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Floyd (horse) Floyd (foaled 1980, died 7 January 1993) was an English bred and English trained National Hunt racehorse sired by Relko. The horse was named after the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. David Elsworth-trained Floyd was the first horse to win the Long Walk Hurdle when it was upgraded to Grade One status in 1990. Only five horses have done the double of winning the Imperial Cup with a follow-up win at the same year’s Cheltenham Festival, with Floyd being the first in 1985 when he completed the double by winning the County Hurdle. 19 wins, £196,234: 3 wins at 3 and 5 years and £10,872; also 16 wins over hurdles References External links pedigreequery.com – Floyd’s pedigree racingpost.com- Floyd's race record from 1988 Category:1980 racehorse births Category:1993 racehorse deaths Category:Thoroughbred family 16-g Category:Cheltenham Festival winners Category:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Category:National Hunt racehorses |
Verdun-sur-le-Doubs Verdun-sur-le-Doubs is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France. It is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at the confluence of the Doubs and the Saône in the Bresse plain, near Beaune and Chalon-sur-Saône. It is a very old settlement and played the role of fortified place at the French kingdom frontier during several centuries. Today Verdun-sur-le-Doubs is an agricultural and tourist center well known for fishing, river boating and good eating. The pôchouse is the local dish with different types of river fishes cooked with dry Burgundy white wine ("Bourgogne aligoté") and cream. In the Second World War Verdun-sur-le-Doubs was situated on the Demarcation Line. In 1995 sixteen communes, followed shortly by four others, were united to form the Community of Communes of the Trois Rivieres (CC3R). See also Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department References INSEE External links Tourism office Category:Communes of Saône-et-Loire |
Danilo Bertazzi Danilo Bertazzi (born 23 February 1960 in Chivasso, Piedmont) is an Italian character actor, voice-over artist, presenter and entertainer perhaps best known for his role in the television program Melevisione on Raitre (as Tonio Cartonio) from 1999 to 2004 and his roles in Trebisonda (as Danilo) from 2006. References External links Danilo Bertazzi in AppleTV Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:People from Chivasso Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian stand-up comedians Category:Italian male television actors Category:Italian television personalities |
Julianna Di Giacomo Julianna Di Giacomo is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international singing career since 1999. She has performed leading roles with several major opera houses, including La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and the Teatro Real in Madrid. On the concert stage she has appeared with several notable orchestras, including the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Opera Orchestra of New York, and the Vienna Philharmonic. Life and career Raised in Santa Monica, California, Di Giacomo was first introduced to opera by her tennis coach when she was a teenager. She fell in love with the art form and pursued studies in vocal performance at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from UCLA, she entered the Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera (SFO). She made her professional opera debut in 1999 with the Western Opera Theater, the SFO's touring company, as Donna Anna in a national tour of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni. In 2004 Di Giacomo joined the Young Artist Program at the Santa Fe Opera. Her first career break came in 2006 when she replaced an indisposed Pamela Armstrong as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the New York City Opera. She returned to the NYCO the following year in a much lauded portrayal of Elvira in Don Giovanni. She also received positive reviews in 2007 for her performance of Fiora in L'amore dei tre re with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall and for her portrayal of Leonora in Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore at the Caramoor International Music Festival. Di Giacomo made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in November 2007 at Clotilde in Bellini's Norma with Dolora Zajick as Adalgisa and Hasmik Papian as Norma. In 2008 she made her debut with Opera Grand Rapids as Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro. In 2009 she made her first appearance at La Scala as Lucrezia Contarini in I due Foscari under the baton of Stefano Ranzani. In 2010 Di Giacomo returned to the Met as Lina in Stiffelio and Leonora in Il trovatore in 2010. In December 2010 she performed the world premiere of Thomas Pasatieri's Bel Canto Songs for the George London Foundation Recital Series at the Morgan Library. In 2011 he returned to the Caramoor Festival to perform Mathilde in Rossini's Guillaume Tell and portrayed Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Pittsburgh Opera. In 2012 Di Giacomo made her first appearance with the Los Angeles Opera as Donna Anna to Ildebrando D'Arcangelo's Don Giovanni under conductor Placido Domingo. That same year she made her debut at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in the title role of Bellini's Norma and sang the title role in Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica at the Teatro Real in Madrid. In 2013 she made her debut at the Opéra-Comique as Rozenn in Édouard Lalo's Le roi d'Ys. In 2014 Di Giacomo made her debut with the New York Philharmonic as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9; a work she had performed a year earlier with the Vienna Philharmonic. Also in 2014, she made her debut at the San Francisco Opera as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, appeared at the Hollywood Bowl as Nedda in Pagliacci with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and portrayed Desdemona in Otello at the Teatro Massimo. In May 2015 Di Giacomo portrayed the title role in Verdi's Luisa Miller at the Teatro di San Carlo. In June 2015 she portrayed Leonora for |
her debut with the Cincinnati Opera. In October/November 2015 she is scheduled to sing Desdemona in Verdi's Otello at the Teatro de la Maestranza. In March/April 2016 she sang the role of Leonora in a semi-staged performance with the San Antonio Opera and the San Antonio Symphony. Other opera companies Di Giacomo has performed with during her career include the Arizona Opera, the Municipal Theatre of Santiago, the Opéra national de Montpellier, and the Teatro Petruzzelli. Discography Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel conducting Milhaud: L'Orestie d'Eschyle, University of Michigan Symphony, University Choir, Orpheus Singers; Kenneth Kiesler conducting; Dan Kempson, Jennifer Lane, Tamara Mumford, Julianna Di Giacomo, and Brenda Rae Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel conducting; Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, bass; Vittorio Grigolo, tenor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano (C Major DVD & Blu-ray) References External links Official Website of Julianna Di Giacomo Category:Living people Category:American operatic sopranos Category:Musicians from Santa Monica, California Category:UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture alumni Category:Singers from California Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Classical musicians from California |
Bahrain at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics Bahrain competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015. Medalists The following Bahraini competitors won medals at the Championships Results (q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best) Men Track and road events Women Track and road events References Category:Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics World Championships in Athletics Category:Bahrain at the World Championships in Athletics |
1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team The 1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 5th year. Due to growing popularity of the sport, the team moved to The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana to play its home games, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 7–10 and a conference record of 4–8, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference. Roster Schedule/Results |- !colspan=8| Regular Season |- References Indiana Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball seasons Indiana Hoosiers Indiana Hoosiers |
Elemag Elemag () or Elinag Phrantzes (Ἐλίναγος ὁ Φραντζὴς) was, according to the history of John Skylitzes, a general and governor of Belegrada (modern Berat in Albania) for the First Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuel. In 1018, he was among the Bulgarian leaders who surrendered their strongholds to the Byzantine emperor Basil II, thereby ending the independence of Bulgaria. He was granted the title of patrikios and sent to live at Thessalonica. Before that, Elemag as one of the generals of the King of Bulgaria Samuel, killed Gregory Taronit in a duel - Gregory was the leading general of Emperor Basil II in the fight against the Byzantine army outside Thessalonica in ~ the year 996 AD in the Battle of Thessalonica (995). Gregory's son Ashot was taken live as a prisoner in this battle. It is believed that Elemag was a master of the dark sciences of the Balkans and used to drink special herbal concoctions. Tsar Samuel tried to make peace with Basil II several times but the latter insisted on the Bulgarians to pay homage to the Emperor Basil II as supreme leader representative of God on earth. The Byzantines used Arab/Armenian mercenaries in their armies which marched against Bulgaria. The Bulgarians had to resort to guerilla tactics because their army was smaller than the Byzantine army. The Byzantines also released many criminals from Thessaloniki's prisons to pillage and terrorize Bulgarian villages. These terrorists were called the Carrion-Eaters and as a counter tactic, the Bulgarians formed anti-terrorist groups consisting of hardened fighters called the Wolves. This battle was after the Battle of the Gates of Trajan battle in 986 AD where the Byzantine army was almost annihilated. Elemag Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, has been named after him. References Sources Category:11th-century Bulgarian people Category:11th-century Byzantine people Category:History of Berat Category:Patricii Category:Bulgarian people of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars |
Bitok Bitok may refer to: People Bitok is a surname of Kenyan origin that may refer to: Ezequiel Bitok (born 1966), Kenyan marathon runner Paul Bitok (born 1970), Kenyan long-distance track runner and two-time Olympic medallist Sostenes Bitok (born 1957), Kenyan long-distance track runner and 1984 Olympian Other uses Bitok, a variant of the birau (boat), a small dugout canoe of the Sama-Bajau people of the Philippines Category:Kenyan names |
Doc Hayes E. O. "Doc" Hayes (1906 – February 26, 1973) was an American basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1947 to 1967, during which time, his teams won eight Southwest Conference (SWC) titles and reached six NCAA Tournaments. In 1956, Hayes' Mustangs, led by Jim Krebs, made the only Final Four appearance in program history. Eighteen of Hayes' players earned a total of thirty All-SWC honors, and two players earned All-America honors. Hayes is a member of The Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and will be inducted into SMU's Athletics Hall of Fame on May 18, 2012. He died in 1973. Regarding the rule that coaches must remain seated during a game, Hayes was quoted as saying: "If you've got 10,000 people seated in an arena and everybody's standing up and hollering and you expect the coaches and players to be quiet and relaxed, you're going to have to give them a sedative. Then the coach probably will be fired at the end of the season and the players cut off their scholarships." Hayes and his wife, Kathleen, were killed in a one-car accident near Terrell, Texas on February 26, 1973. Head coaching record College See also List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach References Category:1906 births Category:1973 deaths Category:American men's basketball coaches Category:American men's basketball players Category:Basketball coaches from Texas Category:Basketball players from Texas Category:College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Category:High school basketball coaches in the United States Category:North Texas Mean Green men's basketball players Category:People from Denton County, Texas Category:Road incident deaths in Texas Category:SMU Mustangs men's basketball coaches |
Auxa longidens Auxa longidens is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1957. References Category:Auxa Category:Beetles described in 1957 |
Byzantinische Zeitschrift Byzantinische Zeitschrift (abbr. BZ and ByzZ) is a Byzantine studies journal established in 1892 by Karl Krumbacher. After Krumbacher's death it was edited by Paul Marc (1909–1927) and August Heisenberg (1910–1930), followed by Franz Dölger (1928–1963), Hans-Georg Beck (1964–1977), Friedrich Wilhelm Deichmann (1964–1980) and Herbert Hunger (1964–1980), Armin Hohlweg (1978–1990), Peter Schreiner (1991–2004), and since 2004 by Albrecht Berger. The publication ceased in 1914–1919 and 1920–1923 due to World War I and the subsequent troubles in Germany, and again in 1943–1949 due to World War II. From 1950 to 2001 it was published by the Verlag C.H. Beck in Munich, then by the K. G. Saur Verlag, and since 2008 by Walter de Gruyter. Its editorial board is currently located in the Institut für Byzantinistik, Neogräzistik und Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte of the Munich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. The journal is published annually in two issues, divided into three sections: essays, reviews, and bibliographical notices, announcements and obituaries. Its themes range from philology over historical and religious studies to archaeology and art history. In addition, since 1898 the journal was complemented by the Byzantinisches Archiv series, which was completely split off from the journal in 1994, as well as the infrequent Supplementum bibliographicum, independently published by Robert Browning. Category:Publications established in 1892 Category:Byzantine studies journals Category:German-language journals Category:Walter de Gruyter academic journals |
His Debt His Debt is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and produced by Haworth Pictures Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Goto Mariyama (Hayakawa), Japanese owner of a fashionable gambling house, accepts the worthless check of Blair Whitcomb (McDonald), who has lost his fortune at the gaming table. Whitcomb makes an attempt on Mariyama's life. Gloria Manning (Novak), Whitcomb's fiance, is a nurse and saves Mariyama's life. He is about to propose marriage when he learns of her engagement. Much as he loves her, he still is determined to have his revenge upon Whitcomb. When the police come to take Whitcomb prisoner, so earnestly does Gloria plead for her sweetheart, even after she learns of his guilt, that Mariyama relents. Cast Sessue Hayakawa as Goto Mariyama Jane Novak as Gloria Manning Francis McDonald as Blair Whitcomb Fred Montague as J.P. Manning References External links Category:Films directed by William Worthington Category:Haworth Pictures Corporation films Category:1910s drama films Category:American films Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American drama films Category:Film Booking Offices of America films |
Caroline Marton Caroline Marton (born 14 April 1984) is an Australian taekwondo athlete from Melbourne, Australia. In attempting to qualify for the 2012 Olympics she was disqualified in the final match with seconds remaining. She won the 2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament as the only competitor in her weight class and therefore is qualified to compete at the 2016 Olympics. She is the sister of world taekwondo champion Carmen Marton. She and her sister are training partners. References Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne Category:Australian people of Polish descent Category:Australian female taekwondo practitioners Category:Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Australia Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Universiade medalists in taekwondo Category:Universiade bronze medalists for Australia |
Sheridan Township, Mecosta County, Michigan Sheridan Township is a civil township of Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,357 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.6 km²), of which 34.8 square miles (90.1 km²) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.5 km²) (2.71%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,357 people, 519 households, and 387 families residing in the township. The population density was 39.0 per square mile (15.1/km²). There were 921 housing units at an average density of 26.5 per square mile (10.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 92.41% White, 3.54% African American, 0.74% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 2.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.33% of the population. There were 519 households out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.97. In the township the population was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males. The median income for a household in the township was $31,050, and the median income for a family was $34,861. Males had a median income of $30,893 versus $21,964 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,076. About 11.8% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 and over. References Category:Townships in Mecosta County, Michigan Category:Townships in Michigan |
Martin P. Mullen Martin P. Mullen (July 29, 1921 – February 26, 1996) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Born to Irish immigrants John and Nellie Mullen he grew up in Philadelphia and attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His education was interrupted by World War II during which he served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater eventually rising to the rank of Sergeant. After the war he returned to Philadelphia and finished his degree at Wharton in 1948. He later attended Temple Law School and received his Juris Doctor in 1954. He served as in-house counsel for Wanamaker's department store until 1988. He served in office from 1952 to 1982, when he left office after redistricting following the 1980 census. During his time in office he was one of the most vocal opponents of abortion, adultery and pornography. He unsuccessfully sponsored legislation that sought to outlaw all three. In 1974 he unsuccessfully ran for governor receiving only 19% of the vote. References Category:Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Category:Pennsylvania Democrats Category:1921 births Category:1996 deaths Category:20th-century American politicians |
Deathless (Throwdown album) Deathless is the sixth studio album by American metal band Throwdown. The album was released on November 10, 2009 in the US through E1 Music, January 22, 2010 through Nuclear Blast Records in Europe, and January 25, 2010 in the UK, also through Nuclear Blast Records. Deathless is the first album by Throwdown released through E1 (formerly Koch Records) and Nuclear Blast since the band switched from Trustkill Records at the end of 2008. Reception Commercial performance Deathless reached No. 26 on Billboards Independent album on November 28, 2009, and stayed on the chart for one week. Critical response Deathless received positive to mixed reviews from critics. Some critics praised Throwdown for changing the sound from their previous hardcore punk sound, other critics did not like their decision to change their sound to a more groove metal sound. Most critics agreed that Throwdown had moved to a more Pantera sounding style. Some, however, even likened the band's new sound to groups such as Godsmack and Mudvayne. Track listing All songs were written by Dave Peters and Mark Choiniere. "The Scythe" – 4:00 "This Continuum" – 3:45 "Tombs" – 4:05 "The Blinding Light" – 6:12 "Widowed" – 5:51 "Headed South" – 5:20 "Serpent Noose" – 4:12 "Ouroboros Rising" – 4:24 "Skeleton Vanguard" – 4:24 "Pyre & Procession" – 4:07 "Black Vatican" – 3:22 "Burial at Sea" – 5:31 PersonnelThrowdown Dave Peters – vocals Mark Choiniere – guitars Mark Mitchell – bass Jarrod Alexander – drumsProduction and art' Mudrock – producer Al Fujisaki – producer, digital editing Chris "Zeuss" Harris – mixer Alan Douches – mastering Ryan Clark – art design Jerad Knudson – cover photo References External links Throwdown on Myspace Category:2009 albums Category:Throwdown (band) albums Category:Entertainment One Music albums Category:Nuclear Blast albums |
Obeetee Obeetee Pvt Ltd is an Indian hand-knotted carpet manufacturer founded in 1920, and now India's largest carpet-maker. It is based primarily in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district, within the so-called 'carpet belt' of India. History The company was originally formed as a partnership firm under the names of its three founders: F.H. Oakley, F.H. Bowden and Taylor. In 1932, this partnership was dissolved, and the new company was formed using the initials of the original founders (OBT) to create the name Obeetee. Obeetee was the first hand-knotted carpet-makers to be permitted to use the Woolmark. The current chairman of the company, Edward Oakley, is the grandnephew of the F.H. Oakley who co-founded it. Use of child labor Obeetee considers itself a 'pioneer' in reducing the use of child labor not only in the manufacture of its own carpets but in the region as a whole. It implemented a 'no child labor' policy in the 1980s and funds the Carpet Export Promotion Council of India and the Children Emancipation Society to run education, health, training and welfare programs for children. The company maintains loom supervisors and inspectors in each of its twenty-five depots who are responsible for finding and reporting any children working. References Category:Carpet manufacturing companies |
Skwierczyn Lacki Skwierczyn Lacki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Paprotnia, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Siedlce and east of Warsaw. References Skwierczyn Lacki |
Se Busca Un Hombre Se Busca un Hombre (Men Wanted) is a Spanish-language telenovela. The main theme of the series tells the story about private lives of a group of women who are frequent clients of “Angelica Style”, a prestigious beauty clinic. This group of women, Angelica, Nora, Mercedes, Samantha, Loreto, Vanesa, Lilí, Gabriela, Fernanda and Cecilia, have one thing in common: they have all failed to find the men of their dreams. As the stories blend, their different personalities are shown and their deepest wishes are revealed. They want to find a man who can understand them with freedom and love. Cast Andrea Noli - Angelica Claudia Alvarez - Loreto Rodolfo Arias - Dario Aaron Baes - Rodrigo Rodrigo Cachero - Andres Vanessa Ciangherotti - Vanessa Augusto Di Paolo - Miguel Angel Angela Fuste - Mercedes Leonardo Garcia Vale - Bruno Miriam Higareda - Diana Sergio Kleiner - Pepe Alcantara Luis Miguel Lombana - Gonzalo Alejandro Lukini - Daniel Juan Pablo Medina - Armando Anette Michel - Nora Leon Michel - Fabian Rossana Najera - Lili Fernando Noriega - Ariel Jesus Ochoa - Tomas Mariana Ochoa - Samantha Cecilia Piñeiro - Leticia Cynthia Rodriguez - Fernanda Fernando Sarfatti - Jean Paul Omar Germenos - Emilio Patrick Fernandez - Paolo External links Se Busca Un Hombre External links Category:2007 telenovelas Category:2008 telenovelas Category:2007 Mexican television series debuts Category:2008 Mexican television series endings Category:2007 Spanish television series debuts Category:2008 Spanish television series endings Category:Mexican telenovelas Category:Spanish-language telenovelas Category:TV Azteca telenovelas |
