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Anywhere is a psychedelic rock/folk music project from Los Angeles, California, founded by Christian Eric Beaulieu (formerly of Triclops!). Anywhere has featured a revolving door of musicians, including Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mike Watt, Krist Novoselic, Dale Crover and Jonathan Hischke. Biography First line-up Anywhere began as a Los Angeles/San Francisco collaborative project started by Christian Eric Beaulieu and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (of The Mars Volta/At the Drive-in). Fresh off years of writing and touring as co-founder of Bay Area acid punk extremists Triclops!, Beaulieu decided to immerse himself in the resonant universe of acoustic guitar and began performing solo under the moniker Liquid Indian. In early 2010 while in Los Angeles to perform at an art opening of mutual friend artist Sonny Kay, he befriended Bixler-Zavala who was a DJ for the event. The two exchanged numbers and planned to record something acoustic rooted in the open tuning, eastern raga style Beaulieu was delving into. Months later the pair met in Los Angeles, enlisted the mobile engineering talent of Toshi Kasai (Big Business) and tracked the new material in two days at the Melvins practice space in downtown Los Angeles. During that same visit Beaulieu played live on The Watt from Pedro Show as the musical guest of Mike Watt (of The Stooges, Firehose, Minutemen). After the show before leaving San Pedro, Beaulieu realized they needed bass for the recordings and boldly asked Watt if he'd contribute. Watt agreed immediately and a few months later delivered the entire projects bass tracks. Returning to San Francisco, Beaulieu decided to reach out to vocalist Rachel Fannan, who had recently parted ways with Bay Area psych rockers Sleepy Sun and had relocated to Los Angeles. Having never met Beaulieu before, Fannan generously contributed vocals to two of the songs, while Bixler-Zavala performed vocals on three tracks leaving the rest to exist as instrumentals. While searching for a label to release the album, Beaulieu solicited the talent of SF psychedelic poster artist Alan Forbes. During a meeting to discuss art concepts, Forbes revealed that he, along with his Secret Serpents business partner Justin Mcneal, had started a label called Valley King Records. They agreed to release a pair of singles as a series of limited edition silk-screened cover 7"s, all signed and hand numbered by Forbes. "Pyramid Mirrors" was released in November, 2011; the entire limited pressing of 500 sold out entirely on pre-order. The second 7", entitled "Infrared Moses", followed in March 2012. On March 20, 2012, it was announced that the self-titled debut album by Anywhere will be released by All Tomorrow's Parties Recordings. It was first available exclusively as part of Record Store Day 2012 which took place on April 21 and was limited to 500 copies on 12" aqua coloured vinyl (with Download code). The regular CD, LP & digital releases followed on June 4 in the UK, available via ATP Recordings official site. Second line-up In 2013 a new, expanded line-up of Anywhere was formed, this time featuring Dale Crover (of the Melvins and Altamont), Krist Novoselic (of Nirvana and Sweet 75), Jonathan Hischke (of Dot Hacker, Hella and EV Kain), Bret Constantino and Matt Holliman (of Sleepy Sun), Ethan Miller (of Comets on Fire and Feral Ohms), Phil Manley (of Trans Am) and Cyrus Comiskey (of Drunk Horse and Howlin Rain) alongside Beaulieu and Kasai. The first release by the new line-up was Olompali EP, released by Valley King Records on a limited edition 12" picture disk with the art by Alan Forbes. Third line-up On August 26, 2014, Valley King Records announced a third line-up, including Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mike Watt, Christian Beaulieu, Jonathan Hischke, Bret Constantino, Greg Rogove and others, with work on a new release being in pre-production stage. In May 2018, an album entitled Anywhere II was released featuring Mike Watt, Dale Crover, and Krist Novoselic. Discography Albums Anywhere (ATP Recordings, 2012) Anywhere II (Valley King Records, April 2018) [Record Store Day First release] Singles/EPs "Pyramid Mirrors" (b/w "Dead Golden West"; Valley King Records, November 2011 - 7" vinyl only pressing of 500) "Infrared Moses" (b/w "Anywhere"; Valley King Records, March 2012 - 7" vinyl only pressing of 500) "Olompali" (Valley King Records, October 2013 - 12" vinyl only pressing of 500) "Light The Portals" (Valley King Records, July 2016 - 7" vinyl only pressing of 300, box set edition of 75) References External links Anywhere on ATP Recordings website Anywhere on Valley King Records website Liquid Indian bandcamp page, Christian Eric Beaulieu's solo project that Anywhere was an outgrowth of Musical groups from Los Angeles Progressive rock musical groups from California Psychedelic rock music groups from California ATP Recordings artists
Hydromagnesite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the formula . It generally occurs associated with the weathering products of magnesium containing minerals such as serpentine or brucite. It occurs as incrustations and vein or fracture fillings in ultramafic rocks and serpentinites, and occurs in hydrothermally altered dolomite and marble. Hydromagnesite commonly appears in caves as speleothems and "moonmilk", deposited from water that has seeped through magnesium rich rocks. It is the most common cave carbonate after calcite and aragonite. The mineral thermally decomposes, over a temperature range of approximately 220 °C to 550 °C, releasing water and carbon dioxide leaving a magnesium oxide residue. Hydromagnesite was first described in 1836 for an occurrence in Hoboken, New Jersey. Stromatolites in an alkaline (pH greater than 9) freshwater lake (Salda Gölü) in southern Turkey are made of hydromagnesite precipitated by diatoms and cyanobacteria. Microbial deposition of hydromagnesite is also reported from playas in British Columbia. The hydromagnesite-magnesite playas near Atlin, British Columbia are some of the most studied deposits of hydromagnesite. These deposits have been characterized in the context of a biogeochemical model for CO2 sequestration. One of the largest deposits of hydromagnesite exists in Greece. It consists of a natural mixture with huntite. Local people have used the white mineral as a source of material for whitewashing buildings for centuries. In the mid 20th century the minerals, ground to a fine powder, found use as a filler for rubber shoe soles. The locals used the granite mills designed for grinding wheat. Commercial exploitation of the minerals began in the late 70s and early 80s with the mineral being exported worldwide. The Greek deposit is still operated commercially, although the world's largest commercially operated reserves are in Turkey. Uses Its most common industrial use is as a mixture with huntite as a flame retardant or fire retardant additive for polymers. Hydromagnesite decomposes endothermically, giving off water and carbon dioxide, leaving a magnesium oxide residue. The initial decomposition begins at about 220 °C making it ideal for use as a filler in polymers and giving it certain advantages over the most commonly used fire retardant, aluminium hydroxide. Thermal decomposition Hydromagnesite thermally decomposes in three stages releasing water and carbon dioxide. The first stage starting at about 220 °C, is the release of the four molecules of water of crystallisation. This is followed at about 330 °C by the decomposition of the hydroxide ion to a further molecule of water. Finally, at about 350 °C carbon dioxide begins to be released. The release of the carbon dioxide can be further broken down into two stages depending on the rate of heating. References Magnesium minerals Carbonate minerals Cave minerals Monoclinic minerals Minerals in space group 14 Luminescent minerals
Balwantrai Mehta ( – ) was an Indian politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Gujarat state, India. He participated in Indian independence movement and later held various public offices. He is considered as the 'Architect of Panchayati Raj ' due to his contributions towards democratic decentralisation. Early life Balwantrai Gopalji Mehta was born on 19 February 1900 in Bhavnagar State in a middle-class family. He studied up to B.A classes but refused to take the degree from the foreign government. Political career He joined the national movement of non-co-operation in 1920. He founded Bhavanagar Praja Mandal in 1921 for carrying on the freedom movement in that state. He participated in the Civil Disobedience movement from 1930 to 1932. He also participated in Bardoli Satyagraha. He was sentenced for three years imprisonment in Quit India Movement of 1942. He spent total seven years in prison during British colony. On Mahatma Gandhi's suggestion, he accepted membership of the Congress Working Committee. When Jawaharlal Nehru became president of All India Congress Committee, he was elected its general secretary. He was twice elected, in 1949 and was again elected in 1957 Indian general election to the 2nd Lok Sabha from Gohilwad (Bhavnagar) Constituency. He was the Chairman of Estimate committee of Parliament. He chaired the committee set up by Government of India in January 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme and the National Extension Service and to suggest measures for their better working. The committee submitted its report in November 1957 and recommended the establishment of the scheme of 'democratic decentralisation' which finally came to be known as Panchayati Raj. He also remained President of Servants of the People Society (Lok Sevak Mandal), a social service organisation founded by Lala Lajpat Rai, in 1921. He succeeded Jivraj Narayan Mehta as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 25 February 1963. Death During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, on 19 September 1965, then serving chief minister Mehta flew in a Beechcraft commuter aircraft from Tata Chemicals, Mithapur to the Kutch border between India and Pakistan. The plane was piloted by Jahangir Engineer, a former Indian Air Force pilot. It was shot down by Pakistan Air Force pilot Qais Hussain, who assumed it to be a reconnaissance mission. Mehta was killed in the crash along with his wife, three members of his staff, a journalist and two crew members. In August 2011 Qais Hussain wrote to Jahangir Engineer's daughter apologizing for his mistake, stating that a "civilian plane was mistaken for a reconnaissance aircraft by Pakistani controllers, and he was ordered to shoot it down". Commemoration The Department of Post, Government of India has issued a special postage stamp of face value INR 3.00 to commemorate his 100th birth anniversary on 17 February 2000. See also List of assassinated Indian politicians References Year of birth uncertain 1965 deaths People from Bhavnagar Indian independence activists from Gujarat Chief Ministers of Gujarat Assassinated Indian politicians People of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 People murdered in Gujarat Victims of aircraft shootdowns Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in India Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1965 Members of the Constituent Assembly of India India MPs 1957–1962 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat Chief ministers from Indian National Congress Indian National Congress politicians Male murder victims 1965 murders in India 1960s assassinated politicians 20th-century assassinated Indian politicians Assassinated subnational legislators
The 2022 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a member of the Mountain West Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by head coach Marcus Arroyo, who is in his third season with the team. The Rebels will play their home games at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. On November 28, following a 5-7 season, Arroyo was fired. During his three seasons as UNLV's head coach, he went 7-23. On December 6, 2022 the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Arkansas defensive coordinator Barry Odom would be named the new head coach at UNLV. Schedule UNLV and the Mountain West Conference announced the 2022 football schedule on February 16, 2022. Game summaries Idaho State At California North Texas At Utah State New Mexico At San Jose State Air Force At Notre Dame At San Diego State Fresno State At Hawaii Nevada References UNLV UNLV Rebels football seasons UNLV Rebels football
Inachorium or Ina Chorion () was a city in the western part of ancient Crete. The site of Inachorium is tentatively located near modern Vathi (formerly Kouneni). References Populated places in ancient Crete Former populated places in Greece
Halina Krahelska (12 June 1892, Odessa – 1945, Ravensbrück) was a Polish activist, publicist and writer. Biography Halina Krahelska, a member of the Polish Socialist Party, was arrested by the Russian authorities and deported to Russia, where she joined the Trudoviks and took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Afterwards, she returned to independent Poland, where she became a socialist activist, particularly interested in the issues of social welfare (such as maternity leave), and an activist of the Democratic Party (Poland) (SD). She also wrote novels. During World War II, she joined the Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa). Arrested by the Germans, she was sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she wrote several works, some related to her experiences in the camp, others continuing her work as a socialist activist. Legacy Krahelska died at the concentration camp, 1945. After the war, Polish Inspection of Labor created an award named after her. Personal life Coming from a long family line of women patriots, Krahelska was a sister of Krystyna Krahelska, poet and resistance member who died in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. She was also a cousin of Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, a leading figure in the Warsaw's underground resistance movement who was a wife of a former ambassador to Washington and who — at the age of twenty — took part in an assassination attempt on the Russian governor-general of Warsaw. She was a daughter of Jan Śleszyński. References 1892 births 1945 deaths Writers from Odesa People from Odessky Uyezd 20th-century Polish women writers 20th-century Polish writers Polish women activists Home Army members Polish women in World War II resistance Polish female soldiers People who died in Ravensbrück concentration camp Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps
Mario Mazzacurati (21 October 1903 – 17 April 1985) was an Italian engineer and auto racer driver active in South Africa, winner of the 1936 South African Grand Prix in Bugatti cars with pseudonym Mario Massacuratti. Born in Padua, he took a degree in geology at the University of Bologna and thus became an engineer and not a dentist as claimed by some sources. He participated at the 1929 and 1930 Mille Miglia in a Bugatti, with Amedeo Bignami as co-driver. He also retired from the 1929 Circuito di Bordino. Sometime near 1930 he moved to South Africa for civil engineering work including building Hout Bay Harbour and roads through country towns. Was also involved in tin mining in Swaziland. Set up the "Eagle Racing Stable" in Cape Town circa 1935 and imported a number of racing cars to South Africa - like Bugatti T35B & T35C, Alfa Romeo Monza and the Maserati 6C-34. He bought a lot of ex-Nuvolari cars and it is rumoured that he indeed was a cousin of Tazio Nuvolari but not confirmed. A good driver, he made good results in local South African events including a victory at the South African GP in 1936 and third places in 1937 and 1939 at the East London circuit; he raced a semi-works supported Maserati 6CM in South Africa in 1939. Despite being a national sporting hero, as an Italian he was interned in South Africa during World War II but made a daring escape from the concentration camp. He died in Rome in 1985. 1903 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Padua Italian racing drivers Grand Prix drivers Italian expatriates in South Africa
José Antonio Gomariz (February 22, 1919 – June 15, 2005) was an Argentine economist and educator. He was a major figure in Argentine universities, including the University of Buenos Aires, where he was one of the founders of the economics department in 1958 and dean until 1972. He was also dean of the University of Belgrano and a professor emeritus of Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Altogether in his distinguished academic career, he was a professor of economics in five different universities for over fifty years, continuing to teach until the age of 86. Biography Gomariz was born in Buenos Aires to unmarried immigrants from Spain. His father (also José Antonio Gomariz) left son and mother in an impoverished state in Buenos Aires after returning to Spain. Despite these humble beginnings, he excelled at school from a young age and graduated with honors with an accounting degree from the University of Buenos Aires. After a brief military career, he joined the Central Bank of Argentina within their executive development program. In 1944, the Central Bank of Argentina awarded him (and six others) a full scholarship to attend Harvard University's Masters in Public Administration program. At Harvard, he studied under the great economists Wassily Leontief, Joseph Schumpeter, John Kenneth Galbraith and others. After graduating with top honors from Harvard, he returned to Buenos Aires to work in the Central Bank. His career in the Central Bank was cut short however by the ascendancy of Juan Domingo Perón, who saw the Harvard-trained economists as a threat to the populist movement. After Perón was removed from office in 1955, Gomariz joined the University of Buenos Aires faculty, where he would become one of the founders of the Facultad de Economía (Economics faculty) as chair of the International Economics department. He would later also serve as president of EUDEBA, the university printing press, and as dean of the economics department until he was ousted in 1972 by Horacio Ciafardini as part of Peron's eventual return to power. In addition to his career in academia, Gomariz held a seat on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, was the chief financial officer of Acindar during its first five years of operations, was a practicing accountant and board member for several firms, and ran the first census for the government of Entre Ríos Province. Sources 40 años construyendo (Pagina 12. In Spanish). Los economistas argentinos que hicieron historia (Clarin. In Spanish). ACTO-HOMENAJE AL DOCTOR HORACIO CIAFARDINI (in Spanish). 1919 births 2005 deaths Argentine economists Harvard Kennedy School alumni University of Buenos Aires alumni
Made In Japan is the third album by Japanese rock band Flower Travellin' Band, released in 1972. Production After meeting Lighthouse at the Expo '70 festival in Osaka, Flower Travellin' Band were invited to visit Canada. While there, the group recorded Made in Japan with Lighthouse keyboardist Paul Hoffert helping produce. Vocalist Joe Yamanaka later stated that the process was very easy, with everything flowing well. Due to George Wada becoming ill with tuberculosis, Canadian drummer Paul DeLong plays on some tracks on this album. The lyrics were written by Yoko Nomura, the wife of the band's manager, who translated conversations she had with the group and their ideas into English. "Heaven and Hell" was written by Yamanaka in Japanese and she translated it. The song "Hiroshima" is a re-imagining of "Satori Part III" from their previous album Satori. The introductory first track is an advertisement for a concert at Stanley Park Stadium in Toronto by Flower Travellin' Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bob Seger and Teegarden & Van Winkle, with a clip of "Lucky Man" playing in the background. "Hiroshima", "Heaven and Hell" and "Aw Give Me Air" were covered by Cult of Personality, 9, and punk band Pulling Teeth respectively, for the 2000 Flower Travellin' Band Tribute album. Reception Both Mason Jones of Dusted magazine and Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic claimed that following Satori was a difficult task and that Made in Japan was "doomed to fall short of expectations," respectively. Both reviewers also cited the same three songs, "Kamikaze", "Hiroshima" and "Spasms", as the highlights and being on par with the band's best work. Although he felt it inconsistent, Rivadavia called the album "pretty darn good!" and gave it a 3.5 star rating out of 5. Track listing Personnel Flower Travellin' Band Joe Yamanaka – vocals Hideki Ishima – guitar, sitar Jun Kozuki – bass Joji Wada – drums Additional musicians Paul DeLong – drums Production and design Yoko Nomura – lyrics Flower Travellin' Band – arrangement Ikuzo Orita – producer Paul Hoffert – producer Yuya Uchida – producer Gilbert Kong – mixing Kiyoshi Sunamori – artwork Yoshio Niwano – artwork David Ohashi – photography Toyo Nakamura – liner notes John & Yoko Nomura – supervision References Flower Travellin' Band albums 1972 albums Atlantic Records albums
The Pau D'Arco Massacre was the police killing of 10 landless activists associated with the Brazilian Landless Worker's Movement, on the Santa Lúcia farm in Pau d'Arco, Pará. The massacre occurred on May 24, 2017, and was ostensibly carried out as the enforcement of an eviction order. Confrontation State officials initially reported the killings as having been performed in self-defense, while eyewitnesses and survivors claimed that the victims of the massacre had neither attacked nor received warning from the police. In an independent investigation, the magazine piauí found that the injuries inflicted on the victims were more consistent with what would be expected from one-sided executions, than what would be expected from a firefight. Specifically, more than half of the victims had been shot multiple times, shot in the back, or shot with precision at close range. Additionally, there were no traces of gunpowder found on any of the victims' hands, prompting the local prosecutor to conclude that none of them had fired a gun over the course of the confrontation. Under questioning, two of the policemen present for the massacre confirmed that they had effectively performed it as an extrajudicial mass execution. At a press conference, the highest ranking law-enforcement official in the region stated, "There are strong indications this was an execution". Legality of the eviction order At the time of the killing, the activists alleged that the ownership deeds of the land they occupied had been forged, which would have meant that it was public land. If this was true, the Brazilian constitution would have required for ownership of the land to be transferred to workers without land. Aftermath Two years after the killings, the area of the massacre was still occupied and worked by 200 rural families. Of the 17 civilian and military policemen responsible for carrying out the massacre, 13 had been charged and arrested within the first two months, 15 had been charged within the first two years, and one was later cleared of charges. Most of them were allowed to remain on the police force. A lawyer who had advised the activists before the killings has consistently been the target of threats since the massacre. These have included persistent visits by vehicles of unknown ownership and the delivery of unsolicited packages outside his places of work and residence, including a device that appeared to be a bomb. The officials who ordered the massacre have not yet been publicly identified. See also 1989 Santa Elmira massacre Eldorado do Carajás massacre List of massacres in Brazil References 2017 in Brazil Massacres in Brazil Massacres in 2017 Pará
Mathieu Rivest is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. He represents the riding of Côte-du-Sud as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. Prior to his election to the legislature, Rivest was director of Camp Musical St-Alexandre, a music education camp for children. References 21st-century Canadian politicians Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs People from Bas-Saint-Laurent French Quebecers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
The 43rd Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army, which took part in the Second World War, known to the Soviets as the "Great Patriotic War". History The 43rd Rifle Division was formed in 1924–1925 in the Velikiye Luki region as part of the Leningrad Military District under the name of the 43rd Territorial Division. Stationed in the Western Special Military District. In autumn 1937 it was relocated directly in Leningrad. The division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for participation in the Winter War. Fought at Oranienbaum. On June 24, 1941, when the Northern Front was formed, it became part of the 50th Rifle Corps, 23rd Army. In 1941 it fought in the defence of the Karelian isthmus during the Continuation War. Then from 1941 to 1944 in the siege of Leningrad, in 1944 in the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, the Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive, Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive, the Baltic Offensive, Tartu Offensive, the Riga Offensive, and the Memel Offensive. In 1945 it fought against the Courland Pocket. With Leningrad Front May 1945. In the summer of 1945, the division moved to Kuybyshev, in the Ural Military District. It became the 21st Rifle Brigade in 1946 and was upgraded to a division in October 1953. On 4 June 1957, it became a motor rifle division. On 1 March 1959, the 74th and 147th Motor Rifle Regiments disbanded and were replaced by the disbanded 44th Motor Rifle Division's 118th and 126th Motor Rifle Regiments. On 24 May 1962, it was converted to a training motor rifle division. On 22 February 1968, it was awarded a second Order of the Red Banner. On 14 September 1987, it became the 469th District Training Center. In 2004 it combined with the 473rd District Training Center. References Citations Bibliography Further reading “Red Banner Volgaside". Military Publishing, 1984, pp. 367–368 – for a reference to the combat history of the division (Note via Lenskii 2001). 043 Military units and formations established in 1924 Military units and formations disestablished in 1957 Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union Military units and formations of the Soviet Union in the Winter War
GB City is the debut studio album by Bass Drum of Death. It was released on Fat Possum Records on April 12, 2011. The video for "Get Found" was released in 2011. A single For "High School Roaches," featuring the title song "Get Found," "You're Haunting Me," and "Spare Room" was released on Baby Don't Records in 2010. Track listing † Cover of The Chiffons' pop/ doo-wop song He's So Fine References External links http://www.allmusic.com/album/gb-city-mw0002117228 https://www.avclub.com/bass-drum-of-death-gb-city-1798167948 2011 debut albums Bass Drum of Death albums Fat Possum Records albums
Hans Dirk de Vries Reilingh (Groningen, 22 August 1908 - Naarden, 18 April 2001) was a Dutch geographer and professor. Personal life Hans Dirk de Vries Reilingh, often shortened to Reilingh, was born into a family of doctors in Groningen. His father and his grandfather were both postgraduate doctors. After the death of his father, Reilingh moved to The Hague. This was where he completed his HSB-b final exams. He then enrolled in social geography studies at the University of Amsterdam. In 1932 he earned his master's degree. His friend, Hendrick van der Wielen (in 1930 promoted by Sebald Rudolf Steinmetz) asked him to teach c courses at Allardsoog, the first Volkshogeschool in the Netherlands. In 1938, Reilingh moved to Markelo, where he founded the volkhogeschool Diependaal. During the Second World War, his work at the volkshogeschool was shut down. Reilingh worked in the war years as a teacher in Almelo and also as a researcher for ISONEVO in Twente. He also finished his thesis during this period. He was awarded cum laude by Steinmetz on 11 November 1945. After the Second World War, Reilingh worked for the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences. In 1947, he founded the volkshogeschool Eerbeek. In 1949 Henri Nicolaas ter Veen died. Reilingh was his successor of the same department: Social Geography and Land Description. He retired in 1971. The Volkshogeschool In the preface of his thesis 'De Volkshoogeschool', Reailinh writes that his study came about at the insistence of his professor Steinmetz. Steinmetz has much sympathy for the ideas that underlie the work at the Volkshogeschool. After a short introduction where the goals and methods of the Volkshogeschool as an instrument for community development is outlined, followed by seven chapters about the development of Volkshogeschools in Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The development in Denmark receives the most attention because this country was the home of volkhogeschool work of Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig and Christen Mikkelsen Kold. In the second part of his thesis, the various goals, systems and methods of volkhogeschool work are compared with each other. Sociography and Social Geography The Reilingh's views regarding sociology and social geography differed from those of his predecessor Ter Veen. Ten Veen had always developed more to a form of applied Sociology, but Reilingh emphatically studied social phenomenon in the spatial context. In his eyes geographical sociology must remain. See Also Sociale geografie UvA 1950- 1970. Not only did Reilingh have to examine the strong emerging field of sociology but he also had to determine also his own position in the field. In his eyes, social geography was like that in Utrecht and Groningen, where it was concentrated on the field's economic aspects. Large attention was given to the pursuit of human prosperity by the Groningse social geographer Hendrik Jacob Keuning leading Reiling to geographical materialism, causing him to believe that the mental and cultural factors were underexposed. Because of the cultural and political aspects of the study of the relation between the people and the surrounding space received more attention, the meaning of the physical environment received less. For Reilingh the social space, also known as territorial cohabitation, was central. Reilingh explained various emphases in Social Geography and because of that could develop his use of the political and cultural forms of geography at the University of Amsterdam. The Inner City of Amsterdam Until he was appointed as a professor in 1949, Reilingh was highly focussed on the analysis of rural issues. He published, among other things in 1949 a twosome of country monographs for Weerselo and Markelo. In the fifties he continued to regularly publish works about issues of rural character as he researched the regional cultural situation in the province of North-Holland. However, his scientific staff urged him to do more research in urban areas, more relevant to the particular problems of districts, neighbourhoods and inner cities. The postwar housing shortage was for Reilingh and his staff (de Sociografische Werkgemeenschap (Sociographic Work Community)) a stimulus to investigate problems in neighborhoods. One started with field studies of the living conditions in a number of neighbourhoods in the district Bos en Lommer. In the beginning of the sixties the municipality of Amsterdam struggled with the problems of decay and loss of function in the inner city. There was an alderman Joop den Uyl appointed by a municipal commission who invited Reilingh to participate. That was the beginning of an extensive research project under the leadership of Reilingh, Willem Heinemeyer and Michel van Hulten. The research reported on, among other things, land prices, image, accessibility and monuments in ‘Het Centrum van Amsterdam, een sociografische studie (The Center of Amsterdam, a sociographic study)’ (1968). During this research many national and international contributors were contacted. During 1966, the involved experts brought together a study week 'Urban Core and Inner City'. The discussions there contributed heavily to the meaning of development in Amsterdam. Terrareeks (Terra Series) Reilingh was also active in the publication of geographical books for a wide public. He catered three parts of the Terra Series, that were started by his predecessor, Ter Veen. He wrote the sections on Denmark, Belgium (together with M. Van Haegendoren) and Austria (together with J. Wartha). Editorial Activities Reilingh even edited the magazine Het Gemenebest (The Commonwealth) and he was a co-founder of the Belgian-Dutch magazine Volksopvoeding (People's Education). During the fifties he was a member of the editorial office of Folia Civitatis. He was also a member and later chairman of the magazine Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (Geographical Society). He was also vice president of the editorial office of the Geografisch Tijdschrift (Geographic Magazine). Publications De Volkshoogeschool, Een sociografische studie van haar ontwikkelingsgang in verschillende landen en haar mogelijke beteekenis voor de Nederlandsche volksgemeenschap, J.B. Wolters, Groningen-Batavia, 1945 Denemarken, Oase in Europa, Terra-reeks, nr. 4, Boom, Meppel, 1948 Weerseloo, Sociografieën van Plattelandsgemeenten, ’s Gravenhage, 1949 Markelo, Sociografieën van Plattelandsgemeenten, ’s Gravenhage, 1949 De volksopvoeding als vormende kracht in het sociale leven, Oratie Universiteit van Amsterdam, Groningen, 1950 België. Lotgenoot in de Lage Landen, Terra-reeks, nr. 12, Boom, Meppel, 1953 (met M. Van Haegendoren) Sociale aspecten der vrijetijdsbesteding, in: Volksopvoeding, 1954, pp. 2-17 Onderzoek naar de regionale culturele situatie in de provincie Noordholland, Mededeling Prins Bernard Fonds, nr. 13, 1956 Oostenrijk, Het gekortwiekte adelaarsjong, Terra-reeks, nr. 19, Boom, Meppel, 1957 (met F. Wartha) Kommt die deutsche Geopolitik wieder hoch? Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 1957, pp. 485-489 Het regionale element in het sociaal onderzoek, in: Sociaal-Wetenschappelijke Verkenningen, Assen, 1957, pp. 158-176 Stad en staat Rio de Janeiro als ontwikkelingsgebied, Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 1957, pp. 137-159 De sociale aardrijkskunde als geesteswetenschap, in: Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 1961, pp. 112-122 The tension between form and function in the inner city of Amsterdam, Proceedings Urban Core and Inner City, 1967, pp. 309-323 Het monumentkarakter van onze binnenstad, in: W.F. Heinemeyer, M. 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Benton Ridge is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 272 at the 2020 census. It is within the boundaries of the Liberty-Benton Local School district. History Benton Ridge was originally called Benton, and under the latter name was laid out in 1835 and named for Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), a U.S. Senator from Missouri. A post office called Benton Ridge has been in operation since 1837. The village was incorporated in 1875. Geography Benton Ridge is located at (41.004330, -83.792655). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 299 people, 116 households, and 77 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 119 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.7% White, 0.7% Native American, 1.7% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.0% of the population. There were 116 households, of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.04. The median age in the village was 37.4 years. 24.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.1% were from 25 to 44; 23.1% were from 45 to 64; and 13.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 315 people, 118 households, and 82 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 122 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.37% White, 0.32% African American and 0.32% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.95% of the population. There were 118 households, out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.34. In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $50,000, and the median income for a family was $56,250. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $25,208 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,426. About 1.3% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. References Villages in Hancock County, Ohio Villages in Ohio
