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17340946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpoon%20%28hieroglyph%29 | Harpoon (hieroglyph) | The ancient Egyptian Harpoon, (archaeological, single-barbed type), is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from ancient Egypt. It is used on the famous Narmer Palette of Pharaoh Narmer from the 31st century BC, in an archaic hieroglyphic form.
Language usage of harpoon
The hieroglyphic equivalent of the Harpoon is wꜥ, and means "1", a single item, and it is one of the 102 Egyptian biliterals; its use is extensive throughout the language history, and hieroglyphic tomb reliefs and story-telling of Ancient Egypt.
Rosetta Stone usage
In the 198 BC Rosetta Stone of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, the Harpoon hieroglyph is used only once, in line 8: "crowns, 10 [...] with uraeus on their fronts, on one every among them" ("on each among them").
Gallery
See also
Gardiner's Sign List#T. Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
Gardiner's Sign List#U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions
List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
References
Budge. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1978, (c 1920), Dover edition, 1978. (In two volumes) (softcover, )
Budge. The Rosetta Stone, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, )
Egyptian hieroglyphs: warfare-hunting-butchery
Egyptian hieroglyphs: arts and trades |
17340955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan%20Abdul%20Bahram%20Khan | Khan Abdul Bahram Khan | Khan Abdul Bahram Khan () was the founder of major political family of Pakistan. Khan Abdul Bahram Khan's sons Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (usually referred to as "Dr. Khan Sahib") and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) were political leaders in Pakistan.
Abdul Bahram Khan was a land owner, farmer, and the chief of Pashtun tribe Mohammadzai in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India.
See also
Abdul Ghani Khan
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Abdul Wali Khan
Family of Bahram Khan
References
Pashtun people
Khan Abdul
Pakistani landowners |
6907715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20226 | New York State Route 226 | New York State Route 226 (NY 226) is a north–south state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and NY 17) just west of the Savona village line in the town of Bath. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with NY 14A in the town of Reading.
Route description
NY 226 begins at an intersection with the off-ramps from interchange 40 on the Southern Tier Expressway (I-86 / NY 17) in the town of Bath. An eastward continuation of County Route 12 (CR 12), the two routes are concurrent for a short distance, crossing under the expressway as West Lamoka Avenue. NY 226 and CR 12 cross Mud Creek and enter the village of Savona, where CR 12 terminates, and NY 226 continues eastward as a four-lane arterial. After crossing the village line, NY 226 intersects with NY 415 (Coopers–Bath Road). Changing cardinal directions, NY 226 proceeds east as a two-lane residential street, East Lamoka Avenue. Running along the northern end of the village, NY 226 proceeds east along Mud Creek, before turning northeast, becoming a two-lane rural roadway.
A short distance later, NY 226 leaves Savona for the town of Bath once again, dropping the Lamoka Avenue moniker and running along Mud Creek to the northeast. The route remains primarily rural, passing Peterson and Van Keuren Lakes, entering the hamlet of Sonora. Through Sonora, NY 226 remains rural, passing a few residences near an intersection with the northern terminus of CR 18 (Sonora–South Bradford Road). After Sonora, NY 226 enters the town of Bradford, where it continues northeast as a two-lane rural roadway. A short distance later, NY 226 begins a parallel with CR 16 (Telegraph Road), the latter of which enters the hamlet of Bradford. NY 226 however remains to the south and crosses the Schuyler County line, entering the town of Orange.
After crossing into Schuyler County, NY 226 continues northeast, passing south of Mill Pond as a two-lane rural roadway. The route continues a northeastern wind for several miles through Schuyler County, entering the town of Tyrone, where it intersects with the western terminus of CR 22 a short distance from the shore of Lamoka Lake. NY 226 continues northward, intersecting with CR 23A, and a short distance later, CR 23 (Mud Lake Road). NY 226 continues north through Tyrone, running alongside a pond before bending east at an intersection with Kendall Hill Road. After the change in direction, NY 226 enters the hamlet of Altay. Through Altay, NY 226 is a two-lane residential street before leaving just after Bigelow Hill Road.
Continuing through Tyrone, NY 226 bends northeast at a fork with Altay Road. NY 226 continues this northeastern progression from Altay, crossing Pre-Emption Road at-grade. By this point, the route has entered the town of Reading as a two-lane rural roadway. After a bend to the north, CR 27 terminates at NY 226, which continues north a short distance before terminating itself at an intersection with NY 14A near the Yates County line.
History
NY 226 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York to the portion of its modern alignment northeast of Savona. The portion of the Southern Tier Expressway near Savona and south of exit 40 was built in the late 1960s and completed by 1971. U.S. Route 15, at the time the designation for the highway, left the expressway at its end west of Savona and followed West Lamoka Avenue into the village to rejoin its original alignment in the center of Savona. An extension of the expressway northward from Savona was open by 1973 and became part of a realigned US 15. The portion of West Lamoka Avenue from exit 40 to Coopers–Bath Road in Savona became part of an extended NY 226 on July 1, 1974.
Major intersections
See also
References
External links
226
Transportation in Schuyler County, New York
Transportation in Steuben County, New York |
23578847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow%20River | Yarrow River | Yarrow River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Yarrow River rises below Mitchell Hill, on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Glencoe and flows generally north east, before reaching its confluence with the Mann River, near Oakdale and east of Glen Innes. The river descends over its course; and flows through the Mann River Nature Reserve.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Northern Rivers
Northern Tablelands |
17340960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport%20Steam%20Factory | Newport Steam Factory | The Newport Steam Factory is an historic building at 449 Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a -story stone structure, by . It was built in 1831 by a group of local businessmen in an effort to boost the local economy, which had suffered since the British occupation during the American Revolutionary War. The building was used as a cotton mill until 1857. In 1892 it was purchased by the Newport Illuminating Company. It is now part of the International Yacht Restoration School.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
External links
Industrial buildings completed in 1831
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Energy infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island
Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island |
44504766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha%20Memorial%2C%20London | Gurkha Memorial, London | The Memorial to the Brigade of Gurkhas on Horse Guards Avenue, Whitehall, London, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 December 1997. This was the first memorial to Gurkha soldiers in the United Kingdom, and was occasioned by transfer of their headquarters and training centre from Hong Kong to London in 1997. The sculptor was Philip Jackson, working from a statue of 1924 by Richard Reginald Goulden in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the plinth was designed by Cecil Denny Highton.
Two casts of Goulden's sculpture had previously been erected in locations in Nepal as World War I memorials to the Gurkhas, the first at Kunraghat in 1928 and the second at Birpur in 1930. The memorial in London is more than one and a half times the size of this model, so Jackson worked the figure up in his own style and from a living model, Captain Khemkumar Limbu. One of several inscriptions on the plinth is a quotation from Sir Ralph Lilley Turner, a former officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles.
Inscriptions
1st King George V's Own Gurkha Riflles
(The Malaun Regiment)
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles
(The Sirmoor Rifles)
3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles
5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
8th Gurkha Rifles9th Gurkha Rifles
10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
11th Gurkha Rifles
The Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Queen's Gurkha Engineers
Queen's Gurkha Signals
Gurkha Military Police
The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment
Other units in which Gurkha soldiers served after 1815
and also the units of the Royal Nepalese Army
which, as Britain's allies, took part in the Indian Mutiny
and the First and Second World Wars.
India 1816–1826
North East Frontier and Burma 1824–1939
First Sikh War 1845–1846
North West Frontier 1852–1947
Indian Mutiny 1857–1859
Bhutan 1864–1866
Malaya 1875–1876
Second Afghan War 1878–1880
Sikkim 1888
China 1900
Tibet 1904
Third Afghan War 1919
Kurdustan 1919
Iraq 1919–1920
North West Persia 1920
Malabar 1921–1922
Palestine 1945–1946
Java and Sumatra 1945–1946
Indo-China 1945–1946
Malaya 1948–1960
Brunei 1962
Borneo 1963–1966
Malay Peninsula 1964–1965
Falkland Islands 1982
The Gulf 1990–1991
Bosnia 1996
FIRST WORLD WAR
1914–1918
France and Belgium
Gallipoli
Egypt and Palestine
Mesopotamia
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939–1945
North Africa
Italy
Greece
Persia, Iraq and Syria
Malaya and Singapore
Burma
See also
1997 in art
Brigade of Gurkhas
References
External links
The Gurkhas – Britain's oldest allies (December 4, 1997), BBC News
Statue: Gurkha soldier at London Remembers
The Gurkha Soldier Memorial – Horse Guards Avenue, London, UK at Waymarking
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom
1997 sculptures
Gurkhas
Military memorials in London
Outdoor sculptures in London
Statues in the City of Westminster
Whitehall |
23578850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrowitch%20River | Yarrowitch River | Yarrowitch River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Yarrowitch River rises within Mummel Gulf National Park on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range southwest of Yarrowitch, and flows generally north northeast, joined by the Warnes River before reaching its confluence with the Apsley River, southwest of Tia. The river descends over its course; spilling over the Yarrowitch Falls in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.
In its middle reaches, the Yarrowitch River passes through rich grazing country used for rearing livestock, principally beef cattle.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
Rivers of New South Wales
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Northern Tablelands |
44504767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody%27s%20Baby%20%281937%20film%29 | Nobody's Baby (1937 film) | Nobody's Baby is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Harold Law, Hal Yates and Pat C. Flick. The film stars Patsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Lynne Overman, Robert Armstrong, Rosina Lawrence, and Don Alvarado. The film was released on April 23, 1937 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Patsy and Lyda function essentially as a female Laurel and Hardy. After both fail to land jobs in radio, they end up rooming together. Patsy decides to become a nurse and Lyda follows; they actually fare somewhat better in these jobs. Along the way, they strike up chaste romances with a laconic detective (Overman) and a self-described hot-shot newspaperman (Armstrong). The plot finally rears its head with the arrival of an adagio dance team called Cortez and Yvonne (Alvarado and Lawrence). They're secretly married, but she leaves him in a huff after he insists on keeping it quiet—he doesn't know she's pregnant. Months later, she gives birth in the hospital where Patsy and Lyda work. They convince her to reconcile with Cortez and give him the news; she agrees, prevailing upon them to keep an eye on the baby. And then things really start to get out of hand.
Cast
Patsy Kelly as Kitty Reilly
Lyda Roberti as Lena Marchetti
Lynne Overman as Det. Lt. Emory Littleworth
Robert Armstrong as Scoops Hanford
Rosina Lawrence as Yvonne Cortez
Don Alvarado as Tony Cortez
Jimmy Grier and His Orchestra as Jimmy Grier and His Orchestra
Tom Dugan as Bus Conductor
Orrin Burke as Maurice
Dora Clement as Miss Margaret McKenzie
Laura Treadwell as Mrs. Hamilton
Ottola Nesmith as Head Nurse
Florence Roberts as Mrs. Mason
Si Wills as Nightclub MC
Herbert Rawlinson as Radio Audition Executive
Rhythm Rascals as Vocal Trio
Chill Wills as Amateur Hour Lead Quartet Singer
Don Brookins as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer
Art Green as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer
Walter Trask as Amateur Hour Quartet Singer
References
External links
1937 films
English-language films
American comedy films
1937 comedy films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by Gus Meins
American black-and-white films |
23578855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapsan%20Arena | Sapsan Arena | Sapsan Arena () is a football stadium situated in Moscow, Russia. It hosts Kazanka Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow's farm club, and Lokomotiv Moscow's youth team. It seats 10,000 people.
History
The stadium was built in 2009 and its initial capacity stood at 5000, all seated. It is the home stadium of the youth squad of Lokomotiv. It was also used by Lokomotiv-2, prior to their disbandment. The stadium was further expanded in the winter of 2010, and as a result nowadays the stadium is capable to hold 10,000 people, all seated. In addition to the expansion, all the four stands were covered under a roof. Such development qualified the Minor Sports Arena Lokomotiv to meet the standards for UEFA competition and thus international and European matches can be played at the small stadium.
On 5 August 2017, Lokomotiv announced that the stadium has been renamed to Sapsan Arena
Description
It is situated adjacent to the main Lokomotiv Moscow stadium, the RZD Arena. Its surface is artificial turf.
References
External links
Stadium information
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Football venues in Russia
Sports venues in Moscow |
23578856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego%20case | Lego case | These court cases are informally known as the Lego case:
Interlego AG v Tyco Industries Inc — a Hong Kong case that went before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Kirkbi AG v Ritvik Holdings Inc — a case that went before the Supreme Court of Canada |
44504774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veranilda | Veranilda | Veranilda: A Romance is a posthumous novel by English author George Gissing. The book was left incomplete at the time of Gissing's death (December 28, 1903) and it was first published in 1904 by Archibald Constable and Company.
Publication
As an old friend of Gissing, H.G. Wells was asked to write an introduction to Veranilda. Displeased with the piece Wells wrote, Gissing's relatives and literary executors then asked Frederic Harrison to write a substitute. Well's rejected preface was later published under the title "George Gissing: An Impression".
Other editions
Veranilda. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1905.
Veranilda. London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1905.
Veranilda. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
Veranilda. New York: AMS Press, 1968.
Veranilda. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1987.
Notes
Further reading
Barry, William (1904). "Mr. Gissing's Last Book," The Bookman, Vol. XXVII, No. 158, p. 81.
Borg, Jacob (2001). "Gissing and Ancient Rome." In: A Garland for Gissing. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 225–234.
Faries, Randolph (1923). "Novels Written by Authors Who Have Portrayed Roman Life from an Esthetic Viewpoint." In: Ancient Rome in the English Novel. Philadelphia: Lyon & Armor, pp. 112–120.
Gissing, Alfred G. (1937). "Gissing's Unfinished Romance," National Review, Vol. CVIII, pp. 82–91.
Harrison, Frederic (1911). Autobiographical Memories, Vol. II. London: Macmillan & Co.
External links
Veranilda, at Internet Archive
Veranilda, at Project Gutenberg
1904 British novels
Novels by George Gissing
British historical novels
Novels set in the 6th century
Unfinished novels
Novels published posthumously |
6907724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948%20Newfoundland%20referendums | 1948 Newfoundland referendums | The Newfoundland Referendums of 1948 were a series of two referendums to decide the political future of the Dominion of Newfoundland. Before the referendums, Newfoundland was in debt and went through several delegations to determine whether the country would join Canada, remain under British rule or regain independence. The voting for the referendums occurred on June 3 and July 22, 1948. The eventual result was for Newfoundland to enter into Confederation.
Background
Newfoundland was the first region in that what would become Canada to be settled by Europeans, but was the last to obtain either a local representative government or responsible government. In 1832, it received local representative government in the form of a locally elected body of officials overseen by a governor. The British granted responsible government, in which the government is responsible to the legislature and elected officials occupy ministerial jobs, only in 1855.
Newfoundland did not send any delegates to the 1864 Charlottetown Conference, which was to discuss a union of Maritime colonies. Later that year, Newfoundland attended the Quebec Conference, called by John A. Macdonald to discuss a greater British North America union. The two Newfoundland delegates, Frederick Carter and Ambrose Shea, returned in favour of a union with Canada. However, Confederation was highly unpopular with the Newfoundland public, and the Government of Newfoundland did not send representatives to the London Conference of 1866, in which the British government and the colonies agreed to the terms the British North America Act. Opponents of Confederation decisively won the 1869 Newfoundland general election. In 1907, Newfoundland became a self-governing Dominion separate from Canada.
By the 1920s and the 1930s, Newfoundland was almost $40 million in debt, and on the verge of economic collapse. A commission recommended Newfoundland to be "given a rest from party politics" and to be administered by a special Commission of Government. Chaired by the governor, it would consist of three people from Newfoundland and three from the United Kingdom. Backing the recommendation was the United Kingdom, which agreed to take on Newfoundland's debts. The Commission of Government began on February 16, 1934.
Prosperity returned when the Americans were invited to the island by Britain to set up military bases in 1941 to 1945. The American Bases Act became law in Newfoundland on June 11, 1941. Newfoundland girls married American personnel by the thousands. In 1948 there was a short-lived but growing movement for some sort of economic union with the United States.
The British government, keen to cut expenditure after World War II, hoped that Newfoundland would decide to join confederation and end the rule by commission. Newfoundland first asked Canada for help in a return to responsible government. However, the response from the Canadian government was that it was not interested in helping Newfoundland economically unless Newfoundland joined Confederation.
The British did not want their colony to become an American possession, and the Canadian government, despite being convinced that absorbing Newfoundland would not benefit Canada economically, thought that the annexation would be the lesser of two evils when compared to the prospect of the country being almost completely surrounded by American territory.
Seeking a union with the United States was not a referendum option, despite the idea having some currency amongst locals. With the Cold War looming, U.S. interests in Newfoundland were centred primarily on its strategic importance to the defence of North America. The Americans' ability to maintain bases on the island satisfied those concerns — after receiving assurances that the Canadian government would honour the leases for bases on Newfoundland, the U.S. State Department had no further interest in the political future of Newfoundland. President Harry S. Truman's administration had little incentive to pursue annexation. With respect to foreign policy, such a territorial ambition would have only served to antagonize two key allies. With respect to domestic policy, the administration would not likely have been able to convince Congress to offer statehood to Newfoundland due to its small population and geographical isolation from the then-48 existing states, and would not likely have been able to convince Newfoundlanders to accept territorial status as an alternative to admission as a U.S. state.
The National Convention
The British government decided to let Newfoundlanders deliberate and choose their own future by calling a National Convention in 1946. Chaired by Judge Cyril J. Fox, it consisted of 45 elected members one of whom was the future first premier of Newfoundland, Joey Smallwood.
The Convention set up committees to study where Newfoundland's future lay. Many members assumed that the final decision was due near the end of their deliberations, but the timeline was upset when Smallwood moved that the Convention should send a delegation to Ottawa to discuss a union in October 1946. His motion was defeated, as it only received the support of 17 members, although the Convention later decided to send delegations to both London and Ottawa.
The London Delegation
The London delegation, made up of so-called anti-confederates, preferred that Newfoundland become independent rather than join Canada. The group left Newfoundland on April 25, 1947, and met with a British delegation headed by the Dominions Secretary, Viscount Addison. The British response to the delegation was that it would give no economic help to Newfoundland if it returned to responsible government. The leader of the delegation from Newfoundland, Peter Cashin, gave an angry speech to the Convention on May 19 claiming, "A conspiracy existed to sell this country to the Dominion of Canada".
The Ottawa Delegation
The Ottawa delegation, dominated by pro-confederates including Smallwood, preferred a union with Canada to independence. The talks between them and Ottawa began on June 24, 1947 with the goal being to stay in Ottawa as long as needed to negotiate good terms for Newfoundland's entry. Ottawa was reluctant at first because they felt that the delegation was not an official representation of the Dominion of Newfoundland, but the Federal Cabinet finally decided to begin negotiations on July 18. By mid-August, the agreement of draft terms was nearly complete. However, with the death of Frank Bridges, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's minister from New Brunswick, negotiations effectively ended. King refused further discussions until New Brunswick had representation, and so the delegation headed back to St. John's.
Back in St. John's
The Convention reconvened on October 10 and Smallwood presented his delegation's report, infuriating the anti-confederates. Just as the Convention decided to debate the delegation's report, the draft terms from Ottawa arrived. Ottawa offered to assume most of the debt, negotiate a tax agreement, and outlined which services would remain in the jurisdiction of the province.
Referendums
Newfoundland recommended that the British Government hold a referendum on Newfoundland's future. London agreed that a referendum was a good idea, and left it up to the Convention to decide what was to be on the ballot. Originally, the Convention decided that only two choices were to be on the ballot: restoration of responsible government and the continuation of the Commission of Government.
Smallwood moved on January 23, 1948, to add Confederation with Canada to the choices. The debate ended at 5:30a.m. on January 28, with the motion being defeated 29–16. The British government intervened in March and overruled the Convention, deciding that Confederation with Canada would indeed be on the ballot. They did this after having concluded, "It would not be right that the people of Newfoundland should be deprived of an opportunity of considering the issue at the referendum".
The factions
Three main factions actively campaigned during the lead up to the referendums. One faction, led by Smallwood, was the Confederate Association (CA) advocating entering into Confederation. They campaigned through a newspaper known as The Confederate. The Responsible Government League (RGL), led by Peter Cashin, advocated an independent Newfoundland with a return to responsible government. They also had their own newspaper The Independent. A third smaller Economic Union Party (EUP), led by Chesley Crosbie, advocated closer economic ties with the United States.
The first referendum
The first referendum took place on June 3, 1948. The votes were as follows:
The second referendum
Since none of the choices had gained over 50%, a second referendum with only the two most popular choices was scheduled for July 22, 1948. Both sides recognized that more people had voted against responsible government than for it, which encouraged the CA and discouraged its opponents, although the RGL and EUP now became allies. The confederates widely publicized the Roman Catholic Archbishop E. P. Roche's strong opposition to confederation, and persuaded the Loyal Orange Association to advise Protestants to resist Catholic influence. The CA also denounced anti-confederates as anti-British and pro-republican, and called confederation with Canada "British Union". Anti-confederates responded that "Confederation Means British Union With French Canada".
