Erikson's fuzz bass and Manson's vocals from the original recording. Given Vig "got bored spending so many years recording really fast, straightforward punk records", the band "didn't want to approach the Garbage record from the angle of a band playing live", making their songs out of samples that would be processed and reworked in a Wall of Sound process "to create something that sounded fresh." A major part of the work involved Manson rewriting the song lyrics, which Vig said the band attempted to "write from a woman's perspective and I think, initially, some of them were a little pretentious. But as soon as Shirley came on board she simplified the lyrics so that they were a lot more subtle and worked better as songs." Manson detailed that regarding the previous song sketches, "some of the ideas for lyrics I found unsuitable, and others I liked and worked on with them. I always went to bat for what I believed in." She added that because "the lyrics take a while to work on" bandmates would give suggestions and she included the ones that fancied her. When Garbage began to collate the material for career retrospective Absolute Garbage in 2007, the Garbage analog masters could not be found. Vig and audio engineer Billy Bush were able to track down an archived, but rather incomplete and damaged, set of 16-bit 44.1 kHz safety DAT mixes. Despite the condition of the backups, mastering engineer Emily Lazar at The Lodge in New York City was able to reverse-engineer the missing songs from the damaged archive. Lazar used some alternate versions of the songs when completing the final master. Her assistant, Joe LaPorta, mastered and edited the remixes for the special edition. Composition and style Garbage has a sound that "tr[ied] to incorporate different styles and genres, throw it all into a big melting pot and see what would happen", according to Vig. Vig explained that as in his opinion "the most exciting bands are those who incorporate all those elements of punk, funk, techno, hip hop, etc." Garbage would attempt to do the same and "take those influences and make them work in the context of a pop song." The band went overboard with experimentation, with Erikson adding that throughout they liked to include "sounds that we found accidentally, like Steve's sample of a tape deck backing up, or the bit in 'Stupid Girl' that was initially a mistake, but when we slowed it down, actually fit the timbre and pace of the song and became |
the hook." The lyrics on the record were described by the band members as "a collaborative psycho-therapy session wherein personal demons of various sizes and importance are exorcised, vilified, taken revenge upon and laid to rest." Vig said they tried to deal with "dark themes that I think a lot of people can relate to in some way or another", which included voyeurism, hedonism, perversion, obsession and "the art of self-destruction." Manson stated that even though she put together most of the songs, "everybody has ideas that come to the table and I just use what I fancy. When we're working on something, the lyrics take a while to work on and [they] come to me and say 'I've had these ideas, use them if you want' and if there's something I like, I'll stick it in with my own, or vice-versa. Some people come in going 'I've got this great title for a song' and I might use that." Manson remarked that while the content was "a lot more poppy" than most of her previous work, the songs invoked the dark side of her nature, as "sometimes I'm a bit wee creepy, and that definitely comes out in the music." She also declared that music "unlocks sensations and feelings that you keep inside, that society doesn't allow you to show", saying that the gist of a mean-spirited song like "Vow" is very real despite "none of us hav[ing] ever really acted on those feelings". Vig added that the band was eager to exploit the contrast between words and music: "The initial idea was to make this a dark lyric with a shiny, happy, pop sensibility. You could be singing this really catchy line and realize the lyrics were totally wacked." In May 2017, Manson revealed during an interview with Yahoo! that the song "Fix Me Now" was originally titled "Chris Cornell", because she was obsessed with the lead singer of Soundgarden. A demo version of the song features Manson singing Cornell's name. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated that the album "has all the trappings of alternative rock—off-kilter arrangements, occasional bursts of noise, a female singer with a thin, airy voice, but it comes off as pop" because of Vig's "glossy production". Erlewine characterized the sound of the record as "slick and professional", full of "well-crafted pop songs", including "trashy alternative pop gems" like "Queer" and "Vow". The A.V. Club described the album as "a prototypically '90s record full of pumped-up, electronically enhanced, sample-laden pop-rock songs." Newsweek remarked that the album "has an impressive swirl of acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards and swanky pop hooks that actually push alternative rock in a new direction." About.com's Tim Grierson stated that the album "was steeped in alt-rock, but hits like 'Only Happy It Rains' had a dance element to them that distinguished the band from many of their angst-rock peers." Grierson further categorized the album as "dance-rock" and "techno-rock". Gil Kaufamn of Addicted to Noise described the album as a "surprisingly non-guitar rock mix of ambient noise, shifting trip-hop beats, grinding jungle rhythms and an ocean-size chunk of buzzing noise that, somehow, gels and rises above the din thanks to catchy hooks and killer song construction." Metro Weekly characterized the album as "a heavy mix of electronic pop and guitar rock with samples, electronica and trip-hop beats thrown into the mix." Billboard noted that "acting on the premise that more is more, foursome Garbage thrashes out power pop with enough skill and passion to rate among the cream of the alternative crop. First single 'Queer' is a modern rock success, and |
other cuts—especially 'Only Happy When It Rains', 'Stupid Girl', and 'Supervixen'—are capable of keeping interests high. Proof that success can come from the oddest combinations." Promotion Vig stated that the band had no initial plans to tour as "not going on the road would really free us up to record tons of stuff". As the band members realized "that if we were going to have a successful record we'd have to go out on tour and promote it", and enjoyed playing live to record the "Vow" video, they decided to perform to audiences as well. To perform the complex and layered tracks live, the band hired Los Angeles bass player Daniel Shulman for the tour, and figured out ways to trigger samples on stage, such as having Marker play a keyboard along with his guitar. On February 24, 1996, Garbage set off on a 17-date headline tour of North America. Garbage then supported Smashing Pumpkins on their North American arena tour from June 25, although the tour was cut short after the death of Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin on July 12. Garbage returned to Europe on August 3 promoting Garbage with a month of shows around the festival circuit. Garbage then headed south to Asia and Australia to promote the album, beginning with shows in Singapore on September 28 and ending in Osaka, Japan, on October 18. Garbage returned to the US to give Garbage a final push by rejoining the Smashing Pumpkins' rescheduled tour, beginning on October 23. Critical reception Garbage was acclaimed by contemporary critics. In Entertainment Weekly, Steven Mirkin said the band's songwriting was just as exceptional as Vig's guitar and drum sounds, highlighting the "menacing sexuality, sonic playfulness, inventive guitar treatments, and cool vocals by Shirley Manson". Gil Kaufman from Addicted to Noise found the record's sound "akin to a Jackson Pollock painting, thick layers upon layers of sound that have been stripped down, torn apart, pasted together and then stripped again, until the result is a dizzying soundscape that reveals fresh nuances upon repeated listening". He added that the music's mix of ambience, rhythms, and noise "gels and rises above the din thanks to catchy hooks and killer song construction." Melody Maker hailed it as the closest to "perfection as a pop/rock record" as can be, while NME called it "a reminder of how sweet angst can be in the hands of talented players". Garbage was voted the 19th best album of 1995 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published by The Village Voice. The newspaper's Robert Christgau was somewhat less impressed by the album. He named "Queer" and "Supervixen" as its highlights while writing "if Whale is Tricky without a dark side, Garbage is Whale without Tricky and depressed about it". Keith Harris wrote in The Rolling Stone Album Guide that the record's electronic guitar hooks and Manson's "pop-star-as-one-night-stand" persona were seductive but had a "tawdry disposability". On the other hand, writing in The Michigan Daily, Heather Phares was very mixed. Although she was favourable of the singles "Vow" and "Queer", the latter of which had "a sinister sex appeal that redeems it somewhat from the cheesiness of the rest of the album." She felt that the band mostly sound "angsty and jaded for no good reason," and concluded that while it's not "total junk, it's no prize either." In 1997, Garbage was named the 71st greatest album of all time by The Guardian, which polled a number of renowned critics, artists, and radio DJs worldwide. It was later included in the musical reference book 1001 Albums You |
Must Hear Before You Die. According to Los Angeles Times critic Mikael Wood, the record's techno-minded sound and Manson's alluring persona complemented and countered the contemporary post-grunge music Vig had helped pioneer after producing Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind. Sound on Sound journalist Sam Inglis argued that the musical techniques used on Garbage were radical at the time and influenced subsequent popular music, "uniting distorted guitars and cool female vocals with production that owed as much to Public Enemy as Led Zeppelin". In Jancee Dunn's opinion, the album always sounded "very forward-thinking, intelligent" and current, even when heard more than a decade later. Commercial performance Garbage debuted at number 29 on the Top Heatseekers chart dated September 2, 1995, before peaking at number two on March 9, 1996. In the issue dated September 30, 1995, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 193, and reached its peak position of number 20 on August 10, 1996. The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 24, 1999, and by August 2008, it had sold 2.4 million copies in the United States. In Canada, the album reached number 15 on The Records chart and number 25 on RPMs chart, was certified double platinum by Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), denoting shipments in excess of 200,000 units. Garbage debuted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart in October 1995 with 9,409 copies sold in its first week, eventually peaking at number six in April 1996. The album was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on October 16, 1998, and had sold 701,757 copies in the United Kingdom as of May 2012. The album saw modest success across continental Europe, reaching number 16 in France, number 19 in Sweden, number 23 in Finland, number 30 in Norway and number 55 in Germany. In Oceania, it charted at number four in Australia and number one in New Zealand, earning double platinum certifications in both countries. As of August 2015, Garbage had sold over four million copies worldwide. Track listing 20th Anniversary Edition Sample credits "Queer" contains a loop from "Man of Straw" by Single Gun Theory. "Not My Idea" contains a loop from Headless Chickens. "Stupid Girl" contains a loop from "Train in Vain" by The Clash. Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Garbage. Garbage Shirley Manson – vocals, guitar Steve Marker – guitars, bass, samples, loops Duke Erikson – guitars, keyboards, six-string bass, fuzz bass Butch Vig – drums, loops, noise, EFX Additional musicians Mike Kashou – bass ; fuzz bass Clyde Stubblefield – additional drums Les Thimmig – clarinet Pauli Ryan – percussion David Frangioni – additional loops Rich Mendelson – additional loops Technical Garbage – production, recording Howie Weinberg – mastering Scott Hull – editing, post-production Mike Zirkel – second engineer Artwork Robin Sloane – creative direction Janet Wolsborn – art direction Garbage – art direction Adrian Britteon – logo Stéphane Sednaoui – photos Clifford LeCuyer – additional photos Photo 24 – additional photos Charts Weekly charts 20th Anniversary Edition Year-end charts Certifications and sales ! scope="row"| Worldwide | | 4,000,000 |- Release history 20th Anniversary Edition References External links Category:1995 debut albums Category:Albums produced by Butch Vig Category:Almo Sounds albums Category:Garbage (band) albums Category:Mushroom Records albums |
Azhar Ali (disambiguation) Azhar Ali (born 1985) is a Pakistani international cricketer. Azhar Ali may also refer to: Azhar Ali (Omani cricketer) (born 1968), Pakistan-born Omani cricketer Azhar Ali (Pakistan Railways cricketer), Pakistani cricketer for Pakistan Railways, Punjab and Service Industries |
Greg Hrbek Greg Hrbek is an American fiction author and educator. __NOTOC__ Early years Hrbek graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1986. Teaching After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in 1990, Hrbek taught kindergarten for three years in San Francisco and New York City, before studying for a Master of Fine Arts degree in English at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, which he completed in 1995. The University of Iowa awarded him an Iowa Arts Fellowship, and he won a James A. Michener Fellowship in 1995, which allowed him to write in California for a year, before returning to Vassar to teach half time in the English Department. From 1999–2000, Hrbek taught fiction writing full-time at Butler University, then was awarded the year 2000 Alfred Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University, where he lived as fiction writer in residence. Since 2001, Hrbek has been teaching fiction writing courses as Writer-in-Residence at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he lives with his wife, son and daughter. Writing In 1996, at the age of 27, Hrbek won the James Jones First Novel Award for his first novel in progress, The Hindenburg Crashes Nightly, a complex story of obsessive, lifelong love. He had worked on this book for two years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and in California, and at Vassar while teaching. It was published in 1999 by Bard/Avon (), and was widely reviewed, favorably by Publishers Weekly and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, mixed by The New York Times and Rocky Mountain News. Since 1999, Hrbek has written short fiction, with stories appearing in Harper's Magazine, Salmagundi, Idaho Review, Conjunctions, and Black Warrior Review. His short story "Green World" (Harper's), was a finalist for the 1999 National Magazine Award in Fiction. "Bereavement" was a finalist for the 2007 Robert Olen Butler Prize, while "The Cliffs at Marpi" was a finalist for the 2006 Bridport Prize, each appearing in the respective anthologies. "Sagittarius" was a selection for The Best American Short Stories 2009. A collection of these short stories, Destroy All Monsters, was published by Bison Books in 2011, . It won the 2010 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Bibliography The Hindenburg Crashes Nightly (1996) Destroy All Monsters, and Other Stories (2011) Not on Fire, But Burning (2015) References Category:20th-century American novelists Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Vassar College alumni Category:Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni Category:American male novelists Category:American male short story writers Category:Kent School alumni Category:20th-century American short story writers Category:20th-century American male writers |
Haba River Shankou Dam The Haba River Shankou Dam (, Haba River Shankou Hydroelectric Station) is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Haba River, a tributary of the Irtysh River. It is located in Habahe County of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, flood control and water supply for civil and irrigation use. It supports a 25.2 MW power station. The dam is located about 15 km north (upstream) of the Habahe county seat. It is the last, in the upstream-to-downstream order, of the Haba River cascade, which eventually will contain 4 dams. Construction on the tall dam began in October 1992 and its reservoir began to fill on 30 December 1996. On 13 January 1997 the power station was operational and the entire project to include the irrigation works was complete in September 1998. The dam's reservoir holds 50 million cubic meters of water. Trivia The word Shankou, which means "mountain pass", when written in Chinese characters (山口), the same as the Japanese word with the reading "Yamaguchi". Japan has several Yamaguchi Dams of its own. See also Jilebulake Dam – upstream List of dams and reservoirs in China List of tallest dams in the world References Category:Dams in China Category:Dams completed in 1996 Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Xinjiang Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1997 Category:Concrete-face rock-fill dams |
Larry Phillips (Texas politician) Lawrence Augustine Phillips, known as Larry Phillips (born April 5, 1966), is an attorney from Sherman, Texas, who has served as judge of the Texas District Court for Grayson, Fannin, and Delta counties since 2018. He previously served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 62 (which includes Delta, Fannin, and Grayson counties). Biography Phillips received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor University in Waco. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center. Phillips initially won his seat in the state House in 2003 in a special runoff election with nearly 66 percent of the vote; his defeated opponent was the Democrat Donnie Jarvis. The vacancy appeared when U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Republican State Representative Ronald H. Clark of Sherman as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, based in the branch court at Beaumont in southeastern Texas. Clark had held the state House seat since 1997. Phillips served as the chairman of the House Transportation Committee and was a member of the committees on Ethics, Redistricting, and Border and Intergovernmental Affairs. Phillips secured his latest full term in 2010 with nearly 88 percent of the ballots cast over the Libertarian Kenneth Myers. No Democrat sought the seat. Phillips was also a member of numerous committees: 82nd Legislature Border & Intergovernmental Affairs General Investigating & Ethics Oversight of Criminal Justice Redistricting Transportation (Chair) 81st Legislature Culture, Recreation & Tourism General Investigating & Ethics (Vice Chair) Oversight of Criminal Justice Transportation (Vice Chair) Transportation Funding, Select (Chair) 80th Legislature Culture, Recreation, & Tourism General Investigating & Ethics (Chair) Intermediate Care Facility Services, Select (Chair) Operation & Management of the Texas Youth Commission Private Participation in Toll Projects Transportation (Vice Chair) 79th Legislature Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Election Contests, Select Transportation (Vice Chair) 78th Legislature Construction-Related Workers' Comp, Select Election Contests, Select State Cultural and Recreational Resources Transportation (Vice Chair) Texas House Ethics Panel In November 2010, State Representative Bryan Hughes withdrew his support for a second term for moderate Republican Joe Straus of San Antonio as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Hughes charged that Straus was punishing intraparty conservative opponents with unfair redistricting. Hughes based his claim on a conversation with one of Straus' staffers. Hughes said that he was told two East Texas members were being especially earmarked through redistricting, then Representative-elect Erwin Cain of Sulphur Springs and Dan Flynn of Van. Representative Chuck Hopson of Jacksonville, a Democrat-turned-Republican and chairman of the House Ethics Committee, called upon Hughes to reveal the name of the informant. Under oath at his own request, Hughes identified the informant as Representative Phillips. Before the Ethics Committee, Phillips removed himself as a member for the duration of the hearing and denied Hughes's accusation. The phone conversation between Hughes and Phillips was not recorded. The committee did not reach a judgment because of the lack of corroborating witnesses. While in the legislature, he was the only Republican state lawmakers to support the Texas Sunset Commission, and he argued for the enhancement of toll roads. References Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Texas House of Representatives Category:Texas Republicans Category:People from Sherman, Texas Category:Baylor University alumni Category:University of Houston Law Center alumni Category:Texas lawyers Category:Texas state court judges Category:21st-century American politicians |
