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23577114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RML%209-inch%2012-ton%20gun | RML 9-inch 12-ton gun | The RML 9-inch guns Mark I – Mark VI were large rifled muzzle-loading guns of the 1860s used as primary armament on smaller British ironclad battleships and secondary armament on larger battleships, and also ashore for coast defence. It should not be confused with the RML 9-inch Armstrong Gun, used by the Dutch navy, the Spanish Navy, and other navies.
Design
The rifling was the Woolwich pattern of a relatively small number of broad, rounded shallow grooves : there were 6 grooves, increasing from 0 to 1 turn in 45 calibres (i.e. 405 inches).
Mark I, introduced in 1865, incorporated the strong but expensive Armstrong method of a steel A tube surrounded by multiple thin wrought-iron coils which maintained the central A tube under compression, and a forged steel breech-piece. 190 were made.
Mark II in 1866 incorporated the modified Fraser design. This was an economy measure, intended to reduce the costs incurred in building to the Armstrong design. It incorporated fewer but heavier wrought-iron coils but retained the Armstrong forged breech-piece. Only 26 were made.
Mark III in 1866–1867 eliminated the Armstrong forged breech piece and hence fully implemented the Fraser economy design. It consisted of only 4 parts : steel A tube, cascabel, B tube and breech coil. 136 were made.
Mark IV, introduced 1869, and V incorporated a thinner steel A tube and 2 breech coils. The explanation for separating the heavy breech coil of Mk III into a coiled breech piece covered by a breech coil was "the difficulty of ensuring the soundness of the interior of a large mass of iron".
Mk VI high-angle gun
In the late 1880s and early 1890s a small number of guns were adapted as high-angle coast defence guns around Britain : known battery locations were Tregantle Down Battery at Plymouth, Verne High Angle Battery at Portland and Steynewood Battery at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight.
The idea behind these high-angle guns was that the high elevation gave the shell a steep angle of descent and hence enabled it to penetrate the lightly armoured decks of attacking ships rather than their heavily armoured sides. To increase accuracy the old barrels were relined and given modern polygroove rifling : 27 grooves with a twist increasing from 1 turn in 100 calibres to 1 turn in 35 calibres after 49.5 inches. These guns fired a special 360-pound armour-piercing shell to a range of 10,500 yards using a propellant charge of 14 lb Cordite Mk I size 7½, remained in service through World War I and were not declared obsolete until 1922.
Some guns were bored out and relined in 10-inch calibre. A battery of six such guns is known to have been mounted at Spy Glass Battery on the Rock of Gibraltar, and six guns at Gharghur, Malta.
Ammunition
The projectiles of RML 9-inch guns Marks I-V (the Woolwich rifled guns) had several rows of "studs" which engaged with the gun's rifling to impart spin. Sometime after 1878, "attached gas-checks" were fitted to the bases of the studded shells, reducing wear on the guns and improving their range and accuracy. Subsequently, "automatic gas-checks" were developed which could rotate shells, allowing the deployment of a new range of studless ammunition. Thus, any particular gun potentially operated with a mix of studded and studless ammunition. The Mark VI high-angle gun had polygroove rifling, and was only able to fire studless ammunition, using a different automatic gas-check from the one used with Marks I-V.
The gun's primary projectile was Palliser shot or shell, an early armour-piercing projectile for attacking armoured warships. A large battering charge of 50 pounds P (pebble) or 43 pounds R.L.G. (rifle large grain) gunpowder was used for the Palliser projectile to achieve maximum velocity and hence penetrating capability.
Common (i.e. ordinary explosive) shells and shrapnel shells were fired with the standard full service charge of 30 pounds R.L.G. gunpowder or 33 pounds P (pebble) gunpowder, as for these velocity was not as important.
See also
List of naval guns
Surviving examples
Mark I Number 14, dated 1865 on Saint Helena
Mark I Number 22 at Middle North Battery, Simon's Town, South Africa, and still being fired.
Mark I Number 127 dated 1867, Castle Field, Wicklow
Mark I Number 148 dated 1867, Fort St. Catherine, Bermuda
Mark I guns at Apostles Battery, St Lucia
Mark III and Mark IV guns Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight, UK
A Mark III gun from the Needles Old Battery, now outside Southsea Castle, Portsmouth, UK
Mark III gun, ex-Needles battery, now at Hurst Castle, Hampshire, UK
Mark III gun, ex-Needles battery, now at Fort Brockhurst, Hampshire, UK
Mark III gun, ex-Needles battery, now at Fort Widley, Hampshire, UK
Mark III Number 272 dated 1868, Alexander battery, St George, Bermuda
Mark V gun, Harwich Redoubt, Essex, UK
Mark V gun of 1872 at Whampoa, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Mark V Number 589, dated 1872 on Saint Helena
Mark V Number 592 at South Head, Sydney, Australia
Mark V Number 650, dated 1877 at York Redoubt, Halifax, Canada
MK I No. 1670 of 1867 at Fort Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia
No.s 1679 & 1683 at The Strand, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
No.s 1669 & 1675 at Fort Gellibrand, Victoria, Australia
at York Redoubt National Historic Site, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
A gun at The Citadel, Quebec, Canada
Notes
References
Bibliography
Treatise on the construction and manufacture of ordnance in the British service. War Office, UK, 1877
Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE
Text Book of Gunnery, 1902. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE
Treatise on Ammunition. 2nd Edition 1877. War Office, UK.
Treatise on Ammunition, 4th Edition 1887. War Office, UK.
Sir Thomas Brassey, The British Navy, Volume II. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1882
I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914–1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972.
Alexander Lyman Holley, A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor published by D Van Nostrand, New York, 1865
"High Angle Fire Mountings and Batteries" at Victorian Forts website
" Handbook for the 9-inch rifled muzzle-loading gun of 12-tons Marks I to VIc", 1894, London. Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office
External links
Diagram of gun on Moncrieff disappearing mounting, at Victorian Forts website
Diagram of gun on Casemate A Pivot mounting, at Victorian Forts website
Diagram of gun on C Pivot, at Victorian Forts website
Diagram of gun on Dwarf A Pivot, at Victorian Forts website
Diagram of gun on High Angle mounting, at Victorian Forts website
Naval guns of the United Kingdom
230 mm artillery
Victorian-era weapons of the United Kingdom
Coastal artillery |
44502204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20leucopsumis | Cynaeda leucopsumis | Cynaeda leucopsumis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Assam, India.
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are whitish, suffused with rufous and black brown. The costal area is black brown, irrorated (speckled) with blue white. There is a black-brown antemedial line, bordered by white on the inner side. The subterminal line is white, defined by black on the inner side. The hindwings are cupreous brown.
References
Moths described in 1919
Odontiini |
6905057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmoth | Warmoth | Warmoth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Cy Warmoth (1893–1957), American baseball player
Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931), American attorney, Civil War officer, and politician
Logan Warmoth (born 1995), American baseball player |
17337509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Williams%20%28rugby%20league%2C%20born%201986%29 | David Williams (rugby league, born 1986) | David Williams (born 4 August 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played on the in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australia international representative, he played his entire professional career with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL, winning the 2008 NRL Premiership with them.
Background
He is the younger brother of former Parramatta, Sydney Roosters, Nth Qld and Cronulla winger, John Williams.
Professional playing career
2000s
Williams was a junior, playing for the Hills District Bulls based at , North-West Sydney.
In 2008, Williams developed a cult following and became known as the "Wolfman" for his shaggy locks and full beard. Williams scored a try in the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over Melbourne Storm.
Following the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Grand Final victory, he had his beard removed by Manly teammates as he slept.
In October 2008, Williams was named in the Australia squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He made his test debut against Papua New Guinea at Dairy Farmers Stadium, scoring 3 tries, becoming one of few players to score a hat-trick on debut in the green and gold, and making a long break which led to another. Due to a hip flexor injury to teammate Brent Tate, Williams was chosen to play in the World Cup Final against New Zealand on 22 November 2008.
He played on the wing in Manly's 28–20 win over the Leeds Rhinos at Elland Road in the 2009 World Club Challenge match on 1 March. Williams along with some Manly teammates dyed his beard pink for the Women of League Round to raise money for charity, in their match against the Penrith Panthers in round 13 2009.
He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.
He made his New South Wales debut on the wing in State of Origin 2 played on 24 June 2009. Unfortunately for Williams and his NSW teammates, Queensland won the game 24–14, and the series. Williams scored a try in each of the two games he played.
2010s
In round 25 of the 2011 NRL season, Williams broke his neck against Melbourne and was ruled out for the rest of season, missing out on Manly's 24–10 win over the New Zealand Warriors in the 2011 NRL Grand Final. He was given 3 to 4 months to recover.
Williams made his return to top flight football on 17 February 2012 for Manly-Warringah when they again traveled to England to face the Leeds Rhino's in the 2012 World Club Challenge match, this time at the Rhino's home ground Headingley Carnegie Stadium. The Wolfman came through the match without further neck problems but his return was spoiled by his opposite number Ryan Hall who scored 2 tries in a Man of the Match performance (including a 95m intercept try in the 27th minute when Williams looked set to score in the corner) that helped Leeds reverse the 2009 result with a 26–12 win.
The Wolfman enjoyed a stellar year in 2013 for Manly-Warringah club and finished the minor round as the seasons equal leading try scorer having crossed for 19 tries. Williams won the award along with David Simmons from Penrith and James McManus of the Newcastle Knights.
Williams played in the 2013 NRL Grand Final loss against Sydney Roosters in which the player endured a horror night. Firstly Williams was out jumped for the ball in the first half by Daniel Tupou which led to a try. In the second half, Williams failed to kick the ball dead as roosters player Michael Jennings raced past him to score the winning try.
On 10 July 2014, Williams was banned from playing in the NRL for the rest of the 2014 NRL season following revelations he had bet on matches.
Williams returned to the Manly-Warringah squad in 2015, scoring the winning try in Manly's ANZAC Day match against Melbourne. He was named captain of Manly's NSW Cup team where he played at . He retired at the end of the season.
Outside football
Williams made his acting debut in 2013 in Tropfest short film finalist Darkness Comes in which he plays a wolf man.
Apart from his work in the field Williams works as a part-time model. He has done modelling for Calvin Klein and the charity calendar, Gods of Football.
References
External links
NRL profile
1986 births
Australian rugby league players
Australia national rugby league team players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
Prime Minister's XIII players
Rugby league wingers
Australian male film actors
Australian male models
Male actors from Sydney
Rugby league players from Sydney
Living people |
44502206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20mardinalis | Cynaeda mardinalis | Cynaeda mardinalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1892. It is found in Kurdistan.
References
Moths described in 1892
Odontiini |
44502208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20nepticulalis | Cynaeda nepticulalis | Cynaeda nepticulalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by O. Hofmann in 1897. It is found in Turkey.
References
Moths described in 1897
Odontiini |
23577115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieu | Dieu | Dieu ("God", 1891) is a long religious epic by Victor Hugo, parts of which were written between 1855 and 1862. It was left unfinished, and published after his death.
When it was rejected by his publisher in 1857, Hugo tried to integrate it into Petites Epopées (later La Légende des siècles), eventually announcing that it would form a companion work, along with La Fin de Satan. He had stopped work entirely by 1862, and while the result is fairly coherent, it is less complete than either of the other works, lacking even opening lines.
Argument
The first part is entitled Ascension dans les Ténèbres ("Ascent into the Shadows") or Le Seuil du gouffre ("The Threshold of the Abyss"). The poet encounters a being which identifies itself as the Human Spirit: an embodiment of mediocrity, middlingness, of humanity en masse. After the spirit questions him on his motives for coming to this place, the narrator calls out into the void, and soon believes he can make out a multitude of indistinct faces blocking out the depths, from which he hears mysterious voices, possibly demonic, which provide worldly, agnostic, "sensible" advice at great length, and advise the human poet not to bother with ultimate questions ("L'absolu vous ignore. Ignorez-le.") When he reacts with indignation and despair, they respond with inscrutable laughter.
The second part, Dieu or L’Océan d’en haut ("The Ocean from Above"), depicts various religious and anti-religious points of view as beasts and animals, each emerging from the shadows to state its case.
Atheism: the Bat
Scepticism: the Owl
Manichaeism: the Crow
Paganism: the Vulture
Mosaism: the Eagle
Christianity: the Gryphon
Rationalism: the Angel
"What Still Has No Name": the Light
The third part, Le Jour ("Day"), is mostly unwritten and very brief, and concludes the work with the poet accepting an offer of enlightenment — which entails instant death.
