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17331035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Powell%20%28footballer%29 | Lee Powell (footballer) | Lee Powell (born 2 June 1973) is a Welsh football forward, who played for Southampton.
References
External links
Profile
1973 births
Living people
Welsh footballers
Association football forwards
Premier League players
Southampton F.C. players
Hamilton Academical F.C. players
Yeovil Town F.C. players
Wales under-21 international footballers
Scottish Football League players |
20468360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin%20Miculescu | Valentin Miculescu | Valentin Miculescu (born 4 September 1975) is a Romanian former footballer who last played for Liga II club FCM Reșița.
Club career
Miculescu had a spell in Hungary where he played for Békéscsaba Előre.
Personal life
Valentin's son, David Miculescu, is also a footballer.
References
External links
1975 births
Living people
Romanian footballers
Association football forwards
Liga II players
FC Politehnica Timișoara players
FC UTA Arad players
FC Bihor Oradea players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Békéscsaba 1912 Előre footballers
Romanian expatriate footballers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Expatriate footballers in Hungary
Sportspeople from Timișoara |
17331040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20singles%20of%201955%20%28France%29 | List of number-one singles of 1955 (France) | This is a list of the French singles and airplay chart reviews number-ones of 1955.
Number-ones by week
Singles chart
See also
1955 in music
List of number-one hits (France)
References
Number-one singles
France
1955 |
17331056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropship | Dropship | Dropship or drop ship may refer to:
Drop shipping, a retailing practice of sending items from a manufacturer directly to a customer
Dropship (science fiction), a military landing craft in science fiction
Dropship: United Peace Force, a video game for the PlayStation 2
Dropship (software), a program to copy files from Dropbox accounts using their hashes |
20468371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotango%20vol.%202%20%28album%29 | Narcotango vol. 2 (album) | Narcotango vol. 2 is a studio album by Argentine Carlos Libedinsky.
Track listing
2006 albums
Carlos Libedinsky albums |
20468374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejapakar | Tejapakar | Tejapakar is a village development committee in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,296 people living in 605 individual households.
References
Populated places in Rautahat District |
20468385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengraha | Tengraha | Tengraha is a village development committee in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3503 people living in 637 individual households.
References
Populated places in Rautahat District |
20468392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikuliya%2C%20Rautahat | Tikuliya, Rautahat | Tikuliya is a village development committee in Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3103 people living in 530 individual households.
References
Populated places in Rautahat District |
17331060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn%20Keane%20%28weightlifter%29 | Eamonn Keane (weightlifter) | Eamonn Keane is an Irish primary school teacher from Louisburgh, County Mayo who specialises in endurance weightlifting.
Media coverage
His bench press record is mentioned in the 2005 edition of Guinness World Records. and later mentioned in the 2008 book World's Stupidest Athletes by Barb Karg and Rick Sutherland and in the 2013 book Weight Lifting and Weight Training by Noah Daniels.
Eamonn was the subject of a Cogar documentary called Éamonn Ó Cathain – An Fear Iarainn on Ireland's Irish Language Station TG4 released 6 November 2011. In the documentary, Eamonn goes in search of his ultimate goal in weightlifting by attempting to become the only man ever to achieve a career "grand slam" of world records in 12 different endurance weightlifting disciplines.
His 13th record was ratified in December 2011.
One of his records was included in Guinness World Records 2012, mentioning his arm-curled weight in an hour.
Four of his records were included in Guinness World Records 2013, pertaining to the most weighted lifted in an hour in the bench press, barbell row, dumbbell row and lateral raise.
He is also included in the 2015 edition.
Guinness World Records
He has also previously held world weightlifting records in at least 4 other categories.
References
Irish schoolteachers
Irish male weightlifters
Living people
World record holders in weightlifting
Sportspeople from County Mayo
Year of birth missing (living people) |
20468410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primovula%20roseomaculata | Primovula roseomaculata | Primovula roseomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
As is the case in most ovulids, in life, the mantle completely covers the shell almost all of the time.
References
Ovulidae
Gastropods described in 1909 |
17331064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Powell | Lee Powell | Lee Powell may refer to:
Lee Powell (actor) (1908–1944), U.S. film actor
Lee Powell (footballer) (born 1973), Welsh footballer
See also
Lee Howells (born 1968), British footballer and manager
Les Powell (disambiguation)
Lew Powell ( 1974–2012), an American journalist, author, and newspaper editor
Powell v Lee (1908), an English contract law case |
17331072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios%20Gazis | Georgios Gazis | Georgios Gazis (born 25 May 1981) is a Greek amateur boxer. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight division.
Gazis lost his qualifier semi to Jean-Mickaël Raymond but won the decisive third place bout against Victor Cotiujanschi.
At the Olympics, he defeated Herry Saliku Biembe but lost to southpaw Carlos Góngora (1:12).
External links
2nd Qualifier
NBC data
Living people
People from Kozani
Middleweight boxers
1981 births
Olympic boxers of Greece
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Greek male boxers
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece
Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
Sportspeople from Western Macedonia |
23572836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Pacific%20Life%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20singles | 2002 Pacific Life Open – Women's singles | Serena Williams was the defending champion, but she chose not to compete that year.
Daniela Hantuchová won her maiden WTA Tour singles title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final 6–3, 6–4.
This was the first WTA tournament in which future world No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova competed. She was defeated in the second round by Monica Seles.
Seeds
All seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
Samantha Reeves
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
References
External links
Official results archive (ITF)
Official results archive (WTA)
Women's Singles
2002 WTA Tour |
23572840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs%20de%20Winter | Mrs de Winter | Mrs de Winter is a novel by Susan Hill published in 1993. It is the sequel to the novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
Summary
When Manderley burned, tormented Maxim de Winter and his demure second wife fled the ghosts of a dark, unspoken yesterday and now have come home to England, to bury what was and start anew. But the sensual warmth of a golden autumn cannot mask the chill of a lingering evil. For October's gentle breeze whispers that Rebecca – beautiful, mysterious, malevolent Rebecca – is haunting their lives once more.
Reviews
Critical reviews have been generally bad, stating that this sequel is not really up to the standard set by the du Maurier original. The plot has been regarded as quite dull, without any evolution of the character of Mrs de Winter in spite of the time lapse. In addition it casts the same characters all over again without the narration being intense and engaging enough. "Throughout the media jamboree attending this sequel, Rebecca's remaining lovers will feel like Mrs Danvers – dour, uncomprehending, and dismissive of the newcomer's ineffective attempts to please".
References
Works based on Rebecca (novel)
Novels by Susan Hill
1993 British novels
Sequel novels
Sinclair-Stevenson books |
23572850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland%20Racers%202071 | Wasteland Racers 2071 | Wasteland Racers 2071 is an arcade-style video game by Triotech that was released on November 20, 2006.
Summary
The simulator takes place in the year 2071 with six race tracks (from Airport Mayhem to the Ruins of Lost Vegas) and five cars (from the Interceptor to the Crusher). If the player finishes first, they will receive a code that unlocks new cars and race courses. Wasteland Racers 2071 is one of the arcade games featured at Chuck E. Cheese's. None of the cars are linked to an actual manufacturer like Chevrolet or Ford; fantasy cars based on futuristic prototypes are used to navigate the post-apocalyptic racing venues. They have the ability to deliver up to 2Gs of acceleration. Because the title has the word "Wasteland" in it, it is assumed that the game is set in a dystopian 21st century.
There are two versions of this arcade game; the standard has a 27" monitor while the deluxe has the 52" monitor.
References
2006 video games
Arcade video games
Arcade-only video games
Science fiction racing games
North America-exclusive video games
Post-apocalyptic video games
Racing video games set in the United States
Video games developed in Canada
Video games scored by Simon Viklund
Video games set in the 2070s
Multiplayer and single-player video games |
23572875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Dahm | Jan Dahm | Jan Dahm (5 April 1921 – 16 February 2013) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II. He was among the first group of people to be subject to court-martial during the German occupation of Norway, and later initiated and headed the Secret Intelligence Service group Theta, which operated in Bergen from December 1941 to June 1942.
German court-martial
At the German attack on Norway in April 1940 Jahn Dahm was a nineteen-year-old engineering student at Bergens Tekniske Skole. He had been an eager radio amateur and a member of Bergen Radio Relé Liga for years, and at home he also had a workshop for building radios. On 25 June 1940, while he had an examination at the school, he was taken to the Gestapo office in Bergen, where he was confronted with equipment taken from his home and told he would be charged with espionage. On 28 June he was transported by bus from Bergen to Møllergaten 19 in Oslo with ten other arrestees.
The German court-martial started in Oslo on 22 August 1940. The court in Oslo consisted of the 3rd Senate of the Deutsches Reichskriegsgericht (Reich Military Tribunal) in Berlin, and the prosecutor sought the death sentence for the six defendants, according to paragraphs 2 (espionage) and 89 (treason) of the German penal code. On 28 August three of the six defendants, travelling agent Konrad Rendedal, Colonel Gabriel Lund and doctor Odd Solem, were sentenced to death; Jan Dahm and another defendant were set free, as the charges could not be proved; and policeman Erling Staff was sentenced to five years in prison. This was the first court-martial in Norway after the German occupation, and the first death sentences in Norway since 1876. The death sentences were later reduced to five years imprisonment (). Jan Dahm could go back home, but had to report to the Gestapo every second week.
SIS radio station Theta
Dahm continued his studies at Bergens Tekniske Skole, but was under Gestapo supervision. He noticed that he was often observed by unknown persons, but eventually learned how to escape his shadows. He made contacts with undercover resistance members, such as physicist and radio expert Helmer Dahl and Mons Haukeland, the district leader of the Bergen department of Milorg. Along with some friends he also started to prepare a secret room in a building at Bryggen, which could be used as a working room and cover. As the group had expertise in radio transmission, the next step was to establish contact with Allied forces. Group member Bjarne Thorsen travelled by boat to Lerwick and managed to establish contact with the Secret Intelligence Service in London. Thorsen returned to Bergen bringing a radio transmitter, secret codes and schedules.
The station was called Theta, and started operating in December 1941. Among the notable messages transmitted by Theta was a report on the battleship Tirpitz. The Theta group operated until June 1942, when group member Kristian Ottosen was arrested. Following this arrest, Dahm fled to Sweden via Bodø, Fauske and Junkerdalen, together with fellow member Wenche Stenersen. Dahm was further taken to Britain for briefing. He was later trained as radar officer, and eventually served at the naval base in Shetland.
Post-war
Dahm graduated from Bergens Technical School in 1947, and ran an engineering company in Bergen from 1950. He died in February 2013.
References
1921 births
2013 deaths
Norwegian resistance members
Royal Norwegian Navy personnel of World War II
Secret Intelligence Service personnel
Prisoners and detainees of Germany
Norwegian prisoners and detainees
People who were court-martialed
People acquitted of treason
Engineers from Bergen
Military personnel from Bergen
Amateur radio people |
23572878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Magic%20%28band%29 | White Magic (band) | White Magic is a psychedelic folk rock group formed in Brooklyn, New York City, and led by singer/guitarist/pianist/composer Mira Billotte. Billotte performs under this moniker both with accompaniment or solo, using a daf, shruti box, and singing a cappella. Invoking both traditional and experimental folk, White Magic's sound ranges from loud psychedelia to meditative trance.
History
White Magic's original lineup was formed in 2003, after Mira Billotte moved to New York City. Billotte composed the songs, sang and played guitar and piano. Miggy Littleton (Blood on the Wall, Ida) played drums, and Andy MacLeod played guitar. Before White Magic, Billotte played drums, sang, and composed with her sister Christina Billotte (Autoclave, Slant 6, Casual Dots) in Quix*o*tic.
The subsequent lineup consisted of Billotte, "Sleepy" Doug Shaw (HighLife, Gang Gang Dance) on guitar, Tim Koh (Ariel Pink) on bass, and alternating drummers Tim Dewitt (Gang Gang Dance, Dutch E. Germ), Jesse Lee (Gang Gang Dance), and Jim White (Dirty Three, Cat Power, Nina Nastasia). Tim Barnes (Silver Jews), Samara Lubelski, and Shahzad Ismaily have also played with White Magic for subsequent recordings and live shows.
White Magic joined the Drag City roster in 2003, and in 2004 releasedThrough The Sun Door EP to general critical praise. They garnered attention when the song “Don't Need” appeared on the compilation The Golden Apples of the Sun (Bastet) curated by Devendra Banhart in 2004. Drag City released the band's debut full-length album Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (The Rose Gives The Bees Honey) -- a reference to the Rose Cross-- in 2006, followed by 2007’s Dark Stars EP, with critical praise from Spin Magazine.
White Magic recorded the song “Long Time Ago” with Hal Willner, Saturday Night Live's musical director, for the compilation Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys produced by Willner and conceived by Johnny Depp and Pirates of the Caribbean Director Gore Verbinski.
In 2007, Mira Billotte recorded Bob Dylan's "As I Went Out One Morning" on the soundtrack album for the Todd Haynes film I'm Not There on Columbia Records. In USA Today, Ken Barnes stated that: "... the soundtrack was a winner, featuring such gems as...Mira Billotte's As I Went Out One Morning and the first official release of Dylan's own, stunning version of the title track.”
They also appeared on The Wire magazine's "Wire Tapper" compilation along with The Slits' “Earthbeat.” White Magic was named a 'best new band' by The Village Voice in 2008.
They toured extensively headlining in the U.S., UK and Europe, and opening for like-minded musicians including Animal Collective, Sonic Youth, Joanna Newsom, and Will Oldham. White Magic performed at many music festivals, including five of the ATP (All Tomorrow’s Parties) festivals, each curated by artists, Sonic Youth, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Stephen Malkmus, Slint and Dirty Three.
In 2012, White Magic performed at both the New Folk Festival at Zorthian Ranch in Los Angeles, and at the Quiet Festival in Portland, Oregon. In 2013, Mira Billotte performed for the live score of Jem Cohen’s film, "We Have an Anchor", singing her own compositions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, along with members of Godspeed You Black Emperor, Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), and Jim White of Dirty Three. This performance was repeated in March 2015 at both the Barbican Theater in London and the Sonic Protest Festival in Paris.
In July, 2015, White Magic released “I'm Hiding My Nightingale” EP on Leaving Records. Ariel Pink played guitar accompaniment for the title track, a cover of an early Can song . Billboard Magazine reviewed the track favorably, saying ”White Magic is a lot of things -- dark, hopeful, mystical, yearning -- but it's never not lovely....” Interview Magazine reviewed the track and its music video the month of its release.
Discography
Albums
Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (2006, Drag City)
Extended plays
Through The Sun Door EP (2004, Drag City)
Songs of Hurt and Healing split EP with American Analog Set (2005, Ouch!)
Dark Stars EP (2007, Drag City)
I’m Hiding My Nightingale EP (2015, Leaving Records)
Singles
"Katie Cruel" single (2006, Drag City)
"New Egypt" 1-song release, limited to 1000 cds (2008, Southern)
"White Widow" single (2011, The Mysteries)
"Out Beyond The Moon" on LAMC#6 split 7" with Cass McCombs (2013, Famous Class Records)
Compilation appearances
The Golden Apples of the Sun compilation (Bastet)
Wire Tapper compilation (2004, The Wire Magazine)
They Keep Me Smiling compilation (2004, United Acoustic Recordings)
"Long Time Ago" on the Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys compilation (2006, Anti)
References
External links
White Magic on Myspace
PUNKCAST#335 Live video from Knitting Factory NYC, Sep 27 2003. (RealPlayer)
Stone's Throw
Drag City press page for White Magic
2002 establishments in New York City
American folk rock groups
Drag City (record label) artists
Musical groups established in 2002
Musical groups from Brooklyn
Rock music groups from New York (state) |
23572882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spathularia | Spathularia | Spathularia is a genus of fungi in the family Cudoniaceae. Species in the genus are found in coniferous forests around the bases of conifers or near rotting logs. The genus name is Latin for 'broad sword'.
Spathularia flavida
Spathularia flavida, like other members of the family Cudoniaceae, is distinguished by having long, needle-like spores. A common name for Spathularia flavida is yellow Earth tongue. The spores are tightly packed side by side in the asci. The fruit body of S. flavida is a light yellowish-brown color and rarely of a brown color. The stipe grows to about eight centimeters in length and one centimeter in girth, and the flattened head grows on the sides of the stipe. It has a fairly smooth head and stipe, and has no odor. Several specimens were recovered in two expeditions to Sichuan Province, China, in 1997 and 1998. The habitat ranges across continents, mainly the coniferous forests of the United States and Europe. It can be found near the bases of coniferous trees in ring shaped clusters; however, sightings are rare and infrequent.
Spathularia neesii
Spathularia neesii is similar to S. flavida''' it is roughly the same size and shape, up to 8 centimeters in length and 1 centimeter in stipe width. Their colors are also similar–both are of a pale yellow but S. neesii tends to have a pale brown, tan, color, unlike the yellow of S. flavida. When dried both specimens look identical and is almost impossible to tell a difference with the naked eye. The distinguishing feature of S. neesii is the spores that measure 60 to 80 mic. long, around 20 mic. longer than that of S. flavida''.
References
Helotiales genera
Helotiales |
23572883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4H8N2O2 | C4H8N2O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C4H8N2O2}}
The molecular formula C4H8N2O2 (molar mass: 116.12 g/mol) may refer to:
N-Acetylglycinamide
Dimethylglyoxime
HA-966
Molecular formulas |
23572889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20magic%20%28disambiguation%29 | White magic (disambiguation) | White magic is magic used for benevolent purposes.
White Magic may also refer to:
White Magic (band), an American rock band
White Magic, a 2010 album by Swedish musician ceo
Kirk Stevens, a snooker player nicknamed "white magic"
Lacey, a professional wrestler who has also performed under the ring name White Magic
WhiteMagic, a display technology
Mephedrone, a drug also known as "white magic" |
6900765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20American%20Old%20West | Timeline of the American Old West | This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy-time period of imprecise boundaries, and historians' definitions vary. The events in this timeline occurred primarily in the portion of the modern continental United States west of the Mississippi River, and mostly in the period between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the admission of the last western territories as states in 1912 where most of the frontier was already settled and became urbanized; a few typical frontier episodes happened after that, such as the admission of Alaska into the Union in 1959. A brief section summarizing early exploration and settlement prior to 1803 is included to provide a foundation for later developments. Rarely, events significant to the history of the West but which occurred within the modern boundaries of Canada and Mexico are included as well.
Western North America was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Native Americans and later served as a frontier to the Spanish Empire, which began colonizing the region starting in the 16th century. British, French, and Russian claims followed in the 18th and 19th centuries, though these did not result in settlement and the region remained in Spanish hands. After the American Revolution, the newly independent United States began securing its own frontier from the Appalachian Mountains westward for settlement and economic investment by American pioneers. The long history of American expansion into these lands has played a central role in shaping American culture, iconography, and the modern national identity, and remains a popular topic for study by scholars and historians.
Events listed below are notable developments for the region as a whole, not just for a particular state or smaller subdivision of the region; as historians Hine and Faragher put it, they "tell the story of the creation and defense of communities, the use of the lands, the development of markets, and the formation of states.... It is a tale of conquest, but also one of survival, persistence, and the merging of peoples and cultures."
Early exploration and settlement
For almost three centuries after Columbus' voyages to the New World, much of western North America remained unsettled by white colonists, despite various territorial claims made by European colonial powers. European interest in the vast territory was initially motivated by the search for precious metals, especially gold, and the fur trade, with miners, trappers, and hunters among the first people of European descent to permanently settle in the West. The early years were also a period of scientific exploration and survey, such that by 1830 the rough outline of the western half of the continent had been mapped to the Pacific Ocean.
1800s
1810s
1820s
1830s
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1950s
See also
Historic regions of the United States
Territorial evolution of the United States
List of Old West gunfights
Western United States
Mountain States
Northwestern United States
Southwestern United States
Pacific States
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Great Basin
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Range
References
External links
New Perspectives On The West. The West Film Project, WETA-TV, 2001.
Old West
American Old West |
6900780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bour%2C%20Luxembourg | Bour, Luxembourg | Bour () is a village in the commune of Tuntange, in western Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 64.
Mersch (canton)
Towns in Luxembourg |
23572891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20inspection | Computer-aided inspection | Computer-aided inspection (CAI) is the use of software tools to assess manufactured objects. It is closely related to computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Its primary purpose is to allow engineers to more quickly and precisely assess the physical properties of manufactured objects. These properties can include dimensions, material consistency, roughness and roundness.
Uses
CAI has applications in industries ranging from food production to aerospace, commonly being used in the quality assurance step of the manufacturing process. It involves comparing manufactured objects with a CAD model, technical drawing or data sheet to ensure that the finished product is within specification and meets design intent.
Technologies
CAI machines can use a variety of technologies depending on the material of the product to be inspected, the properties to be measured, and the precision required.
Digital Cameras
Digital cameras are frequently used in situations where the shape or colour of an object needs to be analysed. Using machine vision, the CAI program can make decisions about objects by comparing them to a master photo or data array.
Laser Scanning
Laser scanning CAI machines use point clouds to generate a 3D model which is compared to the required specification. Laser scanners are generally used to check the external geometry of parts with low reflectivity and translucence.
Structured Light Scanning
Structured light scanners use projected light patterns and digital cameras to analyse the geometry of an object. As with laser scanning, objects with high reflectivity and translucence can cause problems but temporary coatings can be applied to prevent this.
CT Scanning
Industrial CT scanners use X-rays to image an object from many angles, building up a 3D image to compare to a specification. CT scans can be used to analyse the internal geometry of parts because the X-rays penetrate the object being scanned. Higher resolution CT scans can also check for cavities, cracks, and other undesirable features inside parts.
See also
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided manufacturing
Coordinate-measuring machine
References
Computer-aided design
Metrology |
6900801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20Harbor%20and%20Northern%20Railway%20Depot | Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Depot | The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Depot is a historic Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway (CH&N) depot in Boca Grande, Florida. It is located at Park and 4th Streets. The station was built by the CH&N in 1910; the railroad's parent company, the American Agriculture and Chemical Company, had several phosphate mines in the area and wanted a railroad to ship its phosphate and other goods. The company played an important role in Boca Grande's early development, both by building the railroad and station and by opening a hotel and selling land. The station continued service when the railroad was acquired by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in the 1920s. Rail service began to diminish during the Great Depression, and later during the post-World War II period, when it closed in 1958. Until its closure, the railroad was the only land connection between Boca Grande and mainland Florida.
On December 13, 1979, the station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Since 1985, the station has been a notable landmark along the Boca Grande Bike Path.