The results of the second referendum were:
Results map
The Avalon Peninsula, the location of St. John's, supported responsible government in both referendums, while the rest of Newfoundland supported confederation. A majority of districts with mostly Catholic voters supported responsible government.
Reaction to the referendums
As the results of the binding referendum were to join Canada, Newfoundland began to negotiate with Canada to enter into Confederation. After negotiations were completed, the British Government received the terms and the British North America Act 1949 was subsequently passed by the British Parliament and given Royal Assent. Newfoundland officially joined Canada at midnight, March 31, 1949. At the elections for the Newfoundland House of Assembly two months later, Smallwood's Liberal Party won and controlled the provincial government until the 1970s. Reactions to Confederation were mixed.
Newfoundland as a province secured some significant guarantees as a part of the union. As ruled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1927, Canada agreed to put Labrador under the jurisdiction of Newfoundland, after some consideration. Such commitments carried over to other areas as well, such as a ferry between Port aux Basques and North Sydney, and a guarantee that Newfoundland would be able to continue to manufacture and sell margarine, a very controversial product at the time.
Canada welcomed Newfoundland into confederation, as seen in an editorial in The Globe and Mail on April 1, 1949:
An editorial from the Montreal Gazette also welcomed Newfoundland, saying:
The Vancouver Sun also reflected on the results, saying:
See also
Newfoundland Act
References
Further reading
External links
The Newfoundland Referendums of June 3 and July 22, 1948
Newfoundland History
Sovereignty referendums
1948
1948 in Canada
1948 elections in Canada
1948 referendums
Referendums in the Dominion of Newfoundland
History of Canada (1945–1960)
Political history of Newfoundland and Labrador
1948 in international relations
Dominion of Newfoundland
1948 in Newfoundland
June 1948 events
July 1948 events
Multiple-choice referendums
Newfoundland |
44504818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callithump | Callithump | Callithump is a solo album by pianist Uri Caine which was released in February 2014 on the Winter & Winter label.
Reception
Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, John Shand observed "the American prefers to remind us of the wonder of the piano being equally capable of a delicacy so diaphanous that it rivals a harp. Meanwhile its phenomenal range and harmonic and dynamic potential make it the solo instrument par excellence... This direct-to-two-track analogue recording captures all the dynamism of his solo playing. It seduces with what ABC Classic FM would call "swoon" music, dazzles with invention and bullies with 88-note cyclones". PopMatters' Will Layman stated "Callithump is both atypically normal and classic Caine... the stylistic range and sense of genre is massive, all-engulfing. And fantastic... Ultimately, you come to the end of Callithump exhilarated with the possibilities of a piano, a man, a space".
Track listing
All compositions by Uri Caine
"Callithump" - 3:35
"Sepharad" - 7:02
"Map of the Heart" - 4:30
"Greasy" - 4:25
"The Magic of Her Nearness" - 6:15
"Chanson de Johnson" - 3:27
"Bow Bridge" - 4:12
"Everything Is Bullshit" - 3:54
"Raindrop Prelude" - 5:28
"Perving Berlin" - 5:33
"Dotted Eyes" - 4:48
Personnel
Uri Caine - piano
References
2014 albums
Solo piano jazz albums
Uri Caine albums
Winter & Winter Records albums |
44504822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody%27s%20Baby | Nobody's Baby | Nobody's Baby may refer to:
Nobody's Baby (2001 film), a comedy film
Nobody's Baby (1937 film), an American comedy film |
23578859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum%20chippendalei | Solanum chippendalei | Solanum chippendalei (common names - solanum, bush tomato, ngaru, Chippendale's tomato) is a small fruiting shrub in the family Solanaceae, native to northern Australia. It is named after its discoverer, George Chippendale. The fruits, known as "bush tomatoes", are edible and are an important indigenous food, and the aborigines who use them broadcast the seed for later harvesting.
The species occurs in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Distribution
In Queensland it is found in the IBRA region of Mount Isa Inlier.
In the Northern Territory it is found in the IBRA regions of: Burt Plain, Central Ranges, Davenport Murchison Ranges, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, MacDonnell Ranges, Ord Victoria Plain, and Tanami.
In Western Australia it is found in the IBRA regions of:Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara, and Tanami.
Habitat
S. chippendalei is found on spinifex-dominated rocky or gravelly rises, hills or ranges composed of neutral or acidic rocks, on Mulga-dominated red earth plains and on sandplains, and often in recently burnt areas and disturbed areas.
Names
The many Indigenous names reflect both its importance in the Central desert and the many language groups. They are:
Alyawarr: anaweyt, anemangkerr, kanakety
Anmatyerr: anakety, antyewal
Eastern Arrernte: *anaketye
Jaru: rambaramba.
Kaytetye: antyewarle, kanaketye, karnaketye, kwenemangkerre
Pintupi Luritja: ngaru, pintalypa, pura
Pitjantjatjara: ngaru, pintalypa, pura, wirkalpa
Waramangu: nganjawarli
Warlpiri: kakaja, ngaru, kurla-parnta, nganjawarli, ngayaki, wanakiji
Western Arrernte: kwere
References
External links
Solanum chippendalei occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
chippendalei
Solanales of Australia
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of Queensland
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1981 |
23578870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawdon%20River | Hawdon River | The Hawdon River is a river of New Zealand. One of the headwaters of Canterbury's Waimakariri River, it flows south through Arthur's Pass National Park, reaching the Waimakariri to the north of the settlement of Cass.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81wea%20River | Hāwea River | The Hāwea River is a river of New Zealand, draining Lake Hāwea into the Clutha/Matau-au.
The river's flow is set by the Lake Hawea Control Dam, an earth embankment 30m high and 390m long that enables water to be released when wanted for the Clyde Dam further downstream.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Otago
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkins%20River | Hawkins River | The Hawkins River is a river of New Zealand. A major tributary of Canterbury's Selwyn River, it flows generally southeast from its source to the southwest of Springfield, reaching the Selwyn west of Burnham.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving%20at%20the%202010%20South%20American%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%2010%20m%20platform | Diving at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 10 m platform | The Men's 10m Platform event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 23 at 14:00.
Medalists
Results
References
Summary
10m M |
6907733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler%20Canada%20Greenway | Chrysler Canada Greenway | The Chrysler Canada Greenway is a 42 km-long rail trail in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, stretching from Oldcastle (near Windsor) to Leamington.
History
The trail dates back to the late 1980s, when CSX Transportation operated a line, formerly the Canadian branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from Hiram Walkers distillery in Windsor, Ontario south and east to Leamington, Ontario. This branch line was built by Hiram Walker in 1882, and extended all the way to Kingsville, and later Leamington in 1889.
A portion of the rail line from Windsor to Blenheim was abandoned in 1989, and the rail line was donated to the Essex Region Conservation Authority in 1993, and Chrysler Canada gave a considerable donation to ERCA to convert the rail line to a bike trail. Work was finished on the trail by 1997, and it opened that year to use. The remainder of the rail line would also be abandoned, and its tracks removed to where they branch from the mainline between Highgate and Muirkirk.
By the year 2001, CN Rail took note of the popularity of the Chrysler Canada Greenway that they donated an additional 26-km spur line from Amherstburg, Ontario to Essex, Ontario, a portion of the rail line operated by the Canada Southern Railway, which was abolished in 1977. (The rails for this spur, were removed in 1995 and the spur leading from Comber to Leamington removed in 2001, eliminating three at-grade railroad crossings on Highway 3). ERCA has stated they intend on converting the new trail from Amhurstburg to Essex as soon as funds become available, and stated this is part of their goal of improving the environment of Essex County, and for linking the communities in Essex County together via trails. There has been no word on if the Leamington-Comber rail corridor will be converted to a trail. ERCA, Ontario Parks and Parks Canada have stated interest on turning the entire abandoned rail corridor from Ruthven to St. Thomas into an extended Chrysler Canada Greenway, linking up with trails in Delhi and Simcoe, providing a single long trail corridor from Windsor to London and Kitchener, and even to Hamilton and Toronto (via the Waterfront Trail). It is currently unknown if Leamington intends on converting its abandoned rail corridors to trails.
LaSalle, Ontario has also expressed its interest and intentions to link the Windsor Trail and its own LaSalle Trail network to the Chrysler Canada Greenway.
How to travel
The Greenway allows several different modes of transportation: cycling, walking, horseback riding and cross-country skiing.
Alignment
The trail starts at the junction with Kings Highway 3, but has signs to cross at the nearby Walker Road due to the dangerously high levels of traffic. The trail also has an unofficial "extension" which continues 2 km straight to its terminus with North Talbot Road. The Greenway also has five "Community Entrances", three of which (Harrow, Kingsville, and Ruthven) are of "service center" standards.
The Greenway is currently all gravel, and it is unknown if there are any plans to pave it in the near future.
Note: Not all exits are initially listed. more will be added as information is received.
Extensions
Extensions of the trail are planned.
The Municipality of Leamington, Ontario has expressed great interest in converting their abandoned rail lines east of Talbot Road (CR 34) into an extension of the Chrysler Canada Greenway. Currently, bikes and farm tractors have to use dedicated bike lanes along the very-busy Talbot Road, and this is dangerous, due to the high speed limit, trucks, hills, and curves. Currently, the parts east of CR 34 are navigable by bike or foot, but it is not recommended, as the brush is quite thick and it may still be private property.
The nearly all of the right-of-way along the former CN Rail CASO Subdivision from Leamington to a point just east of Ridgetown (via Wheatley, Merlin, and Blenheim) is intact, and able to be converted into a rail trail, and is either in the process of becoming one, or is in the planning stages.
ERCA has expressed its intentions on linking Amherstburg, McGregor, and Essex to the trail network via a 28-km long trail, with an intersection somewhere near McGregor, Ontario. This is already easily done, as ERCA owns the right of way, and a 1-km spur route leads into McGregor from the Greenway.
Aside from money, the insane traffic amounts on Highway 3 (which was scheduled to be twinned starting 2007) would pose a significant obstacle, unless the trail was routed along either an overpass/underpass, or through an intersection/Interchange, such as with Townline Road (County Road 8).
The City of Windsor has also expressed its intentions on linking its bike trail network to the Chrysler Canada Greenway. The most-likely candidate for this would be the Devonwood Bike Trail, which is the farthest-south reaching trail (the closest, with just 3.5 km separating the two), and already connects to an ERCA conservation area (Devonwood Conservation Area).
See also
Grand Marais Trail
Ganatchio Trail
Little River Extension
Russell Street Neighbourhood Trail
Devonwood Bike Trail
Riverside Drive Vista Project
Bike Trails in the City of Windsor
Trans-Canada Trail
Essex Region Conservation Authority
Michigan Central Railway
List of trails in Canada
External links
Map of ERCA's outdoor recreation sites
Rail trails in Ontario
Trans Canada Trail
Transport in Essex County, Ontario
Bike paths in Windsor, Ontario
Parks in Windsor, Ontario
Protected areas of Essex County, Ontario |
23578877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaphy%20River | Heaphy River | The Heaphy River is a river of the northwestern South Island of New Zealand. It flows through Kahurangi National Park, rising on the northern slopes of Amohia Peak and initially flowing northwest before turning southwest to reach the Tasman Sea 30 kilometres north of Karamea. Stages of the Heaphy Track follow the lower course of this river, with the track reaching the coast at the river's mouth. The Heaphy River is located in the Buller District.
The river is named for Charles Heaphy, a soldier who explored the area in the 1840s.
Tributaries to the Heaphy River that are named "river" are (source to sea) the Lewis River and the Gunner River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
Notes
References
Kahurangi National Park
Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand
Buller District |
6907738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced%20structural%20adjustment%20facility | Enhanced structural adjustment facility | The Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) was a program of financial assistance given to poor countries from December 1987 through 1999 through the International Monetary Fund. It replaced the Structural Adjustment Facility (SAF) and was itself replaced by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF).
During the program's tenure, approximately 10.1 billion dollars were disbursed, through low interest (.5 % annual) loans payable after 5½ years, and due in 10 years.
References
IMF Page on the ESAF
International development programs
International finance institutions
International Monetary Fund |
23578879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector%20River | Hector River | The Hector River is a river of New Zealand's southern North Island. It rises on the northern slopes of Mount Hector in the Tararua Range, flowing east through Tararua Forest Park before joining with the upper reaches of the Waiohine River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Wellington Region
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Hornby | William Hornby | William Hornby may refer to:
William Hornby (governor) (1723–1803), Governor of Bombay, 1771–1784
William Henry Hornby (1805–1884), British industrialist, Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn 1857–1869
Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet (1841–1928), his son, British MP for Blackburn, 1886–1910
William Hornby (Warrington MP), British Member of Parliament for Warrington
William Hornby (priest) (1848–1932), Archdeacon of Lancaster, 1870–1895 |
26716243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una%20Mestiza | Una Mestiza | The Una Mestiza ("A Mestiza"), sometimes referred to as La Mestiza ("The Mestiza"), is an 1887 painting by Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna. The masterpiece is also known as La mestiza en su tocador which translates into English as The Mestiza at Her Dressing Table or Mestiza Lady at Her Dresser. Una Mestiza is also alternately called Charing. Coincidentally, this alternate title is the nickname of Luna's sister-in-law Rosario Melgar. Luna donated Una Mestiza to the Biblioteca Museu Victor Balaguer (Victor Balaguer Library Museum) of Vilanova i la Geltrú in the province of Barcelona in Spain. The Una Mestiza painting won an award at the Exposicion General de las Filipinas (Philippine General Exposition).
References
1887 paintings
Paintings by Juan Luna
Paintings in Spain |
23578882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemphill%20River | Hemphill River | The Hemphill River is a river of the northwestern South Island of New Zealand. It flows through rugged country to the south of Kahurangi National Park, forming two small lakes (Lake Phyllis and Lake Marina) on its route south to join with the Mōkihinui River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Buller District
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron%20River | Heron River | The Heron River is a river of Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It rises north of Adventure Hill and flows south-eastward into Port Adventure.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Stewart Island |
44504840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhishek%20Jain | Abhishek Jain | Abhishek Jain is an Indian film director and producer known for his Gujarati films Kevi Rite Jaish, Bey Yaar, and Wrong Side Raju.
Early life
Abhishek Jain was born on 3 August 1986 in Ahmedabad. He is a Marwari Jain. He received BBA degree from BK Majumdar Institute of Business Administration (BKMIBA); now part of Ahmedabad University, in 2006 and a degree in film-making from Whistling Woods in 2008.
Career
After finishing the course at Whistling Woods, he assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Subhash Ghai on Guzaarish, Saawariya and Yuvvraaj.
After returning to Ahmedabad, Jain started working as a radio jockey on Radio Mirchi. Jain then met Mikhil Musale and Anish Shah during an international film festival in Ahmedabad and founded CineMan Productions in 2010. He made his debut film, Kevi Rite Jaish in Gujarati language. He was awarded Trend setter award by Gujarati Innovation Society due to the success of Kevi Rite Jaish. After the success of his debut movie, he directed Bey Yaar which was critically acclaimed and was commercially successful. In February 2016, Abhishek Jain announced that CineMan Productions will co-produce three Gujarati films with Phantom Films, out of which one will be directed by Abhishek himself. The first film released under joint banner of CineMan productions and Phantom films was Wrong Side Raju, directed by Mikhil Musale, co-founder of CineMan productions, which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 64th National Film Awards.
In June 2015, he published Aa To Just Vaat Chhe..., a book on his experiences while making his first two urban Gujarati films.
In April 2019, he was on board to the Hindi remake of the hit Kannada film Kirik Party, but he subsequently left the film. In 2021, he directed Hindi-language comedy drama film Hum Do Hamare Do.
Filmography
Films
Assistant Director
Television
Books
Awards
See also
CineMan Productions
References
External links
Living people
Gujarati-language film directors
21st-century Indian film directors
Indian male screenwriters
Artists from Ahmedabad
1986 births
Gujarati people
Film directors from Gujarat
Film producers from Gujarat
Marwari people
Rajasthani people
Hindi-language film directors |
23578884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewson%20River | Hewson River | The Hewson River is a river of New Zealand's South Island. It flows east and then south from the Ben McLeod Range of inland Canterbury before flowing into the upper reaches of the Orari River west of Mount Peel.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay%20station | Courtenay station | Courtenay Station is a former railway station in downtown Courtenay, British Columbia. The station was the northern terminus for the Dayliner Via Rail service that ended in 2011.
History
Courtenay Station was built in 1914 when the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway reached Courtenay. It was originally supposed to be a stop along the line to Campbell River, however, due to World War I the line only went as far as Courtenay.
The former Canadian Pacific Railway station was given heritage status by the City of Courtenay in 2002.
Closure
The station was closed indefinitely on March 19, 2011 due to track maintenance. However, due to a lack of funding the line was replaced with a bus service, and on August 7, 2011, the station closed. Service was now supposed to start in summer 2015, though, this was also cancelled due to lack of funding.
References
External links
https://www.courtenay.ca/, the city the station served.
Via Rail stations in British Columbia
Designated Heritage Railway Stations in British Columbia
Courtenay, British Columbia
Railway stations closed in 2011
2011 disestablishments in British Columbia
Disused railway stations in Canada |
23578885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikurangi%20River | Hikurangi River | The Hikurangi River is a river of Northland, New Zealand. A winding stretch of river, it can be considered an extension of the Kaikou River, being formed from the confluence of this river and the Moengawahine Stream. The Hikurangi flows south past the Pipiwai settlement for several kilometres before flowing into the Mangakahia River, west of Whangarei.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Northland Region
Rivers of New Zealand
Kaipara Harbour watersheds |
23578886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikurua%20River | Hikurua River | The Hikurua River is a river of the far north of New Zealand's North Island. It flows southeast from rough hill country south of the Whangaroa Harbour, reaching the sea at Takou Bay, south of the Cavalli Islands.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Northland Region
Far North District
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondrej%20Mares | Ondrej Mares | Ondrej Mares (11 February 1949 – 19 March 2008) was an Australian artist and furniture designer who lived in Macclesfield, South Australia. His work has been exhibited in Adelaide, Sydney and Prague. Mares is most famous for his Kachina pieces. In 2002, he was diagnosed with cancer, which had the effect of shifting his focus from larger pieces to smaller more compact pieces. Also, clues to his sickness manifested in later works, such as his Kachina titled 'Stem Cells'. Mares' work has been described as "jamming as much experience, humour and detail into each of his arte povera pieces, usually about high, as is aesthetically possible."
Early life
Mares started his working life as a toolmaker in Prague, and was exceptionally skilled in this area, reaching the rank of Toolmaker First Class prior to the Prague Spring of 1968. Mares recalled going to work one morning during this time to find several tanks parked outside the factory at which he worked. It was during this time that Mares' tools were stolen, leaving him with a debt to the state that had to be paid off. Mares and another toolmaker worked nights until the debt was paid, and he then decided to leave Czechoslovakia and emigrate.
In Australia
Once in Australia, Mares worked in several different locations, including Darwin and Broome. Mares worked in his own workshop at Macclesfield, South Australia producing furniture and sculpture from 1975 onwards. In 1979, Mares completed a Diploma in Art and Craft in South Australia. He was a skilled carpenter, and in addition to building his house in Macclesfield he also built a house in Goolwa. During this time through personal travels and experiences, Mares developed his own unique style of work, which was manifested in several furniture designs and some sculptures. His rate of work was prolific, and his daughter recalled that he was always working in his workshop from early morning to dusk.
Study travels
Mares travelled extensively early in his career, and the inspiration from his travels is evident in his styles of work. Between 1973 and 1974, Mares did a formative study trip through Europe and Asia, including Indonesia (Flores), India, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. In 1990, Mares traveled to Europe to undertake a study of furniture design in Prague and Paris. Mares travelled back to Prague in 2004 and in 2007.
Solo exhibitions
During his life, Mares exhibited a total of 17 times between 1984 and 2006. In addition to this, Mares' work was exhibited after he lost his battle to lymphoma in March 2008.
Group exhibitions
In addition to his solo exhibitions, Mares' work was exhibited as part of over 25 group exhibitions both in South Australia and Melbourne.
Final years
Despite being diagnosed with cancer in 2002, Mares continued to produce a large amount of sculptures, tables and Kachinas. A large amount of his work remains unseen by the public.
Ondrej Mares died in hospital on 19 March 2008. He was cremated shortly after his death.
Featuring publications
Masters of Their Craft, Dr Noris Ioannou, 1997
Monument Magazine Number 16, 1997
Modern Australian Furniture, M. Bofle and P. Landman 1994
References
External links
Ondrej Mares at BMG Art, Adelaide
Ondrej Mares at Stephen Sinclair Gallery, Adelaide
1949 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Australian sculptors
Australian artists
Australian contemporary artists
Czech artists
21st-century Australian sculptors |
6907759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anh%20Do | Anh Do | Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter.
He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week, and was runner-up on Dancing with the Stars in 2007. He studied a combined Business Law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the brother of film director Khoa Do and has acted in several of Khoa's films, including Footy Legends, which he co-wrote and produced. In 2012, his TV show Anh Does Vietnam began airing. He has been four times a finalist in the Archibald Prize and won the 2017 People's Choice Award. Since 2016, Do has hosted Anh's Brush with Fame on ABC TV in which he concurrently interviews and paints a portrait of prominent Australians.
