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Perry Woodall
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Perry Benjamin Woodall (November 26, 1912 – April 25, 1975) was a U.S. politician. A Republican from Toppenish, began his legislative career in 1939 as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives. In 1957 he was chosen to fill an unexpired term in the Washington State Senate, and subsequently was reelected to four additional terms. Woodall also served as the Minority Leader in the Senate and participated in redistricting negotiations during the 1960s.
1975 deaths
1912 births
Washington (state) state senators
Members of the Washington House of Representatives
Washington (state) Republicans
20th-century American politicians
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Cacciucco
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Cacciucco () is an Italian fish stew native to the western coastal towns of Tuscany. It is especially associated with the port city of Livorno in Tuscany and the town of Viareggio north of it.
Overview
Cacciucco is a hearty stew consisting of several different types of fish and shellfish; one tradition holds that there should be five different types of fish in the soup, one for each letter c in cacciucco. A wide variety of Mediterranean fish and shellfish may be used, such as red gurnard, armored gurnard, scorpionfish (scorfano), small clams such as littleneck or manila, firm-fleshed fish such as monkfish or other whitefish, red snapper, John Dory, or grouper, mussels, shrimp, and calamari. Traditionalist chefs add a stone taken from the sea to the dish. Crabs, eels, cuttlefish, octopus, bream, mullet, or anything else caught that day might be used.
A wide variety of other ingredients are used in the broth, including various vegetables (which might include onions, tomatoes, leeks, zucchini, or yellow squash), spices (which might include garlic, aniseed, dried crushed red pepper, kosher salt, black pepper, parsley, thyme, or bay leaf) and other ingredients (which might include fish stock, tomato paste, vermouth, or wine, either white or red). There are many variants of cacciucco, varying by region and availability of ingredients.
The dish is traditionally attributed to the Near East, which might be true, as the word cacciucco comes from the Turkish kaçukli ("bits and pieces" or "odds and ends"), which reflects how the stew is made, from a variety of fish.
Pellegrino Artusi, in his classic 1891 cookbook, gave the following recipe:
For of fish, finely chop an onion and saute it with oil, parsley, and two whole cloves of garlic. The moment the onion starts to brown, add of chopped from tomatoes or tomato paste, and season with salt and pepper. When the tomatoes are cooked, pour in one finger of strong vinegar or two fingers of weak vinegar, diluted in a large glass of water. Let boil for a few more minutes, then discard the garlic and strain the rest of the ingredients, pressing hard against the mesh. Put the strained sauce back on the fire along with whatever fish you may have on hand, including sole, red mullet, gurnard, dogfish, mantis shrimp, and other types of fish in season, leaving the small fish whole and cutting the big ones into small pieces. Taste for seasoning; but in any case it is not a bad idea to add a little olive oil, since the amount of soffritto was quite small. When the fish is cooked, the cacciucco is usually brought to the table on two separate platters: on one you place the fish, strained from the broth, and on the other you arrange enough finger-thick slices of bread to soak up all the broth.
Similar dishes
Cacciucco is similar to other types of fish stew, such as the French bouillabaisse, Greek kakavia, Spanish zarzuela, and Portuguese caldeirada. Cioppino, another fish stew, was created by Italian-American fisherman in San Francisco, who used the local Dungeness crab in a variation of the cacciucco recipe.
See also
List of Italian dishes
List of stews
Notes
Italian stews
Cuisine of Tuscany
Fish stews
Mediterranean cuisine
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Gabriel Péri
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Gabriel Péri (Peri) (9 February 1902 — 15 December 1941) was a prominent French Communist journalist and politician, and member of the French Resistance. He was executed in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Early life
Péri was born in Toulon to a Corsican family. Forced to give up his studies at an early age, the First World War and Russian Revolution had a profound effect on him and his involvement in revolutionary politics. He immersed himself in political activities, and wrote for newspapers in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.
Career and execution
At the age of twenty-two, Péri became departmental manager of Foreign Politics at l'Humanité. He was elected deputy to the National Assembly for Argenteuil in 1932 and re-elected in 1936.
In the French National Assembly, Péri distinguished himself as an expert in the field of diplomatic and international relations and was a strident anti-fascist. He denounced both Benito Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia and France's non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War. Péri was also a prominent opponent of the Nazi regime in Germany. On the 21 January 1940, he was stripped of his mandate to the National Assembly and on 3 april that year sentenced to 5 years in military prison, fined and stripped of his civic and political rights for re-constituting a legally dissolved organization. He went into hiding as a result.
After the Fall of France in 1940, the country was placed under Nazi occupation. Arrested by French police on 18 May 1941, Péri was jailed at Fort Mont-Valérien, which was under the control of German forces. He was executed there on the 15 December with a group of 70 men. Albert Camus learned of Péri's execution while staying in Lyon, an event which he later said crystallized his own revolt against the Germans.
Tributes
Many schools and streets have been named after Gabriel Péri, as well as a Paris and a Lyon Metro station. Paul Éluard and Louis Aragon wrote poems in his tribute (titled "Gabriel Péri" and "Ballade de Celui Qui Chanta Dans les Supplices" ["Ballad to Him who Sings While Being Tortured"], respectively).
References
External links
Lettre d'adieu de Gabriel Péri
Gabriel Péri: a free and lucid mind
1902 births
1941 deaths
Politicians from Toulon
French anti-fascists
Executed French people
Executed politicians
French civilians killed in World War II
Marxist journalists
People condemned by Nazi courts
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
French people of Corsican descent
French Communist Party politicians
People executed by Nazi Germany by firearm
French people executed by Nazi Germany
Deaths by firearm in France
Executed people from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Gaff Topsails
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Gaff Topsail is an abandoned railway settlement located in the interior of Newfoundland, Canada, between the communities of Millertown Junction to the east and Kitty's Brook to the west. The population was entirely composed of railway workers who worked on the Newfoundland Railway and their families.
The Topsails takes its name from the surrounding landscape which includes Main Topsail, Mizzen Topsail, Gaff Topsail and Fore Topsail which are geologically classified as monadnocks. The Topsails rise above the general surface of the central plateau of Newfoundland. It is a barren land, rocky and windswept and in winter is renowned for its tremendous snowdrifts. The area is known for its spectacular scenery and in winter the huge snowdrifts that played havoc with the railway.
See also
List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
Millertown Railway
Newfoundland Railway
Patrick Kavanagh (Canadian writer): Gaff Topsails (novel)
References
External links
Newfoundland Railway - Newfoundland & Labrador Heritage
Photos of railway displays and memorabilia
Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Michael Lattke
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Michael Stephan Lattke (born 12 May 1942) is a scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity.
Lattke was born in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin in Poland). He was brought up in Solingen and, after attending the Volksschule Wittkuller Straße and Humboldt-Gymnasium before completing his Abitur at Gymnasium Schwertstraße, studied at Bonn, Tübingen, Münster, Augsburg and München. In spite of his Roman Catholic background, at Tübingen he also studied Protestant theology, especially under the leading Protestant New Testament scholar Ernst Käsemann. He received the Dipl.-Theol. from Tübingen in 1968, the Dr. theol. from Freiburg in 1974, and the Dr. theol. habil. from Augsburg in 1979.
In 1981 Lattke settled in Brisbane, Australia and began teaching at The University of Queensland, where he also received a D.Litt. in 1992. In 1994 he became professor of New Testament and Early Christianity Studies, and in 1997 he became a senior research fellow of the Australian Research Council. Since October 2007, he has been emeritus professor at The University of Queensland.
Lattke has published widely on the New Testament, early Christianity, early Judaism, early Christian hymns, and Gnosticism, and he has established himself as the world's foremost authority on the pseudepigraphical Odes of Solomon. In his comprehensive study of the Odes of Solomon, he has argued that the Odes were written originally in Greek. His commentary on the Odes has been translated into English by Marianne Ehrhardt for the Hermeneia series (published 2009 by Fortress Press). He also wrote a commentary on the Apology of Aristides for the series "Kommentar zu frühchristlichen Apologeten" (published by Herder Verlag).
In 2001 the Australian Government awarded Lattke a Centenary Medal for his contribution to the field of early Christian studies. In 2007 he was presented with the Festschrift, I Sowed Fruits into Hearts (Odes Sol. 17:13): Festschrift for Professor Michael Lattke, edited by Pauline Allen, Majella Franzmann and Rick Strelan (Strathfield: St Pauls, 2007).
Lattke is a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), a life member of the Society for the Study of Early Christianity (SSEC), and an Honorary Fellow in the Centre for Early Christian Studies at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). The University of Queensland has offered the Michael Lattke Studies in Religion Scholarship since 2020.
Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of Lattke's work is compiled in the Festschrift: I Sowed Fruits into Hearts (Odes Sol. 17:13): Festschrift for Professor Michael Lattke, ed. Pauline Allen, Majella Franzmann and Rick Strelan (2007).
Einheit im Wort: Die spezifische Bedeutung von ἀγάπη, ἀγαπᾶν und φιλεῖν im Johannesevangelium (München: Kösel-Verlag, 1975), originally presented as the author's Dr. theol. thesis, Freiburg im Breisgau (1974).
Die Oden Salomos in ihrer Bedeutung für Neues Testament und Gnosis, 4 vols. in 5 (1979–98).
Register zu Rudolf Bultmanns Glauben und Verstehen, Band I-IV (1984).
Hymnus: Materialien zu einer Geschichte der antiken Hymnologie (1991).
Collected Studies in Early Judaism, the New Testament and the Odes of Solomon (1974-1991), (1992) University of Queensland D.Litt. thesis.
Oden Salomos (1995).
Herbert Leroy, Jesus: Überlieferung und Deutung, 3rd edition (1999), edited with an introduction and bibliography by Anne Dawson and Michael Lattke.
Oden Salomos: Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar, 3 vols. (1999-2005).
"Die Oden Salomos: Einleitungsfragen und Forschungsgeschichte", Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 98 (2007) 277-307.
"War der Apologet Aristides ein Mann von Bildung?", in Frühchristentum und Kultur, ed. Ferdinand R. Prostmeier (2007) 35-74.
"Druckfehler, Ergänzungen und Verbesserungen im Kommentar zu den Oden Salomos".
"Greek Words in the Syriac Text of the Apology of Aristides", in Malphono w-Rabo d-Malphone: Studies in Honor of Sebastian P. Brock, ed. George A. Kiraz (2008) 383-403.
Odes of Solomon: A Commentary, Translated by Marianne Ehrhardt, Edited by Harold W. Attridge (Hermeneia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009).
"Spuren des Römerbriefs in den Oden Salomos", in The Letter to the Romans, ed. Udo Schnelle (2009) 543-562.
"Der Tod Jesu Christi in der Apologie des Aristides. Eine Fallstudie mit forschungsgeschichtlicher Einleitung und Bibliographie", Early Christianity 1 (2010) 575-601.
Die Oden Salomos: Griechisch-koptisch-syrisch mit deutscher Übersetzung (Darmstadt: WBG, 2011).
"„Taufe“ und „untertauchen“ in Aphrahats ܬܚܘܝܬܐ (taḥwyāṯā)”, in Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity = Waschungen, Initiation und Taufe: Spätantike, Frühes Judentum und Frühes Christentum, ed. David Hellholm, Tor Vegge, Øyvind Norderval, Christer Hellholm (BZNW 176/I–III; Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2011) 1115–38.
"Eine bemerkenswerte syrische Lesart in Mk 14,25", Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 104 (2013) 146.
Paul Anton de Lagarde und das Judentum (E-Book; St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2014), 152 pp.
"Einsetzung und Vollzug der christlichen Paschafeier bei Aphrahat", in The Eucharist – Its Origins and Contexts: Sacred Meal, Communal Meal, Table Fellowship in Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, ed. David Hellholm and Dieter Sänger (WUNT 376/I–III; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017) 1091–1119.
Aristides ›Apologie‹ übersetzt und erklärt (Kommentar zu frühchristlichen Apologeten, Band 2; Freiburg, Basel, Wien: Herder, 2018).
References
External links
Academia page with publications in pdf
1942 births
Living people
20th-century German Catholic theologians
21st-century German Catholic theologians
Australian historians of religion
Australian biblical scholars
Roman Catholic biblical scholars
New Testament scholars
Australian Christian theologians
University of Tübingen alumni
University of Freiburg alumni
University of Augsburg alumni
German emigrants to Australia
German biblical scholars
University of Queensland faculty
Writers from Szczecin
German male non-fiction writers
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WIVK-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting at 107.7 MHz near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts in HD radio.
WIVK is a Federal Communications Commission-Licensed Class C FM radio station serving the valleys and mountains of East Tennessee. WIVK provides country music, news, and University of Tennessee sports from its Sequoyah Hills studios in west Knoxville.
WIVK operates a 91,000-watt transmitter located at Greentop Knob on Chilhowee Mountain near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The signal can be received in East Tennessee and parts of southwestern Virginia, western North Carolina, southeastern Kentucky, northern Georgia, and northwest South Carolina.
WIVK is deeply rooted in regional heritage. Commonly known as "WIVK {weh-vik} The Frog Station," WIVK has received numerous Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, Associated Press, NAB Marconi and RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards and is the number-one rated station by Arbitron in the Knoxville Media Market.
History
WIVK-FM signed on the air on December 16, 1965 as a simulcast of WIVK/850's country music format. For several years the station aired a morning show hosted by Claude "The Cat" Tomlinson.
WIVK-FM lost the simulcast when the AM station switched to an adult contemporary format, becoming WHIG. Many of the people were not happy, so the adult contemporary format on WHIG was short-lived. The WIVK simulcast on 107.7 returned.
On September 1, 1988, WIVK 850's signal was donated to the University of Tennessee and became a news/talk station as WUTK. WIVK moved to 990 on the same day and the simulcast continued.
The AM 990/FM 107.7 simulcast lasted almost 9 years when AM 990 went to a news/talk format as "NewsTalk 990 WNOX" and later "NewsTalk 99". Today AM 990 is the Sports Animal which covers University of Tennessee athletics as well as sports across the nation. WIVK-FM 107.7 continues the country music format since they signed on back in 1965.
WIVK has been the number one station in Arbitron's radio ratings for the Knoxville market in every single survey since the market was first surveyed in 1970, with the exception of the April/May 1971 survey period, in which WNOX/990, at the time a Top 40 station, was number one.
References
Further reading
Ed Hooper (2008), Knoxville's WIVK, Arcadia Publishing. ,
External links
WIVK website
Country radio stations in the United States
IVK-FM
Cumulus Media radio stations
1965 establishments in Tennessee
Radio stations established in 1965
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The Shri Katas Raj Temples (Punjabi, ) (Sanskrit: कटासराज) also known as Qila Katas (), is a complex of several Hindu temples connected to one another by walkways. The temple complex surrounds a pond named Katas which is regarded as sacred by Hindus. The complex is located in the Potohar Plateau region of Pakistan's Punjab province. The temples are located near the town of Choa Saidanshah, and are near the M2 Motorway.
The temples' pond is said in the Puranas to have been created from the teardrops of Shiva, after he wandered the Earth inconsolable after the death of his wife Sati. The pond occupies an area of two kanals and 15 marlas, with a maximum depth of 20 feet.
The temples play a role in the Hindu epic poem, the Mahābhārata, where the temples are traditionally believed to have been the site where the Pandava brothers spent a significant portion of their exile. It is also traditionally believed by Hindus to be the site where the brothers engaged in a riddle contest with the Yakshas, as described in the Yaksha Prashna. Another tradition states that the Hindu deity Krishna laid the foundation of the temple, and established a hand-made shivling in it.
The temples were visited by India's former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani in 2005. In 2006, the Pakistani government began restoration works at the temples, with further improvements announced in 2017.
Location
The Katas Raj Temple complex is part of municipal committee Choa Saidanshah. The Katas Raj Temple complex is located near Kallar Kahar, and is located at an altitude of 2,000 feet. It is approximately 100 kilometres away by road from another important Hindu pilgrimage destination - the Tilla Jogian complex. Katas Raj is located near the interchange for the town of Kallar Kahar off the M2 Motorway which links Islamabad to Lahore. The complex is located alongside the road that connects Kallar Kahar to Choa Saidan Shah near the village of Dulmial.
Etymology
The name of the temple complex is believed to derive from the Sanskrit word kataksha, meaning "tearful eyes." The pond was originally referred to as Viskund, or "poison spring", but was later referred to as Amarkund, Chamaskund, and finally Katakshkund, meaning "Spring of tearful eyes." The pond in Urdu and Persian is referred to as Chashm-e-Alam, meaning "Sorrowful/Tearful Eyes."
History
Prehistoric
The Salt Ranges have archaeological remains still hidden underground. A number of bones of the limbs and vertebrae of animals have been found at some nearby sites. Prehistoric axes and knives made of granite, and artifacts like terracotta bangles and pottery have also been unearthed at the Katasraj site. The latter have been found to be similar to those excavated in Harappa, but have not been dated.
Hindu tradition holds that the temples date from the era of the Mahabharata, and is believed to be where the Pandava brothers spent a large portion of their exile. It is also believed by Hindus to be the site where the Pandavas engaged in a riddle contest with the Yakshas, as described in the Yaksha Prashna.
Founding
The 4th century CE Chinese monk, Faxian, described a temple at Katas Raj in his travelogues. The 7th century CE Chinese traveler Xuanzang visited the area and reported the existence of a Buddhist stupa dating to the era of the 3rd century BCE Indian emperor, Ashoka the great. The stupa was reported to be 200 feet tall, and surrounded by 10 springs. Simhapura (also Singhapura or Sinhapura) Buddhist kingdom, mentioned and visited by Xuanzang, has been identified with Katas Raj by Alexander Cunningham in his book The Ancient Geography of India.
Following the collapse of the empire of Gandhara, Hinduism gained traction in the region under the reign of the Hindu Shahis beginning around the 7th century CE. The Hindu Shahis established Hindu temples at Katas Raj from the mid 7th to 10th centuries, though the British engineer Alexander Cunningham dated the shrines to around 66 BCE. The Hindu Shahi empire also funded construction of several other temples throughout northern Punjab and the Potohar plateau, including the nearby Tilla Jogian, and Kafir Kot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Early
The founder of the Sikh faith, Guru Nanak, is believed to have visited the Katas Raj Temples, as the site became a popular destination for ascetics. The Sikh emperor Ranjit Singh also regularly performed pilgrimage to the site. He visited the site for the Vaisakhi festival in 1806, in December 1818, and again in 1824.