Jessie Creek (Nipissing District) Jessie Creek is a stream in geographic Strathcona Township of Temagami in Nipissing District of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Great Lakes Basin and is one of several streams that empty into Lake Temagami. Course The creek begins at an unnamed pond adjacent to the old Ferguson Highway and heads westward for where it flows under Highway 11. It then flows an additional to the northwest where it enters the northeastern end of Jessie Lake. The creek continues to flow northwards from the west end of Jessie Lake for , crossing Strathcona Road then emptying into Inlet Bay of Lake Temagami. See also List of creeks in Ontario References External links Category:Rivers of Temagami Category:Strathcona Township |
Masoprocol Masoprocol is an antineoplastic drug used to treat skin growths caused by sun exposure. A form of nordihydroguaiaretic acid that is taken by mouth is being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer. Also called nordihydroguaiaretic acid, NDGA, and actinex. Mechanism Nordihydroguaiaretic acid is an antioxidant, and it may block certain enzymes needed for tumor growth. It is a lipoxygenase inhibitor. References External links MedlinePlus Drug Information Actinex entry in the public domain NCI Cancer Dictionary Category:Antineoplastic drugs Category:Catechols |
Shahbuz District Shahbuz (; also known as Dereshahbuz and Shakhbuz) is a rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Shahbuz district was established in August 8, 1930. In the north and east, it is bordered by Armenia. The area of the district is . There are 1 city, 1 settlement and 22 villages within the district. The district capital is Şahbuz. General Information Covering 27 villages and plateaus of the Oyuqlucaqaya, Bazaryurd, Dərəbash, Qachdash, Nərkechi and Armudlu, the region of Dərəşahbuz was established in the 16th century and functioned up to 40th years of the 19th century. In 1925, it was named Narimanov District in the administrative-territorial unit of Nakhchivan (encompassing 30 villages). Since 1930, "Shahbuz" name has been restored. In 1963, the district was abolished and given to the Nakhchivan (since 1978, Babak) region. Since 1965, it has been an independent district. In 2007, the settlement of Shahbuz was given city status. In 2013, by decree of President of Azerbaijan Republic, Qarababa village was dissolved and added into the administrative territory of the city of Shahbuz. The population of the city is up to 5000. Shahbuz district is located in the north of NAR. It is a mountainous area. Salvarti (3162 m), Uchgardash (3156 m), and Kechaldagh (3115 m) are the highest points. Like the rest of the republic, many underground waters flow here, such as badamli, batabat, caravansarai, bichanak and other mineral waters. There are sulfur, construction materials, peat deposits. The district has the river Nakhchivanchay River and its tributaries - Kuku, Shahbuz, Salvarti - and Ganligol and Batabat Lakes. The mountains are heavily forested. "Badamli" resort was built near the Badamli mineral water plant. Etymology and history There are different versions of the etymology of the name of Shahbuz. Shahbuz (Շահպուզ) was historically inhabited by Armenians, dating back to the 10th century. Numerous khachkars and other signs of an Armenian past have been found in Shabuz, but the government of Azerbaijan have made recent attempts to erase any history that is associated with Armenians. At the historical sources, first time the name of "Shahbuz" can be found on the map which shows treasury of copper coins of the state of Eldiguzids and in the historical work of Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi "Zafarnama", historian of Amir Timur. Population According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of region recorded 25,1 thousand persons, which increased by 4.5 thousand persons (21.8 percent) from 20.6 thousand persons in 2000. 12,7 thousand of total population are men, 12,4 thousand are women. This indicator shows the number of people that live in this region in 2005: Notable natives Mammad Araz (14 October 1933, Nursu, Shahbuz District – 1 December 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), People's poet of Azerbaijan. Tagi Ahmedov, (born 1 February 1948, Güney Qışlaq, Shahbuz District) Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party in Yasamal District and former chief of Baku Subway. See also Shahbuz State Reserve External links District of Shahbuz References "Naxçıvan Ensiklopediyası" - 2 cilddə, II cild, Naxçıvan, 2005. Category:Districts of Azerbaijan Category:Subdivisions of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic |
Hellcats Hellcats is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that originally aired on The CW in the United States from September 8, 2010, to May 17, 2011. Based on the book Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders by journalist Kate Torgovnick, the series focuses in the lives of college cheerleaders, mainly Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka), a pre-law college student who has to join the cheerleading team, the Hellcats, in order to get the athletic scholarship she needs. The main cast also includes Ashley Tisdale, Robbie Jones, Heather Hemmens, Matt Barr, Gail O'Grady, and Sharon Leal. In May 2010, Hellcats had been picked by The CW for the fall 2010–11 season. Initially with a 13-episode order, The CW aired the series after America's Next Top Model on Wednesday nights. The pilot episode aired on September 8, 2010, and became the first premiere to ever match or build on an America's Next Top Model lead-in since The CW began in 2006. The CW later gave a full season order for the series, with executives saying they were "thrilled that it paid off for us". On May 17, 2011, The CW announced that Hellcats would not be renewed for the 2011 fall schedule. Hellcats has been described as "Election meets Bring It On" by critics. It received mixed reviews during its first season, obtaining a Metacritic weighted average score of 51 percent, based on the impression of 22 critics. The series also earned a nomination in the 2011 People's Choice Awards. Series overview Hellcats follows Marti Perkins, a pre-law college student at Lancer University, who lost her scholarship and has no other choice but to join the college's cheer squad, the Hellcats, in order to obtain a new one. There she meets her new roommate and team captain Savannah Monroe, the injured flyer Alice Verdura, her new partner Lewis Flynn and the Hellcats coach Vanessa Lodge who hopes to win nationals, otherwise the cheer leading program will be cut. All the while, Marti also has to deal with her financially unstable and sometimes irresponsible mother, Wanda Perkins, whom she often has to bail out of difficult situations, and her best friend Dan Patch. Cast and characters Marti Perkins (Aly Michalka) is the protagonist of the series and a townie from Memphis, Tennessee. Described as "wicked smart", she is a pre-law student at Lancer University. Her mother, Wanda Perkins (Gail O'Grady), works at the university pub and is a party girl who never grew up. Her mother's behavior is, for the most part, an embarrassment to Marti. When Lancer's administrative department cuts scholarships for Lancer employees and families, Marti learns she can get a new one by choosing one of Lancer's programs. She then auditions for a position on Lancer's cheerleading team, the Hellcats. Savannah Monroe (Ashley Tisdale), the captain of the Hellcats, is described as "peppy and petite" with a "fierce intensity". She initially clashes with Marti, but realizes she is the godsend that the Hellcats need to win the championship. She votes for Marti when the team has auditions for a new flyer. Savannah is from a very religious, upper-middle class southern family. After a fight with her family, she left the university she was attending, Memphis Christian, and transferred to secular Lancer. Her sister Charlotte, a recurring role played by Emma Lahana, is the captain of the Cyclones, the cheerleading team at Savannah's old school and a Hellcats' rival. Alice (Heather Hemmens) is dangerously narcissistic and after she injures her wrist, she dislikes the idea of Marti replacing her on the squad, or the attention Marti receives from Alice's |
ex-boyfriend, Lewis Flynn. Lewis (Robbie Jones) is one of the Hellcats' bases and is an easy-going guy who has a love for action. He was once a star on the Lancer football team but quit when he discovered a scandal of players being paid by the college. He tried out for the Hellcats team when his then-girlfriend Alice encouraged him to do so in order to gain scholarship money after the football scandal, and instantly became hooked. He has an instant attraction to Marti. They later start dating. Dan Patch (Matt Barr) is a townie who is Marti's friend. He had an unspoken crush on her but now is dating Savannah, Marti's new friend on the team. He's of Irish descent with at least six siblings. Vanessa Lodge (Sharon Leal) is a former Hellcat cheerleader who is now the team's coach. Her job is threatened if the Hellcats do not place at the national competition. Supporting cast includes Red Raymond (Jeff Hephner), the Lancer's football coach who shares a romantic past with Vanessa, and Derrick Altman (D. B. Woodside), a doctor who works at Lancer University and is now Vanessa's boyfriend. Bill Marsh (Aaron Douglas) is the college's athletic director who is still involved in a "pay for play" scandal with players that could get the school's programs (including the Hellcats) suspended. Morgan Pepper (Craig Anderson) is a pre-law student and Marti's classmate. He later befriends Marti and joins her to solve a legal case introduced by their teacher Julian (Gale Harold). Other Hellcats members include Darwin (Jeremy Wong), and Frankie (Alana Randall). Kathy (Magda Apanowicz) is a member of the Cyclones, usually called "Nasty Kathy". Production Development Hellcats is based on the book Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders by journalist Kate Torgovnick and the series has been described as "Election meets Bring It On". Actor Tom Welling teamed with Kevin Murphy to executive produce the series, which was initially given the name Cheer. The pilot episode was written by Murphy and directed by Allan Arkush. On May 18, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Entertainment Weekly reported that The CW had picked up the series for the 2010–2011 television season and confirmed that Paul Becker would be the head choreographer for the series. Tisdale's character was originally named Sierra Sloan but was renamed Savannah Monroe in the press release. While presenting its 2010–11 season schedule on May 21, 2010, The CW officially confirmed the pick up of the series and announced its intention to air Hellcats after America's Next Top Model on Wednesday nights. TV Guide reported that Ashley Tisdale is the best paid of the cast, earning $30,000 per episode during the first season of the series. During the 2010 Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles on July 29, 2010, producer Murphy said the series "was inspired by aspirational sports movies of the 1980s like Breaking Away, Vision Quest, and Pittsburgh-set Flashdance", and also added that "Hellcats is a show either for optimists or for people who are interested in learning the trade". Producer Welling said he was attracted to the series mainly because of the script, and he also felt the cheerleaders' world had not yet been tapped into on television. When asked why it picked up Hellcats, The CW replied saying the series is "one of the underdogs" and it liked the big production numbers. The filming of the pilot episode took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada between April 13–21, 2010. The filming of the next episodes of the first season began on July 14 in Vancouver. The cast had |
two weeks of rehearsal for the pilot episode but after the series' fall season pick up, they will only have a week to rehearse the dance numbers for each episode. Former Fame actress and choreographer Debbie Allen directed the episode "Pledging My Love". The CW Network attempted to break the Guinness World Records mark for the "Largest Cheerleading Dance" at a single venue by inviting cheerleading squads to participate in a five-minute choreographed Hellcats dance in September 2010. The mark was not broken as there were not enough cheerleaders present. Casting On March 8, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Aly Michalka and Gail O'Grady were the first actresses to be cast in the series. Michalka would play the lead role of Marti Perkins, a college girl who decided to join the Hellcats, and O'Grady was to portray Wanda Perkins, Marti's mother. The site later announced that actress Ashley Tisdale was cast as Savannah Monroe (then known as Sierra Sloane), the fiercely intense captain of the Hellcats. Matt Barr was cast as Dan Patch, a womanizer who quietly pines for Marti. On April 5, 2010, it was reported that actors Robbie Jones and Heather Hemmens were cast. Jones would portray the male lead, a cheerleading "base" who falls for Marti, and Hemmens to play a cheerleader sidelined with a wrist injury. On April 8, 2010, it was reported that actress Sharon Leal was cast as Vanessa Lodge, a former Hellcat star who now serves as the squad's coach. Elena Esovolva was cast as Patty "The Wedge" Wedgerman, a lesbian cheerleader and a base for the squad. On April 14, 2010, it was announced that Ben Browder was cast as Red Raymond, Lancer University's football coach. On May 21, 2010, it was announced that the role was being recast and possibly retooled as well, although Browder had already shot scenes for the pilot episode. Raymond's role was later given to Jeff Hephner. On July 13, one day before the beginning of filming, D. B. Woodside was cast as Derrick Altman, a "handsome young physician who takes care of the Hellcats cheerleaders". Producer Kevin Murphy confirmed that Gale Harold would guest star in the series as one of Marti's law professors. Michalka added that Harold would appear in the third episode of the first season and had a multiple-episode arc. In late November 2010, AJ Michalka was cast in a recurring role as a girl who works at a record store near Lancer University and befriends Marti. Camille Sullivan was added to the supporting cast in February 2011 to portray Red Reymond's ex-wife. On January 18, 2011, it was announced that Esovolova would not be returning to the show. Michalka has said that it was difficult for the writers to incorporate her storylines with the others. Music During the 2010 Television Critics Association press tour held in Los Angeles on July 29, 2010, lead actresses Michalka and Tisdale were asked about the idea of singing on the show. They stated that they plan to keep their music careers separate from the series, although Michalka advised that she would sing in the fourth episode. In addition to that, Michalka's band 78violet recorded "Belong Here", which served as the theme song for Hellcats. It was later released into digital stores. Executive producer Kevin Murphy confirmed in an interview that a soundtrack would be released for the series, which would include the theme song and other songs recorded for the series. He later added "So we are building a library of material. Once we have enough, we're gonna put it on iTunes and definitely do |
a soundtrack album." Songs covered for the series include "The Letter" originally by The Box Tops, Sting's "Brand New Day", Squeeze's "Tempted" and The Go-Go's hit "We Got the Beat". Canadian singer Fefe Dobson recorded "Rockstar", an exclusive song for the series that was played during the "A World Full of Strangers" episode. "Rockstar" was ultimately released on the iTunes Deluxe Edition of Dobson's album Joy. As previously promised by Murphy, a digital EP featuring five of the songs recorded for the series was released on November 30, 2010, via Warner Bros. Records. The first season of Hellcats also included live performances by guest musicians, including Hey Monday, Faber Drive, Fefe Dobson, 3OH!3 featuring Ashley Tisdale, Elise Estrada and Ciara. Episodes The first and only season of Hellcats consisted of 22 episodes. The pilot episode was broadcast on September 8, 2010. The initial order for the series was thirteen episodes. On September 23, 2010, due to successful ratings, The CW ordered six more scripts for the first season, although its production order was still at thirteen. On October 22, 2010, Variety announced that The CW had given a full season order for the series. The network said they took risks this year but they were "thrilled that they've paid off for us". Hellcats aired on Wednesdays at 9–10 pm until December 1, 2010, when the eleventh episode aired. Starting January 25, 2011, The CW moved Hellcats to Tuesday nights at 9–10 pm, following One Tree Hill. Reception Critical reception The show has received mixed reviews, with Metacritic giving it a score of 51 percent, based on reviews from 22 critics. It was praised and criticized by critics in several round-up reviews of 2010 in television. Los Angeles Times had a good first impression of the pilot episode, saying Hellcats has a predictable story but, on the other hand, Michalka and Tisdale seem perfect for their roles. The newspaper also wrote the cheerleading world portrayed in the series is a "fun and deep world to explore". The journal later gave a complete review of the series, comparing it to 1983's film Flashdance aimed squarely at audiences too young for Gossip Girl but too old for Hannah Montana. Verne Gay of Newsday praised Michalka's performance in the series, while The Hollywood Reporter praised the series itself and said it has "multilayered characters that defy expectations". Mara Reinstein of Us Weekly gave an early review of the first episode of the series, saying Hellcats has "plenty of winning elements" but added that the series lacks spirit. She also praised the performance and Marti's relationship with her mother. ABC News listed Hellcats as one of the ten best new shows of 2010's fall season and described the series as "almost laughably formulaic" and added it "works like a charm". Brian Lowry of Variety praised the series' promise, and said that the series has a Glee-like element in the script, while also criticizing Michalka and acclaiming O'Grady's performance. Lowry also added Hellcats premiere "isn't quite unabashedly trashy enough to completely qualify as a guilty pleasure". Curt Wagner of ChicagoNow said the series is predictable and has unrealistic situations, and criticized the lack of fun in the jokes. The journal also praised Tisdale's performance, claiming she was the one who made him laugh the most. Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times criticized Michalka's performance and called the series a "soft-porn music video for teenagers". Washington Post'''s Hank Stuever was critical about the pilot episode, describing it as "mean-spirited, painfully dumb and badly acted". He also wrote Hellcats is the opposite to Fox's Glee. Ratings The |
pilot episode "A World Full of Strangers" averaged a total of 3.0 million viewers and scored a 2.0 rating in the network's target audience of women 18–34, which marks the first premiere to ever match or build on an America's Next Top Model lead-in since The CW began. Hellcats also delivered the largest non-Top Model performance in The CW's Wednesday 9–10 pm time period in 3 years since the Gossip Girl series premiere. On September 10, the network aired an encore of the pilot episode which averaged a total of 2.42 million viewers and won the hour with adults 18–49.Hellcats delivered The CW's most watched Tuesday of the season with 2.2 million viewers watching "Papa, Oh Papa", its 12th episode and the first in its new Tuesday 9–10 pm timeslot. Ratings fell rapidly as the series progressed, with the nineteenth episode, "Before I Was Caught", hitting a series low, with less than a million viewers watching it on April 27, 2011. The finale was watched by 1.16 million viewers. The series averaged 2.11 million viewers with live +7 day DVR viewing. Awards and nominations Broadcast While presenting its 2010–11 season schedule on May 21, 2010, The CW announced its intention to air Hellcats in the United States after America's Next Top Model on Wednesday nights starting September 8, 2010, at 9 pm. The series moved to Tuesday nights in the 9–10 pm timeslot, starting with the twelfth episode. Hellcats'' has been syndicated for broadcast in several countries worldwide, including Australia, Canada, Greece, Ireland, Israel, United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain, the Arab World, Latin-America, New Zealand, and Denmark. Cancellation and possible reboot According to the producer, Tom Welling, he states that the reason of cancellation was due to the change of CW president of entertainment from Dawn Ostroff to Mark Pedowitz. He also said that there was a possibility of a reboot of the series with a new cast and cameos from the previous cast if enough fans continue to watch the original series on CW Seed. Streaming The series is available to stream on The CW's free digital-only network, CW Seed. References External links Category:2010 American television series debuts Category:2011 American television series endings Category:2010s American college television series Category:2010s American comedy-drama television series Category:2010s American teen drama television series Category:Aly & AJ Category:English-language television programs Category:Cheerleading television shows Category:The CW original programming Category:Teenage pregnancy in television Category:Television series by CBS Television Studios Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Category:Television series produced in Vancouver Category:Television shows set in Tennessee |
Macrobathra homocosma Macrobathra homocosma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1902. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Category:Macrobathra Category:Moths described in 1902 |