Development
A first draft, Solitudines Cæli, consisting of part of L’Océan d’en haut, was read to family and friends in early May 1855, the intention being to include it in Les Contemplations. According to the diary of Adèle Hugo, Vacquerie discouraged this idea, and when Les Contemplations was published it advertised Dieu as a separate work to come. On 7 June 1856, Hugo wrote to Enfantin that he had almost finished it, but would wait a while before publishing, on the grounds that it was too soon after his previous work. "I should like, God granting me the strength, to transport the rabble to the tops of certain peaks; not that I deceive myself as to whether the air is breathable for them. I want to give them a rest before imposing a new ascension." On 2 July, he was again dissuaded, and was asked by friends for some sort of prose work. Over the next few years he occasionally pondered the appropriate time for the publication of Dieu; around 1868-9 he made serious efforts to arrange the matter, but in August 1870, before returning to France, he entrusted the manuscript to a bank in Guernsey, and it was not retrieved until 1875. From that point onwards it was hardly referred to. The reasons for this abandonment are unclear, as he never changed his mind as to its merits, and the subject matter was no more controversial than that of other works.
References
Poetry by Victor Hugo
1891 poems
Poems published posthumously
Unfinished poems |
44502222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20obscura | Cynaeda obscura | Cynaeda obscura is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Warren in 1892. It is found in Lebanon.
References
Moths described in 1892
Odontiini
Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist) |
17337527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%20Succession%20Act%2C%201956 | Hindu Succession Act, 1956 | The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to amend and codify the law relating to intestate or unwilled succession, among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. The Act lays down a uniform and comprehensive system of inheritance and succession into one Act. The Hindu woman's limited estate is abolished by the Act. Any property possessed by a Hindu female is to be held by her absolute property and she is given full power to deal with it and dispose it of by will as she likes. Parts of this Act was amended in December 2004 by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.
Applicability
As per religion
This Act applies to the following:
any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj;
any person who is Buddhist, Sikh by religion; and
to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi, or Jew by religion unless it is proved that the concerned person would not have been governed by the Hindu Law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed.
Explanation as to who shall be considered as Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, or Sikhs by religion has been provided in the section:
any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of whose parents are Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, or Sikhs by religion;
any child, legitimate or illegitimate, one of whose parents is a Hindu, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh by religion and who is brought up as a member of the tribe, community, group or family to which such parent belongs or belonged;
any person who is converted or re-convert to the Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, or Sikh religion.
A person shall be treated as a Hindu under the Act though he may not be a Hindu by religion but is, nevertheless, a person to whom this Act applies under the provisions contained in this section.
As per tribe
However it has been provided that notwithstanding the religion of any person as mentioned above, the Act shall not apply to the members of any Scheduled Tribe within the meaning of clause (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India unless the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, otherwise directs.
Surajmani Stella Kujur Vs. Durga Charan Hansdah-SC
In the case of males
The property of a Hindu male dying intestate, or without a will, would be given first to heirs within Class I. If there are no heirs categorized as Class I, the property will be given to heirs within Class II. If there are no heirs in Class II, the property will be given to the deceased's agnates or relatives through male lineage. If there are no agnates or relatives through the male's lineage, then the property is given to the cognates or any relative through the lineage of females.
There are two classes of heirs that are delineated by the Act.
Class I heirs are sons, daughters, widows, mother and grandchildren
If there is more than one widow, multiple surviving sons, or multiples of any of the other heirs listed above, each shall be granted one share of the deceased's property. Also if the widow of a pre-deceased son, the widow of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son, or the widow of a brother has remarried, she is not entitled to receive the inheritance.
Class II heirs are categorized as follows and are given the property of the deceased in the following order:
Father
Son's/daughter's son
Son's/daughter's daughter
Brother
Sister
Daughter's/son's son
Daughter's/son's daughter
Daughter's/daughter's son
Daughter's/daughter's daughter
Brother's son
Sister's son
Brother's daughter
In the case of females
Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, females are granted ownership of all property acquired either before or after the signing of the Act, abolishing their "limited owner" status. However, it was not until the 2005 Amendment that daughters were allowed equal receipt of property as with sons. This invariably grants females property rights.
The property of a Hindu female dying intestate, or without a will, shall devolve in the following order:
upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the husband,
upon the heirs of the husband,
upon the father and mother,
upon the heirs of the father, and
upon the heirs of the mother.
Certain exceptions
Any person who commits murder is disqualified from receiving any form of inheritance from the victim.
If a relative convert from Hinduism, he or she is still eligible for inheritance. The descendants of that converted relative, however, are disqualified from receiving an inheritance from their Hindu relatives, unless they have converted to Hinduism before the death of the relative.
Amendment
The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, amended Section 4, Section 6, Section 23, Section 24 and Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It revised rules on coparcenary property, giving daughters of the deceased equal rights with sons, and subjecting them to the same liabilities and disabilities. The amendment essentially furthers equal rights between Hindu males and females in society through legislation.
References
Gender equality
Inheritance
Acts of the Parliament of India 1956
Indian family law
1956 in religion
Law about religion in India
20th-century Hinduism |
44502226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20plebejalis | Cynaeda plebejalis | Cynaeda plebejalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1882. It is found in Azerbaijan.
References
Moths described in 1882
Odontiini |
20477520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather%20Ankeny | Heather Ankeny | Heather Ankeny is an American actress. She has appeared on Criminal Minds, Rizzoli & Isles, Battle Creek, and Weeds, as well as the independent feature films, DriverX and Pig. She is an avid fantasy sports player, frequently contributing to ESPN's Fantasy section, including both the "Fantasy Focus" video and audio podcasts.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American television actresses
American film actresses
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women |
44502230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20puralis | Cynaeda puralis | Cynaeda puralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1917. It is found in Tanzania.
References
Moths described in 1917
Odontiini
Taxa named by Max Gaede |
17337530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Tempsford | Battle of Tempsford | In 917, the group of Danes who had previously been based in Huntingdon relocated to Tempsford in Bedfordshire, together with other Danes from East Anglia. They built and fortified a new burh there, to serve as a forward base for attacks on English territory. Later that year, after launching an unsuccessful attack on Bedford, they were attacked by an English army from the territories of King Edward the Elder, as part of his widespread offensive which in that year overwhelmed the Danish territories in East Anglia and south-eastern Mercia. The burh was stormed and a Danish king, probably that of East Anglia, was killed, along with the Jarls Toglos and Manna and many of their followers, while the rest were captured.
References
910s conflicts
Battles involving the Anglo-Saxons
Battles involving the Vikings
Battles involving Denmark
917
10th century in England
Military history of Bedfordshire
Kingdom of East Anglia |
23577120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells%20River | Cells River | Cells River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Cells River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, southeast of Yarrowitch, and flows generally southeast before reaching its confluence with the Rowleys River, in high country northwest of Wingham. The river descends over its course.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers in New South Wales (A-K)
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Northern Tablelands
Mid North Coast
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
Walcha Shire |
44502234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20rebeli | Cynaeda rebeli | Cynaeda rebeli is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935. It is found in the Palestinian territories.
References
Moths described in 1935
Odontiini |
44502237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20seriziati | Cynaeda seriziati | Cynaeda seriziati is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1892. It is found in Algeria.
References
Moths described in 1892
Odontiini |
17337540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekker%20Port | Bekker Port | Bekker Port () is a seaport situated in Kopli, Tallinn, Estonia, located on the northeastern coast of the Kopli Bay (part of the Tallinn Bay).
See also
Transport in Estonia
References
External links
Ports and harbours of Estonia
Transport in Tallinn |
23577127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester%20River | Chichester River | The Chichester River, a perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course
The Chichester River rises in the Chichester Range below Barrington Tops and east of Careys Peak, and flows generally southeast, joined by the Wangat River, before reaching its confluence with the Williams River at Bandon Grove, north northwest of Dungog. Chichester River descends over its course.
The river is impounded by Chichester Dam where some of its water is retained for water supply of Newcastle.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K)
Rivers of New South Wales
References
External links
Rivers of the Hunter Region
Dungog Shire
Hunter River (New South Wales) |
44502241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%20Falls%20High%20School | Newton Falls High School | Newton Falls High School is a public high school in Newton Falls, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Newton Falls Exempted School District. The building houses 6th through 12th grade. Their mascot is the Tigers. Newton Falls' school colors are orange and black. The current building opened in 1986 after the former high school was destroyed by a tornado.
Sports
The Newton Falls High School building contains two gymnasiums, a full size weight lifting room, an outdoor track and football stadium.
Newton Falls offers the following sports:
soccer, baseball, softball, track, basketball, football, volleyball and golf. Newton Falls athletic teams have participated in the All-American Conference since 2008.
Notable alumni
Jack Kucek, former Major League Baseball pitcher
References
External links
District Website
OHSAA Newton Falls sports information
High schools in Trumbull County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio |
20477561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viraasat%20%282006%20TV%20series%29 | Viraasat (2006 TV series) | Viraasat is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series that debuted on STAR Plus, with broadcast of the series later shifting to STAR One. It aired from 12 June 2006 to 26 July 2007. It was produced by B.R. Films.
Story
Viraasat is the story of two people in love bound by an age-old enmity between their families.
Cast
Kiran Kumar as Raman Lamba
Deepak Qazir as Kailash Kharbanda
Aman Verma as Rishabh Lamba (Raman's Middle Son)
Pooja Ghai Rawal as Anushka Rishabh Lamba
Amar Upadhyay as Kunal Kharbanda (Kailash's Son)
Manasi Salvi as Gargi Kunal Kharbanda
Rohit Roy as Rahul Lamba (Raman's Youngest Son)
Sangeeta Ghosh as Priyanka Kharbanda (Kailash's Daughter) / Priyanka Rahul Lamba
Jayati Bhatia as Meera Raman Lamba
Simone Singh as Anushka Rishabh Lamba
Smita Bansal as Gargi Kunal Kharbanda
Vishal Watwani as Ronnie
Kanika Maheshwari as Juhi Lamba (Rohan's Daughter)
Chinky Jaiswal as Shaina Kharbanda (Kunal & Gargi's Daughter)
Gautam Chaturvedi / Akshay Anand as Rohan Lamba (Raman's Eldest Son)
Ankur Nayyar as Dr. Raj Malhotra
Chhavi Mittal as Niki (Anushka's Sister)
Gajendra Chauhan as Yashwant Vij
Sanjeet Bedi as Sanjay Vij (Yashwant's Son)
Amit Pachori as Inspector Vishal Deshmukh
Ravee Gupta as Tanya
Karishma Tanna as Natasha Chopra
Hrishikesh Pandey as Shekhar Sinha
Aashish Kaul as Professor Vardhan
Nitin Trivedi as College Principal
Kaushal Kapoor as Gargi's Advocate
Adi Irani as Fake Dr. M. D. Virmani
Shahab Khan as Bhaskar Dey
Sanjay Swaraj as Kishore Bhagat
Cindrella D' Cruz as Receptionist
Salim Shah as Mr. Marwah
Production
The series premiered and aired on StarPlus in prime time slot until January 2007. On 22 January 2007, it was shifted to Star One due to the programming changes of StarPlus for its flagship show Kaun Banega Crorepati's premiere and also as the series did not garner expected ratings in Star Plus.
The series was made with a high budget of ₹ 20 crores.
Reception
Rediff.com applauded the series as one of the best launch of the year 2006 stating, "Virasat had to be successful with such a massive star cast and strong screenplay. Stellar performances by Sangeeta Ghosh and Aman Verma guarantee the success of this serial."
References
External links
Official website
2006 Indian television series debuts
2007 Indian television series endings
Indian drama television series
Star One (Indian TV channel) original programming
StarPlus original programming |
44502255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20similella | Cynaeda similella | Cynaeda similella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1915. It is found in Algeria.
The wingspan is about 31 mm. Adults are similar to Cynaeda allardalis, but differ in some forewing markings. Furthermore, the hindwings are buff. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.
References
Moths described in 1915
Odontiini |
17337549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich%20Bautz | Erich Bautz | Erich Bautz (26 May 1913 – 17 September 1986) was a German racing cyclist, who won two stages in the 1937 Tour de France, and as a result wore the yellow jersey for three days.
He won the German National Road Race in 1937, 1941 and 1950.
Major results
1933
Rund um Köln
1936
Rund um Köln
Saarbrucken Rundfahrt
1937
Germany national road race champion
Winner 8th stage Deutschland Tour
Winner 4th stage Tour de Luxembourg
1937 Tour de France:
Winner stage 4
Winner stage 17A
1938
Winner 5th and 13th stage Deutschland Tour
1939
Winner 3rd stage Deutschland Tour
1941
Germany national road race champion
Winner 1st stage Echarpe d'Or
1947
Winner overall classification and two stage Deutschland Tour
1948
Winner two stages Deutschland Tour
1950
national road race champion
References
External links
1913 births
1986 deaths
German male cyclists
German Tour de France stage winners
Sportspeople from Dortmund
German cycling road race champions |
20477569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz%20al-Din%20Mas%27ud | Izz al-Din Mas'ud | Izz al-Din Mas'ud (I) ibn Mawdud ( died 1193) was a Zengid emir of Mosul.
