Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse

The Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Ontario on Bois Blanc Island, one of the islands in the Detroit River. It consists of a lighthouse, owned by Parks Canada, and a blockhouse, which is privately owned.
Lighthouse.
The lighthouse is a white stone tower, located at the south end of Bois Blanc Island near the mouth of the Detroit River where it opens into Lake Erie. It was built by the government of Upper Canada in 1836, in the style of an imperial tower common from the 1830s to the 1860s. Its purpose was to improve naval safety in Lake Erie, on which greater navigation was occurring because of the 1829 completion of the Welland Canal. The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada appointed a group of commissioners, to whom a design with specifications were submitted. Although it is not known who designed the lighthouse, a local legend holds that it was Amherstburg engineer Andrew Kemp, a member of the civil branch of the Royal Engineers. The construction contract was awarded to John Cook of Detroit.
The limestone tower was built consistent with imperial tower designs of its era as a tapered circular tower with a rubble-stone core and rubble-stone finish. The diameter at its base is , and it reaches a height of . The cornice consists of stepped corbelling, and three windows are installed at varying heights of the building. The limestone used in the tower's construction may have come from Kingston aboard a ship, on which it was used as ballast.
Blockhouse.
The blockhouse was the last of three built on the island, erected in 1838 as part of a defensive system for Fort Malden. It is located near the lighthouse, on the south side of Bois Blanc Island. The original structure was built of square-cut logs from white oak, with gun slits on each wall. The upper floor housed the sleeping quarters, and had machicolations in the floor. Storage shelters were built underground, one for gun powder and the other for food.
In "Blockhouses in Canada, 1749–1841: A Comparative Report and Catalogue", Richard J. Young states that the blockhouse and battery on Bois Blanc Island is "ridiculous in the extreme" since it would not prevent or mitigate enemy incursions.
On display in the building are artefacts recovered during excavations in and near the building.
Renovation.
By 2010, the derelict building was missing the upper floor and staircase, the walls were on the verge of collapsing, and the roof was caving in. The private owner of the building has stated he intends to turn it over to Parks Canada once a restoration is complete. With his permission, several volunteers began restoring the building.
The structure was raised about with the construction of a concrete foundation. A log floor was built under the structure, and was covered with rough-cut pine floors. A thick door with iron fittings was installed.
In 2013, residents of the island raised $5,000 that, along with other private donations, paid for the cost to install a cedar shake roof.
Twentieth and twenty-first century.
The original lantern was a catoptric device, and was upgraded a number of times until the 1950s. It was destroyed by fire in 1954, and the lantern room was replaced by a steel frame. The lighthouse was decommissioned in the late 1950s, and in 1961, it became property of Parks Canada, which removed the steel frame in the 1970s, and also restored the door and fan light. These were destroyed by vandals, so the entrance was blocked with stone rubble.
For almost 90 years, the head Lighthouse keeper was a member of the Hackett family: James (1836–1870), Andrew (1870–1901), Agnes (1901–1910), and Charles R. Hackett (1910–1924). In 2015, it was among 74 lighthouses to be protected under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, and among 42 lighthouses owned by Parks Canada.
National Historic Site of Canada.
In 1955, Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. The factors that led to its designation include its proximity to the National Historic Site of Fort Malden, for which the blockhouses formed part of its defence, and for being site of a failed attack by "Canadian rebels and their American sympathizers" in January 1838. Although the tower is closed, the site is open.


Oren

Oren () is a masculine given name, meaning 'pine' or 'ash' in Hebrew. In the Book of Chronicles, Oren is one of the sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron, along with Ram, Bunah, Ozem and Ahijah.
Oren, as a given name or surname, may also refer to:


Maudheim medal

The Maudheim medal ("Maudheimmedaljen") was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 14 November 1951 in honor of the members of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1949–1952, awarded to the participants of the expedition. This expedition was the first to Antarctica involving an international team of scientists. During the expedition, a base known as Maudheim was established on the Quar Ice Shelf along the coast of Queen Maud Land in February 1950. The medal itself is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription "MAUDHEIM 1949-1952". Only 18 people were awarded with the Maudheim Medal.


Agmon

Agmon () is a Jewish surname, Hebrew for bulrush. Notable people with the surname include:


List of historic buildings in Markham, Ontario

This is a list of historic building in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The earliest structures that were built in Markham, Ontario originated from indigenous settlements in the region, including the Iroquois, the Huron Wendat, the Petun and the Neutral Nation. However, Markham's oldest standing structures dates back to its earliest European settlers, who settled the area in 1794.
Historic buildings and structures are spread throughout Markham, although a number of historic buildings are clustered in four "heritage conservation districts," Buttonville, Markham Village, Thornhill, and Unionville. Development in the heritage conservation districts is required to follow municipal guidelines laid out in the heritage district's conservation plan. These conservation plans were created to protect historic buildings, and to ensure that new developments within these districts complement the "character of the neighbourhood".
List of historic buildings.
Most historic structures and properties are presently registered with the Markham Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest. A number of buildings and properties listed on the registry are protected under the "Ontario Heritage Act". Buildings and structures in the registry are either listed as individual properties, or as a part of a larger heritage conservation district. The oldest structure listed on the registry is Philip Eckardt Log House, built in 1800. In addition to buildings that are listed on the registry, several of Markham's oldest buildings are situated at the Markham Museum, an open-air museum located next to the Markham Village heritage conservation district.
The majority of Markham's oldest standing structures were built as private residences, many of which are still used for that purpose. However, some residences have been re-purposed for commercial use.
1800 to 1849.
The following is a list of historic buildings from 1800 to 1849:
1850 to 1890.
The following is a list of structures built in Markham since 1850.
List of lost buildings and structures.
Various historic structures have been burned down or demolished over time.


Argentine Army to the Effort and Abnegation Medal

The Argentine Army to the Effort and Abnegation Medal is awarded to members of the Argentine Armed Forces.


Anna the Adventuress

Anna the Adventuress is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Jean Cadell and James Carew. It is based on a novel by Phillips Oppenheim. Made by Hepworth Pictures at Walton Studios, it is now considered a lost film.
Plot summary.
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.


Koresh

Koresh may refer to:


Anupama Bhagwat

Anupama Bhagwat is an Indian sitar maestro.
Early life.
Born in Bhilai, India, Anupama Bhagwat was introduced to playing sitar at the age of 9 by Shri. R. N. Verma.At the age of 13 she had the privilege to train under Bimalendu Mukherjee of the Imdadkhani gharana. She stood first in the All India Radio competition in 1994 and was awarded a national scholarship by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development of India. She has performed At several destinations including the US and many countries of Europe. At present She is based in Bangalore, India.
Her Guru.
Doyen of the Imdadkhani Gharana, Acharya Bimalendu Mukherjee was primarily a Sitarist, though he was proficient in almost all traditional Indian instruments like RudraVeena, Saraswati Veena, Surbahar, Sursingar, Mandrabahar, Dilruba, Esraj, Tar Shehnai, Sarod and Pakhavaj. He was equally adept in vocal music.
Performances.
Performances have taken her around the world Including, SouthBank Center (London, UK), Ali Akbar Khan School of Music (Basel, Switzerland), MIT Fall Concert Series (Boston, USA), U Penn, Berkeley, Ole Miss (USA), Asian Arts Museum (San Francisco), U of Victoria & Calgary, Musée Guimet, Paris, Musée Des Beaux Arts, Angers, France.
Anupama plays in the Gayaki style, a lyrical and subtly nuanced style modelled upon the human voice. Anupama's technical virtuosity has been lauded by the connoisseurs worldwide. Anupama has been awarded the title "Surmani".
Her creative compositions have won the hearts of many a connoisseur, combining technical mastery with evocative lyrical cadences.
Albums.
Anupama has released various albums such as "Confluence, Ether, Epiphany, Colours of Sunset, Sanjh." And many more.