The complex was a popular pilgrimage site for Hindus prior to the 1947 Partition of British India, with large numbers visiting for Shivratri. Following Partition, the local Hindu community left the region for India. The relationship of Hindus with local Muslim population was good, and local Muslims accompanied Hindus to the nearby town of Choa Saiden Shah, from where the local Hindu population departed for India. Indian pilgrims continued to visit the temple for the Shivratri festival until the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, after which Indian pilgrims were barred from visiting again until 1984.
Modern
The temples fell into disrepair over the decades following Partition, and suffered neglect. Pakistani Hindus would continue to occasionally visit the site, but were unable to maintain the expansive complex. The pond was polluted with litter, while local villagers would also use the pool for recreation. Indian Hindu pilgrims were forbidden to visit the site in 1956, 1960, and after the Indo-Pakistan war in 1965. India pilgrims were not permitted to visit the site again until 1984.
India's former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani visited the temples in 2005, and expressed displeasure at the site's dilapidated state. In 2005 Pakistan proposed to restore the temple complex, while in 2006 the restoration project began in order to clean the sacred pond, paint and restore some temples, and installation of informational blue boards around the temple complex. 300 Indian Hindus visited the site for the Shivratri festival in 2006, which for a short time became an annual tradition for some Indian pilgrims, though Indians stopped coming after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 2,000 Pakistani Hindus resumed the tradition of celebrating Shivratri at the temple in 2010, and another 2,000 in 2011 with visitors coming from as far as Karachi. A wedding for Hindu couples was arranged during that year's Shivratri festival for couples from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province whose families had lost much of their property in the 2010 Pakistan floods.
In January 2017, Pakistan's government began installation of shikharas on the temples. In February 2017, 200 pilgrims from India traveled to the temple to participate in the Katas Raj Dham festival. In 2018, Pakistan issued visas to 139 Indian Hindu pilgrims to visit Katas Raj dham.
Religious significance
The temples are considered to be the second most sacred site in the historic Punjab region, after the temple at Jwalamukhi in modern Himachal Pradesh.
The temples derive their holiness from the legend that following the death of his wife Sati, the Hindu god Shiva wandered inconsolably, while some of his tears collected in two ponds, one of which is the pond around which the Katas Raj Temples are set, while the other is at Pushkar, near the famous Sufi pilgrimage center of Ajmer. Another version of the legend mentions the two pools at Katasraj and Nainital. Another version of the Shiva legend involves the death of Shiva's horse Katas instead of that of Sati his consort.
The Katasraj temple complex is traditionally believed to date back to the Mahabharata era. Many legends are associated with the temples. The five Pandava brothers, mentioned in the Mahabharata, are said to have stayed here for a large part of their exile. The complex is traditionally believed to be the site where the Pandava brothers were challenged by the Yaksha before being able to drink from the pond. Four of the brothers failed and were rendered lifeless by the Yaksha. The fifth brother, Yudhishthira, engaged the Yaksha in a riddle contest and defeated him with his wisdom, thereby bringing his brothers back to life.
Some legends also state that the very first Shiva Ling (Shiv-Ling) was in Katas. Some old manuscripts also consider Katas as the Janam Bhoomi (birthplace) of Hindu incarnation Rama, as well as that of Ayodhya; but this has become quite controversial. The oral tradition by local Hindus never mentioned it as being Rama's birthplace or celebrated in annual rituals.
Sacred pond
The pond in the complex is believed by Hindus to be filled with Shiva's tears after the death of his wife Sati. The water in the pond is of high clarity. The water and are believed to wash one of ones own sins, as the pond is associated with Shiva. In 2012, and again in 2017, water levels in the pond were noted to decrease because of water usage at a nearby cement factory, as well as the plantation of water-avid eucalyptus trees, that had lowered the area's water table. After the 2012 episode, the local cement factory was shut down by government authorities in order to restore water levels.
Architecture
The Katas site houses the Satgraha, a group of seven ancient temples, remains of a Buddhist stupa, five other medieval temples, havelis scattered around a pond considered holy by Hindus.
The temples at Katas are mostly constructed on square platforms. The elevation of the sub shrines seems to form a series of cornices with small rows of pillars, crowned by a ribbed dome. The seven temples were built in an architectural style similar to Kashmiri temples, with dentils, fluted pillars, trefoil arches, and rooflines that are pointed.
Ramachandra Temple
The Ramachandra Mandir is situated to the east of the Hari Singh Haveli and is closed from all sides except for an entrance on the east. The double-storied structure has eight rooms of various dimensions on the ground floor and a staircase at the south leading to the first floor. The mandir has two jharokas (balconies) that have been severely damaged.
Hanuman Temple
The Hanuman Mandir is on the western extreme of a high rectangular enclosure with entrances on the south and the north. The temple's ceiling is undecorated, and lime-plastered.
Shiva Temple
The Shiva temple is also built on a square platform. Its entrance is a recessed round arch with faint cusps and a rectangular opening to the north.
Hari Singh Nalwa Fort and Haveli
A small fort cum residence was built during the reign of Hari Singh Nalwa, and was built for his use as a fort and residence. The fort itself is located on a small hillock and overlooks the entire temple complex.
The fort is rectangular and features four bastions, one in each corner of the fort. The walls are approximately 5 metres tall, and features an entryway in the western wall of the fort. The central portion of the fort features a small courtyard, around which an arched veranda is found. The interior rooms were not decorated.
Conservation
For decades the temple complex was in bad state. The holy pond was littered with garbage, while the murals inside the temples disappeared due to the ravages of time and the neglect of the authorities. The temples were visited by India's former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani in 2005, and in 2006 Pakistan proposed to restore the temple complex.
Murtis (idols) of Hindu gods were placed in the seven temples, at a cost of Rs. 51.06 million. A three-member archaeological team visited India, Sri Lanka and Nepal to collect murtis of various Hindu gods.
As of 2012, the temple pond was drying up as ground water had been diverted for industrial purposes, though the local cement factory was temporarily shut down to restore water levels. In January 2017, Pakistani authorities began the installation of shikharas on the temples, and installed a water filtration system to provide potable water for pilgrims. By May 2017, water levels in the sacred pond were again noted to be falling.
In 2016, the temple hit the national limelight after its centuries-old water pond ran dry, attributed to the depletion of groundwater owing to the establishment of four major cement factories in the area. After the menace was reported, the Supreme Court of Pakistan took a suo motu notice and started hearing the case in November. During the course of proceedings, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that cement factories were consuming water worth millions of rupees without paying their dues. He stated that taxes should be imposed on the factories and if the government would not do so, the court would take the matter into its hands.
In 2017, while hearing the case, Nisar stressed, "This temple is not just a place of cultural significance for the Hindu community, but also a part of our national heritage. We have to protect it." The bench of judges during the hearing of the case also expressed displeasure at the absence or displacing of idols from the temples, demanding to know why there were no statues in the temples of Shiri Ram and Hanuman. The bench was told that a former chairman of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) earned millions of rupees from corruption [during his tenure] and then ran away [from Pakistan].
In May 2018, the top court announced its verdict on the case by ruling that the cement factories would have to source water from elsewhere immediately, and in the meantime, pay the Government of Punjab, Pakistan for the water they draw. It told Bestway and DG Khan cement factories to fulfill their water needs from any other alluvial source such as river Jhelum.
However, the factories disobeyed court orders and the authorities in August 2018, cut the water supply. However, the fate of the temple pond is not known as of September 2018, as industrial sourcing of groundwater in the area continues by two other cement factories - Gharibwal Cement and Dandot Cement, located in the area, but outside the red zone.
Gallery
See also
Hinduism in Pakistan
Hinduism in Punjab, Pakistan
Sakesar temple, 15 km away
Rohtas Fort
Tilla Jogian
Nagarparkar Temples
References
External links
Pakistan renovates Katasraj Temples
Picture tour of Katasraj Temples
The Temples of Katas Raj in Pictures
Hindu temples in Punjab, Pakistan
Shiva temples
History of Pakistan
Chakwal District
6th-century Hindu temples
Ruins in Pakistan
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Phi Alpha
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Phi Alpha may refer to:
Phi Alpha Literary Society, a men's Literary Society founded in 1845 at Illinois College..
Phi Alpha (fraternity), a historically Jewish Fraternity founded at George Washington University on October 14, 1914 which merged into Phi Sigma Delta in April 1959 (which in turn merged into Zeta Beta Tau).
Phi Alpha (honor society), an honor society in the field of Social Work founded in 1962.
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Clone Wars
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Clone Wars may refer to:
Star Wars
Film and television
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series), an American animated television series set in the Star Wars galaxy
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series), an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film), a 2008 theatrical film serving as the pilot for the series
Video games
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002 video game), developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance, a 2008 video game for the Nintendo DS
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels, a 2008 video game for the Wii
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes, a 2009 video game for multiple platforms, such as Xbox 360, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS.
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, a 2010 video game for PC and OS X.
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, a 2011 video game for multiple platforms, such as Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PSP and Nintendo DS.
Other
Clone Wars (Star Wars), a series of simultaneous conflicts in the fictional Star Wars universe
Star Wars: Clone Wars (comics), various comic book series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel), a 2008 novelization of the film
Other
X-Men 2: Clone Wars, a 1995 video game
See also
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, a 2002 film
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (soundtrack), soundtrack of the film of the same name
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (novel), novel based on the film of the same name
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (video game), video game based on the film of the same name
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Benesch
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Otto Benesch
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Otto Benesch (29 June 1896 in Ebenfurth – 16 November 1964 in Vienna) was an Austrian art historian. He was taught by Max Dvořák and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. He is well known for his catalogue of Rembrandt's drawings. In 1942 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship.
Life and work
Benesch was the son of art collector Heinrich Benesch, an important patron of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Being familiar with modern art from childhood, a personal acquaintance with Schiele left a lasting impression on him, which is also to be seen in several of his publications.
From 1915 to 1921, Benesch studied art history, archaeology and philosophy at the University of Vienna mainly under Max Dvořák. In 1921 he wrote his PhD dissertation on the development of Rembrandt's drawing. From 1920 to 1923, he volunteered at the Art Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. In 1923, he became an assistant and later curator of the collection of the Albertina, where he classified the Rembrandt collection and also curated exhibitions. He lost this job during the Nazi era, because his wife was of Jewish ancestry. Therefore, in 1938, he emigrated to France, in 1939 to England, and in 1940 to the USA. From 1940 to 1947, he lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and worked at Harvard's Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts; at Princeton University; and in New York City. In Princeton, he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1947, he was appointed back to Vienna, where he served as Director of the Albertina and curated many important exhibitions. In 1948 he was also appointed extraordinary professor of art history. He retired in 1961.
Benesch's work focused on the graphic arts and Rembrandt. His further interests covered gothic art, the conservation of monuments, art theory and even musicology.
Benesch was an Officer of the Legion of Honor and was decorated with the Orders of Orange‐Nassau and Leopold II, and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art.
"Max Dvořák", he said, "introduced me to the strict and pragmatic spirit which regards the history of art as a historical discipline, far removed from all aesthetic assayism. The sole foundation of this scientific method of approach is the view that the work of art is a statement and the literary evidence its meaningfully interpreted source."
He wrote of Rembrandt's religious convictions: "Life itself was something sacred to Rembrandt, independent of its religious or profane content. Life was to him, first of all, life of the soul, eloquence and expressiveness of man."
References
Select publications
"Die Wiener kunsthistorische Schule," Österreichische Rundschau (1920).
Beschreibender Katalog der Handzeichnungen der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina, 2 vols., Vienna 1929-33.
"Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz van." In Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig 1907-50, Vol. 29, pp. 259–271.
Der Maler Albrecht Altdorfer. Vienna 1939.
Artistic and Intellectual Trends from Rubens to Daumier as Shown in Book Illustration. Cambridge, Massachusetts 1943.
The Art of the Renaissance in Northern Europe: Its Relation to the Contemporary Spiritual and Intellectual Movements. Cambridge, Massachusetts 1945. Reprinted Hamden, Conn. 1964.
Kleine Geschichte der Kunst in Österreich. Vienna 1950.
Egon Schiele as a Draughtsman. Vienna 1950.
The Drawings of Rembrandt. A Critical and Chronological Catalogue. 6 vols., London 1954-57.
Die Historia Friderici et Maximiliani. Berlin 1957.
Edvard Munch. Garden City, NY 1960.
Collected Writings, edited by Eva Benesch, 4 vols., New York 1970-73.
From an Art Historian's Workshop. Luzern 1979.
Further reading
Eva Benesch, ed., Otto Benesch: Verzeichnis seiner Schriften. Bern 1961.
Ulrike Wendland, "Benesch, Otto". In Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil: Leben und Werk der unter dem Nationalsozialismus verfolgten und vertriebenen Wissenschaftler. Munich: Saur, 1999, Vol. 1, pp. 32–39.
Metzler Kunsthistoriker Lexikon: Zweihundert Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten. 2nd. edition. Stuttgart 2007, pp. 23–25.
Charles de Tolnay, "Otto Benesch." The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 107 (April 1965), pp. 206–209.
"Dr. Otto Benesch, Art Historian, 68", The New York Times, November 28, 1964
External links
Dictionary of Art Historians: Benesch, Otto
AEIOU
1896 births
1964 deaths
Austrian art historians
20th-century Austrian historians
Rembrandt scholars
People from Wiener Neustadt-Land District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teneriffe%2C%20Queensland
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Teneriffe, Queensland
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Teneriffe is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, north-east of the CBD. In the , Teneriffe had a population of 5,335 people.
Teneriffe was once an important wool trading hub and was the location of Australia's largest submarine base in World War II. The suburb was absorbed into Newstead in 1975, but re-established as a separate suburb in 2010.
Teneriffe has a generally young and high income demographic, and is one of Brisbane's most expensive suburbs with a median house price in 2017 of over A$2 million. Residents have access to a riverside lifestyle, restaurants and extensive amenities.
Toponymy
One of the first European landowners in the area was James Gibbon. He purchased 48 hectares of land between Newstead and New Farm and named the property Teneriffe because it reminded him of Mount Teide in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Gibbon built Teneriffe House in 1865. The single storey building still stands today on what is known as Teneriffe Hill.
Geography
The Brisbane River forms the eastern boundary of the suburb. lt borders Newstead to the north, Fortitude Valley to the west, and New Farm to the south.
Teneriffe Hill rises to in the centre of the locality ().
History
By the 1880s the area was being settled by Europeans. The area was served by horse drawn trams starting in 1885. In 1890 land near Teneriffe House was subdivided and auctioned. The 30 allotments were sold under the name Teneriffe Estate. From 1897 until December 1962 electric trams ran along Commercial Road. Early photographs of the suburb show trams displaying the destination "Bulimba", which has given rise to some confusion in later times. Originally the area was considered part of the suburb called Bulimba which then straddled both sides of the Brisbane River. Postal deliveries were often misdirected and as a result the western section of Bulimba, comprising the area now known as Teneriffe, was renamed before World War I. However, the unofficial use of Bulimba as an address on the northern side of the river persists for some decades, appearing on maps and in electoral rolls into the 1940s (although its Woolstore No.3 (Teneriffe Apartments) – 241 Arthur Street use progressively declines).
As wool exports from Queensland increased in the early 20th century, the economic importance of Teneriffe to the state also increased. The first wool store was built in 1909, with another three stores opening by 1915. Another nine wool stores were built, with the last two constructed during the 1950s. Well known architects designed these large buildings to represent the commercial success Australian wool producers experienced in the early 20th century. In 1927, the Australian Estates store was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York. It had the largest showroom in Australia and was able to store 24,000 bales.
During World War II the wharves served as Australia's largest submarine base with around 60 submarines based at Teneriffe. American and British submarines used the facilities, known as Capricon Wharf up until 1945. As container ships forced cargo shipments to the Port of Brisbane at the mouth of the river wool trading at Teneriffe ceased.
Through the conversion of wool stores and factories to residential apartments, the area has been transformed from a riverside industrial hub to a mostly high density residential area. Most of the Queenslander style homes have been preserved and renovated.
In the , Teneriffe had a population of 5,335 people.
Heritage listings
Teneriffe has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
241 Arthur Street: Woolstore No.3 (Teneriffe Apartments)
56 Chester Street: Roseville
Commercial Road: Newstead Air Raid Shelter
Florence Street: Monier Ventilation Shaft 3
70 Longland Street: Newstead Gasworks
24 Macquarie Street: Australian Estates No. 2 Store
50 Macquarie Street: Australian Estates No. 1 Store
64 Macquarie Street: Elder Smith Woolstore
88 Macquarie Street: Goldsbrough Mort Woolstore
110 Macquarie Street: Teneriffe Village
16 Skyring Terrace: Queensland Primary Producers No 4 Woolstore
37 Teneriffe Drive: Teneriffe House
34 Vernon Terrace: Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Woolstores
53 Vernon Terrace: Mactaggarts Woolstore
54 Vernon Terrace: Winchcombe Carson Woolstores
Facilities
The studios of radio station Nova 106.9 are in Commercial Road.
Events
In July each year, the Teneriffe Festival is held as a bold celebration of the suburb's community, history and glimpse of its future; In 2017, the Festival attracted 50,000 people who wandered the suburb's riverside streets and hidden laneways enjoying 25 musical performances and street acts, 40 local restaurants and food vendors, around 60 market stalls and displays, a large dedicated Kids World and dozens of community group stalls.
Transport
The Teneriffe ferry wharf connects it to CityCat and Cross River services.
See also
List of Brisbane suburbs
Urban renewal in Woolstore precinct, Teneriffe
References
Sources
Clark, Howard R. and David R. Keenan, "Brisbane Tramways – The Last Decade", Transit Press, 1977 (Reprinted 1985).
G. Greenwood and J. Laverty, Brisbane 1859–1959, BCC, 1959
Further reading
External links
Teneriffe Festival
Suburbs of the City of Brisbane
Gay villages in Australia
LGBT culture in Brisbane
2010 establishments in Australia
Populated places established in 2010
Queensland in World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Senio
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Kevin Senio
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Kevin Senio is a former New Zealand rugby union professional who most recently played professionally for ASM Clermont Auvergne. He is currently the head coach of Ponsonby Rugby club, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Senio is also a former All Black, making his debut after coming on for Piri Weepu against Australia in New Zealand's 34–24 win in the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations Series and is currently a Junior All Black. That is Senio's only test thus far into his career. During his time at Bay of Plenty, Senio played in a tour match against the British & Irish Lions and was later called into the Junior All Blacks tour of Australia against Australia A.
Senio signed a two-year deal with the Canterbury Rugby Football Union (CRFU) on 26 September 2005, making him eligible to play for the Crusaders, after former Canterbury and Crusaders half-back, Justin Marshall, left to play in England following the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. Senio also left after playing second fiddle to starting Chiefs' half-back, Byron Kelleher, who is also an All Black.