Obshchy Syrt Obshchy Syrt () is a highland ridge, or plateau (syrt), in the European part of Russia. It starts north of Orenburg as a branch of the Ural Mountains and runs in a southwesterly direction to the east bank of the Volga River. These highlands forms the watershed between the rivers Volga and Ural, and also forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. In the eastern parts, the Obshchy Syrt reaches heights of over 500 meters. The north slope of the Obshchy Syrt is covered by deciduous forests, while the southern slope towards the Caspian Depression has the characteristics of a steppe. Category:Plateaus of Russia Category:East European Plain |
2005 in Maximum Fighting Championship The year 2005 is the 5th year in the history of the Maximum Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Canada. In 2005 Maximum Fighting Championship held 1 event, MFC 8: Resurrection. Events list MFC 8: Resurrection MFC 8: Resurrection was an event held on September 9, 2005 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Results See also Maximum Fighting Championship List of Maximum Fighting Championship events References Category:Maximum Fighting Championship events Category:2005 in mixed martial arts |
Heroine of Hell Heroine of Hell is a 1996 film by Nietzchka Keene. It has a narrative combining medieval iconography with a present-day storyline and stars Catherine Keener and Dermot Mulroney. It was filmed on location in Miami and completed in 1995. It was distributed via PBS to member stations in 1996. External links Category:1996 films Category:Films shot in Florida Category:1990s drama films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:American drama films |
2019 Alaska mid-air collision On May 13, 2019, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane operated by Mountain Air Service collided with a Taquan Air de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbine Otter floatplane over George Inlet, Alaska, United States. The DHC-2 broke up in mid-air with the loss of the single pilot and all 4 passengers. The DHC-3 pilot was able to maintain partial control, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage in the collision and the subsequent forced landing; the pilot suffered minor injuries, 9 passengers suffered serious injuries, and 1 passenger was killed. Both aircraft were conducting sightseeing flights. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Aircraft The first accident aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane, FAA aircraft registration number N952DB, serial number 237, owned and operated by Mountain Air Service LLC. The second accident aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbine Otter floatplane, FAA number N959PA, serial number 159, owned by Pantechnicon Aviation Ltd. and operated by Taquan Air. Both aircraft were conducting local sightseeing flights of the Misty Fiords National Monument area for the benefit of passengers of a Princess Cruises cruise ship docked in Ketchikan, Alaska and were operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 135 as on-demand sightseeing flights. Neither aircraft carried, or was required to carry, a cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder. Crash Both aircraft were returning to Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base approximately 7 mi (11 km) southwest. The DHC-2 was flying at at an altitude of about mean sea level (MSL) while the DHC-3 was gradually descending at from an altitude of MSL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The DHC-3 was equipped with an Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) collision warning system, but the pilot did not perceive any ADS-B collision warnings before he saw a "flash" to his left, and the two aircraft collided at 12:21 PM local time at an altitude of about MSL. The DHC-3 pitched about 40 degrees nose down, but pilot was able to maintain partial control and perform a landing flare before touching down in George Inlet. The floats separated from the aircraft and it began to sink; the pilot and 9 passengers were able to evacuate to shore with the help of bystanders, but 1 passenger was trapped in the wreck. The DHC-3 came to rest under about 80 ft (24 m) of water. The DHC-2 broke up in mid-air, creating an approximately 2,000 ft by 1,000 ft (610 m by 305 m) debris field about 1.75 mi (2.82 km) southwest of the DHC-3 crash site. The DHC-2 fuselage, empennage, and cabin structure were separated from one another, and the right wing showed damage consistent with propeller impacts. Passengers and crew The DHC-3 airline transport pilot sustained minor injuries, 9 passengers sustained serious injuries, and 1 passenger sustained fatal injuries; the DHC-2 pilot and 4 passengers suffered fatal injuries. 6 injured victims were admitted to a local hospital and 4 others were evacuated to Seattle. 2 bodies were not recovered until the following day. Investigation The NTSB immediately began an investigation of the accident. Aftermath The deceased DHC-2 pilot was also co-owner of Mountain Air Service and the company canceled all operations after the crash. Taquan Air Flight 20 crashed one week later on 20 May and the airline suspended all flights the following day. Amid increased oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Taquan resumed limited cargo service on 23 May, scheduled passenger flights on 31 May, and on-demand sightseeing tours on June 3. References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the |
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Lincoln DeWitt Lincoln DeWitt (born April 24, 1967) is an American skeleton racer who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. A native of Syracuse, New York, who also grew up in Pownal, Vermont, DeWitt graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an economics degree. He also finished fifth in the men's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. DeWitt also won the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title in 2000-1. References 2002 men's skeleton results ESPN The Magazine February 18, 2002 article on the US skeleton team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987. Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989 Skeletonsport.com profile Dave Jereckie: the most highly qualified cross-country ski teacher one will likely ever encounter Category:1967 births Category:American male skeleton racers Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Syracuse, New York Category:Sportspeople from Vermont Category:Skeleton racers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Olympic skeleton racers of the United States |
Candidates of the 1999 Victorian state election This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1999 Victorian state election. The election was held on 18 September 1999. Retiring Members Labor Neil Cole MLA (Melbourne) David Cunningham MLA (Melton) Demetri Dollis MLA (Richmond) Eddie Micallef MLA (Springvale) Jan Wilson MLA (Dandenong North) Tayfun Eren MLC (Doutta Galla) Caroline Hogg MLC (Melbourne North) Jean McLean MLC (Melbourne West) Pat Power MLC (Jika Jika) Barry Pullen MLC (Melbourne) Liberal Geoff Coleman MLA (Bennettswood) Phil Gude MLA (Hawthorn) Paul Jenkins MLA (Ballarat West) David Perrin MLA (Bulleen) Jim Plowman MLA (Evelyn) Tom Reynolds MLA (Gisborne) Ian Smith MLA (Polwarth) Alan Stockdale MLA (Brighton) Marie Tehan MLA (Seymour) Jan Wade MLA (Kew) Dick de Fegely MLC (Ballarat) Ron Wells MLC (Eumemmerring) Rosemary Varty MLC (Silvan) National Bill McGrath MLA (Wimmera) John McGrath MLA (Warrnambool) Legislative Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. Legislative Council Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. References Victorian Electoral Commission Official Results Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive Victoria Category:Candidates for Victorian state elections |
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2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship The 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship was the fourteenth edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, held in Varaždin and Koprivnica, Croatia from 9 to 19 August 2018. Qualified teams Draw The draw was held on 25 January 2018 in Zagreb. Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2). Group A Group B Group C Group D Intermediate round Group I1 Group I2 Main round Group M1 Group M2 Final round Bracket Championship bracket 9th place bracket 5th place bracket 13th place bracket 13–16th place semifinals 9–12th place semifinals 5–8th place semifinals Semifinals 15th place game 13th place game Eleventh place game Ninth place game Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final Final ranking Awards All-Star Team References External Links Official website EHF Category:European Men's U-18 Handball Championship European U-18 Handball Championship European U-18 Handball Championship European U-18 Handball Championship European U-18 Handball Championship European U-18 Handball Championship |
Comb Sister Comb Sister is a kind of Chinese traditional women culture, which refers to a culture that some women set up their hairstyle like married women with determination to stay single all their life. Those women are called the Net Female after they die. In the past, unmarried women who were from the Pearl River delta like Guangzhou, Heyuan cities had hairstyle of long braids. And when they got married, their mother would help them to rolled their braids into a ball because that was married women's hairstyle. However, Comb female would change their hairstyle into a bun on their own to show their determination that they would never get married until they died. Origin of Comb Sister The origin of the Comb Sister was the result of rigid feudal system in ancient China. At that time, many women could not stand being abused by their husbands, therefore, they refused to get married and decided to stay with partners to support each other till they died. The custom of the Comb Sister had kept more than 300 years under the oppression of the feudal system, and it was up to world in mid and late Ming dynasty since the rise of the silk industry provided women with work opportunities. In the 1930s, along with improvement of women's social status and the impact of war, Comb Sister gradually fade away. History of Comb Sister In the very beginning, being a comb sister had its special ceremony. Firstly, some villagers with high reputation would represent the whole village to choose the "Lucky Day and Lucky Time"(great privilege)to hold the ceremony. And as the lucky time comes, several elder women would host the "Comb" ceremony, there the women who wanted to become comb sisters will change their hairstyle with a promise that they would never get married. And in the same day, the whole village would set tables to announce the decision to their friends and the public. Until the 1930s, with the decline of silk industry in the Pearl River Delta, young women heard that they could get the higher income if they worked in South Asia, so they called their friends to go there for earning a living. In order to earn more money, many women who have worked in South Asia for many years have never talked about the marriage. Ever since The revolution of 1911 and the establishment of the Republic of China, the feudal system and customs broke down, and the custom of comb sister had declined. In the early years of the Republic of China, the whole China's silk industry collapsed, which resulted in that the comb female cannot earn their livings, therefore, some of them chose to go to Hong Kong as house maids. Today's Hong Kong Tsat Tsz Mui Road also originated from those comb sister. Customs of Comb Sister- The Custom of Grave Keeping Once women determined to change their hairstyle to become comb sisters,they had no choice to turn back. What was more, if they broke their promise, they would be tortured by their villagers such as being loaded in to a pig cage and being drown in to the river. However, even they died, it was still not unacceptable for their parents to bury them. According to the old custom, comb sisters were not allowed to die in their home or other relatives' homes. They could only be buried out of their village. Worse still, only other comb sisters could visit the grave, hence, some of them become their friends' grave keepers, and that was the custom we call "Grave Keeping |
". Museum of Comb Sister Bingyu Museum, located in Jun'an, Shunde. It is a two-story building with left, middle and right three underground blocks. In a middle block people set a statue of Avalokitesvara and in the left and right blocks there are some tablets of dead comb sisters . Besides, the second floor is the room where comb sisters live. The whole building takes about five hundred square meters and covers an area of nearly two acres. Bingyu Museum was officially opened to the public on 25 December 2012. References Category Chinese culture Culture of Hong Kong Lingnan Category:Chinese architectural history Category:Architecture of China Category:Chinese culture |
Jim Geovedi Jim Geovedi (born 28 June 1979), is an IT security expert from Indonesia who focuses on the discovery of computer and network security vulnerabilities. BBC News described him as a guy who "doesn't look like a Bond villain... but possesses secrets that some of them might kill for". Career Information security Geovedi co-founded and ran several IT security consulting companies. In 2001, he co-founded C2PRO Consulting, providing general IT consulting mostly for government agencies and, in 2004, co-founded Bellua Asia Pacific, (renamed Xynexis International later in 2010) and Noosc Global, a managed security services company. He was part of hackers group that began in 1996 called w00w00, where he met the future co-founder of Bellua, Anthony Zboralski. He is currently based in London and has been interviewed on issues including: satellite security system, banking security and law enforcement. Music Geovedi is also a professional DJ and music producer currently signed with Elektrax Recordings, a Sydney-based Techno label. Discography (as Jim Geovedi) Singles Rontok, Elektrax, 2010 Good, Elektrax, 2011 Remixes Minimalistik – Quasar (Jim Geovedi Remix), BDivision, 2010 Neat – Taipei (Jim Geovedi Remix), BDivision, 2010 Simone Barbieri Viale – So You (Jim Geovedi Remix), Elektrax, 2010 DJ Hi-Shock – Asama Express (Jim Geovedi Remix), Elektrax, 2011 Discography (with SEGO) Singles Jakarta To Tokyo, Plus Tokyo, 2008 Bisikan Hati, BDivision, 2009 Tarian Hujan, BDivision, 2009 Flu Pagi, Plus Tokyo, 2009 Trompetz, Backs/ash, 2009 Tarian Hujan, BDivision, 2009 A.S.A.L.F.O.K.A.L., Beatworks, 2009 Playboy Duren Tiga, Cutz, 2009 Darto Helm, SEGO, 2009 Muke Loe Bapuk, SEGO, 2009 Perut Buncit, SEGO, 2009 Rocker Gagal, BDivision, 2009 ADM/LSD/THC, SEGO, 2009 Babon Botak, SEGO, 2009 Sebisanya, LeftRight Sound, 2017 Melapar, Android Muziq, 2017 Misbar, Asia Music, 2017 Remixes Shin Nishimura – Fukafunkacid (SEGO ‘Miyabimania’ Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2008 Da Others – Viva La Vida! (SEGO ‘Mi Vida Loca’ Remix), Pilot6 Recordings, 2009 Mehdi D Vs. TheCrosh – Roda (SEGO ‘Roda Gila’ Remix), Cutz, 2009 Tarot – Substance (SEGO Remix), TKC Music, 2009 Alejandro Roman – Un Segundo De Tu Vida (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009 Alejandro Roman – El Mundo Del Infinito (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009 Andrea Saenz & Sebastian Reza – Sevilla! (SEGO Remix), Nine Records, 2009 Tatsu Mihara – Comet (SEGO ‘Minimal Object’ Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2009 Mhonoral – Voison (SEGO ‘Deus Ex Machina’ Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2009 J.NO – No More Breath (SEGO Remix), BDivision, 2009 Timmo – Shumminal (SEGO ‘Gitar Karatan’ Remix + Dub), BDivision, 2009 Mario Roberti – Slave (Sego Birahi Tinggi Remix), BDivision, 2009 Simone Barbieri Viale – Sunset (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009 Simone Barbieri Viale – City Jungle (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009 Diego Poblets – Massive Shock (SEGO Remix), Cutz, 2009 Baramuda & Ginkel – Do It Wrong (Sego ‘Hit The Brick Wall’ Remix), Cutz, 2009 Ilya Mosolov, Spacebird (SEGO Re-Busted), Cold Busted, 2009 Ilya Mosolov, Light of Paradise (SEGO Re-Busted), Cold Busted, 2009 Ilya Mosolov, Pax (SEGO Re-Busted), Cold Busted, 2009 So Hattori, Tarot – No Limit (SEGO ‘Nambah Dua’ Remix), TKC Music, 2009 Grunjah – Tighten Your Wings (SEGO ‘Too Tight’ Remix), Quimika, 2009 Marlon D & Pete Lopez – She’s Obsessed (SEGO Remix), TKC Music, 2009 So Hattori & Tarot – No Limit (SEGO ‘Nambah Satu’ Remix), TKC Music, 2010 Shin Nishimura – Phycedelic Technelic (SEGO Remix), Plus Tokyo, 2010 SEGO – Magic Buffer (SEGO Remix), TKC Music, 2010 Personal life Geovedi was born in Bandarlampung, Lampung, Indonesia. After graduating high from school (1998-1999), he found himself living on the street without steady work. He later managed to teach himself computer security and programming, despite lacking formal education in the field. Media often use him as |
an example of how people can become successful in the IT industry by relying on their empirical knowledge and acumen, even without holding university degrees. He is an Arsenal fan. He is also a fan of death metal and grindcore music. In an interview with Beritagar in 2013, Geovedi revealed that he is a fan of Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Cannibal Corpse and Deicide. References External links Jim Geovedi's personal website Category:Computer security specialists Category:Living people Category:1979 births |
HMS Adamant (1780) HMS Adamant was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth rate warship of the British Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned thirty years. Built during the American War of Independence she spent the last three years of the war off the American coast, and saw action at the Battle of Cape Henry and at the Battle of the Chesapeake. The years of peace were spent either in the Caribbean or off Nova Scotia, before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars saw her commissioned for service in the Leeward Islands and off the British coast. It was while serving in British waters that she became caught up in the mutiny at the Nore. As one of only two two-decker ships to remain in action during the mutiny she had to maintain the Dutch blockade by creating the illusion of being part of a larger fleet, which she managed successfully. Adamant then went on to fight at the Battle of Camperdown, after which she moved to the English Channel, and then the Indian Ocean via the Cape of Good Hope. Here she took part in the destruction of the French commerce raider Preneuse, and in her later years captured a number of privateers. She became a receiving ship and flagship of a port admiral during the last years of the Napoleonic Wars, until being broken up in June 1814. Design and construction Adamant was one of eleven ships built to a 1767 design by John Williams, and one of five ordered between 1775-6. She was ordered from Peter Baker, of Liverpool, on 13 November 1776, and laid down on 6 September 1777. The ship was launched on 24 January 1780, and completed between 13 June and 12 August 1780 at Plymouth. Her initial cost was £16,313.13.10d, rising to £27,497.3.0d when the cost of fitting her out was included. Career North America Adamant was commissioned in November 1779 under the command of Captain Gideon Johnstone, and sailed for North America on 13 August 1780. She was with Vice-Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot's squadron at the Battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781, and then at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781. Johnstone was succeeded by Captain David Graves in February 1782, while Adamant was still in North America, after which she returned to Britain as a convoy escort in December 1782. The ship was then paid off in April 1783 and refitted for foreign service between May and September that year. Adamant recommissioned in June 1783 under Captain William Kelly, and on the completion of her refit, sailed to the Leeward Islands in November, where she spent the next three years as the flagship of Admiral Sir Richard Hughes. She was paid off again in September 1786 and underwent a great repair, followed by being fitted out as the flagship at Sheerness from August 1787 to May 1789. Adamant was recommissioned in February 1789 by Captain David Knox, after which Admiral Hughes again hoisted his flag in her and sailed her to Nova Scotia in June. From January 1792 the ship was under Captain Charles Hope, until returning to Britain in June that year and being paid off. French Revolutionary Wars Adamant was at first fitted for reserve duty in July 1792, but with the outbreak of war with Revolutionary France in April 1793 she was hurriedly recommissioned, at first under Captain William Bentinck and at some point in 1794 William Mitchell was her acting-captain. From June 1794 she was under Captain Henry |