The White Dress The White Dress is a standalone murder mystery novel by Mignon G. Eberhart published by Random House in 1945. It was reprinted as a mass market paperback in July, 1976, by Popular Library, and again in 1997 by Thorndike Press. External links The Unknown Quantity at Kirkus Reviews The Unknown Quantity at Goodreads Category:1945 American novels Category:American crime novels Category:American mystery novels Category:American romance novels Category:Novels set in Miami Category:Random House books |
Telephone numbers in Algeria Calling formats To call in Algeria, the following format is used: 0 THE-AREA-CODE xx xx xx Calls within an area code 'The area code is a 2 digits number ex: 21,41,46' 021 xx xx xx Calls to Algiers from other area codes +213 yy xx xx xx Calls from outside Algeria 'yy is the area code' To call a mobile phone in Algeria ; use this format: +213 Y xx xx xx xx calls from outside Algeria Y is the Operator code ; 5 for ooredoo ,6 for Mobilis , 7 for Djezzy 0 Y xx xx xx xx To call any mobile phone number from Algeria List of area codes in Algeria References External links ITU allocations list Algerian dial codes - accessed 26 April 2010. New plan Algerian Tourism code list Algeria Category:Telecommunications in Algeria Telephone numbers |
SNEL SNEL may refer to: Sasken Network Engineering Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sasken Communication Technologies Société nationale d'électricité, the national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo See also Snel, a Dutch surname |
Coppa d'Oro di Milano The Coppa d'Oro di Milano is a Listed flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 3,000 metres (about 1⅞ miles) at Milan in May. History The event was formerly classed at Group 3 level. For a period it was restricted to horses aged four or older. The minimum age was lowered to three in 1995. It was run as an ungraded handicap from 1996 to 2002. The Coppa d'Oro di Milano reverted to being a conditions race in 2003. From this point it held Listed status. It was closed to three-year-olds in 2007. The race is currently staged at the same meeting as the Oaks d'Italia. Records Most successful horse since 1987 (2 wins): Drum Taps – 1992, 1993 Pay Me Back – 1997, 1998 Montalegre – 2006, 2007 Caudillo - 2012, 2013 Trip To Rhodes - 2014, 2016 Leading jockey since 1987 (4 wins): Sergio Dettori – Damascus Regal (1988), Steve Lucky (1996), Pay Me Back (1997, 1998) Leading trainer since 1987 (4 wins): Bruno Grizzetti – Jar (1999), London Bank (2001), Storm Mountain (2009), Frankenstein (2011) Winners since 1987 See also List of Italian flat horse races References Racing Post / www.labronica.it: , , , , , , , , 1997, 1998 1999, 2000, , 2002, , , , , , , , , , , , , galopp-sieger.de – Coppa d'Oro di Milano. pedigreequery.com – Coppa d'Oro di Milano – Milano San Siro. Category:Open long distance horse races Category:Sport in Milan Category:Horse races in Italy |
Earl of Carlingford The title of Earl of Carlingford was created in the Peerage of Ireland for Theobald Taaffe. The Earl bore the subsidiary titles Viscount Taaffe and Baron of Ballymote (1628). Taaffe Family History 1st Viscount Taaffe of Corren left fifteen children, of whom the eldest, Theobald, was created Earl of Carlingford. Theobald's eldest son was killed in the Turkish wars. He was succeeded in the title by his second son Nicholas, who had served in the Spanish wars and was killed at the Boyne. The next brother, Francis, the third Earl, was one of the most celebrated men of his time: he was brought up at Olomouc, at the imperial court, and in the service of Duke Charles of Lorraine, whose most intimate friend he became. He rose to the highest rank in the Austrian army, having greatly distinguished himself at the Battle of Vienna and in the other Turkish campaigns, and was a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was sent on many important diplomatic missions, and at the end of his life was chancellor and chief minister to the Duke of Lorraine. Notwithstanding the Jacobite connections of his family, Francis' title to the Earldom of Carlingford was confirmed by William III, and the attainder and forfeiture of the estates incurred by his brother was repealed. This favour he owed to his position at the court of the Emperor, William's most important ally. On his death the title and estates went to his nephew Theobald, whose father had fallen during the Siege of Derry, and who himself had served with distinction in the Austrian army. On his death, the title of Earl of Carlingford became extinct; both the Austrian and Irish estates as well as the Irish viscountcy went to a cousin, Nicholas, 6th Viscount Taaffe. An unrelated Carlingford barony was created for Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue in 1874. Viscounts Taaffe (1628) Sir John Taaffe, 1st Viscount Taaffe (died before 1641/2). Theobald Taaffe, 2nd Viscount Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford (died 1677) Earls of Carlingford Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl of Carlingford (died 1677) Nicholas Taaffe, 2nd Earl of Carlingford (died 2 July 1690, at the Battle of the Boyne). Francis Taaffe 3rd Earl of Carlingford (1639–1704), an Austrian Field Marshal and Knight of the Golden Fleece Theobald Taaffe 4th Earl of Carlingford (died 24 November 1738); fought against the Turks. With his death the earldom became extinct, however the subsidiary title Viscount Taaffe went to a cousin Nicholas Taaffe. References Category:Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland Category:Carlingford, County Louth |
CD Gerena Club Deportivo Gerena is a Spanish football team based in Gerena, Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2006, it plays in Tercera División – Group 10, holding home matches at Estadio José Juan Romero Gil. Season to season 6 seasons in Tercera División External links Official website La Preferente team profile Soccerway team profile Category:Football clubs in Andalusia Category:Association football clubs established in 2006 Category:2006 establishments in Spain |
Minoru Inuzuka was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Starting out as a screenwriter at Shochiku in 1924, he also participated in the production of Teinosuke Kinugasa's A Page of Madness. When Chōjirō Hayashi (later known as Kazuo Hasegawa) became a jidaigeki star at Shochiku, Inuzuka directed many of his films. After World War II, Inuzuka returned to specializing in screenplays and was known for his scripts for the Zatoichi series. He published his autobiography in 2002, and died in 2007 at the age of 106. When he died, he was called the last surviving director to have directed a silent film in the 1920s. Inuzuka wrote scripts for over 150 films and directed over 50. Selected filmography As director Chigo no kenpō (稚児の剣法) (1927) The Spell of the Sand Painting (砂絵呪縛 Sunae Shibari) (1927) As screenwriter A Page of Madness (狂った一頁 Kurutta Ichipeiji) (1926). Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki (月形半平太 花の巻 嵐の巻) (1956) The Tale of Zatoichi (座頭市物語 Zatōichi monogatari) (1962) New Tale of Zatoichi (新座頭市物語 Shin Zatōichi monogatari) (1963) Zatoichi on the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅 Zatōichi kenka-tabi) (1963) References External links Category:1901 births Category:2007 deaths Category:People from Tokyo Category:Japanese screenwriters Category:Japanese film directors Category:Japanese centenarians Category:Silent film directors |
Bandar-e Deyr Bandar-e Deyr (; also Romanized as Bandar-e Deyyer; also known as Deyyer, Daiyir, Dayer and Qal’eh Dīr) is a city and capital of Deyr County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 18,454, in 3,882 families. Bandar Deyr was a prominent commercial port in the Persian gulf, and the Jewish settlers were dominating the local market Jewish community Some historians believe that Dandar Deyr during the 13th century was exclusively inhabited by jews, and the Jewish community during the 19th century has an estimated population of 20 to 50 family. References Category:Populated places in Deyr County Category:Cities in Bushehr Province |
Inverness, Quebec Inverness is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Irishman William Bennet came to Inverness Township in 1819, but the first colony dates to 1829 with the arrival of 12 families from the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Their descendants built two churches in the village: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian (1862) and the old Methodist Church (1862), now a bronze foundry. A record of the emigration from the Isle of Arran to Megantic County was written by Dugald McKenzie McKillop, the descendant of one of those who made the journey and is recorded in his book: "Annals of Megantic County, Quebec" published in 1902. References Category:Municipalities in Quebec Category:Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Category:Designated places in Quebec |
Addai Scher Addai Scher (, ) Also written Addai Sher, Addaï Scher and Addai Sheir (3 March 1867 – 21 June 1915), an ethnic Assyrian, was the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Siirt in Upper Mesopotamia. He was killed by the Ottomans during the 1915 Assyrian Genocide. Early life Addai was born in Shaqlawa to an ethnic Assyrian family who were adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church on 3 March 1867. His father was the local priest of the village, and he helped him at teaching Assyrian language at a young age. The early death of his mother made him concentrate on ascetic life and he joined the Dominican Seminar in Mosul in 1880 where he studied Syriac, Chaldean, Arabic, French, Latin and Turkish as well as theology and philosophy. Nine years later he was appointed a priest and sent to his home town Shaqlawa, where he once more worked as a teacher in the Church's school. Priest and bishop He was later appointed as a bishopric assistant in Kirkuk and he spent his time learning Hebrew, Greek, Persian, Kurdish and he authored as well in German and English. On 13 November 1902, he was elected as the next bishop of Siirt, a position that had been vacant for two years. In 1908 he journeyed to Istanbul where he met the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. From there he took off to Rome and met pope Pius X, and during his stay in Paris he managed to make contacts with French orientalists and print some of his works. Death In 1915, the Ottoman Army was initially defeated in the Caucasus during the World War I, and fearing an internal uprising from its Christian population orders were given to exterminate the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrians population of Anatolia. Initially Addai Sher managed to bribe the governor of Siirt with 500 pounds of gold in order to save his congregation. This enabled some of the Chaldean Christians of the city to flee. The bishop himself was helped by a Kurdish Agha who hid him in his house. Some Kurds, subjects of Osman, Agha of Tanze, chief of the tribes Hadide and Atamissa, great friends of the Archbishop's and protectors of the Christians, disguised him as a Kurd and got him away by a secret door of his residence. For some days he remained with his friend the Kurdish Agha, but an Ottoman regiment learning of his flight, attempted to trace him. Knowing that the Kurd chief had concealed him they summoned him to surrender the Archbishop, set fire to his house, and threatened him with death. The Kurdish Agha fled with his family. The Kurds who remained, tired of the struggle, were obliged to indicate the hiding place of the prelate, whom the soldiers seized and killed with eight shots. The Archbishop remained hidden for several days, but eventually a band of Kurdish mercenaries who worked with the Ottoman Turkish army discovered his hideout. After being captured, a witness described the last hours of Addai Scher's life: See also Seert (Chaldean Diocese) Assyrian Genocide Assyrian struggle for independence Assyrian people Assyria Syriac language Chaldean Catholic Church Assyrian Church of the East Toma Audo References Category:1867 births Category:1915 deaths Category:Assyrians of the Ottoman Empire Category:Chaldean archbishops Category:Martyred Roman Catholic priests Category:20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Category:People from Shaqlawa Category:People who died in the Assyrian Genocide Category:Persecution of Christians in the Ottoman Empire |
University of Minnesota College of Design University of Minnesota College of Design is located on both the Saint Paul and Minneapolis campuses of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. The College of Design includes the full range of design disciplines and is home to eight undergraduate majors in the fields of architecture, apparel design, graphic design, interior design, landscape architecture, product design, and retail merchandising. There are 23 graduate degree programs, eight undergraduate minors, nine research centers, and the Goldstein Museum of Design. Campuses The College of Design is located on both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. The programs of apparel design, graphic design, interior design, housing studies, and retail merchandising are located in McNeal Hall on the St. Paul campus. The Goldstein Museum of Design is also located in McNeal Hall. On the Minneapolis campus the College of Design is located in Rapson Hall, where the architecture, landscape architecture, and product design programs are housed, and at 1425 University Ave. where the Center for Sustainable Building Research and two studio spaces are located. History In 2006, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities launched a strategic initiative that created the College of Design by uniting the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel from the College of Human Ecology with the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel The Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel (DHA) can trace its roots back to 1871 in the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture. Courses were designed to appeal to the growing number of women seeking higher education, which led to the establishment of the Home Economics Department in 1900. Wylle B. McNeal, for whom the St. Paul Campus building is named, became the head of Home Economics in 1923 and would continue to champion the new programs until her retirement in 1950. Harriet and Vetta Goldstein joined the faculty in 1913 and 1915, respectively, and spearheaded the development of the design curriculum. In the 1970s, a strategic reorganization lead to the creation of the College of Home Economics, which was separated into four departments: Design Family Social Science Food Science and Nutrition Textiles and Clothing It was during this time of change that a major addition and renovation occurred: three separate buildings were joined together into what is recognized today as McNeal Hall. When the renovation was completed in 1976, the Goldstein Gallery (now the Goldstein Museum of Design) opened and featured exhibits that brought together students, faculty, and the community in a unique extension of the classroom. In 1983, the Department of Design merged with the Department of Textiles and Clothing, to form DHA. Programs of study included costume design (later apparel design), applied design (later graphic design), housing studies, interior design, retail merchandising, and textiles and clothing. Eventually, the textiles and clothing major was closed. The product design major was added in 2016. Department of Landscape Architecture In 1965, the University Regents established the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Degree (BLA) and hired Roger Martin head the program. Two years later, the first courses for this degree were offered within the School of Architecture. At the time, programs in Landscape Architecture were being offered through both the School of Architecture and through the Department of Horticultural Science in the College of Agriculture. In 1968, a joint administrative agreement was reached which would split both the faculty and the funding for BLA programs between the School of Architecture and the Department of Horticultural Science. The Masters in Landscape Architecture program was first accredited in 1976. During that same year the faculty reevaluated |
the curriculum to focus on the integration of ‘art’ and ‘ecology’ and later added the theme of ‘community.’ Faculty committed themselves to curricular, research, and outreach activities dedicated to transforming practice to meet the broadening spectrum of issues faced by landscape architects. School of Architecture In 1869 the first president of the newly founded University of Minnesota made the study of architecture available within the College of Mechanic Arts, later named the College of Engineering and Architecture, then the Institute of Technology, now the College of Science and Engineering. By the end of the First World War, the School of Architecture had established a nationally-recognized curriculum in architecture and the relationship between the teaching and practice of architecture became more intense. In 1954, Ralph Rapson, for whom the Minneapolis building is named, was chosen to head the school; following the tenure of his two predecessors, Frederick Mann and Roy Jones. The ultimate goal of the school was to produce graduates who had acquired the fundamental skills and knowledge of architecture and landscape architecture, but who had also learned to question and challenge its limits. In 1989, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) officially separated from the Institute of Technology and became the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CALA) under the leadership of Dean Harrison Fraker and, in 1996, followed by Dean Tom Fisher. Leadership Carol Strohecker, Dean (2017 - present) Carol Strohecker is the current dean of the College of Design. Previously, Strohecker was vice provost for academic affairs at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Prior to RISD, she was the inaugural director of the University of North Carolina’s multicampus Center for Design Innovation. Strohecker conducted research on learning environment design and technology-enhanced learning at Media Lab Europe (the European partner of the MIT Media Lab) and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs. She holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences and a Master of Science in Visual Studies. Both degrees are from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Becky Yust, Interim Dean (2015 - 2017) Becky Yust served as interim dean of the College of Design from 2015 to 2017. Yust is a professor of housing studies. Thomas Fisher, Dean (2006 - 2015) Tom Fisher served as the inaugural dean of the College of Design, leading the college from its creation in 2006 through 2015. Previously, Fisher spent ten years as dean of the University of Minnesota School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. He is now director of the College of Design's Minnesota Design Center and holds the position of Dayton Hudson Land Grant Chair in Urban Design. Programs Apparel Design: B.S. Apparel Studies: M.A., M.S., Ph.D. Architecture: B.D.A., B.S., M.Arch., M.Heritage Studies & Public History, M.S. Heritage Preservation, M.S. Metropolitan Design, M.S. Research Practices, M.S. Sustainable Design, Undergraduate Minor Ecological Restoration: Graduate Minor Fashion Studies: Undergraduate Minor Graphic Design: B.F.A., M.A., M.S., M.F.A., Ph.D. Health Care Design and Innovation: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Housing Studies: M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Human Factors & Ergonomics: M.S., Graduate Minor Interdisciplinary Design: Undergraduate Minor Interior Environments: Undergraduate Minor Interior Design: B.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D. Landscape Architecture: M.S., M.L.A. Landscape Design & Planning: B.E.D., Undergraduate Minor Metropolitan Design: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Museum Studies: Graduate Minor Product Design: B.S., Undergraduate & Graduate Minor Retail Merchandising: B.S., Undergraduate Minor Research and Outreach Centers Center for Changing Landscapes: Managed jointly by the College of Design and the College for Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences, the Center for Changing Landscapes offers social science research, conservation program evaluation, sustainable landscape design, community assessment training, and other services to natural resource agencies, non-profit organizations, and communities throughout Minnesota |
and beyond. Center for Design in Health: The Center for Design in Health brings researchers working in process design, medical technology, architecture, landscape architecture, and clothing design together to create system solutions for health-related problems. Center for Sustainable Building Research: The Center for Sustainable Building Research transforms the built environment in ways that provide for ecological, economic, and social needs of the present without compromising those of the future. The center focuses on six areas of research: energy and climate change, the water cycle, sustainable materials for a healthy built environment, measuring regenerative design, equitable designs to provide sustainability for all, and creating regenerative and resilient. Center for World Heritage Studies: The Center for World Heritage Studies works with UNESCO’s World Heritage Center to conduct research and provide education on protection, conservation, and enhancement of global heritage. Digital Design Center: Jointly managed by the College of Science and Engineering, this center allows faculty of both colleges to explore unconventional and conventional hardware and software systems to advance virtual reality technology. Goldstein Museum of Design: Located on the St. Paul campus in McNeal Hall, the Goldstein Museum of Design was founded in 1976 is the only museum in the Upper Midwest specializing in designed objects. Minnesota Design Center: Addresses design issues across Minnesota, helping communities and organizations leverage their assets and realize opportunities that stimulate economic growth, encourage social vitality, and enhance human and environmental health. Midwest Universities Radon Consortium: Founded in 1989, the consortium is one of only three Regional Radon Training Centers established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wearable Product Design Center: Advances the design of wearable products and includes the College of Design’s Human Dimensioning Lab and the Wearable Technology Lab. References Category:University of Minnesota |
Osei Boateng Daniel Osei Boateng (born 19 May 1981 in Accra) is a Ghanaian football player who, is playing for Liberty Professionals F.C.. References Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Ghanaian footballers Category:Ghana international footballers Category:Ghana under-20 international footballers Category:Sportspeople from Accra Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Asante Kotoko SC players Category:King Faisal Babes FC players Category:Accra Great Olympics F.C. players Category:Heart of Lions F.C. players Category:Bofoakwa Tano F.C. players Category:Ghanaian expatriate footballers Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom Category:Expatriate footballers in England |