Lucy M. Lewis

Lucy Martin Lewis (1890/8–March 12, 1992) was a Native American potter from Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. She is known for her black-on-white decorative ceramics made using traditional techniques.
Biography.
Lucy Martin Lewis was born in Sky City, a mesa in Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico to Lola Santiago and Martin Ortiz. Though she celebrated her birthday on November 2, her birth year, while unknown, was probably in the 1890s.
Lewis began making pottery at age eight, after studying with her great aunt, Helice Vallo. Both of her parents occasionally worked in the nearby town, Grants. Her early pottery was made for tourists. The ash-bowls were easily made and sold for five or ten cents.
In the late 1910s, Lewis married Toribio 'Haskaya' Luis. The family name was changed to Lewis when the oldest son, Ivan, went into the marines during World War II. She had nine children, seven of which went on to become potters.
Work.
Lewis' daughter, Dolores Lewis Garcia, once noted:"My mother, Lucy M. Lewis, began making pottery at about age seven and attracted public attention for her work in the 1950s...Our family would buy books to look up the old pottery designs and Dr. Kenneth Chapman from the Museum of New Mexico suggested to us to use the Mimbres designs and they have become very popular for us today. I was the first to use the Mimbres designs, then my sisters Emma and Mary began to use them. We have helped with publicity for other Acoma potters to bring more attention to the pottery of the Pueblo."Lewis' designs were inspired by Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi), including the Mimbres designs of the Mogollon as well as the Chacoan culture. Her work began to be recognized in 1950 when she won the a blue ribbon at the annual Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial. After the Gallup prize, Lewis began to sign her work, an act which created controversy within the Pueblo community. Four pieces of her pottery were featured on an episode of Antiques Roadshow and were appraised for between $10,000 to $18,000 for the set.
Lewis's pottery is made from a gray clay body and formed by hand using coils. After the pot is shaped and dried, a white slip is applied. Without the slip the mineral paints would run off the pot. Next, the design is applied using mineral paints and a brush made from yucca. Yucca holds more paint and makes finer lines than regular brushes bought at a store. Finally, on a day when the weather is right for firing, a small number of finished pieces are carefully pit-fired. Results are rarely 100%. Some pieces will end up cracked, the background on others will be gray rather than white (these will need to be re-fired), but a few will be successfully fired. After going through this process one learns why these pieces should be well taken care of and carefully preserved.
Lewis's pottery featured innovative designs. Lewis was known for the animals, and line designs she drew on her pottery. Her work is influenced by the color of the sky, along with her Native American culture. Lewis was mostly self-taught and her art was natural and innate. Lewis specialized in small pots that were usually six to twelve inches in height. In 1992, the price range for her pottery was listed as between one hundred and several thousand dollars. Lewis's pottery featured innovative designs, and she has been compared to other innovators such as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. Lewis was known for the animals, and line designs she drew on her pottery. Her work is influenced by the color of the sky, along with her Native American culture. Lewis was mostly self-taught and her art was natural and innate. Lewis specialized in small pots that were usually six to twelve inches in height.
Lewis' tribe, Acoma Pueblo, considered the clay she used for her pottery to be sacred. The creation of a single pot could take as long as two to three weeks. In addition, Native American pottery making is passed down the matriarchal line—mothers, grandmothers, and aunts teach the next generation.
In 1977, Lewis was invited to the White House and in 1983 she received New Mexico's Governor's Award for outstanding personal contribution to the art of the state. Her final art show was the 1991 SWAIA Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After a long illness, Lucy M. Lewis died on March 12, 1992 in an Acoma Pueblo hospital.
Lewis's pottery is made from a gray clay body and formed by hand using coils. After the pot is shaped and dried, a white slip is applied, and polished after drying. Without the slip the mineral paints would run off the pot. Designs are applied using mineral paints and a hand-made brush made from yucca. Yucca holds more paint and makes finer lines than store-bought regular brushes. The pots are then pit-fired in small batches. Results are rarely 100%. Some pieces will end up cracked; the pot fragments are used to temper future batches of clay. Some pots will need refiring if the background color is gray rather than white.
Awards.
Lewis received awards for her work from the state of New Mexico, the College Arts Association, the American Crafts Council and the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts.
Notable collections.
Her work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of the American Indian, Cooper Hewitt, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, National Museum of Women in the Arts, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University, and the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


Hanstholm

Hanstholm is a small town and a former island, now elevated area in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, located in the northern part of Denmark. Co-ordinates: . Population of the area is about 3,500 (2004), and the town has a population of 2,136 (1 January 2020).
The name.
The former island Hanstholm (short form of the original name Hansted Holm) has many placenames, including Hansted, Nørby, Gårddal, Ræhr, Hamborg, Bjerre, Febbersted, Krog, Nytorp and Vigsø. In the beginning of the second millennium, churches were built in Vigsø, Ræhr and Hansted, forming three parishes.
At the end of the 20th century, Denmark's largest harbour was built in Hansted, and a 10-fold larger harbour town was needed. A new town was planned, covering the places Hansted, Gårddal and Nørby, and the new town was officially named Hanstholm. This has led to some confusion, because the people from the towns Ræhr and Vigsø live on Hanstholm (the former island), they live in Hanstholm postal district, they live in Hanstholm municipality, but they don't live in Hanstholm town.
However, since all the parts of this new harbour town belong to Hansted parish, and because Hansted has been the harbour town for so many centuries, many people refer to this town simply as Hansted instead of Hanstholm.
Besides Hanstholm and Hansted, one more name is related to this, Hanherred:
Geography.
To the north is Vigsø Bay (‘’Vigsø Bugt’’) a part of Skagerrak. To the west is the North Sea.
The ferry MV Norröna of Smyril Line operated a weekly summer service to the Faroe Islands and Iceland from Hanstholm until 2010. This service now departs from Hirtshals.
The northern part of Denmark is rising because of plate tectonics, and has lifted the island of Hanstholm out of the water so that it is no longer an island, but an elevated area. You can still see two old farms: Bådsgård, which means boat farm, is located on the previous island Hanstholm; Færgegård, which means ferry farm, is located in Sårup towards Hansted. Today you can simply drive between Sårup and Hansted.
Urban planning.
As Hansted's population grew from a couple of hundred to several thousand people during the 20th century, some urban planning was applied. It seems to have been modelled in the same way as other growing Danish towns in the 1960s, which basically means that you can drive through the city without noticing the size of it.
Most shopping is concentrated in a shopping mall (Hanstholm Centret), and there are separate pedestrian and bicycle paths covering most of the city.
History.
Pre-historic.
Several excavations have shown that the Hanstholm area was inhabited by farmers as early as 1000 B.C.
Teutons.
In the year 120 B.C., teutons inhabited the area, but left in a large exodus, together with the Cimbri, towards the south, where they encountered the Romans.
Age of the Vikings.
In the years 800 to 1050, Hanstholm and the area around it were islands, and nearby was the gathering point for the Vikings for their invasions of England and France.
First Christianity.
According to legend, the first Christian church in the Thy area was built in 1040 in Vestervig, where Christian priests coming from England entered Denmark. A big monastery was later built here and this was the beginning of the end of the Viking era.
The churches in Ræhr, Hansted and Vigsø were built in the 12th century in Roman style, and on Hansted church, one of the stones shows the picture of a trading vessel. This trading vessel has been used as model for the arms of the former Hanstholm municipality.
Norwegian trade.
From approximately 1600 to approximately 1850, people from the area of Hanstholm traded considerably with Norway, which was a part of Denmark at that time, with special boats across the Skagerrak. They exported food, mostly grain, and imported logs. There were no trees in the whole area, so wood was in high demand. The primary harbours for this trade were Vigsø and Klitmøller, the latter because they had water mills to produce flour.
For this trade, special ships were designed, named 'sandskuder', meaning 'sand boats'. They were able to sail directly onto the beach and were designed for the transport of grain, flour and logs.
Sand drift.
A lot of sand began to drift from the west coast towards the east in the 14th century. In 1555, the sand drift had damaged a large area of Vigsø parish, and the local pastor suggested the abandonment of both the parish and the church. However, people stayed in the area, and the parish remained active. The other parishes were hit hard as well, and in 1690 there were dunes on the pastor's fields, more than 12 metres high.
Numerous attempts to stop the sand drift finally succeeded in the 19th century by the planting of trees and lyme grass. However, many low coastal areas between the former islands had already been covered with dunes. South of Hanstholm, a unique dune landscape of approximately 4,000 hectares has become a wildlife reservation, named Hansted Reservat.
Hanstholm Lighthouse 1843.
The lighthouse was initially built in 1842, but the construction was too weak, so it had to be torn down and rebuilt in 1843. It was the first lens-based lighthouse in Denmark. When it was electrified in 1889, it became the strongest lighthouse in Denmark, and still is today, even though the light intensity has been lowered. In a period of its life, it was also the strongest lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was automated in 1970, and in 1979 the buildings associated with the lighthouse were converted to a museum about the nature and history of the surrounding area.
From the top of the lighthouse, 65 metres above the ocean, you can see the entire area.
World War II.
During the Second World War, the citizens of Hansted were removed and Europe's biggest fortress was built by the Germans in this area. Cannons were installed, that could shoot almost half the distance to Norway, in order to block allied entry into the Kattegat and thus the Baltic sea. Similar cannons were installed in Kristiansand in Norway. Thousands of bunkers were constructed in the area. After the war it was too dangerous to blow them away and the bunkers themselves were too solid to remove in other ways. Therefore, most bunkers still remain in the ground, and some can even be seen on beaches or in the water, where the ocean has moved the coastline (the coastline moved, but the bunkers did not). Only a few bunkers lying in the way of road constructions have later been blown up using a special method of filling them with water before the explosion. A museum in Hanstholm gives access to the central parts of this World War II fortress.
After the war, many conifers were planted in order to provide shelter against the wind and in order to hide the German concrete constructions (ref. SkovOgNatur brochure).
The conifers are now slowly being replaced by broadleaf trees, which are more natural to area.
The harbour.
Hanstholm is located on the northern edge of a salt dome, and this edge consists of very hard chalk, which is the reason that ice age erosion did not remove these formations. Because the ocean streams in this area prevent the ocean from freezing, and because of Hanstholm's geographic location, it is the perfect place for an industrial harbour, open all year.
In 1917, the Danish Parliament decided by law to build a harbour in Hanstholm. However, this was delayed by numerous incidents, including the low grants in the 1930s, and even though the Germans had plans to use the harbour as part of their strategy when they occupied Denmark in the Second World War, they stopped all construction in June 1943, removed all machines and blew up the buildings on the beach.
After the Second World War, a political struggle began to complete the harbour's construction, but the other harbours in Denmark feared this. But the passing of a new law on 29 April 1960 finally led to the harbour's completion. It opened in 1967 and today is one of the largest harbours in Denmark.
Fjord Line ferries sailed from Hanstholm until autumn 2008 to Western Norway (Egersund, Haugesund and Bergen). Fjord Line's fast ferry Fjord Cat to Kristiansand sailed from the harbour(ex-MasterCat and Mads Mols) until October 2009.
Previously there has also been a ferry service to the Faroe Islands and Iceland from Hanstholm with the ferry Norröna owned by the Faroese shipping company Smyril Line. But in the autumn of 2010, after almost 20 years of regular ferry service to and from the Faroe Islands and Iceland, the shipping company Smyril Line unexpectedly chose to stop all of its operations to and from Hanstholm. Instead it moved all Danish operations to Hirtshals approximately 140 km north of Hanstholm.
With the loss of the ferry service to the Faroe Islands and Iceland, Hanstholm also lost its last ferry connection to and from the city, but there are still on-going attempts to establish new ferry routes to the city, and at the same time try to get some of the old ferry routes back to the port of Hanstholm.
Future.
In the framework of the Danish administrative reform, Hanstholm municipality will merge with two other municipalities during the period 2006–2007. After that, Hanstholm municipality will cease to exist, and Hanstholm will be a part of the Thisted municipality. At the same time Viborg Amt will cease to exist and Hanstholm be a part of the new North Jutland Region.
Museums.
There are two museums in Hanstholm, one of which enables visitors to go down into the World War II bunkers, see how the soldiers lived, drive the ammunition train from ammunition depots to the cannons, and get an impression of how huge they were.