John Cullen Murphy, Jr. (born September 1, 1952) is an American writer, journalist and editor who was managing editor of The Atlantic magazine from 1985 to 2006. He was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1952, a son of illustrator and cartoonist John Cullen Murphy. He grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland for several years, including 1966, the 50th anniversary of the Easter Revolution. He was educated at Amherst College, from which he graduated with honors in medieval history in 1974. Murphy's first magazine job was in the paste-up department of Change, a magazine devoted to higher education. He became an editor of The Wilson Quarterly in 1977. From the mid-1970s until 2004 he worked with his father, John Cullen Murphy, as writer for the comic strip Prince Valiant, for which his father produced the artwork. He is also the author of The Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own (1999); Are We Rome? (2007), which compares the politics and culture of Ancient Rome with that of the contemporary United States; God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World (2012); and Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe (2017), a history of the cartoonists and illustrators from the Connecticut School. He currently serves as editor at large for Vanity Fair and lives in Massachusetts. He is on the advisory board of the literary magazine The Common, based at Amherst College. He has three children: Jack, Anna, and Tim. Publications References External links Murphy bio at TheAtlantic.com Archive of stories by Murphy at TheAtlantic.com Video of debate/discussion with Cullen Murphy and Rod Dreher on Bloggingheads.tv Cullen Murphy (AC 1974) Prince Valiant Comic Collection at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections 1952 births Living people American comics writers American magazine editors American male journalists Amherst College alumni Writers from New Rochelle, New York The Atlantic (magazine) people Vanity Fair (magazine) people Writers from Connecticut Journalists from New York (state)
Big Break Ireland was the 16th edition of the Golf Channel reality show, The Big Break. It was contested in the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. It premiered on September 20, 2011. The eventual winner of the show was Mark Murphy, who won $50,000 and two exemptions to European Tour events, the Trophée Hassan II and the Irish Open. Contestants Team Liffey Team Straffan Elimination Chart Contestant is in Team Straffan Contestant is in Team Liffey Contestant WON the Big Break Contestant won $5000 and is safe from elimination Contestant is safe from elimination Contestant is eligible for elimination but was not chosen Contestant saved themself from advancing in the Elimination Challenge Contestant participated and won the Elimination Challenge Contestant was Eliminated Contestant withdrew (Bennett withdrew due to appendicitis) Outline Bolded name indicates winning captain When there are less than 3 players left on a team, there is no captain. Details The show was hosted by Golf Channel's Tom Abbott and Stephanie Sparks. The 12 contestants were divided into two teams, Straffan and Liffey, with 3 men and 3 women on each team. The contestants live in two houses adjacent to each other. Every day, each team must select one captain, and the teams would compete in a series of skills challenges, and by the end of the day, the team with the most points earns immunity and the team members are safe from elimination. The captain of the winning team earns $5,000, while the captain of the losing team goes to elimination and has to pick one teammate to compete with them. The winning teammate gets to stay on the show for at least another week, while the loser of the elimination challenge is eliminated from the show. Show 1: Cead Mile Falite: A Hundred Thousand Welcomes The captain for Team Straffan is Bennett and the captain for Team Liffey is Mark. The first immunity challenge was the Glass Break Challenge. Players go one-on-one and the player who hits the ball into the glass frame first wins. 5 players from each team compete first, and after the 5 players have gone, the outcome of the 6th match determines which team wins and gets one point. The 6th person of the leading team gets a 5-second head start for each match that the team won more times than the other team. Since Team Liffey won the last match, they win this challenge Team Straffan had a 15-second head start due to a 3 shot lead With Team Liffey leading 1-0, the next stage of the immunity challenge was an alternate-shot format in which each team forms 3 pairs and they play one hole, the 11th hole of the Ryder Cup Course. The team with the lower score wins 1 point and if they are halved, both teams get a half-point. First team to 4 points win immunity. With both teams tied at 3.5 points, they head to a playoff where the captains from each team chooses a player to play with and using alternate shot, the team with the lowest score wins. Mark and Annie make a par while Bennett and Nicole make a bogey so Team Liffey wins the immunity challenge. Bennett picks Whitney to go to the Elimination Challenge, a sudden death challenge where they both play the 18th hole over and over until one player shoots a higher score and that player gets eliminated. They halved the first sudden death hole with birdies when they both reached greenside in two and got up-and-down. They both hit poor drives on the second hole so they both laid up and made par. They both reached greenside in two again on the third hole but Whitney missed a 12-foot birdie and Bennett made his, so Whitney was eliminated. Show 2: Go Green or Go Home The captain for Team Straffan is Julien while the captain for Team Liffey is Mallory. This challenge is a skills challenge where there are 5 head-to-head matches and each team member has to pick one of the 5 designated locations to play the hole from. The team with the lowest score from that location wins a point, a tie gets a half-point each. First team to 3 points wins immunity. Due to the uneven teams, Annie from Team Liffey is sat out. Team Straffan wins the Immunity Challenge with the score of 3-2. Team Liffey is headed into elimination challenge and the captain had to pick two contestants. Mallory chose Annie and Kelly. First off, the three players had a closest-to-the-hole contest in which they hit two shots from a location and the player who has the closest total distance to the hole wins and is safe from elimination. Players who miss the green were disqualified and headed into elimination. Both Annie and Kelly missed the green on their first shot, so all Mallory needed to do was to hit the green on both shots to save herself from being eliminated, which she did. So Annie and Kelly head into elimination, where they play their ball from 3 different locations, and the player with the lowest score for those 3 locations wins the elimination challenge, and the losing player is eliminated. They both made 3 for the first 2 locations to stay even, but Annie hit it into the water on the third location to lose to Kelly. Kelly: 3-3-2=8 (IN) Annie: 3-3-4=10 (OUT) Show 3: The Fighting Irish Nina is the team captain for Team Straffan while Matt is the captain for Team Liffey. The first challenge is a team alternate shot event, in which each team plays the Par-5 7th at the Smurfit Course, and each player plays one shot each. The winning team gets one point. For Team Liffey, their decided order was Matt-Andy-Mark-Kelly-Mallory, while for Team Straffan their decided order was Joe-Julien-Nina-Nicole-Bennett, with Bennett out last because he was feeling sick. For Team Liffey, Matt hit a perfect drive and Andy hit a stellar long iron shot to 7 feet, and Mark made the eagle putt. Then it was Team Straffan's turn. Joe also hit a perfect drive, and Julien hit a decent approach to 30 feet. Nina's eagle putt missed short right, so Team Straffan makes a birdie but they lose the challenge, and Team Liffey has a 1-0 lead. In the second stage of the immunity challenge, players must try to land on the green from 10 different locations, from 70 yards to 160 yards, the yardage increasing by 10 every attempt. Players from each team take turns to do it, and one team goes first. When that team misses the green from a yardage, the other team must try to beat the team by hitting the green every time up to the yardage in which they missed at. If they succeed, they win a point. The team which gets to 2 points first is safe from elimination. Bennett is sick and had to withdraw from the challenge, so they play with only 4 players. Team Straffan went with the order Joe-Julien-Nina-Nicole and so on, and Team Liffey went with Matt-Andy-Kelly-Mark, and Mallory had to be sat out due to the uneven teams. Team Straffan was able to hit the green 7 times with Nicole missing the green on the 8th location. Then it was Liffey's turn to answer. They also found the green the first 7 locations, then Mark's shot on the 8th location hit the green but it spun off and was off the green by inches, so they tie this challenge and have to move on to the next challenge, with scores of 1.5-0.5. The next challenge is a chipping relay, in which players from each team must take turns chipping the ball onto the green. The ball must land on the green after each chip and they also must be progressively closer to the hole than the previous shot each chip. When one team fails to do so, the other team must use more chip shots than the previous team to win the challenge. Kelly had to sit out in this challenge due to the uneven teams. Team Liffey: Team Straffan: Team Straffan won the third challenge so the score is tied at 1.5 each. So now the two team captains would go into a closest-to-the-hole playoff, with Nina against Matt, and the captain who hits the closest to the hole wins the immunity challenge and the other team would go into elimination. Nina won the playoff so Team Straffan is same and Team Liffey is into elimination. Matt chose Mallory to compete in the elimination challenge. They play a 2-hole playoff on the 17th and 18th holes of the Smurfit course and the player with the lower score is safe and the higher score player is eliminated. They both missed the green on the 17th but Mallory took a one-shot lead when Matt was unable to get up-and-down for par. On the 18th, Matt had a good opportunity to either pull even or win the elimination challenge with a 15-foot birdie putt, but he three-putted from there to lose to Mallory. Show 4: Nothing Is Done Without Effort Bennett was diagnosed with appendicitis and had to go through surgery, so he was out of the show, and both teams are now left with 4 players apiece. Nicole was the captain for Team Straffan and Kelly was the captain for Team Liffey. The first immunity challenge was the wall flop, in which players were paired into 2 teams of 2 for each side, and one of the players had to hit a flop shot over a wall and the next player tries to putt the ball. The team with the lowest number of strokes wins. Since both matches were halved, the teams now have 1 point each. The next challenge is the up-and-down challenge in which in pairs, one team has to hit a chip shot and the other player putts, and their only objective is to get the ball up-and-down, and the score is immaterial. The matches are still tied, so the teams go into the third challenge. The third challenge is a chip-in challenge, in which players from each team take turns to try to chip into the hole. The team that takes the fewest shots before someone hits it into the hole wins the immunity challenge. Team Straffan went in the order of Joe-Nicole-Julien-Nina while Liffey went in the order of Mark-Kelly-Mallory-Andy. On Team Straffan's third shot, Julien nearly chipped in but the ball lipped out. Instead, it was their 6th shot where Nicole was finally able to chip in. Team Liffey however, failed to chip in within 6 attempts and lost the immunity challenge. Mark likely had the biggest heartbreak of them all when twice his ball came within an inch of getting in the hole. Team Straffan won the challenge. Team Liffey's captain Kelly chose Mallory so now Mallory has gone into elimination 3 times in a row. This elimination challenge is a 2-hole playoff on Holes 15 and 16 of the Smurfit Course and the player with the lower aggregate score is safe and the higher score player is eliminated. They both halved the 15th hole with pars, and they both hit good approach shots into 16. Kelly missed her 12-foot birdie putt but Mallory made her 8 footer to survive her third consecutive elimination challenge. Show 5: Erin Go Bragh: Ireland Forever Joe was the captain for Team Straffan and Andy was the captain for Team Liffey for the day. The challenge for this show was playing Holes 14, 17, and 18 of the Ryder Cup Course. Each team member plays one of the three holes, and in the end, the team with the lowest total scores win immunity. Because Team Straffan has one more member than Liffey, their team captain has to wait until the other three finish playing, and then he randomly draws out a number to determine which hole he would play. The two teams are even after the first hole but Team Liffey takes a two-shot lead when Nina from Team Straffan hit it in the water. Team Liffey maintains the 2-shot lead the next hole when both players stuff their iron shots within 5 feet and make the eagle putts. So Joe is up next and he had to make an eagle on his hole to tie even with Team Liffey. With a random draw he draws out the 17th hole and had to hole-out on his second shot for them to not lose. But Joe hit it into the water on the first shot so it's over immediately. Team Liffey wins the first time in three weeks and Team Straffan heads to elimination. Instead of picking Nina who was an obvious pick, Joe picked Julien because Julien was the strongest player on the team and having him eliminated would increase his own chances of winning the Big Break. So they go into the elimination challenge in which they had to play the 16th hole of the Ryder Cup Course from 4 different locations. The player who has the lowest number of strokes after the 4 locations wins and the losing player is eliminated. Julien, apparently flustered by Joe's surprising decision, hit a poor chip in the first location to go one down. Joe had an opportunity to take a two-shot lead on the third location but missed a 10 footer to leave the door open for Julien. On the last location, Joe hit a drive into a hazard and made a bogey 6, and Julien shut the door on him by making a birdie to win. Julien: 3-3-3-4=13 (IN) Joe: 2-3-3-6=14 (OUT) Show 6: Emerald Isle Road Trip This episode differs from the other episodes such that in this show, the contestants are driven to Portmarnock Golf Club to compete, an hour's drive away from their usual venue, to compete in a true links setting. Nicole is the captain for Team Straffan and Mallory is the captain for Team Liffey. This challenge is a skills challenge in which the contestants will go one-on-one with the other team, going head-to-head to play 9 different locations, and the team member with the lower score from that location wins a full point and if the scores are the same, then each team gets half a point. The first team getting to 5 points would win the immunity challenge. Everybody played well with the exception of Nina, who struggled mightily in the blustery conditions and lost two points to Team Liffey. She three-putted from 7 feet in her first location and three-putted from 20 feet in her next location. Julien also caught a bad break for both his locations, when he took a one-stroke penalty when the ball oscillated after addressing the ball on his first location, and when Andy made a 30-foot putt on Julien's next location. As a result, Team Straffan lost after playing only 7 of the 9 locations. Nicole, being the captain of Team Straffan, chooses Nina for the elimination challenge, where they play Holes 8 and 18 of Portmarnock Golf Club, and the golfer with the lower score on those two holes win and get to stay on the show. Nina, despite all her struggles in the previous two shows, appeared to suddenly find her game and she hit a brilliant approach to 10 feet on the first hole and made birdie to take a two-shot lead on Nicole who bogeyed the hole after an errant second shot. Nina sealed the deal when she again stuffed her approach to 12 feet the next hole and two-putted to eliminate Nicole. Show 7: The Best Ships Are Friendships For this episode, since there are only two members left in Team Straffan, Julien and Nina are co-captains so if they win, they would share the $5000 and get $2500 each. Meanwhile, Team Liffey had to pick a captain and Andy was supposed to be the captain, but he resigned his captaincy to Mark. His strategy was to avoid getting himself eliminated, but the members from Team Straffan considered it as a move of cowardice. The challenge for the day is that they play Holes 7-10 of the K Club Ryder Cup Course, and each hole they play in different formats. Hole 7 they play scramble, Hole 8 they play best-ball, Hole 9 they play aggregate score (both teammates' score added together), and Hole 10 they play alternate shot. The team that wins the hole gets one point and halves get half a point each team. First team getting to 2.5 points wins immunity. Scramble is a format where two playing partners play a shot from the same location, and they can decide to pick one of the two locations to play their next shots from, and so on until they finish the hole. As a result, when Andy and Nina hit erratic drives on the first hole, their partners were able to find the fairway and both teams would make par from there. On the next hole, Mark and Nina both hit poor tee shots and would make bogey, but their teammates Mallory and Julien respectively both hit good tee shots and made par to halve the hole. The next hole, the aggregate score format, was the turning point in the matches. Everyone except for Nina made a par 4. But since Nina from Straffan made a bogey 5, the aggregate score for Team Straffan is 9 and Team Liffey is 8, so Team Liffey won the hole. On the final hole alternate shot, Mark from Team Liffey hit a perfect drive down the fairway while Julien hit it into the trees so Nina had to punch out for the second shot. Andy tried to go for the green but hit a poor second shot that left Mallory with a difficult uphill third shot. Meanwhile, Julien hit his third shot 45 feet to the hole. Mallory chili-dipped her third shot into the bunker right ahead of her, and Mark skulled the bunker shot 25 feet past the hole. Andy missed the par putt and Team Liffey is in for a bogey 6. Meanwhile, Nina from Straffan lagged her birdie putt to 9 feet, but Julien missed the par putt. So the hole is halved and Team Liffey wins the immunity challenge, and Julien and Nina are headed to elimination. In the elimination challenge, Julien and Nina would play Holes 17 and 18 of the Ryder Cup Course, and the player with the lower score is safe, and the higher score player gets eliminated. Nina hit her first drive so far left into the water that she had to re-tee the drive with a one-stroke penalty, so she made triple bogey out of the gates and was immediately two strokes behind. On the next hole, Julien went for the green in 2, but his approach went so far beyond the hole that it rolled onto a cart path and nearly went out of bounds before a bush helped push the ball back in bounds. Meanwhile, Nina hit her approach into the water and had to settle for a par 5, which allowed Julien, who needed to make a 6 or better, cruise to an easy win. Show 8: Gaofer Golfaire: Windy Golfer In this episode, because Julien was the only person left in the show for Team Straffan, it would be impossible to play team competition, so Julien moves into the Team Liffey house and they are no longer teams, and it's now every golfer for themselves. The first challenge is a closest-to-the-hole contest, in which the players hit the ball from 4 different locations, trying to get as close to the hole as possible, and the player with the lowest cumulative distance to the hole wins the contest. After three locations, Mark was first place by a wide margin and all he had to do for the last location was to get it within 14 feet. But he chunked the bunker shot and it barely got out, so Andy won the contest. Because Andy won the closest-to-the-hole contest, he gets to pick and player he wants to compete against in the immunity challenge. The player who wins the immunity challenge is safe for the day, while the losing player advances to the elimination challenge. They would continue to play the Par-5 7th hole of the Smurfit Course until one player shoots a higher score. Andy chose Mallory. Andy hit a good drive and tried to go for the green in two, landing just short. He hit his chip shot to 7 feet but missed the birdie putt and halved the hole with Mallory. So they play the hole again. Andy hit a bad drive and had to lay up. His third shot landed 30 feet to the hole. He lagged it to three feet but he shockingly lipped out the par putt to lose the challenge to Mallory, who now has won immunity for the day. Next, the two players who did not play the immunity challenge had to square off and play the 7th hole until one player shoots a higher score. The player who wins is safe and onto the next show, while the losing player joins Andy, who previously lost to Mallory, in the elimination challenge. Mark was just short of the green in two, but hit a poor chip to 20 feet and missed the birdie putt. Julien hit a poor second shot that landed 65 yards right of the hole, but he hit a brilliant recovery shot to 10 feet and had a chance to win the match. But he missed the putt to halve the hole with Mark who also made a par. They both laid up the second time they played the hole but Mark stuffed his third shot to 5 feet and made the putt to save himself from going to the elimination challenge. For the elimination challenge, Julien and Andy are to play the 17th and 18th holes of the Smurfit course and the player who gets the lowest scores is safe and the player with the higher scores is eliminated. On the first hole Andy hit it to 20 feet and he almost made the birdie putt which grazed the edge. But the putt skirted 3 feet past, then he lipped out his par putt again and made bogey and trails Julien by one heading to the last hole. On the next hole, a bad drive forced Andy to lay up, but then he stuffed his approach to 8 feet. Julien hit a poor third shot to the rough with a difficult chip, but he hit the chip to within tap-in range. Andy missed the birdie putt and is eliminated. Show 9: You'll Need the Luck of the Irish The immunity challenge for this show is a round-robin format contest in which one player faces the other two players twice each. In one of the times, one player chooses the location for them to play their shots into, while the other time, the other player chooses the shot location. The player who gets the lowest score from that location gets one point. The player who wins the challenge gets $5000 gift certificate to Dick's Sporting Goods and advances to the finals, while the other two players head to the elimination challenge. Mallory and Mark heads to the elimination challenge, in which the players play stroke play on Holes 12, 13, 15, and 16 of the Smurfit Course. The player with the higher score in those four holes at the end is eliminated, and the winner advances onto the finals. Mallory missed a good birdie opportunity on 12 when she missed a 15-foot birdie putt so they are tied after one hole. Then Mark steps up the next hole by sinking a 20-foot birdie putt and took a one-shot lead when Mallory missed her 18 footer. They both par the 15th hole after missing the green. Then on the 16th hole, Mark made a fantastic up-and-down. He drove it into a bad lie in a fairway bunker, and his approach shot nearly went in the water but landed in another bunker. He splashed out to 7 feet and made the clutch par putt to beat Mallory who also had to settle for par after her approach landed 35 feet away. Show 10: Pot of Gold The two finalists, Mark and Julien, play in an 18-hole match play final on the K Club Ryder Cup Course. They halved the first hole when Mark missed the green in two but made a 7 footer to save par. They both hit errant drives on the second hole to halve the hole with bogeys. Then on the third, Mark hit a poor iron shot landing in a tough lie in a bunker, and would make bogey to go 1 down to Julien. They both birdie the 4th hole after reaching greenside bunkers in two and getting up-and-down from there. Then a major turning point came on the 5th hole. Julien hit his drive into the trees and Mark found the fairway. But Julien hit an excellent recovery shot to just short of the green. Mark failed to capitalize his good drive, landing on the green 50 feet short. Julien chipped close enough for a tap-in par, but Mark hit his first putt 7 feet past and missed the par putt and went 2 down after 5 holes. After halving the 6th hole with pars, Julien hit his drive on 7 into the trees and then his approach landed in the water, allowing Mark to win the hole with a par, but he made a 30-foot birdie putt, winning his first hole of the day. It turned out Mark made a putt at the wrong time, because on the very next hole, Julien made a 30-foot birdie putt, and Mark, who made a long putt on the previous hole even when he didn't need it, missed his 20 footer this time to lose the hole. On the 9th hole, both players were over the green in 2 with a difficult pitch, but Julien hit it to 4 feet and Mark to 8 feet, and they both make their par putts to halve the hole. The momentum clearly shifted towards Mark on the back nine. On the second shot of the 10th hole, Julien hit his approach 85 yards offline and made bogey from there and lost the hole to Mark. Then on the 11th, Mark hit a poor drive into a bunker but Julien hit in the middle of the fairway. Mark missed the green in 2 and Julien, with a good opportunity to capitalize, hit it into the water but chipped the next one close for a tap-in bogey. Mark, who now has the opportunity to capitalize, hit his chip 8 feet short and missed the par putt to halve the hole. However, Mark continued his momentum when he made a 20-foot birdie putt on 12 to win another hole and square the match. They halved the 13th with two-putt pars from 25 feet, then on the 14th, Mark dropped a huge 45 foot bomb putt to take the lead the first time in the match. Mark won two holes in a row when Julien got in trouble with his approach on the 15th, pitched it to 10 feet and missed his par putt. It looked like Mark had the win wrapped up, especially when Julien hit a poor drive on 16 and Mark hit a good one. Instead, they made it interesting when Julien hit a good layup and stuffed his approach to 6 feet. Mark also laid up but then he hit his third shot so poorly that it went 20 yards short and into the water. Mark's next shot didn't even come close so he conceded the hole to Julien. Then on the 17th, Julien hit a poor drive into the trees, but hit a good recovery shot to short of the green. He hit a poor chip to 12 feet but sank the clutch par putt to extend the match. On the final hole, it looked like it was over again when Mark hit the fairway and Julien found a bunker, but Mark lost another hole when he found the water on his approach again. Mark hit his next to 15 feet but missed the par putt, and Julien won the hole to square the match after safely making a par. With Mark and Julien tied after 18 holes, they head to sudden death playoff by replaying the 18th hole. This time, they both hit the fairway, and Mark goes for the green in two again and this time hits it to 25 feet. Julien went for the green and found the water. Julien did not hit his next shot close, allowing Mark to win with a two-putt to win the Big Break. References The Big Break Television shows filmed in the Republic of Ireland
Íngrid Xiomara Medrano Cuéllar (born July 6, 1979 in San Salvador) is a female freestyle wrestler from El Salvador. She participated in Women's freestyle 48 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the eighth final she beat Erica Dobre from Romania. In the quarter final Medrano lost with Kazakh Tatyana Bakatyuk. She won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. External links Athlete bio and results on beijing2008.com sports-reference Living people 1979 births Wrestlers at the 2007 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic wrestlers for El Salvador Salvadoran female sport wrestlers Sportspeople from San Salvador Pan American Games silver medalists for El Salvador Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Prony or de Prony may refer to: Gaspard de Prony (1755–1839), French mathematician and engineer Prony's method, a mathematical method to estimate the components of a signal Prony equation, hydraulics equation for fictional head loss Prony series, a model of viscoelasticity Prony brake, torque measurement device Prony Bay, bay in New Caledonia Prony, a city in New Caledonia, see List of cities in New Caledonia French corvette Prony See also Pronya, a river in Ryazan and Tula Oblasts in Russia
Cyclophora serveti is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain. References Moths described in 1999 Cyclophora (moth) Moths of Europe
Elinor Burkett (born October 9, 1946) is an American journalist, author, film producer, and documentary director. A film produced by her, Music by Prudence, won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) on March 7, 2010. Education In 1975, Burkett graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a doctorate in Latin American History. In 1988, Burkett earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Career Burkett was a history professor at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland for 13 years. In a dramatic turn, she gave up her tenure to get a Masters at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She was a staff writer for the Miami Herald from 1988 to 1992 and she has been published by leading publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone and Harper's Bazaar. She has held Fulbright professorships in both Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe and received numerous awards and grants for her work as a historian and writer. She also chaired the Department of Journalism of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. She authored her first book in 1993, written with Frank Bruni. In A Gospel of Shame : Children, Sexual abuse and the Catholic Church the pair explored the incidences of Catholic sex abuse cases. Two years later she wrote The Gravest Show on Earth : America in the Age of AIDS. Burkett offered a scorching criticism of the 'AIDS industry' for greed, self-promotion and putting politics over prevention. In 1997, she again collaborated with Bruni on Consumer Terrorism : How to Get Satisfaction When You're Being Ripped Off. A year later she collaborated with Susan Molinari on Representative Mom: Balancing Budgets, Bill, and Baby in the U.S. Congress. In the same year she challenged her own liberal feminist beliefs by interviewing conservative women for The Right Women : a Journey through the Heart of Conservative America. In 2000's The Baby Boon : How Family-Friendly America Cheats the Childless, she attacked the US government and industry for pro-family initiatives that leaves the nation's childless paying the price. A year later she released her study of an American high school, Another Planet : a Year in the Life of a Suburban High School. In 2004 she wrote So Many Enemies, So Little Time. An American Woman in All the Wrong Places... She related to her time in Kyrgyzstan where she moved in 2001 as a Fulbright Professor teaching journalism at the Kyrgyz-Russo Slavonic University. That same year, in the wake of 9–11, she travelled across all the -stans, as well as Iran, Iraq, Russia, China, Mongolia, and IndoChina. In 2004 Burkett also co-directed Is It True What They Say About Ann, a documentary about the right-wing commentator Ann Coulter. Four years later, she wrote her first biography, about the late Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir. In the book Burkett vindicated Meir for her role in the Yom Kippur War, stressing that far greater responsibility lay with the Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan. A film that she was involved in the production of, Music by Prudence, won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). She was removed from production of the documentary a year earlier, resulting in a lawsuit and out of court settlement. It caused a media frenzy when, in the midst of the televised Oscar ceremony, the 82nd Academy Awards, she interrupted the acceptance speech of producer and director Roger Ross Williams. It was widely touted as the "Kanye Moment" of that year's Oscars, referring to the Kanye West incident at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Personal life Burkett divides her time between New York and her home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where she trains journalists, writes and makes films. Bibliography Golda, (HarperCollins, New York), 2008, So many enemies, so little time : an American woman in all the wrong places..., (HarperCollins, New York), 2004, Another planet : a year in the life of a suburban high school, (HarperCollins, New York), 2001, The baby boon : how family-friendly America cheats the childless, Free Press, New York, 2000, The right women : a journey through the heart of conservative America, (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York), 1998, Representative mom : balancing budgets, Bill, and baby in the U.S. Congress, (Doubleday, New York), 1998, (Co-authored with Susan Molinari) Consumer terrorism : how to get satisfaction when you're being ripped off, (HarperPerennial, New York), 1997, (Co-authored with Frank Bruni) The gravest show on earth : America in the age of AIDS, (Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston), 1995, A gospel of shame : children, sexual abuse and the Catholic Church, (Viking, New York), 1993, (co-authored with Frank Bruni) Filmography Producer Music by Prudence (2010) iThemba (2010) Director iThemba (2010) Is It True What They Say About Ann (2004) References External links Author profile of Elinor Burkett at HarperCollins 1946 births Living people 21st-century American women American documentary filmmakers American feminists American film directors American women academics American women documentary filmmakers American women journalists The Atlantic (magazine) people Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Film producers from Pennsylvania Frostburg State University faculty Journalists from Pennsylvania Producers who won the Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award University of Pittsburgh alumni Writers from Philadelphia
