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Swift Dam or Swift No. 1 is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington. Completed in 1958, it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir. See also List of dams in the Columbia River watershed List of lakes in Washington (state) References Dams in Washington (state) Hydroelectric power plants in Washington (state) PacifiCorp dams Buildings and structures in Skamania County, Washington Dams completed in 1958 Energy infrastructure completed in 1958 Gifford Pinchot National Forest Dams on the Lewis River (Washington)
Clynder is a place on the western shore of the Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Historically in the County of Dunbarton, Clynder is one of a string of small settlements on the Rosneath Peninsula. It is almost directly opposite Rhu, and overlooks the HMNB Clyde base at Faslane. The hills immediately behind Clynder were formerly used as apiaries, the types of heather found there being particularly attractive to bees. References Villages in Argyll and Bute
Eel Girl is a 2008 horror science fiction short film written and directed by Paul Campion, in which what appears to be a sort of human-eel hybrid woman, being studied by scientists in a Naval research facility, takes revenge on one of the scientists who is studying her. The film was produced by Elisabeth Pinto and Jennifer Scheer, and was shot in Wellington, New Zealand. The special makeup effects were created by New Zealand-based company Weta Workshop. Plot Deep in a secret navy research facility, an armed security officer enters a secure observation room, filled with electronic monitoring equipment and shelves full of dissected fish specimens. The officer requests one of the scientists accompany her immediately. He protests, quoting navy protocols that require two people to remain in the room at all times, but the officer makes sure he knows he has no choice. The remaining scientist watches them leave the facility on a security monitor. Satisfied he's on his own, he quickly begins to activate override commands on the computer. A warning begins to sound, and the scientist steps back to stand in front of a large observation window, which looks into a dark tiled and dirty room, in the center of which stands a large bath, filled with a black viscous liquid. Opposite the window is a large secure door, above which warning lights flash red, then green. The scientist becomes more agitated, breathing heavily, as he sees the door open, and a webbed hand curls around the door frame. Out of the darkness appears the Eel Girl, naked, her skin pale, with gills visible in her cheeks, and small fins on her forearms. Slowly she steps into the room, walks around the bath. The scientist watches as she slides into the thick black liquid. In the observation room the computer begins to flash warnings. Distracted by the computer, the scientist doesn't notice the Eel Girl climb slowly out of the bath. She steps up to the window, places her hands against the glass and looks through. The scientist sees her, moves to the window, and places his hands against hers through the glass. She stares back, mouth opening and closing slowly, revealing rows of sharp teeth. She signals with her eyes, and the scientist moves to the security door that connects his room to hers. He activates the security code and opens the door. Inside she is waiting for him. He walks into the room and embraces her. She reaches up, gently holds the back of his head with one hand. Suddenly her jaw extends and she shoves his head into her mouth, then lifts him into the air and swallows him whole, vomiting his shredded clothes. She climbs back into the bathtub and lies there, caressing her now massively enlarged belly, and the scientist inside still alive. Awards 2012 Shocker Award - Knoxville Horror Film Festival, United States 2009 Honorable Mention - Best Short Film, Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, United States 2009 Best Director, Landcrab Film Festival, England 2009 Best Special Effects, Landcrab Film Festival, England 2009 Best Special Effects, Backseat Film Festival, United States 2009 Sci-Fi London Horror Award, London Short Film Festival, England 2008 Canal+ Cocette Minute, Brest European Short Film Festival, France 2008 Grand Prix, Court Metrange Short Film Festival, France 2008 Best Special FX, Rhode Island Horror Film Festival, United States 2008 Best Visual Effects, A Night of Horror Film Festival, Australia 2008 Best Special Effects, Dark Carnival Film Festival, USA 2008 Best Fx, Eerie HorrorFilm Festival, USA 2008 Best Super Short, Shriekfest Film Festival, USA 2008 Best Visual Effects, Tabloid Witch Awards, USA 2008 Honorable Mention, Tabloid Witch Awards, USA 2008 Best Short Film, HP Lovecraft Film Festival, USA 2008 Best Special Effects, HP Lovecraft Film Festival, USA 2008 Best Comedy, HP Lovecraft Film Festival, USA Nominations 2009 UK Film Council Award for Best Film, London Short Film Festival, England 2008 Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Short Film, Qantas Film and Television Awards, New Zealand 2008 Best Short Film, Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival, England 2008 Best Cinematography, Dark Carnival Film Festival, USA 2008 Best Special Effects, Terror Film Festival, USA 2008 Best Music Score, Terror Film Festival, USA Festival screenings 2008 London International Festival of Science-Fiction and Fantastic Film. 2008 Shriekfest Los Angeles 2008 Israel Fantastic Film Festival, Tel-Aviv 2008 Evergreen Film Festival, Korea 2008 Ravenna Nightmare Fest, Italy 2008 Fancine Film Festival, Malaga, Spain 2008 Amberg Horror Festival, Germany 2008 Terror Film Festival 2009 Tabloid Witch Awards 2008 Brest European Film Festival 2008 Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2008 Leeds International Film Festival, England 2008 San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, Spain 2008 Court Metrange Film Festival, France 2008 Sitges Film Festival, Catalonia, Spain 2008 Dark Carnival Film Festival 2008 HP Lovecraft Film Festival 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA 2008 PiFan, South Korea 2008 Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, Canada 2008 Fright Night, USA 2008 Dragon*Con, USA 2008 The San Francisco Short Film Festival, USA 2008 Homegrown Film Festival, New Zealand 2008 Rushes Soho Shorts, London, England 2008 Show Me Shorts, New Zealand 2008 Seattle True Independent Film Festival, USA 2008 A Night of Horror Film Festival, Sydney, Australia 2008 Fantastic Fest, Austin, Texas, USA 2009 London Short Film Festival, England 2009 Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2009 Brussels Fantastic Film Festival 2009 Dresden International Short Film Festival 2009 Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 2009 OneDotZero 2010 BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival, Redmond, WA, USA 2017 Desert Flower Art Bar Mini Short Film Festival, Big Spring, Texas, USA 2017 Dusk Till Dawn Horror Fest, Dixon, Illinois, USA 2017 Short Sounds Film Festival, Bournemouth, England 2020 Nosferatu Film Festival, Doncaster, England See also Harpya Jenifer (Masters of Horror episode) Shambleau Tomie External links 2008 independent films 2008 films New Zealand independent films 2000s monster movies 2000s science fiction horror films New Zealand science fiction horror films Fictional human hybrids 2000s English-language films
Barton is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 457 at the 2010 census. History The Reverend William Shaw, a Methodist minister settled on the site of Barton in 1794. His son, William Shaw Jr. laid out the town in 1853, naming it for his father's hometown, Barton-upon-Humber, England. The discovery of coal in the area attracted more settlers. They came from Scotland, Ireland and Germany, eager to work in the mines. In 1853, the first shipment of coal was made on the newly built Georges Creek Railroad. Eventually, all the deep coal mines had been abandoned and replaced by strip mines, several of which are still in operation and can be seen from the town. Today, most families in Barton are supported by other types of employment. The first gristmill powered by a water wheel was built on Moores Run by Henry Ingram. It was about 200 to 300 ft. from the confluence of Georges Creek. The mill at Moores Run was owned and tended by Mathias Ball. Ball also owned and ran a tannery at Butcher Run in Barton. The second gristmill was built at Mill Run south of Barton, it was called the Morrison Mill, and was owned by John Morrison. The Morrison Mill was located where Mill Run flows into Georges Creek. John Haymaker also tended the Hockenberry Mill before Hockenberry took over. The third mill was the Shaw Mill, built by the Shaw family. It was a large mill built of stone at Moscow. It was torn down in the summer or fall of 1961. Major Barton-area coal companies in the 19th century: American Coal Company, owner of the Swanton and Caledonia Mines. Their coal tipples were located right in Barton and the mines were located on the mountain on the west side of Barton. Davis & Rieman Co. Piedmont Coal & Iron Co., located up Temperance Row on the east side of the mountain. Potomac Coal Co., located up Moore's Run. The first mine was located about ½ mile from Dogwood Flat and the No. 2 mine was about 1-1/4 mile up the run. Owned by the Union Mining Co. Swanton Mining Co. George's Creek Mining Co. Barton Coal Mining Co., located at the top of Moores Run. The Barton Coal Company plane (or cable railway) was built in 1854 and was engineered by O.D. Robbins. It remained in operation until March 21, 1898. The next week the tract, cables and mining equipment were removed. Along with the major mines, there were also many small family-owned mines on the family farms, which catered to the local coal trade. The Pickell Mine was located on the west side of Barton towards Moscow. Its tipple was not located in town. The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, successor to the Georges Creek Railroad, opened a train station in Barton in 1889. The station was demolished in the mid-20th century. Today Barton has four churches and many volunteer groups. There is a lighted ball field, a playground, and two parks for use by citizens. Barton has survived floods and fires and still maintains its peaceful and congenial atmosphere. Each year the town celebrates itself with a Party in the Park. That get-together showcases crafts, food, entertainment, and a parade through the center of town. Shaw Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Nearby communities Cumberland Lonaconing Westernport Piedmont, West Virginia Luke Midland Keyser, West Virginia Frostburg Cresaptown-Bel Air Transportation The primary means of travel to and from Barton is by road. The only state highway directly serving the town is Maryland Route 935, which mostly follows Legislative Road through the middle of town. MD 935 is the old alignment of Maryland Route 36, which now traverses a bypass on the town's east side. Both ends of MD 935 connect to MD 36, which extends northward to Frostburg and Interstate 68, and heads southward to Westernport. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 457 people, 195 households, and 132 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 225 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.0% White, 0.2% African American, 0.4% Asian, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 195 households, of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.3% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.83. The median age in the town was 39.9 years. 20.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.2% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 51.0% male and 49.0% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 478 people, 200 households, and 142 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 233 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 99.58% White and 0.42% African American. There were 200 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.89. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $30,104, and the median income for a family was $33,333. Males had a median income of $29,844 versus $14,196 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,453. About 13.1% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.7% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over. See also Georges Creek Valley References External links Barton, Allegany County, Store Ledger 1895-1897 from Western Maryland Public Libraries Maryland Coal Mine Mapping Project - Frostburg State University Barton-upon-Humber, England Coal towns in Maryland Towns in Maryland Towns in Allegany County, Maryland Georges Creek Valley Populated places in the Cumberland, MD-WV MSA Cumberland, MD-WV MSA
Andrés Walter Muschietti (; born August 26, 1973) is an Argentine filmmaker who achieved wide recognition with the 2013 film Mama. He gained further recognition for directing both films in the It film series, the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel and the second being its sequel, It Chapter Two. In 2023, he directed the DCEU film The Flash. Early life Muschietti was born and raised in Vicente López, Buenos Aires and has one older sister, Barbara Muschietti. Both he and his sister studied at Fundación Universidad del Cine. He worked as a storyboard artist during his early years in the film industry. He is of Italian-Argentine ancestry. Career In 2013, Muschietti directed his debut film, the supernatural horror Mama, which he co-wrote with Neil Cross and his sister Barbara Muschietti, with the latter also acting as producer. It was based on Muschietti's three-minute short film Mamá, which attracted Guillermo del Toro, who stated that it had the "scariest" scenes he had "ever seen." The short convinced del Toro to executive produce the feature-length film, which starred Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nelisse, and was released by Universal Pictures on January 18, 2013. The film grossed more than $146 million and had a budget of $15 million. In September 2013, Universal hired Muschietti for a reboot of The Mummy franchise, but he left the project in May 2014 due to creative differences with Jon Spaihts' draft of the script. In July 2015, after the departure of Cary Joji Fukunaga, Muschietti was hired by New Line Cinema to direct It, the two-part adaptation of the Stephen King novel. Barbara produced along with Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg. The films were released in 2017 and 2019, respectively. In April 2021, both Andy and Barbara Muschietti formed their own production company called Double Dream, with The Flash serving as the company’s first project. In July 2019, Muschietti entered negotiations to direct The Flash, a film set in the DC Extended Universe, while his sister, Barbara, would serve as a producer. Muschietti would direct from a screenplay by Christina Hodson while also being the fifth director attached to The Flash following Seth Grahame-Smith, Rick Famuyiwa, John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein each being attached at various points in time. In August 2019, Muschietti confirmed that The Flash would be his next project following the release of It Chapter Two. The Flash held its world premiere on April 25, 2023 at CinemaCon, followed by a wide release on June 16, 2023. In June 2023, Muschietti was reported to be the studio's top choice to direct The Brave and the Bold for the DC Universe. Muschietti would not formally commit to the film until a script materialized after the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike concluded. Muschietti was confirmed to sign on later in the month. Later that month, he, Barbara and their production company Double Dream signed parallel three-year first-look deals with Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television Group., and Max. Previously announced projects In February 2013, Universal Pictures announced Muschietti would direct the film adaptation of the Josh Malerman novel Bird Box, which Scott Stuber, Chris Morgan and Barbara would produce, with Eric Heisserer set to write the script. In January 2014, Muschietti was reportedly among front-runners to direct a He-Man film for Warner Bros. Pictures, a remake of Masters of the Universe. In June 2014, Deadline reported that Muschietti was on the shortlist of directors to direct a sequel to the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman for Universal. In September 2014, Sony Pictures named Muschietti to direct the film adaptation of Shadow of the Colossus after Josh Trank left due to a commitment to an upcoming Star Wars spin-off. Barbara would co-produce the film with Kevin Misher, with Seth Lochhead set to write the screenplay. In February 2015, Deadline reported that Sony was looking to hire Muschietti to direct a live-action Robotech project, with Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton attached to produce, and Michael B. Gordon as screenwriter. In March 2015, Plan B Entertainment optioned the film rights to Stephen King's short story "The Jaunt" from the Skeleton Crew collection, with Muschietti to direct and Barbara attached as producer. In September 2017, Deadline reported that Muschietti was attached to a film version of the book Dracul. In December 2017, it was announced that Muschietti was in talks to direct the film adaptation of the sci-fi novel The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag, with the Russo brothers producing alongside Andy and Barbara Muschietti. In December 2020, it was announced that the Russos would now direct the film, with the Muschiettis still involved as producers. On October 29, 2018, it was announced that Muschietti will be directing a Warner Bros. live-action film reboot of Attack on Titan. In August 2019, Muschietti was announced to produce the film adaptation of Roadwork from Stephen King with Pablo Trapero directing. In January 2020, Muschietti was announced to be directing a remake of The Howling for Netflix. Filmography Film Acting roles Television References External links 1973 births 20th-century Argentine screenwriters 21st-century Argentine screenwriters Living people Argentine film directors Argentine male screenwriters Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine storyboard artists Horror film directors Film people from Buenos Aires
Solaklı Cumhuriyet is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yüreğir, Adana Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,244 (2022). Solaklı was an independent municipality until it was merged into the municipality of Yüreğir in 2008. References Neighbourhoods in Yüreğir District
Lucian Ovidiu Burchel (born 20 March 1964) is a Romanian former footballer and manager. International career Lucian Burchel played two friendly games at international level for Romania against Iraq. Honours Minerul Lupeni Divizia C: 1982–83 Inter Sibiu Balkans Cup: 1990–91 References External links 1964 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players Swiss Challenge League players CS Viitorul Minerul Lupeni players FC Sportul Studențesc București players FC Inter Sibiu players Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC players FC Monthey players Yverdon-Sport FC players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Romanian football managers People from Lupeni Footballers from Hunedoara County
A surcingle is a strap made of leather or leather-like synthetic materials such as nylon or neoprene, sometimes with elastic, that fastens around the horse's girth. A surcingle may be used for ground training, some types of in-hand exhibition, and over a saddle or horse pack to stabilize the rider's weight. It also is a primary component of a horse harness. A basic surcingle is unpadded, attaches around the horse by means of buckles or rings, and has no other hardware. A training surcingle, sometimes called a "roller," has many extra rings attached, running from the ribcage up to the withers area. It usually has padding to relieve pressure on the horse's spine. A variation of this design is used for equestrian vaulting. Uses Many trainers first teach a young horse to accept girth pressure by strapping on a surcingle before a saddle and girth. The surcingle is commonly used for longeing (a horse training technique), often as a base from which to attach training equipment such as side reins, overcheck, lauffer reins (sliding side reins), or chambons (a type of strap). A surcingle is also important in long lining or ground driving, as it provides rings for the long reins to run through. Double longeing, using two longe lines, requires the use of a surcingle to thread the longe lines through the rings. Compared to a saddle, a surcingle allows more precise adjustment of side reins due to the placement of additional rings. While a saddle only provides one height to attach the rings (the girth buckles), and can be uneven or at the wrong position, a training surcingle places rings at more appropriate locations for ground work. Many surcingle designs allow the side reins to be attached at several different heights along the sides of the horse. Placement When used without a saddle, a surcingle sits just behind the withers. When used with a saddle, the surcingle runs over the seat near the pommel. A surcingle is also used over the top of certain types of pack saddle and pack to keep the pack bags and swag in place. A surcingle is usually used with a pad, and fit to the horse's back as carefully as a saddle would be. It is tightened enough to prevent slipping, more when used with a saddle and rider, less when used for ground training. See also Longeing Horse harness Bitting rig References Sources Price, Steven D. (ed.) The Whole Horse Catalog: Revised and Updated New York:Fireside 1998 Saddles Horse harness Horse tack
Camay Calloway Murphy (born January 15, 1927) is a retired American educator. The daughter of Jazz bandleader and singer Cab Calloway, Murphy was one of the first African-Americans to teach in white schools in Virginia. As an educator, Murphy emphasized music and multiculturalism. She founded the Cab Calloway Jazz Institute and Museum at Coppin State University. She was also the chairman of Baltimore's Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center and commissioner of Baltimore City Public Schools' Board of Education. Life and career Camay Calloway was born to Cab Calloway and Zelma Proctor at Harlem Hospital in New York on January 15, 1927. Her teenaged parents were not married, they met while attending high school in Baltimore, Maryland. The pregnancy was kept a secret and Proctor was sent to New York to give birth. After staying with some relatives for a while, she returned to Baltimore. Her mother eventually returned to New York and Calloway was brought up by her maternal grandmother Viola Proctor who worked at Poindexter's Beauty Salon, owned by her sister-in-law Bertha Pointdexter. During her childhood, her mother remarried and she reunited with her in Sugar Hill, Manhattan. She has a younger half-brother, Ralph, a retired physician. Growing up, she took piano lessons but she wanted to become a journalist. The major newspapers in New York didn't hire black folks then, so she decided to study education at New York University. After she earned her B.A. from New York University in 1950, she was hired as a teacher at Burgundy Farm County Day School in Alexandria, Virginia, becoming one of the first African-Americans to teach in white schools in Virginia. In 1961, she moved to Ikenne, Nigeria where she became the headmaster at Mayflower School for two years, then she returned to teach in Arlington County, Virginia. She began teaching in the Arlington school system in 1965 as one of the first African-American teachers at predominantly white Abingdon and Oakridge elementary schools. She later served as the Arlington County's early childhood education specialist. In 1968, she became the supervisor of Arlington Public Schools for a decade. In 1978, she became principal at Ashlawn Elementary School where she remained until her retirement in 1993. During her tenure as principal, she opened a black heritage museum at Ashlawn, and the school was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School. In 1994, Murphy relocated to Baltimore to work as a cultural development consultant at Coppin State University. Her father died later that year and Murphy paid tribute to him by founding the Cab Calloway Jazz Institute and Museum at Coppin State University, which promotes music education. She was also the chairman of Baltimore's Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. In 1999, she was appointed as commissioner of Baltimore City Public Schools' Board of Education. Personal life Murphy moved to Washington, D.C. with her husband Booker T. Brooks in 1951. In 1955, she gave birth to her son Christopher William Brooks. Murphy and her son appeared on Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person with her father and his family in 1956. She later had another son, Peter Brooks. Her son Christopher attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. As an undergrad, he transcribed and published the first written transcriptions of guitarists Joe Pass, Johnny Smith, and Wes Montgomery. He later taught guitar, and in 1998, he formed The Cab Calloway Orchestra in honor of his grandfather. In 1980, she married John H. Murphy III, head of the Afro-American newspaper, in the St. Andrew Chapel of St. James Episcopal Church in Baltimore. Her husband died in 2010. References External links Meet Camay Calloway Murphy Camay Calloway Murphy on The History Makers 1927 births People from Harlem 20th-century American educators African-American schoolteachers African-American music educators American women music educators Living people New York University alumni Writers from Baltimore 20th-century American women educators 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American educators 21st-century African-American people Murphy family 21st-century African-American women
Dennis Wallace (born 10 July 1962) is a Jamaican sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References 1962 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Jamaican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Place of birth missing (living people)
The Alma Rišaia Zuṭa (, "The Smaller Supreme World" or "The Smaller First World") is a Mandaean religious text. The text is used for Mandaean priestly initiation ceremonies. It is written as a scroll. The Alma Rišaia Zuṭa complements the Alma Rišaia Rba, or "The Greater Supreme World", a related Mandaic text used for priestly rituals. Manuscripts and translations An English translation of the text was published by E. S. Drower in 1963, which was based on manuscript 48 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 48). It was copied in 972 A.H. (1564 or 1565 A.D.). Since the first part of the scroll is missing, the content of DC 48 begins in the middle of a dialogue between an initiating priest (rba) and a novice. There are 4 extant parts in the DC 48 manuscript. MS Rbai Rafid Collection 3F (abbreviated Ms. RRC 3F), copied in 1238 A.H. (1822-1823 A.D.), is a manuscript of Alma Rišaia Zuṭa that was not analyzed by Drower. It was analyzed by Matthew Morgenstern in 2018. The manuscript is part of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC), a private collection of Mandaean manuscripts held by the Mandaean priest Rbai Rafid al-Sabti in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Prayer sequence In Alma Rišaia Zuṭa, the prescribed sequence of Qolasta prayers (numbered below according to Drower's 1959 Canonical Prayerbook) to be recited is as follows. See also Alma Rišaia Alma Rišaia Rba The Coronation of the Great Shishlam Scroll of Exalted Kingship The Thousand and Twelve Questions References External links Full text at Archive.org Alma Rishaia Zuta (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network) Alma Rishaia Zuta (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network) Mandaean texts
The Kingsville Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in South Texas that covers two counties – Kleberg and Kenedy. As of the 2000 census, the μSA had a population of 31,963 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 31,016). It is also part of the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. Counties Kenedy Kleberg Communities Armstrong (unincorporated) Kingsville (principal city) Loyola Beach (unincorporated) Ricardo (unincorporated) Riviera (unincorporated) Sarita (unincorporated) Vattmann (unincorporated) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 31,963 people, 11,034 households, and 7,791 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 71.78% White, 3.66% African American, 0.61% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 19.17% from other races, and 3.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 65.58% of the population. The median income for a household in the μSA was $27,157 and the median income for a family was $29,887. Males had a median income of $24,652 versus $15,841 for females. The per capita income for the μSA was $15,751. See also List of cities in Texas Texas census statistical areas List of Texas metropolitan areas References Geography of Kenedy County, Texas Geography of Kleberg County, Texas Micropolitan areas of Texas
Haï El Badr is a transfer station serving the Line 1 of the Algiers Metro. Etymology This is the only airline metro station of Algiers and it constituted until 2015 the eastern terminus of the line. It is located in the district of the same name, Hai El Badr (ex-Allotment Michel) in the town of Kouba, although administratively the station is located in the territory of the municipality of El Magharia . Its construction was completed in 2001, it was then composed of two docks. A third platform was built between 2009 and 2012 and equipped 2015 to accommodate the extension to El Harrach Centre. References External links Algiers Metro Site Ligne 1 Algiers Metro on Structurae Algiers Metro stations Railway stations opened in 2011 Railway stations in Algeria opened in the 21st century
Carol Costello (born October 11, 1961) is an American television anchor and former host of CNN Newsroom. In 2017, she left CNN to join sister network HLN, based in Los Angeles. In October 2018, HLN announced that Costello would be let go, with the final broadcast of her show taking place on October 26. Early life and education Costello is a graduate of Minerva High School, a public high school in Minerva, Ohio, and Kent State University where she earned a B.A. in journalism. After attending Kent State University, Costello worked at Akron, Ohio's WAKR-TV as an award-winning police and court reporter. Following that Costello was an Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter for WSYX, the ABC affiliate, and WBNS 10-TV, the CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ohio. She also worked as the 6 and 11pm news anchor for WBAL-TV in Baltimore between 1992 and 1995. Career CNN Costello worked as an anchor at CNN Headline News (now called HLN) and was also the anchor of Good Morning Washington and an investigative reporter at WJLA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C., during the September 11 attacks. She previously worked out of the network's New York City bureau. She was part of CNN's Peabody-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 presidential election, and also covered the Virginia Tech massacre, the inauguration of Barack Obama and the Casey Anthony trial. Costello has done in-depth reporting on bullying, coal ash, and women's issues. After a CNN viewer nominated her, Costello ran with the Olympic torch through the streets of Atlanta prior to the Atlanta Olympics. As a reporter and anchor, Costello has interviewed Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and George H. W. Bush. Previously, Costello anchored the CNN early morning program CNN Daybreak and also was news reader and correspondent on American Morning. She was the anchor of CNN Daybreak, then a New York-based correspondent, and subsequently a contributor to The Situation Room. Costello hosted the 9 am–11 am slot of CNN Newsroom, based out of CNN's New York news bureau. Costello elicited criticism when she referred to audio of Bristol Palin describing an assault on her to police as "quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we've ever come across." Paul Bedard called Costello's "rude and crude enjoyment" an easy slap by a prominent female media star on a young woman. Costello later stated that "in retrospect, I deserve such criticism and would like to apologize." On January 30, 2017, Costello announced that she would return to HLN to host a new program from Los Angeles. On August 21, 2017, her new show Across America with Carol Costello debuted. On October 16, 2018, it was announced by HLN that Costello was to be laid off, along with Michaela Pereira and Ashleigh Banfield, as part of the network's decision to scale back their live news programming. The final broadcasts for their programs took place on Friday, October 26, 2018. Although both Ashleigh Banfield and Michaela Pereira stayed to host their shows until their last days, Costello did not appear on air after October 16, 2018, with CNN correspondent Dianne Gallagher hosting the final broadcast. Since then, Costello has taken a more active role at Loyola Marymount University where she serves as first lady. She is a professor in the newly established journalism major and now also hosts a podcast developed by the university. According to Costello herself, she had been wanting to start a new venture for a while, even back on her days at CNN. Personal life A former resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Costello moved to the New York area after marrying Timothy Law Snyder in 2004. She and Snyder later moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In October 2015, Snyder was named president of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In January 2017, Costello cited her husband's relocation as a primary factor in her decision to leave CNN for HLN and move to Los Angeles. In April 2015, Costello wrote that she became a "lapsed Catholic" after losing her younger brother Jimmy to cancer when she was 25. However, she stated that Pope Francis "reawakened my faith". References External links Profile at CNN website 1961 births American television news anchors Kent State University alumni Living people People from Minerva, Ohio American women television journalists CNN people Journalists from Ohio 21st-century American women American women podcasters American podcasters