The Adding Machine

The Adding Machine is a 1923 play by Elmer Rice; it has been called "... a landmark of American Expressionism, reflecting the growing interest in this highly subjective and nonrealistic form of modern drama."
Plot.
The author of this play takes us through Mr. Zero’s trial, execution, excursion and arrest going into the afterlife. During the whole series of this episodic journey Mr. Zero is surprisingly oblivious to his deepest needs, wants and desires. The story focuses on Mr. Zero, an accountant at a large, faceless company. After 25 years at his job, he discovers that he will be replaced by an adding machine. In anger and pain, he snaps and kills his boss. Mr. Zero is then tried for murder, is found guilty and hanged. He wakes up in a heaven-like setting known as the "Elysian Fields." Mr. Zero meets a man named Shrdlu, then begins to operate an adding machine until Lieutenant Charles, the boss of the Elysian Fields, comes to tell Zero that he is a waste of space and his soul is going to be sent back to the Earth to be reused. The play ends with Zero following a very attractive girl named Hope off stage.
Success.
The play was an influence on the Tennessee Williams play "Stairs to the Roof". Years later, it was adapted into a 1969 film of the same name, written and directed by Jerome Epstein and starring Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller, Billie Whitelaw and Sydney Chaplin.
In 1989, Chicago's Hystopolis Productions adapted Rice's play for puppets; the production was hailed for its visual design. In September 1992 this production went on to be featured at the First International Festival of Puppet Theater presented at The Public Theater in New York which was a co-production of Joseph Papp and the Jim Henson Foundation. "The Adding Machine" remains part of Hystopolis' professional repertoire.
Musical adaptation.
In 2007, the play was adapted into a musical entitled "Adding Machine" with a score by Joshua Schmidt and book by Jason Loewith and Schmidt. The musical debuted in Illinois at the Next Theatre Company in 2007. It then opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre on February 25, 2008, after previews that started February 8. In September 2016 the musical was produced at the Finborough Theatre in London England.


Eros International plc

Eros International plc was an Indian multinational global mass media conglomerate. It generally works in the Indian film and entertainment industry. It co-produced, acquired and distributed Indian language films through its film production and distribution subsidiary, Eros International and distributes them in multiple formats worldwide.
The group distribution network includes over 50 countries and has offices in India, the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Fiji and the Isle of Man. Kishore Lulla, the son of the founder Arjan Lulla, was the chairman of Eros International plc before its merger with STX Entertainment.
On 16 April 2020, U.S. film studio STX Entertainment announced that it would merge with Eros International to form Eros STX, in a transaction expected to close by June. The proposed merger was completed in July 2020, forming Eros STX Global Corporation.
Eros International Media.
Eros's biggest subsidiary Eros International Media Ltd is one of the oldest companies in the Indian film industry to focus on international markets, and has aggregated rights to over 3,000 films in its library, including recent and classic titles that span different genres, budgets and languages.
Eros' portfolio of films over the last three completed fiscal years comprised 197 films. In fiscal 2016, the company released 63 films in total either in India, overseas or both. These comprised 33 Hindi films, 19 Tamil films and 11 regional-language films. For fiscal 2016, the company generated aggregate revenues of $274.4 million derived from theatrical, television syndication and digital and ancillary distribution channels, globally.
Eros Now.
Eros Now, the company's digital over-the-top (OTT) platform, has rights to over 5,000 films in Hindi and regional languages, and is focused on Indian films, music and original shows, with offline viewing and subtitles. Eros Now has adopted a platform agnostic distribution strategy on Android and iOS platforms across mobile, tablets, cable or internet, including deals with original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs).


Fort McDermit

Fort McDermit (or Fort McDermitt) was an U.S. Army fort in Nevada. It was established on August 14, 1865, by Captain J. C. Doughty, of Company I of the 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry, on orders of Lt. Col. Charles McDermit, Commander, Military District Nevada, as the Quinn River Camp No. 33. It was located near Quinn River Station on the East Fork of the Quinn River.
Attacks on white settlements in the early part of the Snake War prompted the District of Utah to establish a detachment at the stagecoach station called Quinn (or Queen) River Station. The volunteer cavalry detachment was there in order to protect the stagecoach line that ran between Winnemucca, Nevada and Silver City, Idaho Territory. McDermit's death in an ambush on August 7, 1865, along the Quinn River near the station and the continuing unrest, provoked the establishment of a stronger force and the fort was named in his honor.
Fort McDermit was intended to hold a garrison of two companies one of cavalry and one of infantry. It was built around a rectangular parade ground measuring . Its permanent structures were first erected in 1866 and 1867 and consisted of three buildings for officers, a large barracks, a three-room hospital, storehouses (for supplies to keep the fort running for six months), and stables all surrounding a square. All of the post buildings were one story with shingle roofs built of adobe, stone, or frame construction. Additional frame structures were added in the late 1870s. The post was expanded on September 3, 1867, to be two miles square with a two-mile-wide hay reserve extending along each side of the Quinn river for . On October 4, 1870, this hay reserve was extended further up and down the river bringing the total to .
Fort McDermit's purpose was to protect the stage route and wagon road from Virginia City through Star City, Nevada, in the Quinn River Valley, to Boise City, Idaho. It was the longest active Army fort in Nevada, lasting 24 years. Its troops participated in operations against the Bannock and Shoshone Nations, and in the Snake War, Bannock War, and the Modoc War. On July 24, 1889, as the last of the Nevada Army posts in service, it was turned over to the Indian Service. It was adapted for use as an Indian school on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation.


Orange Heritage Trailway

The Orange Heritage Trailway is a 14.5 mile rail trail in Orange County, New York, that runs along the roadbed of the Erie Railroad's Main Line from Harriman to a point halfway between Goshen and Middletown, New York.
History.
Between 1906 and 1909, the Erie Railroad constructed the Graham Line as a freight bypass around the congested Erie mainline between Harriman and Otisville, NY. In 1983, Conrail chose to abandon the mainline tracks in favor of the Graham Line, which is still used by Metro-North's Port Jervis Line and freight operator Norfolk Southern Railway. This longer route was the preferred route when local opposition to Metro-North caused the historically important Erie Main Line to be abandoned from Harriman to Middletown.
The former Erie Railroad mainline turns northwest at Newburgh Junction (Harriman) and tracks terminate at the site of the now-removed and demolished Nepera Chemical plant in the village of Harriman. The undeveloped roadbed continues approximately two miles through Harriman and Monroe. The paved trail begins in Harriman NY with an informal trailhead and parking lot located at the corner of River Rd. and North Main St.
There is a Norfolk Southern siding off the NYS&W mainline near Chester that runs along the rail trail for about 0.5 miles. This siding is all that remains of Greycourt, which was once the site of a sizeable railroad yard and an interchange point between the Erie Railroad and the L&HR. Greycourt is also where the Erie Railroad's Newburgh Branch split from the mainline.
The trail earned the designation of "National Recreation Trail" in June 2007.
Trail death.
In 1999, Paul Harnisch, an assistant district attorney for Orange County, was charged with murder for striking two skaters, killing one of them, while driving illegally on the trail in the Chester area. Harnish drove for a half-mile with the dead skater on the hood of his vehicle. He was found not guilty for reason of insanity and remanded to the custody of a psychiatric hospital for a period of years.


Eshuva

The Eshuva are the Harákmbut-language sung prayers of Peru's Huachipaire people. They are sung as an expression of Huachipaire religious myths to summon nature spirits, to help alleviate illness or promote well-being, as part of traditional ceremonies, and during the initiation of the new Eshuva singers. Eshuva songs are performed without musical accompaniment. Since they are sung only in the Harákmbut language, they help safeguard the Huachipaire people's language, values, and worldview.
Eshuva songs and their function – the ailment they are meant to heal – are transmitted orally. There exist only 12 known singers at present and, as transmission has been interrupted due to the Huachipaire youth's lack of interest, internal migration, and the influence and assimilation of external cultural elements, the songs are at risk of being lost. UNESCO recognized this risk by inscribing Eshuva on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2011. Prior to this, on March 11, 2010, Peru's Ministry of Culture proclaimed the tradition part of the cultural heritage of the Peru.
On November 28, 2011, the Ministry announced steps to help conserve the tradition. "Houses of memory" are to be built as spaces for the practice of Eshuva and other oral traditions. In addition, a recording of Eshuva songs is to be made, with 30 recordings already made.