Flunk Flunk is a Norwegian electronic band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, drummer Erik Ruud, and vocalist Anja Oyen Vister. Biography Flunk began as a project between Ulf, and Jo in Oslo, Norway in late 2000 and early 2001. Beginning as an instrumental and sampled vocal project, they were signed for a track on a compilation by Beatservice Records in winter of 2001. On hearing the finished track, label manager Vidar Hanssen signed the still-unnamed band for a full album. During early summer 2001, Ulf and Jo recorded most of the album and Anja improvised the vocals. After their vocals, Jo layered the guitars, but it would be a year before the album would be completed and released. In spring 2002, the band was known as Flunk and they released their first single, a cover of New Order's Blue Monday in April. The track was well received in the UK and was included on numerous compilations in North America and Europe. Later in April, their debut album For Sleepyheads Only was released which garnered great reviews in Norway. With the success of their album, BBC invited them to do a recording session for the Radio 1 show The Blue Room in London. Shortly after Notting Hill Art's Club would become the location of their live debut. In the United States, they signed with Guidance Recordings. By summer 2002, the band was getting rave reviews from British electronica magazines and in July they played Norway's finest rock festival. In October For Sleepyheads Only was released in the US through Guidance Recordings. In November they played the London Jazz Festival. Throughout 2003 their debut, For Sleepyheads Only was still being echoed across the globe in staggered releases with special editions released to Russia and Greece. Beatservice Records then went on to release Treat Me Like You Do - For Sleepyheads Only Remixed in June. While their debut continued to make its way around, the band wasted no time and began work on their second album for the majority of the year, which was recorded in Paris in October. Their second album, Morning Star was finished in March 2004 and saw a Norwegian release in May while it was released in the rest of the world in June. In 2005, Play America was released on Beatservice Records which included bonus tracks from the US version of Morning Star along with remixes. In 2007 Flunk released their next album, Personal Stereo, while May 2009 saw the release of This Is What You Get, which includes a cover version of Radiohead's Karma Police. Discography Studio albums For Sleepyheads Only (2002) Morning Star (2004) Play America (2005) Personal Stereo (2007) This Is What You Get (2009) The Songs We Sing - Best of 2002-2012 (2012) Lost Causes (2013) Chemistry and Math (2017) Extended Plays Miss World (2002) Blue Monday (2002) Blue Monday Remixes (2002) Treat Me Like You Do - For Sleepyheads Only Remixed (2003) All Day and All of the Night Remixes (2005) Democracy (2007) Deconstruction Time Again (2015) Cover Ups - The Home Recordings (2016) Live albums KEXP Live Sessions (2006) Blue Monday Live in Prague (2014) Singles "Miss World" (2002) "Blue Monday" (2002) "On My Balcony" (2004) "All Day and All of the Night" (2005) "Sit Down" (2007) "Silent Night" (2008) "Common Sense" (2009) "Queen of the Underground" (2012) "Cigarette Burns" (2012) "Sanctuary" (2013) "Love and Halogen" (2013) "TMTTUOT" (2016) "Petrified" (2017) Appearances In January 2005, Flunk's track "Play" off Morning Star appeared on an episode of The O.C. called "The Risky Business" and later appeared on Music from the |
OC: Mix 4. In April 2008, the track appeared in Episode 5 of the PBS series "Carrier", during the swimming scene (swim call). The song "Spring To Kingdom Come" (from the album Morning Star) was featured in an episode (Season 2 Episode 20) of the television series Numb3rs. The song "See Thru You" (from the album For Sleepyheads Only) was featured in the fourth episode of the television series Big Love, "Eclipse". The song "Blue Monday" can be heard in the movie, Walking Tall, starring The Rock. The song "Honey's In Love" is heard briefly in an episode of The L Word in 2005. The song "Blue Monday" can be heard in the movie "Nancy Drew" (2007 film) The song "On My Balcony" is featured in the new Timotei advert as of May, 2008 The songs "Morning Star" and "Six Seven Times" are currently being played in Victoria's Secret stores in the United States. The song "Personal Stereo" appears in a Norwegian commercial for the Volkswagen Tiguan 2011 model. The song "Only You" appears in an episode of the second season of the series "Designated_Survivor_(TV_series)" External links Official Flunk Website [ Flunk on allmusic.com] Category:Norwegian electronic music groups Category:Musical quartets Category:Trip hop groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:2000 establishments in Norway Category:Musical groups from Oslo |
List of universities in Montenegro This is a list of universities in Montenegro. State University of Montenegro, Podgorica Private University of Donja Gorica, Donja Gorica, Podgorica Mediterranean University, Podgorica Private faculties Faculty of Management in Traffic and Communications, Berane Faculty of Business and Tourism, Budva Faculty of Management, Herceg Novi Faculty of State and European Studies, Podgorica Faculty of Mediterranean Business Studies, Tivat Montenegro Category:Education in Montenegro |
Spike (Elvis Costello album) Spike is the 12th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, and his first since My Aim Is True without the Attractions, released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 25848. It was his first album for the label and peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. It also reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 thanks to the single and his most notable American hit, "Veronica," which reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.1 on the US Modern Rock chart. Content In 1987, Costello began writing with Paul McCartney for the latter's Flowers in the Dirt album. They composed a dozen songs together, which showed up on multiple albums by McCartney and Costello. Two of those songs appear on this album, "Pads, Paws and Claws" and the hit single "Veronica". As his first album for a new label, in his own words Costello had the budget of "a small independent movie," and having in mind the blueprint for five different albums, decided to make all of them. He brought back his foil from King of America, T Bone Burnett, to facilitate the sessions and produce the album. Studio time was booked in four different locations: Ocean Way in Hollywood; Southland Studios in New Orleans; Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin; and AIR Studios in London. Four different groups of musicians were assembled in each location. Writing credits on the album are given to both Elvis Costello and Declan MacManus, Costello's birth name. The single "Veronica" peaked at No. 31 on the UK singles chart and at No. 19 in America, his best showing ever on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached No.1 on the US Modern Rock chart. "This Town" was also released as a single but missed both of the main singles chart in both nations. An extended play single was also released for "Baby Plays Around," peaking at No. 65 in the UK. The second track, "Let Him Dangle", is a protest song opposing capital punishment, recounting the 1953 conviction and execution of Derek Bentley. The seventh track, "Tramp the Dirt Down," is a fiery lament, depicting Costello's anger at the Thatcher government and its effect on Britain's society. In the song, Costello expresses his desire to live long enough to see Margaret Thatcher die and vows, "I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down." "I wish I'd written 'Tramp the Dirt Down'," said singer Natalie Merchant. The song reached No. 79 on the iTunes chart following Thatcher's death in April 2013. In addition, he played this song at Glastonbury 2013 having previously performed it there on the Pyramid Stage in 1987. Lyrics are given in the booklet for the eighth track, "Stalin Malone," but the album recording is an instrumental and does not include vocals. A version with a recitation of the lyrics as poetry appears on the 2001 bonus disc. Release history The album was released initially on compact disc in 1989. As part of the Rhino Records reissue campaign for Costello's back catalogue from Demon/Columbia and Warners, it was re-released in 2001 with 17 additional tracks on a bonus disc. The bonus disc included three tracks with Nick Lowe on bass and Attractions drummer Pete Thomas for use as b-sides, recorded at Wessex Sound Studios after the Spike mixing sessions. Track listing All tracks written by Elvis Costello, except where noted; track timings taken from Rhino 2001 reissue. "...This Town..." – 4:32 "Let Him Dangle" – 4:45 "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" – 4:07 "Veronica" (Costello, Paul McCartney) – 3:09 "God's |
Comic" – 5:31 "Chewing Gum" – 3:47 "Tramp the Dirt Down" – 5:41 "Stalin Malone" – 4:09 "Satellite" – 5:45 "Pads, Paws and Claws" (Costello, McCartney) – 2:56 "Baby Plays Around" (Costello, Cait O'Riordan) – 2:47 "Miss Macbeth" – 4:23 "Any King's Shilling" – 6:07 "Coal-Train Robberies" – 3:18 "Last Boat Leaving" – 3:31 2001 bonus disc Tracks 1–12 are solo demo recordings. "Miss Macbeth" – 3:51 "...This Town..." – 3:50 "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror" – 4:07 "Coal Train Robberies" – 2:52 "Satellite" – 4:50 "Pads, Paws and Claws" (Costello, McCartney) – 2:08 "Let Him Dangle" – 3:39 "Veronica" (Costello, McCartney) – 3:03 b-side to "So Like Candy" single "Tramp the Dirt Down" – 5:19 "Baby Plays Around" (Costello, O'Riordan) – 2:42 "Put Your Big Toe in the Milk of Human Kindness" – 3:17 "Last Boat Leaving" – 3:29 "The Ugly Things" (Nick Lowe) – 2:56 b-side to "The Other Side of Summer" single "You're No Good" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) – 2:22 b-side to "Veronica" single "Point of No Return" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:34 b-side to "Baby Plays Around" single "The Room Nobody Lives In" (John Sebastian) – 4:46 b-side to twelve-inch and CD single of "Veronica" "Stalin Malone" – 3:12 version with recitation Personnel Elvis Costello – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, piano, bells, acoustic bass guitar, organ, melodica T Bone Burnett – acoustic guitar, bass, national steel guitar Cait O'Riordan – maracas, bells Dublin Derek Bell – Irish harp, hammered dulcimer Frankie Gavin – fiddle Dónal Lunny – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, electric bouzouki Davy Spillane – pipe, uilleann pipes, Low whistle Steve Wickham – fiddle Christy Moore – bodhran Pete Thomas – drums New Orleans Lionel Batiste – bass drum Gregory Davis – trumpet Willie Green – drums Kevin Harris – tenor saxophone Charles Joseph – trombone Kirk Joseph – sousaphone Roger Lewis – baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone Jenell Marshall – snare drum Allen Toussaint – grand piano Efrem Towns – trumpet Hollywood Michael Blair – glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, xylophone, bells, timpani, vibraphone, Chinese drums, Oldsmobile hubcap, Parade drum, anvil, whiplash, crash-box, temple bells, snare drum, "magic table", metal pipe, "Martian dog bark" Ralph Forbes – electric drums, drum programming Mitchell Froom – organ, harmonium, electric piano, chamberlin, Indian harmonium Roger McGuinn – twelve-string guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar Jim Keltner – tom-toms, snare drum, Chinese cymbal Jerry Marotta – drums Buell Neidlinger – cello, double bass Marc Ribot – banjo, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sounds Jerry Scheff – electric bass, double bass, fuzz bass Benmont Tench – piano, clavinet, spinet, Vox Continental Tom "T Bone" Wolk – accordion, bass London Chrissie Hynde – harmony vocals Nick Lowe – bass Paul McCartney – Hofner bass guitar, Rickenbacker bass guitar Pete Thomas – drums Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles Certifications } References Category:Elvis Costello albums Category:1989 albums Category:Albums produced by Elvis Costello Category:Albums produced by T Bone Burnett Category:Baroque pop albums Category:Rhino Records albums Category:Warner Records albums |
Dow's Lake Dow's Lake in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a small man-made lake on the Rideau Canal, situated two kilometres north of Hog's Back Falls in the middle of Ottawa. It is at the south end of Preston Street, just south of Carling Avenue, and just to the west of Bronson Avenue. At the south end of the lake is Carleton University, and to the west is the Dominion Arboretum, at the edge of the Central Experimental Farm. History Early settlement The lake is named after Abram Dow, an American-born settler who came to Ontario in the early 19th Century and who owned land in this area in 1816. Before the construction of the Canal, this area was known as Dow's Great Swamp. The lake was created when a dam was constructed along the north shore (Queen Elizabeth Driveway is now atop the dam) to allow flooding for the canal. Originally, the Rideau Canal was to run north from Dow's Lake, but land speculation and Colonel By's reluctance to reward such speculation resulted in the current location of the canal. 20th-century developments In past years, the parkland to the north and east was rail yards until the 1940s and the area was mostly industrial. Situated next to the pavilion on the western shore is Canadian Forces Reserve Barrack Dow's Lake. This installation, opened in 1943, is home to HMCS Carleton a unit of the Canadian Naval Reserve. A rail tunnel, which was formerly owned and operated by Canadian Pacific, passes under the lake. This tunnel replaced a rail line that once crossed the lake on the surface. The OC Transpo introduced the O-Train (today's Trillium Line) in 2001, a light-rail transit system, which remains the primary user of the tunnel. Unveiled by Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, The Man With Two Hats is a 4.6 metre sculpture by . It commemorates the role Canadian forces played in the liberation of the Netherlands, and a reproduced cast of the sculpture exists as the National Canadian Liberation Monument in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Facing to the lake, it symbolises the historic links between Canada and the Netherlands as well as Princess Margriet's birth at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Visitor activities In May, the surrounding park, Commissioners Park, displays tulips planted by the NCC (National Capital Commission) for the annual Canadian Tulip Festival. Over 50 varieties and approximately 300,000 tulips bloom each May along the Rideau Canal. During the winter, Dow's Lake freezes and becomes part of the world's longest skating rink and one of the primary sites of the Winterlude festival in February, with events such as the 'bed races' and 'waiter races' on the ice. Two scenic drives along the canal pass to either side of the lake. The Queen Elizabeth Driveway, named after the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (who traveled along it during the 1939 royal visit) runs beside the north and west sides of the lake. The Colonel By Drive, named after the founder of the city, Lieutenant-Colonel John By, runs beside the south side of the lake. At the north end of the lake a pavilion is situated over the water with three restaurants overlooking the water. They are Malone's, Lago and Guadala Harry's. Other services of the pavilion include canoe and paddle boat rentals, boat mooring and an indoor change area for skating. It is open year-round. Notes References Woods, Shirley E. Jr. Ottawa: The Capital of Canada, Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1980. External links Dows Lake Pavilion Privately run Dows Lake Pavilion Category:Landforms of Ottawa Category:Parks in Ottawa Category:Lakes of Ontario |
Girls on Top (song) "Girls on Top" is a song by British-Dutch girl group Girl Thing. It was released on 30 October 2000 in Australia, and on 6 November 2000 in the UK as the second single from their self-titled debut studio album (2001). Despite previous single "Last One Standing" peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, "Girls on Top" only charted at number 25, resulting in the group being dropped by their record label and their album not being released in the UK. Charts References Category:2000 singles Category:2000 songs Category:Girl Thing songs Category:Songs written by Andy Watkins Category:Songs written by Paul Wilson (songwriter) Category:Songs written by Tracy Ackerman Category:RCA Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Absolute (production team) |
Lida Lida ( ; ; ; ; ) is a city 160 km (99 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name Lida is derived from the name of the River Lidzeya. Its origin is associated with the Lithuanian name Lyda - Lydimas, meaning to fuse, to cast (denoting forest clearing). Names in other languages are spelled as and . History Early history, Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth There are passing mentions of Lida in chronicles from 1180. Until the early 14th century, the settlement at Lida was a wooden fortress in Lithuania proper. In 1323, the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas built a brick fortress there. The generally considered founding year of Lida is 1380. The fortress withstood Crusader attacks from Prussia in 1392 and 1394 but was burned to the ground in 1710. Following the death of Gediminas, when Lithuania was divided into principalities, Lida became the capital of one of them, the seat of Algirdas. Lida was in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After the Union of Krewo (1385), when the Polish–Lithuanian Union was established, and the subsequent Christianization of Lithuania, the Catholic parish was established in the former Lithuanian pagan lands, and a church, whose ruins still exist, was built by King Władysław II Jagiełło, who visited Lida two times, in 1415 and 1422. In the 15th century, the town became a centre of production by craftsmen and trade. Lida was connected with Vilnius, Navahrudak and Minsk. The town had a market square and four streets: Wileńska, Zamkowa, Kamieńska and Krivaya. In 1506, a Sejm was held in Lida, convened by King Aleksander Jagiellon and the Polish-Lithuanian army gathered here before the Battle of Kletsk, in which it defeated the invading Tatars. In 1588, Lida became the seat of Lida District in Vilnius Voivodeship. Polish King Sigismund III Vasa granted Lida Magdeburg town rights in 1590, which were later confirmed in Warsaw by Kings Władysław IV Vasa in 1640 and Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki in 1670 and by the Polish Sejm in 1776. They let Lida hold two annual fairs of little import to the local economy. It was a royal city. The population was between 2000 and 5000 people. The second half of the 17th century was a difficult time for Lida. During the Russo-Polish War the city was destroyed by the Cossacks in 1655 and the Russians in 1659. As a result of the war in 1656 famine occurred and in 1657 an epidemic. To revive Lida, King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki exempted the city from taxes with a privilege of 1676. In 1679 it suffered a fire. In 1702, Lida was plundered by the Swedes. In 1759, a high school was founded in Lida. By 1786, only 514 inhabitants were left in Lida, in 1792, 1243 people lived here. After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, it was annexed by the Russian Empire as a powiat centre of the Slonim Governorate (1795). Imperial Russia Lida was then part of the Lithuania Governorate in 1797 and then Grodno Governorate in 1801. The town was mostly destroyed during the Napoleonic Wars in 1812. In 1817, the population was 1366 people. In 1831, during the November Uprising, a battle was fought nearby between the Polish insurgents commanded by Dezydery Chłapowski and the Russians. After the uprising, as part of anti-Polish repressions the Piarist church was taken away from Catholics by the Russian administration and transformed into an Orthodox church. It was restored to Catholics after Poland regained independence. In 1842, Lida became the centre of Vilna Governorate. In 1863 |
and 1873, two beer factories were built in Lida. In 1884, the railway from Vilnius to Lunenets was finished. In 1907, the railway from Molodechno to Mosty was opened. In 1897, the town had 8626 people. After two-year school opened, a parish school with adepartment for girls opened and a Jewish school. In 1899, a hospital opened which consisted of 25 beds. In 1901, a cast-iron plant began to operate. In 1903, a sawmill started operating. At the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century, two brick plants were built. In 1904, there were 1000 houses, of which 275 were brick, 14 small enterprises, four hospitals with beds for 115 patients and six elementary schools for 700 pupils. In 1904, the Russian Social Democratic Party was formed near Minsk. During the revolutions of 1905 to 1907, workers' uprisings took place, complete with political slogans. In 1914, there were almost 40 factories. Interwar Poland During World War I Lida was occupied by German troops. In 1919, the Red Army established Bolshevik power. Polish troops, under General Józef Adam Lasocki, reached the outskirts of Lida in early March 1919. On April 15, they resumed their advance, and on April 17 they captured Lida, a screening operation to the taking of Vilnius. On 17 July 1920, the Red Army returned, but it was forced to retreat in August after their defeat at Warsaw. On 30 September 1920, Polish and Russian troops fought in and around Lida during the Battle of the Niemen River, as the Soviet 21st Rifle Division tried to assault Polish positions but was repulsed by the 1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division. The Poles took about 10,000 prisoners from the Soviet 3rd Army. By the Soviet-Lithuanian Treaty of 1920, Lida was ceded by the Soviets to Lithuania, but the treaty was not recognized by Poland. In accordance with 1921 Riga Peace Treaty, the town was awarded to Poland and was a powiat centre in the Nowogródek Voivodeship. In 1927 were 24 factories in Lida, whose production grew rapidly in 1928. A new rubber goods factory started, employing almost 800 people. Lida was also an important garrison of the Polish Army, with one infantry division and the 5th Corps of the Polish Air Force stationed there. In the 1930s, Lida was extensively expanded, dozens of new streets were built. World War II and recent history In 1939, after the Soviet invasion of Poland, Lida became part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. In January 1940, Lida became the centre of Lida Raion, in Baranavichy Voblast. From June 1941 to July 1944, it was occupied by German troops, who killed almost 25,149 people. On September 18, 1943, the Jewish Community of Lida was rounded up and taken to Majdanek, where they were murdered. Only about 200 Lida Jews survived the Holocaust. From mid-1944 Lida was occupied by the Soviets again. After the war, in 1945, in accordance to the Potsdam Agreement it was taken from Poland and annexed by the Soviet Union. Administratively, Lida became part of Grodno Region. From the Cold War to 1993, Lida was home to the 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division of the Soviet Air Force. Jewish Community Jews first settled in Lida in the middle of the 16th century, and permission to construct a synagogue was granted by King Stefan Batory in 1579. The temple was decimated and rebuilt with the permission of King Wladyslaw Vasa in 1630. By 1817, the Jewish Community numbered 567, nearly three quarters of the total population of the city. Lida had a particularly-sightly brick synagogue. Old photographs can be found. During |