Magdalena de la Cruz (1487–1560) was a Franciscan nun of Córdoba in Spain, who for many years was honored as a living saint. However, St. Ignatius Loyola had always regarded her with suspicion. Falling dangerously ill in 1543, Magdalena confessed that her stigmata and claims of performing miracles were fraudulent. She was sentenced by the Inquisition, in an auto-da-fé at Córdoba in 1546, to perpetual imprisonment in a convent of her order, and there she is believed to have ended her days most piously amid marks of the sincerest repentance. During the early decades of the sixteenth century she was considered saintly and believed to be in constant and intimate communication with God. Her devotees included the general of the Franciscan Order, Fray Francisco de los Ángeles Quiñones; Fray Francisco de Osuna, the mystic whose writings were so appreciated by Saint Teresa of Ávila; and the archbishop of Seville and inquisitor general, Alonso Manrique. Indeed, on the birth of the future Philip II in 1527, "the hábitos of this nun were sent off as a sacred object so that the infante could be wrapped up in them and thus apparently be shielded and protected from the attacks of the Devil." In 1533 Magdalena was elected abbess of her convent and was at the height of her power and popularity. But only in 1546, and after many false prophecies, visions, and miracles (including a controversial pregnancy), did the Cordoban Inquisition finally try her and sentence her to life imprisonment in a convent in Andújar. According to Montague Summers, Magdalena went to the "pope (Paul III) as a Penitent, and confessed her sins, that at twelve years old the Devil solicited her, and lay with her, and that he had layen with her for thirty years; yet she was made the Abbess of a Monastery, and counted a saint. [...] She died full of sorrow and deeply contrite, in 1560. It may be remarked that on her confession of imposture and guilt, seventeen years before, the demoniacal stigmata disappeared." The book mentions a Spanish manuscript, kept at the British Museum, and referred to Magdalena de la Cruz, Abbess of the Poor Clares Monastery of St. Isabel of the Angels, which was sentenced by the Holy Inquisition of Cordoba on 3 May 1546. In Cordoba, it is located the Convent of Saint Isabel of the Angels (). References Geraldine McKendrick and Angus MacKay, Visionaries and Affective Spirituality during the First Half of the Sixteenth Century External links The Stigmata of Lilian Bernas- Joe Nickell. CSICOP 1487 births 1560 deaths 16th-century Spanish nuns Franciscan nuns
Smile is the third studio album by Belgian trio Lasgo. It features the singles "Out of My Mind", "Gone", "Lost" and "Over You". The album is Jelle Van Dael's first contribution as the vocalist for Lasgo, after singer Evi Goffin was replaced. All songs written and produced by Jef Martens and Peter Luts. Track listing Charts References 2009 albums Lasgo albums
Samuel Gottlieb Linde (polonised Samuel Bogumił Linde; 11 or 24 April 1771, in Toruń – 8 August 1847, in Warsaw) was a linguist, librarian, and lexicographer of the Polish language. He was director of the Prussian-founded Warsaw Lyceum during its existence (1804–31), and an important figure of the Polish Enlightenment. Life Samuel Gottlieb Linde was born in Toruń, Crown of Poland, which 22 years later, after his birth, as a result of the Second Partition of Poland, became a city under the rule of the King of Prussia (Prussian Poland), to Jan Jacobsen Linde, a master locksmith and member of the city council who had immigrated from Sweden, and Anna Barbara, née Langenhann. His mother's family originated from Coburg. His second name Gottlieb has been rendered in Polish as Bogumił. Linde came from a German-speaking family but learned the Polish language in Leipzig in order to serve as a lector of Polish at University of Leipzig where he had previously studied theology and philology. In 1793 he began to collaborate with supporters of the Constitution of May 3, 1791. During the Kościuszko Uprising (1794) he was in Warsaw and supported Hugo Kołłątaj. In 1795–1803 he was a librarian to Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński and began gathering material for his future dictionary for Polish and other Slavic grammar and expressions by traveling for six years through Galicia and to Moldova. He became director at the newly established Königlich-Preußisches Lyzäum in Warsaw, the later Warsaw Lyceum (1804-31). Linde hired Frédéric Chopin's father, Nicolas Chopin, as a teacher of French language. The composer himself studied at the Lyceum in 1823–26. Linde was a Lutheran and he was instrumental in establishing the Lutheran community in Warsaw. He is buried at the Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw. Linde married Ludwika Nussbaum, originally from Switzerland. Their daughter Ludwika Emilia Izabela married Leopold Otto, a Lutheran pastor. Works Linde's major work was (Dictionary of the Polish Language), a six-volume monolingual dictionary, of lasting importance for Slavic lexicography, published in Warsaw in 1807–14. It was the first major dictionary of the Polish language. The second edition was published posthumously in Lemberg (Polish Lwów, now Lviv) in 1854-1861. Both editions are now present in several digital libraries. See also List of Poles References External links The volumes of Linde's dictionary at Polona 1771 births 1847 deaths Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Kościuszko insurgents Linguists from Poland People from Toruń Polish lexicographers Polish librarians Polish Lutherans Polish people of German descent Polish people of Swedish descent Polish scientists Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Congress Poland)
NGC 3593 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It has a morphological classification of SA(s)0/a, which indicates it is a lenticular galaxy of the pure spiral type. Despite this, it has a large amount of hydrogen, both in its molecular () and atomic (H) form. It is a starburst galaxy, which means it is forming new stars at a high rate. This is occurring in a band of gas surrounding the central nucleus. There is a single arm, which spirals outward from this ring. It is frequently but not consistently identified as a member of the Leo Triplet group. This galaxy is known to contain two counter-rotating populations of stars—that is, one set of stars is rotating in the opposite direction with respect to the other. One means for this to occur is by acquiring gas from an external source, which then undergoes star formation. An alternative is by a merger with a second galaxy. Neither scenario has been ruled out. The age of the lower mass, counter-rotating population is younger by about than the primary star population of the galaxy. A dynamical study found that there is likely a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center of NGC 3593. The mass of the SMBH is between and solar masses. References External links HubbleSite NewsCenter: Pictures and description on NGC 3593 Unbarred spiral galaxies Leo (constellation) 3593 34257 06272 Virgo Supercluster
George Bariț (often rendered as George Barițiu, ; 4 June 1812 – 2 May 1893), was an ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian historian, philologist, playwright, politician, businessman and journalist, the founder of the Romanian language press in Transylvania. Biography Born in Jucu de Jos, Kolozs County, Principality of Transylvania (today part of Jucu, Cluj County, Romania), he was the son of the Greek-Catholic priest Ioan Pop Bariț, and of Ana Rafila. He attended school in Trascău (today Rimetea, Alba County), and then highschool in Blaj and Cluj. Originally trained for priesthood, he decided instead to become a teacher at the Romanian language commercial school in Brașov. In 1838 he founded in Brașov the first Romanian newspaper in his native region, and named it Gazeta de Transilvania and its supplement "Foaie pentru inimă și minte" (Paper for the Mind, Heart, and Literature) at the request of publisher Johann Göt. Politically active, he was an important personality in the revolution of 1848 in Transylvania, establishing connections with Romanian nationalists and radicals in Wallachia and Moldavia, and using Gazeta as one of the main political voices demanding equal rights for Romanians and Hungarians after the Hungarian revolutionary government began pressing for Transylvania to be removed from direct Austrian supervision to be reunited with Hungary. After the revolutionary episode, in the period between the creation of an Austrian military government for the region and the Ausgleich, Bariț returned to cultural and business activities. In 1861, alongside Andrei Șaguna, Timotei Cipariu, he founded Asociația Transilvană pentru Literatura Română și Cultura Poporului Român (ASTRA). He was its first secretary, and subsequently became its president. Between 1852 and 1872 Bariţ was the Commercial Director of one of the first manufacturing companies in Transylvania with Romanian private capital, the Fabrica de hârtie din Zărnești (Pulp and paper factory in Zărnești, located west of Brașov in central Romania). During the 1870s he also acted as an adviser to the Founder and the Board of Administration of the Banca Albina, the first bank with private Romanian capital in Transylvania. As a result of the first free elections in Transylvania in the spring of 1863, following Austria's introduction by imperial decree of representative democracy in its territory in 1861, Bariț became a Member of Parliament in the Dieta Transilvaniei (Transylvanian Parliament) where the ethnic Romanians formed the majority. After 1863, he participated as one of the twenty-six official parliamentary delegates of the Transylvanian Parliament in the second (1863–1864) and third (1864–1865) parliamentary sessions of the central Austrian Parliament (Reichsrat, now National Council of Austria) in Vienna. There, as a full Member of Parliament, a full Member of the Finance Committee and a full Member of the Committee for the Transylvanian Railway, he held several speeches on the imperial financial and trade policies, on foreign policy, on central policies of the government in Vienna towards the Romanian Church United with Rome, and promoted reforms of public finance in Transylvania, as well as specific local interests of Transylvania within the Austrian empire. After mid-1865 he did not continue to go to other sessions of the central Parliament in Vienna, since the political effects of the Ausgleich moved Transylvanian central representation from Vienna to Budapest. In December 1866, following the beginnings of the Ausgleich, Bariţ initiated and drafted together with Ioan Rațiu (1828–1902), the first Memorandum of the Romanians of Transylvania, addressed directly to emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and signed by 1,493 Transylvanian intellectuals, asking for the maintenance of the administrative and political autonomy of Transylvania within the Austrian empire and within Austrian supervision. This Memorandum was submitted to the emperor in December 1866 and is a precursor of a second memorandum, the Transylvanian Memorandum, submitted in 1892. Between 1884 and 1888, Bariț served as president of the Romanian National Party in Transylvania and Banat. When ASTRA began publishing the review Transilvania, Bariț was the main person involved in its editorial ventures, and became one of the authors of the very first Romanian-language Encyclopaedia (published in Sibiu) after his death, between 1898 and 1904). His main personal work, published between 1889 and 1891, was Părți alese din Istoria Transilvaniei pre două sute de ani în urmă ("Selected Episodes of the Past Two Hundred Years in Transylvania's History"). Bariț was a founding member of the Societatea Literară Română (1866), a precursor to the Romanian Academy. Of the latter he was elected in 1868 its head of the historical section, its vice-president in 1876 and its president in 1893. He died in Sibiu a couple of months after his election and is buried in the graveyard of the "Biserica dintre Brazi" church in the city, along with other major Romanian Transylvanian leaders. Works Cuvântare scolasticească la ecsamenul de vară în Școala românească din Brașov și Cetate, 1837 Deutsch-Rumänisches Wörterbuch, Dicţionariu român-german, 1853–1854 Dicționariu românesc-unguresc, Magyar-román szótar, 1869 Părți alese din istoria Transilvaniei pre două sute de ani în urmă, I-III, Sibiu, 1889–1891 Două drame familare, drama, 1891 References Ștefan Pascu, Dumitru Suciu etc., George Bariț și contemporanii săi, 10 vols., Editura Minerva, Bucarest, 1983–2003 Cristian Romano, "Iosif Romanov, librar, editor și tipograf din București secolul al XIX-lea", Anuarul Arhivelor Municipiului București, 1/1996 Entry in Mircea Zaciu, Marian Papahagi, Aurel Sasu (coord.), Dicționarul scriitorilor români, Editura Fundației Culturale Române, 1995 Ștefan Sorin Mureșan, Parliamentary Discourse of a Romanian from Transylvania in Vienna between 1863–1865. George Barițiu. 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Muqan Qaghan (Old Turkic: 𐰢𐰆𐰴𐰣𐰴𐰍𐰣 Muqan qaγan, Chinese:木桿可汗/木杆可汗, Pinyin: mùgǎn kěhàn, Wade-Giles: mu-kan k'o-han or 木汗可汗, mùhàn kěhàn, mu-han k'o-han, personal name: 阿史那燕都, āshǐnà yàndōu, a-shih-na yen-to, Sogdian: mwx’n x’γ’n, Ruanruan: Muɣan Qaɣan) was the second son of Bumin Qaghan and the third khagan of the Göktürks who expanded their khaganate and secured the borders against the Hephthalites. Reign His accession to power was followed by finishing off remnants of Rouran. Around the new year 554, after defeat of Yujiulü Kangdi at the hands of Göktürks, the remnants of Rouran, which by that point was near its end, surrendered to Northern Qi to seek protection from Gökturks attacks. Emperor Wenxuan personally attacked Muqan Qaghan, fighting his army off and then created Yujiulü Anluochen as the new khagan of Rouran, settling the Rouran people within Northern Qi territory, at Mayi (馬邑, in modern Shuozhou, Shanxi). Eventually last khagan of Rouran Yujiulü Dengshuzi was executed by Emperor Gong because of Gökturks' pressure. In fall 563, Northern Zhou entered into an alliance treaty with Göktürks against Northern Qi, part of which involved a promise that Emperor Wu would marry the daughter of Muqan Qaghan. In winter 563, the joint forces of Northern Zhou and Gökturks launched a two-prong attack on Northern Qi, with the northern prong attacking Northern Qi's secondary capital Jinyang (晉陽, in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) and the southern prong attacking Pingyang (平陽, in modern Linfen, Shanxi). In spring 565, Emperor Wu sent his brother Yuwen Chun (宇文純), Yuwen Gui (宇文貴), Dou Yi (竇毅) and Yang Jian (楊薦) to lead a ceremonial guard corps to Tujue to welcome back Muqan's daughter for marriage to him. However, when they arrived at Qaghan's headquarters, he turned against the treaty and detained Yuwen Chun and his attendants. In spring 568, a major storm at Göktürks' headquarters inflicted substantial damage, and Muqan Qaghan took it as a sign of divine displeasure at his rescission of the marriage agreement with Northern Zhou. He therefore returned Yuwen Chun, along with the daughter he promised Emperor Wu, back to Northern Zhou. Emperor Wu personally welcomed her and created her empress. Campaigns in West His uncle Istemi autonomously ruled the far-west region in his name. Göktürk army destroyed Hephtalite power in 557 near Bukhara. The northern part of the Oxus river was annexed to the Göktürks and southern part to Sassanid Persia. Legacy This expansion also pushed against the Avars who were driven toward the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire and eventually toward the Danube. Other tribes of the Central Asia, such as the eastern Bulgars were also displaced. Muqan's reign marked the pinnacle of Sogdian cultural influence in the Göktürk Empire. Sogdian culture was transmitted by merchants from Turpan who worked as ambassadors and advisers. The Sogdian language and script were used to govern the empire. The importance of Sogdians cannot be understated in keeping the early Turks safely outside of the Chinese cultural sphere. The Sogdian language and script were used to administer the empire, because it was the only written language in the cities under his control. Muqan Qaghan was friendly to Buddhist people, and is credited with being the first to introduce Buddhism to the Türks. He promoted the construction of a Türkic Buddhist temple in the Chinese capital city of Chang'an. Despite his promotion of Buddhism in China, it is not known if he himself converted to Buddhism, and it is also uncertain whether or not a substantial number of Türks were Buddhists during his reign. He expanded the Göktürk Qaghanate and secured the borders against the last of the Rouran people. He conquered the Töles tribes in the west, the Kitans in the east and the Kyrgyz in the north. Thus, he expanded his state to all the former Xiongnu territory. After Muqan's death in 572 the title of Qaghan passed to his younger brother Taspar. Physical appearance According to Chinese sources, Muqan Qaghan's appearance was strange: the third Qaghan of the First Turkic Khaganate, was described by Chinese authors as having an unusual appearance. His eyes were described as like "琉璃" (liúli), generally meaning "colored glazes", but sometimes translated as "lapis lazuli"-like (implying a blue color), and he had a red complexion. His face was wide. He was characterized as being "tough and fierce", and he was regarded as brave and knowledgeable by the historians. A complete genetic analysis of Muqan Qaghan's daughter Empress Ashina (551–582) in 2023 by Xiaoming Yang et al. found nearly exclusively Ancient Northeast Asian ancestry (97,7%) next to minor West-Eurasian components (2,7%), and no Chinese ("Yellow River") admixture. This supports the Northeast Asian origin of the Ashina tribe and the Göktürk Khanate. According to the authors, these findings "once again validates a cultural diffusion model over a demic diffusion model for the spread of Turkic languages" and refutes "the western Eurasian origin and multiple origin hypotheses" in favor of an East Asian origin for the Türks. Family Muhan Qaghan's Türkic wife was childless. This caused difficulties for his son Talopien, as he was born to a non-Turkic woman who Muhan married as part of diplomatic relations with other states. His daughter Empress Ashina became the wife of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou. His son Apa Qaghan claimed the throne after the death of his uncle Taspar unsuccessfully while his other son Yangsu Tegin was ancestor of later Western Turkic Qaghans. Ancestry References Sources Göktürk khagans 6th-century monarchs in Asia 572 deaths Ashina house of the Turkic Empire Year of birth unknown Rouran
Abraham Kaiser (July 15, 1852 – April 19, 1912) was a Jewish-American businessman and politician from New Jersey. Early life Kaiser was born on July 15, 1852, in New York City, New York. He moved to Newark, New Jersey, with his parents in 1853. Education Kaiser attended Newark public schools and was one of the first students to enter the recently erected Chestnut Street School. He worked as a successful cigar manufacturer for a number of years. In 1883, he entered the compressed yeast business. Career In 1902, he was elected Alderman in the Seventh Ward, the second Republican ever elected from that ward. He served as alderman until 1904. In 1903, he was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly as a Republican, serving as one of the representatives from Essex County. He served in the Assembly in 1904 and 1905. While in the Assembly, he was the only member of the Committee on Game and Fisheries that favored a bill that made it unlawful to shoot pigeons from traps. He submitted a minority report in favor of the bill, which was adopted by the Assembly. Kaiser was treasurer of the Seventh Ward Republican Club and a member of the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias. the Republican County Committee. Jewish community involvement He was a director of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and a member of the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun. Building and loan associations He was also involved in building and loans circles, serving as president of the Mercantile Building and Loan Association and treasurer of the Sixth Ward Building and Loan Association, the Second Ward Building and Loan Association, and the Pride of Newark Building and Loan Association. Personal life He was married to Fannie Isenberg. Their children were Emannual, Mrs. Leon Schlosser, Mrs. E. W. Markens, and Mrs. Isaac Gluckmann. Death Kaiser died at home from apoplexy on April 19, 1912. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Elizabeth. References External links The Political Graveyard 1852 births 1912 deaths Businesspeople from Newark, New Jersey Members of the Municipal Council of Newark 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American Jews 20th-century American Jews Jewish American state legislators in New Jersey 20th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly American Freemasons Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey)
Ukrainia may refer to: The land of Ukraine, the land of the Kievan Rus The land of the Ukrainians, an ethnic territory Montreal Ukrainia, a sports team in Canada Toronto Ukrainia, a sports team in Canada See also Ukraina (disambiguation) Ukraine (disambiguation) Ukrainian (disambiguation) Ukrainians (disambiguation)
The Passionate Pilgrim is a 1921 American drama silent film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Samuel Merwin and George DuBois Proctor. The film stars Matt Moore, Mary Newcomb, Julia Swayne Gordon, Tom Guise, Frankie Mann, Rubye De Remer and Claire Whitney. The film was released on January 2, 1921, by Paramount Pictures. Plot The character of Henry Calverly goes to prison in order to protect his mother who killed her husband. Cast Matt Moore as Henry Calverly Mary Newcomb as Cecily Julia Swayne Gordon as Madame Watt Tom Guise as Senator Watt Frankie Mann as Marjorie Daw Rubye De Remer as Miriam Calverly Claire Whitney as Esther Van Dyke Brooke as Hitt Charles K. Gerrard as Qualters Sam J. Ryan as Major McIntyre Arthur Donaldson as O'Rell Albert Roccardi as Amme Bernard A. Reinold as Listerly Charles Brook as Trent Helen Lindroth as Nurse Russell Preservation status An incomplete print survives in the Library of Congress collection. References External links 1921 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1921 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Robert G. Vignola American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s American films
Raphaël Anatole Émile Blanchard (28 February 1857 – 7 February 1919) was a French physician and naturalist who was a pioneer of medical zoology, with studies on parasites ranging from protozoa to worms and insects. Blanchard was born in Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais. He was a great grand nephew of the balloonist and parachute inventor Jean Pierre Blanchard. He went to study medicine in Paris in 1874. He became interested in zoology and worked at the laboratory at the École des Hautes-Études where he became a histological preparator for Charles Robin and Georges Pouchet, the latter influencing him towards studies on experimental teratology (inducing mutations and malformations). He travelled around Europe in 1877 with a grant from the Paris City Council, studying embryology in Vienna and comparative anatomy in Bonn. He received another grant in 1880 to study the organization of universities and biological education across Europe. He wrote a dissertation on anesthesia induced by nitrous oxide in 1880 under Paul Bert and received a medical degree. He became a professor of natural history at the faculty of medicine in Paris in 1883. In 1884 he also became a professor in the school of anthropology. He taught medical zoology from 1883 to 1887. He became interested in microbiology after studies at the Institut Pasteur in 1896 and took an interest in parasitology. He founded the journal Archives de parasitologie in 1898.In 1889 he served as the secretary general for the 1st International Congress of Zoology in Paris alongside the Universal Exhibition. He was made officer of the Legion of Honor in 1912. Towards the end of his life he studied medical works from the Middle Ages including stone inscriptions. Works Centenaire de la Mort de Xavier Bichat, 1903 Les moustiques. Histoire naturelle et médicale Paris, F.R. de Rudeval, 1905 (with Paul Bert) Éléments de zoologie G. Masson (Paris), 1885.692 pages 613 illustrations in the text, 2 plates. Le ba’cubert : l’art populaire dans le Briançonnais, Librairie ancienne Honoré Champion, 1914, 90 p. (with Bui Van Quy) "Sur une collection d'amulettes chinoises" in Revue Anthropologique, 1918. References Sources Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758–1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). – Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427–871. Howard, L. O. 1930: History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal). Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84 X+1-564, 51 Taf External links BNF Available free at Gallica are Éléments de zoologie, Traité de zoologie médicale (both volumes) and Notes historiques sur la peste. Article about Blanchard (in French) 1857 births 1919 deaths 19th-century French physicians French parasitologists
Aldunate is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arturo Aldunate Phillips (1902–1985), Chilean poet Carlos Aldunate Solar (1856–1931), Chilean politician Carlos Aldunate Lyon (1916–2018), Chilean Catholic Jesuit priest Elena Aldunate (1925–2005), Chilean journalist and writer Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841), Chilean politician José Aldunate (1917–2019), Chilean Jesuit priest and human rights activist José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate (1731–1811), Chilean bishop and politician Luis Aldunate (1842–1908), Chilean lawyer and politician Raúl Aldunate Phillips (1906-1979), Chilean writer, politician, and soldier Wilson Ferreira Aldunate (1919–1988), Uruguayan politician See also Urraúl Bajo
The Plasmatics were an American punk rock, hardcore punk and heavy metal band formed by Rod Swenson and Wendy O. Williams in New York City in 1977. They were a controversial group known for chaotic, destructive live shows and outrageous theatrics. These included chainsawing guitars, destroying speaker cabinets, sledgehammering television sets and blowing up automobiles live on stage. Williams was arrested in Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Police before being charged with public indecency. The Plasmatics' career spanned five studio albums and multiple EPs. The band was composed of lead vocalist Wendy O. Williams and various other musicians rotating behind her over time. Aside from Williams and manager Rod Swenson, guitarist Wes Beech was the only other permanent member of the group. Guitarist Richie Stotts was a co-founder of the band and a mainstay of the pre-breakup core group (1978–1983). After the full breakup of the band following the release of Coup d'etat, Stotts was edited out of band videos and was not referred to by name in a 2006 compilation DVD released by Plasmatics Media LLC (via plasmatics.com). History Formation and early years (1977–1979) In 1977, Rod Swenson, who received his Master of Fine Arts in 1969 from Yale University where he specialized in conceptual, performance, and neo-dadaist art, holding the view that the measure of true or high art is how confrontational it is. He began a series of counter-culture projects which, by the mid-'70s, found him in the heart of Times Square producing experimental counter-culture theater as well as video and shows with the likes of the then-little-known bands The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and others. It was there that he met Wendy O. Williams after Williams found a copy of Show Business Weekly someone had discarded on the bus station floor. The issue lay open to a page with an ad in the casting calls section for Swenson's theater show Captain Kink's Sex Fantasy Theater. She answered the ad and applied for a job. Williams and Swenson began auditioning potential band members in 1977 and, in July 1978, the Plasmatics gave their first public performance at what had become the rock shrine CBGB on New York City's Bowery. The earliest version of the band was a three-piece put together with a strong emphasis on visuals. The band quickly realized they needed another guitarist to hold them together musically. Guitarist Wes Beech joined the group and he would become, after Williams, the only permanent member of the band playing or touring behind or involved in the production of every Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams record ever recorded. From their initial gig at CBGB, the Plasmatics quickly rose in the New York City punk underground scene of the time. From playing a single weekday night, they moved quickly to playing repeated stands of four nights straight with two sold-out shows each night. They had lines stretching around the block and brought more fans into CBGB during this time than any other band. The group quickly outgrew CBGB. The band's stage show soon became notorious with acts such as chainsawing guitars in half part of their performance. Jim Farber of Sounds described the show: "Lead singer/ex-porn star/current weightlifter Wendy Orleans Williams (W.O.W. for short) spends most of the Plasmatics' show fondling her family size breasts, scratching her sweaty snatch and eating the drum kit, among other playful events". Rod Swenson soon made a deal to book what was then a little-known polka hall called Irving Plaza from the Polish War Veterans who ran it at the time. The band repeatedly sold out the venue, with the Plasmatics helping to give Irving Plaza national recognition and launch it on the path to becoming an established rock venue in New York City. Having then caught the attention of important people in the entertainment world of New York City, the Plasmatics headlined the Palladium on November 16, 1979, the first group in history to do so at full ticket prices and without a major label recording contract. New Hope for the Wretched, Beyond the Valley of 1984 and Metal Priestess (1980–1981) The Plasmatics were soon selling out shows in Philadelphia, Boston, venues in New Jersey, and elsewhere in the Northeast. Chris Knowles of Classic Rock magazine wrote: the Plasmatics "were the biggest live attraction in New York... and the media was on them like white on rice... It's one thing to play at subversiveness, but The Plasmatics, unlike other Punk bands... put their Punk philosophy into action." Many U.S. record labels were reluctant to sign the band; The band was signed by Stiff Records, a British label, in March 1980, and appeared on the cover of Sounds in June of that year. Artists and Repertoire (A&R) from Stiff Records flew to New York City to see a show in person to determine if what they had been reading and hearing could possibly be real. The day after seeing the performance, Stiff put in an offer and a deal was inked within a month. A few months later, The Plasmatics began to record songs in New York City for what would become the album New Hope for the Wretched. As creative decisions go, Stiff's choice to ask long-time Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller to be behind the console for these recordings was not the best. In addition to songs like "Corruption" and "Living Dead" – linked to TV smashing and automobile destruction – "Butcher Baby" featured a chainsaw sawing through a guitar, in place of a guitar solo, which was replicated during live shows. The Plasmatics visited the UK for a tour, which met with opposition from some quarters including the Greater London Council (GLC), particularly for their intention to blow up a car on stage and Williams' semi-nudity. The GLC canceled the band's show at the Hammersmith Odeon after fire inspectors decided the show would not meet safety requirements, although police had already arrived to disperse the gathering crowd before the decision had officially been taken. (Williams, recalled Debbie Harry in 2014, "was such a big deal back then. She showed her tits and she blew up cars on stage and broke TVs – and now it would just be normal.") Released as a single by Stiff Records, "Butcher Baby" reached No. 55 on the UK Singles Chart. Stiff America had scheduled a release and a US tour. To capitalize on the band's popularity, the US edition of the album was packaged with a poster for the canceled Hammersmith Odeon show and an insert for the Plasmatics Secret Service, the official fan club. The album reached No. 55 on the UK Albums Chart. The band was set to tour the West Coast for the first time after the London cancellation and get their momentum back. To kick off the tour, Williams drove a Cadillac towards a stage at a free concert on New York City's Pier 62 loaded with explosives, jumping out moments before the car would hit the stage, blowing up all the equipment. The permits needed for this were hard to get and only allowed for an estimated 5–6,000 people. The day of the performance, 10,000 showed up, jamming the downtown streets and lining the rooftops. Even though it cost virtually the entire advance for the US release of New Hope for the Wretched to do it, Williams was quoted by a reporter from the Associated Press as saying, "It was worth it because it showed that these are just things and... people shouldn't worship them," a point she'd repeat more than once. The Plasmatics' debut in Los Angeles was at the famed Whisky a Go Go. The show was originally planned for only two nights but was later expanded to four due to large sold-out crowds. The ABC show Fridays, which was looking to be a more cutting-edge version of Saturday Night Live, booked Williams and the Plasmatics to appear in late December to go live on national TV. In January 1981, Williams' stage performance in Milwaukee led to her arrest on charges of indecency after she reportedly "simulated masturbation with a sledge hammer in front of an audience". After objecting to being searched she was thrown to the ground and reportedly kicked in the face (later requiring a dozen stitches), with manager Rod Swenson also beaten unconscious when he tried to intervene. Williams was charged with battery of a police officer, resisting arrest, and "conduct in violation of a Milwaukee city ordinance pertaining to establishments that sell liquor", with Swenson also charged, but both were later cleared of all charges. A subsequent performance at the Palm Club sold out, and passed without incident, although the venue was raided after the show by the vice squad, with more than 30 police officers in attendance in case of trouble. Williams was also arrested on obscenity charges in Cleveland, but she was again acquitted. A second album was long overdue but due to the ongoing legal battles and the Miller debacle with the first album, which was costly both in terms of time and money, it was agreed that this one had to be lean and mean. Bruce Kirkland at Stiff agreed to put up the funds as long as Swenson produced and the album was done in less than three weeks at a quarter of the cost of the first. Given the recent turn of events, Swenson proposed the name Beyond the Valley of 1984. The tour, in 1981, became "The 1984 World Tour". In between touring drummers, Alice Cooper's Neal Smith was brought in to drum on the record. The album, with its Orwellian and apocalyptic theme, and songs such as "Masterplan", "Pig is a Pig" and "Sex Junkie", was released a few months later. During the album's recording, the Plasmatics were booked on Tom Snyder's late night TV show, on which the host introduced them as possibly "the greatest punk rock band in the entire world." Recording engineer Eddie Ciletti mixed the record at the Ranch recording studio in New York as well as the TV sound for the Snyder performance. The album cover for Beyond the Valley was photographed in the Arizona desert where Williams appears on horseback with the band (without a drummer) as the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". The 1984 World Tour continued with the bold slogan "Down On Your Knees and Pledge Allegiance!". During the last part of the tour, Swenson was contacted by American singer, songwriter and record producer Dan Hartman's office, asking for a meeting with Williams and