Zarembo Island

Zarembo Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies directly south of Mitkof Island and northwest of Etolin Island. To the northwest is Kupreanof Island and to the southwest is Prince of Wales Island. It has a land area of , making it the 34th largest island in the United States. It has no permanent resident population. It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition. He only charted its north, west, and south coasts, not realizing it was an island. The island is named after Dionysius Zarembo, a Polish employee of the Russian American Company and explorer of Alaska. Usually known as Dionysius Zarembo, he was captain of the Russian-American Company ship "Chichagof" during the foundation of the Redoubt San Dionisio, named for his name-saint, a fortification at present-day Wrangell which was established to forestall encroachment on the Stikine region by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Zarembo Island mineral springs was bottled from the late 1890s to the early 1910s by a bottling company in Seattle, Washington.
Zarembo mineral water won a gold medal at the 1904 Lewis & Clark Centennial and had a major display at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.


A Marked Man

A Marked Man is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. It is considered to be a lost film.
Plot.
As described in a film magazine, Cheyenne Harry (Carey), in his search for food, breaks into the home of Grant Young (Rattenberry) and his daughter Molly (Malone), who recognizes him as the man who held up the train she was traveling on but then allowed her to keep a brooch, a gift from her mother. Grant gives him a chance to make good by becoming an employee on the ranch. Harry enters a horse race contest to get enough money to visit his mother, but Ben Kent, a road agent and an old friend of Harry, cuts his stirrups. Grant forces Harry to assist in holding up a stage coach, and after Kent kills the driver of the coach, both he and Harry are arrested. A message announcing the pending arrival of Harry's mother (Townsend) results in the postponement of Harry's hanging for a couple of weeks, and Harry is allowed by the sheriff (Steele) to make use of Grant's ranch and daughter to deceive Harry's mother, as Harry had stated in his letters to her that he was an honorable man. After his mother's departure, a telegram arrives that exonerates Harry, and he rushes to see Molly.
Reception.
Like many American films of the time, "A Marked Man" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of four scenes of holdup of coach in pass, first holdup scene in water, and the intertitle "Clear out of here and we will forget about the hold up".


Chambly Canal

The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a major commercial route during a time of heightened trade between the United States and Canada. Trade dwindled after World War I, and as of the 1970s, traffic has been replaced by recreational vessels.
It is part of a waterway that connects the Saint Lawrence River with the Hudson River in the United States. Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal form the U.S. portion of the Lakes to Locks Passage.
The Canal has 10 bridges—8 of which are hand operated—and nine hydraulic locks.


Moussa Diagana

Moussa Diagana (M'Bout, 1946 – 2018) was a Mauritanian French language writer. He studied in Nouakchott, Tunisia and the Sorbonne and worked in Mali.
He died on the night of 15 January 2018.


List of civil awards and decorations

This list of civil awards and decorations is a partial index to articles about notable civil awards and decorations. It excludes Law enforcement awards and honors and ecclesiastical decorations, which are covered by separate lists. See for a more complete list by country.


Wittgenstein (film)

Wittgenstein is a 1993 film by the English director Derek Jarman. It is loosely based on the life story as well as the philosophical thinking of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The adult Wittgenstein is played by Karl Johnson.
The original screenplay was written by the literary critic Terry Eagleton. Jarman heavily rewrote the script during pre-production and shooting, radically altering the style and structure, although retaining much of Eagleton's dialogue. The story is not played out in a traditional setting, but rather against a black backdrop within which the actors and key props are placed, as if in a theatre setting.
The film was originally part of a series of 12 films on the life and ideas of the philosopher, produced by Tariq Ali on behalf of Channel Four. Only four scripts got commissioned, "Socrates" by Howard Brenton, "Spinoza" by Tariq Ali, "Locke" by David Edgar and "Wittgenstein" by Terry Eagleton. Spinoza was filmed and directed by Chris Spencer as "Spinoza : The Apostle of Reason". Also "Citizen Locke" was filmed and directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska. They were transmitted in 1994 as 52 min long television films.
Plot.
The film, in a series of sketches, depicts Wittgenstein's life from boyhood, through the first World War period to his Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis is on the exposition of his ideas and depicts his characteristics as a homosexual, an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker, and a genius.
Reception.
Critical reception for the film has been generally positive and the movie holds a rating of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews. Derek Elley of "Variety" described it as an "immaculately lensed, intellectual joke" with a "gay subtext".


Ugolino

Ugolino is an Italian masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Ugo. It may also refer to:


La Nany

La Nany is a Chilean sitcom based on the U.S. TV series "The Nanny". It was aired from 2005 to March 2006, when it was followed by "Casado con Hijos", the Chilean version of "Married... with Children".
Plot.
Eliana "Nany" Tapia is a woman who comes to work in the mansion of a wealthy family, in the suburbs of La Dehesa, Santiago, after being fired from a bridal shop in the Florida Center Shopping Mall. The family she works for is formed by the widower Max Valdivieso, his three children, Catalina, Sofía, and Tomás, and his butler Bruno. Max's assistant, Loreto, has a rivalry against Eliana and Bruno. She will do everything possible to try to fire them. In some cases, Eliana and Loreto and will have to work together to get out of trouble. Loreto is very fond of Max and the two both have a relationship at the beginning of the series.


Circus Rookies

Circus Rookies is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Edward Sedgwick. It starred the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.
Cast.
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List of Indiana state historical markers in Daviess County

This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Daviess County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Daviess County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 10 historical markers located in Daviess County.


Gideon (name)

Gideon (גדעון in Hebrew) is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin, Which translates to "feller" or "hewer" (i.e. 'great warrior') in Hebrew. It can also be interpreted as "One who has a stump in place of a hand" or "One who cuts down". The surname comes from the ancestor Gideon and may have been later imported to a surname form. The name gets its origins from the Biblical judge and leader Gideon who impressed the English puritans and French Huguenots with his martial utilization. The name was then adopted by the English puritans and French Huguenots as a Christian name. The given name first started being utilized in the 16th century when it became common to use old testament names. The Huguenots used the surrogate variation Gédéon. The name soon lost popularity in 20th century as it declined to a low 4 recorded newborn births in Great Britain during the 1930s with this name. Alternate spellings of this name include Gideone, Guideon, and Gidieon.
The first name started gaining use in the United States in the 1880s and for about a century it never had a year more than 50 newborns named with this given name until 1980 when there was 83 children born with this name, making it one of the rarer given names of the Late 19th and 20th century. In recent years it has fluctuated in popularity with 1016 total newborns given this name in 2019.The name Gideon is the 308th most common name among social security statistics as of 2018.


Broadway After Midnight

Broadway After Midnight, also known as Gangsters on Broadway, is a 1927 American silent crime melodrama film directed by Fred Windemere and written by Frederic Bartel and Adele Buffington. The film stars Matthew Betz, Priscilla Bonner, Cullen Landis, Gareth Hughes, and Ernest Hilliard. The film was released on October 29, 1927 by Krelbar Pictures.
Preservation.
The film is now considered lost.


Maggie Pepper

Maggie Pepper is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Ethel Clayton. This film is based on a hit 1911 play by Charles Klein which was a winning success for stage actress Rose Stahl at the Harris Theatre.
It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Both Rose Stahl's manager, Henry B. Harris, and the original playwright, Charles Klein, died in notable disasters: Harris on the in 1913, and Klein on the in 1915.
Plot.
As described in a film magazine, Maggie Pepper (Clayton) is a self-reliant and snappy saleswoman who supports a young girl Claire (Wilson), the daughter of her sister-in-law Ada (Greenwood), who is in jail for shoplifting. Maggie is being courted by Jake Rothschild (Hatton) and has just rejected him when the young owner of the store, Joe Holbrook (Dexter), comes upon them. She mistakes Joe for a job seeker and advises him to stay away from a concern that is dying painlessly. Joe becomes interested and finds that the peppery young woman has ideas and vision. He is already engaged, but finds that the comparison of the women favors Maggie. Maggie, the victim of envy, is discharged. Her sister-in-law Ada, now released and led back to crime by a second husband Sam (Marshall), plans to do shoplifting at the Holbrook store. Maggie only wants the child to be free from bad influences, and accepts a job offer in Pittsburgh to get a better environment. There is a sensational attempt to steal the child, which brings Holbrook to the rescue. He feigns injury to keep a hold on Maggie, and ends up winning her.
Klein and Harris.
Both the author of the original stage play, Charles Klein, and Rose Stahl's manager, Henry B. Harris, died at sea.
Harris, a theatrical producer, was also the owner and lessee of the Harris Theatre on 42nd Street where "Maggie Pepper" played. In April 1913 he was in London, arranging future performances of "Maggie Pepper" with Stahl and the original American cast. Harris also acquired the US rights to "The Miracle", the world's first full-colour narrative feature film which had been showing at the Royal Opera House. However, Harris died after the ship he and his wife were travelling on, the , hit an iceberg, although his wife survived.
Charles Klein died in the sinking of the RMS "Lusitania" in 1915. Another victim on the "Lusitania" was Charles Frohman, also a well-known theatrical producer. Frohman had produced one of Klein's first successes, "Heartsease", with Henry Miller, and was also the manager and lessee of the Park Theatre, Boston, where Rose Stahl (managed by Harris) played in "The Chorus Lady" in 1908.