Aleksandr Sverchinskiy (; ; born 16 September 1991) is a Belarusian former footballer. Honours Minsk Belarusian Cup winner: 2012–13 External links Profile at pressball.by 1991 births Living people Belarusian men's footballers Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Slovak First Football League players FC Minsk players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Isloch Minsk Raion players FC Gandzasar Kapan players Men's association football defenders
Sexual selection in spiders shows how sexual selection explains the evolution of phenotypic traits in spiders. Male spiders have many complex courtship rituals and have to avoid being eaten by the females, with the males of most species survive a few matings, and having short life spans. Pre-copulatory mate choice processes have been observed in a wide range of spider species, including Stegodyphus lineatus, Argiope aurantia, Schizocosa floridana, Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata, and Schizocosa stridulans. Sexual selection occurs after copulation as well as before copulation. Post-copulatory sexual selection involves sperm competition and cryptic female choice. Sperm competition occurs when the sperm of more than one male competes to fertilize the egg of the female. Cryptic female choice involves the expelling of a males sperm during or after copulations. Male to male competition Size is a factor in the reproductive success of males with species such as Stegodyphus lineatus, Argiope aurantia and Argyroneta aquatica showing sexual dimorphism, beneficial for larger males, stronger and more aggressive, who fight off the smaller ones using their large chelicerae and forelegs. This leads to a decrease in the paternal success for smaller males since they are unable to gain access to females. In Argiope aurantia males can lose legs in combat, with the loss more prevalent in smaller males, evidence that larger males are favored in male-to-male competition. In the water spider Argyroneta aquatica, where males and females permanently live in the water the males are larger, indicating sexual selective pressures for large body size. The large male water spiders are more mobile, helping them obtain more females. Sexual selection provides benefits to smaller male spiders under certain conditions, such as Misumena vatia and Nephila clavipes, whose smaller males climb faster to reach their mates: Explained by the gravity hypothesis, outcompeting larger males thus having more reproductive success, especially when females live in high patches of flowers, whereas females live in low lying areas, larger males are favored. In spiders like Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Thomisidae and Pholicidae there is an optimal body size that favors climbing speed. Smaller males will have an advantage over the largest males of the species, however the smallest male will not be the fastest climber. This optimal body size for climbing is observed in different males from the same species express phenotypes, weapons such as chelicerae, teeth or even legs to fight off competition are used to fight off oncoming rivals, with larger bodied spiders contained larger chelicerae. In most cases body size correlated with mating success. This is observed in Lysommanes viridis, whose males display weapons that are very pronounced in comparison with females and selected to help males fight off competition. The time it takes to develop is crucial to the overall fitness of a spider. This idea is true, however does not mean that larger males will always have better fitness. In Latrodectus hasselti, larger males outcompete smaller males by getting to the females web first. However, these large male spiders have long development times, meaning that the larger male will need more time before being able to copulate. Smaller males tend to have a quick development time which gives them an advantage in mating with a female. This advantage correlates with high paternal success in the species Latrodectus hasselti. Larger males are able to outcompete smaller males, but not able to mate. Smaller males risk getting outcompeted, but are more likely to have paternal success. Sperm competition Sperm competition occurs in many species, such as Unicorn catleyi, Nephila Pilipes and Argiope aurantia, with males acting to limit it by guarding the female or inserting parts of the male genitalia into the females reproductive organs, or using mating plugs which come from the males seminal fluid. This process is observed in the species Unicorn catleyi, for example. In this species, males plug a females insemination duct with a portion of their palp that contains the ejaculatory duct called the embolus. The embolus that is found in the female's posterior receptaculum suggests that males are trying to limit sperm competition. In some spider species, such as the Nephila pilipes, multiple males try to mate with only one female. This can be harmful to the female, because it forces her to participate in energy costly matings. In response to this polyandry, the female produces mating plugs of her own to prevent too many males from copulating with her. The mating plugs transferred to females by the males are believed to be a possible cause of monogyny. For example, in the spider species Argiope aurantia, males will sometimes plug a female with both pedipalps to prevent sperm competition. When this occurs, the male loses his ability to mate with more than one female. Mate choice Mate choice is typically displayed by females, but males can be choosy as well. Traits associated with winning competitive bouts are more likely to be chosen by females. As body size effects male-to-male competition, females will choose the male with the more efficient body size. A Wolf spider, Schizocosa floridana, females assess males based on their ability to cope with a changing environment, observing the way males adapt to differences in food availabilities at different times. Males who are able to adapt to the changes in food availability are well conditioned and usually show courtship displays such as tapping on their forelegs and waving. females choose the males who express these courtship displays and are larger in size based on predictions of the males foraging past. Courtship displays, such as degrees of ornamentation, colors, and movements, are commonly expressed in individuals of a species to attract the opposite sex. The male Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata spider displays certain signals, known as drumming, where a male taps his legs on a rough surface such as a leaf to signal he is ready to mate, with its speed influencing female choice towards faster drummers. Once the females chooses the male, her body starts to shake, a signal that she is ready to mate too. Males who exhibit better drumming behavior typically are more viable. Schizocosa stridulans males have ornamentation traits in their forelegs which affect their mating success. When courtship rates are high, ornamentation does not increase the reproductive rates of males because of the correlation between the aggressiveness of a spider and the degrees of ornamentation. Due to this correlation it is hypothesized that females choose males without ornamentation to avoid aggression from the males. Females are able to be choosy when courtship rates are high because they do not have to worry about missing out on copulations if there are plenty of male spiders to mate with. When courtship rates are low, males with high degrees of ornamentation are able to get to the female more quickly, thus giving them an advantage over non ornamented males. Sometimes facial color or leg brightness can play a role in mate choice. In several species of jumping spiders, including Habronattus pyrrithrix, and Cosmophasis umbratica, males show different brightness and color of body parts prior to copulation. These colors can be used to the males advantage in attracting a mate. In the species Habronattus pyrrithrix, the males who have faces that are red and non bright green legs are more likely to attract a mate than males who do not, indicating that females prefer males with those particular traits. Although females from the species, Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata, Schizocosa floridana and Schizocosa stridulans tend to be the choosier sex, it is not uncommon to observe males from different spider species such as the Zygiella x-notata and Latrodectus hesperus, to be choosy as well. In the orb weaving spider Zygiella x-notata, reproduction rates are affected by male choice under different conditions. These external conditions depend on the amount of competition between males of the species. When competition rates are low, males mate opportunistically with as many females as possible. When competition between males is high, larger males choose to mate with a large female as opposed to the smaller males who choose to mate with any female. The belief is that the advantages of larger size in competition, will give the larger males an opportunity to increase their paternal success by allowing them to be more selective of females. Sometimes males choose females who are large and better conditioned to avoid being eaten. Choosing a malnourished female can result in a male being cannibalized before copulation. Cannibalism by females is often expressed as a way for females to get nutrition from their mates after copulation. This cannibalistic behavior by females makes males more selective with whom to mate with. The males from the species Latrodectus hesperus show high mate preference for better conditioned females. By choosing well nourished females, males are able to increase their mating success while limiting their chance of being consumed. This is because well nourished females are less likely to eat their mates than mal-nourished females. Cryptic female choice Cryptic female choice is a post-copulatory process of mate choice. This process is observed in numerous spider species such as, Physocyclus globosus and Argiope bruennichi. For example in the Argiope bruennichi species, males produce energetic courtship displays prior to copulation. Regardless of the displays, females are observed to mate with multiple males. Once copulation is over the offspring of the female is more likely to have the courtship display phenotype than not. The females of this species must be cryptically discarding sperm from the non courtship males while keeping the other males sperm for copulation. This allows females to mate with as many males as she wants prior to copulation, while being more choosy of males after copulation. Discarding the sperm of a male who does not perform courtship displays indicates that females feel that males who perform courtship displays have the greatest fitness. References spiders, Sexual selection in
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On may refer to: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (short film series), an animated short film series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film), a live-action/animated feature film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (soundtrack), a score album by Disasterpeace and the soundtrack album of the 2021 film
Checkmate is a 2008 Marathi-language thriller film written and directed by Sanjay Jadhav, produced by Kanchan Satpute and Chandrashekhar Mahamuni. The film stars Ankush Chaudhari, Swapnil Joshi, Rahul Mehendale, Sonali Khare, Sanjay Narvekar. Plot Vishal, Mohan, and Tushar fall victim to a fraudulent scheme promising to double their money. When their attempts to seek help from the authorities fail, Vishal takes matters into his own hands by raiding the scheme operator Bhalya's hideout. He manages to escape with the money by orchestrating a fake death for Mohan and Tushar. However, Bhalya discovers that Tushar is alive and takes him to his boss, Sampatrao Mahabal. Vishal and Mohan eventually find themselves at Sampatrao's location, where a chilling ultimatum awaits. Sampatrao demands that Vishal must either genuinely eliminate Mohan and Tushar or return the embezzled money. In an attempt to evade this dire situation, Mohan devises a ruse proposing a fictitious scheme to repay Sampatrao ₹50 Crore within 30 days. Agreeing to this proposal, Sampatrao keeps Tushar in captivity until the promised sum is returned. To ensure compliance, Sampatrao dispatches his brother Rajan to accompany Vishal and Mohan, serving as a watchful eye on their every move. Cast Ankush Choudhary as Vishal Korgaonkar Swapnil Joshi as Mohan Bhave Rahul Mehendale as Tushar Jaikar Sonali Khare as Sunila Sanjay Narvekar as Rajan Mahabal Anand Abhyankar as Shekhar Divadkar Vinay Apte as Sampatrao Mahabal Bharat Ganeshpure as Raghu Jangam Sandesh Jadhav as Inspector Sandesh Jadhav Ravi Kale as Inspector Rane Ravi Patwardhan as Vishal's father Hrudaynath Rane as Bhalya Uday Sabnis as Inspector Zende Chinmayee Sumeet as Sulochana Mahabal Smita Talwalkar as Mohan's mother Resham Tipnis Madhura Velankar Priya Khopkar Asit Redij Music The film has only one song which is composed by Ajay–Atul and Sunil Kaushik with lyrics written by Earl D'souza & Ajay Atul. References External links 2000s Marathi-language films 2008 films Films scored by Ajay–Atul Films directed by Sanjay Jadhav
Phonagnosia (from Ancient Greek φωνή phone, "voice" and γνῶσις gnosis, "knowledge") is a type of agnosia, or loss of knowledge, that involves a disturbance in the recognition of familiar voices and the impairment of voice discrimination abilities in which the affected individual does not suffer from comprehension deficits. Phonagnosia is an auditory agnosia, an acquired auditory processing disorder resulting from brain damage, other auditory agnosias include cortical deafness and auditory verbal agnosia also known as pure word deafness. Since people suffering from phonagnosia do not suffer from aphasia, it is suggested that the structures of linguistic comprehension are functionally separate from those of the perception of the identity of the speaker who produced it. History Phonagnosia is the auditory equivalent of prosopagnosia. Unlike prosopagnosia, investigations of phonagnosia have not been extensively pursued. Phonagnosia was first described by a study by Van Lancker and Cantor in 1982. The subjects in this study were asked to identify which of four names or faces matched a specific famous voice. The subjects could not complete the task. Since then, there have been a couple studies done on patients with phonagnosia. The clinical and radiologic findings with computerized tomographic scans (CAT scans) in these cases suggest that recognition of familiar voices is impaired by damage to the inferior and parietal regions of the right hemisphere while voice discrimination is impaired by temporal lobe damage of either hemisphere. These studies have also shown evidence for a double dissociation between voice recognition and voice discrimination. Some patients will perform normally on the discrimination tasks but poorly on the recognition tasks; whereas the other patients will perform normally on the recognition tasks but poorly on the discrimination tasks. Patients did not perform poorly on both tasks. Associative phonagnosia is a form of phonagnosia that develops with dementia or other focal neurodegenerative disorders. Some research has led to questions of other impairments in phonagnosics. Recently, studies have shown that phonagnosics also have trouble in recognizing the sounds of familiar instruments. As it is with voices, they also show deficiency in distinguishing between sounds from different instruments. Although the disability is shown, phonagnosics are much less affected in this area of sound discrimination. In distinguishing voices, it is a complete agnosia, but this is not the case for musical instrument sounds, as they can correctly identify some of them. Controversy arises in that not all phonagnosics exhibit these symptoms, and so not all researchers agree that it should be attributed to the damage suffered that causes phonagnosia. Much debate has arisen over the fact that it seems that separate areas of the brain are utilized to handle information from language and music. This has led some researchers to skeptically consider this impairment as a clear symptom of the disorder. Again, more research is needed to create a clearer conclusion. An interesting attribute that phonagnosics possess is that they can correctly detect emotions in voices when someone talks to them. They can also correctly match an emotion with a facial expression. Although surprising, this finding is sensible because it is known and well agreed upon that the limbic system, involved in expressing emotions and detecting emotions of others, is a separate system within the brain. The limbic system is made up of several brain structures including the hippocampus, amygdala, anterior thalamic nuclei, septum, limbic cortex and fornix. Presently, there is no therapy or treatment for phonagnosia. Clearly, more research is needed to accomplish the feat of developing treatment for the disorder. The lack of treatment stems from the lack of knowledge about the disorder. Increased research will reveal vital information needed to formulate effective treatments and therapies. Case studies It is progressive and gets worse as the disorder worsens. QR and KL participated in a study done of auditory and visual tasks accompanied by a brain MRI. QR suffered a deficit in voice recognition only, while KL had an associative form of prosoagnosia. The auditory and visual deficits could then be compared with an MRI of each patient's brain. The MRI of QR, a patient with a behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, shows bilateral fronto-temporal atrophy mostly in the right anterior temporal lobe but extending back within the temporal lobe and including the superior temporal sulcus. The MRI of KL showed bilateral anterior temporal lobe atrophy, with more damage on the right side and in the inferior temporal cortices. The clinical diagnosis of KL was temporal variant frontotemporal lobar degeneration with progressive right temporal lobe atrophy. More recently, there has been a study of developmental phonagnosia. KH, a 60-year-old woman who exhibits all the symptoms of impairments in vocal recognition, but does not have any of the brain damage associated with such impairment. Additionally, KH has suffered from this inability to recognize voices for her whole life, making her the first known case of developmental phonagnosia. The study of KH has turned the research world of phonagnosia on its head because it was thought that phonagnosia resulted only after damage to the parietal and temporal lobes had been sustained. The discovery that phonagnosia can exist without structural damage shows that the disorder can be the result of cognitive abnormalities. Given the recency of this study, little research has been conducted on the cognitive based theories. Areas of interest lie in the neural connections between the various areas in the parietal lobe, as well as those within the temporal lobe. Developmental phonagnosia suggests in the name itself that the disorder develops when the brain is developing in the womb and throughout childhood. Researchers have suggested that neurons are not making the connections needed for the correct identification of voices, familiar or unfamiliar. Still, no solid theories have been formed and research studies to test these individuals in its developmental stage. See also Auditory processing disorder References Neurological disorders Medical terminology Agnosia Dementia Audiology
Thomas Newton (c. 1542–1607) was an English clergyman, poet, author and translator. Life The eldest son of Edward Newton of Park House, in Butley, a part of the parish of Prestbury, Cheshire, he was educated first at the Macclesfield grammar school by John Brownsword, a much-praised schoolmaster. Newton went on to Trinity College, Oxford, which he left in 1562 to study at Queens' College, Cambridge, but then returned to his original college. In 1569 or 1570, he published The Worthye Booke of Old Age. The book's preface was dated "frome Butleye the seuenth of March 1569", and many of his other books before 1583 were dated from the same place. He wrote books on historical, medical and theological subjects, and contributed many commendatory verses in English and Latin to various works, a common practice of the time. For many of his verses and books he styles himself "Thomas Newtonus Cestreshyrius", showing an evident affection for his county of birth. He may have practiced as a physician in Butley and taught at Macclesfield school. In 1583 he was appointed rector of Little Ilford, Essex, from where most of his later works are dated. His most significant publications were a series of translations of Cicero and of Seneca's tragedies. Atropoion Delion; or, The Death of Delia, a pastoral elegy on the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 may have been by this Thomas Newton. According to The Dictionary of National Biography: "Newton was a skilled writer of Latin verse, in which, Ritson states, he excited the admiration of his contemporaries; while Warton describes him as the elegant Latin encomiast and the first Englishman who wrote Latin elegiacs with classical clearness and terseness. He also wrote English verses with ease and fluency, and translated several works from the Latin. All his books are now very scarce; most of them have very long titles." Newton was married and the father of two sons, Emanuel (who seems to have died before his father) and Abel. After his death in 1607 (sometime between 27 April, when his will was dated, and 13 June, when it was proved at Canterbury), he was probably buried at Little Ilford. Bibliography Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in literature" or "[year] in poetry" article (spelling and capitalisation as in the source material): 1568: An epitaphe vpon the [...] Lady Knowles (attributed to Newton, but "doubtful if by him", according to the Dictionary of National Biography) 1569 (attribution less certain): The Booke of Marcus Tullius Cicero, entituled Paradoxia Stoicorum [...]; the dedication, signed "Thomas Newton" is dated "from Greenwich the kalendes of June 1569" 1569: The Worthye Booke of Old Age, translated from Cicero 1574: A Direction for the Health of Magistrates and Studentes, translated from Latin, dedicated to Sir Francis Walsingham 1575: A Notable Historie of the Saracens, translation from the Italian of Agostino Curione. 1576: The Touchstone of Complexions, translated from Latin; second edition 1581; third edition 1633 1577: Foure Seuerall Treatises of M. Tullius Cicero 1577: Vocabula Magistri Stanbrigii; second edition 1596, third edition 1615, fourth edition 1636, fifth edition 1649 1580: Approved Medicines and Cordiall Receiptes ("Receiptes": Recipes) 1580 (attribution less certain): A Pleasaunt Dialogue concerning Phisicke and Phisitions [...] translated out of the Castlin tongue by T. N. Year uncertain, but possibly 1580: A View of Valyaunce 1581: (Editor, and translator of one of the works, the Thebais) Seneca his tenne Tragedies translated into Englysh, a compilation of translations previously published separately by Studley, Nevile, Nuce and Jasper Heywood, here collected for the first time in one volume; dedicated to Sir Thomas Heneage, treasurer of the Queen's Chamber 1581: A Commentarie or Exposition vpon the twoo Epistles Generall of Sainct Peter and that of Sainct Jude, translated from the Latin of Martin Luther 1586: True and Christian Friendshippe, translated from Latin 1586: The Olde Mans Dietarie 1587: The True Tryall and Examination of a Mans own Selfe, translated 1587: An Herbal for the Bible 1589: Principum ac illustrium aliquot et eruditorum in Anglia virorum Ecomia and Illustrium aliquot Anglorum Encomia, contributions to Leland's De Rebus Britannicus Collectanea 1590: Ioannis Brunseurdi Maclesfeldensis Gymnasiarchae Progymnasmata quaedam Poetica 1590: Thomas Newton's Staff to lean on Verses published in other works Newton's poetry in English and Latin appear in more than 20 works from 1578 to 1597, including these: 1576: Blandie's translation of Osorius's Discourse of Ciuill and Christian Nobilitie 1577: Batman's Golden Booke of the Leaden Goddes 1578: Hunnis's Hive of Hunnye 1578: Lyte's translation of Dodoens' A nievve herball, or, Historie of plantes 1579: Munday's Mirror of Mutabilitie 1579: Bullein's Bulwarke of Defence 1587: Mirror for Magistrates 1587: a metrical epilogue to Heywood's Workes 1589: Ives's Instructions for the Warres 1591: Ripley's Compound of Alchymy 1595: Tymme's Briefe Description of Hierus lem Notes Attribution 1542 births 1607 deaths 16th-century English medical doctors 17th-century English medical doctors 17th-century English poets 17th-century male writers 16th-century English poets English translators 16th-century translators 17th-century translators Year of birth uncertain People of the Elizabethan era Writers from Cheshire Clergy from Cheshire Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge English male poets
Events in the year 1961 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Juscelino Kubitschek (until 30 January) Jânio Quadros (from 31 January to 25 August) Ranieri Mazzilli (from 25 August to September 7) João Goulart (starting September 7) Prime Minister: Tancredo Neves (starting 8 September) Vice President: João Goulart (until 25 August) Vacant (from August 25) Governors Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão (until 31 January) Luis Cavalcante (from 31 January) Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho Bahia: Juracy Magalhães Ceará: Parsifal Barroso Espírito Santo:Raul Giuberti Goiás: José Feliciano Ferreira (until 31 January) Mauro Borges (from 31 January) Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo (from 31 January) Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda (until 31 January) Fernando Corrêa da Costa (from 31 January) Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes (until 31 January) José de Magalhães Pinto (from 31 January) Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 31 January) Aurélio do Carmo (from 31 January) Paraíba: José Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January) Pedro Gondim (from 31 January) Paraná: Moisés Lupion (until 31 January) Nei Braga (from 31 January) Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio Piauí: Chagas Rodrigues Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira (until 28 February) Celso Peçanha (from 28 February) Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (until 31 January) Aluízio Alves (from 31 January) Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse (until 31 January) Celso Ramos (from 31 January) São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto Sergipe: Luís Garcia Vice governors Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (until 31 January) Teotônio Brandão Vilela (from 31 January) Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti Goiás: João de Abreu (until 31 January) Antônio Rezende Monteiro (from 31 January) Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa (until 31 January) Alfredo Salim Duailibe (from 31 January) Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto (until 31 January) Jose Garcia Neto (from 31 January) Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho (until 31 January) Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January) Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (from 31 January) Paraíba: Pedro Gondim (until 31 January) André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (from 31 January) Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira Piauí: Tibério Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Celso Peçanha (until 1 March) Vacant thereafter (from 31 January) Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela (until 31 January) Walfredo Gurgel (from 31 January) Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (from 31 January) São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz Sergipe: Dionísio Machado Events January January 31: Jânio Quadros becomes the 22nd President of Brazil, succeeding Juscelino Kubitschek. August August 25-September 7: The Legality Campaign takes place, which aims to defend the inauguration of João Goulart as President of Brazil. August 25: Jânio Quadros resigns as President of the Republic. The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, takes over as the 23rd President of Brazil on an interim basis. September September 2: The National Congress of Brazil approves Constitutional Amendment No. 4, which establishes parliamentarism. September 7: João Goulart is sworn in as the 24th President of Brazil. September 8: The National Congress of Brazil approves the constitution of the first Council of Ministers. November November 1: A Panair do Brasil plane crashes near Recife airport, leaving 45 dead and 43 injured. November 23: Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, 14 years after their breakup. December December 17: An arson fire at the Niterói circus, kills more than 300 people and becomes the worst fire disaster in Brazilian history. December 20: Adilson Marcelino Alves, known as Dequinha, is arrested by the Rio de Janeiro police and confesses to being responsible for the fire at the Niterói circus. Births January January 1 – Rita Camata, politician and journalist March 7 March – Miguel Nicolelis, scientist September 8 September – Fernanda Abreu, singer Deaths April April 25 – Borges de Medeiros, lawyer and politician (born 1863) June June 22 – José de Mesquita (born 1892) December 31 December – Péricles, cartoonist (born 1924) See also 1961 in Brazilian television References External links 1960s in Brazil Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil
The 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships, which was the 15th edition of the continental swimming event, were held between 13–16 December 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. The championships were swum in the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, in a short course (25-metre) pool. Participating nations A total of 39 nations registered for the championship: Macedonia Events The events were held over four days, divided into a morning session, when the preliminary heats were staged, and an evening session, when the semifinals and finals took place. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events References External links Official site Swim Rankings Results Results book Short Course, European Championships 2007 in Hungarian sport 2007 International aquatics competitions hosted by Hungary Sport in Debrecen December 2007 sports events in Europe
"Pop That Booty" is the third US and second UK single from Marques Houston's debut album, MH. The video and single features a guest appearance from Jermaine Dupri. It is the third track on MH album. The single was another hit for Houston in both the UK and US. In the UK, "Pop That Booty" peaked inside the UK top thirty at number twenty-three and reached number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100. A music video was produced featuring B2K member Lil Fizz and Jermaine Dupri. Track listing UK - CD "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) (radio edit) "Pop That Booty" (instrumental) UK - Vinyl "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) (radio edit) "Pop That Booty" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) (a cappella) "Pop That Booty" (instrumental) References 2003 singles Marques Houston songs Songs written by Marques Houston The Ultimate Group singles 2003 songs Songs written by Tricky Stewart Songs written by Jermaine Dupri