Biography
Izz al-Din Mas'ud was the brother of emir Sayf al-Din Ghazi II, and the leader of his armies. When his brother died in 1180, he became the governor of Aleppo. When As-Salih Ismail al-Malik the titular head of the dynasty became ill, he indicated in his will that Izz al-Din Mas'ud should succeed him; when he died in 1181, Izz al-Din rushed to Aleppo, fearing that Saladin the sovereign of Egypt would try to conquer it. When he arrived to Aleppo, he got into its citadel, took over all the money and the gold and married the mother of As-Salih Ismail al-Malik. Izz al-Din Mas'ud realised he couldn't keep Aleppo and Mosul under his governance, as Saladin was intent on gaining control of Aleppo, so he reached an agreement with his brother Imad al-Din Zengi II the governor of Sinjar to exchange Sinjar with Aleppo; in 1182 Izz al-Din became the governor of Sinjar. Saladin continued his hostility to the remaining Zengid power in northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia until 1186, when hostilities ended. Peace was made upon the submission of Izz al-Din Mas'ud, who agreed to become Saladin's vassal. In 1193 he was residing in Mosul where he became ill and died. He was succeeded by his son Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I.
References
Bibliography
1193 deaths
Zengid emirs of Mosul
Year of birth unknown
12th-century monarchs in the Middle East |
23577130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385%20Libyan%20Premier%20League | 1984–85 Libyan Premier League | The 1984–85 Libyan Premier League was the 18th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Al-Dhahra won the championship.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Playoff
Semifinal
Al Madina Tripoli 0-0 ; 0-1 Al-Dhahra
Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 1-0 ; 0-1 (PK 4–2) Al-Ahly (Tripoli)
Final
Al-Dhahra 0-0 (PK 2–1) Al-Ahly (Benghazi)
References
Libya - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Libyan Premier League seasons
1
Libya |
17337559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20for%20Research%20on%20the%20Epidemiology%20of%20Disasters | Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters | The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is a research unit of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). It is part of the School of Public Health located on the UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe campus, in Brussels, Belgium.
CRED has been active for over thirty years in the fields of international disaster and conflict health studies, with research and training activities linking relief, rehabilitation and development. It promotes research, training and technical expertise on humanitarian emergencies, with a special focus on public health and epidemiology.
History
In 1971, Professor , an epidemiologist at UCLouvain, initiated a research programme to study health issues in disaster situations. Two years later he established CRED as a non-profit institution with international status. Since 1980, CRED has been a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre.
Following the retirement of Professor Lechat in 1992, Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir—a researcher in the programme since 1984—became CRED's director.
Goals
CRED promotes research and provides an evidence base to the international community on the burden of disease and related health issues arising from disasters and conflicts to improve preparedness and responses to humanitarian emergencies.
CRED trains field managers, students, relief personnel and health professionals in the management of short- and long-term humanitarian emergencies.
Focus
CRED's research focuses on humanitarian and emergency situations with major impacts on human health. These include all types of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, windstorms, famines and droughts; and human induced disasters creating mass displacement of people from civil strife and conflicts.
CRED focuses on health aspects and the burden of disease arising from disasters and complex emergencies. CRED also promotes research on the broader aspects of humanitarian crises, such as human rights and humanitarian law, socio-economic and environmental issues, early warning systems, mental health care, and the special needs of women and children.
CRED is actively involved in stimulating debates on the effectiveness of various humanitarian interventions. It encourages scientific and policy discussions on existing and potential interventions and their impacts on acute and chronic malnutrition, human survival, morbidity, infectious diseases, and mental health.
The CRED team works in four main areas:
Natural disasters & their impacts
Conflict & health research
Database & information support
Capacity building & training
The team
CRED's multinational and multidisciplinary team includes experts in medicine and public health, informatics and database management, psychology, nutritional sciences, sociology, economics and geography. The working languages are English and French.
References
External links
CRED website
The EM-DAT International Disaster Database
The CE-DAT Complex Emergency Database
The MICRODIS Project - Integrated Health, Social and Economic Impact of Extreme Events: Evidence, Methods and Tools an FP6 project funded by the European Commission.
Research institutes in Belgium
Medical and health organisations based in Belgium
World Health Organization collaborating centres |
20477624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Sarkozy%20Voodoo%20Manual | Nicolas Sarkozy Voodoo Manual | The Nicolas Sarkozy Voodoo Manual is a 2008 satirical book by Yaël Rolognese, about the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, published in France by K&B Editors.
Description
The box contains a cloth doll with the president's effigy, a batch of 12 needles, and a book of 56 pages that includes a biography. Similarly, there is another book published for Ségolène Royal in red colour.
Controversy
The book's marketing has been the subject of a complaint by the President of France requesting the withdrawal of the voodoo doll by invoking his right to absolute and exclusive use of his image. The case was taken to court where it was dismissed with the judge invoking freedom of expression, stating that "it is within the limits of freedom of expression and the right to humor" and that "No one can take this process seriously". Nicolas Sarkozy appealed the decision and in November 2008, the court ruled that the doll was actually an offense against the president, ordering K&B to put a label on the package to indicate this to customers. President Sarkozy also won one Euro in damages.
Publication
Rolognese, Yaël (2008), Nicolas Sarkozy le manuel vaudou (1st ed.), Paris: K&B Editors (published 2008, October 8),
See also
Voodoo doll
Hoodoo
Poppet
References
External links
Official site
2008 non-fiction books
French books
French political satire
Political satire books
Comedy books
Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy
Sarkozy |
44502256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20R.%20Weisman%20Museum%20of%20Art%20%28California%29 | Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art (California) | The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art is an art gallery on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The museum was founded in 1992 with a $1.5 million gift from Frederick R. Weisman, a noted art collector and philanthropist. The museum exhibits art from around the world, but focuses on art from California.
History
Frederick R. Weisman endowed the museum in 1992 with a gift of $1.5 million. Along with his gift, Weisman loaned the museum roughly $3 million of contemporary art from his personal collection. Weisman made his fortune as president of Hunt Foods and as a distributor for Toyota, and he donated to many artistic organizations and charities, including the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation in Los Angeles and the Weisman Art Museum at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota.
The founding director of the museum was Nora Halpern, who had previously worked as the curator of Weisman's private collection. Following a disagreement with the administration concerning censorship of an exhibit at the museum, Halpern left the university in 1994. In 1995, Michael Zakian was named the new director of the museum, and served the Pepperdine art community for over 25 years before his passing on January 14th, 2020.
Notable exhibits
The museum has hosted a number of notable exhibits, including Rodin's Obsession: The Gates of Hell in 2001, which featured 30 sculptures by Auguste Rodin; Chuck Close: Face Forward in 2015, a retrospective that featured over 70 prints by Close; and Andy Warhol: Life and Legends in 2016, which featured some of Warhol's most famous works.
References
External links
Official website
Museums in Malibu, California
Art museums and galleries in California
University museums in California
Pepperdine University |
23577137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobark%20River | Cobark River | Cobark River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Cobark River rises in the Barrington Tops within the Great Dividing Range, near Thunderbolts Lookout in the Barrington Tops National Park, and flows generally east by south, joined by the Dilgry River before reaching its confluence with the Barrington River, south southwest of the village of Upper Bowman. The river descends over its course.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers in New South Wales (A-K)
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Rivers of the Hunter Region
Mid-Coast Council |
17337560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Santos%20Muntubila | Jean-Santos Muntubila | Jean-Santos N'Diela Muntubila (20 December 1958), nicknamed Santos, is a former Congolese professional football player and manager.
He played for AS Bilima Kinshasa, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Olympique de Marseille, 1. FC Saarbrücken, SC Bastia, US Valenciennes and ESA Brive.
References
External links
1958 births
Living people
Footballers from Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers
Association football midfielders
Expatriate footballers in France
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
AS Dragons players
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
Olympique de Marseille players
1. FC Saarbrücken players
SC Bastia players
Valenciennes FC players
ESA Brive players
1988 African Cup of Nations players
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Democratic Republic of the Congo football managers
Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people |
44502263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20togoalis | Cynaeda togoalis | Cynaeda togoalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1900. It is found in Togo.
References
Moths described in 1900
Odontiini |
44502265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynaeda%20yaminalis | Cynaeda yaminalis | Cynaeda yaminalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1888. It is found in Algeria.
References
Moths described in 1888
Odontiini |
20477648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Plateau%20languages | South Plateau languages | The South Plateau languages, also known as Jilic–Eggonic, are spoken in central Nigeria. Eggon has 150,000 speakers and Jili (Lijili, Mijili) perhaps 100,000.
Classification
Jilic (Koro) and Eggonic are clearly valid groups. Their connection was proposed in Blench (2006, 2008).
Two additional languages, Koro Nulu (a.k.a. Koro Ija) and Koro Zuba (collectively known as "Ija-Zuba") are ethnically Koro. However, they have very low lexical similarity with each other (~ 7%), and Koro Zuba at least appears to be a Nupoid language.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
References
Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
External links
Roger Blench: South Plateau materials
Plateau materials from Roger Blench
Plateau languages |
44502267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Pallava | Flag of Pallava | The Flag of Pallava was used by the Tamil Pallava Kingdom. The Pallava royal insignia was the Simha (Lion) and Nandi (Bull) which was changeable. But Color of flags saffron or yellow. Each Pallava king had his own personal banner. Example, Narasimhavarman II used the lion as his emblem and Nandivarman II preferred the Nandi. Under the reign of Paramesvaravarman I was Khatvanga (Skull mace) added to Pallava emblem. There were probably different Pallava lines, The main line ruled in Kanchipuram and comes from the Simha line (Simhavarman I, Simhavishnu, Narasimhavarman I...). The Simha emblem were inherited from descendants of the Simha line.
See also
Flag of Pandya
Flag of Chola
Flags of Tamils
References
Pallava dynasty
Pallava
Pallava |
23577138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobrabald%20River | Cobrabald River | Cobrabald River, a mostly perennial river that is part of the Namoi catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
The river rises in high country on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range south east of Branga Swamp about south of Walcha. The river flows generally north and north west for, towards its confluence with the Macdonald River; dropping over its course of .
The entire length of the Cobrabald River is within the boundaries of Walcha Shire and Vernon County.
The country along the Cobrabald River is a rich grazing area used for rearing livestock.
The Walcha fishing club stocks this river annually and it is one of the best trout fishing rivers in NSW. A fossicking area is also available in a reserve just off the Niangala Road and along the Cobrabald River.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Murray-Darling basin |
44502272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%20Swiss%20Indoors | 1980 Swiss Indoors | The 1980 Swiss Indoors, also known as the European Open Indoor Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was played in Basel, Switzerland from 13 October through 19 October 1980. Second-seeded Ivan Lendl won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Ivan Lendl defeated Björn Borg 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4
It was Lendl's 4th singles title of the year and of his career.
Doubles
Kevin Curren / Steve Denton defeated Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
References
External links
Official website
Swiss Indoors, 1980
Swiss Indoors
Indoor |
20477650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Register%20of%20Historic%20Places%20listings%20in%20Waynesboro%2C%20Virginia | National Register of Historic Places listings in Waynesboro, Virginia |
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Waynesboro, Virginia.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
There are 11 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the city.
Current listings
|}
See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Augusta County, Virginia
References
Waynesboro |
44502276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edia%20minutissima | Edia minutissima | Edia minutissima is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Smith in 1906. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona and California.
The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in February and from April to May.
References
Moths described in 1906
Odontiini |
23577139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream%20River | Coldstream River | Coldstream River, a watercourse of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Coldstream River rises below Glenugie Peak, near Brown Knob Trignometric Station and flows generally north by east, before reaching its confluence with the South Arm of the Clarence River, near Tyndale; descending over its course; as it flows through Yuraygir National Park and past the village of Tucabia.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Northern Rivers |
23577149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%20bit%20cutter | D bit cutter | A D bit cutter is a specialty bit in the shape of a "D" when looking from above. Often used to make precision holes using a lathe.
This type of drill was first used in the early manufacture of muskets and other artifacts requiring a long straight holes in the days before modern accurate machines were available."
References
Cutting tools |
44502277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edia%20semiluna | Edia semiluna | Edia semiluna is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Smith in 1905. It is found in southern Arizona and Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 8–10 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with a faint olivaceous tinge. The basal area is olivaceous brown from the costa to the inner margin. The hindwings are white, with a smoky margin. Adults have been recorded on wing in May, August and October.
References
Moths described in 1905
Odontiini |
23577152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386%20Libyan%20Premier%20League | 1985–86 Libyan Premier League | Following are the statistics of the Libyan Premier League for the 1985–86 season. The Libyan Premier League () is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. It was founded in 1963 and features mostly professional players.
Overview
16 teams were split into two groups, depending on their geographic location. Top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals.
Teams
Group A (East)
Afriqi
Akhdar
Ahly Benghazi
Hilal
Nasr
Tahaddy
Suqoor
Group B (West)
Ahly Tripoli
Shabab al Arabi
Dhahra
Madina
Mahalla
Olomby
Wahda
Sweahly
Ittihad Tripoli
Playoff
Semifinal
Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 0-1 ; 0-0 Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)
Al-Ahly (Tripoli) 6-2 ; 2-3 Al-Nasr (Benghazi)
Final
Al-Ittihad (Tripoli) 2-1 Al-Ahly (Tripoli)
References
Libya - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Libyan Premier League seasons
1
Libya |
20477672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Leavitt%20%28Ohio%20settler%29 | John Leavitt (Ohio settler) | Capt. John Wheeler Leavitt (1755–1815), born in Suffield, Connecticut, was an early settler of Ohio's Western Reserve lands, where members of his family had bought large tracts from the state of Connecticut, and where Capt. Leavitt became an early innkeeper, politician and landowner in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Capt. Leavitt was a member of the Connecticut Land Company and along with his cousin Ebenezer King from Suffield, paid over $51,000 for approximately of Ohio land, which included the township of Warren. The Leavitt family of Warren would go on to play a substantial role in the history of their adopted town and in Ohio.