D'Esterre Darby. Darby took Adamant back to the Leeward Islands in September 1794, and by April 1796 Adamant was serving with George Vandeput's squadron. Captain Henry Warre took command in November 1796, and was succeeded by Captain William Hotham on 11 January 1797. Mutiny at the Nore, and Camperdown Adamant was based at the Nore, operating in the North Sea and blockading the Dutch fleet at the Texel with Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet. In May 1797 mutiny broke out among the ships at the Nore, following on from one at Spithead earlier in the year. Of the two-decker ships of the fleet, only the crews of Duncan's flagship , and Hotham's crew aboard Adamant remained loyal. With only two ships available to blockade the Dutch, Duncan and Hotham took their ships out to sea, remaining in sight of the Dutch coast and for several weeks implied by false signals and manoeuvres, that the rest of the fleet was just over the horizon. Convinced by the impersonation that the blockade was still in force, the Dutch remained in port. Duncan and Hotham were later reinforced by the Russian squadron based at Harwich, and then by ships deserting the mutiny one by one. Adamant then fought as part of Duncan's fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. The battle was a decisive victory for the British over the Dutch, led by Admiral Jan Willem de Winter, with Adamant escaping sustaining any casualties. Adamant was then attached to Sir Richard Strachan's squadron patrolling off Le Havre, after which she and Hotham were sent with a convoy to the Cape of Good Hope in October 1798. Indian Ocean While operating in the Indian Ocean, on 25 April 1799 Adamant, , and recaptured as she lay at anchor under the guns of the battery at Connonies-Point, Île de France. The French frigate had captured Chance in [[]Balasore Roads]]. She was carrying a cargo of rice. The squadron also recaptured another ship that a French privateer had captured in the Bay of Bengal. Lastly, after the French had driven the American ship Pacific onshore at River Noir, the British sent in their boats and removed much of her cargo of bale goods and sugar. The British then set Pacific on fire. Then Adamant and Tremendous, under Captain John Osborn. encountered the French commerce raider Preneuse, under Captain Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite, off Port Louis, Île de France on 11 December 1799. In the ensuing Battle of Port Louis they chased her, forcing her to run ashore three miles from Port Louis, but under the cover of French shore batteries. Hotham took Adamant in close, and tried to work up to the grounded frigate, coming under heavy fire from the batteries and Preneuse as he did so. After a period of exchanging fire, Adamant forced Preneuse to strike. That evening three boats carrying men from Adamant and Tremendous boarded Preneuse, despite coming under heavy fire from the batteries. They captured the remaining French crew, including Captain l'Hermite, and removed as much of their captives' private property as they could. They then set fire to Preneuse and returned to their ships without the loss of a single man. In July 1800, Curtis sent Adamant, , , and to blockade Isle de France and Bourbon. They remained until October and during this period shared in the proceeds of several captures. Spanish ship Edouard(August). This vessel may actually have been a French ship of 300 tons (bm), carrying naval stores, wine, brandy, and the like from Bordeaux to Isle de France. French brig Paquebot (August). She had been sailing |
from Isle de France to Bourbon with a cargo of wine and goods from India. Spanish brig Numero Sete (August). Numero Septo had been sailing from Montevideo to Isle de France with a cargo of soap, tallow, candles, and provisions. French brig Mouche and part of the cargo and materials from the wreck of the brig Uranie (September). Hotham remained off South Africa and in the Indian Ocean until being recalled to Britain. Adamant escorted a convoy in September 1801, arriving in Britain on 14 December 1801. Napoleonic Wars Adamant spent between May 1803 and August 1804 under repair at Chatham Dockyard, before recommissioning in June under Captain George Burlton. On 13 April 1805 Adamant and captured the 4-gun privateer Alert, and in October 1805 command passed to Captain John Stiles. Stiles escorted a convoy of East Indiamen in 1806, and on 6 May captured the Spanish 26-gun privateer Nuestra Señora de los Dolores off the Cape of Good Hope. On 17 June 1807 he added another prize to his total, capturing the 1-gun privateer Bueno Union while serving on the Jamaica station. Stiles was succeeded by Captain Micaiah Macbon in October 1807, and Adamant returned to the Jamaica station the following year. By early 1809 she was back in Britain, and spent the period between April and July 1809 being fitted at Chatham for service as a receiving ship at Leith. She was recommissioned in May 1809 under Captain John Sykes and in August took part in the Scheldt operations. Captain Matthew Buckle took command in August 1810, and remained Adamants captain for the next three years, which she spent as flagship of Rear-Admiral Robert Otway, and as a receiving ship at Leith. As the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close the ship was laid up in ordinary at Sheerness in 1814, and then broken up there in June 1814. Notes References Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Category:1780 ships Category:Ships built in Merseyside |
2014–15 A-League The 2014–15 A-League was the 38th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 10th season of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. Brisbane Roar were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season commenced on 10 October 2014 and concluded on 26 April 2015. The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015. The season was suspended from 9–24 January in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia. The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015, with Melbourne Victory claiming their third Championship with a 3–0 win against Sydney FC. The season marked the first year that the team formerly known as Melbourne Heart competed as Melbourne City after the club's renaming in June 2014. Clubs Personnel and kits Transfers Managerial changes Foreign players The following do not fill a Visa position: 1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix); 2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team; 3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players; 4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games) Salary cap exemptions and captains Regular season League table Results Positions by round Finals series Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final Statistics Top goalscorers Own goals Hat-tricks Player came on as substitute. Clean sheets NB - Additional clean sheets were kept by Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory, however these are not listed due to goalkeeper substitutions. Attendances By club These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances. By round Top 10 season attendances Club membership Awards NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U-23 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2014–15 competition, based on a monthly nominee. End of season awards The following end of the season awards were announced at the Hyundai A-League & Westfield W-League 2014–15 Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 11 May 2015. Johnny Warren Medal – Nathan Burns, Wellington Phoenix NAB Young Footballer of the Year – James Jeggo, Adelaide United Nike Golden Boot Award – Marc Janko, Sydney FC (16 goals) Goalkeeper of the Year – Eugene Galekovic, Adelaide United Manager of the Year – Kevin Muscat, Melbourne Victory Fair Play Award – Wellington Phoenix Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett Goal of the Year – Tarek Elrich, Adelaide United (Adelaide United v Melbourne City, 25 April 2015) Joe Marston Medal – Mark Milligan See also 2014–15 Adelaide United FC season 2014–15 Brisbane Roar FC season 2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season 2014–15 Melbourne City FC season 2014–15 Melbourne Victory FC season 2014–15 Newcastle Jets FC season 2014–15 Perth Glory FC season 2014–15 Sydney FC season 2014–15 Wellington Phoenix FC season 2014–15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season Notes References Category:A-League seasons A League 1 1 |
Latkowo, Radziejów County Latkowo () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osięciny, within Radziejów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Osięciny, east of Radziejów, and south of Toruń. References Category:Villages in Radziejów County |
Laney Amplification Laney Amplification is a British designer and manufacturer of guitar amplifiers, bass guitar amplifiers, cabinets, and public address systems. Laney Amplification does not sell directly to the public, instead dealing with distributors and retailers. History Laney Amplification was founded in 1967 by Lyndon Laney while playing bass guitar in Band of Joy. Lyndon’s intense interest in electronics, paired with his lack of funds to purchase a proper amplifier, led to his building what would become the first Laney amp in his father’s garage. As word spread of the tone supplied by Lyndon’s amplifiers, he was able to supplement his income with amp sales to many local musicians, including Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath. When the Laney signature tone was heard on Black Sabbath’s seminal debut album in 1970, demand became too high for the new company’s manufacturing facilities. Laney began manufacturing in the Digbeth quarter of Birmingham temporarily, but ultimately settled in Cradley Heath, where they stayed until 2004 when they again moved to larger facilities in Halesowen. From the late ‘60s through much of the ‘70s, Laney focused primarily on their flagship LA100BL model amplifier and their KLIPP series amplifiers. The KLIPP series integrated a treble booster, similar to the Dallas Rangemaster used by countless rock and blues guitarists of the day. As the 1980s began, there was an increased demand for overdrive and gain from amplifier manufacturers. Laney entered the market with their infamous AOR (Advanced Overdrive Response) series, offering an extra gain stage built in. This was particularly innovative as competitors such as Marshall would require extensive modification to achieve this sound. These amps were popular with such players as Randy Rhoads, Vinnie Moore, George Lynch, and Ace Frehley. Since the early ‘90s, these AOR amps have become a staple of the stoner rock and doom metal tone palette. The 1990s found Laney building on their reputation for innovation with such products as the VC line of amps, which were combo units reminiscent of the Vox AC series, but with built in effects and advanced features. Their now classic VH100R, as well as the GH50L and GH100L head units were also introduced during this time period, gaining acclaim with such devotees as Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, John 5, and Joe Satriani. Laney also introduced Tony Iommi’s first signature amplifier, the GH100TI, in 1995. In the new millennium, Laney has introduced several innovative product lines. These include the TT series, which combined the sounds of their classic rock heads with modern MIDI integration. Also introduced were the NEXUS series bass amplifiers, the retro styled Lionheart range, and the CUB series of lower wattage, economy amplifiers. In 2012 Laney introduced the new Tony Iommi signature amplifier series, which includes a 100-watt head, 4x12” cabinet, and a 15-watt 1x12” combo unit. They also unveiled their highly acclaimed Ironheart series, which caters to metal guitarists. In early 2016 Laney Amplification produced several reproductions of its flagship LA100BL amplifier at the request of Tony Iommi and his guitar Tech Mike Clement. 13 amplifiers were reproduced in honor of Black Sabbath's 13 album. These reproduction amplifiers were used on Black Sabbath's "The End" Tour in 2016 for the older songs that were originally recorded using the Laney LA100BL amplifiers. References External links Laney Amplification NAMM Oral History Interview with Lyndon Laney January 16, 2010 Category:Audio equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom Category:Guitar amplifier manufacturers |
Jefferson Township, Ringgold County, Iowa Jefferson Township is a township in Ringgold County, Iowa, USA. References Category:Ringgold County, Iowa Category:Townships in Iowa |
Yahoo! Tech Yahoo! Tech is a technology news web site operated by Yahoo!. Former Yahoo! Tech The site, which was the first new product from the Santa Monica, California-based Yahoo! Media Group, featured a selection of original, licensed, and user-generated content, along with product ratings and reviews for thousands of tech products across 19 product categories. Plus, the site could be personalized using its "My Tech" feature, which allows users to save products that they own and would like to research in the future. The site's original content included a weekly web-based reality show called Hook Me Up, where Yahoo! users got a tech makeover—as well as four featured "Yahoo! Tech Advisors," who blogged about how gadgets and current technology affect their lives from the four very different demographic segments (The Mom, The Techie Diva, The Working Guy, and the Boomer.) Yahoo! Tech's content partners included Consumer Reports, Wiley Publishing's For Dummies series, and McGraw-Hill; and it incorporated Yahoo!'s community, search, and shopping services. Former Yahoo! Tech Bloggers Gina Hughes Christopher Null Ben Patterson Becky Worley Alexander Yoon Robin Raskin Dory Devlin Tom Samiljan Modern Yahoo! Tech Re-established Q1 2014, David Pogue, who joined Yahoo! after being asked by CEO Marissa Mayer, and his team deliver news on the changing trends of technology in a jargon-free manner. External links Yahoo! Tech site "Hook Me Up"at Yahoo! Tech Yahoo! Tech's "Tech Advisors" A video tour of the web site Article in Newsweek Article in The New York Times Article, in The Los Angeles Times Tech news|News websites Category:Computer-related introductions in 2006 |
Monmouth Hawks women's basketball The Monmouth Hawks women's basketball team represents Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. History Monmouth began play in 1982. They played in the Cosmopolitan Conference from 1982 to 1986. In 1983, the Hawks went 14–14 while winning the Cosmopolitan Conference and getting the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. That year, they won the Opening round game versus Dartmouth 77–58 to advance to the First Round. They lost 107–35 to Cheyney. This remains their only NCAA Tournament appearance. They joined the ECAC Metro in 1986, which rebranded as the Northeast Conference in 1988. The Hawks won the NEC tournament in 1987 going 16–0 in conference play while beating Fairleigh Dickinson 92–65 for their first (and so far only) conference tournament title. However, they did not go to the NCAA Tournament due to the conference not having an automatic bid to the tournament until 1994. In 1988, they won the regular season title again with a 16–0 record, but they lost to Robert Morris 63–60 in the final. The Hawks left the conference for the MAAC after the 2012–13 season. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Hawks have an all-time record of 520–473. NCAA Division I appearances The Hawks have made one NCAA Division I Tournament appearance. They have a record of 1–1. References External links * |
The Young Riders The Young Riders is an American western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders (some of whom are young versions of legendary figures in Old West history) based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War. The series premiered on ABC on September 20, 1989 and ran for three seasons until the final episode aired on July 23, 1992. Production Filming of the original pilot for the series took place in California. After the ABC network picked it up, the series production moved to Tucson, Arizona, with filming in "Mescal", a western-themed movie town operated by Old Tucson Studios. Before the series premiere, producers of the 1988 film Young Guns filed a lawsuit against ABC and the series producers, claiming the series title combined with its plot infringed on their trademark. In the second season, Don Franklin joined the cast to portray the character Noah Dixon. In doing so, he became the third African-American actor to hold a starring role in a television western – after Raymond St. Jacques, who had co-starred on the final season of Rawhide as cattle drover Simon Blake (1965) and Otis Young, who co-starred with Don Murray on the short-lived (1968–69) TV series The Outcasts. Having never ridden a horse before, Franklin was sent to "Cowboy Camp" for 3–4 days where he learned how to mount and dismount, and the basics of riding. Desiring to also work behind the cameras, Franklin talked with producers about writing and directing an episode for the series. In an interview, he noted that the series producers were very receptive and was regularly encouraging the cast to not only make suggestions, but also follow through with them. When the cast noted that they didn't like the series becoming a "guest-villain-of-the-week", it was changed to refocus back on the individual characters and their relationships with each other. Franklin himself also encouraged that more black characters be included in the series. Characters Aloysius "Teaspoon" Hunter (Anthony Zerbe) A former Texas Ranger and one of the few survivors of the Battle of the Alamo. A colorful yet immensely wise character, Teaspoon can be a tough task master but he cares about all of his riders. The Kid (Ty Miller) A soft-spoken southerner. He loves his horse, Katy, whom he purchased by winning the money to buy her in a boxing match. He is the first of the riders to learn that Lou is a girl, and he falls in love with her. William F. Cody (Stephen Baldwin) Buffalo Bill is arrogant, brash, and a bit on the goofy side, but also devoted to his friends. He is an excellent shot with long arms such as rifles. James Butler Hickok (Josh Brolin) Wild Bill is hot-tempered and quick to go for his gun. He is a fast draw and gains a reputation as a gunslinger that he doesn't particularly want as it causes people to come challenge him. His temper frequently gets him in trouble, though Teaspoon and Sam try to help him learn to control it. Buck Cross (Running Buck) (Gregg Rainwater) A half-Kiowa who is close friends with Ike. Buck helps break down stereotypes that the townsfolk have of Indians in the area. Louise "Lou" McCloud (Yvonne Suhor) Lou presents herself as a man so that she can join the riders. The Kid finds Lou out in the first episode, and the other riders when they help her rescue her brother and sister from their abusive outlaw |
father. She eventually falls in love with and marries The Kid. Sam Cain (Brett Cullen) Season 1 The current marshal of Sweetwater, and a former gunslinger. He is in love with Emma and she finally marries him at the end of Season 1. Because of his own past, Sam tries to help Hickok deal with his growing gunslinger reputation. Ike McSwain (Travis Fine) Ike is mute and bald, but that doesn't keep him from being an excellent rider. He is particularly close to Buck, who taught him sign language. Ike can be very passionate about protecting people. Noah Dixon (Don Franklin) Seasons 2-3 A free-born black man who joins the Riders in the second season. Emma Shannon (Melissa Leo) Season 1 The caretaker of the station and the riders. Though she can be just as tough as Teaspoon when the riders do wrong, she tries to be a mother to them all. She is in love with Marshal Cain, but because of her past, she hesitated to marry him until the end of the first season. Jesse James (Christopher Pettiet) Season 3 A young boy who joins the riders in the third season. Rachel Dunn (Clare Wren) Seasons 2-3 Rachel takes on the role of station caretaker after Emma leaves. Guest stars Many prominent actors guest-starred on the show, including Mitchell Ryan, Rob Estes, Chris Penn, Lloyd Bochner, Jay O. Sanders, Ted Shackelford, Roger Rees, James Gammon, Meg Foster, Albert Salmi, Kelli Williams, Fisher Stevens, Della Reese, Melissa Michaelsen, David Carradine, Stacy Keach Sr., Pernell Roberts, David Soul, Cynthia Nixon, Richard Roundtree, Buck Taylor, Nick Ramus, Jamie Walters, Frances Fisher, Noble Willingham, James Cromwell, William Russ, John Slattery, Rebecca Staab, Peter MacNicol, Tim Thomerson, Stan Shaw, Bart the Bear, Brian Keith, Park Overall, Brian Bonsall, John Schuck, Gloria Reuben, Khrystyne Haje, Gary Sandy, John DeLancie, Tammy Grimes, Frederic Forrest, William Sanderson, Sydney Walsh, Cassie Yates, Robert Clohessy, and Jenny O'Hara Reception In its first year on the air, The Young Riders was plagued by low ratings. In November 1989, it ranked 60th out of 84 programs for its time slot in the Nielsen ratings. In its second season, the series was given a new timeslot and made a dramatic turn around, winning its time slot five out of its first seven weeks, and consistently outperformed the other critically acclaimed shows on the night China Beach and Twin Peaks. Though still only ranked 57th in the Nielsen Ratings, it began building a "small, but loyal" following among teens and young adults. Diane Holloway of the Austin American-Statesman felt it offered a new take on the standard Western, and praised the series for its "beautiful" cinematography. The Philadelphia Inquirers Ken Tucker heavily criticized the series when it premiered considering it "one of the season's most pretentious bombs" and feeling "everything about [it] is overdone" including the acting. Considering it a rip off of the films Young Guns and The Long Riders, Tucker considered the series failed at period authenticity and thought the riders dressed no different from 1980s young adults. Writing for The Atlanta Journal, Phil Kloer agreed with Tucker, also calling the series a rip off of Young Guns. Kloer considered the pilot to be "not particularly good or bad", and felt the series was doomed to fail quickly. He did, however, praise the series cinematography as being "more like a film than a TV series, very beautiful with lots of soft light". Ron Miller of TV Weekly, however, praised the series when it was released. As it entered its second season, he renewed his praise, noting the more successful series |