References
External links
Lee County listings at National Register of Historic Places
Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
Lee County listings
Historic Railroad Depot
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Florida
Gasparilla Island
Transportation buildings and structures in Lee County, Florida |
23572896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chautauqua%20Lake%20Yacht%20Club | Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club | The Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club (CLYC) is a private yacht club located in Lakewood, New York, on the south shore of Chautauqua Lake.
Fleets
The club was a powerhouse of the Snipe International Class, and still holds number 124 in the listing of Snipe fleets around the world. In that class, CLYC hosted the world championship in 1946, the North Americans in 1979, and the Nationals in 1949, 1958 and 1966, while producing two SCIRA Commodores: Harold Griffith (1949) and Edward "Red" Garfield (1960).
CLYC is now home of the following fleets:
E-Scow
Laser
Optimist
Sailors
Leslie Larson won the 1959 Snipe Junior National Championship along with his crew, Jim Lenna, and the National Championship in 1962 with his father Victor Larson (who had been second himself in 1946).
References
External links
Official website
1894 establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Chautauqua County, New York
Sailing in New York (state)
Yacht clubs in the United States |
17331087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surbiton%20Trophy | Surbiton Trophy | The Surbiton Trophy is a tennis tournament for male and female professional players played on grass courts. The event was held annually in Surbiton, England, from 1997 through 2008 as part of the ATP Challenger Series and ITF Women's Circuit. In 2009, it was replaced by the Aegon Trophy in Nottingham. In 2015, the event resumed on both the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Women's Circuit.
The tournament was not held in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament is set to resume on 29 May 2022.
Jim Thomas is the doubles record holder with four titles, while Kristina Brandi is the singles record holder with three titles, including back to back wins.
As of 2022, no player has won both the singles and doubles titles in the same year.
Past finals
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
See also
List of tennis tournaments
References
External links
Official website
Tennis tournaments in England
Grass court tennis tournaments
ATP Challenger Tour
ITF Women's Circuit
1997 establishments in England
Recurring sporting events established in 1997
Sport in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Surbiton |
23572897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20magic | White magic | White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes. Practitioners of white magic have been given titles such as wise men or women, healers, white witches or wizards. Many of these people claimed to have the ability to do such things because of knowledge or power that was passed on to them through hereditary lines, or by some event later in their lives. White magic was practiced through healing, blessing, charms, incantations, prayers, and songs., white magic is the benevolent counterpart of malicious black magic.
History
Early origins
In his 1978 book, A History of White Magic, recognised occult author Gareth Knight traces the origins of white magic to early adaptations of paleolithic religion and early religious history in general, including the polytheistic traditions of Ancient Egypt and the later monotheistic ideas of Judaism and early Christianity.
In particular, he traced many of the traditions of white magic to the early worship of local "gods and goddesses of fertility and vegetation who were usually worshipped at hill-top shrines" and were "attractive to a nomadic race settling down to an agricultural existence". He focuses in particular on the nomadic Hebrew-speaking tribes and suggests that early Jews saw the worship of such deities more in terms of atavism than evil. It was only when the polytheistic and pagan Roman Empire began to expand that Jewish leaders began to rally against those ideas.
Early origins of white magic can also be traced back to the Cunning Folk.
During the Renaissance
By the late 15th century, natural magic "had become much discussed in high-cultural circles". "Followers" of Marsilio Ficino advocated the existence of spiritual beings and spirits in general, though many such theories ran counter to the ideas of the later Age of Enlightenment. While Ficino and his supporters were treated with hostility by the Roman Catholic Church, the Church itself also acknowledged the existence of such beings; such acknowledgement was the crux of campaigns against witchcraft. Ficino, though, theorised a "purely natural" magic that did not require the invocation of spirits, malevolent or malicious. In doing so, he came into conflict with Johannes Trithemius who refused to believe in Ficino's theory but created spells and incantations of his own related to beneficial communication with spirits. His works, including the Steganographia, were not published until the 17th century and were then immediately placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum where they remained until the 20th century. Trithemius' "disciple" Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was responsible for publishing some of his work and in turn created his own. His work included the De occulta philosophia libri tres which contained an outline of, among other things, classical elements, numerology, astrology and kabbalah and detailed ways of utilizing these relationships and laws in medicine, scrying, alchemy and rituals and ceremonies. Giambattista della Porta expanded on many of these ideas in his Magia Naturalis.
It is the coming-together of these ideas - early "natural" religions and later philosophical thinking - that Knight suggests is "at the root of the Western tradition of white magic". Also at the root of white magic are symbols and religious symbolism in particular. The star, Knight gives as example, was of critical importance to Jewish tradition and then to early Christians (like the Star of David) and to later Masonic tradition and Neo-paganism. It continues to be of importance of white magic practitioners in the form of the pentagram and night-time ritual.
Zambelli goes further and suggests that white magic, though then not specifically distinct from its counterpart black magic, grew as the more acceptable form of occult and pagan study in the era of the Inquisition and anti-witchcraft sentiment. If black magic was that which involved Trithemius' invocation of demons, Ficino's "purely natural" white magic could be framed as the study of "natural" phenomena in general with no evil or irreligious intent whatsoever. Zambelli places academics like Giordano Bruno in this category of "clandestine" practitioners of magic.
Modern interpretations
In his 2009 book, Magic and Alchemy, Robert M. Place provides a broad modern definition of both black and white magic, preferring instead to refer to them as "high magic" (white) and "low magic" (black) based primarily on intentions of the practitioner employing them. His modern definition maintains that the purpose of white magic is to "do good" or to "bring the practitioner to a higher spiritual state" of enlightenment or consciousness. He acknowledges, though, that this broader definition (of "high" and "low") suffers from prejudices as good-intentioned folk magic may be considered "low" while ceremonial magic involving expensive or exclusive components may be considered by some as "high magic", regardless of intent.
According to Place, effectively all prehistoric shamanistic magic was "helping" white magic and thus the basic essence of that magic forms the framework of modern white magic: curing illness or injury, divining the future or interpreting dreams, finding lost items, appeasing spirits, controlling weather or harvest and generating good luck or well-being.
Goddess worship
Though not exclusively a female pursuit, modern white magic is often associated with stereotypically feminine concepts like that of a Mother goddess, fae, nature spirits, oneness with nature and goddess worship. In modern stories or fairy tales, the idea of "white witchcraft" is often associated with a kindly grandmother or caring motherly spirit. The link between white magic and a Mother Earth is a regular theme of practitioner Marian Green's written work.
See also
Gray magic
Renaissance magic
Theurgy
Western esotericism
References
Magic (supernatural)
Esotericism |
17331109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Prophet%20Returns | The Prophet Returns | The Prophet Returns is a posthumous compilation album by American hip hop artist Tupac Shakur, released on October 3, 2005 by Death Row Records and Koch Records. It features mostly songs from Shakur's 1996 album, All Eyez on Me.
Track listing
2005 compilation albums
Tupac Shakur compilation albums
Albums produced by Daz Dillinger
Death Row Records compilation albums
Compilation albums published posthumously |
23572899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Blues | Old Blues | Old Blues may refer to the following:
Former pupils of Bluecoat schools including:
Christ's Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom - see List of people educated at Christ's Hospital & :Category:People educated at Christ's Hospital
Reading Blue Coat School - see :Category:People educated at Reading Blue Coat School |
17331127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JK%2096%20helmet | JK 96 helmet | JK 96 Light Steel Helmet () is a Chinese copy of the American Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops helmet. The liner is a copy of the American Riddel suspension system. Being manufactured since 1996 for Chinese service only
The Chinese PASGT-style helmet is not made of composite material, but rather from light steel.
The helmet is worn by some elements of the People's Liberation Army and police SWAT teams in China to replace Soviet-era headgear.
The JK 96b is a version of the JK 96a with a different nylon lining.
Users
: Imported from China.
References
External links
Chinese helmets
Combat helmets of the People's Republic of China |
23572907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman%20and%20Ladies | Gentleman and Ladies | Gentleman and Ladies is a novel by English author Susan Hill, published in 1968, runner-up for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. It is notable in exploring themes of death, mental health, and elderly well-being, despite Hill's relative youth at the time of writing.
Plot reception
The story begins at a funeral in the village of Haverstock and ends at a wedding. A stranger appears at the funeral of Faith Lavender, holding stolen snowdrops. Faith's two sisters and neighbours are perplexed by the man, and soon 'undercurrents of fierce emotion, that until now have been supressed, reach the surface while the tensions rise'.
Reception
In The New York Times, Hill's style is "Briskly impressionistic is better than its substance. Bits and pieces of life among these English senior citizens are sharply illuminated, but the book as a whole has the texture of a soap opera".
Adaptation
BBC Radio 4 produced an adaptation of a radio play in January 1993 featuring Patricia Hayes, Stephanie Cole, Sian Phillips, Gwen Watford and Anna Cropper.
References
Novels by Susan Hill
1968 British novels
Hamish Hamilton books
Novels set in Warwickshire
Works about old age |
20468449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Lipton%20Championships%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles | 1998 Lipton Championships – Men's singles | Thomas Muster was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.
Marcelo Ríos won the title, defeating Andre Agassi 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
External links
Main draw
Men's Singles |
17331151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling%20at%20the%201920%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20Greco-Roman%20featherweight | Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight | The men's Greco-Roman featherweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. Featherweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 60 kilograms.
A total of 21 wrestlers from 12 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 16 to August 20, 1920.
Results
Gold medal round
Silver medal round
Bronze medal round
References
Notes
Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman wrestling |
17331162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-formed%20ripple | Wave-formed ripple | In sedimentology, wave-formed ripples or wave-formed ripple marks are a feature of sediments (sandstones, limestones, siltstones) and dunes. These ripple marks are often characterised (and thus distinguished from current ripples) by symmetric cross sections and long relatively straight crests, which may commonly bifurcate. Commonly, these crests can be truncated by subsequent flows. Their wavelength (periodicity) depends on the sediment grain size, water depth and water-particle orbits in the waves. On tidal flats the pattern of wave-formed ripples may be complicated, as a product of changing depth and wind and tidal runoff directions. Symmetrical ripples are commonly found in shallow waters. Beaches are a good place to find these ripples.
While wave-formed ripples are traditionally described as symmetrical, asymmetric wave ripples are common in shallow waters along sandy shores. They are produced by bottom oscillations generated by passing breaker waves, which have unequal intensity in opposite directions.
Wave-formed ripples indicate an environment with weak currents where water motion is dominated by wave oscillations.
Although symmetrical ripples are also called bi-directional ripples there is a difference between them. Bi-directional ripples are rarely symmetrical due to the difference in force of the two directions, where as the wave formed or oscillation ripples form from the circular water movement pattern of water molecules. These ripples form parallel to the shore line. They usually display rounded troughs and rounded crests.
Ripples
Ripples are relatively small, elongated ridges that form on bed surfaces perpendicular to current flow. With continuous current flow in one direction, asymmetrical ripples form. Asymmetrical ripples contain a steeper slope downstream. With an alternation in current flow from one direction to the opposite symmetrical ripples form. Symmetrical ripples tend to have the same slope on both sides of the crest.
Formation
Symmetrical ripples form as water molecules oscillate in small circles. A particle of water within a wave does not move with the wave but rather it moves in a small circle between the wave crest and wave trough. This movement of water molecules is the same for all water molecules effected by the wave. The water molecules continue to do this to a depth equal to 1/2 the wavelength. The water molecule traveling in a circular pattern interacts with the sediment on the floor and moves the sediment into symmetrical ripples. These ripples can be either straight crested or sinuous crested ripples.
See also
Sedimentary structures
Bedform
References
Sedimentology |
17331227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faculty%20of%20Teacher%20Education%2C%20University%20of%20Zagreb | Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb | The Faculty of Teacher Education at the University of Zagreb is a faculty which focusses on the education of teachers and preschool teachers. Apart from its central location in Zagreb, it has facilities in Petrinja and Čakovec.
The first teacher's school in Zagreb was the Higher Pedagogical School which offered a two-year program from 1919. In the Independent State of Croatia the program was extended to four years, but was shorted to three after the Second World War. It became the Pedagogical Academy in 1960, and upon Croatian independence the academy gradually evolved into the modern faculty.
According to Croatia's Parliamentary Commission for Verification of War and Post-War Crimes the faculty's grounds in Zagreb were the site of a mass grave of approximately 300 prisoners killed by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1945, after the end of the Second World War. After a public education campaign in 2008 by concerned groups, Croatian authorities launched an investigation into the site.
References
External links
Official website
Teachers colleges
Teacher Education |
17331235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Bonet | Roberto Bonet | Roberto Bonet Cáceres (born 17 noviembre 1980 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football midfielder. He currently plays for Sol de América.
Career
Before signing for Racing Club, Bonet played for Paraguayan sides Sol de América, Libertad, Guaraní, Olimpia, Quilmes and Rangers . While playing in Paraguay he scored 6 goals in 133 games.
He is the brother of Paraguay national team regular Carlos Bonet. Bonet also plays as a right-side defender regularly.
External links
Roberto Bonet at BDFA.com.ar
Roberto Bonet – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Asunción
Paraguayan footballers
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Club Sol de América footballers
Club Libertad footballers
Club Guaraní players
Club Olimpia footballers
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Quilmes Atlético Club footballers
Rangers de Talca footballers
Association football wingers
Association football fullbacks |
20468468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primovula | Primovula | Primovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, the false cowries.
Species
Species within the genus Primovula include:
Primovula astra Omi & Iino, 2005
Primovula beckeri (Sowerby, 1900)
Primovula fulguris (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula panthera Omi, 2008
Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
Primovula rosewateri (Cate, 1973)
Primovula santacarolinensis Cate, 1978
Primovula tadashigei (Cate, 1973)
Primovula tropica Schilder, 1931
Primovula uvula Cate, 1978
Species brought into synonymy
Primovula adriatica Allan, 1956: synonym of Pseudosimnia adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)
Primovula aureola Fehse, 2002: synonym of Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002)
Primovula azumai Cate, 1970: synonym of Dentiovula azumai (Cate, 1970)
Primovula bellica Cate, 1973: synonym of Cuspivolva bellica (Cate, 1973)
Primovula bellocqae Cardin, 1997: synonym of Pseudosimnia juanjosensii (Pérez & Gómez, 1987)
Primovula carnea (Poiret, 1789): synonym of Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789)
Primovula cavanaghi Allan, 1956: synonym of Globovula cavanaghi (Iredale, 1931)
Primovula celzardi Fehse, 2008: synonym of Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008)
Primovula coarctaca Schilder, 1941: synonym of Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881)
Primovula colobica Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Dentiovula colobica (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula concinna Schilder, 1932: synonym of Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862)
Primovula dautzenbergi Schilder, 1931: synonym of Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
Primovula diaphana Liltved, 1987: synonym of Pseudosimnia diaphana (Liltved, 1987)
Primovula dondani Cate, 1964: synonym of Serratovolva dondani (Cate, 1964)
Primovula dubia Cate, 1973: synonym of Primovula fulguris (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula formosa Schilder, 1941: synonym of Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1855)
Primovula fructicum (Reeve, 1865): synonym of Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973: synonym of Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)
Primovula fruticum (Reeve, 1865): synonym of Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)
Primovula fumikoae Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810)
Primovula habui Cate, 1973: synonym of Cuspivolva habui (Cate, 1973)
Primovula helenae Cate, 1973: synonym of Cuspivolva helenae (Cate, 1973)
Primovula horai Cardin, 1994: synonym of Dentiovula horai (Cardin, 1994)
Primovula horimasarui Cate & Azuma, 1971: synonym of Hiatavolva coarctata (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Primovula kurodai Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973: synonym of Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
Primovula luna Omi, 2007: synonym of Pseudosimnia diaphana (Liltved, 1987)
Primovula mariae Schilder, 1941: synonym of Dentiovula mariae (Schilder, 1941)
Primovula mucronata Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Cuspivolva mucronata (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula myrakeenae Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Dentiovula azumai (Cate, 1970)
Primovula narinosa Cate, 1973: synonym of Cuspivolva narinosa (Cate, 1973)
Primovula oryza Omi & Clover, 2005: synonym of Dentiovula oryza (Omi & Clover, 2005)
Primovula platysia Cate, 1973: synonym of Cuspivolva platysia (Cate, 1973)
Primovula pyriformis Allan, 1956: synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
Primovula rhodia Schilder, 1932: synonym of Simnia aperta (Sowerby, 1849)
Primovula rhodia (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810)
Primovula rutherfordiana Cate, 1973: synonym of Dentiovula rutherfordiana (Cate, 1973)
Primovula singularis Cate, 1973: synonym of Cuspivolva singularis (Cate, 1973)
Primovula sinomaris Cate, 1973: synonym of Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
Primovula solemi Cate, 1973: synonym of Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940)
Primovula tigris Yamamoto, 1971: synonym of Cuspivolva tigris (Yamamoto, 1971)
Primovula tosaensis Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Dissona tosaensis (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula tropica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Primovula tropica Schilder, 1931
Primovula vanhyningi M. Smith, 1940: synonym of Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940)
Primovula virgo Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Crenavolva virgo (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
References
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Ovulidae |
20468494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imero%20Fiorentino | Imero Fiorentino | Imero (Immie) Fiorentino (July 12, 1928 – October 1, 2013) was an American lighting designer, considered one of the most respected pioneers and leaders in the American entertainment industry. Beginning his career as a lighting designer in the Golden Age of Television, he designed productions for such celebrated series as Omnibus, U.S. Steel Hour, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and Kraft Television Theatre. Fiorentino's expertise was often called upon by industry professionals throughout the world to consult on the planning and development of major productions, exhibits, museums and architectural projects; from the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention and numerous United States presidential election debates, major concert tours and television specials to the environmental lighting for Epcot’s World Showcase at Walt Disney World. His consulting work on major corporate events with clients included: Anheuser-Busch, Michelin, Electrolux, American Express and Xerox.
Early life and education
Fiorentino was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Sicilian parents Margaret Viola (a doll dress maker who later worked for a real estate agency) and Dominick Fiorentino (an artist who painted the faces on the Dy-Dee Dolls), who met in New York. As a young boy, he enjoyed trips to Radio City Music Hall with his uncle as he became more and more fascinated with theatre, especially lighting and set design. He turned to books to learn everything he could on the art. In junior high school and later at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, he joined the stage squad and did the lighting and set design for plays. In high school he was encouraged by a wonderful teacher, Florence Druss, who understood immediately his aptitude for lighting design and encouraged him to pursue it as a career and to go on to college. In his junior year, his life’s plan was mapped out for him and he was accepted to Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University. In the year prior to his high school graduation, however, he had a horrible accident and lost one eye. He felt his great plans were in shambles now because, without depth perception, he thought it would be impossible to design lighting. However, his high school teacher and mentor came to the hospital and told him that no one would know he only had one eye and he “would still be the best lighting designer ever.” The teacher saw the course the young man needed to be on and convinced him to continue on with his plans so, with great sacrifice from his family, Fiorentino attended Carnegie Tech majoring in theatre.
After graduation, his plans to teach and design at Indiana State University the following fall were circumvented by the loss of his father. He undertook the new role as breadwinner for his family. He made the rounds at NBC, DuMont and ABC looking for immediate employment. When interviewed for a position with ABC, Fiorentino admitted he knew nothing about television lighting to which the interviewer replied, “So what? Nobody does.” Television was a new medium in 1950 and everything was a learning curve. Fiorentino recalls, “The man called back later and said, ‘I can hire you as a lighting director for television.’ I said, ‘Who's going to teach me?’ He said, ‘Nobody's going to teach you.’ I said, ‘Well, how will I know if it's right?’ He said, ‘If it looks good, remember how you did it.’ I started the next day.”
Career
ABC Lighting Designer
Fiorentino’s lighting career began during the “Golden Age” of television, when his TV credits included Omnibus, U.S. Steel Hour, The Voice of Firestone, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, and the Bolshoi Ballet’s first televised appearance in the U.S. Broadcasts were still in black and white. There was no videotape or retakes. Everything was done “live.” Early television images required an intense amount of light in order for transmission of an image to appear on the screen and often employed banks of fluorescent lights. Coming from a theatre background, however, Fiorentino stayed away from the fluorescents and selected lighting instruments that would give a more modeled effect. Word got around quickly that his technique was artistic and directors began requesting his services. Fiorentino worked with such directors in those early years of television as Sidney Lumet, John Frankenheimer, Charles Dubin and Alex Segal. Lighting directors that worked on those early television programs invented lighting techniques as they went. For ten years Fiorentino worked as an ABC lighting designer as one of a small circle of lighting pioneers at other networks including Bob Barry and Greg Harney.
Imero Fiorentino Associates
In 1960 Immie left ABC to form Imero Fiorentino Associates (IFA.) As the television industry expanded, Fiorentino foresaw the need of independent production companies producing much of the networks' content and their need for experienced lighting designers. Before long IFA became the go-to company for freelance lighting designers. Lighting designers from various networks came to work at IFA such as Fred McKinnon, George Reisenberger, Ken Palius, Leard Davis, William Knight, William Klages, Greg Brunton, Carl Vitelli, Richard Weiss, Carl Gibson, Stig Edgren, Tony DiGirolamo, Alan Adelman, Robert Dickinson, Vince Cilurzo, Jim Tetlow, Marilyn Lowey, John Conti, Jeff Calderon, and Jeff Engle. Over time the business expanded to provide both lighting and set design, production, staging and technical supervision for television and live events; everything from Broadway productions to political conventions, educational seminars to architectural lighting consultation.
Fiorentino actively participated in the artistic as well as company management, leadership and direction and took great pride in helping to guide the many unique projects that came through their doors.
Fiorentino's creativity was evidenced by his participation as leader of the IFA team serving as design and lighting consultants for fourteen Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
He led the team that designed the environmental lighting for the World Showcase Pavilions at Walt Disney World's Epcot in Orlando, Florida; the exhibition lighting and staging of the famous Howard Hughes Flying Boat "Spruce Goose" aircraft in Long Beach, CA.; Neil Diamond international concert tours and television specials for which he received two Emmy Award nominations; he also lit the legendary industrial show extravaganza (the granddaddy of corporate theater), The Milliken Breakfast Show for 21 years.
Fiorentino was also responsible for spearheading IFA's role as designers and consultants for many large television facilities around the country. He headed the IFA team that redesigned the lighting during the 1991 renovation of Madison Square Garden and designed the WaMu Theater housed in the Garden.