After being the starting scrum-half for the first part of the season, Senio found himself battling it out for regular game time with rookie Andy Ellis. However, Ellis was injured in the semi-final against the Bulls and Senio started the 2006 Super 14 Final against the Hurricanes. The day after the final, Senio was selected for the Junior All Blacks to play in the inaugural Pacific Five Nations tournament.
Senio has also represented NZ at age grade level, NZ Schools u/19 and u/21 and has also represented the NZ 7's team. Senio is married to Silver Fern Anna Senio and is brother to CS Bourgoin-Jallieu scrum-half John Senio. Senio is also the brother of Dimitri Senio, who plays rugby union in France for SC Albi.
References
Injury throws new Blue into the hot seat
Senio set for Crusaders debut
Canterbury accused of greed over Senio signing
1978 births
Bay of Plenty rugby union players
Canterbury rugby union players
Crusaders (rugby union) players
Expatriate rugby union players in France
People educated at Liston College
Living people
New Zealand international rugby union players
New Zealand rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in France
Samoa international rugby sevens players
Male rugby sevens players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Browning
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Susan Browning
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Susan Browning (born Susan Brown; February 25, 1941 – April 23, 2006) was an American actress.
Early years
Browning was born Susan Brown in Baldwin, New York, and graduated from Baldwin High School in 1958. She attended Penn State University where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater arts in 1962. She changed her last name to differentiate herself from another actress named Susan Brown.
Career
After Browning finished college, she acted with the Equity Library Theatre. Impresario Julius Monk saw her in a musical production there and signed her for a revue, Dime a Dozen, at Plaza 9. She was in that show for a year and left to make her debut on Broadway in Love and Kisses.
Browning was nominated for two Tony Awards: for Best Actress in a Musical for Company in 1971 and for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Goodtime Charley in 1975. She was also featured on Broadway in the musicals Big River and Shelter, as well as several plays.
Browning played one of the nuns in the 1992 movie Sister Act, as well as its 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. Her television work included appearances on Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Law & Order, All My Children, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Monkees, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., and The Wild Wild West.
Death
Browning died on April 23, 2006, in New York City after a brief illness, according to friends in the theatre community. She was 65 years old.
Filmography
References
External links
1941 births
2006 deaths
American film actresses
American stage actresses
Pennsylvania State University alumni
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women
Broadway theatre people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estudios%20Churubusco
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Estudios Churubusco
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Estudios Churubusco is one of the oldest and largest movie studios in Latin America. It is located in the Churubusco neighborhood of Mexico City.
It was inaugurated in 1945 after a 1943 agreement between RKO and Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (of Televisa). In 1950 it was acquired by the government of Mexico and merged with Estudios y Laboratorios Azteca to form Estudios Churubusco Azteca. Since 1958 it has been controlled by the government of Mexico. Of the four motion picture studios during the golden age of Mexican cinema—the others were Estudios America, Estudios San Angel and Estudios Tepeyac—it and Televisa San Angel (the former Estudios San Angel) are still in operation.
It is estimated that 95% of the films produced in Mexico since 2000 have used many of the services the studio provides. Among the films shot at the Estudios Churubusco were Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Amores perros, nominee for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1999), and Frida (2001).
In 2017, Estudios Churubusco celebrated its 72nd anniversary by opening the facility to the public for the first time so they could learn more about the studios and its many film achievements.
Selected films
References
External links
Watch a 1990 "making-of" documentary about the production of Total Recall at Estudios Churubusco.
Mexican film studios
Golden Ariel Award winners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton%20East%2C%20New%20Zealand
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Hamilton East, New Zealand
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Hamilton East is a suburb in central Hamilton in New Zealand. The suburb's primary commercial and retail precinct is located along Grey Street. Hamilton East is characterised by villas and bungalows built early in the 20th century.
History
Hamilton East is one of Hamilton's oldest suburbs. From the 1870s until the mid-20th century, Hamilton East was sometimes known as 'Irishtown'. A significant number of the militiamen who settled there were of Irish descent, and many other Irish Catholics came to live near the Catholic Church and convent.
The town of Hamilton East merged with Hamilton West in 1877. Many of the streets were named after famous figures of the New Zealand Wars, including Governor George Grey and Maori chief Te Awaitaia, who went by the name William Naylor/Wiremu Neera when he converted to Christianity. Evidence of planning for the centre of the village can be seen in the village green concept of Steele Park and the planting of English trees along Grey Street. Hamilton East is one of the few suburbs of Hamilton to have a street grid plan.
Many of the parks in Hamilton East, including Hamilton Gardens, are located on the original Hamilton Town Belt that runs along the eastern and southern border of Hamilton East. Just to the north of the Gardens, Flynn Park housed an ammunition factory from 1942 to 1946. It is the most southerly of the parks in the original Belt and on the edge of the Wairere Drive extension to Peacocke.
Until February 1971 the Royal Hotel stood on the corner of Grey Street and Cook Street, now occupied by Eastside Tavern and Liquorland. The first Royal Hotel was opened on the southwest corner of Grey and Cook Streets in July 1865, by Lewis Bassiere Harris, of the 4th Waikato Militia Regiment. The hotel burnt down in 1894 and was rebuilt later that year. Many early meetings were held in the hotel, including those of Kirikiriroa Road Board.
In 2000 the suburb was extended over a former part of Ruakura Experimental Farm, by Grasshopper East Ltd. and Chedworth Properties Ltd adding 321 houses at Sherwood Park. Although the streets are named with a Sherwood Forest theme, it required a campaign to preserve a shelter belt of redwood trees from the development.
Features of Hamilton East
Hamilton Gardens
Hamilton Gardens, a 58 hectare public park, is located along the banks of the Waikato River. Hamilton Gardens is the most popular visitor attraction in the region with about 1.3 million visitors each year, nearly half of them being tourists. They were developed from the 1980s in stages, with paradise, productive, cultivar and landscape collections. The much-praised paradise collection includes a Chinese scholar's garden, an English flower garden, a Japanese garden of contemplation, an American modernist garden, an Italian Renaissance garden and an Indian char bagh garden.
Hayes Paddock
Hayes Paddock, an enclave in Hamilton East developed between 1939 and 1945, was planned and built according to the philosophies and ideals of the First Labour Government and the Garden City Movement. It includes curved street patterns, open plan garden layouts, low density development, and the provision of walkways and reserves. Hayes Paddock contains over 200 classic state houses built along seven streets named mostly after New Zealand governors general.
These governors general were notable and influential men of their time. Macfarlane Street, the only street not named after a governor general, was named after James MacFarlane, a partner in the Auckland company of Henderson and MacFarlane. The area that makes up Hayes Paddock was named after William Hayes who farmed the area, under lease, from 1903 to 1925.
Viscount Sir Charles Bathurst Bledisloe Governor general from 1930–1935. Street: Bledisloe Terrace.
Sir Charles Fergusson Governor general from 1924–1930. Street: Fergusson Street.
Sir George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway Governor general from 1935–1941. Street: Galway Avenue.
Viscount Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe Governor general from 1920–1924. Street: Jellicoe Drive.
Sir William Lee Plunket Governor general from 1904–1910. Street: Plunket Terrace.
Sir William Hillier Onslow Governor general from 1889–1892. Street: Onslow Street.
Thanks to Hamilton heritage enthusiasts and local council processes, Hayes Paddock has received protection in the city's district plan. The purpose of this protection was to safeguard the unique and special heritage of the Hayes Paddock area.
An extensive chronology of key events from 1978, when Hayes paddock was first identified as having heritage value, to the May 2006 Council Report leading to the council decision, can be found in the Variation to Hamilton City District Plan version 2001.
A final hearing of proposed changes was held in July 2008 and on 24 September 2008 a full Council confirmed the changes, subject to some amendments.
Graham Island
Graham Island is a small islet of about , separated from the main river bank south of Hayes Paddock by about of shallow water. It rises to about above the river, with a low cliff facing the main channel. Most of the island is covered in raspberry, with alder and silver and golden wattle as the main trees. Te Moutere O Koipikau Pā once stood on the island.
Wellington Beach
A beach was part of the 1945 plan for developing the reserve. In 2013 it was voted one of the country's best beaches.
Institute de Notre Dames des Missions
The Institute de Notre Dames des Missions was a Romanesque style convent and heritage site on Clyde St. Most of the building was demolished in 2017, but the chapel was restored and is a Category 2 listed building.
Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton
The modern Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary was dedicated in 1980 and refurbished in 2008. It is the Cathedral of the Hamilton Catholic Diocese.
Memorial Park
Hamilton's first militia settlers landed on this site in 1864. The park and cenotaph were created in memory of First World War soldiers on what was previously called Kowhai Bank. The park was further developed with a Second World War memorial as well as a Spitfire air-force memorial.
Paddle steamer Rangiriri
On the riverbank is the hulk of the paddle steamer Rangiriri. She was prefabricated at the P.N. Russell & Co. foundry in Sydney and assembled at Port Waikato. The first of the military settlers landed from the Rangiriri at Hamilton on 24 August 1864. She ran aground in 1889, was lifted from the riverbed in 1981, pulled further up in 1982 and restored in 2010. Her length was , breadth and speed .
River cruises
From 1985 MV Waipa Delta provided excursions from the Park until 2009. She was replaced by a smaller boat until the pontoon at the Park was removed in 2013. The former Golden Bay vessel, Cynthia Dew, ran 4 days a week on the river from 2012 and now runs 5 days a week from a floating pontoon.
Parana Park
Parana Park is about and forms a northern extension of Memorial Park. It was left to the city in 1929 in the will of George Parr (hence the name Parana), who was the son of the 1893 Mayor. In 1936, a paddling pool and playground were built and wallabies and a possum introduced. The playground was rebuilt in 2012. There are several notable trees and structures in the Park. In Gibbons Creek a barrier was removed and 3 fish passes built to help migratory fish overcome weirs.
Steele Park
At the centre of Hamilton East is Steele Park, named for militia officer William Steele. It was originally called Sydney Square, after the New South Wales city where members of the 4th Waikato militia enlisted. The oaks around its perimeter were planted in 1889, the silver jubilee of the arrival of militia settlers. Historically used for social gatherings for settlers, today it continues to be an important venue for sport, cultural and social events.
Oddfellows Hall
The Loyal Hamilton Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows was built by Edward Pearson in 1874 on the perimeter of Steele Park. It is now a Historic Place Category 2 building housing the Cook bar. From about 1884 it was used as a factory by the family who had built it a decade earlier. Pearson's sandsoap was advertised from 1882, took out a patent in 1884, started a factory in Sydney in 1892 and later moved production to Penrose. Prior to 1934 some of their sand came from what is now Edgecumbe Park in Whitiora. Edward Pearson also built a nearby Presbyterian church, which was demolished in 1957.
Galloway Park
A former redoubt, Galloway Park is now an active sports park utilised for a variety of summer and winter sports. In summer, it is primarily used for cricket and in winter, it is primarily used for soccer.
Greenslade House
Greenslade House is a distinctive Edwardian house, with a turret, at 1 Wellington Street. It was built between 1910–1912 for a prominent Hamilton businessman and New Zealand Liberal Party MP, Henry Greenslade. The architect, John W Warren, also helped design the Waikato Hospital. The Pearson family (see Oddfellows Hall above) lived in the house from 1934. It remains a private residence, was given Historic Place Category 1 listing on 21 September 1989, is a large 490 with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and has been sold many times since restoration in the 1970s.
Beale Cottage
The tiny cottage on the corner of Beale and Grey Streets is Hamilton's oldest remaining house, named after the 4th Mayor of Hamilton, Bernard Charles Beale. He designed and built the simple cottage in 1872 using locally-grown kauri and kahikatea. Soon after, he added several more rooms. One room in the house was used as a surgery.
Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga
Located at the entrance to Hamilton Gardens, Nga Uri o Hinetuparimaunga is a sculpture created by two internationally renowned artists, sculptor Chris Booth and Diggeress Te Kanawa. Their design proposal was chosen in a competition to which top New Zealand artists had been invited to submit designs. The woven Hinuera stone cloak sculpture honours natural creative processes.
Former Waikato County Council office
The former Waikato County Council office at 455 Grey Street, on the corner of Clyde Street, opened in 1910. It has not been greatly altered and is now used by a travel agent. It is protected by a Category B listing in Hamilton City's District Plan. It was replaced by new offices to the rear of it, which had a foundation stone dated 4 February 1971 and were first used for a meeting on 21 March 1972. The old building was leased to the Ministry of Agriculture. After 1989 the new building was used by Waikato District Council and then by Hill Laboratories until 2017. Since 2020 it has been renovated as Hills Village apartments.
Demographics
Hamilton East, comprising the statistical areas of Hamilton East Village, Greensboro, Hamilton East Cook and Hamilton East, had a population of 12,996 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,389 people (12.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 2,283 people (21.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 4,674 households. There were 6,369 males and 6,630 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 2,175 people (16.7%) aged under 15 years, 5,085 (39.1%) aged 15 to 29, 4,728 (36.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,014 (7.8%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 60.6% European/Pākehā, 20.7% Māori, 7.2% Pacific peoples, 20.9% Asian, and 5.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 32.9%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 45.9% had no religion, 34.1% were Christian, 4.7% were Hindu, 4.0% were Muslim, 1.3% were Buddhist and 4.9% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 3,117 (28.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,209 (11.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,518 (41.8%) people were employed full-time, 1,914 (17.7%) were part-time, and 843 (7.8%) were unemployed.
The 2013 Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation, ranked 1–10 from lowest to most deprived areas, lists the Hamilton East at 9/10 (high deprivation).
Education
Hamilton Boys' High School is a single sex secondary school (years 9–13). It has a roll of . The school opened in 1955, with predecessors dating back to 1903.
Hamilton East School is a coeducational contributing primary school (years 1–6). The school was opened in 1872 and is the oldest school in Hamilton on its original site. It has a roll of .
Sacred Heart Girls' College' is a single sex state-integrated Catholic day school (years 9–13). The school was established in 1884 and has a roll of .
Marian Catholic School is a state-integrated coeducational full primary school (years 1–8). The school was formed in 1989 by the amalgamation of the single-sex St Mary's Cathedral School and Marist School, which had been neighbours on the same site. It has a roll of .
All rolls are as of
See also
List of streets
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
References
External links
1921 view of Memorial Park and bridge
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
Populated places on the Waikato River
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naylor%2C%20New%20Zealand
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Naylor, New Zealand
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Naylor is a suburb in central Hamilton in New Zealand.
This is not really a suburb at all but a region defined by the statistics department. It is not in use around Hamilton.
See also
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical%20Province%20of%20Rupert%27s%20Land
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Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
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The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land, founded in 1875, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Territorial evolution
The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former Hudson's Bay Company concession of Rupert's Land, as well as the North-Western Territory of British North America. It today consists of the present day provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as the extreme western portion of Ontario and the Nunavik area of Quebec. It also includes all of the territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
At almost 6.5 million square kilometres, it is the largest ecclesiastical province by area in the country, and was even larger when it was created. The Anglican Diocese of Moosonee was joined to the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario in 1912. The five dioceses in British Columbia were also originally part of Rupert's Land Ecclesiastical Province, until they became an Ecclesiastical Province of their own in 1914. Furthermore, the Diocese of Selkirk was part of Rupert's Land until it joined the British Columbia province in 1943, as the Anglican Diocese of Yukon.
Dioceses
There are presently 10 dioceses in the province:
Athabasca (Alberta)
Arctic (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Nunavik (northern Quebec))
Brandon (Manitoba)
Calgary (Alberta)
Edmonton (Alberta)
Mishamikoweesh (northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario)
Qu'Appelle (Saskatchewan)
Rupert's Land (Manitoba)
Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon (Saskatchewan)
Metropolitan
The provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by metropolitan bishops, elected from among the provinces' diocesan bishops, who then become archbishops of their own diocese and the metropolitan of their province.
The current metropolitan of the Province of Rupert's Land is Greg Kerr-Wilson who is the Archbishop of Calgary.
Metropolitans of Rupert's Land
Source:
See also
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada
References
External links
Provincial website
Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land, Ecclesiastical Province of
Religious organizations established in 1875
1875 establishments in Canada
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year%20plan
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Five-year plan
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Five-year plan may refer to:
Nation plans
Five-year plans of the Soviet Union, a series of nationwide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union
Five-Year Plans of Argentina
Five-Year Plans of Bhutan, a series of national economic development plans created by the government of Bhutan since 1961
Five-year plans of China (PRC), a series of social and economic development initiatives
Five-Year Plans of Ethiopia
Five-Year Plans of India, which existed from 1947 to 2017
Five-Year Plans of Nepal
Five-Year Plans of Pakistan, centralized economic plans and targets as part of economic development initiatives
Five-Year Plans of Romania, economic development projects in Communist Romania, largely inspired by the Soviet model
Five-Year Plans of South Korea, an economic development project of South Korea
Five-Year Plans of Vietnam, a series of economic development initiatives
First Malayan Five-Year Plan, the first economic development plan launched by the Malayan government, just before independence in 1957
Five years plan to governing aborigines – Japanese plan in the early twentieth century to control the native population of Taiwan
Other uses
F.Y.P, punk rock band
See also
Four Year Plan, a series of economic reforms created by the Nazi Party
Plan (disambiguation)
Five-year plans
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severstal
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Severstal
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Severstal () is a Russian company mainly operating in the steel and mining industry, headquartered in Cherepovets. Severstal is listed on the Moscow Exchange and LSE and is the largest steel company in Russia. The company is majority-owned and controlled by billionaire Alexey Mordashov.
Severstal owns major industrial facilities in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France, and Italy, as well as in several African countries. The company also has mining assets, thus securing its supply of raw materials.
Severstal also owns Severstal Cherepovets, a professional ice hockey club which plays in the Kontinental Hockey League and Severstal Air Company, an airline operating mainly from Vnukovo International Airport and Cherepovets Airport.
Severstal has been ranked as among the 16th best of 92 oil, gas, and mining companies on indigenous rights and resource extraction in the Arctic. It's ranked 37 among the largest steel makers. In 2021, Severstal was ranked no. 27 out of 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Circle in the Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI).
History
During the early 1930s, deposits of iron ore were discovered on the Kola Peninsula and, at about the same time large quantities of coal were discovered in the area of Pechora. These two factors made it possible to establish a viable steel industry in the northwest of Russia.
In 1940, the Government of the Soviet Union published a resolution "On The Organisation of Steel Making in the North-West of the USSR", which created a steel mill in Cherepovets, a city accessible by both the Leningrad-Ekaterinburg railway and by the Volga–Baltic Waterway.