Biography
Refugee
Anh Do and his family fled to Australia as refugees in 1980. In his 2010 autobiography, The Happiest Refugee, Do tells of how his family survived five days in a leaky fishing boat nine and a half metres long and two metres wide. During the trip his family and the rest of the passengers were attacked by two different bands of pirates. The first group stole one of the two engines and the second group of pirates stole the second engine, which had been broken but repaired by Do's father using a piece of rubber from a thong. It was reported that as the second band of pirates left, one of them threw a gallon of water onboard which kept all but one of the refugees alive, until they were finally rescued by a German merchant ship. The boat was packed with 40 Vietnamese refugees fleeing across the Indian Ocean. "We were crammed in like sardines," he said. The Happiest Refugee has won awards, including the 2011 Australian Book of the Year, Biography of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, as well as the Indie Book of the Year Award 2011, Non-fiction Indie Book of the Year 2011, and it was shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Community Relations Commission Award.
Career
Do attended St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point for his secondary education. When he was 14 he started a small business breeding tropical fish. While studying his first year of law at the University of Technology, Sydney, he owned a stall which sold American Indian artifacts, which he later expanded to four franchised stores. Six months before finishing his combined Business Law degree, law firms offered him jobs which required 60 hours of work a week. He opted to take up stand-up comedy instead. Since 2013 Do has cut back on comedy to focus on painting full-time. He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2014, 2017 and 2019.
Since 2016, Do has hosted Anh's Brush with Fame on ABC-TV, with the fourth season airing from April to July 2019. In this popular program, Anh Do concurrently interviews and paints a portrait of prominent Australians.
Personal life
Do is married to Suzanne (Suzie) Do and they have three sons and a daughter. His mother, Hien, played the role of Van Nguyen's mother, Kim, in Better Man, a film which was produced by Khoa Do.
Awards
2011 Independent Booksellers Book of the Year (for The Happiest Refugee)
2011 Joint winner (with musician Paul Kelly) of the Biography of the Year (for The Happiest Refugee)
2011 Best Newcomer (for The Happiest Refugee)
2011 Book of the Year (for The Happiest Refugee)
2017 People's Choice Award, Archibald Prize (for portrait of Jack Charles)
Mo Awards
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Anh Do won one award in that time.
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Acting filmography
Double the Fist (2008) as Krakbot
Crooked Business (2008) as Benny Wing
Kick (2007) as Hoa Tran
Footy Legends (2006) as Luc Vu
Solo (2006) as Nguyen
Pizza as Chong Fat (2005–2007)
Blue Water High – (Episode: It's Hard to Be Normal) (2005) as Robbo
Little Fish (2005) as Tran
The Finished People (2003) as Factory Worker
All Saints (2003) (Episode: The Devil to Pay) as Tim Salter
Don't Blame Me (2002) as Vinnie
SeaChange (2000) as Quan Tho
Filmography (as himself)
Anh's Brush with Fame (2016–2021) as host
Anh Does Brazil (2014) as host
Anh Does Iceland (2014) as host
Anh Does Scandinavia (2014) as host
Anh Does Britain (2013) as host
Anh Does Vietnam, (2012) as host
Talking Heads (2010, Series 6 Episode 33) guest
Top Gear Australia (2009) as guest
The Squiz (2009) as host
Made in China (2008) as host
Short and Curly as host
Deal or No Deal Special (2007) as Contestant (Won maximum prize of $200,000)
Dancing with the Stars (2007) as contestant
Thank God You're Here (2006 & 2007) as contestant
The NRL Footy Show, comedian
Matty Johns Show as himself in segment Anh Can Do
Pictures of You, as guest
Long Lost Family as co-host
Books
The Happiest Refugee (2010)
The Little Refugee (with Bruce Whatley) (2011)
WeirDo (2013)
WeirDo #2 : Even Weirder! (2014)
WeirDo #3 : Extra Weird (2014)
WeirDo #4: Super Weird! (2015)
WeirDo #5 : Totally Weird! (2015)
WeirDo #6 : Crazy Weird! (2016)
WeirDo #7 : Mega Weird! (2016)
Hot Dog! (Hot Dog #1) (2016)
What Do They do with all the Poo from all the Animals at the Zoo? (2016)
WeirDo #8 : Really Weird! (2017)
WeirDo #9 : Spooky Weird! (2017)
Hot Dog! Party Time (Hotdog, #2) (2017)
WeirDo #10 : Messy Weird! (2018)
Ninja Kid (2018)
WeirDo #11: Splashy Weird (2018)
Rise of the Mythix : Golden Unicorn (2019)
References
External links
1977 births
Living people
People from Sydney
Vietnamese emigrants to Australia
Australian male film actors
Australian male comedians
Australian stand-up comedians
Australian male television actors
Australian television presenters
People educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney)
University of Technology Sydney Law School alumni
Vietnamese refugees
Australian autobiographers
Australian jurists
Australian painters
21st-century Australian male actors |
44504858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByeFelicia | ByeFelicia | #ByeFelicia is the first mixtape by American R&B-pop singer Jordin Sparks. The mixtape was announced in early November 2014. #ByeFelicia is the first release of a body of work since her second album, Battlefield in 2009. The mixtape was released on November 25, 2014 as a precursor for Sparks' third album Right Here Right Now (2015), and featured snippets of new songs, including some that would feature in full on Right Here Right Now.
Background
Since 2010, Sparks was rumored to be working on her third studio album set to be released by RCA Records. After experiencing multiple delays in the release, as well as two label changes, Sparks announced on November 24 that she would be releasing a mixtape on November 25. Prior to any official announcements, Sparks label exec, Salaam Remi hosted a music showcase featuring Sparks. Sparks showcased three songs, two of which were performed live. Sparks announced this would be the first time she would play new music for people outside of the industry.
Following the showcase, Sparks announced that the first single off her upcoming effort, would be released in a two-week time frame. Sparks announcement to Lance Bass brought speculation that the single would be released on November 18, 2014. The song "How Bout Now", a remix of the same song by Drake addresses the singer's former relationship with fellow American singer Jason Derulo.
At the end of the last track "11:11 (Wish)", Sparks announces that her third studio album Right Here Right Now will be released in early 2015.
Singles
"It Ain't You" was officially released independently of the mixtape. A new version of the song debuted on Sparks' Vevo channel on December 2, 2014. This version differed from the mixtape version production as well as the inclusion of some vocal additions. The song became available digital download December 16, 2014.
Track listing
References
Jordin Sparks albums
Albums produced by DJ Mustard
2014 mixtape albums |
23578888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Membrillar | Battle of Membrillar | The battle of Membrillar occurred on 20 March 1814, during the War of Chilean Independence.
Background
Prior to the fall of Talca in early March, Juan Mackenna had been positioned along the rata Itata river with a small division of patriot troops, whilst Bernardo O'Higgins had remained with the main body of the army in Concepción. After Talca fell to Royalist forces, however, Mackenna realised his lines of communication with O'Higgins were now cut and that he was isolated. Mackenna, the colonel of engineers on the patriot General Staff, formed a solid defensive position, building three mutually supporting bastions on local hills on the north bank of the north side of the Itata river near Membrillar. The Royalist commander, Gabino Gaínza, had sent a vanguard of 400 men into the hills of Quilo, south of the Itata river, to prevent the two patriot commanders from reuniting. This force had been defeated in the Battle of El Quilo on the 19 March, forcing Gaínza to attempt a different plan. Gaínza instead decided to attack Mackenna's forces immediately, before then turning on O'Higgins. Chillán sent additional reinforcements, and Gaínza then crossed the Itata to attack.
The battle
The battle began on 20 March in chaos. A misinterpreted order resulted in confused skirmishes breaking out between the forward units of both armies. The Royalist forces made a disorganised assault on the Patriot trenches surrounding the field by the village of Membrillar; this attack was repelled and immediately the Royalist officer Manuel Barañao led a second attack, this time on the central positions held by Mackenna. Mackenna's forces held and he sent a counter-attack against the Royalists, comprising units led by Santiago Bueras, Hilario Vidal, Agustín Almanza and Balcarce Marks, driving Barañao's forces back. The Royalists continued their waves of attacks for several hours, but all were repulsed. When night fell, the driving rain and the dark encouraged the Royalists to retreat from the field.
Aftermath
In the morning, Mackenna did not realise how much damage he had inflicted on the Royalists and instead focused on repairing the damage to his fortifications, expecting another attack. As a result, Gabino Gaínza was able to regroup and reorganise his forces.
Notes
Conflicts in 1814
Battles involving Chile
Battles involving Spain
Battles of the Spanish American wars of independence
Battles of the Chilean War of Independence
Battles of the Patria Vieja Campaign
1814 in the Captaincy General of Chile
March 1814 events
Battle of Membrillar
es:Combate de Memebrillar |
26716371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy%20Domaradzki | Jerzy Domaradzki | Jerzy Domaradzki (born 6 January 1943, in Lwów, occupied Poland) is a Polish-born film director based in Australia. He is most closely associated with Poland's film industry.
Following his 1974 graduation from the National Film School in Łódź, Domaradzki got his start working as an assistant and second unit director. He then worked with Andrzej Wajda for the "X" film unit. Director of movies Bestia (1979), Wielki bieg (1981), Planeta krawiec (1983), Biały smok (1987), Łuk Erosa (1987).
His Australian Productions include Struck by Lightning (1990), Lilian's Story (1996).
In addition to his movie career, Domaradzki also directs television, documentary, and theatrical productions. In the late '80s, he moved to Australia and in 1988 was appointed director-in-residence at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney.
References
External links
1943 births
Living people
Polish film directors
Australian film directors
Film people from Lviv
Polish expatriates in Australia |
23578891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikutaia%20River | Hikutaia River | The Hikutaia River is a river of New Zealand's North Island. It has its source in several streams which flow west from the Coromandel Range, the longest of which is the Waipaheke Stream. The river generally flows west, reaching its outflow into the Waihou River north of Paeroa on the edge of the Hauraki Plains.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Thames-Coromandel District
Rivers of Waikato
Rivers of New Zealand
Hauraki Gulf watersheds |
23578892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikuwai%20River | Hikuwai River | The Hikuwai River is a river of the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It flows south through a valley between two hill ridges to the north of Tolaga Bay, and for most of its length runs parallel with the Pacific coast, which lies to the east. The river is a tributary of the Uawa River joining with it before the Uawa flows into the sea at Tolaga Bay.
In March 2022, heavy rainfall in the region caused the river to rise by over 9.6 metres, causing the nearby town of Mangatuna to be evacuated.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Gisborne District
Rivers of New Zealand |
6907772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20Voyager%29 | Nemesis (Star Trek: Voyager) | "Nemesis" is the 72nd episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the fourth episode of the fourth season. In the episode, Chakotay helps a race of aliens wage a war.
Plot
Chakotay's shuttle has been shot down, leaving him stranded alone on a jungle planet. He is captured by troops of the humanoid Vori species, led by Brone (Michael Mahonen), but they appear to release him when they determine he is not of the "nemesis". Chakotay and a Vori look for his shuttle the next day and encounter two of the "nemesis". They are known as the Kradin, who are fierce and technologically-advanced humanoids. Chakotay's shuttle is gone so he returns to the Vori. He bonds with them and immediately understands what they are up against. As he joins the Vori in the struggle against the Kradin, he sees evidence of the evil of the nemesis: they mock the Vori's religious rituals and send a peaceful Vori village to death camps.
Meanwhile, Voyager is orbiting the planet, unable to locate Chakotay. They contact the Kradin, who are amicable and agree to lend a jungle warrior team to retrieve Voyager'''s first officer. The Kradin explain that they are battling a relentless force called the Vori, whom they also refer to as "nemesis". Tuvok goes down to the planet and rescues Chakotay, who has actually been experiencing an elaborate training and brainwashing program to turn him into a Vori foot soldier. He has been thoroughly indoctrinated to believe the Kradin are monsters and is disgusted by the sight of them. Once Chakotay is back on Voyager, he is presented with evidence that the Kradin are not necessarily the hate-ridden entities he thought them to be, as Captain Janeway confesses to uncertainty concerning the right and wrong of the conflict, and that it was in fact the Kradin who helped locate the commander and return him to Voyager. As they depart the planet, the Kradin ambassador makes an appearance in sickbay where Chakotay is recuperating. Due to his recent experiences in the Vori simulation, an uncomfortable Chakotay leaves sickbay and privately confers with Captain Janeway about the difficulties in putting aside his hatred for the Kradin. He wishes that it were as easy to stop hating as it was to start.
Reception
Keith DeCandido of Tor.com gave the episode a 9 out of 10 rating.TrekMovie.com included this episode in their list of top episodes about tolerance.The Digital Fix said this was "decent solo episode" for the character Chakotay (played by Beltran), and explores the trauma of an alien war.
Releases
In 2017, the complete Star Trek: Voyager'' television series was released in a DVD box set with special features.
References
External links
Star Trek: Voyager (season 4) episodes
1997 American television episodes |
6907775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Ward | Fort Ward | Fort Ward may refer to several former military installations in the United States including:
Fort Ward (Florida)
Fort Ward (Virginia)
Fort Ward (Washington)
Fort Ward may also refer to:
Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a town
Fort Ward Park, a former state park in Bainbridge Island, Washington, that came under municipal control in 2011 |
23578894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinemaiaia%20Stream | Hinemaiaia Stream | The Hinemaiaia Stream is a river of the central North Island of New Zealand. It flows northwest from Kaimanawa Forest Park, flowing into the eastern shore of Lake Taupo at Hatepe, halfway between Taupo and Turangi. It is a popular Fly fishing stream with good numbers of Rainbow trout spawning in the winter months of June through to September.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
Trustpower Hinemaiaia hydroelectricity generating stations.
Taupo District
Rivers of Waikato
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benderloch | Benderloch | Benderloch (, ) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The name is derived from Beinn eadar dà loch, meaning "mountain between two lochs".
Benderloch lies on the A828 road in the coastal parish of Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland.
It grew up as the railway line from Ballachullish to Connel was completed in the early part of the 1900s, between the older locations of Selma and Craigneuk.
Its railway station closed in 1966.
Benderloch has a village shop (the renowned "Pink Shop"), garage, caravan and leisure store, cafe and a forest walk up to a viewpoint on the summit of Beinn Lora.
Benderloch forms part of the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of forty in Scotland.
References
External links
Village website
Villages in Argyll and Bute |
44504869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Langer%20%28architect%29 | Karl Langer (architect) | Karl Langer (1903–1969) was an Austrian-born architect in Queensland, Australia. A number of his works are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Early life in Austria
Karl Langer was born in Vienna in 1903, where he lived until emigrating to Australia in 1939 with his wife Gertrude. Karl studied architecture in Vienna, most notably in the Master Class run by Peter Behrens, at the Viennese Academy graduating in 1926. During this time Karl worked in the office of Josef Frank, who was to become well known in Swedish modernism, and later in the office of Schmidt and Aichinger. In 1928 he was appointed the architect in charge of Behrens Vienna office, where he designed and supervised important works such as the tobacco factory in Linz, Austria. At this time he also commenced studies in Art History at the Vienna University, graduating as a Doctor of Philosophy in 1933 with a thesis entitled "Origins and Development of Concrete Construction". In 1935 Karl established his own practice in Vienna.
In 1932 he married a fellow student Gertrude Froeschel. They graduated the following year on the same night, with Doctorates of Philosophy in Art History. In 1938 with the annexation of Austria by the Third Reich, Gertrude, who was Jewish, and Karl left Vienna and traveled via Athens to Australia.
Career in Australia
Karl and Gertrude arrived in Sydney in May 1939 proceeding to Brisbane in July so that Karl could commence work for architects Cook and Kerrison. From the time of their arrival until their deaths the Langers dedicated themselves to a great variety of civic and professional activities. Their combined efforts greatly influenced the development of the arts and design in Queensland, especially through such organisations as the Queensland Art Gallery Society, the Australian Council for the Arts and the Vacation Schools of Creative Art in which they fulfilled key roles over many years.
Karl became well known throughout Australia shortly after his arrival when his appointment to the position of Assistant Town Planner with the Brisbane City Council in 1944 resulted in a Parliamentary Enquiry. The primary cause for complaint was the appointment of an "alien refugee" over a returned soldier. The outcome of this enquiry found that Karl Langer was an individual whose talent and experience clearly distinguished him as the most suitable applicant. He was still prevented from taking up the position, as Queensland Railways, his employer, refused to release him invoking wartime manpower regulations. He remained in the service of the Queensland Railways until 1946 when he left to establish his architectural and planning practice in Brisbane. He worked throughout Australia and was the initiator of many influential urban design ideas such as the site for the Sydney Opera House and the pedestrianization of Queen Street.
Karl lectured at the University of Queensland and the Queensland Institute of Technology in design, town planning and landscape architecture. Research carried out when he first arrived in Brisbane pioneered the field of climatic design and resulted in the 1944 publication of an influential booklet called "Subtropical Housing". He was instrumental in establishing, and was the first president of the Brisbane division of the Australian Planning Institute and the Queensland Branch of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and was a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
Later life
Karl Langer died in 1969. His funeral was held in the Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly, which he had designed. He was cremated at the Mount Thompson Crematorium where he had constructed the East Chapel.
Karl Langer's work was featured in the Hot Modernism exhibition at the State Library of Queensland in 2014. State Library of Queensland also holds a large number of his architectural plans.
The University of Queensland Fryer Library holds 89 boxes and around 1800 of Langer's architectural plans.
Works
He was the designer of buildings, including:
the Main Roads Building at Spring Hill
St Peter's Lutheran College Chapel at Indooroopilly
his own home Langer House at St Lucia
Val Vallis' home in Twigg St, Indooroopilly
the Four Seasons Hotel
West's Furniture Showroom at Fortitude Valley (1952)
and worked in the regional centres of Queensland as an architect, town planner and landscape architect, producing these works:
the assembly hall at Ipswich Girls Grammar School
St John's Lutheran Church at Bundaberg
Sugar Research Institute at Mackay
Lennons Broadbeach Hotel on the Gold Coast
He also authored a number of books, including Sub-tropical housing, published in 1944 by the University of Queensland.
See also
:Category:Karl Langer buildings
References
Attribution
External links
Langer, Karl (1940-1968), Karl Langer Architectural Plans, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Digitising the Karl Langer architectural plans, John Oxley Library blog, State Library of Queensland
20th-century Australian architects
1903 births
1969 deaths
Artists from Vienna
University of Vienna alumni
People from Brisbane
Emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss
Austrian emigrants to Australia
20th-century Austrian architects
Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register |
23578897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodder%20River | Hodder River | The Hodder River is a river of the northeastern South Island of New Zealand. It flows north from the northwestern slopes of Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku, joining with the Awatere River southwest of Seddon.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Marlborough Region
Rivers of New Zealand |
17340971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan%20%28surname%29 | Hassan (surname) | {{Infobox surname
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Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish (Sephardic and Mizrahic) surname.
Etymology and spelling
There are several unrelated origins for this surname:
In Arabic, Hassan is a transliteration of two names that both derive from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (): (), which means "good", "handsome", "excellent", or "favorable"; and (حَسَّان), which means "benefactor".
In Ireland/Scotland, the surname Hassan is one of the anglicized forms of the Gaelic (Irish/Scottish) form of Ó hOsáin. It is to be distinguished from Ó hOisín and Ó hOiseáin (Hession and Hishon). In County Londonderry, where it is numerous, it is spelt Hassan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin and Hessin. In the Monaghan Hearth Money Rolls of 1663, it appears as O'Hassan. There was a Hasson of Wexford among the "principal gentlemen" of that county in 1598, but that family was no doubt of non-Gaelic stock, and a John Hassan was an influential merchant in Wexford fifty years earlier.hoganstand.com: Irish Identity Surnames In Irish surnamedb.com: Surnameirishtimes.com: Irish Ancestors Surname Hassan Another derivation is from "Hal's son".
In Israel and among Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, the surname Hassan () is derived as a spelling variant of Hazzan ("cantor") and therefore most likely represents an alteration of this term through Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Arabic.jpost.com: French Jews reclaim 'Jewish' namessephardicgen.com: Sephardic SurnamesTemple Israel , Tulsa Hassan is normally an Arab first or last name; but, in the Jewish Sephardic – Mizrahi traditions, it is a Jewish surname. The Jewish surname Hassan or Hasson (see also Hassoun), appear to have most likely originated from Spain, from where the Jewish family has initially settled in Morocco and in Livorno, Italy, following 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and afterwards following the 16th century has spread throughout the Ottoman Empire (notably to Thessaloniki, Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; in 1592 in Sidon, Lebanon; Damascus, Syria; Constantine, Algeria and Tunis, Tunisia).
Depending on language and region, spelling variations
Hassan is a surname of many independent linguistic and regional origins, including Arabic (and through the influence of Arabic, languages spoken by Muslims such as Persian, Kurdish, Urdu, Indonesian, Malaysian, Turkish, Uyghur, Turkmen, Somali, Swahili, Berber, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Tatar, Bosnian, Albanian, Bengali, etc.), as well as Irish, Scottish, and Jewish.