Additionally, his credits include: Frank Sinatra - The Main Event, televised live from Madison Square Garden, El Cordobes: The Bullfight of the Century, transmitted live from Spain to 28 countries via satellite, the historic mass audience rock concert event, California Jam and the Broadway show, The Night That Made America Famous. He has served as consultant to every U.S. President since Dwight D. Eisenhower, and to a multitude of major political candidates in television appearances and campaigns, as well as numerous Presidential Debates. He was hired to do the television lighting the day after the first Kennedy-Nixon debate where Nixon looked awful as the bright studio lighting exaggerated his jowls and sunken eyes. He lit the first-ever pictures that were transmitted to outer space and back to Earth via “Telstar 1” in 1962. Fiorentino and William Knight were the lighting designers for the historic Barbra Streisand - A Happening in Central Park, Sept. 16, 1968.
Post-IFA
In 1996, Caribiner International acquired IFA and Imero Fiorentino joined the global communications company as Senior Vice President. Caribiner was subsequently acquired by Jack Morton Worldwide where he continued in the same capacity. During the 2000 and 2008 political conventions, Fiorentino was the overall lighting designer for the Fox News coverage. In 2002, he entered the latest phase of his career as an independent lighting and production consultant.
Family
Fiorentino was married to Carole Hamer from 1953 to 1963 and they had one daughter, Linda. He married Angela Linsell, an artist, in 1970. His daughter Linda, a minister, is married to Ken Crabbs. They have a son, Christian Imero Fiorentino Crabbs.
Death
He died in New York City on October 1, 2013.
Bibliography
At the time of his death, Fiorentino had been working on his memoir. His wife, Angela, completed it and Let There Be Light, An Illuminating Life, was published in 2017.
Associations
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: served on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and was its Vice President from 1971 to 1975
Illuminating Engineering Society
International Tape Association
International Industrial Television Association
International Teleproduction Society
International Radio and Television Society
Awards and recognitions
2012 Wally Lifetime Achievement Award
U.S. Institute Of Theatre Technology Award
1992 Silver Circle Honoree, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Art Directors Club Award
Illuminating Engineering Society:
Award Of Merit
Section Award
Award Of Excellence
Lumen Award
Carnegie Mellon University:
Merit Award
Distinguished Alumni Award
L. Blair Award Of Excellence
Emmy Award Nominations (3)
VPA Pioneer Award
USITT Distinguished Lighting Designer Award
Notes
References
Breaking into Video, Fireside (June 3, 1985) by Marjorie Costello & Cynthia Katz, pages 29, 40, 46.
External links
Archive of American Television - Video Interview with Imero Fiorentino
Q&A: Imero Fiorentino, independent Lighting Designer
Imero Fiorentino Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2010)
1928 births
American lighting designers
Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
People from Brooklyn
American people of Italian descent
2013 deaths
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Lafayette High School (New York City) alumni |
20468496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20E.%20Coles%20Jr. | William E. Coles Jr. | William E. Coles Jr. (1932–2005) was an American novelist and professor.
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Coles earned degrees from Lehigh University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Minnesota. From 1974 to 1998 he served as a professor and director of composition at the University of Pittsburgh.
Coles died on March 21, 2005. He was survived by his wife, Janet Kafka.
Books
The Plural I, novel (1978).
Funnybone, novel (New York: Atheneum Books, 1992).
Another Kind of Monday, novel (New York: Atheneum Books, 1996).
Compass in the Blood, novel (New York: Atheneum Books, 2001).
References
Sources
Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2006.
Matthew Lavelle (2007). Pennsylvania Center for the Book: Profile of William E. Coles, Jr.. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
Storlie, Erik F. Go Deep & Take Plenty of Root: A Prairie-Norwegian Father, Rebellion in Minneapolis, Basement Zen, Growing Up, Growing Tender. Recollections of W.E. Coles, Chapters 6-7. Createspace 2013.
1932 births
2005 deaths
Writers from Pittsburgh
University of Connecticut alumni
Lehigh University alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
University of Pittsburgh faculty
American male novelists
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
Novelists from Pennsylvania
People from Summit, New Jersey |
20468500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatsa%20Bay | Vatsa Bay | Vatsa Bay (Vazza) is a bay on the southern tip of Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece. The area lies far from the main towns and villages in Kefalonia and preserves a rural charm for visitors. There is no public transport, and as a result access has to be by car.
History
The bay of Vatsa was settled in Roman times. A mosaic with a trident and dolphins from a Roman villa is displayed at the Archeological Museum of Kefalonia. The Venetian used the bay as a shipyard.
Geography and economy
The area has few buildings. There are light agricultural activities, including covered growing houses. Fishing from small boats operates in the locality.
There is a tourist beach area.
The beach is approximately six metres wide and composed of red/yellow soft sand in which are embedded scattered pebbles.
A small river reaches the sea at this point on the coast (one of the two on Kepfalonia) and can be crossed by a chain-anchored boat.
Amenities
The beach has a taverna (Spiaggia Taverna) immediately on the shore adjacent to the river. The Taverna has a thatched roof and the floor is of beach sand. Boats can be hired for fishing or exploring the coves and hidden beaches of the area.
There are some local apartments that can be rented as tourist accommodation.
A small chapel dedicated to Saint Nikolaos (open to visitors) is located nearby. This site is also the location of a previous ancient Temple remains.
References
External links
Vatsa Club
Rooms for rent
Beaches of Greece
Bays of Greece
Tourist attractions in the Ionian Islands (region)
Landforms of Cephalonia
Landforms of the Ionian Islands (region) |
17331247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochen%20Schweizer | Jochen Schweizer | Jochen Schweizer (born 23 June 1957) is a German entrepreneur. He founded the eponymous group of companies that offers, among other things, experience vouchers. Schweizer is a pioneer of extreme sports and bungee jumping in Germany. He has worked as a stuntman in films and advertising, set several world records and appears several times in the Guinness Book of World Records. Schweizer also works as a motivational speaker.
Biography
Education and world records
Schweizer was born in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, he grew up in Heidelberg. After the Abitur, he traveled through Africa. Working for an international freight forwarding company, he first led shipments for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit in West Africa and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of the new branch office in Munich. In the 1980s, Schweizer had various engagements as a stuntman. He performed a bungee jump in Willy Bogner's action film "Fire, Ice and Dynamite". In the following years, Schweizer set several world records, including in 1997 for the jump from a helicopter with the longest bungee rope and the highest fall distance of 1,050 meters. The same year, Schweizer ended his career as a stuntman.
Entrepreneurial activities
In 1985, Schweizer founded the event and advertising agency Kajak Sports Productions, headquartered in Munich. This company later became the foundation for the Jochen Schweizer Group. Kajak Sports Productions produced several fun sports and action sports movies, such as "Mad Family", "Over the Edge", "Topolinaden" and "Verdon – Die Schlucht gestern und heute". In 1989 the company opened the first stationary facility in Germany, located in Oberschleißheim. It is the oldest still active jumping facility in Europe. In subsequent years the company expanded its activities to include other activities and adventures, such as the vertical catwalk show.
Schweizer's companies faced a major crisis in 2003 due to a fatal accident at the Florianturm in Dortmund. The company changed its business and focused on selling experiences from then on. In 2004 the company started to sell experience vouchers over the Internet. Later, they opened their own stores in Germany, with experience vouchers also sold through trading partners. Today, the Jochen Schweizer Group offers a total of 1,900 different experiences, employs 500 people and achieves an annual turnover of 70 million euros. The company is the market leader for experience vouchers in Germany.
In addition to his position as general manager of the Jochen Schweizer Group, Schweizer is an investor. Jochen Schweizer Ventures is involved in numerous startups. In 2014 and 2015 Schweizer was part of Die Höhle der Löwen on VOX.
Literary works
In 2010, Schweizer published his biography entitled "Warum Menschen fliegen können müssen" ("Why People Have to Fly"). The book was reviewed positively and appeared in 2014 as an audio book. In 2015 Schweizer published his second book "Der perfekte Moment" ("The Perfect Moment"). It became a bestseller.
References
Further reading
External links
1957 births
German performance artists
German stunt performers
Businesspeople from Heidelberg
Living people
Bungee jumpers |
20468514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Kamishak%20%28AVP-44%29 | USS Kamishak (AVP-44) | USS Kamishak (AVP-44) was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.
Construction and commissioning
Kamishak was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard. However, by the spring of 1943 the Navy deemed that number of seaplane tenders excess to requirements, and decided to complete four of them as motor torpedo boat tenders and one as a catapult training ship. In addition, the Navy also decided to cancel six of the Barnegat-class ships prior to their construction, freeing up the diesel engines that would have powered them for use in escort vessels and amphibious landing craft.
Kamishak became one of the first four ships to be cancelled when the Navy cancelled its contract with Lake Washington Shipyard for her construction on 22 April 1943.
References
NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) Index
Cancelled ships of the United States Navy
Barnegat-class seaplane tenders
Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard |
20468549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamishak%20Bay | Kamishak Bay | Kamishak Bay (Alutiiq: Qameksaq) is a bay on the coast of Alaska in the United States.
The proposed United States Navy seaplane tender USS Kamishak (AVP-44) was named for Kamishak Bay, but the contract for the ship's construction was cancelled in 1943 before construction began.
References
(ship namesake paragraph)
Bays of Alaska
Bodies of water of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska |
17331271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivan%20Bhatena | Vivan Bhatena | Vivan Bhatena (born 28 October 1978) is an Indian model and actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. His notable films include Dangal (2016), Judwaa 2 (2017) and Raja the Great (2017). Vivan won Mister India World title in 2001. In 2016, he was a contestant on Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.
Background
Bhatena moved from modelling to acting with his first television role as Tulsi Virani's son-in-law Abhishek in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He later appeared in Maayka, Kumkum - Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan and Pyaar Ka Bandhan. Bhatena, the 2001 "Mr. India" title holder, was also seen on the stage in Sandiip Sikcand's Champagne On The House. He was also seen in Falguni Pathak's video Maine Payal Hain Chankaayi.
Television
Filmography
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male models
Indian male film actors
Indian male television actors
Male actors from Mumbai |
17331272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/169%20Squadron | 169 Squadron | 169 Squadron or 169th Squadron may refer to:
No. 169 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force
169th Airlift Squadron (United States), a unit of the United States Air Force
HMLA-169 (Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169), a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting |
17331287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutes%20%28surname%29 | Lutes (surname) | Lutes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Della T. Lutes (1867–1942), an American writer, editor, and expert on cooking and housekeeping
Eric Lutes (born 1962), an American actor
Franklin W. Lutes (1840–1915), a United States Army soldier
Jason Lutes (born 1967), an American comics creator
LeRoy Lutes (1890–1980), a decorated American military officer
Nettie Cronise Lutes (1843–1923), the first woman admitted to the bar in Ohio
Rob Lutes (born 1968), a Canadian folk and blues musician
Scott Lutes (born 1962), a Canadian Paralympic sailor |
17331321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Reeves | Martin Reeves | Martin Reeves (born 7 September 1981) is an English former football midfielder who last played for Brackley Town.
References
Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database (subscription required)
Sporting-heroes.net
Profile
1981 births
Living people
English footballers
Association football midfielders
Premier League players
Leicester City F.C. players
Hull City A.F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Aldershot Town F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
Hucknall Town F.C. players
Brackley Town F.C. players |
20468559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublab | Dublab | dublab is a non-profit music public broadcasting internet radio station based in Los Angeles. They have also been involved with art exhibition, film projects, event production, and record releases. These Shows are archived and downloadable on the dublab website. dublab also broadcasts on KLDB-LP on 99.1 FM in Los Angeles.
Their name is a portmanteau of dubbing and laboratory for the combined meaning: a place of experimenting with sampling music. Examples of this, besides their stream, is their film production Secondhand Sureshots where they gave producers, such as Daedelus, five dollars to buy albums from thrift stores and sampling the music to create new tracks. Another in audio/visual form is Into Infinity a collaboration with Creative Commons. It is a group art exhibition of around a hundred vinyl record sized circular artworks and more than a hundred eight second audio loops. The works are randomly dubbed together and is all made freely available for others to remix and sample, even on the project's website.
In January 2008, dublab formed a non-profit umbrella corporation Future Roots, Inc. The name comes from their characteristic style of mixing traditional music, such as folk, with electronic sounds. It also refers to the paradox that often music that is actually really old can sound very much like it was made in the present. In that theme, dublab will often only be written as either all lowercase or all uppercase by those familiar with the collective. There are other such characteristic writing styles such as a heavy use of alliteration.
Much of dublab's funding comes directly via listener support, with other funds generated through grants, Underwriting spots and event production. Their sound system and DJs have been featured at; MOCA, LACMA, Art Center College of Design, Barnsdall Art Park, CalArts, Page Museum/La Brea Tar Pits, The Getty Center, Disney Hall, UCLA, Hammer Museum, Hollywood Bowl, and El Rey Theatre.
They also have extended to releasing records such as; In The Loop series, Summer, Freeways, Echo Expansion and Light from Los Angeles. They record many Sprout Sessions at their studio in Los Angeles, which are released via their Live at dublab Podcast. These have made their way to record releases such as the Feathers Sprout Session. In August 2008 they released their performance video project called Vision Version, which is available as an RSS feed. They also have music-themed group art shows such as Into Infinity, Dream Scene, Up Our Sleeve, and Patchwork.
dublab was founded in 1999 by Jonathan Buck, Mark McNeill and fellow students from KSCR Radio at the University of Southern California.
Resident DJs
Ale (Languis/Pharaohs)
Andres Renteria (Poo-bah)
Anenon (Non Projects)
Anthony Valadez (Record Breakin/KCRW)
Beatie Wolfe
Carlos Niño (Ammoncontact/Life Force Trio)
Cooper Saver
Daedelus
Danny Holloway (Ximeno Records/Blazing 45s)
Derelict
EDJ
Farmer Dave Scher (All Night Radio/Beachwood Sparks)
Friends of Friends
Frosty (Adventure Time/Golden Hits)
Ganas (Mas Exitos)
Greg Belson (Divine Chord Gospel Show/45's of Fury)
Hashim B (Disques Corde)
Heidi Lawden
Hoseh (Headspace KXLU)
Induce (Induce's Listening)
Jake Jenkins
Jeff Weiss [POW Radio]
Jen Ferrer
Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel)
Katie Byron (Golden Hits)
Kutmah (Poo-Bah)
Lovefingers (ESP Institute)
Low Limit (Icee Hot)
Lucky Dragons
Mahssa (Finders Keepers)
Mamabear (Sweaterfunk)
Marco Paul
Maria Minerva
Marion Hodges (Hungry Beat/KCRW)
Matthewdavid (Leaving Records/Brainfeeder)
Michael Stock (Part Time Punks)
Morpho (The Masses)
Nanny Cantaloupe (Golden Hits/KXLU)
Nobody (Blank Blue/Low End Theory)
Ras G (Poo-Bah)
Rani de Leon (Soul in the Park, Radio Afrique)
Slow Motion DJs
Sodapop (Anticon)
Suzanne Kraft (Discothèque Records)
Take (Innercurrent)
Teebs (My Hollow Drum)
T-Kay (KSPC)
Tommy DeNys (Kraak)
Turquoise Wisdom (Biggest Crush)
Notable guests, artists, and DJs
Daedelus
Flying Lotus
Holy Fuck
Mia Doi Todd
Danny Holloway
Lucky Dragons
Dntel
DJ Z-Trip
Smaze
Kozyndan
Andy Votel
Figurine
Why?
Stevie Jackson
Animal Collective
Ariel Pink
Baby Dee
Busdriver
Cluster
Cut Chemist
Dan Deacon
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Allee Willis
J Rocc
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio)
Nobukazu Takemura
Smegma
Tom Brosseau
Terry Callier
Thomas Fehlmann
Devendra Banhart
Morton Subotnick
Marshall Allen
Damo Suzuki
Matmos
Four Tet
Mouse On Mars
Dungen
Saul Williams
Peter Hammarstedt
Erlend Øye
The One AM Radio
Lavender Diamond
Manuel Göttsching
Trickfinger (John Frusciante)
V. Vale
Dustin Wong
References
External links
Dublab official site
audio stream
Into Infinity online exhibition
Up Our Sleeve - Covers Art Project
Turning On Tomorrow: Dublab's Proton Drive Fundraiser
DUBLAB'S SECONDHAND SURESHOTS: DVD, 12-INCH, SLIPMATS & HAND-SCREENED SLEEVES
core programs: futureroots.org
Internet radio stations in the United States
American music websites |
17331367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes%20bore%20hole | Hughes bore hole | The Hughes Borehole is an acid mine drainage site located near the southwest central borough of Portage, Pennsylvania in Cambria County. In the 1920s, a hole was drilled in order to remove water from the myriad coal mines in the area. In the 1950s, the bore hole was capped, but in the 1970s, enough pressure was established to blow off the cap. As a result, an estimated volume of water in the range of 800 to 3,500 gallons per minute flows from the bore hole. It is estimated that a daily amount of 8,000 pounds of dissolved metals has flooded a area and pollutes the nearby Little Conemaugh River.
Today, this devastated area has been compared with that of the Yellowstone Mud Pots and resembles an area of eerie beauty. All that remains is bare flooded and yellowish red soil periodically spotted with dead standing trees. It also contains a large amount of green iron eating algae that adds to the color of the area.
Efforts are currently underway in an attempt to mitigate the situation.
References
External links
YouTube video of Hughes Bore Hole (7-22-2007)
Geography of Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
20468582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamishak | Kamishak | Kamishak may refer to:
Places
Kamishak Bay on the coast of Alaska in the United States
Ships
USS Kamishak (AVP-44), a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender cancelled in 1943 before construction began |
17331379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung%20Bu-kyung | Jung Bu-kyung | Jung Bu-kyung (born May 26, 1978 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean judoka and professional mixed martial artist.
Judo career
Jung began judo at the age of eleven under the instruction of his father. He won a gold medal at the 1998 World University Judo Championships in Prague. Two years later, he won a silver medal at the -60 kg category of the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the final, he lost to three-time Olympic champion Tadahiro Nomura by ippon only fourteen seconds into the match.
After graduation from Korea National Sport University in 2001, he continued to train with the KRA Judo Team. He moved up in weight to the 66 kg class, and won a gold medal at the 2003 Asian Judo Championships in Jeju. However, Jung failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games by losing to Bang Gui-man in the national qualification match.
Mixed martial arts career
Jung made his MMA debut on 31 December 2007 against Japanese grappler Shinya Aoki at Yarennoka!. Jung was replacing American Top Team's Gesias Calvancanti, who tore a ligament in his left knee while training to fight Aoki. Although Jung lost by unanimous decision, he proved to be a formidable opponent in his mixed martial arts debut.
Mixed martial arts record
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| Katsunori Kikuno
| TKO (strikes and stomps)
| DEEP - 40 Impact
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| Tokyo, Japan
| DEEP Lightweight Tournament Semi-finals
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| Loss
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| Daisuke Nakamura
| KO (punch)
| Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round
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| Saitama, Japan
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| Loss
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| Mitsuhiro Ishida
| Decision (unanimous)
| Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Saitama, Japan
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| Loss
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| Shinya Aoki
| Decision (unanimous)
| Yarennoka!
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Saitama, Japan
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References
External links
Database Olympics
1978 births
Living people
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of South Korea
Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in judo
South Korean male mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
South Korean male judoka
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Seoul |
17331423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmisa | Lakshmisa | Lakshmisa (or Lakshmisha, ) was a noted Kannada language writer who lived during the mid-16th or late 17th century. His most important writing, Jaimini Bharata is a version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The writing focuses on the events following the battle of Indraprastha between the Pandavas and Kauravas, using the Ashvamedha ("horse sacrifice") conducted by Yudhishthira as the topic of the epic narrative. The writing is in the shatpadi metre (hexa-metre, 6 line verse) and was inspired by the Sanskrit original written by sage Jaimini.
Life
The place, time and religious sect that Lakshmisa belonged to has been a subject of controversy among historians. Some historians believe he was a native of Devanur in modern Kadur taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka state. It is claimed that his family deity was "Lakshmiramana" (a form of Hindu God Vishnu) to whom he dedicated his writing. Devanur was called by multiple names in his writing; Surapura and Girvanapura. Other historians feel Surapura is located in the erstwhile Hyderabad region. Some historians believe that Lakshmisa was an Advaitin or a Smartha Brahmin (believer of monistic philosophy) of the Bhagavata sect because the poet has invoked the names of Hindu God Shiva, his consort Parvati and son Ganapati in the beginning of his writing. However, despite these invocations, he may have been a Srivaishnava (a follower of the Visishtadvaita philosophy preached by 12th century philosopher Ramanujacharya), there being examples of other Srivaishnava poets (who wrote in Kannada) who praised the God Shiva, Parvati and Ganapati in their writings.
There is also controversy about when he wrote Jaimini Bharata. Scholars have assigned him various dates, the earliest being , but more generally mid–16th century, and late 17th century. The 16th century or earlier dating is based on similarities between Virupaksha Pandita's (1584 CE) Chennabasava Purana and Lakshmisa's work, while the 17th century dating is based on the claim that no author, Brahmin or otherwise, has referenced his writing and directly mentioned his name in any literature during the period 15th century through late 17th century. Whereas, authors who do mention Lakshmisa regularly in their writings are from the 18th century.
Magnum opus
The Jaimini Bharata, one of the most well known stories in Kannada literature was written in the tradition of sage Jaimini. It has remained popular through the centuries. In a writing full of similes and metaphors, puns and alliterations, Lakshmisa created a human tale out of an epic, earning him the honorific "Upamalola" ("One who revels in similes and metaphors") and "Nadalola" ("Master of melody"). The writing focusses on the events following the battle when the victorious Pandavas conducted the Ashvamedha Yagna to expiate the sin of fratricide. The writing differs entirely from Kumara Vyasa's rendering of the same epic (called Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari) of c. 1430, both in metre and content. Kumara Vyasa had used the flexible bhamini shatpadi metre and followed the Vyasa tradition whereas Lakshmisa used the vardhaka shatpadi metre which is well suited for figures of speech. The work has been criticised though, for failing to achieve the level of devotion towards Hindu God Krishna that Kumara Vyasa managed in the various stages of his story.
However, Lakshmisa is considered a successful story-teller with an ability to narrate the Upakhyanas ("story within a story"), describe the physical beauty of a woman at length and to hold the reader with his rich Kannada diction and rhetoric. The writing has been considered an asset to the enlightened reader as well as those not so educated. Lakshmisa authored some poems reminiscent of the Haridasa poetry but without the same success.
In 1852, the Wesleyan Mission Press published the Jaimini Bharata with an English translation by Daniel Sanderson, a Wesleyan missionary at the Bangalore Wesleyan Canarese Mission.