the First World War, the Germans captured Lida on 26 September 1915, and both Jews and Gentiles were forced into labour. Soon after the German Occupation ceased in winter 1918, Bolsheviks entered the city and created a strong sense of the Revolution. In 17 April 1919, Polish soldiers entered Lida and committed a pogrom, killing 39 Jews. Lida was captured by the Red Army in 17 July 1920 but was retaken by Polish troops in 29 September 1920. After the Peace of Riga, it was passed to Poland and became powiat (county) centre in Nowogródek Voivodeship. The interwar period was a short period of economic growth for the Jewish community. All aspects flourished, and there were 12 fully functioning synagogues. In 1931, the Jewish population grew to 6,335, and at the dawn of the Holocaust, refugees increased the number to nearly 8,500. In the fall of 1939, the Red Army moved in and annexed Lida to the Baranavichy Voblast of Byelorussian SSR, part of the Soviet Union in 19 September 1939. Once again, the Jews were oppressed, and all cultural aspects of the community were diminished. The Soviets imprisoned surrounding Jews in Lida. On 27 June 1941, the Germans severely damaged the city, and by December, a ghetto was created on the suburbs of Lida in which several families ended up crowding into a single home. On May 7, 1942, the ghetto was sealed, and the next day, nearly 6,000 were taken to a military firing range, where they were shot and piled in ready-made grave pits. About 1,500 educated Jews remained in the ghetto, and the population was added to by incoming refugees. A few groups secretly escaped the city and hid in the forests until the city was liberated in 9 July 1944, but the rest of the community was murdered on September 18, 1943. It was passed to the new Grodno Voblast in 1944. Monuments and attractions Lida Castle was built by the order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas for protection against assaults by the Teutonic Knights. The stone foundations were laid in 1323. Parts of the trapezium-shaped fortress were added on up through the 15th century. In the mid-17th century, an army of 30,000 was sent by Prince Nikita Khovansky of Moscow to destroy it, and in the Great Northern War (1700–1721), Swedes came and blew up the castle's towers, permanently diminishing its military purpose. It has since been restored, and tourists come to view its crimson walls. The Roman Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, a fine example of local late Baroque architecture. The Piarist Church of St. Joseph in Lida was built in 1794 to 1825. Built in the Late Classicism Style, the round stone church has an attractive dome and front. In 1842, it was destroyed by a fire but was soon rebuilt. It is now an Orthodox Church. Wooden Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary The Catholic Church in Lida was given a new sanctuary in April 2007. The refreshingly-white interior complements the tan exterior. In spring 2001, the Jewishs of Belarus worked closely with the residents of Lida to erect a memorial commemorating the thousands of Lida Jews that perished in the Holocaust. In autumn 2003 was an unveiling ceremony, involving 400 people. Now, visitors and residents alike can take a visit to this memorial, which properly honors all innocent victims of World War II. Geography Altitude: Flat Demographics Population: 101 928 (December, 2019) Ethnicity: Belarusians – 49,43%, Poles – 34,84%, Russians – 10,93% (according to 2019 Belarusian data) Religion: Eastern Orthodox 40%, Roman Catholic 50%, |
Other 10% Climate The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for the city's climate is Dfb (Warm Summer Continental Climate). Winter temperatures: around 1 °C Spring temperatures: around 10 °C Summer temperatures: around 17 °C Autumn temperatures: around 7 °C Stormy weather People David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida (ca. 1650-1696), Ashkenazi rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines rabbi of Lida and founder of Mizrakhi Jewish religious Zionist movement Konstanty Gorski (1859–1924), Polish composer and violinist Andrzej Januszajtis (1928-), Polish physicist and Professor Stefan E. Warschawski (1904–1989), mathematician Pola Raksa (1941–), Polish movie star Aleksander Zyw (1905–1995), artist born here Twin towns — sister cities Lida is twinned with: Alytus, Lithuania Daugavpils, Latvia Dimitrovgrad, Russia Goychay, Azerbaijan Kalachinsky District, Russia Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki (Moscow), Russia Koszalin, Poland Krymsky District, Russia Lebedyansky District, Russia Łomża, Poland Lyuberetsky District, Russia Nemansky District, Russia Rîșcani, Moldova Šalčininkai, Lithuania Shirak Province, Armenia Trakai, Lithuania Significant depictions in popular culture Lida is one of the starting towns of Lithuania in the turn-based strategy game Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms. References External links History of Lida Attractions of Lida Castle of Lida Jurkau kutoczak — Юркаў куточак — Yury's Corner. Замак Гедыміна ў Лідзе Lida News Lida Category:Cities in Belarus Category:Populated places in Grodno Region Category:Vilnius Voivodeship Category:Lidsky Uyezd Category:Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939) Category:Lida Category:Holocaust locations in Belarus Category:Mass murder in 1919 |
Meshaal Barsham Meshaal Barsham (born 14 February 1998) is a Qatari football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Al Sadd and for the Qatar national under-23 football team. He was an unused substitute in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Club career Al Sadd SC On 27 August 2018, in the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-finals, Barsham started for Al Sadd in their away game against Esteghlal. In the 12th minute of the match, Barsham had trouble making contact with a gentle header directed to him by teammate Boualem Khoukhi. Subsequently, the slow-moving ball narrowly passed under his foot and he was credited with an own goal. Nonetheless, his team went on to win the match 3–1. External links Profile on www.al-saddclub.com References Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Qatari footballers Category:Al Sadd SC players Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Qatar Stars League players |
A5114 road The A5114 is a British A road which is located on the island of Anglesey, Wales. It runs from a roundabout just off Junction 6 of the A55 (at the intersection with the A5) to the centre of the county town, Llangefni. The route At just over 1.3 miles (2 kilometres) the road is an extremely short one and runs in a north-north easterly direction for its duration. A turning a corner built for the junction first 0.7 miles of the road runs straight, along flat open fields. On reaching the edge of town, there's a T-junction with left-turn slip road for an industrial estate to the east. This is the first road met since leaving the dumbbell at the A55/A5. The road then becomes a bit less ruler-straight, with some gentle curves. There are some houses on the west side, set back from the road with hedges shielding it, and a car dealership and a petrol station on the east side. There is a bridge under the disused Anglesey Central Railway which is narrow and requires inbound traffic to give way - and the road north of here is much more urban in character. The road shortly ends at a T-junction with the one-way B5109 in the town centre, where vehicles must turn left. Historically the road was part of the B5111. Category:Roads in Anglesey |
1966 American Football League Championship Game The 1966 American Football League Championship Game was the seventh AFL championship game, played at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York, on January 1, 1967. It matched the Western Division champion Kansas City Chiefs (11–2–1) and the Eastern Division champion Buffalo Bills (9–4–1) to decide the American Football League (AFL) champion for the 1966 season. The host Bills entered as two-time defending champions, but the visiting Chiefs were three-point favorites, mainly because of their explosive and innovative offense led by head coach Hank Stram. The Bills were a more conventional team with a solid defensive line and a running mindset on offense. The two teams had split their season series, played early in the schedule without weather as a factor, with the road team winning each. The Chiefs defeated the Bills by a score of 31–7, and advanced to Super Bowl I to play against the National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers. Background The game was originally scheduled for Monday, December 26, the week after the conclusion of the regular season. The AFL–NFL merger agreement of June 1966 called for a "world championship game" between the league champions. When a date of January 15, 1967, was established, the AFL title game was moved to January 1, same as the NFL championship game in Dallas. The AFL game was at 1 p.m. EST, televised by NBC, and the NFL game followed at 4 p.m. on CBS. Like the NFL, the host team for the title game was alternated between the divisions, with the Eastern hosting in even-numbered years and the Western in odd regardless of record. Home-field advantage was not adopted until . Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs finished the 1966 regular season with an 11–2–1 record and clinched the Western Division title five weeks earlier, on November 27. Quarterback Len Dawson finished the season with 2,527 passing yards and 26 touchdowns, with only 10 interceptions, giving him a 101.7 passer rating. The team's top wide receiver was Otis Taylor who caught 58 passes for 1,297 yards and 8 touchdowns; Chris Burford also contributed by catching 58 passes for 758 yards and 8 touchdowns. Mike Garrett was the team's leading rusher, gaining 801 yards and 6 touchdowns. Other reliable options included Curtis McClinton (540 yards, 4 touchdowns) and Bert Coan (521 yards, 7 touchdowns). The Chiefs' offense consisted of five All-Stars: Len Dawson, Curtis McClinton, Otis Taylor, Jim Tyrer, and Ed Budde. Their defense featured six All-Stars: Johnny Robinson, E.J. Holub, Sherrill Headrick, Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, and Jerry Mays. Buffalo Bills Game summary In a chilly drizzle, Kansas City broke open a tied fierce 7–7 battle and dominated the rest of the contest from thereon, forcing four turnovers (without losing any themselves) and outscored host Buffalo 24-0 over the last three quarters. On the opening kickoff, Fletcher Smith's short kick was fielded by defensive end Dudley Meredith, who promptly fumbled the ball, and KC punter Jerrel Wilson, who also played on the kick coverage team, recovered it for the Chiefs on the Bills 31-yard line. This led to the first score of the game, a 29-yard touchdown pass from Len Dawson to tight end Fred Arbanas . After an exchange of punts, Buffalo tied the game when receiver Elbert Dubenion raced ahead of defensive back Fred Williamson "the Hammer", caught a pass from Jack Kemp at the Chiefs 45, and raced all the way to the end zone for a 69-yard touchdown reception. Later on, Mike Garrett's 27-yard punt return gave the Chiefs a first down on the Bills |
45-yard line. After a few plays, Dawson made a key 15-yard completion to Arbanas advancing to the Buffalo 29. It was the last catch of the day for Arbanas, who ended up leaving the game with a separated shoulder; however, it paid off big time as Dawson threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Otis Taylor on the next play, giving the Chiefs a 14–7 second quarter lead. Buffalo responded with a drive deep into Chiefs territory, featuring Kemp's 30-yard completion to rookie receiver Rob Burnett to the Kansas City 12-yard line. But in what turned out to be one of the most crucial plays of the game, Kemp's next pass resulted in a costly interception in the end zone by safety Johnny Robinson, who returned the football 72 yards to the Bills 28. Mike Mercer eventually cashed in the turnover with a 32-yard field goal that gave the Chiefs a 17–7 halftime lead. The third quarter was a defensive struggle with each team punting the football twice. Near the end, Kansas City got possession of the football on the Bills 42-yard line, but failed to score when Mercer missed a 49-yard field goal attempt. The Chiefs put the game away with consecutive touchdown drives in the fourth quarter. First, Dawson's 45-yard completion to Chris Burford gave the team a first down at the Buffalo 4-yard line. Garrett then ran the ball on the next four plays, concluding with a 1-yard touchdown run. On the first play of Buffalo's next drive, receiver Glenn Bass lost a fumble that Bobby Hunt returned 21 yards to the Bills 20-yard line, which led to another Garrett touchdown run, the final score of the game from 18 yards. Buffalo could do nothing with their next drive, and on their final one of the day, Kemp was intercepted by Emmitt Thomas. Dawson completed 16 of 24 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 28 yards. Garrett rushed for 39 yards and two touchdowns, caught 4 passes for 16 yards, returned a kickoff for 3 yards, and added another 37 yards on 3 punt returns. Kemp completed 12 of 25 passes for 253 yards and a touchdown, coupled with two costly interceptions. Burnett caught six passes for 127 yards. Box score Starting lineups Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196701010buf.htm Officials Referee: Walt Fitzgerald Umpire: Walt Parker Head Linesman: Tony Veteri Side Linesman: Cal Lepore Back Judge: Hugh Gamber Field Judge: Bob Bauer The AFL added a sixth game official, the side linesman, in 1966; the NFL added its sixth official, the line judge, during the previous season. The seventh official, the side judge, was added in . Players' shares The winning Chiefs split their players' shares for the title game 51 ways for $5,308 each, while the Bills split theirs into 47 shares for about $3,800 each. The upcoming Super Bowl I awarded an additional $15,000 per player for the winners and $7,500 each for the losing team. See also 1966 AFL season AFL Championship Games Super Bowl I 1966 NFL Championship Game References External links 1966 AFL Championship Game on IMDb Box score on Pro-Football-Reference.com 1966 Category:Buffalo Bills postseason Category:Kansas City Chiefs postseason Championship Game American Football League Championship Category:American football in Buffalo, New York Category:January 1967 sports events |
Star Rise Star Rise is a remix from two previous Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan–Michael Brook collaborations. The album was dedicated to the memory of Khan, who died prior to the album's completion, and released posthumously by Real World Records. Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 are remixed from the 1996 album Night Song. Tracks 3, 4, 7, and 9 are remixed from the 1990 album Mustt Mustt. According to the Star Rise liner notes, the Nitin Sawhney remix of Tracery, created after Khan's death, is the only track not to receive Khan's feedback. Track listing Category:Michael Brook albums Category:Remix albums published posthumously Category:Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan albums Category:1997 remix albums Category:Real World Records remix albums |
Rajkovac (Topola) Rajkovac () is a village in the municipality of Topola, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 189 people. References Category:Populated places in Šumadija District |
East Surrey Regiment The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot, the 1st Royal Surrey Militia and the 3rd Royal Surrey Militia. In 1959, after service in the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, the East Surrey Regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, which was, in 1966, merged with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment. The Queen's Regiment was subsequently amalgamated with the Royal Hampshire Regiment to form the present Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires). History Early history In 1702 a regiment of marines was raised in the West Country by George Villier (not related to the Villiers that became the Duke of Buckingham). It was named Villier's Marines. Villier was drowned in 1703, and the regiment was taken over by Alexander Luttrell. After Luttrell's death in 1705, the command went to Joshua Churchill until 1711 when it became Goring's Regiment (at this time regiments took the name of their colonel). In 1715 the regiment was removed from the marines and became the 31st Regiment of Infantry, and in 1751 the designation was changed to the 31st Regiment of Foot. Five years later a second battalion was raised in Scotland, the 2/31st Foot, which was re-designated in 1758, the 70th Regiment of Foot (Glasgow Lowland Regiment). Further changes were made in 1782. The 31st became known as the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, while the 70th became the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot. They stayed with this title until 1881 when they became the 1st & 2nd battalions of the East Surrey Regiment. 1881 to 1914 Following amalgamation, The Barracks, Kingston upon Thames became the regimental depot. The 1st Battalion, on formation, was in England, moving to India in 1884. It remained in India until 1903, its last posting being at Lucknow. It was then recalled to England and was posted at Aldershot, before moving to Jersey in 1905 and to Plymouth in 1909. The 2nd Battalion was in India when formed, moving to Suez in 1884. It then joined the Suakin Expedition in the Sudan in February 1885, where it saw fighting against the forces of the Mahdist State. The battalion left Suakin when the expedition was withdrawn in May 1885, returning to England. The battalion's next overseas service was in the Anglo-Boer War, where it took part in the Battle of Colenso in December 1899, the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900, and the Battle of the Tugela Heights in February 1900. After South Africa the battalion was shipped to India in 1903, where it replaced the 1st battalion at Lucknow. The battalion remained in India until the outbreak of the First World War. The 3rd (Militia) Battalion, which was formed from the 1st Royal Surrey Militia in 1881, was a reserve battalion. It was embodied for service during the Second-Boer War in South Africa on 3 May 1900, disembodied on 15 October 1900, re-embodied on 6 May 1901 and disembodied on 26 July 1902. More than 600 officers and men returned to Southampton by the SS Gaika in July 1902, following the end of the war, and was disbanded at Kingston barracks after having received their service medals. The 4th |
(Militia) Battalion, formed from the 3rd Royal Surrey Militia in 1881 was also a reserve battalion. It was embodied for service on 4 December 1899, disembodied on 12 July 1901, and re-embodied again for service during Second Boer War in South Africa. 850 officers and men returned to Southampton by the SS Tagus in October 1902, following the end of the war, and was disbanded at the Kingston barracks. The regiment was also assigned its own 4th Volunteer Battalion, which later became 23rd (County of London) Battalion in the London Regiment. In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve; the regiment now had two Reserve and two Territorial battalions. First World War Regular Army On 4 August 1914, the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was in Dublin. Eleven days later, mobilization completed and at full war establishment, the 1st Battalion landed at Le Havre in France, and before the end of the month was in action against the Germans. The battalion was assigned to the 14th Brigade, 5th Division, part of the original British Expeditionary Force (BEF). During the Retreat from Mons and afterwards, the Battalion took part in the great battles of 1914, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne. In 1915, after the Battle of La Bassée, the 1st East Surreys withstood a most determined attack on Hill 60, near Ypres. In the desperate fighting which ensued, the Battalion won three Victoria Crosses and seven Distinguished Conduct Medals. Among the VCs was Lieutenant George Roupell, who later became the last Colonel of the East Surrey Regiment. In late 1915 the brigade was transferred to the 32nd Division. In 1916, the 1st Battalion took part in the great battles of the River Somme, and distinguished itself notably at Morval in September. The Battalion took part in many of the great battles of 1917, such as Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres. After a four-month tour on the Italian Front, the Battalion was back in France in March 1918, and was engaged in the Battles of Albert and Bapaume, and the subsequent advance to victory. The 2nd Battalion returned from India at the outbreak of war, but it was not until January 1915 that it arrived in France with the 85th Brigade, 28th Division. It was soon in action to the south of Ypres where it lost many men, some by poison gas: the battalion lost some 800 troops out of about 1,000. The 2nd Battalion took part in the Battle of Loos in September 1915, and fought valiantly in the defence of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. At a vital stage in this battle, Lieutenant Arthur Fleming-Sandes, though wounded, displayed exceptional courage and leadership, for which he was later awarded the Victoria Cross. The following month the Battalion was transferred to the Salonika Expeditionary Force, and spent the remainder of the War on the Struma Valley Front and east of Lake Doiran. The battalion saw action at the Battle of Doiran in January 1918. Territorial Force The 1/5th and 1/6th Battalions, East Surrey Regiment were not to see service on the Western Front. Both battalions were part of the Surrey Brigade, alongside the 4th and 5th West Surreys, and attached to the Home Counties Division. They embarked for India in October 1914 and were employed on garrison duties in the United Provinces and the Punjab for two years. The 1/5th Battalion then joined the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force in December 1917 and took part in the operations on the Tigris, while the 1/6th Battalion left India in February |
1917 for a twelve-month tour of duty with the Aden Field Force. Hostilities-only battalions The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 37th Brigade in the 12th (Eastern) Division in June 1915 for service on the Western Front. The battalion fought at the battles of Loos, the Somme, Albert and Arras. The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 55th Brigade in the 18th (Eastern) Division in July 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The battalion fought at the Battle of Loos and the Battle of the Somme. One particular incident will always be remembered. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, B Company of the 8th Battalion went into the attack dribbling two footballs which the Company Commander, Captain Wilfred Nevill, had bought for his platoons to kick across No Man's Land. Captain Nevill and many of his men were killed during the advance, but the 8th East Surreys were one of the few battalions to reach and hold their objective on this day. The "Football Attack" caught the imagination of the country, and illustrations of it are shown in the Regimental Museum, which also contains one of the footballs used. On that day, the 8th Battalion won two DSOs, two MCs, two DCMs and nine MMs, but 446 officers and men were killed or wounded. The 9th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 72nd Brigade in the 24th Division in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The battalion saw action at the Battle of the Somme. The 12th (Service) Battalion (Bermondsey) landed at Le Havre as part of the 122nd Brigade in the 41st Division in May 1916 also for service on the Western Front. The battalion saw action at the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Messines and the Third Battle of Ypres. The 13th (Service) Battalion (Wandsworth) landed at Le Havre as part of the 120th Brigade in the 40th Division in June 1916 also for service on the Western Front. The battalion saw action at the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Cambrai and the Battle of Arras. 1919 to 1939 Between August and October 1919 the First Battalion were in the Murmansk area of North Russia to help cover the evacuation of the expedition sent to support the White Russian forces against the Bolsheviks. On their return, they served in Ireland in 1920 during the troubles. They were then abroad for the next 18 years, serving in Egypt, Hong Kong, the Sudan and India. Returning to the Sudan in 1938, forty members of the battalion were employed as extras in the filming of The Four Feathers, set during the reconquest of the Sudan in 1898. The 1st Battalion returned to England in February 1939. In 1920, the 2nd Battalion served in Egypt and Turkey, then Ireland, returning to England in 1921. Apart from a posting at Gibraltar, the 2nd Battalion remained at home until September 1938, when they moved to Shanghai. The service and Territorial battalions were disbanded after the First World War but in 1920 the 5th and 6th Battalions of the East Surreys were re-formed. In 1938 the 5th Battalion was converted to an Anti-Tank Regiment to form the 57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), with headquarters at Wimbledon. In 1939 a duplicate unit was formed as the 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), with headquarters at Sutton. The 6th Battalion comprised five companies based at drill halls with A Company at Chertsey, B and C at Park |