Sir Joseph Gold (July 12, 1912 – February 22, 2000) was a 20th-century British-American lawyer who served as general counsel and director of the legal department if the International Monetary Fund since its inception for many years. Background Gold was born on July 12, 1912, in London, United Kingdom. He received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of London and an SJD from Harvard University. Career Early in his career, Gold served as legal adviser to the British Merchant Shipping Mission and secretary to the British Seaman's Welfare Board. In 1946, Gold joined the International Monetary Fund (or IMF, established by the Bretton Woods conference of 1944). In 1949, he became IMF assistant general counsel. In 1960, he became the IMF's general counsel and director of its legal department. He retired in 1979 but continue to consult to the IMF until 1999. Gold was well acquainted with many IMF, World Bank, and economics colleagues who came under accusation for Communist associations, including: Harry Dexter White, George Eddy, and Paul Samuelson. During his retirement, he lectured in law at Southern Methodist University, the University of Michigan, Columbia Law School, and Creighton University. He gave guest lectures in Europe and in Beijing. Awards In 1980, he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, entitling him to the style of Sir Joseph Gold. Personal life and death In 1940, Gold married Ruth Schechter; they had three children. Gold died age 87 on February 22, 2000, in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Works Gold published numerous articles and books on international law, especially relating to the IMF. He has been called "a leading authority on international monetary law" and a "key legal architect of the IMF's development in the post-World War II period". Legacy In 1999, Gold gave a collection of works by Samuel Beckett to the University of Delaware. References 1912 births 2000 deaths British legal scholars Harvard Law School alumni Alumni of the University of London Lawyers from London International Monetary Fund people Knights Bachelor Lawyers awarded knighthoods British expatriates in the United States British officials of the United Nations 20th-century English lawyers
Rokytnice is a municipality and village in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Rokytnice lies approximately west of Přerov, south-east of Olomouc, and east of Prague. References Villages in Přerov District
The pigache, also known by other names, was a kind of shoe with a sharp upturned point at the toes that became popular in Western Europe during the Romanesque Period. The same name is also sometimes applied to earlier similar Byzantine footwear. Names The English name pigache was borrowed from French, where the name was originally used for a kind of hoe and as a hunting term for a wild boar hoofprint longer on one side than the other. It appeared in Medieval Latin as and . The pigache is also known as the pigage, pulley shoe, pulley toe, or pulley-toe shoe. Less often, Orderic Vitalis's terms of opprobrium are reworked into names: scorpion's tail or ram's horn shoe. The name pigache is also sometimes also applied to earlier pointed Byzantine footwear from as early as the 5th century. It is also simply glossed as a pointed-toe shoe and sometimes conflated with the later poulaine. Design The pigache had a pointed and curved toe, which Orderic Vitalis compared with the tail of a scorpion (). The shoes were sometimes stuffed to make the extension firmer and more erect. The end of the toe was sometimes adorned with a small bell. The points of pigaches were, however, more moderate in length than the later poulaines which spread from Poland in the 14th century. History The pigache was worn in the late 11th and early 12th century and excited the ridicule of poets and historians and the censure of clergy to the point it is sometimes described as "notorious". St Anselm banned its use by English clerics at the 1102 Synod of Westminster, alongside enacting the Gregorian Reform and prohibiting slavery, sodomy, clerical marriage, and the inheritance of benefices and other forms of simony. As a returning papal legate, the former professor Robert de Courson banned other faculty of the University of Paris from wearing them in August 1215. The same year, the Fourth Lateran Council also banned them for Catholic clergy. Orderic Vitalis blamed the creation of the pigache on Fulk of Anjou (1043–1109), claiming he used it to disguise the deformity of his bunions from his young bride Bertrade in 1089. The fashion historian Ruth Wilcox offers that it may have been a simple adaptation of the Normans' sabatons, which they had extended to a point and turned down in the late 11th century to better hold their stirrups during battle. The pigache became common in England under William Rufus whose courtier Robert the Horny () used tow to curl the ends of his shoes into the form of a ram's horn (). Orderic blamed the spread as caused by and contributing to the effeminate men () and "foul catamites" () involved in the royal courts of Europe, while simultaneously describing how most courtiers adopted the fashion to "seek the favors of women with every kind of lewdness". William of Malmesbury similarly condemned the shoes in terms questioning the wearers' masculinity. Guibert of Nogent, while no less dismissive, associated the style more with women and blamed its origin on footwear exported from Islamic Cordoba, whose residents he separately associated with effeminacy and homosexual rape. After its initial excesses reaching about beyond the foot, the style settled into a more conservative and compact form for a century until the Black Death and the spread of the still more excessive poulaine style from Poland in the mid-14th century. See also Duckbill shoe Pointed shoes 1100–1200 in European fashion 1200–1300 in European fashion References Citations Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historical footwear Byzantine clothing Medieval European costume
Vossius may refer to: Gerardus Vossius (1577–1649), a Dutch humanist Dionysius Vossius (1612–1633), a Dutch translator, son of Gerardus Vossius Isaac Vossius (1618–1689), a Dutch scholar, son of Gerardus Vossius Vossius Gymnasium in Amsterdam, named after Gerardus Vossius Adolf Vossius, German ophthalmologist Vossius ring, a form of eye trauma Vossius (restaurant), a former Dutch Michelin starred restaurant Vossius (beetle), a beetle genus in the tribe Tropiphorini See also Voss (surname), the Anglicized form of Vossius Voss (disambiguation)
Kiiri Tamm (born 7 January 1962) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress and stage manager. Early life and educatuin Kiiri Tamm was born in Tallinn, but raised mainly in Kuressaare, on the island of Saaremaa. She graduated from secondary school in 1980 from Kingissepa High School No. 1 School (now, Saaremaa Gymnasium, abbreviated SÜG). Afterwards, she attended the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) studying under instructor Mikk Mikiver, graduating in 1984. Among her graduating classmates were Rita Rätsepp, Margus Tabor, Terje Pennie, Gita Ränk, Toomas Urb, and Peeter Sauter. Stage career Following graduation Tamm joined the Rakvere Theatre as an actress in 1984. She would be engaged at the theatre until 1994. Some of her most important roles at the Rakvere Theatre were in production of works by: Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, A. H. Tammsaare, Lydia Koidula, Henrik Ibsen, Bernard Kangro, and Hans Christian Andersen. Following her departure from Rakvere, she joined the Ugala theatre in Viljandi in 1994, where she is still engaged as an actress. Notable roles at the Ugala include those in productions of works by such varied authors and playwrights as: Thornton Wilder, Agatha Christie, Arthur Miller, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oskar Luts, August Gailit, Ben Elton, Eve Ensler, Hella Wuolijoki, Leo Tolstoy, Astrid Lindgren, Anton Chekhov, Tõnu Õnnepalu, Terry Pratchett, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Tom Stoppard, among others. Since 2005, Tamm has also been a stage manager at the Ugala. Tamm has also appeared in roles at a number of other theatres throughout Estonia, including the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn, the Kuressaare Linnateater, and the Vanemuine in Tartu. Television career Kiiri Tamm's first television appearance was in the role of Kristiina in the 1983 Raul Tammet directed television sports drama film Küljetuul. Afterwards, she would return to her studies and then to the theatre. She would not return to television until a 2007 appearance on the ETV crime series Ohtlik lend. She would go on to make several more appearances on Estonian television; such as two roles in 2008 and 2010 in the Kanal 2 crime series Kelgukoerad; as Merle, Tiit's mother in Klass - Elu pärast, which was a 2008 television miniseries follow-up of the Ilmar Raag directed 2007 feature-film Klass about school bullying and violence; as the character of Anne Õigepaulus in several episodes of the TV3 crime-comedy series Kättemaksukontor in 2011; and a small role in the 2014 Kanal 2 crime-drama series Viimane võmm. Film career Kiiri Tamm made her feature-film debut in the role of Ulla in the Olav Neuland directed 1984 historical adventure film Hundiseaduse aegu for Tallinnfilm. This was followed by another role as Hilka in the 1991 Jaan Kolberg directed drama See kadunud tee, also for Tallinnfilm. Tamm's most substantial film role to date has been that of Aino in the 2013 Ilmar Raag directed romantic drama Kertu, starring Mait Malmsten and Ursula Ratasepp, for Amrion studios. She has also appeared in a number of film shorts and student films. Personal life Kiiri Tamm has been in a long-term relationship with actor Arvi Mägi for many years. References External links 1962 births Living people Estonian stage actresses Estonian film actresses Estonian television actresses Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Actresses from Tallinn 20th-century Estonian actresses 21st-century Estonian actresses
Ibrahim Morad (Arabic:إبراهيم مراد) (born 9 December 1988) is an Emirati footballer plays , who played in the Arabian Gulf League for Ittihad Kalba and Al Dhafra. References External links Emirati men's footballers 1988 births Living people Al Dhafra FC players Ittihad Kalba FC players Al Urooba Club players Men's association football midfielders UAE First Division League players UAE Pro League players
Sugarloaf is the debut album by American rock band Sugarloaf. It was released in 1970 and reached No. 24 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. It is best known for the No. 3 hit single "Green-Eyed Lady". Reception In his retrospective review for Allmusic, critic Jim Newsom wrote that, aside from the hit "Green Eyed Lady", the album was "mostly generic rock of its era" and side two was "instantly forgettable." Track listing Personnel Jerry Corbetta - organ, piano, clavichord, vocals Bob Webber - guitar, vocals Bob Raymond - bass Myron Pollock - drums Bob MacVittie - drums (on Green-Eyed Lady) Veeder van Dorn -vocals on West of Tomorrow and Things Are Gonna Change Some Technical Paul Buff - engineer Ron Wolin - art direction, design Howard Risk - photography Langdon Winner - liner notes References 1970 debut albums Sugarloaf (band) albums Liberty Records albums
Christopher Hjort (born 15 December 1958) is a Norwegian typographer and graphical designer. In 1990, Hjort and three colleagues founded Gazette, which has grown into one of Norway's largest professional companies in the fields of graphical design, web design, modern typography, information, and corporate communication more generally. At Gazette, Hjort has been co-founder, co-owner, and currently works as advisor. He has also been actively involved in developing the company's Gazette Bok publishing group, which serves as an outlet for various publishing ideas that evolve through Gazette's different business connections. Through Hjort's connections and initiative, Disney artist Don Rosa used Gazette Bok for publishing his The Pertwillaby Papers and The Adventures of Captain Kentucky books. Hjort is also a rock historian and researcher. In 2000, together with American Doug Hinman, he published Jeff's Book, an acclaimed annotated chronology of Jeff Beck's career, followed first in 2007 by Strange Brew: Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom 1965–1970 and then by So You Want To Be A Rock'n Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-Day 1965–1973. These books have also been edited, designed and laid out by Hjort. Of Strange Brew, Guitar Player magazine wrote that "If you’re into vintage British blues and rock, you need to add this masterpiece to your collection", while Mojo (magazine) stated that the book was "meticulously compiled...an info-freak's dream". Classic Rock (magazine) felt So You Want To Be A Rock'n Roll Star was "convincing and exhaustive, it’s the ideal accompaniment for working through (or even starting) your Byrds collection", while Record Collector wrote in its review that "this is an awe-inspiring work of scholarship". In 2009, Hjort’s book on the Byrds was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association For Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence In Historical Recorded Sound Research. Hjort has also worked as a semi-professional guitarist, and toured and recorded two albums with Bygg Band, Norway's first cajun and zydeco group. The band's second album was recorded in Crowley, Louisiana, in 1984, together with cajun and zydeco legends Link Davis Jr. (sax), Michael Doucet (fiddle), and Cleveland Chenier (rub board). Hjort's interests include collecting guitars and rock music literature. Bibliography Christopher Hjort and Doug Hinman (2000): Jeff's Book: A Chronology of Jeff Beck's Career, 1965–1980: From the Yardbirds to Jazz-Rock (Rock'n'Roll Research Press, ; 256 pages, sold out) Christopher Hjort (2007): Strange Brew: Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom 1965–1970 (Jawbone Press, ; 288 pages, more than a hundred photos) Christopher Hjort (2008): So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-Day 1965–1973 (Jawbone Press, ; 336 pages, about a hundred photos) External links Itera Gazette, Oslo Bygg Band References 1958 births Norwegian designers Living people
This is a list of public art in Cleveland, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics. Public art Cleveland Cleveland Public art
Rhytidopilidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks from the Paleozoic Era. This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies. References
Canadian singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes has recorded songs for three studio albums, two extended plays (EP), two live albums and guest features. Mendes signed with Island Records in May 2014. His debut EP, The Shawn Mendes EP, released in July 2014, was preceded by the single "Life of the Party". Mendes' debut studio album Handwritten, released in April 2015, and reissued as Handwritten (Revisited) with live recordings and four new songs in November that year, included the singles "Life of the Party", "Something Big", "Stitches" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer". He collaborated with other artists, including Astrid S and Camila Cabello, to create the pop rock album. Mendes appeared as a featured artist on the Vamps' song "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" (2014), and contributed a song called "Believe" to the Descendants soundtrack (2015). He has released two live albums titled, Live at Madison Square Garden (2016), and MTV Unplugged (2017). Both contain live performances of previously released material, along with cover versions of "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's and the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" on the former, and Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" on the latter. Mendes' second studio album Illuminate, released in September 2016, included the singles "Treat You Better", "Mercy" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back". Musically, it blends rock, pop and blues, showcasing a more "matured" and "meticulous" side of the singer according to Associated Press' Mesfin Fekadu. His self-titled third studio album was released in May 2018, and included the singles "In My Blood", "Lost in Japan", "Youth", "Where Were You in the Morning?" and "Nervous". During the creation of this album, Mendes was influenced by several genres including rock and R&B. It featured collaborations with Julia Michaels and Khalid. The singles "If I Can't Have You", and the duet with Camila Cabello, "Señorita", were released in May and June 2019 respectively, and both featured on the deluxe edition of his eponymous album. Mendes' fourth studio album, the pop Wonder, which features "big choruses, lush arrangements and momentous fanfares," according to Varietys Jem Aswad, was released in December 2020. It was supported by the singles "Wonder" and "Monster". He released the standalone singles "Summer of Love" and "It'll Be Okay" in 2021, and "When You're Gone" the following year. Songs Notes References External links Shawn Mendes on AllMusic Mendes, Shawn
Sir John Henry Lambert, (8 January 1921 – 6 July 2015) was a British diplomat. From 1977 to 1981 he was the United Kingdom's ambassador to Tunisia. Early life Lambert was born on 8 January 1921 to Ronald Lambert, MC and Hazel Mary Lambert (née Cox). He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school near Windsor, Berkshire. He spent one year studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, before being called up for military service in 1940. Military service In 1940, Lambert was called up for military service. Diplomatic career On 18 September 1977, he was appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic. Honours and decorations He was appointed CMG in the 1975 New Year Honours, and on 23 October 1980 Lambert was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II aboard HMY Britannia at the end of her state visit to Tunisia in October 1980. In 1980, he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Tunisian Republic. References 1921 births 2015 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Tunisia Grenadier Guards officers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Eton College British Army personnel of World War II Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Alex Haley House and Museum State Historic Site is one of the Tennessee Historical Commission's state-owned historic sites and is located in Henning, Tennessee, United States. It is open to the public and partially funded by an agreement with the Tennessee Historical Commission. It was originally known as W. E. Palmer House and was the boyhood home of author Alex Haley. He was buried on the grounds. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2010, the site debuted the state-funded Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center which features a museum and interpretive center (designed by architect Louis Pounders) with exhibitions covering Haley's life. References External links Alex Haley Museum website Alex Haley House and Museum – Tennessee State-Owned Historic Sites Haley, Alex Historic house museums in Tennessee Houses completed in 1918 Houses in Lauderdale County, Tennessee Haley, Alex, House And Museum Haley, Alex Museums in Lauderdale County, Tennessee Tennessee State Historic Sites National Register of Historic Places in Lauderdale County, Tennessee African-American historic house museums
Dai Suli () (21 November 1919 – 22 January 2000) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province. He was governor of Henan Province (1981–1983). He was a member of the Central Advisory Commission. References 忆戴苏理同志. 大河网. [2011-10-16]. 邵文杰, 河南省地方史志编纂委员会. 《河南省志: 共产党志》. 河南人民出版社. 1997年: 422页. 辽宁省地方志编纂委员会办公室. 《辽宁省志: 大事记》. 辽宁科学技术出版社. 2006年: 595页. 1919 births 2000 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Shanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanxi Governors of Henan Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Central Advisory Commission Politicians from Changzhi
ESPN Goal Line & ESPN Bases Loaded was a gametime-only cable channel operated by ESPN which operated from the start of the 2010 college football season until the end of the 2019 college football season. The channel was active during two college sports seasons; during college football season as ESPN Goal Line and through the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball and NCAA Division I Baseball Championship for college baseball as ESPN Bases Loaded. In both cases, the coverage provided live look-ins and analysis of multiple games in progress. The coverage switched between games to show interesting defensive plays and scoring drives, such as offensive teams entering the red zone (football) or with runners in scoring position (baseball/softball). Goal Line aired during the regular season on Saturdays from 3:00 p.m. ET to approximately 11:30 p.m. It also ran throughout the playoffs as an alternate feed for Megacast coverage, usually as a "datacast" feed of extended data. The network was occasionally simulcast on ESPNews in the late afternoon or early evening when that channel was not carrying its own games. Bases Loaded operated during the early rounds of the NCAA Softball & Baseball Championship. At its launch, the channel was made available to customers of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks systems, and became available soon after to customers of Verizon FiOS TV. In addition, the channel is also carried on Dish Network, Comcast, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Sling TV, Cablevision, Hulu and DirecTV. During the network's downtime, it would promote the next week or event that would air with a still card and a loop of ESPN's college football theme of the time as background audio; cable providers were disallowed from using the channel space for other purposes. The channel formerly operated a third iteration of the service in the same channel space during the college basketball season known as ESPN Buzzer Beater, which broadcast on Wednesday nights and Saturdays from December to early March. In July 2017, ESPN announced that it had discontinued Buzzer Beater, in order to "shift resources to better position ourselves for the long-term". The Goal Line and Bases Loaded services were not affected by this change. Officially, the network's last program was the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 13, 2020, when it again carried the DataCast channel for ESPN's Megacast coverage. Network closing The 2020 version of Bases Loaded would never occur, due to the coronavirus pandemic causing the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA baseball and softball seasons, including their associated baseball and softball tourneys; the cancellation was announced on March 12, 2020. One day after on March 13, Disney Media Distribution sent notice to providers that the network would be discontinued on June 30, 2020, with notice of it relayed to customers between late May and mid June. The discontinuation was thought of as a foregone conclusion, as ESPN pushes viewers to its streaming service, ESPN+, which allows the customer the choice of following any ESPN/ABC-aired game at their own pace, along with overall network cutbacks of extraneous wireline networks and connected on-air staff. With no other programming to promote, the channel space merely carried a looping video of the ESPN logo and audio of the network's default NCAA championship theme in the background after March 13, until the network feed was quietly dropped at 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2020. References See also NFL RedZone, a similar channel operated by the NFL Network Goalline Television channels and stations established in 2010 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020 English-language television stations in the United States Sports television networks in the United States Defunct television networks in the United States Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company
David Larose (born 4 July 1985 in Bondy, France) is a French judoka. He competed for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Achievements References External links 1985 births Living people French male judoka Olympic judoka for France Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in judo European Games gold medalists for France Judoka at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Bondy Black French sportspeople 20th-century French people 21st-century French people
Behnam Maleki (born 2 December 1992) is an Iranian former professional cyclist. Major results 2010 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 1st Overall Tour of Mazandaran 1st Stage 2 2014 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2015 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Stage 5 Tour de Singkarak 8th Overall Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands References External links 1992 births Living people Iranian male cyclists 21st-century Iranian people Place of birth missing (living people)
Dallas Liu is a Chinese-Indonesian-American actor and martial artist. Liu made his acting debut as young Jin Kazama in Tekken (2009). He has gone on to appear in the television series PEN15 as Shuji Ishii-Peters and as Carter in Legendary Dudas. He will portray Prince Zuko in the upcoming Netflix live action remake series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Early life Liu grew up in San Gabriel Valley, California. Liu practices Japanese Shotokan and competed in the North American Sport Karate Association. He began practicing martial arts when he was 5 years old and stopped competing internationally at 13 years old. Career Liu made his film debut as young Jin Kazama on Tekken (2009). He was referred to the audition by one of his martial arts teachers. Liu's manager initially found him through karate videos uploaded onto YouTube. He had a recurring role as Carter on Nickelodeon's Legendary Dudas. Liu played Maya Erskine's brother Shuji on the Hulu dramedy PEN15. Liu played Taylor King in Snapchat's young-adult drama series, Players. Liu later appeared in the 2021 Marvel film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He portrayed Ruihua, the younger brother of Awkwafina's Katy. On September 26, 2020, Liu did a virtual reading of Seven Minutes in Heaven for the play's 10th anniversary. On August 12, 2021, Netflix revealed that Liu was cast as Zuko in their live action television adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Personal life Liu is of Chinese-Indonesian descent. Filmography Film Television References External links Living people Male actors from Los Angeles County, California American actors of Chinese descent American male child actors American male film actors American male karateka American male television actors American people of Chinese-Indonesian descent Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American male actors
The Artifice is an independent long-form online magazine that focuses on visual arts and other "unique topics." The website is collaboratively built and maintained by writers, with all articles peer-reviewed by other writers, with discussions about various types of visual media. While the platform is open to any writer, people within academia are often contributors to the magazine, which uses a WordPress platform. The site offers in-depth articles in the field of film, literature, anime, manga, comics, games, television, arts, animation, and the craft of writing. The content is not in the style of academic essays, nor personal blogs, it is somewhere in between these two. The Artifice is often read and praised by celebrities like Neil Gaiman, who notes the content as "remarkable." Currently, the Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Florida, Ohio State University, University of California, Irvine, Purdue University, Michigan State University, University of Arizona, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Australian National University, University of Sydney, and many others promote The Artifice as a writing opportunity for students, staff, and faculty. History and profile The Artifice was founded in October 2009 by Misagh Alami. It grew from 1 million fans on Facebook in December 2009 to 2.5 million fans in February 2010. By 2012, the site had 4.5 million followers on Facebook. In 2014 and 2015, they connected with University of Florida and George Mason University regarding contributors to the magazine. Around the same time, the Reed College Linguistics Department, and Rowan University shared promotional messages while the departments of James Madison University and Savannah College of Art and Design encouraged students to write for the publication. Marymount Manhattan College highlighted a student published in the magazine, while Villanova's English Department, University of New England, and University of Massachusetts Amherst Art Department, encouraged their students to write for it. The magazine also has spin-off sites for films, games, and anime, titled "Abridged Series," "Screenfice," "Gamefice," "Animefice". In December 2020, The Artifice launched the sister-site vTubie, the biggest platform for Virtual YouTubers. VTubers are livestreamers who are typically animated on the screen. Writing process The model of the writing process is divided into three major processes: Planning, Writing, and Reviewing. The Artifice is designed to encourage collaboration between writers on each phase. To help writers find a good topic to explore, the platform offers Topics. With this feature, writers can explore user submitted topics and also make their own topic suggestions. Once an article has been submitted for review, it will be available for processing by upper-tier writers who can provide helpful feedback to improve the content. The peer-reviewed editorial system is in place to make sure published articles contain high-quality content, formatting unity, and professional credibility. Once a writer gets published, they gain the ability to process submissions, work in collaboration with prospective writers, and thus decide what type of material meets their own standards. Readership The magazine's audience has grown rapidly since its inception. 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This includes deep dives into artists and franchises like J.R.R. Tolkien, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Disney, and H.P. Lovecraft, with everything from the humanitarian topics gender roles, identity, feminism, racism, LGBT+, to concepts like fandom, morality, fairy tales, adaptation, superheroes, otaku, and science fiction. Sister-sites The Artifice has a network of spin-off sites, currently including: Abridged Series, a comprehensive database and community for abridged series, a subgenre of video parodies that involves narrating a condensed version of popular media, often filled with comedic redubbing. Animefice, a reddit style platform focusing on anime and manga where the stream of content is curated by the community. Gamefice and Screenfice work the same as Animefice, but with a focus on gaming culture, film, and television. vTubie, currently the biggest platform for Virtual YouTubers (VTubers). They are livestreamers who are typically animated on the screen. 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The Blue Eagle is a 1926 American action film directed by John Ford. Prints of the film exist in the Library of Congress film archive and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but one reel is missing. Plot Cast George O'Brien as George Darcy Janet Gaynor as Rose Kelly William Russell as Big Tim Ryan Margaret Livingston as Mrs. Mary Rohan Robert Edeson as Chaplain Regan, aka Father Joe Philip Ford as Limpy Darcy (as Phillip Ford) David Butler as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani Lew Short as Sergeant Kelly Ralph Sipperly as Slats "Dip" Mulligan Jerry Madden as Baby Tom Jack Herrick as "On Da Nose" Sailor (uncredited) Jack Pennick as Ship's crewman (uncredited) Charles Sullivan as Sailor Giving George Boxing Gloves (uncredited) Harry Tenbrook as Bascom, a Stoker (uncredited) References External links 1926 films 1926 drama films 1920s action drama films American action drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by John Ford Fox Film films 1920s American films Silent American drama films Silent action drama films 1920s English-language films
Alun Ashworth-Jones is the full name of the noted British folk/blues/rock songwriter, guitarist and singer Al Jones, and is also the title of his first album, which this article addresses. He had previously made an E.P. as part of the trio Anderson, Jones, Jackson. The album was originally issued by Parlophone in 1969 and has been re-released in CD format by Mooncrest Records in 2001, with additional, previously unreleased tracks. Original release Parlophone PMC 7081, 1969 Recorded 5–13 March 1969 at Sound Techniques, London Track listing All compositions by Al Jones except where stated otherwise "Siamese Cat" "Come Join My Orchestra" "Ire and Spottiswoad" "Tramp" "Sarah in the Isle of Wight" "What I Was Thinking" (Take 2) "River Bend (Instrumental)" "Railway Lines" "Big City" Personnel Al Jones - vocals, guitar Mike Piggott - violin Harold McNair - flute Gordon Huntley - steel guitar Percy Jones - electric bass Spike Heatley - string bass Brian Dobson - drums, percussion CD re-release Mooncrest Records CRESTCD 068 Z-UK, 2001 Track listing All compositions by Al Jones except where stated otherwise Tracks as original release, with the following additions: Previously unreleased version from March 1969 sessions: "What I Was Thinking" (Take 1) Tracks recorded 24 April 1969 at Sound Techniques, London and previously released on compilation album "49 Greek Street" (RCA SF8118): "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) "Running Shoes" (Willie Dixon song "Down In The Bottom") Previously unreleased tracks recorded by Bill Leader at Camden in 1971: "Only a Butchers Knife" "Flying" "All My Friends Are Back Again" "Eight Foot Whelk" "Get Out of My Car" Previously unreleased tracks, recorded 'live' at Les Cousins, 17 March 1969: "Rather Be the Devil" (Skip James song "Devil Got My Woman") "A Mess of Blues" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) "That'll Be the Day" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, Jerry Allison) "La Bamba" (trad) "Night Is Falling" "While Travelling on a Train Going West" (trad) "Jupiter" (Gustav Holst) "Sheila" (Tommy Roe) "Boys" (Wes Farrell, Luther Dixon) Additional personnel Bob Hall - piano Martin Stone - guitar Gordon Huntley - steel guitar Ashley Hutchings - electric bass Larry Steele - bass Alun Davies - drums "Yogue" - guitar External links Review by Richie Unterberger, Allmusic Production Engineer, editing and remastering: Dave Garland Sleeve notes: John O'Regan (reissue) 1969 debut albums Parlophone albums Al Jones albums Mooncrest Records albums
The 2019 Macau Guia Race was the fourth edition of the Macau Guia Race under the TCR Regulations held at Guia Circuit in Macau on 13–17 November 2020. The race was contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2019 Macau Grand Prix. The race served as the penultimate round of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers are entered into the event: Results Qualifying References External links World Touring Car Cup Official website Macau Grand Prix Official website World Touring Car Cup World Touring Car Cup World Touring Car Cup