Therefore, depending on language and region, spelling variations include Hasan, Hassen, Hasson, Hassin, Hassine, Hacen, Hasen, Hasin, Hassa, Hasa, Cassin, Chasan, Chasson, Chason, Khasshan, Khasan, Casan, Case, Hasso, Hassanein, Hasnen, Hess, Hasani, Alhassan (Alhassani), Al-Hassan (Al-Hassani), Lassana, Alassane, Lacen, Lasanah, Assan, Asan, Asanov/Asanova, Hasanov/Hasanova, Klassen, Khasanova, Hasanoff, Jasanoff, Hasanović, Hasanovic, Asanović, Hasanovich, Hasanovski/Hasanovska, Asanovski/Asanovska, O'Hassan, or Haasan (Haasaan, Hasaan).
List of variant spellings
In Arabic transcription: (), (),
In Hebrew transcription: ( or )
In Turkish: Hasan, Asan, Hasanoglu, Asanoglu
In Bosnian: Hasanović, Asanović, Hasović
In Albanian: Hasani or Hasan
In Armenian: Hassanian or Hasanian
In Azerbaijan: Həsən
In Kurdish: Hesan
In Kazakh: Asan or Äsem
In Bengali transcription: হাসান (Hāsān)
In Somali: Xasan
In West Africa: Lassana, Alassane and Lacen, derived from al-Hassan.
In Finland: Hasanen for Hassan, derived from the Arabic Hassan and the Finnish suffix for surnames -en.
In French: Hassan, Hassen, Hasson or Hacen
In Spanish: Hassan, Hassán, Hacen, Hacén, Jassan, Jassán, Jasan, Jasán, Hasson or Jasanoff
In Russian transcription: Хасан, Хассан, Хассен, Хэссан, Гасан, Асан, Асанов/Хасанов (masculine), Асанова/Хасанова (feminine)
In Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin: Asanović, Hasanović, Hasović
In China, some Muslims believe that their surname Ha () is abbreviated from Arabic Hassan.
Popularity of the surname
The popularity of the name Hassan or its variants Hasson, Hassen, Hassin is not only in the Arab world (including Arab Christians) but also in the Muslim world.
The Irish last name Hassan or its variants Hasson, Hassen, Hassin is frequently found especially in the area of Derry in Northern Ireland and also everywhere where there is a sizable Irish diaspora like in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
The frequency of the Jewish last name Hassan – or its variants Hasson, Hassen, Hassin – is mostly among Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, used as a spelling variant of Hazzan.
People
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Abbas Hassan (born 1985), Lebanese-born Swedish footballer
Abd Al Naser Hasan (born 1990), Syrian footballer
'Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasani (1903–1997), Iraqi historian and politician
Abdelhamid Hassan (born 1972), Egyptian footballer
Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan (born 1934), Iraqi football coach
Abdelkarim Hassan (born 1993), Qatari footballer
Abdi Yusuf Hassan (born 1958), Somali politician
Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan (died 2011), Somali politician
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan (born 1941), Somali politician – president of Somalia (2001–2004)
Abdirahman Ali Hassan, Kenyan politician
Abdirahman Mohamud Haji Hassan, Somali politician
Abdul Hamid Ali Hassan, Bahraini diplomat
Abdul Hassan (American lawyer) (born 1974), born in Guyana
Abdul Hassan (Libyan rebel), Libyan rebel commander
Abdul Majid Hassan (reigned 1402–1408), Sultan of Brunei
Abdul Naza Alhassan (born 1990), Ghanaian football player
Abdullahi Mohammad Ahmad Hassan (born 1928), Sudanese politician
Abdulmumini M. Hassan, Nigerian politician
Abdulqadir Hassan (born 1962), Emirati football figure, grandson of Ali
Abdusalom Khasanov, Tajikistani boxer
Abid Hasan (diplomat), Indian military officer and diplomat
Abrar Hasan (born 1935), Pakistani lawyer and constitutional expert
Abu al-Hasan (Mughal painter) (1589 – c. 1630), Indian painter
Abu Hashim al-Hasan (before 1031–1040), Yemeni imam
Abul Hasan (cricketer) (born 1992), Bangladeshi cricketer
Abul Hasan (poet) (1947–1975), Bangladeshi poet and journalist
Adlan Khasanov (1970–2004), Russian journalist and photographer
Adnan Abu Hassan, Malaysian composer and musician
Adnan Badr Hassan, Syrian security officer
Aftab Hasan, Pakistani educationist and linguist
Ahmad Ali Hasan (1916–2010), Syrian poet
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan (1925–2012), historian of Arabic and Islamic science and technology
Ahmed Hassan (born 1975), Egyptian footballer
Ahmad Hassan, Syrian politician
Ahmed Hassanein (1889–1946), Egyptian courtier, diplomat and fencer
Ahmed Issack Hassan (born 1970), Kenyan lawyer
Ahmed M. Hassan, Somali politician
Ahmed Mohamed Hassan (born 1945), Djiboutian politician
Akram Hasson (born 1959), Druze Israeli politician
Al-Mansur al-Hasan (1199–1271), Yemeni imam
Al-Muntakhab al-Hasan (died 936), Yemeni imam
Alberto Hassan (born c. 1942), Argentinian singer
Ali Hasan (born 1965), Kuwaiti fencer
Ali Hasan (student), Bahraini boy arrested for politically protesting at age 11
Ali Hassan (born 1972), Indian television actor
Ali Hasanov (born 1976), Azerbaijani artist, musician and filmmaker
Ali M. Hasanov (born 1960), Azerbaijani professor and politician
Ali S. Hasanov, Azerbaijani politician
Ali Said Hassan, Somali filmmaker
Aliagha Hasanov (1871–1933), Azerbaijani statesman
Aljoša Asanović (born 1965), Croatian footballer
Aly Hassan (born 1989), American soccer player
Amadou Alassane (born 1983), French born Mauritanian football player
Amir Hasan (14th century), Chupanid prince of the Ilkhanate
Amir Alexander Hasson, entrepreneur
Amira Hass (born 1956), Israeli journalist and author
Amira Hess, Israeli poet and artist
Ammar Hassan (born 1976), Palestinian singer – placed second in Super Star 2 An-Nasir al-Hasan (1457–1523), Yemeni imam
Andi Hasa (born 1990), Albanian footballer
Anjum Hasan, Indian poet and novelist
Anna Hassan, British educator
Anne Cassin, Irish journalist and news presenter
Anthony Lacen (1950–2004), American jazz tubaist and band leader
Antonio Asanović (1991), Croatian footballer
Anu Hasan (born 1970), Indian actress and TV anchor in the Tamil language
Arif Hasan, Pakistani architect, planner, teacher, social researcher and writer
Arshad Hasan (born 1980), American political organizer
Asher Hassin (1918–1995), Israeli politician
Asim Hassan (born 1986), Indian football player
Asma Gull Hasan, Pakistani-American writer and attorney
Athancode Asan (Sangam period), Indian poet
Awal Alhassan (born 1980), Ghanaian dancer
Awang Hassan (1910–1998), Malaysian politician
B
Barbara Cassin (born 1947), French philologist and philosopher
Baruch Hassan (born 1959), Israeli footballer and manager
Basher Hassan (born 1944), Kenyan cricketer
Basma Hassan (born 1976), Egyptian actress
Bilal Hassani (born 1999), French singer
Bob Hasan (1931–2020), Indonesian businessman and politician
C
Callum Hassan (born 1993), English footballer
Che Hisamuddin Hassan (born 1972), Malaysian football player
Chiara Cassin (born 1978), Italian synchronized swimmer
Christopher Paul Hasson (born 1969), American former Coast Guard officer arrested in February 2019
D
Daisy Hasan, Indian-English author and teacher
David Ben Hassin (1727–1792), Moroccan Jewish poet
David Hassan (born 1972), Northern Irish academic, writer, and current Professor of Sport Policy and Management at the University of Ulster
Dinara Asanova (1942–1985), a Soviet film director
E
Edon Hasani (born 1992), Albanian footballer
Emilio Hassan (born 1977), Mexican soccer player
Enver Hasani, Kosovar Albanian academic, university rector and judge
Eric Hass (1905–1980), American politician
Esther Hasson (1867–1942), American military nurse
F
Faeq Hassan (born 1914), Iraqi painter
Faiq Hasanov (born 1938), Azerbaijani chess arbiter, coach and television presenter
Fairoz Hasan (born 1988), Singaporean footballer
Faisal Ali Hassan (born 1981), Emarati footballer
Falah Hassan (born 1951), Iraqi football player
Farkhonda Hassan (born 1930), Egyptian professor of geology
Farris Hassan (born 1989), American student journalist who, at age 16, went to Iraq without parental consent
Fathi Hassan (born 1957), Egyptian-Italian artist
Fatimah bint al-Hasan (7th century), Islamic historical figure, daughter of Hasan ibn Ali
Fekri Hassan, geoarchaeologist
Ferhan Hasani (born 1990), Macedonian footballer
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (born September 27, 1973), Israeli politician and policy maker
Frank T. Hassa (1873 – after 1902), American politician from Wisconsin
Fred Hassan (born 1946), Pakistani-American business executive
Frederick Hassan (1859–1940), Egyptian-born English cricketer
Fuad Hassan (1929–2007), Indonesian politician
G
Galit Hasan-Rokem (born 1945), Israeli professor of folklore
Gayratjon Hasanov (born 1983), Uzbek footballer
Gemma Hasson, Northern Irish folk singer
Gene Hasson (1915–2003), American baseball player
Gerry Hassan (born 1964), Scottish writer and academic
George Alhassan or Jair (born c. 1954), Ghanaian footballer
George Alhassan (footballer, born 1941) (born 1941), Ghanaian football player
Ghada Hassine (born 1993), Tunisian weightlifter
Ghanem Ibrahim al-Hassan (died 2011), Syrian military officer
Gholamreza Hassani (born 1928), Iranian imam
Gotfrid Hasanov (1900–1965), Russian composer
Guillermo Martínez Casañ (born 1955), Spanish politician
Guy Hasson, Israeli playwright, film maker and science fiction writer
H
Hajim al-Hassani (born 1954), Iraqi politician
Hamedah Hasan, American subject of a documentary
Hameed Hassan (born 1987), Afghan cricketer
Hamid Hassani (born 1968), Iranian Persian language scholar and researcher
Hamdi Hassan (1956–2021), Egyptian politician
Hanan Qassab Hassan (born 1952), Syrian writer and academic
Hani al-Hassan (1939–2012), Palestinian politician
Hans Hass (born 1919), Austrian underwater diver
Harry Hasso (1904–1984), German filmmaker
Hasan Hasanov (born 1940), Azerbaijani politician and diplomat
Haseeb-ul-Hasan (1964–1990), Pakistani cricketer and murder victim
Hashim Khamis Hassan, Iraqi football player
Hassan Abdallah Hassan, Somali politician
Hassan Aziz Hassan (1924–2000), Egyptian prince of the Muhammad Ali dynasty
Hassan Mohamed Hassan (1906–1990), Egyptian artist
Hassan Hassanein (1916–1957), Egyptian golfer
Hayder Hassan, UFC Fighter
Hieronymus Albrecht Hass (1689–1752), German harpsichord and clavichord maker
Hossam Hassan (born 1966), Egyptian footballer and coach
Hossam Hassan (footballer, born 1989) (born 1989), Egyptian footballer
Houssein Omar Hassan (born 1977), Djiboutian athlete
Hussein Hasan famous Somali poet and warrior
Humaira Hasan, Pakistani diplomat
Hussein Hajj Hassan (born 1960), Lebanese politician
I
Ibragim Khasanov (1937–2010), Soviet sprint canoer
Ibrahem Al-Hasan (born 1986), Kuwaiti table tennis player
Ibrahim Hassan (born 1966), Egyptian footballer
Ibrahim Hassan (athlete) (born 1971), Ghanaian runner
Ibrahim Al Hasan, Syrian football player
Ihab Hassan (born 1925), American literary theorist
Iliass Bel Hassani (born 1992), Dutch footballer
Irwin Hasen (born 1918), American cartoonist
Isaac Cleto Hassan, South Sudanese physician and politician
Ismaël Alassane (born 1984), Nigerien footballer
Ismail Ahmed Kadar Hassan (born 1987), Djiboutian-French footballer
J
JP Hasson (born 1977), American musician, comedian and writer
Jabrayil Hasanov (born 1990), Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler
Jack Cassin (1915–1994), Australian Australian rules footballer
Jacob Hassan (1936–2006), Spanish academic, writer, and university Professor in Universidad Complutense de Madrid of Jewish descent
Jakob Meyer zum Hasen (1482–1531), bürgermeister of the city of Basel and patron
Jalal Hassan (born 1991), Iraqi football player
Jalaluddin Hasan, 25th Nizāri Ismā‘ilī Imām
Jalaluddin Hassan (born 1954), Malaysian actor and television host
James Hasson (born 1992), Australian professional rugby league player
Jamil Hassan (born 1980), English cricketer
Jamil Hassan (military officer) (died 2012), Syrian military officer
Jan Alam Hassani (born 1956), Afghan volleyball player
Jared Hassin (born 1989), American football player
Jasur Hasanov (footballer, born 1983), Uzbek football player
Jasur Hasanov (footballer, born 1989), Uzbek football player
Jay Jasanoff (born 1942), American linguist and Indo-Europeans
Joel Hass, American mathematician and professor
Johann Adolph Hass (1713–1771), German clavichord and harpsichord maker
John Cassin (1813–1869), American ornithologist
John Cassin (footballer) (born 1951), Australian Australian rules footballer
Joshua Hassan (1915–1997), Gibraltarian politician of Jewish descent – chief minister for 17 years
K
Kalif Alhassan (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
Kamal Haasan (born 1954), Indian actor, screenwriter, producer and director
Kamarulzaman Hassan (born 1979), Malaysian footballer
Karam Hasanov (born 1969), Azerbaijani politician
Karen Hassan (born 1981), Northern Irish actress
Karim Alhassan (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer
Karl Hass (1912–2004), German SS officer
Kazem Hasan (born 1961), Kuwaiti fencer
Kevin Hasson, American attorney focused on religious liberty issues
Khaled al-Hassan (1928–1994), Palestinian politician and founder of Fatah
Khalid Hasan (c. 1935–2009), Pakistani journalist and writer
Khalid Hasan (cricketer) (born 1937), Pakistani cricketer
Khalid Hassan (died 2007), Iraqi interpreter and reporter
Kobi Hassan (born 1978), Israeli football player
Kumaran Asan (1873–1924), Indian poet in the Malayalam language
L
Lama Hasan, British journalist
Leila Hassan (born 1948), British editor and activist
Lina Hawyani al-Hasan (born 1975), Syrian novelist, journalist and writer
Lotte Hass (born 1928), Austrian underwater diver
Ludwik Hass (1918–2008), Polish historian
M
M. M. Hassan (born 1947), Indian politician
M. M. S. Abul Hassan, Indian politician
Maddie Hasson (born 1995), American actress
Maggie Hassan (born 1958), American politician and Senator from New Hampshire
Maha Hassan, Syrian-Kurdish journalist and novelist
Mahmoud Hassan (born 1919), Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler
Mahmud al-Hasan (1851–1920), Indian religious scholar
Mahmudul Hasan (born 1990), Bangladeshi cricketer
Malik Dohan al-Hassan (1919–2021), Iraqi politician
Mamoun Hassan, Saudi Arabian-British screenwriter, director, editor, producer and teacher
Manor Hassan (born 1979), Israeli football player
Mansour Hassan (born 1937), Egyptian politician
Margaret Hassan (1945–2004), Irish aid worker murdered in Iraq
Maria Hassan (born 1952), Swedish politician
Mariam Hasan (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
Mariem Hassan (1958–2015), Sahrawi singer and lyricist
Mark Chasan, entrepreneur, investment banker, lawyer and digital media pioneer
Mark Hass (born 1956), American politician
Marlene Hassan Nahon (born 1976), Gibraltarian historian and journalist
Masahudu Alhassan (born 1992), Ghanaian footballer
Masuma Hasan, Pakistani scholar and politician
Maurice Hasson (born 1934), French-Venezuelan violinist
Maxine Cassin (1927–2010), American poet, editor and publisher
Mehdi Lacen (born 1984), Algerian footballer
Mehdi Hasan, British journalist
Mehdi Hassan (1927–2012), Pakistani ghazal and playback singer
Mehr Hassan, Asian-American actress, model and classical dancer
Meisuna Alhassan (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
Mekaal Hasan (born 1972), Pakistani musician and record producer
Melissa Hasin (born 1954), American cellist
Mirza Hasanović (born 1990), Bosnian footballer
Mian Ijaz ul Hassan, Pakistani painter
Michael Hasani (1913–1975), Israeli politician
Mike Hass (born 1983), American football player
Mir Emad Hassani (1554–1615), Persian calligrapher
Mohamad Hasan (politician) (born 1956), Malaysian politician
Mohamad Al Hasan (born 1988), Syrian football player
Mohamed Hassani, Egyptian discus thrower
Mohamed Alhousseini Alhassan (born 1978), Nigerien swimmer
Mohamed H.A. Hassan (born 1947), Sudanese scientist
Mohammad Hasan Rahmani (died 2016), Afghan politician
Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan (born 1976), Lebanese cleric
Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (born 1945), Iraqi marja' Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856–1920), Somali religious and military leader, emir of king Diiriye Guure
Mohammed Ali al-Hasani (died 2007), Iraqi politician
Mohammed Alhassan (born 1984), Ghanaian footballer
Mohammed Hassan (footballer) (1912–1986), Egyptian footballer
Mohammed Mohammed Hassen, Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Mohammed Waheed Hassan (born 1953), Maldivian politician – president of the Maldives
Mohd Fareed Shah Hassan (born 1979), Malaysian footballer
Mohd Hasmarul Fadzir Hassan (born 1986), Malaysian footballer
Mohd Hasmawi Hassan (born 1980), Malaysian footballer
Mohd Shoaib Hassan (born 1990), Pakistani squash player
Mohd Sidek Hassan (born 1951), Malaysian politician
Moinul Hassan, Indian politician
Mona Hassanein (born 1985), Egyptian fencer
Monazir Hassan (born 1957), Indian politician
Moria Casán (born 1946), Argentine actress, television host and producer
Mosaab Mahmoud Al Hassan (born 1983), Sudanese-Qatari footballer
Mouez Hassen (born 1995), French-Tunisian footballer
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco (born 2003), Moroccan heir apparent to the throne
Moulay Rachid ben al Hassan (born 1970), Moroccan prince and diplomat
Moustapha Alassane (born 1942), Nigerien filmmaker
Mubashir Hassan (born 1922), Pakistani civil engineer and science administrator
Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hassani (born 1932), Moroccan cleric
Muhammad Hasan (1902–unknown), Afghan prince
Muhammad Hassan (reign 1582–1598 or 1601–1610), ninth Sultan of Brunei
Muhammad Hassan (born 1981), American professional wrestler born Mark Copani
Muhammad Hassanein, Egyptian government administrator
Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan, person once on the FBI Seeking Information – War on Terrorism list
Muhammmad Nurridzuan Abu Hassan (born 1992), Malaysian footballer
Muley Hacén or Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada (before 1464–1485), Iberian Peninsula ruler
Munawwar Hasan (1964–2008), Indian politician
Murat Khasanov (born 1970), Russian judoka
Murtaza Hassan or Mastana (c. 1940/1941–2011), Pakistani comedian
Musa Hassan (born 1952), Malaysian inspector-general of police
Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan, Omani diplomat and academic
Mushirul Hasan (born 1949), Indian historian, author and academic
Mustafa Hassan (born 1990), Iraqi-Danish footballer
Muzaffar Hassan (1920–2012), Pakistani naval officer
Muzzammil Hassan (born 1964), Pakistani-American business executive and convicted murderer
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Nabra Hassanen (abt. 2000–2017), American student killed during Ramadan
Naeem U. Hasan, Pakistani diplomat
Nataša Lačen (born 1971), Slovenian cross country skier
Nazia Hassan (born 1965), Pakistani pop singer
Nidal Hasan (born 1970), American mass murderer and terrorist who perpetrated the 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Nihad Hasanović (born 1974), Bosnian writer and translator
Norizam Ali Hassan (born 1976), Malaysian footballer
Norman Hassan (born 1958), English musician of Yemeni and Welsh descent
Numon Khasanov (born 1971), Uzbekistani football player
Nurullah Hasan (1867 or 1870–1912), Turkish wrestler
O
Olivier Cassan (born 1984), French football player
Omar Hasan (born 1971), Argentine rugby union footballer
Omar Hassan (skateboarder), American skateboarder
Omar Said Al-Hassan, chairman of the Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies, London
Ömer Asan (born 1961), Turkish folklorist, photographer and writer
Osama Hassan (born 1979), Egyptian footballer
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Phil Hassan (born 1974), English rugby league and rugby union footballer
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Qasim ibn Hasan (c. 666–680), Islamic historical figure, son of Hasan ibn Ali
Qiwam al-Din Muhammad al-Hasani (17th century), Persian physician
Quamrul Hassan (1921–1988), Bangladeshi artist
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Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan, Syrian football player
Rahma Hassan (born 1988), Egyptian actress and model
Rahma bint El Hassan (born 1969), Jordanian princess
Raja Hasan (born 1979), Indian playback singer
Ramiz Hasanov (born 1961), Azerbaijani politician
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
Raqibul Hasan (cricketer, born 1953) (born 1953), Bangladeshi cricketer
Raqibul Hasan (cricketer, born 1987) (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
Rashid bin El-Hassan (born 1979), Jordanian prince
Rauf Hassan (born 1945), Kurdish writer
Ray Hass (born 1977), Australian swimmer
Raya Haffar Al Hassan (born 1967), Lebanese finance minister
Raza Hasan (born 1992), Pakistani cricketer
René Cassin (1887–1976), French jurist, law professor and judge
Rezal Hassan (born 1974), Singaporean football player
Riaz Hassan, Australian sociologist and academic
Ric Hassani, Nigerian singer songwriter
Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009), Italian mountaineer, inventor and author
Richard L. Hasen, American professor of Law
Richard S. Hassan, American Air Force officer of Irish descent
Ridzuan Fatah Hasan (born 1981), Singaporean soccer player
Riffat Hassan (born 1943), Pakistani-American theologian
Rilwan Olanrewaju Hassan (born 1991), Nigerian football player
Rizik Zackaria Hassan, South Sudanese politician
Rizwana Hasan (born 1968), Bangladeshi attorney and environmentalist
Robert Hass (born 1941), American poet
Robert Bernard Hass, American poet, literary critic and professor
Rosa Yaseen Hasan (born 1974), Syrian writer
Roy Hasson, Australian rugby league footballer
Rudolph Hass (1892–1952), American developer of the Hass avocado
Ruqaiya Hasan, Indian professor of linguistics
Rushan Khasanov (born 1956), Russian football player
S
S. Azmat Hassan, Pakistani ambassador
Sahib Abbas Hassan, Iraqi football player
Said Hasan, Fiji-Indian politician
Saiyid Nurul Hasan, Indian historian and politician
Sajid Hasan (born 1958), Pakistani actor
Sajjadul Hasan (1978–2007), Bangladeshi cricketer
Salim Al-Hassani, Iraqi-United Kingdom engineer and professor
Samir Kadhim Hassan (born 1969), Iraqi football player
Sardar Hasanov (born 1985), Azerbaijani weightlifter
Sarvath El Hassan (born 1947), Pakistani princess – wife of the Prince of Jordan
Selim Hassan (1887–1961), Egyptian Egyptologist
Selma Hassan, Eritrean politician
Shahzaib Hasan (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
Shakib Al Hasan (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
Shada Hassoun (born 1981), Iraqi–Moroccan singer
Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan (13th century), religious leader
Sheila Jasanoff, American academic in the field of science and technology studies
Shemsu Hassan (born 1968), Ethiopian racewalker
Shpëtim Hasani (born 1982), Kosovar footballer
Shruti Haasan (born 1986), Indian actress
Sibte Hassan (1916–1986), Pakistani scholar, journalist and activist
Sifan Hassan (born 1993), Ethiopian-Dutch runner
Signe Hasso (1915–2002), Swedish-born American actress, writer and composer
Sinan Hasani (1922–2010), Yugoslavian novelist and statesman – president of Yugoslavia
Sreten Asanović (1931), Yugoslav and Montenegrin author
Stan Cassin, Canadian politician from Alberta
Stephen Cassin (1783–1857), American naval officer, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal
Steve Hass (born 1975), American drummer
Steven Hassan (born 1954), American mental health counselor of Jewish descent
Suhardi Hassan (born 1982), Malaysian racing cyclist
Sulayman bin Hassan (16th century), Da'i-ul-Mutlaq of the Sulaymanis
Sumaya bint El Hassan (born 1971), Jordanian princess
Susanna Al-Hassan, Ghanaian politician
Syed Ali Hasan (before 1902–1962), Indian cricketer and police official
Syed Hamidul Hasan, Indian ayatullah
Syed Mir Hassan (1844–1929), Indian scholar of the Qur'an, Hadith, Sufism and Arabic
Syed Munawar Hasan (born 1944), Pakistani politician
Syed Shamsul Hasan (1885–1981), Pakistani politician
Syed Wazir Hasan (1874–1947), Indian jurist and politician
Syed Zafarul Hasan (1885–1949), Pakistani philosopher
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TJ Hassan (born 1981), American actor and musician of North African descent.