Notes
References
External links
Kannada Jaimini Bharata by Lakshmisha Kavi and its English translation
History of Karnataka
Kannada poets
People from Chikkamagaluru district
Kannada people
Indian male poets
Poets from Karnataka
16th-century Indian poets
17th-century Indian poets
17th-century male writers |
20468585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomelatomidae | Pseudomelatomidae | Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae to the status of family Pseudomelatomidae.
In 2011 Bouchet, Kantor et al. moved the Crassispirinae and Zonulispirinae and numerous genera of snails loosely called turrid snails (which at that point had been placed in the family Conidae) and placed them in the family Pseudomelatomidae. This was based on a cladistical analysis of shell morphology, radular characteristics, anatomical characters, and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene fragments.
Genera
Genera within the family Pseudomelatomidae include:
Abyssocomitas Sysoev & Kantor, 1986
Aguilaria Taylor & Wells, 1994
Anticomitas Powell, 1942
Antimelatoma Powell, 1942
Antiplanes Dall, 1902
Benthodaphne Oyama, 1962
† Boreocomitas Hickman, 1976
Brachytoma Swainson, 1840
Burchia Bartsch, 1944
Buridrillia Olsson, 1942
Calcatodrillia Kilburn, 1988
Carinodrillia Dall, 1919
Carinoturris Bartsch, 1944
Cheungbeia Taylor & Wells, 1994
† Clavatoma Powell, 1942
Cleospira McLean, 1971
Comitas Finlay, 1926
Compsodrillia Woodring, 1928
Conorbela Powell, 1951
Conticosta Laseron, 1954
Crassiclava McLean, 1971
Crassispira Swainson, 1840
Cretaspira Kuroda & Oyama, 1971
Dallspira Bartsch, 1950
Doxospira McLean, 1971
Funa Kilburn, 1988
Gibbaspira McLean, 1971
Glossispira McLean, 1971
Hindsiclava Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955
Hormospira Berry, 1958
Inquisitor Hedley, 1918
Knefastia Dall, 1919
Kurilohadalia Sysoev & Kantor, 1986
Kurodadrillia Azuma, 1975
Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889
Lioglyphostoma Woodring, 1928
Maesiella McLean, 1971
Mammillaedrillia Kuroda & Oyama, 1971
Megasurcula Casey, 1904
Meggittia Ray, 1977
Miraclathurella Woodring, 1928
Monilispira Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Naudedrillia Kilburn, 1988
Nymphispira McLean, 1971
Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898
Paracomitas Powell, 1942
Pilsbryspira Bartsch, 1950
Plicisyrinx Sysoev & Kantor, 1986
Pseudomelatoma Dall, 1918
Pseudotaranis McLean, 1995
Ptychobela Thiele, 1925
Pyrgospira McLean, 1971
Rhodopetoma Bartsch, 1944
Sediliopsis Petuch, 1988
Shutonia van der Bijl, 1993
Strictispira McLean, 1971
Striospira Bartsch, 1950
Thelecythara Woodring, 1928
Tiariturris Berry, 1958
Viridrillia Bartsch, 1943
Zonulispira Bartsch, 1950
Genera brought into synonymy
Epidirona Iredale, 1931: synonym of Epideira Hedley, 1918
Lioglyphostomella Shuto, 1970: synonym of Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898
Macrosinus Beu, 1970: synonym of Paracomitas Powell, 1942
Rectiplanes Bartsch, 1944: synonym of Antiplanes Dall, 1902
Rectisulcus Habe, 1958: synonym of Antiplanes Dall, 1902
Schepmania Shuto, 1970: synonym of Shutonia van der Bijl, 1993
Thelecytharella Shuto, 1969: synonym of Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898
Turrigemma Berry, 1958: synonym of Hindsiclava Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955
Viridrillina Bartsch, 1943: synonym of Viridrillia Bartsch, 1943
Genera moved to another family
Austrocarina Laseron, 1954 has been moved to the family Horaiclavidae.
References
(Pseudomelatominae) The American Malacological Union. Annual Reports for 1965: 2
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
James Mc Lean, A revised classification of the family Turridae , with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific - General description of the subfamily Zonulispirinae, now recognized as the family Pseudomelatomidae; The Veliger v. 14 (1971-1972)
Gastropod families |
17331427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Wilson | Stuart Wilson | Stuart Wilson may refer to:
Stuart Wilson (actor) (born 1946), English actor
Stuart Wilson (footballer) (born 1977), English football midfielder
Stuart Wilson (archaeologist) (born 1979), English archaeologist
Stuart Wilson (Big Brother) (born 1984), contestant in Big Brother UK
Stuart Wilson (golfer) (born 1977), Scottish golfer
Stuart Wilson (sound engineer), Academy Award nominated sound engineer
Stuart Wilson (rower), lightweight rower who has competed for Great Britain and Australia
Stuart Wilson (musician), musician from the Cayman Islands
See also
Stu Wilson (born 1954), former New Zealand rugby union player
Stu Wilson (American football) (1907–1963), American football player
Stewart Wilson (born 1942), Scottish rugby union player
Stewart Murray Wilson (born 1947), New Zealand sexual offender |
17331431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute%20%28disambiguation%29 | Lute (disambiguation) | A lute is a plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back.
Lute or lutes may also refer to:
People
Lute (rapper) (Luther Nicholson, born 1989), American rapper
Luther Lute Barnes (born 1947), former Major League Baseball player
Lutellus Lute Boone (1890– 1982), Major League Baseball player
Luther Lute Jerstad (1936– 1998), American mountaineer and mountain guide
Lute Olson (born 1934), American basketball coach nicknamed "Lute"
Lucius Lute Pease (1869– 1963), American editorial cartoonist and journalist
Douglas Lute (born 1952), retired United States Army lieutenant general
Jane Holl Lute (born 1956), United States government official, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 through 2013, wife of Douglas Lute
El Lute, nickname of Eleuterio Sánchez (born 1942), Spanish pardoned criminal and writer
Lutes (surname), including a list of people with the name
Places
Lute, Poland, a village
Lutes Mountain, New Brunswick, Canada
Other uses
Lute (material), a substance used historically in chemistry and alchemy experiments
Lute of Pythagoras, a geometric figure
Lute!, a 2012 rework of Blondel (musical)
Lutes (brand name), a combined estrogen and progestogen medication
Lutes, nickname of Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, U.S.
See also
Lutte (disambiguation) |
20468592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Berry%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201882%29 | Bill Berry (footballer, born 1882) | William Alexander Berry (July 1882 – 1 March 1943) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Sunderland, he played for Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Stockport County.
References
External links
MUFCInfo.com profile
1882 births
1943 deaths
English footballers
Association football forwards
Sunderland Rovers F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Stockport County F.C. players
English Football League players |
17331461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%27%20Que%20la%20Pases%20Bien | Pa' Que la Pases Bien | "Pa' Que la Pases Bien" () is a single by American reggaeton artist Arcángel from his first compilation album El Fenomeno, released in February 2008.
When the album was almost completed, some of the tracks from the album were leaked onto the Internet. It was at that point that Arcángel decided to distribute the album free of charge, via download. The single is also available to download for free.
Although the single was distributed for free, the song was able to peak at number 32 on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay chart, because of heavy radio play.
Charts
References
2008 singles
Arcángel (singer) songs
Spanish-language songs
2007 songs
Universal Music Group singles |
20468594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoli%20language | Kyoli language | The Kyoli or Cori (Chori) language is a Plateau language spoken in Southern Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Overview
It is spoken in the northeast of Nok in Jaba Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State. The speakers prefer to spell the name of their language as Kyoli, which is pronounced [kjoli] or [çjoli]. The ethnic group is referred to as Kwoli.
There are about 7,000-8,000 Kyoli speakers living in the two village clusters of Hal-Kyoli and Bobang. Bobang is the cultural center of the Kyoli-speaking area. Bobang village cluster consists of the five hamlets of Bobang, Fadek, Akoli, Hagong, and Nyamten. Hal-Kyoli village is situated by itself. All of the Kwoli villages surround the foot of Egu-Kyoli Hill, which rises more than 240 meters above the villages.
Tone
Cori is known for having six distinct levels of tone, too many to transcribe using the International Phonetic Alphabet, which allows five. However, there are only three underlying tones: 1 (), 4 (), and 6 (), which are all that need to be written for literacy. Most cases of Tone 2 () are a result of tone sandhi, with 4 becoming 2 before 1. Tones 3 () and 5 () can be analysed as contour tones, with underlying realised as and realised as .
In order to transcribe the surface tones without numerals (which are ambiguous), an extra diacritic is needed, as is common for four-level languages in Central America:
1 ()
2 ()
3 ()
4 ()
5 ()
6 ()
Numerals
Kyoli numerals in different dialects:
References
Further reading
A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Kyoli (Cori) [cry] Language of Kaduna State, Nigeria
Dihoff, Ivan (1976). Aspects of the tonal structure of Chori. Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin.
Languages of Nigeria
Central Plateau languages
Tonal languages |
20468597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomelatoma%20torosa | Pseudomelatoma torosa | Pseudomelatoma torosa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Subspecies
Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Carpenter, 1864
Description
The whorls show an angulated shoulder bearing nodulous terminations of about ten short oblique ribs. There is no spiral sculpture. The color of the shell is burnt-brown, under an olivaceous epidermis. The nodules are whitish. The aperture is brown.
The shell of the subspecies P. t. aurantia is orange-colored, sometimes spirally striate.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off southern California, USA.
References
Carpenter, Journ. de Conchyl., ser. 3, vol. 12, p. 146, April, 1865.
Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). . IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 103
External links
torosa
Gastropods described in 1864
Taxa named by Philip Pearsall Carpenter |
17331471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your%20Smiling%20Face | Your Smiling Face | "Your Smiling Face" is a hit single by singer James Taylor. First available on the album JT, and released as the album's sophomore single in September 1977, "Your Smiling Face" peaked at number 11 in Cash Box magazine and at 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 near year's end. It reached number 11 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada. On Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, it reached number 6.
Background
Lines like "Isn't it amazing a man like me can feel this way?" reflect Taylor's surprise at his newfound happiness in his relationship with Carly Simon. Rolling Stone critic Peter Herbst described it as being "unabashedly happy". However, according to Taylor biographer Timothy White, the song was written for Taylor's and Simon's then three-year-old daughter Sally. White described the song as a "pop sonnet". Billboard Magazine described the song as a "strong followup" to "Handy Man" and described the melody as being "upbeat" and "infectious." Taylor described it as a "good, light-hearted pop love song". Cash Box said that "some whimsical vocal gymnastics that add the crucial personal touch." Herbst praises Taylor's vocal for being "a pretty convincing rock singer" on the song.
"Your Smiling Face" was a fixture in Taylor's live shows, but he had to abandon it for a while because he went through a period where he had difficulty reaching the falsetto notes.
Personnel
James Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Danny Kortchmar – electric guitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Dr. Clarence McDonald – piano
Russell Kunkel – drums
David Campbell – string arrangements, conducer
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Popular culture
The song was used in the 1978 film FM, starring Michael Brandon and Eileen Brennan.
It was parodied in the South Park episode "Fat Camp" as "The Prostitute Song."
On Sesame Street, Taylor sang a parody of the song to Oscar the Grouch titled "Whenever I See your Grouchy Face".
The trailer for Adult Swim show Smiling Friends uses the song.
References
1977 singles
James Taylor songs
Songs written by James Taylor
Song recordings produced by Peter Asher
Columbia Records singles
1977 songs |
20468646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff%20Birkett | Cliff Birkett | Clifford Birkett (17 September 1933 – 11 January 1997) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Manchester United and Southport. He was a schoolboy international. He also played non-league football for Cromptons Recreation, Wigan Rovers and Macclesfield Town.
Birkett was born in Haydock, Lancashire, in 1933 and died there in 1997 at the age of 63. Two brothers, Ronnie and Wilf, were also professional footballers.
References
External links
MUFCInfo.com profile
1933 births
1997 deaths
People from Haydock
English footballers
England schools international footballers
Association football forwards
Manchester United F.C. players
Southport F.C. players
Wigan Rovers F.C. players
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
English Football League players |
17331490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain%20Saudan | Sylvain Saudan | Sylvain Saudan (born 23 September 1936 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is an extreme skier, dubbed "skier of the impossible." He is noted for skiing down large and steep mountains, including those in the Himalayas. In 2007 he survived a helicopter crash in Kashmir.
He is considered to be the father of extreme skiing and that has given him the name "skier of the impossible". He has the most difficult 18 descents to his credit. In mountains people are usually known for first ascent of high and difficult peaks but he is famous for first descents (see French Wikipedia). In 1969 he skied Monte Rosa, and Mount Hood in 1971. In 1970 he skied the W flank of the Eiger. He has climbed then skied back down the SW face of Denali (Mount McKinley), Alaska, the highest mountain in North America, in 1972; Mont Blanc in 1968, the highest mountain in the Alps; Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa; Nun peak in the Himalayas in 1976; and a number of other peaks in Nepal and the Karakoram. On his 50th birthday he skied down Japan's Mount Fuji, without snow, on scree. Saudan's crowning achievement came in 1982 when, at age 46, he skied down Pakistan's -high Gasherbrum I, or Hidden Peak, in the Himalayas. It was, and possibly still is, the longest 50-degree ski descent ever accomplished and likely the first full descent of an '8,000 meter' mountain.
In order to safely ski these mountains he developed a new technique to "jump turn" on very steep inclines. Normal jump turns would have accelerated the skier and thrown him too far down the mountain so, using long ski poles, Saudan turned by planting a ski pole downhill and, keeping his weight on both skis and leaning back on his heels, he lifted the ski tips up and swivelled them in an arc into the turn. These turns, rhythmically swivelling the skis in arcs left and right, he christened the windscreen wiper turns.
He is an accomplished guide for heliskiing, one of the first European guides, along with Hans Gmoser, to exploit the Bugaboos in British Columbia in the 1970s, with waist deep powder snow (often 150,000 vertical feet per week or more). He later developed his own line of skis suited for powder skiing. These were relatively short and wide metal skis, designed to be quick turning in powder snow, as well as to be easily loaded outside the helicopters.
His extreme exploits involved considerable preparations, studying the mountain, the snow, and the terrain over an extended period of time.
Saudan is now a motivational speaker for corporate executives, using his films to demonstrate the leap in courage it takes to conquer new peaks and new challenges.
Quotes
I don't live for the mountain. I couldn't live without her. I live with her. (in Dreyfus, p. 31).
When you ski down a corridor, you're really edging death with each move that is not perfectly controlled. There's really only one way out: don't fall down. (in Dreyfus, p. 270).
References
External links
SKI magazine - The father of extreme skiing - Jan-2009 - p. 86. Subscription required.
Swiss male alpine skiers
Extreme skiers
1936 births
Living people |
20468649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Fansler | Stan Fansler | Stanley Robert Fansler (born February 12, 1965) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Early life and amateur career
Fansler was born in 1965 to Elkins, West Virginia to Lonnis and Carol Anne Fansler. His father served in the United States Air Force and for thirty years in the United States Forest Service. Fansler was one of three brothers.
Fansler attended Elkins High School in Elkins where he played baseball and was named to the ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Third Team in 1983.
Professional career
Fansler was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft and became the first player selected from West Virginia in the second or first round of the main phase of the draft. He began his professional career in the New York–Penn League with the Watertown Pirates, accumulating an earned run average (ERA) of 8.05 in his age-18 season. In the following season in Watertown, however, he lowered that number by more than three quarters; his 2.01 ERA and 78 strikeouts both led the Pirates. Fansler moved relatively quickly through the minors. By the time he reached Triple-A with the Hawaii Islanders for the first time in 1985, he was 5.7 years younger than the average player in the Pacific Coast League.
On or about August 29, 1986, the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Fansler to the Major Leagues for the first time in his career alongside Sammy Khalifa, Bob Patterson and Mike Brown. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1986. He was the starting pitcher that night for the Pirates against the Atlanta Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and surrendered four earned runs in just four innings pitched. His best start of the season according to game score came on September 18 against the Expos in Montreal; he went six innings for the first time in his career and allowed only one run. On October 4, Fansler recorded the only hit in his Major League career, a third-inning single off of Bob Ojeda of the eventual World Series champion New York Mets. It would turn out to be the final game of his Major League career.
Fansler underwent multiple surgeries on his rotator cuff after his brief MLB stint, with the first coming in 1987. In 1990, he suffered an ankle injury mid-season and also pitched through bursitis in his shoulder. His final season as a player came in the minors in 1994, after which he coached in the Montreal Expos and Texas Rangers farm systems.
Personal life
Fansler left baseball after having children with his wife, who he had married in 1991.
In 2006, Fansler was living in Beckley, West Virginia and working making mining equipment with his father-in-law. In 2020, Fansler's son, Hunter, played college baseball for Marshall University.
References
External links
, or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
1965 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from West Virginia
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Carolina Mudcats players
Gulf Coast Rangers players
Harrisburg Senators players
Hawaii Islanders players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Nashua Pirates players
Navegantes del Magallanes players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
People from Elkins, West Virginia
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Salem Buccaneers players
Tiburones de La Guaira players
Vancouver Canadians players
Watertown Pirates players |
17331514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Yorkshire%20County%20Council | North Yorkshire County Council | North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) is the county council governing the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire in England. The council currently consists of 90 councillors. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The headquarters of the council is county hall in Northallerton.
In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county will be reorganised into a unitary authority. The county council will be abolished and its functions transferred to a new authority, North Yorkshire Council.
History
The council was formed in 1974 when North Riding County Council was abolished. The council occupies County Hall at Northallerton. As a County Council, it is a "top-tier" system that has the responsibility for social care, education and roads. Until 31 March 2023 other functions are the responsibility of seven district councils.
Governance
Until May 2022 the Council was composed of 72 councillors. Elections were held every four years, except in 2021. The 2017 election returned an increased Conservative majority, with the Conservative Party holding 55 seats. Independent candidates saw an increase to 10 seats, with the Liberal Democrats and Labour seeing large reductions in their seat counts. UKIP and the Liberal Party both lost their representation on the council, with the Liberal Party incumbent in Pickering losing by just 2 votes.
Across the 2017–2022 period of governance, the Conservative Party saw a net loss of 4 seats, and their governing majority was 30 by 2022.
The number of councillors was increased to 90 in 2022, and the last election was held in May 2022. The 2022 election returned a much reduced Conservative majority, with the Conservative Party holding 47 seats. Independent candidates saw an increase to 13 seats and the Liberal Democrats and Labour increased their seats to 12 each. The Greens won representation with 5 seats and the Liberal Party regained its representation on the council with 1 seat.
Executive
North Yorkshire County Council's executive is composed of nine Conservative councillors and the Conservative Leader of the council. The Executive makes most decisions, except for decisions about the budget and major policy framework, which are made by the full council.
Districts
Until 31 March 2023 the seven district councils in North Yorkshire are:
Selby
Borough of Harrogate
Craven
Richmondshire
Hambleton
Ryedale
Borough of Scarborough
These district councils are responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.
The functions of the district councils will be transferred to the new North Yorkshire Council on 1 April 2023.
Political control
Political control of the non-metropolitan county has been held by the following groups:
The last elections to the county council took place on 5 May 2022. On 17 March 2022 the government legislated to increase the number of councillors from 72 to 90 and to reorganise the electoral divisions. The councillors elected will serve until May 2027, one year as county councillors for the existing North Yorkshire County Council and another four years as councillors for the new unitary North Yorkshire Council when it begins in April 2023.
References
External links
North Yorkshire County Council
Heraldry website explaining the Coat of Arms
County councils of England
1974 establishments in England
Local education authorities in England
Local authorities in North Yorkshire
Major precepting authorities in England
Leader and cabinet executives |
6900803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%20Fur | Mercury Fur | Mercury Fur is a play written by Philip Ridley which premiered in 2005. It is Ridley's fifth adult stage play and premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, before moving to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.
Set against the backdrop of a dystopian London, the narrative focuses on a party at which the torture and murder of a child is the main entertainment.
The original production was directed by John Tiffany as part of the This Other England season of new writing by Paines Plough and Theatre Royal, Plymouth in England. The part of Elliot was played by Ben Whishaw, who during the previous year had achieved fame and an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Hamlet.
The play is particularly noted for being the subject of controversy: Ridley's publisher, Faber and Faber, refused to publish the script and the original production received regular walkouts from audience members along with a generally divided and sometimes hostile response from critics. Over time, Mercury Fur has generally attracted a much more positive reception, with some critics even hailing the play as a "masterpiece".
The play is the first entry in Ridley's unofficially titled "Brothers Trilogy", being followed by Leaves of Glass and Piranha Heights.
Ridley dedicated the play to his agent Rod Hall, who was murdered in May 2004. According to Ridley, the dedication was not originally made in response to Hall's death as it had been arranged some time prior to when Hall was killed.
Story
Mercury Fur is set in a post-apocalyptic version of London's East End, where gang violence and drugs - in the form of hallucinogenic butterflies - terrorize the community. The protagonists are a gang of youths surviving by their wits. They deal the butterflies, selling them to their addicted customers from locations such as the now burnt-out British Museum. Their main source of income, however, is holding parties for wealthy clients in which their wildest, most amoral fantasies are brought to life.
The play, during nearly two uninterrupted hours, centres on a party which revolves around the sadistic murder of a child, enacted according to the whims of a guest. The gang ultimately has to face the question of how far they are willing to go to save the people they love.
Characters
Elliot - Aged 19, he is the main facilitator in preparing the parties as well as being the chief dealer in butterflies which he sells in an ice cream van. He however has only ever taken one, meaning he has retained all his memories from before the butterflies arrived. He hurls a great deal of verbal abuse at Darren but also shows genuine love for him.
Darren - Aged 16, he is Elliot's brother and assistant. He is addicted to the butterflies which have resulted in him having memory loss.
Naz - A young looking 15-year-old orphan who is a regular customer of Elliot's. He like many of the other characters has severe memory loss through butterfly addiction. He happens across the party by accident and wants to help the gang, much to the dismay of Elliot.
Party Piece - A ten-year-old boy. He is the victim prepared for the Party Guest.
Lola - 19-years-old, Lola is skilled in using make-up and designing costumes, which is utilised for the parties. Lola wears feminine clothing and is physically male in appearance. It is not specified in the play if Lola is a transgender woman or a transvestite man (in the play-text Lola is referred to by the "he" pronoun in the stage directions). In 2015 Ridley was asked at a Q&A why the character of Lola is not portrayed by "a female actor". He responded to this by saying that the reason was because "he's transgender, at that stage of transgender he's a... he's a male. […] He's born male and he identifies as a woman."