was now "thumbing its nose at all the prognosticators" who had considered it unlikely to succeed. Home media MGM released the first season of The Young Riders as a single Region 1 DVD box set on March 21, 2006. The season 1 set was released to Region 2 (Europe) on January 15, 2007. TGG Direct released season 3 on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time on January 29, 2013. They also re-released the first season on the same day. Season 2 was released on October 22, 2013. However, due to clearance issues, the episodes "Born to Hang," "Bad Company," "Blood Money," and "Littlest Cowboy" were excluded. Another Season 2 set was released in 2014. In addition to the four episodes excluded from the 2013 release, the 2014 set also excludes the episodes "Dead Ringer" and "The Play's the Thing". References External links The Young Riders Italia Category:1989 American television series debuts Category:1992 American television series endings Category:1980s American television series Category:1990s American television series Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming Category:English-language television programs Category:Cultural depictions of Buffalo Bill Category:Cultural depictions of Jesse James Category:Television series by MGM Television Category:Television shows set in Wyoming Category:Television shows set in Nebraska Category:Works about the Pony Express Category:Western (genre) television series |
Danny Spanos Danny Spanos (also known as George Spannos) is an American rock drummer, best known for his 1983 EP "Passion in the Dark" which produced the top 40 hit single "Hot Cherie" in Mainstream Rock chart in the summer of 1983. He also had songs on the soundtracks of 2 movies in 1983-84, Up the Creek used his song "Passion in the Dark", and the Tom Cruise movie All the Right Moves used his song "This Could Be Our Last Chance". Born and raised in South Lyon, Michigan, he played drums with several groups, including Redbone, known best for their hit song "Come and Get Your Love" in the 1970s. He also played drums on the theme music for the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch. Danny Spanos was arrested in 1984. He also released "Looks Like Trouble" in 1984, which had disappointing sales, and the only single released "I'd Lie to you for Your Love" received little airplay, and was later turned into a country hit by The Bellamy Brothers. He had a video for the song "Excuse Me" from "Passion in the Dark" which made it into the MTV video rotation in early 1983. Discography Studio albums Singles References External links Official Redbone website Category:American rock drummers Category:Musicians from Michigan Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:People from South Lyon, Michigan |
Grahame Donald Air Marshal Sir David Grahame Donald, (27 July 1891 – 23 December 1976), often known as Sir Grahame Donald, was a Royal Naval Air Service pilot during the First World War, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer between the wars and a senior RAF commander during the Second World War. In February 1939, Donald was appointed Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry. He was also a rugby union international having represented Scotland twice in 1914. Early life Grahame Donald was the son of Dr David Donald, and was educated at Dulwich College where he played in a school team that featured five future international rugby footballers. From Dulwich he went on to University College, Oxford and from there entered the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1914 as a surgeon probationer. He served aboard a hospital ship, torpedo boat and a destroyer before transferring to the Royal Navy Air Service in 1916. Rugby career Whilst at Dulwich College he played in an unbeaten first XV in 1909 which contained five future internationals dubbed the 'Famous Five'. These five would all go on to play in the 1913 Varsity match, (and also produced the captains of both Oxford and Cambridge in 1919), and all served in the First World War. They were Eric Loudoun-Shand and Grahame Donald who went on to play for Scotland, W. D. Doherty who went on to play for and captain Ireland, J. E. Greenwood who went on to play for and captain England and the record-breaking Cyril Lowe. From Oxford, Grahame Donald was selected in 1914 to play for Scotland, who he represented as a prop against Wales on 7 February, and Ireland on 28 February. His participation in the First World War and subsequent career in the military ended his international rugby career. Military career Donald also became famous for his miraculous escape from death having fallen from his Sopwith Camel at in 1917. On a summer's afternoon he attempted a new manoeuvre in his Sopwith Camel and flew the machine up and over, and as he reached the top of his loop, hanging upside down, his safety belt snapped and he fell out. He was not wearing a parachute as a matter of policy. Incredibly, the Camel had continued its loop downwards, and Donald landed on its top wing. He grabbed it with both hands, hooked one foot into the cockpit and wrestled himself back in, struggled to take control, and executed "an unusually good landing". In an interview given 55 years later he explained, "The first 2,000 feet passed very quickly and terra firma looked damnably 'firma'. As I fell I began to hear my faithful little Camel somewhere nearby. Suddenly I fell back onto her." Eleven Royal Air Force aircraft based at Biorko, Finland, under the command of Squadron Leader D. Grahame Donald stage a dawn raid on the Bolshevik naval base at Kronstadt during the Baltic campaign of the Russian Civil War. After the raid, Donald reports that "a destroyer depot ship disappeared and was not seen again." He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 205 Squadron in 1920, Officer Commanding No. 3 Squadron and Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1921 before he moved on with his new squadron to RAF Gosport the following year. He joined the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College, Andover in 1924 and became Officer Commanding No. 201 Squadron in 1928. He went on to be Officer Commanding the School of Naval Co-operation in 1929, Officer Commanding No 1 (Indian Wing) Station at Kohat in India and then rejoined the Directing Staff, |
RAF Staff College in 1935. After a tour as Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1937 he became Director-General of Organisation, a post he held at the start of the Second World War. He was made Deputy Air Member for Supply and Organisation in 1941 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Maintenance Command in 1942 before retiring in 1947. Honours and awards 3 June 1919 – Mention in Despatches – "Capt. David Grahame Donald for valuable services rendered during the war (Coast Patrol)". 22 December 1919 – Distinguished Flying Cross – "Flight Lieutenant David Grahame Donald, AFC, in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War and since the close of hostilities (BALTIC)". 1 July 1941 – Companion of the Order of the Bath – "Air Vice-Marshal David Grahame Donald, DFC, AFC". 1 January 1944 – Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath – "Acting Air Marshal David Grahame Donald, CB, DFC, AFC, RAF". Personal life His first marriage was to Gwyneth Martin in 1916. After her death he married Ailsa Stevenson in October 1947. References - Total pages: 288 Category:1891 births Category:1976 deaths Category:People educated at Dulwich College Category:Alumni of University College, Oxford Category:Royal Air Force air marshals Category:Royal Naval Air Service aviators Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Rugby union forwards Category:Scotland international rugby union players Category:Oxford University RFC players Category:Anglo-Scots |
Sagittaria isoetiformis Sagittaria isoetiformis, common name quillwort arrowhead, is an aquatic plant species native to Cuba and to the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina). Sagittaria isoetiformis is similar to Sagittaria tenuis and often mistaken for it, but Sagittaria isoetiformis has flattened leaves rather than leaves round in cross-section. Leaves of both species are usually submerged but sometimes emerging from the water. References External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, syntype of Sagittaria isoetiformis Landscape Plants for South Florida Sagittaria isoetiformis Aquaportail Sagittaria isoetiformis Gardening Europe, Piantaggine d acqua Sagittaria isoetiformis J.G. Sm. isoetiformis Category:Freshwater plants Category:Flora of Cuba Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States Category:Plants described in 1895 |
Gary Cutsinger Gary Leon Cutsinger (born February 4, 1940) is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Houston Oilers. See also References External links Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:People from Perry, Oklahoma Category:Players of American football from Oklahoma Category:American football defensive ends Category:Oklahoma State Cowboys football players Category:Houston Oilers players Category:American Football League players |
Pac-12 Conference football individual awards Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915. The conference name changed to Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) in 1968 and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) in 1978. The conference's 2011 expansion to 12 members saw the conference formally renamed as the Pac-12 Conference. Player of the Year The following are the conference's various Player of the Year award recipients. In 2004 the Defensive Player of the Year award was renamed the Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year. Pop Warner Trophy The Glenn "Pop" Warner Memorial Trophy was awarded annually by the Palo Club to the most valuable senior player on the West Coast. It was awarded from 1950 to 2004. Notably, all recipients played for Pac-10 institutions. The award is distinguished from the unaffiliated W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy, presented annually from 1951 to 1978 to the top player on the Pacific Coast regardless of class-year. Morris Trophy The Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the best offensive and defensive linemen in the conference, as selected by opposing players. Offense Defense Coach of the Year The following coach were selected as coach of the year. See also List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams References External links Morris Trophy official website Official Pac-10 announcements 2005 Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced 2006 Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced 2007 Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced Pac-10 Announces 2008 All-Conference Football Awards 2010 Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced Category:College football conference awards and honors Awards |
Ireland–Russia relations Ireland–Russia relations refers to bilateral foreign relations between the Republic of Ireland (EU member) and the Russian Federation (CIS member). Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Ireland has an embassy in Moscow. The Russian Federation has an embassy in Dublin. Recent talks proposed the reopening of a Kurgan Banquet Hall in Rathcrogan to further deepen political, educational, cultural links. History 20th century In June 1920, as part of the efforts by the Sinn Féin leadership to obtain international recognition of the Irish Republic, a "Draft Treaty between the new Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Republic of Ireland" was circulated in Dublin. E. H. Carr, the historian of early Bolshevism, considered that ".. the negotiations were not taken very seriously on either side." Patrick McCartan was to visit Moscow on the instructions of Éamon de Valera to make inquiries on the possibility of mutual recognition. However, before he proceeded "the Soviets had gone cold on ties with the Republic for fear of jeopardising trade negotiations with Britain." The Republic of Ireland did not recognize the USSR until 29 September 1973. Cooperation between both nations became much more active following the end of the Cold War, with many bilateral treaties coming into effect between both nations in numerous fields (taxation, investment protection, cultural and scientific, aviation, etc.). 21st century On 1 February 2011, for the first time since 1983, the Irish government made a decision to expel a Russian diplomat based in Dublin after an investigation by the Garda SDU (following a tip off from the FBI) found that the identities of six Irish citizens had been stolen and used as cover for Russian spies found to have been working in the United States in June 2010. On 26 March 2018, the Irish government made the decision to expel one diplomat from Ireland. See also Ireland–NATO relations References External links Embassy of Ireland in Moscow Embassy of Russia in Dublin Russia Category:Bilateral relations of Russia |
1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team The 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1947–48 season. The team played its home games at Yost Arena on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team won the Western Conference Championship. Under the direction of head coach Osborne Cowles, the team earned Michigan's first invitation to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 1948. The team was led the school's first two All-Big Nine honorees: Bob Harrison and Pete Elliott as well as the team's leading scorer Mack Suprunowicz. The team earned the Big Nine team statistical championships for both scoring defense (46.3) and scoring margin (7.6). Harrison served as team captain and Elliott earned team MVP. References Michigan Category:Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons Michigan Wolverines basketball Michigan Wolverines basketball |
Aron Hirsch Aron Hirsch (February 6, 1858 – February 22, 1942) was a German-born metal trader. Biography Hirsch was born to a Jewish family on February 6, 1858 in Halberstadt, Germany. In 1877, he joined the family business, metal trading company Aron Hirsch & Sohn , founded by the grandfather Aron Hirsch (1783-1842), in Halberstadt. In 1898, he moved to Berlin to take over the management of the Eberswalder Messingwerk after the death of his uncle Gustav Hirsch. In 1906 he joined the :de:Gesellschaft der Freunde (Society of Friends). In 1907, Aron Hirsch & Sohn discontinued its industrial activities and incorporated them into the newly founded company Hirsch Kupfer- und Messingwerke AG (HKM), Berlin, which went public in 1909 where he served as chairman of the board and shareholder. He became a member of the management board of the Berlin Stock Exchange and served on numerous supervisory boards, including Deutsche Bank. During the First World War, HKM profited due to German armaments orders but simultaneously lost money as their overseas raw material base was expropriated by Germany's war opponents. In 1929, the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) took over the firm's industrial activities and the trading house was subsumed by Handelshaus H. Schoyer. Hirsch was involved in the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (the Academy for the Science of Judaism) and in the Berlin Jewish community. In 1922 he received an honorary doctorate from the Technische Universität Darmstadt. He was married to Amalie "Mally" Hirsch (b. Mainz d. 1865 in Frankfurt); they had two children: Siegmund Hirsch (1885-1981) and Dora "Dodo" Hirsch Schwartz (d. 1893). In 1932, Hirsch retired to Wiesbaden with his wife and initially lived in the Hotel Nassauer Hof. Due to the increasing persecution after the rise of the National Socialists and their seizure of power in 1933, the couple was forced to continuously relocate. Aron Hirsch died on February 22, 1942, in Wiesbaden; his wife Amalie committed suicide on August 27, 1942, shortly after it was announced that she would be deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. References Friedrich von Borries/ Jens-Uwe Fischer: Heimatcontainer. Deutsche Fertighäuser in Israel. Frankfurt/ Main: Suhrkamp, 2009. Anett Krause, Cordula Reuß [Hrsg.]: NS-Raubgut in der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig : [Katalog zur Ausstellung in der Bibliotheca Albertina, 27. November 2011 bis 18. März 2012]. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Schriften aus der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig ; 25 , 2011 , S. 63ff Joseph Walk (Hrsg.), Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945. hrsg. vom Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. München : Saur, 1988 . Walter Tetzlaff, 2000 Kurzbiographien bedeutender deutscher Juden des 20. Jahrhunderts, Askania-Verlag, Lindhorst 1982, Ernst G. Lowenthal: Juden in Preussen, Berlin : Reimer , 1982 Salomon Wininger: Große jüdische National-Biographie. Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1979, (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Czernowitz 1925). Category:German industrialists Category:German Jews Category:1858 births Category:1942 deaths Category:Businesspeople in metals Category:German commodities traders |
Kumari (Kutahya) Kumari is a town located in Kütahya, Turkey. About Latitude 39.4064 Longitude 29.9189 Altitude (feet) 4002 Lat (DMS) 39° 24' 23N Long (DMS) 29° 55' 8E Altitude (meters) 1219 Time zone (est) UTC+2(+3DT) Nearby Cities and Towns West North East South Belence (3.3 nm) Asagi Capak (2.9 nm) Aydogdu (0.6 nm) Yaylababa (5.0 nm) Kuyusinir (3.0 nm) Goynukoren (4.5 nm) Category:Towns in Turkey |
Noyyal River The Noyyal River is a small river in Western Tamil Nadu, and a tributary of Kaveri River. It rises from the Vellingiri hills in the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, very close to Kerala border, and flows through many villages and the cities of Coimbatore, and Tirupur finally draining into the Kaveri River at Noyyal, a village in Karur district named after the river itself. The river's basin is long and wide and covers a total area of . Cultivated land in the basin amounts to while the population density is 120 people per km² (311/mi²) in the countryside, and 1000 people per km² (2590/mi²) in the cities. The area is known for its scanty rainfall and the development of the Noyyal River Tanks System to hold any overflow from the rains plus the water of the Northeast and Southwest monsoon season was ecologically important. The long tributary of the Kaveri River filled 32 tanks. These interconnecting tanks held the water flowing from the Noyyal. Ecology The township of Coimbatore once was surrounded by the Noyyal river and its canals, tanks, and rivulets. The Noyyal river and its interconnected tank and canal system, believed to have been originally built by the Chalukya Cholas kings, was then an efficient system that provided water transport, storage, and maintained stable groundwater levels. Surplus water from the Noyyal river spilled into the canals and were channeled to the tanks, preventing unwanted flooding. The tanks were a major factor in replenishing the ground water through percolation of the subsoil water. As urbanisation grew, the system was neglected and the number of functional tanks was drastically reduced until only eleven were left. Today the system no longer works and water is scarce. Agriculture has significantly decreased. Lacking irrigation water, lakhs of Coconut trees in the area have dried up. History The "Noyyal" is a sacred river in Tamil history. Its original name was Kanchinadi but changed later to the name of the place where it drains into the Kaveri River in 1750 A.D. The Noyyal village is situated at the banks of Noyyal and Kaveri (Ponni) Rivers where they both merge. An ancient temple to the goddess Sellandiyamman is also situated at Sangamam. According to the locals, During 1960's and 1970's the river used to bring water almost 9 to 10 months of the year. The water used to be clear. The water was used directly for drinking without filtering. The water was used for agriculture and people cultivated for their needs and looked green. The adjacent areas of the river used to get water almost through out the year and water level in wells were just 40–50 feet below the ground. Current status Since 2010, there is very less water flowing even during raining season. The water now flows during heavy rainy season only for few days like 2 to 3 days. The width of the river also shrank and hardly is 30 meters is some areas. Also the river is used as draining in areas like Coimbatore, Sulur, Mangalam, Tirupur. So all the year round only draining water goes. The river no more looks like a river and is a drainage. May be the rainwater that used to flow during earlier period like 1960's 1970's may be stopped with dams before it enters the plains of Coimbatore (or) may be the rain itself is reduced. Pollution A critical issue is the pollution of the rivers Noyyal and Nallaru originating and flowing in the Kongu Nadu region. The river flows with natural antibiotic minerals. The entire Orathuppalayam Dam has become a tank holding |