Swenson. Hartman, who produced 38 Special, James Brown, and others, had been working on a session in LA when he picked up Beyond the Valley of 1984 and could not stop playing it. He felt it was "groundbreaking". He said, "I knew I wanted to meet these people and do something with them." Hartman came down to the Tribeca loft, met Williams and Swenson, and a month later he and Swenson were working on the production of the Metal Priestess mini-LP. The band needed more product but another album was premature, partly because Capitol Records was now making overtures for the next one. Bruce Kirkland at Stiff was ready to release it and that summer Metal Priestess was recorded at Hartman's private studio off his schoolhouse-turned-home in Connecticut. Released early that fall, Metal Priestess saw the band move closer to heavy metal, and included new members Chris "Junior" Romanelli (replacing Jean Beauvoir) and Joey Reese. In October 1981, the band made an appearance on the Fishin' Musician segment of SCTV on NBC, shortly after the release of Metal Priestess. Coup d'Etat (1982–1983) By the spring of 1982, a worldwide deal was signed with Capitol Records, and Dan Hartman offered to produce a demo of the album for Capitol with Swenson at Electric Lady Studios, Jimi Hendrix's old studio, in New York. The whole album was arranged, recorded and mixed within a week. Dieter Dierks, who had just come off a number one album with Scorpions, also expressed interest in producing. Coup d'Etat was a breakthrough album that began to blend the punk and metal genres, something that would later be done by bands such as S.O.D., Anthrax, and the Cro-Mags by the end of the 1980s. Williams also broke ground for her unique singing style. She pushed her voice so hard she had to make trips into Cologne, Germany, where the album was being recorded, each day for treatments to avoid permanent damage to her vocal cords. The Hartman demo was released 20 years later under the name Coup de Grace. The rawer version of Coup d'Etat, which took less than a tenth of the time and a fraction of the budget, is hailed by many fans as the true version of the album. The video Swenson produced and directed of "The Damned" featured Williams driving a school bus through a wall of TVs, climbing onto the roof of a moving bus which had been loaded with explosives, and then singing from the roof and jumping off a few moments before the bus goes through the second wall of TVs and then blows sky high. As touring began, it became clear that Capitol was beginning to turn away from the group in favor of groups such as Duran Duran, who could generate ten times the sales with none of the political liability and fallout. Soon after the album was released, Capitol Records dropped the Plasmatics. In 1982, Lemmy of Motörhead was approached by his label to do a follow-up to his successful Motörhead/Girlschool collaboration, St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP and Motörhead's manager Doug Smith got in touch with Rod Swenson in the States and proposed a duet of the country classic "Stand by Your Man" by Williams and Lemmy. The B-side would have two tracks, the Plasmatics' "Masterplan" sung by Lemmy and Motörhead's "No Class" sung by Williams. The A-side would have Williams and Lemmy in a duet of the title track of the EP. Tracked at a Canadian recording studio, the Stand by Your Man sessions proved to be tumultuous as guitarist Eddie Clarke (who was producing the tracks, but not playing on them) quit Motörhead in the middle of the project. Rod Swenson and Dan Hartman, who had finished demoing the Plasmatics Coup d'Etat album together, were called upon to finish the rough and raw project in the mix which they did at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Swenson then shot the cover with Lemmy and Williams on it and the raw project was put out by Bronze records. Hiatus and Wendy O. Williams' solo career (1984–1986) In 1982, Kiss asked for Williams and the Plasmatics to appear as a special guest on their tour. Kiss wanted the controversial street edge that Williams would bring as part of their tour and for the Plasmatics it was a chance to play in front of different audiences in different markets than they would ordinarily play. By the end of the tour with Kiss it was clear that, although the formal notice that Capitol would not pick up their option for a second album did not come in for six months, the relationship with Capitol was done. It had taken months for the deal to be done, months to record and release the album and now months to get out of the deal. Gene Simmons approached Williams and Swenson about producing the next Wendy O. Williams album. To avoid any wasted time in legal issues with Capitol Records, it was decided not to use the Plasmatics name on the record at all and was simply called WOW, the initials of Wendy O. Williams. Gene Simmons felt it would give him the freedom he wanted to add more new players to the album. Wes Beech remained to play rhythm and lead and T.C. Tolliver, the drummer on Coup d'Etat, remained to play on the new album. Gene Simmons played bass under the pseudonym of "Reginald Van Helsing". The only other new player on the album was lead guitarist Michael Ray, brought in to solve the technical challenges that had been a problem for several albums and had come to a head with the more complex music of Coup D'Etat. Simmons also pulled in the talents of Ace Frehley, who had not played with Kiss since leaving the band years before, Paul Stanley, and then-current Kiss drummer Eric Carr and guitarist Vinnie Vincent each did one song as guests. The record was released on Passport (international and U.S. distribution by JEM). Review copies were sent out to the various media outlets. Malcolm Dome, a reviewer for Kerrang! magazine, had picked the WOW album as his album of the year. Williams received a Grammy nomination for 'Best Female Rock Vocal' in 1985. With Mohawks now starting to become common, Williams decided to let her hair grow in, and the cover Swenson shot for what would be called the "album of the year" in the pages of Kerrang! was the opposite of the earlier covers; total simplicity. Wes Beech took a sabbatical for personal reasons and would not accompany the band on the next tour. The band decided to return to being a three-piece. Beech came in as associate producer with Swenson on the album and worked on writing, arranging and recording, but the recording would be Ray, Tolliver, and Greg Smith (who would go on to play with Alice Cooper, Ritchie Blackmore and others and who had been brought in as the touring bassist for the WOW album). There was tremendous excitement in tackling the project as a kind of minimalist, stripped down concept, or rite of purification. The songs, including the lyrics, would also be minimalistic or archetypal, again giving Williams a chance to take her vocals a step further. The tempo of the WOW album had been slower than previous albums in an effort to open it up, but the new album Kommander of Kaos (a.k.a. KOK) was to bring back the speed and then some. Songs would be played at breakneck speeds, with screaming leads and vocals. The recording was done in Fairfield, New Jersey at the giant Broccoli Rabe Recording complex which would be home to several Wendy O./Plasmatics Projects including three studio albums with what the group fondly called "The Fairfield Sound". Maggots: The Record (1987–1988) Beech had rejoined the band to both tour and play on the next album where the re-formed four-piece band became a centerpiece for perhaps the most complex arrangements in the band's career. After the archetypal minimalism, both lyrically and musically of Kommander, the new album, which would again carry the Plasmatics name, was filled with complexity and returned to the social and political themes previously found most strongly in Coup but also in 1984 before it: environmental decay and a world where excess and abuse led directly to a doomsday scenario. Maggots: The Record was recorded in 1987 and set 25 years in a future where environmental abuse and the burning of fossil fuels have created a greenhouse effect leading to an end of the world scenario. Called by many the first "thrash metal opera", the central theme of the album is an end of the world scenario that follows from genetic engineering and global warming, something that was not at all part of the general public awareness of the time. A group of scientists trying to eliminate pollution in the rivers and oceans develop an RNA retrovirus designed to eat it all up and then die once the pollution has been consumed. But global warming leading to the flooding of land areas instead puts the virus in contact with the "common maggot" leading to a mutated form of maggot that doubles in size with each generation looking for more and more things to consume. In the "end of the world" finale, cities are being destroyed and humans consumed by giant maggots a horrific metaphorical end to a world blind to human consumption and environmental destruction. The album features various scenes of The White Family over the course of three days. The family is devoured while watching a TV game show. Valerie, the girlfriend of hot-shot television reporter Bruce is devoured by three massive maggots while lying in her boyfriend's bed. The final scene has Cindy White trying to fight off the attacking maggots and running out onto a fire escape where she sees the crowded streets below as the record shows the entire human population is headed for imminent annihilation. The album was on the WOW label; distributed by Profile Records in the U.S. and overseas by GWR Records, which had been started by Motörhead's longtime manager Doug Smith. Williams did a performance piece to inaugurate the album at New York City's Palladium, which had been transformed from a proscenium theater into a huge multi-level club where she sledgehammered and chainsawed to smithereens a facsimile all-American living room. "Maggots: The Tour" began a week later using the Plasmatics name for the first time in two albums with slogans such as "Those Now Eating Will Soon Be Eaten," "The Day of the Humans is Gone," and lyrics such as "soldiers for the DNA dissidents are put away, dragged off in the dead of night, disappear without a sight". Rear screen projectors ran film of human disasters, fascists and other historical horrors, environmental carnage and human rights violations on huge screens behind the band during all the songs from the Maggots album. A review in Kerrang! came out shortly thereafter: A 5 out of 5 Ks, "Quite simply a masterpiece... a work of genius." Williams' vocal work "reduces Celtic Frost's Tom G. Warrior's 'death grunts' to mere whimpers" it went on coupled with "a mixture of hedonistic operatic melodies..gut forged to some of the heaviest armadillo beats you're ever like to hear committed to vinyl." Band members Musicians Final lineup Wendy O. Williams – vocals (1978–1983, 1987–1988; died 1998) Wes Beech – guitar (1979–1983, 1987–1988), keyboards (1979–1983, 1983, 1987–1988) Chris Romanelli – bass (1981–1983, 1983, 1987–1988), keyboards (1981–1983, 1987–1988) Michael Ray – guitar (1987–1988) Ray Callahan – drums (1987–1988) Former members Richie Stotts – guitar (1978–1983) Chosei Funahara – bass (1978–1980) Jean Beauvoir – bass, keyboards (1980–1981) Greg Smith – bass (1983) Stu Deutsch – drums (1978–1981) Joey Reese – drums (1981–1982) T.C. Tolliver – drums (1982–1983) Personnel George Pierson – tour/sound manager Jim Cherry – road manager Jim Kramer – booking agent Pyro Pete Cappadocia – live pyrotechnics Mick "Agent Orange" Bello – roadie Timeline <div class="left"> Discography Studio albums New Hope for the Wretched (1980) Beyond the Valley of 1984 (1981) Coup d'etat (1982) Maggots: The Record (1987) Coup de Grace (2000) EPs Butcher Baby (1978) Dream Lover (1979) Monkey Suit (1980) Metal Priestess (1981) References Other sources Deming, Mark "[ Plasmatics Biography]", AllMusic, retrieved 2010-03-30 Gimarc, George (2005) Punk Diary: the Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970–1982, Backbeat Books, Skanse, Richard (1998) "Plasmatics' Wendy O. Williams Commits Suicide", Rolling Stone, April 9, 1998, retrieved 2010-03-30 Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, , p. 115-116 Williams, Joy (1998) "The Love Song of Wendy O. Williams", SPIN, September 1998, p. 134-8, retrieved 2010-03-30 External links Plasmatics albums to be listened as stream at Spotify Punk rock groups from New York (state) Hardcore punk groups from New York (state) Heavy metal musical groups from New York (state) Musical groups from New York City Musical groups established in 1977 Musical groups disestablished in 1988 Capitol Records artists Profile Records artists Stiff Records artists Obscenity controversies in music Female-fronted musical groups
WMME-FM (92.3 MHz), known as "92 Moose", is a radio station located in Augusta, Maine. The station airs a Top 40 format. The station has an Effective Radiated Power of 50,000 watts, meaning that the station can be heard across much of Central, Western, and Mid-Coast Maine. WMME's transmitter is located on U.S. Route 202, about 6 Miles Northeast of Downtown Augusta. On weekday mornings, the station airs the "Moose Morning Show", a popular morning program in Central Maine. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. On air personalities include Renee Nelson, Cooper Fox, Brittany Rose, Kayla Thomas and Matt James. Affiliated stations WEBB 98.5 "B 98.5" Country music WJZN/WTVL "Kool AM 1400 and 1490" References External links WMME-FM official website MME-FM Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Companies based in Augusta, Maine Radio stations established in 1981 Townsquare Media radio stations 1981 establishments in Maine
John B. "Jack" O'Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926. Biography O'Brien was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He attended St. John's College in Brooklyn, New York, and was planning on becoming a lawyer. However, Daniel Frohman persuaded him to change his mind and try a stage career instead. He performed as a juvenile lead for the Augustus Thomas Company, beginning with the play Alabama, and later for Essanay Studios. He also worked as a cameraman for Broncho Billy Anderson and wrote scenarios for Essanay. According to two sources, in July 1911, O'Brien was lured away from Essanay to direct the film The Life of Buffalo Bill, featuring Buffalo Bill himself. According to one of these sources, the book Buffalo Bill on the Silver Screen: The Films of William F. Cody, O'Brien had to shoot the film while the Wild West show was on tour. It was supposedly the first or one of the first five-reel feature movies. However, the opening credits of the film itself state that it is only three reels long. (To confuse the issue even further, there is another 1912 film with exactly the same title, directed by Paul Panzer.) Some sources state he worked on D. W. Griffith's ground-breaking epic The Birth of a Nation. He directed for Famous Players and later Metro Pictures. He died in Hollywood, California. He was survived by his wife. Partial filmography As actor Across the Plains (1911 short) Alkali Ike's Auto (1911 short) Bab's Diary (1917) Bride 13 (1920) The Stealers (1920) Thunder Island (1921) Why Girls Leave Home (1921) A Daughter of the Law (1921) Molly O (1921) (uncredited) Annabelle Lee (1921) The Bride's Play (1922) The Black Bag (1922) The Noon Whistle (1923 short) The Soilers (1923 short) Postage Due (1924 short) Zeb vs. Paprika (1924 short) Brothers Under the Chin (1924 short) Wide Open Spaces (1924 short) (uncredited) The Iron Horse (1924) (uncredited) The Galloping Jinx (1925) The Desert Demon (1925) Once in a Lifetime (1925) Action Galore (1925) A Streak of Luck (1925) Noisy Noises (1929 short) Cat, Dog & Co. (1929 short) (uncredited) Saturday's Lesson (1929 Our Gang short) As director The Body in the Trunk (1914 short) The Angel of Contention (1914 short) The Second Mrs. Roebuck (1914 short) Sierra Jim's Reformation (1914 short) For Her Father's Sins (1914 short) The Tear That Burned (1914 short) The Folly of Anne (1914 short) The Old Maid (1914 short) The Old Fisherman's Story (1914 short) Captain Macklin (1915 short) The Foundling (1916) The Flying Torpedo (1916) Hulda from Holland (1916) The Eternal Grind (1916) Destiny's Toy (1916) The Big Sister (1916) Mary Lawson's Secret (1917) Souls Triumphant (1917) Maternity (1917) Reputation (1917) The Unforseen (1917) Queen X (1917) The Bishop's Emeralds (1919) The Family Closet (1921) Those Who Dare (1924) Montana of the Range (1926 short) Queen of the Hills (1926 short) Mountain Molly O''' (1926 short) Outlaw Love (1926 short) The Little Warrior (1926 short) Jim Hood's Ghost'' (1926 short) References External links 1884 births 1936 deaths American male film actors American film directors 20th-century American male actors
Ludwig Friedrich Barthel (12 June 1898, in Marktbreit – 14 February 1962, in Munich) was a German writer. Barthel served in the First World War and was a student in Munich. He was later an archivist () there. His poems, for example "Tannenburg: Ruf und Requiem" (Tannenberg: A Call and a Requiem; 1934), and such stories as "Das Leben ruft" (Life Calls; 1935), are influenced by the experience of war, which he made into a cult. Because of such tendencies, he venerated Nazism, which he celebrated in such extravagant hymns as "Dom aller Deutschen" (The Cathedral of All Germans; 1938). Barthel also edited the letters of his friend Rudolf Binding (1957). References Bibliography Christian Zentner, Friedemann Bedürftig (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Macmillan, New York. 1898 births 1962 deaths People from Marktbreit Writers from the Kingdom of Bavaria Writers from Bavaria German military personnel of World War I German male writers
Paul Stalder (20 January 1930 – 7 May 2014) was a Swiss sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links 1930 births 2014 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swiss male sprinters Olympic athletes for Switzerland Place of birth missing
Fred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Stone began his career as a performer in circuses and minstrel shows, went on to act in vaudeville, and became a star on Broadway and in feature films, which earned him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Biography He was particularly famous for appearing on stage opposite David C. Montgomery. They had a 22-year partnership until Montgomery's death in 1917. They performed in shows such as The Wizard of Oz premiering in 1902, the Victor Herbert operetta The Red Mill in 1906, and Chin-Chin, a Modern Aladdin, in 1914. In 1939, he appeared in a radio program promoting the new MGM film The Wizard of Oz, in which he got to meet the actor who played the Scarecrow, Ray Bolger, who was a great admirer of Stone's work, and although Bolger was too young to have seen Stone play the Scarecrow in the stage play, he did see Stone in The Red Mill. In 1917, he appeared on Broadway in Jack O'Lantern, which, according to Vanity Fair theater critic P.G. Wodehouse "should be the greatest success he has ever had. Fred Stone is unique. In a profession where the man who can dance can’t sing and the man who can sing can’t act he stands alone as one who can do everything." Johnny Gruelle, the creator of Raggedy Ann, was a fan of Fred Stone and L. Frank Baum. Gruelle wrote a scenario for a stage show, which never was produced, in which the Scarecrow of Oz, played by Fred Stone, met Raggedy Ann. In 1923, Fred Stone and his daughter, Dorothy Stone, starred as Raggedy Andy and Raggedy Ann, respectively, in a musical extravaganza titled Stepping Stones with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Anne Caldwell.<ref>Robin Bernstein, [https://books.google.com/books?id=f_mgPpS-xXsC&q=racial+innocence%27%27Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights], (New York: New York University Press, 2011), 161–168.</ref> Stone's feature film career began in comedy westerns; his first, The Goat, was filmed in 1918. He starred in 19 feature films. In the 1935 film Alice Adams, as Mr. Adams, he was the third lead, following Katharine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray. He made his home in Bayside, New York, where he was a neighbor and friend of boxing champion-turned-actor James J. Corbett. Around 1917, Stone built a small estate in the exclusive private community of Forest Hills Gardens. The excess grounds were sold as building lots for two other homes. However, the original mansion still stands. In it are symbols of his acting career, including a theater in the basement and a separate room of store costumes. In 1926, after the death of his good friend Annie Oakley, he was given her unfinished autobiography. Stone and his wife, Allene Crater, whom he met in the company of The Wizard of Oz, had three daughters, Dorothy, Paula, and Carol. Crater also appeared, in a small part, with Stone in Jack O'Lantern. A Vanity Fair review of the play said of Crater: "My only complaint is that the structure of the entertainment makes it impossible for Allene Crater, who in the little bit she does shows herself one of the most refreshing comediennes on the musical stage, to have a really good part." As an adult, Dorothy became her father's stage partner. In 1928, Stone was critically injured in an airplane crash attempting a stunt. In addition to many other broken bones, his legs were crushed and he was told he never would dance again. His good friend Will Rogers filled in for Fred in Three Cheers, a stage show written for Fred and his daughter, Dorothy. Rogers was a hit, and Stone worked at therapy relentlessly until he proved his doctors wrong and returned to the stage in Ripples (1930). Stone received an honorary degree from Rollins College, a small liberal-arts college located in Winter Park, Florida, in 1939. At that time, a small theatre was named in his honor. The original Fred Stone Theatre—a smaller flexible space sitting adjacent to the college's larger principal venue, the Annie Russell Theatre, named after another great American actor and benefactor—was a wooden bungalow that was razed in the early 1970s. A nearby wood and brick-faced Greek revival-styled hall, converted into a 90-seat black-box performance space, was rededicated as the Fred Stone Theatre during this period, and although it has been moved to another location on campus, it still stands and is active as a performance venue for smaller experimental productions, as well as student-directed and -choreographed works. (The Rollins Archives have extensive information on the career of Stone, including numerous photographs, and is chief among private institutions in the U.S. continuing to educate young actors about the history of this great American thespian. Rollins College claims many famous theatrical alumni, including Anthony "Tony" Perkins, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and character actress Dana Ivey.) Fred Stone became ill and blind and was hospitalized on August 25, 1957, the year his wife died. He died on March 6, 1959, at his home in North Hollywood, California and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Legacy George Ade wrote Fred Stone Jingles for Good Little Girls and Good Little Boys (20 pages, 8 poems, 10 interior photos by Charles Dillingham, George A Powers Printing Co., 1921). Stone's autobiography Rolling Stone was published in 1945 (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.). P. G. Wodehouse mentions him in the short story "The Aunt and the Sluggard", a Jeeves and Bertie Wooster story. Broadway showsThe Girl from Up There (1901)The Wizard of Oz (1903)The Red Mill (1906)The Old Town (1910)The Lady of the Slipper (1912)Chin-Chin (1914)Jack O'Lantern (1917)Tip Top (1920)Stepping Stones (1923)Criss Cross (1926)Three Cheers (1928)Ripples (1930)Smiling Faces (1932)Jayhawker (1934)You Can't Take It With You (1936 and 1945)Lightnin''' (1938) Filmography References External links 1873 births 1959 deaths American male film actors American male stage actors Vaudeville performers People from Longmont, Colorado Male actors from Colorado Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) 20th-century American male actors
Bridport is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The town was founded October 9, 1761. The population was 1,225 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Bridport, a town in the West of the county of Dorset, in the United Kingdom. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,235 people, 456 households, and 343 families residing in the town. The population density was 28.1 people per square mile (10.8/km2). There were 553 housing units at an average density of 12.6 per square mile (4.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.30% White, 0.24% Native American, 0.40% Asian, and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.08% of the population. There were 456 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.07. In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $44,531, and the median income for a family was $48,542. Males had a median income of $28,839 versus $23,950 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,720. About 3.4% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. Education Children in kindergarten through sixth grade attend Bridport Central School at the village center of Bridport, grades 7 and 8 attend Middlebury Union Middle School and grades 9–12 attend Middlebury Union High School in Middlebury. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 46.2 square miles (119.8 km2), of which 44.0 square miles (113.9 km2) is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km2) (4.89%) is water. Notable people Charles A. Eldredge, US Congressman from Wisconsin Harold W. Giard, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate Edgar Harkness Gray, Chaplain of the United States Senate Rawson C. Myrick, Secretary of State of Vermont Julius A. Willcox, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court References External links Town of Bridport official website Towns in Vermont Towns in Addison County, Vermont
The Gauss Speaker Company later known as Cetec Gauss was an American company that made loudspeakers, in Sun Valley, California. Gauss speakers were approved by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and found widespread use among rock musicians of the 1960s thru the 1990s. The company is notable for its technical improvements in driver design, which include the use of a double spider. The former factory of Cetec Gauss was taken over by SWR_Sound_Corporation References Manufacturing companies of the United States
Quidhampton is a hamlet within Overton civil parish in the borough of Basingstoke and Deane in Hampshire, England. It is located just to the north of the large village of Overton, on the north bank of the River Test. Overton railway station, on the West of England Main Line, is located in the hamlet. Villages in Hampshire
Poonam Devi Yadav is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Khagaria as the 2005 Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Janata Dal (United). Her husband Ranveer Yadav was also elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly from Khagaria in the 1990–1995. References Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 1975 births Living people Janata Dal (United) politicians Bihar MLAs 2005–2010 Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 People from Khagaria district
Nebria pulchrior is a species of ground beetle from Nebriinae subfamily that is endemic to Yunnan province of China. References pulchrior Beetles described in 1906 Beetles of Asia Endemic fauna of Yunnan
Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007, its compliance with human rights norms, however, is far from perfect. Although the media have a record of unbiased reporting, Bulgaria’s lack of specific legislation protecting the media from state interference is a theoretical weakness. Conditions in Bulgaria’s twelve aging and overcrowded prisons generally are poor. A probate reform in mid-2005 was expected to relieve prison overcrowding. The police have been accused of abusing prisoners and using illegal investigative methods, and institutional incentives discourage full reporting and investigation of many crimes. The constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but local governments have attempted to enforce special registration requirements on some groups not designated as historically entitled to full protection. Besides the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the faiths so designated are the Jewish, Muslim, and Roman Catholic. Court backlogs and weak court administration make constitutional protection of defendants’ rights problematic in some instances. Institutions for children and adults with mental disabilities The conditions in Bulgaria's network of institutions for children and adults with mental disabilities have raised concerns. The Mental Disability Advocacy Center has launched a collective complaint under the European Committee on Social Rights regarding the failure to provide education for children in social care homes run by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy; and a case is currently pending before the European Court of Human Rights concerning the alleged failure to investigate inhuman and degrading treatment in institutions for adults. The documentary "Bulgaria's Abandoned Children" (TrueVision, 2007) was broadcast on BBC Four in the UK in September 2007, and depicts the deprivation of food, health-care and education for children at the institution in Mogilino. The widespread institutionalization of children in Bulgaria is unlikely to be consistent with the best interests of the child, and almost certainly violates Article 23 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Articles 11, 12 and 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) Macedonian minority There exists a small number of individuals identifying as ethnic Macedonian in the Blagoevgrad province of Bulgaria. According to the 2011 census 1,654 people declared themselves to be ethnic Macedonians and 561 from them were living in the Blagoevgrad Province. The Greek Helsinki Monitor reports that the "Bulgarian state and public opinion alike deny their right to self-identification", and that "any actions pertaining to public demonstration of the Macedonian identity in Bulgaria are subjected to a more or less direct suppression and denial". That considered, Macedonian is given as an option for nationality on the census. The Bulgarian majority (including the press) regards Macedonians living in Bulgaria as 'pure' Bulgarians. Macedonians have been refused the right to register political parties (see United Macedonian Organization Ilinden and UMO Ilinden - PIRIN) on the grounds that the party was an "ethnic separatist organization funded by a foreign government", something that is against the Bulgarian constitution. The constitutional court has not however banned the Evroroma (Евророма) and MRF(ДПС) parties, who are widely considered as ethnic parties. The European Court of Human Rights held "unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights." In November 2006, the members of the European Parliament Milan Horáček, Joost Lagendijk, Angelika Beer and Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven introduced an amendment to the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union protocol calling “on the Bulgarian authorities to prevent any further obstruction to the registration of the political party of the ethnic Macedonians (OMO-Ilinden PIRIN) and to put an end to all forms of discrimination and harassment vis-à-vis that minority.” On May 28, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights made two decisive rulings against Bulgaria in violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. In the two rulings: Case of Vasilev and Society of the Repressed Macedonians in Bulgaria Victims of the Communist Terror v. Bulgaria (Application no. 23702/15); and Case of Macedonian Club for Ethnic Tolerance in Bulgaria and Radonov v. Bulgaria (Application no. 67197/13), the European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Bulgaria violated Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and that Bulgaria must pay a collective total of 16,000 euros to the applicants. Romani (Roma) Bulgarian state security forces have been known to arbitrarily arrest and abuse street children of Romani ethnic origin. The Romani are subjected to harassment in Bulgaria, including the hazing of Romani army conscripts and poor police responses to crimes committed against Romani. A high percentage of Romani children do not attend school, both due to poverty and a lack of proficiency in Bulgarian. On the other hand, the mainly ethnic Roma, Free Bulgaria party has been allowed to run for elections and has achieved some success. A report by the New York Times notes that during the COVID-19 pandemic "in the Roma suburb in Kyustendil, most roads are unpaved and strewn with garbage," and that Roma children have no access to computers and broad-band internet for learning during the pandemic. Kyustendil authorities claim the lockdowns in the town are to prevent the spread of the virus, while Roma activists claim bigotry. Human trafficking There has been a growing awareness of human trafficking as a human rights issue in Europe (see main article: trafficking in human beings). The end of communism has contributed to an increase in human trafficking, with the majority of victims being women forced into prostitution. Bulgaria is a country of origin and country of transit for persons, primarily women and children, trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The Bulgarian government has shown some commitment to combat trafficking but has been criticized for failing to develop effective measures in law enforcement and victim protection. Religious freedom The Constitution provides for freedom of religion; however, the law prohibits the public practice of religion by unregistered groups. The Constitution also designates Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the "traditional" religion. There were some reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice. Discrimination, harassment, and general public intolerance, particularly in the media, of some religious groups remained an intermittent problem. International criticism The European Court of Human Rights often holds that Bulgaria violates the European Convention on Human Rights. In 2015, the Court issued a special press release dedicated to a systemic problem of Bulgaria's justice system: it underlined that "in over 45 judgments against Bulgaria...the authorities had failed to comply with their obligation to carry out an effective investigation." The European Court of Human Rights has also handed down pilot judgments against Bulgaria - they are delivered when the Court identifies a series of applications pertaining to similar facts. For example, in the pilot judgment Neshkov v Bulgaria, the Court gave Bulgaria 18 months to improve prison conditions. Social activists have raised concern that Bulgaria is lagging behind other European Union Member States in a number of international indexes which measure the protection of civil rights and liberties. The Council of Europe has also expressed worries about Bulgaria's compromised rule of law. International rankings Freedom Index, 2023: 45 out of 165. Democracy Index, 2022: 57 out of 167. Worldwide Press Freedom Index, 2022: 91 out of 180. See also LGBT rights in Bulgaria Internet censorship and surveillance in Bulgaria Notes and references External links Censorship in Bulgaria - IFEX Documentary - Bulgaria's Abandoned Children Bulgarian Helsinki Committee European Roma Rights Center - Strasbourg Court Sanctions Bulgaria for Failure to Bring Perpetrators of Racist Killing to Justice NGO Roma Together