Early life
John Wheeler Leavitt was the son of Abiah (Kent) Leavitt and John Leavitt of Suffield, a carpenter, farmer and landowner whose family was among the first settlers of Suffield. John Leavitt's brother Thaddeus, a prominent Suffield merchant, was among the eight original purchasers of the Western Reserve from the state of Connecticut in 1796. Other extended family members were also involved in purchase of Western Reserve lands including Oliver Ellsworth, whose son Henry Leavitt Ellsworth later traveled to the Reserve to oversee family land grants, staying at the inn belonging to his cousin John Leavitt.
Capt. John Leavitt, a farmer and merchant, married Silence Fitch of Suffield in 1777. In 1800 John Leavitt and his wife set out for the Western Reserve, where the town of Leavittsburg was named for the family with the expectation that it would become the market town for Trumbull County. (John Leavitt was also one of the original proprietors of Aurora, Ohio, with members of the King, Phelps, and Granger families of Suffield. Leavitt was also an original proprietor of Mantua, Ohio.)
Founding of Warren
On his arrival in the Western Reserve, Leavitt discovered that the prospective town of Warren was better situated than Leavittsburg, having more open bottom land and better mill sites. The original ownership of 'township four, range four' – what became Warren – was vested in Ebenezer King Jr. and Capt. Leavitt. On his arrival in the summer of 1800, Capt. Leavitt built a cabin on the west side of what would later become Warren's Main Street. Leavitt subsequently returned to Connecticut, then came back to Warren the following year with wife Silence. The couple had eight children, many of whom later moved to Ohio: William, John Jr, Cynthia, Sally, Henry Fitch, Abdiah, Humphrey Howe and Albert.
The new town, according to some accounts, was infested at the time of Leavitt's arrival by enormous rattlesnakes. In one early account, written when Warren consisted of 16 settlers, an observer mentions a hunt which netted 486 rattlers. "At this time," wrote the observer, "rattlesnakes abounded in some places." The hunt he witnessed, in which cudgel-wielding settlers chased the snakes off their rock ledges and into their dens, was deemed a success, with the "slain collected into heaps... a good portion of which were larger than a man's leg below the calf, and over five feet in length."
But Warren's location – rattlesnakes aside – meant the town soon became the dominant town in the Mahoning Valley region. "Warren had influence that Youngstown did not possess", said the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, referring to Warren's early prominence in the region. Later settlers also chose to gather at the more propitiously-located Warren, instead of at Leavittsburg.
Shortly after his arrival, Capt. Leavitt converted his new home into an inn and tavern, opening the first hotel in Warren. He was followed to Warren by a steady stream of other family members, including his son John Jr., known as 'Esquire John', who was county treasurer when he died at Warren in 1815; Capt. John's brother Samuel, known as 'Esquire Samuel,' born in Suffield in 1756, who upon visiting Warren in 1800, purchased a farm next door to that of his nephew John Jr. (Samuel Leavitt moved to Warren full-time in 1802, bringing his wife Abigail Kent Austin with him from Suffield. Following the death of his wife in 1816, Samuel Leavitt moved into a house on Main Street in Warren.)
Other family members
Many members of the family became prominent, including Samuel Leavitt, who served as an Ohio state representative; John Leavitt Jr., who served as Trumbull County treasurer; Humphrey Howe Leavitt, the son of pioneer Capt. John Leavitt and an early United States Congressman and United States District Court judge; and Daniel Leavitt, the first public school teacher in Warren. John Leavitt, the original family settler, acted as captain of the local militia, from which he derived his title.
Like most pioneers, the Leavitt family had to provide the initial services in the region. John Leavitt Jr. founded the first public school. Capt. John Leavitt's first public house and tavern became the nucleus of Warren's growing community, serving as temporary headquarters for the region's first military officials. The first race track in the area was built on the Leavitt farm, sporting a large grandstand for spectators. (A later canal built through the farm destroyed the site, and the first race track decayed.)
Eventually, members of the extended Leavitt family in Suffield followed, including Enoch Leavitt (born in 1746, and known as 'Esquire Enoch'), who purchased the land on which most of the town of Warren now stands. Enoch died in 1815 and, like most of the Leavitt family, was buried in the family cemetery at Leavittsburg, largely a wooded area devoid of settlement. Enoch's son, Enoch Jr. became a well-known local physician who resided on his farm at Leavittsburg and by the time of his death in 1827 at age 52 had accumulated roughly of land in Trumbull County.
Leavittsburg, the town named for the early Ohio family, had a gristmill for many years, but largely escaped development. Today it is still rural, and the site of the Leavitt family cemetery, where many members of the family are buried. The first Leavitt settler in Ohio, Capt. John Leavitt, died at Warren in 1815.
References
Further reading
A Tour to New Connecticut in 1811: The Narrative of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Edited and with an Introduction by Phillip R. Shriver, Volume I of the Western Reserve History Studies Series, The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, 1985
See also
Leavitt (surname)
Humphrey Howe Leavitt
John McDowell Leavitt
John Brooks Leavitt
Thaddeus Leavitt
Henry Leavitt Ellsworth
Leavittsburg, Ohio
1755 births
1815 deaths
Leavitt family
American pioneers
People from Warren, Ohio
People from Suffield, Connecticut
Connecticut Land Company |
17337570 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinopolis | Tinopolis | The Tinopolis Group is an international TV production and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US. It produces over 4,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.
History
Llanelli, Wales, became such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as "Tinopolis" by the latter half of the 19th century.
Hence the parent company took this name when it was established there in 1990.
Tinopolis purchased The Television Corporation, the parent company of Sunset + Vine and Mentorn, in 2006.
Video Arts, the training media company, was founded in 1972 by comic John Cleese, and since trained about 100,000 organisations in approximately 50 countries.
Video Arts was purchased by Tinopolis in 2007.
In 1988, writer and director Ed Thomas founded Fiction Factory, a company now part of Tinopolis.
Shares of Tinopolis plc were listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in 2005.
It was widely held by major institutions and purchased in 2008 for £44.7 million by management and private equity company Vitruvian Partners, taking the company private again.
In late 2009 Tinopolis acquired Pioneer Productions, the leading factual producer.
During 2011 Tinopolis expanded its operations overseas through the acquisition of A Smith & Co Productions in June 2011 and BASE Productions in August 2011
In 2014, Tinopolis acquired American non-scripted producer Magical Elves, producer of Top Chef.
The management of Tinopolis bought out their long standing investor Vitruvian Partners in October 2017.
Operations
Tinopolis has production centres in London, Los Angeles, Llanelli, Glasgow and Cardiff.
See also
Media in Wales
References
External links
Tinopolis – group website
Daybreak Pictures
Sunset + Vine
1990 establishments in Wales
British companies established in 1990
Mass media companies established in 1990
Mass media companies of Wales
Television in Wales
Television production companies of the United Kingdom
Companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market
Privately held companies of Wales
Companies based in Carmarthenshire |
6905066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiota%20microspora | Pholiota microspora | Pholiota microspora, commonly known as Pholiota nameko or simply , is a small, amber-brown mushroom with a slightly gelatinous coating that is used as an ingredient in miso soup and nabemono. In some countries this mushroom is available in kit form and can be grown at home. It is one of Japan's most popular cultivated mushrooms, tastes slightly nutty and is often used in stir-fries. They are also sold dried.
In Mandarin Chinese the mushroom is known as 滑子蘑; (Pinyin: huá zi mó) or 滑菇; (Pinyin: huá gū).
In Russia it is also consumed widely, and is known as (often sold as) "opyonok" (опёнок) or plural "opyata" (опята).
In America the mushroom is sometimes called a "butterscotch mushroom".
See also
List of Pholiota species
Touch Detective, a video game featuring Japanese character Nameko
References
Fungi described in 1929
Japanese cuisine
Strophariaceae
Fungi in cultivation
Fungi of Japan
Fungi of China
Russian cuisine |
44502283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois%20Braun | Lois Braun | Lois Braun (born 1949) is a Canadian writer. She was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1986 Governor General's Awards for her debut short story collection A Stone Watermelon published by Turnstone Press.
Braun was born in Rosenfeld, Manitoba. Educated at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, she worked as a school teacher in Altona until her retirement in 2003. She published three further collections of short stories, and won the Margaret Laurence Award from the Manitoba Book Awards in 2008 for The Penance Drummer.
Works
A Stone Watermelon (1986, )
The Pumpkin-Eaters (1990, )
The Montreal Cats (1995, )
The Penance Drummer (2007, )
Peculiar Lessons (2020, )
References
1949 births
Living people
Canadian women short story writers
20th-century Canadian short story writers
Writers from Manitoba
Canadian Mennonites
20th-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian short story writers
Mennonite writers |
20477703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn%20Sina%20National%20College%20for%20Medical%20Studies | Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies | Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies () is the first private medical college of higher education under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The college is promoted by Al-Jedani Group of Hospitals, KSA. It is located in the southern part of the historic city Jeddah, on the Red Sea coast.
References
External links
Ibn Sina National College (English)
2004 establishments in Saudi Arabia
Educational institutions established in 2004
Education in Jeddah
Universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia
King Saud University |
44502291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epascestria%20croesusalis | Epascestria croesusalis | Epascestria croesusalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in South Africa.
References
Endemic moths of South Africa
Moths described in 1913
Odontiini |
20477720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Willis%20Johnson | Charles Willis Johnson | Dr. Charles Willis Johnson was the Dean of the University of Washington Pharmacy Department from 1903 to 1939. C.W. Johnson is credited for bringing the School of Pharmacy from a small struggling department to a successful doctorate program. He oversaw the creation of Bagley Hall, which was built by the Public Works Administration during the Great Depression. Johnson also supported the growth of the Medicinal Herb Garden on campus, which is still one of the most extensive medicinal herb gardens in the Northwest.
References
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
University of Washington faculty
Dr. Johnson was the great-grandfather of Katherine Noel Clegg, a struggling dramatic writer. |
23577159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%20Chung%20Hong | You Chung Hong | You Chung Hong (Chinese: 洪耀宗 pinyin: Hóng Yàozōng) (May 4, 1898 – November 1977) was an American attorney and community leader who was the second Chinese American lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of California, having passed the bar examination in 1923 before he became the first Chinese American graduate of the University of Southern California Law School. Chan Chung Wing was the first Chinese American to become a member of the California Bar in 1918. Hong played a major role in the development of Chinatown in Los Angeles, helping rebuild the community after it was relocated to accommodate the construction of Union Station in the 1930s.
Biography
Hong was born on May 4, 1898 in San Francisco, California, his father a Chinese immigrant who had worked constructing railroads. He moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Lowell High School. There he worked as an interpreter for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service and taught English to recent immigrants as a means to pay for his education. He graduated from the University of Southern California Law School in 1924 with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1924 and a Master of Laws degree in 1925. He passed the bar on March 26, 1923, not yet having completed law school, making him the second Chinese American in California admitted to practice law in the state.
Immigration law attorney
As an attorney, Hong worked to overturn the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, including testifying before the United States Senate on its effects. Hong became the first Chinese American to be eligible to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States when he was admitted in 1933. An active member of the local Chinese community, he was named president of the local chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance when he was 28 years old.
The construction of Union Station in the 1930s involved the destruction of the city's existing Chinatown, and Hong played a pivotal role in developing its replacement, the first in the United States to be owned exclusively by its Chinese residents, both as an investor and in offering legal guidance. He designed a series of buildings on Gin Ling Way, one of which ultimately housed his legal office, and developed the main entrance gate on Broadway and its neon lighting.
His legal practice, the first in Los Angeles owned by a Chinese American, specialized in immigration law, and Hong became one of the top specialists in the field. Area residents approached him to assist with reunification with family members, such as the family of United States District Court Judge Ronald S.W. Lew.
After his death, his papers were donated to the Huntington Library, where the "Y.C. Hong: Advocate for Chinese-American Inclusion" exhibit was held on November 21, 2015 to March 22, 2016.
References
1898 births
1977 deaths
American people of Chinese descent
Lawyers from Los Angeles
USC Gould School of Law alumni
Chinatown, Los Angeles |
17337577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Nakano%20Station | Shin-Nakano Station | is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Lines
Shin-Nakano Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from to , and is 19.6 km from the eastern terminus of the Line at Ikebukuro. It is numbered "M-05".
Station layout
The station consists of two underground side platforms serving two tracks on the first basement level. The platforms each have sets of ticket barriers at either end. They are also linked by an underground passageway.