effluent and releases water after every rainfall, effectively polluting the down river villages in the Tirupur and Karur district. However, from 2004 onwards, efforts by local volunteers organization Siruthuli have been trying to conserve the water resource. After several petitions from 2003 to 2011, dying and bleaching units were ordered closed on the river until zero liquid discharge status was achieved. On 9 July 2018, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu announced that a sum of Rs. 150 crores would be earmarked for preventing pollution in of Noyyal within Tirupur city limits. Geography The Cheyyar River and the Kanchimanadhi are the tributaries to the river. They all have their origins in the Western Ghats. Periar flows out of the Siruvani hills and the Kovai Kutralam, a landmark waterfalls. Chadiaar or Cheyyar River flows through Chaadivayal and later along with the other rivers join up at Kooduthurai to become Noyyal River. After running through a distance of , Noyyal joins with river Cauvery near Kodumudi, the place is also called Noyyal, Karur District. Apart from these three rivers, there are numerous rivulets that also join Noyyal. But most of these rivulets carry water only during the rainy season and therefore are not perennial. According to the available sources, the number of rivulets are 34. The river has a valley fill (made of alluvial kankar soil) over a stretch of and a depth of . It extends from the origin of the river at Kooduthurai (in Madhvarayapuram, west of the city) to the Ukkadam Tank on the city border. The fill absorbs water like a sponge. Only when the absorption reaches a saturation point does excess water flow to the suburbs and the city. Dams and reservoirs Noyyal contains two major dam Orathuppalayam (Near Chennimalai) and Aathupalayam Dam (Near Vellakoil) commissioned in the aim of irrigating about 20,000 acres of land in Tirupur and Karur districts. As of now Orathuppalayam dam stands decommissioned and acting as effluent tank for the Tirupur textile units. The river has 23 check dams. Decades ago, it irrigated . Noyyal revival over will enable irrigation of , according to Siruthuli. References External links Ecological project Conservation Noyyal Yatra The Noyyal River and Tiruppur Category:Rivers of Tamil Nadu Category:Tributaries of the Kaveri River Category:Water pollution in India Category:Geography of Coimbatore Category:Rivers of India |
Radiohjälpen Radiohjälpen is a Swedish help organisation and foundation that is organised by Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB and Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB. References Category:Foundations based in Sweden |
Mojo Club The Mojo Club is a music club in Hamburg, Germany – located on the city’s famous Reeperbahn. Originally opened in 1989, it closed in 2003 and re-opened on February 2, 2013 in a spacious basement location of Reeperbahn No. 1, a high rise building also known as the "Dancing Towers". History Founded in 1989 and relocated to the Reeperbahn in 1991, the Mojo Club developed to be one of the leading lights of Hamburg nightlife, with an international reputation similar to the Star Club. With its characteristic “M”-logo, the club became the continental stage for the progressive London club sounds during the 1990s. The Mojo Club may be seen as the German voice of Dancefloor Jazz and a mastermind regarding modern breakbeat sounds like Acid Jazz. With performances of artists like Gokul Vaika, Massive Attack, Moloko, the Propellerheads, Pizzicato Five, Roni Size, Goldie, the E-Z Rollers as well as Kruder & Dorfmeister, the club ranked among the protagonists of the German club scene during the 90s. Furthermore, the successful club compilations “Electric Mojo” and “Dancefloor Jazz” became known over the years and a highly innovative cultural program completed the picture with lectures like “Urban Poetry” and “Macht Club” in 1993 or “Le Café Abstrait” of Raphaël Marionneau, which paved the way for the chill out sound in 1996. In April 2003 the Mojo Club was closed down and the building was torn down in 2009. Today three different building units are being under construction on the premises of Reeperbahn 1: a twin tower office block, a hotel and the new Mojo Club. In 2012 the Israeli version of the Mojo Club opened in Tel Aviv City. Other Business Activities Between 1992 and 1997 the Mojo Club ran two fashion stores in Hamburg named “Mojo – the shop”. The record label Universal Records launched a sampler collection with the title “Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz”, of which 12 volumes were published between 1992 and 2005; volume 13 was published in 2008 by Edel Records. Discography Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz (1992) CD, LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 2 „For What It's Worth“ (1993) CD, LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 3 „Work To Do“ (1994) CD, 2LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 4 „Light My Fire“ (1995) CD, LP Joyce „Joyce Live At The Mojo Club“ (1995) CD, LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 5 „Sunshine Of Your Love“ (1996) CD, 2LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 6 „Summer In The City“ (1997) CD, LP Electric Mojo, Vol. 1 „The New Format Jazz Sessions“ (1997) CD, LP Electric Mojo, Vol. 2 „Are Friends Electric?“ (1998) CD, LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 7 „Give Me Your Love“ (1998) CD, 2LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 8 „Love The One You're With“ (1999) CD, 2LP The Remix Album(1999) CD, 2LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 9 „Never Felt So Free“ (2000) CD, 2LP Mandarin, Vol. 1 "Chinese Chilling Thrills" (2000), CD Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 10 „Love Power“ (2001) CD, 2CD, 3LP The Remix Album, Part 2(2001) CD, 2LP Michael Sauer vs. Phoneheads „Why And How“ (2001) CD Single Pulser SG „How Do you Want It“ (2001) CD Single Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 11 „Right Now“ (2002) CD, 2LP Electric Mojo, Vol. 3 (2002) CD Mandarin, Vol. 2 "Wicked Wan Tan Tunes" (2002) CD, LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 12 „Feeling Good“ (2005) CD, 2LP Mojo Club presents Dancefloor Jazz, Vol. 13 „If You Want My Love“ (2008) CD, 2LP Rogue Soul „Rogue Soul“ (2008) |
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2018 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles Claire Liu was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate. Iga Świątek won the title, defeating Leonie Küng in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky Loser Draw First Qualifier Second Qualifier Third Qualifier Fourth Qualifier Fifth Qualifier Sixth Qualifier Seventh Qualifier Eighth Qualifier References Draw External links Girls' Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Girls' Singles |
Harry Perkins Charles Henry "Harry" Perkins AO (5 August 1939 – 14 December 2002) was an Australian farmer, businessman, and philanthropist who was best known as the chairman of Wesfarmers from 1986 to 2002. He also served as chancellor of Curtin University and helped establish the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, which was later renamed the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in his honour. Early life and family Perkins was born to a farming family in Bruce Rock, Western Australia. His father, Charles Collier Perkins, had moved there from Victoria in the 1920s and was also involved with Wesfarmers; he was later elected to state parliament and became a government minister. Perkins was educated at Geelong Grammar School, which his father had also attended. He then returned to Bruce Rock to run the family farm in his father's absence. In 1972, Perkins was awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship, which allowed him to spend six months in Europe on a study tour. He subsequently became one of the first farmers in his districts to employ chemical weed control and no-till farming techniques. Business career Perkins was appointed to the board of Wesfarmers in 1975, at a time when it was still organised along the lines of a farmers' cooperative. The company was publicly listed in 1984, after a push from general manager John Bennison. Perkins retained his place on the board, and in 1986 succeeded Sir Marcus Beeck (deceased) as chairman. His period as the head of the board was marked by massive growth and expansion, as Wesfarmers diversified into the industrial conglomerate that it is today. Perkins resigned from Wesfarmers in December 2002, having suffered a decline in health due to lung cancer. He died the day after his resignation. Michael Chaney, Wesfarmers' managing director, said his chairmanship was "marked by the teamwork and harmony he was able to create and maintain". He was succeeded by Trevor Eastwood as chairman of the Wesfarmers Board. Community service and philanthropy Perkins served on the Bruce Rock Shire Council as a councillor and deputy president. He had a long-standing involvement with the Nuffield Foundation (particular its scholarship programme), and served as an advisor to the federal government's Cooperative Research Centres programme. In 1997, Perkins was appointed chancellor of Curtin University – a position he held until his death. Around the same time, he was involved in the establishment of the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research. He organised a $5-million donation from Wesfarmers, and in 1998 became its inaugural chairman. In 2013, the organisation was renamed the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in his honour. In the 2001 Australia Day Honours, Perkins was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), "for service to primary industry, particularly as a leader and researcher in farm management practices and the new utilisation of grain, to tertiary education, and to the community". References Category:1939 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Australian chairmen of corporations Category:Australian farmers Category:Curtin University faculty Category:Officers of the Order of Australia Category:People educated at Geelong Grammar School Category:People from Bruce Rock, Western Australia Category:Wesfarmers people |
Vili Taskinen Vili Taskinen (10 October 1874, Juva – 20 October 1930) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Party from 1916 to 1917 and the National Progressive Party from February to March 1919 and again from 1920 to 1922. References Category:1874 births Category:1930 deaths Category:People from Juva Category:People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Category:Finnish Party politicians Category:National Progressive Party (Finland) politicians Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–17) Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–19) Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1919–22) |
Hunteburg Hunteburg is a village in the municipality of Bohmte and the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. In Hunteburg are living about 4,000 people. Hunteburg consists of the districts Schwege, Welplage and Meyerhöfen, these three districts were up to the local government reform in 1972, the Municipality Hunteburg. Geography and climate Hunteburg is located in the south of the second largest lake named Dümmer and in the north of the Wiehengebirge. The Hunte flows from the Wiehengebirge coming through Hunteburg in the Dümmer. With annual rainfall 650-700 and a mean annual air temperature of 8.4 degrees Celsius Hunteburg belongs to the maritime-influenced climate sub-continental region of the North German lowlands. History Middle Ages 1248 for the first time the knights of Schwege was mentioned that on a same good had its headquarters. The first mention Welplages goes back to the year 1306. Hunteburg is first mentioned in a document from 1324, in which the knight Friedrich von Schwege the Osnabrück Bishop Gottfried Graf von Arnsberg suitable land for the Hunteburg. The Hunteburg castle belonged to a series of pin castles with which the bishops of Osnabrück secured the border of the Bishopric of Osnabrück 1250–1370. Little is known about the Hunteburg the plant. What is certain is that it consisted of a stone house that was surrounded by a wooden enclosure and fed by the Hunte grave system. Still preserved today is a stone arch bridge built in 1424 that is considered the oldest building in Hunteburg. 1378 the Office Hunteburg was established, which included the present-day communities Bohmte and Ostercappeln. At the end of the 14th century, Bishop Friedrich von Horn founded a chapel in 1402 from a priest from Ostercappeln saying mass. In 1492 Hunteburg was given its own parish. Shortly thereafter, the Three Kings consecrated early Gothic wooden church was built. Towards the end of the 16th century, it fell into the Hunteburg that was completely demolished in 1618. Reformation and the Thirty Years' War In a report on the Church of Visitation in 1624, it is stated that Pastor Kling Hammer holds in the Church simultaneous services for both denominations. 1633 the Church of Swedish troops was set on fire. In accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Westphalia Treaty and the decisions at the Diet of Nuremberg of 1650 people in the Bishopric of Osnabrück Perpetual surrender (Capitulatio perpetua osnabrugensis) were guaranteed the free exercise of religion. The Hunteburger Church was awarded the Catholic community and left two denominations for use. The simultaneous relationship went through on the church built in 1688. However, the evangelical Christians did not use the church but attended religious services in Dielingen and Venne. 18th and 19th century In 1725 a new office building was built on the foundations of Hunteburg. In 1776 a school for Protestant children was built in Meyerhöfen. During the Napoleonic Wars Hunteburg changed at the beginning of the 19th century, several times the country's membership. 1803, the Bishopric was secularized and declared the principality of Osnabrueck. In 1806 Hunteburg the Kingdom of Prussia, 1807 to the Kingdom of Westphalia, in 1811 it became part of the French Empire and in 1815 it became part of the Congress of Vienna the Newly created Kingdom of Hanover. The Office Hunteburg was merged with the Office Wittlage. From 1852 to 1859, the two offices were again separated for several years. In 1866 Hunteburg and the Kingdom of Hanover fell to Prussia. Since 1885, the two former offices Wittlage and Hunteburg formed the district Wittlage. 1815 an Evangelical Lutheran church was founded by Protestants from Welplage |
and Schwege. On 15 April of the same year, the first Lutheran church in Hunteburg, St. Matthew Church, was founded. 20th century Since the beginning of the 20th century, industrial peat has been mined in Hunteburg. Founded in 1909 Hanoverian colonization and mud recovery Aktiengesellschaft (Hakumag built in Schwegermoor a power plant with an electrical capacity of 2.6 megawatts. From the peat sulphate of ammonia by charring should be recovered as nitrogen fertilizer. The waste methane gas was used to generate electricity. Opened in 1911, the Hakumag the work. Since the delivered Torfmengen is not sufficient due to the long drying process, the power plant was shut down in 1913. In the following years, the Hakumag limited to the sale of white and black peat. In the 1920s and 1930s, seasonal workers were employed, among others, from the Netherlands and Slovakia in the bog. During World War II the Hakumag used forced laborers as well as Polish and Russian prisoners of war. The work awarded the town an economic boost. For the workers who built the Hakumag Schwegermoorsiedlung. With the extension of the route of the Wittlager circular path of Bohmte Damme, Hunteburg received a connection to the railway network in 1914. In 1971, the last passenger train on the track, 2004, the freight was discontinued. 1928 a new school building for children from Welplage Schwege and was built in Welplage, were housed in each one Catholic and one Protestant school. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s, the school was expanded several times. In 1972, the two denominational schools merged to form a school for children of all denominations. In the general area of reform became the first July 1972, the Samtgemeinde Hunteburg dissolved and its three member communities Schwege, Welplage and Meyerhöfen incorporated into the municipality Bohmte. Sources Jan de Vries, Peter Gausmann, Herbert Telscher, Norbert Kroboth (1974): 650 Years Hunteburg. Landscape Plan of the Municipality of Bohmte. GfL Planning and Engineering Company GmbH, Bremen. Hans Schweinefuß, Bernhard Uhle (2000): The Wittlager Circular Path. Old Hunteburg (1998). Home Club Hunteburg (Editor). Ulrich Beckvermert, Maria Düvel, Franz-Josef Trent man Alfons Vallo (2001): Our Time in God's Hands. Chronicle of the Catholic Parish Hunteburg. Website of the Municipality of Bohmte. Lower Saxony Country People, Hunteburg Local Association (figures for agriculture). External links Private website about Hunteburg https://web.archive.org/web/20160203030229/http://www.st-matthaeus-gemeinde-hunteburg.de/ Category:Osnabrück (district) |
Madrid Planetarium The Madrid Planetarium is a facility in Madrid, Spain, which was inaugurated in 1986. The equipment was updated in 2016/2017. With its free exhibitions and interactive displays, the Planetarium promotes science among the younger generations. There is an area called Tierno Galvan Park, where children can play together in an open auditorium. References External link Official website Category:Planetaria in Spain Category:Tourist attractions in Madrid |
Tibb's Eve Tibb's Eve is a celebration held on December 23 originating in harbour Breton Newfoundland. History The wild festivity started sometime around the mid-20th century as the first night during Advent when it was appropriate to have a drink. Advent was a sober, religious time of year and traditionally people would not drink alcohol until Christmas Day at the earliest. Tibb's Eve emerged as an excuse to imbibe two days earlier. The tradition of celebrating Tibb's Eve may be similar to 19th century workers taking Saint Monday off from work. Name The use of Tibb's Eve, Tip's Eve, Tipp's Eve, or Tipsy Eve are regional variations used throughout Newfoundland and Labrador to describe the same December 23rd celebration. The origin of Tibb's Eve name is attributed to the word tib[b]]], which is an archaic slang for a sexually promiscuous woman. In 17th century English plays Tibb was a common character of a loose-moraled woman used for comic relief. Referring to Saint Tibb was a joke that would go over the head of children who believed her to be a real saint. Similarly, Tibb's Eve was a "non-time" like "the twelfth of never", February 30th or "when two Mondays fall together." The origin of Tip's Eve, Tipp's Eve and Tipsy Eve names are attributed to the word [[Wikt:tipple|tipple, which is a verb meaning to drink intoxicating liquor, especially habitually or to some excess. References Category:Culture of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:December observances |
Canton of Haute-Ariège The canton of Haute-Ariège is an administrative division of the Ariège department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Ax-les-Thermes. It consists of the following communes: Albiès Appy Artigues Ascou Aston Aulos-Sinsat Axiat Ax-les-Thermes Bestiac Bouan Les Cabannes Carcanières Caussou Caychax Château-Verdun Garanou L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre Ignaux Larcat Larnat Lassur Lordat Luzenac Mérens-les-Vals Mijanès Montaillou Orgeix Orlu Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains Pech Perles-et-Castelet Le Pla Prades Le Puch Quérigut Rouze Savignac-les-Ormeaux Senconac Sorgeat Tignac Unac Urs Ussat Vaychis Vèbre Verdun Vernaux References Category:Cantons of Ariège (department) |
2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team The 2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Mike Minter and played their home games at Barker–Lane Stadium. They were second-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. Previous season The Fighting Camels finished the 2018 season 6–5, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place. Preseason Big South poll In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Camels were predicted to finish in fourth place. Preseason All–Big South team The Fighting Camels had seven players selected to the preseason all-Big South team. Offense Caleb Snead – WR Michael Wooten – TE Jacob Cuddington – OL Matt Price – OL Defense Damien Dozier – DL Dorian Jones – DB Special Teams Brad Dennis – P Schedule Game summaries at Troy Shaw Davidson at Mercer Presbyterian Hampton at Gardner–Webb at North Alabama Kennesaw State Monmouth at Charleston Southern References Campbell Category:Campbell Fighting Camels football seasons Campbell |
Chris McAsey (rower) Chris McAsey is a New Zealand rower and sailor. McAsey is from Hawera with much of his extended family still living in that part of Taranaki. At the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, McAsey won a Silver medal in the coxed four, with Chris White, Andrew Matheson, Murdoch Dryden, and Michael Whittaker as cox. He later switched to sailing, joining Team New Zealand as a grinder for their 2003, 2007 and 2013 America's Cup campaigns. He worked as a truck driver after the 2013 America's Cup. References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:New Zealand male rowers Category:Living people Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Category:New Zealand male sailors (sport) Category:Team New Zealand sailors Category:2013 America's Cup sailors Category:2007 America's Cup sailors Category:2003 America's Cup sailors Category:Sportspeople from Hawera |
Irish heath Irish heath is a common name for two closely related species of flowering plants in the heather family Ericaceae:- Daboecia cantabrica Erica erigena |
2015 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles Shingo Kunieda was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title. Seeds Draw References General Drawsheets on ausopen.com Specific Category:2015 Australian Open Australian Open, 2015 Men's Singles |