Frank M. Conaway Jr. (born January 4, 1963) is an American politician who represents the 40th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Conaway is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. Background Conaway was born on January 4, 1963, in Baltimore to Frank M. and Mary Conaway. He attended Baltimore City public schools and completed the 10th grade at Northwestern High School. After attending different colleges in the Baltimore area, Conway earned a B.A. in business administration from Sojourner–Douglass College in Baltimore. He is also the author of the book "Baptist Gnostic Christian Eubonic Kundalinion Spiritual Ki Do Hermeneutic Metaphysics: The Word: Hermeneutics." Political career During the four-year term prior to Conaway's candidacy for the House of Delegates, two of the delegates, Howard "Pete" Rawlings and Tony Fulton, died while in office. Marshall Goodwin and Catherine Pugh were appointed to finish their terms. Rawlings and Fulton were Democrats, as are Goodwin and Pugh. Prior to the 2006 democratic primary, the only incumbent delegate in the district, Salima Marriott, decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by the district's senator. Catherine Pugh also decided to run for the same seat leaving the newly appointed Goodwin as the only incumbent in the race. The vacancies drew a large crowd of contenders; including Conaway, Barbara Robinson and Shawn Tarrant, who all finished ahead of Goodwin. The general election in November, therefore, saw all newcomers win all the seats. House of Delegates Once sworn in as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, Conaway was assigned to the House Judiciary Committee where he has sponsored a number of bills aimed at police practices and public safety. In 2014, Conaway was the first Maryland legislator to sponsor a bill requiring body-worn cameras for police officers. Legislative notes Co-sponsored HB 860 (Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013). Signed by the Governor on May 16, 2013, the new law approved 1.1 billion dollars to construct new schools in Baltimore City. voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) BILL INFO-2007 Regular Session-HB 359 voted in favor of prohibiting ground rents(SB24) 2007 Regular Session - Vote Record 0250 voted for the Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2) Wayback Machine voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)2007 Regular Session - Vote Record 0690 sponsored House Bill 30 in 2007, Maryland Education Fund - Establishment and Funding House Bill 30 YouTube videos In late October 2014, Conaway received significant attention after he uploaded more than 50 videos to YouTube. In the videos, which were characterised as "rambling" and "bizarre", he talked about cryptograms in Ancient Egyptian carvings, the Book of Revelation, talking horses, Rubik's Cube, Sasquatch and Yeti. He also wondered if he was a hologram, referred to himself as "meta", advocated his weight loss book The 20 Pennies a Day Diet Plan by talking about canned chicken, Arizona Diet Green Tea and sugar free hard candies and promoted his other books, Trapezium Giza Pyramid Artificial Black Hole Theory, Baptist Gnostic Christian Eubonic Kundalinion Spiritual Ki Do Hermeneutic Metaphysics: The Word: Hermeneutics and Christian Kundalini Science- Proof of the Soul- Cryptogram Solution of Egyptian Stela 55001- & Opening the Hood of Ra. In a phone interview with The Baltimore Sun, Conaway claimed to have deciphered artwork at the Walters Art Museum and said that it was "part of my duties as a Christian" to try and "spread the knowledge that I have". He also talked about Moses, Egyptian Obelisks, the "Frankenfish", the Fibonacci number and faces on Mars and said that he did not "believe" in evolution, arguing that "Darwin [said] that we descended from monkeys... I haven't seen any evidence to say man came from a monkey." The videos appeared to have been filmed in the Baltimore City Hall mail room, where he had also worked since being hired as a clerk at the Municipal Post Office by Comptroller Joan Pratt in 2006. In November 2014, he resigned from his City Hall job and took down the videos. They have been preserved by web developer Chris Cook, who argues that Conaway is not fit to hold office. Despite widespread mockery and a general election write-in campaign from State Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, who had finished fourth in the Democratic primary for the three-seat district (there were no Republican candidates for the district), Conaway was re-elected in the 2014 elections. Electoral history 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 40th District Voters to choose three: {\| class="wikitable" \|- !Name !Votes !Percent !Outcome \|- \|- \|Frank M. Conaway Jr. Dem. \|16,432 \| 32.4% \| Won \|- \|- \|Barbara A. Robinson, Dem. \|16,032 \| 31.6% \| Won \|- \|- \|Shawn Z. Tarrant, Dem. \|13,921 \| 27.5% \| Won \|- \|- \|Jan E. Danforth, Green \|4,135 \| 8.2% \| Lost \|- \|Other Write-Ins \|177 \| 0.3% \| \|- \|} References Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates African-American state legislators in Maryland Politicians from Baltimore 1963 births Living people American spiritual writers 21st-century American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American people
Malekabad or Malikabad or Molkabad or Malkabad or Mallakabad () may refer to: Alborz Province Malekabad-e Hammanlu, a village in Savojbolagh County, Alborz Province, Iran Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Malekabad, Kuhrang, a village in Kuhrang County Malekabad, Bazoft, a village in Kuhrang County Malekabad-e Yek, a village in Kuhrang County Fars Province Malekabad, Rostaq, a village in Darab County Malekabad, Forg, a village in Darab County Shahrak-e Malekabad, a village in Darab County Malekabad, Jahrom, a village in Jahrom County Malekabad, Marvdasht, a village in Marvdasht County Malekabad, Arzhan, a village in Shiraz County Malekabad, Shiraz, a village in Shiraz County Kerman Province Malekabad, Anbarabad, a village in Anbarabad County Malekabad, Jiroft, a village in Jiroft County Malekabad, Kerman, a village in Kerman County Malekabad, Narmashir, a village in Narmashir County Malekabad, Rafsanjan, a village in Rafsanjan County Malekabad, Rigan, a village in Rigan County Malekabad, Sirjan, a village in Sirjan County Malekabad, Zarand, a village in Zarand County Malekabad Rural District, in Sirjan County Kermanshah Province Malekabad, Kermanshah, a village in Sonqor County Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Malekabad, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Basht County Kurdistan Province Malekabad, Kurdistan, a village in Qorveh County Lorestan Province Malekabad, Aligudarz, a village in Aligudarz County Malekabad, Borujerd, a village in Borujerd County Malekabad, Delfan, a village in Delfan County Malekabad, Khorramabad, a village in Khorramabad County Malekabad, Zagheh, a village in Khorramabad County Malekabad, Qaleh-ye Mozaffari, a village in Selseleh County Malekabad, Yusefvand, a village in Selseleh County Malekabad-e Somaq, a village in Dowreh County Markazi Province Malekabad, Arak, a village in Arak County, Markazi Province, Iran Malekabad, Saveh, a village in Saveh County, Markazi Province, Iran Mazandaran Province Malekabad-e Bala, a village in Sari County Malekabad-e Pain, a village in Sari County Qom Province Malekabad, Qom, a village in Qom Province, Iran Razavi Khorasan Province Malekabad, Razavi Khorasan, a city in Iran Malekabad, Khoshab, a village in Khoshab County Malekabad, Rashtkhvar, a village in Rashtkhvar County Malekabad, Torbat-e Heydarieh, a village in Torbat-e Heydarieh County Malekabad, Torbat-e Jam, a village in Torbat-e Jam County Sistan and Baluchestan Province Malekabad, Bampur, a village in Bampur County Malekabad, Dalgan, a village in Dalgan County Malekabad, Iranshahr, a village in Iranshahr County Malekabad, Eskelabad, a village in Khash County Malekabad, Gowhar Kuh, a village in Khash County South Khorasan Province Malekabad, Birjand, a village in Birjand County Malekabad, alternate name of Mobarakabad, South Khorasan, a village in Birjand County Malekabad, Qaen, a village in Qaen County Tehran Province Malekabad, Tehran, a village in Eslamshahr County West Azerbaijan Province Malekabad, West Azerbaijan, a village in Miandoab County Yazd Province
Jack Britt High School is a public high school located in southern Cumberland County, North Carolina. It is attended by approximately 2,000 students in grades nine through twelve and is a 2018 Winner of U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools Silver Medal. Integrated Systems Technology Academy Jack Britt, like many other schools in Cumberland County, has an academy, or a special program of study that focuses a student's education on a specific subject. The Integrated Systems Technology Academy of Engineering provides students the opportunity to study and learn technical design and engineering concepts like drafting, physics, design implementation, and imageboard creation. Sports Jack Britt currently has the following sports teams: Baseball Basketball Bowling Cheerleading Cross Country Football Golf Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Indoor Track and Field Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling Awards and distinctions Jack Britt won the 2009–2010 U.S. News & World Report America's Best High Schools Bronze Medal. NCHSAA Exemplary School. Jack Britt was commended for its overall program, including athletic opportunities and facilities, community interest and involvement, and academics. In 2010, Jack Britt won the Educational Trust's Dispelling the Myth Award, which recognizes outstanding work in narrowing achievement gaps between student groups, exceeding state standards, and rapidly improving student learning. Jack Britt won the 2010–2011 North Carolina Honor School of Excellence. In 2013, Jack Britt's Marching Band, The Pride of Jack Britt, attended the USBands National Championships at MetLife Stadium winning the Dinkles Spirit of Band Award. Jack Britt won the North Carolina 4A High School Fast Pitch Softball State Championship in 2018. This is the only school in Cumberland County to win the 4A Fast Pitch Softball Championship. Notable alumni Heather Erickson Paralympic volleyballist Brandon Ghee NFL cornerback Marques Murrell NFL linebacker and two-time Division I-AA national champion with Appalachian State Xavier Nixon NFL offensive tackle Fionnghuala O'Reilly Miss Universe Ireland 2019 C. J. Williams (born 1990) basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Jordan Williams Canadian Football League linebacker and first overall pick in the 2020 CFL Draft Joshua Williams (born 1999) NFL cornerback References External links Jack Britt High School website 2000 establishments in North Carolina Educational institutions established in 2000 Public high schools in North Carolina Schools in Cumberland County, North Carolina
Satyam Kavyen "Kav" Temperley (born Finlay Beaton; 3 July 1978) is the lead singer, songwriter, bassist and occasional keyboard player of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. Early life and education Temperley was born in Mosman Park, Western Australia, and grew up in Fremantle. At seven years of age, his name was changed to 'Satyam Kavyen Temperley'—Temperley is his mother's maiden name and 'Satyam Kavyen' means "Poet of Truth". The Temperley family were members of the 'Orange People' (Rajneesh movement) and made trips to India as well Oregon, United States, throughout the early 1980s. Between the ages of seven and 12, Temperley attended the Lance Holt School, a Fremantle community school. At the age of thirteen, he accompanied his mother on a trip to India, where they stayed at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune. It was during this trip that he enrolled an international alternative boarding school in Devon called Ko Hsuan that is based on the teachings of controversial Indian mystic Osho. Temperley was accepted as a boarder and remained at the school for a year: Temperley referred to his time at Ko Hsuan as his "saving grace", and it was there that he discovered a passion for music before he returned to Fremantle and John Curtin High School due to homesickness: Musical career At the age of seventeen, Temperley met future band member Joel Quartermain during a musical performance by the latter at Temperley's high school. At the time, Temperley was already friends with Stuart MacLeod, as they were neighbours since the age of 6. At the age of eighteen, Temperley returned to England in an attempt to re-kindle friendships with his former classmates at Ko Hsuan. He subsequently returned to India, where he again stayed at Pune. While in India, Temperley decided to become more serious about his music. In a letter to MacLeod, he states Upon his return to Fremantle, Temperley informed Quartermain of his decision; at the time, Quartermain was playing in funk metal band Freud's Pillow. While at university, Temperley, MacLeod and Quartermain formed Eskimo Joe for a Battle of the Bands competition. Initially, Temperley had written a number of folk-type and power pop songs, and he later revealed the band's thinking at the time: Temperley sang a reinterpreted version of the song "To Look at You", with INXS, on the 2010 cover version album Original Sin. In September 2016, Temperley released his debut solo four-track EP Hope Street. In August 2018 Temperley announced his debut solo record All Your Devotion, self-described as "a collection of ruminating, thoughtful and affecting songs". In October 2022, Temperley released his second studio album, Machines of Love and Grace. Other activities A National Office for Live Music was launched by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in July 2013 and, as of August 2013, Temperley is the state ambassador for Western Australia. In 2015, Temperley curated for APRA song hub. In 2016, he created production Songs From The Suburbs, Songs From The Sea for Fremantle Festival. In 2017, he composed and produced "The Shower Song" for water awareness. Mentor and educator Since 2015, Temperley and (more recently) his partner Beth Ivers have been running songwriting workshops for teens and emerging musicians around the country. Temperley is passionate about the craft of songwriting. Temperley is also the co-founder (again with partner Beth) of On a Boat Productions, a production house where they create, produce and educate in creative content. Personal life Temperley and his ex-wife Abeni Dara are parents of two children. Temperley lives with his wife Beth Ivers in Fremantle, Western Australia. They live with his two sons, and Ivers' two daughters. Discography Albums Extended plays Awards and nominations APRA Awards The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). \|- \| 2005 \| "From the Sea" (Finlay Beaton, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain) \| Song of the Year \| \|- \| 2007 \| "Black Fingernails, Red Wine " (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) \| Song of the Year \| \|- \| 2008 \| "New York" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) \| Most Played Australian Work \| \|- \| rowspan="3"\|2010 \|\| rowspan="3"\|"Foreign Land" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Parkin, Kavyen Temperley) – Eskimo Joe \|\| Most Played Australian Work \|\| \|- \| Rock Work of the Year \|\| \|- \| Song of the Year \|\| \|- \| rowspan="2"\| 2012 \|\| rowspan="2"\| "Love Is a Drug" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) \|\| Rock Work of the Year \|\| \|- \| Song of the Year \|\| Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. It commenced in 2009. \|- \| 2009 \| "Foreign Land" (Kav Temperley, Joel Quartermain and Stuart Macleod) \| Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition \| style="background:silver;"\| 2nd \|- References 1978 births Living people APRA Award winners Australian rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists Musicians from Perth, Western Australia People educated at John Curtin College of the Arts 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century bass guitarists 21st-century Australian male singers Basement Birds members Australian male guitarists Australian male singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters
Fissurellidea megatrema is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. Description The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 32 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina References Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls. External links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To World Register of Marine Species Fissurellidae Gastropods described in 1839
Unipol Arena (previously known as Futurshow Station, PalaMalaguti and originally Palasport Casalecchio) is an indoor sporting arena located in Casalecchio di Reno, Province of Bologna, Italy. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 11,000 people, and the seating capacity for concerts is 20,000 people. It was opened in December 1993. It was home to the Virtus Bologna basketball team from 1996 to 2017. It is served by Casalecchio Palasport railway station. History During the year 2008, the arena had restyling works, which included a new museum dedicated to Virtus' history, four new JumboTrons, new white seats and black stairs, and new white parquet. In October 2011, the arena changed its name to the current Unipol Arena, in a name sponsorship marketing deal, which was scheduled to last through 2016. In summer 2016, the capacity of the arena for basketball games increased from 8,650 up to 11,000. Other museums were also built, one dedicated to Futurshow, and one dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti. Entertainment See also List of indoor arenas in Italy References External links 1993 establishments in Italy Basketball venues in Italy Indoor arenas in Italy Sports venues completed in 1993 Sports venues in Bologna Virtus Bologna
The Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) is a tertiary level government hospital in the Philippines with an authorized bed capacity of seven hundred (700). It is located along Q. Abeto Street, Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Iloilo. References Further reading Relevant hospital laws and mandate BP 825 (Series 1984) Republic Act 7198 Republic Act 11496 Hospitals in the Philippines
Jainism has an extensive history in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, although practiced by a minority of Tamils in contemporary times. According to the 2011 India Census, Jains represent 0.12% of the total population of Tamil Nadu, and are of the Digambara sect. Tamil Jains are primarily concentrated in northern Tamil Nadu, in the districts of Madurai, Viluppuram, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore and Thanjavur. History Early Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Tamil Nadu dated to the 3rd century BCE and describe the livelihoods of Tamil Jains. The oldest known Tamil kings were recorded to follow the Jain religion which makes Jainism, the second oldest religion in Tamil Nadu. Inscriptions dating back to 8th century CE were found in Tiruchirappalli narrating the presence of Jain monks in the region. The Kalabhra dynasty, who were patrons of Jainism, ruled over the entire ancient Tamil country in the 3rd–7th century CE. Pallavas followed Hinduism but also patronized Jainism. The Trilokyanatha Temple in Kanchipuram and Chitharal Jain Temple were built during the reign of the Pallava dynasty. The Pandyan kings were initially Jains but later became Shaivaites. Strabo states that an Indian king called Pandion sent Augustus "presents and gifts of honour". The Sittanavasal Cave and Samanar Malai are Jain complexes that were built during the reign of Pandyan dynasty. The Cholas patronized Hinduism, however, Jainism also flourished during their rule. The construction of Tirumalai cave complex was commissioned Queen Kundavai, elder sister of Rajaraja Chola I. The Tirumalai cave complex consists of 3 Jain caves, 2 Jain temples and a high sculpture of Tirthankara Neminatha which is the tallest idol of Neminatha and the largest Jain idol in Tamil Nadu. The Digambara Jain Temple in Thirakoil and the Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple in Mannargudi were both built during the reign of the Chola dynasty. Decline of Jainism Royal patronage has been a key factor in the growth as well as the decline of Jainism. The Pallava king Mahendravarman I (600630 CE) converted from Jainism to Shaivism under the influence of Appar. His work Mattavilasa Prahasana ridicules certain Shaiva sects and the Buddhists and also expresses contempt towards Jain ascetics. Sambandar converted the contemporary Pandya king to Shaivism. During the 11th century, Basava, a minister to the Jain king Bijjala II, succeeded in converting numerous Jains to the Lingayat Shaivite sect. The Lingayats destroyed various temples belonging to Jains and adapted them to their use. The Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana (c.11081152 CE) became a follower of the Vaishnava sect under the influence of saint Ramanuja, after which Vaishnavism grew rapidly. Art Influence on Tamil literature Parts of the Sangam literature in Tamil are attributed to Jain authors. The authenticity and interpolations are controversial because the Sangam literature presents Hindu ideas. Some scholars state that the Jain portions of the Sangam literature were added about or after the 8th-century CE, and it is not the ancient layer. Tamil Jain texts such as the Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi and Nālaṭiyār are credited to Digambara Jain authors. These texts have seen interpolations and revisions. For example, it is generally accepted now that the Jain nun Kanti inserted a 445 verse poem into Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi in the 12th-century. The Tamil Jain literature, states Dundas, has been "lovingly studied and commented upon for centuries by Hindus as well as Jains". The themes of two of the Tamil epics, including the Silapadikkaram, have an embedded influence of Jainism. Silappatikaram, the earliest surviving epic in Tamil literature, was written by the monk Ilango Adigal. This epic is a major work in Tamil literature, describing the historical events of its time and also of then-prevailing religions, Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. The main characters of this work, Kannagi and Kovalan, who are renowned among Tamils, were Jains. M. Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and writer stated that "the virtuous Jains have adorned our 'Tamil mother' with innumerable jewels of literary works. If you remove these works of Samanars, the world of Tamil literature would wear a deserted look; such is the contribution of Jain poets to the Tamil language. The ancient kings have also encouraged and supported these noble efforts." Jain structures There are 26 caves, 200 stone beds, 60 inscriptions, and over 100 sculptures in and around Madurai. This is also the site where Jain ascetics wrote great epics and books on grammar in Tamil. The Sittanavasal Cave temple is regarded as one of the finest examples of Jain art. It is the oldest and most famous Jain centre in the region. It possesses both an early Jain cave shelter, and a medieval rock-cut temple with excellent fresco paintings comparable to Ajantha paintings; the steep hill contains an isolated but spacious cavern. Locally, this cavern is known as "Eladipattam", a name that is derived from the seven holes cut into the rock that serve as steps leading to the shelter. Within the cave there are seventeen stone beds aligned in rows; each of these has a raised portion that could have served as a pillow loft. The largest stone bed has a distinct Tamil-Brahmi inscription assignable to the 2nd century BCE, and some inscriptions belonging to the 8th century BCE are also found on the nearby beds. The Sittannavasal cavern continued to be the "Holy Sramana Abode" until the 7th and 8th centuries. Inscriptions over the remaining stone beds name mendicants such as Tol kunrattu Kadavulan, Tirunilan, Tiruppuranan, Tittaicharanan, Sri Purrnacandran, Thiruchatthan, Ilangowthaman, Sri Ulagathithan, and Nityakaran Pattakali as monks. The Kalugumalai temple from the 8th century CE marks the revival of Jainism in Tamil Nadu. This cave temple was built by King Parantaka Nedunjadaiya of Pandyan dynasty. Mel Sithamur Jain Math is headed by the primary religious head of this community, Bhattaraka Laxmisena Swami. Complexes Tirumalai Kalugumalai Jain Beds Thirakoil Samanar Hills Sittanavasal Cave Armamalai Cave Mangulam Vallimalai Jain caves Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription Kurathimalai, Onampakkam Panchapandavar Malai Seeyamangalam Kanchiyur Jain cave and stone beds Andimalai Stone beds, Cholapandiyapuram Adukkankal, Nehanurpatti Ennayira Malai Temples Mel Sithamur Jain Math Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Temple Arahanthgiri Jain Math Trilokyanatha Temple Vijayamangalam Jain temple Alagramam Jain Temple Karanthai Jain Temple Chitharal Malai Kovil Poondi Arugar Temple Adisvaraswamy Jain Temple, Thanjavur Chandraprabha Jain Temple, Kumbakonam See also Religion in Tamil Nadu Tamil Jain Kalugumalai Jain Beds Thirakoil Kanchiyur Jain cave and stone beds References Citation Sources Jainism in India Tamil Nadu
Shakuntala (Shaku) Atre (born 1940) is an Indian data scientist and an American business woman. After a fourteen-year career with IBM, she began her own firm and became widely regarded as an expert on business technology and database use. Atre is best known for her books Database: Structured Techniques for Design, Performance and Management: With Case Studies (1980), one of the first books written on managing databases, and her co-authored book Business Intelligence Roadmap, written with Larissa Moss. She has served as an adjunct professor of data science at University of Pune and at several institutions in the United States. Her works have been used as university textbooks. Early life and education Atre was born in 1940 in India and grew up in Panvel, a village near Mumbai. She earned a Master of Science from the University of Poona, studying mathematics and statistics. During her education, she also studied languages, gaining proficiency in speaking five different languages. Atre went on to begin her graduate studies in mathematics and physics at the University of Heidelberg, writing her thesis on astronomy. Because she needed to make large scale calculations to develop her thesis, she began studying computer programming, which led to an interest in the field of computer technology. During her studies, she was hired by IBM in 1967. When her student visa expired three and a half years later, Atre and her husband immigrated to the United States. Career When they arrived in New York City in 1971, IBM had implemented a hiring freeze, but Atre was able to convince them she was not a new hire because she had worked for the company in Germany. They put her on staff as a systems programmer and she worked for the company for the next ten years, moving up the ladder from installation and technical support, to trainer in IBM's Systems Institute, to branch office systems engineer and finally, as a program manager for international product releases. During her tenure at IBM, from 1977 to 1981, she served as one of the referees for the company’s Systems Journal, selecting which articles would be peer-reviewed for the publication. In 1980, she published Data Base: Structured Techniques for Design, Performance, and Management with Case Studies, which would be used as a university textbook. It was translated into several different languages and had sold more than 150,000 copies within its first two decades of publication. During this period, she also began teaching as an adjunct professor at various universities, including the Polytechnic Institute of New York. In the last quarter of 1981, Atre left IBM and began operating her own business consulting firm and working part-time managing long-distance telephone databases for AT&T. The following year, she began writing articles for Computerworld, which in 2003 would become a regular column for the magazine. Her book Data Base Management Systems for the Eighties was published in 1983, and provided a discussion of eight different data systems, comparing features and business applications to assist readers in analyzing which systems best met their needs. From 1984, her expert opinion of various data systems was regularly sought by trade magazines, such as Infosystems, MIS Week, Network World, and Software News, among others. In 1988, Atre sold her firm, Atre International Consultants, of Rye, New York to Computer Assistance, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut. She was retained as president of Atre International, which operated as a branch of Computer Assistance, and became a consultant to the fifteen other national branches of the firm. The firm was acquired by Coopers Lybrand in 1989 and the following year, she negotiated a joint-venture with Intec, Inc. a software firm from Mumbai to develop utilities and training programs for use with Windows 3. In 1991, Atre published Distributed Databases, Cooperative Processing, and Networking, which became the basis for a series of seminars of the same name, which she presented at the Technology Transfer Institute in 1992. She became a contributing editor to the journal DBMS in 1994. In 1998, Atre relocated to Santa Cruz, California, where her son had begun a web-based business, using her name-recognition in the industry to start his firm. From her new location, Atre operated both Atre Group, Inc. and Atre Associates. In 2003, she co-authored with Larissa Moss the book, Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications, which became frequently cited for its practical advice to business managers on how to integrate strategic company goals and varied business applications through database management. That same year, Atre and Robert Blumberg, president of Blumberg Consulting, were hired by DM Review magazine to publish a five-part series of articles on business intelligence. The articles were designed to give information to business managers on how unstructured data could be transformed into usable content for their industries. Selected works Notes References 1940 births Living people 20th-century Indian women scientists 20th-century American businesswomen 20th-century American businesspeople Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni Heidelberg University alumni Women data scientists Data scientists Indian emigrants to the United States People from Panvel 20th-century American women scientists American people of Indian descent IBM Women IBM employees