Platforms
History
The station opened on February 8, 1961.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 31,125 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
Sugiyama Park
References
External links
Shin-nakano Station information (Tokyo Metro)
Stations of Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1961 |
44502293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epascestria%20distictalis | Epascestria distictalis | Epascestria distictalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Lesotho.
References
Moths described in 1913
Odontiini |
17337594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphium%20codrus | Graphium codrus | Graphium codrus is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found in the Philippines, Celebes and Solomon Islands.
References
Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books.
Racheli, Tommaso, 1979 New subspecies of Papilio and Graphium from the Solomon Islands, with observations on Graphium codrus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 54 (15): 237–240, 1 plate pdf
Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandlingen 343: 1–267 pdf
Codrus
Butterflies described in 1777 |
44502299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epascestria%20euprepialis | Epascestria euprepialis | Epascestria euprepialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
References
Moths described in 1913
Odontiini |
6905067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%20Technology%20Academy | Toledo Technology Academy |
Background
Toledo Technology Academy is a public high school located in Toledo, Ohio. It is part of the Toledo Public Schools. It is located in the former DeVilbiss High School. Many students from surrounding suburban school districts, as well as private schools attend TTA. On November 27, 2013, TTA announced that they will accept applications from 7th and 8th grade in the next school year of 2014. Toledo Technology Academy students study manufacturing engineering technology integrated with an academic environment. TTA is a magnet school focusing on a manufacturing engineering technology curriculum. TTA offers an academic foundation, four years of science, mathematics, language arts, and three years of social studies education.
Track record
TTA began as a two-year program within a traditional high school. In 1997, a collaborative partnership was formed with the school system, teaching and administrative unions, area businesses and the United Auto Workers, and a four-year high school was opened. What was found at that time continues to be true today. Technology, manufacturing, and engineering continue to be one of Toledo's largest opportunities for growth. Our small and large manufacturers continually express an ongoing need for well-trained, high-quality, entry-level employees in trade, technical and engineering positions. Increasingly, these entry-level workers need more advanced high tech skills in addition to higher-level thinking/reasoning skills and teamwork experiences. Currently, 75% of the persons applying and/or interviewed for these positions are not qualified. Nationally and regionally schools are preparing only about 30% of this needed workforce. This information was gathered at the National Skill Standards Board meetings and continues to be true.
The mission of the original project was as follows: To support a four-year high school technical program related to Manufacturing Engineering Technology within Toledo Public School Systems known as the Toledo Technology Academy (TTA). TTA's instructional system uses project-based learning, allowing the students to have maximum decision-making responsibility. Skills are taught to support this process and technology is used to support all instruction. TTA provides a complete academic complement of courses for graduation and college entry. Weekly common planning meetings are held to incorporate and integrate instruction. Where appropriate, the academic course content is related to the manufacturing curriculum and vice versa.
Tech Fusion Team 279
Tech Fusion Team 279 is the FIRST Robotics team located at Toledo Technology Academy. It is open to all Toledo Public Schools students. The team is sponsored by Dana Holding Corporation in Maumee, Ohio. Team 279 had accomplished major achievements in the 21st century.
References
External links
District Website
School Website
High schools in Toledo, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
Magnet schools in Ohio |
23577161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolongolook%20River | Coolongolook River | Coolongolook River, a watercourse of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Coolongolook River rises on the northern slopes below Mount Chapman within the Koolonock Range, near Wootton, and flows generally north and north northeast, joined by the Wallamba and Wallingat rivers, before reaching its confluence with Wallis Lake; descending over its course.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers in New South Wales (A-K)
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Mid-Coast Council
Mid North Coast |
6905083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Army%20Tank%20Brigade | 1st Army Tank Brigade | 1st Army Tank Brigade may refer to:
1st Canadian Tank Brigade
1st Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)
1st Army Tank Brigade (New Zealand) (1941–42, broken up to provide personnel and equipment for the 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade, New Zealand 2nd Division) |
44502301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epascestria%20pictalis | Epascestria pictalis | Epascestria pictalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in South Africa.
References
Endemic moths of South Africa
Moths described in 1913
Odontiini |
17337598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Beckman | Gary Beckman | Gary Michael Beckman (born 1948) is a noted Hittitologist and Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies from the University of Michigan. He has written several books on the Hittites: his publication Hittite Diplomatic Texts and Hittite Myths were both republished twice—in 1991 and 1999 respectively. As a Hittitologist, Professor Gary Beckman also wrote an article on Hittite Chronology in Akkadica 119-120 (2000) while he served as an editor of the 2003 book Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Beckman also composed a book review on Trevor Bryce's influential book, The Kingdom of the Hittites in Bryn Mawr.
Dr. Beckman participated as an academic advisor for the 2003 Tolga Örnek film "Hititler" (or "Hittites" in English) which discussed the history and culture of the Hittites. In 2008, Professor Beckman reviewed a book concerning "regime change" and their impact upon local societies in the Middle East from ancient times to the modern era. He observed that cultural and administrative changes did not typically happen until approximately two generations (or 50 years) had passed from the overthrow of the previous ruling regime.
Works
Texts from the Vicinity of Emar in the Collection of Jonathan Rosen, (Padova: Sargon, 1996).
Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. II. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1995).
Hittite Diplomatic Texts. Writings from the Ancient World, Volume 7. (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996) [second Edition, 1999].
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions), with Benjamin R. Foster and Douglas Frayne (New York: W. W. Norton, 2001).
Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. 4.Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2000).
Hittite Myths, (co-editor), Scholars Press; 2nd edition (1991)
See also
History of the Hittites
References
External links
Living people
Historians of antiquity
Hittitologists
1948 births
University of Michigan faculty
American Assyriologists |
44502310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddah | Yiddah | Yiddah is a locality in New South Wales, Australia. The locality is west of the state capital, Sydney about midway between the towns of West Wyalong and Barmedman. Yiddah is in the Bland Shire local government area and Bland county cadastral area.
Yiddah railway station (closed) is on the Lake Cargelligo railway line. There is a grain silo and siding there.
References
External links
Towns in the Central West (New South Wales) |
23577162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolumbooka%20River | Coolumbooka River | The Coolumbooka River, a perennial river of the Snowy River catchment, is located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
The Coolumbooka River is formed by the confluence of the Badgerys Creek and the Horseys Swamp Creek in a swampy area, located approximately east northeast of the village of Cathcart. The river flows generally west southwest, joined by one minor tributary before reaching its confluence with the Bombala River near the town of Bombala. The river descends over its course, flowing through the northern boundary of the Coolumbooka Nature Reserve.
The river is impounded by Coolumbooka Weir that provides water supply to the town of Bombala.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers of New South Wales (A-K)
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales |
6905096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Professor%20%28Gilligan%27s%20Island%29 | The Professor (Gilligan's Island) | Roy Hinkley, referred to as the Professor, is one of the seven castaways from the television series Gilligan's Island (1964–67); he was played by Russell Johnson. The character was originally played by John Gabriel in the pilot episode, but the network thought he looked too young to have all the degrees attributed to the Professor.
Character summary
The Professor's backstory identifies him as Roy Hinkley (though his actual name is rarely mentioned during the series), a high-school science teacher who was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His principal expertise was as a botanist, whose purpose in joining the ill-fated voyage that stranded the castaways was to write a book to be titled Fun With Ferns. His main function on the show was to devise many ways for the castaways to live more comfortably on the island. Many of his inventions (including a method for recharging the batteries in the ubiquitous radio) used coconuts and bamboo, both of which were in plentiful supply. Aside from his proficiency in science, he was also adept and well-versed in law, literature, social sciences, and the arts. Besides a list of degrees from various schools (including LSU, UCLA, SMU, and TCU) he provides in one episode, little was ever learned about his past and nothing was ever learned about his family. In several episodes, brief remarks are made on his past: in the pilot he is described as a research scientist and "well-known scoutmaster"; in another when a big game hunter comes to the island and asks the Professor what sports he took, the answer is "chess"; after kissing Ginger for a prolonged period (during filming of a silent movie), he claims that he was able to hold his breath during the kissing because he used to be a "scuba diver"; in another, when the castaways try to recreate who killed "Randolph Blake", the Professor threatens to "...cancel his subscription to the Science Quarterly". Also, in the episode "Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?", the Professor states that he does "...hold a Masters Degree in Psychology".
The Professor was portrayed as the most neutral and level-headed character. He usually displayed more patience with Gilligan than the other castaways, and was often called upon to settle disputes. As a result, he often served as the leader of the castaways whom the others respected because of his great store of knowledge, although the castaways rarely mentioned this. For unexplained reasons—possibly for research purposes in writing his book (although titled Fun with Ferns, ferns may not have been its sole topic)—the Professor brought a large number of books on diverse subjects such as chemistry and anthropology of the South Sea Islanders on a three-hour pleasure cruise in Hawaii. On many occasions, he conveniently pulls out a book which has exactly the facts needed to fix or explain a particular problem they are having. In several episodes, electric power for phonographs or washing machines is generated by employing someone (usually Gilligan) to manually pedal, or turn, a pulley, which the Professor has engineered. Besides his white khaki suit he also has a pair of pajamas and a sports coat.
The Professor was also depicted as completely asexual. Russell Johnson has confirmed that it was the producers' intention for his character due to concern from the censors. Unusual for its day, the show includes a line where the Professor directly states to Ginger his lack of interest in either sex or romance. In the story, Gilligan is depressed, and Ginger tries to cheer him up. "Gilligan, you're the only man for me!" she says. "The Skipper is too old, Mr. Howell is already married, and the Professor is only interested in my mind!"
A running joke about the Professor was his ability to build nearly anything from coconuts and bamboo, yet he was somehow unable to repair the damaged Minnow, construct a seaworthy raft or find other means to leave the island. This was parodied in the sitcom Roseanne.
The show's producer, Sherwood Schwartz, answered this paradox in an interview, when he said that the Professor's behavior was logical and quite typical; people often ignore the obvious solution because of their own biases and preferences. "That’s true of mankind", said Schwartz in an interview with WABC radio's Mark Simone. "They can do except what they cannot do." However, the professor did try many times to repair the Minnow using available island resources, but they ultimately proved inadequate.
Likewise, in an interview with Larry King, Bob Denver explained that the Professor simply "had no talent for boat-building". This is the more logical answer, since the island was stated to be 1000 miles from civilization, and an inexpert repair would be risky on such a long journey. Furthermore, in an early episode, "Goodbye Island", he attempts to do so with a native tree syrup, which proves a disastrous failure that results in the Minnow being completely destroyed. (Also, earlier in the series, Gilligan and Skipper built a raft to sail for help; however, the island was revealed to be near a shark-filled area that made such a journey too dangerous for anything other than an actual boat or rubber raft.)
In popular culture
In the sitcom Roseanne, one of the characters playing the Professor stated after they crashed, "This hole on the boat defies all of my advanced knowledge. To fix it would be impossible ... now if you'll excuse me, I’m going to go create explosive fillings out of sand."
In the parody movie Back to the Beach, a character played by Bob Denver and obviously based on Gilligan mentions knowing "a guy who could build a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but couldn't fix a two-foot hole in a boat."
In "Weird Al" Yankovic’s song "Isle Thing" (a parody of Tone Lōc’s "Wild Thing"), he sings: "She said 'That guy’s a genius' / I shook my head and laughed / 'If he's so fly / then tell me why / he couldn’t build a lousy raft?
The end of the movie A Very Brady Sequel suggests that the Professor was the first husband of Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch (both The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island were creations of Sherwood Schwartz).
In an episode of the sitcom Friends, Joey buys a boat and starts wearing a boat captain's blazer and cap all the time. When Chandler enters the apartment and Joey asks him where he's been, Chandler looks at Joey's outfit and says that he was making a coconut phone with the Professor.
References
Gilligan's Island characters
Fictional schoolteachers
Fictional inventors
Fictional characters from Cleveland
Television characters introduced in 1964
Fictional asexuals |
44502313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephelis%20maesi | Ephelis maesi | Ephelis maesi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wolfram Mey in 2011. It is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
References
Moths described in 2011
Odontiini |
17337621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Horner | Billy Horner | William Horner (born 7 September 1942 in Cassop, England) is an English footballer and manager.
Horner played at Middlesbrough from 1960 to 1969, primarily as a defender. He moved on to Darlington where he played until 1975.
He joined York City as a coach in 1971 under Tom Johnston and was released in January 1972 following a behind the scenes player’s dispute.
He was player-manager of Darlington during the 1974–75 season, in which the club had to apply for re-election. He left the club at the end of the season and was appointed as coach to Darlington's arch-rivals Hartlepool. In October 1976, he took over as manager, and had two separate spells in this role: one from 1976–1983 and the other from 1983–1986. Although Hartlepool applied for re-election to the League on three occasions, Horner also guided the club to a respectable 9th-place finish in 1980–81, during which the club had been promotion contenders. In his second spell at the club, Hartlepool finished 7th in 1985–86, in which they had also been a promotion contender for much of the season.