Spinx - 21 years old, he is the leader of the gang and Lola's brother. He looks after the Duchess with whom it is suggested he has an intimate relationship with. The rest of the gang are mostly fearful of him.
Duchess - A frail and blind 38-year-old woman. She gets her name from being deceived into thinking that she is a duchess of a country. Her belief in this is maintained through her having to rely on the accounts of others as to her situation due to her blindness. She has also mixed up her life history with the character of Maria from The Sound of Music. It is heavily suggested that she may have a closer connection to Elliot and Darren than it initially appears.
Party Guest - 23 years old. The party revolves around enacting his own violent sexual fantasy against a child.
Response and legacy
Rejected publication from Faber and Faber
Before the play received its premiere Ridley's publisher Faber and Faber (who had published the majority of his previous plays) refused to publish the play-text of Mercury Fur.
Ridley has said that he was told that Faber had "objected to the play because of its cruelty to children" and that what he had written "had gone too far". This reasoning was felt to be somewhat ironic as Faber’s decision to refuse publication was relayed to Ridley by phone whilst he was watching footage on his TV of the Beslan school siege, which claimed the lives of over 330 children. Ridley has stated that "The first comment that the editor at Faber said to me was, “I've got to tell you that several people here are seriously offended by this.” I have a thing about dialogue, so I remember. Those were her words. It was as if they'd all suddenly turned into a bunch of Cardinal Wolseys, deciding what was right and wrong. It's not their job to be moral arbiters; it's their job to publish. I think Faber realised they couldn't say this, so after a few weeks they decided to rephrase it as, 'It's a piece of writing that I do not admire.'" Ridley also states that "There was no discussion. I wasn't invited in to clarify my intentions. I sent them a letter saying I thought they had misread it, but they didn't want a discussion. Of course I'm upset, but it is not just an ego thing. If a publisher is saying, 'You've gone too far', what kind of message is that sending out to writers?"
As a result, Ridley parted ways with Faber and joined Methuen who published Mercury Fur instead.
Initial reception and controversy
The play became a theatrical cause célèbre when it premiered, with walkouts reported each night of the show's original run.
Although most critics praised the production’s acting and direction, Ridley’s script was very divisive.
Critics were especially split regarding the play’s depiction of cruelty, which was condemned by some as gratuitous and sensationalist in nature. Matthew Sweet wrote that the play had content that "seemed little more than a questionable authorial indulgence - an exercise in exploitative camp" that reduced "the sensitivity of the audience until they began to find such images [of cruelty] ludicrous and tiresome". Charles Spencer was highly critical, describing Mercury Fur as "the most violent and upsetting new play" of the last ten years, adding that "It positively revels in imaginative nastiness" and condemning it as "a poisonous piece". He went on to declare that everyone involved with the production had been "degraded" and, more controversially, that Ridley was "turned on by his own sick fantasies."
In contrast, the play’s violent content was defended by a variety of reviewers. Kate Bassett wrote that "One might complain that Ridley is a puerile shock jock [or] wonder if the playwright isn't indulging in his own nasty fantasies or even encouraging copycat sadism […] Ridley is writing in the tradition of Greek and Jacobean tragedies. He underlines that brutality warps, suggests that love and morals persist, and is deliberately creating a nightmare scenario rife with allusions to actual world news." Other critics felt that the play justified any shock or offense it might cause. The Independent'''s Paul Taylor wrote that "the play has the right to risk toying with being offensive to bring home just how morally unsettling this depraved, perverted-kicks world has become. If you could sit through it unaffronted on the artistic level, it would surely have failed in its mission." Likewise, John Peter wrote that "Ridley is an observer, shocked and conscientious, as appalled as you are. But he understands the mechanics of cruelty and the minds of people who are fascinated by cruelty and take an obscure pleasure in moralising about it. Ridley doesn't moralise, but he expects you to respond, and he delivers a moral shock." Some other critics also felt that the play contained moral content, such as Aleks Sierz who called it "a very moral play, in which the bad end badly, and the good go down tragically".
Some critics saw political resonances in the play along with allusions to real-world events. The Herald's Carole Woddis wrote that "Ridley’s upsetting portrayal is, I believe, an honourable response to the genocides in Rwanda and atrocities in Iraq". John Peter declared that "Philip Ridley has written the ultimate 9/11 play: a play for the age of Bush and Bin Laden, of Donald Rumsfeld and Charles Clarke; a play for our time, when a sense of terror is both nameless and precise." However, Paul Taylor found that "the political context is too conveniently hazy", and John Gross wrote that "any political arguments are lost amid the sadistic fantasies, kinky rituals, gruesome anecdotes and flights of science fiction", with similar comments coming from Brian Logan: "whatever questions playwright Philip Ridley seeks to pose are drowned out by the shrieking and bloodshed".
Critics were also split on the credibility of the play’s world and its speculative depiction of societal collapse. Michael Billington was critical, stating that he distrusted the play "from its reactionary despair and assumption that we are all going to hell in a handcart" along with writing that it succumbed "to a fashionable nihilism" and that Ridley’s portrayal of social-breakdown "flies in the face of a mass of evidence one could produce to the contrary." In contrast, Alastair Macaulay described the play as a "realistic nightmare" which portrayed "a kind of believable hell […] like the darkest parallel-universe version of the world we know". Aleks Sierz felt that the play’s conclusion was "utterly convincing, even if - in our liberal souls - it seems like a wild exaggeration." In contrast Brian Logan wrote that "I never really believed in ‘Mercury Fur’. Its futuristic setting is more hypothetical than real; it also absolves the audience of moral complicity", whilst John Peter wrote that "most science fiction is moral fiction".
Various critics went on to compare the play to other controversial works, particularly A Clockwork Orange and the plays of Sarah Kane. Some even went as far as to voice concern for the wellbeing for the young actor portraying The Party Piece or thought that the play might make audience members vomit.
Despite this, there were critics that were especially supportive. Alastair Macaulay described the play as "an amazing feat of imagination, engrossing and poetic" whilst Aleks Sierz wrote that the play "makes you feel alive when you're watching it" and declared it to be "probably the best new play of the year". John Peter urged people to see it: "It is a play you need to see for its diagnosis of a terror-stricken and belligerent civilization. I recommend it strongly to the strong in heart."
The critical discordance resulted in some critics being at odds with each other. Having enjoyed the show, critic Miranda Sawyer wrote that she felt "despair" from the negative reviews from "proper" theatre critics and wondered "Where are the theatre critics that speak for me and those like me?" She went on to say that there would be no "room for every type of play in Britain" if critics "remain fuddy-duddies [and] continue to discourage new writing that they don't understand". Sawyer’s comments were challenged by critic Ian Shuttleworth who felt that she implied that the critical divide was generational, which he disputed by citing older critics who defended the play.
In defending the production, director John Tiffany explained that although the play is full of "incredibly shocking images and stories, almost all the violence happens off stage. It is almost Greek in its ambition" and that the play is "the product of a diseased world, not a diseased mind".
Responding to the critical backlash, Ridley described the critics as "blinder than a bagful of moles in a coal cellar", a comment partially made in reference to him witnessing the critic Charles Spencer fall over furniture onstage while trying to find his seat on the play's press night. Ridley went on to argue that theatre in Britain "is the only art form that I can think of where you feel you are in direct conflict with the people who are trying to judge your work" and stated that there was "a serious disconnection between the artists who are working and are trying to move an art movement forward and those who are putting judgement of those artists […] I see it in work of other artists in which it is being inhibited, and this is sending out terrible signals". These and other comments Ridley made about his critics were condemned as "impressively bilious" and "crassly malicious" by Theatre Record editor Ian Shuttleworth.
Defending the play, Ridley expressed what he felt were double standards within the theatrical establishment, in that it is acceptable for there to be scenes of violence in classical drama but not within contemporary plays:
"Why is it that it is fine for the classic plays to discuss - even show - these things, but people are outraged when contemporary playwrights do it? If you go to see King Lear, you see a man having his eyes pulled out; in Medea, a woman slaughters her own children. The recent revival of Iphigenia at the National was acclaimed for its relevance. But when you try to write about the world around us, people get upset. If I'd wrapped Mercury Fur up as a recently rediscovered Greek tragedy it would be seen as an interesting moral debate like Iphigenia, but because it is set on an east-London housing estate it is seen as being too dangerous to talk about. What does that say about the world we live in? What does it say about theatre today?"
Ridley also explained that he felt critics had disliked Mercury Fur because of its subject matter and not for the theatrical experience the play is trying to create for its audience:
"I don’t think there is anything wrong with people being disturbed within the theatre at all… I think theatre is fifteen years behind any other art form… It’s still perceived as a kind of subject matter based art form. You wouldn’t go along and look at a Suzanne painting and criticize it just on the choice of apples [s]he’s chosen to paint, you’d criticize it, and you’d judge it and experience it for the use of paint… Because we come from a basic literal tradition we still view stage plays as kind of glorified novels and we judge them purely on their subject matter, regardless of the theatrical experience of sitting there and watching the play."
Ridley also defended the depiction of violence within the story, arguing that it is used for a moral purpose and that the play is more about love than violence:
"The things that happen in Mercury Fur are not gratuitous, they are heart-breaking. The people may do terrible things but everything they do is out of love, in an attempt to keep each other safe. The play is me asking, 'What would I do in that position?' If you knew that to keep your mother, brother and lover safe, you would have to do terrible things, would you still do them? That's the dilemma of the play. It asks us all, 'What lengths would you go to to save the people you love?'"
Despite this controversy – or perhaps because of it – the play sold out on its initial run and, by the end, was playing to an enthusiastic young audience.
2010 police incident
In 2010 police almost raided Theatre Delicatessen's production of the play (which was staged in a derelict office block) when a resident living next door believed the play's violent scenes were being carried out for real. Actors waiting offstage along with the company's producer intervened before the police would have stopped the performance.
Behind the Eyes
In February 2011 the play was used by the Schema Arts Collective as the basis for a community arts project called Behind the Eyes, which took place at the Sassoon Gallery, London.
The project featured an amateur production of Mercury Fur which was cut down to 40 minutes and used actors from the local area. The performance was particular in its use of sound design with edited audio recordings of the actors and gallery environment incorporated into the production.
The project also featured a thirty-minute documentary film Mercury Fur Unveiled about the cast and creative team's process of realising the project and their views on the play. The documentary was later broadcast on the Community Channel in 2013 and is free to watch online.Behind the Eyes also displayed artwork inspired by the play with a large mural of a shark (which was also utilised as the production's scenic backdrop) and Ridley himself collaborated by exhibiting a series of photographic portraits he had created of the cast.
Critical reappraisal
In 2012 the play was arguably critically reassessed when revived by The Greenhouse Theatre Company, with the production receiving extremely positive reviews and even marketed as "Ridley’s Masterpiece", a statement which was also made by critic Aleks Sierz and A Younger Theatre reviewer Jack Orr.
The play also drew attention for its relevance in the aftermath of the 2011 England Riots with the production's online trailer using dialogue from the play over footage from the riots.
New monologues
For the 2012 production, Ridley wrote four individual new monologues for the characters Elliot, Naz, Lola and Darren which were filmed and put on The Greenhouse Theatre Company's YouTube channel to promote the play transferring to the West End.Greenhouse Theatre Company's YouTube webpage, featuring all four monologues and the production trailer
Legacy and influence
On seeing the original production, dramaturg and theatre director Lisa Goldman described the play as "one of the greatest theatre experiences of my life" which led to her commissioning and directing Ridley's next two plays Leaves of Glass and Piranha Heights.
Mark Ravenhill (a playwright who is generally recognised for his 1996 in-yer-face play Shopping and Fucking) named Mercury Fur as "the best play" he had seen in 2005.
The playwright Lou Ramsden has described the play as a major influence on her work, stating that "nothing changed my theatrical outlook quite like [the] first production of Mercury Fur at the Menier Chocolate factory… It showed me that I could do more than just picture a stage – I could use the circumstances of the theatre as well. The fact that the audience were in an inescapable black box served to ramp up the tension of the play, to unbearable levels... My heart literally pounded. I was thrilled by the revelation that theatre could be more than just an exercise in language, or a nice, polite, passively watched story – it could elicit a physical reaction, giving people a horrifyingly visceral roller-coaster ride." Ramsden has cited how this experience of hers informed the writing of her 2010 play Breed and her 2011 play Hundreds and Thousands.
Ridley has described Mercury Fur as a turning point in his career as a playwright: "After Mercury Fur, the work reinvented itself. It was as if people saw [my plays] for the first time. A whole new generation of younger directors came along – and they all just got it. In the past, I had to go into rehearsals [of my plays] and explain what I was doing. Then it was as if somebody flicked a switch and suddenly that changed."
Plays that critics believe have been influenced by or bear homage to Mercury Fur include:
(2006) Motortown by Simon Stephens
(2011) Three Kingdoms by Simon Stephens
(2014) Hotel by Polly Stenham
(2014) The Wolf from the Door by Rory Mullarkey
ProductionsMercury Fur'' has been performed worldwide in countries such as Australia, France, Italy, Malta, Turkey, the Czech Republic, the United States and Japan.
See also
Vurt
Blasted
In-yer-face theatre
Further reading
References
External links
2005 Interview with Philip Ridley for The Guardian on the controversy Mercury Fur created before its premiere
Audio interview from 2005 of Philip Ridley defending Mercury Fur on Theatre VOICE
2007 Interview with Philip Ridley for the Sydney Morning Herald
Audio interview with Theatre VOICE from 2012 of Ned Bennet on directing the 2012 revival of Mercury Fur
Edited transcript of a post show Q&A with Philip Ridley and the cast of the 2012 London revival of Mercury Fur
Audio recording of a post show Q&A with Philip Ridley after Middle Child's 2015 production of Mercury Fur in Hull
Plays by Philip Ridley
2005 plays
Dystopian literature
Theatre about drugs
Post-apocalyptic fiction
Science fiction theatre
Transgender-related theatre
Plays set in London |
20468654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Kennedy%20%28Kerry%20Gaelic%20footballer%29 | Paddy Kennedy (Kerry Gaelic footballer) | Paddy Kennedy (1916-1979) was a Gaelic footballer from Kerry, active in the 1930s and 1940s. He was a member of the Garda Síochána for a time, but later became a sales representative for a mineral water company and managed the Crystal Ballroom in Dublin.
Paddy Kennedy Memorial Park
The Annascaul GAA club's home ground, opened in 1984, is named Paddy Kennedy Memorial Park after him. Regarded by many as one of the all-time greats of Kerry football, he was captain of the 1946 All-Ireland winning team. The pitch was opened in 1984; the first game played there was between Kerry and Dublin. Since then, there have been many West Kerry League championship games and finals played there by all age groups as well as many County League championships. In 2003, the Munster Ladies Minor Football Championship final between Kerry and Cork was played there. In 2008, a round of the Ladies National League was played here between Kerry and Mayo.
Playing career
Inter-county
Kennedy was Kerry captain in 1946 when Kerry defeated Roscommon in the final. He also played in the Polo Grounds final in New York in 1947 when Kerry lost to Cavan.
During his playing days he won 5 Senior All Irelands, 1 Minor All Ireland, 1 Munster Minor, 10 Munster Senior Championship and 2 Railway Cups.
Kennedy played 45 games for Kerry between 1936 and 1947, 44 as a starter and 1 as a substitute, and scored 5–23 in the Championship matches. He played in 12 Munster Finals, winning 11 and losing 1.
He also played in 8 All-Ireland finals, losing 3 and winning 5.
1936 Championship
Munster Quarter Final, 24 May: Kerry 7–7 Limerick 1–4. Kennedy played Left Half Forward, but did not score.
Munster Semi-final, 12 July: Kerry 1–5 Tipperary 0–5. Kennedy played Left Half Forward, but did not score.
Munster Final, 26 July: Kerry 1–11 Clare 2–2. Kennedy played Left Half Forward, and scored 0–3.
All-Ireland Semi-final, 9 August: Mayo 1–5 Kerry 0–6. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
1937 Championship
Munster Quarter Final, 13 June: Kerry 6–7 Cork 0–4. Kennedy played midfield, and scored 0–2.
Munster Semi-final, 11 July: Kerry 2–11 Tipperary 0–4. Kennedy played midfield, and scored 0–2.
Munster Final, 18 July: Kerry 4–9 Clare 1–1. Kennedy played Midfield, but did not score.
Kennedy did not play in the All-Ireland Semi-final against Laois, played on 15 August 1937 in Cork and which finished in a 2–3 to 2–3 draw, and also did not play in the Semi-final replay, played 22 August in Mullingar and which finished 2–2 to 1–4.
All-Ireland Final, 26 September: Kerry 2–5 Cavan 2–5. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score. Kennedy did not play in the replay, which was played in Croke Park on 17 October 1937, and won by Kerry 4–4 to 1–7. The Radio Athlone commentator mistakenly announced Cavan as the winners of the first game; Packie Boylan's late point had actually been disallowed. Kerry won the replay by six points, with goals by Timmy O'Leary (2), Miko Doyle and John Joe Landers. It was the fourth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.
1938 Championship
Munster Semi-final, 29 May: Kerry 2–6 Clare 0–2. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
Munster Final, 7 August: Kerry 4–14 Cork 0–6. Kennedy played Left Half Forward, and scored 1–1.
All-Ireland Semi-final, 21 August: Kerry 2–6 Laois 2–4. Kennedy played Right Half Forward, and scored 0–1.
All-Ireland Final, 25 September: Kerry 2–6 Galway 2–6. Kennedy played Left Half Forward, and scored 0–1.
All-Ireland Final Replay, 23 October: Kerry 0–7 Galway 2–4. Kennedy played Left Half Forward, but did not score.
1939 Championship
Munster Final, 23 July: Kerry 2–11 Tipperary 0–4. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
All-Ireland Semi-final, 13 August: Kerry 0–4 Mayo 0–4. Kennedy played Right Half Forward, but did not score.
All-Ireland Semi-final Replay, 10 September: Kerry 3–8 Mayo 1–4. Kennedy played midfield, and scored 0–1.
All-Ireland Final, 24 September: Kerry 2–5 Meath 2–3. Kennedy played Midfield, but did not score.
The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Dan Spring (later TD and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances – they shot 11 wides. It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.
1940 Championship
Munster Semi-final, 30 June: Kerry 4–8 Tipperary 1–5. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
Munster Final, 21 July: Kerry 1–10 Waterford 0–6. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
All-Ireland Semi-final, 18 August: Kerry 3–4 Cavan 0–8. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
All-Ireland Final, 22 September: Kerry 0–7 Galway 1–3. Kennedy played Right Half Forward, but did not score.
The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Jimmy Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all. It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s. It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway.
1941 Championship
Munster Final, 20 June: Kerry 2–9 Clare 0–6. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
All-Ireland Semi-final, 10 August: Kerry 0–4 Dublin 0–4. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
All-Ireland Semi-final Replay, 17 August: Kerry 2–9 Dublin 0–3. Kennedy played midfield, but did not score.
All-Ireland Final, 7 September: Kerry 1–8 Galway 0–7. Kennedy played Right Half Forward, but did not score.
The 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 54th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry completed a three-in-a-row with a goal by Tom "Gega" O'Connor. The attendance was affected by restrictions under "The Emergency", with a thousand fans travelling by peat-fueled train, and two Kerrymen cycling a tandem bicycle from Killarney to Dublin. It was the second of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s. It was also the second of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway.
1942 Championship
Club
Kennedy won a Kerry County Championship with Kerins O'Rahillys in 1939 and 4 Dublin County Championships: three with Geraldines and one with the Garda club he joined in the late 1930s.
Honours
Inter-county
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 5: 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Winning Captain 1946
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1: 1933
Munster Senior Football Championship 10: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947
Munster Minor Football Championship 1: 1933
Inter-provincial
Railway Cup 2: 1941, 1946
Club
Kerry Senior Championship 1: 1939
Dublin Senior Football Championship 4: 1935 (Garda) 1940,1941,1942 (Geraldines)
References
1916 births
1979 deaths
Garda Síochána officers
All-Ireland-winning captains (football)
Kerins O'Rahilly's Gaelic footballers
Garda Gaelic footballers
Geraldines Gaelic footballers
Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
Winners of five All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football) |
6900811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20Done%20Sign%20My%20Name | Blood Done Sign My Name | Blood Done Sign My Name (2004) is a historical memoir written by Timothy B. Tyson. He explores the 1970 murder of Henry D. Marrow, a black man in Tyson's then home town of Oxford, North Carolina. The murder is described as the result of the complicated collision of the Black Power movement and the white backlash against public school integration and other changes brought by the civil rights movement.
Since 2004, the book has sold 160,000 copies. It has earned several awards: the Grawemeyer Award in Religion from the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which had a $200,000 prize, the Southern Book Award for Nonfiction from the Southern Book Critics Circle, the Christopher Award, and the North Caroliniana Book Award from the North Caroliniana Society. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill selected the book for its 2005 summer reading program.
The book was adapted as a movie by the same name, released in 2010. Entertainment Weekly ranked it on a "must see" list.
Story
Tyson has said that the title comes from a slave spiritual later sung as a "blues lament", particularly this phrase: "Ain't you glad, ain't you glad, that the blood done sign my name?"
The book explores the effects of the 1970 killing of Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old black Vietnam War veteran in Oxford, North Carolina. This is the county seat of Granville County, a center of tobacco culture. Then a town of 10,000, it is located 35 miles north of Durham. Three white men were indicted on charges of murder, but they were acquitted at trial by an all-white jury. Black protests of the killing and acquittal included acts of arson and violence.
Black people organized a protest march to the state capital of Raleigh. In addition, they conducted an 18-month boycott of white businesses in Oxford, a mostly segregated town, to force integration in public facilities. The Marrow case helped galvanize continued African-American civil rights activities in Oxford and across the eastern North Carolina black belt.
Local civil rights activist Ben Chavis took a lead role in these activities; he led the march to the capital and the boycott of local businesses. The Marrow killing and related events radicalized the African-American freedom struggle in North Carolina, which was trying to gain progress after the successful passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s. Racial conflict in Wilmington, North Carolina resulted in the burning of a grocery store. The Wilmington Ten cases resulted from charges against Ben Chavis and nine other black men in this incident. Several of the men were convicted and sentenced to long prison terms. They were eventually freed on an appeal. In the 1990s Chavis was selected as the youngest executive director of the NAACP in its history. He later was an organizer of the Million Man March.