Tabriz Hasanov, Azerbaijani footballer
Taim Hasan (born 1976), Syrian actor
Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1885–1943), Syrian leader and politician
Talha ibn Hasan (7th century), imam
Tamer Hassan (born 1968), British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent
Tammam Hassan (1918–2011), Egyptian expert in Arabic linguistics
Tarek Ali Hassan (born 1937), Egyptian professor, physician, composer, musician, painter and philosopher
Tariq Hassan (born 1983), Emirati footballer
Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan (born 1977), Malaysian footballer
Teuku Muhammad Hasan (1906–1997), Indonesian politician – governor of Sumatra
Thomas Hassan, American educational administrator of Irish descent
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Ulubatlı Hasan (1428–1453), Ottoman soldier
Umar Hassan, Eritrean military officer
Umar Bin Hassan (born 1948), American poet
Usama Hasan, British scientist and cleric
Uzun Hassan (1423–1478), sultan of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, or White Sheep Turkmen
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Victor Hassan, Israeli football player
Victor Hassine (1956–2008), American prisoner and author
Victor Hasson (1957–2005), Burundian entrepreneur
Victorian of Asan (died c. 560), Spanish saint
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Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistani diplomat
Walid Hassan (c. 1959–2006), Iraqi comedian
Walter Hass (c. 1911–1987), American football coach and athletic director
Walter Hassan (1905–1996), British automobile engineer of Irish descent
Wan Jamak Wan Hassan (born 1957), Malaysian footballer and coach
Waqar Hasan (1932–2020), Pakistani cricketer
Wissam al-Hassan (1965–2012), Lebanese military officer
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Xhem Hasa (1908–1945), Albanian soldier
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Yaël Hassan (born 1952), French-Israeli author
Yarin Hassan (born 1994), Israeli footballer
Yaron Hasson, Israeli guitar player
Yisrael Hasson (born 1955), Israeli politician
Yoel Hasson (born 1972), Israeli politician
Yousif Hassan, Emirati footballer
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Zahid Hasan, Bangladeshi actor
Zainal Abidin Hassan (born 1963), Malaysian footballer and manager
Zakir Hasan (born 1972), Bangladeshi cricketer
Zohaib Hassan (born 1966), Pakistani pop icon
Zoya Hasan, Indian academic and political scientist
Zulkifli Hasan (born 1962), Indonesian politician
Fictional characters
Dr. Lily Hassan, character in the British soap opera DoctorsHassani (Sleeper Cell character), character in the American television series Sleeper CellOmar Hassan (24 character), character in the American television series 24''
See also
Hazan (disambiguation)
Hassan (given name)
Hession (surname)
Hassoun
Hasson Heights, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
Irish name
Osáin
Hass (surname)
Lists of most common surnames
References
Surnames
Arabic-language surnames
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
Gaelic-language surnames
Jewish surnames
Mizrahic surnames
Sephardic surnames
Scottish surnames
Surnames of Arabic origin
Surnames of Irish origin
Surnames of Israeli origin
Surnames of Scottish origin
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44504909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktober | Oktober | Oktober may refer to:
Forlaget Oktober, a Norwegian publishing house;
Oktober, a character in The Quiller Memorandum;
Oktober (TV series), a British television series;
Oktober Guitars, American manufacturer of musical instruments
See also
October (disambiguation) |
26716495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babak%20Razi | Babak Razi | Babak Razi (born June 2, 1981) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Pas Hamedan in the Azadegan League.
Club career
In 2008, Razi Joined Zob Ahan F.C. after spending the previous season at Shirin Faraz F.C.
Club career statistics
Last Update 1 June 2010
Assist Goals
References
1981 births
Living people
Shamoushak Noshahr players
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah players
Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players
Iranian footballers
Association football midfielders |
23578900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker%20River | Hooker River | The Hooker River is a river in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It flows south from Hooker Lake, the glacier lake of Hooker Glacier, which lies on the southern slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook. After 3 kilometers, it flows through Mueller Glacier Lake, gathering more glacial water, before joining the braided streams of the Tasman River, also an outflow of a glacier lake.
Etymology
The geographic Hooker items were named by the Canterbury provincial geologist, Julius von Haast, after the English botanist William Jackson Hooker.
Description
The Hooker River drains both the Hooker and Mueller Glaciers and is the principal ablation outlet for these ice masses. Its water is a milky bluish light grey due to the suspended glacial rock flour in the water. Hooker River along transports of sediment per year.
The entire run of Hooker River is within the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park and easily accessible, as it flows through the flat Hooker Valley, the main tourism area of the park. The river is bridged three times by the pedestrian suspension bridges along the Hooker Valley Track, the most popular walking track in the area. A further track leads further downstream along the river to Tasman Valley Road, which crosses Hooker River on a small one lane road bridge just as the river enters the Tasman Valley.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valet%20Girls | Valet Girls | Valet Girls is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski, written by Clark Carlton, and starring Meri Marshall, April Stewart, Mary Kohnert, Jack DeLeon, Jon Sharp, Michael Karm, Steven Lyon, Randy Vasquez, Stuart Fratkin, and Tony Cox. The plot concerns three women in Los Angeles who are working as valet girls while trying to get started in the entertainment industry. The film was produced by Lexyn Productions and distributed by Empire International Pictures and Vestron Video.
Plot
The story revolves around Lucy (Meri Marshall), who wants to be a rock star, Rosalind (April Stewart), a brain pretending to be a bimbo, and Carnation (Mary Kohnert), who wants to be an actress. These three girls get a job parking cars for a big movie star named Dirk Zebra (Jack DeLeon) who throws regular house parties so that he and his fellow actor Lindsey Brawnsworth (Jon Sharp) and a record producer, Alvin Sunday (Michael Karm) can attract and seduce aspiring starlets.
Between parking cars, the three girls have to dodge the amorous attention of the party-goers while Lucy and Carnation try to get influential people to pay attention to their musical and acting talents. The party is sabotaged by members of a competing valet company (played by Steven Lyon, Randy Vasquez, and Stuart Fratkin) and the girls are blamed and fired. With the help of Dirk Zebra's wife Tina (Patricia Scott Michel) and Carnation's boyfriend Archie Lee (John Terlesky) the valet girls humiliate Dirk Zebra, Lindsey Brawnsworth, and the members of the other valet company.
Tony Cox appears as Lucy's friend and manager, Sammy. Ron Jeremy also made an appearance in an uncredited, minor roles.
Home media release
Valet Girls was released on VHS by Lions Gate on April 15, 1987.
External links
Fast-Rewind review
New York Times review
1987 films
1987 comedy films
American comedy films
Empire International Pictures films
English-language films
Films directed by Rafal Zielinski
Films set in Los Angeles
Films shot in Los Angeles
American independent films |
23578904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horahora%20River | Horahora River | The Horahora River is a short river of Northland, New Zealand. It is formed from the confluence of the Waitangi River and Taheke River, which meet close to the Pacific Ocean coast northeast of Whangarei. It flows into the Pacific at Ngunguru Bay, three kilometres south of Ngunguru.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Kaipara District
Rivers of the Northland Region
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horomanga%20River | Horomanga River | The Horomanga River is a river of the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. The river flows north through Te Urewera National Park, reaching its confluence with the Rangitaiki River north of Murupara. A well formed horse track follows the river valley to its headwaters. There are an abundant amount of introduced species such as Red deer, Rusa deer and wild pigs that provide hunters and locals with a supply of meat and recreation. The river itself holds good numbers of rainbow and some brown trout. There is a rebuilt 5 bed hut where midway hut used to stand. Midway hut was burnt down. the forest cover in the river valley is predominantly Tawa and podocarps from the river level to about 700-800 metres, before transitioning to predominantly Tawai (beech) forest. The mountain range on the west side of the Horomanga is steep and rugged, with thick almost impenetrable bush. Serious care should be taken when hunting or tramping on this side of the river valley. The east side of the Horomanga is a sharp contrast to the west, as the bush here is more open, and the hills less steep. However, care should be taken when hunting on this side of the river, for the lower, less defined ridgelines of this area are easy to get disorientated or lost in.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Bay of Plenty Region
Rivers of New Zealand |
44504996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsa%20Air%20Force%20Station | Sirsa Air Force Station | Sirsa Air Force Station or Sirsa AFS (ICAO: VISX) is an Indian Air Force base under Western Air Command, located at Sirsa in the state of Haryana, India.
History
1971 Indo-Pak war
In Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Pakistan Air Force launched a pre-emptive raid on 12 airforce stations, including Sirsa station, Faridkot Stations, Halwara Air Force Station, a few railway stations, Indian armour concentrations and other targets. However, this failed to cause any significant damage except pothole damage to the runway which was quickly repaired. Dassault Mystère IV jets from Sirsa base pounded the Pakistan Army pitched against the Indian Army in the Battle of Sabuna Drain. Dassault Mystère also hit a train and destroyed 50 tanks on it between Okara and Sahiwal.
Units
It has No. 21 Squadron IAF of 45 Wing. Wing is an active air force combat formation. No. 15 Squadron IAF operating Su-30MKI is also based here.
Originally the base was home to a squadron each of MiG-23s and MiG-27s, both single-engine fighters, of No. 21 Squadron IAF.
See also
Airports Authority of India
Ambala Air Force Station
Gurugram Air Force Station
Hisar Military Station
List of Armed Forces Hospitals In India
List of highways in Haryana
List of Indian Air Force bases
Railway in Haryana
Raja Nahar Singh Faridabad Air Force Logistics Station
References
External links
Video of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team (SKAT) during the Air Show at Sirsa Air Force Station.
Indian Air Force bases
Airports in Haryana
Sirsa district
Airports established in 1964
1964 establishments in East Punjab |
23578908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hororata%20River | Hororata River | The Hororata River is a river of Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. A tributary of the Selwyn River, the Hororata has its sources in rough hill country north of Windwhistle, and flows east through the township of Hororata before reaching the Selwyn northwest of Dunsandel.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossack%20River | Hossack River | The Hossack River is a river on the South island of New Zealand. It flows north from close to the Hossack Saddle, , northwest of Hanmer Springs, before joining the Acheron River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
6907791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito%20J.%20Lopez | Vito J. Lopez | Vito Joseph Lopez (June 5, 1941 – November 9, 2015) was an American politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly, and chairman of the Democratic Party of Kings County.
Personal life
Vito Lopez was born on June 5, 1941, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, of an Italian American family; his last name Lopez derives from his grandfather, who was a native of Spain. He graduated from Brooklyn's James Madison High School, and received a BS in Business Administration from Long Island University (1964), and a Master of Social Work from Yeshiva University (1970), where he was trained in the community organizing program. Lopez had two children by his former wife, Joan.
Lopez was diagnosed with leukemia in 1993, and in 2010 was treated for a recurrence of cancer. He died on November 9, 2015, at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital at the age of 74.
Early career
Lopez began his career with the New York City Department of Social Services, at the Stanhope Street Senior Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Believing the neighborhood received little attention from City Hall and senior citizen programs there received even less in terms of program support, Lopez began organizing senior citizens there. His first attracted citywide attention by organizing in November 1981 an assembly of 100 senior citizens at Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest what they saw as the "serious neglect" shown to them in programs for decent housing, nursing homes and medical facilities.
Lopez began researching the programs for senior citizens available from local, state and federal funding sources in order to supplement the relatively meager services offered at the Stanhope Street Senior Center. This led his to conceive the idea of creating a not-for-profit that would enter into government contracts to provide services for senior citizens, which he planned would focus on Bushwick and the neighboring Italian-American community of Ridgewood, located in the borough of Queens.
In 1973, he founded Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council (RBSCC), a non-profit organization to provide services to senior citizens in Bushwick and the adjoining (interborough) neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens as well as surrounding areas. The first contract it won was to manage the Stanhope Street Senior Center. The Council aggressively pursued government funds and promoted itself as the primary contact for citizens looking for government assistance, even assistance not within the purview of the Council's contracts.
Over time as the Council increased in size and importance, Lopez used it to generate loyalty among constituents for which it provided services and to employ locals to create an administrative staff. These two groups allowed Lopez to gain his political positions beginning with his Assembly seat in 1984. While he resigned as Executive Director of the Council on winning the seat, he remained closely associated with it and used his political clout on its behalf. At the height of his political influence the Council "served as a de facto political machine for him and his allies ..."
According to the Daily News, by 2010 as Assemblyman Lopez had steered $430,000 in state grants to the Ridgewood-Bushwick Citizens Council. At that time, the Council had $100 million in state and city contracts to build affordable homes, provide meals to seniors and run after-school programs. The Daily News found that for the period 2007-2010 firms doing businesses with the Council (and their subcontractors) contributed $51,000 to election campaigns of Lopez or to the Kings County Democratic Committee of which Lopez was chairman.
Political career
Lopez was a member of the New York State Assembly (53rd D.) from 1985 to 2013, sitting in the 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th, 197th, 198th, 199th and 200th New York State Legislatures. His district comprised the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick and Williamsburg.
From 2006-12, Lopez served as the chairman of the Kings County Democratic Party, having replaced former chairman Clarence Norman Jr. On August 28, 2012, Lopez announced that he would not seek re-election as Brooklyn Democratic leader due to allegations that he sexual harassed two of his staffers. Lopez was forced to step down after it was revealed that he settled a lawsuit by two of his female staffers who alleged that he had sexually harassed them. On May 17, 2013, Lopez also resigned from then his assembly seat effective at the end of the legislative session June 20, 2013. Several days later Lopez moved up his resignation date to May 20, 2013.
Political stances
Lopez was among the sponsors of a bill to expand the original 1982 Loft Law, "...which gave rights to illegal tenants and made their lofts subject to rent stabilization." The 2009 Loft Law Amendment, which went into effect June 2010, expanded these protections to lofts in manufacturing areas of Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Long Island City.
While Lopez previously sponsored similar legislation, he did not support a 2009 bill, the Child Victims Act, sponsored by Assemblywoman Margaret Markey. This bill would have opened a one-year window to allow older victims of prior childhood sexual abuse the ability to file civil actions against their abusers.
He has sponsored a competing bill that provides no window, but would change current law to allow lawsuits against public institutions without requiring a 90-day notice of claim. The New York Times reported on June 9, 2009, that in an effort to reach a compromise with Lopez's bill, Markey amended her bill to specifically include all public institutions through the waiver of the current 90-day notice of claim requirement, and also limited the window to victims aged 53 or younger.
During an October 13, 2006, meeting with the Lambda Independent Democrats, a political club of gay Democrats in New York City, Lopez publicly declared his support for extending the right of civil marriage to same-sex couples for the first time in his political career. He also intimated that he would help to enact legislation that would recognize same-sex marriages, which the highest court in New York State had refused to recognize earlier that year.
Pork Barrel Politics
In 2018 Dan Doctoroff said that Lopez refused to support the Bloomberg administrator's rezoning of the Brooklyn waterfront unless the administration allocated a million dollars for a daycare center that Doctoroff thought Lopez's girlfriend was connected to. By Doctoroff's account, this happened the day before the city council vote; time was limited, and after midnight Doctoroff called the head of the agency that oversaw daycare centers, woke him up, and secured the million dollars for the center to meet Lopez's demand and pass the rezoning.
Investigations
According to multiple media account in September 2010, Lopez and the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council were the subject of several investigations, led by the US Attorney in Manhattan and in Brooklyn, and the New York City Department of Investigations.
Censure
On August 24, 2012, the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance concluded an investigation, made in response to allegations brought forth by two young female staffers, and unanimously found that Vito Lopez had violated the Assembly’s sexual harassment/retaliation policy.
Based on recommendations from the committee, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver removed him as chair of the Committee on Housing, stripped him of all seniority, reduced his staff allotment and forbade him from employing any interns or persons under the age of 21. Silver also censured and admonished him on behalf of the Assembly. He was reelected in November 2012 despite token opposition, but was stripped of his Democratic chairmanship and had his pay cut.
In mid-May 2013 the state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics issued a report which described in detail the behavior alleged by multiple women, which prompted prominent Democrats, including Governor Andrew Cuomo and Speaker Silver, to call for his immediate resignation. In response Lopez, citing a report by special prosecutor Staten Island District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. that he would not bring criminal charges. On May 17, 2013, he announced he would resign from the Assembly at the end of his term in June 2013 and in the fall run for a seat on the New York City Council.
This announcement brought further calls from his immediate resignation, including by Assembly Minority leader Brian M. Kolb, and brought a vow by City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, a Democrat running for Mayor, that she would work to prevent his election. That afternoon Speaker Silver released a draft resolution to expel Lopez from the Assembly that he said would be voted on when the Assembly returns on May 20, 2013.
Resignation
Lopez resigned in May 2013 after a legislative ethics panel censured him. On June 11, 2013, Lopez was fined $330,000 who was accused of groping, intimidating and manipulating young female staffers in a 2012 scandal.