Managerial stats
References
External links
Career Stats
1942 births
Living people
English footballers
English football managers
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
Darlington F.C. managers
Hartlepool United F.C. managers
Association football central defenders
Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff
York City F.C. non-playing staff |
23577164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Falconer%20%28Simonds%29 | The Falconer (Simonds) | The Falconer is a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City by English sculptor George Blackall Simonds. It depicts a man in a theatrical version of Elizabethan dress standing on a high granite pedestal, releasing a hunting falcon.
The Falconer, cast in 1871 in Florence, was erected in 1875 on a prominent rock overlooking the confluence of Terrace Drive and another carriage drive near the West 72nd Street drive entrance. The growth of surrounding trees has partly obscured the site. The sculpture has a history of being vandalized. The original falcon was stolen, and in the 1960s the New York City Parks Department commissioned their employee and sculptor, Joel Rudnick, to mold a new falcon which now sits on The Falconer's arm. This new falcon is substantially different from the original falcon. The arm itself was also re-fashioned by Parks' employee Domenico Facci.
References
External links
NYC Parks Description of The Falconer
Daytonian in Manhattan blog
1871 sculptures
Sculptures of birds in the United States
Bronze sculptures in Central Park
Sculptures in Central Park
Statues in New York City
Sculptures of men in New York City
Vandalized works of art in New York City
1875 establishments in New York (state) |
44502315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephelis%20robustalis | Ephelis robustalis | Ephelis robustalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1970. It is found in Afghanistan.
References
Moths described in 1970
Odontiini |
44502326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20abbasalis | Epimetasia abbasalis | Epimetasia abbasalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1974. It is found in southern Iran.
References
Moths described in 1974
Odontiini |
44502332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20albalis | Epimetasia albalis | Epimetasia albalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1959. It is found in Iraq.
References
Moths described in 1959
Odontiini |
17337628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns%20Seidel | Hanns Seidel | Franz Wendelin "Hanns" Seidel (; ; 12 October 1901 – 5 August 1961) was a German politician who served as Prime Minister of Bavaria from 1957 to 1960. He was a member, and from 1955 to 1961 chairman, of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.
Biography
Seidel was born in Schweinheim, now part of Aschaffenburg, one of seven children; his parents were Johann and Christine Seidel. He was originally baptized under the name Franz Wendelin but was soon called simply Hanns. His father died when he was seven and the family had to live in relative poverty from then on. Despite those circumstances, he managed to obtain a good education.
Hanns Seidel studied law in Jena, Freiburg and Würzburg, where he graduated in 1929. He worked as a lawyer in Aschaffenburg after this and married Ilse Tenter, who he had two sons with. As a strict Catholic, he joined the Bavarian People's Party in 1932. His outspokenness about the Nazis soon got him into trouble and he had to withdraw his candidacy for the Aschaffenburg town council. He briefly had to escape to Memel (now Klaipėda) in Eastern Prussia to avoid arrest but returned home soon after.
He was elected to the Bavarian Landtag in 1946. Previous to this, the US occupation authorities had already made him Landrat for Aschaffenburg due to the fact that he had no previous political history in the Nazi regime. As a liberal-conservative he supported the multi-confessional fraction in his party. He became Minister for Economy in 1947 and held this post until his party's election defeat in 1954. He was an important force in the reconstruction efforts in post-war Bavaria. He was also highly regarded by the German chancellor Konrad Adenauer who unsuccessfully tried to convince him to take up a post in the federal government. In 1954, he was made speaker for the opposition, the year after, he became party chairman of the CSU, defeating Franz Josef Strauß in a highly contested party vote. He immediately went to modernize the party and its politics.
After Wilhelm Hoegner resigned as Minister-President of Bavaria, Hanns Seidel was elected by the Landtag as Minister-President on 16 October 1957. He had to resign from this post on 21 January 1960 due to health reasons and died the year after, at the age of 59, in Munich.
The Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Hanns Seidel Foundation), formed in 1967, a taxpayer-money founded political research foundation closely associated with the CSU, is named after him.
References
External links
Official website of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (in English)
Official Bavarian government website - Hanns Seidel biography (in German)
Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg - Boisls bayrische Biography - Hans Seidel (in German), page 717
Hanns Seidel Foundation website - Biography of Hanns Seidel
1901 births
1961 deaths
People from Aschaffenburg
Ministers-President of Bavaria
Ministers of the Bavaria State Government
Bavarian People's Party politicians
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
German military personnel of World War II
German Roman Catholics
Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Burials at the Westfriedhof (Munich) |
23577166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seray%20Altay | Seray Altay | Seray Altay (born August 28, 1987) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 182 cm and plays as opposite. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park.
Career
With VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom Seray won the 2010–11 CEV Champions League.
Awards
Clubs
2010/11 CEV Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom
2011-12 Turkish Cup - Runner-up, with Galatasaray Daikin
2011-12 CEV Cup - Runner-up, with Galatasaray Daikin
See also
Turkish women in sports
References
External links
FIVB Profile
Player profile at galatasaray.org
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ankara
Turkish women's volleyball players
Eczacıbaşı volleyball players
Yeşilyurt volleyballers
Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players
Sarıyer Belediyesi volleyballers
Beşiktaş volleyballers |
17337644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Fournier | Edgar Fournier | Edgar E. Fournier (June 1, 1908 – April 29, 1994) was a teacher, principal and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Madawaska County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960 and Restigouche—Madawaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1961 to 1962 as a Progressive Conservative member. Fournier was named to the Senate of Canada for Madawaska-Restigouche division in 1962 and served until 1983.
He was born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick, the son of Ernest Fournier and Anna Clovette. In 1932, Fournier married Martha Thibodeau. He served in the province's Executive Council as Chairman of the Electric Power Commission. Fournier was elected to the House of Commons in a 1961 by-election held after Charles Van Horne resigned his seat. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1962 and was named to the Senate in September of the same year.
Work in Senate
In 1968 Edgar Fournier was appointed Vice-Chair of the committee on poverty.
The Senate reported to the 28th session of Parliament in 1970.
The 241 page Report of the Special Senate Committee on Poverty included the following statements:
"A new bill of rights for the poor must be preceded by a fundamental change in the prevailing public attitude towards those who live below the poverty level.
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It is the Committee’s recommendation that the Parliament of Canada enact legislation to provide a guaranteed minimum income for all Canadians with insufficient income. This includes the elderly, the infirm, and the handicapped, female heads of families, the unemployed, those whose incomes are too low because they work in seasonal occupations, and those who are victims of jobs where the pay is insufficient to provide for their basic needs."
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"Sixty per cent of the poor are not on welfare. For them, there is not even the semblance of social justice. Consequently, there will be no good reason for their continued consent to a political, social, and economic system to which they give and from which they receive little."
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The existence of poverty not only deprives the poor; it impoverishes the whole economy. The inadequate participation of the poor in the economy, it has been estimated, deprives it of somewhere between one and two and one-half billion dollars a year. This represents an output that these people could have contributed to the economy if their productive capacity had been better developed and more effectively used. Additionally, there are other costs that arise directly from the social problems caused by poverty. Large expenditures for health care, welfare services, and justice will be reduced as poverty diminishes.
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The Committee believes that the Canadian people whose lives are spent in a far different world are ready to face the challenge of poverty. It is a national problem, and only the national government can find a realistic and meaningful solution. It is for the citizens of Canada to demand that this be our priority project for the 1970s; a project that will stir the world’s imagination and command its respect. We need search no further for a national purpose."
References
Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1963, PG Normandin
1908 births
1994 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Canadian senators from New Brunswick |
44502337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20eoa | Epimetasia eoa | Epimetasia eoa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Iraq.
References
Moths described in 1936
Odontiini |
44502338 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20gregori | Epimetasia gregori | Epimetasia gregori is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1970. It is found in Afghanistan.
Subspecies
Epimetasia gregori gregori
Epimetasia gregori gulbaharalis Amsel, 1970
Epimetasia gregori panjaoalis Amsel, 1970
References
Moths described in 1970
Odontiini |
17337665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM-906 | AM-906 | AM-906 (part of the AM cannabinoid series) is an analgesic drug which is a cannabinoid agonist. It is conformationally restricted by virtue of the double bond on its side chain, leading an increased affinity for and selectivity between CB1 and CB2 receptors. It is a potent and selective agonist for the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, with a Ki of 0.8 nM at CB1 and 9.5 nM at CB2, a selectivity of almost 12x.
The corresponding E or trans isomer is AM-905.
See also
AM-1235
AM-2389
References
Benzochromenes
Primary alcohols
Phenols
AM cannabinoids |
23577170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooplacurripa%20River | Cooplacurripa River | Cooplacurripa River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia.
The river flows through the small locality of Cooplacurripa , after which it is named.
Course and features
Cooplacurripa River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, southeast of Branga Plain, south of Walcha, and flows generally southeast by south, joined by two tributaries including the Mummel River and Walcrow River, before reaching its confluence with the Manning River, north of Gloucester. The river descends over its course.
Land adjacent to the Cooplacurripa River is principally used as grazing for beef cattle. The cattle station, Cooplacurripa, situated on the Cooplacurripa River, was formerly owned by the Australian Agricultural Company.
Cooplacurripa River falls within the Northern NSW Trout Waters and includes the whole of the waters of the river, its creeks and tributaries upstream from its junction with, and including, the Mummel River.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers in New South Wales (A-K)
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Northern Tablelands
Mid North Coast |
44502342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20monotona | Epimetasia monotona | Epimetasia monotona is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. It is found in Mauritania.
References
Moths described in 1953
Odontiini |
44502351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20rhodobaphialis | Epimetasia rhodobaphialis | Epimetasia rhodobaphialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ragonot in 1894. It is found in Uzbekistan.
References
Moths described in 1894
Odontiini |
44502355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20rufoarenalis | Epimetasia rufoarenalis | Epimetasia rufoarenalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Algeria and the United Arab Emirates.
References
Moths described in 1913
Odontiini |
44502359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetasia%20vestalis | Epimetasia vestalis | Epimetasia vestalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ragonot in 1894. It is found in Turkey and Iran.
References
Moths described in 1894
Odontiini |
17337669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mando%20II | Mando II | Mando II (Greek: Μαντώ II) is the Greek singer Mando's twelfth studio album and comeback after a five-year absence from the Greek music scene. It was released on May 30, 2008, by Polymusic and was Mando's first release since 2003.
The writers are Pegasos and Vicky Gerotheodorou as well as many well known song composers, including Mando herself. The title of the album represents a new start, and a second chapter in her music career after taking time off to be with her family. Mando has stated that one of the driving factors for her to return to the studio sooner rather than later, was her children, who kept asking her when she would release an album. She also stated that now she sings for her children first.
The song "Breathe Again" was reported to have been submitted to Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi as a candidate for the Greek representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, but was not selected for the national final.
The official presentation of the album was on June 10, 2008, at Club Bocca in Voula, Greece.
It peaked at number ten in Greece and number eight in Cyprus, receiving a Gold certification in both countries.
Track list
In addition to the following tracks, the album also contains the music video of "Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho".
"Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho" (Pegasos) – 3:37
"Stahti" (Mando/Kostas Anathiotis, Mando) – 3:49
"Limani Dihos Thalassa" (Pegasos) – 4:01
"Den Eisai Ekei" (Pegasos) – 3:51
"Breathe Again" (Mando, Lars Jensen, Martin Larson) – 3:55
"S'Akoloutho" (Victor Polidorou, Vicky Gerothodorou) – 3:42
"Pente to Proi" (Mando, Eleni Gianatsoulia) – 3:24
"Safe" (Mando, Lars Jensen, Martin Larson) – 4:12
"Ena" (Andreas Lambrou) – 3:44
"Me Sena Telos" (Mando, Eleni Gianatsoulia) – 3:54
"Tha Thela Monaha" (Antonis Velinopoulos) – 3:43
"Ston Aigokairo" (Mando/Kostas Anathiotis, Nikos Katsikas) – 4:17
Singles
"Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho"
The first single from Mando II is "Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho" (Give me a reason to be saved), written by Pegasos and released on May 10, 2008. The music video of the song was premiered on Mega Star, a Greek music television program. Mando said in an interview with Mega Star that the song is what drove her to go back into the studio.
"Den Eisai Ekei"
The second single was "Den Eisai Ekei", which Mando confirmed on September 4, 2008, while being interviewed at TV100 radio station and Peiratikos 107.7 FM. Later, she confirmed the choice on her Facebook page. The music video for "Den Eisai Ekei" was released on October 30, 2008; Manolis Tzirakis was the director again.
Personnel
Vocals – Victoria Halkiti, Apostolos Psihramis, Christina Undhjem
Production
Instrumentation: Kostas Anathiotis
Producers: Victor Polidorou, DEEKAY
Photography: [Iakovos Kalaitzakis]http://www.iakovos.net
Art direction and design: Jackie Murphy, Jeri Heiden, Glen Nakasako
Stylist: Vasilis Kolpothinos
Hair stylist: Vasilis Bouloubasis
Charts
References
2008 albums
Greek-language albums
Mando (singer) albums |
6905097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Entertainment | BBC Entertainment | BBC Entertainment is an international television channel broadcasting comedy, drama, light entertainment, reality and children's programming (some regions only) from the BBC, Channel 4 and other UK production houses. The channel broadcasts regional versions to suit local demands and replaced BBC Prime. It is wholly owned by BBC Studios.
