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Olga Korhoven Lakela (March 11, 1890 – May 17, 1980) was a Finnish-American botanist and educator noted for identifying many species in the genera Heuchera and Tiarella. She emigrated to the United States from Finland in 1906. Lakela received her doctorate in botany from the University of Minnesota in 1932. Lakela founded the herbarium at the University of Minnesota Duluth, which is named after her, and worked there until 1935. After her retirement from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1958, she was the curator of the University of South Florida's herbarium from 1960 until her retirement there in 1973. References 1890 births 1980 deaths 20th-century American women scientists 20th-century American botanists Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland to the United States American women curators American curators
CapFriendly is a Canadian hockey website that specializes in the business aspect of the National Hockey League (NHL). The site contains the contract information of NHL players and coaches in a salary cap database, as well as explanations on specific aspects of the NHL collective bargaining agreement. CapFriendly was launched in May 2015 following the closure of the website CapGeek. The current site is the result of a merger with HockeysCap. It is run by co-partners Jamie Davis and Dominik, the respective founders of HockeysCap and CapFriendly. The website began as an amateur effort and is not affiliated with the NHL, but it became known for accurate and up-to-date information with fans, and several hockey journalists regularly referencing its data and armchair general manager capability. On September 19th, 2023, CapFriendly announced SalarySwish a website specializing in the business aspect of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their first website that is not focused on hockey. References Ice hockey websites Canadian sport websites Internet properties established in 2015
Vera Micheles Dean (March 29, 1903 – October 10, 1972) was a Russian American political scientist. She was the head of research for the Foreign Policy Association, one of the leading think tanks of the 1940s and 1950s, where she became one of the leading authorities in international affairs during that period. Early life and schooling Vera Micheles was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, her parents were both intellectuals. She was studied in the classics, and learned seven foreign languages including English, German and French. Her parents fled Russia after the White Revolution of 1917 and first moved to London, then to Boston. Dean enrolled at Radcliffe College, and after graduating in 1925, she won a Carnegie Endowment fellowship to Yale University where she earned a M.A in international law. She came back to Radcliffe for her Ph.D. and was soon hired by the Foreign Policy Association. She married a New York City attorney, William Johnson Dean and had two children. After the sudden death of her husband in 1936, to support her children she decided to dedicate more time with the Association. Career Foreign Policy Association In 1928, Dean was hired as an expert on the Soviet Union at the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). In 1936, she became head of the research department at the FPA. She became the main editor of the Association newspaper Foreign Policy Bulletin where she became a leading advocate of a collective security approach to American politics. Here she authored many Foreign Policy Reports, including those entitled “North Atlantic Defense Pact”, “Russia’s Foreign Economic Policy” and “Economic Trends in Eastern Europe”. Foreign Politics Dean was appointed by Governor Herbert H. Lehman as his adviser for the first American delegation to the United Nations and later as a consultant for The San Francisco Conference. In 1949, General Lucius D. Clay arranged for Dean to travel throughout Europe, visiting Frankfurt, Berlin, Prague, Warsaw and London. In each country, officials of the United States Department of State, United States Army and the Economic Cooperation Administration organized for Dean to interview of representatives and country officials. Dean's book titles include "Europe in Retreat," "The Four Cornerstones of Peace" and "Russia: Menace or Promise?". She focused particularly on United States - Soviet Union relations, writing an influential book "The United States and Russia" in 1946, becoming one of the first experts to decry the Cold War. She was awarded the Jane Addams Medal for Distinguished Service presented by Rockford College in 1954 and the French Legion of Honor. She was accused of pro-Soviet views in the late 1940s and 1950s. McCarthyists targeted works published by Dean, seeking to remove them from libraries. Academia Dean taught at Harvard University, Barnard College, University of Rochester, and lectured at the University of Paris on American Foreign Policy before settling down at New York University Graduate School of Public Administration. There she became a tenured professor and a senior fellow in the Center for International Studies before retiring in 1971. Death She suffered multiple strokes before dying of a heart attack in 1972. At the time she was in the middle of writing her autobiography. After her death, Dean's personal papers, including her autobiography, was given to the Radcliffe College and are held in Harvard University library archives. References External links The United States and Russia, scan of her book in PDF format 1903 births 1972 deaths American women political scientists American political scientists Harvard University faculty New York University faculty Radcliffe College alumni Yale University alumni White Russian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American women American women academics 20th-century political scientists
The Fellhorn Lift () is a two-section gondola lift in the German Alps that runs from Birgsautal in Oberstdorf to the peak of the Fellhorn – 1,967 metres above sea level (NN). The Fellhornbahn I, a cable car built by Habegger, entered service in 1972. It had a length of 1,869 metres and climbed through a height of 863 metres. The two track cables of each cable car route had a dimater of 50 mm, the haulage cable was 28 mm thick. Drive for the two cable cars, with their capacity of 100 passengers, was provided by an engine at the bottom station delivering 552 kW. The first section had three pylons; there were 54, 51 and 24 metres high. Since the construction of the parallel Fellhornbahn II (see below), Fellhornbahn I has been used mainly in summer. The upper section, the Gipfelbahn, built in 1973, has a length of 845.18 metres, has two pylons and climbs through 190 metres. It is driven by a 283 kW engine at the middle station. The two track cables of the second section have a diameter of 39 mm; the haulage cable is 20 mm thick. The Gipfelbahn only has one car with a capacity of 60 passengers. With a maximum speed of 8 m/s (28.8 km/h) it is able to transport 450 people per hour over this short stretch. Since 2005, the Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahn (KBB), Riezlern, has been the only owner of the Fellhorn Lift. The main shareholders of the KBB are the Allgäuer Überlandwerk, Kempten, and the Raiffeisen Holding Kleinwalsertal. In winter 2006/2007, a new gondola lift, the Fellhornbahn II, was built parallel to the first section by Leitner with 8-seater cabins or gondolas. It is 2,813 metres long and rises through 855 metres. At a height of about 1,300 metres it has a middle station at which passengers may board and alight and where the garage for the gondolas is based. Although the gondolas are in fact coupled and decoupled here, there is only one section because the cable runs continuously from the valley station to the top station. It is powered from the top station and hydraulically tensioned in the bottom station. It has a top speed of 6 m/s (21.6 km/h) and transport capacity of 2,400 passengers per hour. It is Germany's longest single-cable gondola lift. The Faistenoy–Höfle double chairlift and the Höfle draglift have therefore been dismantled. External links Website of the Fellhornbahn und Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahn Description of the Gipfelbahn with photographs at Remontées mécaniques (French) Description of the Fellhornbahn II with photographs at Remontées mécaniques (French) Cable cars in Germany Allgäu Alps 1972 establishments in Germany
Martín Pedro Zabalúa Marramoti, known as Tincho Zabala (4 February 1923 in Montevideo — 23 February 2001 in Buenos Aires) was a Uruguayan actor. He was active in radio, television and movies from his debut radio broadcast in 1937 for almost 60 years. His filmography includes more than 40 films. Selected filmography La pérgola de las flores (1965) Sources 1923 births 2001 deaths Male actors from Montevideo Uruguayan expatriate actors in Argentina Uruguayan male film actors Argentine comedians Uruguayan male comedians Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 20th-century Uruguayan male actors 20th-century comedians
Sarah Jane Foster (October 12, 1839 – ) was an educator of newly-freed blacks in Martinsburg, West Virginia, one of many northern volunteers who travelled south to aid and teach freedmen following the American Civil War. Early life Sarah Jane Foster was born on October 12, 1839, the second of children of Moses B. Foster and Eliza A. Benson Foster. She grew up in Gray, Maine. Her exact level of education is unknown. Though she was too poor to have attended much in the way of formal schooling (she longed to have enough money to purchase her own books), she was well read and had well-educated siblings, including a doctor, a nurse and author, and a clergyman. Her family attended a Free Will Baptist church. Initially Foster worked as a domestic servant and cared for the sick and dying, then as a teacher. She began writing for Home Monthly, a woman's magazine, and Zion's Advocate, a Baptist newspaper published in Portland, Maine. She also wrote short stories and sentimental poetry. Foster was hired by Reverend Silas Curtis of the Free Will Baptist Home Missionary Society to teach in Martinsburg and she arrived in November 1865, documenting her work in dispatches for the Zion's Advocate. She taught in an "uncommonly bad" basement classroom, lacking a blackboard and sufficient textbooks, teaching about 80 students each day and 45 each night. Previous attempts at schooling had been met with harassment and violence, so she was publicly accompanied by male students to protect her, including her assistant John Brown (the namesake of the abolitionist hero). This led to a different kind of harassment, alleging Foster was engaged in sexual relationships with Brown and her students, or part-black herself. The harassment was so intense that an armed Freedmen's Bureau agent had to escort her home one evening. Foster was only in Martinsburg for four months; in April 1866 she was transferred to Harpers Ferry and in July, while on summer leave in Maine, she was dismissed. Undeterred, Foster applied to the American Missionary Society and was hired to work with Francis L. Cardozo in Charleston, South Carolina, but she was soon sent to rural Charleston Neck, where she taught on an isolated farm away from the possible outrages of local whites. There she contracted yellow fever and died back in Maine on June 25, 1868. Legacy Her great-great-nephew Wayne E. Reilly published selections of her diary entries, letters, and other writings as Sarah Jane Foster, teacher of the freedmen : a diary and letters and diary entries of Foster and her sister as The Diaries of Sarah Jane and Emma Ann Foster: A Year in Maine During the Civil War. References Created via preloaddraft 1839 births 1868 deaths People from Martinsburg, West Virginia People from Gray, Maine Baptists from Maine 19th-century American women writers Schoolteachers from Maine
Sweden enjoys a relatively low income inequality and a high standard of living. Unemployment was estimated to be 6.6% by the CIA World Fact Book, lower than in other European Union countries. The Nordic model of a social welfare society exemplified by Sweden and its near neighbours has often been considered a European success story compared internationally with the socioeconomic structures of other developed industrial nations. This model of state provided social welfare includes many unemployment benefits for the poor, and amply funded health, housing and social security provision. within essentially corruption free nations subscribing to principles of a measure of openness of information about government activity. The Income inequality in Sweden ranks low in the Gini coefficient, being 25.2 as of 2015 which is one of the lowest in the world, and ranking similarly to the other Nordic countries; although inequality has recently been on the rise and several central European countries now have a lower Gini coefficient than Sweden. Inflation has lately - since around 2007 - been at a historic low in Sweden. However, Swedes pay very high taxes, some 52.1% of GDP (2014 est.) but correspondingly enjoy a very generous universal welfare state. Sweden's highest earning households have a somewhat lower share of income capital when compared to other countries; with the highest earning 10% having 24% of income or consumption (compared to the USA, in which the highest earning 10% percent have 30%,of income or consumption and Germany, have 24%, while Norway has 21.2%), and very low absolute poverty rates. However, more recent studies have shown the wealth gap to be growing in Sweden. In 2018 a leading Swiss bank claimed that in Sweden the highest 10% have 60-70% of the nation's wealth. The wealth inequality highlighted by the bank is accumulated wealth, not income inequality. Other studies have shown that the top 10% made 90% of 'capital income.' but still maintaining relatively low poverty rates. Ranked by inequality in accumulated wealth, Sweden is the 3rd most unequal nation in the world. Workers and growing inequality In 2005, Sweden's labor force was estimated at 4.49 million persons. As of 2003, the services sector accounted for 75.1% of the workforce, with 22.6% engaged in industry, 2.1% in agriculture, and the remainder in undefined occupations. About 80% of Swedish wage earners are members of trade unions, and within certain industrial branches the percentage is even higher. The trade union movement is based on voluntary membership, and there is neither a closed shop nor a union shop. Although workers have the right to strike, employers also have the right to use the lockout. The labour workforce is mixed [In what sense?], and productivity has slightly weakened in recent months, but GDP per hour worked in Sweden remains very high. In the last decades, there has been a growing number of low-skilled workers in the labor force competing for fewer and fewer occupations with lower educational and experience requirements. These types of job can include certain occupations in industry, and a number of occupations in services, administration and sales such as child care workers, kitchen and restaurant assistants, shop assistants, and cleaners. Many of these jobs are characterized by high staff turnover, which may initially appeal to people who want to gain a foothold in the Swedish labor market, but also entail potentially frustrating precarity. Many Immigrants to Sweden are by Swedish standards poorly educated and unskilled. According to a news report by thelocal.se, a 2008 change to Sweden's labour migration laws designed to make it easier for companies to recruit non-Europeans to hard-to-fill high-skilled jobs, has instead been used primarily to bring low-skilled workers to Sweden. "Only one third of the 60,000 jobs filled since the law came into effect have actually landed in the hands of the much-needed specialists." This suggests that non-EU workers may have a tougher time finding high-skilled jobs than getting low-skilled work. Although income inequality between low-skilled and high-skilled workers is increasing, low-skilled workers are generally very well paid, inequality remains low and the lower and higher classes alike enjoy a very generous universal welfare state. Income taxes and cash benefits traditionally play an important role in redistributing income in Sweden, reducing inequality among the working-age population by about 28% (the OECD average [Of what?] is 25%). This redistributive effect has diminished over time, however, as it [What?] used to range between 35% and 40% prior to the mid-2000s. Sweden still belongs to the group of the most equal OECD countries, despite a rapid surge of income inequality since the early 1990s. The growth in inequality between 1985 and the early 2010s was, though, the largest among all OECD countries, increasing by one third. In 2012, the average income of the top 10% of income earners was 6.3 times higher than that of the bottom 10%. This is up from a ratio of around 5.75 to 1 in 2007 and a ratio of around 4 to 1 during much of the 1990s. Inequality has been rising subtly but measurably in recent years. The 2010 Inequality Watch study reported that there was a new feature of inequality: it is increasing in the most egalitarian of rich countries, the Nordic countries of Europe. In Sweden the Gini coefficient increased from 0.21 to 0.26 in 25 years; the ratio of disposable incomes between the richest and poorest population deciles increased from 4.1 to 5.8." In the same study, it was reported that the gap (of the percentage of population living in relative poverty) between those of immigrant status or foreign background and those of native origin was some 11%. And when comparing only those coming from non-EU countries with natives, it increased to 14.6%. Immigration and poverty Sweden has a relatively high population of immigrant born and native population born to foreign-born parents. As of 2011, Statistics Sweden reported that around 19.6% or 1.858.000 inhabitants of Sweden were of non-native heritage, defined as born abroad or born in Sweden to two parents born abroad. Although Sweden does not officially record all residents' ethnic backgrounds, migrants' nationalities are recorded. The largest immigrant populations as of 2014 were from Finland, Iraq, and Poland (see Immigration to Sweden). According to a study by Torun Österberg and Björn Gustafsson in 2014, when comparing the poverty rate between the immigrant population (in particular those of Turkey and Muslim countries) and the native population, it has been found that the most recent poverty rates among children with a Turkish background are three times higher than among native children. It has been a recent labour market trend that a high and increasing proportion of occupations require higher education, which many immigrants lack, resulting in increasing unemployment and poverty. This focus may, however, underplay the extent to which, prior to the era of mass migration, natives involuntarily out of paid employment were or were not in a certain degree of poverty. Howbeit, it is known that ethnically heterogenous groups, with or without fluent Swedish, find it difficult to integrate into the native community, resulting in increasing marginalization. Another possible group of explanations for the employment problems of many immigrants is the difficulty of finding a job even if a person is qualified. The same study reported: "Results from a number of recent field experiments convincingly shows [sic: for 'show'] that many Swedish employers do not invite job applicants who are according to documents as qualified as natives but have attributes signaling a Muslim or another non-western foreign background." This would suggest that native Swedes nurtured in a homogeneous, relatively egalitarian social welfare society are not necessarily cosmopolitan or inclusive in their social attitudes. In this study, it has been reported that the adjusted percentage difference compared to children with Swedish-born parents in the second generation, in 2008-2010 in Iraqi descendants is 37%, while in those from Greece and Hungary it is 23%.There has been a rapidly increased gap in income between the second generation of people with a background in 'Muslim' countries, compared with those with a heritage in other countries and with native Swedes. This first took place from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, when the economy contracted and employment shrank. (see, Economy of Sweden;). See also List of countries by income equality References Economy of Sweden Economic inequality Sweden
Altagonum japenox is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae. It was described by Darlington in 1952. References japenox Beetles described in 1952
August Alexander Levón (1820-1875) started Finland's first steam-powered mill which first focused on milling rye for bread producers, in 1849. This mill was the beginning of Vaasan & Vaasan, the biggest bakery business in Finland and the Baltic region, one of the largest crisp bread producers in the world and a significant Nordic producer of bake-off products. Levón was born in Raahe. The original name of his family was Leinonen. He came to Vaasa at the age of 19 and started to work at a pharmacy. He wanted to start his own pharmacy in the town but did not get the permission to do so. Instead of continuing with the pharmacy he became an industrialist. Levón went on to found a cotton factory and a shipping company. His contribution to the industrial progress of Vaasa and Finland is very significant. References 1820 births 1875 deaths People from Raahe Finnish businesspeople
Clear Springs High School (CSHS) is an American public high school located in League City, Texas. It is one of seven high schools in the Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD). The school opened in 2007 serving most of League City west of Interstate 45 and part of the Harris County portion of Friendswood. History The construction of Clear Springs High School was approved by voters in the Clear Creek Independent School District during a 2004 bond election at a cost of $65,257,412. Clear Springs High School opened for the 2007–2008 school year taking its zoning from areas previously served by Clear Creek High School and Clear Brook High School. In its initial year, Clear Springs was attended only by ninth and tenth graders, adding an additional grade level each year. The first graduating class was the Class of 2010. Demographics As of the 2019–2020 school year, the demographic breakdown of the 2,815 students enrolled was as follows: White – 51.3% Hispanic – 27.0% Asian – 9.0% African American – 7.9% Two or More Races – 4.4% Native American – 0.2% Pacific Islander – 0.2% Economically Disadvantaged – 11.4% Academics In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school #240 in Texas and #2602 nationally based on college readiness and state exam scores. They have an award-winning computer science program with multiple appearances in Region UIL. Fine arts Musical theatre Clear Springs produces a full-length musical every year which is entered into the Tommy Tune Awards. The show is produced and operated across the Choir, Theatre, and Technical Theatre departments. Band There are three concert ensembles: the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band. In the fall, there is a competitive marching band and color guard. The Wind Ensemble has twice been recognized by the national Mark of Excellence Award by the National Wind Band Honors project. Orchestra The Charger Orchestra is a full symphonic orchestra, in collaboration with the Charger Band Program as of the academic year of 2012-2013. There are four String groups: Chamber I, Chamber II, Symphony, and Philharmonic. For the last several years, the orchestra has received top honors with all of its groups in UIL evaluation. Extracurricular activities Honor societies National Honor Society (NHS) Rho Kappa (Social Studies) National English Honor Society (NEHS) Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics) Science National Honor Society (SNHS) Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (Spanish) Société Honoraire de Français (French) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) American Sign Language Honor Society (ASLHS) International Thespian Society Clubs HOSA DECA Student United Way Interact Club Army JROTC FFA Bolt Bots Gaming Club 2022 Vanta Fall League of Legends Champions Computer Science Club Speech and Debate Club Feeder patterns Clear Springs High School's approved attendance boundaries have been in effect since fall 2007. Elementary schools Bauerschlag Campbell Gilmore Hall League City Ross Greene (partial) Landolt (partial) Intermediate schools Creekside Brookside (Science Magnet Program, partial) Victory Lakes (partial) League City (WAVE program) Seabrook (Science Magnet program) In-District Transfers: Students living within the Clear Creek Independent School District zoning boundaries, but not within the Clear Springs High School zoning boundaries, can apply for an In-District Transfer to be able to attend Clear Springs High School. Transfers must be approved by District Officials and may be granted for the following reasons: Transportation Conflicts Culinary Arts Program Engineering Program Sports Dance/ Drill Team Band and Other Fine Arts Transfers will be granted based on the individual student and can be revoked if the student presents a problem to their new campus. Notable alumni Sports Marcus Johnson: wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles when they won Super Bowl LII (2018). He previously played college football for the University of Texas at Austin. Brooke McCarty–Williams: professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association. See also Clear Creek Independent School District League City, Texas References External links Official website Clear Springs High School News Clear Creek Independent School District Clear Springs High School on Twitter High schools in Galveston County, Texas Galveston Bay Area Clear Creek Independent School District high schools 2007 establishments in Texas Educational institutions established in 2007
Dale is a small lunar impact crater located in the far eastern part of the Moon's near side, to the south of the Mare Smythii. It lies to the southeast of the larger crater Kastner and northeast of Ansgarius. The crater is located in a part of the lunar surface that is subject to libration, which can hide it from view for periods of time. It is a relatively shallow and insignificant crater formation with a somewhat eroded outer rim. A smaller crater lies across the south-southwestern rim, creating a break into the interior. The rim is somewhat lower along the north edge than elsewhere, and the feature is marked only by a few tiny craterlets. References Impact craters on the Moon
The Minnesota Security Hospital is a secure psychiatric hospital located in St. Peter, Minnesota. It serves people who have been committed by the court as mentally ill and dangerous. It was established as St. Peter State Hospital in 1866 under the Kirkbride Plan. The original building is mostly demolished though the hospital is still active. History In 1866, the Minnesota Legislature approved the building of a state hospital for the insane, hoping to reduce the growing amount of mentally ill people in jails throughout the state. They first had to find an area willing to deed of land for the hospital. St. Peter leaders bought a farm for $7,000 and lent it to the state. The hospital was constructed in 1866 in the Kirkbride design. A fire destroyed the men's ward of the hospital on November 15, 1880. C. K. Bartlett was the superintendent of the hospital in its early years before his resignation in 1894. Its first patient checked on December 6, 1866. The hospital soon became overcrowded, so the state built 3 other facilities in Rochester, Fergus Falls, and Anoka. The St. Peter location remained the main hospital. Other hospitals also opened to reduce the population of patients but either closed or turned into retirement homes for the elderly. In 1911, the Asylum for Dangerous Insane officially opened on the campus of the St. Peter Hospital. The name was later changed to the Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) in 1957. After the attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron of the Diocese of Winona, Reverend Louis M. Lescher was committed to this hospital until his death in 1943. In 1982, the current MSH building opened. The original hospital has since been demolished. The coordinates of the original hospital are . Records Records documenting the population and activities in the security hospital, including admission and transfer book (1911–1938), admissions index (1911–1963), daily movement of population record, dangerous insane (1911–1913), and scrapbook (1937–1987) kept by longtime medical director Charles G. Sheppard are available for research use. References Hospital buildings completed in 1866 Hospital buildings completed in 1957 Hospitals in Minnesota Psychiatric hospitals in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Nicollet County, Minnesota 1866 establishments in Minnesota Hospitals established in 1866
Demokracija is a Slovenian right-wing weekly news and political magazine published in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is known as the party magazine of the Slovenian Democratic Party. It has been in circulation since 1990. History and profile Demokracija was founded in January 1990 as a dissident and pro-Spring magazine. The magazine is published weekly on Thursdays. Its headquarters is in Ljubljana. Demokracija has a right-wing and conservative stance. In its early days the weekly was considered to be close to the Slovenian Democratic Union. Then it is considered to have links with the Slovenian Democratic Party. The magazine focuses on political news in Slovenia and in the world, but also covers sections about history, culture, film, sports and entertainment. In July 2017, Ripost, a Hungarian media company, acquired a majority share in Demokracija's parent company, Nova obzorja. Ripost has deep ties to the ruling political party in Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The Slovenian Democratic Party has retained a 42% share in the parent company. Ripost is also a significant shareholder in another media company tied to SDS, Nova24TV. See also List of magazines in Slovenia References External links 1990 establishments in Slovenia Conservatism in Slovenia Conservative magazines Magazines established in 1990 Mass media in Ljubljana News magazines published in Europe Political magazines published in Slovenia Slovene-language magazines Weekly news magazines
Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSU of Alexandria or LSUA, formerly Louisiana State University at Alexandria) is a public college in Alexandria, Louisiana. It offers undergraduate degrees in numerous disciplines. The university is a unit of the LSU System and operates under the auspices of the Louisiana Board of Regents. As of fall 2017, LSUA had an enrollment of 3,378 students which is recorded as the highest in the university's history. The institution is located on the grounds of the former Oakland Plantation some eight miles south of downtown Alexandria. The campus boasts many majestic oaks dating from the nineteenth century. History In 1959, the Louisiana Legislature authorized the establishment of LSUA as a two-year college under the governance of the LSU Board of Supervisors. LSUA registered its first students in 1960 and initiated its first degree program, an Associate in Nursing, in 1964. The additional academic divisions of Liberal Arts, Business Administration, and Sciences were developed in 1967. In 1974, LSUA was accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award associate degrees. Over the next 15 years, several associate degree and certificate programs were added. From 1976 through 2003, Louisiana State University offered the upper-level course work for select bachelor's degree programs on the LSUA campus through a program known as LSU Senior College. Initially, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Bachelor of General Studies were offered. The Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education was added in 1982. In 2001, with approval by the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors and the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Louisiana Legislature passed legislation (Senate Bill 853) allowing Louisiana State University of Alexandria to offer baccalaureate degrees. In 2002, SACS granted accreditation to the university to award both associate and baccalaureate degrees. The following year LSUA was reorganized into colleges and departments rather than divisions. The College of Arts and Sciences consisted of the departments of Arts, English and Humanities; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Biological Sciences; and Mathematics and Physical Sciences. The College of Professional Studies consisted of the departments of Allied Health, Business Administration, Education, and Nursing. LSUA offered four baccalaureate degrees in fall 2003: the Bachelor of Science in biology, the Bachelor of General Studies, the Bachelor of Science in elementary education, and the Bachelor of Liberal Studies. Because there were students at LSUA who had completed upper-level course work through LSU Senior College, LSUA was able to produce its first bachelor's degree graduates in December 2003. The university added a Bachelor of Science in psychology in 2005 and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 2006. The Department of Education now offers the Bachelor of Science in elementary education and alternative certification in the areas of elementary education, grades 1–5; health and physical education, grades K–12; and secondary education, grades 6–12, for the disciplines of biology, English, history, and mathematics. Students who major in biology, English, history, or mathematics may declare secondary education as a minor in these areas of study, earning certification to teach that subject in grades 6–12. Add–on certifications are available for early childhood education (PK–3) and special education in area of existing certification(s). In 2013 new bachelor's degree programs were added in Elder Care and Medical Laboratory Science. Paul Coreil, Ph.D., who retired in 2012 as Vice Chancellor and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, was appointed Interim Chancellor of LSUA in 2013. In March 2014, Daniel Howard, PhD, became the new chancellor. He came to LSUA from Arkansas State University where he had been Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Interim Chancellor. Immediately before that, Dr. Howard served for fifteen years as a vice president at the University of North Alabama. In December 2013, it was announced that LSUA decided to rebrand the school which started in January 2014. Among the changes, the school was no longer recognized as Louisiana State University at Alexandria and was changed to LSU of Alexandria. Other changes included a new logo and school colors similar to the LSU flagship campus itself. The change coincided with a "high-energy marketing campaign incorporating traditional, social and direct marketing tactics" according to the school's release. The changes were also part of the One LSU initiative, which aimed to increase LSU's impact by tying their campuses closer together. For the school's athletics, the change did not occur until the fall semester of 2014. Academics LSUA devotes itself exclusively to undergraduate programs, offering degrees in a variety of liberal arts and professional disciplines. It confers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of General Studies (with a Concentration) degrees. LSUA also confers associate degrees in Nursing and Radiologic Technology. In addition, it offers Certification in Pharmacy Technology and an Alternative Path to Elementary and Secondary Education Certification. Athletics The LSU–Alexandria (LSUA) athletic teams are called the Generals. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) since the 2014–15 academic year. The Generals previously competed as an NAIA Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) from 2007–08 to 2013–14. LSUA competes in seven intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and tennis. Club sports include cheerleading and rodeo. Overview LSUA hired its first athletic director in 2007 and began competing in NAIA men's baseball and women's fast-pitch softball in 2008. A new on-campus baseball and softball complex has been completed and is now the home of the Generals and Lady Generals ball teams. In 2013, the institution gained student support and approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors to add men's basketball and soccer and women's basketball, soccer, and tennis. Plans are for the college to compete in seven sports in 2014. References External links Official website Official athletics website Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Liberal arts colleges in Louisiana Alexandria Tourist attractions in Alexandria, Louisiana Buildings and structures in Alexandria, Louisiana 1959 establishments in Louisiana Public universities and colleges in Louisiana Public liberal arts colleges in the United States
The Church of San Jorge (Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de San Jorge) is a church located in Alcalá de los Gazules, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 2006. References Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cádiz Churches in Andalusia
The Sukma attack was an ambush carried out by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) against Indian paramilitary forces on 24 April 2017, during the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. It was the largest ambush since a similar attack in 2010, in the neighbouring district of Dantewada. The ambush took place between Burkapal and Chintagufa in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, India. A group of 300 Maoists attacked a 99-member troop of the Central Reserve Police Force. Three Maoists and 25 police personnel were killed in the ensuing firefight. See also April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley 2021 Sukma-Bijapur attack References Conflicts in 2017 Communist Party of India (Maoist) History of Chhattisgarh (1947–present) Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Sukma district Terrorist incidents in India in 2017 April 2017 events in India Mass murder in 2017