Cheb Violin Making School

The Cheb Violin Making School is a public institution in the Czech Republic. It is the outgrowth of the Imperial-Royal Music School, a -year-old institution, located—from inception on 1 August 1873 until 2005—in Schönbach, a town that was renamed "Luby" in 1946. In 2005, the school moved to Cheb. It is the only surviving violin-making school in the Czech Republic, and one of five in all of Europe. Schönbach had been, and still is a town rich in tradition of generations of violin-making dating back to the sixteenth century.
History.
At the initiative of (1816–1887), the K.K. Music School in Schönbach launched on 1 August 1873. Initially, students received instruction in homes, and beginning 1882, at the Schönbach Town Hall. The school was founded exclusively to train musicians. But in October 1903, under professor Josef Anton Pfluger (1874–1914), the school launched a curriculum in string instrument making: violins, guitars, and sheet music publishing. By 1908, the school was predominately filled with students learning the art of violin and guitar making. On 24 June 1911 the foundation stone was laid for the school's first building on Bahnhofstrasse and teaching in that building commenced at the start of 1912.
The musical instrument region, which included Schönbach, had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed after the end of World War I in 1918.
In 1938, following the Great Depression, Germany took possession of the western region of Czechoslovakia known as the Sudetenland, and occupied it until the end of World War II. During this period, there was a sharp decline in the production of musical instruments from the region.
In 1946, right after World War II, Czechoslovakia restored the pre-1938 border and, among other things, changed the town name of "Schönbach" (a German name) to "Luby" (a Czech name). In 1949, residents with German ethnicity, which included many violin-makers, were expelled from Czechoslovakia. About 1,600 Schönbach instrument makers settled in Bubenreuth of Erlangen, which before then had only about 500 residents. Bubenreuth was, at that time, in the American zone of what became West Germany. Bubenreuth eventually became known as the second Schönbach and even erected a replica of the Luthier statue of Schönbach. Since 1946, Bubenreuth became the third largest center in Germany (behind Mittenwald in Bavaria and Markneukirchen in Vogtland) for the construction of stringed and plucked instruments and accessories.
Following the 1948 Czechoslovak "coup d'état", Czechoslovakia fell under communist rule and the remaining violin making industry in Luby, supported by the Violin Making School, was nationalized under the name Cremona.
The Violin Making School continued to train luthiers from around the globe.
In 2005, the Violin Making School moved to Cheb.
The Schönbach School.
The phrase, Schönbach School, when used in the context of pioneer luthiers from Schönbach, not the formal school, generally refers to three eras of influential luthiers:


Hennessey (surname)

Hennessey is an Irish surname, being the anglicised form of Ó hAonghusa. Families of this name were found in Kingdom of Uí Failghe and Kingdom of Desmond. Notable people with the surname include:
Fictional characters:


Yehezkel

Yehezkel () is the Hebrew name of the biblical prophet known in Western culture as Ezekiel.
Yehezkel may refer to:


Hornowski coat of arms

Hornowski is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Notable bearers.
Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:


Seohaean baeyeonsingut

Seohaean baeyeonsingut is a shamanistic ritual that takes place on top of a boat in the Korea's West Coast region. It is performed to the gods to ask for abundant catches of fish at sea. It's South Korea's Important Intangible Cultural Properties 82–2.
July 7 is the day when fishermen lost at sea can see the Big Dipper, the brightest stars that will help them find their way like a compass. From olden times, Koreans believed that the Big Dipper was the constellation of stars that controlled the time of space and human lives. That is why humans have prayed for health and happiness in the direction of the Big Dipper.
On the night of July 7, popular folklore also has it that two love stars, Gyunwoo and Jiknyu, meet and form the beautiful galaxy. This is another reason why the ritual is held on this day.
Seohaean Baeyeonsingut were performed annually in the villages in Haeju, Ongjin and the Yeonpyeong Island of Hwanghaedo, North Korea, with a prayer for peace in the village and a good catch.
The ritual is performed as a prayer to the gods of the heaven and the sea.
It is believed that the rite is more effective if performed by a shaman (), so it is traditionally performed with one.


History Cold Case

History Cold Case is a British documentary television series in which scientists use modern forensic techniques to investigate ancient remains. Two series of "History Cold Case" aired on BBC Two between 6 May 2010 and 21 July 2011. The television series is recommended for age 17 and above due to graphic images and maturity.
Overview.
Anthropologist Sue Black and her team at the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification (CAHID) at the University of Dundee investigate human remains. They use forensic science, including radiocarbon dating, DNA and isotope analysis, to find out about the life and death of each set of remains, which range in date from the Bronze Age to the Victorian era. In some cases, they search through historic records to try to locate a name. In each episode, the team travels to a different location in Great Britain and set up a mobile lab to do their work. At the conclusion, they present their findings, including facial reconstruction, to the local community.


Glitter and Doom

Glitter and Doom is the name of a Special Exhibit formerly shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring portrait art of Germany from 1919-1933, between the World Wars when the Weimar Republic was in political power. This Special Exhibit was shown from November 16, 2006 to February 19, 2007.
Life in the Weimar Republic was marked by massive hyperinflation, crippling poverty, and political upheaval. The massive number of orphans and widows without a means of feeding themselves resulted in prostitution on a scale not seen before in Germany. Additionally, the repeal and relaxation of laws forbidding prostitution, homosexuality, and other 'moral vices' led to an explosion of an underground culture, with people enjoying pursuits not available in other European Cities.
Themes of the works include sexual freedom, prostitution, poverty, war profiteering, disfigurement and decay, homosexuality, and transvestites.
The exhibition was organized by Sabine Rewald, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Curator in the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.
The works of this exhibit can be found in the book Glitter and Doom, by Yale University Press.


Bunty Pulls the Strings

Bunty Pulls the Strings is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Leatrice Joy. It is based on a Broadway play by Graham Moffat. On stage the part of Bunty was played and made famous by Molly Pearson. The film was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures.


List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Armstrong County

This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Armstrong County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 11 historical markers located in Armstrong County.


A History of the Blue Movie

A History of the Blue Movie is a 1970 Graffiti Productions/Sherpix, Inc. documentary pornographic movie.
Directed by Alex de Renzy, this compilation of early shorts combines blue movies, dating from 1915 to 1970, with an uncredited narrator.
One of the first attempts to compile some of the oldest available American porn movies for a theater audience, "A History of the Blue Movie" includes scenes from "Grass Sandwich" (1915), which is one of the earliest known blue movies in existence, along with several classics in their entirety, such as the controversial "The Nun Story", "Ever Ready", "The Janitor", "Peeping Tom", and "Smart Alec" (1951) with legendary stripper Candy Barr.


Honorary Medal for Merits toward Museum Collections

The Honorary Medal for Merits toward Museum Collections (), also known as the Museum Medal (), is one of the oldest civil decorations of the Netherlands. It was created by royal decree on 26 June 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands. The decree describes the following: "Erepenning voor blijken van belangstelling in 's Rijksverzamelingen door schenking betoond" (). The medal is awarded in gold, silver or bronze as a token of appreciation to those who "aan hen, die enig boek- of kunstwerk, dat de vrucht van hun arbeid was, de Koning deden toekomen" ().
By royal decree, on 5 May 1877, eligibility for this award was extended by King William III of the Netherlands, with the description "aan hen, die door het aanbieden van belangrijke geschenken of op andere wijze zich verdienstelijk hebben gemaakt ten opzichte van de verschillende wetenschappelijke en kunstverzamelingen des Rijks" (). Due to this description, the medal obtained its current official name. However, since the end of the 19th century, this decoration is primarily known as the "Museum Medal". Up until 1897, the honorary medal was only a standing decoration, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands declared that the medal could be worn suspended from a ribbon.
Eligibility for this award was once again extending, by Queen Wilhelmina, on 28 October 1919 with the description "verdiensten jegens gemeentelijke (openbare) verzamelingen" (English: merit towards community (public) collections). What was initially a medal for generous donors became now an official royal award for merit. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands decided by royal decree on 26 July 1952 that the shape of the medal and ribbon should be changed. The current ribbon is orange with two red lines descending down the middle. A ribbon bar is also given with the award, with a palm branch device in either gold or silver for recipients of the gold or silver versions of the medal, respectively. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands later changed the composition of the medallion, and is now depicted on the obverse of the medal.