Launch dates
The channel was launched in October 2006, replacing BBC Prime in Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea. On 28 December 2006, it was launched on the Astro platform in Malaysia. The channel was launched in India in May 2007 on the Tata Sky platform and on India online Broadband Public Limited, but ceased broadcasting at the end of November 2012 due to "commercial considerations".
The channel was launched in Poland, on Cyfrowy Polsat, in December 2007, and replaced BBC Prime on DStv in South Africa on 1 September 2008. It was launched together with its sister channels (BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and BBC HD) in the Nordic countries in November 2008, when it replaced BBC Prime on Canal Digital, Com Hem, Telia Digital-TV and FastTV. The Nordic countries get a separate feed of the channel which differs from that in the rest of Europe. It was also launched in Mexico on the SKY México digital satellite platform in August 2008 in a deal with Televisa, and it has since extended to other Central and South American countries.
The channel replaced BBC Prime in the rest of Europe and the Middle East & North Africa in November 2009. In Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, BBC Entertainment is carried alongside BBC One and BBC Two on the Telenet, Ziggo, and Naxoo cable networks.
On 1 December 2009, Astro dropped the channel and replaced it with ITV Choice. On 1 March 2010 in Italy Sky Italia also dropped the channel. In 2010 Kabel Deutschland (Germany) made it a pay-TV channel.
In August 2012, Unifi picked up the channel, thus making the channel available in Malaysia once more after a 3-year hiatus. However Unifi dropped the channel in December 2015.
On 13 April 2017, BBC Entertainment ceased its transmissions in Latin American countries, along with BBC Earth and CBeebies.
Finally, BBC First was launched in some Asian regions on 19 March 2016. Singapore Via Starhub TV broadcasts ceased on 29 April 2015, while in Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia, broadcasts ceased on 1 January 2017. In Myanmar and Mongolia, broadcasts ceased on 1 March 2018. In Taiwan, broadcasts ceased on 10 March 2017 and were replaced by CBeebies.
Programming
This table is not complete
See also
BBC America
BBC Canada
BBC Earth
BBC First
BBC HD (international)
BBC Knowledge
BBC Lifestyle
BBC World News
CBBC
CBeebies
References
External links
BBC Entertainment - Official website
BBC Nordic - Official website
BBC to launch global TV channels BBC News Online
BBC Worldwide bows new channels Variety
BBC launches entertainment, kids channels
BBC Worldwide, Televisa to launch channels
BBC Prime to be rebranded as BBC Entertainment in Europe and Middle East
International BBC television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels in Belgium
Television channels in Flanders
English-language television stations in India
Television stations in Singapore
Television stations in Hong Kong
BBC Worldwide
Defunct television channels in India |
44502366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy%20to%20Love%20%281934%20film%29 | Easy to Love (1934 film) | Easy to Love is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor, and Edward Everett Horton. This was William Keighley's solo directorial debut (he had co-directed two earlier films with Howard Bretherton). It contains a mildly risqué scene with Tobin discreetly naked in the bathtub. He and Tobin married in 1938. The film is based upon the 1930 play As Good As New by Thompson Buchanan.
Plot
When a woman finds out her husband is having an affair, she sets out to get even.
Cast
Genevieve Tobin as Carol
Adolphe Menjou as John
Mary Astor as Charlotte
Edward Everett Horton as Eric
Patricia Ellis as Janet
Guy Kibbee as Justice of the Peace
Hugh Herbert as Detective
Paul Kaye as Paul Smith
Hobart Cavanaugh as Hotel Desk Clerk
Robert Greig as Andrews
Harold Waldridge as Elevator Boy
Leila Bennett as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Symona Boniface as Roulette Table Player (uncredited)
William B. Davidson as Dr. Donald W. Swope (uncredited)
Ann Hovey as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
External links
Stills at pre-code.com
1934 films
1934 romantic comedy films
Adultery in films
American black-and-white films
American romantic comedy films
1930s English-language films
American films based on plays
Films directed by William Keighley
Warner Bros. films |
6905101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking%20and%20Entering%3A%20Music%20from%20the%20Film | Breaking and Entering: Music from the Film | Breaking and Entering: Music from the Film is the soundtrack album for the film Breaking and Entering and was released by V2 Records on November 6, 2006, almost two months before the film's theatrical release in the U.S. The musical score is the result of a collaboration between Underworld and Gabriel Yared.
Track listing
"A Thing Happens"
"St Pancras"
"Sad Amira"
"Monkey One"
"Not Talking"
"Hungerford Bridge"
"We Love Bea"
"Happy Toast"
"Monkey Two"
"Will and Amira"
"Primrose Hill"
"So-ree"
"Mending Things"
"Broken Entered"
"Piano Modal"
"Counterpoint Hang Pulse"
"JAL to Tokyo: Riverrun Version" (Japan Bonus Track)
Sigur Rós song "Sé lest" is heard during the credits, however the song does not appear on the soundtrack.
References
External links
Breaking and Entering review by Rafael Ruiz, December 22, 2006
Gabriel Yared Official site
Underworld Official site
Gabriel Yared albums
Underworld (band) albums
2006 soundtrack albums
V2 Records soundtracks
Drama film soundtracks
Romance film soundtracks
Crime film soundtracks |
17337670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Conner | Dick Conner | Richard John Conner (13 August 1931 – May 1999) was an English football player and manager. He played as wing half for Newcastle United, South Shields, Grimsby Town, Southampton, Tranmere Rovers and Aldershot. He went on to manage Aldershot as caretaker, Rochdale and Darlington.
References
External links
1931 births
1999 deaths
Sportspeople from Jarrow
English footballers
Association football wing halves
Newcastle United F.C. players
South Shields F.C. (1936) players
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Aldershot F.C. players
English Football League players
English football managers
Aldershot F.C. managers
Rochdale A.F.C. managers
Darlington F.C. managers
English Football League managers
Grimsby Town F.C. non-playing staff |
44502373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frechinia%20criddlealis | Frechinia criddlealis | Frechinia criddlealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1951. It is found in North America where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Manitoba.
References
Moths described in 1951
Odontiini |
17337679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon%20Jones | Levon Jones | Levon "Bo" Jones is an American former death row inmate. He was convicted and sentenced to death in North Carolina in 1993 on a count of first-degree murder for a fatal shooting which occurred in 1987. The conviction was overturned by a federal judge in 2006, after a key witness admitted to lying. Charges were subsequently dropped, and Jones was released from prison on May 2, 2008, after spending fifteen years on death row.
Jones was the third person to be released from death row in the United States in 2008, after Kennedy Brewer and Glen Chapman, following an overturning of their convictions and the dropping of charges.
See also
List of exonerated death row inmates
References
Overturned convictions in the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People wrongfully convicted of murder |
44502379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frechinia%20helianthiales | Frechinia helianthiales | Frechinia helianthiales is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Mary Murtfeldt in 1897. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Illinois, Manitoba, Missouri and Oklahoma, south to Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 6.5-8.5 mm. The forewings are white with yellowish-brown patches and some gray scales. The postmedial line is white, with a dark-grey patch inside this line containing black scales along the veins. The hindwings are white in males and dark grey in females. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Helianthus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
Moths described in 1897
Odontiini |
6905111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Smith%20%28Scottish%20footballer%29 | Henry Smith (Scottish footballer) | Henry George Smith (born 10 March 1956 in Lanark) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career with Heart of Midlothian.
He made his debut for Hearts in a League Cup win over Airdrie at Broomfield in 1981.
He won three caps for Scotland between 1988 and 1992 against Saudi Arabia, Northern Ireland and Canada and was part of the Scotland squad at Euro 92. He was perhaps unfortunate to play during a time when Scotland had the services of Jim Leighton and Andy Goram, which restricted his opportunities at international level. Additionally, he played two matches for the under-21s as an overage player.
Smith played in the Home Nations Masters Tournament in March 2009. At 53 years of age, he was the oldest player in the tournament.
See also
List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+)
References
External links
Hearts Appearances at londonhearts.com
1956 births
Leeds United F.C. players
Ayr United F.C. players
Berwick Rangers F.C. players
Clydebank F.C. (1965) players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Living people
Scotland international footballers
Scottish footballers
UEFA Euro 1992 players
People from Douglas Water
Scottish Football League players
Association football goalkeepers
Sportspeople from Lanark
Scotland under-21 international footballers
Anglo-Scots
Footballers from Yorkshire
People from Hemsworth
Footballers from South Lanarkshire |
6905119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday%27s%20Son | Yesterday's Son | Yesterday's Son is a science fiction novel by American writer A. C. Crispin set in the fictional Star Trek Universe. It describes the events surrounding Spock's discovery that he has a son. Yesterday's Son and its sequel, Time for Yesterday, make up A. C. Crispin's "Yesterday Saga".
The book was the first Star Trek novel other than the movie novelizations to make the New York Times Bestseller List.
Plot
While studying the archaeological records of the now-destroyed planet Sarpeidon, a scholar aboard the USS Enterprise finds pictures of an ice-age cave painting that depicts a Vulcan face. Spock realizes that his involvement with Zarabeth in the episode "All Our Yesterdays" resulted in the birth of a child. Along with Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy, he uses the Guardian of Forever (featured in the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever") to journey back into Sarpeidon's past and rescue his son. Due to a miscalculation, they find a young man of twenty-eight instead of a child, who tells them that his name is Zar and that his mother Zarabeth died in an accident many years before. Spock introduces himself but refuses to allow Zar to call him "Father."
Zar returns to the Enterprise and passes as a distant relative of Spock, who oversees his education and attempts to train him in Vulcan telepathic techniques. They discover that Zar is an unusually strong telepath for a Vulcan; he can establish contact without touching the other person. Zar becomes conflicted and hurt by his father's apparent refusal to acknowledge him.
The Enterprise is called back to the planet Gateway to protect the Guardian of Forever from a Romulan intelligence raid. It is imperative to the security of the United Federation of Planets that the Romulans not discover the Guardian's powers; if they cannot be driven away, Gateway must be destroyed. The Romulans, who have landed near the Guardian, have hidden themselves behind a ground-based cloaking device. Spock devises a plan to place a force field around the Guardian. Zar volunteers to help Spock place the force field, because he can sense whether Romulans are present even though, due to the cloaking device, he cannot see them. Their first try is unsuccessful, but when they rendezvous with Kirk the three discover they are trapped on the planet while the Enterprise with Scotty in command battles the Romulans. They decide to try again, but Spock disables Zar with the Vulcan nerve pinch, wishing to spare him from danger. Kirk and Spock are captured and tortured by the Romulans. When Zar wakes up, he is able to telepathically sense their danger. He also realizes that his father cares about him, since he chose to protect Zar instead of Kirk, his closest friend. The Enterprise defeats the Romulan ships and a rescue party beams down. Zar creates a diversion by causing an explosion, allowing the others to rescue Kirk and Spock.
Once the Romulan threat is over, Zar decides to use the Guardian to return to Sarpeidon's past, but to a more settled location than the one he originally inhabited. He has discovered evidence that he is crucial to the planet's unusually rapid cultural evolution.
Characters
Mr. Spock
Zar
Captain James T. Kirk
Dr. Leonard McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Romulan Commander Tal
Guardian of Forever
Background
Crispin was a fan of Star Trek and had read many of the novelizations by James Blish. Crispin loved Roddenberry's optimism for the future and was inspired by the strong and capable Vulcans who nonetheless chose to embrace pacifism. She wrote Yesterday's Son on a whim, "it seemed to me when I watched "All Our Yesterdays" that the episode cried out for a sequel... so I sat down and wrote it." She did a little research on survival in arctic regions but mostly used established settings and relied on what she already knew from the show.
Crispin commented on the success of the book "I think readers were hungry in that era for stories that explored the inner lives of the Trek characters, and my book did that."
Other versions
The book was also released in an audiobook adaptation read by James Doohan and Leonard Nimoy. Doohan told Crispin he had read and enjoyed the book even before he had been asked to work on the audiobook.
Reception
Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer of Tor.com described the "Yesterday Saga" as "both precious and hilarious."
References
External links
Yesterday's Son at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
1983 American novels
Novels based on Star Trek: The Original Series
Novels by Ann C. Crispin |
6905122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%20Sachem%20Farm | At Sachem Farm | At Sachem Farm (also known as Higher Love, Trade Winds and Uncorked) is a 1998 drama film directed by John Huddles and starring Minnie Driver and Rufus Sewell.
Cast
Minnie Driver
Rufus Sewell
Nigel Hawthorne
Amelia Heinle
Michael E. Rodgers
Keone Young
Gregory Sporleder
Chalvay Srichoom
Elizabeth Tsing
Jim Beaver
Greg Grunberg
Minja Filipovic
References
External links
Films about wine
1998 films
1990s English-language films
American films
1998 drama films
American drama films
Films scored by Jeff Danna |
6905132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljestad%2C%20Troms | Seljestad, Troms | Seljestad is part of the town of Harstad within Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located to the south of the city center and north of the neighborhoods of Harstadbotn and Grønnebakkan.