St. Inigoes, sometimes called St. Inigoes Shores, is a small, rural, unincorporated farming, fishing and crabbing community at the southern end of St. Mary's County in the U.S. state of Maryland that is undergoing a transition to small residential subdevelopment plots. Its western side is bordered by a number of coves and creeks that are connected to the St. Marys River, a brackish tidal tributary, near where it feeds into the mouth of the Potomac River and close to its entry point into the Chesapeake Bay. It is a part of the site of the first colonial settlement in Maryland (along with neighboring St. Mary's City) and is also therefore part of the fourth colonial settlement in North America. St. Inigoes is also the site of the oldest Catholic parish in the United States, dating back to the 1640s. St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, which is located in St. Inigoes, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The parish is still active today. It also hosts a small naval air facility called Webster Field, as well as Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes, and is the site of the USS Tulip Civil War monument. St. Inigoes also has a small commercial area with a general store, a pool hall and a gas station. On the western side of St. Inigoes is a small waterfront park and a public boat landing. History Part of first Colonial settlement in Maryland St. Inigoes is part of the site of the first colonial settlement in Maryland (along with neighboring St. Mary's City) and is where the Jesuit priests who came with the first Maryland settlers created their first farm and mission. They brought with them 20 indentured servants and soon established a tobacco plantation in St. Inigoes in order to fund the mission. Archaeological excavation of Priest's Point in St. Inigoes in the 1980s included investigation of the ruins of St. Inigoes manor house, demolished after an 1872 fire. Artifacts discovered among the rubble of the house include trash connected to the missionaries living there. Governor Leonard Calvert's lost grave Archeologists based in the neighboring Historic St. Mary's City research complex believe that the leader of Maryland's first colony, who also became its first colonial governor, is buried somewhere in St. Inigoes. The most likely spot has been narrowed down to somewhere on Webster Field, now a small U.S. Naval Aircraft facility located on the water on the Western side of St. Inigoes. Several archeological digs have been conducted but the grave has yet to be discovered. Members of the Calvert family in the settlement were known to be buried in lead coffins. It is not known if this is how Leonard Calvert was buried. His death, due to disease, happened suddenly and unexpectedly after a period of religious warfare had wracked the colony. Soon after his death, one of the first laws requiring religious tolerance was written and enacted in the colony, further codifying its original proprietarial mandate of religious tolerance and reestablishing peace. Oldest North American Catholic parish St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church in St. Inigoes is the oldest continuously operating U.S. Catholic parish in English speaking North America. In 1637, the Calverts gave the Jesuits the St. Inigoes plantation, which comprised 2,000 mainland acres and a thousand acres on St. George's Island in the St. Mary's River. St. Inigoes was, along with nearby St. Mary's City, one of the earliest places in America to legislate religious tolerance, beginning with the earliest mandates for the colony set by the first Lord Baltimore and his sons. In December 1784, Father James Walton ordered the enslaved people residing at the St. Inigoes Jesuit-owned plantation to begin building a new church after the destruction and chaos caused from the American Revolutionary War. In 1785, Father John Carroll laid the building's cornerstone. Francis Neale, a future president of Georgetown College (later Georgetown University), presided at the church's dedication. This church is now a designated historic site that includes a graveyard dating to 1641. The parish also includes part of one of the nation's oldest known African American Catholic communities, which has an even larger presence in neighboring Ridge. Colonial Relics of the original Ark and Dove settlers ships The church contains relics from the original Ark and Dove sailing ships which bore the first settlers to the Maryland colony. Ruins of Fort St. Inigoes (colonial fort that guarded river access to the colony) A spot in Western St. Inigoes was the site of St. Inigoes Fort, overlooking the St. Marys River. This was during the era of colonial St. Marys City. It was a strategic protection spot for defending water access to the city, which was under threat from anti-Catholic militias from later Maryland settlements and also Virginia colony militias, as the Virginia colony proprietors were opposed to the Maryland colony. The erosion-prone quality of the shoreline caused the fort to be undermined by waves and the area collapsed into the St. Marys River before the 1800s. Cannons from Fort St. Inigoes The site is now under water, and just offshore from modern day St. Inigoes, but a few cannons were recovered in the 1820s. One of these cannons is now on display on the grounds of Historic St. Marys City immediately next to the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland, near the brick reconstructed statehouse. It has been treated and heavily painted to prevent further corrosion. The area is open to the public and the cannon can be viewed at any time. War of 1812: Secret pony express and British raiders St. Mary's County was one of the hot spots of the war, and British troops were known for terrorizing local residents. Although heavily outgunned, the citizens of St. Mary's County nevertheless put up a determined resistance for 18 months. During 1813, a secret pony express was run through St. Inigoes from a clandestine American intelligence force in Point Lookout. The service operated for months, its messengers riding relay and evading British troops all the way to Washington, D.C., to give intelligence on British naval movements in the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac and Patuxent rivers. Operations ceased when the British finally seized Point Lookout later that year. On 30 October 1814, the sloop was at Saint Mary's River. A raiding party from Saracen landed at St. Inigoes and proceeded to plunder the Jesuit mission and plantation, known as St. Inigoes Manor, including St. Ignatius Church, which was a part of the manor at the time. When the raiding party returned, Commander Alexander Dixie, captain of Saracen sent one of his lieutenants under a flag of truce to return what had been taken and to convey a letter of apology to the priests and residents of the settlement there. Former plantations A few former pre–Civil War plantations are also located in St. Inigoes; some still have ruins of former slave quarters. One slave plantation, "The Villa", was operated by a local order of Jesuits. In the 18th century, visitors to these Maryland plantations—including St. Inigoes and nearby Newtown plantation, also in St. Mary's Country—documented the Catholic clergy's dependence on slavery in order to subsist, and the violence that routinely occurred on the plantations. One visitor, Irish priest Patrick Smyth, published a treatise that accused the Maryland Catholic clergy of abusing the enslaved people, providing ample evidence and first-hand testimony from the enslaved people. For example, Granny Sucky was a ninety-six-year-old enslaved woman at the time of her interview, who shared that Father John Bolton of St. Inigoes beat her when she was a child (in the mid-18th century) for interrupting his self-flagellation. In addition to violence, child mortality was also high at St. Inigoes and other Jesuit plantations. Most of these historic sites are not publicly accessible, and all but one are on private land. There are no public facilities for displaying or interpreting this part of local history. Another former plantation, also on private land, Cross Manor, was listed as a historic landmark with the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Naval facility St. Inigoes is home to Webster Field, a small naval annex and secondary naval airfield, which is used for the development of electronic avionics. Webster Field is attached to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Lexington Park. Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes is located near the naval facility and is charged with rescue, law enforcement, safety education and protecting citizens in area waters. It operates under the command of Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region and is also operationally attached to the PAX River Naval Air Station in the event of need of personnel for wartime duties. USS Tulip monument St. Inigoes is also home to the USS Tulip monument, located a short walk from near the end of Cross Manor Road. USS Tulip was a Union gunship that exploded off the shore of St. Inigoes in 1864 as a result of a boiler accident. Forty-nine sailors were killed, and there were only eight survivors. The monument is listed as the smallest U.S. federal cemetery. The Tulip was originally commissioned as a Chinese naval vessel but was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1863 for use in the Potomac flotilla during the Civil War. St. Inigoes Landing Park There is a small public park and recreational-boat landing managed by the St. Mary's County Recreation Division on Beachville Road. It has a small facility for picnics and barbecues. Fishing and crabbing are also allowed in designated areas. No overnight camping is allowed. Commercial fishing There are some boat landings and docks on various coves and creeks in St. Inigoes, which support a now-dwindling population of traditional St. Mary's County "watermen" (oyster and crab fisherman). Beginning in the 1990s, the ongoing near-collapse of the Chesapeake Bay crab and oyster fisheries have devastated this community. Farming The small farming community is quite old, and some local farm families have roots in the area going back hundreds of years. These include people of English, Irish and African-American descent (in that order of relative population size). Some tracts of farmland are on parcels of larger, former slave plantations and still produce tobacco, corn and soy crops yearly. Local accent St. Inigoes is one of the few remaining places in St. Mary's County where older families retain hints of the speech of the area's original English and Irish colonial settlers. Although not as strong as the better-known Smith Island accent still found across the Chesapeake Bay from St. Mary's County, the St. Inigoes accent bears many similarities with the accents of Smith Island and other relic bay communities. The local speech also features some fragments of dialect and sayings unique to St. Mary's county. The less-well-documented local African-American accent and dialect also appears to bear some locally unique forms. These accents are in the process of dying out with the decline of the fishing community, the conversion of farmland to residential development and the influx of new residents. Development The growth of the St. Mary's County population has brought change to St. Inigoes, and the number of tiny residential developments have grown since the late 1980s, especially along waterfront and cove areas. Many of these include private docks and pleasure-boat moorings. Residents include many current and retired Navy-associated families, St. Mary's College faculty and staff families and students; long-distance Washington, D.C. commuters, and other retirees. There is also a small community of traditional St. Mary's County watermen (fishermen and crabbers) and their families that remains interspersed throughout parts of the newer development. Rob of the Bowl A novel Rob of the Bowl: A Legend of St. Inigoe's, by John Pendleton Kennedy, was published in 1838. Set in 17th-century St. Inigoes and neighboring St. Mary's City, the book is a work of historical fiction that also, in some aspects, is very close to the real history of the original Maryland Colony, as it does describe certain historical events that did occur in St. Inigoes and also in St. Mary's City. It is set against the backdrop of the struggle for religious tolerance and religious freedom in the early colony. See also Southern Maryland Beachville-St. Inigoes, Maryland Tidewater accent Smith Island, Maryland History of Maryland History of slavery in Maryland Tobacco in the American Colonies List of Jesuit sites References External links Historic St. Mary's City, museums, reconstructed colonial settlement and living history area Nonprofit, run by the state of Maryland. Borders St. Inigoes to the North, discusses some of the history of St. Inigoes and some archeological finds from St. Inigoes are on display. In particular see displays related to "The Jesuit mission" and "Father Andrew White". Also anything related to "Fort St. Inigoes". Oral History Interview of Elsie Bean, born in St. Marys County 1899, raised in St. Inigoes and Ridge. Details farming, fishing and crabbing life in early 20th century St. Inigoes. From the Slackwater Journal (free and nonprofit, available online), St. Mary's College of Maryland oral history folk life interviews (transcribed from tapes). Crabbing communities in Maryland Unincorporated communities in St. Mary's County, Maryland Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay Fishing communities in Maryland Archaeological sites in St. Mary's County, Maryland History of Maryland History of slavery in Maryland United States Navy installations National Register of Historic Places in St. Mary's County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland
The Medina of Salé, or Salé old town (in Arabic: المدينة العتيقة لسلا) is the medina quarter and the oldest walled part in the city of Salé in Morocco. It is classified as a national cultural heritage since October 1914, and is considered as one of the oldest medinas of Morocco. History Salé, in the time of the Ifrenids, was very difficult to besiege, which made it very difficult for the Almohads to conquer the city. Under the order of the Almohad Caliph Abd al-Mu'min, they decided to destroy the ramparts. Adopting the same motto as his grandfather, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur had the Salé enclosure rebuilt on the north and south-east side in 1196. However, the area facing the sea remained uncovered, which resulted on the greatest disaster of the history of the city and led the Castilians to raid Salé in 1260. The Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq built in 1261, on the site of the Spanish attack, a bastion that he named after the massacre Borj Adoumoue ("bastion of Tears"), in reference to the tears he dropped to mourn the victims. City walls The medina is surrounded by a nearly 4.3 km long wall, containing several gates, most of which have remained and are still of use until today. The oldest parts of the wall date back to the Almoravid dynasty (1054-1164), while the newest ones are from the Alaouite era. Some of the notable gates and bastions of the medina of Salé are: Gates Bab Bouhaja - Demolished in 1969 Bab Chaafa Bab Cordoba Bab Dar Sanaa Bab Ferd Bab Jdid Bab Lamrissa - Built between 1270 and 1280, with 9 meters width and 9.6 meters height. It is the biggest city gate in Salé and in Morocco. Bab Lekhmis - Also called Bab Fès Bab Maalqa Bab Sebta - Referring to the city of Ceuta, as it points towards the north. Bastions Borj Bab Sebta - Built in 1738 Borj Addoumoue (Bastion of tears) - Also called the old Skalla - Built in 1261 to protect the city from invasions coming from the Atlantic Ocean Borj Rokni - Also called the new Skalla - Built in 1853 Borj Mellah Monuments The medina of Salé hosts a number of historical buildings and monuments built at different times. These include: The Great Mosque of Salé, the largest and most important mosque in the city, rebuilt over different periods The Marinid Madrasa, built in 1341 Maristane of Salé Sidi Benacher Mausoleum Sidi Abdellah Benhassoun Mausoleum Pictures References External links Images of the Medina Wall in Manar al-Athar digital image resource archive Salé Medinas of Morocco Architecture in Morocco Berber architecture
This is a list of the Norway national football team results from 2020 to the present day. 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 Notes References External links RSSSF Reports for all matches of Norway national team Norway national football team results
The Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a historic Catholic Church off OH 289 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It was built in 1913 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. The parish of the Diocese of Youngstown was established in 1906 by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood and local Italian Immigrates. In 2011 the parish was merged with St. Anthony of Padua parish. The Holy See elevated the church to a Minor Basilica in 2014. Each year, an Italian festival is held at the end of July, in the church's parking lot. References External links Official website Christian organizations established in 1906 Roman Catholic churches completed in 1913 Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Youngstown National Register of Historic Places in Mahoning County, Ohio Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Italian-American culture in Ohio 1906 establishments in Ohio Churches in Youngstown, Ohio 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
Western Libraries is the library system of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. In 1898, the university Senate appointed James Waddell Tupper as the University of Western Ontario's first University Librarian. In 1918, John Davis Barnett founded the Western Libraries collection with a donation of 40,000 books from his personal library. Before this donation, the collection held less than 1000 different works. Western Libraries has since grown to include eight locations, which are the D. B. Weldon Library, the Allyn and Betty Taylor Library, the C. B. Johnston Library, the Education Library, the John & Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library, the Music Library, the Archives and Research Collections Centre, and the Map and Data Centre. Across these locations the library collection contains over 11 million print and electronic items with an additional 60,000+ items added each year. D.B. Weldon Library The D. B. Weldon Library (commonly shortened to "Weldon") is the largest academic library on the University of Western Ontario campus in London, Ontario, Canada, and one of the largest academic libraries in the country. Colonel D. B. Weldon The library is named after Colonel Douglas Black Weldon, who fought in the First World War and commanded the London Regiment of the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada during the Second World War. He served on the university's Board of Governors from 1946 to 1967, and his son David Black Weldon was Chancellor of the university from 1984 to 1988. The library of the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in London is also named after him. Architecture The building itself is "modernist" and "angular", an example of the "new, sharply-planed brutalism" typical of buildings constructed on campus during the 1960s. It was built from 1968 to 1972 by London, Ontario architects Murphy, Schuller, Green & Martin, and was opened on June 1, 1972. It underwent renovations in 1997-1998 and 2006–2007, and 2008–2011. Beginning the planning process in 2017, Western Libraries embarked on a space revitalization project to again renovate Weldon Library, hiring an architecture firm to re-design the space while still honoring the buildings original brutalist design. Collections Weldon Library serves the faculties of Arts & Humanities, Information & Media Studies and Social Science. Highlights of the collection include materials in the Government Publications Research Collection and an extensive collection of research materials on microfilm and microfiche. The library has approximately 9 million items in print and on microfilm, making it the fourth-largest academic library in Canada. The university archives are also located in the library, along with other special archives, including the Canadian Tire Heritage Collection, and the J.J. Talman Regional Collection, which archives material from throughout southwestern Ontario. The ground floor contains periodicals and microfilm, and the first floor, where the entrance is located, contains circulation and research desks, as well as archives of government publications. The second through fifth floors contain the main collection of books, as well as reading and study areas. Pride Library The Pride Library is a collection of over 6,000 books, periodicals, and audio-visual resources by and about LGBT people housed within the D.B. Weldon Library. The library is the first official queer resource centre at a Canadian university. Since its founding in the Faculty of Arts in the late 1990s, The Pride Library has grown with the support of donors, volunteers, faculty, and administrators. Subjects include the gay liberation movement, gay and lesbian literary history, coming out, women's health and safety, homophobia, bisexuality, trans life, pornography, censorship, and same-sex marriage. Also included in the collection are early sexology works, homophobic classics, and queer pulps from the 1950s and 1960s. The Pride Library was founded by Professor James Miller in his office in 1997. In the summer of 2005, it was relocated on the main floor of the Weldon Library and officially reopened on February 14, 2006. A donation of $50,000 from the university administration in the spring of 2006 covered the renovation of the new space and the conversion of the catalogued books into a circulating collection. Stained glass window The front of the Pride Library is decorated with a stained-glass window. The window celebrates and commemorates 135 influential gay and lesbian authors. It was designed and constructed by London, Ontario artist Lynette Richards and consists of the Pride Library logo amid a list of some of history's most influential queer authors. The Pride Library logo contains a series of shelved books, coloured with the spectrum of the rainbow, supported by the logo of the now-disbanded Homophile Association of London Ontario (HALO), which has made significant contributions to the Pride Library. Allyn and Betty Taylor Library The Allyn and Betty Taylor Library is the second-largest academic library on the University of Western Ontario campus. It serves the faculties of Engineering, Science, Health Sciences and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. History The Allyn and Betty Taylor Library was officially opened on November 22, 1991, with the design and construction of the new library funded through the Renaissance Campaign (1989 –1994). At the time of the Library's opening, Allyn Taylor (Western's Chancellor from 1976 to 1980) was quoted as saying: "My long association with Western is very close to my heart. Betty and I are proud and thankful indeed to have our names linked with this fine, new library, and can only say how grateful we are to the anonymous benefactor responsible." The $11.8 million three-floor addition to the north side of the Natural Sciences Building had a total seating capacity of 1,000 in 1991. Layout The main floor (M) contains the service desk, study rooms, as well as many large study tables, and is considered a "normal conversation area". The two lower floors, Ground (G), and Lower Ground (LG) contain upwards of one hundred study cubicles for quiet study, and is considered a "silent area". There are also six floors (S1-S6), which are known collectively as "the stacks", and house the majority of the print collection. Study Spaces Collaborative learning spaces are ideal for preparing presentations, assignments, reciting presentations or studying independently. All areas are AODA compliant. Media Rooms and Media Tables are bookable by the Western community and are equipped with various techniques to facilitate collaboration, including multi-view display screens, adaptors, and projectors. Music Library The Music Library is situated in Talbot College, its primary users are associated with the Don Wright Faculty of Music. As of 2008, the library possessed 67,471 scores, 25,600 LPs, 26,000 CDs, 31,460 books, 11,610 microforms (fiche, film and microcards), 2,600 rare books, scores, and libretti, 600 current periodicals and 402 videos. External links Allyn and Betty Taylor Library Western Libraries Pride Library Website References Academic libraries in Canada Libraries established in 1918 University of Western Ontario 1918 establishments in Ontario
Quirks & Quarks is a Canadian science news program, heard over CBC Radio One of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Created by CBC Producer Diana Filer and airing since October 8, 1975, Quirks & Quarks is consistently rated among the most popular CBC programs, attracting over 800,000 listeners each Saturday from 12:06 to 13:00. The show is also heard on Sirius Satellite Radio and some American public radio stations. The show consists of several segments each week, most of which involve the host interviewing a scientist about a recent discovery or publication, combined with in-depth documentaries; however, from time to time the show does a special "Question Show" episode, during which the format consists of scientists answering questions submitted by listeners. Quirks & Quarks has offered listeners Internet audio streams and MP3 downloads on its web page since 1993. The MP3 audio files have been archived on the program web site, going back to Sept. 2006. In 2005, Quirks became the first major CBC show available as a podcast. Since the program began, it has won more than 80 national and international journalism awards, including the prestigious Walter Sullivan Award (twice) and the Science Writing Award from the American Institute of Physics (twice). In the mid-2000s, the CBC began repackaging episodes of Quirks & Quarks into podcast segments. On November 28, 2006, the Quirks & Quarks podcast was one of the top 10 downloads on the iTunes podcast chart. Hosts 1975–1979: David Suzuki 1979–1991: Jay Ingram 1992: David Mowbray 1992–present: Bob McDonald Suzuki went on to host CBC Television's The Nature of Things. Ingram left to become founding host of Discovery Channel Canada's nightly science-news program @discovery.ca. Mowbray hosted for four months and then left to make documentary films about science in international development. McDonald came to Quirks from having hosted CBC Television's children's science program Wonderstruck. References External links Quirks and Quarks - Canadian Communication Foundation Science radio programmes Audio podcasts Canadian podcasters CBC Radio One programs Science and technology in Canada Science podcasts Canadian talk radio programs 1970s Canadian radio programs 1980s Canadian radio programs 1990s Canadian radio programs 2000s Canadian radio programs 2010s Canadian radio programs 2020s Canadian radio programs
Shawn Christopher Respert (born February 6, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He attended Bishop Borgess High School, and he came to prominence while playing college basketball at Michigan State. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four seasons from 1995 to 1999. College career Respert was a standout at Michigan State. He and point guard Eric Snow combined to form one of the nation's most prolific backcourt tandems for head coach Jud Heathcote's Spartans. Respert was the team's leading scorer all four seasons at Michigan State and finished his career second all-time in scoring among Big Ten players with 2,531 points (trailing only Calbert Cheaney) and first in Big Ten games with 1,545 points scored. He capped a brilliant career by being named a unanimous first team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year and Sporting News and NABC National Player of the Year with a 25.6 scoring average during his 1994–95 senior season. He left East Lansing as the Spartans all-time leading scorer and began the tradition of out-going seniors kissing the logo at center court during their final home game. College statistics \|- \| align="left" \| 1990–91 \| align="left" \| Michigan State \| 1 \|\| - \|\| 3.0 \|\| .000 \|\| .000 \|\| .000 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|- \| align="left" \| 1991–92 \| align="left" \| Michigan State \| 30 \|\| 30 \|\| 31.8 \|\| .503 \|\| .455 \|\| .872 \|\| 2.1 \|\| 2.1 \|\| 1.1 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 15.8 \|- \| align="left" \| 1992–93 \| align="left" \| Michigan State \| 28 \|\| 28 \|\| 34.3 \|\| .481 \|\| .429 \|\| .856 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 2.6 \|\| 0.9 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 20.1 \|- \| align="left" \| 1993–94 \| align="left" \| Michigan State \| 32 \|\| 31 \|\| 33.6 \|\| .484 \|\| .449 \|\| .840 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 2.5 \|\| 1.3 \|\| 0.2 \|\| 24.3 \|- \| align="left" \| 1994–95 \| align="left" \| Michigan State \| 28 \|\| 28 \|\| 33.6 \|\| .473 \|\| .474 \|\| .869 \|\| 4.0 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 1.4 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 25.6 \|- class="sortbottom" \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\| Career \| 119 \|\| 117 \|\| 33.0 \|\| .484 \|\| .454 \|\| .857 \|\| 3.5 \|\| 2.5 \|\| 1.2 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 21.3 \|} Professional career Respert was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round, with the 8th overall pick, of the 1995 NBA draft. The Blazers traded his NBA rights to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to Gary Trent and a first-round pick. Respert was traded to Toronto in his second year, where he scored 5.6 points a game. He next played briefly in Dallas the next season and then had a second stint with the Raptors. Respert finished his career in Phoenix during the 1998–99 season. He was under contract with Los Angeles Lakers for a brief period in October 2000 but was waived before playing in any NBA games for them. In his NBA career, Respert played in 172 games and scored a total of 851 points on averages of 4.9 points in 13.7 minutes per game. He played professionally in Italy for Adecco Milano (1999–2000) and Fillattice Imola (2001–2002). He also played in Poland for Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński (2002–2003). Respert had stomach cancer but did not admit it until 2005. He started being bothered with stomach cramps towards the end of his rookie season. He noticed a lump below his belly button even after changing his diet. Respert was diagnosed with cancer after undergoing a series of tests at Milwaukee's St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in May 1996. After confirmation through a second opinion, he underwent daily radiation therapy for three consecutive months, losing twenty pounds in the process. The only people who knew about this treatment were the Bucks' trainers, doctors, his coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. and Michigan State backcourt partner Eric Snow. He only told a select few; not even his family and girlfriend knew, because "people don't want to hear excuses in pro sports, even if the excuse is cancer." NBA career statistics \|- \| align="left" \| 1995–96 \| align="left" \| Milwaukee \| 62 \|\| 0 \|\| 13.6 \|\| .387 \|\| .344 \|\| .833 \|\| 1.2 \|\| 1.1 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 4.9 \|- \| align="left" \| 1996–97 \| align="left" \| Milwaukee \| 14 \|\| 0 \|\| 5.9 \|\| .316 \|\| .111 \|\| 1.000 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 1.4 \|- \| align="left" \| 1996–97 \| align="left" \| Toronto \| 27 \|\| 0 \|\| 15.3 \|\| .442 \|\| .396 \|\| .844 \|\| 1.2 \|\| 1.2 \|\| 0.7 \|\| 0.1 \|\| 5.6 \|- \| align="left" \| 1997–98 \| align="left" \| Toronto \| 47 \|\| 4 \|\| 14.8 \|\| .450 \|\| .373 \|\| .815 \|\| 1.6 \|\| 0.9 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 5.5 \|- \| align="left" \| 1997–98 \| align="left" \| Dallas \| 10 \|\| 0 \|\| 21.5 \|\| .429 \|\| .231 \|\| .571 \|\| 2.7 \|\| 1.7 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 8.2 \|- \| align="left" \| 1998–99 \| align="left" \| Phoenix \| 12 \|\| 1 \|\| 8.3 \|\| .361 \|\| .308 \|\| .700 \|\| 1.1 \|\| 0.7 \|\| 0.4 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 3.1 \|- class="sortbottom" \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\| Career \| 172 \|\| 5 \|\| 13.7 \|\| .414 \|\| .340 \|\| .816 \|\| 1.3 \|\| 1.0 \|\| 0.5 \|\| 0.0 \|\| 4.9 \|} Coaching career Respert became a volunteer coach at Prairie View A&M in Texas in 2004. In early 2005, he was hired to be director of basketball operations at Rice University for 2 years. He then spent two years as the director of player development of the NBA's minor league, the NBA Development League. In September 2008, he was hired by the Houston Rockets as the director of player programs. On December 6, 2011, Respert was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach. He was named an assistant coach by the Memphis Grizzlies in September 2013. Respert then moved to the Chicago Bulls as a director of player development in 2018. His tenure with the Bulls lasted until the end of the 2019–20 season when his contract expired. Notes Respert's listed height has ranged from to . References External links TheDraftReview.com - Respert's NBA Draft History Page Article on Respert's struggle with stomach cancer College Stats 1972 births Living people 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American basketball players All-American college men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Poland American men's basketball players Andrea Costa Imola players Basketball coaches from Michigan Basketball players from Detroit Bishop Borgess High School alumni Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Dallas Mavericks players Goodwill Games medalists in basketball Greek Basket League players Memphis Grizzlies assistant coaches Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players Milwaukee Bucks players Near East B.C. players Olimpia Milano players Phoenix Suns players Portland Trail Blazers draft picks Shooting guards Spójnia Stargard players Toronto Raptors players FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball
Nieh Pin-chieh (; born June 12, 1988) is a Taiwanese swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented the Chinese Taipei national team in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), competing in a sprint freestyle double. Nieh made her own swimming history, as a 16-year-old teen, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat five, she posted a lifetime best of 27.09 seconds to pick up a fourth spot, but trailed behind Puerto Rico's Vanessa García by more than a second. Furthermore, Nieh tied for forty-first overall with Hungary's Zsuzsanna Csobánki in the prelims. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nieh qualified for her second Chinese Taipei team in the 100 m freestyle. She attained a FINA-B cut of 57.02 seconds from the National Games in her native Taipei a year earlier. Nieh challenged against five other swimmers in heat two, including three from Southeast Asia. She came only in fifth by nearly five eighths of a second (0.61) behind Christel Simms of the Philippines with a 57.28. Nieh failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-third out of 49 swimmers in the overall rankings. References External links NBC Olympics Profile 1988 births Living people Taiwanese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Taiwan Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Taipei Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei 20th-century Taiwanese women 21st-century Taiwanese women
The Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936 (41 USC §§6501-6511) is a United States labor law, passed as part of the New Deal. It is a law on basic labor rights for U.S. government contracts. It was intended to improve labor standards. Contents The Walsh-Healey Act that applies to U.S. government contracts exceeding $15,000 for the manufacturing or furnishing of goods. Walsh-Healey establishes overtime pay for hours worked by contractor employees in excess of 40 hours per week, and sets the minimum wage equal to the prevailing wage as determined by the Secretary of Labor. The law prohibits the employment of youths less than 16 years of age and convicts (only those currently in prison), except under certain conditions. The Act sets standards for the use of convict labor, and job health and safety standards. The Walsh-Healey Act does not apply to commercial items. Background The Act was named for its Congressional sponsors, both Massachusetts Democrats, Senator David I. Walsh and Representative Arthur Healey. The Act was based on Executive Order 6246, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 10, 1933, which required government contractors to comply with codes of fair competition issued under the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). This became moot when the Supreme Court struck down the NIRA in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935). See also US labor law Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 FAR Subpart 22.6- Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act -http://FARSITE.HILL.AF.MIL Notes External links Federal Labor Laws, a list from Congressional Digest. The Department in the New Deal and World War II at the US Department of Labor. Text of the Act, 41 USC 35 et seq., at the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. Compliance Assistance - Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. 1936 in American law 74th United States Congress United States federal labor legislation Minimum wage law United States federal legislation articles without infoboxes 1936 in labor relations
is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Her visual impairment is congenital. She started playing goalball during the first year of junior high school. References Paralympic gold medalists for Japan Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Gifu Prefecture People from Nakatsugawa, Gifu 1990 births Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic goalball players for Japan Female goalball players Paralympic medalists in goalball 21st-century Japanese women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
Al Awabi is one of the 62 provinces (wilayat) of Oman. It is located in Al Batinah Region, north of Oman. Based on the figures of the 2020 census, Al Awabi is home for 18,833 people, compared to 10,469 in 2003. It has 32 villages. Location Al Awabi is approximately 156 km from the capital city, Muscat, 16 km from Rustaq, and 36 km from Nakhal. Information Al Awabi is a quiet town surrounded by a chain of high mountains. Extraordinary rock formations can be seen in Wadi Bani Kharus gorge in the Al Hajar Mountains. Wadi Bani Kharus is a 26-km long wadi that goes deep in the mountains and finally ends at Jebel Akhdar, the highest summit in Oman. Wadi Bani Kharus is famous for its rich heritage, and history. Its villages, surrounded by mountains, are well known for their picturesque character. Al Awabi has a number of tourist destinations, such as Al Elya village, which is the final station in Wadi Bani Kharus, which itself is a noted tourist destination. Also, the Castle of Awabi, which was built almost 200 years ago and restored again in 2008, and Subaikha village which is classified as a natural reserve, and it is around 20 km away from Al Awabi town centre. A number of agricultural products are grown in Al Awabi other than dates (palm trees), such as mango, orange, lime, pomegranates, banana, Guava, and figs as well as common vegetables. As of 2006, Al Awabi had 8 schools and a hospital (with 18 beds) and a health center. Population References Provinces of Oman