National Heritage Act

National Heritage Act is a stock short title used in Malaysia and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to national heritage.
List.
United Kingdom.
The National Heritage Acts comprise four Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that aimed to alter the way in which Britain's national heritage assets are managed and protected.
National Heritage Act 1980.
The National Heritage Act 1980 established the National Heritage Memorial Fund, abolished the National Land Fund, made provision for property to be accepted in satisfaction of taxation and provided for indemnities for objects on loan from museums and libraries. One of the primary drivers for the Act was the public controversy relating to the refusal of the Callaghan Government to accept an offer of Mentmore Towers and its contents in lieu of inheritance tax.
National Heritage Act 1983.
The 1983 Act established the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, the Armouries and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as non-departmental public bodies to be governed by boards of trustees.
Section 30 of the Act made provision for the designation and funding of the Armed Forces Museums.
Prior to 1982, other British ancient or historical monuments and buildings had been protected through the Department of the Environment. This was felt by the ruling Conservative government to be lacking in public respect and to be excessively expensive. The 1983 Act created the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC), another non-departmental public body, to be given the a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England. After the passing of the act, the HBMC was given the shorter working name of English Heritage, by which it was commonly known until 2015. After 2015, the body was divided into two parts, with the Commission being renamed Historic England. English Heritage remained as a charitable organisation, looking after the national heritage collection - including places like Audley End, Kenwood House, and many others.
National Heritage Act 1997.
The 1997 Act amended the 1980 Act by extending the scope of the National Heritage Memorial Fund to include things of any kind which are of scenic, historic, archaeological, aesthetic, architectural, engineering, artistic or scientific interest, including animals and plants which are of zoological or botanical interest.
It also modified the 1983 Act, inserting section 31A to make specific provision for preservation of the Royal Naval College site.
National Heritage Act 2002.
The 2002 Act extended the powers of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission to encompass underwater archaeology within the territorial waters of the United Kingdom.


Hanna Henning

Hanna Henning (1884–1925) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. She was the most prominent and prolific women director working in the German film industry during the silent era.


Berle-Kari

Berle-Kari (Berle-Kåre; ) was a viking chieftain who lived in ninth-century Norway. His home was at Berle (Old Norse: "Berðla"), in present-day Bremanger in Sogn og Fjordane county. "Landnámabók" names him as the son of Vemund, and brother of Skjoldolf, one of the early settlers of Iceland.
According to "Egil's Saga", Kari was a berserker, and a comrade-at-arms of Ulf the Fearless (Úlfr inn óargi).. The saga also Kari's three offspring as: Olvir Hnufa, who became a skald in the court of Harald I of Norway, Eyvind Lambi, who became one of Harald's hersirs, and a daughter, Salbjorg, who married Kveldulf Bjalfason. Kveldulf being grandson of the elder Ulf.


Margolies

Margolies is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word (Israeli Hebrew [maɹgali'jot]), meaning 'pearls,' and may refer to:


Rong Zhai

Rong Zhai () is a standalone western-style house located on 186 North Shaanxi Road in Shanghai. It belonged to Rong Zongjing, a Chinese industrialist and national capitalist during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China who was known as the "King of Flour". The house was purchased by Rong Zongjing in 1918 as one of his Shanghai homes.
Description.
The house is built in a western-style and is a standalone three story home. Including the garden area the total land space is 6.6 mu, 2,182 square meters of which are taken up by the house and 2,475 square meters for the garden.
Rong Zhai was designed in an Eclecticism style with reinforced concrete structure by Chen Chunjiang. The interior was decorated with a combination of French classicism and traditional Chinese elements. The outside structure and technology are mainly Western style while the inside arrangements had more of a traditional Chinese design.
History.
In 1918 Rong Zongjing purchased the house from a German person who had returned home to Germany after World War I, however the house was left empty for a long period of time by his family due to the need to develop the family business. In 1949, after the liberation of Shanghai, the Rong family rented the house to the China Economic Research Institute. The house was also rented to the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch in 2002 for ten years while he used it as his Shanghai office for the News Corporation. After Murdoch's lease was terminated the house was rented to Prada in 2011 for a ten-year tenancy, with the intent to use it for "product promotion like fashion shows, public activities and exhibitions".
In 2004, the Rong Zhai was listed as a Culture Relic Protection Site of Jing'an district and honored with Heritage Architecture by Shanghai Municipal Government in 2005.
Restoration.
After Prada assumed tenancy the brand began a six year building renovation project to reflect Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli's interest in the city of Shanghai and Chinese aesthetic heritage. The renovation was also intended to repair damage to decorations on the inside and outside of the building as well as make necessary reinforcements to the building's structure. After the renovation was complete Prada held a great reopening on October 12, 2017.


Hotel Blessing

Hotel Blessing is a historic hotel located in Blessing, Texas, United States. The hotel was designed by Jules Leffland of Victoria. The hotel has been a community gathering place since it opened in 1907 The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 1979.
Hotel Blessing was built by Jonathan Edwards Pierce, Blessing's founder. It was designed in an unusual expression of the Mission Revival style using an entirely wood facade instead of adobe or plaster over brick.
Pierce built the hotel to provide lodging for land seekers settling the region and traveling salesmen. The hotel was refinished and painted in the 1930s. During World War II, wives and girlfriends of soldiers at Camp Hulen in Palacios would frequent the inn. Since World War II, the camp closed and freight train service stopped. The hotel stopped renting rooms in 1972.
In 1977, Able Pierce, Jonathan Pierce's grandson, and his wife Ruth renovated and reopened the hotel. The hotel was deeded to the Blessing Historical Society, which currently operates the hotel. The hotel has 25 rooms, most which have a semiprivate bathroom or share a bathroom in a hall. The hotel also has a popular coffee shop, where locals gather to discuss community events.


Moog (film)

Moog is a 2004 documentary film by Hans Fjellestad about electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog. The film features scenes of Dr. Moog interacting with various musical artists who view Moog as an influential figure in the history of electronic music.
"Moog" is not a comprehensive history of electronic music nor does it serve as a chronological history of the development of the Moog synthesizer. There is no narration, rather the scenes feature candid conversation and interviews that serve more as a tribute to Moog than a documentary.
The film was shot on location in Hollywood, New York, Tokyo, and Asheville, North Carolina where Moog's company is based. Additional concert performances were filmed in London and San Francisco.
The film's 2004 release was designed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Moog Music, Robert Moog's company that was founded as R. A. Moog Co. in 1954.
Soundtrack.
The soundtrack features 17 original songs by different artists produced on Moog instruments:
The double CD soundtrack album also features seven songs that prominently feature Moog instruments that were not recorded for or used in the film:


Brian

Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world.
It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". For example, the element "bre" means "hill"; which could be transferred to mean "eminence" or "exalted one". The name is quite popular in Ireland, on account of Brian Boru, a 10th-century High King of Ireland. The name was also quite popular in East Anglia during the Middle Ages. This is because the name was introduced to England by Bretons following the Norman Conquest. Bretons also settled in Ireland along with the Normans in the 12th century, and 'their' name was mingled with the 'Irish' version. Also, in the north-west of England, the 'Irish' name was introduced by Scandinavian settlers from Ireland. Within the Gaelic speaking areas of Scotland, the name was at first only used by professional families of Irish origin.
It was the fourth most popular male name in England and Wales in 1934, but a sharp decline followed over the remainder of the 20th century and by 1994 it had fallen out of the top 100. It retained its popularity in the United States for longer; its most popular period there was from 1968 to 1979 when it consistently ranked between eighth and tenth. The name has become increasingly popular in South America, particularly Argentina and Uruguay since the early 1990s.
The surname "Brian" is sometimes an English and Irish variant spelling of the surname "Bryan". The English and French surname "Brian" is sometimes derived from the personal Celtic personal name shown above. The surname "Brian" can also sometimes be a French surname; derived from the Old Occitan word "brian", meaning "maggot" and used as a nickname.
Variants of the name include Briant, Brien, Bran, Brion, Bryan, Bryant, Brjánn (in Icelandic) and Bryon. Variant spellings such as "Brien" are sometimes used as female given names, especially among members of the Irish diaspora.
Media titles.
Films and television shows which contain the name Brian include:


List of New York State Historic Markers in Tioga County, New York

This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Tioga County, New York.


Keyyo

Kristina Petrushina, better known as Keyyo, (born 27 February 1997) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. She was born in Omsk, Russia and moved to Sweden at the age of nine, residing in Smedjebacken. In 2014, Keyyo got her own comedy show on SVT Play called Keyyo & Co, the script to the show was written by herself and Sissela Benn.
In 2015, Keyyo again had her own show on SVT Play where she tried on different summer jobs, called Ombytta roller med Keyyo.
Keyyo had the role of "Irina" in the SVT series Må underbart med Tiffany Persson, in 2016 with Anders Jansson playing the lead role.
In 2018, Keyyo and Carina Berg presented the gala Barncancergalan – Det svenska humorpriset. The same year she was a contestant on Fort Boyard on TV4.
Keyyo presented Talang in 2017 and 2018 which was broadcast on TV4 along with Pär Lernström. Since 2017, Keyyo presents Morgonpasset on Sveriges Radio.
In 2019, Keyyo along with Johan Rheborg travelled to Russia, which resulted in the travel show ”Keyyo med Rheborg i Ryssland”, which was broadcast on SVT.