Road, Richmond, D at Orchard Road, Kingston and HQ at Surbiton. By the summer of 1939 the 6th battalion, commanded by Lt Col M.D.Hicks since 1936, numbered over 1,200. Second World War The 1st Battalion The 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was a Regular Army unit based in England at the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. The battalion was part of the 11th Infantry Brigade, which also included the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers and 1st Battalion, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, and was attached to the 4th Infantry Division and was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in October. After returning to the United Kingdom after the Battle of Dunkirk and evacuation from Dunkirk in May–June 1940 the 1st Battalion was reformed and spent the next two years on home defence expecting a German invasion. In June 1942 the battalion was reassigned, with the rest of the 11th Brigade, part of the newly raised 78th Battleaxe Infantry Division, with which it remained for the rest of the war. It took part in Operation Torch in November 1942, landing in North Africa at Algiers with the British First Army. Following this the battalion fought with the division in Tunisia until the end of the Tunisian Campaign in May 1943. During this time it took part in notable actions such as Ochsenkopf offensive, Longstop Hill and Tebourba. After North Africa the British First Army was disbanded and 78th Division became part of the British Eighth Army. The battalion then fought in Sicily during the invasion before moving to Italy for the Italian Campaign where it had notable involvement in the Battle of Termoli and the fighting on the Barbara Line and River Sangro during the autumn of 1943. In February 1944 78th Division was switched to the Cassino sector. The battalion initially held positions on the River Rapido south of Cassino but by March had been moved into bleak and exposed positions in the mountains north of the town. In late April they were relieved and after a brief rest took part in the fourth and final battle of Monte Cassino in May 1944. They were then involved in the pursuit after the Allied breakthrough. They fought a hard engagement at Lake Trasimeno on the Trasimene Line in June 1944 before being withdrawn with the rest of the division in July to Egypt for rest and training. The 1st East Surreys returned with 78th Division to Italy in September 1944 in time to take part in Operation Olive and the fighting in the Apennine Mountains during the winter of 1944 and occupying positions on Monte Spaduro when the front became static. In February 1945 the battalion came out of the front line to prepare and train for the offensive planned for the spring. By late March the whole division was in place on the banks of the Senio river ready for the start of the spring 1945 offensive which started on 6 April. The battalion fought in the intense action at the Argenta Gap before advancing with the rest of the division to the north of the Gulf of Venice and crossing the Italian border to finish the war in Austria. The 2nd Battalion In September 1938 the 2nd Battalion was moved from Colchester to the British Concession of the International Settlement in Shanghai. In August 1940 the Battalion was posted from China to Malaya where it was attached to 11th Indian Infantry Division based in North West Malaya. In December 1941 the Japanese Army invaded Malaya after landing in southern Thailand. The 2nd East Surreys |
suffered tremendous casualties during the defence and retreat from this part of Malaya. The battalion was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (in 1946 re-titled Royal Leicestershire Regiment) to form the British Battalion (Malaya 1941) on 19 December 1941. This unit fought gallantly throughout the rest of the short campaign until the surrender of the British Army at Singapore in February 1942. In May 1942 the 2nd Battalion was reformed in the United Kingdom from the re-designation of the 11th Battalion, a hostilities-only battalion raised in 1940 that joined the 184th Infantry Brigade, 61st Division. It did not see further action in World War II. Territorial Battalions The 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) unit until 1939, when each unit was ordered to form a 2nd Line duplicate. It was therefore split in two with Kingston and Hersham companies and the Band used to form the 1/6th and the Chertsey and Richmond companies and the Drums to form the 2/6th. Both were embodied on 24 August 1939 whilst at camp in Lympne and were fully mobilised and guarding vulnerable points at the outbreak of war on 3 September. A further five other, hostilities-only, territorial battalions were formed in 1940: the 8th, 9th, 10th, the 50th (Holding) and the 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalions. An army camp was established in Richmond Park to add capacity to the Regimental Depot at Kingston in its role as an Infantry Training Centre. It operated there from early 1940 until August 1941 when the ITC transferred to Canterbury, a facility shared with the Buffs. The 1/6th was initially commanded by Lt Col Hicks until he transferred out in December 1939 to be replaced by Lt Col F O Voisin. A draft transferred in from the 1st Battalion whilst soldiers under 20 years of age were transferred out to the 2/6th. After a period of intense training at Lyme Regis the Battalion of 28 officers and 643 other ranks embarked for France from Southampton on 5 April 1940 arriving at Cherbourg. The 1/6th were deployed with the 132nd Infantry Brigade, part of the 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division, becoming part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). They billeted at Conlie then travelled by road, train and a long march to Bailleul on the Belgian border. During the journey, Voisin was posted elsewhere and command was transferred to Lt Col, later Brigadier, C D Armstrong, formerly with the 1st Battalion. The battalion was exchanged in 132nd Brigade for the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, making that brigade an all West Kent formation, and the 1/6th transferred to the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, as part of official BEF policy to integrate the Regular and Territorial Armies. By 15 May the battalion were moved to positions on the River Dyle, coming under attack from the air on the way as they reached the River Senne to the north-east of Brussels. When it became clear the line would not hold, 10 Brigade were ordered to withdraw behind the River Dendre. By 19 May they were in position at Avelghem on the River Escaut defending and eventually overseeing the destruction of the bridge at Rugge and subsequently conducting patrols in the area until withdrawn, on 19 May, just north of the town. On 21 May they relieved 2 DCLI and continued excursions at Rugge suffering many casualties and some fatalities. Ordered to withdraw to Neuville-en-Ferrain, they marched overnight, re-entering France at Mouscron, taking up positions near the border early on 23 May. Three days of fighting in the Risquons-Tout area followed with |
the 1/6 suffering five of the fifteen related fatalities and many casualties. Ordered to withdraw on 27 May, they marched and re-captured the village of Voormezele with further casualties. The following evening they marched overnight towards Dunkirk. After resting at Poperinghe they were transported to Furnes where they were quickly deployed to help defend the canal to the east of Nieuport. Fighting over the next few days was fierce with the battalion also coming under fire from aircraft and an observation balloon. On 31 May they were joined by the 1st Battalion and fought side by side into the night when 1/6 were ordered to withdraw. They reached the beach at La Panne but on learning that no further boats would be landing there moved into Dunkirk. Despite coming under fire again they mostly managed to remain together and were amongst the last to be evacuated. Armstrong remained in command until April 1942 when he was posted to command the 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion. Lt Col H.A.B. Bruno took command in April 1942 and led the battalion in action in North Africa in March, but was killed in action during the attack on Djebel Djaffa in April. He was succeeded by Lt Col R O V Thompson, who had served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions before the war, appointed from a posting in the RAF to command the 1/6th for the final phase of the Tunisian Campaign. He subsequently led the battalion into action in Italy in the crossing of the River Rapido and the capture of Cassino. He, too was killed in action when his Jeep was blown up by a mine near Tivoli on 7th June 1944. Colonel C G S McAlester took command until February 1945. For the final months of the war, until August 1945, the battalion was led by Lt Col A G H Culverhouse, who had previously served with the 1/6th and had been wounded at Dunkirk. The 2/6th Battalion was formed in 1939 under the command of Lt. Col. H.S. Burgess. The battalion was assigned to the 37th Infantry Brigade, alongside the 6th and 7th Royal Sussex, part of 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division. All soldiers under 20 years of age in 37 Brigade were assigned to a composite company based at 'Courtlands', West Worthing where they were engaged in coastal defence. The rest of the battalion were deployed as part of the BEF and a force of 23 Officers and 603 other ranks sailed from Southampton, arriving in and stationed at Le Havre from 22 April 1940. Initially intended as a line of communications unit and expected to undertake further training they almost immediately became involved in the Battle of France and the defence of the Channel ports. On 15 May they were re-assigned as motorised infantry, incorporated into Beauforce and sent north to join the rest of the BEF. With their route blocked by the Battle of Abbeville, they were ordered to take up a defensive position west of the River Béthune between Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf and Arques-la-Bataille and undertake patrols as part of the support group for the 1st Armoured Division. Here they were rejoined by D Company from detachment at Fécamp and remained until relieved by a battalion of Sherwood Foresters. After a few days rest at Rouen, where Major D G Adams assumed command on 3 June, they were assigned to provide flank and rear-guard cover for the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division and ordered to hold a line east of the River Bresle between Forges-les-Eaux and Aumale, relieving the 4th Borders protecting anti-tank guns of the 1st Armoured Division. Lightly |
armed and spread very thinly, they were over-run in places by the rapidly advancing 7th Panzer Division. On 8 June they were ordered to withdraw north to the Eu Forest. They then proceeded via the Eawy Forest, skirting Bellencombre which had fallen, reaching Beaunay on 10 June, Cailleville on 11th and into Saint-Valery-en-Caux joining with the 51st Highland Division defences and anticipated Operation Cycle evacuation. Finally, surrounded and unable to escape, the division and supporting troops were forced to surrender to Rommel on 12 June 1940. Fifteen officers and 251 other ranks of the 2/6th were taken prisoners of war including commanding officer Major D G Adams. About 120 of the 2/6th were able to escape via the evacuations from nearby Veules-les-Roses and a small number, separated from the main battalion, escaped to the west via Saint Nazaire and other ports. The captured troops were force-marched through France and Belgium to the Rhine in Holland, then taken by barge and rail to imprisonment in Poland at Stalag XX-A, XX-B and XX1-D. After St. Valery, the remainder of the battalion reassembled at Haltwhistle, Northumberland, where they were re-joined by the young contingent from 'Courtlands'. The battalion was reformed under Norman Brading at Swaffham, Norfolk, but did not see further active service, spending the remainder of the war principally as a defence and training battalion. During the Battle of Britain they were deployed to home defence duties including airfield defence in Norfolk and, after winter in Bedford, coastal defence at Kessingland as part of the 11th Division. Winter 1941 was spent at Henley-on-Thames after which they returned to Norfolk, this time at Thetford in June 1942. They moved to Durham in August, remaining there for seven months during which time Brading accepted a posting to be replaced briefly by W. M. Knatchbull until succeeded by D.C. Campbell-Miles MBE in September. In March 1943 they moved to Malton, North Yorkshire followed by Uckfield from 4 July where P.H. Macklin took command. In early October they returned to Norfolk, this time to Hunstanton where they participated in Exercise Sugar Beet, helping with the sugar beet harvest. In January 1944 they moved back to Durham for three weeks and then to Felton, Northumberland where it became clear that the Battalion would not see action in the Invasion of France as 270 men were transferred out to units of 21 Army Group in April. Instead the battalion was sent to East Hornsey to organise and man a marshalling sub-area until July. It then moved to Lowestoft under command of D.C. Coates and was dedicated as a training battalion, taking drafts of new recruits, putting them through basic training prior to being sent to Europe as reinforcements. Still in this role, the battalion moved again to Shorncliffe at the end of September 1944 and Whittlesford 15 November 1944. J.G.M.G Gough took command in January 1945 and was succeeded by R.W.M. Wetherell in September 1945. The battalion was placed in 'suspended animation' on 28 July 1946. Hostilities-only battalions Unlike the first World War, the hostilities-only battalions raised during World War II were all territorials and deployed on home defence duties. The 8th Battalion was raised at Rochester, Kent in March 1940 and, after moving to nearby Aylesford in August, transferred its young soldiers out to form the 70th in October 1940. On 27 August the following year the 8th merged with and was absorbed by the similarly affected 8th Royal West Kent Regiment and ceased to exist as a separate entity. The 70th, comprising six companies, spent the winter of 1940-41 on airfield guard duties based at Gravesend, |
at Capel Beare Green the following summer and Byfleet from October 1941 to July 1942. They then went to a camp at Charlton but the battalion, along with sixteen other Young Soldiers Battalions, was disbanded by the end of August 1942. The 9th Battalion was formed at Romford in May 1940 guarding vulnerable points until July when, as part of Brocforce, it guarded a stretch of coast at Climping until October. It was then sent to Northern Ireland, initially guarding the naval base at Londonderry and new bomber airfield at Limavady. It finally moved to Belfast in early February 1943 where it remained until disbanded in June 1943. The 10th Battalion was formed at Kingston on 4 July 1940 comprising seven officers and about 150 men. In a few days it moved to a camp at Ilfracombe where its numbers were increased by about 800 new recruits all immediately engaged on guard duties. The 10th remained in Devon, in and around Plymouth until moving to Helston, Cornwall, in June 1941 and Tiverton, Devon in July. Here they were able to train with 48th Division until returning to coastal defence at Crownhill, Devonport from August 1941 until undertaking more divisional training at Whitchurch Down, Devon, in June 1942 before returning to Crownhill. They moved to Dovercourt, Essex in January 1943 joining 45th Division for three weeks before being deployed to Cookstown and Portglenone in Northern Ireland until returning to England at the end of the year at Hassocks, West Sussex. During this period many men were transferred out for service in the Middle East and in 21st Army Group. The 10th's final task was to prepare and run a camp marshalling sub-area in Hambledon, Hampshire, for Operation Overlord until disbanded in August 1944. The 50th (Holding) Battalion was formed in early June 1940 at Dover with about 400 NCOs and men from the ITC at Kingston from which, almost immediately, 300 were transferred to the 1st Battalion to be replaced by about 600 new recruits. Their principal activity was building and manning coastal defences during which time they faced bombardment by guns from across the Channel and by air. In July the 50th moved to Dorking, ceased to be a Holding Battalion and was renumbered as the 11th Battalion. After providing mobile aerodrome defences in September, they joined 219th Independent Infantry Brigade in November and returned to Dover in February 1941. In May 1942 the 11th was chosen to replace the 2nd Battalion, lost at the fall of Singapore, the formal ceremony taking place on 16 June 1942. Home Guard From the formation of the Local Defence Volunteer (Home Guard) on 14 May 1940 until stood down on 6 September 1944 over 55,000 men served in twelve Surrey and four County of London battalions associated with the East Surrey Regiment, suffering a total of 538 casualties and few fatalities. Post 1945 and amalgamation At the end of 1945 the 2nd Battalion moved from England to Egypt, before moving to Palestine where it helped counter the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine. After the British evacuation of Palestine, the 2nd battalion saw garrison duty in the Suez Canal Zone, before a final posting to Greece where in 1948 it was disbanded, its personnel joining the 1st Battalion. In January 1946, the 1st Battalion moved from Austria to Greece, it combatting Communist guerrillas in Salonica. After amalgamation with the 2nd Battalion, it moved to Somaliland in 1949, before returning to England in 1950. In 1951 the Battalion moved to Libya, then Egypt to aid policing duties to protect the Canal Zone until October 1954. |
After a tour of Duty in the BAOR in Germany between 1955 and 1958, and a three-month posting to Nicosia on internal security operations during the Cyprus Emergency, the 1st Battalion returned to England in December 1958. Here, in October 1959, the East Surrey Regiment was amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. Regimental museum The Surrey Infantry Museum was based at Clandon Park House, near Guildford until it was destroyed in a fire in April 2015. Battle honours The regiment's battle honours are as follows: From 31st Regiment of Foot: Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Cabool 1842, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, Sobraon, Sevastopol, Taku Forts, Gibraltar 1704-05 (awarded 1909), Dettingen (awarded 1882) From 70th Regiment of Foot: Guadeloupe 1810, New Zealand, Afghanistan 1878-79, Martinique 1794 (awarded 1909) Suakin 1885, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902 The Great War (18 battalions): Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Hill 60, Ypres 1915 '17 '18, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Italy 1917-18, Struma, Doiran 1918, Macedonia 1915-18, Egypt 1915, Aden, Mesopotamia 1917-18, Murman 1919 The Second World War: Defence of Escaut, Dunkirk 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Tebourba, Fort McGregor, Oued Zarga, Djebel Ang, Djebel Djaffa Pass, Medjez Plain, Longstop Hill 1943, Tunis, Montarnaud, North Africa 1942-43, Adrano, Centuripe, Sicily 1943, Trigno, Sangro, Cassino4, Capture of Forli, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45, Greece 1944-45, Kampar, Malaya 1941-42 Victoria Crosses Private (later Sergeant) Albert Edward Curtis, Second Boer War Lieutenant (later Brigadier) George Rowland Patrick Roupell, Great War Second Lieutenant (later Major) Benjamin Handley Geary, Great War Private (later Corporal) Edward Dwyer, Great War Second Lieutenant (later Captain) Arthur James Terence Fleming-Sandes, Great War Corporal Edward Foster, Great War Sergeant (later Captain) Harry Cator, Great War Corporal John McNamara, Great War Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Colonel) Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, World War II Regimental Colonels Colonels of the regiment were: 1881–1898 (1st Battalion): Gen. Sir Edward Lugard, GCB (ex 31st Foot) 1881 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Thomas James Galloway (ex 70th Foot. Died NZ, 1881) 188? (2nd Battalion): Gen. Sir Richard Chambre Hayes Taylor, GCB 1898–1920: Gen. Sir George Richards Greaves, GCB, KCMG 1920–1939: Maj-Gen. Sir John Raynsford Longley, KCMG, CB 1939–1946: Gen. Sir Richard Foster Carter Foster, KCB, CMG, DSO 1946–1954: Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Arnhold Bullick Dowler, KCB, KBE 1954–1959: Brig. George Rowland Patrick Roupell, VC, CB 1959: Regiment amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment References Sources External links Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment website (archived): East Surrey Regiment history Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment website: East Surrey Regiment history National Army Museum: East Surrey Regiment history East Surrey Category:Military units and formations established in 1881 Category:Military units and formations in Surrey Category:Regiments of the British Army in World War II Category:Regiments of the British Army in World War I Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1959 Category:1881 establishments in the United Kingdom R Category:History of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |
Swiss Design Institute for Finance and Banking The Swiss Design Institute for Finance and Banking [SDFB] was an independent, nonprofit research institute located in Zurich (Kanton Zurich, Switzerland) and dedicated to the study of financial-service to client interaction and the fundamental esthetical principles of security and trust. The institute was affiliated to the Zurich University of the Arts. History The Swiss Design Institute for Finance and Banking [SDFB] was founded in 2008 by Gerhard M. Buurman, Hans Geiger, Christian Kruse and Lukas Schwitter. References Gerhard M. Buurman: A Network Analysis. In: Gerhard M. Buurman, Marc Roelli (Eds.): The Intrinsic Logic of Design. Niggli, Sulgen 2015. OCLC Number: 46858728 Gerhard M. Buurman, Stephan Trueby: Geldkulturen. Wilhelm Fink, München 2014. OLCL Number External links Category:Zurich University of the Arts Category:Organizations established in 2008 |