Hope Bowdler is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains eleven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the village of Hope Bowdler and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are memorials in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, which is also listed. The other listed buildings are a house in the village, and a farmhouse and outbuilding in the countryside to the south. Buildings References Citations Sources Lists of buildings and structures in Shropshire
Bossiaea stephensonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of New South Wales. It is a small, weakly erect, multi-stemmed shrub with sharply-pointed, mostly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and bright yellow and red flowers. Description Bossiaea stephensonii is a weakly erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about and is more or less glabrous apart from its young growth. The stems are strongly flattened, wide and sometimes winged. The leaves are sharply-pointed, mostly elliptic to egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The edges of the leaves curve downwards and there are stipules long at the base. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils, each flower long on a pedicel up to long with one or a few bracts long at the base, and bracteoles long but that fall off as the flower opens. The five sepals are long and joined at the base forming a tube, the upper lobes long and about wide, the lower lobes shorter and narrower. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and up to long, the wings are reddish and wide, and the keel is pink grading to dark red and wide. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is an oblong pod long. Taxonomy Bossiaeae stephensonii was first formally described in 1887 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from specimens collected "near Wollongong" by the "erudite" "L. Stephenson, B.A.". Distribution and habitat This bossiaea grows in forest, woodland and heathland, often found on exposed, near-coastal sandstone, from Port Macquarie to the Illawarra region. References External links The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Bossiaea stephensonii occurrence data stephensonii Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 1887 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
Elwood Vernon Jensen (January 13, 1920 – December 16, 2012) was the Distinguished University Professor, George and Elizabeth Wile Chair in Cancer Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. In 2004 he received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his research on estrogen receptors. He is considered the father of the field of hormone action. Life Jensen was born in Fargo, North Dakota, in the United States, received his bachelor's degree from Wittenberg University in 1940 and PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1944. From 1947 Jensen studied steroid hormones at Chicago, where he isolated estrogen receptors and discovered their importance in breast cancer. Jensen worked closely with Nobel laureate Charles Huggins; he joined the research team at the Ben May Laboratory for Cancer (now the Ben May Department of Cancer Research) in 1951 and became director after Huggins retired. Jensen first described the estrogen receptor in 1958 and subsequently discovered the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors along with a unifying mechanism that regulates embryonic development and diverse metabolic pathways. He began work at the University of Cincinnati in 2002, and continued there until 2011. He died aged 92 of pneumonia at Cincinnati in 2012. Awards 1963, Honorary DSc, Wittenberg College 1974, member of the National Academy of Sciences 1980, Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement 2002, Brinker International Award 2004, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 2005, Honorary MD, University of Athens References External links Announcement that Jensen has received Lasker Award An Annual Reviews Conversations Interview with Elwood V. Jensen Annual Review of Physiology (2011) Youtube video of the interview with The Annual Review of Physiology, 2011. 1920 births 2012 deaths American molecular biologists People from Springfield, Ohio Wittenberg University alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Deaths from pneumonia in Ohio University of Cincinnati faculty University of Chicago alumni Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Biologists from North Dakota
Thep Kasattri () or Thep Kasat Chao (), Siamese princess, was the fifth child and third daughter of King Maha Chakkraphat and Queen Suriyothai. She married the King of Lan Xang, Setthathirath. References Thai princesses Royalty of Ayutthaya 16th-century Thai women Year of birth missing Year of death missing
is a hill castle (平山城 hirayamajiro) located in the city of Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was built during the Sengoku period in Owari Province and was a support castle to Shobata Castle (勝幡城 Shobata-jō). History The origins of Iwasaki Castle are uncertain. It was built sometime in the early 16th century by Oda Nobuhide, the father of Oda Nobunaga in an attempt to protect his eastern borders against the aggressive Imagawa clan and is located at a strategic point on the highway connecting Mikawa Province with Owari Province. The castle changed hands in 1529, when Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (the grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu) seized it and made it the headquarters for the Matsudaira clan. Kiyoyasu's son, Matsudaira Hirotada, moved his residence elsewhere after Kiyoyasu was assassinated in 1535 by one of his retainers, Abe Masatoyo. One of his retainers, Niwa Ujikiyo, was placed in control of the castle and his descendants continued to rule the area until Battle of Iwasaki Castle in 1584. The Battle of Iwasaki was part of the larger Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, and during the battle the castle was besieged and taken by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, led by Ikeda Tsuneoki. The garrison, led by Niwa Ujitsugu, suffered numerous casualties including 300 killed, Ujitsugu's brother Niwa Ujishige being among the dead. The castle was abandoned and destroyed after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. After the victory of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the castle was abandoned. The Niwa clan received new domains in what is now the city of Toyota. Today The castle is now located in a two-hectare park. Parts of the castle lie in ruins, including the remains of a well and a turret (yagura) which were discovered during archeological excavations. The donjon, or tenshu, was reconstructed in 1987 out of ferro-concrete and holds a museum local history museum with ceramics, samurai armor and documents on the history of the castle. Further reading References External links Japan Visitor guide Aichi tourist information Jepson Travel Castles in Aichi Prefecture Museums in Aichi Prefecture History of Aichi Prefecture Nisshin, Aichi Owari Province History museums in Japan Niwa clan
Geombongsan is a mountain in the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, in South Korea. It has an elevation of . See also List of mountains in Korea Notes References Mountains of South Korea Mountains of Gangwon Province, South Korea
Suicide City is an American punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York City, founded in 2005. The band's lineup consisted of lead vocalist Karl Bernholtz, producer and guitarist Billy Graziadei, lead guitarist AJ Marchetta, bassist Jennifer Arroyo and drummer Danny Lamagna. History The group began when producer Billy Graziadei sent some songs to singer Karl Bernholtz after working with him on his band The Groovnicks. The two quickly got on and brought in Guitarist AJ Marchetta and Drummer Danny Lamagna. Bassist Jennifer Arroyo soon joined the group to round out Suicide City! They self-released the EP Not My Year in 2005, selling 7,000 copies without label support. They have also self-produced and released a live DVD entitled Live from CBGB. On August 4, 2009, Suicide City released their debut full-length effort, Frenzy, via Brooklyn label The End Records. "'Frenzy' is such an eclectic blend of music," said Marchetta. "This band is unafraid and unapologetic about what we create, and because of that we have an album with a really wide musical landscape." Graziadei points out, "In our short time together, Suicide City has achieved more on our own than most bands do in their whole career with the help of a label." Benholtz described it as follows: "Suicide City thrives on making people happy and smile through our music without having to candy coat anything. Life does not 'suck and then you die.' Life is great, dangerous, exciting, strange, and then you die. I guess that's what we're trying to portray with our music." Graziadei soon after left Suicide City to focus on his band “Biohazard” Hiatus and reunion In 2011, after a one-year hiatus, the band returned as a four-piece consisting of Bernholtz, Lamagna, Marchetta and Arroyo. Touring The band has made numerous trips around the United States while touring with Mindless Self Indulgence, Gwar, Otep, Life of Agony, Taking Back Sunday, and Glenn Danzig. The band toured Brazil with MxPx and co-headlined the Maquinaria Rock Fest alongside Sepultura, the Misfits, and Suicidal Tendencies on May 18, 2008. In November 2008, Live from CBGB was released featuring Suicide City's performance at CBGB, filmed shortly before the venue's closure. Suicide City signed to The End Records in the summer of 2009. Suicide City played their last live show February 11, 2010, before going on a hiatus. Exactly one year later, on February 11, 2011, the band reunited, with the exception of Graziadei, to perform at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. Band members Current members Karl Bernholtz – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2005–present) AJ Marchetta – lead guitar, backing vocals (2005–present) Jennifer Arroyo – bass (2005–present) Danny Lamagna – drums, percussion (2005–present) Former members Billy Graziadei – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2005–2011) Discography Not My Year (EP) (2005) Frenzy (2009) Videos Live from CBGB DVD (2008) Other work Suicide City was featured on the "More and Faster" mix of Mindless Self Indulgence's "Straight to Video", which appears on that band's "Shut Me Up" single. References Horror punk groups American industrial rock musical groups Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Musical groups from Brooklyn Punk rock groups from New York (state)
The Taipei Open or Taipei WTA Challenger () was a tournament for female professional tennis players played on indoor carpet courts. The event was classified as a WTA 125 tournament, and held annually in November in Taipei City, from 2008 until 2015, and was sponsored by the OEC Group. In 2012, the event was upgraded from a $100k ITF tournament to a WTA Challenger tournament. Its final edition took place in 2019. History In 2007, OEC Group Chairman Robert Han organized an ITF tournament in Taoyuan where the prize was $50,000 plus hotel. OEC has retroactively referred to the event as the 2007 OEC Cup Taiwan Ladies Open. In October 18–20, 2008, the OEC Group held the 2008 OEC Taipei Ladies Open, which was a WTA-sanctioned ITF $100,000+H tournament. held at the National Taiwan University Gymnasium and the Taipei Arena. In 2010 and 2011, it was called the OEC Taipei Ladies Open, and it was also sometimes referred to as the Haishuo Cup (海碩盃). In 2012, the event was upgraded to a WTA 125 event. It had attracted over 60,000 visitors. In 2013, the tournament was renamed to OEC Taipei WTA Challenger. and used that name subsequently. Past finals Singles † – note: not considered the Taipei Open by some sources Doubles † – note: not considered the Taipei Open by some sources See also List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links OEC Taipei WTA Challenger profile at WTATennis.com ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Carpet court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Taiwan Sport in Taipei Recurring sporting events established in 2007
Dihydrokanakugiol is a dihydrochalcone isolated from Lindera lucida. References Dihydrochalcones
Ellen Banks (June 7, 1938 – May 18, 2017) was an American painter and multi-media artist using only printed musical scores as inspiration for her paintings. Biography Born in Boston, Banks spent her childhood exploring both painting and music and was inspired by Piet Mondrian. Banks received her bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, studying also at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her first solo exhibition took place in 1962. Only five years later, in 1967, she received the Prix de Paris, and her work has been widely exhibited. Since 1981 she has been using musical scores as the visual basis for her work. Career Banks began her career in 1962 with her first solo gallery. In addition to her formal education at the Massachusetts College of Art, Banks received training from César Domela and Hans Jaffé. She has drawn inspiration from only printed musical scores since 1981. She refers to herself as "a representational painter of abstracts forms", and her unique work has been featured in galleries across the United States and Europe including Galerie Spandow, Artu Gallery, and Museum of Modern Art (NYC). She taught painting courses at the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston (1974-1996), where she garnered a number of awards and grant funding. Banks has been based in Brooklyn for much of her career. Notable works Bovadra, 1975, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts Scott Joplin, 1982, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts References 1938 births 2017 deaths African-American women artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters 21st-century American painters Painters from Boston Painters from Brooklyn Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American painters 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists 21st-century American women painters
Jo Bole So Nihaal (also transliterated as Jo Bole So Nihal; literally meaning "Whoever utters shall be fulfilled") is a 2005 Indian action comedy film, directed by Rahul Rawail. It stars Sunny Deol, Shillpi Sharma and Kamaal Khan, whilst Nupur Mehta and Surekha Sikri appear in major supporting roles; the director also plays an role in the film. this was singer Kamaal Khan's debut film as an actor. The film's release was met by protests from few Sikh groups, who took offense at its use of a Sikh religious phrase as its title. Two bomb attacks on 22 May 2005 on theatres in New Delhi showing the film killed one person and injured 49, prompting cinema owners to pull the film, in some cases voluntarily and in some states as a result of a government order. Plot Nihaal Singh is an honest and beloved constable from Punjab. A chance encounter with the criminal Romeo changes his life forever. Romeo is an unstoppable mercenary who moves from country to country in a wave of terror. When Nihaal Singh unwittingly aids the terrorist in his escape, Nihaal is labeled a traitor. He finds himself suspended from his job, ridiculed, and hated by his village. Meanwhile, Romeo has taken his merciless campaign to New York City. Intelligence reports reveal that Romeo has entered the US in a plot to kill the President. Now, the FBI is desperate to find Romeo, but the villain is a man without a face and therefore invisible. The only person who knows what the menace looks like is Nihaal Singh. The FBI recruits Nihaal Singh to come to New York and aid them in capturing Romeo. Guided by bilingual FBI Agents Suzanne Kaur and Manoj Bhatnagar among others. Later, Nihaal and Suzanne fall in love. Nihaal hunts Romeo for the safety of America. He asks for one thing in return for Romeo's capture: to bring the villain to his hometown in Punjab, thereby clearing his name and restoring his former glory. Cast Sunny Deol as Constable Nihaal Singh Shillpi Sharma as FBI Agent Satinder "Suzanne" Kaur Kamaal Khan as Romeo / Sikander Nupur Mehta as Liza Thomas Tevana as FBI Agent Manoj Bhatnagar Surekha Sikri as Mrs. Balwanth Singh; Nihal's grandmother Surendra Pal as Balwanth Singh; Nihal's father Arun Bakshi as Rajinder Singh Valbona Coba as FBI Agent Tevana Gary Castro Churchwell FBI Agent Patrick Sykes Dolly Bindra as Nihal's friend/sister Kunal Vijaykar as Tayyab Ali (Nihal's brother-in-law) Rahul Rawail as Al Fatah, a terrorist Seth Harris Gordon as Naval Officer Yuan-Kwan Chan as Time Square Singer Dominique Kelley as Times Square Dancer Matt Dwyer as Victim on a motorcycle Michael Dean Russell, Jr. as an FBI Agent (uncredited) Soundtrack References External links 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films Indian action comedy films 2005 action comedy films Fictional portrayals of the Punjab Police (India) Films directed by Rahul Rawail Films scored by Anand Raj Anand T-Series (company) films Indian films set in New York City 2005 comedy films Hindi-language action comedy films
Gabrielle Maud Vassal (née Candler 5 March 1880 – 31 May 1959) was a British-born naturalist. Background Born in Uppingham in Rutland, England. In 1901 the family moved to Hampstead in London, where she married Joseph Marguerite Jean-Baptiste Vassal, a physician in the French Colonial Service, in 1903. The newlywed couple then moved to Vietnam in 1904 and later went to French colonies in Africa. Vassal was a keen naturalist and supplied numerous specimens from Vietnam, Gabon and Congo to the Natural History Museum in London for a period of 30 years. She was considered an unusual collector, first because she was female, and second because she was "operating in French territory and sending specimens to a British museum." Many of her letters to the museum are still preserved in their archives. Her specimens included several newly-discovered species, and a number were named after her, including the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon Nomascus gabriellae. After the outbreak of World War II, the Vassals returned to France and Gabrielle joined the French Resistance. She helped downed airmen escape and earned recognition by governments in both Britain and the United States. Vassal became known as a successful photographer, author and public speaker. A portrait of Vassal was taken in 1928 and originally owned by Pinewood Studios, then donated to Victoria and Albert Museum in 1989, and is now held in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Selected works Vassal authored several books, including a novel titled A Romance of the Western Front published in 1918, On & Off Duty in Annam, In and round Yunnan Fou about her time in Vietnam, Life In French Congo in 1925 and Three Years In Vietnam 1907-1910: Medicine, Chams And Tribesmen In Nhatrang And Surroundings in 1910. References 1880 births 1959 deaths Scientists from London British expatriates in Vietnam British expatriates in Gabon 20th-century British women scientists French Resistance members British writers
Carlos Higino Ribeiro de Alencar is a Brazilian economist and politician. He was the interim and second Minister of Transparency, Monitoring and Control and was the executive secretary of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU). Education Higino graduated in economics from the University of São Paulo in 1994 and in Law from the Federal University of Ceará in 2003. He earned a master's degree in Constitutional Law at the Brazilian Institute of Public Law (IDP) in 2009, and specialized in labor law at the Community Foundation of Higher Education of Itabira (Funcesi). Administrative career Higino served as Internal Affairs Offices of Belém and Fortaleza for the Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil of the Ministry of Finance. He then served as an advisor at the now-defunct Comptroller General of Brazil (CGU). Higino, an opponent of nepotism in Brazil, was noted for the simultaneous appointment of his wife, Manuela Sabóia Moura de Alencar, as Chief of the Medical Department of the CGU. Higino and Sabóia maintained a professional distance but started their tenures at the CGU on the same day. Higino later served as Secretary of State for Transparency and Control of the Federal District of Brazil. He was the second Vice President of the National Council of Internal Control (CONACI). He is also an acting instructor at the School of Finance Administration of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil-Federal District. References Government ministers of Brazil Brazilian economists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
Highwayman is the first studio album released by country supergroup The Highwaymen, comprising Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Highwayman, released through Columbia Records in 1985, was the group's first and most successful album. Background All four musicians had long been admirers of each other's work. Cash, who got his start at Sun Records in the mid-fifties, shared an apartment with Jennings between marriages in the late sixties, a time when both Jennings and Nelson were growing weary of Nashville’s stale recording practices. When Kristofferson emerged as a new voice for progressive country songwriting around this time, all three covered his songs, with Cash’s version of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" becoming a smash, and heralded the younger musician as a unique talent. Jennings, Nelson, and Kristofferson would go on to enjoy immense success as part of the Outlaw movement in the seventies, with Waylon and Willie recording several albums and embarking on lucrative tours. By the mid-eighties, Nelson remained the most relevant on the charts while the careers of the other three had lulled somewhat. As Nelson biographer Joe Nick Patoski puts it, "The strength-in-numbers collaboration aimed to bolster the careers of four giants old enough to be regarded as legends but who were no longer considered suitable for contemporary country radio." In his 1996 memoir Waylon, Jennings recalled: John had brought our four personalities together initially, in Montreaux, Switzerland, in 1984. Every year, he had a television Christmas special, and that holiday season he wanted us all to come over...We started trading songs in the hotel after we worked on the special, and someone said, like they always do, we oughta cut the album...Usually everyone goes their separate ways after that, but the idea took hold. In contrast to his close relationship with Jennings and Kristofferson, Cash barely knew Nelson, but within days, the foursome were in a Nashville studio with Moman (who had produced Nelson's two previous albums) trying out some material. Kristofferson later marvelled, "I always looked up to all of them and felt like I was kind of a kid who had climbed up on Mount Rushmore and stuck his face out there." Recording and composition Highwayman, consisting of ten tracks, was released as a follow-up to the successful single of the same name and the title track of the album itself. "Highwayman", a Jimmy Webb cover, hit the top of the country charts and was followed up by the Top 20 hit "Desperados Waiting for a Train", whose original version was released by Guy Clark. The album was entirely produced by Chips Moman. Marty Stuart also played guitar and mandolin on the sessions. From the first playback, there was magic in their collective voices, and with Moman's encouragement, the group, which they called The Highwaymen, assembled some other songs that spoke to the nostalgic appeal of these four veteran talents coming together. Nelson later admitted, "You wouldn't think our four uneven voices would blend. But they did. They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle." The version of "Big River" on this album is significant because it includes a Jennings-sung verse that Cash omitted from the original recording. The album is also notable for the song "The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over," written by Steve Goodman, who had died of leukaemia the year before, and John Prine, who Kristofferson in particular had been a fan and supporter of for years. The group wasn't named "The Highwaymen" from the beginning. On their first two albums, they are credited as "Nelson, Jennings, Cash, Kristofferson". The official name which came to be widely recognized began to be used only in later years, and their last collaborative effort, The Road Goes on Forever, was already credited to "The Highwaymen". Critical reception Robert Huffman Rated the album 5 out of 5 stars. According to MNN news network. Robert was quoted by Nancy Wolfe saying "I can't stop listening to this album" Also rating it 4 out of 5 stars, William Ruhlmann of Allmusic wrote that "the rest of the record...lives up to the leadoff hit." Kristofferson biographer Stephen Miller writes, "At times Highwayman sounded over-produced, not least because of the occasional presence of synthesizers, and while it had a definite country feel, at times it leant towards an AOR style." Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Personnel From Highwayman liner notes. The Highwaymen Johnny Cash - vocals Waylon Jennings - vocals, guitar Willie Nelson - vocals, guitar Kris Kristofferson - vocals Musicians J. R. Cobb - guitars Gene Chrisman - drums Paul Davis - keyboards, background vocals Bobby Emmons - keyboards Mike Leech - bass guitar Chips Moman - guitars, background vocals Mickey Raphael - harmonica Johnny Rodriguez - background vocals Marty Stuart - guitar, mandolin Jimmy Tittle - bass guitar Bobby Wood - keyboards Reggie Young - guitars Technical David Cherry - engineering Ken Criblez - assistant engineer Larry Greenhill - assistant engineer Chips Moman - producer, engineering Denny Purcell - mastering References Bibliography 1985 debut albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Chips Moman The Highwaymen (country supergroup) albums
Phouoibi (Fouoibi) or Phouoipi (Fouoipi) or Phouleima (Fouleima) or Phoureima (Foureima) is the goddess and the female personification of the agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvest, paddy, rice and wealth in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur). She is the lover of Akongjamba, a hero in ancient legends. But fate does not permit the lovers to unite. So, Phouoibi and Akongjamba reincarnated in the legends. She was sent by Thangching (Thangjing) to Kege Moirang (Keke Moilang) kingdom to prosper the human world. The legends of her love with Akongjamba were believed to be enacted by Thangching (Thangjing) as a part of the Epic cycles of incarnations (Moirang Saiyon) of the Moirang Kangleirol legends. Phouoibi is a spirit of the rice. So, she is not a member of the Umang Lais. The characters of Phouoibi and other goddesses, including Panthoibi and Emoinu, depict, as well as influence, the boldness, courage, independence, righteousness and social honour of Meitei women. The Meitei people believe that the gleaming black stone is a personification of the goddess, which if kept inside the earthenware pot of the granary, will bring good luck and prosperity, as long as it shines. Etymology Phouoibi or Phouleima literally means Lady of the Paddy in Meitei (Manipuri). Phou (Fou) means "unhusked rice", paddy. "Oibi" is derived from the verb "oiba" (meaning "to become") with the feminine suffix "i". Description Phouoibi is a goddess who is very fickle in love. She fell in love with many mortals. However, she does not live permanently with anyone of them. She went to many places and made love with many mortals only to discard them later. She lived with her favorite lover for some time and later left him. Her nature symbolizes that wealth does not last long. There were frequent wars and natural calamities in ancient times. So, the goddess of paddy is described as very inconstant in favouring to the mankind. According to Meitei culture, the anger of Phouoibi was provoked with the neglect of paddy or rice. The rites and rituals dedicated to the goddess were regularly performed. By doing this, possible misfortunes were warded off that could have came to the peasants. Mythology Once Phouoibi (Fouoibi) set out for a journey along with her sisters (friends in another version), Ngaleima and Thumleima. In Moirang, when the goddess was about to cross a river, Akongjamba came to the spot for hunting. Akongjamba and Phouoibi fell in love at first sight. After some time passed, Phouoibi visited the house of Akongjamba. She disguised herself as a tribal woman (haonupi or haonubi). Akongjamba was not there but Akongjamba's mother did not give her good hospitality. Akongjamba's mother was about to hit Phouoibi (disguised as a tribal woman) with a swiping broom. If the broom touched the goddess, all her magical powers will get lost. So, Phouoibi fled to a coop (henhouse). She transfigured herself as a chicken. Akongjamba's mother followed her and counted the number of chicken. She found the number of chicken exactly as it was, neither more nor less. So, she went back to her home. Phouoibi spent the night inside the filthy and smelly henhouse. On the next day, she once again took her original form of a beautiful maiden in a glowing dress. She called Akongjamba's mother to come out. She told her that she wanted to give her the payment for spending a night at hers. She shook an enormous heap of golden grain off her body in the middle of the front yard of the house. Then, Phouoibi left the place travelling towards south east. Akongjamba's mother remained surprised. In another version of the story, Phouoibi stayed a night at the yenakha (left or right side of the house). The place where the goddess stayed came to be known as Phayeng (fai or phai means to stay). Later, Akongjamba returned home and found the pile of golden grain as high as a hill in front of the courtyard. When asked, his mother told him all the story. He realised that the lady was Phouoibi. He immediately aftered her. On the way, he found her. He pleaded her to return home and live together. But she refused his proposal. She told him that they are not destined to be together to accomplish their work at that birth. Saying this, she left him sorrowfully. As Phouoibi travelled towards southeast, she reached a riverbank. She did not know how deep the river was. At that moment, a deer appeared on the other side of the river. She asked the deer if the river was shallow or not. The deer lied telling her that the river was not deep. Phouoibi went down the river. She could not swim and got drowned. A small ngamhai fish was also swimming there. It helped the drowning goddess to reach the shore of the next riverbank. She thanked the little creature and granted it a boon that it will shine like a mirror in the gleaming water. She wished that the ballad singers will always praise the fish for its silvery beauty whenever they retold her story. Then, she glared at the deer. She cursed the deer and all its species that if they tried to eat her creation, paddy, then all their teeth will be fallen. So, still today, deer never eat paddy because of the fear that their teeth will fall out. Worship Poinu (November-December interface month) is the Meitei lunar month of harvesting and the granary must not be disturbed. Its subsequent month Wakching (December-January interface month) is the time during which Goddess Phouoibi is worshipped. Goddess Phouoibi is offered fruits and vegetables in the four corners of a specially prepared place. The place is divided into three sections. At each division, seeds are sown. The goddess is invoked by the maibas with the sacrifice of black hen and the offering of rice beer. If the previous year's crop harvest was good, the maiba prayed to the goddess to give them good crops that year too. And if the previous year's crop harvest was not satisfactory, the maiba prayed to the goddess to give them satisfactory crops with no insects that year. Rice and flowers on the banana leaves are thrown up on the harvest field by the farmers. After threshing, Phou Kouba (calling the paddy/rice) ceremony is performed. Phoukourol (Phoukouron or Phougourol or Phougouron) is a hymn for summoning the spirit of the paddy. Phoukou (Phougou) song is sung like this: "He Lairemma Phouoibi! Toi Toi Toi Thangee Phoubi Peibiro! Toi Toi Toi Chaku Lankubiro! Toi Toi Toi Thangeena Chingdum Sabiro! Toi Toi Toi Ho Lairemma Phouoibi! Toi Toi Toi" To have abundant crop harvest, the Meitei people sing Phougou Eshei. It is generally sung during harvest. It is done before the crop is stored in the granary. Goddess Phouoibi is worshipped with Phou Ningthou, the god of rice. Farmers prayed to the two deities for a doubling of the previous year's yield, after the harvest. The Phou Kouba (calling the paddy/rice) ceremony is more frequently performed in case of mis-happenings to the farmers. Mis-happenings may be theft or burning of the paddy/rice, an animal like cow trespasses the threshing ground, etc. People believe that these are all because of the absence of the goddess. So, they perform the rites and rituals to induce the goddess to stay at their places. In such cases, Sareng fish (Wallago attu, helicopter catfish) with rice is the most important offering to goddess Phouoibi. It should be cooked with herbs and not with spices. The Sharotkhaibam (Sorokhaibam) family members used to invoke goddess Phouoibi in ancient times. Association with other goddesses Goddess Phouoibi is often identified as a manifestation of Goddess Panthoibi. Many legends say that Panthoibi became Phouoibi after a metamorphosis. She is also regarded as the incarnation of Leimarel Sidabi, the supreme mother earth goddess. Iconography Goddess Phouleima often appears in ancient potteries. She is personified in a round black stone sitting in a pot. It is placed upon the bed of rice grains inside the granary. It is never kept directly on the ground. As long as the goddess is respected, the granary has no lack of grains. Texts The Phouoibi Waron is a 13–14th century Meitei literary work that calls Phouoibi a fickle lady. According to the text, the goddess has love affairs with multiple partners and she always leaves them. The Ningthourol Lambuba relates that Phouoibi and her six friends went to a place called Karan Lambuba. They measured all their walking sticks to see whose was the longest. Phouoibi was found to be the longest of all, by one knot. So, one knot was cut off. The place where the stick was cut off was named Kakmayai (kak means to cut in Manipuri). The Loyumba Shinyen mentions that people of a family named Sharotkhaibam used to invoke the goddess of paddies in ancient times. In popular culture Phou-oibi, the rice goddess is a 2009 ballad opera performed by the Laihui Ensemble. It is based on the story of the goddess and her sisters. Phouoibi Shayon is a 2017 Manipuri mythology film based on the story of the goddess and her sisters. Namesakes In 1979, two new rice high-yield varieties, Phouoibi (KD6-2-1) and Punshi (KD6-18-7), were developed by the Manipur State Rice Research Center, Wangbal. After these rice varieties became available, they were planted in 75 percent of high-yield rice growing areas. Phouoibi matures in 135 days. These rice varieties are more likely to be affected by insects than local varieties like Phourel and Moirang Phou. Ima Keithel (), the world's only women-run market, has three major building complexes. Phouoibi Ima Keithel is the Complex Number 3, preceded by Leimarel Sidabi Ima Keithel (Complex Number 1) and Imoinu Ima Keithel (Complex Number 2). This 500 years old market is in the center of Imphal, the metropolis of Manipur. References External links Phouoibi_INTERNET ARCHIVE Phouoibi_e-pao.net Abundance goddesses Agricultural goddesses Asian goddesses Beauty goddesses Epic cycles of incarnations Fertility goddesses Food goddesses Food deities Fortune goddesses Harvest goddesses Leima Love and lust goddesses Magic goddesses Maintenance goddesses Meitei deities Nature goddesses Pastoral goddesses Peace goddesses Trickster goddesses