Twinlab Twinlab Consolidated Corporation is an American company which manufactures and markets vitamins, minerals, and bodybuilding supplements. Twinlab is based in Boca Raton, Florida. Twinlab currently produces more than 500 different products. History Twinlab was founded by David and Jean Blechman in 1968 and run by them and their sons – Neil, Brian, Ross, Steve and Dean. Using experience gained from over 20 years as a pharmaceutical salesman, David Blechman named the company for his two sets of twins and started marketing a liquid protein supplement from their family garage. Sales of Twinlab's only product skyrocketed in the 1970s, in part from the success of a 1976 book entitled The Last Chance Diet — When Everything Else Has Failed: Dr. Linn's Protein-Sparing Fast Program. Dr. Robert Linn was a Pennsylvania osteopath, who had begun prescribing for his overweight patients a program of fasting and four- to six-ounce daily doses of liquid protein. His book sold extremely well, and Dr. Linn's diet became the latest weight-loss fad diet. This led to increased sales for Twinlab's liquid protein. As with many fad diets, the fasting/liquid protein craze came to a halt when in late 1976 and early 1977 there were reports of the deaths of 58 people who had followed Linn's diet. Following a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation the associated coverage of the popular diet and its potential side effects by Newsweek, Parents' Magazine, and Science Digest, the liquid protein market bottomed out, and Twinlab's revenues declined sharply forcing the company to cut nearly all of its 150-person workforce. In the 1980s Twinlab branched out formulating new vitamin and nutritional supplements and purchased a publishing company called Advanced Research Press, Inc. (ARP) publishers of the bodybuilding magazine Muscular Development and several other magazines. David Blechman retired in 1996, and passed the title of CEO to his son Ross, while the other sons were installed as corporate officers. He died on July 7, 2000. In 2001 Twinlab sold ARP to Steve Blechman who then resigned from Twinlab. After slumping sales in 2002, the company filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in September 2003. In 2004, Twinlab Corp., Twin Laboratories Inc. and Twin Laboratories (UK) Ltd. were purchased for $65 million by IdeaSphere Inc. Ideasphere (also known as ISI brands, and which also operated as Twinlab, went on to acquire other dietary supplement brands such as Metabolife, Nature's Herbs, Alvita Teas, and a publisher, Rebus LLC. In January 2014 Twinlab's CEO Tom Tolworthy announced that he would partner with Capstone Financial Group to raise $130M to conduct a management buyout of Twinlab and make other acquisitions, via an entity called Twinlab Consolidation Corporation. The transaction was completed in August 2014. References External links Official Website of Twinlab Category:Health care companies established in 1968 Category:Companies based in Suffolk County, New York Category:Nutritional supplement companies of the United States Category:1968 establishments in New York (state) Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2003 Category:2004 mergers and acquisitions |
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Dianne McIntyre Dianne McIntyre (born July 18, 1946) is an African-American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Her notable works include Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Dance Adventure in Southern Blues (A Choreodrama), an adaptation of Zora Neal Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, as well as productions of why i had to dance, spell #7, and for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf, with text by Ntozake Shange. She has won numerous honors for her work including an Emmy nomination, three Bessie Awards, and a Helen Hayes Award. She is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the Dramatists Guild of America. Early life and education McIntyre was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Dorothy Layne McIntyre, the first African-American woman to be licensed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and Francis Benjamin McIntyre. At the age of four, McIntyre began studying ballet under the tutelage of Elaine Gibbs after seeing Janet Collins in the Metropolitan Opera Company's Cleveland production of Aida. As a teenager, she studied modern dance with Virginia Dryansky. In 1964, McIntyre graduated from John Adams High School before attending Ohio State University. There, she first studied French with plans to become a linguist with the United Nations, but she became a dance major during her third year after taking a dance history course with Shirley Wynne. McIntyre recalled, "In my third year, I said, I have to stop fooling myself. [...] The dance-history courses really shifted me to say, Yes—go for it if that’s what you want to do." During her time at Ohio State, the university commissioned her to choreograph for an evening with Lucas Hoving, Doris Humphrey, and Anna Sokolow. In 1966, McIntyre attended the American Dance Festival where she would later return as a member of the faculty in the early 1990s and in 2008. Career While taking graduate courses at Ohio State University, the head of the dance department, Helen P. Alkire put McIntyre's name up for a position at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where McIntyre was then hired. There, she choreographed for a year before moving to New York City in 1970. In New York, McIntyre studied under Viola Farber and Gus Solomons Jr. among others. At a workshop with Anna Sokolow, the Nikolais Dance Theater, Judith Dunn, and Bill Dixon she found herself drawn to the connection between dance composition and avant-garde jazz and free jazz. She began to attend the rehearsals of jazz musicians, such as the Master Brotherhood, where she taught herself how to move to jazz. Her frequent attendance at the Master Brotherhood rehearsals earned her the nickname the "Cancer Dancer," because she was born in July. McIntyre cites "a feeling of that time in the Black Arts Movement" as the source of her passion for combining dance and live jazz. She explained that "many of us artists who were black, in whatever our particular field, we had a consciousness about what our work was saying for the moving forward of the consciousness about our race and our place in the society." Upon moving to New York in 1970, McIntyre performed with the Gus Solomon Jr.'s dance company for 2 years. McIntyre held her first solo concert at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. Under the mentorship of Louise Roberts, the director of the Clark Center, McIntyre founded the Harlem studio and company, Sounds in Motion, in 1972. She then held concerts at the Cubiculo Theatre and Washington Square Church while supporting her endeavors out of her own pocket. Sounds |
in Motion During this time, she worked part-time at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in the dance collection. Upon advice from others, McIntyre began applying for grants in order to fund her project when Sounds in Motion joined the National Endowment for the Arts dance-touring program. Sounds in Motion performed at venues such as the Joyce Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as touring in Europe. During this time, works by Sounds in Motion included Life’s Force (1979), created in collaboration with Ahmed Abdullah while Sounds in Motion was in residency, Take Off From a Forced Landing (1984), which was based on her mother's experiences as an aviator, and a performance in 1986 based on Zora Neal Hurston's 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. During the 1970s and 1980s, Sounds in Motion was the only modern dance studio to be found in Harlem. The studio was a space where what McIntyre termed "the culture crowd," a label that included not only dancers and musicians, but scholars, activists, and artists from all fields, could gather and engage in furthering movement of Black consciousness. Many students who studied under McIntyre at the Sound in Motion studio went on to accomplish much in their own right, including Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of Urban Bush Women. Sixteen years after its founding, McIntyre closed Sounds in Motion in 1988 to pursue independent work. McIntyre is credited with encouraging renewed interest in the work of modern dance pioneer Helen Tamiris through a recreation of Tamiris' 1937 masterpiece, How Long, Brethren? in 1991. As a freelancer, McIntyre choreographed the Broadway productions of Mule Bone (1991), the original and revival of Paul Robeson (1988 and 1995 respectively), and King Hedley II (2001). Off-Broadway, McIntyre also choreographed Obie Award winner Ntozake Shange's Spell #7 at The Public Theatre, and for London's West End, she choreographed King, the Musical. Her choreography has also been featured on television in HBO's Miss Evers' Boys (1997), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, and in the 1998 film Beloved, based on the novel of the same name by Toni Morrison. PBS profiled McIntyre in their 2001 three-part documentary, Free to Dance, a co-production between of the American Dance Festival and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2011, McIntyre acted as choreographer for the film Fun Size. In 2012, Sounds in Motion reunited at the American Dance Guild Festival where they performed Life's Force with Ahmed Abdullah. That same year, she choreographed Crowns at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. McIntyre has been a guest artist and teacher at numerous institutions including the American Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance, and the Bates Summer Dance Festival. She has also been on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College. Collaboration with Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange first met McIntyre as a student and performer at McIntyre's dance company, Sounds in Motion. Since then, the two of them have collaborated on a number of works including The Public Theatre's 1979 production of Shange's Spell #7, in the 2007 New Federal Theatre's festival Ntozake Shange: A Retrospective, Shange's one-act play, It Hasn't Always Been This Way, and in 2012, Shange's choreopoem, and why i had to dance, produced by Oberlin College and Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare. Before the premiere of why i had to dance, McIntyre joined Shange in her talk at Oberlin discussing Shange's 2011 work, lost in language & sound: or how I found my way to the arts. In 2013, Barnard College's Africana Studies Program |
and Consortium for Critical Interdisciplinary Studies hosted a two-day conference titled The Worlds of Ntozake Shange. At the event, McIntyre and Shange discussed their work together and the legacy of their collaboration. In 2014, McIntyre returned to Barnard to hold a movement workshop for a course on Ntozake Shange's work and influence. In the fall of 2014, McIntyre will be choreographing a new choreopoem by Shange to be premiered at the Brooklyn and Kelly Strayhorn Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Selected works Life's Force (1979) spell #7 (1979) for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf (1982) Take Off From a Forced Landing (1984) Their Eyes Were Watching God (1986) Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (1988) How Long, Brethren? (1991) Miss Evers' Boys (1997) Beloved (1998) It Hasn't Always Been This Way (2007) Joe Turner's Come and Gone (2009) Just Yesterday (2010) Open the Door Virginia! (2005) Front Porch Lies and Other Conversations (2007) Daughter of a Buffalo Soldier (2005) why i had to dance (2012) Awards and recognition 1989, 1997, 2006 Bessie Awards 1993, 1996 Helen Hayes Awards Resident Design 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography 2006 Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award for Dance 2007 John S. Guggenheim Fellowship 2008 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Chair for Distinguished Teaching 2009 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from State University of New York Purchase 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award Doris Duke Performing Artist Award<https://web.archive.org/web/20161221092010/http://ddpaa.org/artist/dianne-mcintyre/> 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award Doris Duke Performing Artist Award<https://web.archive.org/web/20161221092010/http://ddpaa.org/artist/dianne-mcintyre/> See also Black Arts Movement Choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf Katherine Dunham Ntozake Shange Zora Neal Hurston References Category:American choreographers Category:Modern dancers Category:African-American female dancers Category:African-American dancers Category:African-American choreographers Category:American female dancers Category:Dancers from Ohio Category:Guggenheim Fellows |
Sarah Harrison Sarah Harrison may refer to: Sarah Harrison (journalist) (born 1981/82), British journalist, legal researcher, and WikiLeaks section editor Sarah Harrison (novelist) (born 1946), English novelist Sarah Harrison (singer) (born 1990), British/Maltese artist, DJ, producer, and musician Sarah Harrison Blair (née Harrison), wife of Virginia clergyman James Blair Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941), Irish artist and Dublin City Council member Sarah Ann Harrison, photographer in Malta |
Under the Red Sea Sun Under the Red Sea Sun (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1946) is a book by Edward Ellsberg describing salvage operations of the many ships scuttled by the Italians to block the port of Massawa on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea during World War II. Massawa's excellent harbor was vital first to the Italian then to the British war effort. Ellsberg, a skilled writer, described how a small group of workers under his direction accomplished an almost Herculean task with virtually no resources. Much of the story is an entertaining account of the bureaucratic politics of working in a remote backwater far from support and assistance. Ellsberg paints a realistic picture of confusion and incompetence in the early days of the war. He was particularly caustic about the American civilian contractor building facilities at Ghinda and Asmara, where it was much cooler than at Massawa but was too far away for the facilities to ever be used by harbor personnel. The company, Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc., itself claimed credit for clearing the port in the privately printed book, "Middle East War Projects of Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc., for the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1942–1943" (New York: Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc., 1943). That book contains beautiful photographs and drawings showing projects around the Middle East. Quotation Ellsberg, who had vast technical knowledge and experience, described experts as "...people who know so much about how things have been done in the past that they are usually blind to how they can be done in the future." Reviews Atlantic 178:172. December 1946. Booklist 43:84. November 15, 1946. Christian Science Monitor, November 15, 1946. P. 16. New York Times November 3, 1946. P. 5. New Yorker 22:65. December 28, 1946. San Francisco Chronicle, November 12, 1946. P16. Saturday Review 29:14. November 16, 1946. The book as inspiration The story of Ellsberg's heroic effort inspired Eurobank's Polish division (Eurobank Poland) to create a corporate project management training program called Massawa Training, which in 2007 won the PMI Award in its category. References Category:History books about World War II Category:World War II memoirs Category:1946 non-fiction books |
Association of Talent Agents The Association of Talent Agents (ATA) is a non-profit trade association representing talent agencies in the United States entertainment industry. ATA agencies represent the vast majority of artists working in the field, including actors, directors, writers, and other artists in film, stage, television, radio, commercial, literary work, and other entertainment enterprises. History Established in 1937, ATA is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit trade association of over 100 talent agencies located primarily in the New York and Los Angeles areas. Today, over 100 agencies that serve the various branches of the entertainment industry are members of the Association of Talent Agents. Originally known as the Artists' Managers Guild, the ATA was founded in the aftermath of National Labor Relations Board v Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, a US labor law case in which the Supreme Court upheld the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. This landmark piece of New Deal legislation, also known as the Wagner Act, guaranteed the right of private sector employees to unionize and bargain collectively, thus leading to the establishment of many of the unions and guilds that represent professionals working in the entertainment industry such as the Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America, and Writers Guild of America. External links Category:Organizations established in 1937 Category:Talent agents |
Battle of Obreška The Battle of Obreška (1565) () was fought on 10. September 1565. between the Ottoman forces of Mustafa Pasha Sokolović, Beylerbey of Livno, and the Germanic and Croatian forces led by Croatian ban Petar Erdody. The battle was a part of the Croatian–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy. Prelude Death of Hungarian an Croatian king Ferdinand I of Habsburg in 1564. annihilated the Habsburg-Ottoman armistice signed in 1562. for the duration of nine years. As a pretext for a new campaign, Suleyman the Magnificent used ongoing civil war in Hungary, between Transylvanian prince Jan Zapolya (pretender for the crown of Hungary and Ottoman vassal) and Ferdinand's son and new king, Maximilian. In 1565. as a prelude to a full scale Ottoman-Habsburg war, Mustafa Pasha Sokolović, Beylerbey of Livno attacked Croatian frontier in summer of 1665. and besieged Krupa fortress. A small garrison (only 28 men), led by Matija Bakić, resisted valiantly for 20 days, but finally succumbed to overwhelming Ottoman forces on 23. June 1565. Further intrusion into Croatia by Mustafa Pasha was checked by Croatian ban Petar Erdody in the battle of Obreška. Battle Obreška is a village near Ivanić-Grad, where on 10. September 1565. an Ottoman raiding party from Bosnia Eyalet was met by Croatian ban's troops; it was just another Ottoman raid into Kingdom of Croatia. After the sack of Krupa, Ottoman detachment led by Bosnian Beylerbey Mustafa Pasha Sokolović (about 12.000 men) crossed the river Sava and started to plunder along the rivers Lonja and Glogovnica towards Križevci. Ottomans were caught unaware and after a short engagement scattered near Obreška by the army of Croatian ban Petar Erdody (1557-67)-about 1.000 cavalry and 3.000 infantry conscripts (lat. insurrectio), mostly armed serfs. Aftermath For this victory Petar Erdody was awarded the title of a count by king Maximilian of Hungary and Croatia. Bibliography Vojna enciklopedija (1970–76), 10 volumes, Vojno izdavački zavod Beograd, book 6, p. 226, article Obreška References Category:Battles involving Habsburg Croatia Category:Battles involving the Ottoman Empire Category:Conflicts in 1565 Brest |
Ioan Vieru Ioan Lucian Vieru (born 4 January 1979) is a Romanian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medals at the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2003 World Indoor Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best time is 45.60 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Longeville-les-Metz. Doping Vieru tested positive for stanozolol 22 February 2004 and received a two-year doping ban. References Category:1979 births Category:Doping cases in athletics Category:Romanian sportspeople in doping cases Category:Living people Category:Romanian male sprinters |
Brittania Sportswear Ltd Brittania Sportswear Ltd was a Wyomissing, PA-based clothing company best known for women's jeans in the 1970s and 1980s. It is not to be confused with Britannia Clothing Company, a United Kingdom clothing company. Brittania Sportswear was launched in 1973 by Walter Schoenfeld in Seattle, WA It once reached sales of $300 million a year and was the country's top-selling blue jean. It plummeted into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1983 because of management problems and changes in fashion tastes. The company was eventually purchased in 1987 by Levi Strauss & Co.. It was sold to VF Jeans (parent of Wrangler and Lee brands) in 1997. References Category:Clothing companies of the United States Category:Jeans by brand |