Max Herrmann (theatrologist) Max Herrmann (14 May 1865 – 17 November 1942) was a German literary historian and theorist of theatre studies. He is considered to be the founding father of theatre studies in Germany. Born in Berlin into a Jewish family, Herrmann, having passed his A-levels, in 1884 began studying Germanic Philology and History at the Universities of Freiburg, Göttingen and Berlin. In 1891 he became Privatdozent for Germanic Philology at the University of Berlin and in 1898 he married Helene Schlesinger. In 1900 he gave his first lectures on theatre studies at the Department of Germanic Studies in Berlin. In his interpretation and analysis of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Jahrmarktsfest in Plundersweilern he not only included results based on research of the original sources but also the stage history of the play. After having been appointed professor in 1903 he continued working as a free-lance lecturer and contributed to a number of literary societies, such as the Society for Theatre Studies. In 1914 he published his most renowned work "Research on the History of German Theatre in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" (Forschungen zur deutschen Theatergeschichte des Mittelalters und der Renaissance) in which he further specified his approach. In 1916 he founded the "Library of German Private and Manuscript Prints" (Bibliothek Deutscher Privat- und Manuskriptdrucke) at Berlin State Library. Herrmann advocated vehemently the emancipation of theatre studies from German Studies. In 1919 he was offered a chair at the University of Berlin. When, in 1923, the Institute of Theatre Studies at Berlin University, world-wide the first of its kind, was founded despite much resistance from the more established disciplines, Herrmann was appointed its head, a function he fulfilled alternately with Julius Petersen. When Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933, Max Herrmann was deprived of his professorship by being forced to go into retirement. On 8 September 1942 he and his wife were deported to the concentration camp Theresienstadt where Max Herrmann died in November 1942. Until his deportation Herrmann worked on "The Development of the Professional Art of Theatre in Antiquity and Modern Times" (Die Entstehung der berufsmässigen Schauspielkunst im Altertum und in der Neuzeit) irrespective of institutionlised harassment which meant, for example, that he was only allowed to read books while standing. The manuscript of the book was preserved by a student of Herrmann's, Ruth Mövius, and only published in 1962. Berlin State Library awards every year on 10 May, the anniversary of the Nazi book burnings, the Max-Herrmann-Prize. Works Forschungen zur deutschen Theatergeschichte des Mittelalters und der Renaissance. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1914. Die Bühne des Hans Sachs. Ein offener Brief an Albert Köster. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1928 Die Entstehung der berufsmässigen Schauspielkunst im Altertum und in der Neuzeit. Ed. Ruth Mövius. Berlin: Henschel, 1962. online Notes Further reading Corssen, S. (1998). Max Herrmann und die Anfänge der Theaterwissenschaft. Tübingen: Niemeyer. . Satori-Neumann, B. T. (1935). Die theatergeschichtlichen und dramaturgischen Schriften aus der Berliner theaterwissenschaftlichen Schule Max Herrmanns (1898-1933). Eine Bibliographie. Berlin: self-published. Category:1865 births Category:1942 deaths Category:19th-century German people Category:20th-century German people Category:Theatrologists Category:German Jews Category:Jewish German history Category:People who died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto Category:People from the Province of Brandenburg Category:People from Berlin Category:German civilians killed in World War II |
Ransom strip In the United Kingdom, a ransom strip refers to a parcel of land needed to access an adjacent property from a public highway, to which the owner is denied access until payment is received. The strip of land can be either between the property and the highway, or be located between two properties. The width of the ransom strip can be as narrow as wide, but it can lead to significant conflict. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors advises property owners to locate and price any ransom strip on a property, as the cost to release the "ransom" should be deducted from the overall purchase price of the property. The agreement to access such ransom strips is lodged with the Land Registry. An owner is entitled to use the disputed property without payment if there has been 20 years of uninterrupted access. A ransom strip can also include permission to widen a public road leading to a property. In 1999, a 10-year dispute over a ransom strip in Riddlesden, West Yorkshire, resulted in a £1.6 million payment to a group of homeowners, who agreed to sell a tract of their properties to widen a road leading to a new development of 350 executive homes. The term ransom strip is used in the rail transportation business if a train has to be equipped with safety systems from a monopoly supplier in order to travel on a short connecting line between two parts of a network that is equipped with standard systems. Case law The Law of Property Act 1925 makes it a criminal offence to drive across common land without permission. The 1961 case of Stokes v. Cambridge determined that if a parcel of land would allow access to develop a neighbouring property, the owner of the land is entitled to one-third of its property value. The 1925 law was cited in the case of businessman Michael Farrow, who in 1986 purchased the feudal title Lord of the Manor of Newtown at auction for £4,200 from the Earl of Carnarvon. Farrow claimed Newtown Common and registered it with the Land Registry. He then transferred it to his company, Bakewell Management, which requested a fee of 6% of the property value from all of the residents who used the common to access their property. He was initially successful, although the courts cited the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to set at 2% of the value of their homes as the maximum amount that owners of ransom strips could charge homeowners. The House of Lords ultimately overturned Farrow's victory on 1 April 2004, deciding that the residents had satisfied the requirement of using the property continuously for 20 years. See also Easement References Category:Real property law Category:English property law Category:Real estate in the United Kingdom |
Sex for Safety Sex for Safety is The Inevitable Backlash's first studio album. It was released on March 27, 2007. Track listing Personnel John Renton - guitar/vocals Chris Stein - bass John Renton - drums Manny Nieto - Producer Mark Chalecki - Mastering Artwork The CD cover for Sex for Safety EP is a digitally rendered watercolor sketch by Tegan and Sara art director EE Storey. References Category:2007 EPs Category:The Inevitable Backlash albums |
National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue is a project of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, to publish a comprehensive catalogue of the paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts in the gallery's collection. The project was established in the early 1980s and the first volume was on early Netherlandish art published in 1986. When complete it will comprise approximately thirty volumes documenting more than 5000 works of art. Prints and drawings were excluded from the project as being too many in number. The second volume, prepared by Jonathan Brown and Richard G. Mann, covered Spanish paintings of the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries and was published in 1990. Volumes American Naive Paintings, Deborah Chotner, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn, 1992. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, Ellen G. Miles, with contributions by Patricia Burda, Cynthia J. Mills, and Leslie Kaye Reinhardt, 1995. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I, Franklin Kelly, with Nicolai Cikovsky Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis, 1996. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II, Robert Wilson Torchia, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles, 1998. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries, John Hayes, 1992. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets, Virginia Bower, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia, with contributions by Judy Ozone and William Sargent, 1998. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., 1995. Early Netherlandish Painting, John Oliver Hand and Martha Wolff, 1986. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century, Ruth Butler and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman, 2001. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism, Lorenz Eitner, 2000. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century, Philip Conisbee with Contributing editor Richard Rand, with Joseph Baillio, Gail Feigenbaum, Frances Gage, John Oliver Hand, Benedict Leca and Pauline Maguire Robison, 2009. German Paintings of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries, John Oliver Hand, with the assistance of Sally E. Mansfield, 1993. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century, Miklós Boskovits and David Alan Brown, with contributions by Robert Echols, Gretchen A. Hirschauer, Eleonora Luciano, Rosamond E. Mack, Joseph Manca, and J. Russell Sale, 2004. Italian Paintings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Diane De Grazia and Eric Garberson, with Edgar Peters Bowron, Peter M. Lukehart, and Mitchell Merling, 1996. Renaissance Medals: Volume One: Italy, John Graham Pollard with the assistance of Eleonora Luciano and Maria Pollard, 2007. Renaissance Medals: Volume Two: France, Germany, The Netherlands, and England, John Graham Pollard with the assistance of Eleonora Luciano and Maria Pollard, 2007. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries, Jonathan Brown and Richard G. Mann, 1990. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics, Rudolf Distelberger, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timothy H. Wilson, with contributions by Daphne S. Barbour, Shelley G. Sturman, and Pamela B. Vandiver, 1993. References Category:Collections of the National Gallery of Art Category:Art history books Category:Series of non-fiction books |
Biển Bạch Biển Bạch is a commune (xã) and village in Thới Bình District, Cà Mau Province, in Vietnam. Category:Populated places in Cà Mau Province Category:Communes of Cà Mau Province |
Maryland Route 309 Maryland Route 309 (MD 309) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Easton north to MD 213 south of Centreville. MD 309 is a C-shaped highway that passes through northeastern Talbot County and southeastern Queen Anne's County, connecting Easton and Centreville with Queen Anne, where the highway intersects MD 404. MD 309 was originally designated along the highway between Easton and Queen Anne. The highway was constructed south from Queen Anne to Cordova in the late 1920s along MD 303's current course and from Cordova to Easton in the early 1930s. In 1955, MD 309 gained its northern segment by assuming MD 303, which originally followed the Queen Anne–Centreville portion of the present MD 309. When MD 309 moved to a new alignment between Cordova and Queen Anne in the early 1960s, MD 303 was assigned to the old alignment. Route description MD 309 begins at an intersection with US 50 (Ocean Gateway) opposite Airport Road to the east of Easton Airport in Easton. The state highway heads east as two-lane undivided Black Dog Alley for a short distance before turning northeast onto Cordova Road and leaving the town of Easton. MD 309 heads north through a mix of farmland and forest parallel to an abandoned railroad grade owned by the Maryland Department of Transportation to the east of the road. After passing through the village of Cordova, the state highway intersects MD 303 (Tappers Corner Road). MD 309 veers away from the railroad grade, crosses Norwich Creek, and intersects MD 404 Alternate west of Queen Anne before entering Queen Anne's County at the intersection with Park Avenue and Flowers Road. At the intersection with MD 303 (Main Street), MD 309 turns northwest onto Starr Road and intersects MD 404 (Queen Annes Highway). North of Queen Anne, the state highway traverses farmland, meets the southern end of MD 481 (Damsontown Road), and passes through the hamlet of Starr before reaching its northern terminus at MD 213 (Centreville Road) south of Centreville. History MD 309 originally consisted of the highway between Easton and Queen Anne. The highway from Queen Anne to south of Centreville was originally MD 303. A small piece of MD 309 was paved south of Queen Anne by 1921. Construction of the remainder of the highway to Cordova began in 1925 and was completed in 1929. The Cordova–Easton section was completed by 1933. In 1955, MD 309 assumed the length of MD 303 north to near Centreville. A present alignment of MD 309 opened between Cordova and Queen Anne in 1960; the old highway became the second edition of MD 303 in 1961. The southernmost portion of MD 309 was moved from Cordova Road to Black Dog Alley in 1995. Junction list Auxiliary routes MD 309A is the designation for Service Road A, a road that runs from MD 309 west to a dead end south of the MD 404 intersection in Queen Anne. The route was constructed in 2016. MD 309B is the designation for Entrance B, a short service road off of MD 303 between MD 309 and MD 404 in Queen Anne. The route was constructed in 2016. See also References External links MDRoads: MD 309 309 Maryland Route 309 Maryland Route 309 |
Xpectation Xpectation (subtitled "New Directions in Music By Prince") is the twenty-sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on January 1, 2003 by NPG Records. It is the first instrumental album released under Prince's own name. Previously unannounced, it was released as an MP3 download on New Year's Day, 2003 to members of the NPG Music Club with no formal artwork, only two weeks after the commercial release of his previous album, One Nite Alone... Live!. In 2004, Xpectation was released through the NPG Music Club's Musicology Download Store. The artwork was officially released in September 2015, when a digital lossless version was made available through music streaming service Tidal. Track listing All songs written by Prince. Personnel Musicians Prince – keyboards and guitar John Blackwell – drums Rhonda Smith – bass guitar Candy Dulfer – saxophone Vanessa Mae – violin See also List of music released from NPG Music Club References Category:2003 albums Category:Prince (musician) albums Category:Albums produced by Prince (musician) Category:NPG Records albums Category:Instrumental albums |
Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bangladesh Medical Research Council is an autonomous national research body that carries out research on medical and health sciences and plans and prioritize research in Bangladesh and is located in Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Prof. Syed Modasser Ali is the current chairman of the executive committee History Bangladesh Medical Research Council was established in 1972 under the orders of the president of Bangladesh. It functions under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It publishes a quarterly journal called the Research Information and Communication on Health. References Category:Medical research institutes in Bangladesh Category:Government agencies of Bangladesh Category:1972 establishments in Bangladesh Category:Medical research in Asia Category:Organisations based in Dhaka |
Indoor Pan American Cup The Indoor Pan American Cup is an international indoor hockey competition for men and women organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF). The tournament started in the year 2002 for both men's and women's competition. Apart from 2004 and 2008 edition, the winner (for 2002, 2005 and 2010, including runner-up) of each tournament was awarded an automatic berth to the Men's World Cup and the Women's World Cup, as the continental champion. In the men's competition, Canada has won the tournament four times. For the women's, Argentina and Canada, each has won two times. Men Summaries Successful national teams * = host nation Women Summaries Successful national teams * = host nation References Category:International field hockey competitions in the Americas Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2002 Pan American cup |
Na'il Diggs Na'il Diggs (born July 8, 1978) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State. Diggs has also played for the Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams, and San Diego Chargers. College career Diggs played college football at the Ohio State University. He spent his last two years at strongside linebacker after beginning college career as a defensive end. As a senior Diggs led the Buckeyes with 94 tackles, 15 tackles for losses and 6 sacks. In all he played in 37 games recording 202 tackles, 18 sacks and one interception, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one interception. He graduated with a degree in aviation. Professional career Pre-draft Diggs measured 6'3½" and 231 pounds and had a 40-yard dash time of 4.55 seconds. Green Bay Packers Diggs was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. On June 20, 2000, Diggs signed a three-year $1.2 million contract that included a $300,000 signing bonus. On September 11, 2000, Diggs was named Sports Illustrated's Special Teams Player of the Week by Peter King. Diggs played in 13 games with 12 starts at strongside linebacker and was named All-Rookie by the PFWA after posting 54 tackles, one fumble recovery and four passes defensed. In 2001, he started all 16 games at strongside linebacker and produced 92 tackles, 2.0 sacks, and six passes defensed. In 2002 Diggs again started all 16 games at strongside linebacker and finished second on the team with 111 tackles, 3.0 sacks, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, two interceptions and seven passes defensed. Diggs was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for December 2002, after making 37 tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one interception and two passes defensed in five games. In the 2003 off-season Diggs signed a four-year, $10.5 million contract after the Packers matched an offer sheet for the same amount from the Detroit Lions. In 2003 Diggs moved to weakside linebacker from and started all 16 games and had 123 tackles, 1.0 sack, one forced fumble, two interceptions and eight passes defensed. An injury kept Diggs out of the final two games in 2004, snapping his consecutive games started streak at 74. Diggs did start 14 games at weakside linebacker had 116 tackles, 1.0 sack, two passes defensed and one blocked kick. In 2005 Diggs returned to strongside linebacker and appeared in nine games with six starts. Before he was injured he generated 45 tackles, one fumble recovery. On March 2, 2006, he was released by the Packers. Carolina Panthers On April 20, 2006, Diggs was signed by the Carolina Panthers to a one-year $627,000 contract. The Panthers viewed Diggs as a replacement for weakside Will Witherspoon who had left the Panthers to sign with the St. Louis Rams. In 2006 Diggs appeared in 15 games with 10 starts totaled 68 tackles, and three passes defensed. On March 2, 2007, Diggs re-signed with the Panthers for another year (for $1.35 million) and for that season Diggs played in all 16 games with 10 starts and made 49 tackles, 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble and five passes defensed. On December 29, 2007, the Diggs accepted a three-year extension for $7 million ($2.7 million of it guaranteed). In 2008 Diggs started all 16 contests as the strongside linebacker and recorded 62 tackles, 1.0 sack, one interception, and two passes defensed. 2009 was Diggs's final season with the Panthers and he remained at strongside linebacker |
and played in 15 games with 11 starts and recorded 42 total tackles and a forced fumble. On March 5, 2010, the Panthers released Diggs. St. Louis Rams The Rams signed Diggs on April 7, 2010, to a two-year contract. The terms have not been disclosed. In his career Diggs has been the primary starter for his team four seasons at weakside linebacker and six at strongside linebacker. Diggs earned the starting strongside linebacker job in the 2010 preseason and kept the job until he tore a pectoral muscle late in the season. On August 29, 2011, he was released by the Rams. San Diego Chargers Diggs signed with the San Diego Chargers on September 3, 2011. References External links Carolina Panthers bio Stole Paul Kaufman's BMX bike from in front of the Walgreens @ 28th Dr. and Cactus Rd. in Phoenix, Arizona, 1990. The Walgreens is gone and the bike was recovered thrashed. True story. Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from Arizona Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players Category:American football linebackers Category:American football outside linebackers Category:Green Bay Packers players Category:Carolina Panthers players Category:St. Louis Rams players Category:San Diego Chargers players Category:Susan Miller Dorsey High School alumni |
Wang Ziwen Wang Ziwen (, born 28 February 1987), also known by her English name Olivia Wang, is a Chinese actress. She is most known for portraying Qu Xiaoxiao in the popular Chinese television drama Ode to Joy and as Xuxu in When a Snail Falls in Love. Wang ranked 87th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list. Filmography Film Television series Discography Singles Awards and nominations References External links Wang Ziwen on Baidu Category:Living people Category:1987 births Category:Actresses from Sichuan Category:21st-century Chinese actresses Category:Chinese film actresses Category:Chinese television actresses Category:Central Academy of Drama alumni |
André Aliker André Aliker (Roches-Carrées, Lamentin, 10 February 1894 - 10, 11 or 12 January 1934) was a militant Martiniquais communist journalist who was abducted and murdered. Aliker was editor of Justice, the communist newspaper, publishing for example in 1933 accusations that Eugène Aubéry, the wealthy béké owner of the Société Anonyme de Lareinty, had bribed the judges of the Court of Appeal to dismiss charges of tax fraud against his wife in 1929. On 1 January 1934, Aliker was abducted for the first time, beaten and thrown into the sea, but survived. He wrote to his brother Pierre Aliker (doctor and later co-founder of the Parti progressiste martiniquais) that Eugène Aubéry had put a price on his head. Some days later he was again abducted by persons unknown and his body was washed up on the beach with his arms tied behind him on 12 January. References Category:1894 births Category:1934 deaths Category:People from Le Lamentin Category:Martiniquais communists Category:Martiniquais journalists Category:People murdered in Martinique Category:Martiniquais murder victims Category:French male writers |
The Slave (1899 novel) The Slave is an 1899 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. Adaptation In 1918 it was adapted into a silent film of the same title directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Hayford Hobbs and Charles Vane. References Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982. Category:1899 British novels Category:Novels by Robert Hichens Category:British novels adapted into films |
Jules Theeuwes Jules Jacobus Maria Theeuwes (10 October 1944 – 6 November 2012) was a Belgian economist, and Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Amsterdam. Biography Born in Noorderwijk, Belgium, Theeuwes received his BA in Trade and Consular Studies at the University of Antwerp in 1967, his MA in Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1970, and his PhD at the University of British Columbia in 1975. After graduation Theeuwes back in Belgium he was researcher at the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics in Louvain in 1975-76. In 1976 he moved to the Netherlands, where from 1976 to 1985 he was associate professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and in between Visiting Professor at University of British Columbia in the year 1978-79. After one year 1985-86 at the University of Amsterdam in 1986 he was appointed Professor of Economics at the Leiden Law School of the Leiden University. In 1996 back in Amsterdam he was appointed Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Amsterdam. From 2006 to 2009 he was director of SEO Economic Research as successor of Coen Teulings. In 2010 he retired at the University of Amsterdam and in 2012 he died in Rotterdam. Theeuwes was Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988, and at Stanford University in 1996. He was Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in 1990-91, and member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy from 2002 to 2006. Publications Theeuwes has authored and co-authored numerous publications. Books, a selection: 1993. Labour Market Contracts and Institutions: A Cross-national Comparison: Papers Presented at the International Workshop for Labour Market Contracts and Institutions at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Wassenaar, the Netherlands. Vol. 218. With Joost Hartog eds. Emerald Group Pub Limited. Articles, a selection: Lindeboom, Maarten, and Jules Theeuwes. Job Duration in the Netherlands: The Co-existence of High Turnover and Permanent Job Attachment. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 53.3 (1991): 243-264. Lindeboom, Maarten, and Jules Theeuwes. "Search, benefits and entitlement." Economica (1993): 327-346. Wottiez, Isolde, and Jules Theeuwes. "9 Well-being and labor market status." The distribution of welfare and household production: International perspectives (1998): 211. Kerkhofs, Marcel, Maarten Lindeboom, and Jules Theeuwes. "Retirement, financial incentives and health." Labour Economics 6.2 (1999): 203-227. References External links Jules Theeuwes at res.org.uk Category:1944 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Belgian economists Category:Belgian operations researchers Category:Econometricians Category:University of Antwerp alumni Category:KU Leuven alumni Category:University of British Columbia alumni Category:University of Amsterdam faculty Category:People from Herentals |