Kuytun () or Kuitun (), is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a desert. The city was historically associated with the 7th Xinjiang Agriculture Construction Division (), which had run it until 1975, and still continues to administer the city's Tianbei New Area. Local industries include food processing and textile industries, as well as Kuitun Power Plant. Name The name of Kuytun () was from the Mongolian word "" (xüjten, cold). The name of Kuiteng (), which firstly appeared in the official historical book History of Yuan, was the present Kuytun River. According to legend, in the period of Mongolian Westward Expansion, Genghis Khan' troops once stationed in the place, when it was very cold in winter, his soldiers shouted "Kuitun", since that time, the place was named after Kuytun. History At the latest in the 3rd century BC (Qin dynasty), the Saka people appeared in the place of present Kuytun area. This was followed by the Great Yuezhi people and then the Usans. Kuytun was part of Protectorate of the Western Regions (59 BC) in the Han period. During the period of the Jin, Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern and Southern dynasties, it was part of Yueban, then that was followed by the Northern Wei, Rouran and then the First Turkic Khaganate. It was the territory of Tiele tribes in Western Turk in the Sui period and of Kunling Protectorate () in the Tang period. It was part of Toquz Oghuz and it was followed by Liao State in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The place was within the territory of Mongol Qurzh () in the period of Genghis Khan (1206 - 1227), and as part of the Chagatai Khanate between 1306 - 1330. As the pastureland of Oirats, it was under the administration of Kur Qara Usu () of Dzungars in the Qing period. When Xinjiang Province was found in 1884, the army camps () and fortress () in the province were changed into military posts (), Kuytun Post () was one of that in those days. The territory was Kuytun Divion (Kuitunzhuang, ), one of nine divisions in Wusu County () in 1913. In 1945, Wusu County was divided into four minggans (administrative Division below the county, ), Kuytun was one of that. The minggan of Kuytun had five centenarii () of Kuytun (), Bayingou (), Jiujianlou (), Huanggong () and Bashisihu () under its administration. The security police station () was found in Kuytun in 1948. In August 1950, the administrative division of minggan in Wusu County was transformed into a district, and a centenarii into a township. Kuytun was the 1st township of the 2nd district in Wusu County, and it had five unincorporated villages of Huanggou (), Tashikuitun (), Kalasu (), Diankuitun () and Kaiganqi () under its administration. In the further adjustment of administrative divisions in March 1954, Kuytun became the 1st township of the 1st district of Wusu County. In early 1957, The three townships of Kuytun (), Bashisihu () and Jiujianlou () were amalgamated into Xinfu Township (). In March 1957, the 7th Division of XPCC () moved its headquarters to Kuytun from Paotai (). In July 1958, Kuytun was incorporated to Karamay from Wushi County. On March 25, 1975, the XPCC was withdrawn, the 7th Division with agriculture and animal husbandry farms, and its owned industrial enterprises were devolved to the local administration. On August 29, 1975, the county-level city of Kuytun was approved to establish from Karamay by the State Council, and it was under administration of Ili Autonomous Prefecture. On September 10 of the same year, Kuitun City was officially established and the seat of Ili Autonomous Prefecture was moved to Kuytun from Yining. Based on agriculture and animal husbandry farms, and industrial enterprises owned by the 7th Division of XPCC, Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation () was incorporated in July 1978. Kuytun City and the Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation were implemented a team with two brands. The seat of Ili Autonomous Prefecture was moved back to Yining from Kuytun in October 1979. The XPCC was approved to restore in December 1981. Based on the Kuytun Bureau of Farms and Land Reclamation which was revoked, the 7th Division of XPCC () was restored in April 1982. The 7th Division of XPCC and local government of Kuytun City are independent of each other, the 7th Division of XPCC is under unified command of XPCC meanwhile Kuytun City is under the administration of Ili Autonomous Prefecture. Geography The city of Kuytun is located in the middle northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a north latitude of 44 degrees 19 degrees - 44 degrees 49 degrees and an east longitude of 84 degrees 47 degrees - 85 degrees 18 degrees. It is bordered by Shawan County to the east, by Dushanzi District to the south, by Wusu City to the west and by Karamay District to the north. The maximum length north–south is about 46 kilometers, the maximum is about 33 kilometers between east and west and the total area is 1,171.42 square kilometers. Kuytun City lies in the northern side of Tianshan, the southwest edge of the Junggar Basin and the Kuytun River valley. Its terrain of the city is tilted from southwest to northeast at an altitude of 450–530 meters. It is the Tianshan fold belt with multi-Gobi gravel in the south, the edge of the platform of Junggar Basin in the north. and there are more water furrows in the west of downtown. The water sources are the Kuytun River and Quangou Reservoir (). The region is in a moderate temperate continental arid climate, hot in summer and cold in winter, rainless. The four seasons are more distinct, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and the average annual rainfall of 182 mm. Population and ethnic groups As of 2015, There was a population of 289,397 in Kuytun City, accounting for 6.16% of Ili Autonomous Prefecture's population. Of that, minority population of 15,768, accounting for 5.45% of Kuytun and Han population of 273,629, accounting for 94.55%. The main minorities are Hui, Kazak, Mongols and Uyghur in the city. The Hui population was 6,364, accounting for 2.2%, Kazakhs of 5,222, accounting for 1.8%, Mongols of 1,059, Uyghurs of 1,018 and others of 2,105. Administrative divisions Kuytun is divided into five subdistircts and a township. 131th Regiment of the XPCC () Tianbei New Area () Transport Kuytun is the largest material transit, distribution and transportation hub in the Northern Xinjiang area, the G30 and G3014 National Expressways, G312 and G217 National Highways meet here. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Kuytun-Beitun Railways. External links Kuitun City Government Kuitun City info Kuitun Map Notes References County-level divisions of Xinjiang Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Populated places in Xinjiang
Robert Bonnet (February 17, 1851 – October 13, 1921) was a German anatomist born in Augsburg. In 1876 he received his doctorate at Munich, where in 1880 he began work as an assistant at the anatomical institute. The following year, he was appointed professor at the Königliche Centraltierarzneischule in Munich. In 1889 he became an associate professor at the University of Würzburg, and two years later was appointed full professor of anatomy and director of the anatomical institute at Giessen. Later in his career, he served as a professor at the Universities of Greifswald (from 1895) and Bonn (from 1907). Bonnet was the author of many scientific works, including numerous studies dealing with the anatomy and embryology of domesticated animals. He was co-editor of Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte ("Results on anatomy and historical development"), and collaborated with Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845-1919) on Anatomische Hefte ("Anatomical books"). References Robert Bonnet @ Who Named It External links 1851 births 1921 deaths Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the University of Giessen Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of the University of Würzburg German anatomists Physicians from Augsburg Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The following low-power television stations broadcast on digital or analog channel 7 in the United States: K07AQ in Kamiah, Idaho K07BW-D in Westcliffe, Colorado K07CG-D in Toquerville, Utah K07CH-D in Plains & Paradise, Montana K07DI-D in Hinsdale, Montana K07DU-D in Ely & McGill, Nevada K07DV-D in Ruth, Nevada K07ED-D in Enterprise, Utah K07EJ-D in Townsend, Montana K07EN-D in Woods Bay/Lakeside, Montana K07EQ-D in Ekalaka, Montana K07FL-D in Thompson Falls, Montana K07GI-D in Prospect, Oregon K07GJ-D in Hoopa, California K07GQ-D in Cedar City, Utah K07HM-D in Big Piney, etc., Wyoming K07HS-D in Williams, Oregon K07IB-D in Whitewater, Montana K07IC-D in Malta, Montana K07IT-D in West Glacier, etc., Montana K07JG-D in Glasgow, Montana K07JO-D in Chelan Butte, Washington K07JS-D in North Bend, Oregon K07JT-D in Brookings, Oregon K07KF-D in Thomasville, Colorado K07NL-D in Juliaetta, Idaho K07NR-D in Lakeview, etc., Oregon K07NU-D in White Sulphur Springs, Montana K07OC-D in Polaris, Montana K07OJ-D in Snowflake, Arizona K07OL-D in Kipnuk, Alaska K07PA-D in Manitou Springs, Colorado K07PB-D in Thayne, etc., Wyoming K07PF-D in Homer, Alaska K07PZ-D in Cave Junction, Oregon K07QC-D in Driggs, Idaho K07QD-D in Hooper Bay, Alaska K07QX-D in Golovin, Alaska K07RB-D in Tanana, Alaska K07RD-D in Savoonga, Alaska K07RJ-D in Holy Cross, Alaska K07RK-D in St. Marys, Alaska K07RU-D in Dot Lake, Alaska K07RY-D in Chignik, Alaska K07SS-D in Angoon, Alaska K07ST-D in Women's Bay, Alaska K07TH-D in Lime Village, Alaska K07TK-D in Marshall, Alaska K07UY-D in Cortez, Colorado K07VA-D in Jordan, Montana K07VY-D in The Dalles, Oregon K07WJ-D in Colstrip, Montana K07WP-D in Roundup, Montana K07XL-D in Mountain Home, Arkansas K07XM-D in Mink Creek, Idaho K07YJ-D in Bullhead City, Arizona K07YV-D in The Dalles, Oregon K07ZE-D in Rural Juab, etc., Utah K07ZG-D in Powderhorn Valley, Colorado K07ZL-D in Leavenworth, Washington K07ZP-D in Bull Lake Valley, Montana K07ZQ-D in Georgetown, Idaho K07ZR-DT in Harlowton & Shawmut, Montana K07ZT-D in Long Valley Junction, Utah K07ZU-D in Blanding, Monticello, Utah K07ZV-D in Sigurd & Salina, Utah K07ZW-D in Marysvale, Utah K07ZX-D in Woodland & Kamas, Utah K07ZY-D in Beaver, etc., Utah K07ZZ-D in East Price, Utah K07AAA-D in Helper, Utah K07AAB-D in Roosevelt, etc., Utah K07AAD-D in Fort Worth, Texas K07AAF-D in Corsicana, Texas K07AAI-D in Reno, Nevada K07AAL-D in Orogrande, New Mexico K07AAN-D in Santa Maria, California K11WZ-D in Delta Junction, etc., Alaska K15KB-D in Squaw Valley, Oregon K15KE-D in Klamath Falls, etc., Oregon KBNZ-LD in Bend, Oregon KDHU-LD in Houston, Texas KHXL-LD in Huntsville, Texas KJJC-LD in Helena, Montana KJUN-CD in Morgan City, Louisiana KMNF-LD in St. James, Minnesota KOTR-LD in Monterey, California KPPI-LD in Garapan/Saipan, Northern Marianas KZTC-LD in San Diego, California W07BP-D in Ocala, Florida W07DC-D in Allentown/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania W07DD-D in Champaign, Illinois W07DS-D in Burnsville, North Carolina W07DT-D in Tryon & Columbus, North Carolina WCDN-LD in Cleveland, Ohio WCHU-LD in Oakwood Hills, Illinois WFVX-LD in Bangor, Maine WHFL-CD in Goldsboro, North Carolina WKIN-CD in Weber County, Virginia/Kingsport, Tennessee The following low-power stations, which are no longer licensed, formerly broadcast on analog or digital channel 7: K07AG in Aguilar, Colorado K07CY in Vernal, etc., Utah K07GY in Beaver, etc., Utah K07HK in Hoehne, Colorado K07KT in Canyonville, etc., Oregon K07ND in Healy, Alaska K07BK in Grace, etc., Idaho K07CM in Panaca, Nevada K07DG in Omak, etc., Washington K07GD-D in Glenwood Springs, Colorado K07IA-D in Oakland, Oregon K07IL in Winston, Oregon K07IP in Big Sandy, Montana K07IX in Happy Camp, California K07IZ in Fish Lake Resort, Utah K07JC in Indian Springs, Nevada K07JZ in Escalante, Utah K07KD in Checkerboard, etc., Montana K07LO in Forsyth, Montana K07NH in Ridgecrest, etc., California K07NI in Jeffrey City, Wyoming K07NS in Helper, Utah K07NV in Hanna, etc., Utah K07OP in Emmonak, Alaska K07OQ in East Price, Utah K07OV in Green River, Utah K07PG-D in Seward, Alaska K07PH in Le Chee, etc., Arizona K07PX in Rockville, Utah K07QK in Rosebud, etc., Montana K07QM in Bridgeport, etc., California K07QS in Glennallen, Alaska K07QU-D in Shaktoolik, Alaska K07QV-D in Hoonah, Alaska K07QW in Koliganek, Alaska K07QY in Ouzinkie, Alaska K07QZ in Chistochina, Alaska K07RC-D in Fort Yukon, Alaska K07RE in Anvik, Alaska K07RF in Haines, Alaska K07RV in Iliamna, Alaska K07RZ-D in Crooked Creek, Alaska K07SC in Hildale, etc., Utah K07SI in Whales Pass, Alaska K07SO in Port Moller, Alaska K07SP in Tetlin, Alaska K07SQ in Mentasta Lake, Alaska K07SR in Scammon Bay, Alaska K07TA in Santa Maria, California K07TJ in McGrath, Alaska K07TT in Levelock, Alaska K07UF in Abilene, Texas K07US in Samak, Utah K07UZ in Riverton, etc., Wyoming K07VE in Ticaboo, Utah K07VH-D in Sargents, Colorado K07VI in Challis, Idaho K07VL in Utahn, Utah K07YT in Mexican Hat, Utah K07YW in Bluff, Utah K07ZB-D in Mendenhall Valley, Alaska K07ZC-D in Ellensburg/Kittitas, Washington K07ZF in Calexico, California KASC-LP in Atascadero, California KETX-LP in Livingston, Texas KFLZ-CA in San Antonio, Texas KNHB-LP in Uvalde, Texas W07BA in Syracuse-Dewitt, New York W07BI in Schroon Lake, New York W07CL in Auburn, Indiana W07DB in Marquette, Michigan W07DN-D in Wardensville, etc., West Virginia WCBZ-LP in Baton Rouge, Louisiana WMGM-LP in Atlantic City, etc., New Jersey WNGA-LD in Salisbury, Maryland WRDH-LP in Ashton, Illinois WWJT-LP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania References 07 low-power
The 2013–14 Iranian Futsal Super League was the 15th season of the Iran Pro League and the 10th under the name Futsal Super League. Giti Pasand Isfahan were the defending champions. The season featured 12 teams from the 2011–12 Iranian Futsal Super League and two new teams promoted from the 2012–13 Iran Futsal's 1st Division: Giti Pasand Novin and Tasisat Daryaei. The regular season started on 1 August 2013. Teams Stadia, locations and personnel Number of teams by region Managerial changes Before the start of the season In season League standings Positions by round Results table Clubs season-progress Statistics Top goalscorers Last updated: 29 July 2019 Awards Winner: Dabiri Tabriz Runners-up: Giti Pasand Isfahan Third-Place: Sherkat Melli Haffari Iran Top scorer: Farhad Fakhimzadeh (Dabiri Tabriz) (26) Best Player: Mahdi Javid (Giti Pasand Isfahan) Best Manager: Vahid Shamsaei (Dabiri Tabriz) Best Goal Keeper: Alireza Samimi (Sherkat Melli Haffari Iran) Best Young Player: Mohammad Reza Kourd (Rah Sari) Best Pivot: Mahdi Javid (Giti Pasand Isfahan) Best Winger: Ahmad Esmaeilpour (Giti Pasand Isfahan) Best Defender: Mohammad Keshavarz (Giti Pasand Isfahan) See also 2013–14 Futsal 1st Division 2014 Iran Futsal's 2nd Division 2013–14 Futsal Hazfi Cup 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup 2013–14 Azadegan League 2013–14 Iran Football's 2nd Division 2013–14 Iran Football's 3rd Division 2013–14 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup References External links Iran Futsal League on PersianLeague Futsal Planet Iranian Futsal Super League seasons 1
The Begidyan (, also Бегиджян; ) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Lena. The river has a length of — together with the Tarynnakh— and a drainage basin area of . The Begidyan flows across uninhabited territories of Zhigansky District. Its mouth is near Zhigansk, the district capital, located on the opposite bank of the Lena. Course The Begidyan is formed at the confluence of two rivers, the long Tarynnakh (Тарыннаах) and the long Buor-Salyr-Taryna (Буорсалыыр-Тарына) at the northern end of the Kuyellyakh Range. Both rivers are formed on the slopes of the Byrandia Range, western side of the Verkhoyansk Range. The Begidyan flows first northwestwards. After leaving the mountains it heads southwestwards into the Central Yakutian Lowland, forming meanders in the flat permafrost floodplain. After a stretch it bends and flows roughly northwestwards. Finally it joins the right bank of an arm of the Lena from its mouth. The longest tributary of the Begidyan is the long Yulegiir from the left. The last half of the river course lies in an area dotted with small lakes. The river freezes in the first half of October and opens in late May to early June. Fauna The main fish species found in the waters of the river are grayling, lenok, nelma, whitefish, pike, ide and perch. See also List of rivers of Russia References External links Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia Rivers of the Sakha Republic Verkhoyansk Range Central Yakutian Lowland
Pesisir Barat Regency (, literally West Coast Regency) is a regency in Lampung Province of Indonesia. It was created on 25 October 2012 from the eight western districts of West Lampung Regency. It covers an area of 2,907.23 km2, and had a population of 141,741 at the 2010 Census and 162,697 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 164,816. The administrative center is the town of Krui. The majority group in the Pesisir Barat Regency is the Lampung people. Administrative districts In 2012 the new regency comprised eight districts (kecamatan) which until 2012 were part of the West Lampung Regency, but since 2012 three additional districts have been created in the northern half of the new regency out of parts of the existing districts - Krui Selatan (South Krui), Pulau Pisang (Pisang Island) and Way Krui. These are all listed below (from northwest to southeast) with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centers, the number of villages in each section (a total of 116 rural desa and two urban kelurahan - both of the latter in Pesisir Tengah District), and its postcode. Notes: (a) the 2010 population of the new Pulau Pisang District is included in the figure for Pesisir Utara District. The new Pulau Pisang District comprises the offshore island of the same name, adjacent to the coast of Karya Penggawa District. (b) the 2010 populations of the new Way Krui District and Krui Selatan District are included in the figure for Pesisir Tengah District. History Umpu Ratu Selalau Sanghyang Sangun Gukhu 21 Ramadhan 828 Mujarrad Rasulullah SAW up to 962 Hij, he was the figure of Mujahid Spreader of Islam Sultan Kepaksian Pernong Sekala Brak in Istana Gedung Dalom Batu Brak. Queen Umpu Selalau Shangyang Sangun Gukhu was buried in the cemetery of Tambak Bata; in one proof in the Krui Pesisir Barat Regency, the footprints were printed on a stone named Maqom Selalau and the boat during the meeting and conquered the ruler of Bunian Matu, Maqom then became a benchmark for the region, starting from always to the sugar cane bordering the Limau River Kingdom, which was a Kepaksian Nyerupa area, when starting from Maqom, it continued Suwoh, Tanggamus Regency, Lampung Selatan Regency and Batu Brak, which is the area of Kepaksian Pernong Sekala Brak. Pesisir Barat Regency was officially established in 2012 based on the Law of the Republik of Indonesia Number 22 of 2012 concerning the Establishment of West Coastal Regency in Lampung Province (State Gazette of the Republik of Indonesia 2012 Number 231 Supplement to State Gazette Number 5364). Before the birth of the West Coastal Regency based on the above law, the West Coastal Regency was still a region of the West Lampung Regency Government whose district capital was in Liwa. Airport In early October 2011, the runway test was done, and the testers concluded that the airport was ready for operation. The airport is laid on 50 hectares of land with a 974-meter-long runway, an apron, taxiway, an administration building, and a 1,800-meter road leading to the airport. It is located at Seray village, Pesisir Tengah district. It hopes to boost tourism and precaution in cases of natural disasters. Dolphin conservation In line with traditional wisdom, which prohibits people from catching dolphins, hundreds of dolphins surround Betuah Island and Banana Island, with a tendency to increase in number year by year. Tanjung Setia Beach Tanjung Setia Beach faces the Indian Ocean, 273 kilometers from Bandar Lampung, and takes around 6 to 7 hours to drive. The waves are 6 to 7 meters high and 200 meters long from June to August every year, suitable for world surfers, and are categorized the same as Hawaii. Several kilometers from the beach are found blue marlin up to 70 kilograms (170 centimeters). References 2012 establishments in Indonesia States and territories established in 2012 Regencies of Lampung
Apomecynoides tchadensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1977. References Apomecynini Beetles described in 1977
Granville Hicks (September 9, 1901 – June 18, 1982) was an American Marxist and, later, anti-Marxist novelist, literary critic, educator, and editor. Early life Granville Hicks was born September 9, 1901, in Exeter, New Hampshire, to Frank Stevens and Carrie Weston (Horne) Hicks. He earned his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University. In 1925 he married Dorothy Dyer, with whom he had a daughter, Stephanie. From 1925 to 1928 Hicks taught at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, as an instructor in biblical literature. He was an assistant professor of English at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1929–1935) and a counselor in American civilization at Harvard (1938–1939). Political activism Hicks was a highly-influential Marxist literary critic in the 1930s who was well known for his involvement in a number of celebrated causes (including his well-publicized resignation from the Communist Party USA in 1939). He established his reputation as an important literary critic with the 1933 publication of The Great Tradition: An Interpretation of American Literature since the Civil War, a systematic history of American literature from a Marxist perspective. In 1932, he voted for the Communist Party ticket and joined almost all the significant communist front groups in the 1930s. In 1934, Hicks joined the Communist Party itself and became editor of its cultural magazine, The New Masses. In 1935, Hicks was dismissed from his teaching position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which he claimed to be politically motivated although school officials denied it. He continued to teach at various institutions but devoted more and more of his time to writing. In 1936, Hicks was asked to co-write John Reed: The Making of a Revolutionary, a biography of radical journalist John Reed. Communist Party General Secretary Earl Browder pressured Hicks to remove several passages that reflected negatively on the Soviet Union, but in the end, the book was praised for its even-handed and unbiased presentation. In 1939, in protest against the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Hicks resigned from the Communist Party. He attempted to organize an independent left-wing alternative organization but with little success. By 1940 he had entirely renounced communism and termed himself a democratic socialist. The same year he wrote an essay for The Nation, "The Blind Alley of Marxism." In the 1950s, Hicks testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee twice. In a 1951 essay in Commentary, he explained that communism "permits of no neutrality. The liquidation of neutrals is one of its specialties." Its aim is "brutal revolutionary totalitarianism." Writer and publisher Hicks's seminal work, Small Town, based on his experiences in Grafton, New York, was published in 1946. For three years (1955–58), he taught novel writing at the New School for Social Research in New York. He was a visiting professor at New York University (1959), Syracuse University (1960), and Ohio University (1967–68). He was the director of the Yaddo artists' community beginning in 1942 and later served as its acting executive director. For 35 years (1930–65), he was the literary advisor to Macmillan Publishers. Death and legacy Hicks died June 18, 1982, in Franklin Park, New Jersey. Bibliography In addition to his books, Hicks wrote a number of articles for various publications, including American Mercury, Saturday Review, Pacific Weekly, Antioch Review, Harper's, Sewanee Review, New York Times Book Review, The Bookman, Esquire, New Republic, and Nation. He also wrote the introduction to John Reed's Ten Days that Shook the World (Modern Library (New York: Modern Library, 1935). NonfictionEight Ways of Looking at Christianity, New York: Macmillan, 1926.The Great Tradition: An Interpretation of American Literature since the Civil War, New York: Macmillan, 1933, revised 1933, revised edition with a new foreword and afterword, New York: Quadrangle, 1969.One of Us: The Story of John Reed, New York: Equinox Cooperative Press, 1935. (Editor, with others) Proletarian Literature in the United States, New York: International Publishers, 1935. (With John Stuart) John Reed: The Making of a Revolutionary, New York: Macmillan, 1936; reprinted, New York: Arno, 1968.I Like America, New York: Modern Age Books, 1938.Figures of Transition: A Study of British Literature at the End of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Macmillan, 1939; reprinted, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1969.Small Town, New York: Macmillan, 1946, reprinted, New York: Fordham University Press, 2004.Where We Came Out, New York: Viking, 1954.Part of the Truth (autobiography), New York: Harcourt, 1965.James Gould Cozzens, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1966.Literary Horizons: A Quarter Century of American Fiction, New York: New York University Press, 1970.Granville Hicks in the New Masses, Port Washington, NY: Kennikat, 1974. FictionThe First to Awaken, New York: Macmillan, 1940.Only One Storm, New York: Macmillan, 1942.Behold Trouble, New York: Macmillan, 1944.There was a Man in our Town, New York: Viking, 1952. References Sources Robert Joseph Bicker, Granville Hicks as an American Marxist Critic. PhD dissertation. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1973. Terry L. Long, Granville Hicks. Boston, MA: Twayne, 1981. Leah Levenson and Jerry Natterstad, Granville Hicks: The Intellectual in Mass Society.'' Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1993. External links Granville Hicks Papers at the Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library Granville Hicks correspondence with Newton Arvin at the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Smith College Special Collections 1901 births 1982 deaths People from Exeter, New Hampshire Members of the Communist Party USA American socialists 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American literary critics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty Marxist writers American editors 20th-century American educators Harvard University alumni Novelists from New York (state) American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers
Francsico Pizarro Fortunat (born 3 March 1971) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Playing career Born in Lima, Pizarro was a Sporting Cristal youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1990, he played for two seasons with León de Huánuco before joining Alianza Lima in 1994. With the latter side, he featured in three Copa Libertadores editions, being a regular starter in the 1997 tournament. Pizarro signed for Alianza Atlético in 1998, and subsequently represented top tier sides Juan Aurich, Deportivo Municipal, Melgar, Unión Huaral and Atlético Universidad before returning to his first club Sporting Cristal for the 2005 season. After featuring rarely, he returned to Atlético Universidad later in that year. In 2006, aged 34, Pizarro returned to Alianza Lima, but his second spell was marked by the fight with Flavio Maestri during a training in November of that year. He retired in the following year, at the age of 36. Managerial career After retiring, Pizarro became a goalkeeping coach of Alianza in 2012, and was involved in a fight with León de Huánuco goalkeeper Juan Flores in August of that year, during a match between both clubs. On 1 October 2013, he was named interim manager of Alianza, in the place of Wilmar Valencia. Back to his previous role after the appointment of Guillermo Sanguinetti, Pizarro was again named interim on 29 October 2015, after Gustavo Roverano resigned. In the following month, he agreed to join Gustavo Costas' staff at Atlas, as a goalkeeping coach. Back to his home country in January 2017, Pizarro joined Deportivo Municipal's staff as a goalkeeping coach, but was appointed interim manager of the club on 22 May of that year, after Marcelo Grioni left. He later worked as a goalkeeping coach of UTC and Ecosem Pasco, being appointed manager of the latter on 27 March 2023. Pizarro returned to UTC on 24 May 2023, now being named manager. He left on a mutual agreement on 25 July, after one win in five matches. Honours Player Sporting Cristal Torneo Descentralizado: 1991, 2005 Alianza Lima Torneo Descentralizado: 1997, 2006 References External links 1971 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Sporting Cristal footballers León de Huánuco footballers Club Alianza Lima footballers Alianza Atlético footballers Juan Aurich footballers Deportivo Municipal footballers FBC Melgar footballers Unión Huaral footballers Alianza Universidad footballers Peruvian football managers Club Alianza Lima managers Deportivo Municipal managers Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca managers
Lockridge Township is a township in Jefferson County, Iowa, USA. References Townships in Jefferson County, Iowa Townships in Iowa
Greenhead Moss Community Nature Park, or simply Greenhead Moss is a nature reserve and public park in the town of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Despite its small area of only 100 hectares, the park has many different flora and fauna. The most notable feature of the park is the Perchy Pond, an artificial pond known for its many Swans and Amphibians. The area is naturally occurring, and the area around the pond was designated as a Local nature reserve (LNR), in 1989, with the rest of the Moss being designated so by 2013. The main habitat is moorland and Bogs, although flower Meadows and woods are also predominant. History According to park signs, the landscape formed around 10,000 years ago in the Mesolithic, with known habitation occurring as far back as 2,000 years ago. The marshes and peat bogs were used as a source of fuel by the Britons in ancient times. The peat in the moss was used for fuel as late as 1993. Coal mining became the industry of choice during the Industrial Revolution with OS Maps showing small coal mines and railways on the land. These were short lived however. After the designation of the Pond as an LNR in 1989, the council acquired the land in 1999 and the community trust for the park was established. This new nature reserve lay between the Wishaw neighbourhoods of Greenhead and Cambusnethan and soon was fitted with new pathways, stairs and gates. These regeneration efforts mainly took place during the early 2000s. They were a large success in making the Moss the nature park it is today. Cambusnethan Bog Body On 23 March 1932 a local Wishaw worker by the name of Gerald Ronlink was digging peat in the Moss, when he came across the preserved body of a fully clothed man about two feet beneath the bog. While his clothes were partially damaged, a unique jacket, cap and leather boots could be made out. The body was identified to have been buried in the 1680s, and the man to be a foot soldier of some sort, most likely a Covenanter. The man was around age 50, 5'6 (1.66m) tall, with brown hair and size 7 feet, and was found to have had a severe blow to the head. It has been theorised that the man was most likely the victim of a murder. He was probably a Covenanter soldier who had been cut off from the rest of his group, and was then found and killed by political enemies. His body then buried in the wet, isolated bogs of Cambusnethan to avoid discovery. References Parks in North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire articles missing geocoordinate data 1989 establishments in Scotland Wishaw Local nature reserves in Scotland
Swindler is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Daris Swindler (1925–2007), American anthropologist John Edward Swindler (1944–1990), American murderer Mary Hamilton Swindler (1884–1967), American archaeologist, author, and professor See also Swindle (surname) Surnames from nicknames
The Portrait of Carmen Gray is Carmen Gray's debut album. It was released in the middle of September 2006. The album peaked at No. 39 on the Finnish albums chart. Tracks "Looking for Love" (3.20) "Lost in My Mind Again" (3.57) "I'm No Good Anymore" (3.05) "Unbeloved (Me & Suzy)" (4.14) "My Mistake" (3.36) "Color Blind" (3.56) "Lying with You" (3.35) "Misunderstood" (5.17) "A Thing About Love" (2.47) "Pieces of My Broken Heart" (3.21) "A Grain of Sand" (7.50) References 2006 debut albums Hard rock albums by Finnish artists