In 1947, the construction of Cherepovets Steel Mill was completed.
Facility construction accelerated after the end of World War II, and at 3:25 PM on 24 August 1955, the Cherepovets steel mill was put into operation. Development continued in the following decades, making Cherepovets a major centre of steel production in the Soviet Union.
On 24 September 1993, a decree by the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, transformed the state-owned Cherepovets Iron and Steel Complex into the Severstal open joint-stock company.
In 2004, Severstal North America was created when Severstal acquired all the steelmaking assets of Rouge Steel, based in Michigan, USA.
In April 2005, Severstal acquired a 19.9% stake in European steel producer Gruppo Lucchini.
In June 2005, Severstal acquired a listing on MICEX SE.
In March 2006, the company launched an offer for the French conglomerate Arcelor. The offer did not materialize and Arcelor was instead acquired by Mittal Steel on 25 June 2006 to create Arcelor Mittal.
In April 2006, Severstal and Arcelor inaugurated the Severgal joint venture, at that time owned 75% by Severstal and 25% by Arcelor.
In April 2006, Severstal acquired British wire producer Carrington Wire.
In October 2006, Severstal acquired a controlling stake in Lucchini.
In November 2006, Severstal Global Depository Receipts began trading on the London Stock Exchange priced at $12.50.
In May 2007, Severstal acquired Arcelor's 25% stake in Severgal.
In May 2007, Severstal acquired a further 9% of Lucchini.
In February 2007, Severstal acquired Celtic Resources, a gold mining company with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan.
In September 2007, Severcorr began operations in Columbus, Mississippi.
In October 2007, Severstal acquired Aprelkovo and Nerungri Metallic, two gold mines in Eastern Russia.
In May 2008, Severstal Metiz TAS agreed to the sale of the group TAS 34.6% share of JSC Dneprometiz to Severstal Metiz.
In May 2008, Severstal acquired Sparrows Point, a steel mill in Maryland, USA, from Arcelor Mittal.
In May 2008, Severstal Resources acquired a controlling stake in an iron ore deposit in Western Africa and becomes a shareholder of Mano River Resources
In June 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark Inc. based in West Virginia, USA.
In July 2008, Severstal acquired WCI Steel mill in Warren, Ohio, USA.
In August 2008, Severstal Metiz acquired 100% of Redaelli Tecna.
In August 2008, Severstal Resources acquired Balazhal Gold Mine in Kazakhstan.
In November 2008, the company acquired PBS Coals based in Pennsylvania, USA.
In November 2008, Severstal Resources acquired a controlling stake in High River Gold.
In 2008, the company began a $500 million expansion to double the output of Severstal Columbus to 3.4 million tons.
In January 2010, the company closed Carrington Wire.
In March 2010, the company acquired all the shares of Gruppo Lucchini from the Lucchini family and became the only shareholder of the company.
In June 2010, the company sold 50.8% of Lucchini S.p.A. to a company controlled by Alexey Mordashov.
In October 2010, the company acquired a 43.21% stake in Crew Gold.
In October 2010, the company created Nord Gold Nv.
In October 2010, the company received a license for Centralnoe coalfield in Tyva.
In November 2010, an MOU with NSDC to build a steel mill in India was signed.
In January 2011, the company acquired the remaining shares of Crew Gold.
In March 2011, the company sold its facilities in Warren, Wheeling and Sparrows Point.
On February 11, 2013, the company's Vorkutinskaya mine, in the Komi Republic in northern Russia, experienced an explosion that caused the mine to collapse on a team of 22 people. A total of 18 people lost their lives in the accident.
In March 2012, the company separated from Nord Gold.
In 2014, Severstal divested its steelmaking operations in the United States, selling the former Rouge Steel plant in Dearborn, Michigan to AK Steel Holding for $700 million, and its mini-mill in Columbus, Mississippi, built in 2007, to Steel Dynamics for $1.63 billion.
In January 2017, the company sold Redaelli Tecna.
In July 2017, the company acquired the debt of the Yakovlevsky mine.
In December 2021, according to group`s decarbonization strategy, Severstal agreed to sell "Vorkutaugol" to "Russkaya energia" LLC for 15 billion of roubles. Meanwhile, the approval of the deal was postponed by Federal Antimonopoly Service in February 2022.
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is one of the strategic priorities for Severstal. Starting 2010, the company has annually released a Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development report.
In 2018, Severstal joined the UN Global Compact.
Environment
In 2018, Severstal became one of the pilots of the World Steel Association’s programme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the global steel industry 'Step up'.
In June 2019, in connection with the Presidential Decree dated 7 May 2018 No. 204 “On the National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Development of the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2024” and the Federal Project “Clean Air”, Severstal entered into the agreement on co-operation for reducing air emissions in Cherepovets with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Rosprirodnadzor and the local authorities. In accordance with this agreement the Company assumed obligations to ensure the implementation of measures that will reduce pollutant emissions by 30 thousand tons into the atmosphere by 2024.
Severstal reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 27,860 Kt (-250 /-0.9% y-o-y). There is no evidence of a consistent declining trend as yet.
References
External links
History of Severstal since 1930s.
Companies listed on the Moscow Exchange
Iron ore mining companies
Mining companies of Russia
Steel companies of Russia
Steel companies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian brands
Companies based in Vologda Oblast
Mining companies of the Soviet Union
Severstal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%20Open
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Denmark Open
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The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Danmarks Badminton Forbund.
The Denmark Open was part of the BWF Super Series Premier from 2011 to 2017. BWF categorised it as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events per the BWF events structure since 2018.
History
The tournament started in 1936. It was interrupted by World War II and was on hiatus from 1956 through 1964. It seeks to draw the top players from around the World. The tournament is usually played in late October each year.
Locations
Eleven locations have been chosen to host the tournament. The 2008 tournament was held in Arena Fyn in Odense. Since 2008, the tournaments have been held in Odense.
1936–1939, 1946–1985: Copenhagen
1990: Aabenraa
1991: Solrød municipality
1986, 1992: Aalborg
1989, 1993: Højbjerg
1987, 1994: Esbjerg
1996: Middelfart
1997–1999: Vejle
2000–2002: Farum
2003–2006: Aarhus
1988, 1995, 2007–present: Odense
Previous champions
Performances by nation
References
Badminton.dk: Past Champions
Cited
External links
Official website
Official website
1935 establishments in Denmark
Recurring sporting events established in 1935
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcrest%2C%20Hamilton
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Hillcrest, Hamilton
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Hillcrest is a suburb in southeastern Hamilton in New Zealand. The suburb is home to the University of Waikato and consequently has a large student population. It is located on the east side of the Hamilton Town Belt, a series of public parks that run from the Hamilton Gardens to Ruakura in its eastern section.
History
The area was formerly known as Steele's Hill, named after Capt. W. Steele. Much of it was covered in orchards in the early 1900s. It was named Hillcrest by the Waikato County Council in the 1940s when the area began developing as a suburb. Hillcrest became a part of Hamilton in 1949, with the 5th boundary extension. Significant development took place throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Notable locations
The University of Waikato
The main campus of the University of Waikato was established in 1964. In 2010, the university had 13,089 students enrolled, the majority based at the Hillcrest campus.
Academy of Performing Arts
Opened in 2001, the Academy of Performing Arts is a prominent music and theatre venue in Hamilton. Its concert chamber is one of Hamilton's premier classical music venues.
Former Hamilton Railway Station
The Station on Hillcrest Road is the former main railway station for Hamilton. The building was relocated from Victoria Street to its current Hillcrest location in the 1960s, when the Hamilton Central underground train station was built. It is one of the few surviving railway stations that were built during the time that Julius Vogel was in charge of New Zealand's Public Works Department.
Demographics
Hillcrest, comprising the statistical areas of Hillcrest West (Hamilton City) and Hillcrest East (Hamilton City), had a population of 5,760 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 378 people (7.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 627 people (12.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,803 households. There were 2,874 males and 2,889 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 1,056 people (18.3%) aged under 15 years, 2,061 (35.8%) aged 15 to 29, 2,190 (38.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 459 (8.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 59.5% European/Pākehā, 16.9% Māori, 6.1% Pacific peoples, 26.2% Asian, and 4.7% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 37.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 48.1% had no religion, 34.0% were Christian, 2.5% were Hindu, 3.2% were Muslim, 3.1% were Buddhist and 4.5% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,599 (34.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 432 (9.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,085 (44.3%) people were employed full-time, 795 (16.9%) were part-time, and 300 (6.4%) were unemployed.
The 2013 Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation, ranked 1-10 from lowest to most deprived areas, lists the University section of Hillcrest at 8/10 (high deprivation) and the Hillcrest West section at 6/10 (moderate deprivation).
Education
Hillcrest Normal School and Knighton Normal School are state co-educational contributing primary schools (years 1-6) with rolls of and students respectively. Hillcrest Normal opened in 1923, and Knighton Normal opened in 1957. The term "Normal" comes from the French term école normale and means these schools assist in the training of teachers.
St John's College is a single-sex integrated Catholic secondary school (years 9-13) with a roll of .
Rolls are as of
Despite the name, Hillcrest High School is actually located in the neighbouring suburb of Silverdale.
See also
List of streets in Hamilton
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
References
External links
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell%20Foot%20Park
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Fell Foot Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a Victorian house, situated beside Windermere, a lake in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It is just north of Newby Bridge on the A592 road in the civil parish of Staveley-in-Cartmel in South Lakeland district.
The estate was owned by Jeremiah Dixon, mayor of Leeds in 1784, who sold it in 1859 to Colonel G.J.M. Ridehalgh (1835-1892), a director of the North Lonsdale Iron and Steel Company, colonel of the 2nd Westmorland Volunteer Battalion Border Regiment and one of the founder members of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club. The house was demolished in 1907 to build a larger replacement, but the project was abandoned when the then owner died. The estate was given to the National Trust in 1948.
The manager's house (originally built as a gas works), several boathouses including one converted to a cafe, and a workshop and dock are Grade II listed buildings. They were constructed for Col. G.J.M. Ridehalgh. A local sailing and rowing club is located at the park and rowing boat and kayak hire is available during summer months. Other facilities include car parking, toilets, a gift shop and a playground.
Between March and September, Windermere Lake Cruises operate a passenger ferry service from Lakeside station to Fell Foot. At Lakeside, connection can be made to the same company's steamer service to Bowness-on-Windermere and the preserved Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
The park's buildings were flooded during the 2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods.
A new watersports centre opened at the north end of the park in 2018. The park holds regular events, including a parkrun event every Saturday and the All England Open Stone Skimming Championships every August.
References
Further reading
Note especially Appendix 1, Pages 36–38: "Fell Foot Park, Statement of Significance" for history of the estate.
External links
Fell Foot Park information at the National Trust
Illustrated guide to Fell Foot Park
Includes links to many maps showing Fell Foot and a picture of the house
National Trust properties in the Lake District
Parks and open spaces in Cumbria
Furness
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Will%20Rock%20You%20%28video%29
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We Will Rock You (video)
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We Will Rock You is a concert film by English band Queen. It was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum on 24 and 25 November 1981.
A new official release of the concert (retitled Queen Rock Montreal) digitally restored and remastered by Queen was released on 29 October 2007 on DVD (by Eaglevision), double CD (by Hollywood Records for the US and Canada and by Parlophone Records for Europe and EMI for the rest of the world) and triple vinyl LP.
A special double DVD Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid included Queen's performance at Live Aid as well as never before seen interviews and rehearsal footage. HD-DVD and Blu-ray versions were released on 4 December 2007.
List of songs
"We Will Rock You" (fast) (May)
"Let Me Entertain You" (Mercury)
"Play the Game" (Mercury)
"Somebody to Love" (Mercury)
"Killer Queen" (Mercury)
"I'm in Love with My Car" (Taylor)
"Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury)
"Save Me" (May)
"Now I'm Here" (May)
"Dragon Attack" (May)
"Now I'm Here" (reprise) (May)
"Love of My Life" (Mercury)
"Under Pressure" (Queen/Bowie) - First live performance of the song
"Keep Yourself Alive" (with impromptu jam before the song) (May)
Drum Solo/Tympani Solo (Queen/Taylor)
Guitar Solo/Guitar and Drum Duel (May)
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury)
"Jailhouse Rock" (Leiber, Stoller)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury)
"Tie Your Mother Down" (May)
"Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon)
"Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor)
"We Will Rock You" (May)
"We Are the Champions" (Mercury)
"God Save the Queen" (tape) (arr. May)
The tracks "Flash" and "The Hero" (both written by May) were also performed at these concerts but were deleted from the film. However, the tracks do appear on the CD and vinyl issues of Queen Rock Montreal. A commentary by Roger Taylor and Brian May is an optional feature of Queen Rock Montreal whereas a commentary by Saul Swimmer (the director/producer) was an optional feature of the DVD re-release of We Will Rock You.
Track listing (Double disc Live Aid footage)
Live Aid
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"Radio Ga Ga"
"Hammer To Fall"
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
"We Will Rock You"
"We Are The Champions"
"Is This The World We Created"
all tracks recorded live at Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985.
Commentaries
Director Saul Swimmer recorded a commentary for the original laserdisc release of the concert. In it, he describes the process by which he and the band went about organising and recording the concerts which eventually became this film. He is complimentary of the band and spoke positively about the experience. Specifically, he talked about the lengths he went to convince the band to make the film at the end of their then-current tour. Swimmer said the deciding moment came when he took Freddie Mercury to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. and showed him the three-storey IMAX screen, and told him to imagine himself five stories tall. Having convinced Mercury, the rest of the band followed suit.
When Queen eventually acquired the rights to the film, Brian May and Roger Taylor recorded a new commentary track, on which they discuss their feelings about the original process of making the concert film. May describes Swimmer's behaviour in trying to get the band to agree to the project in very negative terms. He says the director effectively hounded them and that when they relented, he was not easy to work with during the actual two nights of filming. Unlike Swimmer's earlier commentary track, which paints a generous picture of the relationship between himself and the band, May and Taylor's commentary track indicates very directly that this was not the case. In particular, May was irked by Swimmer's camera direction and raised this point every time he wasn't in shot during a guitar solo.
Production
Material from both nights has been used in the final version. In a number of instances, the footage is a mixture of camera shots from one night and audio recordings from the other night. It was finally released in 2007 this time with permission of the band. The title was also changed. Queen Rock Montreal was chosen as the new official title. The video contains the first public performance of Under Pressure.
Video releases
The concert was filmed in high quality 35mm format, but the VHS releases of the 1980's and 1990's were highly degraded versions of the original which contained notable syncing issues. Because the original film rights were 100% controlled by the production company there was little the band could do to prevent the various releases, not regaining the film rights until the early 2000's.
In most of the world, the video was released and re-released at various points from 1982 to 1992 in many popular formats of the day such as VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc and V2000. Cover art varied from territory to territory and from release to release. In the US, however, it was not released until 1986 and was edited down to include only 11 songs, instead of 21, and included vastly different cover art than had been previously used elsewhere. It was not until 1992 that a full, 21-song version was released in the US, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Magic Johnson AIDS Foundation. The cover art was more similar to that of other territories.
Then in 1997, 1998 and 1999, a Commemorative Edition was released throughout the world on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD with completely redesigned cover art (a blue/green background with Freddie's silhouette in black), and included Queen performing the Elvis Presley song "Jailhouse Rock", which had not been included in previous releases. Queen performed this song on many occasions throughout their career, but this was the first time an official Queen release included a performance of the song. This was also first ever commercially available Queen release on DVD.
The concert film was again re-released in 2001 on DVD and VHS, remastered in THX for enhanced audio and video quality. The cover art was again majorly redesigned and there were very noticeable improvements in sound and picture quality. It was also made available in a DTS Surround Sound edition. This was the last time it was released under the title We Will Rock You, as subsequent releases in 2007 and onward were retitled Rock Montreal or Rock Montreal and Live Aid.
Charts and certifications
Charts
Certifications
References
External links
Official Site
Queen (band) video albums
Hollywood Records video albums
it:We Will Rock You (VHS)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary%20Browne
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Zachary Browne (born March 28, 1985) is an American former television and film actor.
Browne has had guest roles on ER, 7th Heaven and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, among other shows. He was also on 7th Heaven as Stan in 1997, and Kyle(young) on The Pretender. He auditioned for the role of Marty Preston in Shiloh (1996) and the director was very impressed with him. He did not get the part because he was too young. However, by the time Shiloh 2 was being cast he was 13 years old and was remembered when he auditioned. Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999) was Zachary's final film, as he ceased acting at the age of 14.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
External links
1985 births
Living people
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Sacramento, California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth%20Rudetsky
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Seth Rudetsky
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Seth Dennis Rudetsky (born February 28, 1967) is an American musician, actor, writer and radio host. He currently is the host of Seth's Big Fat Broadway and Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's On Broadway. The show focuses on Rudetsky's knowledge of Broadway theatre history and trivia.
In March 2020, Rudetsky and his husband created a daily live-streamed web series Stars in The House to benefit The Actors Fund in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Early life and education
Rudetsky grew up in North Woodmere, New York. He graduated from Hewlett High School in Hewlett, New York, and Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in 1988 with a degree in Piano Performance.
Career
Acting
He wrote and performed in a one-man show called Rhapsody in Seth in 2003. He often tours with variations on his one-man show. He appeared in the Series Finale of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. From November 27 through December 10, 2006, he starred in an Off-Off-Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy.
He appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of The Ritz from September 2007 through December 2007. Also in 2007, Rudetsky appeared as a contestant on Episode #111 of the US version of Cash Cab. He also appeared in the MTV reality show Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods as a vocal coach for the contestants throughout the competition. He appeared in January 2008 in a regional production (Northport, Long Island, New York) of Lend Me a Tenor.
On August 30, 2010, Rudetsky appeared with two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster in a one-night-only concert performance of They're Playing Our Song at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater. On June 18, 2012. On Thursday evenings, he hosts Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, a one-hour talk show, at a New York City club, Don't Tell Mama on 46th Street.
Rudetsky started a website called SETH TV. The site had archives of video and a $5/month subscription fee for exclusive content. Rudetsky posts video "deconstructions" to his web site in which he deconstructs the singing voices of Broadway performers.
On November 4, 2013, Disaster!, a musical comedy starring Rudetsky and written by both Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, opened Off-Broadway at the St. Luke's Theatre. The show, which parodies 1970's disaster movies, has earned largely positive reviews, with The New York Times praising its "inspired lunacy". After a three-year run off-Broadway, Disaster! opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway in 2016.
Writing
Rudetsky was nominated for the Emmy Award three times for his work as a comedy writer for The Rosie O'Donnell Show. He was a writer for the Grammy Award shows of 1999 and 2000. Rudetsky also wrote the opening number for seven Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competitions and has been responsible for many of their Gypsy Of The Year shows.