The primary and secondary schools Seljestad barneskole and Seljestad ungdomsskole are located here, just west of Seljestadvegen street.
References
Harstad |
6905141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur%20%28botany%29 | Spur (botany) | The botanical term “spur” is given to outgrowths of tissue on different plant organs. The most common usage of the term in botany refers to nectar spurs in flowers.
nectar spur
spur (stem)
spur (leaf)
See also
Fascicle
Sepal
Petal
Tepal
Calyx
Corolla
Plant anatomy
Plant morphology |
6905146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores%20%28Notre-Dame%20des%20Sept%20Douleurs%29 | Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs) | "Dolores", subtitled "Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs", is a poem by A. C. Swinburne first published in his 1866 Poems and Ballads. The poem, in 440 lines, regards the figure of the titular "Dolores, Our Lady of Pain", thus named at the close of many of its stanzas.
Themes
The speaker of the poem is the voice of a besotted lover, faced with, and lamenting, Swinburne's particular ruthless and grim representation of the sacred feminine, embodied here as the Lady of Pain. In these respects, the poem shares its central themes with "Satia te Sanguine" from the same 1866 collection, as does it similarly share its sadomasochistic imagery with that poem and many others within Swinburne's corpus.
Meter
The poem's meter is a fairly regular anapestic trimeter with some use of iambs and the final line of each stanza containing only two feet. It uses an eight line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABCDCD and regularly uses feminine rhyme for the A and C rhymes, often rhyming the name "Dolores". A considerable quantity of catalexis is present, but this is fairly regular in its application. The poem, like a number of others by Swinburne, is notable for its use of anapestic verse to create a serious and somber mood rather than the comic effect for which anapests are more commonly encountered in English, as in the limerick.
Controversial aspects
The poem demonstrates most of the controversial themes for which Swinburne became notorious. It conflates the cruel yet libidinous pagan goddess figure of Dolores, the Lady of Pain with Mary, Mother of Jesus and associates the poem itself, through its parenthetical titular text (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs, i.e., "Our Lady of Seven Sorrows") with the Seven Dolours of the Virgin. It laments the passing of the worship of classical deities in favour of Christian morality (277 What ailed us, O gods, to desert you | For creeds that refuse and restrain?), a theme more fully elaborated in Swinburne's "Hymn to Proserpine". Finally, sadomasochistic themes and characteristics are attributed to the Lady of Pain throughout (397 I could hurt thee — but pain would delight thee, etc.)
Related works
The poem was parodied in 1872 by Arthur Clement Hilton, then a student at Cambridge, in his poem "Octopus", which substitutes the character of the Lady of Pain for that of the titular mollusc. Where Swinburne begins his poem, in describing the Lady of Pain, "Cold eyelids that hide like a jewel | Hard eyes that grow soft for an hour", Hilton begins "Strange beauty, eight-limbed and eight-handed, | Whence camest to dazzle our eyes?".
The Planescape campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons features a character called the Lady of Pain, which may have been inspired by the poem's central character.
The short comics story "How They Met Themselves", by Neil Gaiman (originally published in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3, reprinted in Absolute Sandman Volume III, pp. 510-519), tells how Swinburne wrote the poem after meeting Desire, who only told him that its name begins with a "D".
In his book Dylan's Visions of Sin, literary critic Christopher Ricks shows many parallels and a possible influence on Bob Dylan's song "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands".
The fourth stanza of the poem was read by the character Persephone in a cinematic in the MMORG The Matrix Online.
See also
Poems and Ballads
Decadent movement
"Hymn to Proserpine"
"The Triumph of Time"
External links
Text and Commentary
Hilton's "Octopus"
British poems
1866 poems
Works by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
6905157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20Impossible%20%28album%29 | It's Impossible (album) | It's Impossible is Perry Como's 19th 12" long-play album released by RCA Records.
After the surprise chart success of the single It's Impossible, this album was quickly recorded in order to issue an LP featuring the hit song. These selections primarily focus on contemporary pop/rock ballads of 1969-1970 first recorded by top chart artists such as The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Carpenters, B. J. Thomas, Anne Murray and The Partridge Family.
Track listing
Side one
"It's Impossible" (Music by Armando Manzanero)
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David)
"Something" (Words and Music by George Harrison)
"Snowbird" (Words and Music by Gene MacLellan)
"A House Is Not a Home" (Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David)
Side two
"Everybody Is Looking for an Answer" (Words and Music by Evangeline Seward)
"El Condor Pasa" (Original English lyrics by Paul Simon)
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David)
"I Think I Love You" (Words and Music by Tony Romeo)
"We've Only Just Begun" (Words and Music by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols)
References
External links
Perry Como Discography
Perry Como albums
1970 albums
Albums produced by Don Costa
RCA Victor albums |
44502380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20McDonnell%20%28sheriff%29 | Jim McDonnell (sheriff) | James McDonnell is the former sheriff of Los Angeles County. McDonnell was elected as L.A. County's 32nd sheriff on November 4, 2014, defeating former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka (who is now in federal prison). He replaced interim sheriff John Scott on December 1, 2014. Scott replaced former sheriff Lee Baca (who is also in federal prison). Previously, McDonnell served as the Chief of Police in Long Beach, California and before that in the Los Angeles Police Department. McDonnell was defeated in 2018 by Alex Villanueva.
Early life and education
McDonnell grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. He then received a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
Career
LAPD
McDonnell began his law enforcement career as twenty-one-year-old graduate from the Los Angeles Police Academy in 1981. During his 28 years of work in the LAPD, he held every rank except Chief of Police and served as second in command to Chief William Bratton. He was considered a frontrunner for the position but Charlie Beck was appointed instead of him. While at the LAPD McDonnell was viewed as an ambassador who helped the department connect with Los Angeles' diverse communities and political leaders as Bratton's chief of staff and second-in-command. As a candidate for Chief in 2002, McDonnell presented a plan for community-based policing that was eventually adopted by Bratton and served as the foundation to overhaul and reform the LAPD. While working for the LAPD, he held a variety of assignments in patrol, detectives, vice, gang, organized crime, homicide and other divisions. In the 1990s as a commander, he gained attention for his efforts to revitalize the LAPD's senior lead officer program and to build the LAPD forerunner to the Compstat computer crime-mapping system along with helping implement the consent decree.
LBPD
After losing the LAPD Chief's job to Charlie Beck, McDonnell in March 2010 was appointed as the police chief of Long Beach, California, replacing former Chief Anthony Batts, who left to become the chief of the Oakland Police Department. This occurred over objections by some in the department who preferred a chief from within the Long Beach Police Department and, indeed, a career LBPD officer would succeed McDonnell. As police chief, McDonnell oversaw a large increase in officer-involved shootings and a 20% decrease in sworn officers from 1,000 to 800. Violent crime also fell during McDonnell's tenure and he has received credit for improving community relations with the police, reducing gang activity, and trying to improve racial diversity in the department. After McDonnell's election on November 4, 2014, Deputy Chief Robert Luna was selected to replace him to become the 26th Police Chief of Long Beach. Luna was considered a frontrunner for the position before McDonnell was appointed and became the department's first Latino police chief.
LASD
McDonnell expressed support for a civilian oversight commission to supplement the new inspector general in monitoring the department but has stated that he is still evaluating whether the inspector general should have subpoena power and access to personnel records. He was sworn in on December 1, 2014, and became the first person from outside of the sheriff's department to be elected to the office of Sheriff in over 100 years. His attempt at reelection was rejected by the voters in 2018. He was succeeded by Alex Villanueva.
November 2014
Dates of rank
Personal life
McDonnell is married to Kathy McDonnell. They have two daughters.
References
External links
Campaign website
Los Angeles County, California sheriffs
Law enforcement workers from California
American municipal police chiefs
1959 births
Living people
People from Boston
People from Long Beach, California
People from Los Angeles
Saint Anselm College alumni
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy alumni
Los Angeles Police Department officers |
6905166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimeji | Shimeji | Shimeji (Japanese: , or ) is a group of edible mushrooms native to East Asia, but also found in northern Europe. Hon-shimeji (Lyophyllum shimeji) is a mycorrhizal fungus and difficult to cultivate. Other species are saprotrophs, and buna-shimeji (Hypsizygus tesselatus) is now widely cultivated. Shimeji is rich in umami-tasting compounds such as guanylic acid, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid.
Species
Several species are sold as shimeji mushrooms. All are saprotrophic except Lyophyllum shimeji.
Mycorrhizal
Hon-shimeji (), Lyophyllum shimeji
The cultivation methods have been patented by several groups, such as Takara Bio and Yamasa, and the cultivated hon-shimeji is available from several manufacturers in Japan.
Saprotrophic
Buna-shimeji (, lit. beech shimeji), Hypsizygus tessellatus, also known in English as the brown beech or brown clamshell mushroom
Hypsizygus marmoreus is a synonym of Hypsizygus tessellatus. Cultivation of Buna-shimeji was first patented by Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. in 1972 as hon-shimeji and the production started in 1973 in Japan. Now, several breeds are widely cultivated and sold fresh in markets.
Bunapi-shimeji (), known in English as the white beech or white clamshell mushroom
Bunapi was selected from UV-irradiated buna-shimeji ('hokuto #8' x 'hokuto #12') and the breed was registered as 'hokuto shiro #1' by Hokuto Corporation.
Hatake-shimeji (), Lyophyllum decastes
Shirotamogidake (), Hypsizygus ulmarius
These two species had been also sold as hon-shimeji.
Velvet pioppino (alias velvet pioppini, black poplar mushroom, Chinese: /), Agrocybe aegerita
Cooking
Shimeji should always be cooked: it is not a good mushroom to serve raw due to a somewhat bitter taste, but the bitterness disappears completely upon cooking. The cooked mushroom has a pleasant, firm, slightly crunchy texture and a slightly nutty flavor. Cooking also makes this mushroom easier to digest. It works well in stir-fried foods, as well as with wild game or seafood. Also it can be used in soups, stews and in sauces. When cooked alone, Shimeji mushrooms can be sautéed whole, including the stem or stalk (only the very end cut off), using a higher temperature or they can be slow roasted on a low temperature with a small amount of butter or cooking oil. Shimeji is used in soups, nabe and takikomi gohan.
See also
List of Japanese ingredients
References
External links
Honshimeji Mushroom, RecipeTips.com. Brown Beech (Buna shimeji), White Beech (Bunapi shimeji), and the Pioppino (Agrocybe aegerita) mushrooms.
Edible fungi
Fungi in cultivation
Japanese cuisine terms
Fungi of Asia
Fungus common names |
44502382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frechinia%20laetalis | Frechinia laetalis | Frechinia laetalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from eastern Washington and Oregon to Utah, southern California and western Texas.
The length of the forewings is 4.5–6 mm. The forewings are white with yellowish-brown patches and gray scales. The postmedial line is white and there is a brownish-gray patch inside this line, containing white scales along the veins. The hindwings are white in males and dark gray in females. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to October.
The larvae feed on Ambrosia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
Moths described in 1914
Odontiini |
23577174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corang%20River | Corang River | Corang River is a perennial river of the Shoalhaven catchment located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
Corang River rises on the western slopes of the Budawang Range and flows generally northwest, joined by five minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Shoalhaven River at Cardies Point, north of Corang, descending over its course.
See also
List of rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers in New South Wales (A-K)
Rivers of New South Wales
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Southern Tablelands
Shoalhaven River |
44502387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frechinia%20lutosalis | Frechinia lutosalis | Frechinia lutosalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are olive green, suffused with white and with a white basal dash. The terminal area is paler than the median area. The hindwings are dark smoky with a darker terminal line. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.
References
Moths described in 1914
Odontiini |
20477738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorick%20Treille | Yorick Treille | Yorick Treille (born July 15, 1980) is a French former professional ice hockey forward. Treille was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1999, but never played in the NHL. He went to university at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and has played for the Providence Bruins and Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League, as well as teams in Finland, Switzerland, and Germany. Treille has played for the French national team multiple World Championships, as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics. His brother, Sacha Treille, is also an ice hockey player, and has played for the French national team.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
External links
1980 births
Living people
Brûleurs de Loups players
Chicago Blackhawks draft picks
Dragons de Rouen players
EC Red Bull Salzburg players
ERC Ingolstadt players
France men's national ice hockey team coaches
French ice hockey right wingers
Genève-Servette HC players
HC Vítkovice players
HC Sparta Praha players
HIFK (ice hockey) players
Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Norfolk Admirals players
Notre Dame Hounds players
Olympic ice hockey players of France
Sportspeople from Cannes
Piráti Chomutov players
Providence Bruins players
Scorpions de Mulhouse players
UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey players |
44502394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frechinia%20texanalis | Frechinia texanalis | Frechinia texanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1961. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.
The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in May.
References
Moths described in 1961
Odontiini |
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