The 2023 Ag-Pro 300 was the 9th stock car race of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race was increased from 113 to 121 laps, due to multiple NASCAR overtime finishes. In a chaotic and caution-filled race, Jeb Burton, driving for Jordan Anderson Racing, would hold off Sheldon Creed and the rest of the field on the final lap, and earned his 2nd career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. This was also the first NASCAR win for Jordan Anderson Racing. To fill out the podium, Creed, driving for Richard Childress Racing, and Parker Kligerman, driving for Big Machine Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. This was also the third race of the Dash 4 Cash. Drivers eligible for the Dash 4 Cash were Cole Custer, Josh Berry, Sammy Smith, and John Hunter Nemechek, after they were the highest finishing Xfinity regulars following the race at Martinsville. Custer, who finished 4th and was the only driver from the D4C to finish the race, would claim the bonus cash. Background Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km). Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, April 21, at 4:35 PM CST. Since Talladega Superspeedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying system used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 wins the pole. Austin Hill, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 52.483, and an average speed of . Four drivers would fail to qualify: Jason White, Jesse Iwuji, David Starr, and Mike Harmon. Race results Summary The race would be marred by several violent wrecks and flips. On lap 47, Dexter Stacey (making his first series start since Texas in 2016) would get loose and spin as the field went into turn 2. His car would clip the side of Blaine Perkins' car, causing him to hit the outside wall, make contact with Jade Buford, get airborne, and flipped violently six times before coming to rest on all four tires. During the wreck, Kaz Grala hit Perkins' wheel with the front of his car. Perkins was able to evacuate his car under his own power, but was later transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. On lap 110, Daniel Hemric attempted to make an aggressive block on Sheldon Creed for the lead, but would ultimately misjudge his entry. He would end up spinning and catapulting up the racetrack after he was hit by Riley Herbst, hitting the outside wall, and flipping on his roof. He even took out the turn four camera during his wreck. His car came to a rest on its roof off of turn four on the apron of the track. He remained on his roof until safety crew arrived to assist him. Hemric was able to climb out of his car under his own power. At least 14 cars were involved in the wreck. The race restarted with two laps to go, but the caution would fly moments later, after a piece of debris was found on the racetrack. The field made a second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish; Jeb Burton was able to take advantage of the lead on the final lap, and held off a fast charging Sheldon Creed to pick up his 2nd career Xfinity Series win, and the first for Jordan Anderson Racing. Stage 1 Laps: 25 Stage 2 Laps: 25 Stage 3 Laps: 71 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings. References NASCAR races at Talladega Superspeedway Ag-Pro 300 Ag-Pro 300
West Bromwich ( ) is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is northwest of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, culture and dialect. West Bromwich had a population of 103,112 in the 2021 Census. Initially a rural village, West Bromwich's growth corresponded with that of the Industrial Revolution, owing to the area's natural richness in ironstone and coal, as well as its proximity to canals and railway branches. It led to the town becoming a centre for coal mining, brick making, the iron industry and metal trades such as nails, springs and guns. The town's primary economy developed into engineering, manufacturing and the automotive industry through the early 20th century. During the Second World War, West Bromwich experienced bombing from the German Luftwaffe. It also suffered heavily during recessions in the mid 1970s, early 1980s and late 2000s. The town is known for its football club West Bromwich Albion, who have played in the town since the club's formation in 1878. It is also home to parts of Sandwell Valley Country Park and Sandwell Valley RSPB nature reserve. History Origin and etymology West Bromwich was first mentioned as Bromwic ('broom village') in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is believed that it may have originally been part of the Handsworth parish. A Benedictine priory existed in West Bromwich from the 12th century around which the settlement of Broomwich Heath grew. In 1727, the town became a stop on the coaching road between London and Shrewsbury and the beginning of its growth dates from this time. The prefix 'West' serves to distinguish it from the village of Castle Bromwich, around to the east on the other side of Birmingham. Development In the 19th century, coal deposits were discovered, ensuring that the town grew rapidly as an industrial centre, with industries such as spring, gun and nail making developing. Well before the end of the 19th century, West Bromwich had established itself as a prominent area to match older neighbouring towns including Dudley and Walsall. In 1888, West Bromwich became a county borough, incorporating the village of Great Barr. It was expanded in 1966, acquiring most of the boroughs of Tipton and Wednesbury as well as a small section of Coseley urban district, before joining with the neighbouring county borough of Warley (which contained the towns of Rowley Regis, Oldbury and Smethwick) in 1974 to form the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. Charlemont Hall, built during the 1750s, stood on the west side of the present Charlemont Crescent, in the Charlemont and Grove Vale district of the town. Charlemont Hall was described as "a lofty neat-looking house of brick, faced with stone, with iron palisades etc. in front." An east wing was added in 1855. The last occupant was the widow of Thomas Jones, town clerk of Wednesbury 1897–1921. The house was demolished in 1948, and is now covered by a number of smaller detached homes. Much of the surrounding area was developed during the 1960s as the Charlemont Farm housing estate, which is a mix of private and council housing. The population of West Bromwich suffered heavily in the Cholera epidemic of 1831 which spread northwards into the town. A temporary board of health was set up and a hospital opened in the former Revivalist chapel in Spon Lane. The natural gradual slope of the land provided drainage within the soil, however, urbanisation made this increasingly difficult and drainage along the streets was described as inadequate. The West Bromwich Town Improvement Commissioners was established in 1854, and they tackled the drainage problem in the town. They appointed members to new titles and in the 1880s bought land in Friar Park for a sewerage farm. Under the Reform Act 1832, West Bromwich became part of the new southern division of Staffordshire, and under the Reform Act 1867 it was transferred to the parliamentary borough of Wednesbury. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885, the borough of West Bromwich became a parliamentary borough returning one member. In 1885, it was held by the Liberal Party but from 1886 to 1906 it was held by the Conservative Party before being held by the Liberal Party again until 1910 when the Conservative Party regained the area which they held until 1918 under the representation of Viscount Lewisham. In 1918, it was won by Labour who held it until 2019, when Nicola Richards was elected as MP. Prior to that the constituency was held by Labour except for the period between 1931 and 1935 when it held by the National Unionists. 20th century By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, many of the older houses built to house workers during the Industrial Revolution were becoming unfit for human habitation Sanitation was inadequate, decay was rife, and the homes were becoming a danger to the health and safety of their inhabitants. After the end of the war, the local council started building new homes to rehouse people from the rundown town centre. However, there are still many late 19th century and early 20th century buildings around the centre of West Bromwich. The first Council housing in West Bromwich was built in 1920 on the Tantany Estate to the north of the town centre. Within 20 years, several thousand council houses had been built by West Bromwich County Borough Council. The largest developments were mostly in the north of the town, including the Charlemont Farm Estate around Walsall Road, and the Friar Park Estate near the border with Wednesbury. The town suffered significant damage from air raids in World War II, with 58 civilian deaths, most in the raids of 19 November 1940 around Oak Road and Lombard Street to the west of the town centre. There were a few other less severe raids during the war on parts of West Bromwich including Stone Cross and Tantany, with no fatalities. This occurred on the same night as the Birmingham Blitz, which resulted in thousands of casualties, as well as the less severe raids on nearby Dudley and Tipton. The first major postwar council housing development was the Harvills Hawthorn Estate near Hill Top, which was completed in 1948. Mass immigration from the Commonwealth took place in West Bromwich during the 1950s and 1960s, with most of these hailing from the Indian subcontinent, although a significant number of Afro-Caribbean immigrants also settled in West Bromwich. The majority of these immigrants settled in the older parts of the town that were mostly made up of Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses. The local road network was also greatly increased during the 1960s and 1970s. West Bromwich is at the extreme northern end of the M5 motorway, with junction 1 serving the town on the A41 road. Traffic passing through West Bromwich on the main route from Wolverhampton to Birmingham was soon diverted along the new dual carriageway, the Northern Loop Road (also known as The Expressway), after its opening in 1972, with another dual carriageway being built to link The Expressway with neighbouring Oldbury. West Bromwich County Borough was expanded in 1966 to include the bulk of Tipton and Wednesbury, while a small part of the south-eastern section of the town was absorbed into the new Warley County Borough which was centred on neighbouring Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis. The actual town boundaries of West Bromwich were also altered at this time, placing the Friar Park estate in Wednesbury, while the Hateley Heath area of Wednesbury was now within the borders of West Bromwich township. As with many other parts of the Midlands, West Bromwich was hit badly by the recessions of the mid-1970s and early 1980s, resulting in mass unemployment across the town, exceeding 20% in some districts. Queen's Square shopping centre opened in the town centre in 1971, providing shoppers with a 60-unit indoor shopping centre and an 850-space multi-storey car park. It cost £3million to build. The smaller King's Square shopping centre also opened in the town in 1971. On 8 December 2011, 40 years after the opening of Queen's Square, Sandwell Council announced that Queen's Square would be refurbished at a cost of £5million. By this stage, the centre was falling into disrepair and only 33 of the 61 available units were occupied. Once again, West Bromwich had been hit hard by another recession, with local unemployment running high again, as well as a high vacancy rate for commercial and industrial units. Many local towns, particularly Dudley, lost many of their major stores around the time that the Merry Hill Shopping Centre which was developed at Brierley Hill during the second half of the 1980s as businesses looked to take advantage of the Enterprise Zone incentives that the centre offered. West Bromwich's fortunes as a retail centre were affected by the Merry Hill development. This contributed to the closure of its Marks and Spencer store on 25 August 1990, along with the Dudley store, to be replaced by a new store at Merry Hill, with most of the staff at the new store being transferred from either West Bromwich or Dudley. British Home Stores also pulled out of the town around the same time, and a new store at Merry Hill which opened in November 1989 and also spelled the end of the Dudley store. The town lost another big retail name in 2005 when the Littlewoods store closed as part of the retailer's decision to switch wholly to online shopping; the unit has since been taken over by New Look. Retail developments around Oldbury, beginning with the SavaCentre hypermarket in 1980, have also affected trade in West Bromwich. The recession beginning in 2008 has pushed the town centre further into decline, a notable casualty being the Woolworths store which closed on 30 December 2008 as a result of the retailer going into liquidation; the building was not re-occupied until Home Bargains took it over in 2012. Several more factories have closed in more recent years as manufacturers look to countries where the labour is cheaper, but West Bromwich remains a relatively busy industrial area despite the decline of the last 35 years. West Bromwich's road links were further enhanced in 1995 on the completion of the Black Country Spine Road which also by-passes Wednesbury and the east of Bilston. The completion of this new road opened up several square miles of previously inaccessible land, and has allowed several major businesses to set up along the route. This has helped relieve some of the unemployment problems in West Bromwich, although most parts of the town still have the highest unemployment rates in the West Midlands. 21st century West Bromwich was among the many towns and cities in England affected by the widespread rioting in August 2011. On 9 August, shops closed their doors early to combat looting and vandalism; this was followed by widespread acts of vandalism and violence followed. Police closed the main roads leading into the town until the following morning. The town has enjoyed something of an economic revival since 11 July 2013, when the New Square shopping and entertainment complex opened in the town centre on land adjoining the existing Queen's Square shopping centre. Hundreds of jobs have been created and the town has attracted retailers including Next, JD Sports, Primark and Bank Fashion, as well as an Odeon cinema, several food and drink outlets, and a Tesco Extra superstore. The mixed success of West Bromwich Albion F.C. has also had a significant impact on the town's economy, particularly during the club's successful era of the 1960s and 1970s when it frequently competed in the top division of English football, won the FA Cup and qualified for European competitions on several occasions. Attendances were high during this era, but slumped during the 1980s when the club's on-the-field fortunes began to decline and culminated in relegation in 1986, at a time which the local economy had already suffered a sharp decline. Albion did not play in the top flight again until 2002, and remained a regular presence in the FA Premier League until 2018, during which time the club attracted a level of average attendance not seen since the late 1970s. The archives for West Bromwich Borough are held at Sandwell Community History and Archives Service. Governance The town is divided into two constituencies: West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West. West Bromwich East is served by Nicola Richards (Conservative Party), who was elected on 12 December 2019. West Bromwich West is served by Shaun Bailey (Conservative Party), who was elected on 12 December 2019. Betty Boothroyd had previously served as the constituency's MP and she was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. Geography Below is a list of localities: Climate Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb". (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate). Features The town's football club is West Bromwich Albion. The club was founded in 1878 and in 1888 it became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. It won the league championship in 1920 and has won the FA Cup five times, most recently in 1968, and won the League Cup in 1966. Albion were based in and around the centre of West Bromwich during their formative years, but moved further out of the town in 1900 when they switched to their current ground, The Hawthorns. All traces of the original structures are long gone; the present structures were added to the stadium in 1979, 1994 and most recently 2001. At an altitude of 551 feet, The Hawthorns is the highest football ground (above sea level) in the country. Engineering and chemicals are important to the town's economy, as it played a crucial part in the Industrial Revolution during the 19th century and still retains many manufacturing jobs to this day, despite a steady nationwide decline in this sector since the 1970s. Sandwell General Hospital (on the site of the former Hallam Hospital) is located near the town centre. It is currently part of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the United Kingdom. William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth had his seat at Sandwell Hall. Legge was unusual as an aristocrat of this period by being a Methodist and attending the Wednesbury Methodist meetings, where fellow Methodists – many of them colliers and drovers – knew him as "Brother Earl". West Bromwich Town Hall, situated in the centre of the High Street, is a Grade II listed building. It was built between 1874 and 1875 in brick and stone to an Italian Gothic design, and its interior reflects the Victorian interest in Gothic and Medieval architecture. Its Grand Organ, built in 1862, is considered to be of historic importance for its musical and technical qualities. West Bromwich Manor House, Hall Green Road, was built by the de Marnham family in the late 13th century as the centre of their agricultural estate in West Bromwich only the Great Hall survives of the original complex of living quarters, agricultural barns, sheds and ponds. Successive occupants modernised and extended the Manor House until it was described in 1790 as "a large pile of irregular half-timbered buildings, black and white, and surrounded with numerous out-houses and lofty walls." The Manor House was saved from demolition in the 1950s by West Bromwich Corporation which carried out an extensive and sympathetic restoration of this nationally important building. The Oak House is an historic building in the Greets Green area. Its exact date of origin is uncertain, but in 1634 it was owned by the Turtons. John Wesley preached there twice in the late 1700s. Reuben Farley gave it to the town as a museum, with the formal opening on 25 July 1898. In 1949 it was protected as a Grade II* Listed Building. In August 2009, The Public arts centre designed by architect Will Alsop fully opened. By 2013, the venue was attracting nearly 400,000 visitors a year and was bringing leading national and international artists to the town. Originally beset by problems before opening, in May 2013, it was revealed that Sandwell Council were considering borrowing a substantial amount of money to repurpose the £70 million building and lease it to Sandwell College to provide a new sixth form centre to complement the recently opened Central Campus in the town. A large portion of the town centre was procured by Tesco for the development of a Tesco Extra store and shopping centre called New Square, West Bromwich which has been built on top of the old hospital. In the early 2000s the tenants of homes and businesses have slowly moved out of the site to make way for the development. Cronehills Primary School (staff and pupils) relocated to the newly built Eaton Valley Primary School, which opened in September 2009. The police station relocated to a brand new building the other site of the ring road. Major works started on the site during October 2011 and the development was completed by late spring 2013. Sandwell Valley contains Sandwell Valley Country Park and Sandwell Valley RSPB nature reserve. The 660 acre country park is located on the River Tame in the middle of the urban conurbation between Birmingham and West Bromwich. The RSPB nature reserve is adjacent, and attracts over 150 different bird species. There are also two farms on the site that are open to the public: Sandwell Park Farm and Forge Mill Farm. Religion West Bromwich is a culturally diverse area with many places of worship for several different religions. The Church of England provides the most places of worship across the geographically wider West Bromwich Deanery (taking in West Bromwich, Hill Top, Stone Cross, Carter's Green, Holy Trinity, All Saints, St Andrew's, St Francis, Friar Park and others) which contains nine Anglican churches. Other Christian denominations are present, including Roman Catholic, Seventh-day Adventist, Methodist, Baptist, Elim Pentecostal, Assemblies of God and other independent churches. The deanery of West Bromwich is under the Anglican Diocese of Lichfield. West Bromwich has four mosques. With two on Dartmouth street, one serving the Bangladeshi sunni community and the other, the Pakistani sunni community. The reason for the separate mosques is due to historic differences in opinions between imams of the berelvi community (Pakistani) and other sunni denominations. The largest mosque in West Bromwich is the Madinatul Uloon Al-Islamiyah Madrasa on Moor street which accommodates all Muslim Sunni denominations and follows the Deobandi school of thought. The fourth mosque opened in 2016 and follows the Bangladeshi fultoli teachings. The Bangladeshi mosque on Dartmouth street (the Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre) is currently fundraising to rebuild a purpose built mosque to accommodate more worshippers. Currently, they have obtained the land they require for this rebuild but are lacking crucial funding required for the ambitious multi-million pound rebuild. The Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre was the first mosque in the area, of Bangladeshi origin. Madinatul Uloom Al-Islamiyah, located at Moor street is based at an abandoned church and was converted into a functioning mosque in 2001. The mosque also functions as a madrasa, meaning that it offers taught classes and hosts Islamic events including an annual jalsa (Islamic gathering). It currently (and since 2003) offers Islamic evening classes to hundreds of children and has plans in the future to offer higher education to adults who desire to pursue Islamic studies at a higher level. The premises consists of two large prayer halls and an assortment of classrooms. This mosque is regularly attended by mostly people of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Arab ethnicity (in order of proportions of worshippers from each ethnicity) - but what sets this mosque apart from others in West Bromwich, is that it is used regularly by people of many ethnicities, unlike other mosques in West Bromwich which are primarily used by people of one ethnicity. There are also a large number of Sikhs in the area. There are many Gurudwaras. Sikhs have settled in the area since 1950, when the first influx of immigrants came. The oldest Gurdwara in West Bromwich is the Gurdwara Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji on High Street. Other Gurdwara's include Guru Nanak Gurdwara on Edward Street and Gurdwara Sachkhand Ishar Darbar on Vicarage Road. Hindus have had a formal place of worship in West Bromwich since the opening of the Shree Krishna Mandir in 1974, in a converted church once called Ebenezer Congregational Chapel, which had closed in 1971. It was damaged by fire on 8 December 1992, the same date that a Mandir in Birmingham and another in Coventry were damaged in arson attacks. It was believed to have been connected to religious violence in India that was spreading into communities in Britain. In 1875, being locked out of a packed Evangelist meeting in Birmingham caused John Blackham of Ebenezer Congregational Church to start the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Movement. Transport Railway West Bromwich railway station was opened by the Great Western Railway on its route between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton Low Level on 14 November 1854. The trackbed of that line is now served by the West Midlands Metro light rail (tram) system with West Bromwich having seven tram stops: The Hawthorns, Kenrick Park, Trinity Way, West Bromwich Central, Lodge Road West Bromwich Town Hall, Dartmouth Street and Dudley Street Guns Village. The nearest main-line railway station is now Sandwell & Dudley railway station, approximately away in Oldbury town centre. Though services to Stourbridge Junction, Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street, Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street call at The Hawthorns railway station. There was previously a railway station on Newton Road, which was located a mile away from the town centre; it was on the Grand Junction Railway that ran from Birmingham New Street to Stafford via Wolverhampton High Level and Walsall. This station closed in 1945 and, although it moved twice between 1863 and 1902, only the line remains in use for the services from Walsall to Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Liverpool Lime Street. Roads The M5 motorway between the West Midlands and the West Country and its junction with the M6 motorway passes through the town, making West Bromwich at the hub of Britain's motorway network. Improvements were made at the A41 junction by West Bromwich town centre after a £25 million project grant was awarded to the area to cut congestion for commuters. The junction, which is where The Expressway meets All Saints Way (A4031), currently carries over 60,000 vehicles a day and is close to junction 1 of the M5. The project involved the creation of a dual carriageway underpass beneath an improved roundabout; this work began in June 2010 and was completed in autumn 2012. Carters Green, High Street and the beginning of Birmingham Road formed the original main route through West Bromwich as part of Thomas Telford's London to Holyhead route in the early 19th century. This later formed part of the A41 road which links London with Merseyside, taking in the Midlands, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire on the way. However, the route through central West Bromwich was by-passed in 1973 on the completion of the Expressway, a two-mile (3 km) dual carriageway beginning at Carters Green and finishing at junction 1 of the recently completed M5 motorway on Birmingham Road. The original A41 road through the centre of West Bromwich was downgraded to an unclassified route. Around this time, West Bromwich Ringway was opened which circulates the main shopping areas. The section of the Ringway, near the new Tesco, has since had traffic restrictions placed on it prohibiting use by private cars. Further revolution came to the local road network in 1995, with the completion of the Black Country Spine Road which stretches from Carters Green to Bilston via Wednesbury, forming another new section of the A41. Buses West Bromwich has a large bus station managed by Transport for West Midlands and served by a large number of routes, both locally to places such as Oldbury, Smethwick and Stone Cross as well as regional bus routes to places such as Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall. Stands are lettered A to Z. The main bus operators serving the bus station are National Express West Midlands and Diamond West Midlands. Air The nearest airport, which is approximately away, is Birmingham Airport, which can be reached by tram to Birmingham New Street and train to Birmingham International. Education The largest educational provider in the town is the Central Campus of Sandwell College. This is housed in a £77 million building opened in February 2012. The college is capable of enrolling over 5,000 students each year across many curriculum areas. Central Sixth delivers the college's A-Level programme covering some thirty different subject areas. Facilities in the Central Campus include a Boeing 737 fuselage used for training air cabin crew and a dental surgery used to train dental nurses. Central Campus also offers a wide variety of apprenticeships and a small number of Higher Education programmes. The town is served by five secondary schools: George Salter Academy, Health Futures UTC, the Phoenix Collegiate, Q3 Academy Great Barr and Sandwell Academy. A new secondary school, West Bromwich Collegiate Academy, opened in September 2019. The town has 21 primary schools in total. Some of which are Lodge Primary School, St. John Bosco RC Primary School, Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, Ryders Green Primary School, All Saints' CofE Primary School, St Mary Magdalene, Hateley Heath and Eaton Valley. Sandwell Academy serves the whole of West Bromwich (along with the rest of Sandwell), Phoenix Collegiate Academy serves the area around Hateley Heath, Tantany, Charlemont and Grove Vale and Stone Cross, West Midlands. George Salter Academy serves the west of the town near the border with Tipton. Q3 Academy serves the north-eastern part of the town around Great Barr. The area was also served by Churchfields High School, approximately north of the town centre. Due to constant closure rumours, less and less pupils began enrolling to attend the school and it was closed in July 2001. The site has since been redeveloped for housing. Sport Football The town's sport scene is dominated by West Bromwich Albion, a football club who were founded in the town in 1878 by workers from George Salter's Spring Works in West Bromwich. They played at a number of sites near the town centre until they moved to their current home, The Hawthorns on Birmingham Road (on the borders of Smethwick and Handsworth) in 1900. West Brom were among the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888 (the first professional football league in the world), along with their two fiercest local rivals, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Albion have spent the majority of their existence in the top tier of English football. The club has won nine major trophies; five FA Cups (1888, 1892, 1931, 1954, 1968), one league title (1920), one Football League Cup (1966), and two Charity Shields (1920, 1954). The victory that came in 1968 was their most recent major trophy, when they won the FA Cup with a 1–0 win over Everton at Wembley Stadium. They enjoyed further success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when they finished in the top five league positions three times in four seasons as well as reaching a UEFA Cup quarter-final. They currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English football, having been relegated from the Premier League in May 2021. Notable former players of West Bromwich Albion include Ronnie Allen (who later had two spells as the club's manager), Bryan Robson (who was also later the club's manager), Laurie Cunningham (the first black player to play for the senior England national team, but died in 1989 at age 33), Tony Brown (the club's all-time leading goalscorer) and Jeff Astle (who scored the club's winning goal in the 1968 FA Cup Final and remained a cult figure among Albion fans). Cricket The local cricket team is West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club, and is based in the town. The club was founded in 1834. It is a founder member of the Birmingham and District Cricket League, the oldest cricket league in the world. They play their home games at Sandwell Valley, opposite the Hawthorns. Notable people Francis Asbury – Methodist bishop Anne Aston – born Anne Lloyd, TV presenter and actress, lived in Old Meeting Street Al Atkins – founder member of Judas Priest. Still lives in West Bromwich John Bainbridge – author and countryside access campaigner, born in West Bromwich, raised in Great Barr Jana Bellin – chess grandmaster Alan Birch – footballer Paul Birch – footballer Gary Bull – footballer John Byrne – comic book artist Madeleine Carroll – actress Mike Collins – comic book artist, attended Churchfields High School Stewart Donaldson – author, positive psychologist, evaluation research scientist K.K. Downing – Judas Priest guitarist Reuben Farley – first Mayor of West Bromwich Clive Ford – footballer, born in Hateley Heath Peter Griffiths – Member of Parliament, born in West Bromwich Ian Hill – Judas Priest bassist David Howell – Anglican priest and writer Noel Johnson - Actor, original voice of Dick Barton, in radio series Cindy Kent – former singer with The Settlers, later a radio broadcaster Denise Lewis – heptathlete Steve Lynex – footballer Phil Lynott – Thin Lizzy singer and bassist, born in Hallam Hospital Matthew Marsden – actor Horace Notice - boxer Major Nichols – lightweight Racing bicycle manufacturer Phil Parkes – footballer Robert Plant – singer and frontman of Led Zeppelin, born in West Bromwich Jonathan Ship – cricketer Karl Shuker – zoologist, cryptozoologist and author Graham Skidmore – voice artist, game show announcer, singer and photographic model, born in West Bromwich Frank Skinner – comedian Larry Stephens – comedy scriptwriter, born in West Bromwich Miles Storey – footballer currently playing for Partick Thistle. Brian Walden – Member of Parliament, journalist and broadcaster Steve Webb – Member of Parliament, and Liberal Democrat Lee Woodley – boxer Betty Boothroyd - Member of Parliament and Speaker. Hansard. See also West Bromwich Building Society Charlemont and Grove Vale West Bromwich Mountaineering Club References Sources 'West Bromwich: Social life', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part) (1976), pp. 70–74. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36169. Date accessed: 23 April 2008. External links Sandwell MBC West Bromwich Borough Archive Catalogue Towns in the West Midlands (county) Areas of Sandwell Unparished areas in the West Midlands (county)