Rudetsky had his short story "My First Story" included in the 2005 anthology Fresh Men 2: New Voice in Gay Fiction. The next year, his book The Q Guide to Broadway was published by Alyson Books. This was followed in 2007 by the release of his novel Broadway Nights, also published by Alyson Books. In 2012, his first young adult novel, My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan, was published by Random House. In 2015, he released a sequel, The Rise and Fall of a Theater Geek, also published by Random House.
Musicianship
In addition to being a writer and an authority on the music of the Broadway stage, Rudetsky is also an accomplished musician. Having majored in Piano Performance at Oberlin, he has gone on to perform in a variety of shows, including accompanying Patti LuPone in concert, where he also demonstrated a talent for on-sight transposition. In addition, Rudetsky has also displayed a skill for conducting, leading the orchestra for the November 30, 2007, special performance "Light the Lights--Broadway is Back" end-of-the-strike celebration.
Rudetsky also composed the opening numbers for the 1998 and 2000 Tony Awards.
Personal life
Rudetsky is openly gay. He married producer James Wesley in 2012 and they have a daughter, Juli.
His brother Michael Rudetsky died at Boy George's London mansion in 1986. The cause was reportedly heroin overdose, although no drug paraphernalia was found at the scene. Michael was 27 years old and a well-respected musician in pop music circles when he died. He was a keyboardist, guitarist and writer who had worked with Cyndi Lauper, Kool & the Gang, and Joan Jett.
References
External links
Seth TV Network
Rudetsky's Broadway Chatterbox
Rhapsody in Seth
talkinbroadway.com interview, ca. 2007
1967 births
American male journalists
American radio personalities
American gay actors
American gay writers
George W. Hewlett High School alumni
Jewish American journalists
Jewish American male actors
Jewish American musicians
LGBT Jews
LGBT musicians from the United States
LGBT screenwriters
Living people
Male actors from New York (state)
Musicians from New York (state)
Oberlin Conservatory of Music alumni
People from North Woodmere, New York
Place of birth missing (living people)
Radio personalities from New York (state)
21st-century American Jews
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Asaba
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Carl Asaba
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Carl Edward Asaba (born 28 January 1973) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League. He began his career with non-league Dulwich Hamlet, his goalscoring prowess earning him a move to Brentford in 1994. He played for Colchester United on loan, before moving to Reading in 1997. He had successful stints with Gillingham, where he scored 36 goals in 77 league appearances, and Sheffield United, scoring 23 times in 67 league games. He also played for Stoke City and ended his career with Millwall. Returned to involvement in world of professional football in 2021 via Co commentary for BBC Radio Sheffield and Expert Analysis for Sheffield United TV live. Appointed ambassador for the Sheffield childrens hospital charity in 2020 and has organised Charity events via Sarbs Charity Events with events giving people chance to ‘beat-a-Blade’ (himself and former players) I’m sporting activities with all proceeds going directly to the Childrens hospital Charity.
Career
Born in Westminster, London, Asaba started his career with Dulwich Hamlet. He earned a moved to Brentford in 1994 having scored a number of goals at non-league level. He made little impact in his debut season, however in his first full season his form improved considerably, developing pace and strength on the ball. Asaba made 12 league appearances and scored two goals for Colchester United on loan in 1995. He made his professional debut at Colchester, where he scored on his debut against Barnet. He returned to Brentford, scoring 23 goals in the 1996–97 season as the Bees lost out in the play-offs. Asaba's goalscoring exploits then saw him earn an £800,000 move to Reading in 1997.
After failing to make an impact at Reading, scoring just eight goals in 32 league appearances, Asaba was signed to Gillingham for a club record fee of £590,000. He soon formed a formidable partnership with Robert Taylor and finished the 1998–99 season as the club's top scorer, scoring 23 goals in all competitions. He scored in the season's play-off final against Manchester City, opening the scoring 1–0 to Gillingham in the 81st minute. Strike partner Taylor scored the second in the 86th minute, but a last minute comeback from City took the tie to extra time and then on to penalties, which City won 3–1. In a spell that was dogged by injury, Asaba scored 40 goals in 91 appearances in all competitions.
Asaba joined Sheffield United for a fee of £92,500 on 9 March 2001. He became a fan favourite after scoring the winner in a 2–1 win over bitter rivals Sheffield Wednesday in the Steel City derby on 1 April 2001. On 16 December 2002, Sheffield United reported Reading player John Mackie to The Football Association and Professional Footballers Association after racially abusing Asaba during a 2–0 win for United on 14 December 2002, prompting an apology from Mackie and two weeks' of his wages donated to the Kick Racism Out of Football campaign. Mackie was later handed a three-match ban and a £1,500 fine, with a five-match ban and another £1,500 suspended until the end of the following season.
On 6 August 2003, Asaba signed for Stoke City on a free transfer, and made his debut three days later in a 3–0 win over Derby County. His time with Stoke was largely unsuccessful, scoring only nine league goals in 70 appearances. With 12 months remaining on his Stoke contract, Asaba handed-in a transfer request in May 2005.
Millwall moved to sign Asaba on 25 August 2005 on a free transfer. He played in 24 games and scored four goals for Millwall before being one of eight players released from the club at the end of the 2005–06 season.
After leaving Millwall, Asaba began training with Leicester City on non-contract terms in October 2006. However, he failed to agree a permanent deal with the club, and also failed to agree to terms with Nottingham Forest and Yeovil Town. In November 2006, he was given a trial at Chesterfield, where he also failed to sign permanently.
Personal life
After retiring from football, Asaba settled in Sheffield and entered the motor trade. During the 2021–22 season, he worked as a co-commentator for BBC Radio Sheffield and Sheffield United's in-house television channel.
Career statistics
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League play-offs and Football League Trophy.
Honours
Club
Brentford
1996–97 Football League Second Division play-off runner-up (level 3)
Gillingham
1998–99 Football League Second Division play-off runner-up (level 3)
1999–2000 Football League Second Division play-off winner (level 3)
Individual
1996–97 PFA Team of the Year Second Division (level 3)
All honours referenced by:
References
External links
1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Westminster
Association football forwards
English footballers
Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players
Brentford F.C. players
Colchester United F.C. players
Reading F.C. players
Gillingham F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
English Football League players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverdale%2C%20Hamilton
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Silverdale, Hamilton
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Silverdale is a suburb in south-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. It is east from Hillcrest and home to Hillcrest High School, despite the school's name. Part of Silverdale is covered by the University of Waikato.
History
It was named Silverdale after the original farm on the land, which itself was named after the shining silver poplar leaves.
Features of Silverdale
The suburb forms a large part of the University of Waikato's commercial, residential and educational hinterland. Jansen Park, located between Morrinsville Rd and Masters Ave, is the biggest park in the area and is used by Hillcrest United and Waikato Unicol Football soccer during the winter season. The main suburban shopping centre is located on Silverdale Rd.
Demographics
Silverdale had a population of 2,088 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 144 people (7.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 159 people (8.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 744 households. There were 987 males and 1,101 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female. The median age was 28.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 405 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 684 (32.8%) aged 15 to 29, 765 (36.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 237 (11.4%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 60.5% European/Pākehā, 21.6% Māori, 6.3% Pacific peoples, 23.0% Asian, and 3.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 33.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.3% had no religion, 33.3% were Christian, 2.2% were Hindu, 1.6% were Muslim, 2.7% were Buddhist and 3.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 450 (26.7%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 222 (13.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $22,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 681 (40.5%) people were employed full-time, 240 (14.3%) were part-time, and 99 (5.9%) were unemployed.
The 2013 Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation, ranked 1-10 from lowest to most deprived areas, lists Silverdale at 8/10 (high deprivation).
Education
Hillcrest High School is a state secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of . The school opened in 1972.
Silverdale Normal School is a state contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of . It opened in 1964.
Both schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of
See also
List of streets in Hamilton
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
References
Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20%C3%81ngel%20G%C3%B3mez%20Marchante
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José Ángel Gómez Marchante
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José Ángel Gómez Marchante (born 30 May 1980 in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2010 for the , , and squads. His career highlight was his win in the 2006 Tour of the Basque Country, in which he took victory in the time trial on the final stage to clinch the general classification.
In 2004, while riding for the Costa de Almería-Paternina team, he finished eighth in the general classification in the Vuelta a España.
In the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, he finished second behind Alexander Vinokourov on the stage to Mont Ventoux, and finished seventh in the general classification.
Major results
1998
2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2003
1st Overall Vuelta a Extremadura
1st Overall Bizkaiko Bira
1st Stages 3 & 4b
1st Aiztondo Klasica
2nd Overall Circuito Montañés
1st Stage 5b
4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2004
1st Stage 2 GP CTT Correios de Portugal
2nd Overall Vuelta a la Rioja
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
6th Clásica de Almería
8th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
2005
2nd Overall Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Trofeo Soller
9th Overall Paris–Nice
2006
1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 6
5th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Klasika Primavera
2007
1st Subida a Urkiola
2008
5th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
2009
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Overall Tour de Langkawi
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Profile on official Saunier Duval-Prodir website
1980 births
Living people
Spanish male cyclists
Cyclists from Madrid
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous%20Morsels%20from%20Youyang
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Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang
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The Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang () is a book written by Duan Chengshi in the 9th century. It focuses on miscellany of Chinese and foreign legends and hearsay, reports on natural phenomena, short anecdotes, and tales of the wondrous and mundane, as well as notes on such topics as medicinal herbs and tattoos.
Youyang refers to the south slope of Mount You, a small hill located in what is now Huaihua, Hunan. The book is divided into 30 volumes, containing unusually varied content in over thirteen hundred entries that describe the world that Duan Chengshi heard about, read of, or personally observed. Several tales from the volume are quoted in the Taiping Guangji.
The Ye Xian, a story similar to the fairy tale Cinderella, appears in Chapter 21. The story was allegedly told by Duan's servant Li Shiyuan, a native from what is now Nanning. It is set during the late 3rd century BC. The exact location is unknown, but the most likely candidate is Guangxi, where the shoe eventually found its way to a king from an island.
References
Reed, Carrie E. (2003). A Tang Miscellany: An Introduction to Youyang zazu. New York: Peter Lang Inc.
Chinese prose texts
Chinese mythology
Tang dynasty literature
9th-century Chinese books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Christian%20Trade%20Unions%20of%20Slovakia
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Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia
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The Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia (NKOS) is a trade union center in Slovakia. It has a membership of 10,000 in three affiliated unions. Independent Christian Unions of Slovakia (NKOS) are an Open Union Confederation, based on Christian principles of democracy and humanism, registered at the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak republic on 26 May 1993 by law no. 83/1990 Zb. about Association of Citizens, as amended.
History of NKOS
In the years 1920 -1940 Christian unions were a significant factor in the state. They were called the Slovak Christian-social trade association. Their activity was forcibly closed in 1948. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, an effort to restore their activity emerged. In 1990 the first Christian workers' clubs were created. Then came Christian Unions of Slovakia. Christian trade unionists efforts culminated on 26 March 1993 when NKOS were registered at the Ministry of Interior, their chairman was prof. Milan Katuninec. In 1994 the first NKOS trade union, railways, was created, with the chairman Joseph Micsinai and two years later the Trade Union of Workers in Education and Science of Slovakia came into existence with its first chairman Vladimir Cinderella. In 1995, a trade union KOVO METAL was founded, its first chairman was Dušan Mihalik. In December 1994, NKOS became a member of the International Labour Organisation. They became an observer of ITUC on the Compounding Congress in Vienna in 2006.
Social dialogue, Collective bargaining and Collective agreements
Sectoral collective agreements are concluded between NKOS and associations of employers by various sectors of the economy in which they adjust the framework institutes on working time, wage growth, holidays, creation of social fund, or other industrial institutes and so on.
NKOS collectively bargain and sign higher level collective agreements:
• Sectoral collective agreement in civil service.
• Sectoral collective agreement for employers, who proceed with remuneration ac-cording to the law no. 553 / 2003 Z.z. on remuneration of certain employees per-forming work in public interest.
• Sectoral collective agreement between the Trade Union KOVO, Independent Christian Trade Unions of Slovakia and The Association of Metallurgy, Mining Industry and Geology of the Slovak Republic.
The basis of strengthening social dialogue in the workplace is collective bargaining that results in an enterprise (organisational) collective agreement. Basic organisations of NKOS through the enterprise collective agreement improve labor, social and living conditions of the employee's at the specific workplace.
At the national level, together with the representative organisations working in the education and science, we signed the joint Declaration of the Trade Union of Workers in Education and Science of Slovakia and partner representations working in education to promote the improvement of the conditions and level of education and science in the Slovak Republic.
Slovak legislation gives majority unions monopoly power to negotiate and conclude collective agreements. This power has limited the ability of the NKOS to advance in the country.
The NKOS is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
References
External links
NKOS official site.
Trade unions in Slovakia
International Trade Union Confederation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto%20Natales
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Puerto Natales
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Puerto Natales is a city in Chilean Patagonia. It is the capital of both the commune of Natales and the province of Última Esperanza, one of the four provinces that make up the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region in the southernmost part of Chile. Puerto Natales is the only city in the province. It is located northwest of Punta Arenas. It is the final passenger port of call for the Navimag ferry sailing from Puerto Montt into the Señoret Channel as well as the primary transit point for travellers to Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
It is located at the opening of Última Esperanza Sound and was originally inhabited by the Kawésqar or Alacaluf people and the Aoniken or Tehuelche people. The first European to visit the area where the city is located was Juan Ladrillero, a Spanish explorer who was looking for the Strait of Magellan's western passage in 1557.
The city was later settled by European immigrants, primarily Germans, British, including English, Welsh and Scots, Croats, Greeks, Italians and Spaniards. It was then settled by Chilean people, with a substantial number coming from the island of Chiloé, all attracted by the sheep breeding industry.
The city was formally founded under the government of Ramón Barros Luco on May 31, 1911. Nowadays, one of its most important industries is tourism although the cattle and aquaculture industries are also significant.
History and current status
The province where Puerto Natales is located was named Última Esperanza (Last Hope) by the sailor Juan Ladrilleros, who was seeking the Strait of Magellan in the year 1557. It was his "last hope" to find the Strait after exploring the maze of channels between the waters of the Pacific and the mainland. It was not until three centuries later, in 1830, that another major expedition sailed through the fjords and channels of Última Esperanza: the British expedition of the sloop HMS Beagle. Some of the expedition members such as Robert FitzRoy, William Skyring and James Kirke as well as their senior officers are remembered by several place-names in the area. Commander Fitzroy was the captain during the Second voyage of HMS Beagle (1831–1836).
In 1870, interest in the region of Ultima Esperanza was rekindled. Among the daring travelers who ventured to these desolate lands was Santiago Zamora, also known as 'Baqueano' Zamora. He discovered the lakes of the Torres del Paine area and many wild horses are locally known as baguales. Another was the English traveler and writer Lady Florence Dixie, commemorated in the city's present-day Hotel Lady Florence Dixie. Dixie wrote the book Across Patagonia, where she relates the first tourist expedition to Torres del Paine (the three granite spires) which she named as Cleopatra's needles.
Puerto Natales was founded in May 1911 as a port for the sheep industry. During the last half of the 20th century the sheep industry declined and many people from Puerto Natales started to work in the coal mines of Río Turbio in Argentina. During the zenith of the sheep industry in Patagonia, two large "frigorificos" or cold-storage plants were constructed in the Natales area, of which one has survived. The plant at Puerto Bories, about 4 km NW from Puerto Natales, was a project of the Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego. The Puerto Bories site was inaugurated in 1913 and was in production until 1993. The Cold-Storage Plant was constructed in "Post Victorian Industrial" architectural style and features of number of British machinery examples which reflect the technology of the beginning of the 20th century. The Cold-Storage Plant complex is part of the industrial history of the Puerto Natales area. A restoration project made by The Singular Hotels, was started on the complex in 2010 in order to transform the cold storage plant into a luxury hotel, called The Singular Patagonia.
Tourism
Torres del Paine National Park
Puerto Natales has many tourist facilities, and it has become a common base for excursions to the world-renowned Torres del Paine National Park, one of the most popular national parks in Chile. Its main feature, the mountainous “towers” ("torres"), are an impressive and unique rock formation known as "Torres del Paine". They comprise the Torre Central (Central Tower), 2,800 meters high; Torre Sur (South Tower) 2,850 m; and Torre Norte (North Tower) 2,248 m. Named a Unesco World Biosphere Reserve, the park is home to hundreds of different birds and many species of mammals, as well as the third-largest ice field on the planet.
The national park is open all year round but best season to visit the park is from October to April, the southern hemisphere spring and summer. This season has more sunny days with less rain and more than 16 hours of daylight.
Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument
Twenty four kilometres (15 mi) northwest of Puerto Natales, along the flanks of the Cerro Benitez Mountains, lies the Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument. It comprises several caves and a rock formation called the Silla del Diablo (Devil's Chair). The main cave, used by prehistoric tribes, is notable for the discovery in 1895 of skin, bones and other parts of a giant ground sloth known as the Mylodon (Mylodon darwini), today extinct. The area includes the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park; and the Alacalufes National Reserve. The latter is the site of the Fjord of the Mountains, Cordillera Riesco and Cordillera Sarmiento.
Nao Victoria Museum
A museum in nearby Punta Arenas. The Nao Victoria was one of the five ships (and the only one that survived) that sailed in the Spanish Armada de Molucca expedition which discovered the meeting point the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A realistic, technically and historically accurate replica of the ship commemorates the expedition and allows visitors to experience the historic voyage.
Navigate the fjords
Companies offering boat trips through the Patagonian fjords depart from Puerto Natales Pier and take tourists to view the region’s many icebergs.
Bike, horseback and kayak expeditions
Bike trips around Torres del Paine National Park are a quiet way to admire the nature and the majestic sights. On horseback you can visit the characteristic farms that dot the countryside around Puerto Natales. Kayaks offer a quieter alternative to boat trips and are a perfect platform to admire the landscapes of the fjords from a different point of view.
Facilities
Today, there are dozens of camping sites, hostels, hotels, bed & breakfasts, restaurants and transportation services to fit a variety of budgets.
How to get there
There are daily LATAM flights from Santiago, Chile’s capital city, to the Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport in Punta Arenas. The smaller Sky Airline offers direct flights to the Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport near Puerto Natales three times a week. Overland, Puerto Natales is from Santiago, from Puerto Montt and from Coyhaique.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census carried out by the Chilean National Statistics Institute, the Natales commune has a population of 19,116 inhabitants (10,068 men and 9,048 women). Of these, 16,978 (88.8%) lived in the city’s urban area and 2,138 (11.2%) in rural areas. The population grew by 10.7% (1,841 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The commune comprises 96.3% of the provinces’s total population of 19,855. Its population density is only .