Kassel RegioTram The Kassel RegioTram is a tram-train light rail system in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. Kassel's tram-train system follows the Karlsruhe model, and has been in full operation since 2007. With special RegioTram tramcars, continuous trips between the Deutsche Bahn regional train network and Kassel's city tram network are easily possible, thus avoiding transfers requiring long walking distances between trains of the regional rail system and trams of the Kassel city system. The operator of the RegioTram network was, until December 2013, RegioTram mbH, a joint venture between Regionalbahn Kassel (RBK) a subsidiary of Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, and DB Regio. In addition, the Nordhessische Verkehrsverbund is involved in the organization of RegioTram. Since 9 December 2013, Kassel's RegioTram is operated by a consortium of Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) and Hessische Landesbahn (HLB). Concept The implementation of the RegioTram project includes various interlocking measures to improve local public transport in Kassel. The aim of the project is to link Kassel's local tram network with the regional rail network so that tram-train vehicles can travel from the city's tram network into the surrounding countryside on regional railroad tracks. The core component of the Kassel RegioTram project is a newly created link between the two rail systems at the Kassel Hauptbahnhof. The development of the infrastructure required to allow for a 30-minute headways on all lines will be implemented by 2014 at the earliest. Operations Lines Kassel is served by the three lines of the RegioTram system, which operate on of rail route of which only is newly built rail route (mostly to link the regional rail network to Kassel city's tram network). Rolling stock RegioTram operates using 28 tramcars from Alstom RegioCitadis delivered in 2004. There are two versions of these tramcars: 18 dual voltage tram-trains for use on the electrified network in and outside of Kassel, and 10 hybrid tram-trains (DC/diesel) for use with a diesel engine outside Kassel on the section around Wolfhagen. Similar vehicles of the same model are also in use on RandstadRail in the Netherlands. History Preliminary operations started on 10 June 2001, initially with six borrowed Saarbahn tramcars, on the Warburg-to-Kassel Hauptbahnhof rail route. Thus, the previous regional railway timetable was now being served by the new vehicles. RegioTram operation with 30-minute headways was realized. RegioCitadis type vehicles manufactured by Alstom in Salzgitter were delivered in July 2004, and took over the operation on this line on 8 May 2005; the borrowed Saarbahn tramcars were then returned. This route is now served by RegioTram Line 3 (RT3). Starting on 29 January 2006, the first RegioTram operations began on the Kassel tram rail network itself. The hybrid RegioTram vehicles joined the tram tracks in the downtown core of Kassel on the Lossetalbahn to Hessisch Lichtenau during peak hours, the terminus of the tram line. The diesel-electric vehicles used a direct route over the Waldkappel rail line between Ober- and Nieder-Kaufungen which is not electrified. This meant, in contrast to the trams which served all stops, a reduction in journey time. In August 2007, the switch to the continuous use of conventional tramcar vehicles on this line was made. The former tram-train runs over the non-electrified railway through Waldkappel were replaced by tram "express" trips that do not operate at all stops along the route. Starting 1 June 2006, RegioTram operations from Kassel Hauptbahnhof, through Baunatal, Guxhagen and Körle, to Melsungen, began. This RegioTram Line 5 (RT5) runs alternately once and twice every hour. Operations between Kassel and Wolfhagen, through Ahnatal and Zierenberg, began on 10 December 2006 on RegioTram Line 4 (RT4). Between 16 September 2007 and the timetable |
change in December 2007, the RegioTram Line 9 (RT9) operated in advance from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Treysa. RegioTram routes in Kassel changed 19 August 2007 (RT4), 16 September 2007 (RT3 and RT5) and December 20097 (RT9) from running to the Innenstadtring (Inner Rign Road) in downtown, and instead to Leipziger Straße. The full development of the infrastructure to allow for a 30-minute headways on all lines will be implemented by 2014 at the earliest. On the lines RT3 and RT4, new stops at Kassel-Jungfernkopf, and Vellmar-Osterberg/EKZ on the Harleshäuser Kurve, were put into operation on 13 December 2008. On 25 April 2009, a new station Kassel-Kirchditmold was also added to the same section. In Melsungen, a new stop at Melsungen-Bartenwetzerbrücke was put into operation on Line RT5 on 20 May 2011. See also Trams in Kassel Tram-train List of town tramway systems in Germany Trams in Germany References Inline references Bibliography External links Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) – official site Category:Kassel Kassel Category:Transport in Hesse Category:North Hesse |
Football captains Football captains may refer to: Captain (association football), a team captain of an association football team National Football League team captains, a team captain in a National Football League team |
Minors and abortion Many jurisdictions have laws applying to minors and abortion. These parental involvement laws require that one or more parents consent or be informed before their minor daughter may legally have an abortion. Minors and abortion in law Australia A minor does not require parental consent or notification except in Western Australia, where in the event of the woman being under 16 years of age one of her parents must be notified, except where permission has been granted by the Children's Court or the woman does not live with her parents. Canada In Canada, abortion is subject to general medical legislation, as there are no laws regulating abortion. Access varies by province and by region; though there are no legal restrictions to abortion. Most medical facilities in Canada do not share medical information with a parent without consent of their child who is seeking an abortion. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that the woman's partner, the father of the baby, has no right to veto her decision to undergo an abortion. Abortion is funded by the government. France A pregnant girl under the age of 18 may ask for an abortion without consulting her parents first, but she has to be accompanied to the clinic by an adult of her choice. This adult must not tell her parents or any third party about the abortion. Greece Girls under the age of 18 must get written permission from a parent or guardian before being allowed an abortion. India Minor girls under 18 need parental consent. Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, abortion is permitted on liberal grounds until 20 weeks of pregnancy. Abortions after 20 weeks are illegal, but a court may authorize such a late abortion in exceptional circumstances. Italy Parental authorisation is required if the woman is under 18. New Zealand New Zealand has no parental notification restrictions on under-sixteen access for abortion. Norway Parental consent is required if the woman is under 16 years of age. Poland Parental consent is always required if the woman seeking abortion is a minor. South Africa In South Africa, any woman of any age can get an abortion on request with no reasons given if she is less than 13 weeks pregnant. A woman under the age of 18 will be advised to consult her parents, but she can decide not to inform or consult them if she so chooses. However, she must give informed consent, meaning that if she is unable to understand the consequences of an abortion she cannot consent to one without the assistance of her parents or guardian. Spain In 2009, the Socialist government passed a bill that states that people aged 16 and 17 must inform their parents (but does not need parental consent) to obtain an abortion except if the child comes from an abusive household and such news will cause more strife. Sweden The current legislation is the Abortion Act of 1974. This states that up until the end of the eighteenth week of the pregnancy the choice of an abortion is entirely up to the woman, for any reason whatsoever. The law makes no distinction with regards to the age of the pregnant woman. United Kingdom Parental involvement laws in the UK; if the girl is seen as competent by medical staff no disclosure to parents is allowed. In most cases, girls aged 13 or above will be covered by this provision but pre-teenagers will not and parents, social workers and police can become involved to protect the child. Around 120 12-year-olds, at least five 11-year-olds and two nine-year-olds |
have had legal abortions since 1996. In 2005, Sue Axon, of Manchester, wanted the law changed to prevent girls under 16 getting confidential advice. However, the High Court had rejected a review of guidelines which state that terminations do not need parents' consent and doctors should respect girls' confidentiality. United States In the United States, most states typically require one of two types of parental involvement– consent or notification, or both. 37 states require parental involvement in a minor's decision to have an abortion (21 states require parental consent only, 3 of which require both parents to consent; 11 states require parental notification only, 1 of which requires that both parents be notified; 5 states require both parental consent and notification; 8 states require the parental consent documentation to be notarized). In Delaware the law only applies to minors under 16, and in South Carolina to minors under 17. Parental involvement laws played a key role in forcing the Court to clarify its position on abortion regulation. The Court ruled, in essence, that parental involvement laws (and all other abortion regulation) can legally make it more difficult for a female to acquire an abortion. But there is a threshold beyond which the increased difficulties become unconstitutional. Requiring spousal involvement before a woman can acquire an abortion has been interpreted as falling on the unconstitutional side of that threshold, while parental involvement has been interpreted as falling on the constitutional side. Or, to use the language of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992), spousal notification laws place an "undue burden" on a woman's ability to get an abortion, whereas parental involvement laws do not. Parental involvement laws have three basic features. First, they are binding on minors, not adults. Second, they require, at minimum, that minors notify their parents before an abortion is performed, and in some cases consent from the parents. And third, they allow minors to acquire a judicial bypass if consent cannot be acquired. These regulations are but one example of the detailed fabric of abortion legislation and regulation that has evolved since the Supreme Court's decision to legalize abortion in its 1973 Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. The first major case involving parental involvement legislation was decided in 1976 in Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth. This case involved a Missouri law that required consent from various parties before an abortion could be performed– written consent by the patient, spousal consent for married individuals, and parental consent for minors, specifically. The court ruled that the parental consent provision was unconstitutional due to its universal enforcement. The ability of a minor to acquire an abortion against her parent's wishes became a recurring theme in several more cases following Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth. Bellotti v. Baird (1979) addressed a Massachusetts law that required a minor to acquire parental consent before an abortion was performed. But, unlike the Danforth case, this law allowed for judicial bypass if consent could not be acquired. Similar reasoning can be found in H.L. v. Matheson (1981). This case ruled on the relatively milder regulation of parental notification as opposed to parental consent. In this case, the Court ruled that parental notification is constitutional since the parent could not veto the adolescent's final decision to acquire an abortion. In Planned Parenthood of Kansas City v. Ashcroft (1983), the Supreme Court ruled that parental consent is constitutional so long as it also allowed a judicial bypass if such consent could not be acquired. In Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992), the Court placed parental involvement firmly |
within a broader set of legal principles governing a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Parental involvement, and other regulations, were constitutional so long that they did not place an "undue burden" on a woman's ability to acquire an abortion. In Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts v. Attorney General (1997), the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts found the requirement of both parents consenting to the minor's abortion unconstitutional, but upheld the parental consent of one parent. In November 2011, the Illinois Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the state must begin enforcing a 1995 law requiring parental notification. The Court ultimately agreed in July 2013 that the law ought to be enforced, with the parental notification law taking effect on August 15. In American Academy of Pediatrics v. Lungren (1997) 16 Cal.4th 307 the Supreme Court of California struck down the 1987 parental consent law of the state (which had been enjoined shortly after enactment, and thus never enforced). This case also made history because it was one of the few cases in the legal history of California where its Supreme Court granted a rehearing of a legal case, after it had previously ruled in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Lungren (1996) 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 201 that the law was constitutional. In Illinois no parent needs to be involved at any time. Debate Arguments in support Advocacy groups have made a number of arguments in favor of parental notification. Minors must have parental approval for most types of medical procedures. A study by the Heritage Foundation stated that overall, parental involvement laws reduce the number of teenage abortions. The pregnant minor might be pressured into having an abortion by an older boyfriend or abusive partner, so as to conceal the fact that he is guilty of rape or statutory rape. Currently, the parents of the minor are financially responsible for any complications resulting from the abortion, unless said minor has been legally emancipated. Arguments in opposition Advocacy groups on the other side have also made a number of arguments against parental notification: Parental notification and consent laws increase the number of unsafe, illegal abortions. Women's health organizations say that in states that have notification or consent laws, there has been an increase in unsafe, illegal, "back alley" abortions. Many young women feel they cannot talk to their parents about their sex lives or about rape or incest that they may have suffered, and may or may not seek illegal abortions as a result. In states that have notification or consent laws, minors will sometimes travel to a nearby state to have an abortion. Delays mean increased risks: Delaying an abortion may increase the likelihood of complications arising from abortion procedures. Major complications and risk of death to the mother significantly increase for each week into pregnancy, particularly if the abortion is delayed until the third trimester. Judge Nixon of The District Court in Tennessee estimated "that even under the best of circumstances, the [judicial] waiver process would take twenty-two days to complete – a significant problem given the time-sensitive nature of pregnancy and the increased risk involved in later abortions." The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following statement: "Legislation mandating parental involvement does not achieve the intended benefit of promoting family communication, but it does increase the risk of harm to the adolescent by delaying access to appropriate medical care...[M]inors should not be compelled or required to involve their parents in their decisions to obtain abortions, although they should be encouraged to discuss their pregnancies with their parents and other responsible adults." A study of abortions by researchers at Baruch College |
at City University of New York showed that Texas teens who were between 17 years, 6 months old and 18 years old were 34% more likely to have an abortion in the much riskier second trimester than young women who were 18 or older when they became pregnant. Lawrence Finer, spokesperson for the Guttmacher Institute said: "It just shows how laws like this can lead to health risks for teens. Abortion is a safe procedure, but it's less safe later in the pregnancy." He suggest that parental involvement laws have a small effect on abortion rates compared with improved sexual education and birth control access and usage. Many minors of childbearing age are sufficiently mature to make abortion decisions by themselves. Other reproductive health issues such as STD testing and treatment do not require parental consent. Stance of the Roman Catholic Church In 2009, Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho excommunicated the mother and doctors of a 9-year-old girl for carrying out an abortion on the girl's twin fetuses. The girl was impregnated by her own stepfather, who had repeatedly raped her since she was six years old. The doctors recommended the abortion because they believed the girl's youth would prevent her from delivering the twins safely. The affair shocked the Brazilian government and provoked disgust from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Pope Benedict XVI later gave a controversial speech in Angola where he condemned all forms of abortion, even those considered to be therapeutic. Therapeutic abortion is the term for abortions that are typically performed to save the life of the mother or in which the fetus has been found to have a defect incompatible with life. See also References External links In support Why We Need The Child Custody Protection Act– NRLC Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors– Heritage Foundation In opposition Restrictions on Young Women's Access to Abortion– NARAL Parenthood.org/news-articles-press/laws-requiring-parental-consent-of-notification-for-minors-abortions.htm Laws Requiring Parental Consent or Notification for Minors' Abortions– Planned Parenthood Neutral HealthVote.org– Non-partisan Analysis of California's Proposition 85 (Parental Notification & Waiting Period for Minors' Abortions– November 2006 Election) Abortion Category:Abortion debate Category:Abortion law Category:Family law Category:Sex laws Category:Youth rights |
Bungaree (disambiguation) Bungaree was an Aboriginal Australian explorer, entertainer and diplomat who died in 1830. The name Bungaree may also refer to: Places Bungaree, South Australia Bungaree, Tasmania Bungaree, Victoria Other HMAS Bungaree Bungaree, a ship of the Blue Anchor Line, which operated to Australia between 1889 and 1902. People Bungaree, real name John Gorrick, Australian bare-knuckle boxer from the 19th century |
Richard Grieve Richard Grieve (born 25 January 1970) is an actor, currently living in England. He was born in Hong Kong. He has worked extensively in film, television, theatre and musical theatre, but is perhaps best known for his roles in the British soap Emmerdale, and two Australian television series, Neighbours and Home and Away. Career Australia Grieve began his career in 1988 studying drama and dance at Victoria University in Melbourne. He then completed his formal training in Sydney, at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). He joined the cast of Neighbours in 1994, playing the part of Sam Kratz until 1996 when he joined Home and Away playing Dr Lachlan Fraser. His other television credits include, The Man From Snowy River, the series, Newlyweds, E Street, State Coroner, and Wintertime for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has performed with the State theatre companies of Australia. He played Julian in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Molière's The Misanthrope, the role of Otto in Noel Cowards' Design For Living for the Sydney Theatre Company, and Chavalier in The Will for the Harold Park Theatre, also by Molière. He has also performed in several musical theatre productions in Australia. He played Older Patrick in Mame, Greg Connell in the world premiere of The Boy From Oz, Prince Charming in Cinderella, and as Ovington in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. England In October 2003 Grieve went to England to play the role of Gaston in Beauty & The Beast, and has since performed in the London premiere of Europe by Australian playwright Michael Gow at the Finborough Theatre, and in a showcase of the new musical Paradise By The Dashboard Lights. He toured the UK in a new stage production of Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott. He appeared in the lead role of Frederick Winterbourne in Daisy Miller, directed by Christopher Morahan. In 2005, he filmed a cameo in London for Neighbours' 20th Anniversary. In 2006, he guest starred as James Clarke, a Forge operative, in the Doctor Who audio adventure, The Gathering and then as Major Brogan in the spin-off series I, Davros: Innocence He appeared in the world premiere of Teen Scream at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln and also at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival. From September to December 2006 Grieve toured the UK as the character of John Brotherston in the play There's No Place Like A Home. Grieve toured the UK in Footloose, based on the hit 1980s film of the same name. He played Reverend Moore. He is played Tick/Mitzi Del Bra in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - The musical at the Palace Theatre in London. Richard is currently once again starring in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - The musical, this time the UK Tour, until 2014. This time playing the lead role of Bernadette. Emmerdale In February 2007 Grieve made a television comeback when he landed the role of farrier Jonny Foster in the rural-based British soap opera Emmerdale. His character set his sights on barman Paul Lambert, played by actor Matthew Bose, almost immediately on arrival and the two were together for several months. His character was also the centre of Emmerdale's first gay proposal when he asked Paul to marry him. In 2009 Grieve reprised his role as Jonny Foster in Emmerdale, which coincided with his character's husband Paul Lamberts' departure. Charity work In September 2009, Grieve played a politician in a viral video for Friends of the Earth, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of intensive farming. TV Adverts In 2013, Grieve stars |
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