Trebević Trebević () is a mountain in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located to the southeast of Sarajevo, in the territory of East Sarajevo city, bordering Jahorina mountain. Trebević is tall, making it the second shortest of the Sarajevo mountains. During the Middle Ages, Trebević was known as Zlatni Do. During the 1984 Winter Olympics Trebević, like the other Sarajevo mountains, was used for a number of Olympic events, such as bobsledding. Trebević today is important of a tourist destination for citizens of Sarajevo as Igman or Bjelašnica. Most of the land mines are now cleared from heavy fighting that took place in the early 1990s. There are few hotels, mountaineering homes, and other such structures on Trebević and the immediate area. Mountain is very popular for family picnic, hiking, climbing, mountain biking and it has downhill track for local and international competitions. Trebević has been the main excursion site of Sarajevo citizens due to the favorable geographical position, climate and the beauty of the nature. The biological diversity is among the highest and it is extraordinary to find such a phenomenon near the hearth of the big city. On 9 April 2014, Sarajevo Canton Assembly declared Trebević a protected area, in order to conserve and improve each element of the geographical and biological diversity. Trebević can be reached from Sarajevo by Trebević Cable Car, which starts from the neighborhood of Bistrik. 1984 Winter Olympics Mineral and Crystal deposits The area is known to contain quartz, siderite, and calcite crystal deposits and one such item is on display in Sarajevo at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Orthodox cross controversy In March 2008, a Bosnian Serb organization Savez logoraša Republike Srpske (Association of Bosnian Serb War Prisoners), led by Branislav Dukić, announced its intention to erect a giant high Orthodox Christian cross at the part of the mountain on Republika Srpska territory in order to commemorate the Serb victims in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The idea followed a move by Bosnian Croats who erected a Catholic Christian cross on Hum Hill above Mostar, remembering Croats killed there during the Bosnian War. High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajčák asked Republika Srpska authorities not to allow the construction of the cross. The Sarajevo Association of War Victims criticized the plan to build the cross, calling it shameful to build the memorial in a location from which the Serb artillery pounded the city, killing thousands of people. The association issued a statement calling the planned monument a "provocation for the citizens of Sarajevo." Residents of Sarajevo, witnesses in the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutions, confirmed that during the war, city was shelled frequently from firing positions at Mount Trebević, harming many civilians. The ICTY has convicted two Bosnian Serb generals of war crimes for ordering the relentless shelling, sniping and indiscriminate terror in Sarajevo during the 44-month siege. The artillery position on Trebević was one of the deadliest. In the ICTY prosecution of Dragomir Milošević and Stanislav Galić, a former commanders of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps of the Republika Srpska Army, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison for the terror, murder and inhumane acts conducted during a campaign of sniping and shelling which resulted in the injury and death of a great number of civilians in the besieged Bosnian capital. A huge part of the shelling and sniping came from the slopes of Mount Trebević. ICTY trial chamber also found that "the mortar shell causing second Markale massacres at around 11:00 AM on 28 August 1995. was fired from the (Bosnian-Serb) VRS held territory |
on the slopes of Mt. Trebević. Citizens, NGO and city representatives of Sarajevo on 3 January every year commemorate the tragic death of six members of Tatarević - Dragnić family (among them two children, Asja, aged 10, and Nadan, 16 years old) who were killed in their apartment during the lunch by the shell that came from the Republica Srpska Army position at the Trebević. The structure was built in early 2014, only for it to be demolished within a month by unknown actors. There has recently been talk about its reconstruction, however this has yet to materialise due to the fear of it being demolished once again. References Category:Mountains of Republika Srpska Category:Mountains of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Istočno Sarajevo Category:Sarajevo Category:Mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sporting Saint Mirren F.C. ACCRA CITY STARS are a Ghanaian professional football club, based in Indadfa, Greater Accra. The club is currently competing in the Ghana Poly Tank Division One League. Biography Overview The Club’s home strip is Yellow and Green with matching socks in the same colour, while the away strip is Black and White with Black and White socks. The official symbol of the club is the eagle and its motto is where only eagles dare. Club Officials The Club’s Board is advised by GFA Executive Committee member, Mr. Fred Crentsil, with the following occupying the respective roles; Mr. Oloboi Commodre as Director of Operations, Mr. Fadi Omari as head coach with Mr. Jimmy Kobla and Mr. Laryea Korley as Assistant Coaches. Commercial Strategy The Global Village Group acquired newly promoted St. Mirren FC who qualified on top of Zone III in the middle league, beating Royal Knights F.C., Fairpoint F.C., and drawing with Power FC. The club’s name has thus been changed to Sporting Mirren FC, SP Mirren for short. The strategic plan of the new owners includes running the Club as a professional organization which will contribute to the development of the game in Ghana. As part of the marketing strategy of the Club, Global Village has secured a sponsorship deal with Metro TV for this season to the tune of GH¢140,000.00 made up of GH¢70,000.00 cash and GH¢70,000.00 in the form of airtime to promote and market the matches and activities of SP Mirren. Stadium Sporting Mirren FC play its midweek & weekend matches on Thursday and Saturday respectively at Ohene Djan Stadium. The Club has chosen the Ajax Park as its training grounds, which is within the same neighbourhood of its Clubhouse located near IPS Legon. St Mirren FC The Ghanaian side shares its name with Saint Mirren Football Club, a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Scotland. The Scottish St Mirren FC were alerted to the existence of a "Ghana St. Mirren," a few years ago and were delighted to welcome the then chairman, and a selection of the latter's first team, to Scotland for a visit. A link between the two was soon established and Ghana St Mirren received brand new black and white St Mirren FC kits after their Chairman met a supporter, Stuart McIntosh, at the Normandy Hotel near Paisley with the result that McIntosh sent the club the kits. Nevertheless, SP Mirren, as they are now known, have reverted to their original green and yellow shirts. Season 2008–2009 The Club kicked off their campaign in the Ghana Premier League on November 24 against Accra Hearts of Oak but were beaten 2–0. Other domestic league defeats have since followed, against Chelsea FC, All Stars F.C. & Real Tamale United. References Category:Football clubs in Ghana |
Microsoft Notification Protocol Microsoft Notification Protocol (MSNP, also known as the Mobile Status Notification Protocol) is an instant messaging protocol developed by Microsoft for use by the Microsoft Messenger service and the instant messaging clients that connect to it, such as Skype since 2014, and the earlier Windows Live Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, and Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Third-party clients such as Pidgin and Trillian can also communicate using the protocol. MSNP was first used in a publicly available product with the first release of MSN Messenger in 1999. Technical details Any major change made to the protocol, such as a new command or syntax changes, results in a version-number incremented by one in the format of MSNP#. During October 2003, Microsoft started blocking access to Messenger service using versions below MSNP8. Starting on September 11, 2007, Microsoft forces most current users of MSN Messenger to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1 due to security considerations. Version history MSNP1 MSNP1 has never been public. It is believed it was used during the early stages of design and development with MSN Messenger 1 MSNP2 A pre-release version was made available to developers in 1999 in an Internet Draft. However, the production version differed from the published version in a few subtle ways. MSNP3 Both MSNP2 and MSNP3 were supported by MSN Messenger 2.0 MSNP4 and MSNP5 MSNP3, 4, and 5 were supported by the Messenger servers by July 2000 and used by MSN Messenger 3.0 and 4.0. MSNP6 and MSNP7 MSNP6 was used by later versions of MSN Messenger 4.x. In 2002 MSN Messenger 5.0 used MSNP7. MSNP8 MSNP8 introduced a different authentication method, now sending authorization to Microsoft Passport's secure servers and returning a challenge string. It is the minimum version of the protocol accepted by .NET Messenger Service after Microsoft blocked earlier versions for security reasons. As such, old and obsolete clients are unable to sign in, forcing users to upgrade clients. Version 5.0 of MSN Messenger is the only one that uses this MSNP version. Windows Messenger uses MSNP8 as its standard version, including 4.7 up to the latest 5.1. This protocol supports Windows Messenger-to-Windows Messenger webcam and voice capabilities. MSNP9 MSNP9 was introduced with MSN Messenger 6, adding support for "D type" (data) messages, which are used for transferring display pictures and custom emoticons between clients, frame-by-frame web cam (rather than a traditional stream like Windows Media Player's WMV format) and an improved voice system, as well as improved NAT traversal for file transfers. MSNP10 Employed in MSN Messenger 6.1, after Microsoft started blocking earlier versions in October 2003. However, it was not a big overhaul, the only obvious change was integration with Hotmail address books. MSNP11 Employed by MSN Messenger 7.0 MSNP12 Employed by MSN Messenger 7.5. MSNP13 Employed by Windows Live Messenger 8.0, MSNP13 features a lot of changes. Most notably, contact list synchronization has been removed and clients must instead send a SOAP request to a contacts server, also known as "Client goes to ABCH" (where ABCH stands for Address Book Clearing House, the address book service behind all MSN and Windows Live services). The client must then send the contacts data to the server for it to send presence information. MSNP14 MSNP14 adds Yahoo! Messenger interoperability. MSNP15 MSNP15 is the protocol version introduced with Windows Live Messenger 8.1 on 2006-09-08. It is based on MSNP14 but uses a different authentication mechanism called RPS (Relying Party Suite). Where TWN "Tweener" authentication is used on protocol versions 14 and below, SSO (Single Sign-On; RPS) authentication will be used on protocol versions 15 and above. |
In addition to a new authentication mechanism, Microsoft is also planning on making more of the properties of the user roaming. That is, the user's display picture, and in the future personal status messages, will be the same wherever the user signs in. Furthermore, support for user locations has been added to the Personal Status Message, although this feature was later removed from the Windows Live Messenger 8.1 client. MSNP16 MSNP16 is used in a pre-release version of Windows Live Messenger 9.0, leaked in December 2007. It features "Multiple Points of Presence" (MPOP), the ability to sign in at 2 places at the same time with having chats replicated at all places. The UUX data have been extended to contain Endpoint Data (also MPOP), as well as Signature Sound MSN Object Data. MSNP17 MSNP17 is identified by Windows Live Messenger servers on messenger.hotmail.com, but unused by any official client released by Microsoft. MSNP18 MSNP18 is used in Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0). Its main new addition is the Groups feature, much like persistent grouped conversations. UUX Data have been extended to include Scene image MSN Object data. MSNP19 Employed by Windows Live Messenger 2011 (Wave 4) MSNP21 Employed by Windows Live Messenger 2012 MSNP24 Employed by Skype since early 2014. See also Microsoft Messenger service Apple Push Notification Service iMessage Comparison of instant messaging protocols References External links MSN Messenger Protocol - Protocol documentation MSNPiki - Protocol wiki MZK - A PHP library that implements the MSN protocol MSNP-Sharp - A dotnet library implements the MSN protocol WSDL & XSD files - Web Service Definitions and Schemas MSNP15 authentication scheme REd Java MSN library - Supports protocol 8 to 15 MSNp.py MSN messaging in Python Category:Instant messaging protocols Category:Microsoft server technology |
Hang (Foxygen album) Hang is the fifth studio album by American indie rock duo Foxygen, released on January 20, 2017 on Jagjaguwar. Reception In a mostly positive review for Pitchfork, Evan Rytlewski praised the album's stylistic departure from its predecessor, ...And Star Power, and its high concept direction: "Hang is the kind of investment of time, money, and patience a band can only make if they intend to stick around for a while, an audacious timpani crash of an album that satirizes its own grandiosity in real time." Writing for NME magazine, Ben Homewood gave the album a positive review, saying "...don’t take this sumptuous fifth record ... as a step towards convention. ‘Hang’ may be crisp, clear and smooth, but Foxygen are still very much a force for chaos." Track listing Personnel Sam France - vocals, backing vocals Jonathan Rado - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion Additional musicians Michael D’Addario - percussion Brian D’Addario - acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano Trey Pollard - conductor, orchestral arrangements Matthew E. White - arranger Bryce McCormick - score preparation Grace Bauson - harp Stephaine Barrett - cello Jason McComb - cello Shara Stamps - cello Treesa Gold - string contractor, violin Anna Bishop - violin Elise Blake - violin Faith Hofma - violin Stacy Matthews - violin Adrian Pintea - violin Melissa Sunderland - violin Tom Stevens - viola Johanna Beaver - viola Pinson Chanselle - chimes, timpani Reginald Chapman - trombone Scott Flynn - trombone Bryan Hooten - trombone Toby Whitaker - trombone JC Kuhl - saxophone (tenor) Suzi Fischer - saxophone Kevin Simpson - saxophone Bob Miller - flugelhorn, trumpet Rob Quallich - flugelhorn, trumpet Taylor Barnett - flugelhorn, trumpet Marcus Tenney - flugelhorn, trumpet Rick Reiger - clarinet, saxophone Jason Scott - clarinet, saxophone John Winn - clarinet, saxophone Lauren Serpa - flute Anthony Smith - flute, piccolo flute Laura Smith – oboe Victoria Hamrick - English horn, oboe Erin Lano - French horn Rachel Velvikis - French horn Amanda Winger - French horn Stephanie Ycaza - tuba Production Foxygen - production Adrian Olsen - engineer Michael Harris - engineer Christopher Cerullo - assistant engineer Cian Riordan - mixing Bob Ludwig - mastering References Category:2017 albums Category:Foxygen albums Category:Jagjaguwar albums Category:Albums produced by Jonathan Rado |
Pavel Díaz Juárez Pavel Díaz Juárez (born 1 March 1982) is a Mexican politician from the Party of the Democratic Revolution. From 2011 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Michoacán. References Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Michoacán Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Category:Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Category:21st-century Mexican politicians |
23rd Genie Awards The 23rd Genie Awards were held in 2003 to honour films released in 2002. The ceremony was hosted by Arsinée Khanjian and Peter Keleghan. Nominees and winners The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text. References 23 Genie Genie |
WXLN-LP WXLN-LP (93.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by Bullock's Christian Broadcasting Corporation. References External links WXLN Radio XLN-LP XLN-LP |
Austafjord Austafjord is a small village in the municipality of Nærøysund in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Ytter-Vikna, approximately west of the municipal center, Rørvik. Austafjord sits about half-way between the nearby villages of Garstad and Valøya. Austafjord has a population of about 30, as well as a shop, a school, and a day-care center. Austafjord is the western terminus of Norwegian County Road 770. References Category:Villages in Trøndelag Category:Nærøysund Category:Vikna |
Cédric Gay Cédric Gay is a French former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played for Toulouse Olympique in Championship, as a . References Category:1982 births Category:French rugby league players Category:Living people Category:Toulouse Olympique players Category:Rugby league hookers |
Bids for the 2015 Pan American Games Three cities submitted bids to host the 2015 Pan American Games and Parapan games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), all three of which made the PASO Executive Committee's shortlist. The games were awarded to Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 6, 2009. The other shortlisted cities were Lima, Peru and Bogota, Colombia. Toronto won an absolute majority of votes after just one round of voting, eliminating the need for subsequent rounds of voting. PASO delegates and the media identified a number of factors in its favor, including the size of the country, safety, experience in staging multi sporting events, government guarantees, security and cleanliness. Moreover, the other two nations are not as developed, and with the troubles faced with the 2011 Pan American Games, Toronto was seen as the favourite. Mario Vazquez Rana, the president of the Pan American Sports Organization was also known to be favouring Toronto. Moreover, the head of Lima's bid Ricardo Mungi even admitted Toronto was the best choice as they had the facilities and budget to stage the games. Host city selection While there is no formal rotation policy, the previous games would have been held in Central America/Caribbean (2003), South America (2007), and North America (2011). It was suggested that bids from Canada or the United States may have an edge. The United States did not bid so as not to interfere with its ultimately unsuccessful 2016 Olympic bid. Nevertheless, South American candidates lobbied as heavily as Canada did. On November 6, 2009 in Guadalajara, Mexico, the candidate cities made their final presentations to the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). After the first round of ballots, the host was announced by PASO as Toronto. Candidate cities Showed preliminary interest Mar del Plata, Argentina The city of Mar del Plata indicated preliminary interest in bidding for the games to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Pan American Games held in the city. However, at the bidding deadline the city decided against bidding for the games. San Jose, Costa Rica San Jose initially indicated an interest in bidding the games, in the end San Jose decided against bidding. If San Jose was successful, it would have become the first city to stage the Pan American Games in Central America. Birmingham, United States As of April 2009, Birmingham mayor Larry Langford was discussing a bid, but the deadline to apply had already passed. Detroit, Miami or Chicago, United States The United States showed preliminary interest in bidding with one of three cities (Chicago, Miami or Detroit). However, the country decided to not bid for the games, because it decided to bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics with Chicago. References Category:2015 Pan American Games Category:2015 Parapan American Games Category:Bids for the Pan American Games |
Koyapillil Mathai Matthew Koyapillil Mathai Matthew (1930–2004) also known as Father K.M. Matthew was an Indian Jesuit priest and botanist. He extensively studied the floral diversity of Tamil Nadu, and published several research papers and books. In 1967, he established the Rapinat Herbarium at St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli. Early life and work He was born to Koyapillil Ouseph Mathai and Koyapillil John Teresa on March 16, 1930 in Ramapuram, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Born into a family of farmers he completed his school education at St. Augustine's High School, Ramapuram, initial collage studies at SB College Chegannacherry and moved to Tiruchirapalli for higher studies. He did his bachelor's degree in University of Madras, India and completing his M.Sc. degree during 1958-60, he acquired his doctorate (1960–62) on the alien plants of the Palni hills with the guidance of Hermenegild Santapau and he did his Doctor of Philosophy from University of Bombay in 1963. He also did Master of Science in 1973 from University Reading, United Kingdom. He extensively carried out field work in Tamil Nadu and this effort resulted in a four-volume The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic. A total of 2020 species was covered in this work. Another contribution is an illustrated Flora entitled the Flora of the Palani Hills in three volumes. He described four new species, one subspecies, and proposed quite a few new combinations. Strobilanthes matthewiana R.W. Scotland has been published in his honour,. Awards He was awarded the Best Teacher Award of the Tamil Nadu State Government in 1989, ZWO fellowship of the Dutch Government, Leiden, 1978. He was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar for 2002 under the `individual' category posthumously for his outstanding contribution for the environmental protection. Authority name Publications References External links Biographical sketch Category:Indian Jesuits Category:1930 births Category:2004 deaths Category:20th-century Indian botanists Category:20th-century Roman Catholic priests |
Die letzte Kommune Die letzte Kommune ("The Last Commune") is a 2013 written play in German language by Peter Lund (lyrics), with music by Thomas Zaufke and was specifically written for GRIPS-Theater, Berlin. The world premiere took place there on September 21, 2013. It's a piece for three generations and was a long-running hit for the house in 2013. Synopsis Drama in the house Puhlmann: Grandpa Friedrich has burned his kitchen - almost! With his 78 years, he must have in a nursing home? No, Grandpa Friedrich can not get out of his old apartment. Not for nothing he has hoarded his six-figure nest-egg in ice cream box. With this money, he starts one last great adventure and founds a municipality with his old pal, the wacker proletarian metalworker Hannes Majowski. As in the past, but very different. But then Lotte enters the stage, the granddaughter of Hannes, who wrote a seminar paper on the Kommune 1... Ensembles and productions Performance in Berlin (GRIPS-Cast) September 21st 2013 to June 25th 2014 Cast Director: Franziska Steiof Choreography: Clébio Oliveira Drama: Henrik Adler Stage: Jan A. Schroeder Costumes: Sibylle Meyer Actors Christian Giese (Hannes Majowski) Jumin Hoffmann (Philipp Paul) Dietrich Lehmann (Friedrich Puhlmann) Regina Lemnitz (Josephine Bouvier) Jens Mondalski (Michael) Maria Perlick (Charlotte) Kilian Ponert (Atze) René Schubert (Georg) Regine Seidler (Heidi) Musicians Martin Fonfara (drums) Johannes Gehlmann (gituar) Robert Neumann (keys) Thomas Keller (sax) Carsten Schmelzer (bass) Reviews "bridging the gap between generations" (Christian Rakow, Berliner Zeitung vom 23. September 2013) Notes External links Materials for "Die letzte Kommune" - Ein Schauspiel mit Musik von Peter Lund und Thomas Zaufke, GRIPS-Theater, 21.9.13 (PDF; 1,9 MB) Category:2013 plays Category:German plays |