No Trees in the Street

No Trees in the Street is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis, from his 1948 stage play of the same name.
The film is set in the slums of London. It depicts the life of impoverished teenager Tommy, who becomes a criminal in an attempt at social mobility. He starts with minor thefts and progresses to murder. A subplot involves the romantic involvements of Tommy's sister Hetty, first with a racketeer and then with a policeman.
The film is another example of British kitchen sink realism, but is mainly noted for its naturalistic depiction of slum life.
Plot.
Initially, the film's story is told by Frank (Ronald Howard) a local plain clothes policeman in love with Hetty (Sylvia Syms), to a young tearaway Kenny (David Hemmings).
In the slums of London before World War II, Tommy (Melvyn Hayes) is an aimless teenager who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local racketeer Wilkie (Herbert Lom), who holds the rest of the slum citizens - including Tommy's own family - in a grip of fear.
For a brief period, Hetty (Tommy's older sister) becomes Wilkie's girlfriend until he humiliates her in front of the other slum citizens simply to show his power over them, after which she will have nothing to do with Wilkie despite him repeatedly asking her to come back to him.
The film chronicles Tommy's sordid progression from minor thefts to murder.
At the end of the film, Hetty and Frank are seen to be married and living in a new council flat long after the slums have been demolished.
Production.
Ted Willis based his script on his 1948 play of the same name.
Willis and J. Lee Thompson and Sylvia Syms had previously collaborated together on "Woman in a Dressing Gown".
Filming began 10 March 1958. The film was revised after previews, with new scenes added at the opening, and at the end showing the detective married the sister.
Critical reception.
"TV Guide" wrote "NO TREES suffers from artificiality of plot and dialog. Characterizations are reduced to mere stereotypes...There are some notable exceptions within the drama, however. Syms is surprisingly moving, giving a sensitive performance despite the film's constraints. Holloway's characterization of a bookie's tout is comical and charming...The camerawork attempts a realistic documentary look, which manages to succeed in capturing the details of slum life that make the setting seem surprisingly naturalistic. The finer points of the film, however, are overshadowed by its faults."
"Time Out" wrote "released at a time when kitchen sink drama was all the rage, this is an unremarkable 'we had it tough' chronicle from another age."
"Variety" wrote "Ted Willis is a writer with a sympathetic eye for problems of the middle and lower classes...Syms gives a moving performance as the gentle girl who refuses to marry the cheap racketeer just to escape. Lom, as the opportunist who dominates the street, is sufficiently suave and unpleasant."


Frans Verbeeck

Frans Verbeeck or Frans Verbeeck the Elder (c. 1510 – 24 July 1570, Mechelen) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman to whom have been attributed a number of works depicting fantastical and grotesque scenes carrying a moralizing intent. He was a member of an important family of artists operating a large workshop with various branches in Mechelen. As it is not always possible to attribute a particular artwork to one or the other family member due to compositional, stylistic, and iconographic similarities, it has been suggested that the works should be attributed to the 'Verbeeck group'. The works were typically executed in tempera or watercolor on linen.
Life.
There is very little known with certainty about Frans Verbeeck. He was a member of the Verbeeck family of artists based in Mechelen. There were about 15 painters recorded in the archives of Mechelen with the name Frans Verbeeck. There were also multiple artists with the name Jan Verbeeck active in Mechelen. Frans Verbeeck is the best-known of the artists in the family.
He was likely born around 1510. According to the early Flemish biographer Karel van Mander, Frans Verbeeck was a pupil of Frans Minnebroer in Mechelen. Frans Verbeeck became a master of the local painter's guild in Mechelen in 1531. He was dean of the guild on multiple occasions including in 1563, 1564 and 1565.
The Verbeeck family formed a dynasty of artists producing a large output of paintings in a workshop with multiple branches. They produced mainly compositions of a small scale using tempera rather than oil. The art historian Paul Vandenbroeck proposed in 1981 that the works created in the workshop should be attributed to the 'Verbeeck group', due to the close proximity in composition, style and iconographic language applied. Vandenbroeck felt it was impossible and meaningless to attempt to distinguish between individual family members such as Frans and Jan Verbeeck and attribute these paintings to one or the other artist. Despite the difficulty of distinguishing between the artists in the Verbeeck group, some works have been attributed specifically to Frans Verbeeck. The composition (Auctioned at Dorotheum, 21 October 2014, lot 33) was listed in 2003 in the catalogue of exhibition 'De Zotte Schilders' ('The Mad Painters') as a painting by Frans Verbeeck, with the addition 'de Oude', which translates to 'the Elder'. There was also a Frans Verbeeck the Younger who is recorded having pupils between 1608 and 1614.
Work.
Frans Verbeeck did not leave any known signed paintings. A fair number of compositions with Hieronymus Bosch-like subjects, that could not be attributed to Bosch followers such as Jan Mandijn or to Pieter Huys, have been attributed to him. The range of his subject matter is very wide and includes religious scenes like "The Temptation of St Anthony", satirical subjects of vernacular peasant life, such as (Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao), allegorical works like (Auctioned at Dorotheum, 21 October 2014, lot 33) as well as scenes of witches such as (At Gallerie De Jonckheere) or the (Christie's London sale of 6 December 2018 lot 3).
Frans Verbeeck is known for his depictions of peasant weddings and similar subject matter dealing with satirical and moralistic themes, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch and by the plays performed in the local chambers of rhetoric. Many of his compositions were painted in watercolor, which was the favoured medium of Mechelen artists in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The family Verbeeck seems to be one of the first to have developed the theme of the peasant wedding. Three watercolor paintings on the theme are known, two of which depict carnavalesque weddings and one a joust. One of these paintings entitled (Bilbao Fine Arts Museum) was previously ascribed to Jan Mandijn, an attribution which is no longer accepted by art historian Paul Vandenbroeck and the RKD.
Another representative work attributed to Frans Verbeeck is , of which there exist two versions, one the original (Auctioned at Dorotheum, 21 October 2014, lot 33) and the other a (Auctioned at Dorotheum in 16 October 2007, lot 38).
The subjects of peasant weddings and human follies aimed to criticise in a funny and absurd manner the foolish, animal-like behaviour of man led by lust, desire and impulse. By mocking human follies these scenes were to serve as negative examples of improper behaviour for the urban elite of the Low Countries. The motivation behind, or key to deciphering, many of the allusive, rebuslike details of the compositions in the Verbeeck group can be traced to the satirical texts of the chambers of rhetoric, whose members loved elegantly poking fun at human vices and folly. The humour used in these compositions was direct, obscene and scabrous, with no trace of refinement. These subjects and motives stand in a long line that goes from Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1450–1516) over Jan Wellens de Cock (ca. 1470–1521), Jan Mandijn (ca. 1500–ca. 1560), Pieter Huys (ca. 1519–ca. 1581) and Frans Verbeeck (ca. 1510/15–1570) to Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/30–1569) and further to Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638).
The Verbeeck family had developed and maintained an individual style with a unique and rich iconography that can be distinguished from the two great Flemish masters of the fantastic and bizarre Hieronymous Bosch and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. The Verbeeck family's world of imagery with its strangeness and sometimes bizarre, caricature-like characteristics offers a very personal vision of the human race inspired by Flemish folklore.


Balloon Land

Balloon Land, also known as The Pincushion Man, is a 1935 animated short film produced by Ub Iwerks as part of the ComiColor Cartoons series. The cartoon is about a place called Balloon Land, whose residents (including caricatures of popular entertainment figures such as Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin) are made entirely out of balloons. The villain in the cartoon is the Pincushion Man, a character who walks around Balloon Land popping the inhabitants with pins.
Plot.
The cartoon starts with balloon people who make two balloon kids, a boy and a girl. The kids walk into a balloon forest. A tree scares them. We then see the Pincushion Man popping balloon rocks and trees. The two kids see the Pincushion Man and escape to sound the alarm. Balloon people run around and the kids run to the mayor's office, who says "HOLY SMOKES!".
Balloon soldiers are made and try their best, but the villain pops some of them. He then pops a balloon caterpillar before the soldiers defeat him with balls of gum, rolling him off a precipice and sending him falling to his death. With the Pincushion Man gone, the two celebrate.


L.A. Reid discography

The following is a list of recordings which have been worked on by musician, songwriter, and record producer L.A. Reid.