Geography
Puerto Natales is situated along the shore of Última Esperanza Sound and has views northward into the Cerro Benitez peaks of the Cerro Toro formation within the Cordillera Manuel Señoret.
The city of Puerto Natales exists within the larger Natales commune, one of eleven communes in the Magallanes Region. Since the entire province of Última Esperanza () is divided into only two communes, the result is a rather large but sparsely populated area for the Natales commune. The commune's area is , which renders it one of the largest communes in Chile, larger than seven regions of the country.
Its altitude is .
Climate
Puerto Natales has a subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfc), with cool, short summers, and chilly, wet winters.
Administration
The city of Puerto Natales is the capital of the Natales commune and the Última Esperanza Province. As a commune, Natales is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 alcalde is Fernando Paredes Mansilla (UDI), and the councilors are:
Ana Mayorga Bahamonde (UDI)
Veronica Pérez Magdalena (IND-UDI)
Daniel Cordova Cordova (IND-UDI)
Alfredo Alderete Flores (IND-Nueva Mayoría)
José Cuyul Rogel (PS)
Guillermo Ruiz Santana (PS)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Puerto Natales is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Carolina Goic (PDC) and Miodrag Marinovic (Ind.) as part of the 60th electoral district, which includes the entire Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region. The commune is represented in the Senate by Carlos Bianchi Chelech (Ind.) and Pedro Muñoz Aburto (PS) as part of the 19th senatorial constituency (Magallanes Region).
Gallery
See also
Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument
Muñoz Gamero Peninsula
Torres del Paine National Park
Notes
External links
Panoramic virtual tour of Última Esperanza Sound from Puerto Natales
Puerto Natales at Join Chile
Puerto Natales at the Tourist Board of Chile
Última Esperanza Province
Port cities in Chile
Capitals of Chilean provinces
Populated places established in 1911
Populated places in Última Esperanza Province
Populated places in the fjords and channels of Chile
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraserdale
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Fraserdale
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Fraserdale is an unincorporated place and railroad point in Unorganized Cochrane, North Part in Cochrane District, Northern Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Timmins along the Ontario Northland Railway. The community/train stop was named for Alan Fraser, a railway engineer, and is counted as part of Unorganized Cochrane, North Part in Canadian census data.
The neighbouring community Abitibi Canyon ( east) on the Abitibi River was the most extensive community ever built by the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission. It was home to 1500 residents and was established to house employees of Abitibi Canyon Generating Station.
Fraserdale is connected to Smooth Rock Falls on Ontario Highway 11 to the south and to Abitibi Canyon to the northeast via Ontario Highway 634.
References
External links
Ontario Highway 11 Homepage - Fraserdale (and the Abitibi Colony)
Communities in Cochrane District
Ontario Northland Railway points
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Gormally
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Daniel Gormally
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Daniel William Gormally (born 4 May 1976) is an English chess Grandmaster. His peak rating is 2573, achieved in the January 2006 rating list.
He shared first place at the Politiken Cup in 1998 and in 2003, won the Challengers tournament of the 78th Hastings International Chess Congress.
In September 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, Šarūnas Šulskis, Luís Galego, Klaus Bischoff and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Championship in Liverpool. In November 2006 Gormally was joint winner of the British Rapidplay Chess Championship.
In 2015 he tied for the second place with David Howell and Nicholas Pert in the 102nd British Championship and eventually finished fourth on tiebreak. Also in 2015, he appeared as a contestant in three episodes of the television quiz Fifteen To One and in one episode of The Chase.
Gormally played for the English national team in the 2005 European Team Chess Championship and 2006 Chess Olympiad.
Bibliography
References
External links
Daniel Gormally chess games at 365Chess.com
1976 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
English chess players
British chess writers
Chess Olympiad competitors
Place of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical%20Province%20of%20British%20Columbia%20and%20Yukon
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Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon
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The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when the Diocese of Yukon was incorporated from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land. The territory covered by the province encompasses the civil province of British Columbia and Yukon. There are five dioceses and one "recognized territory [with] the status of a diocese" in the province:
British Columbia, also known as the diocese of Islands and Inlets (British Columbia)
Caledonia (British Columbia)
Kootenay (British Columbia)
New Westminster (British Columbia)
Yukon (Yukon)
Territory of the People (British Columbia)
The former Diocese of Cariboo's operations were suspended as a result of insolvency arising from liability judgements in the cases of abuse at residential schools operated by the Diocese. The parishes within her territory have been administered, as the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior, by a suffragan bishop to the Metropolitan since 2004, and were became a "recognized territory [with] the status of a diocese" on November 14, 2015.
Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a Metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes Archbishop of his or her diocese and Metropolitan of the Province. The current Metropolitan of the Province of British Columbia and Yukon is Lynne McNaughton of the Diocese of Kootenay.
Metropolitans of British Columbia and Yukon
Suffragan bishops to the Metropolitan
Gordon Light (2004–2008)
Barbara Andrews (2009–2020)
See also
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada
References
External links
The British Columbia and Yukon Anglican Youth Movement - The BCYAYM is the Anglican youth movement of the ecclesiastical province of BC and Yukon. The fall conference has taken place at Canadian Thanksgiving for more than 50 years.
Anglican archbishops in Canada
Organizations based in British Columbia
Christian organizations established in 1914
Christian organizations established in 1943
Christianity in British Columbia
Christianity in Yukon
Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Kennedy%20%28rugby%20league%29
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Ben Kennedy (rugby league)
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Ben “BK” Kennedy is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he played his club football for the Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights (with whom he won the 2001 NRL Premiership) and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
Early life
Kennedy was born in Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
Kennedy played GPS 1st 15 rugby union at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill when he transferred to grade 12 from Casino High, and was selected in the Australian Schoolboys side. He switched to rugby league, playing for the Casino Cougars.
Playing career
Kennedy started his post-school career playing Rugby Union for three years with the Manly Marlins in the Shute Shield. His NRL career started with the Canberra Raiders in 1996 where he was named the club's Rookie of the Year. He had four seasons with the club though the 1999 season was coloured by questions whether he had agreed to terms with the Newcastle Knights before the mid season anti-tampering deadline. He was first selected for New South Wales in 1999 and went on to play 13 State of Origins.
In 1999, Kennedy and Brandon Pearson were sent home from training after being involved in a drinking session. There were claims that the pair had taken drugs, and Pearson confessed to taking an illicit substance, but Kennedy claimed to have spat the tablet out. Subsequent drug tests for both returned negative.
Kennedy saw premiership victory during his five-year stint with the Newcastle Knights from 2000 and was selected to national honours while playing for the Knights. He debuted for Australia in 2000 when the Kangaroos played Fiji in the World Cup tournament.
Kennedy scored a try in Newcastle's 2001 NRL Grand Final victory. At the end of the 2001 NRL season, he went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour. In 2011, 10 years after Newcastle's grand final victory, Kennedy spoke to the media at The Once a Knight reunion lunch recalling his memories of the 2001 final. Kennedy said ‘‘They came into the game under a shitload of pressure but for us, it was just a good time and a heap of fun. Parra were shitting themselves and we were having a good time".
After missing representative opportunities in 2003 due to injury and surgery.
In his final seasons 2005–06 he captained the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He appeared in six out of the seven Australian Test matches in 2005. Along with former club teammate and friend Andrew Johns, Kennedy finished his international career in the 2006 Anzac Test.
His final club match was Manly's 2006 Semi Final loss St George Illawarra at Aussie Stadium.
References
External links
Official profile on NRL.com
State of Origin Official website Rugby League Player Stats
2001 Ashes profile
1974 births
Australian rugby league players
Australia national rugby league team players
Canberra Raiders players
Newcastle Knights players
Newcastle Knights captains
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles captains
Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league locks
People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkered%20Flag%20%28film%29
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Checkered Flag (film)
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Checkered Flag is a 1990 made-for-television film by John Glen and Michael Levine.
Plot
Race car driver Mike Reardon and mechanic Tommy Trehearn are the best of friends whose friendship is damaged, however, when Reardon's girlfriend Chris ends up falling for Trehearn. Years later, Trehearn and Chris are married with children and move to Arizona when Trehearn is selected to be a mechanic for a new racing team, of which Reardon also happens to be a part.
Cast
Billy Campbell as Tommy Trehearn
Rob Estes as Mike Reardon
Amanda Wyss as Chris
Robert Forster as Jack Cotton
Pernell Roberts as Andrew Valiant
Production and release
The film was produced as a TV pilot but was not picked up for a series. Sometime after its TV premiere, it was released on videocassette in Canada by Malofilm, and in 1993 in the United States by Rhino Home Video. No plans have been made to release this film onto DVD.
The film is rated R16 in New Zealand for violence, offensive language and sex scenes.
References
External links
1990 films
Films directed by John Glen
1990 drama films
American auto racing films
American films
Television pilots not picked up as a series
New World Pictures films
Films set in Arizona
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuta
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Makuta
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Makuta may refer to:
Makuṭa, royal headgear in Southeast Asia
Makuta (drum), tall cylindrical or barrel-shaped Afro-Cuban drums
Makuta VFX, Indian visual effects and animation company in California
Makuta, Botswana, a village
Makuta, Malawi, a village
Makuta Station, a train station in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Manuha (a.k.a. Makuta), the last king of the Thaton Kingdom
Makuta, a denomination of the Zairean zaire
Makuta, a central villain and species from the Lego Bionicle Franchise
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laona%2C%20New%20York
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Laona, New York
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Laona is a hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York, United States, near the village of Fredonia. It is part of the town of Pomfret and New York State Route 60 passes through the hamlet. Laona is at an elevation of above sea level.
Laona has been an area of importance to Spiritualist groups since the mid-19th century. Spiritualism began there in the winter of 1844-45 and over the next several years, a number of mediums converged there. The Laona Free Association organized soon after 1850 and the First Spiritualist Society of Laona was formed in 1855.
The American composer Alan Hovhaness visited Laona and composed two works inspired by the hamlet: Laona (for piano) and Dawn at Laona, Op. 153 (cantata for low voice and piano).
See also
Lily Dale, New York
References
External links
Laona Railroad Stations
Article about Laona
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Chautauqua County, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Bowen%20%28American%20football%29
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Matt Bowen (American football)
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Matthew Sean Bowen (born November 12, 1976) is a former American football strong safety in the National Football League. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and was drafted by the St. Louis Rams 198th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft, also the last pick before Tom Brady. Bowen currently works as a sports journalist.
High school career
Bowen was an all-state, all-area and all-conference selection as a quarterback at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He was originally recruited to Iowa as a quarterback after finishing his senior season as team captain and MVP after passing for 1,533 yards and 17 touchdowns, and gaining 1,329 yards and 17 scores on the ground. He also played three seasons of baseball and four seasons of basketball. His mentor was Hasani Steele, who played in the Rose Bowl with Northwestern University.
College career
Bowen was a four-year letterwinner (1996–99) at Iowa, he started his final two seasons and earned second-team All-America recognition and first-team All-Big Ten honors. He posted a career-high 109 tackles (76 solo) and two INTs as a senior and led the team with 92 tackles (57 solo) and two interceptions as a junior.
NFL career
St. Louis Rams
Matt Bowen was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams. He was the 198th player to be selected overall and the final player to be selected before the New England Patriots drafted Tom Brady one pick later. He earned St. Louis' Rookie of the Year award after starting at strong safety in two contests and appearing in 16 regular season games. He also saw action in the Rams' Wild Card playoff at New Orleans. He finished the season with 21 tackles (15 solo) and two passes broken up. He also recorded 21 special teams tackles to tie for the club lead.
Green Bay Packers
In 2001, Bowen signed with the Green Bay Packers to provide depth and help to the Packers secondary and special teams. He started the 2001 campaign with St. Louis, but suffered a broken right foot in the season opener and was inactive for the following two games. He was placed on injured reserve on October 3 and was eventually waived on November 6. He played in Green Bay's last five games on defense and special teams, recording four special teams tackles.
In 2002, Bowen appeared in all 16 games, starting six, contributing as a backup safety, a valued special teams contributor as well as a weekly participant in the club's dime package defense. He was named the starter at strong safety during Weeks 4–7 when Antuan Edwards was sidelined with a fractured forearm. He also started at free safety for Darren Sharper in the regular-season finale. He made his first-career postseason start against Atlanta in the NFC Wild Card playoff contest, responding to the challenge with a game- and career-high 15 tackles and two passes defensed. He finished the season with a career-high 42 tackles (27 solo), good for second among reserves. Bowen also added a forced fumble, one interception and seven passes defended.
Washington Redskins
Bowen signed with the Washington Redskins as a restricted free agent from the Green Bay Packers in March 2003. For the first time in his NFL career, Bowen started all 16 games in a season. He finished his campaign with 94 tackles (73 solo), three interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
In 2004, Bowen started the first five games at strong safety for the Redskins before suffering a torn ACL on his right knee on a special teams play. He was placed on injured reserve on October 11.
In 2005, Bowen saw action in 13 games, tallied 14 tackles, including 13 solo.
Buffalo Bills
On March 10, 2006, the Washington Redskins released him as an unrestricted free-agent, upon which on March 16, 2006, he signed a two-year, $2 million contract with the Buffalo Bills, which included a $300,000 signing bonus. He appeared in five games for the Bills and was subsequently released on March 1, 2007.
After playing career
Bowen currently works as a sports journalist and NFL writer for ESPN where he provides a former player's perspective on the inner workings of the league. He previously spent time working for Bleacher Report and the National Football Post website and has been a contributor to the Chicago Tribune website. He was also contributor on the Boers and Bernstein show.
He also earned a master's in writing and publishing from DePaul University.
References
External links
1976 births
Living people
American football safeties
Iowa Hawkeyes football players
Buffalo Bills players
Green Bay Packers players
St. Louis Rams players
Washington Redskins players
People from Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Players of American football from Illinois
Sportspeople from DuPage County, Illinois
Sportswriters from Illinois
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Unitarian%20Universalists
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European Unitarian Universalists
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The European Unitarian Universalists (EUU) is a network of English-speaking Unitarian Universalist fellowships and individuals in Western Continental Europe. It was founded in 1982 to provide support and religious community for expatriate American Unitarian Universalists in Europe, although it increasingly includes European natives.
About half of the over 200 members belong to lay-led fellowships that share resources and programs. The largest fellowship is in Paris (France). Other fellowships are located in different cities in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and other countries. The EUU sponsors two continental gatherings per year and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter.
External links
Website of the European Unitarian Universalists
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Paris
Unitarian Universalist organizations
Religious organizations established in 1982
Religion in Europe
1982 establishments in Europe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20for%20Land%20Use%20Interpretation
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Center for Land Use Interpretation
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The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) is a non-profit research and education organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding contemporary landscape issues in the United States. Founded in 1994, the CLUI organizes exhibitions, programs, field trips, and maintains an online archive and database to engage the public's understanding of the man-made landscape, and extent and impacts of human interactions with the surface of the earth. The Center employs a variety of methods to this end, engaging in research, classification, extrapolation, and exhibition.
Mission
The mission statement of the CLUI is to "increase and diffuse knowledge about how the nation's lands are apportioned, utilized, and perceived."
Programs and projects
The CLUI also executes exhibitions, research projects, and public programs. The Center's programs and projects cover many types of land uses in the US, including those related to agriculture, energy, industry, mining, communication, waste management, water resources, transportation, commerce, housing, recreation, and defense and preparedness.
The organization produces exhibitions about land use phenomenology in the US, and displays them at its exhibit locations and at other museum and non-commercial and educational venues. The CLUI produces publications, online resources, tours, lectures, and other public programs across the country. Activities of the Center are summarized and discussed in its annual newsletter, The Lay of the Land, in print and online.
The CLUI's main office is in Los Angeles where it operates a display space open to the public. It also operates other facilities and interpretive sites throughout the US, including in Wendover, Utah, at a former military facility, where the CLUI operated an artist residency program from 1996-2016; and the Desert Research Station in Hinkley, California.
CLUI is also the lead agency for the establishment of the American Land Museum, a network of exhibition sites in various interpretive zones across the country, which together form a dynamic portrait of the national landscape. According to Coolidge, the "man made landscape is a cultural inscription that can help us better understand who we are and what we are doing."
The CLUI organizes public field trips to sites of interesting and unusual land use. This has been documented in the book, Overlook: Exploring the Internal Fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation.
Reception
Neither an environmental organization nor an artist collective, CLUI resists categorization by maintaining a diverse, eclectic program of activities that invite a closer examination of "humankind's interaction with the Earth's surface." Writer and curator Lucy Lippard suggests the CLUI occupies “a tantalizing liminal space (that) has opened up between disciplines, between the arts, geography, history, archeology, sociology.”
Culture writer Doug Harvey says that the Center is known for its "multidisciplinary examinations of human/landscape interaction, 'uncategorizable'." He refers to CLUI programs, such as the 2008 Post Consumed exhibit and bus tour as "subtly infused with formal beauty and wit ... unobtrusively informed by a patchwork of art historical, contemporary theoretical, sociological and geopolitical concerns and brimming with new information you don't know is here until the ride home."
According to the Los Angeles Times' architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne, the CLUI's activities "all tell some version of the same story: how we shape and find meaning in the physical landscape around us, whether it's through oil exploration, architecture, map-making or freeway building."
The CLUI specializes in what writer Nicola Twilley describes as a "brand of perceptual revelation ... in which a previously overlooked site is made not only visible, but also legible as a guide to understanding larger, nationwide systems."
Online resources
The CLUI makes a collection of "unusual and exemplary" land use sites in the United States available online, through its database. The database compiles site-specific images taken by members of the CLUI, and are attributed to the CLUI Photo Archive. Also available through the CLUI website is the Morgan Cowles Archive, an online image resource that presents thematic photo collections, drawn from over 100,000 images of thousands of locations taken by a range of CLUI participants throughout the years, which exists though the support of "an endowment from the family and friends of Morgan Cowles, in his memory."
References
External links
Official Center for Land Use Interpretation website
The CLUI land-use data base
Morgan Cowles Archive
See also
Sense of place
Cultural landscape
Land art
Land management in the United States
Environmental organizations based in California
Non-profit organizations based in California
Organizations based in Los Angeles
Architecture museums in the United States
Museums in Los Angeles
Natural history museums in California
Science and technology in Greater Los Angeles
Palms, Los Angeles
Buildings and structures in Culver City, California
Museums established in 1994
1994 establishments in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Lanka%20dry-zone%20dry%20evergreen%20forests
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Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests
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The Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion of the island of Sri Lanka.