Merry F#%$in' Christmas is a 2004 comedy album released by actor and comedian Denis Leary. It runs for twenty minutes and includes unreleased sessions recorded for his 1997 album Lock 'n Load and two tracks previously released on that album ("Deaf Mute Cocktail Party" and "Insane Cowboy (In Africa)"). Since the holiday season of 2005, Comedy Central has periodically aired Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas, an hour-long (with commercials) Christmas special featuring Leary and several celebrity guests, including Charlie Murphy, Carmen Electra, William Shatner, and the Barenaked Ladies. The song "Merry F#%$in' Christmas" is the title theme of the special, set to a parody of Rankin/Bass' signature "Animagic" stop-motion animation; no other tracks from the album appear in the special (though the cast performs a new live version of the title theme). Track listing Merry F#%$in' Christmas (Studio) Fat Guy On the Plane Deaf Mute Cocktail Party WWWW Jack Goes to School Insane Cowboy (In Africa) Coffin Rap The Theme From Jesus & The Gang Dogsledding Merry F#%$in' Christmas (Live) Personnel Denis Leary – spoken vocals References Denis Leary albums Comedy Central Records albums 2004 albums 2000s comedy albums
Serum paraoxonase and arylesterase 1 (PON1) also known as A esterase , homocysteine thiolactonase or serum aryldialkylphosphatase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PON1 gene. Paraoxonase 1 has esterase and more specifically paraoxonase activity. PON1 is the first discovered member of a multigene family also containing PON2 and PON3, the genes for which are located adjacent to each other on chromosome 7. It has recently been shown that PON1 on HDL (different from soluble PON1) is responsible for significant atheroprotection rendered by the HDL. Structure Human PON1 is a glycoprotein composed of 354 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 43000 Daltons which associates with high-density lipoprotein (HDL, cholesterol) in the circulation. Serum PON1 is secreted mainly by the liver, although local synthesis occurs in several tissues and PON1 protein is found in almost all tissues. X-ray crystallography has revealed the structure of PON1 to be a 6 bladed propeller with a unique lid structure covering the active site passage which allows association with HDL. Function PON1 is responsible for hydrolysing organophosphate pesticides and nerve gasses. Polymorphisms in the PON1 gene significantly affect the catalytic ability of the enzyme. PON1 (paraoxonase 1) is also a major anti-atherosclerotic component of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). The PON1 gene is activated by PPAR-γ, which increases synthesis and release of paraoxonase 1 enzyme from the liver, reducing atherosclerosis. The "natural" substrates for PON1 appear to be lactones. However, PON1 has evolved to be a highly promiscuous enzyme capable of hydrolysing a wide variety of substrates such as lactones (including a number of important pharmaceutical agents such as statins), glucuronide drugs, thiolactones, arylesters, cyclic carbonates, organophosphorus pesticides and nerve gases such as sarin, soman and VX, oestrogen esters and lipid peroxides (oxidised lipids). Genetics PON1 in humans is encoded by the PON1 gene which is located on the long arm of chromosome 7. Although many nutritional, life-style and pharmaceutical modulators of PON1 are known., by far the biggest effect on PON1 activity levels, which can vary by over 40 fold between individuals, is through PON1 genetic polymorphisms. The coding region PON1-Q192R polymorphism determines a substrate dependent effect on activity. Some substrates e.g. paraoxon are hydrolysed faster by the R- isoform while others such as diazoxon and lipid-peroxides are hydrolysed more rapidly by the Q- isoform. Both the coding region PON1-L55M and the promoter region PON1-T-108C polymorphisms are associated with different serum concentrations and therefore activities. The 55L allele results in significantly higher PON1 mRNA and serum protein levels and therefore activity compared to the 55M allele. The -108C allele has greater promoter activity than the -108T allele which results in different serum activities. The distribution of the PON1 polymorphisms varies with ethnicity. The frequency of the PON1-192R allele increases the further from Europe a population originates, the frequency in Caucasians of 15-30% increases to 70-90% in Far Eastern Oriental and Sub-Saharan African populations. In the southern US African-Americans are five times more likely to be RR than Caucasians. In contrast the PON1-55M allele is much less frequent in Oriental and black African populations compared to Caucasians and are extremely rare or absent in some populations e.g. Thais. These ethnic differences in SNP distribution can lead to large activity differences between populations. Clinical significance PON1 was first discovered through its ability to hydrolyse and therefore detoxify organophosphorus compounds which are widely used as pesticides and nerve gases. Despite decades of research it is only now becoming clear that PON1 protects humans from the acute and chronic harmful effects of these compounds. Low PON1 activity found in children may increase their susceptibility to organophosphates. However, the greatest research interest has been the role of PON1 in atherosclerosis, where, because of its ability to remove harmful oxidised-lipids, PON1 protects against the development of atherosclerosis Oxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids (notably in oxidized low-density lipoprotein) form lactone-like structures that are PON substrates. PON1 also protects against bacterial infection by destroying the bacterial signalling molecules that cause gram negative bacteria to invade human tissue and form colonies, thus PON1 contributes to the bodies innate immunity. Recently it has been suggested that PON1 has a role in healthy aging, however, the mechanism is currently unknown. PON1 activity is low in infants compared to adults. A study of Mexican-American children showed that PON1 activity increased 3.5 times between birth and age seven. An association between PON1 gene polymorphism and susceptibility to Parkinson's disease was not found in a Chinese population. Notes References Further reading
Pertamina Central Hospital (, abbreviated as RSPP) is a state owned hospital located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the largest and best-equipped hospitals in the country, and was opened in January 1972 as a major project of the Suharto regime. It is managed by Pertamina Bina Medika (branded as Indonesia Healthcare Corporation), a subsidiary of the state-owned oil company Pertamina. References External links Rumah Sakit Pusat Pertamina official website (in Indonesian) Hospitals in Jakarta 1972 establishments in Indonesia Pertamina
The 2006 Islamist demonstration outside the Embassy of Denmark in London took place on 3 February 2006, in response to controversy surrounding the publication of editorial cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Danish newspaper on 30 September 2005. The extremist UK-based Islamist groups al Ghurabaa and The Saviour Sect staged a controversial protest march from London Central Mosque near Marylebone Station to the Danish Embassy near Knightsbridge Underground station. Al Ghurabaa call Muslims to protest Al Ghurabaa published an article on their website entitled, "Kill those who insult the Prophet Muhammad". The article states, "The insulting of the Messenger Muhammad is something that the Muslims cannot and will not tolerate and the punishment in Islam for the one who does so is death". Then on 31 January 2006 they issued a press release calling "all Muslims to rise & defend the honour of the Messenger Muhammad." They stated that the "Islamic verdict on individuals who insult any Prophet needs to be passed by an Islamic Court and implemented by the Islamic State" but go on to explain how they believe the "55 Muslim countries in existence today all implement non-Islamic law and their insults to the Messenger Muhammad are worse than what appears in the newspapers....Clearly were it not for the fact that they fear being overthrown by an angry Muslim population, not a word would have been mentioned about the current incident from the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Pakistan, Kuwait, etc". The protest The protest occurred on Friday 3 February. The Metropolitan Police stated in a briefing that 450 protesters attended the Friday demonstration, 3,500 attended on Saturday in protests by other groups. Some protesters waved placards reading slogans such as "Massacre those who insult Islam", "Butcher those who mock Islam", "Be prepared for the real holocaust", "Europe you will pay, your 9/11 is on the way", or "7/7 is on its way"; "Europe you will pay, Bin Laden is on his way", "Freedom go to hell" and "Europe you'll come crawling, when the Mujahideen come roaring". Despite the similar theme on al Ghurabaa's website, their spokesman, Anjem Choudary, said he did not know who wrote the placards. Bricklaying student Omar Khayam, 22, from Bedford, was photographed wearing a garment resembling a suicide bomber's jacket outside the Danish Embassy. Police tried to stop press photographers from taking pictures of Omar in the 'bomb vest'. Omar said he had no regrets about his style of dress, telling the Daily Express, "I didn't go there to cause anyone any harm. I went along just to attend a protest. Yet I have been branded a suicide bomber overnight. Did I say, 'Kill Jews?' No. Did I have racist signs on me? No. So why this reaction?" He went on, "Yes, I would do it again to make a point. I could have gone along and held up banners or something, but this made the point better". Two men attended the protest to stage a counter-demonstration, handing out leaflets reading "Free speech or no free speech? You decide" and "Should these cartoons be banned?". Reactions David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary, said that slogans such as "Massacre those who insult Islam" amounted to incitement to murder and that police should take "a no tolerance" approach to them. He told the Sunday Telegraph, "Clearly, some of these placards are incitement to violence and indeed incitement to murder." Dominic Grieve, the Conservative legal affairs spokesman, expressed concern that it could prove impossible to identify those responsible because arrests had not been made at the time. He said, "It is certainly not a happy state of affairs where such a demonstration takes place and those people who are acting in that way don't end up under arrest before the demonstration is ended." David Winnick, on the Commons home affairs committee, said those carrying banners threatening violence should be prosecuted and, where possible, deported. "Those who are temporarily in Britain, the sooner they are out of the country the better," he said. "Those who have been given permission to live here, insofar as it is possible in law, it would be better for this country and indeed for the Muslim community if that right was removed." The Labour MP Shahid Malik, also on the committee, wrote to Sir Ian Blair, head of the Metropolitan Police, calling for prosecutions. Tony Blair said, "There is a real sense of outrage....it is very important for our overall good relations in this country that people understand there is no political correctness that should prevent the police from taking whatever action they think is necessary". Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat President states, "To forbid the freedom to offend is not compatible with modern multi-cultural societies. But inciting violence is always wrong and a crime. The leaders of the great faith communities should together make clear that the strength of their religions can withstand all attacks, satirical or otherwise. They should respond to attacks with frankness and clarity but never with hate or retaliation." UK newspapers express disgust at Omar Khayam's protest and his picture made the front page of The Sun. Pictures of Khayam was among those studied by the Scotland Yard team, which also examined police CCTV and sound recordings to identify any offenders and pass on evidence of any offences to the Crown Prosecution Service. The Metropolitan Police, under fire for the lack of arrests, issued a statement, "Those gathered were well natured and in the main compliant with police requests. Arrests, if necessary, will be made at the most appropriate time. This should not be seen as a sign of lack of action ... The decision to arrest at a public order event must be viewed in the context of the overall policing plan and the environment the officers are operating in. Specialist officers were deployed on both days to record any potential evidence should it be needed at any point in the future. All complaints will be passed to the public order crime unit for further investigation". On 6 February, the Home Office requested briefing from the Metropolitan Police's Public Order Branch to provide assessment of two demonstrations. This document was later obtained by the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act and its contents were reported, including some controversial claims. The document states that the Saturday protesters "were encouraged by a large group of photographers and cameramen" although no news organisations or individual's names were given. The protest was also condemned by the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, an organisation which encourages British Muslims to vote against politicians who support the Iraq war and/or Israel. MPACUK's leader Asghar Bukhari called for the arrest of the protest's leaders. Aftermath Apology On 6 February 2006, Omar Khayam, accompanied by the chairman of his local mosque and by Patrick Hall MP apologised "wholeheartedly" to the families of the July 2005 London bombings and said it had not been his aim to cause offence. He said, "Just because we have the right of free speech and a free media, it does not mean we may say and do as we please and not take into account the effect it will have on others. But by me dressing the way I did, I did just that, exactly the same as the Danish newspaper, if not worse." In 2002 Khayam was jailed for possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply. Having been released on parole in 2005 after serving half of his six-year sentence, he was arrested the next morning for breaching his parole conditions, and returned to prison. The Daily Mirror interviewed an 'insider' who knew Khayam at Springhill Prison. Their source said, He was a very quiet guy and would only ever speak out when he was with other extremists. He told people that he would use the money from drugs for the cause, meaning radical Muslim groups. He has obviously become even more radicalised since he got out. It was well known that Omar made a lot of money from drugs. He was part of a large crew in Bedford. His street name is Skinner and there are a lot of drug users in the town who know him through these connections. When he got involved with these groups linked to terror I think a lot of non-Muslim prisoners felt they didn't want much to do with him any more. Glorification of terrorism debate On 14 February 2006, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) urged Parliament to vote for the removal of the 'glorification of terrorism' clause from the Terrorism Bill. The MCB say the Bill is perceived as "unfairly targeting Muslims and stifling legitimate debate." Tony Blair managed to win the battle, banning the glorification of terrorism, by 315 to 277 votes. He said, "The new law will mean that if people are going to start celebrating acts of terrorism or condoning people who engage in terrorism, they will be prosecuted, and if they do not come from this country, they should not be in this country. We have free speech in this country, but you cannot abuse it." William Hague, standing in for David Cameron, said at Prime Minister's Questions that the inclusion of "glorification" in the Bill was mere spin, an attempt to give the impression that tough action was being taken. "Wouldn’t it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?" he said. Tony Blair replied, "If we take out the word 'glorification' it sends a massive counter productive signal". Blair insisted that an offence of glorifying terror was the only way to prosecute demonstrators who carry banners praising the 7/7 bombers. He said that existing laws only allowed prosecutions for preaching hate by word of mouth, but not by the written word or through placards. Hague said that he was mistaken. Criminal charges There was considerable outcry at the perceived inaction on the part of the police to counter the protests. David Davis wrote to the Home Secretary stating that "[t]here is a clear public interest in ensuring that those who incite murder are appropriately dealt with and an equal public interest that there is no unnecessary delay. Furthermore, not to take action is to let down the moderate Muslim majority". It was reported that members of the public made more than 500 complaints to Scotland Yard about the demonstration. The two charges of using either spoken or written words to cause 'Intentional Harassment, Alarm Or Distress', under Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, carry a maximum sentence of 6 months' imprisonment, whereas those causing 'Racially Aggravated Intentional Harassment, Alarm Or Distress', under Section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, carry a maximum sentence of 2 years' imprisonment. On 7 March 2006, having reviewed 60 hours of footage from closed-circuit television, amongst other evidence, and after consultation with and authorisation by the Crown Prosecution Service, the Metropolitan Police announced, "We have been advised today that there are sufficient grounds to arrest individuals for offences under the Public Order Act. This includes offences that are racially or religiously aggravated". On 15 March 2006, five men were arrested and charged for their roles in the protests; one of them was charged and held in custody, two were charged and released on police bail to attend court, and the remaining two were released on police bail for further inquiries. Further arrest were made in the following months and a total of six people have been criminally charged. Anjem Choudary, 39, was originally released on bail to return to a police station on 19 April "pending investigations into material recovered in searches". However, he was arrested again on 7 May at Stansted Airport and taken into custody at a London police station. Choudary was charged under the Public Order Act with organising a procession without the required written notification to the police. Choudary was the leader of al Ghurabaa and the "right-hand man of radical Muslim cleric, Omar Bakri Mohammed" who is banned from the UK. Abdul Muhid, was also bailed to return to a police station on 19 April after further enquiries. Muhid was arrested with Choudary again on 7 May at Stansted Airport. He was charged with two counts of soliciting to murder. On 7 March 2007 he was found guilty of both charges and later sentenced to six years in jail. Muhid is a prominent member of The Saviour Sect and was also arrested in 2005 after complaints that a man had called for British troops in Iraq to be killed and for homosexuals to be hurled from cliff tops, but the charges were dropped by the CPS due to there "not [being] a realistic prospect of conviction" because of problems of proving identity. Mizanur Rahman, was charged with soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred. He was found guilty of inciting racial hatred in December 2006 where the same jury was unable to reach a verdict on the charge of soliciting murder, at a retrial in 2007 he was convicted on the soliciting murder charge as well. Rahman was sentenced to six years in jail. Umran Javed was charged with soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred and remanded in custody. He was denied bail and not asked to enter a plea. On 5 January 2007, he was found guilty of those charges. He was later sentenced to six years in jail. Omar Zaheer was charged with racially aggravated disorderly behaviour and disorderly behaviour and released on bail to appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court on 31 March. Abdul Rahman Saleem was charged with using words likely to stir up racial hatred and released on bail to appear at West London Magistrates' Court on 31 March. On 1 February 2007, he was found guilty, and was later sentenced to four years in jail. Omar Bakri Mohammed, speaking from Lebanon, issued a warning to Britain after a police raid on his London home, "I am warning the British government – you are playing with fire. Let them go to hell – all of them. Play with fire and you burn your fingers." He said his family was "terrified" as the police searched his London home, adding, "They took my computers". See also Islam Muhammad Timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy International reactions to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy al Ghurabaa The Saviour Sect Hizb ut-Tahrir Al-Muhajiroun Islamism in London References External links Video London demonstration in front of the Danish embassy 3 Feb 2006 Anjem Choudary interviewed by Jeremy Paxman Newsnight, BBC Muslim protest – Snopes.com Islamist groups involved al Ghurabaa press release – A call to all muslims to rise and defend muhammad Archive of threatening article, now removed from al Ghurabaa’s site The Guardian Threats that must be countered Downing Street statement on the weekend's cartoon demonstrations Scotland Yard sets up squad to track protesters Police reaction to protest slogans Reborn extremist sect had key role in London protest Violence in the name of Islam has done more to damage the Prophet than any Danish cartoon – Fareena Alam I'm proud of my son – whatever's said about him 'The laws will increase tensions' BBC Cartoon protest sparks outrage In quotes: Protests over cartoons Pressure on police over protest Fury over lack of protest arrests Cartoon protests test legal minds Man apologises for bomber protest Protester is returned to prison Three charged over cartoon demos The Daily Telegraph Islamic group behind protests 'peddles race and religious hatred' Muslim protests are incitement to murder, say Tories The Times Focus: How liberal Britain let hate flourish Islamist Demonstration Outside The Embassy of Denmark in London, 2006 Islamist demonstration outside the Embassy of Denmark in London 2006 in Islam Events relating to freedom of expression Islamism in the United Kingdom Islamism in Denmark Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Protest marches Islam in London Denmark–United Kingdom relations
Williams Cliff () is a prominent rock cliff that stands out from the ice-covered southwest slopes of Mount Erebus, situated 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cape Barne on Ross Island. This rock cliff was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910–13, and identified simply as "Bold Cliff" on maps resulting from that expedition. It was named Williams Cliff by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 to commemorate Richard T. Williams, who lost his life when his tractor broke through the ice at McMurdo Sound in January 1956. Cliffs of Ross Island
WRVJ (91.7 FM) is a member-supported public radio station in Watertown, New York. Owned by the State University of New York at Oswego, the station simulcasts the programming of WRVO in Oswego, New York. External links www.wrvo.fm RVJ NPR member stations State University of New York at Oswego Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in New York (state)
The Moses and Aaron Church (, ), in the Waterlooplein neighborhood of Amsterdam, is officially the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua (). Originally a clandestine church, it was operated by Franciscan priests at a house on Jodenbreestraat ["Jewish Broad Street"], where the wall tablets of Moses and Aaron hung on the wall. In 1970, the present church was designated as a Cultural Heritage Monument () of the Netherlands. History In the first centuries after the Reformation, the public display of Roman Catholic services and accessories was not tolerated – officially forbidden in 1660 – in Amsterdam. So in 1641 the Franciscans went to the Joodenbuurt ["Jewish Quarter"], then at the outskirts of the east side of Amsterdam, and opened a house church, the second of its kind in the city, at a house called the "Moyses" (Moses), at the back of the present church. In 1682, the house was joined by the neighboring house "Aäron" (Aaron) with the purchase by Dr. Johannes de Vroom, a physician from Breda, as well as by the house behind it on the Houtgracht ["Wood Canal"]. Subsequently, also in 1682, a neighboring property owned by David Torres was bought by an intermediary. Named after the brothers from the Old Testament, the twin houses proved to be better known than their hidden church, Sint-Anthoniuskerk, which had been dedicated to the church's patron saint, St. Anthony of Padua. In 1690, Johannes de Vroom, brother of the priest, consolidated all the four properties into a single block. In the meantime, the expansion of the church had already begun, before the sale was made and before permission was obtained from the City Council. The entrance was moved from Jodenbreestraat to the Houtgracht. The church was decorated inside and outside, including a new facade, in 1759. But it remained hidden under the gables of the two houses until the early 19th Century, when the prohibitions against the Catholic Church were finally lifted. It was replaced between 1837 and 1841 by a bigger and grander building on the same site. Mozes en Aäronkerk was raised to the rank of parish under its original name, St. Anthony of Padua, in 1857, four years after the Roman Catholic hierarchy was restored to the Netherlands. But gradually the church's parishioners deserted for other parts of Amsterdam and the second oldest of the city's Catholic parishes became the least of them. The church even lost its namesake cemetery in 1866. Established in 1640, it was the first municipal cemetery in Amsterdam. In other words, it was not under the control of any particular church; it was under the control of the City Hall of Amsterdam, but Mozes en Aäronkerk, as Sint-Anthoniuskerk, was allowed to keep its register of burials for this cemetery, which was primarily used to bury the less fortunate, such as paupers and strangers, just outside the Sint-Anthonispoort ["St Anthony's Gate"], only 225 yards (206 meters) southeast of the church, at the present intersection of Weesperstraat and Nieuw Herengracht. During the late 19th and early 20th Century, the church was a Catholic island in a Jewish neighborhood. It served as a landmark for the Jewish ghetto throughout the German occupation of Amsterdam in World War II. Eventually, the parish of "Sint-Anthonius" was suppressed in 1969 but the church kept its official status. In 2014, after an interruption of 34 years, the church was reconsecrated, and the weekly Sunday mass was resumed, together with weekday prayer services. The church and its liturgical function was confided to the Community of Sant'Egidio, who use it as a center for charitable activities in Amsterdam. The former activities, such as providing the setting for secular weddings, and cultural events were suspended, and the local socio-cultural organization, "Mozeshuis" ("Moses House"), opened in 1969, and previously suffering financial difficulties, was closed. Construction The present building was built as a "Water Management Church" (), between 1837 and 1841 from a design by Tilman-François Suys (1783–1861) in the style of neoclassicism, with three aisles and a recessed rectangular choir. Suys also designed the Groenmarktkerk ["Green Market Street"] in Haarlem. The facade, with its twin towers, was said to be inspired by the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris and Santissima Trinità dei Monti in Rome. Artworks The statue at the top of the entrance shows the blessing of the Christ. On the postcard from 1902 (shown at left), He was flanked below, left and right are two other statues, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Anthony of Padua. More statues, St. Peter, St. Paul and the Four Evangelists, were also standing high in the two towers. They were created by the Flemish sculptor, Jan Baptist de Cuyper (1807–1852), himself a Catholic. but all the statues except the Christ were lost during World War II. The facades were made of plastered brick and iron and wooden parts of the towers were painted white. This creates a total impression of the solemn and venerable majesty of an ancient temple, done with cheap and modern materials. The columns are made of Bentheim sandstone, from the area of Bentheim in Lower Saxony of Germany. The baroque altar, dating from about 1700, came from the original church with a painting, "De Verrijzenis van Christus [The Resurrection of Jesus]" by Jacob de Wit (1695–1754). Depending the liturgical calendar, the altarpiece would also feature either "Maria Aankondiging [Mary of the Annunciation]" or "Christus san het Kruis [Christ on the Cross]", also by Jacob de Wit. Suys designed the side altars in the same style. These were equipped with two 18th century statues and four new statues, made by De Cuyper. On the walls are the reliefs of the fourteen Stations of the Cross, made by a Flemish sculptor, Petrus Elysens van den Bossche (1841–1921). The church organ, designed by Charles-Marie Philbert between 1869 and 1871, was built by the organmakers from Leeuwarden, De Gebroeders Adema ["The Brothers Adema"]. Some of the pipes were supplied by the French organ builder, Cavaillé Coll. It was the first organ in the Netherlands to use the Barker lever, a French innovation that allowed faster and stronger music to be played. Expanded in 1876 and 1887, the organ was restored for the last time, in 1993 and 1994, by the Dutch organ building firm from Zaandam, Flentrop. It has 48 registers on three manuals and a pedalboard. Throughout its existence, it has been played by such notables as Charles-Marie Widor and Camille Saint-Saëns. Chronogram On the architrave of the portal entrance is the Latin inscription from the year 1842: QUAE FUIT A SAECLIS SUB SIGNO MOYSIS ET AARON STAT SALVATORI RENOVATA ILLUSTRIOR AEDES. "What was under the sign of Moses and Aaron for centuries, has been renewed for the great glory of the Savior." The bold letters in the chronogram spell out, in the Roman numerals, with the "U" and "Y" substituting for the "V", the mathematical equation for adding up the total sum of the year 1842: 5 + 6 + 151 + 6 + 1006 + 56 + 6 + 50 + 56 + 500 = 1842 Memorials On 26 April 1866, on his visit to Amsterdam, Franz Liszt was treated at the Mozes en Aäronkerk to its orchestra and chorus's performance, led by a Dutch conductor Herman van Bree, of one of his compositions, the "Graner Mass". This occasion is commemorated by a plaque bearing his profile at the church. On 8 December 1992, the tenth anniversary of the December murders, a plaque was placed on the side wall of the Mozes en Aäronkerk in the memory of fifteen victims who were arrested, tortured and murdered without a trial by the soldiers loyal to Dési Bouterse, then the dictator of Suriname. Environment The painting (shown at right) features the church as it looked in 1880. The church could be reflected in the waters of the Leprozengracht ["Lepers Canal"] in the front. The canal that runs along the left side of the church was the Houtgracht ["Wood Canal"]. Both canals were filled in 1882, creating the Waterlooplein, and the open-air market was then moved from the Jodenbreestraat to the new square. On the other side of the church, the block, including the rectory, was demolished in 1968 to create a new square, Mr. Visserplein. References Bibliography Fr. Dalmatius van Heel, O.F.M., and Fr. Bonfilius Knipping, O.F.M.; Van schuilkerk tot zuilkerk. Geschiedenis van de Mozes en Aäronkerk te Amsterdam (Amsterdam: Urbi et Orbi, 1941) Thomas von der Dunk, Een kathedraal voor Amsterdam. De voorgeschiedenis van de Mozes en Aäronkerk aan het Waterlooplein (Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2003), External links Official website of the Mozeshuis ["Moses House"], the successor of the Mozes en Aäronkerk. The virtual tours of the interior and Adema-Philbert organ of the church can be viewed at this website. 1641 establishments in the Dutch Republic Churches in Amsterdam Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam Roman Catholic churches completed in 1841 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the Netherlands Neoclassical church buildings in the Netherlands
Dirt 5 is a simcade racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 6 November 2020, for Xbox Series X/S on 10 November, and for PlayStation 5 on 12 November (for North America, Oceania, Japan, and South Korea) and 19 November (for most other regions), for Stadia on 24 March 2021, and for Luna on 15 July 2021. It was the last video game released by Codemasters as a publisher before acquired by Electronic Arts (EA) on 18 February 2021. Gameplay Dirt 5 is a racing game focused on off-road racing. Disciplines within the game include rallycross, ice racing, Stadium Super Trucks and off-road buggies. Players can compete in events in a wide range of locations, namely Arizona, Brazil, China, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Nepal, New York City, Norway and South Africa. The game includes a dynamic weather system and seasons, which affect the racing; for example, the player can only compete in ice racing events in New York during winter months. A four-player splitscreen system is also introduced into the game. Dirt 5 also features a narrative-focused career mode that pits the player character against a rival driver called Bruno Durand (voiced by Nolan North) in a series of championships. The player also has a mentor called Alex “AJ” Janiček (voiced by Troy Baker) who provides them with advice throughout their career. The game was also not to feature a cinematic replay. Instead, the game would follow in a series of podcasts by Donut Media that follows the storyline. Development and release Dirt 5 was announced during the 2020 Xbox Games Showcase presentation. In addition to releasing on the PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One platforms, it was available for the ninth generation of video game consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Xbox versions of the game support Microsoft's "Smart Delivery" program, which allows the player to purchase the Xbox One copy of the game and receive the Xbox Series X version. PlayStation 4 owners can also update to the PlayStation 5 version at no additional cost. The game was developed by Codemasters Cheshire, formerly known as Codemasters Evo, developers of Onrush. It is also powered by the evolved game engine of Onrush. Many of its staff worked on Driveclub and MotorStorm. Reception It was nominated for the category of Best Sports/Racing game at The Game Awards 2020. Praising the 120 Hz refresh rate, PlayStation Official Magazine – UK listed it as the 5th best game on the PS5. References External links 2020 video games Codemasters games Colin McRae Rally and Dirt series Multiplayer and single-player video games Rally racing video games PlayStation 4 games PlayStation 5 games Split-screen multiplayer games Stadia games Video games set in Greece Video games set in Arizona Video games set in Brazil Video games set in China Sports video games set in Italy Video games set in Morocco Video games set in Nepal Video games set in New York City Video games set in Norway Video games set in South Africa Video games using procedural generation Video games with cross-platform play Windows games Xbox Cloud Gaming games Xbox One games Xbox Series X and Series S games Video games developed in the United Kingdom