Tyson lived as a child in Oxford, where his father was the minister of the prominent Oxford United Methodist Church. He explores not only the white supremacy of the South's racial caste system but his personal and family stories. (His father was driven out of the church because of his support for civil rights.) Tyson interweaves a narrative of the story and its effects on him, with a discussion of the racial history of North Carolina and the United States, and the violent realities of that history on both sides of the color line.
He explores the persistence of discrimination years after passage of federal laws to enforce civil rights, and the more complex aspects of the later civil rights movement.
Reception
Entertainment Weekly praised its "deadpan, merciless self-examination" and said it "pulses with vital paradox... It's a detached dissertation, a damning dark-night-of-the-white-soul, and a ripping yarn, all united by Tyson's powerful voice, a brainy, booming Bubba profundo." Historian Jane Dailey, writing in the Chicago Tribune, called it "Admirable and unexpected... a riveting story that will have its readers weeping with both laughter and sorrow."
Adaptations
The book was adapted as a film written and directed by writer Jeb Stuart. It was released in 2010, starring Ricky Schroder, Omar Benson Miller, and Michael Rooker. It was filmed in the cities of Shelby, Statesville, Monroe and Gastonia, North Carolina. The African-American historian John Hope Franklin has a cameo in the film.
It was also adapted as a play of the same name by Mike Wiley, which premiered at Duke University in 2008. It was also produced at the city hall in Oxford, North Carolina on February 13, 2009.
See also
Civil rights movement in popular culture
References
External links
Interview about Blood Done Sign My Name, National Public Radio
2004 non-fiction books
African-American autobiographies
Books about African-American history
History of African-American civil rights
Civil rights movement in popular culture |
17331524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%20County%20Council | Norfolk County Council | Norfolk County Council is the top-tier local government authority for Norfolk, England. Its headquarters are based in the city of Norwich.
Below it there are 7 second-tier local government district councils: Breckland District, Broadland District, Great Yarmouth Borough, North Norfolk District, Norwich City, King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, and South Norfolk District.
History
In 1902, the council consisted solely of landowners.
Chairmen of the council prior to 1974
1889-1902 Robert Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth
1902-1912 Sir William Browne-ffolkes
1912-1920 John Holmes
1920-1925 Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn
1925-1941 Russell Colman
1941-1950 Sir Henry Upcher
1950-1966 Sir Bartle Edwards
1966-1969 Douglas Sanderson
1969-1974 John Hayden : From this point onwards the role of Chairman became ceremonial with the council being run by a Leader.
The council, as currently constituted, was established in 1974 following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1972, which replaced the two previous county authorities (the County Borough of Norwich and the County of Norfolk) with a single top tier authority for the whole of Norfolk.
Politics
Norfolk County Council is currently (since May 2016) run by a Conservative Administration.
Norfolk County Council has traditionally been known as a Conservative stronghold, being run by them from its formation until 1993.
For the period 1993 until 2001 no one party had overall control.
The Conservatives won a majority in the 2001 local elections and held the authority until 2013.
The countryside is almost all Conservative territory, with few areas being strong for the Liberal Democrats. The urban areas of Norfolk have always been more mixed in their loyalties, however, and seats in Norwich, Great Yarmouth, and King's Lynn are often held by the Labour Party. From 2009 to 2013 the Greens held the greatest number of Norfolk County Council electoral divisions within the city of Norwich.
Following the county elections of May 2013, Norfolk County Council was under no overall control, Norfolk County Council's ruling administration was made up of an alliance of non-Conservative councillors (14 UKIP, 15 Labour, 10 Liberal Democrat, 4 Green and 1 independent) with a Labour leader until May 2016. The alliance collapsed in May 2016 when the Green Party withdrew its support resulting in the Council electing a Conservative Leader, and that in turn lead to a minority Conservative administration running the council until May 2017.
In the Local Elections of May 2017 the Conservatives won an overall majority of the seats and were able to form a majority administration. The results were Conservative 55, Labour 17, Liberal Democrats 11 with both UKIP and the Green Party losing all their seats on the council.
In the Local Elections of May 2021 the Conservatives increased their number of seats to 58 and remained in control of the Council.
In April 2014 a project to establish an incinerator at King's Lynn was scrapped by the Labour lead alliance under George Nobbs when the members of the council voted by 48 to 30 to end the authority's contract with the firm Cory Wheelabrator after a heated debate at County Hall in Norwich on 7 April. That decision was directly followed by a cabinet meeting, in which the administration voted unanimously to axe the scheme. This decision meant the council had to pay compensation to the company of several million pounds.
In May 2018 just one week after being re-elected Leader of the council for a further year Cllr. Cliff Jordan resigned from his position and his seat on the council due to ill health. The following month at an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council Cllr. Andrew Proctor was elected Leader.
Election results
Economy and business
The council spends an average of £56.5 million a month with suppliers.
Education
See also List of schools in Norfolk
The council is in charge of all Nursery, Primary and Secondary state schools throughout Norfolk which are not academies, but not Tertiary education. There are three nursery schools, 359 primary schools, 35 secondary schools, one all-through school, one free school, one short stay school and 11 special schools.
The council provides a school finder for parents to find children a school. The primary school curriculum is set by the government, and recorded on Directgov. The secondary (high) school curriculum is set by the government, and recorded on Directgov. There are compulsory subjects which are needed to be followed in Norfolk and England.
In Year 9 (sometimes Year 8), children are required to pick their GCSE options for the forecoming year. In England, a student must take at least two optional choices.
In February 2013, Ofsted inspectors judged that vulnerable children in the county were at risk. Shortly afterwards, the regulator expressed concern about the county's educational provision. Three years later, in August 2016, Ofsted found that Norfolk County Council had still failed to address the regulator's earlier judgements (in February and August 2013, respectively) that the council's arrangements for the protection of children and for services for looked after children were 'inadequate'. In 2017 after further inspection the rating was raised to 'requires improvement' after considerable progress in the department.
Health and Social Care
The council is responsible for coordinating and managing the Adult Social Care of the population of Norfolk. This work was overseen by the Adult Social Care Committee based at County Hall. However, in May 2019 the committee was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Prevention.
Since 2012 the Health and Wellbeing Board for Norfolk and Waveney has been responsible for Public Health in the county. The board has been chaired by Cllr. Bill Borrett since 2017, it comprises representatives from most NHS bodies such as the five Clinical Commissioning Groups and the three Norfolk Acute Hospitals as well as Norfolk and Waveney's County and District Councils.
See Healthcare in Norfolk for the details of the different NHS bodies charged with delivering health in the county.
Transportation
Norfolk County Council is responsible for maintaining Norfolk's road networks and bus routes. They often go into schools and promote road safety to students.
Conservation
Norfolk County Council offered grant aid for landscape conservation, submitted to the Director of Planning and Transportation.
Many historic buildings in the county are protected by the Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust, established in 1977, which is under the guidance of the county council. Between 1995 and 2000, the Trust played a major role in restoring the Denver Mill site, at a cost of over £1 million.
Notable members
Steffan Aquarone
Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle
Jack Boddy
Michael Carttiss
Judith Chaplin
Richard Toby Coke
Sir Thomas Cook
Sidney Dye
George Edwards
John Garrett
Paul Hawkins
Dave Rowntree
William Benjamin Taylor
John Wodehouse, 2nd Earl of Kimberley
Albert Hilton, Baron Hilton of Upton
Lilias Rider Haggard
References
External links
County councils of England
Local education authorities in England
Local authorities in Norfolk
Major precepting authorities in England
Leader and cabinet executives |
20468663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Magothy%20%28AVP-45%29 | USS Magothy (AVP-45) | USS Magothy (AVP-45) was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.
Construction and commissioning
Magothy was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard. However, by the spring of 1943 the Navy deemed that number of seaplane tenders excess to requirements, and decided to complete four of them as motor torpedo boat tenders and one as a catapult training ship. In addition, the Navy also decided to cancel six of the Barnegat-class ships prior to their construction, freeing up the diesel engines that would have powered them for use in escort vessels and amphibious landing craft.
Magothy was assigned her name on 23 August 1942, but became one of the first four ships to be cancelled when the Navy cancelled its contract with Lake Washington Shipyard for her construction on 22 April 1943.
References
NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) Index
Cancelled ships of the United States Navy
Barnegat-class seaplane tenders
Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard |
6900824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Recording%20Preservation%20Board | National Recording Preservation Board | The United States National Recording Preservation Board selects recorded sounds for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. The National Recording Registry was initiated to maintain and preserve "sound recordings that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"; to be eligible, recordings must be at least ten years old. Members of the Board also advise the Librarian of Congress on ongoing development and implementation of the national recorded sound preservation program.
The National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) is a federal agency located within the Library of Congress. The NRPB was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–474). This legislation also created both the National Recording Registry and the non-profit National Recording Preservation Foundation, which is loosely affiliated with the National Recording Preservation Board, but the private-sector Foundation (NRPF) and federal Board (NRPB) are separate, legally distinct entities.
The main responsibilities of the board are:
Develop the National Recording Registry selection criteria
Recommend and review nominees
Develop a National Recording Preservation Study and Action Plan comparable to those by the National Film Preservation Board
Organization
The board is appointed by the Librarian of Congress and is composed of representatives from professional organizations of composers, musicians, musicologists, librarians, archivists and the recording industry. Explicitly it is composed of up to 5 "at-large" members and 17 member/alternate pairs from the following 17 organizations:
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
American Federation of Musicians
American Folklore Society
American Musicological Society
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Audio Engineering Society
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Country Music Foundation
Digital Media Association
Music Library Association
National Archives and Records Administration
National Academy of Popular Music
National Association of Recording Merchandisers
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Recording Industry Association of America
SESAC
Society for Ethnomusicology
See also
National Film Preservation Board
Notes
External links
Home Page
Sound archives in the United States
Music archives in the United States
2000 establishments in the United States |
17331526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi%20N%C3%A9v%C3%A9 | Garibaldi Névé | The Garibaldi Névé is a large icefield in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern flank of Mount Garibaldi.
References
Glaciers of the Pacific Ranges
Garibaldi Ranges
Sea-to-Sky Corridor
Ice fields of British Columbia |
17331542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hilton | John Hilton | John Hilton and Jack Hilton may refer to:
John Hilton
John Buxton Hilton (1921–1986), British crime writer
John Hilton (American football) (1942–2017), American football tight end
John Hilton the elder (1565–1609), British composer
John Hilton the younger (c. 1599–1657), British composer, son of the above
John Hilton (industrial relations) (1880–1943), British professor of industrial relations
John Hilton (manufacturer) (c. 1791–1866), Canadian businessperson
John Hilton (surgeon) (1805–1878), British surgeon
John Hilton (table tennis) (born 1947), retired British table tennis player
John Hilton (cricketer, born 1792) (1792–?), English cricketer
John Hilton (cricketer, born 1838) (1838–1910), English cricketer.
John T. Hilton (1801–1864), African-American abolitionist and businessman
John Hilton Grace (1873–1958), British mathematician
John Hilton (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player
Jack Hilton
Jack Hilton (1921–1998), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s for Great Britain, England, and Wigan
Jack Hilton (author) (19001983), British novelist, essayist, and travel writer
Jack Hilton (footballer) (born 1925), English footballer who made appearances in the English Football League with Wrexham
See also
Jack Hylton (1892–1965), British band leader and impresario
John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton (1699–1746), English politician |
6900827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrhigaleus | Cirrhigaleus | Cirrhigaleus is a genus of sharks in the Squalidae (dogfish) family, which is part of the Squaliformes order.
Species
Cirrhigaleus asper Merrett, 1973 (roughskin spurdog)
Cirrhigaleus australis W. T. White, Last & Stevens, 2007 (southern mandarin dogfish)
Cirrhigaleus barbifer S. Tanaka (I), 1912 (mandarin dogfish)
References
Shark genera
Taxa named by Shigeho Tanaka |
20468694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg%20Chester | Reg Chester | Reginald Alfred Chester (21 November 1904 – 24 April 1977) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, he played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Huddersfield Town and Darlington.
References
Profile at MUFCInfo.com
1904 births
1977 deaths
People from Long Eaton
English footballers
Association football forwards
Aston Villa F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
English Football League players |
17331552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Name%20Is%20America | My Name Is America | My Name Is America is a series of historical novels published by Scholastic Press. Each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional young man's life during an important event or time period in American history. The series was discontinued in 2004.
Books
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 by Barry Denenberg (September 1998)
The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 by Jim Murphy (September 1998)
The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871 by Walter Dean Myers (April 1999)
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944 by Walter Dean Myers (June 1999)
The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867 by William Durbin (September 1999)
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942 by Barry Denenberg (September 1999)
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 by Laurence Yep (April 2000)
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim boy, Plymouth, 1620 by Ann Rinaldi (July 2000)
The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 by Kathryn Lasky (September 2000)
The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905 by William Durbin (September 2000)
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers (April 2001)
The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac (June 2001)
The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by Rodman Philbrick (November 2001)
The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 by William Durbin (April 2002)
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White (June 2002)
The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 by Ellen Levine (September 2002)
The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie, New York City, 1899 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (May 2003)
The Journal of Rufus Rowe: A Witness to the Battle of Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, Virginia, 1862 by Sid Hite (October 2003)
The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship, The Florence, 1874 by Jim Murphy (April 2004)
2012 reissue
The series was reissued since March 2012.
We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, a World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944 by Walter Dean Myers (March 2012)
Into No Man's Land: The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White (June 2012)
On Enemy Soil: The Journal of James Edmond Pease, a Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863 by Jim Murphy (September 2012)
A True Patriot: The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774 by Barry Denenberg (December 2012)
Down to the Last Out: The Journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers (January 2013)
Until the Last Spike: The Journal of Sean Sullivan, a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867 by William Durbin (September 2013)
Staking a Claim: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese Miner, California, 1852 by Laurence Yep (November 2013)
On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee Boy, The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac (January 2014)
Blazing West: The Journal of Augustus Pelletier, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 by Kathryn Lasky (February 2014)
Stay Alive: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds, The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by Rodman Philbrick (December 2021)
See also
Dear America
My America
The Royal Diaries
External links
publisher website
Series of children's books
Young adult novel series
Children's historical novels
American historical novels
American children's novels
Fictional diaries |
20468699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20Fire%20Company | Alpha Fire Company | The Alpha Fire Company provides fire and rescue services for the Borough of State College, College Township, Ferguson Township, Patton Township, and The Pennsylvania State University.
The company was formed in 1899 as the Union Fire Company and changed its name to Alpha Fire Company in 1900.
Mission and community service
The Mission Statement of Alpha Fire is: "To protect the lives and property of the members of the Borough of State College and surrounding communities." Volunteers who serve with the company are each required to undergo various training modules, the first of which amounts to approximately 80 hours over the members' first 12 weeks with the company. All members are required to obtain their national Firefighter I Certification within 24 months of joining.
In addition to the protection of property and lives, members of the fire department also engage in activities which foster positive working relations between the department and members of the community. In the past such activities have included transporting Santa Clause through the borough during State College's annual Christmas Eve celebration.
Apparatus
Alpha Fire Company operates a fleet of 26 vehicles.
Command 5 - Incident command post rotated among the line officers
Car 5 - Fire Chief's car, additional command post
Car 55 - Fire Director's car, additional command post
Traffic 5-1 - 2021 Ford F-350 Fire police traffic unit
Traffic 5-2 - 2021 Ford F-350 Fire police traffic unit
Special Unit 5 - Modified 2005 Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab
Utility 5-1 - 2005 Chevrolet 2500
Utility 5-2 - 2012 Chevrolet 2500
Utility 5-3 - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe
Utility 5-4 - 2013 Ford Interceptor
Utility 5-5 - 2012 Ford Explorer
Fire Marshal 55 - 2013 Ford Interceptor
UTV 5 - Kubota RTV
Drop-Deck 5 - 2019 JLG Utility Trailer
Service 55 - 2018 Ford F-350 with a Reading Body
Heavy Lift 5 - 1988 Nissan N6000 Fork Lift
Foam Trailer 5 - 2005 Tandem Axel Class-B Foam Trailer
Decon Trailer 5 - 2014 Mobile Decon Trailer
Hazmat 55 - 1997 Seagrave Walk-In HazMat Unit
Engine Companies
Engine 5-1 - 2005 Pierce Dash
Engine 5-2 - 2002 Pierce Dash Custom Engine
Engine 5-3 - 2002 Pierce Dash Custom Engine
Engine 5-4 - 2017 Pierce Velocity PUC
Tanker 5-1 - 2013 Pierce/Kenworth Custom Tanker
Tanker 5-2 - 2021 Pierce/Kenworth Custom Tanker
Truck Companies
Truck 5-1 - 2016 95 Foot Pierce Velocity ladder Truck
Truck 5-2 - 2009 75 Foot Pierce Aerial Scope tower ladder Truck
Quint 5 - 2010 75 Foot Aerial PUC Quint on a Pierce Arrow XT Chassis.
Rescue Company
Rescue 5 - 2000 Saulsbury Cougar Series Rescue on a Spartan Gladiator Long four-door Chassis
Stations
Alpha Fire operates out of three stations:
Main Station
The Main Station at 400 West Beaver Avenue opened in 1974. The Main Station has a Meeting Room, Maintenance Shop, Lounge, Watch Office, Kitchen, Administration Office, Gym, and Bunk room. The bunk room houses 6 live-ins and has room for 17 total bunks. The station houses 5 pieces of apparatus, Engine 5-2, Engine 5-3, Truck 5-1, Rescue 5, Tanker 5-1. Traffic units 5-1 and 5-2, Utility 5-1, Utility 5-4, Service 55, Special Unit 5, and Command 5 are also housed here.
College Township Station
The College Township station is a sub-station housed in the basement of the College Township Building at 1481 East College Avenue. This station has a Watchroom, Office, Lounge, Bunkroom, Live-in rooms for 4 live-ins, and a Kitchen. Engine 5-1, Quint 5, Utility 55, and Fire Marshal 55 are housed here.
Patton Township Station
The Patton Township Sub-Station facility at 2598 Green Tech Drive opened in 2001. It has rooms for four live-in members and a bunkroom for additional firefighters. The station houses Truck 5-2, Engine 5-4, Tanker 5-2, Utility 5-2, and Utility 5-3.
See also
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Borough of State College
College Township
Ferguson Township
Patton Township
The Pennsylvania State University.
References
External links
Alpha Fire Company
Centre County, Pennsylvania
State College, Pennsylvania |
17331599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau%20clan | Lau clan | Lau (also spelled Lav) is one of the seven Mohyal clans of Punjab.
Origin and history
Early history
In Mohyals' recorded history, however, there is no mention of the Lau clan until around 1000 CE. According to Mohyals' own historians and their folklore, the clan came into prominence by establishing a dheri (fiefdom) at Bajwada near modern-day Kangra in Himachal Pradesh on the border with Hoshiarpur, Punjab. In the Middle Ages Bajwada was an important town, as reflected by the prominence of its mention in Mughal records. Various Mohyal ballads, especially the Vishav Rai Niti, extol the feats and fierce swordsmanship of the early rulers of Bajwada especially Vishav Rai and Ballal Sen, and consist of verses that also glorify the damages inflicted by their armies on the Ghaznavid sultans, when the latter were on their way to or returning from raids of other Indian cities.
Many names of the Lau clan in Mohyal folklore and records closely match names from the Sena dynasty of Bengal, like Ballal Sen and Lau Sen. That, and the coinciding of the Lau clan's appearance in Punjab with the period when the Senas held territories North of Delhi, has led some historians to assert that the Laus descended from among the Senas and are named after Lau Sen, consistent with the known phenomenon of a new clan or caste name coming into being with a notable ancestor. The name Lau Sen is famous in Bengali folklore as well, and consistent with Mohyal tradition the Senas were also of Brahmin lineage but in a Kshatriya role.
References
Indian surnames
Mohyal clans |
20468721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacodes%20squamigerus | Thylacodes squamigerus | Thylacodes squamigerus, common name the scaled wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis squamigerus.
This worm snail lives in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
This species is often cemented into colonies. It has no operculum.
References
Vermetidae
Gastropods described in 1856
Taxa named by Philip Pearsall Carpenter |
17331607 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire%20County%20Council | Lincolnshire County Council | Lincolnshire County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in England, less those parts governed by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The number of councillors was reduced from 77 to 70 at the 2017 local election.
The council was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It succeeded the Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey County Councils, and the Lincoln County Borough Council.
Responsibilities
The council is responsible for public services such as education, transport, highways, heritage, social care, libraries, trading standards, and waste management.
Leaders
Leaders of the council have included:
1973–1981: Captain Sir Anthony Thorold, 15th Baronet,
1981–1987: Dr David Guttridge.
1987–1993: Bill Wyrill, (Conservative).
1993–1997: Rob Parker (Labour).
Deputy: Maurice French (Liberal Democrats).
1997–2002: Jim Speechley, (Conservative).
2002–2005: Ian Croft (Conservative).
2005–present: Martin Hill, (Conservative).
Chief executives
Chief executives have included:
1973–1979: David Drury Macklin
1983–1995: Robert John Dudley Proctor
1995–1998: Jill Helen Barrow, who was the first woman chief executive of a county council in England.
1999–2004: David Bowles
2005-2018: Tony McArdle
2018: Richard Wills (Interim Head of Paid Service)
2018: Keith Ireland
2018–present: Debbie Barnes (Head of Paid Service)
Borough, City, and District councils
The county council is the upper-tier of local government, below which are seven councils with responsibility for local services such as housing, planning applications, licensing, council tax collection and rubbish collection. The districts of Lincolnshire are:
Boston Borough
City of Lincoln
East Lindsey
North Kesteven
South Holland
South Kesteven
West Lindsey
See also
Lincolnshire County Council elections
References
County councils of England
1974 establishments in England
Local education authorities in England
Local authorities in Lincolnshire
Major precepting authorities in England
Leader and cabinet executives |
6900829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thant%20Myint-U | Thant Myint-U | Thant Myint-U ( ; born 31 January 1966) is an American-born Burmese historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, and former special adviser to the president for the peace process. He has authored five books, including The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma and Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia. He founded the Yangon Heritage Trust in 2012 to protect colonial architecture and lobby for urban planning in the Burmese capital Yangon.
Life and education
Thant Myint-U was born in New York City to Burmese parents. He grew up in Riverdale, Bronx at the home of his maternal grandfather, the then-Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant. From 1971 to 1980, he studied at Riverdale Country School, a private college-preparatory day school in Bronx. He graduated from International School Bangkok in 1983. He has three sisters. A former US citizen, he gained Burmese citizenship in 2011 and is now a Myanmar national.