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Vadal Alexander (born March 23, 1994) is an American football guard for the St. Louis Battlehawks of the XFL. He played college football at LSU. Alexander was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft. High school career A native of Buford, Georgia, Alexander attended Buford High School, where he was a two-time Georgia AA First Team All-State offensive lineman as a junior and senior. In his senior season, the Buford Wolves went 14–1 and finished as GHSA Class AA runner-up, being upset in the state final by Calhoun. After his senior season, Alexander participated in the Under Armour All-America Game. Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Alexander was ranked as the No. 11 offensive guard prospect in the class of 2012. Alexander chose Louisiana State over offers from Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech, and South Carolina. College career In his true freshman year at Louisiana State, Alexander played in 13 games. After an early season injury to starting left tackle Chris Faulk, Alexander moved into the starting line-up, playing every offensive snap of the final nine games at right tackle. He earned Freshman All-SEC honors by the league's coaches, and was named second team Freshman All-America by Scout.com. For his sophomore season, he replaced La'el Collins at left guard, who was moved over to left tackle. Alexander started all 13 games, and led the Tigers with 71 knockdowns on the season. In the Outback Bowl, he was on the field for 71 offensive plays and was credited with a career-high 13 knockdowns. As a junior, Alexander remained a mainstay at left guard next to Collins as left tackle, giving LSU one of the most dominating guard-tackle combinations in college football. Running behind Collins and Alexander, freshman running back Leonard Fournette registered 1,034 rushing yards on the season. After LSU's 30–27 win over Florida, Alexander earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors. Alexander's streak of 32 straight starts snapped, however, when he missed the Arkansas game in week 11 because of a hand injury. Forgoing the option to enter the 2015 NFL draft, Alexander returned to LSU and was named Preseason First Team All-SEC. He was moved to right tackle, as previous right tackle Jerald Hawkins had to replace Collins on the left side. It was reported in June 2019 that Alexander's father, James, received approximately $180,000 from John Paul Funes, an LSU booster convicted in federal court of wire fraud and money laundering after embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his employer, Our Lady of the Lake hospitals. Professional career Pre-draft Prior to his senior year, Alexander was considered one of the top senior prospects for the 2016 NFL Draft. Alexander was invited to and played in the Senior Bowl in January 2016. Coming out of college, he was ranked as the second best offensive guard and projected to be selected in the second or third round. After the NFL Combine, Alexander was projected by the majority of analysts to be selected in the third or fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft and was ranked the seventh best offensive guard out of the 203 available by NFLDraftScout.com. 2016 NFL Draft Alexander was selected by the Raiders in the seventh round, 234th overall, in the 2016 NFL Draft. Many analysts were surprised by his drastic fall in the draft, as the majority of them had him projected as a second or third round selection. They said the steep fall in his draft stock likely came from not testing well at the combine and being seen as a prospect who better shows his talents in games. Scouts and teams also had concerns about his weight and conditioning. Oakland Raiders On May 9, 2016, the Oakland Raiders signed him to a four-year, $2.41 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $76,846. He started his rookie season as the backup right guard to veteran Gabe Jackson. Alexander made his regular season debut during the second game of the season in a loss against the Atlanta Falcons. On October 2, 2016, he made his first career start during a 28–27 victory over the Baltimore Ravens after starting right tackle Austin Howard was unable to play due to an ankle injury. Howard's backup. Menelik Watson, was unable to play after he suffered an hamstring injury and the Raider's third backup right tackle option, Matt McCants, was down with a knee injury. Alexander was called for three holding penalties and a false start. He also started at right tackle the following game, for a Raider's win 34–31 over the San Diego Chargers. On December 4, 2016, Alexander started the game against the Buffalo Bills at tight end. He was used as an extra blocker on the opening drive, with the Raider's defeating the Bills 38–24. The next game, he had his first official career start at right guard against the Kansas City Chiefs after starting right guard Kelechi Osemele was unable to play due to an illness that was later verified to be kidney stones. After having trouble with the Chief's defense during the first three snaps, head coach Jack Del Rio replaced him with veteran Jon Feliciano. They later rotated at right guard throughout the 13–21 loss to Kansas City. On May 1, 2018, Alexander was suspended the first four games of the regular season for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. He was waived by the Raiders on July 31, 2018, after failing to report to training camp. Pittsburgh Maulers Alexander was drafted by the Pittsburgh Maulers in the 22nd round of the 2022 USFL draft. He was transferred to the team's inactive roster on May 6 with an arthritis flare-up. He was moved back to the active roster on May 14. He was transferred to the inactive roster again on May 20, but moved back to the active roster the next day. He became a free agent when his contract expired on December 31, 2022. St. Louis Battlehawks On January 1, 2023, Alexander was selected by the St. Louis Battlehawks in the eighth round of the 2023 XFL Supplemental Draft. References External links NFL Combine profile LSU Tigers bio 1994 births Living people People from Buford, Georgia Players of American football from Gwinnett County, Georgia American football offensive linemen LSU Tigers football players Oakland Raiders players Pittsburgh Maulers (2022) players St. Louis BattleHawks players Buford High School (Georgia) alumni
Ladda connexa is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Colombia. References Butterflies described in 1923
Defibrillation threshold indicates the minimum amount of energy needed to return normal rhythm to a heart that is beating in a cardiac dysrhythmia. Typical examples are the minimum amount of energy, expressed in joules, delivered by external defibrillator paddles or pads, required to break atrial fibrillation and restore normal sinus rhythm. Other common scenarios are restoring normal rhythm from atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. The defibrillation threshold ranking in these settings, from lowest to highest, would be, in order, ventricular tachycardia, atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation. The highest amount of energy that an external defibrillator can deliver at the present time is 360 joules biphasic. In clinical practice, the real threshold can be approximated but not exactly established, since the defibrillating shock can be delivered only once. Certain medications, in particular sotalol, tend to lower such threshold, while others, such as amiodarone, may increase it. Defibrillation threshold is a concept also applicable to internal or implantable cardiac defibrillators. The test needed to establish the defibrillation threshold is often referred to as DFT. References Cardiac electrophysiology
In Jewish law and history, Acharonim (; Aḥaronim; sing. , Aḥaron; lit. "last ones") are the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifically since the writing of the Shulchan Aruch (Hebrew: , "Set Table", a code of Jewish law) in 1563 CE. The Acharonim follow the Rishonim, the "first ones"—the rabbinic scholars between the 11th and the 16th century following the Geonim and preceding the Shulchan Aruch. The publication of the Shulchan Aruch thus marks the transition from the era of Rishonim to that of Acharonim. The Acharonim are thus contemporary with the Early Modern Period, the foundation of Hasidic Judaism, Jewish emancipation in Europe, the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), Zionism, the Holocaust, the foundation of the State of Israel and the Jewish exodus from the Muslim world. Consequences for Halakhic change The distinction between the Acharonim, Rishonim and Geonim is meaningful historically. According to the widely held view in Orthodox Judaism, the Acharonim generally cannot dispute the rulings of rabbis of previous eras unless they find support from other rabbis in previous eras. Yet the opposite view exists as well: In The Principles of Jewish Law Orthodox Rabbi Menachem Elon wrote: Hilkheta Ke-Vatra'ei can be interpreted such that the Orthodox view does not constitute a contradiction, with an appeal to understand it within the greater context of Torah. While authority may go to the scholars of a later generation within a particular era, the Talmud does not allow scholars of a later era to argue with scholars of an earlier era without support from other scholars of an earlier era. This is displayed in “hundreds of instances" in the Talmud in which Amora’im are challenged by Tanna’itic sources with the term מיתיבי and the Amorai'm unable to “deflect the challenge”. An Amora called Rav is challenged by Tannai’tic sources “and is vindicated by the statement, Rav tanna hu upalig”- “Rav is a Tanna and disagrees (in Eiruvin 50b, Kesubos 8a, and elsewhere). A similar case exists for Rav China, a borderline Tanna in Bava Metzia 5a. This clearly implies that the only reason they are able to get away with disagreeing is because they are Tannaim. There are “only a handful of possible exceptions [to the rule] that the Amora’im did not, in fact argue with the Tanna’im.” The question of which prior rulings can and cannot be disputed has led to attempts to precisely define which rulings are within the Acharonim era. According to many rabbis the Shulkhan Arukh is from an Acharon. Some hold that Rabbi Yosef Karo's Beit Yosef has the halakhic status of a work of a Rishon, while his later Shulkhan Arukh has the status of a work of an Acharon. Notable Acharonim Note: This is list is incomplete and is only intended to provide a small selection from the broad list of prominent rabbinic figures of the Acharonic era. 16th Century Bezalel Ashkenazi (Shitah Mekubetzet) (c. 1520 – c. 1592), Talmudist Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (Ramak) (1522–1570), Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar Joshua Falk (Sma; Me'irat Einayim; 1555 – 1614) Moshe Isserles (Rema) (1520–1572), Polish halakhic authority and Posek, author of HaMapah component of the Shulkhan Arukh Yosef Karo (the Mechaber) (1488–1575), Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulkhan Arukh code of Torah Law Judah Loew ben Bezalel (Maharal) (1520–1609), Prague mystic and Talmudist Isaac Luria (Ari) (1534–1572), Great Kabalist, basis for most recent Kabalists Solomon Luria (Maharshal) (1510–1573), Posek and Talmudist Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno) (c. 1475 – 1550), Italian scholar and rationalist Chaim Vital (1543–1620), Kabbalist and primary disciple of Rabbi Isaac Luria David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra (Radbaz) (c. 1479 or c. 1487 – 1573), 15th/16th century Halakhist, Posek and Chief Rabbi of Egypt 17th Century Samuel Eidels ("Maharsha") (1555–1631), Talmudist famous for his commentary on the Talmud Ḥayyim Shabbethai ("Maharhash") (1557–1643), Chief Rabbi of Thessaloniki, famous for his responsa. Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), Portuguese/Dutch Kabbalist, diplomat and publisher Moses Raphael de Aguilar ( 1611- 1679), Dutch Talmudist and Hebrew grammatician. Moses ben Isaac Judah Lima (Chelkath Mechokeik; c. 1615 – c. 1670) Shabbatai HaKohen (1621–1662; Siftei Kohen) David HaLevi Segal (Turei Zahav) (c. 1586–1667), Halakhist, major commentator on the Shulkhan Aruch Avraham Gombiner (Magen Avraham; c. 1635 – 1682) Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (Bet Hillel) (1615–1690), Lithuanian scholar Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), Portuguese/Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas Hezekiah da Silva (1659–1698; Peri Chodosh) Yair Bacharach (Havvot Yair) (1639–1702), German Talmudist Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1710), Sephardic scholar in England Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (Beit Shmuel) 18th Century Chaim ibn Attar (Ohr Hachaim; Peri Toar; 1696–1743) Jonathan Eybeschutz (Urim ve-Tummim; Kereti u-Peleti) (1690–1764) of Prague, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal) (1707–1746), Italian philosopher, mystic, and moralist Yehudah ben Shimon Ashkenazi (Ba'er Hetev; 1730–1770), a German rabbi Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow (Ba'er Hetev) Joseph ben Meir Teomim (1727–1792; Pri Megadim) Vilna Gaon ("Gra") (1720–1797), Lithuanian Talmudist and Kabbalist; Note: The Chazon Ish held him to be a Rishon Chaim Yosef David Azulai ("Chida"; Birkei Yosef – a commentary on the Shulchan Aruch) (1724–1806) Jacob Emden (1697–1776), Danish/German scholar Shalom Sharabi (1720–1777), Yemenite Sage, Kabbalist and founder of the Beit El Yeshiva, Jerusalem Shneur Zalman of Liadi ('The Baal HaTanya'; Shulchan Aruch HaRav) (1745–1812) Elazar Fleckeles (1754–1826) Simcha Bunim of Peshischa (1767–1827) Samuel Loew (c. 1720–1806; Machatzis HaShekel) Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller (c. 1745 – 1812; Ketzot HaChoshen) Avraham Danzig (1748—1820; Chayei Adam; Chochmat Adam) Yaakov Lorberbaum (1760–1832; Nesivos HaMishpat) Akiva Eger (1761–1837) 19th Century Yehudah Leib Alter (Sfas Emes) (1847–1905), Gerrer rebbe Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv, HaEmek Davar) (1816–1893), head of Volozhin Yeshiva in Lithuania Abraham Hirsch ben Jacob Eisenstadt of Byelostok (1812–1868; Pithchei Teshuvah) Baruch Epstein (Torah Temimah) (1860–1941), Lithuanian Torah commentator Moshe Mordechai Epstein (Levush Mordechai) (1866–1933), Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka Yeshiva Yechiel Michel Epstein (Aruch HaShulchan) (1829–1908), Halakhist and Posek Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement Yisrael Meir Kagan (Chofetz Chaim; Mishnah Berurah) (1838–1933), Polish Halakhist, Posek, and moralist Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad (Ben Ish Chai) (1835–1909), Iraqi Halakhist, Posek, Kabbalist and communal leader Meir Leib ben Yechiel Michel (Malbim) (1809–1879), Russian preacher and scholar Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Tzemach Tzedek; 1789–1866) Moses Sofer (Chatam Sofer) (1762–1839), Hungarian rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik ("Reb Chaim Brisker") (1853–1918), Rosh Yeshivah in Valozhyn, Innovator of the Brisker method Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (Ridbaz) (1845–1913), of Slutzk, Chicago and Tzfat (1845–1913) Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (Ohr Sameiach, Meshech Chochmah) (1843–1926), Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader 20th Century Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (RaBaSh) (1907–1991), author of the Shlavei HaSulam and Shamati Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) (1884–1954), author of The Sulam commentary on The Book of Zohar Shlomo Zalman Auerbach 1910–1995 Major Modern Posek in Israel Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) (1892–1953), 20th century religious philosopher and ethicist Mordechai Eliyahu (1929–2010), Halakhist, Posek, and Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993) Moshe Feinstein (Igrot Moshe) (1895–1986), Russian-American Halakhist, Posek, and Talmudist Yitzchok Hutner (Pachad Yitzchok) (1906–1980), European-born American and Israeli Rosh Yeshiva Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (Chazon Ish) (1878–1953), Belarusian-born, leading halakhic authority and leader of Haredi Judaism in Israel Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch Elazar Shach (1899–2001) (rav shach) Rosh Yeshiva Ponevezh and Posek Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939; Kaf Hachaim) Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–1993) (rav yoshe ber) 20th century Rosh Yeshiva, Talmudist, and religious philosopher. Joel Teitelbaum (Divrei Yoel; 1887–1979), the first Satmar rebbe Eliezer Waldenberg 1915–2006 the "Tzitz Eliezer" Major Modern Posek in Israel Shmuel Wosner (Shevet Halevi) (1913–2015), Posek, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-born Halakhist, Posek and Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel (1973–1983) See also Rabbinic literature Eras of history important in Jewish law List of rabbis History of Responsa: Acharonim References External links The Rules of Halacha , Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan The different rabbinic eras, faqs.org Torah Personalities and the Times in Which They Lived (MP3s), Rabbi R Y Eisenman Early Achronim 5160–5410 (1400–1650) & Later Achronim 5410 (1650), chabad.org Mini-biographies from chaburas.org 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Articles which contain graphical timelines 7
Thailand Women's Cycling Team was a professional women's cycling team, based in Thailand that was founded in 2017. Team roster Major results 2017 Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup, Phetdarin Somrat Best Asian Rider classification, Phetdarin Somrat Teams classification Stage 3, Phetdarin Somrat 2019 Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup, Jutatip Maneephan Best Asian Rider classification, Jutatip Maneephan Points classification, Jutatip Maneephan Stages 1 & 3, Jutatip Maneephan Stage 1 The 60th Anniversary "Thai Cycling Association", Jutatip Maneephan The 60th Anniversary 'Thai Cycling Association' - The Golden Era Celebration, Jutatip Maneephan 2020 Stage 3 The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup, Supaksorn Nuntana 2022 Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup, Phetdarin Somrat Stage 2, Phetdarin Somrat National Champions 2019 Thailand Track (500m Time Trial), Jutatip Maneephan Thailand Track (Individual Pursuit), Supaksorn Nuntana Thailand Track (Keirin), Supaksorn Nuntana Thailand Track (Points race), Chanpeng Nontasin Thailand Track (Individual Sprint), Jutatip Maneephan 2020 Thailand Time Trial, Phetdarin Somrat References External links UCI Women's Teams Women's sports clubs and teams in Thailand Cycling teams established in 2017 2017 establishments in Thailand Cycling teams disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in Thailand
Torchlight is an American 1985 film directed by Thomas J. Wright and starring Pamela Sue Martin. Premise A young married couple's relationship comes under fire when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine. References External links 1985 films 1985 drama films Films about drugs Cocaine 1985 directorial debut films 1980s English-language films American romantic drama films 1980s American films
Greta Electric Scooters is an Indian electric two-wheeler manufacturer, based in Gujarat. Its manufacturing plants are located in Gujarat and Haryana. The company is the subsidiary of Raj Electromotives Pvt. Ltd. History Greta Electric Scooters was founded in 2019 by Raj Mehta. The Gujarat-based EV startup is engaged in the manufacturing of electric scooters. In 2021, Greta opened its first international showroom in Nepal, and e-scooters are under road test in Europe. As per the reports, Greta Electric Scooters run 100 Kilometers in a single charge. The company has the first highest EV Showroom at Ladakh, 3500 meters above sea level. References Electric scooters Electric vehicle infrastructure developers
Haida Nation v British Columbia (Minister of Forests), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511 is the leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Crown duty to consult Aboriginal groups prior to exploiting lands to which they may have claims. Background In 1961, the provincial government of British Columbia issued a "Tree Farm Licence" (TFL 39) over an area of land to which the Haida Nation claimed title. This title had not yet been recognized at law. The Haida Nation also claimed an Aboriginal right to harvest red cedar in that area. In 1981, 1995, and 2000 the Minister replaced TFL 39; in 1999 the Minister authorized a transfer to Weyerhauser Co. These actions were performed unilaterally, without consent from or consultation with the Haida Nation. The Haida Nation brought a suit, requesting that the replacement and transfer be set aside. The chambers judge found that the Crown was under a moral – but not legal – duty to negotiate with the Haida Nation. The British Columbia Court of Appeal reversed this decision, deciding that both the Crown and Weyerhauser Co. are under legal obligations to consult with Aboriginal groups whose interests may be affected. Judgment of the Court Chief Justice McLachlin, writing for a unanimous court, found that the Crown has a "duty to consult with Aboriginal peoples and accommodate their interests". This duty is grounded in the honour of the Crown, and applies even where title has not been proven. The scope of this duty will vary with the circumstances; the duty will escalate proportionately to the strength of the claim for a right or title and the seriousness of the potential effect upon the claimed right or title. However, regardless of what the scope of the duty is determined to be, consultation must always be meaningful. Where there is a strong prima facie case for the claim and the adverse effects of the government's proposed actions impact it in a significant (and adverse) way, the government may be required to accommodate. This may require taking steps to avoid irreparable harm or minimize the effects of the infringement. Both sides are required to act in good faith throughout the process. The Crown must intend to substantially address the concerns of the Aboriginal group through meaningful consultation, and the Aboriginal group must not attempt to frustrate that effort or take unreasonable positions to thwart it. On the facts of the case, the Court found that the Haida Nation's claims of title and an Aboriginal right were strong, and that the government's actions could have a serious impact on the claimed right and title. Accordingly, the Crown had a duty to consult the Haida Nation, and likely had a duty to accommodate their interests. The Crown's duty of good-faith consultation does not extend to third parties, and cannot be delegated to them by the Crown. This is not to say that third parties cannot be liable to Aboriginal groups in negligence, or for dealing with them dishonestly. However, it does mean that the legal obligation of consultation and accommodation is shouldered exclusively by the Crown. Accordingly, the Crown's appeal was dismissed and Weyerhauser Co.'s appeal was allowed. References Further reading Aboriginal land title in Canada External links Full text of Supreme Court decision from canlii.org Supreme Court of Canada cases 2004 in Canadian case law 2004 in the environment Weyerhaeuser Haida Canadian Aboriginal case law Indigenous peoples and the environment
Brandon Maïsano (born 24 June 1993 in Cannes) is a former racing driver from France. He has competed in various third-tier open wheel championships, most notably the GP3 Series and FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Racing record Career summary Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) References External links Profile at Driver Database French racing drivers 1993 births Living people French GP3 Series drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers Sportspeople from Cannes Prema Powerteam drivers Formula Abarth drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers BVM Racing drivers BVM Target drivers M2 Competition drivers Campos Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers
Irandhir Santos Pinto (born 22 August 1978) is a Brazilian actor. Early life Born in Barreiros, Pernambuco, Irandhir lived in several cities in the countryside of Pernambuco during his childhood. In 2003, he graduated in performing arts degree course at the Federal University of Pernambuco. Since then, he acted in some plays, a television mini-series and several movies. Filmography Film Television References External links 1978 births Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male television actors Federal University of Pernambuco alumni Brazilian gay actors Living people People from Barreiros, Pernambuco
The 9-centimeter band is a portion of the SHF (microwave) radio spectrum internationally allocated to amateur radio and amateur satellite use. The amateur radio band, in ITU regions 1 and 2, is between 3,300 MHz and 3,500 MHz, and it is available only on a secondary basis. The amateur satellite band is between 3,400 MHz and 3,410 MHz, and it is only available in ITU Regions 1 and 2, on a non-interference basis to other users (ITU footnote 5.282). In Germany and Israel, the band 3,400 - 3,475 MHz is also allocated to the amateur service on a secondary basis (ITU footnote 5.431). In CEPT's "European Common Allocation Table", footnote EU17 allocates 3,400 MHz to 3,410 MHz to European amateurs on a secondary basis. In the US, the FCC is recommending removing the amateur service from this band in order to make room for the 5G cellular system. There have been many objections to this proposal by Amateur Radio operators, including the ARRL. History List of notable frequencies 3,400.1 MHz IARU Region-1 Calling frequency and Global EME center of activity 3,456.1 MHz IARU Region 2 Calling Frequency Radio Astronomy 3,332 - 3,339 MHz and 3345.8 - 3352.5 MHz are used by radio astronomers for spectral line observations. Amateur stations voluntarily avoid using these frequencies when in geographic proximity to a radio telescope. ITU footnote 5.149 encourages all radio communications in the band to take practical steps to avoid harmful interference to radio astronomy observations in those frequency ranges. Countries with more restricted allocation Sweden The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) does not consider 3.4 GHz to be an amateur band, and has therefore auctioned it off for 5G test use. Temporary permits in the 3400 - 3401 MHz range are currently issued however. Spain The Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital does not allow 3.4 GHz to be used by amateurs. Currently this band is used by 5G services. See also Amateur radio frequency allocations References Amateur radio bands Centimetric bands
This list of publicized titan arum blooms in cultivation is a partial listing of flowering events of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in cultivation. Before 2000 2000-2009 2010 to 2019 2020 to present Gallery References External links List of Amorphophallus titanum Blooms, 1889 to 2008 Live feed of Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse Amorphophallus titanum bloom Titan arum Amorphophallus
Ptisana salicina, or king fern, is a species of fern native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Large and robust with a distinctive tropical appearance, it has fronds up to 5 metres (16 feet +/-) tall that arise from a starchy base that was a traditional food for the Maori. It has several other common names including para, tawhiti-para, and horseshoe fern. Distribution King fern is indigenous to Norfolk Island (the type locality), New Zealand, New Caledonia, Cook Islands, Austral Islands, Society Islands and the Marquesas. It is closely related to Ptisana smithii of Vanuatu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga. In New Zealand it is found in lowland areas on the north-western half of the North Island from inland Wanganui northwards. It is most abundant in the western Waikato, where it is found in forests and forest remnants. It prefers limestone-rich soils, including the entrances to caves and shady stream sides. It often grows in New Zealand association with parataniwha (Elatostema rugosum) and supplejack (Ripogonum scandens). Threats King fern is in serious decline in New Zealand, seriously threatened throughout its range by feral and domestic cattle, wild pigs and goats. Large plants no longer exist except in areas where there has been rigorous control of animals, or in inaccessible cave entrances or steep-sided gorges in karst areas. Another serious threat comes from plant collectors who are said to have wiped out several large populations in the Kawhia district. Description The green cane-like leaf stalks are 1 to 3 metres long. The young fronds are protected as they uncoil by a large ear-shaped basal lobe at the base called a stipule. The glossy, dark green fronds are 4 metres, sometimes 5 metres long and 2 metres wide. The juvenile fronds are less robust, and wilt quickly if exposed to sunlight. In the Kawhia area, a distinctive form is sometimes encountered, which has crested tips on the adult leaflets. Specimens of suitable age may produce spores at any time in the year. Propagation Propagation is difficult. King fern can be grown from spores, but this is extremely slow. It is sometimes offered for sale in nurseries that specialise in native plants. See also Marattia purpurascens from Ascension Island. Danaea kalevala, a related plant from the Caribbean and boto. References Marattiidae Ferns of Australasia Ferns of Australia Ferns of New Zealand Flora of the Tubuai Islands Flora of the south-central Pacific
Saigon: Year of the Cat is a British television drama from 1983, produced by Thames Television for ITV. It is directed by Stephen Frears, written by David Hare, and stars Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, E. G. Marshall, Wallace Shawn, Chic Murray, and Rong Wongsawan. Synopsis The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near. External links 1983 television films 1983 films British television films Films scored by George Fenton Films directed by Stephen Frears Films set in 1974 Vietnam War films
André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke is a piano solo, jazz album by André Previn. It was recorded in August 1958. It was intended as a homage to jazz composer Vernon Duke. It was released in 1958 by Contemporary Records as C 3558. It was Previn's second album dedicated in its entirety to a single composer. After its release, other two tribute albums followed: André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern (1959) and André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen (1960). Track listing All pieces composed by Vernon Duke. "Cabin in the Sky" - 4:05 "Autumn in New York" - 3:53 " The Love I Long For" - 3:59 "Ages Ago" - 3:50 "Taking a Chance on Love" - 5:17 "What Is There to Say" - 3:58 "I Can't Get Started" - 5:26 "I Like the Likes of You" - 3:46 "Round About" - 4:38 "April in Paris" - 3:43 Personnel André Previn - piano Phil De Lancie - digital remastering References 1958 albums André Previn albums Contemporary Records albums Solo piano jazz albums Vernon Duke tribute albums
Rishton Ka Manjha is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 23 August 2021 on Zee TV and digital platform, ZEE5. Produced by Tent Cinema, it stars Aanchal Goswami and Krushal Ahuja in the lead-roles. It is a remake of Zee Bangla's Deep Jwele Jai. This show marks Krushal Ahuja's debut in the Hindi-Television industry. It ended on April 2, 2022 and was replaced by Mithai in its timeslot. Premise The story of the show revolves around Diya and Arjun, two youths from the city of Kolkata. Diya is the happy girl who sets her dreams on making it big in badminton. However, she faces all kinds of opposition, and the broad story is about how she meets Arjun who goes on to become a strong support for her in her life journey. Cast Main cast Aanchal Goswami as Diya Arjun Agrawal (née Mukherjee): Mohan and Meera's daughter; Bablu's sister; Arjun's Wife; Ajit's ex-fiancée Krushal Ahuja as Arjun Amitabh Agrawal: Amitabh and Madhuri's youngest son; Diya's Husband; Luv and Kush's younger brother; Tina's ex-fiancé Recurring Nandini Chatterjee as Madhuri Amitabh Agrawal: Amitabh's wife; Luv, Kush and Arjun's mother Bharat Kaul as Amitabh Agrawal: Madhuri's husband; Luv, Kush and Arjun's father Priyanka Rathi as Deepika Luv Agrawal: Luv's wife Manav Sachdev as Luv Amitabh Agrawal: Madhuri and Amitabh's eldest son; Arjun and Kush's elder brother; Deepika's husband Farhina Parvez as Niharika Kush Agrawal: Kush's wife Uday Pratapsingh Rajput as Kush Amitabh Agarwal: Madhuri and Amitabh's second son; Arjun's elder brother; Luv's younger brother; Niharika's husband Madhavi Singh as Dadi: Amitabh's mother; Luv, Kush and Arjun's grandmother Mishmee Das as Tina Singhal: Sanjeev's daughter; Arjun's ex-fiancée Abhishek Singh as Karan Mathur: Arjun and Diya's rival Tapasya Dasgupta as Meera Mukherjee: Mohan's wife; Diya and Bablu's mother Kavita Banerjee as Kavita Mathur: Karan's sister and Arjun and Diya's rival Production Development Krushal Ahuja was cast as the main lead even before the show received a title. Shooting The shoot began in June in Kolkata and later halted due to the coronavirus disease. Release The first promo was launched for the show along with the promo of another show, Meet on 30 July 2021. References 2021 Indian television series debuts Hindi-language television shows Indian drama television series Indian television soap operas Television shows set in Kolkata Zee TV original programming
The Flute sonata in G major (HWV 363b) was composed (c. 1711–16) by George Frideric Handel in F major for the oboe, and was transposed by an unknown hand to G major, for flute and basso continuo. The work is also referred to as Opus 1 No. 5, as it was first published in 1726 or slightly later by the London publisher Walsh, in an edition falsely attributed to Jeanne Roger of Amsterdam. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxvii, 19; and HHA iv/3,28. The sonata was originally composed as an oboe sonata in F major (HWV 363a). Both of the Walsh editions and the Chrysander edition (based on Walsh) indicate that the work is for flute ("traversiere" or "traverso"), and published it as Sonata V. A typical performance of the work takes about seven and a half minutes. Movements The work consists of five movements: (Movements do not contain repeat markings unless indicated. The number of bars is taken from the Chrysander edition, and is the raw number in the manuscript—not including repeat markings.) See also Handel flute sonatas List of solo sonatas by George Frideric Handel XV Handel solo sonatas (publication by Chrysander) Handel solo sonatas (publication by Walsh) References Flute sonatas by George Frideric Handel 1716 compositions Compositions in G major

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