Balaji Motion Pictures

Balaji Motion Pictures is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Shobha Kapoor and her daughter Ekta Kapoor. Based in Mumbai, it produces and distributes Hindi films. The chairman of the company is former Bollywood actor Jeetendra Kapoor.
Operations.
Balaji Motion Pictures is based in Mumbai in the Balaji House on New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai. It operates from its head office in Andheri West and has studios in Film City and other locations in Mumbai. In terms of studio facilities, Balaji Motion Pictures is one of the largest film productions houses in Mumbai.
History.
Balaji Motion Pictures (Balaji Films) was set up in 2001 by Hindi television producer Ekta Kapoor with the purpose of venturing into film production. She produced "Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta", released in 2001 with Govinda and Sushmita Sen as the leads. The film was not a success, collecting . Later, the company produced "Kucch To Hai", "Krishna Cottage" and "Koi Aap Sa" in 2003, 2004 and 2005 respectively. The movies did not fare well at the box office.
In 2005, the company produced and released "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum", which grossed and made it to the top three films of 2005.
In 2007, the company co-produced "Shootout at Lokhandwala" with Sanjay Gupta. It was a critical and commercial hit, collecting worldwide.
In 2008, the company produced and released "C Kkompany", which was a commercial and critical failure. In the same year, the company co-produced "Mission Istanbul" and "EMI – Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega" with Sunil Shetty. Both films failed critically and commercially.
Also in 2008, the company acquired the distribution rights of "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" and "Sarkar Raj" with a deal of almost . The films were both commercially successful, thereby marking a step further of Balaji.
In 2010, the company sub-branded ALT Entertainment, a youth focused brand and produced a low-budget movie, "Love Sex aur Dhokha", which proved to be a critically and commercially successful film.
In the same year, the company released "Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai", which was also a commercial and critical hit. The films marked the company's successful entry into film.
In 2011, the company marked its entry into Marathi films by producing "Taryanche Bait". The film was a critical and commercial hit and won many accolades including three awards for Best Film.
The company also released "Shor in the City", a small-budget critically acclaimed movie.
The same year also saw the release of "Ragini MMS", co-produced with Amit Kapoor and Sidhartha M. Jain. The movie won the Stardust Award for Best Film, and Ekta Kapoor announced the sequel of the film would be released in 2013, starring Indo-Canadian Sunny Leone.
The company released "The Dirty Picture" starring Vidya Balan on 2 December 2011. This proved to be a huge blockbuster and was one of the best films of 2011, winning Vidya Balan her first National Award and all other awards of 2011 for her performance. The movie won six awards for Best Film.
In 2012, the company released its first adult comedy, "Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum", sequel to the 2005 hit "Kyaa Kool Hai Hum", which was slammed by critics but was a box office success, made on a budget of and collecting in its first week.
In 2013, the company released the horror film "Ek Thi Daayan", co-produced with Vishal Bhardwaj. It received a mostly positive response. It was well-accepted by critics and received 3 out of 5 on average. Jinson John of Indian Box Office stated "Ek Thi Daayan is not that regular Bhootiya Isshtoorry, the plot stands out of them all, it's surely is an Experimental Plot, but not written by an Idiot." The film opened at around 30-40% occupancy, with a better opening in multiplexes rather than single screens, netting around over the first weekend. In May 2013, the company released "Shootout at Wadala". The film opened to many great reviews. Bollywood Hungama rated the film with stars whereas "The Times of India" rated it stars. Made on a shoestring budget of , the film grossed worldwide. The film was declared "average" by Box Office India.
In July 2013, the company released "Lootera", starring Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha as leads. It opened to positive reviews from many critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film stars, saying, "On the whole, LOOTERA is an intrinsically earnest and profoundly heartwarming story that stays in your heart. An absolute must for those who love romantic films or are romantic at heart. This one's a cinematic gem!" Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave it stars and noted, "Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do." Meena Iyer of "The Times of India" assigned the film stars and noted, "Lootera is a love saga of yore... You may find this film boring if state-of-the-art, slow romance is not your idea of a movie outing." The film was made on a budget of and netted worldwide in its lifetime.
In August 2013, the company released "Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!", the sequel to one of its most successful films, "Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai". The film opened to mixed reviews from critics, some of whom slammed it for its poor drafting and execution of storyline. The film was made on a high budget of to and collected worldwide, thereby netting a loss, and was declared a "flop".
On February 28, 2014, the company released "Shaadi Ke Side Effects" starring Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan. It opened to positive reviews and collected on its first day. It grossed in its opening weekend. It grossed worldwide during its lifetime run and was declared "below average" by Box Office India.
On March 21, 2014, the company released "Ragini MMS 2", starring Sunny Leone, the sequel to another successful film of the company, "Ragini MMS". Made on a budget of , the film opened to mixed reviews from critics and went on to collect . The film was a major commercial success and was declared a "hit" by Box Office India.
On April 4, 2014, the company released "Main Tera Hero", starring Varun Dhawan as the protagonist, directed by David Dhawan. It received positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated it stars, and wrote "On the whole, "Main Tera Hero" is a wild, wacky, madcap entertainer that has the unmistakable stamp of the master of entertainers -- David Dhawan. An over the top plot, humor quotient and performances are three aces the film stands on. The film should work well with admirers of typical Bollywood masalathons, also because Varun Dhawan pulls off the act with flamboyance and bowls you over with an uproarious act in this zany entertainer. Go, have fun and laugh out loud!" Srijana Mitra Das of "The Times of India" gave the movie stars, saying, "Main Tera Hero is a pav bhaji picture, quick, spicy, hot. It has the depth of a comic strip but it also has its neon-shaded fun. For those who want a light laugh, here's your boy." Made on a budget of , the movie went on to collect worldwide and was declared a "hit" by Box Office India.
On May 30, 2014, the company released the small budget film "Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi", co-produced by Bejoy Nambiar. It opened to mixed reviews from critics and also failed to collect at the box office. It collected a mere , thereby recovering its costs.
In June 2014, the company released "Ek Villain" co-starring Sidharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor. It opened to positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama awarded the movie 4/5 stars and wrote, "On the whole, Ek Villain is a stylish, spellbinding and terrifying edge-of-the-seat thriller. It's a step forward in this genre, without doubt. A sure-shot winner!" Raedita Tandon from "Filmfare" gave the film stars and noted that, "Though indulgent in parts, Ek Villain packs in a punch. Copy of a Korean film or not, it's ‘good’ paisa vasool entertainment. Make it your weekend watch." Meena Iyer of "The Times of India" gave the film stars, stating that "You cannot fault the scale of Ek Villain or berate its lead star cast. But you wish you could celebrate this thriller like you did Suri's last movie outing Aashiqui 2." The film, made on a budget of , went on to collect in India and grossed (approx.) with a distributor share of itself in India. The film was declared a "super hit" by Box Office India.


Bimal (name)

Bimal is an Indian or Nepalese given name, mostly masculine. Notable people of this name include:


Commemorative Medal for the Estonian War of Independence

The Commemorative Medal for the Estonian War of Independence () is an Estonian medal established on 14 December 1920. It was awarded to those who served in the Estonian War of Independence of 1918–1920.
The medal displays on the obverse an Estonian soldier in a protecting pose in front of a woman and children by a house, and the inscription "KODU KAITSEKS" ("For Defence of Home"). On the reverse, it bears the inscription "EESTI WABADUSSÕJA MÄLESTUSEKS" ("In Commemoration of Estonian Liberation War") and displays two crossed swords over a laurel branch and the dates '1918-1920' above.


Nicholas Mercator

Nicholas (Nikolaus) Mercator (c. 1620, Holstein – 1687, Versailles), also known by his German name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician.
He was born in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and educated at Rostock and Leyden after which he lived from 1642 to 1648 in the Netherlands. He lectured at the University of Copenhagen during 1648–1654 and lived in Paris from 1655 to 1657. He was mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy, son of the 10th Earl of Northumberland, at Petworth, Sussex (1657). He taught mathematics in London (1658–1682). In 1666 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He designed a marine chronometer for Charles II.
In 1682 Jean Colbert invited Mercator to assist in the design and construction the fountains at the Palace of Versailles, so he relocated there, but a falling out with Colbert followed.
Mathematically, he is most well known for his treatise "Logarithmo-technia" on logarithms, published in 1668. In this treatise he described the Mercator series:
To the field of music, Mercator contributed the first precise account of 53 equal temperament, which was of theoretical importance, but not widely practised.
He died at Versailles in 1687.


Cathedral of San Agustin (Laredo, Texas)

The Cathedral of San Agustin () is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Laredo, Texas. It is located at 214 San Bernardo Avenue in the heart of the downtown area in the San Agustin Historical District. The present church building dates from 1872. The bishop is James Anthony Tamayo. As of 2000, the cathedral was the mother church for 289,415 Catholics in the diocese.
History.
The Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was established in 1755. Its founding residents wanted a Catholic church for a place of worship. The Bishop of Guadalajara, Francisco de San Buena Ventura, ordered the construction of a small mission chapel in 1760 which was the only place of worship until 1778. In 1778, the first stone structure was erected to accommodate more than two hundred families. In 1789, San Agustin was established as a parish by the Bishop of Guadalajara.
In 1848 Bishop John M. Odin of the Diocese of Galveston assigned several French priests to this part of his territory. Among them was Allophone Martin Souchon who in 1866 began the construction of the present church. San Agustin Church is a Gothic Revival structure with a five-story- 141 ft (43m) bell / clock tower. All the windows have the traditional Gothic shape with stained glass located between structural bays of its masonry walls. A French priest, Pierre Yves Keralum, was the designer and architect for this historical monument. The new church was opened on December 12, 1872.
From 1989 to 1994 the San Agustin Church Historical Preservation and Restoration Society carried out a US$675,000 restoration project. A new Blessed Sacrament Chapel was installed. The whole church was repaired and restored and a brick plaza was created along the front of the church.
In 2000 the Diocese of Laredo was established and the San Agustin Church was made its cathedral by order of Pope John Paul II.
Today, the San Agustin Cathedral is one of the oldest in the Southwest still standing. It is also the second tallest building in Laredo. The San Agustin de Laredo Historic District is in the National Register of Historical Places.


Nottingham Guardian

The Nottingham Guardian was a newspaper in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England that ran from 10 October 1905 to 5 September 1953. It was a continuation of the "Nottingham Daily Guardian " which had run from 1861 to 1905. In 1953 it merged with the "Nottingham Journal" to form the "Nottingham Guardian Journal".


Fee (surname)

Fee is a surname, usually an anglicized version of the Irish Ó Fiaich. The Chinese surname Fei is sometimes also transliterated as Fee. The French surname Fée, meaning fairy, is another less common source for this name in English.
Notable people with the surname include:


Rimrock Jones

Rimrock Jones is a lost 1918 American silent western drama film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Wallace Reid.
Reception.
Like many American films of the time, "Rimrock Jones" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 1, of two scenes of a Mexican and Jones shooting at each other, the flashing of all roulette scenes, and, in Reel 3, two shooting scenes.