Geography
The ecoregion covers an area of , about 75%, of the island of Sri Lanka, with the exception of the islands' southwestern corner and Central Highlands, home to the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests and Sri Lanka montane rain forests ecoregions, respectively, and the northern Jaffna Peninsula, which is part of the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion.
The topography is generally low, and the landscape is dotted with isolated inselbergs. The highest of these inselbergs is Ritigala (766 meters), which lies north of the Central Highlands.
Climate
The ecoregion receives 1500–2000 mm of rainfall annually. Most rain falls during the December-to-March northeast monsoon season, and it is mostly dry the rest of the year.
Flora
The ecoregion has several plant communities.
Mixed dry evergreen forest is the most widespread plant community. Manilkara hexandra, Chloroxylon swietenia, and Drypetes sepiaria are characteristic trees, with Diospyros ebenum, Feronia limonia, Vitex altissima, Syzygium spp., and Chukrasia tabularis. In mature forests, the trees form a canopy of 13–20 meters, with sub-canopy and shrub layers. In areas of scrub and regenerating forest, Bauhinia racemosa, Pterospermum suberifolium, Cassia fistula, and Dichrostachys cinerea are typical. Acacia thorn scrub grows in disturbed areas.
Talawa is a submontane savanna and grassland plant community, located on the eastern and southeastern slopes of the Central Highlands. Characteristic trees are Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica, Pterocarpus marsupium, Butea monosperma, Careya arborea, and Anogeissus latifolia, and the characteristic shrubs Phyllanthus emblica and Zizyphus spp. Tall perennial grasses are the predominant ground vegetation, chiefly Cymbopogon nardus and Imperata cylindrica.
Villu is a lowland grassland plant community of northeastern Sri Lanka's river floodplains. The dominant grasses are species of Cymbopogon, Eragrostis, Themeda, and Imperata.
unique short-stature forests grow in the highest elevations of Ritigala, and are home to several endemic species.
recently discovered unique dry canal-associated evergreen forest grow near the ancient canals of the Polonnaruwa kingdom, dominated by Vitex leucoxylon which represents half of the vegetation, and Terminalia arjuna, which is a common river forest tree, makes up only a fifth, but still holds the place as the second most common tree. other common vegetation in descending order are Margaritaria indicus, Tamilnadia uliginosa, Barringtonia acutangula and Hibiscus tiliaceus. The presence of savanna plants like Tamilnadia uliginosa and Antidesma ghaesembilla suggests origin of a now nonexistent savanna.
The Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests are made up mostly of evergreen trees, which distinguish them from the deciduous trees that characterize most other tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregions. The dry-zone dry evergreen forests most closely resemble the East Deccan dry evergreen forests of India's southeast coast.
Fauna
The dry-zone dry evergreen forests are home to most of the Sri Lanka's 6000 Sri Lankan elephants (Elephas maximus maximus), the island's indigenous subspecies of Asian elephant.
Protected areas
17,736 km², or 37%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. Protected areas include:
Angammedilla National Park ()
Bundala National Park ()
Flood Plains National Park ()
Gal Oya National Park ()
Horowpathana National Park ()
Kaudulla National Park ()
Kumana National Park (Yala East) ()
Lahugala Kitulana National Park ()
Lunugamvehera National Park ()
Madhu Road National Park ()
Maduru Oya National Park ()
Minneriya National Park ()
Pigeon Island National Park ()
Ritigala Strict Nature Reserve ()
Somawathiya National Park ()
Udawalawe National Park ()
Ussangoda National Park ()
Wasgamuwa National Park ()
Wilpattu National Park ()
Yala National Park (Ruhuna) ()
See also
Deforestation in Sri Lanka
External links
References
Ecoregions of Sri Lanka
Indomalayan ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus%20Herman%20Pettibone
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Augustus Herman Pettibone
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Augustus Herman Pettibone (January 21, 1835 – November 26, 1918) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Pettibone was born in Bedford, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, son of Augustus N. and Nancy L. (Hathaway) Pettibone. He graduated from Hiram College in Ohio and then from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1859. He studied law, with the Hon. Jonathan E. Arnold, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He then commenced practice in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was married three times. On July 16, 1868, he married Mary C. Speck, of Rogersville, Tennessee, daughter of George C. Speck. His second wife was Sara Bradford Young, and his third wife was Serafina Deery M. Trigg.
Career
During the American Civil War, Pettibone enlisted as a private in the Union Army in 1861 and was promoted to second lieutenant, captain, and major in the 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Pettibone continued the practice of law in Greeneville, Tennessee, in 1865. He served as an alderman of Greenville from 1866 to 1868. He was an attorney general for the first judicial circuit of Tennessee in 1869 and 1870. He was appointed an assistant United States district attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee on December 27, 1871, serving until 1880. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880.
Elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses, Pettibone served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886, but resumed the practice of law and served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. He was appointed a special agent of the General Land Office and served from July 17, 1899, to January 31, 1905, when he resigned.
Death
Pettibone died in Nashville, Tennessee, and is interred in Nashville National Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee, in Davidson County, Tennessee.
References
External links
1835 births
1918 deaths
People from Bedford, Ohio
Tennessee Republicans
Hiram College alumni
University of Michigan alumni
Union Army officers
Tennessee city council members
Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
Politicians from La Crosse, Wisconsin
People from Greeneville, Tennessee
People from Nashville, Tennessee
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
Tennessee lawyers
Wisconsin lawyers
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20Free%20Trade%20Unions%20of%20Slovenia
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Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
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The Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia () (ZSSS) is the largest national trade union center in Slovenia, with a membership of 300,000. It was formed from the remains of the old Yugoslav-era unions.
The ZSSS has control of all four of the trade union seats in the National Council of Slovenia, and is affiliated with the European Trade Union Confederation.
References
External links
ZSSS official site.
Trade unions in Slovenia
European Trade Union Confederation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZSSS
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ZSSS
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ZSSS may refer to:
ICAO code for Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hot%20Skate%20Rock
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Red Hot Skate Rock
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Red Hot Skate Rock is a 30-minute music film filmed on September 20, 1987 by Vision Street Wear at the Vision Skate Escape in Los Angeles. The film features an 8-song performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers during the band's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour and includes skate demos by skateboarders Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Chris Miller and many more pro skaters. To date, Red Hot Skate Rock was the first and only officially released video recording of the original Red Hot Chili Peppers lineup. Guitarist Hillel Slovak died of a drug overdose less than a year later and Irons would quit shortly after Slovak's death.
Red Hot Skate Rock was released on VHS in 1988 though has since gone out of print. Vision released the film on DVD in 2002 through their website under the name Vision Classic Street Wear: Classic Sk8 volume 2 and features other skate videos from the 80's, which is also out of print and extremely hard to find.
Track listing
"Nevermind" (studio recording)
"Out in L.A."
"Me and My Friends"
"Blackeyed Blonde"
"Fight Like a Brave"
"Catholic School Girls Rule"/"What Is Soul?"/"Whole Lotta Love"/"Back in Black"
"Mommy Where's Daddy"
"Love Trilogy"
"Fire"
Personnel
Anthony Kiedis – vocals
Flea – bass, backing vocals
Hillel Slovak – guitar, backing vocals
Jack Irons – drums
1988 short films
1988 films
Red Hot Chili Peppers video albums
Films shot in Los Angeles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Jesus
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American Jesus
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"American Jesus" is the first single by Bad Religion from their 1993 album Recipe for Hate. It was their second all-time single since their signing to Atlantic Records. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam provides backing vocals on the track.
Explanation
"American Jesus" takes on the idea that God favors America, rather than other countries. Greg Graffin said "During the Gulf War, George Bush said, 'We'll win, because God is on our side!'. What an amazing statement!" The song touches on antisemitism, war, and religion as an excuse.
Music video
The video is entirely in sepia tone. It shows the band driving around in a car through Los Angeles, with various pedestrians carrying crosses around the city with blindfolds on. The video cuts to clips of the band performing in the desert as well as Graffin walking through the city. It ends with the civilians chanting "one nation, under God" while standing in a row.
Track listing
Atlantic CD Promo
"American Jesus" (radio remix version)
Sympathy For The Record Industry 7" Single
"American Jesus"
"Stealth"
Semaphore Records CD Promo
"American Jesus"
"Skyscraper"
See also
List of anti-war songs
References
External links
1993 singles
Bad Religion songs
1993 songs
Epitaph Records singles
Sympathy for the Record Industry singles
Atlantic Records singles
Songs written by Brett Gurewitz
Songs written by Greg Graffin
Songs about Jesus
Songs critical of religion
Protest songs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichenau%20an%20der%20Rax
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Reichenau an der Rax
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Reichenau an der Rax is a market town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, situated at the foot of the Rax mountain range on the Schwarza river, a headstream of the Leitha.
History
Reichenau castle was first mentioned in a 1256 deed. Duke Otto IV the Merry, who in 1327 had established the abbey of Neuberg, acquired Reichenau in 1333 and granted it to the monastery.
Original an ore mining and forestry area, Reichenau due to its picturesque setting became a summer resort of the Viennese nobility in the 19th century. From 1854 on the development of the area was decisively promoted by the opening of the Semmering railway line with a train station in neighbouring Payerbach, part of the Austrian Southern Railway (Südbahn) from the Vienna Südbahnhof to Trieste. Reichenau was directly connected to Payerbach by the Höllentalbahn narrow gauge railway in 1926 at the same time with the opening of the Raxseilbahn, the oldest aerial tramway in Austria.
In 1873 a drinking water pipeline to Vienna was built to supply the Austro-Hungarian capital with mountain water rising from the Rax range.
In 1872 Archduke Charles Louis of Austria had the Villa Wartholz residence erected near his favourite hunting grounds, according to plans by Heinrich von Ferstel. In 1889 Nathaniel Anselm von Rothschild followed with the building of Hinterleiten Palace. He however did not spend much time in Reichenau and shortly afterwards donated the palais to a veterans foundation, while the Villa Wartholz remained a seat of the Habsburg family, especially of Charles and his wife Zita; their first son, Otto, was born and baptized there, and when Charles become Emperor of Austria, Villa Wartholz was his summer residence in the years 1917 and 1918.
Reichenau was also the summer retreat of the author Heimito von Doderer, where he wrote large parts of his novel Die Strudlhofstiege.
The priest Heinrich Maier, head of the spectacular Austrian resistance group during the Nazi era, was a chaplain in Reichenau in the 1930s. His very successful Catholic resistance group very successfully passed on plans and production facilities for V-1, V-2 rockets, Tiger tanks and aircraft (Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, etc.) to the Allies. This enabled the Allies to target decisive armaments factories and to protect residential areas.
Notable people
Otto von Habsburg, head of the House of Habsburg from 1922 to 2006, was born at Villa Wartholz in Reichenau on 20 November 1912.
Theodor Herzl died in Edlach, a village of Reichenau an der Rax
Transport
Beside the Südbahn railway line, Reichenau can be reached via the B27 Höllental Straße federal highway running from Gloggnitz and the S6 Semmering Schnellstraße expressway to Rohr im Gebirge.
References
Gallery
External links
Pictures of Reichenau/Rax and information in English
Cities and towns in Neunkirchen District, Austria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical%20rule
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Lexical rule
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A lexical rule is in a form of syntactic rule used within many theories of natural language syntax. These rules alter the argument structures of lexical items (for example verbs and declensions) in order to alter their combinatory properties.
Lexical rules affect in particular specific word classes and morphemes. Moreover, they may have exceptions, do not apply across word boundaries and can only apply to underlying forms.
An example of a lexical rule in spoken English is the deletion of /n/. This rule applies in damn and autumn, but not in hymnal. Because the rule of n-deletion apparently needs information about the grammatical status of the word, it can only be lexical.
Lexical rules are the inverse of postlexical rules.
References
Gussenhoven, C. & Jacobs, H. (1998). Understanding Phonology. Arnold, Londen.
Matthews, P. H. "lexical rule." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. : Oxford University Press, , 2014. Oxford Reference.
Syntactic relationships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth%20merchant
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Cloth merchant
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In the Middle Ages or 16th and 17th centuries, a cloth merchant was one who owned or ran a cloth (often wool) manufacturing or wholesale import or export business. A cloth merchant might additionally own a number of draper's shops. Cloth was extremely expensive and cloth merchants were often very wealthy. A number of Europe's leading banking dynasties such as Medici and Berenberg built their original fortunes as cloth merchants.
In England, cloth merchants might be members of one of the important trade guilds, such as the Worshipful Company of Drapers.
Alternative names are clothier, which tended to refer more to someone engaged in production and the sale of cloth, whereas a cloth merchant would be more concerned with distribution, including overseas trade, or haberdasher, who were merchants in sewn and fine fabrics (e.g. silk) and in London, members of the Haberdashers' Company.
The largely obsolete term merchant taylor also describes a business person who trades in textiles, and initially a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes. In England, the term is best known in the context of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, one of the livery companies of the City of London, nowadays a charitable institution best known for the Merchant Taylors' schools - the Company preserves the ancient spelling "taylor" in its name.
Notable cloth merchants
Alderman Robert Aske
Sir William Gardiner
John Kendrick
Henry Machyn, diarist
Jack O'Newbury
William Paterson
Thomas Spring of Lavenham
Sir Thomas White
See also
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Merchant
Retail
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Clothing industry
Sales occupations
Textile industry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B6cking
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Pöcking is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, consort of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary, grew up here in the Possenhofen Castle as daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.
Transport
The district has a railway station, , that is served by the Munich S-Bahn.
Notable people
Archduchess Adelheid of Austria
Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980)
Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary lived and died here
Leni Riefenstahl lived and died here
References
Starnberg (district)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110%20metres%20hurdles
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110 metres hurdles
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The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres (3 ft 6, or 42 inches) in height are evenly spaced along a straight course of 110 metres. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles do not carry a fixed time penalty for the runners, but they have a significant pull-over weight which slows down the run. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 110 metres hurdles begins in the starting blocks.
For the 110 m hurdles, the first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13.72 metres (45 ft) from the starting line. The next nine hurdles are set at a distance of 9.14 metres (30 ft) from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 14.02 metres (46 ft) long.
The Olympic Games have included the 110 metre hurdles in their program since 1896. The equivalent hurdles race for women was run over a course of 80 metres from 1932 to 1968. Starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics, the women's race was set at 100 metres. In the early 20th century, the race was often contested as 120 yard hurdles, thus the imperial units distances between hurdles.
The fastest 110 metre hurdlers run the distance in around 13 seconds. Aries Merritt of the United States holds the current world record of 12.80 seconds, set at the Memorial Van Damme meet on 7 September 2012 in Belgium.
History
For the first hurdles races in England around 1830, wooden barriers were placed along a stretch of 100 yards (91.44 m).
The first standards were attempted in 1864 in Oxford and Cambridge: The length of the course was set to 120 yards (109.7 m) and over its course, runners were required to clear ten 3 foot 6 inch (1.07 m) high hurdles; the height and spacing of the hurdles have been related to Imperial units ever since. After the length of the course was rounded up to 110 metres in France in 1888, the standardisation was essentially complete, except that in Germany, 1 metre high hurdles were used until 1907.
The massively constructed hurdles of the early days were first replaced in 1895 with somewhat lighter T-shaped hurdles that runners were able to knock over.
However, until 1935, runners were disqualified if they knocked down more than three hurdles, and records were only recognized if the runner had left all hurdles standing.
In 1935, the T-shaped hurdles were replaced by L-shaped ones that easily fall forward if bumped into and therefore reduce the risk of injury. However, these hurdles are weighted, so it is disadvantageous to hit them.
The current running style where the first hurdle is taken on the run with the upper body lowered instead of being jumped over and with three steps each between the hurdles was first used by the 1900 Olympic champion, Alvin Kraenzlein. The 110 metre hurdles have been an Olympic discipline since 1896.
Women's history
Women ran the event occasionally in the 1920s, but it never became generally accepted.
From 1926 to 1968, women competed in the 80 metre hurdles, which was increased to 100 metres starting in 1961 on a trial basis, and was officially implemented in competition in 1969.
Currently, women run the 110 metre distance at the World Athletics Relays shuttle hurdle relay, which features two men and two women participating together. The event debuted at the 2019 event.
Other events
In 1900 and 1904, the Olympics also included a 200-metre hurdles event, and the IAAF recognized world records for the 200 metre hurdles until 1960. Don Styron held the world record in the event for over 50 years, until Andy Turner broke the record in a specially arranged race at the Manchester City Games in 2010: Styron still holds the world record in the 220 yard low hurdles as of 2021.
Technique
The sprint hurdles are a very rhythmic race because both men and women take 3 steps (meaning 4 foot strikes) between each hurdle, no matter whether running 110/100 metres outdoors, or the shorter distances indoors (55 or 60 metres). In addition, the distance from the starting line to the first hurdle - while shorter for women - is constant for both sexes whether indoors or outdoors, so sprint hurdlers do not need to change their stride pattern between indoor and outdoor seasons. One difference between indoor and outdoors is the shorter finishing distance from the last (5th) hurdle indoors, compared to longer distance from the last (10th) hurdle outdoors to the finish line.
Top male hurdlers traditionally took 8 strides from the starting blocks to the first hurdle (indoors and outdoors). The 8-step start persisted from (at least) the 1950s to the end of the 20th century and included such World- and Olympic champions as Harrison Dillard, Rod Milburn, Greg Foster, Renaldo Nehemiah, Roger Kingdom, Allen Johnson, Mark Crear, Mark McCoy, and Colin Jackson. However, beginning in the 2000s, some hurdle coaches embraced a transition to a faster 7-step start, teaching the men to lengthen their first few strides out of the starting blocks. Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles set his 2008 world record of 12.87 using a 7-step start. Chinese star Liu Xiang won the 2004 Olympics and broke the world record in 2006 utilizing an 8-step approach, but he switched to 7-steps by the 2011 outdoor season. After the 2010 outdoor season, American Jason Richardson trained to switch to a 7-step start and went on to win the 2011 World Championship. American Aries Merritt trained in Fall 2011 to switch from 8 to 7, and then had his greatest outdoor season in 2012 - running 8 races in under 13 seconds - capped by winning the London 2012 Olympics and then setting a world record of 12.80.
Of the 10 men with the fastest 110m hurdle times in 2012, seven used 7-steps, including the top 4: Aries Merritt, Liu Xiang, Jason Richardson, and David Oliver. Hurdle technique experts believe the off-season training required to produce the power and speed necessary to reach the first hurdle in 7 steps, yields greater endurance over the last half of the race. That added endurance allows hurdlers to maintain their top speed to the finish, resulting in a faster time.