2013 New York City Council election
Lopez ran in the 2013 New York City Council elections to succeed Diana Reyna in the 34th district. He lost the Democratic primary to Antonio Reynoso. Lopez won 37% of the vote and Reynoso 49%.
References
External links
'Vito's Brooklyn Comeback Party', The Politicker, The New York Observer
'Bill Aims to Spur Housing for New York’s Poor', The New York Times
'Clarence Norman Successor Faces Questions', The New York Sun
'Brooklyn Democrat Vito Lopez emerges Assembly's top hog in handing out pork dollars' The New York Daily News
'Pfizer Offering Williamsburg Plant Site for Affordable Housing-So, Why's a State Assemblyman Trying to Seize It?' The New York Observer
'Democrats in Brooklyn: Vito Lopez Continues the Corruption' The Daily Gotham citing The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, etc.
Julian E. Barnes,"The Two Faces of Bushwick; A Troubled Brooklyn Neighborhood Is Mending. But Its Leaders Are Feuding Over the Size of the Gains and What to Do Next" NY Times Online, The New York Times, February 27, 2000
David Freedlander, The Lion in Winter: Vito Lopez And The End Of County, City Hall, March 1, 2010
Marwell, Nicole P., Bargaining for Brooklyn: community organizations in the entrepreneurial city, University of Chicago Press, 2007
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James Madison High School (Brooklyn) alumni
People from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn |
23578910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoteo%20River | Hoteo River | The Hoteo River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It flows southwest from its sources close to the North Auckland Peninsula's east coast before emptying into the southern lobe of the Kaipara Harbour.
The lower reaches of the river are popular with whitebaiters and recreational fishermen and the river also hosts the annual Hoteo River Raft Race, a no-holds-barred event.
State Highway 1 crosses the river at Wayby, south of Wellsford and State Highway 16 crosses the river near Mangakura where it discharges into the Kaipara Harbour.
The headwaters of the Hoteo River is the Waitapu Stream that starts within 5 km of the East Coast and the system drains out into the West Coast of Northland. The Hoteo forms at the confluence of the Whangaripo and Waiwhiu streams.
The North Auckland Rail Line crosses the Hoteo river 3 times within 1.5 km; to the north of Kaipara Flats.
The Hoteo River was a traditional rohe (border) marker for the iwi (tribe) Ngāti Manuhiri's northernmost lands.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
External links
Photos -
Building railway bridge and Tauhoa Tunnel in 1906
Flood in 1907
River crossing in 1907
Hoteo River in 1911
Rodney District
Rivers of the Auckland Region
Rivers of New Zealand
Kaipara Harbour watersheds |
23578911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20River | Howard River | The Hinemoatū / Howard River is a river of the northern South Island of New Zealand. A tributary of the Buller River, the Howard rises in the Travers Range of Nelson Lakes National Park, flowing north between Lakes Rotoroa and Rotoiti, before reaching the Buller between Kawatiri and Saint Arnaud.
Formerly known as the Howard River, the river's name was officially altered to Hinemoatū / Howard River in August 2014.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Tasman District
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Helga%20Pictures | The Helga Pictures | The Helga Pictures are a series of more than 240 paintings and drawings of German model Helga Testorf (born c. 1933 or c. 1939) created by Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) between 1971 and 1985.
Creation
Helga "Testy" Testorf was a neighbor of Wyeth's in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and over the course of fifteen years posed for Wyeth indoors and out of doors, nude and clothed, in attitudes that reminded writers of figures painted by Botticelli and Édouard Manet. To John Updike, her body "is what Winslow Homer's maidens would have looked like beneath their calico."
Born in Germany, Helga entered a Prussian Protestant convent chosen by her father in 1955. After becoming seriously ill she left the convent and lived in Mannheim, where she studied to be a nurse and a masseuse. In 1957, she met John Testorf, a German-born, naturalized American citizen, whom she married in 1958. By 1961 they were living in Philadelphia, where she worked in a tannery, and they soon moved to Chadds Ford. There she raised a family of four children, and acted as caretaker to farmer Karl Kuerner, an elderly neighbor who was a friend and model for Wyeth.
Wyeth asked Testorf to model for him in 1971, and from then until 1985 he made 45 paintings and 200 drawings of her, many of which depicted her nude. The sessions supposedly were a secret even to their spouses. The paintings were stored at the home of his student, neighbor and good friend, Frolic Weymouth.
Aftermath
Explaining the series, Wyeth said, "The difference between me and a lot of painters is that I have to have a personal contact with my models. ... I have to become enamored. Smitten. That's what happened when I saw Helga." He described his attraction to "all her German qualities, her strong, determined stride, that Loden coat, the braided blond hair". Art historian John Wilmerding wrote, "Such close attention by a painter to one model over so long a period of time is a remarkable, if not singular, circumstance in the history of American art". For art critic James Gardner, Testorf "has the curious distinction of being the last person to be made famous by a painting".
When the existence of the pictures was made public images of Testorf graced the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines. Testorf, although flattered by the paintings, was upset by the publicity and controversy they provoked. Although Wyeth denied that there had been a physical relationship with Testorf, the secrecy surrounding the sessions and public speculation of an affair created a strain in the Wyeths' marriage.
Well after the paintings were finished, Testorf remained close to Wyeth and helped care for him in his old age. In a 2007 interview, when Wyeth was asked if Helga was going to be present at his 90th birthday party, he said, "Yeah, certainly. Oh, absolutely," and went on to say, "She's part of the family now. I know it shocks everyone. That's what I love about it. It really shocks 'em."
Exhibitions and ownership
In 1986, Philadelphia publisher and millionaire Leonard E.B. Andrews (1925–2009) purchased almost the entire collection, preserving it intact. Wyeth had already given a few Helga paintings to friends, including the famous Lovers, which had been given as a gift to Wyeth's wife.
The works were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in 1987 and in a nationwide tour. There was extensive criticism of both the 1987 exhibition and the subsequent tour. The show was "lambasted" as an “absurd error” by John Russell and an “essentially tasteless endeavor” by Jack Flam, coming to be viewed by some people as "a traumatic event for the museum." The curator, Neil Harris, labeled the show “the most polarizing National Gallery exhibition of the late 1980s,” himself admitting concern over "the voyeuristic aura of the Helga exhibition."
The tour was criticized after the fact because, after it ended, the pictures' owner sold his entire cache to a Japanese company, a transaction characterized by Christopher Benfey as "crass."
List of works
Tempera on panel:
Letting Her Hair Down (1972)
Sheepskin (1973)
Braids (1977)
Farm Road (1979)
Day Dream (1980)
Night Nurse (1995)
Drybrush and/or watercolor on paper:
Black Velvet (1972)
The Prussian (1973)
In the Orchard (several versions, 1973–1985)
Seated by a Tree (1973, other versions from 1973 and 1982)
Crown of Flowers (1974)
Loden Coat (1975)
Easter Sunday (1975; a non-Helga watercolor also bears this title)
Barracoon (1976; a non-Helga tempera also bears this title)
On Her Knees (1977)
Drawn Shade (1977)
Overflow (1978)
Walking In Her Cape Coat (1979)
Night Shadow (1979)
Pageboy (1980)
Knapsack (two versions, both 1980)
Lovers (1981)
From the Back (two versions, both 1981)
In the Doorway (three versions, all 1981)
Cape Coat (1982)
Campfire (two versions, both 1982)
Sun Shield (1982)
Flotation Device (1984)
Autumn (1984)
Refuge (1985)
Red Sweater (1987)
Helga's Back (1991)
Barefoot (1992)
Uphill (1999)
Gone (2002)
Notes
References
Meryman, Richard: Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life, HarperCollins 1996. .
Updike, John. Just Looking: Essays on Art. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Wilmerding, John. Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987.
External links
"The Last Person Made Famous by a Painting": Helga Testorf interviewed in a short film from The Atlantic.
German artists' models
Paintings by Andrew Wyeth |
23578912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangarua%20River | Huangarua River | The Huangarua River is a river of the southern North Island of New Zealand. Rising in the foothills of the Aorangi Range it flows north to join the Ruakokoputuna River to the south of Martinborough.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Wellington Region
Rivers of New Zealand |
44505099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y.%20R.%20Swamy | Y. R. Swamy | Y. R. Swamy ( – 21 October 2002) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked primarily Kannada cinema. He directed over 35 films in his career, 17 of which came in films that stars Rajkumar in the lead role. He also holds the record for directing Rajkumar for the highest no. of times- seventeen.
His first film as a director came in the 1953 Telugu film, Pratigna. Since then, Swamy directed films in the Kannada language and mostly in the mythological genre and with a social connect. His popular films include Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960), Katari Veera (1966), Paropakari (1970), Sipayi Ramu (1972) and Bhale Huchcha (1972). Recognizing his contribution to Kannada cinema, he was awarded the 1990–91 Puttanna Kanagal Award.
Career
Swamy's role as Prahlada, a mythological Indian boy-saint, marked his entry into films in the early 1950s. Around the time, he worked as an assistant to his adoptive father and filmmaker H. M. Reddy, who directed films in Telugu and Tamil languages. Swamy's directorial debut came in the 1953 Telugu film Pratigna, a film that Reddy produced, starring Kanta Rao (debut as a hero) and Savitri with Rajanala debuting as a villain. Following this, he directed Vaddante Dabbu starring NTR, Peketi Sivaram, Jamuna and Sowcar Janaki and other films before entering Kannada cinema as an independent director with the 1956 film Renuka Devi. His next directorial was the 1960 film Bhakta Kanakadasa that had Rajkumar playing the lead role of Kanakadasa, a 16th-century Kannada poet. The film was a massive success during its time and is seen as a landmark film in Kannada cinema.
Alongside directing, Swamy also wrote the screenplay to films such as Swarna Gowri (1962), Katari Veera (1966) and Bhale Raja (1969), also producing the latter. He would go on to direct other films such as Sipayi Ramu (1972), Bhale Huchcha (1972), Mooruvare Vajragalu (1973), Devara Kannu (1975), Pavana Ganga (1977) and Apoorva Sangama (1984). The 1991 film Bangaradantha Maga marked his last as director.
Filmography
Pratigna (1953)
Vanjam (1953)
Vaddante Dabbu (1954)
Panam Paduthum Paadu (1954)
Renuka Mahatme (1956)
Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960)
Swarna Gowri (1962)
Jenu Goodu (1963)
Muriyada Mane (1964)
Vathsalya (1965)
Katari Veera (1966)
Sathi Sukanya (1967)
Muddu Meena (1967)
Mamathe (1968)
Atthegondu Kala Sosegondu Kala (1968)
Bhale Raja (1969)
Bhale Jodi (1970)
Devara Makkalu (1970)
Paropakari (1970)
Sipayi Ramu (1972)
Bhale Huchcha (1972)
Nanda Gokula (1972)
Bidugade (1973)
Swyamvara (1973)
Mooruvare Vajragalu (1973)
Maga Mommaga (1974)
Mane Belaku (1975)
Devara Kannu (1975)
Aparadhi (1976)
Pavana Ganga (1977)
Thayigintha Devarilla (1977)
Kudure Mukha (1978)
Muyyige Muyyi (1978)
Pakka Kalla (1979)
Atthege Thakka Sose (1979)
Savathiya Neralu (1979)
Jari Bidda Jana (1980)
Apoorva Sangama (1984)
Bangaradantha Maga (1991)
References
External links
1920s births
2002 deaths
Kannada screenwriters
Kannada film directors
Date of birth missing
20th-century Indian film directors
Tamil film directors
People from Chitradurga district
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Screenwriters from Karnataka
20th-century Indian screenwriters |
23578913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huia%20River | Huia River | The Huia River is a river of New Zealand's South Island West Coast. It flows north to meet with the Kakapo River two kilometres before the latter flows into the Karamea River, 17 kilometres to the east of Karamea.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Buller District
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter%20River%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | Hunter River (New Zealand) | The Hunter River, New Zealand is a river of New Zealand, flowing into Lake Hāwea.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Otago
Rivers of New Zealand |
17340975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keller%20Williams%20Realty | Keller Williams Realty | Keller Williams Realty (commonly referred to as Keller Williams) is an American technology and international real estate franchise with headquarters in Austin, Texas. It claimed to be the largest real estate franchise in number of agents and sales volume for 2018 and 2019. It is operated by a holding company named KWx which was formed in 2020.
Founded in 1983 by Gary Keller and Joe Williams, it grew from a single office in Austin to approximately 940+ offices with over 180,000 associates worldwide as of May 2018. It is an Inc. 5000 company and has been recognized as one of the highest rated real estate companies by numerous publications, including Entrepreneur and Forbes. In 2018, it was listed as one of the "happiest companies to work for" by Career Bliss. Keller Williams topped Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies in the real estate and urban development category for 2019.
History
Founding and early history
Keller Williams was founded in 1983 by Gary Keller and Joe Williams. It started out as a single office based in Austin, Texas, selling local residential real estate in the Austin area. After two years in business, Keller Williams became the largest single office residential real estate firm in Austin with 72 licensed agents. In the mid-1980s, the company suffered from the United States housing bubble and began to offer profit sharing to existing and potential associates in order to retain agents and help get through the recession. Within a year, the company grew to 130 agents and began to climb back as the top real estate broker in Austin.
In the early 1990s, Keller Williams expanded outside of the state of Texas, opening up its business model to franchising beginning in 1991. It opened an office in Oklahoma in 1993, marking the firm's first office to be located outside of its home state. The Oklahoma office was later recognized as the most successful single real estate office in that state. Keller Williams expanded at a rapid rate throughout the United States, much of which was attributed to its commission split for agents. In 1997 the company was recognized by being on the Franchise Gold 100 list by Success Magazine. As it moved into the next century, Keller Williams became the 6th largest real estate agency in the U.S. An example of its rapid expansion came in the state of Florida where in 2004 it was attributed as the largest real estate office in Polk County with 114 agents. That same year, it was attributed as the fastest growing real estate office in the entire state with 45 market centers, bringing its total nationwide agent count to over 30,000.
Keller Williams continued expanding and in 2007, the company launched Luxury Homes by Keller Williams, a division within the company that brokers luxury only real estate. In 2008, it launched KW Commercial, a division providing commercial real estate associates with specialized technology, marketing tools, and resources. The division is known for allowing agents to keep more commission splits. It also allowed profit sharing similar to residential agents. As of 2012, the division boasted of more than 1,000 brokers nationally.
2010 to 2016 International expansion
By the end of the decade in 2010, Keller Williams had 77,672 real estate agents in the United States. It surpassed Century 21 as the second largest real estate agency in the U.S., two years after taking over the third spot from RE/MAX International. Between 2005 and 2011, the company saw a 40 percent increase in the number of offices in North America. Keller Williams went international in 2012, launching Keller Williams Worldwide as a subdivision to manage its international franchising. It awarded its first overseas franchise in Vietnam in 2012. The same year, franchising of the company was made available in Indonesia and Southern Africa, and in 2013 expanded to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
At the end of April 2014, Keller Williams reached 100,575 agents worldwide. This was due to an 18 percent increase in agents during 2013. As of 2014, it is the largest real estate franchise by agent count in North America and the only privately held global residential real estate brokerage. In 2014, the company also announced the opening of a region in Dubai. The first Dubai franchise was awarded to a leadership group affiliated with IFA Hotels & Resorts which is considered the largest foreign investor on the Palm Jumeirah.
2017 to present: Transition to technology company and KWx
Keller Williams topped $67.1 billion in sales volume in 2016, up 22 percent from the previous year. The company began to position itself as a technology company in 2017. In 2017 it launched KW Labs, a division of the company process devoted to the building and testing of technology created by the company alongside its agents. This was in addition to KW Keller Cloud. It also introduced "Kelle," an artificial intelligence app which has been referred to as Siri but for real estate used as a virtual assistant, and an agent-to-agent referral tools platform called "Referrals." Keller Williams claims it is the number one franchise in the United States by sales volume in 2017, ranking number one in agents and units sold in 2017.
Keller Williams continued expansion into South America in 2018, opening franchises in Argentina, adding to already existing locations in Colombia, Belize, Nicaragua, and Panama. It also expanded to Cambodia as well as Belgium and Luxembourg.Gary Keller replaced John Davis as CEO of the company in 2019, adding to his already title of Chairman of the company. The same year the company expanded into Morocco.
Keller Williams formed KWx in 2020, a holding company to oversee its portfolio of companies. It named Carl Liebert as the new CEO of the group with Gary Keller becoming the executive chairman. Josh Team also left Keller Williams with Marc King being promoted to role of president.
Company divisions
Keller Williams Worldwide – Keller Williams Worldwide is responsible for the company's global franchising and expansion.
KellerINK – KellerINK is the publishing arm of Keller Williams, responsible for the publishing of instructional and inspirational business books with a specialty in real estate. The company published Millionaire Real Estate series and The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. They have sold more than a million books worldwide.
Luxury Homes by Keller Williams – Luxury Homes by Keller Williams is the company's luxury real estate arm.
KW Commercial – Division of Keller Williams responsible for brokering commercial real estate.
KW Labs - Keller Williams' technology division that develops and test software created by the company.
Philanthropy
Keller Williams operates a charitable arm known as KW Cares which is a nonprofit organization set up to assist both local communities as well as associates of the company and their families deal with hardships and emergencies. Examples of giving include providing assistance to help fight serious illness or recover from a life altering accident. The organization also donates to various other nonprofits including the Ryan's Well Foundation, Homes For Our Troops, and the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Beginning in 2009, Keller Williams began organizing a one-day yearly event where all associates spend a day away from the office donating their time to their local communities. Known among the associates as RED Day (Renew, Energize, and Donate), all Keller Williams offices close for the day to take part in the event. Since its inception, associates have been involved with projects that include rebuilding homes, hosting blood drives, giving to local food shelters, and refurbishing local parks.
Awards and recognition
Keller Williams has received numerous awards since its inception. In addition to being an Inc. 5000 company, it has been recognized by Inc. as a Top 100 Real Estate Company, placed on the magazine's honor role as a five-time Inc. 5000 Honoree, and receiving an Inc. Hire Power Award. Further recognition has come from Entrepreneur where it has been featured in the magazine's Best of the Best franchise list as well as inclusion in their Franchise 500 rankings. The company was recognized as the number one training company by Training Magazine in 2017; and, inducted into the publication's Training Hall of Fame in 2018. In 2018, it was listed as one of the "happiest companies to work for" by Career Bliss as reported by Forbes.
See also
List of companies based in Austin, Texas
List of franchises
List of real estate topics
Real estate trends
References
External links
Real estate services companies of the United States
Companies based in Austin, Texas
Real estate companies established in 1983
1983 establishments in Texas
Franchises |
44505123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Atkinson | Diana Atkinson | Diana Atkinson, née Wigod is a Canadian writer, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards for her novel Highways and Dancehalls.
Biography
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a child, and underwent frequent surgeries for the condition. By her teenage years, she was psychologically troubled by post-operative trauma from the surgeries, dropping out of high school and spending some time working as a stripper. Highways and Dancehalls was a roman à clef about her experience, although she resisted media attempts to sensationalize her past in the novel's promotion. At the time of the award nomination, Atkinson was completing a degree at Concordia University in Montreal.
The novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the 1995 Chapters First Novel Award. A French-language translation, titled Strip, was published in 1998.
Atkinson won a Western Magazine Award in 2000 for "Falling Slowly", an essay published in Vancouver Magazine, and was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the same year for "From the Gut", an essay published in Western Living.
References
Living people
Canadian women novelists
20th-century Canadian novelists
Canadian magazine writers
Writers from Vancouver
Jewish Canadian writers
Concordia University alumni
20th-century Canadian women writers
20th-century Canadian essayists
Canadian women essayists
Year of birth missing (living people) |
23578920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huriwai%20River | Huriwai River | The Huriwai River is a short river of New Zealand's North Island. It rises in rough hill country to the southeast of Port Waikato, flowing west to reach the Tasman Sea south of the mouth of the Waikato River.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Waikato
Waikato District
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing%20at%20the%202010%20South%20American%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20lightweight%20single%20sculls | Rowing at the 2010 South American Games – Men's lightweight single sculls | The Men's lightweight single sculls event at the 2010 South American Games was held over March 21 at 9:20.
Medalists
Records
Results
References
Final
Lightweight Single Scull M |
23578923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihungia%20River | Ihungia River | The Ihungia River is a river of the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It flows north from its source inland from Te Puia Springs, joining with the Mata River southwest of Ruatoria.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Gisborne District
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihuraua%20River | Ihuraua River | The Ihuraua River is a river of the southern North Island of New Zealand. It flows north from its source southeast of Eketahuna, joining with several streams to become the Tiraumea River north of Alfredton.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the Wellington Region
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilogue%20%28Epik%20High%20album%29 | Epilogue (Epik High album) | Epilogue is a special release album from Korean hip-hop group Epik High. The album is a collection of unreleased tracks from the group's discography spanning 7 years and 11 albums. It is also the first album released without DJ Tukutz, due to his departure for the Korean military in October 2009. It is also the group's final release under Woollim Entertainment.
Epilogue debuted #1 on the U.S. iTunes Music Store digital hip-hop/rap charts in addition to charting at #1 in New Zealand, #2 in Australia, #3 in Canada, #9 in Japan, #22 in France, #40 in Germany, and #60 in the United Kingdom.