Anthony Synnot Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot, (5 January 1922 – 4 July 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence Force Staff from 1979 to 1982. Early life Synnot was born in 1922 at Corowa, New South Wales, a descendant of Monckton Synnot, brother of Captain Timothy Monckton Synnot and a distant relative of the American Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Synnot was educated at Geelong Grammar School. He joined the Royal Australian Navy as a cadet midshipman in March 1939 and trained in Britain with Prince Philip of Greece (as he then was). His first ship was the cruiser HMAS Canberra. Naval career During the Second World War, Synnot served aboard the destroyer in the Battle of Cape Matapan, for which he was mentioned in despatches, and during the evacuation of Greece and Crete. With the Royal Navy, he saw service on the battleship and was on board the destroyer when she sank off Iceland in 1942 after being accidentally rammed by the battleship . Subsequently, Synnot served for two years on the Australian destroyer on North Sea convoy duty and during the North Africa landings, eventually becoming the ship's executive officer. In 1945, Synnot qualified as a gunnery officer and served on the staff of gunnery schools in Australia. Promoted to commander in 1954, he took charge of in 1956. He became captain of the Daring-class destroyer in 1960. In 1950, Synnot had taken part in the Bridgeford Mission to Malaya, which advised the Australian government on the Malayan Emergency. His report on the options for providing naval support for the British laid the foundations for Australian naval involvement in the region and led to Synnot's secondment to command the Royal Malaysian Navy from 1962 to 1965. On his return to Australia, Synnot attended administrative staff college before returning to sea in 1966 as Captain of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, then in 1967, the carrier HMAS Melbourne. He was the only officer to command both aircraft carriers. After a year at the Imperial Defence College in London, he returned to Australia as director general of fighting equipment. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1970, he became chief of naval personnel and subsequently deputy chief of naval staff. He became Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet in 1973. In 1974, he was appointed director joint staff in the Australian Defence Department, and played a leading role in the relief effort following the devastation of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy. In 1976, Synnot was promoted to vice admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Staff. He initiated a review of the Navy Office and of the Navy's structure of command and control. He drew up a blueprint for the maintenance of naval capability into the future, and oversaw the Navy's guided-missile frigate project. Extremely able and practical, Synnot came to be regarded as one of the country's most outstanding defence force chiefs. A strong believer in deterrence and an advocate of close co-operation with America and countries in the Pacific region, Synnot emphasised the need for a strong military capability for national defence and for joint operations with Australia's allies overseas. He was said to have done more to equip Australia's armed forces with up-to-date military technology than any of his predecessors. In particular, he was instrumental in persuading the Australian government of the need to upgrade the country's air force with the acquisition of the F/A-18 Hornet. He was also behind the decision to acquire the British aircraft carrier as a replacement for the ageing HMAS Melbourne. However, Britain withdrew the offer |
to sell Invincible after the Falklands War. Synnot retired on 20 April 1982. Personal Synnot was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971, and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1978. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1976. He married Virginia Davenport in 1959 and they remained married until her death in 1965. He married a second time in 1968 to Anne Colvin (née Manifold), great-niece of former Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce and mother of journalist Mark Colvin. Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot died on 4 July 2001 at the age of 79, after suffering from a long illness. References External links Australian Naval Personalities: Synnot, Anthony Monckton (1922–2001) Defence Force – Previous Chiefs Media release – Death of Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot Category:1922 births Category:2001 deaths Category:Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Category:Australian military personnel of the Malayan Emergency Category:Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War Category:Chiefs of Defence Force Staff (Australia) Category:Deputy Chiefs of Naval Staff (Australia) Category:Honorary Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Category:Officers of the Order of Australia Category:People educated at Geelong Grammar School Category:People from New South Wales Category:Royal Australian Navy admirals Category:Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II |
Every Kinda People "Every Kinda People" is a 1978 song originally performed by Robert Palmer on his Double Fun album. It was Palmer's first Top 40 hit in the U.S., reaching #16. The song was written by Andy Fraser. Palmer released a re-mixed version of this song on his 1992 compilation album Addictions: Volume 2, as the lead single from that album, ultimately becoming a radio hit peaking at Number 8 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. Most noteworthy is the near-absence of Bob Babbitt's bass-heavy guitar hook, replaced by an acoustic guitar figure, giving it an "unplugged" feel as was the fashion at the time by well-established artists remaking past hits as acoustic numbers. With its blend of Caribbean steel pan, violins and moving lyrics, "Every Kinda People" has become one of Palmer's best-loved songs, covered multiple times by other artists (including The Mint Juleps (1987), Randy Crawford (1989), Chaka Demus and Pliers (1996), Amy Grant (1996), Jo O'Meara (2002), Joe Cocker (2004) and Ana Popovic (2013)), and cited by music fans and spiritual groups for its positive message of peace and multiculturalism. Personnel Robert Palmer – vocals, guitar Paul Barrere & Freddie Harris – guitar James Alan Smith – keyboards Bob Babbitt – bass Allan Schwartzberg – drums Robert Greenridge - steel drums Jody Linscott - percussion References External links Category:1978 songs Category:1978 singles Category:Robert Palmer (singer) songs Category:Chaka Demus & Pliers songs Category:Songs written by Andy Fraser |
Ernst Martin Ernst Eduard Martin (5 May 1841, Jena – 13 August 1910, Strasbourg) was a German philologist of Romance and Germanic studies. He was the son of gynecologist Eduard Arnold Martin (1809–1875). He studied at the universities of Jena, Berlin and Bonn, obtaining his habilitation in 1866 at the University of Heidelberg. Later on, he worked as a professor at the universities of Freiburg, Prague (from 1874) and Strasbourg (from 1877). Beginning in 1883, with Wilhelm Wiegand, he was editor of the journal "Strassburger studien; Zeitschrift für geschichte, sprache und litteratur des Elsasses". Selected works Bermerkungen zur Kudrun, 1867 – Remarks about Kudrun. Goethe in Strassburg, 1871 – Goethe in Strassburg. Kudrun (1872, second edition 1902). Fergus; roman von Guillaume le Clerc, 1872 – Guillaume le Clerc's Roman de Fergus. Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik (12th edition, 1892) – Middle High German grammar. Das niederländische Volksbuch Reynaert de Vos, 1876 – The Dutch chapbook involving Reinaert de Vos. Hermann von Sachsenheim, 1878 – On German poet Hermann von Sachsenheim (died 1458). Elsässische litteraturdenkmäler aus dem XIV-XVII. Jahrhundert (with Erich Schmidt), 1878 – Alsatian literature monuments from the 14th to 17th centuries. Geschichte der deutschen litteratur, (new edition of Wilhelm Wackernagel's history of German literature, 1879–94). Der Goethehügel bei Sesenheim, 1880 – The Goethehügel at Sessenheim. Le Roman de Renart, 1882 – The epic of Reynard. Wolframs von Eschenbach Parzival und Titurel, 1900 – Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival und Titurel. Der Versbau des Heliand und der altsächsischen Genesis, 1907 – The versification of Heliand and the Old Saxon Genesis. References Category:1841 births Category:1910 deaths Category:People from Jena Category:People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Category:German philologists Category:Germanists Category:Charles University in Prague faculty Category:University of Strasbourg faculty Category:University of Freiburg faculty |
Bambi Sheleg Bambi Sheleg (; 1958 – 15 August 2016) was an Israeli journalist and founding editor of the magazine Eretz Acheret. Biography Bambi Sheleg was born in Chile as Beatrice Ehrlich. She immigrated to Israel with her family at the age of 12. Sheleg graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a BA in Jewish history and English literature, and studied Jewish philosophy at the Shalom Hartman Institute. She was married to Yair Sheleg, a journalist with the Israeli daily, Ha'aretz, and a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute. She lived in Jerusalem with her husband and their three children. She died in Jerusalem on August 15, 2016, after a prolonged illness. Journalism career Sheleg began her career as a reporter and associate editor for Nekuda, a journal of the settlers of Palestine, Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. She then edited a children's magazine called Otiot (1987–1997). Bambi moved to the Israeli daily Maariv in 1996, where she continued to write a regular column. She frequently appeared as a guest commentator on television and radio talk shows, and lectures and participates in panel discussions throughout Israel. She was respected as a voice dedicated to promoting Israeli and Jewish discourse that places emphasis on issues of society and identity. In September 2000, Sheleg founded Eretz Acheret ("A Different Israel"), a decision that was catalyzed by the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. She decided that Israel needed a platform that would cut through ideological currents, in which an open ideological and ethical conversation would heal the rupture in society, and help the public to get a more precise picture of the challenges it faces. It publishes a magazine and website of the same name, which analyze social, cultural, and spiritual developments in Israel and among the Jewish people. Jewish outreach She was an active member of the Bavli-Yerushalmi project, a Jerusalem-based study group for observant and non-observant Jews, which has a counterpart group in New York. The participants have been meeting for four-hour sessions every two weeks since 1997, for joint study of Jewish texts. Once a year, they get together with the New York group for a joint week-long seminar. Awards and recognition In recognition of her efforts to build bridges between different communities in Israel, Bambi received the Liebhaber Prize for the Promotion of Religious Pluralism and Tolerance in Israel, awarded by the Masorti Movement of Israel in 1998. References External links Eretz Acheret Official Site Elana Maryles Sztokman,A Different Kind of Israeli Magazine, Bambi Sheleg's Eretz Acheret Is Making Waves, Forward, August 18, 2010 Category:1958 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Chilean emigrants to Israel Category:Chilean Jews Category:Israeli Jews Category:Israeli journalists Category:Israeli women journalists Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni |
Fire in the Lake Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (1972) is a book by American journalist Frances FitzGerald (1940-) about Vietnam, its history and national character, and the United States warfare there. It was initially published by both Little, Brown and Company and Back Bay Publishing. The book was ranked by critics as one of the top books of the year, it was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 10 weeks, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, the Bancroft Prize for history, and the National Book Award. It was published in paperback in 1973 by Vintage Books. Summary This was the first major book by an American on Vietnam, its history, and the United States activities there. FitzGerald said it was a "first draft of history." She explored thousands of years of the history and culture of Vietnam, showing how these affected the relations of its peoples with the relatively brief encounter with the United States. She says that the US understood little about the country and its leaders, reacting to the threat of communism rather than recognizing the nation's long struggle to gain and keep its independence from foreign invaders. She argued that American values of freedom, democracy, optimism, and technological progress were inconsistent with Vietnam's values, culture, agrarian economy, and long history of warfare with France and China, making the Vietnam War effort doomed from the start. The Vietnamese sense of government, history, politics, and war is completely different from the American one. They have had a cultural tradition of ancestor worship and a different belief in what constitutes effective government (the Mandate of Heaven). The US government's failure to acknowledge these differences led to its failure in waging war there against the North Vietnamese and insurgents. FitzGerald wrote, "But the American officials in supporting the Saigon government insisted that they were defending 'freedom and democracy' in Asia. They left the GIs to discover that the Vietnamese did not fit into their experience of either 'communist' or 'democrats.' Under different circumstances this invincible ignorance…" She continued, "Whatever strategy the American government uses to carry on the war, it will only be delaying the inevitable." The book discusses the US government's ignorance of Vietnam's history, especially their determination to rid themselves of foreign invaders. They fought against Chinese domination for 1000 years, despite the latter's vastly superior population and resources. Many of the people considered United States forces to be another wave of foreign invaders. The book covers the history in depth and reaches the Tet Offensive 90% of the way through the narrative. It explores the Cao Đài monotheist religious sect in Tay Ninh, the corrupt regime of Ngo Dinh Diem, and "Nixon's War". In her discussion of the Battle of Bong Son, Fitzgerald discusses the futility of the US use of body counts to tally successes: "Furthermore, as the only 'indicator of progress,' it suggested that death and destruction had some absolute value in terms of winning the war. That the enemy might continue to recruit, rearm, and rebuild (often with the help of people enraged by the American destruction) did not seem to enter into the calculations." The book is one of the first to explore the Vietnamese shanty towns that developed around US bases. They were centers of laundry services, bars and food, and prostitution. Critical reception The book was highly acclaimed; it was noted by New York Times reviewers as one of the five most important books published in 1972. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for 10 |
weeks by May 1973. Due to its popularity and significance, it was published in paperback in 1973 by Vintage and is available online at the Internet Archive. It won several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, the National Book Award in Contemporary Affairs, and the Bancroft Prize for history. Scholar David G. Marr in The Journal of Asian Studies criticized FitzGerald's discussion of Vietnamese history and national character, given that she lacked the language and could not read its literature. He said that she tried to explain a "grand Vietnamese Gestalt" that was in opposition to Western values, but relied on Western thinkers to form her conclusions. But he said she was much more successful in her sections on US involvement, superior to other journalists in analyzing the "Diem regime's fundamental social and political weaknesses" and assessing the National Liberation Front. References External links Category:1972 non-fiction books Category:Books about Vietnam Category:Vietnam War books Category:National Book Award-winning works Category:Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction-winning works Category:Little, Brown and Company books Category:Bancroft Prize-winning works |
Pitcairnia hirtzii Pitcairnia hirtzii is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Category:Flora of Ecuador hirtzii Category:Vulnerable plants Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
Dark Waters (1994 film) Dark Waters (also known as Dead Waters in the American home-video edition), is a 1994 horror film directed by Mariano Baino, who co-wrote it with Andy Bark and also served as the editor. Plot The plot involves a young English woman named Elizabeth, who, after the death of her father, travels to a convent on a remote island where her mother died after giving birth to her. The convent is populated only by nuns, who practise strange rituals in the catacombs under the building and who seem to hold something at bay down there. A priest is shown in a church studying a strange ancient book. Outside there a violent storm is raging. The church begins to collapse and the priest is impaled by the spike on top of a fallen crucifix. Later a nun is shown bearing a strange pagan amulet to the edge of the sea. As she stands on the cliff she is approached from behind by someone or something that frightens her so much that she falls to her death. The amulet she was carrying is smashed on the rocks but its pieces are shown being recovered by someone who is not identified. 20 years later a young heiress from London, Elizabeth, is traveling to a remote convent to visit her friend. She is shown on a rustic country bus that is full of strange characters. Meanwhile, a young girl in a novice nun's cassock is shown entering a catacomb through a crack in a wall. She watches a sinister ritual where nun's beat themselves with whips and lay face down on the ground in some sort of pattern. The girl is then attacked from behind by someone with a knife. While the ritual continues below the girl is repeatedly stabbed. Her blood flows into a stream which pours out over a large crucifix. Elizabeth arrives at her destination during a heavy rainstorm (which continues through much of the movie) and has to deal with various creepy or insane locals before she finds someone willing to take her on a boat to the island where the convent is located. Elizabeth is greeted by the nuns and taken to the ancient Mother Superior who is blind and communicates through an assistant. She tells the Mother Superior that she is there to see why her father donated money to the convent and if she is willing to continue the charity. She is provided with a room but all her possessions are confiscated until she decides to leave. Shortly after she is befriended by a seemingly innocent novice, Sarah, who is appointed to act as her guide during her stay. Sarah tells her that the friend she came to visit has left the convent and returned to London. Elizabeth reveals to Sarah that she was actually born on the island and lived there until she was seven. Elizabeth and Sarah visit the decaying library of the convent. There they discover an ancient book with sinister images of a demonic creature. They also find a strange painting that features a pair of young girls and a pagan amulet. While Sarah is out of the room looking for more light Elizabeth is attacked by one of the nuns. Elizabeth narrowly escapes when the nun accidentally falls to her death out of an open window. Elizabeth then discovers an entrance into a labyrinth of catacombs beneath the convent. There she spies on a strange procession of nuns carrying burning crosses and a bloody corpse wrapped in a sheet. While following this procession Elizabeth gets lost and wanders into |
a pit-like room where a blind painter has covered the walls and canvases with enigmatic images. She recognizes one of the faces on the wall as that of her missing friend and realizes that the body the nuns were carrying might well have been hers. The next day she sees a boat leaving the island despite Sarah having told her that there would be no way to reach the mainland for several days. Elizabeth begins to suspect that Sarah might not be as friendly as she appears. She also starts having strange dreams/visions. One involves seeing a crucified nun accompanied by two small girls. Later, she finds the beach covered by thousands of dead fish... she begins eating one before coming to her senses and vomiting. While wandering on the beach one of the villagers shows Elizabeth some photos of her childhood on the island which include another little girl and what seems to be Elizabeth's mother, who had supposedly died in childbirth. Elizabeth goes to her childhood home and questions the old woman who cared for her as a child. Their meeting is interrupted by the nuns when they set fire to the house. Elizabeth escapes but the old woman is hideously burned. Meanwhile Sarah is shown uncovering a piece of the shattered pagan amulet shown in the painting. A nun comes up to stab her but is later shown cut to ribbons and nailed to a chair. The blind painter gives a painting of Elizabeth to the Mother Superior. The old blind woman begins to smudge off the wet paint and reveals a demonic face underneath. Elizabeth makes her way back to the convent. There are dead and dying nuns everywhere. She is attacked by a nun wielding a huge knife but she manages to kill her by bashing her head on the stone floor. Elizabeth descends into the catacombs where she finds more dead nuns. The blind painter is shown using the Mother Superior's blood to paint more strange images on the wall. Elizabeth is then approached by Sarah, who removes the top of her cassock to reveal that much of her body is not human at all. She is not entirely human. It is revealed that Sarah is Elizabeth's sister but that she more closely resembles their mother. Their mother is actually the demon depicted in the book and on the pagan amulet. The nuns were trying to prevent Elizabeth from realizing her heritage and attempting to free her demon-mother from the walled up crypt she is trapped in. The two women had previously tried to free their demon-mother when they were children but Elizabeth had gotten scared and ran away. She and her father fled the island but it is presumed Sarah has been there ever since, waiting for her to return and complete the ceremony. Now the grown-up Sarah and Elizabeth begin the ritual again. The pieces of the shattered amulet are placed on the ground by a captured nun. Elizabeth eviscerates the nun and the falling blood causes the broken amulet to become whole again. The women raise the blood-soaked amulet and their demon-mother begins to break free of her prison. Just like before Elizabeth becomes terrified and throws the amulet... shattering it into pieces again. Sarah goes to the demon-mother while Elizabeth runs away. At the end of the movie Elizabeth is shown on the beach of the island. She is now in a nun's habit and putting on a necklace made of the center fragment of the shattered amulet. Her white eyes now look like those of the blind Mother Superior's. |
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