Maris Estelle King (1922–1997) was an Australian public servant and diplomat. King began her Commonwealth Public Service career in 1942 as a typist in the Department of External Affairs. In 1943, King was posted to Chongqing, China. She was the first clerical officer that the Australian Government had sent abroad. From 1951 to 1954, whilst still an external affairs officer, King studied Arts at the Canberra University College. She performed consistently well in her exams, including topping the Melbourne University examination class list in economics from 1952 to 1954. King went on to become the third woman to head an Australian diplomatic mission, as Australian High Commissioner to Nauru from 1977 to 1979. In 1980 she was appointed Australia's first resident High Commissioner to Tonga. She arrived in May 1980, and was living in Nuku'alofa when Cyclone Isaac ravaged Tonga. No Australians were killed or injured in the storms. King retired in 1984. Honours In 2010, a street in Casey, Australian Capital Territory was named Maris King Street in King's honour. In late 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade named one of its 16 meeting rooms in honour of King, in recognition of her work as a pioneering female diplomat. References 1922 births 1997 deaths High Commissioners of Australia to Kiribati High Commissioners of Australia to Nauru High Commissioners of Australia to Tonga Australian women ambassadors Australian expatriates in China
WBOY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States, serving North Central West Virginia as an affiliate of NBC and ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on West Pike Street in downtown Clarksburg, and its transmitter is located east of downtown and US 50. The station identifies on-air as "Clarksburg/Fairmont/Morgantown" even though the third city is considered to be part of the Pittsburgh market. Despite this, WBOY-TV operates a news bureau in Morgantown which makes it the only commercial station to have facilities there. History The station was launched on November 17, 1957. It was the second television station in its small market. WBOY was originally intended to be the ABC affiliate for all of North-Central West Virginia. However, the area's intended NBC affiliate, Parkersburg's WTAP-TV, did not have a signal strong enough to reach Clarksburg and Weston. North-Central West Virginia is a very rugged dissected plateau and WTAP's analog signal on UHF channel 15 was not strong enough to carry across the terrain. After it became clear that Parkersburg and Clarksburg were going to be separate markets, WBOY joined NBC and remains with the network to this day. However, it retained a secondary ABC affiliation for many years. Its original owner was Friendly Broadcasting, who owned several stations including WSTV in Steubenville, Ohio. Rust Craft sold the station to Northern West Virginia TV Broadcasting Company in 1964. Imes Communications of Columbus, Mississippi who also owned that city's CBS affiliate WCBI-TV bought the station in 1976, as well as ABC affiliate WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire. At that time, WBOY dropped the remainder of its ABC programming, allowing it to become a full NBC affiliate; as a result, cable systems began importing Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV for ABC programming. In early 2001, Hearst Television (the owner of WTAE-TV) acquired WBOY and WMUR from Imes; Hearst's acquisition of WBOY was finalized on April 30, 2001. In 2000, the FCC started to allow a company to own multiple stations with overlapping coverage areas. However, Hearst opted to keep WTAE-TV (one of its longtime flagship stations) and sold WBOY to West Virginia Media Holdings (which was creating a statewide "network" of stations to share resources) in September 2001; the sale closed on December 13 of that year. WBOY launched a new second digital subchannel with ABC programming on August 1, 2008 with the branding Your ABC. Sister station WTRF-TV in Wheeling also launched an ABC subchannel at the same time. Previously, both the Clarksburg–Weston–Fairmont and Wheeling–Steubenville markets were served by WTAE as the de facto affiliate while WDTV aired select ABC Sports programming. On November 17, 2015, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase the West Virginia Media Holdings stations, including WBOY-TV, for $130 million. Under the terms of the deal, Nexstar assumed control of the stations through a time brokerage agreement in December 2015, with the sale of the license assets completed on January 31, 2017. Programming Syndicated programming Syndicated programming on WBOY-TV includes Rachael Ray, The Doctors, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Dr. Phil, among others. Syndicated programming on WBOY-DT2 includes The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Funny You Should Ask, Comics Unleashed, and The Big Bang Theory, among others. News operation After being acquired by West Virginia Media Holdings, the station upgraded its news operation and built secondary studios in Morgantown on Scott Avenue. A major emphasis was placed on news from that town in the hopes of increasing ratings and thus getting the town reassigned to the Clarksburg/Fairmont market. The move made WBOY the highest rated station in Monongalia County according to Nielsen ratings beating even Pittsburgh stations. The channel produces a large amount of sports content relative to West Virginia University, located in that town, for use by the other member stations. Today, it is the only West Virginia Media Holdings station to have the lead in local news ratings in its respective market. Nexstar Media produces a half-hour evening newscast that airs at 5:30 p.m. The newscast, titled West Virginia Tonight, is broadcast live from WOWK's Charleston studios in high definition on WOWK, WBOY, WVNS, WTRF and WDVM and is anchored by Mark Curtis and Amanda Barren. WBOY-DT2 simulcasts the weekday editions of 12 News at 5 a.m., 6 a.m., noon, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 p.m. It does not simulcast weekend broadcasts from the main channel. In addition, there is a public affairs program called Inside West Virginia Politics hosted by Mark Curtis, airing Sundays at on all five Nexstar West Virginia stations. On April 1, 2013, WBOY became the second station in the market and the last station owned by West Virginia Media Holdings to upgrade its local newscasts to high definition. With the upgrade came new graphics and a new music package (Aerial by Stephen Arnold). Notable former staff Natalie Tennant – former WV Secretary of State Irv Weinstein – later the longtime anchor at WKBW radio and television in Buffalo, New York Erik Wells – former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WBOY-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12. References External links NBC network affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates BOY-TV Television channels and stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in West Virginia Nexstar Media Group
Team Bath is an English netball team based at the University of Bath. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the league. They were Superleague champions again in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013, and British Fast5 All-Stars Champions in 2021. The netball team is one of several sports teams based at the University of Bath that use the Team Bath brand name. Others include an association football team and a field hockey team. History Early years The modern Team Bath netball team was formed during the late 1990s following the merger of several clubs and teams. These include Bath Netball Club, Bath Tigers and the Toucans Netball Club. The Team Bath Toucans name is still used by Team Bath's National Premier League team. Super Cup Between 2001 and 2005, Team Bath Force, together with five other franchises – Northern Flames, London Tornadoes, London Hurricanes, University of Birmingham Blaze and Northern Thunder – competed in the Super Cup. In 2004, with a squad that included Sara Bayman, Rachel Dunn, Jess Garland, Tamsin Greenway and Geva Mentor, Team Bath won the Super Cup. In the final they defeated Northern Thunder 49–43. In 2005, with a squad that included Sara Bayman and Pamela Cookey, Team Bath also won the BUCS netball championship for the first time. Netball Superleague In 2005 Team Bath were named as the South West England/West of England franchise in the new Netball Superleague. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Celtic Dragons, Leeds Carnegie, Galleria Mavericks, Northern Thunder, Loughborough Lightning and Team Northumbria, Team Bath were founder members of the league. In 2005–06 with a squad that included Pamela Cookey, Rachel Dunn, Stacey Francis, Jess Garland, Tamsin Greenway and Geva Mentor, Team Bath won the inaugural Netball Superleague title. Team Bath won further Netball Superleague titles in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2013. Senior finals Super Cup Netball Superleague Grand Finals Between 2006 and 2009–10, Team Bath played in four out of five Netball Superleague Grand Finals. They reached their first Grand Final for eight years in 2021. Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship Team Bath played in the inaugural British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship final in 2017 and won the competition for the first time in 2021. Home venue Team Bath play their home matches in the Team Bath Arena at the Sports Training Village on the University of Bath campus. Notable players 2024 squad Internationals Shaunagh Craig Fionnuala Toner Khanyisa Chawane Lenize Potgieter Karla Pretorius Zanele Vimbela Vangelee Williams Claire Brownie Chelsea Lewis Betsy Creak Coaches Head coaches Directors of netball Seasons 2016 Team Bath netball season 2017 Team Bath netball season 2018 Team Bath netball season 2019 Team Bath netball season 2020 Team Bath netball season 2021 Team Bath netball season Honours Netball Superleague Winners: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013: 5 Runners-up: 2021: 1 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship Winners: 2021: 1 Runners up: 2017: 1 Super Cup Winners: 2004: 1 Mike Greenwood Trophy Winners: 2015: 1 Runners up: 2016: 1 References External links Team Bath on Facebook Team Bath on Twitter Netball teams in England netball Netball Superleague teams
Mai Thúc Loan (or Mai Huyền Thành (梅玄成), self-proclaimed Mai Hắc Đế (梅黑帝, The Black Emperor or The Swarthy Emperor), was the Vietnamese leader of the uprising in 722 AD against the rule of the Chinese Tang dynasty in the provinces of Hoan Châu and Ái Châu (now Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An). Regarded as one of the major rebellions during the Third Chinese domination, the uprising of Mai Thúc Loan succeeded in capturing the capital Songping (now Hanoi) of the Tang's Annan protectorate and Mai Thúc Loan thus proclaimed himself Mai Hắc Đế, the emperor of the independent region for a short time before being put down by the military campaign after the order of the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Today Mai Thúc Loan is praised as one of the early national heroes in the history of Vietnam who contributed for the struggle for independence of the country. Background According to Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam, the date of birth of Mai Thúc Loan was unknown but he was from the Mai Phụ village, modern-day Thạch Hà District, Hà Tĩnh. In the Basic Records of the New Book of Tang, his name was Mai Thúc Loan while in the Old Book of Tang the name was recorded as Mai Huyền Thành and the one in the Zizhi Tongjian was Mai Thúc Yên. Uprising In 722, Mai Thúc Loan rebelled in what is now Hà Tĩnh Province and proclaimed himself the "Swarthy Emperor" (Hắc Đế). According to Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục, the title Black Emperor originated from his distinctively dark skin colour. His rebellion rallied people from 23 counties with "400,000 followers". Many were peasants who roamed the countryside, plundering food and other items. He also allied with Champa and Chenla, an unknown kingdom named Jinlin (“Gold Neighbor”) and other unnamed kingdoms. A Chinese army of 100,000 from Guangdong under general Yang Zixu, including a "multitude" of mountain tribesmen who had remained loyal to the Tang, marched directly along the coast, following the old road built by Ma Yuan. Yang Zixu attacked Mai Thúc Loan by surprise and suppressed the rebellion in 723. The corpses of the Swarthy Emperor and his followers were piled up to form a huge mound and were left on public display to check further revolts. Legacy The traditional record about Mai Thúc Loan's uprising in historical chronicales of Vietnamese dynasties was brief, for example the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư of Ngô Sĩ Liên only acknowledged that there was a rebellion led by the rebel leader Mai Thúc Loan in 722 with the said army of 30,000 soldiers with allies from Champa, Lâm Ấp and that the rebellion was quickly pacified by Tang troops. In Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục, the total number of Mai Thúc Loan's forces was 40,000 but the compilers of the book expressed their doubt about this number and thought that it might be made by Tang generals who wanted to emphasize their victory over the uprising with the Emperor Xuanzong. While Đại Việt sử ký and Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư only regarded Mai Thúc Loan as a rebel (giặc) of the Tang authority, Ngô Thì Sĩ in Đại Việt sử ký tiền biên, compiled during the Tây Sơn dynasty, praised the uprising as a symbol of the independent spirit of Vietnamese people and thus criticized Lê Văn Hưu and Ngô Sĩ Liên for misjudging the real value of Mai Thúc Loan's rebellion. Today Mai Thúc Loan is appreciated as one of the early national heroes in the history of Vietnam who contributed for the struggle for independence of the country. In the site of his ancient citadel of Vạn An, people erected a temple to worship Mai Thúc Loan and he was considered being equal with other Vietnamese emperors although his rule was short-lived and he was not officially called an emperor of Vietnam in dynastic historical books. According to folk legend, Mai Thúc Loan had a daughter named Mai Thị Cầu and a son named Mai Kỳ Sơn who followed their father in fighting against the Tang dynasty, today there still remains a shrine to worship Mai Thị Cầu and Mai Kỳ Sơn in Haiphong where people hold an annual festival in the third lunar month to celebrate the deeds of Mai Thúc Loan's children. A street of Hanoi and several places in Vietnam are named in honour of Mai Thúc Loan. References Notes Bibliography \|- style="text-align: center;" \|- \|- 723 deaths Vietnamese emperors People from Hà Tĩnh province Year of birth unknown Tang dynasty rebels 8th-century Vietnamese people 7th-century Vietnamese people
Two genera of cacti were once named Echinofossulocactus: Echinofossulocactus Lawr., now included in the genus Echinocactus Echinofossulocactus Britton & Rose, now included in the genus Stenocactus
David Meza may refer to: David Meza (journalist) (1959–2010), Honduran journalist David Meza (footballer) (born 1988), Paraguayan footballer David José Meza (born 1987), Honduran footballer
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The 2016–17 São Vicente Association Cup season was the 15th of the competition of the Association Cup (equivalent to a League Cup used in other countries, e.g. nearby Senegal) of football in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. All of the competition took place in late 2016, the Premier Division of the cup started on October 29 and finished on December 11 and the Second Division of the cup started in December and finished on January 29. The tournament was organized by the São Vicente Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de São Vicente de Futebol, ARSVF). Batuque won their only title for the season. Overview Amarante was the defending team of the title. A total of eight clubs competed in the competition and challenged with a different club once in its seven rounds. All of the clubs were also that would participate in its regional Premier Division later in January 2017. In the Premier Division, Derby scored the most goals numbering 16, followed by Batuque with 12 and last was Salamansa with only six. A total of 81 goals were scored. In its Second Division, São Pedro won the title for the season. It marked the final appearance of Falcões do Norte at the Premier Division of the Association Cup, they will spend their first season at the Second Division of the Association Cup. Participating clubs Premier Division Académica Batuque FC FC Derby Farense Falcões do Norte CS Mindelense Ribeira Bote Salamansa Second Division Amarantes Calhau Castilho Corinthians Ponta d’Pom São Pedro Association Cup standings Premier Division Second Division 1st place: São Pedro See also 2016–17 São Vicente Island League References External links * 2016-17 São Vicente Football competitions at RSSSF which includes the opening tournament São Vicente football seasons 2016–17 in Cape Verdean football
Hangang Park or officially Hangang Citizen’s Park () is a park that consists of 12 parks in Seoul, South Korea. It consists of Gwangnaru Park, Jamsil Park, Ttukseom Park, Jamwon Park, Ichon Park, Banpo Park, Mangwon Park, Yeouido Park, Nanji Park, Gangseo Park, Yanghwa Park, and Seonyudo Park. In Hangang Park, there is an abundance of sporting facilities such as soccer fields, skateboarding and in-line skating parks, tennis courts, hiking/biking trails, etc. There are also many swimming pools and many water-related sports such as water-skiing, yachting, boat racing, and fishing. History Hangang Park was built from 1982 to 1986, with the government's launch of the Hangang River Development Project. The main goal of the project was to create an environmently friendly space that the citizens of Seoul, Koreans, foreigners and tourists can enjoy. While building the Hangang Park, a section of Hangang, 41.5 km long and 39.9 km2 large, turned into a river of 2.5m of average depth and 1 km of average width. In 2007, the Hangang Renaissance Project was launched with the same goal, and will terminate in 2030. The project will transform the Hangang Parks and the areas around Hangang into a place of culture, art, leisure, and riverside cities. The main theme is creation and restoration, and each of the park area is designated a special theme that will be used as a basis to develop the park and surrounding area. The parks Yeouido Park Yeouido Park () is located in Yeouido. It has an area of 1,487,374m2 and a length of 8.4 km. It is accessible by public transportation such as subway and buses. It also has various events such as the Hangang Spring Flower Festival, the Seoul International Fireworks Festival, various performances, and marathon events. It was closed on April 1, 2020, because of the spread of COVID-19. Restriction was lifted on October 14, 2020, in the first phase of social distancing. On June 24, 2020, five people infected with COVID-19 were revealed to have used a convenience store at Yeouido Hangang Park. Banpo Park Banpo Park () is located between Hannam Bridge, Dongjak Bridge and Banpo Bridge. It is 7.2 km in length, and the area of the park is 567,600m2. It was part and the first result of the Han River Renaissance Project, one of the major policies of Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul. Nanji Park Nanji Park () is located Sangam-dong in Mapo District, between Nanjicheon Bridge and Hongjecheon Bridge. It has a length of 4.02 km and an area of 776,000m2. The park was one of five World Cup parks to commemorate the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It was built with the abolition of Najido Garbage centre which was a landfill site along the Han River. Later on, it was reconstructed as part of the Hangang Renaissance project, including an amusement park, a central connection bridge to the sky park, and a complex connection passage. Tourist attractions Sebitseom Sebitseom () is an artificial island created by Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2006 at the suggestion of Seoul citizen Kim Pun-sun, and it is located in Banpo Hangang Park. Banpo Bridge Banpo Bridge () is a 6-lane bridge with a length of 1,490m and a width of 25m, connecting Seobinggo-dong in Yongsan District and Banpo-dong in Seocho District. Saetgang Saetgang () is the river between Yeouido and the mainland. In Saetgang, there is Saetgang Bridge, which looks like a crane. Cafe of Light The Cafe of Light is located close to Yeouinaru Station with a panoramic view of the Hangang Park. Drinks are available for purchase. Activities A variety of activities are conducted in the park throughout the year. Swimming pools There are seven swimming pools in Hangang Park. Nanji, Mangwon, Yeouido, Jamwon, Jamsil, Ttukseom and Gwangnaru pools usually opens during the third week of June to the first week of July. It is open from 9:00 to 19:00 and can avoid heat on the closest swimming pool in Seoul. There are adult pools, waterfalls and kid pools for children with very low water depths, and LED fountains can be found in several swimming pools. There is an aqua ring and a water slide, and tourists can enjoy the summer vacation as if they are in huge water parks. Winter activities In Hangang Park, snow sleds are opened in Yeouido. It is open every day of the week and throughout the year. It is open from 9:00 to 17:00, and does not open from 12:00 to 1:00 to spread the snows again. In addition, in 2015, mini-bikes, bumper cars and electric bicycles were newly constructed to meet the needs of children. Also, there are many other activities such as smelt catching and bungee jumping. Other There are aquatic resources in the Han River, so fishing is possible except for the prohibited areas. Anyone can do fishing without complying with the prohibition-related laws. Many water sports can be undertaken on the Han River including water skiing, motorboats, yachts and pleasure boats, and can be undertaken in most of the Han River parks. Programs and festivals Hangang Spring Flower Festival The Hangang Spring Flower Festival (), also referred to as Yeouido Spring Flower Festival (), is held in 'Yeoui West Street' () in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, usually in early April, when cherry blossoms are in full bloom. The cherry blossom trees line Yunjuro Road for about 6 km. Other flowers such as spireas, azaleas, and forsythias bloom as well. Special events are prepared in the Hangang Spring Flower Festival. Fireworks festival The Seoul International Fireworks Festival () is an event which shows fireworks in Seoul by Hanwha company. Different countries participate in this event every year. Hangang Summer Festival The Hangang Summer Festival () is held annually in the summer. Water-based activities, a circus, and other experiences are provided. In 2017, about 80 programs were held in the Hangang Summer Festival. Efforts to preserve Hangang Park For the purpose of preserving Hangang Park, Seoul City manages an Ecological Landscape Conservation Area, Ecological Park, and Fish Roads. Ecological Landscape Conservation Area In Hangang Park, Godeok-dong, Bamseom, and Amsa-dong are designated as Ecological Landscape Conservation Areas. Ecological Park In Hangang Park, the Yeouido creek, Gangseo wetland, Godeok riverside, Nanji wetland, and the Amsa waterfront are designated as Ecological Parks. Amsa waterfront There is an Amsa waterfront () area in the park. The artificial shore and bicycle road of the Amsa-dong riverside was demolished, and an ecological park with wildflowers, walking trails, a community of reeds and mussels was created to expand the habitat of livings and to improve the view of the scene. Gallery See also Han River Yeouido Yeouido Park References External links Explanations of each park of Hangang Park by Seoul Metropolitan Government Hanwha Seoul International Fireworks Festival 2017 Hangang Summer Festival(English) Han River (Korea) Parks in Seoul Sports venues in Seoul Tourist attractions in Seoul
Not After Midnight, and other stories is a 1971 collection of five long stories by Daphne du Maurier. It was first published in Britain by Gollancz (with a cover by Daphne du Maurier's daughter Flavia Tower), and in America by Doubleday under the title Don't Look Now. In 1973 it was re-published in the UK by Harmondsworth (Penguin) as Don't Look Now, and other stories. Plots "Don't Look Now" John and his grief-stricken wife Laura take a holiday in Venice following the death of their daughter, Christine, from meningitis; their son, Johnnie, attends a preparatory school in England. They encounter middle-aged identical twin sisters, one of whom is blind but has psychic abilities. During a night out, John hears a cry and sees what appears to be a small girl wearing a pixie-hood running along an alley and leaping across some moored canal boats before disappearing into a nearby house, apparently intent on escaping from unseen danger. The sisters tell Laura that John unwittingly has the gift of second sight, and that Christine is trying to warn them that they are in danger if they remain in Venice. They learn that the city has been plagued by a series of recent murders. Johnnie's headmaster telegraphs the couple's hotel to inform them that their son has been taken ill. Laura leaves to fly back to England immediately, but long after her plane should have departed John unexpectedly sees her on a vaporetto (water bus) with the sisters, apparently heading back to the hotel in a distressed state. John searches for hours but is unable to locate his wife, and he eventually reports her disappearance to the police. Later that evening, John decides to call his son's school and is astounded to learn that Laura is in fact in England after all. He makes his way to the police station to apologise. He meets the sisters at the police station and escorts them back to their pension, where the psychic sister falls into a trance. John leaves hurriedly and, disoriented, stumbles upon the alley from the previous evening. Once again, he catches sight of the little pixie-hooded figure, but this time sees a man in pursuit. Attempting to protect the figure from a presumed murderer, he follows her to a small room into which she has retreated and bolts the door from the inside. As her pixie-hood drops to the floor, the "child" is revealed not to be a little girl at all, but a middle-aged female dwarf. Police bang on the door. Grinning, the dwarf pulls a knife from her sleeve and throws it at John, piercing his throat. As he slumps to the floor, John has a vision of the vaporetto and realises it is a premonition of the scene in a few days' time when Laura and the sisters will return for his funeral. "Not After Midnight" Timothy Grey, a preparatory school headmaster, takes a holiday to the Greek island of Crete with the intent of finding some solitude in which to paint. On arrival at his hotel, he asks to move his accommodation to a better chalet, near the water's edge, which the hotel management agrees to with some reluctance. The reason becomes clear when he discovers that the chalet's previous occupant had drowned while swimming at night. Also staying at the hotel is Stoll, a drunken and obnoxious American, and his silent and apparently deaf wife. They spend every day out in a small boat, ostensibly fishing. Grey finds a card in his chalet left by the previous occupant reading, “Not after midnight” and the number 38, which he realises is the number of Stoll's chalet. One morning, Grey follows the couple and discovers that their days are being spent collecting ancient artefacts from a local shipwreck, with Mrs Stoll diving and supplying the finds to her husband on the beach. Grey is spotted, and that evening Stoll offers a gift, presumably to keep him quiet. His wife invites him to visit their chalet, but “not after midnight”. Grey does not go, and late that night he is visited by a snorkeller who leaves a wrapped gift on his veranda. It is a jar or rhyton, shaped into the form of a head resembling Stoll, with dancing satyrs above. Grey passes an exhausting night, having bizarre dreams of insidious and sweet pleasure with the boys from his school. In the morning, Grey resolves to return the unwanted gift, but finds that the Stolls have departed. He drinks a barley-tasting concoction that Stoll had prepared and left behind. Determined to find out more about the Stolls’ activities, he hires a boat and when exactly over the wreck looks into the depths to see Stoll's body, drifting in the current, tied to an anchor. In a panic Grey throws the jar into the sea, but realises that he is too late, that the jar's head is becoming his own likeness, and that he too will soon become another victim of the smiling god Dionysus. "A Border-Line Case" Shelagh Money, a 19-year-old aspiring actress who goes by the stage name of Jennifer Blair, is looking forward to her first big theatre role, playing Viola/Cesaro in Twelfth Night. However, Shelagh may miss the opportunity as she feels obliged to stay with her seriously ill father. As they look through an old photograph album, Shelagh's father reminisces about a former friend, Commander Nick Barry, who was best man at his wedding and who appears in a photograph with the bride and groom. He regrets that he and Nick were never reconciled after the time when, as Nick's superior in the Royal Navy, he felt unable to recommend him for promotion. Suddenly and quite unexpectedly, Shelagh's father stares at her with a look of horror and disbelief on his face; he collapses and dies. Feeling that she should pass on her father's last wish of reconciliation, Shelagh travels to Ireland in search of Nick, checking into a hotel. The locals are reluctant to talk, but she discovers that Nick lives a reclusive life on a small island. When Shelagh attempts to investigate further, she is kidnapped and taken to the island as Nick's involuntary 'guest'. She is shocked to see that he keeps on his desk a framed copy of her father's wedding photograph, which had been doctored to swap around the heads of the groom and the best man. Nick who is now an IRA commander begins questioning Shelagh. Acting on impulse, she tells him that she is a journalist and gives her stage name. Nick tells her that the photograph is of his own wedding, and that his wife died shortly afterwards. Shelagh finds herself strongly attracted to Nick. When he takes her to view a bombing raid on targets just north of the border, they have passionate sex in the back of a grocer's van. Nick admits that the photograph is indeed a fake: a practical joke that the new bride took rather badly at the time. He got his own back by getting her drunk while her husband was away, and having what he calls 'a rough-and-tumble on the sofa'. Although Shelagh disapproves of his youthful indiscretion, she tells Nick she loves him and wants to be together. Shelagh is taken back not to the island but to her hotel, and Nick departs. He makes no further contact and, dejected, she has no option but to return to England. On the opening night of her play, Shelagh is ready to go on as Viola/Cesaro when she receives a package. It is a letter from Nick and a photograph that she initially takes to be of herself in the role of Cesaro, but is in fact of Nick in the same role when he was a boy. Nick explains that she had reminded him of somebody - and has since realised that that person was himself. Shelagh at last understands her presumed father's dying look of horror and disbelief; with his last breath he had realised the truth. "The Way of the Cross" A disparate party from the middle-class village of Little Bletford take a sightseeing cruise to Middle East, led by their local vicar. All are in their own individual ways unsatisfied with their lives and their relationships. When their vicar falls ill, just before a planned 24-hour excursion ashore to Jerusalem, his place is taken by the inexperienced Reverend Babcock, a man more used to mixing with the youth of his own slum parish in Huddersfield. On the first night of the cruise, Robin, a precocious nine-year-old and grandson of one of the couples, suggests a walk to the Garden of Gethsemane. In the dark, among the bushes and trees, two people overhear things about themselves that force them to re-evaluate their lives. The next day, several of the party experience mishaps and personal humiliations, and by the end of the excursion all apart from Robin have met the fate that they most dread. In dealing with the disasters the whole group learn a great deal about themselves and their loved ones, and they return happier people. "The Breakthrough" Stephen Saunders is sent to an isolated laboratory on the salt marshes of the East Coast to help out with a secret project. He is told that the laboratory is in need of an electrical engineer, but is given no other details. On arrival, Stephen discovers that he is expected to help operate the computer for an experiment to trap a human's vital spark, or psychic energy, at the point of death and prevent it from going to waste. The test subject is Ken, an affable young assistant who is dying of leukaemia. As Ken lies on the point of death he is put under hypnosis along with Niki, a backward child whom the scientists have found to be susceptible. Niki is asked to 'stay with Ken' as his life ebbs away, and initially it seems that the experiment has been a success, with the instruments showing that Ken's energy has been captured. But after the point of death Niki, still under hypnosis, reports that Ken is asking the experimenters to let him go, and they realise that they may have captured more of Ken than his psychic energy. Horrified, they disconnect the apparatus and release the energy. Background "The Breakthrough" is the earliest story in the collection, written in 1964 in response to a request from Kingsley Amis who was hoping to edit a collection of science-fiction stories, a collection which never ultimately appeared. It was written before The House on the Strand, for which it was in some ways a rehearsal. "A Borderline Case" is the only story rooted in personal experience. In 1932, du Maurier had met and been attracted to the British officer Eric Dorman-Smith, who in the post-war years became involved with the IRA. She had tried to locate him while holiday in Ireland, but without success. In 1968, however, she contacted him by letter and he responded with a poem. After his death in 1969, du Maurier felt able to incorporate some of these incidents into her story; the details, she stressed, were "purely imaginary". Critical reception Reviewing the book under its American title Don't Look Now, Margaret Millar of The New York Times was lukewarm. While acknowledging du Maurier's popularity, she felt the book to be a collection of five uneasy pieces in which "the reader is given an intriguing situation, a series of neatly planted clues and a generous number of plot twists". Du Maurier's biographer Margaret Forster considered "Not After Midnight" to be a 'not very successful story', demonstrating how the author's liking for intricate plot could lead her into complications which made her writing tortuous. She thought however that "The Way of the Cross" worked well, and noted that at one stage du Maurier considered turning it into a novel but was worried that she would not be able to maintain the tension. "The Breakthrough" she found to be skilfully worked, with an atmosphere of chilling menace which du Maurier herself had greatly liked. Adaptations The story "Don't Look Now" has been adapted in several media: a 1973 film directed by Nicolas Roeg; a 2001 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial by Ronald Frame; and a 2007 stage play by Nell Leyshon. References 1971 short story collections Short story collections by Daphne du Maurier Victor Gollancz Ltd books