The Henderson News is a semi-weekly newspaper published in Henderson, Texas, on Wednesday afternoons and Sunday mornings. It is owned by Hartman Newspapers, Inc. based in Rosenberg, Texas. History Formed October 6, 1930, the day after the discovery of the East Texas Oil Field, the paper has a semi-weekly circulation of 2,206. On June 2, 2011, the company expanded with a special weekly paper called the Overton News to serve the nearby communities of Overton and New London after the closing of the Overton Press. Each year The Henderson News receives numerous honors and awards from the Texas Press Association and the North & East Texas Press Association, with previous Managing Editor Matthew Prosser receiving first place for news writing from the TPA and being named Journalist of the Year from the NETPA in 2012 and current Managing Editor and Senior Reporter, Amber Lollar, receiving First Place in Column Writing and Second Place in News Photo from NEPTA for 2020, First Place in News Writing, Second Place in Headline Writing from TPA for 2022, along with Second Place in Headline Writing from NETPA, Third Place in Column Writing, Third Place in News Writing, and Fourth Place in News Photo. Current staff Publisher: Alexander Gould Editor: Meredith Shamburger Managing Editor: Amber Lollar Reporter: Audrey Blaskche Marketing Executive: Ashley King References External links The Henderson News website Newspapers published in Texas Rusk County, Texas Newspapers established in 1930 1930 establishments in Texas
Vadims Voinovs (born 3 April 1965) is a Latvian judoka. He competed in the men's half-heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. References 1965 births Living people Latvian male judoka Olympic judoka for Latvia Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Riga
National Caotun Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School (; CTCIHS), also known as National Tsaotun Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School (sometimes abbreviated TTVS), is located in the town of Caotun, Nantou County, Taiwan, Republic of China. History 1955 – The school as well as its night school was founded as a division of Taichung Home Economics and Commercial High School. 1959 – Admitted by Ministry of Education, the school was reformed into Taiwan Provincial Caotun Commercial Vocational School & Night School. 1970 – Renamed Taiwan Provincial Caotun Commercial Vocation High School. 1974 – Renamed Taiwan Provincial Caotun Commercial and Industrial High School & Night School while Industrial Dept. was established. 1980 – The Dept. of Pipe Fitting, which was the only one in the schools of Taiwan, was established. 1988 – The Dept. of Data Processing was established. 1999 – The school was approved to move to new campus due to the 921 earthquake. 2000 – Renamed National Caotun Commercial and Industrial High School & Night School (CTCIHS). 2001 – New campus construction ceremony was held on Dec. 31. March, 2004 – New campus construction was completed and the president came in person to give away a board written: “Rebuild the Excellence”. September, 2004 – CTCIHS moved to the new campus and turn over a new leave. 2007 – Rearrange the departments and the Dept. of Applied Foreign Language is established. Department Day School Dept. of Business Affairs Dept. of Accounting Affairs Dept. of Data Processing Dept. of Applied Foreign Language Dept. of Machinery Dept. of Pipe Fitting Dept. of General Class (Major in Sport) Comprehensive Occupational Dept. Continuing Education School Dept. of Business Affairs Dept. of Data Processing Dept. of Machinery Practical Skill Classes Dept. of Industrial Engineering Dept. of Commercial Information See also National Taichung University of Science and Technology Vocational Education in Taiwan External links Official website 1955 establishments in Taiwan Educational institutions established in 1955 Education in Nantou County High schools in Taiwan
Giuseppe Farinella (24 December 1925 – 5 September 2017) was a Sicilian mafioso, boss of the San Mauro Castelverde family and a one-time member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission. San Mauro Castelverde, a village on 1,000 meters above sea level in the Madonie mountain range in the province of Palermo, is the stronghold of the Farinella Mafia family that goes back to the 19th century. It is often used as a hide out for fugitive mafiosi. Giuseppe Farinella is the son of Mariano Farinella, already known as a criminal in the days of the Iron Prefect, Cesare Mori, appointed by Benito Mussolini to suppress the Mafia in the late 1920s. For many years Giuseppe Don Peppino Farinella was the uncontested chieftain of the area. He became the "capo mandamento" of Gangi-San Mauro Castelverde area, and his influence reached into the province of Messina. He was a member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission since the late 1970s, according to the pentiti Salvatore Cancemi, Francesco Di Carlo and Giovanni Brusca. He was close to the Corleonesi, and supported them during the Second Mafia War, though due to San Mauro Castelverde's relative isolation, his Mafia faction did not have an active role in the war. An old fashioned mafia boss, Don Peppino, did not allow his men to extort local shopkeepers, which was common among mafiosi from the countryside. Revenues were not considered worthwhile compared to the money that could be extorted from companies that won public tenders in construction. Moreover, not extorting local shopkeepers Mafia bosses increased their legitimacy among the locals. "Don Peppino did not want his men to extort a pizzo from the shopkeepers, according to a victim, because the latter, in contrast to entrepreneurs, did not carry out any speculative activity and the because he … thought that asking shopkeepers for a tangente seemed like begging for alms." Farinella was arrested on March 21, 1992. As member of the Commission he was held responsible for the killing of the two prominent anti-mafia judges Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone, receiving life sentences. In January 1993, he was also sentenced to nine years in prison in the trial against the Mafia in Madonie area. He was considered to be the Mafia boss of the area. He died on 5 September 2017 in prison in Parma. References Paoli, Letizia (2003). Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style, New York: Oxford University Press 1925 births 2017 deaths Sicilian mafiosi Sicilian Mafia Commission Sicilian mafiosi sentenced to life imprisonment
Patrick Grant (1860 – 28 September 1945) was a Scottish-born Australian rose breeder. Two of his roses were world-famous at his death, though to some extent superseded since. Life Patrick Grant was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1860. He was the son of a stonemason and trained as a wheelwright. He migrated to New South Wales in 1885 and worked for 20 years as a building contractor. As a dairy farmer on virgin land at Nambucca River, Macksville on the north coast of New South Wales he developed a famous herd of Ayreshires. He and his wife Beatrice had eight children, six of whom worked as adults on their 400-acre farm. He thus appears as a successful small landholder, quite different from the members of the landed elite like Alister Clark and Olive Fitzhardinge who were the best known rose breeders of the time. At the end of the nineteenth century, he sat on the North Sydney council. He was president of the Primary Producers Union 1904–1934. He was president of the National Rose Society of NSW 1929–1931 and stayed on the committee till 1943. The Society's championship cup for a rose exhibit is called the Patrick Grant Cup. He also had a Sydney North Shore address at 26 Clanwilliam Street, Chatswood from 1927 at least, perhaps with the third of an acre behind the house now devoted to tennis courts. Alister Clark visited his and other Sydney rose breeders' gardens in 1928, so Grant must have had roses growing there. Grant was 61 when his first rose was released, so it is possible all three roses he released were bred in retirement at Chatswood. Roses The readers' survey by the Melbourne Argus for 1937 showed Grant's 'Golden Dawn' to be in the most popular ten garden roses. When he died on 28 September 1945 the Sydney Morning Herald said he had been one of the two leading rose breeders in Australia. It particularly praised Mr. Grant's 'Golden Dawn' as possibly the finest of all yellow roses, and his 'Salmon Spray' as in world class among "cluster roses." The fifth edition of A.S. Thomas's Better Roses of 1969 gives his list of the 80 finest roses bred by then in Australia or New Zealand. Both 'Golden Dawn' and 'Salmon Spray' are on it. 'Golden Dawn' (released 1929) is still on sale in Australia, Europe and North America. It is a pale yellow hybrid tea similar to 'Peace', which supplanted it on nursery lists but which is not entirely a better rose. 'Salmon Spray' (1923) seems only to be available in North America. 'Salmon Spray' is a salmon pink floribunda. 'Midnight Sun' (1921), a red–black hybrid tea, can be seen in the Nieuwesteeg Heritage Rose Garden at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. References 1860 births 1945 deaths Grant Patrick Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia People from the British Empire
In Thoroughbred racing, a claiming race is a type of horse race in which the horses are all for sale at a specified claiming price until shortly before the race. In the hierarchy of horse races, based on the quality of the horses that compete, claiming races are at the bottom, below maiden races (races for horses that have never won a race). In most race tracks in the United States, most of the races are claiming races. For example in Kentucky in 1999, 54% of all races run were claiming races, but had only 20% of the purse dollar value, the lowest average purse among race types. The mechanics of claiming vary based on jurisdiction but in most cases almost anyone, or possibly anyone who is licensed to own racehorses, may claim. For example, the Illinois Racing Board stipulates that any horse may be claimed for its entered price by any licensed owner or agent or anyone who has filed an application and been granted a claiming license. Title to the horse typically transfers just before the start of the race, but the previous owner is entitled to the purse, if any, that results from the horse's performance in the race. Usually related parties such as the trainer or employees, or relatives, are prohibited from claiming, as are reciprocal agreements between owners to "protect" each other's horses. If a horse is purchased, a track official tags it (often with a red tag) after the race, and it goes to its new owner, assuming the new owner had sufficient funds on deposit. Claiming races have claim amounts which vary, and higher amounts tend to have richer purses. The intent of this is to even the race; if a better-than-class horse is entered (with the expectation of an easy purse win), it might be lost for the claiming price, which is likely less than the horse is worth. Someone may wish to claim a horse if they think the horse has not been trained to its fullest potential under another trainer. Claiming races serve several purposes. They are a quality classification, as well as a way of ensuring racing outcomes are less predictable, which in turn increases the handle, or amount of parimutuel betting, and a way to bring liquidity to the racehorse marketplace. Although many horses never rise above claiming races, some do. For example Stymie, a USD 1500 claimer, went on to earn over 900,000 USD, winning many storied grade 1 stakes and handicap races in the 1940s. General Quarters, a USD 20,000 claimer, won the grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes and ran in the 2009 Kentucky Derby. Make A Stand, claimed for £8,000 in 1995, won the 1997 Champion Hurdle. In 2018, Maximum Security won a claiming race, but was not claimed, and went on to run in the 2019 Kentucky Derby, and initially appeared to win, but was disqualified for interfering with other horses. The 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was purchased in a claiming race for $30,000, was entered into the Derby only after Ethereal Road was scratched, and won at 80-1 odds. References Horse racing terminology
The 2016 Bagram bombing took place on November 12, 2016, when a suicide bomber managed to penetrate the security layer of Bagram Airfield, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan located about 45 km north of Kabul, detonating his vest near a group of soldiers who were en route to Modern Army Combatives Training. Four U.S. citizens were killed (2 soldiers and 2 contractors, while at least 17 others were injured, including 16 Americans and 1 Polish citizen. One injured soldier died a month later from complications due to injuries sustained in the blast raising the total killed to 5. Attack According to Abdul Wahid Sediqi, spokesman for the governor of Parwan Province Mohammad Asim Asim, the attacker was employed by a subcontractor of Virginia-based engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation. He had been constructing the vest over a period of time on the base. After successfully passing through at least one checkpoint, he approached a sidewalk where a group of soldiers were gathering prior to the Veteran's Day running event, detonated his explosive vest around 05:38 local time. Two U.S. soldiers and two U.S. private contractors were killed, in addition to the bomber. Among the 17 injured were 16 U.S. service members and one Polish soldier. The bombing was the deadliest single incident involving U.S. troops since a December 2015 suicide attack at the same base which killed six troops. Aftermath The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement issued by their spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, confirming the sports ground was the intended target, and adding that the attack had been planned for four months. In response to the bombing, Bagram Airfield was placed under lockdown, while additional security measures were taken at all other locations in Afghanistan for Resolute Support Mission forces. The Embassy of the United States in Kabul was closed for the following day as a precautionary measure. See also German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif attack, a suicide truck bombing that took place two days earlier 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing 2014 Bagram Airfield bombing 2015 Bagram Airfield bombing References 2016 murders in Afghanistan Mass murder in 2016 November 2016 crimes in Asia Parwan Province Suicide bombings in Afghanistan Taliban attacks Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2016
Certamen, Latin for competition, may refer to: Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi, a Greek narrative of an imagined poetical agon between Homer and Hesiod Certamen (quiz bowl), a competition with classics-themed questions CS Certamen, an Italian cable ship, formerly CCGS John Cabot (1965) See also Competition (disambiguation) Agon
Mario De Negri (27 November 1901 – 28 January 1978) was an Italian sprinter who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Olympic results See also Italy national relay team References External links 1901 births 1978 deaths Italian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics People from Chiavari
Santa Maria dello Stellario (or Church of Stellario) was a catholic Church located in piazza Ciullo, in the town centre of Alcamo, in the province of Trapani. History It was founded in the 17th century by Mariano da Alcamo, a Capuchin friar, and consecrated in 1625. As the historian Ignazio De Blasi affirms in his work, they carried the Holy Sacrament and the painting of Maria Santissima dello Stellario in procession to this Church, to ask her intercession for rain to come. It had not rained for several months: it rained continuously for three consecutive days. The founder also created the homonimous confraternity in the same period. In 1964, before being demolished, the Church was not in bad conditions: in fact, in 1939 Maria De Blasi Casale, a widow, had financed the restoration of its roof. Description The façade had a fine portal; the Church had a single nave, there were Ionic capitals and two altars on both sides. On the high altar, there was a painting of the titular saint, later missing, realized by Giuseppe La Ficara in 1651. The picture, with a low artistic value, represented Mary on a throne of clouds, in the middle of 12 stars and the Infant Jesus in her arms; there were a cardinal and a capuchin friar on the sides, while the Eternal Father and the Holy Ghost were portrayed in the upper part. In 1769 the Church was embellished with stuccoes; inside it, there were also some ancient crypts which were destroyed during the demolition, made after the building had been sold by the Curia of Trapani. With the income they bought a piece of land in Viale Europa, in order to provide that area with a parish Church, later called chiesa del Sacro Cuore. The confraternity of Santa Maria dello Stellario It was founded on 21 June 1602 in the Mother church and had its oratory inside this Church. From the information that the historian Ignazio De Blasi handed down, we know that its brethren were butchers and farmers. They wore a sack and a visor made with linen cloth, a fabric mantle with the image of Maria Santissima dello Stellario, and a big cordon; they went barefoot, with sandals like capuchin friars, the order which their founder, Father Mariano Bonofino, belonged to. The confraternity dissolved in the forties. Duties of the brethren Here it is the list of their obligations: Being always very diligent, in any occasion Taking part in the sung Mass and receive Communion on 8 September, festivity of their titular Saint. Taking part in the procession of Corpus Domini and on its Octave Accompanying dead brethren to their sepulchre and complying with the Easter Precept on Maundy Thursday, in the Church of the Capuchin friars. See also Church of Jesus Church of Saint Olivia Piazza Ciullo References Sources Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria dello Stellario
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political fiction novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence that the nominee had been a member of the Communist Party. The chief characters' responses to the evidence, and their efforts to spread or suppress it, form the basis of the novel. The novel spent 102 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960 and was adapted into a successful 1962 film starring Henry Fonda. It was followed by Drury's A Shade of Difference in 1962, and four additional sequels. Background The novel's title comes from the United States Constitution's Article II, Sec. 2, cl. 2, which provides that the President of the United States "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States . . . ." Drury believed most Americans were naive about the dangers of the Soviet-led communist threat to undermine the government of the United States: Advise and Consent is a fictional account of the nomination of a prominent liberal, Robert Leffingwell, to the cabinet position of Secretary of State during the height of the Cold War. It is said that the story is based on Drury's first-hand insight into the personalities and political practices of the late-1950s including the 1954 episode wherein Senators Styles Bridges and Herman Welker threatened to publicize a homosexual in Senator Lester Hunt's family if Hunt did not resign from the Senate. In fact, the website of the U.S. Senate states: Several sources agree that character Robert Leffingwell, the novel's nominee for Secretary of State, represents Alger Hiss. Addressing the suggestion that the book was a roman à clef, Drury wrote a very sharply worded preface which was only published in the new edition: Plot summary The U.S. president decides to replace his Secretary of State to promote rapprochement with the Soviet Union. Nominee Robert Leffingwell, a darling of liberals, is viewed by many conservative senators as an appeaser. Others, including the pivotal character of Senator Seabright (Seab) Cooley of South Carolina, have serious doubts about Leffingwell's character. The book tells the story of an up-and-down nomination process that most people fully expect to result in a quick approval of the controversial nominee. But Cooley is not so easily defeated. He uncovers a minor bureaucrat named Gelman who testifies that twenty years earlier then-University of Chicago instructor Leffingwell invited Gelman to join a small Communist cell that included a fellow traveler who went by the pseudonym James Morton. After outright lies under oath by the nominee and vigorous cross examination by Leffingwell, Gelman is thoroughly discredited and deemed an unfit witness by the subcommittee and its charismatic chairman Utah Senator Brig Anderson. The subcommittee is ready to approve the nominee. At this crucial moment in the story, the tenacious Senator Cooley dissects Gelman's testimony and discovers a way to identify James Morton. Cooley maneuvers Morton into confessing the truth of Gelman's assertions to Senator Anderson who subsequently re-opens the subcommittee's hearings, thus enraging the President. When the President's attempts to buy Anderson's cooperation fail he places enormous pressure on Majority Leader Robert Munson to entice Anderson into compliance. In a moment of great weakness that Munson will regret the rest of his life, Munson provides the President a photograph, acquired quite innocently by Munson, that betrays Anderson's brief wartime homosexual liaison. Armed with the blackmail instrument he needs, the president ignores Anderson's proof of Leffingwell's treachery and plots to use the photo to gain Anderson's silence. The president plants the photo with leftist Senator Fred Van Ackerman, thinking he will never need to use it. But the President has underestimated Van Ackerman's treachery and misjudged Anderson's reaction should the truth come out. After a series of circumstances involving Anderson's secret being revealed to his wife, the Washington press corps, and several senators, Anderson kills himself. Anderson's death turns the majority of the Senate against the president and the majority leader. Anderson's suicide and the exposure of the truth about Leffingwell's lies regarding his communist past set in motion a chain reaction that ends several careers and ultimately rejects Leffingwell as a nominee to become Secretary of State. The final one hundred pages of the book contain several "teases" by the author making it clear there is a sequel to come (Drury wrote five more books in his series), but Advise and Consent effectively ends with the overwhelming vote to reject Leffingwell. The segue to the next book in the series is the death of the president (heart attack) and the elevation of Vice President Harley Hudson. Reception Saturday Review said of Advise and Consent in August 1959 that "It may be a long time before a better one comes along." Roger Kaplan of Policy Review wrote in 1999 that the novel "in many ways invented a genre in fiction…. The use of a racy intrigue, if possible involving both sex and foreign policy, is what characterizes the contemporary form. Forty years on, Advise and Consent is the only book of this genre that a literary-minded person really ought to read." Richard L. Neuberger reviewed the novel for The New York Times in 1959, writing that "rarely has a political tale been told with such vivid realism" and calling the book "one of the finest and most gripping political novels of our era." Conversely, Pamela Hansford Johnson of the New Statesman called Advise and Consent "politically repellent and artistically null with a steady hysterical undertone." The novel spent 102 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. In 1960, the Pulitzer Prize committee recommended that the award for fiction be given to Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King, but the board overrode that recommendation and awarded it to Advise and Consent. In 2009, Scott Simon wrote in The Wall Street Journal, "Fifty years after its publication and astounding success ... Allen Drury's novel remains the definitive Washington tale." He wrote of Drury that "the conservative Washington novelist was more progressive than Hollywood liberals," noting that the character of Brigham Anderson, the young senator hiding a secret wartime homosexual tryst, is "candid and unapologetic" about his affair, and even calling him "Drury's most appealing character". Assessing Drury's body of work in 1999, Erik Tarloff suggested in The New York Times that "homosexuality does appear to be the only minority status to which Drury seems inclined to accord much sympathy." Frank Rich wrote in The New York Times in 2005: Writing for The Wall Street Journal in 2014, Jonathan Karl called Advise and Consent "the last great novel set in Washington". He called the characters "complicated and multi-dimensional, with principled convictions and plausible personal weaknesses." Advise and Consent had been out of print for almost 15 years and ranked #27 on the 2013 BookFinder.com list of the Top 100 Most Searched for Out of Print Books before WordFire Press reissued it in paperback and e-book format in February 2014. The WordFire edition includes never-before-published essays about the book written by Drury himself, new appendices, and remembrances by Drury's heirs and literary executors Kenneth and Kevin Killiany. WordFire also released Advise and Consent five sequels. Adaptations Drury's novel was adapted by Loring Mandel into the 1960 Broadway play Advise and Consent, directed by Franklin Schaffner and starring Richard Kiley, Ed Begley, Henry Jones and Chester Morris. The play ran successfully on Broadway at the Cort Theatre from November 17, 1960, to May 20, 1961. The production was followed by a national company, starring Farley Granger. The novel was also adapted into the 1962 film Advise & Consent, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Walter Pidgeon and Henry Fonda. Preminger was nominated for a at the Cannes Film Festival, and Burgess Meredith won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actor for his role. Charles Laughton was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award for Best Foreign Actor. LGBT film historian Vito Russo noted that Advise & Consent contained the first official portrayal of a gay bar in film. See also Politics in fiction Whittaker Chambers House Un-American Activities Committee Lavender Scare References External links Photos of the first edition of Advise and Consent 1959 American novels 1950s LGBT novels American LGBT novels American novels adapted into films American novels adapted into plays American political novels Novels set during the Cold War Doubleday (publisher) books Mormonism in fiction Novels by Allen Drury Novels with gay themes Novels set in Washington, D.C. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning works Fiction about suicide 1959 debut novels
Rufus Hatten (June 16, 1912 – December 1968) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1940s. A native of Panama City, Florida, Hatten made his Negro leagues debut in 1942 with the Memphis Red Sox, and went on to play for the Chicago American Giants and Baltimore Elite Giants through 1946. In 1952, he played minor league baseball for the Bluefield Blue-Grays. Hatten died in Ocala, Florida in 1968 at age 56. References External links and Seamheads 1912 births 1968 deaths Date of death missing Baltimore Elite Giants players Chicago American Giants players Memphis Red Sox players 20th-century African-American sportspeople Sportspeople from Panama City, Florida
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan; he later became a daimyō. Nobunari is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Matsudaira Hirotada (which would make him the half-brother of Tokugawa Ieyasu). He was later adopted by Naitō Kiyonaga. As the years passed on with his brother's succession to headship and the birth of the Tokugawa, Nobunari primarily acted as the former's page, but ascended to a greater means of ranking after supporting in the 1565 assault against Mikawa monk rioters. After distinguishing himself in battle during a certain assault upon Kuroma castle at a later time, Nobunari went on to respectively support the Tokugawa within the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1573, and Nagashino of 1575, where he showed at least moderate ability on both battlefields. By the year of 1590, Nobunari would be awarded Nirayama Castle of Izu Province—respectively holding 10,000 koku to its name—and would enter into the Edo period with a 50,000 koku fief at Nagahama within Ōmi Province, where he remained as daimyō until he died in 1612. Family Father: Matsudaira Hirotada Mother: Naito no Tsubone Wife: Awao Nagakatsu's daughter Children: Naito Nobumasa (1568-1626) Naito Nobuhiro (d.1619) Naito Nobusuke References "Naitō" on Murakami daijiten (22 February 2008) "Naitō Nobunari" (22 February 2008) Naitō clan Samurai 1545 births 1612 deaths Japanese pages Daimyo
Samuel Kong Tan (December 30, 1933 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino historian, academic and author. He has headed various cultural institutions including the National Historical Institute and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Early life and education Samuel K. Tan was born on December 30, 1933, in Siasi, Sulu. He has a multi-ethnic background being of Tausūg-Sama and Chinese Filipino descent. He finished his elementary studies at Jolo Tong Jin School in 1949 and his secondary studies at Zamboanga City High School in 1953. He graduated as a valedictorian from both elementary and high school. He attended the Zamboanga A.E. College in 1963 where he graduated in 1963 with a degree in history and summa cum laude honors. He obtained his master's degree in history at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1967. For his doctoral degree, Tan went to the United States to attend the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at the Syracuse University in New York. He obtained his doctorate degree in social science in 1973. Career Tan has been a faculty member of the University of the Philippines, having served as the chair of the institution's Department of History. Tan is noted for serving as the executive director of the National Historical Institute, (NHI; now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines or NHCP) from 1997 to 1999. Under his watch the NHI, the curatorial content of the Museum of Philippine History which opened in 1995 has been expanded, which was later moved to the Museo ng Kasaysayang Pampulitika ng Pilipinas in Malolos, Bulacan. He has been a member of other culture and history-oriented organizations such as the Philippine National Historical Society and the Philippine Historical Association. He has also acted as commissioner of the National Centennial Commission and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). As an author, he has published books which had Filipino Muslims and the Bangsamoro struggle and self-determinism as their primary subject. Among his noted publications are A History of the Philippines (1987/1997), Decolonization and Filipino Muslim Identity (1989), The Critical Decade, 1921-1930 (1993), and The Filipino-American War, 1899-1913 (2002). Death During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Tan died from complications of the virus on January 6, 2022, at the age of 88. He had pre-existing underlying conditions, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. References 1933 births 2022 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines Academic staff of the University of the Philippines Diliman University of the Philippines Diliman alumni Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni People from Sulu 20th-century Filipino historians Filipino people of Chinese descent Tausūg people 21st-century Filipino historians
Pia Conde (born 18 April 1970) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter at SVT. She started her career at TV4 hosting the daily news broadcast TV4Nyheterna, and later the Sunday breakfast television programme Söndagsmorgon. After the switch to SVT, she has mainly hosted news broadcasts ABC, Rapport, Aktuellt and the business news programme A-ekonomi. Conde has also co-hosted and participated in lighter entertainment and game shows such as På spåret, the aid gala Världens barn, Allsång på Skansen and a television series about motor vehicles called Motoristen. Personal life She grew up in Sweden with a white mother from Finland and an Afro-Cuban father. Pia Conde lives with Fredrik Sarman, attorney at law. He is also a Swede of Afro-Latino descent. References 1970 births Living people Swedish television journalists Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish people of Cuban descent
Megachile gigas is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Schrottky in 1908. References Gigas Insects described in 1908