The music video for the lead single "Run," premiered on March 8, 2010, featuring L from Infinite. In the music video of "Run", others Infinite members also participate: Sunggyu (Guitar), Woohyun (Bass), Sungyeol (Drum), and Sungjong (Keyboard). They acted as supporting "band" in the background.
Track listing
References
2010 albums
Epik High albums
Woollim Entertainment EPs |
17340986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Evans%20%28Welsh%20poet%29 | Daniel Evans (Welsh poet) | Daniel Evans (1792 – 28 March 1846), better known by his pseudonym, Daniel Ddu o Geredigion, was a Welsh language poet.
Life
Evans was born at Maesymynach, a farm in the parish of Llanfihangel Ystrad, Cardiganshire. He was the second of three sons born to a farmer, David Evans. Daniel Evans attended the grammar school in Lampeter, where he was taught by Eliezer Williams, before attending Jesus College, Oxford. He matriculated in 1810, and obtained degrees of B.A. (1814), M.A. (1817) and B.D. (1824). In 1817, he was elected by the college to a fellowship, which he held until his death in 1846, but he resided mainly in Wales.
Although Evans was ordained, he came to public attention as a poet rather than as a priest. He served briefly as chaplain of the Royal Military Asylum in Northampton, but resigned due to ill-health and returned home to his parents in Wales. He had no clerical appointments thereafter. In 1819, he was involved with the Dyfed Cambrian Society's attempt to revive the eisteddfod, and was also elected as poet to the London-based Gwyneddigion Society. Four years later, in 1823, he won two major poetry prizes at the Carmarthen Eisteddfod, one for and the other for . He had a particular skill for love and nature poetry. His collected works were published in 1830 under the title , with an expanded second edition in 1872 drawing on unpublished sources; a third edition was published in 1906. He wrote in classical forms as well as in modern style. Whilst Evans did write a few poems in English, these are regarded as of lesser merit than his Welsh poems. Though highly regarded in the nineteenth century, his reputation has fallen in later times.
Evans, who suffered from depression, committed suicide in Maesnewydd, Llanwnnen, Cardiganshire on 28 March 1846, and was buried on 1 April 1846 at Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire.
Works
Evans's writings included:
(1810)
(1819?) (a poem trying to persuade John Jones (Tegid) to remain in Wales rather than travel to the East Indies)
(1820)
(1822)
(1826)
(1826)
(1841)
(1845)
won Evans a silver medal and prize, presented by Thomas Beynon, a fellow poet, who was president of the Carmarthen Society of Cymreigyddion.
References
1792 births
1846 deaths
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford
19th-century Welsh Anglican priests
Welsh-language poets
People from Ceredigion
Suicides in Wales
19th-century Welsh poets
People educated at Lampeter School
1840s suicides |
23578930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene%20River%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | Irene River (New Zealand) | The Irene River is a river of New Zealand, flowing into Charles Sound, Fiordland.
The river flows generally north from the Irene Pass, a saddle in the Museum Range of the Southern Alps. It follows a roughly semicircular path, initially flows northeast before turning north, northwest, and finally west before entering the northern (Emelius) arm of Charles Sound.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Fiordland |
44505281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Felistas%20Fable | The Felistas Fable | The Felistas Fable is a 2013 Ugandan film written, directed and produced by Dilman Dila. The film stars Veronica Namanda, Mike Wawuyo, Kaddzu Isaac and Mathew Nabwiso.
Plot
Felistas is cursed. She stinks. No one can stand to stay near her. She lives in seclusion in an abandoned house. One day, a witchdoctor finds a solution to her problems. A cry-baby man can inherit the smell from her. Felistas is hesitant to grab the opportunity, because she does not want another person to go through the same pain she has endured. But she longs to reunite with her husband and child. So she kidnaps a man, Dan, who is a virgin desperate to get married. Dan recently got a job that makes him very rich. This attracts the attention of Kate, a gold-digger who he has wooed for a long time, and that of a corrupt cop, Jomba, who frames him for murder in an extortion scheme. As Felistas races against time to deliver Dan to the witch and win back her husband’s love, it turns into a high-energy chase with a voluptuous Kate and a trigger-happy Jomba hot on her tail.
Cast
Veronica Namanda as Felistas
Kuddzu Isaac as Dan
Tibba Murungi as Kate
Gerald Rutaro as Jomba
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera as Mama Dan
Raymond Kayemba as Kiza
Michael Wawuyo as Kuku
Esther Bwanika as Miria
Gamba Lee as John
Nandaula Zam Zam as Jean
Wilberforce Mutetete as Police
Oyugi Jackson Otim as Driver
Mathew Nabwiso as Fred
Opio Henry Opolot as Ogwang
Mate Jackson as Priest
Juliet Akanyijuka as Hr
Kyarisiima Allen as Junior
Nalubowa Aidah as Vendor
Wagaba Dauda as Idler
Mataze Charles as Spy
Kazibwe Edwin as Son
Critical reception
The Felistas Fable won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature by a Director, and for Best Make-up Artist. It was also nominated for the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2014 for Best Make-up Artist. It won four awards at the Uganda Film Festival Awards 2014, for (Best Screenplay), (Best Actor),(Best Feature Film), and (Best Director/Film of the Year).
Awards
Winner of Film of the Year (Best Director) at the Uganda Film Festival 2014.
Winner of Best Feature Film at the Uganda Film Festival 2014
Winner of Best Screenplay at the Uganda Film Festival 2014
Winner best actor (Kuddzu Isaac)at the Uganda Film Festival 2014
Winner overall film of the year at the Uganda Film Festival 2014.
Nominated for Best First Feature by a Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014
Nominated for Best Make-up Artist at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014 and at the African Magic Views Choice Awards, 2014
References
External links
"The Felistas Fable"
"After one week of shooting The Felistas Fable "
"The Felistas Fable"
"Who are Uganda’s best film stars?"
"Uganda Film Festival 2014 Nominees"
2013 films
Kumusha |
23578933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwell%20River%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | Irwell River (New Zealand) | The Irwell River, New Zealand is a river of the Canterbury Plains, in New Zealand's South Island. A short river, it rises to the southeast of Dunsandel, flowing southeast to enter the broad, shallow Lake Ellesmere.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%20River%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | Jackson River (New Zealand) | The Jackson River is a river of the southwestern South Island of New Zealand. It flows predominantly northeast, flowing into the Arawhata River close to the latter's outflow into Jackson Bay.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Westland District
Rivers of New Zealand |
26716669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20Is%20Your%20Life%20%28New%20Zealand%20TV%20series%29 | This Is Your Life (New Zealand TV series) | This Is Your Life is a New Zealand television documentary show based on the American show of the same name, in which the host surprises guests with a show documenting their lives, with audience participation from their friends and family.
Thirty-nine New Zealanders have been honoured in the New Zealand version of the show, which has been broadcast on and off since 1984 on Television New Zealand's TVOne. It was originally hosted by Bob Parker (1984–1996), but more recent episodes have been presented by Paul Holmes (1996–2000) and Paul Henry (2007–2008). Most recently, racecar driver Scott Dixon was honoured, on 21 September 2008. Other recent recipients have included extreme sports pioneer, A. J. Hackett (who was profiled on 6 November 2007). Mark Inglis (who lost his legs on Mt Cook in 1982), the subject of an episode that was broadcast on 5 June 2007, and former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu, who was honoured in a show that aired on 9 April 2007.
Prior to that, the last This Is Your Life programme in New Zealand was broadcast in September 2000. The subject of that episode was the runner Peter Snell.
Previous subjects of the show have included prominent figures in sports (such as John Walker, Sir Peter Blake, Mark Todd, Lance Cairns, Scott Dixon and Colin Meads), the arts (like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who also once appeared on the British edition of the show), Dame Malvina Major, Rob Guest, Rowena Jackson and Sir Howard Morrison), politics (e.g. Sonja Davies and Dame Catherine Tizard), broadcasting (like Sir Geoffrey Cox, Nola Luxford, Selwyn Toogood and Davina Whitehouse), literature (Barbara Ewing and A.K. Grant), science (Brian Harold Mason and William Pickering) and the military (Johnny Checketts and Charles Upham).
The show has also featured iconic New Zealanders such as mountaineer and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, and Māori activist Dame Whina Cooper.
2010 revival
The show returned after two years' absence on 10 October 2010. Paul Henry was scheduled to appear as the host, but due to controversy surrounding occurrences on the TV show Breakfast, Henry was replaced with former host Paul Holmes. The book was presented to Sir Peter Leitch. Most recently, former All Black Zinzan Brooke was honoured on 17 October 2011.
References
External links
Page on the TVNZ Web site about This Is Your Life, including a complete list of everyone (now updated to include the show about Jonah Lomu) featured on the show to date
Interview with Paul Henry, the former host of the NZ version, also on the TVNZ site
New Zealand documentary television series
1984 New Zealand television series debuts
1980s New Zealand television series
1990s New Zealand television series
2000s New Zealand television series
TVNZ original programming
1984 in New Zealand television
2010s New Zealand television series |
44505287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makerere%20Kikoni | Makerere Kikoni | Makerere Kikoni is a neighbourhood located in Makerere.
Location
Makerere Kikoni is located in Kawempe Division. It is bordered by Bwaise to the north, Makerere University to the east, Naakulabye to the southwest. Kasubi and Kawaala lie to the west of Makerere. This location lies approximately , by road, north of Kampala's central business district.
History
Makerere Kikoni was mainly a slum in semi permanent structures. It is now mostly developed with hostels. The genesis of this development is traced to a policy adopted by Makerere University in the early 1990s, to admit private students. These students had to cater for their residence. Some residences were converted into hostels to house the students. In recent years, multi storey blocks have been put up to serve as hostels. Besides the hostels, Makerere kikoni is developed with supermarkets, churches, the most outstanding being University Church Fellowship (UCF), hotels like "The Grand Global hotel", "J Frigh Hotel", and"Sheron Hotel". It also has Schools like "Makerere Modern Secondary School" and "Caltec Academy", as well as residential developments.
References
External links
"Shell Opens Makerere-Kikoni Branch"
"Makerere students pay sh5m per year"
Neighborhoods of Kampala
Kawempe Division
Kumusha |
23578936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jed%20River | Jed River | The Jed River is a river of New Zealand's South Island. It flows to the Pacific Ocean close to the town of Cheviot adjacent to Gore Bay. It combines with Buxton Creek behind a rocky beach before draining through the shingle. The waterways break through the rocks after heavy rain and establish a direct outflow into the sea.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
17341003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20Micro%2016s | Fujitsu Micro 16s | The Fujitsu Micro 16s was a business personal computer from Fujitsu that was launched in 1983, around the same time as the launch of the original IBM PC/XT. The Micro 16s used a plug in microprocessor board, and two models were offered, an Intel 8086 and a Zilog Z80 expansion board. Additional expansion boards with the Motorola 68000, Intel 80286 and Zilog Z8000 processors were also planned. Additionally it had a Motorola 6809 co-processor.
As operating systems one could choose between Concurrent CP/M-86 with GSX graphic extension, MP/M-86, MS-DOS, CP/M (for the Z80 board) and Unix.
It could support up to four 320 KB 5.25-inch floppy disk drives, and a hard disk of up to 20 MB.
It had advanced color graphics with 640x200 resolution with 8 colors per pixel, based on a Motorola 6845 video chip, and used an RGB color video monitor.
Up to 1152 KB of memory could be supported.
The Fujitsu Micro 16s series was discontinued in 1986.
See also
Kanji CP/M-86 (1984)
References
External links
Micro 16s at old-computers.com
Early microcomputers
Fujitsu computers
Personal computers |
23578939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20River | Jerry River | The Jerry River is a river of the southwestern South Island of New Zealand. It flows northwest into the Gorge River, which flows into the Tasman Sea between Jackson Bay and Big Bay.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of the West Coast, New Zealand
Westland District
Rivers of New Zealand |
23578941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20o%27Groats%20River | John o'Groats River | The John o'Groats River is a river in northern Fiordland, New Zealand. It flows west to the Tasman Sea north of Milford Sound.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Fiordland |
17341009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas%E2%80%93Johnston%20House | Lucas–Johnston House | The Lucas–Johnston House (also known as Augustus Lucas House) is an historic colonial house in downtown Newport, Rhode Island.
History of building
Dendrochronology surveys were conducted on the house showing that the trees felled in its constructed were from Circa 1650, Summer 1714, and Winter 1759/60. An architectural and dendrochronology study concluded that "the house has two interior chimneys, but they are placed front to back rather than side to side [as was normal in eighteenth century Georgian style houses]... the rear chimney, with its kitchen fireplace, is the one with more age. The foundation walls appear to be of one unified build rather that parts of an earlier building combined with a later construction. Exterior walls, particularly on the north and west walls are studded construction and also have brick nogging. Both of these techniques are quite uncommon for Newport...There are a couple of strange datings ranging from 1618 to 1634...while nothing dating from the first quarter of the 18th century shows in the results, with the exception of a single felling of 1714."
History of occupants
It was the home to French Huguenot settler, Augustus Lucas, a slave trader and attorney, and later his grandson, Augustus Johnston, who was a Tory who served as Rhode Island Attorney General and is the namesake of Johnston, Rhode Island. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
See also
Oldest buildings in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
External links
Information about house
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses in Newport, Rhode Island
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island
Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island |
26716674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20Is%20Your%20Life%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | This Is Your Life (Australian TV series) | This Is Your Life is an Australian television documentary and reality show, based on the American show of the same name, which was created, produced and originally hosted by Ralph Edwards, in which the presenter surprises celebrity guests with a show documenting their lives, with audience participation from their friends and family.
Original broadcast
The original series began broadcasting in Australia in 1975 on the Seven Network, with Bill Lovelock as executive producer and Mike Willesee as host. Subsequent seasons were compered by Digby Wolfe (1976) and Roger Climpson (1977–1980).
Nine Network versions
In 1995, the Nine Network relaunched the program with a 13-year successful run hosted by journalist Mike Munro. In November 2010, it was announced that the show would return on 28 February 2011 and be hosted by Eddie McGuire; however, it was not as successful, and after just four episodes the show did not return.
Seven Network revival
On 27 January 2022, a revival for the Seven Network was announced, to be hosted by Melissa Doyle.
References
External links
This is Your Life at the National Film and Sound Archive
Seven Network original programming
Nine Network original programming
1970s Australian documentary television series
1980s Australian documentary television series
1990s Australian documentary television series
2000s Australian documentary television series
2010s Australian documentary television series
1975 Australian television series debuts
1980 Australian television series endings
1995 Australian television series debuts
2005 Australian television series endings
2008 Australian television series debuts
2008 Australian television series endings
2011 Australian television series debuts
2011 Australian television series endings
2022 Australian television series debuts
English-language television shows
Black-and-white Australian television shows |
23578945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollie%20River | Jollie River | The Jollie River is a river of New Zealand's Southern Alps. It flows an almost straight course from its source in the Liebig Range east of Aoraki/Mount Cook, flowing into the Tasman River from the latter's outflow into Lake Pukaki.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand |
17341011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B8%A4azzan%20%28surname%29 | Ḥazzan (surname) | Hazan, Chazan, Chasen, Hasson, and Khazan are all alternative spellings of Hazzan, a Hebrew word carried over into most other Jewish languages that refers to the cantor in the Jewish prayer tradition. The surname was commonly adopted throughout the Jewish diaspora. See also Hassan (surname).
Khazan is a Russian, Ukrainian, and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, and is a variant of the Hebrew 'Hazzan' and means cantor. When spelled Khazan, the name has typically been transliterated from Cyrillic characters (Хазан), suggesting people of Russian-Jewish descent.
Hazan is a Turkish and Romaniote Jewish surname, and is a variant of the Hebrew 'Hazzan' and means cantor. This variant is carried by the Romaniote Jews between Greece and Turkey.
People with the name Hazan include:
Abraham Chazan (1849–1917), Breslover rabbi
Adeline Hazan (born 1965), French politician
Al Hazan, American musician
Alon Hazan (born 1967), Israeli former association footballer, and head coach of the Israel national under-21 football team
Bella Ḥazzan (), Bohemian writer
Marcella Hazan (born 1924), Italian writer
Nachman Chazan (1813–1884), Breslover rabbi
Naomi Hazan (born 1946), Israeli politician
Samuel Hazan (born 1983), Israeli footballer
Shani Hazan (born 1992), Israeli model, singer, and Miss Israel 2012
Yaakov Hazan (1899–1992), Israeli politician
Yehiel Hazan (born 1958), Israeli politician
See also
Hazan, EMI recording name for Nazia and Zoheb 1980s Pakistan singers, The Hassans
Hebrew-language surnames
Jewish surnames |
23578946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20River | Juno River | The Juno River is a river of Fiordland, New Zealand. It rises west of Lake Shirley and flows westward into the Tasman Sea between Taitetimu / Caswell Sound and Taiporoporo / Charles Sound.
See also
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Rivers of Fiordland |
26716723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKISAN%20National%20Convention | AKISAN National Convention | The Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria, USA Inc. (AKISAN) National Convention is the highest legislative activity of AKISAN and is generally held in August of every year. Divided into Business and General Sessions, the Convention is a gathering of all the chapters of the Association for legislative, cultural and social reasons. Until the 1990 gathering at Atlanta, Georgia, the convention was known as the Colloquium.
Past conventions
Notable attendees and speeches
In 1977 the Colloquium was addressed by the Cross River State Military Governor Major General Paul Ufuoma Omu, through the presentation of B.E. Bassey, the Cross River State Commissioner for Education. The elected civilian Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah and his wife Allison, attended the 1999 Convention in Houston, Texas. In 2007 the Executive Governor, Godswill Akpabio, sent a goodwill message to the convention. The 2007 convention was attended by two ex-Governors of the state, Victor Attah and Idongesit Nkanga.
Free education policy announcement
.|Governor Akpabio delivers a key policy speech on education during the 2008 AKISAN National Convention]]
During the last year of Monday R. Affiah's administration in 2008, Governor Godswill Akpabio led a 50-member delegation from Nigeria to the convention hosted by the Washington, DC Chapter in Alexandria, VA. The governor announced donation of 100,000 U.S. dollars to the Association and delivered a policy speech announcing free universal education to all citizens of the state from primary to senior secondary school level.
The Governor announced the creation of the Diaspora Desk to coordinate the flow of information between the State Government and the Association. Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria Howard F Jetter announced the donation of thousands of books to Akwa Ibom State.
Notable delegates
Some members of the delegation to attend the AKISAN National Convention in 2008 included Helen Esuene, former Federal Minister and wife of the late first military governor of South-Eastern State Brigadier Udokaha Esuene, Idongesit Nkanga first military/indigenous governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umana O. Umana Secretary to the government of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Aloysius Etuk, Otuekong Sunny Jackson Udoh, Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission Bassey Dan Abia, Executive Director of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited Udom Inoyo, the first Akwa Ibom State female Head of Service Elder Grace Anwana, the Convention Chairman Obong Stephen Udofia and his wife Mrs. Idongesit Asuquo Udofia, and then Speaker of the State House of Assembly Rt. Hon Samuel Ikon.
Other attendees from Nigeria included Nollywood stars of Akwa Ibom State extraction led by actress, songwriter and television personality Ms. Anne Inyang with 8 albums to her credit and whose international hit song "Akanam Nkwe" was performed live to a standing ovation at the Convention.
Some Members of the Delegation to AKISAN 2019 Convention in Houston, Texas included Special Guest of Honor- Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, Secretary to the State Governor of Akwa Ibom State, represented His Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga, former Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, Speaker Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Mr. Udom Inoyo, Vice Chairman ExxonMobil and 2019 Convention Chairman, Senator Dr. (Mrs.) Akon Eyakenyi, Congresswoman Mrs. Sheila Jackson of the United States of America Congress, Hon. Onofiok Luke- Hon. Member Federal House Representative (Convention Keynote Speaker), Rt. Hon. Michael Enyong- Hon. Member Federal House of Representative Rt. Hon. Felicia Bassey Deputy Speaker AKSHA, HRM Raymond Inyang Paramount Ruler of ONNA (and wife), Chief Paul Ekpo, Mr. Friday Ben Assistant Chief Protocols Officer to the State Governor, Mr. Nkanang Gabriel Nkanang, Mr. Gabriel Ukpeh- Chairman FDI and Entertainer Aity Inyang
2010 National Convention
The 2010 AKISAN National Convention was held at the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore, Baltimore, MD between August 5-8th.
References
Conventions (meetings) |
26716752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid-Droid | Maid-Droid | aka and is a 2009 Japanese science-fiction fantasy pink film directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu. Among the awards it won at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony was the Silver Prize for Best Film.
Synopsis
In the near future, Ueno is a man who has been raised with his parents' cyborg maid Maria. His parents pass away while he is a teenager, leaving Maria to care for Ueno. As an adult, Ueno's attachment to Maria leads him to attempt to program her for sex. This attempted consummation of their relationship fails, and when Ueno is an old man, Maria's power supply comes to an end, leaving Ueno alone. Meanwhile, a series of rapes occur in the city and Detective Yuri Akagi suspects a droid is responsible.