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility by Christ to govern, teach and sanctify the Body of Christ (the Church). Priests, deacons and lay ministers co-operate and assist their bishops in pastoral ministry. Some Pentecostal and other Protestant denominations have bishops who oversee congregations, though they do not claim apostolic succession. Terminology The English term bishop derives from the Greek word , meaning "overseer"; Greek was the language of the early Christian church. However, the term did not originate in Christianity. In Greek literature, the term had been used for several centuries before the advent of Christianity. It later transformed into the Latin , Old English , Middle English and lastly bishop. In the early Christian era the term was not always clearly distinguished from (literally: "elder" or "senior", origin of the modern English word priest), but is used in the sense of the order or office of bishop, distinct from that of presbyter, in the writings attributed to Ignatius of Antioch (died ). History in Christianity The earliest organization of the Church in Jerusalem was, according to most scholars, similar to that of Jewish synagogues, but it had a council or college of ordained presbyters (). In Acts 11:30 and Acts 15:22, a collegiate system of government in Jerusalem is chaired by James the Just, according to tradition the first bishop of the city. In Acts 14:23, the Apostle Paul ordains presbyters in churches in Anatolia. The word presbyter was not yet distinguished from overseer (, later used exclusively to mean bishop), as in Acts 20:17, Titus 1:5–7 and 1 Peter 5:1. The earliest writings of the Apostolic Fathers, the Didache and the First Epistle of Clement, for example, show the church used two terms for local church offices—presbyters (seen by many as an interchangeable term with or overseer) and deacon. In the First epistle to Timothy and Epistle to Titus in the New Testament a more clearly defined episcopate can be seen. Both letters state that Paul had left Timothy in Ephesus and Titus in Crete to oversee the local church. Paul commands Titus to ordain presbyters/bishops and to exercise general oversight. Early sources are unclear but various groups of Christian communities may have had the bishop surrounded by a group or college functioning as leaders of the local churches. Eventually the head or "monarchic" bishop came to rule more clearly, and all local churches would eventually follow the example of the other churches and structure themselves after the model of the others with the one bishop in clearer charge, though the role of the body of presbyters remained important. Eventually, as Christendom grew, bishops no longer directly served individual congregations. Instead, the metropolitan bishop (the bishop in a large city) appointed priests to minister each congregation, acting as the bishop's delegate. Apostolic Fathers Around the end of the 1st century, the church's organization became clearer in historical documents. In the works of the Apostolic Fathers, and Ignatius of Antioch in particular, the role of the episkopos, or bishop, became more important or, rather, already was very important and being clearly defined. While Ignatius of Antioch offers the earliest clear description of monarchial bishops (a single bishop over all house churches in a city) he is an advocate of monepiscopal structure rather than describing an accepted reality. To the bishops and house churches to which he writes, he offers strategies on how to pressure house churches who do not recognize the bishop into compliance. Other contemporary Christian writers do not describe monarchial bishops, either continuing to equate them with the presbyters or speaking of (bishops, plural) in a city. As the Church continued to expand, new churches in important cities gained their own bishop. Churches in the regions outside an important city were served by Chorbishop, an official rank of bishops. However, soon, presbyters and deacons were sent from the bishop of a city church. Gradually, priests replaced the chorbishops. Thus, in time, the bishop changed from being the leader of a single church confined to an urban area to being the leader of the churches of a given geographical area. Clement of Alexandria (end of the 2nd century) writes about the ordination of a certain Zachæus as bishop by the imposition of Simon Peter Bar-Jonah's hands. The words bishop and ordination are used in their technical meaning by the same Clement of Alexandria. The bishops in the 2nd century are defined also as the only clergy to whom the ordination to priesthood (presbyterate) and diaconate is entrusted: "a priest (presbyter) lays on hands, but does not ordain." (). At the beginning of the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome describes another feature of the ministry of a bishop, which is that of the : the primate of sacrificial priesthood and the power to forgive sins. Christian bishops and civil government The efficient organization of the Roman Empire became the template for the organisation of the church in the 4th century, particularly after Constantine's Edict of Milan. As the church moved from the shadows of privacy into the public forum it acquired land for churches, burials and clergy. In 391, Theodosius I decreed that any land that had been confiscated from the church by Roman authorities be returned. The most usual term for the geographic area of a bishop's authority and ministry, the diocese, began as part of the structure of the Roman Empire under Diocletian. As Roman authority began to fail in the western portion of the empire, the church took over much of the civil administration. This can be clearly seen in the ministry of two popes: Pope Leo I in the 5th century, and Pope Gregory I in the 6th century. Both of these men were statesmen and public administrators in addition to their role as Christian pastors, teachers and leaders. In the Eastern churches, latifundia entailed to a bishop's see were much less common, the state power did not collapse the way it did in the West, and thus the tendency of bishops acquiring civil power was much weaker than in the West. However, the role of Western bishops as civil authorities, often called prince bishops, continued throughout much of the Middle Ages. Bishops holding political office As well as being Archchancellors of the Holy Roman Empire after the 9th century, bishops generally served as chancellors to medieval monarchs, acting as head of the justiciary and chief chaplain. The Lord Chancellor of England was almost always a bishop up until the dismissal of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey by Henry VIII. Similarly, the position of Kanclerz in the Polish kingdom was always held by a bishop until the 16th century. In modern times, the principality of Andorra is headed by Co-Princes of Andorra, one of whom is the Bishop of Urgell and the other, the sitting President of France, an arrangement that began with the Paréage of Andorra (1278), and was ratified in the 1993 constitution of Andorra. The office of the Papacy is inherently held by the sitting Roman Catholic Bishop of Rome. Though not originally intended to hold temporal authority, since the Middle Ages the power of the Papacy gradually expanded deep into the secular realm and for centuries the sitting Bishop of Rome was the most powerful governmental office in Central Italy. In modern times, the Pope is also the sovereign Prince of Vatican City, an internationally recognized micro-state located entirely within the city of Rome. In France, prior to the Revolution, representatives of the clergy — in practice, bishops and abbots of the largest monasteries — comprised the First Estate of the Estates-General. This role was abolished after separation of Church and State was implemented during the French Revolution. In the 21st century, the more senior bishops of the Church of England continue to sit in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as representatives of the established church, and are known as Lords Spiritual. The Bishop of Sodor and Man, whose diocese lies outside the United Kingdom, is an ex officio member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. In the past, the Bishop of Durham had extensive vice-regal powers within his northern diocese, which was a county palatine, the County Palatine of Durham, (previously, Liberty of Durham) of which he was ex officio the earl. In the 19th century, a gradual process of reform was enacted, with the majority of the bishop's historic powers vested in The Crown by 1858. Eastern Orthodox bishops, along with all other members of the clergy, are canonically forbidden to hold political office. Occasional exceptions to this rule are tolerated when the alternative is political chaos. In the Ottoman Empire, the Patriarch of Constantinople, for example, had de facto administrative, cultural and legal jurisdiction, as well as spiritual authority, over all Eastern Orthodox Christians of the empire, as part of the Ottoman millet system. An Orthodox bishop headed the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro from 1516 to 1852, assisted by a secular guvernadur. More recently, Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus, served as President of the Cyprus from 1960 to 1977, an extremely turbulent time period on the island. In 2001, Peter Hollingworth, AC, OBE – then the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane – was controversially appointed Governor-General of Australia. Although Hollingworth gave up his episcopal position to accept the appointment, it still attracted considerable opposition in a country which maintains a formal separation between Church and State. Episcopacy during the English Civil War During the period of the English Civil War, the role of bishops as wielders of political power and as upholders of the established church became a matter of heated political controversy. Presbyterianism was the polity of most Reformed Churches in Europe, and had been favored by many in England since the English Reformation. Since in the primitive church the offices of presbyter and were not clearly distinguished, many Puritans held that this was the only form of government the church should have. The Anglican divine, Richard Hooker, objected to this claim in his famous work Of the Laws of Ecclesiastic Polity while, at the same time, defending Presbyterian ordination as valid (in particular Calvin's ordination of Beza). This was the official stance of the English Church until the Commonwealth, during which time, the views of Presbyterians and Independents (Congregationalists) were more freely expressed and practiced. Christian churches Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches Bishops form the leadership in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, certain Lutheran Churches, the Anglican Communion, the Independent Catholic Churches, the Independent Anglican Churches, and certain other, smaller, denominations. The traditional role of a bishop is as pastor of a diocese (also called a bishopric, synod, eparchy or see), and so to serve as a "diocesan bishop", or "eparch" as it is called in many Eastern Christian churches. Dioceses vary considerably in size, geographically and population-wise. Some dioceses around the Mediterranean Sea which were Christianised early are rather compact, whereas dioceses in areas of rapid modern growth in Christian commitment—as in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and the Far East—are much larger and more populous. As well as traditional diocesan bishops, many churches have a well-developed structure of church leadership that involves a number of layers of authority and responsibility. Duties In Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, High Church Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, only a bishop can ordain other bishops, priests, and deacons. In the Eastern liturgical tradition, a priest can celebrate the Divine Liturgy only with the blessing of a bishop. In Byzantine usage, an antimension signed by the bishop is kept on the altar partly as a reminder of whose altar it is and under whose omophorion the priest at a local parish is serving. In Syriac Church usage, a consecrated wooden block called a thabilitho is kept for the same reasons. The bishop is the ordinary minister of the sacrament of confirmation in the Latin Church, and in the Old Catholic communion only a bishop may administer this sacrament. In the Lutheran and Anglican churches, the bishop normatively administers the rite of confirmation, although in those denominations that do not have an episcopal polity, confirmation is administered by the priest. However, in the Byzantine and other Eastern rites, whether Eastern or Oriental Orthodox or Eastern Catholic, chrismation is done immediately after baptism, and thus the priest is the one who confirms, using chrism blessed by a bishop. Ordination of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican bishops Bishops in all of these communions are ordained by other bishops through the laying on of hands. Ordination of a bishop, and thus continuation of apostolic succession, takes place through a ritual centred on the imposition of hands and prayer. Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic and some Lutheran bishops claim to be part of the continuous sequence of ordained bishops since the days of the apostles referred to as apostolic succession. In Scandinavia and the Baltic region, Lutheran churches participating in the Porvoo Communion (those of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Lithuania), as well as many non-Porvoo membership Lutheran churches (including those of Kenya, Latvia, and Russia), as well as the confessional Communion of Nordic Lutheran Dioceses, believe that they ordain their bishops in the apostolic succession in lines stemming from the original apostles. The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History states that "In Sweden the apostolic succession was preserved because the Catholic bishops were allowed to stay in office, but they had to approve changes in the ceremonies." Peculiar to the Catholic Church While traditional teaching maintains that any bishop with apostolic succession can validly perform the ordination of another bishop, some churches require two or three bishops participate, either to ensure sacramental validity or to conform with church law. Catholic doctrine holds that one bishop can validly ordain another (priest) as a bishop. Though a minimum of three bishops participating is desirable (there are usually several more) in order to demonstrate collegiality, canonically only one bishop is necessary. The practice of only one bishop ordaining was normal in countries where the Church was persecuted under Communist rule. The title of archbishop or metropolitan may be granted to a senior bishop, usually one who is in charge of a large ecclesiastical jurisdiction. He may, or may not, have provincial oversight of suffragan bishops and may possibly have auxiliary bishops assisting him. Apart from the ordination, which is always done by other bishops, there are different methods as to the actual selection of a candidate for ordination as bishop. In the Catholic Church the Congregation for Bishops generally oversees the selection of new bishops with the approval of the pope. The papal nuncio usually solicits names from the bishops of a country, consults with priests and leading members of a laity, and then selects three to be forwarded to the Holy See. In Europe, some cathedral chapters have duties to elect bishops. The Eastern Catholic churches generally elect their own bishops. Most Eastern Orthodox churches allow varying amounts of formalised laity or lower clergy influence on the choice of bishops. This also applies in those Eastern churches which are in union with the pope, though it is required that he give assent. The pope, in addition to being the Bishop of Rome and spiritual head of the Catholic Church, is also the Patriarch of the Latin Church. Each bishop within the Latin Church is answerable directly to the Pope and not any other bishop except to metropolitans in certain oversight instances. The pope previously used the title Patriarch of the West, but this title was dropped from use in 2006, a move which caused some concern within the Eastern Orthodox Communion as, to them, it implied wider papal jurisdiction. Recognition of other churches' ordinations The Catholic Church does recognise as valid (though illicit) ordinations done by breakaway Catholic, Old Catholic or Oriental bishops, and groups descended from them; it also regards as both valid and licit those ordinations done by bishops of the Eastern churches, so long as those receiving the ordination conform to other canonical requirements (for example, is an adult male) and an eastern orthodox rite of episcopal ordination, expressing the proper functions and sacramental status of a bishop, is used; this has given rise to the phenomenon of (for example, clergy of the Independent Catholic groups which claim apostolic succession, though this claim is rejected by both Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy). With respect to Lutheranism, "the Catholic Church has never officially expressed its judgement on the validity of orders as they have been handed down by episcopal succession in these two national Lutheran churches" (the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland) though it does "question how the ecclesiastical break in the 16th century has affected the apostolicity of the churches of the Reformation and thus the apostolicity of their ministry". Since Pope Leo XIII issued the bull in 1896, the Catholic Church has insisted that Anglican orders are invalid because of the Reformed changes in the Anglican ordination rites of the 16th century and divergence in understanding of the theology of priesthood, episcopacy and Eucharist. However, since the 1930s, Utrecht Old Catholic bishops (recognised by the Holy See as validly ordained) have sometimes taken part in the ordination of Anglican bishops. According to the writer Timothy Dufort, by 1969, all Church of England bishops had acquired Old Catholic lines of apostolic succession recognised by the Holy See. This development has been used to argue that the strain of apostolic succession has been re-introduced into Anglicanism, at least within the Church of England. However, other issues, such as the Anglican ordination of women, is at variance with Catholic understanding of Christian teaching, and have contributed to the reaffirmation of Catholic rejection of Anglican ordinations. The Eastern Orthodox Churches do not accept the validity of any ordinations performed by the Independent Catholic groups, as Eastern Orthodoxy considers to be spurious any consecration outside the Church as a whole. Eastern Orthodoxy considers apostolic succession to exist only within the Universal Church, and not through any authority held by individual bishops; thus, if a bishop ordains someone to serve outside the (Eastern Orthodox) Church, the ceremony is ineffectual, and no ordination has taken place regardless of the ritual used or the ordaining prelate's position within the Eastern Orthodox Churches. The position of the Catholic Church is slightly different. Whilst it does recognise the validity of the orders of certain groups which separated from communion with Holy See (for instance, the ordinations of the Old Catholics in communion with Utrecht, as well as the Polish National Catholic Church - which received its orders directly from Utrecht, and was until recently part of that communion), Catholicism does not recognise the orders of any group whose teaching is at variance with what they consider the core tenets of Christianity; this is the case even though the clergy of the Independent Catholic groups may use the proper ordination ritual. There are also other reasons why the Holy See does not recognise the validity of the orders of the Independent clergy: They hold that the continuing practice among many Independent clergy of one person receiving multiple ordinations in order to secure apostolic succession, betrays an incorrect and mechanistic theology of ordination. They hold that the practice within Independent groups of ordaining women (such as within certain member communities of the Anglican Communion) demonstrates an understanding of priesthood that they vindicate is totally unacceptable to the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as they believe that the Universal Church does not possess such authority; thus, they uphold that any ceremonies performed by these women should be considered being sacramentally invalid. The theology of male clergy within the Independent movement is also suspect according to the Catholics, as they presumably approve of the ordination of females, and may have even undergone an (invalid) ordination ceremony conducted by a woman. Whilst members of the Independent Catholic movement take seriously the issue of valid orders, it is highly significant that the relevant Vatican Congregations tend not to respond to petitions from Independent Catholic bishops and clergy who seek to be received into communion with the Holy See, hoping to continue in some sacramental role. In those instances where the pope does grant reconciliation, those deemed to be clerics within the Independent Old Catholic movement are invariably admitted as laity and not priests or bishops. There is a mutual recognition of the validity of orders amongst Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Old Catholic, Oriental Orthodox and Assyrian Church of the East churches. Some provinces of the Anglican Communion have begun ordaining women as bishops in recent decades – for example, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Cuba. The first woman to be consecrated a bishop within Anglicanism was Barbara Harris, who was ordained in the United States in 1989. In 2006, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Bishop of Nevada, became the first woman to become the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), the largest Lutheran Church bodies in the United States and Canada, respectively, and roughly based on the Nordic Lutheran national churches (similar to that of the Church of England), bishops are elected by Synod Assemblies, consisting of both lay members and clergy, for a term of six years, which can be renewed, depending upon the local synod's "constitution" (which is mirrored on either the ELCA or ELCIC's national constitution). Since the implementation of concordats between the ELCA and the Episcopal Church of the United States and the ELCIC and the Anglican Church of Canada, all bishops, including the presiding bishop (ELCA) or the national bishop (ELCIC), have been consecrated using the historic succession in line with bishops from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden, with at least one Anglican bishop serving as co-consecrator. Since going into ecumenical communion with their respective Anglican body, bishops in the ELCA or the ELCIC not only approve the "rostering" of all ordained pastors, diaconal ministers, and associates in ministry, but they serve as the principal celebrant of all pastoral ordination and installation ceremonies, diaconal consecration ceremonies, as well as serving as the "chief pastor" of the local synod, upholding the teachings of Martin Luther as well as the documentations of the Ninety-Five Theses and the Augsburg Confession. Unlike their counterparts in the United Methodist Church, ELCA and ELCIC synod bishops do not appoint pastors to local congregations (pastors, like their counterparts in the Episcopal Church, are called by local congregations). The presiding bishop of the ELCA and the national bishop of the ELCIC, the national bishops of their respective bodies, are elected for a single 6-year term and may be elected to an additional term. Although ELCA agreed with the Episcopal Church to limit ordination to the bishop "ordinarily", ELCA pastor-ordinators are given permission to perform the rites in "extraordinary" circumstance. In practice, "extraordinary" circumstance have included disagreeing with Episcopalian views of the episcopate, and as a result, ELCA pastors ordained by other pastors are not permitted to be deployed to Episcopal Churches (they can, however, serve in Presbyterian Church USA, United Methodist Church, Reformed Church in America, and Moravian Church congregations, as the ELCA is in full communion with these denominations). The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), the second and third largest Lutheran bodies in the United States and the two largest Confessional Lutheran bodies in North America, do not follow an episcopal form of governance, settling instead on a form of quasi-congregationalism patterned off what they believe to be the practice of the early church. The second largest of the three predecessor bodies of the ELCA, the American Lutheran Church, was a congregationalist body, with national and synod presidents before they were re-titled as bishops (borrowing from the Lutheran churches in Germany) in the 1980s. With regard to ecclesial discipline and oversight, national and synod presidents typically function similarly to bishops in episcopal bodies. Methodism African Methodist Episcopal Church In the African Methodist Episcopal Church, "Bishops are the Chief Officers of the Connectional Organization. They are elected for life by a majority vote of the General Conference which meets every four years." Christian Methodist Episcopal Church In the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, bishops are administrative superintendents of the church; they are elected by "delegate" votes for as many years deemed until the age of 74, then the bishop must retire. Among their duties, are responsibility for appointing clergy to serve local churches as pastor, for performing ordinations, and for safeguarding the doctrine and discipline of the Church. The General Conference, a meeting every four years, has an equal number of clergy and lay delegates. In each Annual Conference, CME bishops serve for four-year terms. CME Church bishops may be male or female. United Methodist Church In the United Methodist Church (the largest branch of Methodism in the world) bishops serve as administrative and pastoral superintendents of the church. They are elected for life from among the ordained elders (presbyters) by vote of the delegates in regional (called jurisdictional) conferences, and are consecrated by the other bishops present at the conference through the laying on of hands. In the United Methodist Church bishops remain members of the "Order of Elders" while being consecrated to the "Office of the Episcopacy". Within the United Methodist Church only bishops are empowered to consecrate bishops and ordain clergy. Among their most critical duties is the ordination and appointment of clergy to serve local churches as pastor, presiding at sessions of the Annual, Jurisdictional, and General Conferences, providing pastoral ministry for the clergy under their charge, and safeguarding the doctrine and discipline of the Church. Furthermore, individual bishops, or the Council of Bishops as a whole, often serve a prophetic role, making statements on important social issues and setting forth a vision for the denomination, though they have no legislative authority of their own. In all of these areas, bishops of the United Methodist Church function very much in the historic meaning of the term. According to the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, a bishop's responsibilities are: In each Annual Conference, United Methodist bishops serve for four-year terms, and may serve up to three terms before either retirement or appointment to a new Conference. United Methodist bishops may be male or female, with Marjorie Matthews being the first woman to be consecrated a bishop in 1980. The collegial expression of episcopal leadership in the United Methodist Church is known as the Council of Bishops. The Council of Bishops speaks to the Church and through the Church into the world and gives leadership in the quest for Christian unity and interreligious relationships. The Conference of Methodist Bishops includes the United Methodist Council of Bishops plus bishops from affiliated autonomous Methodist or United Churches. John Wesley consecrated Thomas Coke a "General Superintendent", and directed that Francis Asbury also be consecrated for the United States of America in 1784, where the Methodist Episcopal Church first became a separate denomination apart from the Church of England. Coke soon returned to England, but Asbury was the primary builder of the new church. At first he did not call himself bishop, but eventually submitted to the usage by the denomination. Notable bishops in United Methodist history include Coke, Asbury, Richard Whatcoat, Philip William Otterbein, Martin Boehm, Jacob Albright, John Seybert, Matthew Simpson, John S. Stamm, William Ragsdale Cannon, Marjorie Matthews, Leontine T. Kelly, William B. Oden, Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda, Joseph Sprague, William Henry Willimon, and Thomas Bickerton. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Bishop is the leader of a local congregation, called a ward. As with most LDS priesthood holders, the bishop is a part-time lay minister and earns a living through other employment. As such, it is his duty to preside, call local leaders, and judge the worthiness of members for certain activities. The bishop does not deliver sermons at every service (generally asking members to do so), but is expected to be a spiritual guide for his congregation. It is therefore believed that he has both the right and ability to receive divine inspiration (through the Holy Spirit) for the ward under his direction. Because it is a part-time position, all able members are expected to assist in the management of the ward by holding delegated lay positions (for example, women's and youth leaders, teachers) referred to as callings. The bishop is especially responsible for leading the youth, in connection with the fact that a bishop is the president of the Aaronic priesthood in his ward (and is thus a form of Mormon Kohen). Although members are asked to confess serious sins to him, unlike the Catholic Church, he is not the instrument of divine forgiveness, but merely a guide through the repentance process (and a judge in case transgressions warrant excommunication or other official discipline). The bishop is also responsible for the physical welfare of the ward, and thus collects tithing and fast offerings and distributes financial assistance where needed. A literal descendant of Aaron has "legal right" to act as a bishop after being found worthy and ordained by the First Presidency. In the absence of a literal descendant of Aaron, a high priest in the Melchizedek priesthood is called to be a bishop. Each bishop is selected from resident members of the ward by the stake presidency with approval of the First Presidency, and chooses two counselors to form a bishopric. An priesthood holder called as bishop must be ordained a high priest if he is not already one, unlike the similar function of branch president. In special circumstances (such as a ward consisting entirely of young university students), a bishop may be chosen from outside the ward. Traditionally, bishops are married, though this is not always the case. A bishop is typically released after about five years and a new bishop is called to the position. Although the former bishop is released from his duties, he continues to hold the Aaronic priesthood office of bishop. Church members frequently refer to a former bishop as "Bishop" as a sign of respect and affection. Latter-day Saint bishops do not wear any special clothing or insignia the way clergy in many other churches do, but are expected to dress and groom themselves neatly and conservatively per their local culture, especially when performing official duties. Bishops (as well as other members of the priesthood) can trace their line of authority back to Joseph Smith, who, according to church doctrine, was ordained to lead the Church in modern times by the ancient apostles Peter, James, and John, who were ordained to lead the Church by Jesus Christ. At the global level, the presiding bishop oversees the temporal affairs (buildings, properties, commercial corporations, and so on) of the worldwide Church, including the Church's massive global humanitarian aid and social welfare programs. The presiding bishop has two counselors; the three together form the presiding bishopric. As opposed to ward bishoprics, where the counselors do not hold the office of bishop, all three men in the presiding bishopric hold the office of bishop, and thus the counselors, as with the presiding bishop, are formally referred to as "Bishop". Irvingism New Apostolic Church The New Apostolic Church (NAC) knows three classes of ministries: Deacons, Priests and Apostles. The Apostles, who are all included in the apostolate with the Chief Apostle as head, are the highest ministries. Of the several kinds of priest....ministries, the bishop is the highest. Nearly all bishops are set in line directly from the chief apostle. They support and help their superior apostle. Pentecostalism Church of God in Christ In the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the ecclesiastical structure is composed of large dioceses that are called "jurisdictions" within COGIC, each under the authority of a bishop, sometimes called "state bishops". They can either be made up of large geographical regions of churches or churches that are grouped and organized together as their own separate jurisdictions because of similar affiliations, regardless of geographical location or dispersion. Each state in the U.S. has at least one jurisdiction while others may have several more, and each jurisdiction is usually composed of between 30 and 100 churches. Each jurisdiction is then broken down into several districts, which are smaller groups of churches (either grouped by geographical situation or by similar affiliations) which are each under the authority of District Superintendents who answer to the authority of their jurisdictional/state bishop. There are currently over 170 jurisdictions in the United States, and over 30 jurisdictions in other countries. The bishops of each jurisdiction, according to the COGIC Manual, are considered to be the modern day equivalent in the church of the early apostles and overseers of the New Testament church, and as the highest ranking clergymen in the COGIC, they are tasked with the responsibilities of being the head overseers of all religious, civil, and economic ministries and protocol for the church denomination. They also have the authority to appoint and ordain local pastors, elders, ministers, and reverends within the denomination. The bishops of the COGIC denomination are all collectively called "The Board of Bishops". From the Board of Bishops, and the General Assembly of the COGIC, the body of the church composed of clergy and lay delegates that are responsible for making and enforcing the bylaws of the denomination, every four years, twelve bishops from the COGIC are elected as "The General Board" of the church, who work alongside the delegates of the General Assembly and Board of Bishops to provide administration over the denomination as the church's head executive leaders. One of twelve bishops of the General Board is also elected the "presiding bishop" of the church, and two others are appointed by the presiding bishop himself, as his first and second assistant presiding bishops. Bishops in the Church of God in Christ usually wear black clergy suits which consist of a black suit blazer, black pants, a purple or scarlet clergy shirt and a white clerical collar, which is usually referred to as "Class B Civic attire". Bishops in COGIC also typically wear the Anglican Choir Dress style vestments of a long purple or scarlet chimere, cuffs, and tippet worn over a long white rochet, and a gold pectoral cross worn around the neck with the tippet. This is usually referred to as "Class A Ceremonial attire". The bishops of COGIC alternate between Class A Ceremonial attire and Class B Civic attire depending on the protocol of the religious services and other events they have to attend. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) In the polity of the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), the international leader is the presiding bishop, and the members of the executive committee are executive bishops. Collectively, they supervise and appoint national and state leaders across the world. Leaders of individual states and regions are administrative bishops, who have jurisdiction over local churches in their respective states and are vested with appointment authority for local pastorates. All ministers are credentialed at one of three levels of licensure, the most senior of which is the rank of ordained bishop. To be eligible to serve in state, national, or international positions of authority, a minister must hold the rank of ordained bishop. Pentecostal Church of God In 2002, the general convention of the Pentecostal Church of God came to a consensus to change the title of their overseer from general superintendent to bishop. The change was brought on because internationally, the term bishop is more commonly related to religious leaders than the previous title. The title bishop is used for both the general (international leader) and the district (state) leaders. The title is sometimes used in conjunction with the previous, thus becoming general (district) superintendent/bishop. Seventh-day Adventists According to the Seventh-day Adventist understanding of the doctrine of the Church: "The "elders" (Greek, ) or "bishops" () were the most important officers of the church. The term elder means older one, implying dignity and respect. His position was similar to that of the one who had supervision of the synagogue. The term bishop means "overseer". Paul used these terms interchangeably, equating elders with overseers or bishops (Acts 20:17,28; Titus 1:5, 7). "Those who held this position supervised the newly formed churches. Elder referred to the status or rank of the office, while bishop denoted the duty or responsibility of the office—"overseer". Since the apostles also called themselves elders (1 Peter 5:1; 2 John 1; 3 John 1), it is apparent that there were both local elders and itinerant elders, or elders at large. But both kinds of elder functioned as shepherds of the congregations." The above understanding is part of the basis of Adventist organizational structure. The world wide Seventh-day Adventist church is organized into local districts, conferences or missions, union conferences or union missions, divisions, and finally at the top is the general conference. At each level (with exception to the local districts), there is an elder who is elected president and a group of elders who serve on the executive committee with the elected president. Those who have been elected president would in effect be the "bishop" while never actually carrying the title or ordained as such because the term is usually associated with the episcopal style of church governance most often found in Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and some Pentecostal/Charismatic circles. Others Some Baptists also have begun taking on the title of bishop. In some smaller Protestant denominations and independent churches, the term bishop is used in the same way as pastor, to refer to the leader of the local congregation, and may be male or female. This usage is especially common in African-American churches in the US. In the Church of Scotland, which has a Presbyterian church structure, the word "bishop" refers to an ordained person, usually a normal parish minister, who has temporary oversight of a trainee minister. In the Presbyterian Church (USA), the term bishop is an expressive name for a Minister of Word and Sacrament who serves a congregation and exercises "the oversight of the flock of Christ." The term is traceable to the 1789 Form of Government of the PC (USA) and the Presbyterian understanding of the pastoral office. While not considered orthodox Christian, the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica uses roles and titles derived from Christianity for its clerical hierarchy, including bishops who have much the same authority and responsibilities as in Catholicism. The Salvation Army does not have bishops but has appointed leaders of geographical areas, known as Divisional Commanders. Larger geographical areas, called Territories, are led by a Territorial Commander, who is the highest-ranking officer in that Territory. Jehovah's Witnesses do not use the title 'Bishop' within their organizational structure, but appoint elders to be overseers (to fulfill the role of oversight) within their congregations. The Batak Christian Protestant Church of Indonesia, the most prominent Protestant denomination in Indonesia, uses the term Ephorus instead of bishop. In the Vietnamese syncretist religion of Caodaism, bishops () comprise the fifth of nine hierarchical levels, and are responsible for spiritual and temporal education as well as record-keeping and ceremonies in their parishes. At any one time there are seventy-two bishops. Their authority is described in Section I of the text (revealed through seances in December 1926). Caodai bishops wear robes and headgear of embroidered silk depicting the Divine Eye and the Eight Trigrams. (The color varies according to branch.) This is the full ceremonial dress; the simple version consists of a seven-layered turban. Dress and insignia in Christianity Traditionally, a number of items are associated with the office of a bishop, most notably the mitre and the crosier. Other vestments and insignia vary between Eastern and Western Christianity. In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, the choir dress of a bishop includes the purple cassock with amaranth trim, rochet, purple zucchetto (skull cap), purple biretta, and pectoral cross. The cappa magna may be worn, but only within the bishop's own diocese and on especially solemn occasions. The mitre, zucchetto, and stole are generally worn by bishops when presiding over liturgical functions. For liturgical functions other than the Mass the bishop typically wears the cope. Within his own diocese and when celebrating solemnly elsewhere with the consent of the local ordinary, he also uses the crosier. When celebrating Mass, a bishop, like a priest, wears the chasuble. The Caeremoniale Episcoporum recommends, but does not impose, that in solemn celebrations a bishop should also wear a dalmatic, which can always be white, beneath the chasuble, especially when administering the sacrament of holy orders, blessing an abbot or abbess, and dedicating a church or an altar. The Caeremoniale Episcoporum no longer makes mention of episcopal gloves, episcopal sandals, liturgical stockings (also known as buskins), or the accoutrements that it once prescribed for the bishop's horse. The coat of arms of a Latin Church Catholic bishop usually displays a galero with a cross and crosier behind the escutcheon; the specifics differ by location and ecclesiastical rank (see Ecclesiastical heraldry). Anglican bishops generally make use of the mitre, crosier, ecclesiastical ring, purple cassock, purple zucchetto, and pectoral cross. However, the traditional choir dress of Anglican bishops retains its late mediaeval form, and looks quite different from that of their Catholic counterparts; it consists of a long rochet which is worn with a chimere. In the Eastern Churches (Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Rite Catholic) a bishop will wear the mandyas, panagia (and perhaps an enkolpion), sakkos, omophorion and an Eastern-style mitre. Eastern bishops do not normally wear an episcopal ring; the faithful kiss (or, alternatively, touch their forehead to) the bishop's hand. To seal official documents, he will usually use an inked stamp. An Eastern bishop's coat of arms will normally display an Eastern-style mitre, cross, eastern style crosier and a red and white (or red and gold) mantle. The arms of Oriental Orthodox bishops will display the episcopal insignia (mitre or turban) specific to their own liturgical traditions. Variations occur based upon jurisdiction and national customs. Cathedra In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican cathedrals there is a special chair set aside for the exclusive use of the bishop. This is the bishop's cathedra and is often called the throne. In some Christian denominations, for example, the Anglican Communion, parish churches may maintain a chair for the use of the bishop when he visits; this is to signify the parish's union with the bishop. The term's use in non-Christian religions Buddhism The leader of the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) is their bishop, The Japanese title for the bishop of the BCA is , although the English title is favored over the Japanese. When it comes to many other Buddhist terms, the BCA chose to keep them in their original language (terms such as and ), but with some words (including ), they changed/translated these terms into English words. Between 1899 and 1944, the BCA held the name Buddhist Mission of North America. The leader of the Buddhist Mission of North America was called (superintendent/director) between 1899 and 1918. In 1918 the was promoted to bishop (). However, according to George J. Tanabe, the title "bishop" was in practice already used by Hawaiian Shin Buddhists (in Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii) even when the official title was kantoku. Bishops are also present in other Japanese Buddhist organizations. Higashi Hongan-ji's North American District, Honpa Honganji Mission of Hawaii, Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada, a Jodo Shu temple in Los Angeles, the Shingon temple Koyasan Buddhist Temple, Sōtō Mission in Hawai‘i (a Soto Zen Buddhist institution), and the Sōtō Zen Buddhist Community of South America () all have or have had leaders with the title bishop. As for the Sōtō Zen Buddhist Community of South America, the Japanese title is , but the leader is in practice referred to as "bishop". Tenrikyo Tenrikyo is a Japanese New Religion with influences from both Shinto and Buddhism. The leader of the Tenrikyo North American Mission has the title of bishop. See also Anglican ministry#Bishops Appointment of Catholic bishops Appointment of Church of England bishops Bishop in Europe Bishop in the Catholic Church Bishop of Alexandria, or Pope Bishops in the Church of Scotland Diocesan bishop Ecclesiastical polity (church governance) Congregationalist polity Presbyterian polity Ganzibra Gay bishops Hierarchy of the Catholic Church List of Catholic bishops of the United States List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow List of types of spiritual teachers List of Lutheran bishops and archbishops Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops Lord Bishop Order of precedence in the Catholic Church Shepherd in religion Spokesperson bishops in the Church of England Suffragan Bishop in Europe Notes References Citations Sources External links Methodist/Anglican Thoughts On Apostolic Succession by Gregory Neal Methodist Episcopacy: In Search of Holy Orders by Gregory Neal The Old Catholic Church, Province of the United States The Ecumenical Catholic Communion* The United Methodist Church: Council of Bishops Vatican Website with Canon Law of Catholic Church Episcophobia: The Fear of bishops Christian terminology Ecclesiastical titles Episcopacy in Eastern Orthodoxy Episcopacy in Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican episcopal offices Methodism Religious leadership roles Bishop
The Midwife's Apprentice is a children's novel by Karen Cushman. It tells of how a homeless girl becomes a midwife's apprentice—and establishes a name and a place in the world, and learns to hope and overcome failure. This novel won the John Newbery Medal in 1996. Mary Beth Dunhouse, chair of the Newbery Award Selection Committee, wrote of the book, "The reader is drawn in from the first sentence when the author speaks of a 'rotting and moiling heap. 'And this is when the reader meets the central character, Brat--'unwashed, unnourished, unloved, and unlovely... who dreamed of nothing, for she hoped of nothing and expected nothing.' This homeless waif becomes the midwife's apprentice--a person with a name and a place in the world. Medieval England is well-evoked, and readers will find this world so compelling that they will keep turning pages to see what happens next." In an interview in Scholastic Magazine, Ms. Cushman says, "The book took about 9 months to write, the same length of time it takes to make a child. Interesting, huh? I had done a lot of research on the Middle Ages for Catherine, Called Birdy, so I knew a lot about the time and place. The research I did was for specific about childbirth, herbs, and healing." Plot In medieval Europe, a homeless orphan girl who has no name, and can recall being named Brat, attempts to nestle in a warm dung heap on a cold night. She wakes up to the taunts of village boys, and the words of the harsh and uncaring Jane Sharp, the local midwife. Jane takes the girl on as her apprentice and renames her "Beetle," but does not teach Beetle about midwifery for fear of competition. Beetle learns what she can anyway, and starts to grow as a person through various experiences. She even has a chance to claim a new name, Alyce, after being mistaken for another girl with the same name. Alyce befriends a homeless, orphaned boy, who, with some prompting, names himself Edward after the King. She tells him to go to a local manor to get food and a job. Jane helps a woman in labor with the help of Alyce, and word arrives the Lady of the Manor is in labor. Jane abandons the new mother to Alyce's care to the Lady. Alyce is kind to the woman and successfully delivers the baby, and the grateful parents pay her and name the child "Alyce Little." Soon after, a woman's son comes to Alyce asking her to deliver her baby. This is a more difficult birth, and Alyce is overwhelmed by her inability to help. Jane sweeps in and completes the job, and Alyce flees with her cat, not wanting to endure the shame. In another town, she comes to an inn where the kindly owner gives Alyce work in exchange for food, and a scholar from Oxford, staying for the winter, teaches Alyce how to read and write. As time goes on, Alyce comes to miss little Edward. She returns to the village to check on him, and their reunion is like that of a brother and sister, but Alyce can't stay for long. She returns to the inn just in time to find a married couple begging for aid. It turns out the woman is in labor, but neither she nor her husband knew she was pregnant. Alyce is able to help, and the birth goes well, making Alyce realize that she truly wants to be a midwife. Filled with a new sense of self-purpose, she returns to the midwife's home and asks to be her apprentice again, declaring she won't stop coming to Jane's door until she's allowed back, and she will work harder than ever. The story ends with Jane wordlessly letting Alyce in. References External links http://www.karencushman.com/books/midwife.html Author's website Newbery Medal–winning works 1991 American novels American children's novels Houghton Mifflin books Works about midwifery 1991 children's books
Alphonse Eugene Smith (February 7, 1928 – January 3, 2002) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and third baseman. He played for twelve seasons on the Cleveland Indians (1953–57, 1964), Chicago White Sox (1958–62), Baltimore Orioles (1963) and Boston Red Sox (1964). In 2003, he was selected as one of the "100 Greatest Indians". Smith was an All-Star for two seasons. In 1955, he batted .306 and led the American League (AL) in four categories: 154 games played, 725 plate appearances, 294 times on base, and 123 runs scored. In 1993, Smith was enshrined in the Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame of Ohio. Early years Smith, nicknamed "Fuzzy" by his friends as a teenager when he was the first of them to sprout a beard, was born in Kirkwood, Missouri, and attended Douglass High School in Webster Groves. As a high school star in St. Louis, Smith scored ten touchdowns in a school football game and was a Golden Gloves boxing champion. Baseball career Smith posted a lifetime .272 batting average with 1,458 hits, 164 home runs, 676 RBIs, and also had a .959 fielding average. A good, selective hitter, he compiled a .407 on-base percentage in 1955, his best season. He played six different positions during his 12-year career. Smith started his professional baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 with the Cleveland Buckeyes. He joined the Cleveland Indians in 1949, and began his major league career with Cleveland in 1953. Smith was an outstanding defensive left fielder, he earned two AL All-Star selections in 1955 and 1960 (two All-Star Games were played). He is best remembered as the focal point of one of the most famous baseball photographs (see White Sox, below) Cleveland Indians An everyday player in 1954, Smith was a member of the Indians team that won a then-American League record 111 games. Batting from the leadoff spot, he responded with a .281 average, 101 runs, 186 hits, 11 home runs and 59 RBIs. He led off the World Series against the New York Giants with a home run. In 1955, he hit .306 with 22 home runs and 77 RBIs. Chicago White Sox In December 1957, Smith was traded by Cleveland along with Early Wynn to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Miñoso and Fred Hatfield, in a deal that was very unpopular among Chicago fans due to Minoso being a popular figure among White Sox fans. He slumped in the 1958 season with the White Sox to the point that eccentric owner Bill Veeck would hold an "Al Smith Night" on August 26 of the following year to honor his outfielder. Anyone named Smith, Smythe, Schmidt, or Smithe was admitted free and given a button that said, "I'm a Smith and I'm for Al." On his big night, Smith went one-for-four, hitting into two easy outs with runners in scoring position. To add insult to injury, in the seventh inning, with a runner on second for Boston, Smith made an error on a fly ball hit by Vic Wertz. A subsequent walk led to the replacement of starter Early Wynn, and Gerry Staley would implode what was a 2-1 lead for the White Sox into a 5-2 deficit on two hits and a sacrifice fly, and the White Sox eventually lost 7-6; at any rate, the White Sox held consistent for the remainder of the year to win 94 total games and win their first American League pennant in four decades. This made Smith the only position player to be a starter (525+ plate appearances) on both non-Yankee AL pennant-winners in the Yankees’ 16-year (1949-64) run of 14 pennants (Al Lopez managed both teams). It was during the 1959 World Series that Smith would enter baseball journalism history. In Game 2 at Comiskey Park, Smith retreated to the left field wall in pursuit of a long drive hit by Charlie Neal of the Los Angeles Dodgers. As Smith watched the ball sail into the third row seats for a home run, a fan (Melvin Piehl, an executive for a motor-oil company) seated in the first row trying to catch the ball, accidentally tipped over his cup of beer, dousing Smith's head and face. Smith estimated that he signed photographs depicting that moment at least 200,000 times, and without making a cent on it. The photograph was taken by AP Chicago Tribune staff photographer John Raymond Gora, who died in 2003. In 1960, Smith won the respect of the fans by hitting a career-high .315 and making the league All-Star team. In 1961, he slugged a career-high 28 home runs, and led the White Sox in home runs that season. In 1962, he hit .292, and again led the White Sox with 16 home runs. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles at age 35. Final seasons Smith was sent to the Baltimore Orioles before the 1963 season with Luis Aparicio in the same transaction that brought Hoyt Wilhelm, Dave Nicholson, Pete Ward and Ron Hansen to the White Sox. His last major league season was in 1964, when he divided his playing time between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. Post-playing career Following his baseball career, Smith became manager of the Chicago park district's baseball program, from 1966 through 1981. He also was the supervisor of recreation for Ogden Park, Illinois and worked part-time as a community relations representative for the White Sox. Smith died in 2002, at the age of 73 in Hammond, Indiana. In his 2010 Gold Mine, Bill James compared Smith to contemporary player Melvin Mora, and wondered if Smith was still well known enough to warrant an English Wikipedia page. (Smith's page was created in 2006.) See also List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders References External links and Seamheads Negro Leagues Baseball Players Association The Deadball Era Baseball Library 1928 births 2002 deaths African-American baseball players American League All-Stars Baltimore Orioles players Boston Red Sox players Chicago White Sox players Cleveland Buckeyes players Cleveland Indians players Indianapolis Indians players Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball third basemen People from Kirkwood, Missouri San Diego Padres (minor league) players Baseball players from St. Louis County, Missouri Wilkes-Barre Indians players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people
Philip Ridley is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media. As a visual artist he has been cited as a contemporary of the 'Young British Artists', and had his artwork exhibited internationally. As a novelist he has created fiction for both children and adults and has had particular success and recognition as a children's author. In the field of cinema he is perhaps best known for his award-winning screenplay for the 1990 film, The Krays (1990), a biopic about the Kray twins which was directed by Peter Medak. As a filmmaker in his own right he is recognised for creating a loose trilogy of horror films: The Reflecting Skin (1990), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) and Heartless (2009) for which he has acquired a cult following. As a playwright he has been described as "a pioneer of In-yer-face theatre", which is a style and sensibility of drama that characterised many new plays that were performed in Britain during the 1990s. Ridley's debut play, The Pitchfork Disney (1991), is considered by many to be a seminal work that influenced the development of this form of theatre, with one critic even dubbing it "the key play" of the 1990s. A great number of his plays for adults have been perceived as controversial, being met with both condemnation and high acclaim upon their initial reception. As a writer for the stage he is also recognised for creating an ongoing series of plays for young people (The Storyteller Sequence) and has written theatrical works for children and family audiences. As a songwriter he has created songs for his cinematic and theatrical works, frequently collaborating with composer Nick Bicât. He and Bicât have also formed a music group called Dreamskin Cradle with singer Mary Leay. Ridley has also written songs for composer Anna Meredith, particularly operatic work. Ridley is also a poet, photographer, and performance artist and has written drama for radio. Although Ridley creates stories through a wide range of media, he dislikes his work being categorised by the medium in which it is told, often referring to them belonging to each other as "different peaks of the same mountain." Biography Ridley was born in Bethnal Green in the East End of London, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life until moving to Ilford. Ridley studied painting at Saint Martin's School of Art, and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe and Japan. He started as both a performance artist and the creator of a long sequence of charcoal drawings called The Epic of Oracle Foster. One drawing from this sequence, "Corvus Cum", portraying a man ejaculating a black bird, was exhibited at the ICA in London while Ridley was still a student and – with calls for it to be displayed behind a curtain – became a cause célèbre. Ridley also started his own theatre group as a student, acting in many of the productions, and made several short art films. Work in literature Ridley has written three books for adults: Crocodilia (1988), In the Eyes of Mr. Fury (1989), and Flamingoes in Orbit (1990). His children's novels include Mercedes Ice (1989), Dakota of the White Flats (1989), Krindlekrax (1991) (winner of both the Smarties Prize and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award), Meteorite Spoon (1994), Kasper in the Glitter (1994) (nominated for the Whitbread Prize), Scribbleboy (1997) (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal), Zinderzunder (1998), Vinegar Street (2000), Mighty Fizz Chilla (2002) (shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award), and Zip's Apollo (2005). He also has written two short stories for younger children, Dreamboat Zing (1996) and The Hooligan's Shampoo (1996). Work in cinema After graduating from St Martin's, Ridley created the short film, Visiting Mr Beak (1987), which starred the veteran actor Guy Rolfe. He later created a short film for Channel 4 called The Universe of Dermot Finn (1988), which featured renowned actress Sheila Hancock and was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival, where it was a critical success and went on to receive theatrical distribution. While still a student at St Martin's, Ridley wrote a screenplay for The Krays (1990), which was directed by Peter Medak and starred real life brothers Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp, who previously were recognised for their band, Spandau Ballet. Ridley has also directed three feature films from his own screenplays: The Reflecting Skin (1990) (winner of 11 international awards), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) (winner of the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film Festival), and Heartless (2009). Ridley's third film as writer-director, Heartless, premiered at the Frightfest horror film festival in London in August 2009. The film stars Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy, Noel Clarke, Eddie Marsan, Luke Treadaway, Ruth Sheen, and Timothy Spall, and was released in the UK in May 2010. It was the first mainstream British film to be released across all platforms (theatrical, DVD, Blu-ray, download) at the same time. In 1996 Hungary's Titanic Film Festival had a major retrospective of Ridley's work. Work in theatre Ridley has written 15 adult stage plays: the seminal The Pitchfork Disney (1990), the multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock in the Universe (1992), Ghost from a Perfect Place (1994), Vincent River (2000), the controversial Mercury Fur (2005), Leaves of Glass (2007), Piranha Heights (2008), Tender Napalm (2011), Shivered (2012), Dark Vanilla Jungle (2013), Radiant Vermin (2015), Tonight with Donny Stixx (2015), Karagula (2016), and The Poltergeist (2020). Ridley has also written various monologues, many of which have been selectively performed together onstage. This includes Killer (consisting of the monologues Killer, Sledgehammers, and Vesper) performed in 2017, Angry (consisting of the monologues Angry, Okay, Bloodshot, Dancing, Now, and Air) performed in 2018, and The Beast Will Rise (consisting of the monologues Performance, Gators, Star, Rosewater, and Cactus) performed in 2020. Ridley is additionally known for his series of plays for young people (known collectively as The Storyteller Sequence), consisting of Karamazoo (2004), Fairytaleheart (1998), Moonfleece (2004), Sparkleshark, and Brokenville (2003). He has also written two plays for young children, Daffodil Scissors (2004) and Krindlekrax (2002) - a stage adaptation of his successful children's novel of the same name - as well as a play for the whole family, Feathers in the Snow (2012). Ridley was one of 25 contemporary British writers asked to contribute a scene to NT25 Chain Play, celebrating 25 years of the Royal National Theatre in London. Work in music Ridley's output as a lyricist has produced a wide range of songs, a number of which have featured in a variety of his plays, films, and novels. As a student Ridley participated in music by creating work with a band called Haunted Staircase (who released their double-sided record Flutters in the early 1980s) and also worked as a DJ at a nightclub. As a songwriter he has regularly collaborated with the composer, Nick Bicât. For Ridley's film, The Passion of Darkly Noon, they created two songs: "Look What You've Done" (sung by Gavin Friday) and "Who Will Love Me Now?" (sung by PJ Harvey), the latter of which was voted as BBC Radio 1's Best Film Song of 1998. It was later covered by the techno/house band Sunscreem as Please Save Me, whose cover entered the UK top 40 chart, became a cult hit in clubs, and featured in the film South West 9. For his film Heartless Ridley and Bicât created ten songs (performed by Mary Leay, Joe Echo, and lead actor Jim Sturgess). In 2010 Ridley and Bicât formed the music group, 'Dreamskin Cradle' (with singer Mary Leay). The group's first album, Songs from Grimm (2014), consisted of twelve songs inspired by female characters in Brothers Grimm fairy tales and was released on all major download sites. Some songs from the album were performed as part of a live performance called Grimm Tales, which was developed by the St Paul's Institute and featured readings from the actress Jeany Spark, reflections from Canon Edmund Newell, and extracts from Brothers Grimm fairy tales adapted by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Dreamskin Cradle have also released two singles: Fade and Float (written for Ridley's stage play, Tender Napalm) and Ladybird First (written for Ridley's stage play, Dark Vanilla Jungle). Ridley also has written the libretto of an opera for teenagers titled Tarantula in Petrol Blue, composed by Anna Meredith, which had its premiere in 2009. Other artistic work Riley is a photographer, with his images appearing on the covers of a number of his published plays. He also has had a number of photography exhibitions mainly consisting of portraits of his friends and images of East London. Ridley is also a poet, with some of his poetry published in a number of anthologies, and has earned a following for his ongoing series of performance poetry, Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures. Ridley has won both the Evening Standards Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising Playwright Awards. He is the only person ever to receive both prizes. He featured on BBC2's flagship arts programme, The Culture Show, on 2 March 2012. List of works (incomplete) Literature Works for Adults 1986 – Embracing Verdi (short story) 1987 – Leviathan (short story) 1988 – Crocodilia (novel) 1989 – In the Eyes of Mr. Fury (novel, expanded and rewritten version published in 2016) 1990 – Flamingoes in Orbit (short story collection, rewritten new version published in 2018) 1995 – Alien Heart (short story) 1997 – Introduction to Philip Ridley Plays: 1 (semi-autobiographical prose, extended and updated versions published in 2002 and 2012) 1998 – Wonderful Insect (short story) 2009 – Introduction to Philip Ridley Plays: 2 (semi-autobiographical prose) 2021 – Sunday (short story) Works for Children 1989 – Mercedes Ice (novel) 1989 – Dakota of the White Flats (novel) 1991 – Krindlekrax (novel) 1994 – Meteorite Spoon (novel) 1995 – Kasper in the Glitter (novel) 1997 – Scribbleboy (novel) 1998 – Zinderzunder (novel) 2000 – Vinegar Street (novel) 2002 – Mighty Fizz Chilla (novel) 2005 – Zip's Apollo (novel) Works for Younger Children 1996 – The Hooligan's Shampoo (short story) 1996 – Dreamboat Zing (short story) Poetry Ongoing performance sequence - Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures: Your Love Dark Sky Craving The Silver Hat I'm Waiting to be Killed The Seams Performance sequence - Heartbeat on the Horizon: Press Conference After Flash Boom Shrapnel I Will Miscellaneous poetry: The Dying Lizard Man Someone Wants to Kill Me Again Getting Through The Day The Prince and the Snail Waiting For Faces To Fall I Am The Boy Sparkling Cannibals Theatre Adult Stage Plays 1991 – The Pitchfork Disney 1992 – The Fastest Clock in the Universe 1994 – Ghost from a Perfect Place 2000 – Vincent River 2001 – NT25 Chain Play (produced for The National Theatre's 25th anniversary, featuring 25 scenes each written by a different playwright, with Ridley writing the second scene. The script was published on the National Theatre's website.) 2005 – Mercury Fur 2007 – Leaves of Glass 2008 – Piranha Heights 2011 – Tender Napalm 2012 – Shivered 2013 – Dark Vanilla Jungle (monologue) 2015 – Radiant Vermin 2015 – Tonight with Donny Stixx (monologue) 2016 – Karagula 2020 – The Poltergeist (monologue) 2021 – Tarantula (monologue) Libretto 2007 – On Such A Day (short operatic piece) 2009 – Tarantula in Petrol Blue (opera for teenagers) Plays for Young People (The Storyteller Sequence) 1997 – Sparkleshark (professional premiere in 1999) 1998 – Fairytaleheart (also worked as the director of the original stage production) 2000 – Brokenville (performed earlier as a work-in-progress under the title Apocalyptica in 1998) 2004 – Moonfleece (professional premiere in 2010) 2004 – Karamazoo (monologue) Play for the Whole Family 2012 – Feathers in the Snow Plays for Children 2000 – Scribbleboy (adapted by Ridley from his children's novel of the same name. Play unproduced and script unpublished) 2002 – Krindlekrax (adapted by Ridley from his children's novel of the same name) 2004 – Daffodil Scissors Monologues (sometimes performed as Live Art) 1986 – Vesper (first performed as a live art piece by Ridley in the Ten Painters Exhibition at St Martins School of Art) ???? – Bloodshot ???? – Angry ???? – Vooosh! ???? – Now ???? – Okay ???? – Wound ???? – It 2013 – Dark Vanilla Jungle 2015 – Tonight with Donny Stixx 2017 – Killer 2017 – Sledgehammers 2018 – Dancing Monologues presented as theatre pieces: 2017 – Killer (a theatrical presentation of three monologues: Killer, Sledgehammers, and Vesper) 2018 – Angry (a theatrical presentation of six monologues: Angry, Okay, Bloodshot, Dancing, Now, and Air) 2020 – The Beast Will Rise (a theatrical presentation of five monologues: Performance, Gators, Star, Rosewater, and Cactus) 2020 – The Poltergeist 2021 – Tarantula Online monologues: 2014 - Mercury Fur - New Monologues (Four monologues written by Ridley to promote The Greenhouse Theatre Company's production of Mercury Fur transferring to the West End: Elliot, Naz, Lola, Darren. Presented on The Greenhouse Theatre Company's YouTube channel.) 2020 - The Beast Will Rise (a series of monologues in response to Coronavirus performed by the cast of Ridley's postponed play The Beast of Blue Yonder: Gators, Zarabooshka, Chihuahua, Origami, Wound, Telescope, River, Eclipse, Performance, Star, Night, Puzzle, Snow, Rosewater, Cactus. Presented online at The Beast Will Rise (Tramp) ) Radio plays 1989 – October Scars the Skin (script unpublished) 1989 – The Aquarium of Coincidences (script unpublished) 1991 – Shambolic Rainbow (script unpublished) Film Feature Films 1990 – The Krays (screenwriter) 1990 – The Reflecting Skin (director and screenwriter) 1995 – The Passion of Darkly Noon (director and screenwriter) 2010 – Heartless (director and screenwriter) Short Films 1987 – Visiting Mr Beak (director and screenwriter) 1988 – The Universe of Dermot Finn (director and screenwriter) Songs As part of Dreamskin Cradle (with Nick Bicât) 2011 – From the stage play Tender Napalm Fade and Float (sung by Mary Leay) 2013 – From the stage play Dark Vanilla Jungle Ladybird First (sung by Mary Leay) 2014 – From the Album Songs from Grimm The Path You Know (sung by Mary Leay) Fearless (sung by Mary Leay) Waiting For You (sung by Mary Leay) Don't Call Me Magic (sung by Mary Leay) Not Here (sung by Mary Leay) Did That Just Happen (sung by Mary Leay) Things Will Change (sung by Mary Leay) Somewhere Something's Spinning (sung by Mary Leay) I Found You (Sung by Mary Leay) A Million Magic Things (sung by Mary Leay) Bring You Back (sung by Mary Leay) Tenderly Tender Me (sung by Mary Leay) Songs in Cinematic Works 1995 – From the film The Passion of Darkly Noon (music Nick Bicât) Who Will Love Me Now? (sung by PJ Harvey) Look What You've Done (To My Skin) (sung by Gavin Friday) 2010 – From the film Heartless (music Nick Bicât) Heartless (sung by Jim Sturgess) This Is The World We Live In (sung by Joe Echo) What Skin Is All About (sung by Joe Echo) The Other Me (sung by Joe Echo) Lie to Me (sung by Joe Echo) It Must Be Somewhere (sung by Mary Leay) The Darker It Gets (sung by Joe Echo) In You Are All The Stories (sung by Joe Echo) Beautiful (sung by Joe Echoe) Phoenix in Dynamite Sky (sung by Joe Echo) Other musical works 198? – From the record single Flutters (double sided record featuring Philip Ridley as part of the band Haunted Staircase) Side A: Flutters (A New Kind of Lovesong) Side B: Something for the Children (A New Kind of Lullaby) 2009 – Fin Like a Flower (music by Anna Meredith, sung by Michael Chance. On the album The NMC Songbook) 2009 – Songless (music by Anna Meredith. Premiered at the Twickenham Choral Society. Unreleased) 2010 – Heal You (music by Anna Meredith, sung by Juice Vocal Ensemble. Performed as part of Laid Bare: 10 love songs. Released as a single in 2014) 2016 – Love and Defection (Mix-tape made for The Voice of Cassandre, a French Radio show which invites international artists to create their own mix-tapes.) Exhibitions Group Shows 1981 – New Contemporaries, ICA, London. 1982 – New Contemporaries, ICA, London. 1983 – Christie's Student Show, Christie's, London. 1984 – The Leicester Exhibition, Leicester. 1985 – Open Drawing Exhibition, Tettenhall Gallery, Wolverhampton. 1985 – Open Exhibition, Lamont Gallery, London. 1986 – Ten Painters, 7th Floor Gallery, St. Martin's School of Art, London. 1986 – Summer Exhibition, Bernard Baron Gallery, London. 1987 – Group Show, Tom Allen Centre, London. 1987 – Selected Show, Lamont Gallery, London. 1987 – Young Contemporaries, Birch & Conran, London. 1988 – Decency, Discreetly Bizarre Gallery, London. 1988 – Selected Show, Lamont Gallery, London. 1988 – Mendacity, Discreetly Bizarre Gallery, London. 1988 – Magical Cats, Lamont Gallery, London. 1988 – Art Jonction International, Nice, France. 1988 – Bergamo Art Fair, Bergamo, Italy. 1996 – Freezeframe, Lamont Gallery, London. 2011 – Behind The Eyes, The Sassoon Gallery, London. (Photographic portraits. Behind The Eyes was a community arts project inspired by Ridley's play Mercury Fur) Solo Shows 1985 – The Roaring Dreams Show, Tom Allen Centre, London. 1985 – The Feeling Landscapes Show, Bernard Baron Gallery, London. 1985 – The Glittering Gargolyes Show, The Fallen Angel, London. 1986 – Mermaids, Monsters and Sleeping Moons, Mermaid Theatre, London. 1986 – Recent Images, The Fallen Angel, London. 1986 – The Epic of Oracle Foster, Lamont Gallery, London. 1987 – Shy Moon, The Garden Gallery, London. 1989 – The Vinegar Blossoms, Lamont Gallery, London. 2007 – Recent Portraits, The Soho Theatre, London (photography exhibition) 2007 – East London, Trafalgar Studios, London (photography exhibition) 2008 – Recent Portraits 2, The Soho Theatre, London (photography exhibition) 2017 – Rebels and Rubble, Shoreditch Town Hall, London (mini photography exhibition) Selected works in anthologies 1987 – Short Story Embracing Verdi in the anthology Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men (edited by David Rees and Peter Robbins) 1988 – Short Story Leviathan in the anthology 20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers (edited by Peter Straus) 1995 – Short Story Alien Heart in Projections 4½ (edited by John Boorman and Walter Donohue) 1996 – Extract from The Fastest Clock in the Universe in the collection Live 3: Critical Mass (edited by David Tushingham) 1997 – Short Story Embracing Verdi in the anthology The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories (edited by Peter Burton) 1997 – Three poems: Someone Wants to Kill Me, The Seams and Getting Through the Day in The Bush Theatre Book (edited by Mike Bradwell) 2000 – Extract from Krindlekrax in the collection Out of this world 2003 – Poem The Silver Hat in the anthology Love (edited by Fiona Waters) 2005 – Poem The Prince and the Snail in the anthology The Works 4 (edited by Gaby Morgan) 2007 – Three poems: Dark Sky Craving, Waiting For Faces To Fall and I Am The Boy in the anthology Poems for the Retired Nihilist: Volume 2 (edited by Graham Bendel) 2009 – Monologue Vesper in Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations (edited by Aleks Sierz) 2021 – Short story Sunday in Mainstream: An Anthology of Stories from the Edges (edited by Justin David and Nathan Evans) Derivative works In the British radio and TV comedy Little Britain the character of Vicky Pollard comes from Darkley Noone council estates which is named after Ridley's film The Passion of Darkly Noon. The music track The Light at the End (Effect) by industrial/noise rock duo Uniform (from their 2017 LP Wake in Fright) uses a dialogue excerpt from The Reflecting Skin. In 2011 the Schema Arts Collective used Ridley's 2005 play Mercury Fur as the basis for a community arts project called Behind the Eyes, which took place at the Sassoon Gallery, London. The project featured an amateur production of Mercury Fur, displayed artwork inspired by the play and Ridley himself collaborated by exhibiting a series of photographic portraits he had created of the production's cast. A behind the scenes documentary about the project called Mercury Fur Unveiled was also made and later broadcast on the Community Channel in 2013 and is free to watch online. In 2007 performance pieces inspired by Ridley's semi-autobiographical Introduction to Philip Ridley Plays: 1 were presented by young directors under the title Gleaming Dark. This received a one-off performance at Trafalgar Studios in conjunction with the venue's revival of Ridley's play Vincent River. A quote from Ridley's children novel Dakota of the White Flats is used as the epigraph for chapter 6 of Cornelia Funke's young adult fantasy novel Inkspell. The German band Troy Flamingo are named after a character from one of Ridley's short stories. The American band the Reflecting Skin is named after Ridley's film of the same name. Reece Nagra's remix of Buju Banton's song Murderer opens with an expert of dialogue from The Krays and became a drum and bass anthem. Phil Western's 1998 album The Escapist features excerpts of dialogue from The Reflecting Skin. The song Fury Eyes (from the Creatures' second album, Boomerang) is dedicated to Ridley's novel In the Eyes of Mr. Fury. The Song Troy Flamingo from Madonna Hip Hop Massaker's 1995 album Teenie Trap is based on the title story of Ridley's 1999 book Flamingoes in Orbit. Ridley's song Who Will Love Me Now? was covered by the techno/house band Sunscreem under the title Please Save Me. The song became a cult hit in clubs, entered the top 40 UK chart, top 30 US dance chart and featured in the film South West 9. The song Omlagus Garfungiloops (from Coil's 1992 album Stolen & Contaminated Songs) features excerpts of dialogue from The Reflecting Skin. The Scottish band River Head used a photography still from The Reflecting Skin on the cover of their 1992 single sided 7-inch EP Was Away / Haddit. Ridley's image Rainbow Kiss was used on the cover of the short story collection Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men, to which he also contributed as a writer. Ridley's charcoal drawing The Conversation was used as the cover to cult band Blowzabella's 1988 album Pingha Frenzy. Notable awards won The 2013 Scotsman Fringe First Award for Dark Vanilla Jungle. The 2010 Toronto After Dark Film Festival Vision Award for Best Independent Feature Film for Heartless. The 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival Best Film Award for Heartless. The 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival Best Director Award for Heartless. The 2009 Leeds International Film Festival Silver Melies Award for Heartless. The 1993 WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award for Krindlekrax. The 1993 Meyer-Whitworth Award for Most Promising New Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe. A 1992 Time Out Award for The Fastest Clock in the Universe. The 1992 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe. The 1992 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe. The 1991 Nestle Smarties Book Prize (9–11 years category) for Krindlekrax. The 1990 Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Krays. The 1990 Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film for The Krays Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin. Grand Prize at the Stockholm Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin. Notable award nominations Longlisted for the 2016 Off-West End Best New Play Award for Karagula Longlisted for the 2016 Off-West End Best Production Award for Karagula Shortlisted for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for the 2010 London revival of Vincent River. Shortlisted for the 2013 Brian Way Best New Play Award for Feathers in the Snow Shortlisted for the 2012 Off-West End Best New Play Award for Shivered Shortlisted for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for the 2010 London revival of Vincent River. Nominated for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for Tender Napalm Shortlisted for The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production award for Piranha Heights at the 2009 WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Mighty Fizz Chilla Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award: The Book I Couldn't Put Down for Mighty Fizz Chilla Shortlisted for The Carnegie Medal for Scribbleboy Shortlisted for the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for Kasper in the Glitter Shortlisted for the 1990 Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Screenplay for The Krays Best Short Film at Cannes Film Festival for The Universe of Dermot Finn References External links Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists English dramatists and playwrights English children's writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English film directors Writers from London Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art English male dramatists and playwrights English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers
The Jeffery Theater is a vacant theater building at 1952 E. 71st Street, in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. History Designed by William P. Doerr, it was built in 1924 and opened in 1925 as a vaudeville and movie theater. The building also housed the Spencer Arms Hotel, a fifty-room hotel to the west of the theater, while the Jackson Park National Bank was located at the corner of 71st and Jeffery. The first floor of the Spencer Arms Hotel contained commercial space. The Jeffery Theater had a single screen and seating for 1,795 people and was originally part of the Cooney Brothers circuit. It was operated by the Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. in the 1930s and 1940s. The theater closed in 1977. In the late 1990s, ShoreBank purchased the building, and remodeled the building's interior into office space, though a portion of the theater's lobby remains intact. ShoreBank was closed as a failed institution in 2010. In 2014, Preservation Chicago listed the Jeffery Theater as one of Chicago's 7 most endangered buildings, as there were plans to demolish the building and build a McDonald's at the site. In 2017, developers announced plans to demolish the building to build an entertainment complex, and on February 11, 2020, a demolition permit was requested. The permit was placed on a 90-day hold, because the building is orange rated in the Chicago Historic Resources Survey, signifying that it "possesses potentially significant architectural or historical features". References 1925 establishments in Illinois Theatres in Chicago Theatres completed in 1924 Neoclassical architecture in Illinois
The Freedom Museum (Dutch: Vrijheidsmuseum), until September 2019 National Liberation Museum 1944-1945, is a museum in Groesbeek, the museum is about the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II. The museum is located in Groesbeek, close to the German border. The structure shaped like a parachute was built in remembrance of the Rhineland Offensive (Operation Veritable, Operation Grenade, Operation Blockbuster, Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity) and of the Airdrop of thousands of allied paratroopers on the fields in Groesbeek during Operation Market Garden. Notes and references External links World War II museums in the Netherlands World War II museums Berg en Dal (municipality)
Linus or Linos (Λῖνος), also Linum or Linon (Λίνον), was a town on the coast of ancient Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium. It is noted by Strabo as the spot where the best snails were found. Its site is located in Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Mysia Former populated places in Turkey
Sigwart is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Christoph von Sigwart, German philosopher and logician George Karl Ludwig Sigwart, German chemist and physician Jendrik Sigwart (born 1994), German singer known by the mononym Jendrik. He represented Germany in Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Ulrich Sigwart, cardiologist (for whom is named the Sigwart procedure) German-language surnames
Youngs Bottom is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Kanawha County, West Virginia
Morality Above All Else () is a Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič. It was released in 1937. Cast Hugo Haas as Prof. Antonín Karas Světla Svozilová as Karolína Karasová Adina Mandlová as Eva Karasová Ladislav Boháč as MUDr. Jílkovský Saša Rašilov as JUDr. Mach Věra Ferbasová as Vera Gregorova Zdeňka Baldová as Drázná References External links 1937 films 1937 comedy films 1930s Czech-language films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Films directed by Martin Frič Czechoslovak comedy films 1930s Czech films
The 2004–05 season was the 35th season in the history of Toulouse FC and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Toulouse participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. Competitions Overall record Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round Matches Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue References Toulouse FC seasons Toulouse
Newton Ennis Morton (21 December 1929 – 7 February 2018) was an American population geneticist and one of the founders of the field of genetic epidemiology. Early life and education Morton was born in Camden, New Jersey. When he was three months old, his family moved to New Haven, Connecticut. His interest in science started at an early age, when he would collect butterflies. Morton attended Hopkins School, later transferring to Swarthmore College for two years. He lost enthusiasm for entomology, so instead he decided to pursue a career in genetics after being inspired by Dobzhansky's book, Genetics and the Origin of Species. After marrying a woman from Hawaii, Morton decided to attend the University of Hawaiʻi to earn a BA in Zoology, finishing his degree in 1951. He completed a thesis on Drosophila at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, but he was more interested in the work of James F. Crow and Sewall Wright. Morton then worked with Crow on the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Japan during 1952–1953. This inspired him to pursue a career in human genetics. He earned a PhD in genetics from the University of Wisconsin in 1955. Academic career Morton's career began in Japan, working on the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. He researched the effect of exposure to atomic bombs, including the effect on first-generation offspring. He published papers on the linkage of blood groups with diseases, nonrandomness of consanguineous marriage and the inheritance of human birth weight. In 1955–1956, Morton was made a National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. He worked at the university, first as an assistant professor in 1956, later becoming an associate professor in 1960 for two years. At the university, Morton conducted a study of over 180,000 births. In 1962, Morton won the William Allan Award for his contribution in the field of human genetics. In that same year, he set up the department of genetics. After realizing that the department was no longer tenable due to administrative problems, he instead decided to set up the Population Genetics Laboratory at Hawaii in 1964. He was appointed director of the facility and stayed there for 21 years. He left Hawaii in 1985 and spent two years at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City as the head of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In 1988, Morton acquired a position as professor and director of the Cancer Research Campaign Research Group in Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Southampton. In 1999, a book on the recent advances of genetic epidemiology was published in honor of his 70th birthday. He was a Senior Professional Fellow in Human Genetics from 1995 until 2011. Morton retired from the University of Southampton in April 2011 due to age and Alzheimer's-related health problems. Personal life Morton was married to his second wife, Professor Patricia Jacobs, for over 40 years. Morton has five children and seven grandchildren with his first wife. He died on 7 February 2018 at the age of 88. References 1929 births 2018 deaths American geneticists University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Swarthmore College alumni American epidemiologists Academics of the University of Southampton People from Camden, New Jersey Hopkins High School alumni
The Women's Front () is a Norwegian radical feminist organization founded in 1972. It was historically associated with the now defunct Workers' Communist Party History The organization was founded in 1972 and grew out of the marxist-leninist movement, known as the "M-L movement." It took its name after the historical newspaper named Kvinnefronten ("the women's front") which had been published by the Communist Party of Norway. The organization also built on women's movements against Norway's membership of the European Economic Community. It was closely associated with the Workers' Communist Party. In the 1990s, it became known through the publication of the Lund Report that the organization had been under observation by the Norwegian Police Security Service, which categorized it as a front organization for the Workers' Communist Party, which the Police Security Service considered to be extremist. During the first part of the 1970s, the organization was briefly the largest women's association in Norway with 3,500 members in 125 towns and cities in 1973, but after the mid 1970s, the organization lost most of its members and the membership declined to a few hundred members. From 1978, the organization became known for its pornography activism, which included showing hard pornographic films in public, intended to scare and upset the audience, which it called "porn against porn." In 1991 several members left the Women's Front to found a new organization, called the Ottar Women's Group, following disagreements on various issues, especially the Women's Front's relaxation of its stance on pornography. The breakaway faction that formed Ottar Women's Group had been the most radical wing of the Women's Front, but found themselves in the minority at the 1991 annual meeting of the organization. The Women's Front has published journals under three different names: Kvinnefront (1975–1981), Kvinnejournalen (1982–2004) and thereafter Fett. Views According to the organization's original program, its goal was to "fight for women's liberation" by "fighting capitalism and imperialism." It considered "the state, business and capital" to be the main forces which oppressed women. In line with its roots in the anti-imperialist left of the early 1970s, the Women's Front has been critical of newer feminist movements which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, such as queer feminism. The organization today describes itself as "a radical feminist organization that opposes all forms of oppression of women, economic, sexual, political and cultural." The Women's Front has also been active in promoting women's self-determination in abortion and pornography. It has liaised internationally with likeminded organizations in developing countries such as Afghanistan, Palestine and the Philippines and has participated in international networks on abortion, reproduction, trafficking and violence against women. The Women's Front is traditionally regarded as Norway's main radical feminist organization. Feminist studies scholars and queer feminists Janne Bromseth, Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen, Lin Prøitz, Katrina Roen and Stine H. Bang Svendsen have noted that "trans-exclusionary radical feminism" (TERF) rhetoric appears to be a strong current in the radical feminism of the Women's Front and similar groups in Norway. References External links Kvinnefronten (Women's Front)) website— Feminist organisations in Norway Organizations established in 1972 1972 establishments in Norway Feminism and transgender Radical feminist organizations Women's wings of communist parties
Anadasmus quadratella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Panama, Suriname and Colombia. The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are light yellowish brown with the costal and terminal edges narrowly light yellow. On the middle of the fold is a small black dot and at the end of the cell is a similar black dot. From the apical fourth of the costa runs a faint darker brown line across the wing to the dorsum. This line is sharply inwardly bent just below the costa, then evenly outwardly curved, terminating just before the beginning of the cilia. The hindwings are yellowish fuscous with a narrow yellow edge. References Moths described in 1864 Anadasmus Moths of Central America Moths of South America
Wessington is a city on the border between Beadle and Hand counties in South Dakota, United States. The population was 197 at the 2020 census. History A post office has been in operation in Wessington since 1882. The city took its name from the nearby Wessington Hills. The early growth of Wessington began because it was a transshipment point for locally produced grains because of the railroad (C. & N.W. Ry. Co.). This allowed local producers lower shipping costs compared to villages further from railroads, encouraging the location of other businesses in the town. Wessington originally was located in Beadle County, and the cohesiveness the community soon led to growth into neighboring Hand County. In 1918 there was a flourishing natural ice business that provisioned refrigerated freight cars. The cattle industry in the area has increased the market quality of the nation's cattle through improvements in herd management and adaptations to changing consumer demands. Many producers have received national recognition throughout the years. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 170 people, 91 households, and 44 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 139 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.8% White and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There were 91 households, of which 12.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 3.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 51.6% were non-families. 47.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.87 and the average family size was 2.64. The median age in the city was 53.6 years. 12.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 11.2% were from 25 to 44; 37.6% were from 45 to 64; and 30.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 248 people, 118 households, and 69 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 143 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.98% White, 0.40% African American, 0.40% Native American, and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population. There were 118 households, out of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.5% were non-families. 39.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 25.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.81. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 28.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $21,250, and the median income for a family was $35,750. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $16,964 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,767. About 7.0% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 25.0% of those 65 or over. See also List of cities in South Dakota References External links Cities in South Dakota Cities in Beadle County, South Dakota Cities in Hand County, South Dakota
Sheeler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Sheeler (1883–1965), American modernist painter and photographer Musya S. Sheeler (1908–1981), Russian dancer See also Sheller
Eliminedu is a village and panchayat in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India. It comes under Ibrahimpatnam mandal. It is 25 kilometers away from Hyderabad city. The Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad is 13 kilometers from the village. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is 40 kilometers away. References Villages in Ranga Reddy district
Keelapanaiyur is a village in the Arimalamrevenue block of Pudukkottai district , Tamil Nadu, India. Demographics As per the 2001 census, Keelapanaiyur had a total population of 2024 with 946 males and 1078 females. Out of the total population 1155 people were literate. References Villages in Pudukkottai district
Wanda Hamidah (born 21 September 1977) is an Indonesian politician, actress and activist. She was a member of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council between 2009 and 2014. Early life and education Wanda Hamidah was born in Jakarta on 21 September 1977. She studied at , and later studied law at Trisakti University. She also took a masters of notary at the University of Indonesia. Career Wanda began her career as a model, and she was one for around 12 years. Between 2000 and 2002, she was a news presenter at MetroTV. She participated in the student demonstrations of 1998 and joined the newly formed National Mandate Party (PAN) that year. According to Wanda, she was wanted for being part of the student demonstrations and she had witnessed the Trisakti shootings directly. In 2009, she was elected into Jakarta's regional legislative body and was sworn in on 25 August. Wanda stated then that she wanted to run for the national People's Representative Council, but intended to learn at Jakarta's legislative council first. During her time in the legislative body, she also featured in her first movie Pengejar Angin in 2011. She was also a commissioner in the National Commission of Child Protection (Komnas PA). She also had worked as a notary, operating her own office. In 2014, she was fired from PAN due to her support of Joko Widodo in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election - while PAN supported Prabowo Subianto. After the expiry of her tenure in the DPRD, she became a critic of the body, citing excessive lobbying and opposing a proposal to revert direct gubernatorial elections to the DPRD. She later joined the Nasdem Party, where she became the chairman of the party's Jakarta's branch. In the 2019 Indonesian legislative election, she ran for a seat in Jakarta's 1st electoral district (East Jakarta), but she failed to win a seat. In October 2022, she moved from Nasdem to Golkar. Personal life She was married to Cyril Raoul Hakim, having five children before their divorce, and she later remarried Daniel Patrick Hadi Schuldt with whom she had her sixth child. Filmography Pengejar Angin (2011) Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku (2014) Dear Love (2016) References 1977 births Living people Actresses from Jakarta Politicians from Jakarta Nasdem Party politicians Golkar politicians University of Indonesia alumni Trisakti University alumni Members of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives Indonesian television presenters Indonesian women television presenters
Hassan Danaeifar () is an Iranian military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He served as Iran's ambassador to Iraq from 2010 to 2017. Prior to the appointment, he held office as the secretary-general of the 'Iran–Iraq Economic Development Center' and head of the 'Headquarters for the Restoration of Holy Shrines'. Early life Danaeifar was born in 1962 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was among the Iraqi Moavedin who took refuge in Iran during the 1980s. Military career Danaeifar served most of his career in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a civil engineer and logistician. He was the deputy commander of the IRGC Navy and commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters. He also served in the Quds Force. References Living people 1962 births Quds Force personnel Ambassadors of Iran to Iraq Iraqi emigrants to Iran Iranian Arab military personnel Politicians from Baghdad Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier generals
František Teuner (6 March 1911 – 25 June 1978) was a Czech physician and a leader of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth ("Kuratorium") in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Biography Teuner studied at Charles University, receiving his medical degree in 1935, after which he went into the practice of medicine. While attending university, he joined the Vlajka. Following the German occupation of the Czech lands, Teuner resigned his membership in the Vlajka and eventually coordinated with Emanuel Moravec in the creation of the Kuratorium, becoming one of its principal leaders. In 1945, with the Red Army quickly advancing on Prague, Teuner departed the capital for Plzeň. In 1947, he was tried in absentia and sentenced to death. He was arrested by United States forces in Munich in April 1947 and surrendered to the reconstituted Czechoslovak authorities who commuted his sentence from death to imprisonment; as an inmate he served as a prison doctor in Pankrác Prison and other facilities. He was released in 1963 and eventually moved to West Germany, where he continued the practice of medicine. In 2021, Czech director Ondřej Veverka released a short film, Teuner, described as a psychological drama set in a prison where Teuner serves as a prison doctor. Veverka later directed a documentary for Czech Television, Kuratorium, about the board of trustees. References External links Trailer for the film Teuner 1911 births 1978 deaths People from Benešov Vlajka politicians Czech physicians Charles University alumni
Xiqi village (local name: Saikee/Saykee) () is located in the town of Shuibu, in Taishan City, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, southern China. Decades ago the village had 1,000 villagers but was almost completely depopulated by emigration to the United States such that fewer than 50 villagers today. It can therefore be viewed as the ancestral village of thousands of overseas Chinese throughout the Chinese diaspora, particularly in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver. A 1958 U.S. Justice Department investigation identified the village as the source of what was, at the time, one of the largest illegal immigration operations in the United States. The smuggling operation, run by Huey Bing Dai for over 50 years, involved the illegal transplant of over 250 men, almost the entire male population of Xiqi village, to San Francisco. The incident became emblematic of countless similar Chinese human smuggling operations in the United States during the early to mid-twentieth century. The village is also known for its typically Taishanese rectilinear layout which adheres to Feng shui principles, as well as its traditional courtyard houses. Xiqi's traditional village plan has received praise for its economical use of natural sunlight, vegetation screening, and nutrient resources, an efficient system that can still be used as a modern model. Xiqi village's clan name is Xu () in Mandarin Chinese, although historically most villagers did not speak that language and instead used the Cantonese or Taishanese transliteration of the surname: Hui/Huey/Huie. Xiqi village's name is transliterated from Mandarin, but names from other dialects used are Saikee/Saykee Village. Gallery References Bibliography Taishan, Guangdong Villages in China
Tikka Khan (; 10 February 1915 – 28 March 2002) was a Pakistan Army officer who served as the first chief of the army staff from 1972 to 1976. Along with Yahya Khan, he is considered a chief architect of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide which according to independent researchers led to the deaths of 300,000 to 500,000 people. Gaining a commission in 1940 as an artillery officer in the British Indian Army to participate in World War II, he rose to command the 8th and 15th infantry divisions in the war with India in 1965. In 1969, he was appointed as the commander of IV Corps while acting as martial law administrator in West Pakistan under President Yahya Khan. In 1971, he took over the command of army's Eastern Command in East Pakistan and appointed as Governor of East Pakistan where he oversaw the planning and the military deployments to execute the military operations to quell the liberation war efforts by the Awami League. His tough rhetoric to deal with political enemies earned him notoriety and a nickname of Touka (meaning Cleaver) and he was soon relieved of his command by President Yahya Khan. After commanding the II Corps in the war with India in 1971, Tikka Khan was promoted to four-star rank and appointed as the first chief of army staff of the Pakistan Army in 1972. As an army chief, Tikka Khan provided support to the Pakistan nuclear programme alongside bureaucrat Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Upon retirement from the military in 1976, he was subsequently appointed as National Security Advisor by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, only to be removed in 1977 as a result of enforced martial law. In the 1980s, he remained active as a political worker of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and emerged as its leader when appointed as Governor of Punjab after the general elections held in 1988. His tenure ended when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government in 1990 and he was succeeded by Mian Muhammad Azhar. He retired from politics in 1990. He died on 28 March 2002 and was buried with full military honours in Westridge cemetery in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Early life and education Tikka Khan was born on 10 February 1915 into a Punjabi Muslim family of the Janjua Rajput clan in the Jochha Mamdot village of Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan). After his education in Rawalpindi, he joined the Army Cadet College in Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh in 1933 and joined the British Indian Army as a sepoy in 1935; he gained his commission in the army from the Indian Military Academy on 22 December 1940. During these early years he was known to be a particularly good boxer, with the famous British biographer Robert Payne describing him as "a heavy set man with a powerful chest and a boxer’s shoulders, and he would have been called handsome except for a rather swollen and misshapen nose acquired during a brief boxing career." Military career World War II He participated in World War II and fought with the 2nd Field Regiment, Regiment of Artillery in Libya against the Afrika Korps led by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in 1940. He was captured by German troops and held as a POW in Libya for more than a year. After successfully escaping, he saw military action in the Burma campaign against Japan in 1945 where he was wounded and hospitalised for some time. In 1946, he was posted in different parts of India such as Deolali, Mathura, and Kalyan. During the same time, he served as an instructor at the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun. New beginnings in Pakistan After the efforts of Pakistani nationalists culminated in the partition of British India and the creation of Pakistan, Tikka Khan joined the Pakistan Army as a major in the Pakistan Army's Regiment of Artillery in 1947. His military career progressed well and he got accelerated promotions in the army. In 1949, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He worked hard to raise the Medium Regiment in the new army. In 1950–54, he was promoted to colonel and became the deputy director at the directorate of artillery in the GHQ. In 1955, he was promoted to brigadier. In 1962, he was promoted to major general and posted at the GHQ in Rawalpindi. Between the wars: 1965–1971 In 1965, Major-General Tikka Khan was the GOC of the 8th Infantry Division that was positioned in Punjab, Pakistan. At that time, the 8th Infantry Division consisted of the 51st Paratrooper Brigade and the 52nd Infantry Brigade. In April 1965, the 8th Infantry Division intruded into the Rann of Kutch. Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan and Tikka Khan's 8th Division fought the Indian Army in the Battle of Rann of Kutch. During the war, Tikka Khan earned a reputation as a victor of Rann of Kutch and was credited widely by the Pakistani press for the victories he gained over the Indian Army. He made a bold stand against the Indian Army's encirclement in the Sialkot sector in 1965. He later led the 15th Infantry Division in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. After President Ayub Khan handed over the presidency to his army chief General Yahya Khan in 1969, Tikka Khan was promoted to lieutenant general to command the IV Corps, stationed in Lahore. He was the martial law administrator of Punjab under President Yahya Khan who appointed him after replacing with Attiqur Rahman. His personality was well known in Pakistan as being tough and ruthless. In March 1971, Tikka Khan was sent to Dacca and left the post to Lieutenant General Bahadur Sher in March 1971. Bangladesh Liberation and 1971 war The situation was very complex in both West and East Pakistan after the general elections held in 1970 where the Bengali nationalist Awami League won 160 of the 162 seats in East Pakistan, whereas the leftist-socialist Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won 81 seats out of 138 in West Pakistan. By constitutional law, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of the Awami League was supposed to be the candidate for the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan but Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of the Pakistan Peoples Party was not ready to accept his role as Leader of the Opposition and refused to sit in the National Assembly in this role. Under pressure by Bhutto and the Pakistan Peoples Party, President Yahya Khan postponed the National Assembly session despite meeting with and inviting the Awami League to form the government on 7 March. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reacted by calling upon the Bengali people to launch an armed liberation movement against Pakistan at a mass rally. Responding to this, President Yahya Khan accepted the resignation of Lieutenant General Yaqub Khan as governor of East Pakistan and commander of the army's Eastern Command in March 1971 and appointed Lieutenant General Tikka Khan as his successor. Tikka Khan arrived in Dacca the same month and took over the governorship. He assumed command of the Eastern Command on 7 March 1971. He has faced accusations of killing thousands of civilians. Acting on the instructions of President Yahya Khan's administration, Lieutenant General Tikka Khan began preparations of "direct-wise military operation" against the Awami League on the evening of 25 March 1971. Tikka Khan's order to his soldiers was I want the land and not the people. Tikka Khan took assistance from loyal Bengalis and Biharis for the operation and organized a paramilitary force called Razakars. He ordered the arrest of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, outlawed the Awami League and ordered a midnight attack on the University of Dhaka. Tikka Khan was the architect and top planner of Operation Searchlight. Thousands were killed in this operation, including academics and other members of civil society, and the country was plunged into a bloody civil war. Tikka Khan followed the classical "Seek and destroy and Infiltration" method and captured all radio stations in East Pakistan at the price of systematic killings of Bengali people. In Pakistan, he was called "a soldier known for his eager use of force." He became notorious as the "Butcher of Bengal." In West Pakistan, domestic criticism and disapproval of Lieutenant General Tikka Khan grew to the point that President Yahya Khan replaced him with a civilian government led by a governor and a cabinet drawn from different political parties. Tikka Khan was recalled to Pakistan, relinquishing the Eastern Command to Lieutenant General Amir Khan Niazi, and given command of the II Corps based in Multan, Punjab. He commanded the II Corps during the 1971 war with India. Indian Major General D. K. Palit has questioned the wisdom of Tikka Khan's tactics used in the Battle of Chhamb in December, citing high II Corps casualties incurred during Pakistani frontal attacks. Chief of Army staff In 1972, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto removed Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan from his position as commander-in-chief of the army and reorganized the army leadership to replace the position with that of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Bhutto then promoted Tikka Khan to four-star general and appointed him as COAS. Tikka Khan was a highly unpopular choice in military circles for the chief of army staff because it was felt strongly that he was professionally unprepared for the assignment. On the other hand, Tikka Khan was steadfastly loyal to Bhutto. In 1972, he supported the militarisation of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission by supporting Munir Ahmad Khan to take over the commission's chairmanship and the directorship of the clandestine atomic bomb programme. He was implicated in the Hamoodur Rahman Commission's report on the 1971 war with India over East Pakistan, but much of the report remains classified. In 1974, Tikka Khan led the counterinsurgency military operation in Balochistan and successfully crushed Baloch independence movement. In 1976, he provided his support to Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Bhutto to expand the clandestine nuclear weapons programme. The same year, Tikka Khan was preparing to retire from the military, and evaluated the eight serving lieutenant generals who were his potential successors as chief of army staff. When asked by Bhutto for his opinion on Lieutenant General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Tikka Khan did not recommend him. Tikka Khan later remarked, "I thought he was dull. In any case, he was the most junior of all the eight lieutenant generals." However Bhutto by-passed his recommendations, approved Lieutenant General Zia-ul-Haq to four-star rank, and appointed him as army chief. Upon retirement from the army, Khan joined the Pakistan Peoples Party. Political career National Security Advisor Tikka Khan was appointed National Security Advisor in 1976 by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. However, his tenure was short and ended when martial law was imposed by army chief General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1977. General Zia ordered the military police to arrest both Bhutto and General Tikka Khan and placed them under house arrest. Bhutto was executed in 1979, after which General Tikka Khan emerged as one of the leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), becoming its Secretary General at a time when many party stalwarts abandoned it. Jail under Zia-ul-Haq In 1980–88, Tikka Khan faced imprisonment numerous times for his political activities until President Zia-ul-Haq died in August 1988 in an aircraft explosion over Bahawalpur. In spite of Tikka's leadership position within the political opposition, many of his army protégés such as Sawar Khan, Iqbal Khan and Rahimuddin Khan were promoted to four-star rank and remained on deferential terms with him. In the 1988 general election, Tikka Khan ran unsuccessfully for a seat representing Rawalpindi. Governor of Punjab He was appointed as the Governor of Punjab by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 1988. His governorship ended when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in August 1990, after which Tikka Khan retired from active politics. Later life and death In retirement, Tikka Khan lived a quiet life in Rawalpindi, Punjab. Throughout the 1990s, he battled with illness and was hospitalised in CMH Rawalpindi for several years. He refused many television interviews on the subject of the controversial events of 1971 and died on 28 March 2002. He was survived by three sons and two daughters. He was laid to rest with military honours in the Westridge cemetery in Rawalpindi. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Aziz Khan attended his funeral, accompanied by the Army Chief of Staff, Chief of Air Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and other senior military and civil officials. Former prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto paid Tikka Khan tribute in a message to his son Colonel Khalid Masud; she described the Colonel's father as one who "rose to the highest offices of this country due to his hard work and respect for the rule of law." Awards and decorations Foreign Decorations See also The Blood telegram References Further reading Zaheer, Hasan: The separation of East Pakistan : The rise and realisation of Bengali Muslim nationalism, Oxford University Press, 1994. Sisson, Richard & Rose, Leo: War and secession : Pakistan, India, and the creation of Bangladesh, University of California Press (Berkeley), 1990. Matinuddin, General Kamal: Tragedy of Errors : East Pakistan Crisis, 1968–1971, Wajidalis, Lahore, Pakistan, 1994. Salik, Siddiq: Witness to surrender, Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan, 1977. External links Official profile at Pakistan Army website Tikka Khan Passes Away—DAWN Article rebutting General A.A.K. Niazi's accusations against General Tikka Khan, by Nasir M. Khan, Pakistan Link, 30 March 2001 Article mentioning General Tikka Khan's tenure as Chief of Army Staff (1972–1976), A.R. Siddiqui, Dawn, 14 September 2003. Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report, The Report of the Commission of Inquiry – 1971 War as Declassified by The Government of Pakistan, Volume-I: Supplementary Report – Top secret, PART III – MILITARY ASPECT, CHAPTER VI. Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report, The Report of the Commission of Inquiry – 1971 War as Declassified by The Government of Pakistan, Volume-I: Supplementary Report – Top secret, PART IV – SURRENDER IN EAST PAKISTAN, CHAPTER II – Alleged atrocities by the Pakistan Army. Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report, The Report of the Commission of Inquiry – 1971 War as Declassified by The Government of Pakistan, PART IV – MILITARY ASPECT, Chapter III, The formulation of defence plans. Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report, The Report of the Commission of Inquiry – 1971 War as Declassified by The Government of Pakistan, Volume-I: Supplementary Report – Top secret, PART IV – SURRENDER IN EAST PAKISTAN, CHAPTER I – The moral aspect. Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report, The Report of the Commission of Inquiry – 1971 War as Declassified by The Government of Pakistan, PART V: MISCELLANEOUS, CHAPTER VI: Summary and recommendations. Amin Fahim pays rich tributes to General Tikka Khan, Dawn, 5 April 2002. General Yahya Khan agreed to withdraw forces, India did not, by Khalid Hasan, Daily Times, 3 July 2005. \|- \|- \|- \|- \|- 1915 births 2002 deaths Bangladesh Liberation War British Indian Army officers Causes and prelude of the Bangladesh Liberation War Chiefs of Army Staff, Pakistan Escapees from Italian detention Generals of the Bangladesh Liberation War Generals of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Governors of East Pakistan Governors of West Pakistan Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Indian Army personnel of World War II Indian escapees Indian prisoners of war Military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Pakistan Army Artillery officers Pakistani generals Pakistan People's Party politicians People from Kallar Syedan Tehsil People of the insurgency in Balochistan World War II prisoners of war held by Germany World War II prisoners of war held by Italy 1971 Bangladesh genocide perpetrators Pakistan Command and Staff College alumni