Thant earned a BSc in government and economics from Harvard University, an MA in international relations and international economics from Johns Hopkins University, and his PhD in history from Cambridge University in 1996. From 1996 to 1999, he was a junior research fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he taught history. Thant is married to Sofia Busch. He has a son, Thurayn-Harri, born in 1999 to Hanna Guðrún, a granddaughter of Iceland's first woman mayor Hulda Jakobsdóttir.
Career
He served on three UN peacekeeping operations. He first served as a human rights officer from 1992 to 1993 at the UN Transitional Authority for Cambodia in Phnom Penh. In 1994, he was the spokesman for the UN Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia, based in Sarajevo. In 1996, he was a political adviser in the Office of the UN's Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2000, he joined the UN Secretariat in New York. He worked first at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, then at the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, and at the Policy Planning Unit as a chief in 2004. During this time, he was a member of the secretariat of the Secretary-General's Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (High Level Threat Panel). From the late 2005 to early 2006, he was briefly a senior officer at the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.
Aside from being chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust, he was, from 2011 to 2015, a member of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council, special adviser to the Myanmar government for the peace process at the Myanmar Peace Centre, senior research fellow of the Myanmar Development Resources Institute, and member of the Fund Board of the (Myanmar) Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund.
During a December 2019 book tour in the US, Thant expressed his forebodings about Myanmar's future. In an interview with Singapore's The Straits Times, Thant remarked that the threat of climate change made him pessimistic about the country's future. "I think whatever we think of the [Myanmar's] ledger in general, perhaps it comes to 50/50," he said. "When you add on what is almost certainly going to be the impact of global climate change on Burma, I think it's hard to be too optimistic right now."
Works
Thant has written opt-in pieces for The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times the International Herald Tribune, the London Review of Books, the New Statesman, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Time and The Times Literary Supplement. His book, The River of Lost Footsteps was on India's Monster and Critics' non-fiction bestsellers list for the fourth week of October 2007. He was awarded the "Asia Pacific Awards" (Asian Affairs Research Council and Mainichi Newspapers) "Special Prize" in November 2014 for Where China Meets India. His latest book, The Hidden History of Burma was released in November 2019.
Awards
For his efforts to preserve Yangon's colonial buildings, he was named by the Foreign Policy magazine as one of the "100 Leading Global Thinkers" in its annual list in 2013. He was voted 15th in Prospect magazine's annual online poll of the "World's Leading Thinkers" in 2014 in a list which feature many notable Indians including Kaushik Basu.He received Fukuoka Prize in 2015 awarded by the city of Fukuoka. In 2018, he received Padma Shri, the fourth-ranked civilian award in India.
References
Harvard University alumni
Johns Hopkins University alumni
American people of Burmese descent
Historians of Southeast Asia
1966 births
Living people
21st-century American historians
Recipients of the Padma Shri in public affairs |
6900837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Spognardi | Andy Spognardi | Andrea Ettore Spognardi (October 18, 1908 – January 1, 2000) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Boston Red Sox during the last month of the 1932 season, in which the Red Sox finished in last place, 54 games behind the league champion New York Yankees. The Boston College athlete had never played in the minor leagues before his first Red Sox appearance, when he substituted in a game they were losing 15-0 in Philadelphia. The 23-year-old rookie was tall and weighed 160 lbs.
In 17 games as a second baseman, shortstop and third baseman he handled 52 of 53 chances successfully for a fielding percentage of .981. He hit .294 (10-for-34), and 6 bases on balls raised his on-base percentage up to .400. He scored 9 runs and had 1 run batted in.
Spognardi died in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 91.
External links
Baseball Reference
Retrosheet
Major League Baseball infielders
Baseball players from Massachusetts
Boston Red Sox players
1908 births
2000 deaths
Major League Baseball second basemen
Watertown Townies players |
17331626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Simpson%20%28police%20official%29 | John Simpson (police official) | John Richard Simpson (February 13, 1932 – February 10, 2017) was the first U.S. Interpol President (1984–1988) and was the sixteenth Director of the United States Secret Service (1981–1992).
Born in 1932, Simpson served in the United States Army, graduated from Loyola College in Montreal before attending Portia Law School.
Simpson joined the Secret Service in 1962 during his time at Portia Law (graduating in 1964 and was elected as his Law School President) and became Special Agent with the Presidential Protective Division in 1978.
After retiring as Director in 1992, Simpson became a commissioner in the United States Parole Commission for 2 terms.
References
1932 births
United States Secret Service agents
2017 deaths
Interpol officials
Directors of the United States Secret Service
American lawyers
New England Law Boston alumni |
17331649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libral%20standard | Libral standard | The libral standard compares the weight of coins to the bronze as, which originally weighed one Roman pound, but decreased over time to 1/2 pound (the semi-libral standard). It is often used in discussions of ancient cast coinage of central Italy, especially Etruscan coins and Roman Republican coinage. The adjective libral is related to libra, the Ancient Roman unit of weight, and is not related to the word liberal.
The libral standard began with the era of the so-called aes grave (heavy bronze) cast coinage of Rome, from circa 280 BC, where one as weighed one Roman pound (libra), or twelve Roman ounces (unciae). This changed when the weight of the aes grave was decreased to approximately 10 unciae (the "light libral standard") circa 265-217 BC, remaining at that level until about 217 BC. It then suddenly fell to 6 unciae (the "semi-libral standard") around the start of the second Punic war in about 217 BC, before finally falling still further until about 141 BC.
The libral/semi-libral standards were followed by the triental standards and the sextantal standard.
Many Greek city states (colonies) were founded on the Italian peninsula and Sicily during this time period; these are collectively referred to as Magna Graecia. The coinage of those city-states is more closely related to the rest of the ancient Greek world (which included many colonies along the Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts), and generally has no relationship to the Etruscan/Roman units.
Notes
References
Crawford, Michael H. (1974). Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge University Press, 2 Volumes.
Coins |
17331655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrian%20Armoury | Styrian Armoury | The Styrian Armoury (), in the Austrian city of Graz, is the world's largest historic armoury and attracts visitors from all over the world. It holds approximately 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools, suits of armour for battle and ones for parades.
Between the 15th century and the 18th century, Styria was on the front line of almost continuous conflict with the Ottoman Empire and with rebels in Hungary. In order to defend itself it needed troops and these troops needed equipment. The Styrian Armoury results from the resulting need to store large quantities of armour and weapons, and was built from 1642 - 1645 by a Tyrolean architect called Antonio Solar.
After about 100 years in use, Austrian empress Maria Theresia wanted to close down the armoury, as part of her centralisation of the defence of Austria. Nevertheless, Styria petitioned for the ongoing existence of the armoury for both practical and sentimental reasons. Their petition was accepted and the Armoury was left intact, but largely decommissioned.
During World War II, the entire contents were moved to safety in three castles in remote parts of Styria, and no losses were recorded. After the end of the war, the objects were brought back into the undamaged original building.
The armoury is situated in Graz's Inner City, a few steps from Hauptplatz at Herrengasse Nr. 16. The armoury is open six days a week, closed Mondays, throughout the year. In November, it can only be visited through guided tours.
References
External links
Unofficial site with a few flaws
Armoury official site in english
Armories (military)
Buildings and structures in Graz
Military and war museums in Austria
Museums in Graz
Tourist attractions in Graz |
20468744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20history%20of%20Jack%20Kemp | Electoral history of Jack Kemp |
Congressional elections
Presidential elections
1988 Republican presidential primaries:
George H. W. Bush - 8,258,512 (67.91%)
Bob Dole - 2,333,375 (19.19%)
Pat Robertson - 1,097,446 (9.02%)
Jack Kemp - 331,333 (2.72%)
Unpledged - 56,990 (0.47%)
Pierre S. du Pont, IV - 49,783 (0.41%)
Alexander M. Haig - 26,619 (0.22%)
Harold Stassen - 2,682 (0.02%)
1996 United States presidential election
Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) (inc.) - 47,401,898 (49.2%) and 379 electoral votes (31 states and D.C. carried)
Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (R) - 39,198,482 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried)
Ross Perot/Pat Choate (Reform) - 7,680,908 (8.0%)
Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 654,731 (0.7%)
Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) - 485,134 (0.5%)
Howard Phillips/Herbert Titus (Taxpayers) - 182,723 (0.2%)
John Hagelin/Michael Tompkins (Natural Law) - 111,528 (0.1%)
Others - 674,414 (0.7%)
References
Electoral history of politicians from New York (state)
New York (state) Republicans |
17331668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keokuk%27s%20Reserve | Keokuk's Reserve | Keokuk's Reserve was a parcel of land in the present-day U.S. state of Iowa that was retained by the Sauk and Fox tribes in 1832 in the aftermath of the Black Hawk War. The tribes stayed on the reservation only until 1836 when the land was ceded to the United States, and the Native Americans were moved to a new reservation.
Treaty terms
The terms of the treaty that ended the Black Hawk War resulted in the United States' gaining a large section of present-day Iowa known as the Black Hawk Purchase. Keokuk's Reserve was carved out of this cession. The treaty stipulated that the reserve include Keokuk's Village, about from the Mississippi River, as well as equal portions of land on either side of the Iowa River.
The reserve was a area along either side of the Iowa River. The boundary crossed the Iowa River and extended to the southeast where it terminated beyond Keokuk's Village. The land surrounding the reserve was ceded to the United States by Fox and Sauk tribes as part of the Black Hawk Purchase.
Life on the reservation
After the attrition of the Black Hawk War, the Sauk and Fox peoples were forced onto Keokuk's Reservation per the treaty they signed following the war. From the beginning, the reservation was depleted of game and poor in resources. Keokuk's leadership declined as he increasingly consumed alcohol.
Between 1833 and 1845 the Sauk and Fox population decreased more than 50 percent, from more than 6,000 to about 1,200 from each tribe. The community continued to decline as alcohol gained a stronger hold among the peoples. Political discord also tore the groups apart.
Cession to the United States
On September 28, 1836 a new treaty was signed which ceded all of the land within Keokuk's Reserve to the United States government. The treaty was signed near Davenport, Iowa and attended by Henry Dodge, and more than 1,000 chiefs and braves, including the aged Black Hawk, from the Sauk and Fox nations. The treaty text states that the reasoning behind the Sauk and Foxe's decision to cede the land was to "(obtain) additional means of support, and to pay their just creditors".
The result for the Sauk and Fox living within Keokuk's Reserve was that they were removed to another reservation along the Des Moines River. An Indian Agency was established on that reservation at the present-day location of Agency, Iowa. In addition, the treaty stipulated payment to Sauk and Fox of US$30,000 in June 1837 and $10,000 per year for ten succeeding years. The treaty also made other stipulations including a $1,000 payment to the widow of Felix St. Vrain and about $48,000 for the Sauk and Fox to settle their debts.
After their removal to the new reservation along the Des Moines, Joseph M. Street, agent to the Winnebago, was appointed agent to the Sauk and Fox. A farmhouse was erected as well as two mills; one of the mills was destroyed by flood but the other remained for several years. Keokuk and two other chiefs, Wapello and Appanoose, tended farm fields on the reservation. According to the 1882 History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, much of the community began to suffer from "dissipation" (drunkenness), including Keokuk.
References
Black Hawk War
Former American Indian reservations
Native American history of Iowa
Former populated places in Iowa
Aboriginal title in the United States
1832 establishments in the United States
Sac and Fox |
6900838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20All%20Star%20Talent%20Show | The All Star Talent Show | The All Star Talent Show is a 2006 UK television programme that was broadcast on Five. It was presented by Andi Peters and Myleene Klass, with Julian Clary making up the judging panel alongside two guest judges. Each show had six celebrities performing, with the winner of each episode going into the final at the end of the series. In addition, the runner up with the most votes at the end of the series also performed again in the final.
Episodes
Week 1 (8 September)
The two guest judges on this episode were Jo Brand and Kerry Katona. The winner of this heat was Carol Thatcher. Juliette Foster was the highest scoring runner up in the whole series and so made it into the final as well.
Week 2 (15 September)
The two guest judges on this episode were Bobby Davro and Sally Lindsay. The winner of this heat was Jodie Marsh.
Week 3 (22 September)
The two guest judges on this episode were Lucy Benjamin and Christopher Biggins. The winner of this heat was Roy Walker.
Week 4 (29 September)
The two guest judges on this episode were Bonnie Langford and Freddie Starr. The winner of this heat was Henry Olonga.
Week 5 (6 October)
The two guest judges on this episode were Peter André and Vanessa Feltz. The winner of this heat was Toby Anstis.
Week 6: Final (13 October)
The two guest judges on this episode were Jo Brand and David Gest.
The winner of the series was Henry Olonga.
External links
Channel 5 (British TV channel) reality television shows
2000s British reality television series
2006 British television series debuts
2006 British television series endings
Talent shows
Celebrity reality television series
Celebrity competitions
English-language television shows |
17331675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/353%20North%20Clark | 353 North Clark | 353 North Clark is a tall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The building began construction in 2007 and was completed in 2009. It has 45 floors with a total of of floorspace. 353 North Clark is the home of Jenner & Block, a law firm, the Intercontinental Exchange, a financial services firm, Mesirow Financial, a financial services firm, and Ventas, a real estate company. In 2014, Empire, a TV series created for FOX, began filming in its lobby.
See also
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
External links
Official website
Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago
Office buildings completed in 2009
2009 establishments in Illinois
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certified buildings |
17331749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20strike | 1985 Major League Baseball strike | The 1985 Major League Baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage in Major League Baseball since the 1972 Major League Baseball strike. The strike lasted only two days, August 6 and 7. Of the 25 games scheduled for those days, 23 were made up later in the season.
See also
1985 Major League Baseball season
Notes
External links
Google Search (timeline)
Jan-Jun, 1985
Jul-Dec, 1985
Major League Baseball Strike, 1985
Major League Baseball labor disputes
Strike |
17331755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro%20Lombardi%20%28wrestler%29 | Pietro Lombardi (wrestler) | Pietro Lombardi (4 June 1922 – 5 October 2011) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy. He who won a gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1948 Olympics and placed third at the world championships in 1950 and 1955.
References
Olympic wrestlers of Italy
Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Italian male sport wrestlers
Sportspeople from Bari
1922 births
2011 deaths
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
17331799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham%20County%20Council | Durham County Council | Durham County Council is a local authority governing the contemporary unitary authority area of County Durham in North East England. The council area covers part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, excluding those parts which now form part of the Borough of Darlington, Borough of Hartlepool and the part of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees.
Between its establishment in 1889 and major local government reforms in England in 1974, the council governed the historic county of Durham
Following the 2021 Durham County Council election the council is under no overall control. A Conservative/Liberal Democrat/Independents coalition was formed at the 2021 Annual General Meeting. From 1919 to 2021 the council was under the control of the Labour Party, who held a majority except from 1922 to 1925.
At the time of the 2011 census the council served a population of 513,200, which makes it one of the most-populous local authorities in England. It has its headquarters at County Hall in Durham.
History
Durham County Council was established in 1889 as the upper-tier local authority for the administrative county of Durham. At the same time Gateshead, South Shields, and Sunderland were made county boroughs, exempting them from county council control. Darlington became a county borough in 1915, Hartlepool in 1967, and Teesside in 1969. Durham was the first county council to be controlled by the Labour Party, which won the most seats in 1919.
In 1974 the boundaries of the council area changed significantly as the council areas of Tyne and Wear and Cleveland were partially created from areas in the northeast and southeast of the county. At the same time the council area gained the part of Teesdale south of the River Tees from the North Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1997 Darlington became a unitary authority, removing it from county council control.
Durham County Council itself became a unitary authority on 1 April 2009, when the seven remaining districts of the county (Durham (City), Easington, Sedgefield (Borough), Teesdale, Wear Valley, Derwentside, and Chester-le-Street) were abolished and the county council absorbed their non-metropolitan district functions.
The legislation which created the unitary authority allowed the council to name itself 'The Durham Council', however 'Durham County Council' was kept.
Geography
The district is situated around non-metropolitan areas of County Durham covering the towns of Consett, Barnard Castle, Peterlee, Seaham, Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Shildon, Chester-le-Street, Crook, Stanhope, Spennymoor, Ferryhill, Sedgefield and the cathedral city of Durham. As well as all surrounding hamlets, villages and suburbs of the unitary authority.
Darlington, Hartlepool and the parts of Stockton-on-Tees North of the River Tees are still part of the ceremonial county of County Durham but separate from the new unitary authority.
References
External links
Billing authorities in England
Durham, England
English unitary authorities created in 2009
Former county councils of England
Leader and cabinet executives
Local authorities in County Durham
Local education authorities in England
Local government in County Durham
Unitary authority councils of England |
6900845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity%20informatics | Biodiversity informatics | Biodiversity informatics is the application of informatics techniques to biodiversity information, such as taxonomy, biogeography or ecology. Modern computer techniques can yield new ways to view and analyze existing information, as well as predict future situations (see niche modelling). Biodiversity informatics is a term that was only coined around 1992 but with rapidly increasing data sets has become useful in numerous studies and applications, such as the construction of taxonomic databases or geographic information systems. Biodiversity informatics contrasts with "bioinformatics", which is often used synonymously with the computerized handling of data in the specialized area of molecular biology.
Overview
Biodiversity informatics (different but linked to bioinformatics) is the application of information technology methods to the problems of organizing, accessing, visualizing and analyzing primary biodiversity data. Primary biodiversity data is composed of names, observations and records of specimens, and genetic and morphological data associated to a specimen. Biodiversity informatics may also have to cope with managing information from unnamed taxa such as that produced by environmental sampling and sequencing of mixed-field samples. The term biodiversity informatics is also used to cover the computational problems specific to the names of biological entities, such as the development of algorithms to cope with variant representations of identifiers such as species names and authorities, and the multiple classification schemes within which these entities may reside according to the preferences of different workers in the field, as well as the syntax and semantics by which the content in taxonomic databases can be made machine queryable and interoperable for biodiversity informatics purposes...
History of the discipline
Biodiversity Informatics can be considered to have commenced with the construction of the first computerized taxonomic databases in the early 1970s, and progressed through subsequent developing of distributed search tools towards the late 1990s including the Species Analyst from Kansas University, the North American Biodiversity Information Network NABIN, CONABIO in Mexico, INBio in Costa Rica, and others, the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility in 2001, and the parallel development of a variety of niche modelling and other tools to operate on digitized biodiversity data from the mid-1980s onwards (e.g. see ). In September 2000, the U.S. journal Science devoted a special issue to "Bioinformatics for Biodiversity", the journal Biodiversity Informatics commenced publication in 2004, and several international conferences through the 2000s have brought together biodiversity informatics practitioners, including the London e-Biosphere conference in June 2009. A supplement to the journal BMC Bioinformatics (Volume 10 Suppl 14) published in November 2009 also deals with biodiversity informatics.
History of the term
According to correspondence reproduced by Walter Berendsohn, the term "Biodiversity Informatics" was coined by John Whiting in 1992 to cover the activities of an entity known as the Canadian Biodiversity Informatics Consortium, a group involved with fusing basic biodiversity information with environmental economics and geospatial information in the form of GPS and GIS. Subsequently, it appears to have lost any obligate connection with the GPS/GIS world and be associated with the computerized management of any aspects of biodiversity information (e.g. see )
Digital taxonomy (systematics)
Global list of all species
One major goal for biodiversity informatics is the creation of a complete master list of currently recognised species of the world. This goal has been achieved to a large extent by the Catalogue of Life project which lists >2 million species in its 2022 Annual Checklist. A similar effort for fossil taxa, the Paleobiology Database documents some 100,000+ names for fossil species, out of an unknown total number.
Genus and species scientific names as unique identifiers
Application of the Linnaean system of binomial nomenclature for species, and uninomials for genera and higher ranks, has led to many advantages but also problems with homonyms (the same name being used for multiple taxa, either inadvertently or legitimately across multiple kingdoms), synonyms (multiple names for the same taxon), as well as variant representations of the same name due to orthographic differences, minor spelling errors, variation in the manner of citation of author names and dates, and more. In addition, names can change through time on account of changing taxonomic opinions (for example, the correct generic placement of a species, or the elevation of a subspecies to species rank or vice versa), and also the circumscription of a taxon can change according to different authors' taxonomic concepts. One proposed solution to this problem is the usage of Life Science Identifiers (LSIDs) for machine-machine communication purposes, although there are both proponents and opponents of this approach.
A consensus classification of organisms
Organisms can be classified in a multitude of ways (see main page Biological classification), which can create design problems for Biodiversity Informatics systems aimed at incorporating either a single or multiple classification to suit the needs of users, or to guide them towards a single "preferred" system. Whether a single consensus classification system can ever be achieved is probably an open question, however the Catalogue of Life has commissioned activity in this area which has been succeeded by a published system proposed in 2015 by M. Ruggiero and co-workers.
Biodiversity Maps
Biodiversity maps provide a cartographic representation of spatial biodiversity data. This data can be used in conjunction with Species Checklists to help with biodiversity conservation efforts. Biodiversity maps can help reveal patterns of species distribution and range changes. This may reflect biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, or changes in species composition. Combined with urban development data, maps can inform land management by modeling scenarios which might impact biodiversity.
Biodiversity maps can be produced in a variety of ways: traditionally range maps were hand-drawn based on literature reports but increasingly large-scale data, e.g. from citizen science projects (e.g. iNaturalist) and digitized museum collections (e.g. VertNet) are used. GIS tools such as ArcGIS or R packages such as dismo can specifically aid in species distribution modeling (ecological niche modeling) and even predict impacts of ecological change on biodiversity. GBIF, OBIS, and IUCN are large web-based repositories of species spatial-temporal data that source many existing biodiversity maps.
Mobilizing primary biodiversity information
"Primary" biodiversity information can be considered the basic data on the occurrence and diversity of species (or indeed, any recognizable taxa), commonly in association with information regarding their distribution in either space, time, or both. Such information may be in the form of retained specimens and associated information, for example as assembled in the natural history collections of museums and herbaria, or as observational records, for example either from formal faunal or floristic surveys undertaken by professional biologists and students, or as amateur and other planned or unplanned observations including those increasingly coming under the scope of citizen science. Providing online, coherent digital access to this vast collection of disparate primary data is a core Biodiversity Informatics function that is at the heart of regional and global biodiversity data networks, examples of the latter including OBIS and GBIF.