Pennsylvania Route 944 (PA 944) is a state highway located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 233 in Lower Mifflin Township. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 11 (US 11)/US 15 in East Pennsboro Township. PA 944 runs through northern Cumberland County a short distance south of Blue Mountain. The route heads east from PA 233 and runs through farmland, crossing PA 74 and forming a concurrency with PA 34. Farther east, PA 944 heads into the western suburbs of Harrisburg and intersects PA 114 in Wertzville before reaching an interchange with Interstate 81 (I-81). The route reaches Enola and comes to its end at US 11/US 15. PA 944 was designated in 1928 between Wertzville and PA 5 (now US 11/US 15) in Enola. In 1937, the route was extended west and southwest to US 30 in western Franklin County, following its present route to PA 233 before heading southwest through Roxbury and Upper Strasburg to US 30. In the 1940s, the west end of PA 944 was cut back to PA 433/PA 641 in Roxbury; the former alignment southwest of there became unnumbered with a portion south of Upper Strasburg removed for the Letterkenny Army Depot. The western terminus of the route was truncated to its current location at PA 233 in the 1960s, with the road between Roxbury and PA 233 becoming a northern extension of PA 997. Route description PA 944 begins at an intersection with PA 233 in Lower Mifflin Township, heading northeast on two-lane undivided Enola Road. The road heads through agricultural areas with some woods a short distance to the south of Blue Mountain, turning east and entering Upper Frankford Township. The route heads through more rural areas before coming to the residential community of Bloserville, where it turns north before curving back to the east. The road passes more farms before heading into Lower Frankford Township and running through a mix of woods and fields. Entering more agricultural areas, PA 944 curves northeast before heading east into North Middleton Township and intersecting PA 74. From this junction, the route continues east, heading through forests before passing more farms as it enters Middlesex Township. In this area, PA 944 comes to a junction with PA 34, at which point the route turns northeast to form a concurrency with that route on Spring Road, passing through the community of Carlisle Springs. PA 944 splits from PA 34 by heading east onto Wertzville Road, passing through more farmland with occasional homes. The road curves north and then east again as it runs through a mix of farms and woods with some homes, passing through Donnellytown. The route crosses the Appalachian Trail and enters into Silver Spring Township, continuing to an intersection with the western terminus of PA 114. From here, PA 944 heads into residential development, passing through Wertzville. The road heads through a mix of farms and development prior to entering Hampden Township. Here, the route passes through suburban residential subdivisions prior to widening into a four-lane divided highway and reaching a diamond interchange with I-81 (Capital Beltway). Following this, PA 944 narrows back into a two-lane undivided road and passes through woods before heading near more residential neighborhoods, crossing into East Pennsboro Township. In this area, the road passes more inhabited subdivisions along with some commercial development, running through West Enola. The route heads through woodland, coming into Enola where it turns south onto South Enola Drive, passing homes. PA 944 curves to the southeast and bears left onto State Street, reaching its eastern terminus at US 11/US 15 in West Fairview; this intersection has no access from PA 944 to northbound US 11/US 15. History When routes were legislated in Pennsylvania in 1911, what is now PA 944 was not assigned a number. By this time, Wertzville Road was an unpaved road. The road between Wertzville and Enola later became Legislative Route 569. PA 944 was designated in 1928 to run from Wertzville east to PA 5 (now US 11/US 15) in Enola. At this time the entire length of the route was unpaved except for the easternmost portion. Upon designation, plans were made to improve this stretch of road. On February 25, 1929, a bill passed that would extend PA 944 west from Wertzville to Carlisle Springs as well another bill that authorized the state to take over the road between Newburg and McCrea. By 1930, the unpaved portion of the route was under construction. PA 944 was extended from Wertzville southwest to US 30 between Fort Loudon and St. Thomas in Franklin County in 1937, following its current alignment west to PA 233 before it continued southwest through Roxbury and Upper Strasburg to US 30. The entire length of PA 944 was paved in the 1930s except between south of Maple Grove and PA 316 south of Upper Strasburg and for a distance to the south of Roxbury. In the 1940s, the western terminus of PA 944 was cut back to PA 433/PA 641 in Roxbury. The section of the former route between Roxbury and US 30 became unnumbered, with a portion of road to the south of Upper Strasburg removed to make way for the Letterkenny Army Depot. In the 1960s, the western terminus of PA 944 was truncated to its current location at PA 233, with the former alignment between Roxbury and PA 233 becoming a northern extension of PA 997. Major intersections See also References External links Pennsylvania Highways: PA 944 944 Transportation in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Diego Armando Díaz Ahumada (born 12 June 1986), nicknamed Pescadito (Little Fish), is a Chilean former professional footballer. Career In January 2021, he announced his retirement from playing football at professional level due to a knee injury. Honours Universidad de Concepción Copa Chile (2): 2008–09, 2014–15 Primera B (1): 2013 Transición References External links Diego Díaz at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) 1986 births Living people People from Curicó Footballers from Maule Region Chilean men's footballers Curicó Unido footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Deportes Temuco footballers Deportes Santa Cruz footballers Deportes Recoleta footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Men's association football defenders
Norway competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Norway, from 8 to 21 February 2021. Medalists See also Norway national alpine ski team References External links Cortina 2021 official site Nations at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 Alpine World Ski Championships Norway at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Uprising is a three-part documentary series made for the BBC by Steve McQueen and James Rogan. The series is about the tragedy and aftermath of events in 1981 which it argues would go on to define race relations in the United Kingdom for a generation. In May 2022, Uprising won a television BAFTA for Factual Series. Episodes Broadcast The series is broadcast in the United Kingdom across three consecutive days on BBC One at 9pm from 20 July 2021. Reception The Financial Times called it a "powerful oral history of a disaster whose repercussions have echoed down to Grenfell and beyond." Uprising won the 2022 television BAFTA in the Factual Series category. References 2020s British documentary television series 2021 British television series debuts 2021 British television series endings BBC television documentaries about history during the 20th Century
John Rut (fl. 1512 – 1528) was an English mariner, born in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage. On 10 June 1527 he set sail from Plymouth with two ships, Samson and Mary Guilford. The voyage was arranged by Cardinal Wolsey at the wishes of Robert Thorne, a Bristol merchant. Samson was commanded by Master Grube and Mary Guilford was commanded by Rut. During the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, the ships separated during a storm, and it is assumed that Samson was lost. In early July Mary Guilford met heavy ice and turned southward; they reached the Labrador coast near St. Lewis Inlet, which they explored. In late July Mary Guilford set sail for St. John's. They entered St. John's harbour on 3 August where they reported encountering eleven Norman fishing vessels, one Breton fishing vessel and two from Portugal. It was at St. John's, Newfoundland on 3 August 1527 that the first known letter in English was sent from North America. While in St. John's, Rut wrote to King Henry on his findings and his planned voyage southward to seek his fellow explorer. The letter in part reads: Pleasing your Honourable Grace to heare of your servant John Rut with all his company here in good health thanks be to God. …and concludes: ...the third day of August we entered into a good harbour called St. John and there we found Eleuen Saile of Normans and one Brittaine and two Portugal barks all a fishing and so we are ready to depart towards Cap de Bras that is 25 leagues as shortly as we have fished and so along the Coast until we may meete with our fellowe and so with all diligence that lyes in me toward parts to that Ilands that we are command at our departing and thus Jesu save and keepe you Honourable Grace and all your Honourable Reuer. In the Haven of St. John the third day of August written in hast 1527, by your servant John Rut to his uttermost of his power. After leaving Newfoundland for warmer climes, Mary Guilford sailed along the east coast, past the Chesapeake Bay to Florida, apparently the first English ship to do so. Rut returned to England the following year; no further record of him remains. See also List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador References and notes External links Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador English sailors English explorers of North America 16th-century births 16th-century deaths People from Essex Newfoundland Colony people 16th-century English people Explorers of Canada Explorers of Florida
Dworczysko (; ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sejny, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania. References Sources Dworczysko
Qishn District is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 11,441 inhabitants. References Districts of Al Mahrah Governorate
The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) is one of Ireland's primary youth orchestras. Based at the Dundalk Institute of Technology in County Louth, the CBOI maintains a membership of 160 young musicians between the ages of 12 and 24 years from both sides of the border. History The CBOI was established in 1995 shortly after the implementation of the Peace Process and is recognised internationally as one of Ireland's flagship peace initiatives. Events The CBOI tours regularly to Europe and America and has sold out such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, in New York and Chicago's Symphony Hall. In April 2008 the Orchestra performed at the 400th Anniversary of the Flight of the Earls in Rome. In October 2009, the orchestra traveled to New York and Washington to play at the Lincoln Center and at Fairfields Cross Cultural Youth Festival. In October 2012, the orchestra traveled to London and performed in the Royal Albert Hall. See also List of youth orchestras References Youth orchestras European youth orchestras
Yan Hui (born September 23, 1995 in Baishan) is a Chinese female curler from Changchun. She is a . Teams Women's Mixed doubles References External links Video: Living people 1995 births People from Baishan Chinese female curlers Sportspeople from Changchun 21st-century Chinese women
St. John Cemetery, Cincinnati is located at 4423 Vine Street, in St. Bernard, Ohio. This Roman Catholic cemetery was founded in 1849, during a raging cholera epidemic. Many of Cincinnati's other cemeteries were already full of the victims. Many of Cincinnati's oldest German families are buried in this cemetery and the old stones are written in German. Burials also include 25 Franciscan Friars, who were founding members of the St. John the Baptist Providence. They first came to Cincinnati in July 1844, to serve the evergrowing German population. Some of these young men were as young as 17, 20 and 21, who had left their homelands to the German-speaking Catholics. Other burials include Clement Barnharm (1857–1935), a Cincinnati sculptor and his parents also John C. Roth a Cincinnati meat packer. It is managed by the Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society. References Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, May 1943, p. 421 External links Cemeteries in Cincinnati Roman Catholic cemeteries in Ohio Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati German-American culture in Cincinnati 1849 establishments in Ohio Cemeteries established in the 1840s
Valerio Castello (1624October 1659) born in Genoa, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and one of the pre-eminent Ligurian painters of his time. His art drew inspiration from a wide range of sources. He painted on canvas and fresco. Life He was the youngest son of Bernardo Castello, who died when Valerio was six years old. Valerio and his brothers were attached to the noble family of Torquato. While it had been the original intention for him to study a literate profession, he showed an affinity to drawing. This was noted by his patrons, who arranged his apprenticeship with Domenico Fiasella. Later he studied with Giovanni Andrea de’ Ferrari. To seek new inspiration, he travelled to Milan and then to Parma, probably between 1640 and 1645. In Milan he admired the work of Camillo Proccacini. From there, he traveled to Parma. He excelled in painting battle-scenes. He was also quite prolific within Genoa during his short life. He painted the Rape of the Sabines, now in the Palazzo Brignole, Genoa, and decorated the cupola of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in the same city. For the house of Francesco Maria Balbi, he collaborated with the quadraturista from Bologna, Andrea Sghizzi to fresco the palace. In his works he is regarded by his admirers as combining the fire of Tintoretto with the general style of Paolo Veronese. Castello influenced the work of young Domenico Piola. He also admired the work of Anthony van Dyck, who had spent a long time in Genoa and whose paintings could be seen all over the city. Among his pupils were Bartolomeo Biscaino, Giovanni Paolo Cervetto, and Stefano Magnasco (the father of Alessandro). References Sources Camillo Manzitti, Valerio Castello, Turin, 2004. 2nd edition 2008. Camillo Manzitti, Valerio Castello, Genoa, 1972. Valerio Castello 1624-1659 Genio Moderno, Catalogue of the exhibition curated by Marzia Cataldi Gallo, Luca Leoncini, Camillo Manzitti, Daniele Sanguinetti, Ginevra-Milano, 2008. Raffaele Soprani, Le Vite de Pittori, Scoltori et Architetti Genovesi, Giuseppe Bottaro e Gio Battista Tiboldi Compagni, Genoa, 1674. Pagine 231–236. Raffaello Soprani, Vite de Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti Genovesi; Second edition, volume I: revised and expanded by Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, Stamperia Casamara, dalle Cinque Lampadi, con licenza de superiori, Genova, 1768. Pagine 339–350. Giuseppe Ginori, Serie degli uomini i più illustri nella pittura, scultura, e architettura..., 1773. External links 1624 births 1659 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Italian Baroque painters Italian battle painters
Eat: An Oyster Bar is a Cajun and Louisiana Creole restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Eat is a Cajun and Louisiana Creole restaurant on North Williams Avenue in the northeast Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. Chad Walsh of Eater Portland has described the oyster bar as a "Louisiana-inspired stalwart". The website's Krista Garcia said the menu "nods to New Orleans, and is a bonanza for everything bivalve: baked oysters, fried oysters (a la carte or stuffed into po boys), oyster shooters, and of course, oysters on the half shell, served with classic grated horseradish and mignonette". The menu has also included blackened catfish, fried okra, frog legs, and shrimp etouffée. The restaurant has offered a $1 oyster happy hour, and supplies oysters to many other local restaurants. Eat offered 15 varieties of West Coast oysters, including Puget Sound-sourced Chelsea Gems and Hammersleys, as of 2018. History Owners Tobias Hogan and Ethan Powell opened Eat, once considered a sibling to The Parish, in 2008. Eat has hosted an annual Cajun gumbo cook-off. Reception Douglas Perry of The Oregonian gave the restaurant a 'B' rating in 2009. Michael Russell included Eat in The Oregonian'''s 2016 list of Portland's 12 best oyster bars. He recommended, "Don't go expecting speedy service or flawless bivalves at this split-level Cajun/Creole restaurant. Do go on Tuesdays, when select oysters are $2 a pop." Willamette Week included Eat in a 2016 list of "Where to Get the Best Happy Hour Oysters in Portland" and said the restaurant "has some of the freshest bivalves in town from mostly Oregon sources". Staff writers also included the restaurant in a 2016 overview of "the best seafood spots" in the city. Thrillist included Eat in a 2018 list of "The 21 Best Oyster Bars in the Country". The website said, "There's no pomp and circumstance at this dirty south-influenced fixture of a fast-changing stretch of the hip Williams restaurant district, but you might notice some familiar faces eyeballing the oyster board: The place supplies farm-fresh bivalves to many of Portland's fancier joints. But those joints don't have tiny ½ pints of beer. Or frog legs. Or whatever the hell's smoking outside on the perpetually running smoker, which often wafts in to accompany live blues bands. Grab a set of shooters and a tiny beer and let the shuckers go to work."Eater Portland'' included Eat in a 2017 list of "18 Hidden Gem Restaurants in Portland". Jenni Moore and Nathan Williams included the restaurant in the website's 2022 overview of "Where to Find Stellar Seafood in Portland". See also List of Cajun restaurants List of Louisiana Creole restaurants List of oyster bars List of seafood restaurants References External links 2008 establishments in Oregon Boise, Portland, Oregon Cajun restaurants in the United States Creole restaurants in the United States Louisiana Creole restaurants in the United States Northeast Portland, Oregon Oyster bars in the United States Restaurants established in 2008 Seafood restaurants in Portland, Oregon
David Lowe (born 17 April 1955) is an English actor, composer, film director and scientist. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1987. Selected filmography References External links 1955 births Living people English male film actors
Jaron Long (born August 28, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Prior to playing professionally, Long played college baseball for Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Ohio State University. Career Long attended Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona. He played baseball as a pitcher and an infielder, but did not make his school's varsity team until he was a senior. In 2010, The Arizona Republic named Long as an honorable mention on their All-Class 4A baseball team. No colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I offered him a scholarship. After he graduated, Long enrolled at Chandler–Gilbert Community College, and played college baseball for the Chandler–Gilbert Coyotes. As a freshman, Long pitched to a 1.62 earned run average (ERA) in 50 innings, though a broken wrist ended his season prematurely. After he recovered, he participated in collegiate summer baseball, playing for the East Texas Pumpjacks of the Texas Collegiate League. After his freshman year, he transferred to Ohio State University to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team, a Division I program. Long began his Buckeyes career as a relief pitcher, but was moved into the starting rotation. As a sophomore, Long led the Buckeyes with a 2.66 ERA, the sixth-best ERA among pitchers in the Big Ten Conference, and the fourth most innings pitched. Long was named to the All-Big Ten's first team. That summer, he played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In his junior year, Long developed warts on his pitching hand, which prevented him from throwing his changeup. He had a 4.02 ERA, and went undrafted in the 2013 MLB Draft. Pitching again for the Bourne Braves in the summer of 2013, he was named a league all-star and his 0.30 ERA led the league. New York Yankees' amateur scouting director Damon Oppenheimer noticed Long and in August 2013, Long signed with the Yankees as an undrafted free agent. After Long signed with the Yankees, he appeared in six games as a relief pitcher with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League at the end of the 2013 season. In 2014, he reported to spring training, and was assigned to the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 11 appearances, which included four games started, Long had a 1.64 ERA for Charleston. For the week of May 26 – June 1, he was named the league's Pitcher of the Week. On June 5, he was promoted to Tampa. After six appearances for Tampa, in which he compiled a 2.77 ERA, he was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League. Over the whole season, Long pitched in 28 games (18 starts) and had a 12-5 record, 2.18 ERA, 122 strikeouts, 22 walks, and a shutout in 144.1 innings pitched. Long was released by the Yankees in April 2016. He signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals and spent the 2016 season pitching for the Nationals' AA and AAA clubs. He finished the 2016 season with a 5-6 record and a 3.20 ERA. On November 27, 2017, Long resigned a minor league deal with the Nationals, who invited him to spring training. He elected free agency on November 2, 2018. On December 14, 2018, Long signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was released on March 21, 2019. Jaron is currently a Certified Major League Baseball Player Agent for Scott Boras Corporation. Personal life Long is the youngest of three children. His father, Kevin Long, is the current hitting coach of the Philadelphia Phillies and former hitting coach of the Washington Nationals, New York Yankees and New York Mets. Kevin, who then was playing and coaching in the minor leagues, insisted that his son not pitch while he was young or throw a breaking ball until he was 16 years old. As a teenager, Long served as a batboy for the Yankees. Long returned to Ohio State to graduate in December 2013. References External links 1991 births Living people Baseball players from Scottsdale, Arizona Baseball pitchers Chandler–Gilbert Coyotes baseball players Ohio State Buckeyes baseball players Bourne Braves players Gulf Coast Yankees players Tampa Yankees players Charleston RiverDogs players Trenton Thunder players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players Harrisburg Senators players Syracuse Chiefs players
Agra is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 208. History Agra was first settled in 1888, and incorporated in 1904. Agra was a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. It was named for Agra in India. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 267 people, 116 households, and 78 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 162 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.1% White, 0.4% African American, 1.9% Native American, 0.4% Asian, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population. There were 116 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.8% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 49.4 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.6% were from 25 to 44; 36.7% were from 45 to 64; and 19.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 306 people, 131 households, and 89 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 173 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.69% White, 0.33% Native American, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population. There were 131 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.89. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $27,250, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $26,944 versus $16,429 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,960. About 8.5% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.7% of those 65 or over. Education The community is served by Thunder Ridge USD 110 public school district, where schools are located in Kensington and Agra. In 2008 West Smith County USD 238 and Eastern Heights USD 324 combined to form Thunder Ridge USD 110. The Thunder Ridge High School mascot is the Thunder Ridge Longhorns. Agra schools were closed through school unification. The Agra High School mascot was Agra Purple Chargers. References Further reading External links Agra - Directory of Public Officials Agra city map, KDOT Cities in Kansas Cities in Phillips County, Kansas 1888 establishments in Kansas Populated places established in 1888
Wickham Park is a park at 330 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geography Wickham Park lies on the fall of the land from Wickham Terrace to down to Albert Street. To the north-west, it is adjacent to the Roma Street Parkland (formerly Albert Park) which lies on the fall of the land from the higher parts of Wickham Terrace down to the Roma Street railway station. History Wickham Park was named after John Clements Wickham. It was formerly known as the Wickham Terrace Reserve and Wickham Terrace Park. Heritage listings Wickham Park contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including: 226 Wickham Terrace: The Old Windmill, the oldest surviving building in Brisbane 230 Wickham Terrace: Spring Hill Reservoirs 330 Wickham Terrace: Wickham Park Air Raid Shelters References External links — Description of the park in 1886 Parks in Brisbane History of Brisbane Spring Hill, Queensland
The Vieux Fort Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station in La Tourney, Vieux Fort District, Saint Lucia. History In February 2016, St. Lucia Electricity Services (LUCELEC) released a request for proposal to companies to submit bids to construct the power station. The tender was won by GRUPOTEC. On 20 June 2017, LUCELEC and GRUPOTEC signed the contract to begin the engineering, procurement and construction of the power station. The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the power station happened on 29 September 2017 and the construction began in November 2017. It was then commissioned in April 2018, making it the first utility-level renewable energy project completed in the country. The power station was then officially opened on 9 August 2018 in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, former Costa Rica President José María Figueres and former United States President Bill Clinton. Technical specification The power station has an installed generating capacity of 3 MW. Upon commissioning, the power station covered around 5% of electricity demand in the country. The power station consists of almost 15,000 photovoltaic panels. Finance The power station was constructed at a cost of US$20 million with funds from St. Lucia Electricity Services. References 2018 establishments in Saint Lucia Energy infrastructure completed in 2018 Solar power stations in North America Power stations in Saint Lucia
Jefferson School District may refer to: Jefferson County School District in Birmingham, Alabama Jefferson Patriots School District in Phoenix, Arizona Jefferson County R-1 School District in Golden, Colorado Jefferson County School District in Monticello, Florida Jefferson City School District in Jefferson, Georgia Jefferson County School District in Louisville, Georgia Jefferson County School District 251 in Rigby, Idaho West Jefferson School District in Terreton, Indiana Jefferson–Scranton Community School District in Jefferson, Iowa Jefferson County School District in Louisville, Kentucky Jefferson County School District, in Fayette, Mississippi Jefferson County School District, in Jefferson New York Jefferson Area Local School District, in Jefferson, Ohio Jefferson Local School District, in West Jefferson, Ohio Jefferson Township Local School District, in Dayton, Ohio Jefferson School District, Oregon in Jefferson, Oregon Jefferson County School District (Oregon) in Madras, Oregon Jefferson County School District, in Dandridge, Tennessee Jefferson Independent School District in Jefferson, Texas Jefferson County School District in Charles Town, West Virginia Jefferson County School District in Jefferson, Wisconsin Jefferson School District in Tracy, California. Jefferson Schools in Monroe County, Michigan See also Franklin-Jefferson County Social Education District in Benton, Illinois Jefferson Davis County School District in Prentiss, Missouri Port Jefferson UF School District in Port Jefferson, New York South Jefferson County School District in Adams Center, New York Gahanna-Jefferson City School District in Gahanna, Ohio Jefferson-Morgan School District in Jefferson, Pennsylvania Jefferson Hills School District in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania West Jefferson Hills School District in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 in Elk Point, South Dakota Hardin-Jefferson Independent School District in Sour Lake, Texas
The Generalitat Valenciana is the generic name covering the different self-government institutions under which the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia is politically organized. It consists of seven institutions including the Corts Valencianes (or autonomous Parliament), the President of the Generalitat, or the autonomous government itself (or Consell). Its functions are regulated by the Valencian Statute of Autonomy. Despite being also present in various cities of the Valencian Community, the main locations of the autonomous Parliament, presidency of the Generalitat and the Consell are all in the city of Valencia. There is also an office in Brussels appointed by the Generalitat Valenciana lobbying before the European Union. President of the Generalitat The current President of the Generalitat Valenciana is Carlos Mazón of the People's Party of the Valencian Community (People's Party). He assumed the Presidency in July 2023 and took office in Les Corts in the same month, as the head of a coalition between the PP and Vox. History The Generalitat Valenciana was created in 1418. It acted, along with the Monarch shared with the other territories of the Crown of Aragon, as the ruling body of the Kingdom of Valencia. Originally its posts were designated for three year terms. In 1510, the process of designating posts was reorganized, becoming more automatic and less elective. This re-organization stayed the same until 1709, when it was abolished as a consequence of the War of the Spanish Succession and the subsequent Nueva Planta decrees, along with the other fueros of the Kingdom of Valencia. The Generalitat Valenciana was not re-established until 1982, after the corresponding Valencian Statute of Autonomy was approved. El Consell El Consell consists of eight members, each the leader of an institution. These institutions are: Education, Culture, and Sports in charge of education, formal training, universities, sciences, promotion of cultural heritage, language policy, and sports. Treasury and Public Administrations responsible for finance, the Valencian business sector, public service, and information technology and management communication. Health responsible for health services and public health. Planning and Environment responsible for public works, land and coastline planning, housing and building quality, transportation, ports and airports, environment, landscape, and climate change. Social Welfare responsible for policies affecting social services, dependence, the disabled, family, children, adoptions, youth, women, and immigration. Government and Justice responsible for civil protection, management of the National Police assigned to Valencia, prevention and extinction of fires, management of emergency situations, statutory development, consultations, professional associations, and notarial records. Economics, Industry, and Employment in charge of the economy, business sector, agriculture, industry, craftsmanship, domestic and foreign trade, consumerism, and investigation and innovation of technology and energy. Agriculture, Fishing, Food and Water responsible for establishing and maintaining relations with other countries of the European Union, other Autonomous Communities, local administrations, and citizens. Institutions La Generalitat Valenciana comprises seven institutions: Les Corts Consell Valencià de Cultura Comité Econòmic i Social Sindicatura de Comptes Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua Síndic de Greuges Consell Jurídic Consultiu Les Corts Valencianes The Corts Valencianes is the Valencian Parliament. It represents the people of Valencia via the members of parliament. These members are elected using a universal, direct, free, and secret vote. It is made up of 75-100 members, which are determined by the Statute of Autonomy and through the voting process. The Statute of Autonomy also requires any candidate running for a Seat must "stand for a party or coalition that obtains more than 5% of the given votes in all the Autonomous Community." The D'Hondt method is used to distribute Seats. In the VIII Term, 35 members of Parliament were elected in the Alicante district, 24 members in the Castellon district, and 40 in the Valencia district. The Statute of Autonomy dedicates Chapter II of Title III to the Valencian Parliament, which only outlines the composition of the Parliament, the basic principles of the election system, their corresponding duties, and sets out a general outline of the Statute of the Members of Parliament. The Valencian Parliament Regulations were developed in addition to the Statute of Autonomy to govern the organization and functioning of this Institution. On March 4, 1983, the first draft of the Valencian Parliament Regulations was approved during the Transitional Phase. Since then, it has undergone several modifications, which were approved by the Valencian Parliament on December 18, 2006. The contemporary Corts Valencianes differs from its historical counterpart of the same name. The former Corts Valencianes was organized into three arms – Ecclesiastic, Military, and Royal – which had different duties than the Corts today. Consell Valencià de Cultura The Consell Valencià de Cultura (Valencian Council of Culture) is a consultation and advisory institution for the Generalitat Valenciana for affairs related to Valencian culture. It defends and promotes the region's cultural and linguistic values. The Council's headquarters are located in the city of Valencia, but has also held sessions in Valencian municipal centers such as Castelló de la Plana, Alacant, Morella, Elx, and Vilafamés. Comité Econòmic i Social The Economic and Social Committee is a body of the government that provides consultations on economic, social, labor, and employment matters. It is also a part of the public institutions of Valencia. Sindicatura de Comptes The Sindicatura de Comptes, or Audit Office in English, is responsible for the external audit of the economic and financial activity of the public sector in the Valencian Community. This institution of the Generalitat reports to the Corts Valencianes, or Valencian Parliament, but maintains functional independence. Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua The Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, or Valencian Academy of Language, was founded in 1998. It is the official governing body over the native language of the region, Valencian. Like the Sindicatura de Comptes, this institution maintains functional independence but works under the Corts Valencianes. The institution's purpose is to define and draw up linguistic rules and safeguard the Valencian language on the basis of its lexicographic and literary tradition and its actual linguistic reality, as well as the established Normes de Castelló (Castello Norms) that were approved in 1932. Síndic de Greuges The Ombudsman of the Valencian Region was established through Ley 11/1988. This office defend the fundamental rights and public freedoms recognized in the Spanish Constitution and Valencian Statute of Autonomy. The ombudsman is elected for a period of five years and may be re-elected. Consell Jurídic Consultiu The Legal Advisory Council of the Valencian government is the supreme branch of the Consell, Regional Administration, and local governments that consults in legal matters. Debt of the Generalitat In 2014, the government will try to enforce privatizations to try to stop the debt and balance the debt of the Generalitat. To lower debt, the Consell will sell assets and outsource waste treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, housing, and infrastructure as a means to generate income. The goal is to raise $300 million to address its problems, primarily to pay off the debts of the Generalitat, which is one of the departments that went over budget. The Generalitat is the third department to go over budget, after Sanitation and Education. Money to some departments, such as education, will be reduced. Other departments’ budgets, such as Justice and Social Welfare, will receive a slight increase. See also Valencian Parliament Kingdom of Valencia Furs of Valencia Palace of the Borgias Notes References External links Official website of the Generalitat Valenciana Valencian Regional Office in Brussels

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