Eduardo Ernesto Centeno Jiménez (born 30 May 1984) is a Venezuelan-born Dominican footballer who plays as a centre back for Atlético Pantoja and the Dominican Republic national team. International career Centeno was eligible to play for Dominican Republic through his mother. His formal debut was on 25 March 2018, being a second-half substitute in a 2–1 friendly win against Saint Kitts and Nevis. He had played two friendly matches in November 2017 against Nicaragua, but they were not recognised by FIFA. References External links 1984 births Living people Dominican Republic men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Venezuelan Primera División players A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players Carabobo F.C. players Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players Dominican Republic men's international footballers Dominican Republic people of Venezuelan descent Sportspeople from Bolívar (state) Venezuelan people of Dominican Republic descent Citizens of the Dominican Republic through descent Academia Puerto Cabello players
Lanthanum(III) oxide, also known as lanthana, chemical formula , is an inorganic compound containing the rare earth element lanthanum and oxygen. It is used in some ferroelectric materials, as a component of optical materials, and is a feedstock for certain catalysts, among other uses. Properties Lanthanum oxide is a white solid that is insoluble in water, but dissolves in acidic solutions. absorbs moisture from air, converts to lanthanum hydroxide. Lanthanum oxide has p-type semiconducting properties and a band gap of approximately 5.8 eV. Its average room temperature resistivity is 10 kΩ·cm, which decreases with an increase in temperature. has the lowest lattice energy of the rare earth oxides, with very high dielectric constant, ε = 27. Structure At low temperatures, has an A- hexagonal crystal structure. The metal atoms are surrounded by a 7 coordinate group of atoms, the oxygen ions are in an octahedral shape around the metal atom and there is one oxygen ion above one of the octahedral faces. On the other hand, at high temperatures lanthanum oxide converts to a C- cubic crystal structure. The ion is surrounded by six ions in a hexagonal configuration. Synthesis Lanthanum oxide can crystallize in at least three polymorphs. Hexagonal has been produced by spray pyrolysis of lanthanum chloride. An alternative route to obtaining hexagonal involves precipitation of nominal from aqueous solution using a combination of 2.5% and the surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate followed by heating and stirring for 24 hours at 80 °C: Other routes include: Reactions Lanthanum oxide is used as an additive to develop certain ferroelectric materials, such as La-doped bismuth titanate ( - BLT). Lanthanum oxide is used in optical materials; often the optical glasses are doped with to improve the glass' refractive index, chemical durability, and mechanical strength. The addition of the to the glass melt leads to a higher glass transition temperature from 658 °C to 679 °C. The addition also leads to a higher density, microhardness, and refractive index of the glass. Potential applications Lanthanum oxide is most useful as a precursor to other lanthanum compounds. Neither the oxide nor any of the derived materials enjoys substantial commercial value, unlike some of the other lanthanides. Many reports describe efforts toward practical applications of , as described below. forms glasses of high density, refractive index, and hardness. Together with oxides of tungsten, tantalum, and thorium, improves the resistance of the glass to attack by alkali. is an ingredient in some piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials. has been examined for the oxidative coupling of methane. References Lanthanum compounds Inorganic compounds Sesquioxides
Lazybones is a 1935 British film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie. Plot Sir Reginald Ford (Ian Hunter), known as "Lazybones", is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world, although he doesn't have any money either. His brother and sister introduce him to Kitty McCarthy (Claire Luce), an American heiress, in the hope that he'll marry her and so gain access to her fortune which will help out his family. Kitty's cousin Mike (Bernard Nedell) brings Kitty the bad news that she's lost her fortune. Mike is hoping to grab the maps for some Arabian oil fields that are being kept in the house. They are being guarded by two detectives and everybody chasing everybody else whilst trying to get the plans makes an amusing sub-plot. Back in the main story line, Reginald has discovered that he loves Kitty for herself and doesn't care about her not having a fortune. So they get married, despite the warnings from a pessimistic passer-by who they call in as a witness. Neither of them are broke, but it takes a lot to run the old family pile. Kitty has bought a pub and Reginald and Kitty have some fun serving the regulars there. Back at the family seat Reginald has found a way to make money from other idle members of the English aristocracy. He sets up a "Home for the Idle Wealthy" and they come to stay (for a fee) and act as butler, gardener, chauffeur etc. Cast Claire Luce as Kitty McCarthy Ian Hunter as Sir Reginald Ford Sara Allgood as Bridget Bernard Nedell as Mike McCarthy Michael Shepley as Hildebrand Pope Bobbie Comber as Kemp Denys Blakelock as Hugh Ford Mary Gaskell as Marjory Ford Pamela Carne as Lottie Pope Harold Warrender as Lord Melton Miles Malleson as Pessimist Fred Withers as Richards Frank Morgan as Tom Fewlass Llewellyn as Lord Brockley Paul Blake as Viscount Woodland Production This was made at a time when the studios used to work through the night. The leading actors were both in plays in London, and so after their evening performance they would come out to Twickenham to shoot their parts. Notes External links Lazybones reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages 1935 films Films directed by Michael Powell Films by Powell and Pressburger British black-and-white films British comedy films 1935 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films
Harry Alfred Rée, DSO, OBE (15 October 1914 – 17 May 1991) was a British educationist and wartime member of the Special Operations Executive. Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, M.R.D. Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents. Harry Rée was born in England, the son of Dr. Alfred Rée, a chemist who was from a Danish Jewish family, and Lavinia Elisabeth Dimmick, the American-born great granddaughter of chemist and industrialist Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, St John's College, Cambridge, and the Institute of Education, University of London. In 1937 he became a language master at Bradford Grammar School, and later at Beckenham and Penge County School for Boys. In 1940 he married Hetty, daughter of Eardley Vine, of Beaconsfield. They had three children, Janet, Brian and the philosopher Jonathan. In the Second World War Rée was registered in 1940 as a conscientious objector conditional upon working in the National Fire Service, but in 1941 re-registered for military service and was called up into the army. He later volunteered for the Special Operations Executive, receiving a captaincy in the Intelligence Corps and the codename "César". In April 1943 he was parachuted into France and joined the Acrobat Network around Montbéliard. Later he became active in the Stockbroker Network around Belfort. Rée spoke against RAF bombing in France, arguing that it was turning French public opinion against the Allies. He suggested that SOE agents could organise effective sabotage of factories on the ground. He organised the destruction of the Peugeot factory at Sochaux by convincing the local director, who was already resisting, to co-operate with SOE. The local director's sabotage was more efficient, and he managed to share tactical information on the Wehrmacht projects they had had to become involved in (especially the V-1). On 5 November 1943 Rée organised a decoy attack on compressors and transformers at Sochaux to transfer the blame. Therefore, the RAF did not bomb the factory. The Germans tried to capture Rée, who escaped a Feldgendarmerie group after being shot four times and, according to his own account, had to swim across a river and crawl through a forest. He managed to reach Switzerland and still keep some contact with his organisation. In May 1944 he was replaced by an American officer, E.F. Floege, and returned to Britain. He starred in the film Now it Can be Told (aka School for Danger), produced by the RAF Film Unit, which told the story of SOE's activities in France. The Imperial War Museum has an on-line recording of Rée praising the role of the passive supporters who also risked their lives. In 1951, Rée became headmaster of Watford Grammar School for Boys. He appeared occasionally on the BBC Television "Brains Trust" programme. In 1962 he became the first professor of education at the University of York. He was also the first Provost of Derwent College. Rée wrote a biography of the educator and creator of Village Colleges, Henry Morris titled Educator Extraordinary: The Life and Achievements of Henry Morris (Longman, 1973), and produced a compilation of Morris' talks and articles titled The Henry Morris Collection (Cambridge University Press, 1984). He also wrote The Three Peaks of Yorkshire a walking guide. He died in 1991. Bibliography References Further reading The Secret History of SOE, pages 582–583 & 600, William MacKenzie They Came from the Sky, pages 1-69, E.H. Cookridge External links Index of personal papers and recordings at the Institute of Education . 1914 births 1991 deaths Academics of the University of York Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Du Pont family Schoolteachers from Hertfordshire English conscientious objectors Heads of schools in England British Special Operations Executive personnel British Army personnel of World War II Alumni of the UCL Institute of Education People educated at Shrewsbury School Intelligence Corps officers Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Officers of the Order of the British Empire English people of Danish descent English people of Jewish descent English people of French descent English people of American descent People associated with the University of York
United Nations Security Council resolution 1318, adopted unanimously on 7 September 2000, after holding a meeting of world leaders on occasion of the Millennium Summit, the Council endorsed the United Nations Millennium Declaration on ensuring an effective role for the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, particularly in Africa. Resolution The Security Council adopted the following declaration, divided into eight chapters. I The Security Council committed itself to the principles of the United Nations Charter; the equality, sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of all nations; respect for human rights; and confirmed the non-use or threat of force in international relations. II The Council pledged to be involved in all stages of conflict, from prevention to post-conflict peacekeeping. All regions would have equal priority, but special attention would be given to Africa. III It strongly encouraged strategies to determine the root causes of conflicts. Peacekeeping operations would be strengthened with clear mandates with security, well-trained and equipped personnel and consultations with troop-contributing countries. The capacity for peacekeeping forces had to be enhanced and funding improved. IV The report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations would be considered. V It was crucial that ex-combatants were disarmed, demobilised and reintegrated, and that such programmes should be included into the mandates of peacekeeping operations. VI The Council called for international action against illicit arms trafficking and the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes be tried. Furthermore, it was important that peacekeepers were sensitised against HIV/AIDS in all operations. VII Contacts with regional and international organisations had to be strengthened in accordance with Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter. In the case of Africa, continued co-operation and co-ordination between the United Nations and Organisation of African Unity to address conflicts was emphasised. VIII Ultimately, the responsibility to resolve conflicts was with the parties themselves. Peacekeeping operations designed to implement peace agreements would only be successful if there was genuine commitment from the concerned parties. Finally, the Council called upon all states to secure a world free from war. See also List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1301 to 1400 (2000–2002) Millennium Development Goals References External links Text of the Resolution at undocs.org 1318 September 2000 events
Fine Day or Kamiokisihkwew (Miyo-Kîsikaw) ( – ) was a Cree war chief of the River People band of Plains Cree. He participated in the North-West Rebellion of 1885. During the Battle of Cut Knife, he acted as the Battle Chief, taking control of the war fighting parties from the political chief, Poundmaker. When Fine Day's men gained the upper hand and started to pursue the retreating Canadian soldiers, he was restrained by Poundmaker from doing so. Described by a contemporary as "brave in all things," he was a skilled warrior, hunter, trapper and (in later life) a shaman. Fine Day's memories of the North-West Rebellion were published by the Canadian North-West Historical Society in 1926. David G. Mandelbaum, in the introduction to his extensive study of the Plains Cree, cites Fine Day as his principal informant. References Cree people Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan People of North-Western Territory People of the North-West Rebellion Pre-Confederation Saskatchewan people 1850s births 1940s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Canadian animists Shamans Religious figures of the indigenous peoples of North America
Dwight Davis and Holcombe Ward defeated Herbert Roper Barrett and George Simond 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champions Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty defeated Davis and Ward 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 9–7 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1901 Wimbledon Championships. Draw Challenge round All comers' finals Top half The nationality of F Japi is unknown. Bottom half References External links Gentlemen's Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles
William Levi Draycott (15 February 1869 – May 1943) was an English footballer who played as a right half for Burslem Port Vale, Stoke, Burton Wanderers, Newton Heath, Bedminster, Bristol Rovers, Wellingborough and Luton Town in the 1890s and early 1900s. Career Draycott probably joined Burslem Port Vale in summer 1890. He made his debut at the Athletic Ground in a 2–1 friendly defeat to West Bromwich Albion on 29 September 1890. He made nine appearances for the club, scoring two goals, and was a member of the side that shared the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup in 1891. He transferred to local rivals Stoke in June 1891, where he played in just two the Football League matches in three seasons at the Victoria Ground. He then spent the 1894–95 and 1895–96 seasons with Football League newcomers Burton Wanderers, scoring three goals in 50 league games. He joined Newton Heath in May 1896. He scored five goals in 1896–97 to help the club secure second place in the Second Division; however they lost to Sunderland in the promotion/relegation Test Match. Newton Heath then finished fourth in 1897–98 and 1898–99, with Draycott scoring on only one further occasion. Over three years he made 91 appearances for the Manchester club before transferring to Bedminster in 1899. Bedminster finished sixth in the Southern League in 1899–1900. He then spent the 1900–01 campaign with rivals Bristol Rovers, before moving on to Wellingborough and Luton Town. Career statistics Source: Honours Burslem Port Vale North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup: 1891 References 1869 births People from Swadlincote People from Newhall, Derbyshire Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Port Vale F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Burton Wanderers F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Bedminster F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Wellingborough Town F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players 1943 deaths
The Lost Zeppelin is a 1929 sound adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and produced and distributed by Tiffany-Stahl. The film stars Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez. Tearle plays a navy officer modeled on U. S. Navy Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd who was then a national aviation hero. Byrd made his own genuine Antarctic adventure With Byrd at the South Pole film during his South Pole Expedition 1928-1929. Plot At a banquet preceding his flight to the South Pole, Commander Donald Hall (Conway Tearle), a Zeppelin commander in charge of the "Explorer", learns that his wife, Miriam (Virginia Valli), whom he worships, requests a divorce. She is in love with Lieutenant Tom Armstrong (Ricardo Cortez), his best friend and partner in the flight. Hall agrees to grant the divorce after the flight. When the Zeppelin reaches the South Pole, a sudden gale causes it to crash and the men divide up into search parties. An aircraft with room for only one survivor leads to a decision by Hall that Armstrong should be the one to be saved. Armstrong is welcomed in Washington as the only survivor but finds that Miriam still loves her husband. Later, news comes of Hall's rescue and miraculous recovery, and he is happily reunited with his wife. Cast Conway Tearle as Commander Donald Hall Virginia Valli as Miriam Hall Ricardo Cortez as Tom Armstrong Duke Martin as Lieutenant Wallace Kathryn McGuire as Nancy Winter Hall as Mr. Wilson uncredited Richard Cramer as Radio Announcer Ervin Nyiregyhazi as Pianist William H. O'Brien as Radio Operator Production The stagey early part of The Lost Zeppelin was dominated by a banquet scene and actors engaged in dialogue from static positions. The "shoddy production" values described by aviation film historian Michael Paris in From the Wright Brothers to Top gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema (1995) were typical of the early sound film era. The Zeppelin in The Lost Zeppelin is recreated in stock footage of flights, and the use of miniatures as well as a mockup of the gondola. Although technically, the special effects were satisfactory for the era, aviation film historian James H. Farmer in Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation (1984) considered The Lost Zeppelin had "disappointing special effects and triangular plot." Reception Mordaunt Hall in his review for The New York Times gave a mostly negative review of The Lost Zeppelin, "Presumably the producers of "The Lost Zeppelin," an audible pictorial melodrama now at the Gaiety, do not believe in a very high order of intelligence among cinema audiences, for the best that can be said of the film is that it appears to have been fashioned with a view to appealing to boys from 8 to 10 years of age. Several such youngsters were at the first showing of this offering last Saturday afternoon, and they became volubly enthusiastic over the Antarctic blizzard, the far from impressive airship, the artificial ice fields and the clumsily designed chain of incidents." Preservation status The Lost Zeppelin is listed as "preserved" in the Library of Congress database. The film has also been released on Alpha DVD. See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) With Byrd at the South Pole (1929) Dirigible (1931) References Notes Citations Bibliography Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation (1st ed.). Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: TAB Books 1984. . Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1995. . Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. . Wynne, H. Hugh. The Motion Picture Stunt Pilots and Hollywood's Classic Aviation Movies. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1987. . External links The Lost Zeppelin at IMDb.com The Lost Zeppelin available for free download @ Internet Archive 1929 films American adventure films Films directed by Edward Sloman Tiffany Pictures films American aviation films American black-and-white films 1929 adventure films 1920s American films
Julius Weise (6 June 1844 – 25 February 1925) was a German entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera, especially Chrysomelidae and Coccinellidae, and was one of the first entomologists to use genitalia to identify and classify species. His collections of Chrysomelidae, Coccinellidae, Staphylinidae and Carabidae are in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, and his collections of Cerambycidae and Coccinellidae are in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Collections of Curculionidae and the Scolytidae are in Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, while his collections of Chrysomelidae and the Coccinellidae can be found in the Swedish Museum of Natural History at Stockholm. Notes External links Important works on Saphylinidae Beiträge zur Käferfauna von Japan. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 23, 147-152 (1879). PDF (0.6 Mb). German entomologists Coleopterists 1844 births 1925 deaths
American rapper and singer Lizzo has released four studio albums, two mixtapes, three extended plays, 23 singles, and three promotional singles. Before signing with Atlantic Records, she released two studio albums—Lizzobangers in 2013 and Big Grrrl Small World in 2015. In 2014, Time magazine named her one of 14 music artists to watch. Her first major-label extended play, Coconut Oil, was released in 2016. In 2019 she achieved breakthrough success with her third studio album, Cuz I Love You. That year, after being featured in the Netflix film Someone Great, her 2017 single "Truth Hurts" became a viral sleeper hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 two years after its initial release. The song stayed atop the chart for seven weeks and has been certified seven-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Lizzo's 2016 song "Good as Hell" was subsequently rereleased with a new remixed version featuring American singer Ariana Grande. The single reached number three on the Hot 100 and has been certified four-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. After struggling with body issues from an early age, Lizzo became an advocate for body positivity and self-love. Many of her songs reference or feature that theme. Albums Studio albums Mixtapes Extended plays Singles As lead artist As featured artist Promotional singles Other charted and certified songs Music videos Guest appearances Songwriting credits Notes References Discography Discographies of American artists Hip hop discographies Rhythm and blues discographies
C-C chemokine receptor type 11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCRL1 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the G protein-coupled receptor family, and is a receptor for C-C type chemokines. This receptor has been shown to bind dendritic cell- and T cell-activated chemokines including CCL19/ELC, CCL21/SLC, and CCL25/TECK. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described. References Further reading External links Chemokine receptors
Francisco Veredas Bandeiras better known as Paco Bandeira (born 2 May 1945, Elvas, Portugal) is a musician from Portugal. He is known for representing his country in the second edition of the OTI Festival in 1973 which was held in Belo Horizonte. Bandeira stood trial in 2012 on suspicion of domestic violence. References 1946 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese male singers
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Aberdeenshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Boh \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohemia \| class="adr" \| East Sussex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohemia \| class="adr" \| Wiltshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohenie \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohetherick \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohortha \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohuntine \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bohuntinville \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Boj \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bojewyan \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Bok \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bokiddick \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Bol \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolahaul \| class="adr" \| Carmarthenshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolam \| class="adr" \| Northumberland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolam \| class="adr" \| Durham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolam West Houses \| class="adr" \| Northumberland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolas Heath \| class="adr" \| Shropshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolberry \| class="adr" \| Devon \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bold Heath \| class="adr" \| St Helens \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boldmere \| class="adr" \| Birmingham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boldon Colliery \| class="adr" \| South Tyneside \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boldre \| class="adr" \| Hampshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boldron \| class="adr" \| Durham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bole \| class="adr" \| Nottinghamshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolehall \| class="adr" \| Staffordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolehill \| class="adr" \| Derbyshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolehill \| class="adr" \| Sheffield \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolenowe \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boleside \| class="adr" \| Scottish Borders \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boley Park \| class="adr" \| Staffordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolham \| class="adr" \| Devon \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolham \| class="adr" \| Nottinghamshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolham Water \| class="adr" \| Devon \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolholt \| class="adr" \| Bury \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolingey \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolitho \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bollihope \| class="adr" \| Durham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bollington \| class="adr" \| Cheshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bollington Cross \| class="adr" \| Cheshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolney \| class="adr" \| West Sussex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolnhurst \| class="adr" \| Bedfordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolnore \| class="adr" \| West Sussex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolsover \| class="adr" \| Derbyshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolsterstone \| class="adr" \| Sheffield \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolstone \| class="adr" \| Herefordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boltby \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolter End \| class="adr" \| Buckinghamshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton \| class="adr" \| Bradford \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton \| class="adr" \| East Lothian \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton \| class="adr" \| East Riding of Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton \| class="adr" \| \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton \| class="adr" \| Northumberland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Abbey \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Bridge \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton-by-Bowland \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boltonfellend \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boltongate \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Green \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Houses \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton-le-Sands \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Low Houses \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton New Houses \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton-on-Swale \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Percy \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Town End \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton upon Dearne \| class="adr" \| Rotherham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Wood Lane \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolton Woods \| class="adr" \| Bradford \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boltshope Park \| class="adr" \| Durham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bolventor \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Bom \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bomarsund \| class="adr" \| Northumberland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bomby \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bomere Heath \| class="adr" \| Shropshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Bon \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonaly \| class="adr" \| City of Edinburgh \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonar Bridge \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonawe \| class="adr" \| Argyll and Bute \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonby \| class="adr" \| North Lincolnshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boncath \| class="adr" \| Pembrokeshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonchester Bridge \| class="adr" \| Scottish Borders \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonchurch \| class="adr" \| Isle of Wight \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bondend \| class="adr" \| Gloucestershire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bond End \| class="adr" \| Staffordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bondleigh \| class="adr" \| Devon \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bondman Hays \| class="adr" \| Leicestershire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonds \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonehill \| class="adr" \| Devon \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonehill \| class="adr" \| Staffordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bo'ness \| class="adr" \| Falkirk \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonhill \| class="adr" \| West Dunbartonshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonkle \| class="adr" \| North Lanarkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnavoulin \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonning Gate \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnington \| class="adr" \| Kent \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnington (near Peebles) \| class="adr" \| Scottish Borders \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnington \| class="adr" \| City of Edinburgh \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnington Smiddy \| class="adr" \| Angus \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnybank \| class="adr" \| Fife \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnybridge \| class="adr" \| Falkirk \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnykelly \| class="adr" \| Aberdeenshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnyrigg \| class="adr" \| Midlothian \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnyton \| class="adr" \| East Ayrshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnyton \| class="adr" \| Aberdeenshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnyton (Auchterhouse) \| class="adr" \| Angus \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonnyton (Montrose) \| class="adr" \| Angus \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonsall \| class="adr" \| Derbyshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonson \| class="adr" \| Somerset \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bontddu \| class="adr" \| Gwynedd \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bont Dolgadfan \| class="adr" \| Powys \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bont Fawr \| class="adr" \| Carmarthenshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bont-goch (Elerch) \| class="adr" \| Ceredigion \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonthorpe \| class="adr" \| Lincolnshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bont-newydd \| class="adr" \| Conwy \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bontnewydd \| class="adr" \| Gwynedd \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bontuchel \| class="adr" \| Denbighshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bonvilston \| class="adr" \| The Vale Of Glamorgan \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bon-y-maen \| class="adr" \| Swansea \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Boo \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boode \| class="adr" \| Devon \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booker \| class="adr" \| Buckinghamshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bookham \| class="adr" \| Dorset \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booleybank \| class="adr" \| Shropshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boon \| class="adr" \| Scottish Borders \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boon Hill \| class="adr" \| Staffordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boorley Green \| class="adr" \| Hampshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boosbeck \| class="adr" \| Redcar and Cleveland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boose's Green \| class="adr" \| Essex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boot \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth \| class="adr" \| Calderdale \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth \| class="adr" \| Staffordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth Bank \| class="adr" \| Cheshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth Bridge \| class="adr" \| Lancashire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothby Graffoe \| class="adr" \| Lincolnshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothby Pagnell \| class="adr" \| Lincolnshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothen \| class="adr" \| City of Stoke-on-Trent \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothferry \| class="adr" \| East Riding of Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothgate \| class="adr" \| Derbyshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth Green \| class="adr" \| Cheshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth of Toft \| class="adr" \| Shetland Islands \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothroyd \| class="adr" \| Kirklees \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothsdale \| class="adr" \| Cheshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothstown \| class="adr" \| Salford \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothtown \| class="adr" \| Calderdale \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boothville \| class="adr" \| Northamptonshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booth Wood \| class="adr" \| Calderdale \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bootle \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bootle \| class="adr" \| Sefton \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booton \| class="adr" \| Norfolk \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boots Green \| class="adr" \| Cheshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boot Street \| class="adr" \| Suffolk \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Booze \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Bop \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bopeep \| class="adr" \| Bromley \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Boq \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boquhan \| class="adr" \| Stirling \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boquhapple \| class="adr" \| Stirling \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boquio \| class="adr" \| Cornwall \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|} Bor \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boraston \| class="adr" \| Shropshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boraston Dale \| class="adr" \| Shropshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borden \| class="adr" \| Kent \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borden \| class="adr" \| West Sussex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Border \| class="adr" \| Cumbria \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bordesley \| class="adr" \| Birmingham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bordesley Green \| class="adr" \| Birmingham \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bordlands \| class="adr" \| Scottish Borders \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bordley \| class="adr" \| North Yorkshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Bordon \| class="adr" \| Hampshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreham \| class="adr" \| Essex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreham \| class="adr" \| Wiltshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreham Street \| class="adr" \| East Sussex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borehamwood \| class="adr" \| Hertfordshire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreland \| class="adr" \| Dumfries and Galloway \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreland \| class="adr" \| Fife \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreley \| class="adr" \| Worcestershire \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreray (North Uist) \| class="adr" \| Western Isles \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Boreray (St Kilda) \| class="adr" \| Western Isles \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borestone \| class="adr" \| Stirling \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borgh (Lewis) \| class="adr" \| Western Isles \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borghastan \| class="adr" \| Western Isles \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borgie \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borgue \| class="adr" \| Dumfries and Galloway \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borgue \| class="adr" \| Highland \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borley \| class="adr" \| Essex \| class="note" \| \| class="note" \| \|- class="vcard" \| class="fn org" \| Borley Green \| class="adr" \| Essex \| class="note" \| \| 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Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium is a multi-purpose sports complex in Kottayam, Kerala, India. References Multi-purpose stadiums in India Sports venues in Kerala Sport in Kottayam 2016 establishments in Kerala Sports venues completed in 2016
De Puollen (; ) is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. It is located to the south of Deinum and on the east side of Dronryp, of which it is a part administratively. The Puolfeart () flows through the hamlet and its surrounding polder. This canal forms the heart of the hamlet, which consists of scattered residences on the Puoldyk. The polder was called Oosterpolder for a while, but later received the name of the hamlet. The polder was drained by the De Poelen polder mill. The area of De Puollen was described in Latin in 1450 as terra situata in da Polum. In 1483 people speak of someone who lived in Poland. In the sixteenth century there was a real hamlet and it was mentioned as Puelen and Poelen. A century later people speak of De Poelen. The place name could also refer to the fact that it was a watery area (a 'pool'). Currently located in the municipality of Waadhoeke, De Puollen belonged to Menameradiel until the municipal reorganization of 2018. Having been part of Menameradiel, the hamlet's official name is in West Frisian since 2010, as opposed to the Dutch variant. References Waadhoeke Populated places in Friesland
Haemanthus carneus ('carneus': Latin 'flesh-coloured') is a South African bulbous geophyte in the genus Haemanthus. Despite a fairly wide distribution, it has been collected from only a few scattered sites in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape near Grahamstown and Somerset East, occurring between 300 m and 1200 m above sea level. The bulbs grow in small clumps in the shelter of trees, bushes and rocks. Their tunics are more or less equal with horizontal leaf-scars. Leaves number two or three, usually flat on the ground, appearing with the flowers or following on soon. Peduncles show quite a variation in length from 100 to 200 mm long. H. carneus was first described in 1821 by the English botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1764-1842), first editor of Edward's Botanical Register. References The Genus Haemanthus: A Revision - Deidré Snijman (National Botanic Gardens of South Africa 1984) External links Haemanthus carneus Haemanthus carneus Australian Bulb Association carneus Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of the Free State Flora of KwaZulu-Natal
Paul Jonathan Givan (born 12 October 1981) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Givan served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from June 2021 to February 2022, the youngest person to hold that office. Givan has served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley since 2010. He served as the Minister for Communities in the Northern Ireland Executive under First Minister Arlene Foster from 2016 to 2017. In 2021, he succeeded Foster as First Minister but resigned in February 2022 as part of DUP protests against the Northern Ireland Protocol. Givan has been associated with socially conservative views and has been described as being on the right wing of the DUP. Background Givan was educated at Laurelhill Community College, where he studied Business and History, and is a graduate of the University of Ulster, where he obtained a degree in Business Studies and completed an Advanced Diploma in Management Practice. He was first elected to Lisburn City Council in 2005. His father, Alan Givan, was a prison officer with the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) who later became a DUP councillor in Lisburn. Givan was born and raised in Lisburn. However, he is partially of County Monaghan descent, one section of his family having come from Ballybay in County Monaghan. Shortly after the Partition of Ireland in the early 1920s, this section of his family moved north from County Monaghan to the adjacent county County Tyrone. It was near Dungannon in South Tyrone that his paternal grandfather, Herbie Givan, was born and raised. Herbie later became one of the foundational members of the DUP. Political career According to a 2014 article in the Belfast Telegraph, Givan's "first experience of 'real politics' came when he was 18", at which time he was part-time assistant in the constituency and Stormont offices of Edwin Poots. He was later to work as a special adviser when Poots was Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure between 2007 and 2008, and then again between 2009 and 2010 when he was Minister of the Environment. Givan has stated that his interest in the DUP resulted from listening to Ian Paisley – at a rally against the Good Friday Agreement in Kilkeel. "He captured me emotionally for the DUP and Peter Robinson's and Nigel Dodds' forensic analysis of the failing of the Agreement captured me intellectually", he said. Givan was first co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2010, replacing Jeffrey Donaldson. In May 2016, Givan was appointed Minister for Communities. As sports minister in November 2016, he visited a GAA club in Lisburn to award a grant and played Gaelic football with some child players of the club. First Minister of Northern Ireland In May 2021, there was speculation that Givan, having worked for Edwin Poots previously, might be nominated to become First Minister of Northern Ireland after Poots was elected DUP leader. On 8 June 2021, Poots introduced Givan as "Northern Ireland's first minister designate". At age 39, Givan was the youngest First Minister in Northern Ireland's history. On 17 June 2021, a letter from the DUP party chairman and other senior party members asked Poots to delay Givan's nomination as First Minister to oppose the British government's decision to introduce Irish language legislation in the Westminster Parliament. However, Poots nominated Givan as First Minister and Sinn Féin re-nominated Michelle O'Neill as deputy First Minister, restoring the Northern Ireland Executive. Prior to this nomination DUP officials objected to Givan being nominated for the role. As such, within hours of his being sworn in as First Minister, Givan's DUP colleagues convened a party meeting to oust Poots as the leader of the party. Poots resigned shortly after, triggering another leadership contest. On 19 June it was reported Givan would be required to resign as First Minister once the next DUP leader had been chosen. However, in July, the Irish News said Givan was expected to remain in his position until "later this year" after the new DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said in a UTV interview that he intended to resign his seat as a Westminster MP and become First Minister before the planned 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but also said that he did not yet know precisely how he would bring this about. On 3 February 2022, Givan announced his resignation as First Minister, as part of DUP protests against the Northern Ireland Protocol. He retained his seat as an MLA for Lagan Valley in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. Views In 2007 Givan made comments that characterised him as a creationist and was responsible for a motion calling for schools in Lisburn to teach creationist alternatives to evolution. The motion was passed by Lisburn City Council and asked all post-primary schools in the area what plans they had to "develop teaching material in relation to creation, intelligent design and other theories of origin". Controversy Prostitution hearing In 2014, a formal complaint was made by a sex worker, Laura Lee, over Givan's treatment of her after she had been invited to appear at a hearing to discuss proposed changes to prostitution legislation in Northern Ireland. He had asked her how much she charged, and said she was exploiting disabled people by not giving them discounts. Freedom of Conscience Amendment Bill In February 2015, Givan proposed a Northern Ireland Freedom of Conscience Amendment Bill, after controversy and legal action arose when Ashers Baking Company, a business owned by a religious family, refused to bake and decorate a cake with a message supportive of same-sex marriage. This motion led to a petition against the bill, which received 100,000 signatures in 48 hours. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission subsequently published an advisory noting that the "underlying premise" of the proposed bill (that "freedom to manifest one’s religion is undermined by the protection of individuals from discrimination") was unfounded, and that the Northern Ireland Assembly could not enact laws incompatible with existing conventions on human rights. In October 2018, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled that the refusal of service had not been discriminatory as it related to the customer's choice of order and not the customer's sexual orientation. Irish language scheme In December 2016, Givan cut funding for the Líofa scheme, which enabled people to go to the Donegal Gaeltacht to learn Irish. This decision prompted Gerry Adams to label him as an "ignoramus", and Martin McGuinness described the removal of the Bursary Scheme as "the straw that broke the camel's back" in his resignation speech from the role of Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland leading to a political crisis in the Stormont Executive. Givan later tweeted that the "decision on the Líofa Bursary Scheme was not a political decision. I have now identified the necessary funding to advance this scheme." References 1981 births Living people Alumni of Ulster University Christian creationists Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Members of Lisburn City Council Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive (since 1999) Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Northern Ireland MLAs 2022–2027
Ernst Wilhelm Eduard von Knorr (8 March 1840 – 17 February 1920) was a German admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine who helped establish the German colonial empire. Life Born in Saarlouis, Rhenish Prussia, Knorr entered the Prussian Navy in 1856. While serving on the corvette Danzig, he fought against pirates off the coast of Morocco later that year. In 1859 he was promoted to Unterleutnant. From 1859 to 1862, he sailed with the Elbe on an expedition to the Far East. He was promoted to Leutnant in 1862 and Kapitänleutnant in 1865. On 12 November 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Knorr commanded the gunboat in a battle with the French aviso Bouvet near Havana, for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class. In 1871 he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän. Beginning in 1874, Knorr took part in a voyage through the Pacific Ocean to discuss trade negotiations with Tonga on behalf of the German Empire. He was named Kapitän zur See in 1876, Chief of Staff of the Admiralty in 1881, and Konteradmiral in 1883. As commander of the West African Squadron in December 1884, Knorr intervened in disputes between rival clans in Douala, Cameroon, imposing German sovereignty over the Cameroon estuary. He was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle for this success. From 1 April to 4 July 1885, Knorr was Reichskommissar of the German colony of Kamerun. He then commanded a cruiser squadron travelling to Zanzibar and negotiated with its sultan for the acquisition of a strip of German colonial territory. In 1886 Knorr commanded a cruiser squadron at Samoa. He was promoted to Vizeadmiral in 1889, Admiral in 1893, and Commanding Admiral in 1895. Raised to the German nobility on 18 January 1896, he received the Order of the Black Eagle on 15 June 1898. He retired in 1899 and was appointed an admiral à la suite of the Seeoffizierkorps. Knorr died in Berlin. Admiral-Knorr-Straße, a street in Saarlouis, is named after him. Honours German honours Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords, 1885; with Crown, 1894; Grand Cross with Swords on Ring, 27 January 1897 (Prussia) Knight of the Order of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class, 18 January 1893 (Prussia) Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, 15 June 1898; with Collar, 17 January 1899 (Prussia) Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class (Prussia) Service Award Cross (Prussia) Commander of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 2nd Class with Swords, 1878; Grand Cross, 1895 (Baden) Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria) Grand Cross of the Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) Grand Cross of the Albert Order, with Golden Star, 1895 (Saxony) Foreign honours Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1895 (Austria-Hungary) Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class, 1890 (Austria-Hungary) Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, 30 July 1888 (Denmark) Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy) Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (Russia) Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, 27 July 1888 (Sweden-Norway) Knight of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, Class II Grade I (Sultanate of Zanzibar) Literature Further reading G.Beckmann, K.U. Keubke (Hrsg.): Alltag in der Kaiserlichen Marine um 1890. , S.102–103 Cord Eberspächer/Gerhard Wiechmann: Admiral Eduard von Knorr (1840–1920). Eine Karriere in der neuen Elite der Seeoffiziere in Preußen-Deutschland. In: Karl Christian Führer/Karen Hagemann/Birthe Kundrus (Hg.): Eliten im Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Führungsschichten im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Für Klaus Saul zum 65. Geburtstag, Münster 2004, S. 239–258 References External links Deutsche-Schutzgebiete.de biography Cameroon 1884 1840 births 1920 deaths People from Saarlouis Military personnel from the Rhine Province German untitled nobility Admirals of the Imperial German Navy Prussian naval officers German colonial people in Kamerun German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War People of former German colonies Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria) Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Military personnel from Saarland
Rani Channamma University is a public university in Belagavi established by the government of Karnataka in 2010 It was created by upgrading Kittur Rani Channamma Post Graduate Centre at Belagavi which was established by the Karnatak University, Dharwad in 1982. The university is recognised by University Grants Commission and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). As of 2021, Rani Channamma University has been awarded "Grade B+" by the NAAC The main aim of this university is to provide an opportunity to develop access to for higher education for students from North Karnataka Region which is deprived of good educational facilities. Rani Channamma University has the main campus, called "Vidyasangama", as its headquarters, on 172 acres of land near Bhutaramanahatti, adjacent to the Pune–Bangalore National Highway 4 about 18 km from Belgavi city. It has been functioning with the jurisdiction of Belgavi, Bijapur and Bagalkot districts. References External links Official Website Universities in Karnataka Educational institutions established in 2010 2010 establishments in Karnataka
Ferdinand Budicki II (; 11 April 1871 – 25 June 1951) was a Croatian pioneer of car, bicycle and airplane culture. A resident of Zagreb, Croatia, Budicki was reportedly the first to drive a car in his home city, and the first to open a car dealership and repair shop in Croatia. In April 1901, he drove from Vienna, Austria to Zagreb in an 1899 Opel, stirring up a commotion, as people and horses that drove carriages at the time were not used to motor vehicles, even though the car's top speed was, according to Budicki, a mere . Early life Ferdinand Budicki was born on 11 April 1871 in Zagreb to Marija (née Panian) and Ferdinand Budicki (Sr.). His parents were renowned craftspeople. Having completed two grades of Realschule, Budicki first trained for a locksmith, then studied mechanics abroad. He assembled his own bicycle while living in Vienna. He subsequently used it in 1897 to travel throughout Europe and northern Africa, reportedly traversing . Family He married twice, first to Josephine Axmann (1877-1965) of Vienna, with whom he had five children. They divorced in 1912. In his later years he remarried, to his former maid Pepica Bocivaušek, who cared little for his sporting legacy. Their eldest daughter Greta lived with her mother in Vienna and married Harald Svenfelt, a cavalry officer in the Swedish army and co-owner of the Cloetta Ljungsbro chocolate factory. Their children include dressage athlete Ulla Håkansson. Their surviving son, Dr. Viktor Budicki (1905-1944) was a bacteriologist, trained in the USA and served in the military in 1927 in Varaždin. In WWII, he was interned in the Stara Gradiška concentration camp by the Ustaše, accused of hiding foreign citizens. He died in a 1944 camp typhoid epidemic, and was honourably buried in a marked grave for his medical service to camp detainees and Ustaše alike. He operated a children's hospital in the camp, and disinfected the camp's wells with the help of Julij Hrženjak. Their youngest daughter Jelena married Fred Edwards, an English missionary to Ghana and teacher at the Adventist school in Agona, Ashanti. Their three children are dentist and missionary to the Caribbean Thomas Siegfried Ferdinand Edwards (1931-2013), youth pastor and author Ronald Valerius Edwards (1932-2022) and Margaret Anthony. Career In 1901, Budicki purchased a used car from Opel & Beyschlag in Vienna for 4,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns. The car had single-cylinder motor and could reach a speed of . Its fuel consumption was . Budicki was taught how to drive by Otto Beyschlag and received extra training in the form of observing an electric tram driver at work. He subsequently drove the car from Vienna to Zagreb. The following year, he travelled the same route on a Laurin & Klement motorcycle. This took him 13 hours and 45 minutes; his progress was reported live at Zagreb's Ban Jelačić Square. Whether he was the first car driver in Zagreb is disputed, as an Obzor article states that Count Marko Bombelles from Varaždin drove to Zagreb in a Benz & Cie. car on 17 August 1899. On 28 August 1901, Budicki received his driving licence in Vienna. In 1904, he started giving driving lessons. In 1910 Zagreb started to issue its own driving licences. Budicki's license was not recognised, so he took a driving examination on 27 July 1910 and received the licence with serial number 1. However, as none of the examination committee members knew how to drive, Budicki had to teach them before the examination. He subsequently opened Zagreb's first driving school. Budicki was also the first to receive a traffic ticket for speeding on 6 June 1901 in Mavrova Street (today Masaryk Street). In 1905 he flew a hot air balloon from Zagreb to nearby Gornja Stubica and Mraclin, taking the first aerial photos of Zagreb, while the next year he completed a successful flight from Zagreb to the Adriatic island of Krk. Budicki entered the business of new vehicles by opening a bicycle and sewing machine shop called K touristu ("At the Tourist's") at 24 Mavrova Street in 1899. In the early 1900s, the shop began selling cars and motorcycles as well. On 1 June 1906, Budicki founded the first Croatian Automobile Society, which opened with 14 members. From 1910 to 1928 he was the general distributor for Ford in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. In 1929, he started a taxicab company and a bus line from Zagreb to Sv. Ivan Zelina. Later that year he had to exit the automobile business due to the stock market crash of 1929, retaining only a car repair shop. Death Budicki died in Zagreb on 25 June 1951 at the age of 80. He was buried in Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, but his remains were transferred to the 12th Mirogoj Cemetery ossuary due to lack of upkeep. Legacy On 4 July 2013, the Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum was opened in Zagreb, honouring Budicki's pioneering legacy in its name. In 2018 the museum moved to Westgate Shopping City, Zaprešić, due to a lack of public funding and disagreements between mayor Milan Bandić and manager Valentino Valjak. The hosts Budicki's cycling medals. In Zagreb, there is a Ferdinand Budicki Street in the neighbourhood of Staglišće. Budicki is also remembered as the founder of Zagreb Fair and . His descendants live in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Croatia, and Spain. References Further reading Contains the story of Dr. Viktor Budicki. Croatian automotive pioneers Aviation pioneers Engineers from Zagreb 1871 births 1951 deaths Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery 20th century in Zagreb People from Austria-Hungary
Muraz Giorgadze (born June 28, 1994) is a Georgian Rugby Union player. His position is wing and he currently plays for Armazi in the Georgia Championship and the Georgia national team. References Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Living people Rugby union players from Tbilisi 1994 births Rugby union locks Georgia international rugby union players 2015 Rugby World Cup players
Pitcairnia amblyosperma is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to central and northeastern Mexico. It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1937. References amblyosperma Endemic flora of Mexico Plants described in 1937
Koda Kumi Live Tour 2019 re(Live) -Japonesque- (stylized as KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2019 re(LIVE) -JAPONESQUE-) is a live concert video released by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi on March 11, 2020. It was released the same day as her live DVD Koda Kumi Live Tour 2019 re(Live) -Black Cherry-, since both concerts were performed alongside each other during her 2019 touring. The DVD charted at No. 11 on the Oricon weekly charts, while the Blu-ray charted at No. 16. The video was released as 2DVD and Blu-ray. A limited 3DVD+2CD edition was also released to her fan club and to HMV stores, which was a combo of both tours, along with two remix CDs and a bonus DVD featuring her anniversary concert and previously unreleased music videos. Information Koda Kumi Live Tour 2019 re(Live) -Japonesque- is the twentieth concert video released by Japanese artist Koda Kumi. It was released on March 11, 2020 as a 2DVD combo and Blu-ray, charting at No. 11 on the Oricon DVD Charts and No. 16 on the Oricon Blu-ray Charts. It was released as a 2DVD combo pack and on Blu-ray. A limited edition 3DVD+2CD combo pack was released through her official fan club Koda Gumi and through HMV stores nationwide. The video was released the same day as her DVD/Blu-ray Live Tour 2019 re(Live) -Black Cherry- and her remix album Re(mix). As the title suggests, the tour consisted predominantly of songs from her tenth studio album Japonesque, along with re-imagined visuals that had corresponded with her tour Koda Kumi Live Tour 2013 ~Japonesque~ seven years prior. Towards the end of the concert, she performed the songs "Shutout", "Do Me", "k,", "Eh Yo", "OMG", "Goldfinger 2019" and "Livin' La Vida Loca" from her studio album Re(cord) (2019). For the encore, she performed her famous song "walk", which she had used to close out the majority of her tours since her debut. The 3DVD+2CD edition featured both Live Tour 2019 re(Live) -Black Cherry- and Live Tour 2019 re(Live) -Japonesque- between the first two DVDs, and her 19th→20th Anniversary Event (stylized 19TH→20TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT) on the third DVD. The third DVD also featured previously unreleased music videos for "Get Naked", "Strip" and "Shutout". The CDs contained nonstop remixes of the albums Black Cherry and Japonesque. iamSHUM remixed the songs for Black Cherry, and REMO-CON (Tetsuya Tamura) remixed the songs for Japonesque. The 19th→20th Anniversary Event was performed at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo on December 6, 2019. Track listing 2DVD/Blu-ray Fanclub/HMV edition Charts References External links Koda Kumi Official 2020 video albums Koda Kumi video albums Live video albums
Lars Hansson Fykerud (5 April 1860 – 19 August 1902) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer. He was born in Sauherad; the son of folk musician Hans G. Fykerud and Torbjørg Larsdotter. Fykerud played the fiddle in the tradition of Knut Luraas, Håvard Gibøen and Myllarguten, and composed new tunes based on traditional folk music. A memorial of him is raised at Bø Church in Telemark, and he was biographed by H. Braaten in 1939. References 1860 births 1902 deaths People from Sauherad Norwegian folk musicians Norwegian fiddlers Male violinists Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers 19th-century male musicians
Edmund Greene (20 April 1921 – 20 May 1997) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in eight first-class matches for the Barbados cricket team from 1943 to 1946. See also List of Barbadian representative cricketers References External links 1921 births 1997 deaths Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers People from Saint George, Barbados
Gravitarmata is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. Species Gravitarmata margarotana (Heinemann, 1863) See also List of Tortricidae genera References External links tortricidae.com Eucosmini Tortricidae genera
Helsinki () is a small village in Taivassalo, Finland. Geography Helsinki is located in the western part of Taivassalo, close to the insular municipality of Kustavi. Helsinki is also close to Lokalahti, located to its north. Roads Helsinki can be accessed via the road 12244, a branch of the regional road 196. Name While the name of Helsinki is not directly connected to that of Finland's capital Helsinki, both names may be derived from the name of Hälsingland in Sweden. The Swedish name Helsinge was also the name of the old Helsingin pitäjä, nowadays known as Vantaa. The village is also known as Helsinginranta or Helsinginkylä, usually to distinguish it from the much more significant city. History The village's name may suggest that its first settlers were Swedes from Hälsingland. The village was first mentioned in 1386 as Helsingaby. It was originally a prebend (tenure farm) of the abbey in Naantali. Helsinki became somewhat significant in the 17th century as the Stockholm–Turku mail route passed through it. Helsinki was the road's entry and exit point for the entire Finnish mainland. Later on, a ferry connecting Helsinki to Kustavi was still the only road connection between Kustavi and the mainland until the ferry was relocated to Kaitainen in 1954. The Kaitainen bridge was built in 1982. In the 26th of September, 1808, during the Finnish War, 3,400 soldiers led by Gustaf Olof Lagerbring landed in Helsinki. Two days after the landing, they were defeated in Viiainen by Russian soldiers led by Pyotr Bagration. Nowadays Helsinki is a village of only 6 permanent inhabitants, however the village contains many summer cottages, increasing its population during the summer. Sights Parts of the old mail route have been preserved in the area, including the dock on the Tylpänniemi. It is classified as a cultural site of national significance. References Villages in Finland
The 2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13–24 March 2008. They were the European championships for swimming (50 m), diving and synchronised swimming for 2008. Two new events were contested: the 800 m freestyle men and the 1500 m freestyle women. This is the first time that the men's and women's swimming programs are identical. Medal table Swimming Medal table Men's events Women's events Diving Medal table Results Men's events Women's events Synchronised swimming Medal table Results See also LEN European Aquatics Championships Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) External links Tournament's official site Swim Rankings Results European Championships S LEN European Aquatics Championships A Sports competitions in Eindhoven March 2008 sports events in Europe 21st century in Eindhoven
The Aars stone () or DR 131 is a late Viking Age runestone located on a mound in the churchyard at Aars in Himmerland, Denmark. Dated to the late 10th to early 11th century, it bears an inscription in the Younger Fuþark in memory of Toke Gormsson, known as Valtoke, who died at the Battle of Fýrisvellir. Description The stone is high and wide. It is inscribed on both sides, and decorated with semicircles inside the text band and a "U" shape above the text on the front. It is dated to between 970 and 1020.First described by J. Meier in 1654, it was lying face-down in the churchyard; in 1838 examined it and discovered the inscription on the front. In the 1920s it was re-erected on a mound west of the south transept. It is believed to have originally stood north-east of the church, probably as part of a memorial assemblage comparable to the Jelling stones. The inscription, in Younger Fuþark runes high, is read in boustrophedon, initially from left to right on the front and continuing from the front lower right to the back lower left and from the back lower right to the middle text band, which is read from bottom to top and ends in a point. The inscription on the back includes alliteration that may be formulaic. Inscription Transliteration of runes Front: ąsur : sati : stin : þąnsi : aft : ual:tuka : trutin : \| : sin Back: stin : kuask : hirsi : stąnta : ląki : saR : ual:tuka : \| : uarþa : nafni Transcription into Old Norse Front: Assurr satti stēn þannsi æft Val-Tōka, drōttin sinn. Back: Stēnn kvæðsk hērsi standa længi, sāR Val-Tōka varða næfni. Translation into English Front: Ǫzurr placed this stone in memory of Valtóki, his lord. Back: The stone proclaims that it will long stand here; it will name Valtóki's cairn. Valtoke, or Wal-Tóki, was Toke Gormsson, a son of the Danish king Gorm the Old. He died fighting against the Swedish king Eric the Victorious in the Battle of Fýrisvellir near Uppsala; Danish Runic Inscription 295, one of the Hällestad Runestones, also commemorates his death. References External links 11th-century inscriptions Runestones in Denmark Himmerland
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is a 1937 American Western film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by John Twist and Harry Segall. The film stars Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler and Margaret Irving. The film was released on April 16, 1937, by RKO Pictures. The screenplay is based on the short story The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte, which has been brought to film at least five times, including in 1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat with Harry Carey and in 1952 The Outcasts of Poker Flat with Dale Robertson. Plot A gunfighter and gambler, John Oakhurst ends up caring for a baby girl whose mother dies in childbirth. He decides to call her "Luck" and looks to new schoolmarm Helen Colby and the Rev. Sam Woods to set a good example for the girl. Luck grows up and Poker Flat grows into a boom town. One day, while John and the reverend are quarreling about the bad element that John and his partner, The Duchess, permit in their gambling house, Luck ends up playing cards with Sonoma, a vicious outlaw. A furious John explodes at Helen, feeling she was supposed to be keeping an eye on Luck at the time. Helen decides to leave town, but Luck convinces her that John loves her. Determined to change into a better man, John refuses to be goaded into a showdown by Sonoma, at least until The Duchess taunts him, whereupon he kills Sonoma and another man. A vigilante group orders John and The Duchess out of town and Helen goes along. Their horses are stolen and, in the mountains in winter, The Duchess freezes to death. Helen nearly dies, but just as Luck rides up to rescue her, they find that John, feeling guilty for what he's done, has taken his own life. Cast References External links 1937 films American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1937 Western (genre) films Films directed by Christy Cabanne Films based on works by Bret Harte 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films