Cast
Akiho Yoshizawa as Maria
Anri Suzuki () as Yuri
Yōko Satomi as Woman A
Mari Yamaguchi () as Fiancee
Masayoshi Nogami () as Old Man
Hiroyuki Kaneko () as Rape Machine
如春 as Ueno
Hiroshi Fujita () as Otaku critic
Abō () as Detective
Kōji Senō (妹尾公資) as Detective
Critical appraisal
Maid-Droid won several honors at the annual Pink Grand Prix. Besides winning the second place in the Best Film category, Naoyuki Tomomatsu was awarded Best Director for his work on this film. Prizes for Best Actor (Masayoshi Nogami) and Best Screenplay (Chisato Ōgawara) were also given for Maid-Droid.
The German-language site molodezhnaja, however, gives Maid-Droid a less-than-positive review, awarding it two out of five stars. While admitting that it can be enjoyed for its trashiness, and some good sex scenes, the review complains about the perceived misogynistic message behind the film. A scene in which young robots are praised while women over 30 are labeled "ugly" and physically abused for this reason is singled out as a particularly offensive jab at feminism. The review concludes that despite a few interesting ideas, the film as a whole is a clumsy misfire on the part of director Tomomatsu.
Availability
Maid-Droid was released under the title as an original video in Japan in 2008. The pink film studio, Xces gave the film a theatrical release in Japan on January 30, 2009 under the title . It was released on DVD in Japan on March 6, 2009 under the title . Cinema Epoch released Maid-Droid on DVD in the US through its Tokyo Erotique series on December 22, 2009.
References
External links
2009 films
Erotic fantasy films
Films directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Japanese films
Japanese-language films
Pink films
Android (robot) films |
26716821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20Bay%20station | Union Bay station | The Union Bay station is located in the town of Union Bay, British Columbia. The station was a flag stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service. Service ended in 2011.
Footnotes
External links
Via Rail Station Description
Via Rail stations in British Columbia
Disused railway stations in Canada |
26716994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley%20Bay%20station | Buckley Bay station | The Buckley Bay station is a former inter-city rail stop located in Buckley Bay, British Columbia across the island highway from the Denman Island ferry, between Bowser and Union Bay. The station was a stop on Via Rail's Dayliner service. Service ended in 2011 due to poor track conditions along the line.
References
External links
Via Rail Station Description
Via Rail stations in British Columbia
Railway stations closed in 2011
Disused railway stations in Canada |
6907795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider%20%28theater%29 | Rider (theater) | In theater, dance, and live musical performances, a rider is a set of requests or demands that a performer sets as criteria for performance, which are typically fulfilled by the hosting venue. Types of riders include hospitality and technical.
Since the 2010s, inclusion riders, which provide for certain levels of diversity in casting and production staff, are used in the film and television industry.
Hospitality rider
The hospitality rider is a list of requests for the comfort of the artist on the day of the show. Common requests are:
Specific foods and beverages (typically water, but sometimes alcoholic beverages)
Fresh towels
Transportation and hotels
A runner (a person or persons hired to act as a personal shopper/driver for band and crew needs)
A number of complimentary ("comp") tickets or guest lists (free tickets for friends and family)
Security personnel and/or locking rooms
Access to a private bathroom and/or shower
Ice
Technical rider
A document which specifies the types of equipment to be used, the staff to be provided, and other arrangements directly relating to the performance.
Typical requests are:
Piano
Orchestras will often specify a make of piano (e.g., Steinway) and a standard of tuning for the instrument, should their program require one.
Sound
Sound reinforcement system, generally described in terms such as 'a professional quality 3 or 4 way active system', frequency response (e.g., 45 Hz-20 kHz) and power (either in wattage or dB SPL) are also common.
Mixing consoles—it is normal for engineers to specify a list of preferred consoles and also minimum requirements (such as number of channels) from other consoles as a backup. Requests for recording equipment or feeds for recording are sometimes included here.
Outboard gear—the number and quality of gates, compressors and effects units required.
Channel/input list—a list of the instruments being used, including preferred microphones and inserts.
Monitor requirements—often included alongside the channel list, detailing the number of monitor wedges and mixes required, a section similar to the front of house requirements detailing the need for monitor desk, graphic equalizers and other outboard equipment. If a monitor engineer is to be provided by the house it is generally requested here.
If the artist brings large amounts of equipment (such as the PA system) then power requirements are likely to be stated here.
Lighting
Depending on the size of the production this can vary between 'provide a front wash and x kW of back lighting' to specific lighting plots of equipment
The number and type of follow spotlights to be used
Number of lighting technicians
Power requirements
Truss weightings (when the lighting system is provided by the touring production.)
Backline
Some bands will not transport the full backline due to the expense of transport (generally if performing only a few times in each country/area) and may have the venue provide some to all of it. Larger items like amps, cabs and drums are more likely to be requested than guitars which many musicians treat more personally.
Risers—a riser is a raised area of stage, the size and positioning of risers for musicians (such as drummers, orchestra wind sections) are specified here.
Other
Crew—productions typically specify the number of local crew the venue should provide as well as any technical staff.
Unreasonable requests
On occasion, an artist's rider may be seen as unreasonable or excessive for a given performance. It is often the case that such riders were devised for larger or more complex performances. In situations like these, the stage manager would talk with the band manager about alternatives.
Some requests or requirements are used to avoid certain conditions and small venues (e.g., if an act is required to perform as a condition of grant money). Such clauses make it difficult to put on a show and/or limit production quality. An example could be a ballet choreographed for a 60 feet by 60 feet stage. Adapting to a smaller stage could require removal of vital parts of the performance. Another example is asking for an unnecessarily large power supply.
Some rider requirements are attempts to avoid specific problems from previous shows. Some venues cut corners to save expense, leaving the touring crew with inedible food, etc.
"Unreasonable requests" (if legal) can be contractual obligations. Failure to meet such terms can compel performance fees to be paid without a performance.
Notable rider requests
Van Halen requested in the technical rider that a bowl of M&M's be provided in their dressing room with the brown ones removed. Failure to do so would not only mean that the band would not perform, but the venue would still have to pay the full fee. The objective of this was not due to any excesses on the part of the band, but was a method to determine how much attention to detail the crew at a local venue paid to the requests specified in the rider. Should the bowl be absent, or if brown M&M's were present, it would give band members reason to suspect other, legitimate, technical and safety issues were also being performed poorly or were outright overlooked. David Lee Roth stated in his autobiography that this request was made as a result of faulty workmanship at a venue on an earlier tour which nearly cost the life of a member of Van Halen's road crew. He added that at Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he found brown M&M's, the management's failure to read weight requirements in the rider resulted in the band's equipment sinking through the floor and causing over $80,000 of damage.
Queen requested a mud wrestling ring and wrestlers outside the dressing room for post-performance entertainment.
Johnny Cash required an American flag on stage.
Paul McCartney requested a sweep of the venue by bomb-sniffing dogs before the show.
Elton John required that his dressing room be kept at " in summer and in winter."
Deadmau5 requested an inflatable pool toy at all of his performances for use during the show.
Laibach requested for a 1980s tour that the venue provide a deer head with antlers to use as a stage prop.
Lady Gaga requested for her performance at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend that her dressing room be covered in Union Flag bunting, Pimm's and fish and chips with battered Mars bars to be served and, most unusually, her staff to speak in Cockney accents for the entire event.
Michael Bublé who is an avid ice hockey fan since childhood, requires "one local team hockey puck" in his dressing room as part of his rider contract to concert promoters in every city.
Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose gained attention by the extensive and sometimes bizarre requirements in his rider document, which include a cubic melon, seven types of cheese, six lamps, a rug and two bear shaped pots of honey. Until 2010, he also demanded his dressing room to be all black and decorated with red and white roses.
The Wonder Years singer Dan "Soupy" Campbell stated in a video interview with Rock Sound that they had put Hi-C Ecto Cooler on their rider as a joke, but once they got to an unnamed college in the UK, a woman on the staff apologized to the members of the band for not being able to locate the drink, due to it being discontinued, and so found the list of ingredients, compared them to modern juice drinks and found a near equivalent, before the band revealed to her that it was indeed a joke.
References
External links
A list of original concert riders at The Smoking Gun website
Stagecraft
Stage terminology |
26717031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%20curve | Osgood curve | In mathematical analysis, an Osgood curve is a non-self-intersecting curve that has positive area. Despite its area, it is not possible for such a curve to cover a convex set, distinguishing them from space-filling curves. Osgood curves are named after William Fogg Osgood.
Definition and properties
A curve in the Euclidean plane is defined to be an Osgood curve when it is non-self-intersecting (that is, it is either a Jordan curve or a Jordan arc) and it has positive area. More formally, it must have positive two-dimensional Lebesgue measure.
Osgood curves have Hausdorff dimension is two, like space-filling curves. However, they cannot be space-filling curves: by Netto's theorem, covering all of the points of the plane, or of any convex subset of the plane, would lead to self-intersections.
History
The first examples of Osgood curves were found by and . Both examples have positive area in parts of the curve, but zero area in other parts; this flaw was corrected by , who found a curve that has positive area in every neighborhood of each of its points, based on an earlier construction of Wacław Sierpiński. Knopp's example has the additional advantage that its area can be made arbitrarily close to the area of its convex hull.
Construction
It is possible to modify the recursive construction of certain fractals and space-filling curves to obtain an Osgood curve. For instance, Knopp's construction involves recursively splitting triangles into pairs of smaller triangles, meeting at a shared vertex, by removing triangular wedges. When each level of this construction removes the same fraction of the area of its triangles, the result is a Cesàro fractal such as the Koch snowflake.
Instead, reducing the fraction of area removed per level, rapidly enough to leave a constant fraction of the area unremoved, produces an Osgood curve.
Another way to construct an Osgood curve is to form a two-dimensional version of the Smith–Volterra–Cantor set, a totally disconnected point set with non-zero area, and then apply the Denjoy–Riesz theorem according to which every bounded and totally disconnected subset of the plane is a subset of a Jordan curve.
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17341012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Volaris%20destinations | List of Volaris destinations | This is a list of cities and airports that Volaris serves as of June 2022:
Destinations
References
Volaris Flight Tickets
Lists of airline destinations |
6907803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins%20Reef%20Light | Robbins Reef Light | The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owned and operated the light station until the 2000s.
Position
The light is located on a small ridge of sand named Robyn's Rift by the Dutch settlers of the area. The reef is now called Robbins Reef. It is situated near the entrance to the Kill van Kull, a strait connecting New York Bay to Newark Bay. The channel is one of the most heavily used in the Port of New York and New Jersey, accessing Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal.
History
The name derives from the New Netherland era of the 17th century. In Dutch rob or robyn means seal, groups of which would sometimes lie on the reef at low tide. The structure is also called Kate's Light for Kate Walker who "manned" the station alone after the death of her husband Captain John Walker in 1886, until 1919. She rowed her children to school in Bayonne. Herman Westgate was the last keeper of the lighthouse before it was finally automated. In 2009 Robbins Reef was put up for sale under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. In 2011, the Noble Maritime Collection, a maritime museum on Staten Island, was granted stewardship of the light station by the U.S. General Services Administration. The octagonal structure near Robbins Reef Lighthouse is not the base of the original 1839 tower but rather a sewer outfall that was constructed around 1915.
Recent developments
In 2011, ownership was transferred to the Noble Maritime Collection based at Sailors' Snug Harbor in Staten Island, through the terms of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. Recently museum volunteers have been restoring the lighthouse, with the interior restoration nearly complete. Miller’s Launch, a local launch tug, and spill response team provides periodic transportation for the volunteers. Total renovations are expected to be complete in the early 2020s, at which time the lighthouse will offer tours and even serve as a bed and breakfast.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary
References
External links
Noble Maritime Collection virtual tour of Robbins Reef Light Station
Robbins Reef Data for station ID 8530973, Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System NOAA.
Robbins Reef Light in NPS.
Kate Walker, Keeper of Robbins Reef Light, 1894–1919, National Lighthouse Museum, 2001.
Robbins Reef Lighthouse Lighthouses of the New Jersey Shore.
Mind the Light, Katie: The History of Thirty-three Female lighthouse Keepers, Mary Louise Clifford and J. Candace Clifford, 2006. ()
"3 Poems (from Robbins Reef Light)", Joel Lewis, Jacket Magazine 23, August, 2003.
Navesink Lighthouse and Robbins Reef Lighthouse: Lighting the Way Through New York Bay, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
Lighthouses completed in 1883
Bayonne, New Jersey
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Transportation buildings and structures in Hudson County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey
1883 establishments in New Jersey |
17341013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Bunting%20Snowball | William Bunting Snowball | William Bunting Snowball (January 12, 1865 – September 27, 1925) was a Canadian politician. He was the eldest son of Jabez Bunting Snowball, a politician who became Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
Snowball served as the Mayor of the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick for four terms. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada from the riding of Northumberland, New Brunswick as a Liberal in a by-election on October 1, 1924, but served for less than a year before dying suddenly on September 27, 1925.
Snowball was educated at Upper Canada College.
References
1865 births
1925 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
People from Miramichi, New Brunswick
Mayors of Miramichi, New Brunswick |
17341018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20of%20Bahram%20Khan | Family of Bahram Khan | The Bahram Khan family () is a major political family from Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Family tree
The members of Bahram Khan family who have been active in politics are:
Khan Abdul Bahram Khan, the founder of the family
Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1882–1958) ("Dr. Khan Sahib"), pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician, son of Khan Abdul Bahram Khan
Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), also known as Bacha Khan, independence activist, son of Khan Abdul Bahram Khan
Abdul Ghani Khan (1914–1996), widely considered as one of the best Pashto language poets of the 20th century, son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Abdul Wali Khan (1917–2006), secular democratic socialist leader and opponent of the British Raj, son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Abdul Ali Khan (1922-1997), educationist, the youngest son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Nasim Wali Khan, politician and wife of Abdul Wali Khan
Asfandyar Wali Khan (born 1949), politician, son of Abdul Wali Khan
Sangeen Wali Khan (1959–2008), politician, son of Abdul Wali Khan
Aimal Wali Khan (born 1986), politician, son of Asfandyar Wali Khan
Lawangeen Wali Khan (born 1988), politician, son of Sangeen Wali Khan
See also
Pakistan
Pashtun people
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khudai Khidmatgar
Awami National Party
Political families of Pakistan
Pashtun people
Bahram Khan family |
17341044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balch | Balch | Balch may refer to:
People with the surname
Albert V. Balch (1828–1915), American politician
Antony Balch (1937–1980), British film director
Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Rear Admiral George Beall Balch (1821–1908), American naval officer
USS Balch (DD-363)
USS Balch (DD-50)
Herbert E. Balch (1869–1958), British archaeologist and caver
Jennifer Balch American wildfire scientist
John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
John Henry Balch (1896–1980), United States Navy
Joseph Pope Balch (1822–1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island
Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
Reg Balch (1894–1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
Robert Balch (born 1945), American sociologist
Stephen Balch, American scholar
Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747–1833), American Presbyterian minister
Thomas Balch (1821–1877), American historian
Other uses
Alternative spelling of Balkh, an ancient city in Afghanistan
Balch & Bingham, law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, named for Herbert E. Balch
Balch Creek in Portland, Oregon, named for settler Danford Balch
Balch (crater), on Venus
Balch Fieldhouse, arena in Boulder, Colorado
Balch Hall, at Cornell University
Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Balch Pond, on the Maine-New Hampshire border
Balch Springs, Texas
See also
Balché, mildly intoxicating Mayan drink |
6907817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeb%20Mesfin | Azeb Mesfin | Azeb Mesfin Haile (Amharic and ; born 21 December 1966) is an Ethiopian politician who was the second First Lady of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2012. Azeb is the widow of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. She is the founder and patron of National Initiative for Mental Health of Ethiopia. In early 2009, she was appointed CEO of the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray by its head Abadi Zemu.
Early life
Azeb was born in rapart and raised in Gadarif, Eastern Sudan. She is from her peasant farmer father Mesfin Haile and mother Konjit Gola. Her maternal grandfather, Gola Goshu was as an Italian Askari during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936). Following his action to the country, Gola was killed by Ethiopian patriots. By her early age, Azeb raised with her aunt Maniahlosh Gola who is the daughter of this "Fitawrari" who had this title by Italian invaders to mean commander of the vanguard; which was feudal era military title.
Azeb was married to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi until his death in 2012. Together they had three children: Semhal, Marda and Senay Meles.
Career
She was elected in 2005 to the House of Peoples' Representatives (the lower House of the Ethiopian Parliament) representing her home woreda of Welkait and Humera, and serves as chair of its Social Affairs Standing Committee. Her role has at times been controversial, with some members of Ethiopian diaspora alleging that, during the period in which she was an executive at the parastatal Mega Corporation, she was involved in "the impropriety of mingling public, private and party-owned businesses."
However Azeb is also known for her work to teach rural Ethiopians about the issues of HIV/AIDS
Her appearance at a special ceremony to honor the First Ladies of Africa for their efforts against the spread of HIV/AIDS held by Georgetown University of Washington DC on 15 January 2007 was met by protests of exiled Ethiopians." The University was awarding its "John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award" to the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS for its leadership and service toward the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mesfin was to accept the award on behalf of the organization along with the first ladies of Zambia and Rwanda.
She started the organization "Ethiopian Coalition of Women against HIV/AIDS" and continues to work closely with community leaders to ensure the rights of women, fight harmful traditional practices and HIV/AIDS. She said the award she received is not just for her organization but for the entire Ethiopian women declaring "the award is the result of the relentless struggle waged by Ethiopian women.
See also
First Lady of Ethiopia
References
1966 births
20th-century births
Living people
Members of the House of Peoples' Representatives
Spouses of prime ministers of Ethiopia
First Ladies of Ethiopia
Ethiopian businesspeople
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians
Ethiopian women's rights activists
People from Tigray Region
21st-century Ethiopian women politicians
21st-century Ethiopian politicians |
17341045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Malbone%20House | Francis Malbone House | The Francis Malbone House is a historic house at 392 Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island.
The house dates from 1760 and its design is attributed to Peter Harrison, a prominent architect of the period, responsible also for the Touro Synagogue and the Redwood Library, both important early Newport buildings.
In 1975 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
History
The building was constructed "in 1760 as a private residence for Colonel Francis Malbone (1728 - 1785), who made his fortune as a shipping merchant at a time when Newport Harbor was one of the busiest Harbors in the New World. He is believed to have smuggled merchandise into the house to avoid taxes. Subterranean passages found in the cellar have been traced to a subway leading to the pier where Colonel Malbone moored his fleet. This was a practice common in the Free Port of Newport, and one upon which many Newport fortunes were founded."
The British occupied Newport during the American Revolution "and seized the Malbone Estate. The mansion was used to store looted gold and treasures, leading to its nickname, "the treasure house.""
After the American Revolution, "the mansion was returned to the Malbone family who retained ownership until the early 1830s. After the death of Colonel Malbone in 1785, his son, also named Francis Malbone, who later became United States Senator, owned the estate until his death in 1809. In 1770, famed painter, Gilbert Stuart painted the portrait of the younger Francis Malbone and his brother Saunders, which now hangs in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts."
In the early 1800s, prior to the building of the famous mansions on Bellevue Avenue, the Malbone House was one of the most opulent houses in Newport. It was owned from 1833 to 1838 by Colonel Joseph G. Totten of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. At that time, Colonel Totten was in charge of construction of Fort Adams and was also the senior Army engineer in the northeast. He sold the house in 1838 when he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Army.
Dr. James R. Newton owned the house in 1850 and built a brick office on the estate for his doctor's office, now known as "The Counting House".
The Francis Malbone house was restored in the early 1970s. The front door of the mansion features an Ionic doorway very similar to the Ionic portico of the Touro Synagogue. The floor plan features a broad central hall with flanking rooms on either side. The hall has a high divided arch, the stairs are fitted with ramped rail and twisted balusters. The stair landing is lit by a Palladian window. The front parlors feature plush paneling, a sign of wealth in colonial times. Two-story pediment mantels adorn the fireplace walls and a broken scroll tops the one in the northwest parlor.
In 1989, the house was converted to an inn, with nine guest rooms. In 1996, a "sensitively designed addition" was built, allowing the inn to expand to eighteen guestrooms.
See also
Southern Thames Historic District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses in Newport, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island
Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island
Houses completed in 1758
Georgian architecture in Rhode Island |
6907877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20State%20Route%20341 | Georgia State Route 341 | State Route 341 (SR 341) is a north–south state highway located entirely within Walker County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects the unincorporated community of Davis Crossroads with Chattanooga Valley, via Chickamauga.
Route description
SR 341 begins at an intersection with SR 193 in Davis Crossroads, northwest of LaFayette. It travels to the northeast and curves to the north-northeast, along the West Chickamauga Creek valley, to the town of Chickamauga. The route then turns to the northwest. Just before entering Chattanooga Valley, it curves to a northerly routing. In Chattanooga Valley, SR 341 meets its northern terminus, another intersection with SR 193.
SR 341 is not part of the National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.
History
Between 1960 and 1963, SR 341 was established along its current routing.
Major intersections
See also
References
External links
341
Transportation in Walker County, Georgia |
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