As a secondary source of biodiversity data, relevant scientific literature can be parsed either by humans or (potentially) by specialized information retrieval algorithms to extract the relevant primary biodiversity information that is reported therein, sometimes in aggregated / summary form but frequently as primary observations in narrative or tabular form. Elements of such activity (such as extracting key taxonomic identifiers, keywording / index terms, etc.) have been practiced for many years at a higher level by selected academic databases and search engines. However, for the maximum Biodiversity Informatics value, the actual primary occurrence data should ideally be retrieved and then made available in a standardized form or forms; for example both the Plazi and INOTAXA projects are transforming taxonomic literature into XML formats that can then be read by client applications, the former using TaxonX-XML and the latter using the taXMLit format. The Biodiversity Heritage Library is also making significant progress in its aim to digitize substantial portions of the out-of-copyright taxonomic literature, which is then subjected to optical character recognition (OCR) so as to be amenable to further processing using biodiversity informatics tools.
Standards and protocols
In common with other data-related disciplines, Biodiversity Informatics benefits from the adoption of appropriate standards and protocols in order to support machine-machine transmission and interoperability of information within its particular domain. Examples of relevant standards include the Darwin Core XML schema for specimen- and observation-based biodiversity data developed from 1998 onwards, plus extensions of the same, Taxonomic Concept Transfer Schema, plus standards for Structured Descriptive Data, and Access to Biological Collection Data (ABCD); while data retrieval and transfer protocols include DiGIR (now mostly superseded) and TAPIR (TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval). Many of these standards and protocols are currently maintained, and their development overseen, by Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG).
Current activities
At the 2009 e-Biosphere conference in the U.K., the following themes were adopted, which is indicative of a broad range of current Biodiversity Informatics activities and how they might be categorized:
Application: Conservation / Agriculture / Fisheries / Industry / Forestry
Application: Invasive Alien Species
Application: Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
Application: Taxonomy and Identification Systems
New Tools, Services and Standards for Data Management and Access
New Modeling Tools
New Tools for Data Integration
New Approaches to Biodiversity Infrastructure
New Approaches to Species Identification
New Approaches to Mapping Biodiversity
National and Regional Biodiversity Databases and Networks
A post-conference workshop of key persons with current significant Biodiversity Informatics roles also resulted in a Workshop Resolution that stressed, among other aspects, the need to create durable, global registries for the resources that are basic to biodiversity informatics (e.g., repositories, collections); complete the construction of a solid taxonomic infrastructure; and create ontologies for biodiversity data.
Example projects
Global:
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (for marine species)
The Species 2000, ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System), and Catalogue of Life projects
Global Names
EOL, The Encyclopedia of Life project
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life project
The Map of Life project
The Reptile Database project
The AmphibiaWeb project
The uBio Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer, from the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
The Index to Organism Names (ION) from Clarivate Analytics, providing access to scientific names of taxa from numerous journals as indexed in the Zoological Record
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG)
ZooBank, the registry for nomenclatural acts and relevant systematic literature in zoology
The Index Nominum Genericorum, compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, maintained at the Smithsonian Institution in the U.S.A.
The International Plant Names Index
MycoBank, documenting new names and combinations for fungi
The List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) - Official register of valid names for bacteria and archaea, as governed by the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria
The Biodiversity Heritage Library project - digitising biodiversity literature
Wikispecies, open source (community-editable) compilation of taxonomic information, companion project to Wikipedia
TaxonConcept.org, a Linked Data project that connects disparate species databases
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Virtual Collections and Biodiversity Informatics Unit
ANTABIF. The Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility gives free and open access to Antarctic Biodiversity data, in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty.
Genesys, database of plant genetic resources maintained in national, regional and international gene banks
VertNet, Access to vertebrate primary occurrence data from data sets worldwide.
Regional / national projects:
Fauna Europaea
Atlas of Living Australia
Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI)
Symbiota
iDigBio, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (USA)
i4Life project
Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia
India Biodiversity Portal (IBP)
Bhutan Biodiversity Portal (BBP)
Weed Identification and Knowledge in the Western Indian Ocean (WIKWIO)
LifeWatch is proposed by ESFRI as a pan-European research (e-)infrastructure to support Biodiversity research and policy-making.
A listing of over 600 current biodiversity informatics related activities can be found at the TDWG "Biodiversity Information Projects of the World" database.
See also
Web-based taxonomy
List of biodiversity databases
References
Further reading
External links
Biodiversity Informatics (journal)
Information science by discipline
Taxonomy (biology)
Computational fields of study |
17331889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Steinhardt | Adam Steinhardt | Adam Paul Steinhardt (born 5 December 1969) is a retired pole vaulter from Australia, who represented his native country in two consecutive Commonwealth Games, starting in 1990. He cleared a personal best of 5.51m on 14 February 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia.
Adam Steinhardt became the managing director of Next Byte, a retail chain selling Apple macs in 1995 and left it in 2005.
In 2012 Adam Steinhardt re-entered the Apple market, starting up an Apple reseller in Adelaide, called eRepublic
In 2009 he founded The Kingdom, an Adelaide-based Advertising Agency
In 2015 The Kingdom became a Certified HubSpot Partner and won the 2015 HubSpot International Partner of the Year Award, with Adam Steinhardt as the Managing Director.
In 2016, The Kingdom became a Platinum Certified HubSpot Partner. Adam Steinhardt is a public speaker and inbound marketing professional.
Achievements
References
External links
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goingpublic/companies.htm
1969 births
Living people
Australian male pole vaulters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia |
17331890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver%20kidney%20microsomal%20type%201%20antibody | Liver kidney microsomal type 1 antibody | Liver kidney microsomal type 1 antibody is an autoantibody associated with autoimmune hepatitis. It is one of the several subtypes of anti–liver-kidney microsome antibodies that are known. The frequent association of anti-LKM-1 antibodies and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and the probable existence of an infectious and autoimmune form of anti-LKM-1-associated hepatitis, requiring different therapeutical strategies, necessitates the exact determination of anti-LKM-1 specificities.
References
Autoantibodies |
6900852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20City%20Union%20Depot | Plant City Union Depot | The Plant City Union Depot is a historic train depot in Plant City, Florida, Florida, United States. It was built in 1909 and was crucial in the development of Plant City. The city was named after Henry Plant, who introduced railway lines to improve the transport system in Central and Western Florida. The architectural design is credited to J.F. Leitner.
It is located 102 N. Palmer street near Northeast Drane Street, and was built by the Plant Railroad System and the Florida Navigation and Rail Co., which later became the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) and Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL). These two lines became more commonly known as the “A Line” and “S Line” after the two railroads merged, which happened when the depot was still operational. The ACL tracks ran east and west. The SAL tracks ran north and south and contained a Railway Express Agency loading dock. The southbound station served ACL trains bound for Tampa and Sarasota and the other station served SAL trains bound for Sarasota, Boca Grande, Naples and Miami.
Plant City Union Depot continued to operate until 1971. It was about to get torn down by the city in 1974, but was saved Plant City Arts Council. On April 14, 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S Department of Interior.
Plant City Union Depot was converted into and renamed as the Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum in September 2013 and is open to the public. It is named after Robert W. Willaford in honor of his contributions to this conversion project and his dedication towards trains.
History
When operational, the busy station was accommodating about 44 passenger trains daily. The line was held active by many important figures who travelled along it. The military also took this line to depart for their missions. It was characterized as one of the largest railroad distribution stop and was ranked as the second busiest transportation hub in the state of Florida, Jacksonville being the first. Its strategic location was what determined its important role in the area. It is known that farmers shipped nearly 4 million quarts of strawberries in 1926 through the station itself. The uniqueness of the station was that farmers used it to pay their buyers directly on the station while selling their produce. The introduction of trucks slowed the station's activity to a halt. Once it stopped operating, the railroad was deeded to the city four years later. It was then attributed the title of historic monument and was under the control of the Plant City Art Council.
Restoration
Plant City union depot was restored numerous times with the support of multiple grants allotted, after being listed in the National Register of Historic Places. One major change was to move the two-story tower from the station across the tracks and was completed in April 1987. The idea of adding a restaurant was proposed but not finalized. Some rooms were also restored to serve as art classes for the community. These were made possible from the funds raised by the art council. In 1988, work was performed on the exterior structure of the building with some minor alterations in the interior. In 1997, more grants were given to install bathrooms and air conditioning system. In 2014, the station experienced a major restoration change that stayed till date.
Naming
The name “union” was inherited after the merging of the two competing railroad companies, the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967. The station was reopened as museum and was renamed in a ceremony that was organized during the first Railfest in February 2014. It is now known as Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum.
Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum
Robert W. Willaford is a retired locomotive engineer, best known in the community as Plant City’s railroad expert and for his passion towards train. His unique passion led him to keep a train engine and caboose on display in his yard for many years. He was contacted by the City Commissioner Mike Sparkman and told to make some donations in regards to trains. This was the start of the changes and restoration that happened till date. Willaford himself was unaware of what his contributions meant to the community. His contribution to this project was about 28 railroad items, ranging approximately $212 500, that he collected for nearly 43 years. He amassed and salvaged this collection from scrap yards coming from Miami, Georgia, Baltimore, Ohio, Vermont. In return to this contribution and after undertaking several negotiations, Willaford and the city agreed in renaming the new museum as the Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum in February 2014.
Recent changes
On November 14, 2013, the caboose along with the engine were moved to the actual site. Prior to the arrival of the train, C.J. Bridges Railroad Contractor installed tracks for the caboose. These changes were made under the supervision of the City Commissioner. The two-story building has been equipped with an elevator to give access for visitors with disabilities. A train platform has also been built to display some of the memorabilia that was donated earlier. The 24/7 viewing platform has been built for train enthusiasts to view the few operational trains still passing through Plant City. The brickwork has been renovated and a roof has been built. The platform's model was inspired from Georgia’s Folkston Funnel which is a train station with a similar viewing platform. The station will now have a scanner which record the transmissions between trains like the Folkston Funnel. Plant City's depot is bigger than that of Georgia's as it has a 14- foot tower and a lower deck platform.
Events
Since the opening of the museum, events have been hosted for the public to participate in train-related topics. Each year a two-day Railfest is organized by the museum. The event is free, family friendly and open for rail fans. During the event, train-themed films are projected, free-museum admission is granted, scavenger hunts are organized, tours of the caboose are available and access to miniature train rides are arranged for visitors to enjoy. Each year the activities differ and new activities are organized. There are also fund-raising rallies organized throughout the year. In 2019 the Railfest was on Saturday 13 April. The money collected is used to maintain the collection and to pay the staff working during the week.
References
Hillsborough County listings at National Register of Historic Places
Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
Hillsborough County listings
Plant City Union Depot
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, Florida
Union stations in the United States
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations
Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations
Transportation buildings and structures in Hillsborough County, Florida
Plant City, Florida |
6900866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley%20of%20the%20Seven%20Castles | Valley of the Seven Castles | The Valley of the Seven Castles () is an informal name given to the Äischdall, the valley of the Eisch river, in central Luxembourg. The valley stretches from the confluence with the Alzette upstream to Steinfort, on the border with Belgium. The entire route can be traversed in about an hour by car, starting near the town of Arlon on the Belgian/Luxembourg border. There is also a 37-kilometre footpath that takes hikers along the valley and past the castles.
It is named after the group of seven castles that line its route. Those seven castles are (in order, heading upstream):
Mersch
Schoenfels
Hollenfels
Ansembourg Castle
New Castle of Ansembourg
Septfontaines
Koerich Castle
Landforms of Luxembourg
Capellen (canton)
Mersch (canton)
Valleys of Europe |
6900871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Hilfiker | Hans Hilfiker | Hans Hilfiker (15 September 1901 – 2 March 1993) was a Swiss engineer and designer. In 1944, working for the Swiss Federal Railways, he designed the Swiss railway clock, which became an international icon. The SBB clock was not the only contribution by Hilfiker to modern living. He developed the concept of the fitted kitchen and was responsible for the standard Swiss dimensions for kitchen components (55/60/90 cm).
Early life
Hilfiker was born in Zurich, Switzerland on 15 September 1901. After attending primary and secondary school, Hilfiker completed an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic. He studied electrical and telecommunications engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and gained a diploma.
Career
Siemens
Hilfiker began working for Albiswerk Zürich, a Siemens production plant in 1925. He was transferred to Argentina in 1926 and became technical advisor to the telecommunications troops of the Argentine Army until 1928. His tasks included building workshops and mobile telephone exchanges, while also training telecommunications non-commissioned officers. As a senior engineer, he was involved in the construction of the Buenos Aires - Rosario telephone line through the Paraná River in 1929. He planned a submarine cable running through the Río de la Plata to connect the Argentine and Uruguayan capitals in 1930. The same year, Hilfiker was transferred to Berlin and trained for the role of operating a Siemens subsidiary in Argentina. The plan however did not materialize and Hilfiker returned to Switzerland in 1931.
Swiss Federal Railways
Hilfiker joined the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) as an engineer in construction department III in 1932. In his first year, he developed the first iteration of the later iconic Swiss railway clock. The version which was first displayed at the Bahnhofplatz (plaza) adjacent of Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zürich Central Station) lacked the 'minute' and 'second' hands. Hilfiker would improve upon the design with the addition of a 'minute' hand in 1943. The following year, the SBB replaced all its clocks across the country in an effort to have a consistent clock face, which were all synchronized by a master clock linked to the telephone network. Hilfiker became deputy head of the construction department and head of the fixed electrical systems services. Among other things, he also designed a gantry crane to load heavy goods from the road onto the rail, the platform roof for Winterthur Grüze station, and a timetable projector for the Zurich station.
In 1955, Hilfiker launched the final iteration of the Swiss railway clock, which had been in development since 1952. A 'second' hand resembling a red signalling disk was added, which would pause slightly at the twelve o'clock mark, before jumping forward with the minute hand (see illustration). It became an international icon.
Therma AG
Between 1958 and 1968, Hilfike was a director of Therma AG located in Schwanden of the canton of Glarus. He developed a completely new kitchen range for Therma that consisted of modules that could be combined with one another. Until then, Therma had been producing standalone devices. With these system kitchens, he laid the foundation for the Swiss kitchen standard SINK (Swiss Industrial Commission for the Standardization of Kitchens), which deviated from the European one (width 55 instead of 60 cm). A prototype based on this standard was shown at the EXPO 1964 in Lausanne. Hilfiker created an actual corporate design for Therma and restructured the manufacturing processes for the new fitted kitchens.
Death and legacy
Hilfiker died in Locarno, Switzerland on 2 March 1993. The final iteration of his clock remains in use today and is a protected trademark of the SBB.
References
Works cited
External links
Hilfiker family website (partial)
1901 births
1993 deaths
Swiss designers |
6900877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockman%20Foundation | Lockman Foundation | The Lockman Foundation was established in 1942 by F. Dewey Lockman (St. Jacob, Illinois 1898-1974) and his wife Minna Lockman. It is a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian ministry dedicated to the translation, publication, and distribution of the New American Standard Bible (NASB), Amplified Bible, Amplified Bible 2015, The Legacy Standard Bible, La Biblia de las Américas, Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy, and other biblical resources and translations.
History
On December 3, 1942, Mr. and Mrs. Lockman donated a substantial part of their citrus acreage, the Imperial Ranch in La Habra, California, to establish The Lockman Foundation. Imperial Highway was so named after the Lockmans granted an easement through their property for the development of the highway. At the time the Foundation was established The Lockmans and the Board of Directors set forth the doctrinal statement which continues to guide the development of all the Lockman biblical translations.
Following Dewey Lockman's death, Dr. Samuel H. Sutherland (1900-1994), President Emeritus of Biola University, became President of The Lockman Foundation, and the Foundation continued its work in foreign language translation. Based on the guiding principles of literal translation, work was begun on the Korean Standard Bible, the New Chinese Version (NCV), the New Hindi Bible (India), La Biblia de las Américas, and Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy. After leading the Foundation through several projects, Dr. Sutherland retired in the spring of 1979.
Following Dr. Sutherland's retirement, Robert G. (Bobby) Lambeth, CPA, LL.D. (honorific), began his tenure as President. Dr. Lambeth served until his death in 2017. In the 1990s the Foundation produced the New American Standard Bible Update and a Spanish version Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy.
Publishing arm
Foundation Publications (La Habra, California) is their publishing arm, formerly Foundation Press and Foundation Press Publications (La Habra, California).
References
External links
Lockman Foundation website
Christian mass media companies
Christian publishing companies
La Habra, California
Organizations based in Orange County, California
Organizations established in 1942
1942 establishments in California |
6900885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asagiri-class%20destroyer | Asagiri-class destroyer | The is a class of destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It was the second class of first generation general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF.
Background
The JMSDF started construction of a since FY1977. This was the first class of under the eight ships / eight helicopters concept. In this concept, each flotilla would be composed of one helicopter destroyer (DDH), five general-purpose destroyers (DD), and two guided missile destroyers (DDG).
However, due to constraints such as budget, design of the Hatsuyuki class was compelled to compromise in terms of C4I function and resistance and durability. Thus, destroyers to be built after FY1983, Asagiri class were changed to an evolved design with expanded hull and enhanced equipment.
Design
The hull is an enlarged type of Hatsuyuki class, and the hull form is of the shelter deck style. Also, as the latter batch of the Hatsuyuki class, the upper structure is made of steel, but since it was incorporated into the design from the beginning, the adverse effect on the movement performance was solved.
The engine room was greatly renovated. Instead of the COGOG propulsion system of the Hatsuyuki class, this class has the COGAG propulsion system with four Kawasaki-Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines. With these powerful engines, it was possible to run at by driving only two of the four engines, especially the benefits of tracking a submarine were great. And alternating arrangement was introduced to improve resistance and durability, as in the steam turbine driven destroyers.
Equipment
The earlier batch was equipped the OYQ-6 combat direction system (CDS). This system employed one AN/UYK-20 computer as the same as OYQ-5 tactical data processing system of the Hatsuyuki class, but with expanded memories, it can exchange tactical data via Link-11, which the OYQ-5 does not support. Later, all OYQ-6 systems were upgraded to the OYQ-7, integrated with OYQ-101 ASW Direction System. All ships of this class were later retrofitted with the terminal for the MOF system, the key operational C4I system of the JMSDF which uses the Superbird SHF-SATCOM.
The surface-search radars were replaced by OPS-28. The air-search radars were updated to OPS-14C in the earlier batch, and in the latter batch, OPS-24 3D radars were introduced. This was a maritime version of the land-based J/FPS-3 early-warning radar, and first shipboard active electronically scanned array radar in the world. In the latter batch, electronic warfare support measures systems were also replaced by NOLR-8, completely newly developed with emphasis on anti-ship missile defense.
Its weapon system is basically the same as the Hatsuyuki class except for the minor change on its FCS. However, a new SH-60J was installed as a shipboard helicopter, so a large capacity data link device was installed. The hangar is enlarged in order to accommodate two helicopters, but only one helicopter is used operationally.
Ships in the class
Yamagiri and Asagiri have been converted into training vessels.
References
Bibliography
External links
GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DD Asagiri Class
Destroyer classes |
6900887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20Harold%20Zook | R. Harold Zook | Roscoe Harold Zook (21 May 1889 – 17 April 1949) was an American architect best known for his work in suburban Chicago, Illinois. He received a degree in architecture from the Armour Institute of Technology (now Illinois Institute of Technology, or IIT) in 1914. In 1916 Zook married his first wife, Mildred Barnard. They divorced in the late 1930s. They had one son, Harold Barnard Zook, who followed in his father's footsteps to become an architect in Corona del Mar, California. In the early 1940s, Zook married his second wife, Florence (Barkey) Nissen, whom he met through mutual friends (and clients). Zook died in April 1949, just short of his 60th birthday.
Early life and career
Roscoe Harold Zook was born in Valparaiso, Indiana on May 21, 1889, the sixth child of Florence and Dennis Coder Zook. His father was a builder, working as a master carpenter for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Fort Wayne. Zook's uncle, Jacob Steel Zook, was also a builder, most notably designing the Brumback Library in Van Wert, Ohio, now recognized as a Historic Place.
R. Harold Zook spent most of his childhood in Fort Wayne, attending the public schools and showing an early proficiency for art. He attended college at the Armour Institute of Technology. After graduating in 1914, Zook was named to the faculty and taught for four years. He also taught interior design at the Art Institute of Chicago and apprenticed under Howard Van Doren Shaw. In the 1910s, Zook served as President of the Architects Club of Chicago, and was a member of several local architectural clubs. In 1922, Zook made an unsuccessful entry in the Chicago Tribune design competition for their new Chicago building.
Zook built a home and studio in Hinsdale in 1924. In 1925, Zook partnered with William F. McCaughey, a fellow apprentice of Shaw, to start a new architectural firm, operating out of the Auditorium Building. Later, he opened a new office on the 17th floor of the Marquette Building. He designed thirty-four homes and buildings in Hinsdale from 1922 to 1953. Twenty-eight houses in the neighborhood are still occupied. He also worked in Iowa, Wisconsin and Virginia.
He is known for the "Cotswold style cottages" he designed which use details from Tudor architecture including timber framing, exposed beams, diamond-shaped window panes, and intricate brick or stonework. He developed a roofing technique that came to be known as the "Zook roof", with wood shingles laid out in an undulating pattern across the surface to recreate the appearance of a thatched roof. The roofers used "rolled eaves" at the edges of the roof to make a curved transition into the wall below. Zook designed ornamental ironwork for several of these houses using a trademark spider web pattern.
In partnership with architect William F. McCaughey, Zook designed the 1928 art deco style Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois. This was their only theater design, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The theater features a tower and lantern, a unique marquee and one of the original installations of a Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ.
Buildings
1924 - Harold Zook Home & Studio - Hinsdale, Illinois
1928 - Jensen House (or W. W. Thompson Home), 325 East Eighth Street, Hinsdale, Du Page County, IL
1928 - Pickwick Theater - Park Ridge, Illinois
1934 - Burns Field Shelter
1940 - St. Charles Municipal Building - St. Charles, Illinois
1948 - Aichinger Residence, 371 Kent Road, Riverside, Illinois
1927 - Private Residence Oak Street Hinsdale 2015 Luxe Magazine photo tour and article HGTV Faces of Design Dramatic Transformation winner with before and after photos
References
External links
"Zook Houses" Photo gallery and list of all remaining Zook houses in the area of Hinsdale, Illinois.
"Selected Bibliography on R. Harold Zook" Hinsdale Public Library.
"R. Harold Zook Cottage" Slideshow showing the relocation of the Harold Zook Home and Studio.
Architects from Illinois
American theatre architects
Illinois Institute of Technology alumni
Hinsdale, Illinois
1889 births
1949 deaths
People from Valparaiso, Indiana |
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