Jan Schöppner (born 12 June 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Heidenheim. Career Schöppner joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim in August 2020 from SC Verl. He made his professional debut for Heidenheim in the first round of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 13 September 2020, starting against 3. Liga side Wehen Wiesbaden before being substituted out in the 57th minute for Jonas Föhrenbach. The away match finished as a 1–0 loss. References External links Jan Schöppner at kicker.de Career statistics 1999 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders SC Verl players 1. FC Heidenheim players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players
Ondina strufaldii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Description The shell grows to a length of 1.1 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the following locations: Cape Verde References External links To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1999 Gastropods of Cape Verde
Veerachat Saturngrum (born 4 February 1957) is a Thai boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. References 1957 births Living people Veerachat Saturngrum Veerachat Saturngrum Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Bantamweight boxers
Irish Linen is the tenth of the Nuala Anne McGrail series of mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest and author Father Andrew M. Greeley. 2007 American novels Nuala Anne McGrail series Novels by Andrew M. Greeley Forge Books books
The 1980 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1980. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Glenn won re-election to a second term in a landslide with nearly 69% of the vote, coinciding with Ronald Reagan's substantial win in the state during the presidential election. Glenn won by a state-record 1.6 million votes. He had also won the largest percentage of the popular vote and received the most votes in any U.S. Senate election in the state's history, and as of 2022 (the most recent senate election), Glenn continues to hold the record of highest percentage of popular vote, with Senator George Voinovich coming close to breaking the record in 2004, receiving 63.9% of the vote (just 4.9% less than Glenn). Also in 2004, Voinovich, however, would beat Glenn's record of receiving the highest number of votes in an election, receiving nearly 3.47 million votes (nearly 694,000 more votes than Glenn got) General election Candidates Jim Betts, State Representative (Republican) John Glenn, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic) Rick Nagin (Independent) John E. Powers (Independent) Results See also 1980 United States Senate elections References Ohio 1980 1980 Ohio elections John Glenn
Ludovico Advincula Hidrosollo (September 2, 1885 – 1962) was a Filipino politician. Biography Ludovico Hidrosollo was born on September 2, 1885, in Dumarao, Capiz. Hidrosollo studied agriculture at the University of Michigan at the expense of the US government. He returned to the Philippines in 1908 and became the first Filipino teacher in Dumarao. He was later promoted to supervising teacher in Ilog in Negros Occidental. In 1922, he was appointed Director of Non-Chistian Tribes by Governor General Leonard Wood. In 1931, Hidrosollo was appointed to the Senate of the Philippines by Governor General Dwight F. Davis to represent the 12th district comprising the non-Christian majority regions of the Cordilleras and Mindanao, serving until 1934. During this period he also served on the board of trustees of the University of the Philippines. In 1947, Hidrosollo was elected governor of Capiz, serving until 1951. Hidrosollo died in 1962. He was married to Concepcion Mapa. References 1882 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Filipino educators Filipino agronomists Governors of Capiz Nacionalista Party politicians Senators of the 9th Philippine Legislature Members of the Senate of the Philippines from the 12th district
The Queyras () is a valley located in the French Hautes-Alpes, of which the geographical extent is the basin of the river Guil, a tributary of the Durance. The Queyras is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the Alps, and it was one of the last ones to be opened to public tourism towards the end of the 20th century, thus being relatively untouched by environmental destruction. Notable mountains around the valley include: The Taillante The Pic de Rochebrune – 3.324 m The Grand Queyras – 3.114 m The Pic de Petit Rochebrune – 3.078 m The Bric Bouchet The Pain de Sucre (literally translating as "Sugar Loaf" due to its distinct shape, similar to the Sugarloaf in Rio de Janeiro). There are two passes leading into the valley: Col Agnel Col d'Izoard See also 128633 Queyras, asteroid named after the valley External links Official information on activities in the Queyras Landforms of Hautes-Alpes Landforms of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Valleys of France
Prairie Serenade is the third studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1982. It is available as a single CD. Track listing "Prairie Serenade" (Douglas B. Green) – 2:43 "(I've Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle" (Joseph J. Lilley, Frank Loesser) – 2:40 "Blue Shadows on the Trail" (Eliot Daniel, Johnny Lange) – 3:43 "Pretty Prairie Princess" (Paul Chrisman) – 2:25 "Cowpoke" (Stan Jones) – 1:42 "Nevada" (Chrisman, Karen Ritter) – 2:40 "Down the Trail to San Antone" (Deuce Spriggins) – 1:57 "I Ride an Old Paint" (Traditional) – 2:14 "Utah Trail" (Chrisman) – 3:29 "Old El Paso" (Green) – 2:16 "Chasin' the Sun" (Green) – 2:04 "Home on the Range" (Traditional) – 4:11 Personnel Douglas B. Green (a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – guitar, vocals Paul Chrisman (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – fiddle, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, accordion, vocals Fred LaBour (a.k.a. Too Slim) – bass, guitar, vocals Kayton Robers – steel guitar Kenny Malone – percussion Production notes Todd Cerney – engineer Denny Purcell – mastering References External links Riders in the Sky Official Website 1982 albums Riders in the Sky (band) albums Rounder Records albums
This is a list of professional wrestling managers and valets. List Pioneer-era (1900s–1940s) This section lists notable professional wrestling managers, especially those of the "Farmer" Burns-Frank Gotch and "Gold Dust Trio"-eras, active prior to the formation of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1948. Territory-era (1940s–1980s) This section lists notable professional wrestling managers during the "Golden Age of Professional Wrestling" following the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1948. Modern-era (1990s-present) This section lists notable professional wrestling managers from the collapse of the National Wrestling Alliance territory system in 1992 up to the 21st century. See also List of professional wrestling promoters List of professional wrestling rosters Footnotes – Entries without a birth name indicates that the individual did not perform under a ring name. – This includes only the individual's time as a manager as opposed to other activities in the wrestling industry. References General Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling. Toronto: ECW Press, 2007. Specific External links managers
The Painda Khel is a clan of Tanoli origin which inhabits lands in Bajna and Mansehra and north of Mansehra District in Pakistan. References Pashtun tribes Social groups of Pakistan Pashto-language surnames Pakistani names
Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra (; November 19, 1943 – November 10, 1990), nicknamed "Monty", was a right-handed screwball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. He was the son of former big-leaguer René Monteagudo. Career Monteagudo was born in Caibarién, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. He moved to Venezuela after Fidel Castro's rise to power in his homeland. As a 19-year-old rookie, Monteagudo made his majors debut with the Kansas City Athletics on September 1, 1963. After three-plus seasons with Kansas City, he was dealt to the Houston Astros on May 17, 1966. At the end of the season, he received Venezuelan citizenship. Then, he joined the Chicago White Sox on July 16, 1967, with a new nationality. After a season in Chicago, he played with the Kansas City Royals (1970) and California Angels (1973). Monteagudo was traded along with Chris Coletta from the Angels to the Phillies for Denny Doyle at the Winter Meetings on December 6, 1973, completing a transaction from four months earlier on August 14 when Philadelphia purchased Billy Grabarkewitz's contract from California. In seven seasons, Monteagudo compiled a 3–7 record with 58 strikeouts, a 5.05 ERA, four saves, and 132 innings pitched in 72 games (65 as a reliever). He played his final majors game on September 28, 1973. Monteagudo also played 20 seasons in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League with five teams: Caracas (1963–68), Magallanes (1968), La Guaira (1968–74, 1976–82) and Portuguesa (1975), compiling a 79–81 record with 897 strikeouts and a 3.37 ERA. On December 20, 1973, Monteagudo kept the Cardenales de Lara hitless for innings until Faustino Zabala ruined the no-hitter with a single to center field. At the same time, Monteagudo played in the Mexican League with the Puebla, Coahuila, Aguascalientes and Veracruz clubs. He pitched a no-hitter game against Nuevo Laredo (March 19, 1979) and led the league in strikeouts once (222, in 1978). After retiring in 1981, he started a successful managerial career in the league. Aurelio Monteagudo was killed in a car accident in Saltillo, Mexico nine days before his 47th birthday. He, Aurelio Rodríguez and Aurelio López are the only three players in MLB history named Aurelio, and all three were killed in car accidents between the ages of 44 and 52. See also List of Major League Baseball players from Cuba List of second-generation Major League Baseball players References External links , or Retrosheet Mexican League statistics Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics 1943 births 1990 deaths Acereros de Monclova players Albuquerque Dukes players Angeles de Puebla players Asheville Tourists players Binghamton Triplets players California Angels players Caribbean Series managers Chicago White Sox players Dallas Rangers players Edmonton Trappers players Hawaii Islanders players Houston Astros players Indianapolis Indians players Kansas City Athletics players Kansas City Royals players Leones del Caracas players Lewiston Broncs players Llaneros de Portuguesa players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from Cuba Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States Mexican baseball players Mineros de Coahuila players Navegantes del Magallanes players Cuban expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Oklahoma City 89ers players Omaha Royals players Osos Negros de Toluca players People from Caibarién Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province Pericos de Puebla players Portland Beavers players Rieleros de Aguascalientes players Road incident deaths in Mexico Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players Salt Lake City Angels players Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players Tiburones de La Guaira players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Vancouver Mounties players Cuban expatriate baseball players in Mexico
A bach (pronounced 'batch' ), also called a crib in the southern half of the South Island, is a small, often modest holiday home or beach house in New Zealand. Baches are an iconic part of the country's history and culture. In the middle of the 20th century, they symbolized the beach holiday lifestyle that was becoming more accessible to the middle class. Baches began to gain popularity in the 1950s as roads improved and the increasing availability of cars allowed for middle-class beach holidays, often to the same beach every year. With yearly return trips being made, baches began to spring up in many family vacation spots. Etymology Bach was originally thought to be short for bachelor pad, but they tended to be family holiday homes. An alternative theory for the origin of the word is that is the Welsh word for 'small' and 'little'. The phrase ('small house') is used for outbuildings. Sizeable populations of Welsh miners relocated to New Zealand during mining booms. Construction Post-World War II They are almost always small structures, usually made of cheap or recycled material like fibrolite (asbestos cement sheet), corrugated iron, or used timber. They were influenced by the backwoods cabins and sheds of the early settlers and farmers. Other baches used a caravan as the core of the structure and built extensions onto it. Many cities were dismantling tram systems in the 1950s, and old trams were sometimes used as baches, most noticeably on the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula on the Firth of Thames, to which more than 100 trams were relocated. A reconstructed example of a typical bach from the 1950s can be found in the National Maritime Museum on Princes Wharf in central Auckland. The period-furnished bach is complemented with an adjacent beach shop with original products from that time. While older baches tend to be fibrolite lean-to structures, modern kit-set buildings are becoming popular among bach owners. Some figures estimate that more than 50,000 baches exist around New Zealand (population million people). Recent times Early baches rarely enjoyed amenities like connections to the water and electricity grid or indoor toilets. They were simply furnished, often with secondhand furniture. In more recent times the basic bach has been replaced by the modern "holiday house", which is more substantial, more expensive (reflecting increases in affluence, and vastly increased coastal land values) and usually professionally built (due to stricter building codes). Another important change has been the subdivision of coastal land, bringing increasing numbers of residents and visitors, along with traffic, cafes, mobile phone coverage, craft shops, and other conveniences, to what were originally empty beaches and bush-filled gullies. Some bach-dotted beaches of the 1950s have today become suburban areas flourishing with life and new culture. Legal status Old baches often have "existing use" rights under the 1991 Resource Management Act in areas where newer planning regulations would not allow even such modest residential or part-time residential buildings. As such they are quite prized, even though authorities typically look unfavourably on proposals to convert them into full residential buildings. See also Dacha References Architecture in New Zealand New Zealand slang House types New Zealand culture
Andrew Shumack was an American freelance journalist and photographer from Pennsylvania who disappeared during the First Chechen War, a month after he left Saint Petersburg for Chechnya, and is presumed dead. Biography Shumack had worked for the weekly Bethlehem Star before traveling to Russia. In a July 19 postcard he sent to his parents from Russia, Shumack wrote, "Money is tight, but things are well." A Spanish reporter called the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on August 9 to report that Shumack's knapsack was left at the press center in Grozny. Shumack was last seen July 28, 1995, when he left Grozny and headed toward the surrounding mountainous area. Eight days earlier, on July 20, The St. Petersburg Press, an English-language newspaper, had provided Shumack with a letter of introduction to help him obtain press credentials. In return, Shumack was to give the paper photographs and stories for three months. He had also planned to feed his photos to The Philadelphia Inquirer. It was the first time he had ventured into a war zone. Journalists in Grozny found his backpack, sleeping bag and documents (including a copy of his passport) abandoned in his hotel. He is feared to be dead because no one from the newspaper has heard from him since, and U.S. Embassy officials have not been able to locate him despite repeated trips to the region. See also List of people who disappeared References External links Newseum, The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial, Andrew Shumack Jr. 1990s missing person cases American male journalists American reporters and correspondents Missing people Missing person cases in Russia
Lara Tiedens is an American academic administrator. She was the president of Scripps College, a role she assumed in August 2016. She resigned in April 2021 to become president of Schwarzman Scholars, an international postgraduate award program. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Scripps College faculty Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Women heads of universities and colleges
Michael Harold Schuler (September 22, 1940 – June 28, 2022) was an American basketball coach in both college and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers from 1986 to 1992 and compiled a win–loss record of 179–159. He won the NBA Coach of the Year Award in 1987, becoming the second rookie coach to be conferred the honor. Early life Schuler was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on September 22, 1940. He attended Portsmouth High School in his hometown. He was then awarded a NCAA Division I scholarship to study at Ohio University, where he played for the Ohio Bobcats and won two Mid-American Conference championships with the team. He graduated in 1962. Coaching career College Schuler started his coaching career in 1965, working as an assistant for the Army Black Knights. He then went back to Ohio, his alma mater, and was an assistant coach there for three seasons. He subsequently joined the Virginia Military Institute as its head coach in 1969. During his three seasons with the Keydets, the team recorded a .171 winning percentage (13–63). After a four-season stint as an assistant at the University of Virginia, Schuler became head coach of the Rice Owls in 1977. He served in that capacity until 1981, compiling a .283 winning percentage (30–76) during his tenure there. Professional Schuler garnered his first professional coaching position in 1981 as an assistant of the New Jersey Nets. He worked in that role for two seasons, before becoming an assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks from 1983 to 1986. He was subsequently hired as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. One incident he was remembered for occurred at the first press conference that introduced him as the coach of the Trail Blazers, when he fell out of his chair. The footage was seen often on American television in the following days, and Schuler termed it "my instant claim to fame". During his first season as coach of the Blazers, Schuler led the franchise to a 49–33 record. He was first named NBA Coach of the Month in February 1987, before winning the NBA Coach of the Year Award later that year. He was the second rookie coach to receive the latter award, and one of only five to achieve the feat at the time of his death. He followed that up with a 53–29 campaign, though the season ended in a first-round playoff defeat. In his third season with the Blazers, the team was racked with dissension and posted a 25–22 record before Schuler was fired in mid-February. He recorded a .602 winning percentage (127–84) with the Trail Blazers. Then-assistant coach Rick Adelman was promoted to replace him on an interim basis. After the Blazers reached the 1989 NBA Playoffs and were swept in the first round by the Lakers, Adelman was made the head coach on a permanent basis. Schuler served as assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors for the 1989–90 season, before becoming coach of the Los Angeles Clippers the following year. He served in that role until he was dismissed halfway through the 1991–92 season, compiling a .409 winning percentage (52–75) during his time with the Clippers. He went on to serve as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings from 1992 to 1994, and for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1994 to 1997. He later returned to the Bucks as an assistant in 2003, before retiring at the end of the 2004–05 season. Personal life Schuler married Gloria Sissea in July 1963. They remained married for 53 years until her death in 2016. Together, they had two daughters: Kimberly and Kristin. Schuler died on June 28, 2022, at the age of 81. Head coaching record \|- \| align="left" \|Portland \| align="left" \| \|82\|\|49\|\|33\|\|.598\|\| align="center" \|2nd in Pacific\|\|4\|\|1\|\|3\|\|.250 \| align="center" \|Lost in First Round \|- \| align="left" \|Portland \| align="left" \| \|82\|\|53\|\|29\|\|.646\|\| align="center" \|2nd in Pacific\|\|4\|\|1\|\|3\|\|.250 \| align="center" \|Lost in First Round \|- \| align="left" \|Portland \| align="left" \| \|47\|\|25\|\|22\|\|.532\|\| align="center" \|(fired)\|\|—\|\|—\|\|—\|\|— \| align="center" \|— \|- \| align="left" \|L.A. Clippers \| align="left" \| \|82\|\|31\|\|51\|\|.378\|\| align="center" \|6th in Pacific\|\|—\|\|—\|\|—\|\|— \| align="center" \|Missed Playoffs \|- \| align="left" \|L.A. Clippers \| align="left" \| \|45\|\|21\|\|24\|\|.467\|\| align="center" \|(fired)\|\|—\|\|—\|\|—\|\|— \| align="center" \|— \|- \|-class="sortbottom" \| align="left" \|Career \| \|\|338\|\|179\|\|159\|\|.530\|\| \|\|8\|\|2\|\|6\|\|.250 \|- class="sortbottom" \| colspan="12" style="text-align: center;" \| Source: References 1940 births 2022 deaths American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Army Black Knights men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players from Ohio Golden State Warriors assistant coaches Los Angeles Clippers head coaches Milwaukee Bucks assistant coaches Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coaches New Jersey Nets assistant coaches Ohio Bobcats men's basketball coaches Ohio Bobcats men's basketball players People from Portsmouth, Ohio Portland Trail Blazers head coaches Rice Owls men's basketball coaches Sacramento Kings assistant coaches Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball coaches VMI Keydets basketball coaches
Día del Trabajador Telepostal ('Day of the Postal and Telecommunication Worker') is an event observed annually on April 7 in Argentina. The event commemorates the move of the then Director-General of the Postal Service, Eduardo Olivera, launches the Postal Law (which paved way for the merger of the Postal and Telegraph Directorates). During the privatization of Correo Argentino (1997-2003), the event was no longer observed as a holiday. In 2008 the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security issued a resolution re-instating the commemoration as a National Mandatory Holiday for all workers of Correo Argentino. References Annual events in Argentina
"The Death of Me" is a song by English rock band Asking Alexandria. It is the band's third single from their third studio album, From Death to Destiny. The single was released on 28 March 2013 via the Sumerian Records YouTube page. Track listings Digital 45 The Death of Me - 4:18 The Death of Me (Rock Mix) - 3:24 Rock Mix On 16 April 2013, the band released a 'rock mix' for the song as the fourth single of the album. Later, on 22 July, they released a music video for the 'rock mix'. The rock mix was featured as a bonus track for the From Death to Destiny album. It was mixed by Kevin Churko, who is known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, and In This Moment. Music video The music video starts when a man (portrayed by Danny Worsnop) finds a kid and brings him to a dark room, with imprisoned and naked women, where the man and his band performs. The women are in vending machines, and the man provides a coin for the boy. Each of the imprisoned women represent different addictions: cocaine, pills, alcohol, and heroin. Each of the women try to 'persuade' the boy to take them. In the end, the boy "buys into" the heroin addiction/girl. Money starts flowing from the ceiling, indicating the massive amounts of money spent on the chosen addiction. The other girls become angry, and all of them break out of the vending machines. This represents certain band member's addictions, which started as a young boy. The song itself is about Worsnop overcoming, and ending, his addiction. The video uses the rock mix of the song. Other versions On 1 March 2014, Asking Alexandria released via YouTube an acoustic version of the song. Personnel Danny Worsnop – lead vocals, additional guitar Ben Bruce – lead guitar, backing vocals Cameron Liddell – rhythm guitar Sam Bettley – bass James Cassells – drums References 2013 singles Asking Alexandria songs 2013 songs Songs written by Ben Bruce Songs written by Danny Worsnop Sumerian Records singles
"The Bird Without Wings" is a song by Japanese musical act Superfly. It was released as a double A-side single along with "Kagayaku Tsuki no Yō ni" on August 15, 2012. It was used as the theme song for the film Ushijima the Loan Shark. Background and development Superfly's fourth album Force was first announced on April 4, during a live streaming concert broadcast on Ustream and Niconico Douga. In July 2012, Superfly released "Stars", a collaboration with Ulfuls lead singer Tortoise Matsumoto that was recorded for Fuji Television's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The song was announced as the theme song of the film version of Ushijima the Loan Shark on June 20, 2012. Vocalist Shiho Ochi based the song's lyrics on the film, and gave the song a "fighting anxiety" theme. Ochi was inspired to write about people moving on in their lives despite their own handicaps and anxieties. The song's release as a double A-side single was announced on June 21, 2012. In 2014, for the film's sequel, Superfly was enlisted again, and the musical unit released the song "Live" for the theme song. Music video A music video was produced for the song, directed by Shūichi Banba. It features Ochi singing the song on a wooden structure on a plain, as well as scenes showing a frenetically moving man on the same plain. Critical reception Dai Tanaka of Rockin' on Japan praised the song's allegorical lyrical style, and felt that "The Bird Without Wings" was one of the stand-out songs on Force, calling it a "wonderful song that gives you the courage to accept yourself as you are". CDJournal reviewers described the song as a rock song that has a comfortable tempo with a lightly developing structure, and similarly praised the song's message. Aki Ito of EMTG praised the song for its comfortable and honest melody, and felt that the center of both this song and "Kagayaku Tsuki no Yō ni" was Ochi's bold and expressive voice. She noted the song's strong blues rock-sound, and felt that the guitar backing added to the song's distinctiveness. Track listing Chart rankings Sales Release history References 2012 singles 2012 songs Japanese film songs Japanese-language songs Superfly (band) songs Warner Music Japan singles
Jarid Lukosevicius (born February 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. He was named as the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player for Denver during the program's national championship in 2017. Playing career Lukosevicius began his college career in the fall of 2015 and had a fairly pedestrian freshman season. Though he did not contribute much offensively, Lukosevicius did help the Pioneers reach the Frozen Four. Lukosevicius found his game as a sophomore, more than tripling his point production and helped lead Denver to its first conference title in seven years. While Denver fell in the NCHC semifinals, the team's record was still strong enough to earn them the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. Lukosevicius scored twice in the regional final against Penn State, including the game-winner. During the national championship game in just less than eight-minute span in the second period, Lukosevicius scored three goals to give Denver a three-goal lead. Lukosevicius' hat-trick was the first in a championship game since 1993 which, coincidentally, was recorded by his head coach, Jim Montgomery. After the NCAA championship Lukosevicius remained one of Denver's top goal scorers, recording 21 goals as a junior in the 2017–18 season and leading the Pioneers with 19 as a senior in 2018–19. That season, he helped Denver return to the Frozen Four but the team was eliminated in the semifinals. After finishing his college career, Lukosevicius signed with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) and made his professional debut during the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs. He spent the next two seasons with Grand Rapids but could not find any consistent playing time. He played just 46 games with the Griffins before returning to western Canada when he signed a one-year contract with the Abbotsford Canucks of the AHL for the 2021–22 season. On September 30, 2022, Lukosevicius signed a one-year contract with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. He spent the majority of the 2022–23 season with the Belleville Senators of the AHL after signing a professional tryout (PTO) contract on October 28. The Stingrays re-signed Lukosevicius to a one-year contract on September 12, 2023. Personal life Lukosevicius is of Lithuanian descent; his maternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania to Quebec. Career statistics Awards and honors References External links 1995 births Living people Abbotsford Canucks players Belleville Senators players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Canadian people of Lithuanian descent Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey players Grand Rapids Griffins players Ice hockey people from British Columbia People from Squamish, British Columbia Powell River Kings players South Carolina Stingrays players
Selje is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway and was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Selje was the administrative center this municipality. Other villages and neighborhoods in the municipality included Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, Hoddevika, Håvik, and Leikanger. On 1 January 2020 the municipality became part of the new Stad Municipality in the newly formed Vestland county. Selje municipality had been located at the northwesternmost part of Sogn og Fjordane county. Most of the municipality was located on and around the Stadlandet peninsula as well as some small surrounding islands such as Selja and Barmøya. At the time of its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 317th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Selje was the 279th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,757. Its population density was and its population had decreased by 4% over the prior decade. Selje was one of the first three Episcopal sees in Norway (Oslo, Nidaros, and Selje). After the diocese was moved to Bergen, monks took over the church in Selje, which was later destroyed by pirates in 1536. The municipality of Selje was also home to the Selje Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery located on the island of Selja. Ruins of the abbey and church can still be seen on the island. General information Selje was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The original municipality was identical to the historic Selje prestegjeld with the sub-parishes () of Hove and Vågsøy. The municipality originally included all of the Stadlandet peninsula, the island of Vågsøy and the mainland area north of the mouth of the Nordfjorden. On 1 January 1910, the southwestern district of Vågsøy was separated from Selje to form two new municipalities: Nord-Vågsøy and Sør-Vågsøy. The sub-parish of Hove was renamed Selje at the same time. After the separation, Selje had a population of 3,367 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Nord-Vågsøy and Sør-Vågsøy as well as a small part of southern Selje municipality were merged to form the new Vågsøy Municipality. The parts of Selje involved were the island of Silda, the Hagevik-Osmundsvåg area, and the farms of Sørpollen and Straumen. There were 344 residents in those areas that were moved out of Selje. On 1 January 2020, Selje was dissolved as a municipality and it was merged with the neighboring municipality of Eid and the Bryggja-Totland area of Vågsøy and they formed the new Stad Municipality. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the small island of Selja since the first Selje Church was built there. The meaning of the name is uncertain. One possibility is that it is derived from the word which means "pasture shed", particularly used in the sæter mountain farms. A less likely possibility is that it comes from the word which means "room" or "hall", referring to the local cave where Saint Sunniva and her followers dwelled after reaching the island in the 10th century. Prior to 1889, the name was written Selø or Selløe. Coat of arms The coat of arms was granted on 5 April 1991 and it was in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was dissolved. The official blazon is "Azure, a half woman with raised hands argent" (). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is the upper half of a woman with raised arms and crown. The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The woman is a depiction of Saint Sunniva, the royal Irish missionary who died as a martyr on the island of Selja while trying to convert he locals to Christianity. Later, the Selje Abbey was built on the spot where she died. She was later named the patron saint of the Norwegian Diocese of Bjørgvin and all of Western Norway. The arms were designed by Turid Haye. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. Churches The Church of Norway has three parishes () within the municipality of Selje. It is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. Government While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Sogn og Fjordane District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal. Municipal council The municipal council () of Selje was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: Mayors The mayors () of Selje: 1838-1843: W. Koren 1844-1849: Josef P. Moldestad 1850-1857: W. Koren 1858-1861: Josef P. Moldestad 1862-1869: Julius Hartmann 1870-1871: Peder I. Sandvik 1872-1873: Knut Halvorsen 1874-1875: Sivert J. Berge 1876-1890: Christian B. U. Wiese 1890-1891: Anders O. Listau 1892-1895: Lars Strømme 1896-1897: Anders O. Listau 1898-1916: R. Hjertenæs 1917-1922: Reiel Nybø 1923-1928: Johannes J. Bortne 1929-1941: Petter Vederhus 1945-1945: Hilmar Ervik 1946-1963: Johannes O. Sande 1964-1967: Ragnvald Berge 1968-1971: Julius Fure (H) 1972-1975: Nils Sætren (Sp) 1976-1981: Julius Fure (H) 1982-1983: Magne Aarøen (KrF) 1984-1989: Åge Starheim (FrP) 1990-1997: Sverre Hoddevik (H) 1998-2001: Magny Husetuft Myklebust (H) 2001-2011: Gunn Helgesen (KrF) 2011-2015: Ottar Nygård (LL) 2015-2019: Stein Robert Osdal (KrF) Geography Selje was located in the northwesternmost part of Sogn og Fjordane county, in the Nordfjord region. It included the Stad peninsula and the islands of Barmøya, Venøya, and Selja. Selje was surrounded by water on three sides: the Sildagapet bay on the west, the North Sea to the north, and the Vanylvsfjorden to the northeast. Selje municipality was bordered to the south and west by Vågsøy Municipality and to the east by Vanylven and Sande municipalities (in Møre og Romsdal county). Economy Historically, the main industries in the municipality of Selje were fishing and farming. These industries were present in Selje throughout its existence, with the addition of new industries such as fish breeding, boat building, ready-made clothing manufacturing, and service industries. The Skorge Hydroelectric Power Station was located in the municipality. Attractions Selja On the island of Selja, a 15-minute boat trip from the village of Selje, lie the ruins of the Selje Abbey, its tower still intact. The abbey was built by Benedictine monks early in the 12th century in honour of St. Sunniva. The legend of St. Sunniva who was martyred here lives on. Norway has two male saints (St. Olav and St. Hallvard) and one female one, St. Sunniva, the guardian saint of Western Norway. According to legend, Sunniva, daughter of an Irish king, fled when her country was conquered by heathens and the new king wanted to marry her. She came ashore on the island of Selja. The St. Sunniva cave where Sunniva is said to have died is a large cavern containing remains of walls and traces of the first church dedicated to the Archangel Michael. The island of Selja is also home to the following sites: The site of the first Selje Church which was later moved to the mainland. The ruins of St. Sunniva's Church on the site where Olav Trygvasson built one of the first churches in Norway. The ruins of St. Alban's Church, the monastery church dedicated to the English Saint Alban. The monastery ruins are still used for church ceremonies such as masses and weddings. Several Viking graves and the remains of an Iron Age long house have also been found on the south side of the island. Vestkapp The part of Norway's mainland that is farthest west is in Selje. The West Cape (Vestkapp) is above sea level at the northwestern end of the Stad peninsula. It is a precipitous rocky plateau, almost flat on top, that drops steeply down to the sea. In good weather, there is a panoramic view in all directions. It is immediately north of the village of Ervik. Ervik Ervik is located by the ocean near the West Cape at the end of the Stad peninsula. The Ervik Church is located here in memory of those who died when the coastal express ship Sanct Svithun was wrecked here after being mistakenly bombed in 1943 by Canadian planes. Ervik has a fine sandy beach which is popular for surfing, and a river rich in trout and salmon. See also List of former municipalities of Norway References External links Homepage of Selje Independent information wiki for Selje Promotional travel guide to Selje and Nordfjord Stad, Norway Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 2020 disestablishments in Norway

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