Junior level competition
In American high school track and field and at many international Under-20 athletics competitions, the 110MH are mostly the same as their professional counterparts. The main difference between the high school hurdles and college-level/ professional hurdles is the height. High school hurdles are 39’ inches high while college height hurdles are 42 inches tall. This change in height drastically changes the requirements placed on the hurdler to clear the barrier with the same amount of speed. High school hurdling technique is the same as professional except on the higher hurdles everything is exaggerated. As a high schooler makes the transition from the 39’s to the 42’s there are many things they must adjust to, the most prevailing issue is getting down after clearing the hurdle. 39-inch hurdlers are used to the normal sprinting motion right after they get off the hurdle but for a newly transitioned 42-inch hurdler that extra half a second can feel very foreign. The second major difference in technique between 39’s and 42’s is the take-off distance. When a high school hurdler approaches his first hurdle they are putting as much power into each step as possible and attempting to gain all the speed they can so by their eighth step they’ll be about six inches away from the hurdle. When attempting to clear a 42-inch hurdle the athlete can no longer run headfirst into the hurdle with disregard for the height of the hurdle. The newly made college hurdler needs to learn how to shorten their strides so they can take off the ground from farther away to clear a 42-inch barrier.
Both before and after this change of technique world class hurdler, Aries Merritt was an elite level hurdler, at the peak of his high school career Aries Merritt achieved a still standing Wheeler High school record of 13.91 seconds. Almost all top level American hurdlers started their careers in high school including Roger Kingdom at Vienna high school and many more.
The world record in the 110m hurdles at the 39-inch height is 12.72 by Sasha Zhoya, achieved at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles in Nairobi, Kenya on 21 August 2021.
Milestones
First official IAAF world record: 15.0 seconds, Forrest Smithson (USA), 1908
First under 15 seconds: 14.8 seconds, Earl Thomson (CAN), 1920
First under 14 seconds: 13.7 seconds, Forrest Towns (USA), 1936
First under 13.5 seconds: 13.4 seconds, Jack Davis (USA), 1956
First under 13 seconds: 12.93 seconds, Renaldo Nehemiah (USA), 1981
First under 12.9 seconds: 12.88 seconds, Liu Xiang (CHN), 2006
All-time top 25
Correct as of June 2022.
Assisted marks
Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second does not count for record purposes. Below is a list of all wind-assisted times equal or superior to 12.94:
Roger Kingdom (USA) ran 12.87 sec (+2.6) in Barcelona on 10 September 1989.
Liu Xiang (CHN) ran 12.87 sec (+2.4) in Eugene, Oregon on 2 June 2012.
David Oliver (USA) ran 12.89 sec (+3.2) in Eugene, Oregon on 6 July 2008.
Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) ran 12.91 sec (+3.5) in Champaign, Illinois on 1 June 1979.
Colin Jackson (GBR) ran 12.94 sec (+2.8) in Sestriere on 31 July 1994.
Most successful athletes
Athletes with two or more victories at the Olympic Games & World Championships:
5 wins:
Allen Johnson has won the most 110 m hurdles titles at Olympic and World level, one Olympic (1996) & four World (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003)
3 wins:
Greg Foster, three World Championship titles, 1983, 1987 & 1991 (also won Olympic silver in 1984)
2 wins:
Lee Calhoun (USA), two Olympic victories, 1956, 1960
Roger Kingdom (USA), two Olympic victories, 1984 and 1988
Colin Jackson (GBR), two World Championship victories, 1993 and 1999 (also won Olympic Silver in 1988)
Liu Xiang (CHN), Olympic, 2004, World, 2007
Omar McLeod (JAM), Olympic, 2016, World, 2017
Olympic Games medalists
World Championships medalists
Season's bests
Notes and references
External links
IAAF list of 110-metres-hurdles records in XML
Events in track and field
Hurdling
Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics
Men's athletics
Sprint hurdles
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Ripapa Island (also known archaically as Ripa Island; ) located just off the shore of Lyttelton Harbour, has played many roles in the history of New Zealand. The island initially played a key role in an internal struggle for the South Island Ngāi Tahu tribe in the early 19th Century. Between 1873 and 1885, the island was used as a quarantine station for ships arriving from Britain to the nearby port in Lyttelton. However 1880 saw the use of the quarantine buildings as a prison, notably for members of the Parihaka Māori settlement in Taranaki during its passive resistance campaign against the surveying and selling of its land by the government. The quarantine buildings were dismantled when the Island was incorporated into the coastal defence scheme.
Pre-European history
The site of Ripapa Island was perfect for building a pā (a fortification built by the Māori) and in the early 19th century, chief Taununu of the Ngāi Tahu tribe built such a pā on the island. In the 1820s, chief Taununu faced a fierce fight with another Ngāi Tahu group, in what was to be known as the Kai huanga feud. Kai huanga, meaning "eat relatives", refers to the cannibalistic nature of the feud and that those they fought and ate were close relatives, even getting to a point where cousin would eat cousin. The Ngāi Tahu tribe continued to occupy the island until around 1832. Prior to this, Chief Te Whakarukeruke, who had been occupying Ripapa Island, left to help defend Kaiapoi from Te Rauparaha. After Kaiapoi fell, Te Rauparaha overran a number of pā on and around Banks Peninsula, including the pā on Ripapa Island. The island was never again occupied by Māori.
Fort Jervois
Fort Jervois was built on Ripapa as one of the four defences set up in World War I to protect Lyttelton Harbour, and as part of the nationwide coastal defences. The walled fort that had been built in 1886 had been re-militarised as a result of a perceived Russian scare and is the most complete Russian scare fort left in New Zealand. The fort was occupied by the New Zealand army from the Russian scare till the end of World War I and was again garrisoned during World War II. Fort Jervois housed some prisoners of war during World War I including Felix von Luckner.
The fort is currently the home of two extremely rare guns. One is a BL 8-inch gun (one of only 12 left in the world), which is still in working order, though there are no shells left for such a weapon. It also holds a smaller BL 6-inch gun. However, at the first test shot the recoil system failed, with the result that the barrel cracked and most of the rest of the gun was damaged and was returned to England for repairs. A test fire in 1939 cracked the mounting. Though these are the only two guns currently in place at Fort Jervois, there are emplacements for another two guns. These two guns are on the island but have been partially destroyed.
The island has been under the control of the Department of Conservation since 1990. Fort Jervois is classed as a Category I historic place by Heritage New Zealand, and has been considered "actively managed" by Canterbury Conservancy. Future plans have been made to return the island to how it was during the Second World War.
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake damaged Fort Jervois and it was closed for some time. Remedial repairs have now been carried out, and the island was reopened in November 2019. Currently, it is only possible to visit the island by private boat; public ferry services from Lyttelton wharf resumed in 2020.
See also
History of the Canterbury Region
Coastal fortifications of New Zealand
List of islands of New Zealand
List of islands
Desert island
References
External links
Ripapa Island at the Department of Conservation
Uninhabited islands of New Zealand
Islands of Canterbury, New Zealand
Quarantine facilities in New Zealand
Forts in New Zealand
New Zealand in World War I
World War I sites in New Zealand
World War II sites in New Zealand
Military history of New Zealand during World War II
Prisons in New Zealand
NZHPT Category I listings in Canterbury, New Zealand
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His and Hers or His & Hers may refer to:
Music
His 'n' Hers, a 1994 album by Pulp
"His 'n' Hers", a song by Pulp from their 1994 EP The Sisters EP
His and Hers (album), a 2012 album by Joey + Rory
"His & Hers" (song), by Internet Money, 2021
Films
His and Hers (film), a 1961 British comedy
"His and Hers" (Are You Being Served?), an episode of Are You Being Served?
His & Hers (1997 film), an American film starring Danny Hoch
His & Hers (2009 film), an Irish documentary
Literature
His & Hers, a 2020 novel by Alice Feeney
Television
His and Hers, a 1970s British sitcom starring Tim Brooke-Taylor
His & Hers (TV series), a 1990 American sitcom that aired on CBS
His and Hers (Australian TV series), 1971-1972 Australian television discussion show
His & Hers (ESPN), a sports talk show on American basic cable and satellite television network ESPN2
See also
Him & Her, a British television show
She & Him, an American musical duo
He and She (disambiguation)
Hers (disambiguation)
His (disambiguation)
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The Falls is a 2001 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the twelfth of the Inspector Rebus novels.
Plot summary
A student vanishes in Edinburgh and her wealthy family of bankers ensures Lothian and Borders Police is under pressure to find her. The novel presents in detail a difficult case, where the newly appointed (and first female) Chief Super, Gill Templer, is trying to please her superiors and manipulate her CID officers. In the course of the novel, DC Siobhan Clarke must decide whether to take a plum position offered her by DCS Templer or stick with investigation in the style of John Rebus.
Two sets of clues, one nineteenth-century and one twenty-first-century, appear. A carved wooden doll in a coffin found near the missing woman's East Lothian home leads Rebus to the National Museum of Scotland's collection of dolls in coffins found on Arthur's Seat in 1836, after the famous Burke and Hare murders in Edinburgh. Rebus also wanders into the Surgeons' Hall, where he meets several forensic pathologists of his acquaintance and sees the Burke and Hare exhibit there. A museum curator, Jean Burchill, alerts him to what might be a more recent serial killer marking his exploits with such coffins. While Rebus pursues these historical angles in libraries, police archives, and museums, DC Siobhan Clarke interacts with an electronic trail via computer and mobile phone. Clarke discovers that the woman who disappeared had been playing an Internet role-playing game, and tackles the virtual Quizmaster; she risks the same fate as the missing girl.
TV Adaptation
The Falls was the first episode in the second Rebus television series, starring Ken Stott, airing in 2006. This version is substantially changed from the novel and somewhat resembles the plot of the film Chinatown.
References
2001 British novels
Inspector Rebus novels
Novels set in Edinburgh
Orion Books books
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Stagshaw Garden is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust.
The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.
External links
Stagshaw Garden information at the National Trust
National Trust properties in the Lake District
Gardens in Cumbria
South Lakeland District
Woodland gardens
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This is a list of mayors of Aliso Viejo in Orange County, California — since its incorporation in 2001.
List
History of city council
When Aliso Viejo was first incorporated as a city in 2001, five city council members were elected to serve terms. Carmen Vali was chosen to serve as the city's first mayor because she was instrumental in getting the city incorporated; and Cynthia Pickett was chosen to serve as the city's mayor pro tem. Both were reelected in November 2006 to terms ending in 2010. Both women later married during their terms, with Carmen Vali becoming Carmen Vali-Cave and Cynthia Pickett becoming Cynthia Adams.
Also elected in 2001 were Bill Phillips, Karl Warkomski, and Greg Ficke. Each of these candidates were re-elected to serve on City Council in 2004 to terms ending in 2008.
A new mayor is selected from the five city council members each year.
So far, Ficke is the only member of the original council to never have served as mayor, while Cynthia Adams and Carmen Vali-Cave are the only original members to have served as mayor for more than one term. Until Warkomski's resignation in February 2007 and Adams's resignation three months later, all five current city council members had been the only five to have served on city council since the city's incorporation.
References
External links
Elected Officials of Aliso Viejo — Official list from the City of Aliso Viejo.
People from Aliso Viejo, California
Aliso Viejo, California
Government in Orange County, California
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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery is a 1992 American historical adventure film directed by John Glen. It was the last project developed by the father and son production team of Alexander and Ilya Salkind. The film follows events after the fall of the Emirate of Granada (an Arab principality which was located in the south of Spain), and leads up to the voyage of Columbus to the New World in 1492.
Its behind-the-scenes history involved an elaborate series of financial mishaps, which later brought about an emotional falling-out between Alexander and Ilya; as a frustrated Alexander would later lament in a November 1993 interview with the Los Angeles Times, "I know, after this, that I'll never make movies again."
The film was released for the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage. The premiere took place at almost exactly the same time as 1492: Conquest of Paradise, which has often led to confusion between the two films.
Plot
The titular Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the West Indies, which eventually leads to the European discovery of the Americas.
Cast
Marlon Brando as Tomás de Torquemada
Tom Selleck as King Ferdinand V
Georges Corraface as Christopher Columbus. The role was originally intended for Timothy Dalton.
Rachel Ward as Queen Isabella I. The role was originally intended for Isabella Rossellini.
Robert Davi as Martín Pinzón
Catherine Zeta-Jones as Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
Oliver Cotton as Harana
Benicio del Toro as Alvaro Harana
Simon Dormandy as Bives
Michael Gothard as the Inquisitor's spy
Branscombe Richmond as Indian Chieftain
Christopher Chaplin as
Production
Timothy Dalton and Isabella Rossellini, originally chosen to star in the picture, backed out when director George Pan Cosmatos was replaced by John Glen shortly before shooting began. Dalton later filed a lawsuit against the producers for breach of contract and fraud, stating that they did not provide a bank guarantee for his $2.5 million salary. Glen had previously directed Dalton in both of his appearances as James Bond: The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill.
Reception
The film was not a commercial success, debuting at No. 4 and grossing $8 million against its $45 million budget.
The film received mostly negative reviews, with a rotten 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 29 reviews, with the website's critical consensus reading "Ironically, for a biopic about a voyage many associate with people accepting that the world is round, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery falls completely flat."
Brando's performance in particular was singled out as his "worst". Roger Ebert agreed with this sentiment while giving the movie 1 out of 4 stars, stating "This movie takes one of history's great stories and treats it in such a lackluster manner that Columbus's voyage seems as endless to us as it did to his crew." It is also on his “Most Hated” list.
Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "C" on scale of A+ to F.
Awards
Tom Selleck won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor. Marlon Brando was also nominated for Worst Supporting Actor and the film received another four Golden Raspberry Award nominations including; Worst Picture, Worst Director – John Glen, Worst New Star – Georges Corraface and Worst Screenplay – Mario Puzo.
At the 1992 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, it received a nomination for Worst Picture.
Home media
The film was released on VHS and LaserDisc formats from Warner Home Video in 1993. It has not been released on DVD in North America, but is available in other format regions on DVD.
See also
1492: Conquest of Paradise, another big budget, all-star epic about Columbus also released in 1992.
Carry On Columbus – A comedy-film about Columbus released in 1992.
The Magic Voyage, an animated film about Columbus also released in 1992.
References
External links
1992 films
American biographical films
1990s adventure films
1990s biographical films
Films set in the 1490s
Fiction set in 1492
Films set in Spain
Films set in pre-Columbian America
Films shot in the United States Virgin Islands
Cultural depictions of Christopher Columbus
Cultural depictions of Isabella I of Castile
Cultural depictions of Tomás de Torquemada
Films scored by Cliff Eidelman
Films directed by John Glen
Films with screenplays by Mario Puzo
British biographical films
English-language Spanish films
Spanish biographical films
Age of Discovery films
Epic films based on actual events
Sea adventure films
Historical epic films
Films with screenplays by John Briley
Golden Raspberry Award winning films
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Paris Dauphine University - PSL (, also known as Paris Dauphine - PSL or Dauphine - PSL) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the of the 13 universities formed by the division of the ancient University of Paris (metonymically known as the Sorbonne). It is the only French institution of higher education that is both a grande école and a university. Dauphine is also a founding member and constituent college of PSL University.
Dauphine is renowned for its teaching in finance, economics, mathematics, law, and business strategy. Dauphine is a selective university with the status of grande établissement; this unique legal status within the French higher education system allows Dauphine to be a selective university. On average, 90 to 95% of accepted students received either high distinctions or the highest distinctions at their French High School National Exam results (Examen National du Baccalauréat).
Dauphine is also a founding member and constituent college of PSL University; it ranks 1st in France and in the top 50 worldwide. It is also a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.
History
Founded in 1968, Dauphine specialises in the organization and decision sciences: Management, Economics, Law, Political Science, Sociology, Applied Mathematics, Management Information Systems and Languages.
In 2009, Université Paris-Dauphine gained EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System) accreditation, awarded by the European Foundation for Management Development.
In 2011, Université Paris-Dauphine became officially recognized as one of the 16 partners and co-founders of Paris Sciences et Lettres University .
International relations
Dauphine's international relations cover:
Paris Dauphine University - PSL is also present in Tunisia, in London and in Madrid.
180 agreements with more than 40 countries, including the Australian National University, New York University in the US, the University of Toronto and McGill in Canada, LSE and UCL in the UK, the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, National Chengchi University in Taiwan, Bocconi University and Bologna University in Italy and Humboldt-Universitat-zu Berlin in Germany.
6 joint diplomas with three universities:
The Autonomous University of Madrid
Goethe University, Frankfurt
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice
24.9% international students enrolled in various programmes or diplomas in 2004/2005, including several students from Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Some notable Dauphine professors include Pierre-Louis Lions (Fields Medal in 1994), and Witold Litwin (inventor of linear hashing and fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in France).
Admissions
The University Paris IX Dauphine is one of the very few universities allowed to legally practice the selection at the entrance of students in France. The legal vagueness related to this "status" as an experimental university allowed it to select students on the bases of their bac scores. This situation led Dauphine transitioning to the status of Grand établissement in 2004. On the other hand, there has always been a form of selection at the entrance to the 2nd cycle (graduate) for the Masters.
There is no admission bar as such at Paris-Dauphine University, since many criteria are taken into account in the evaluation of a bachelor's degree. However, 94.4% of those admitted in the first year of bachelor in June 2013 had obtained a good or very good honors degree.
67% of its students achieved "Very good" (distinction – summa cum laude) in the General Baccalaureate. Regarding Dauphine's most sought-after master's degrees, the admission rate is 3%.
Student associations
Dauphine - PSL has a wide range of student associations in many fields. Among them are :
Channel 9, the audiovisual society
Dauphine Discussion Débat, the political society
Do's Musical, the musical society
Ridau – Théâtre à Dauphine, the theater society
Club Photo Dauphine, the photo society
L'Oreille de Dauphine, association organizing music festivals
Bureau Des Arts, the art student union
Le Forum, a student initiative syndicate
Cheer Up, association helping children fight against cancer
Urbaine Dauphine, a student initiative promoting the urban culture
Spi Dauphine organizing a regatta in Mediterranean sea
Dauphine MUN, the Model United Nations society
AIESEC Dauphine, the local committee of AIESEC
Rankings
National rankings
2015: 5th business school of France according to Eduniversal ranking
2010: 4th-best alumni network according to the Challenges magazine-Who's Who ranking (ENA, Polytechnique, HEC, Dauphine)
2016: best Master 2 in Finance according to Best-Masters.com
2016: 4th-best Master 2 in Business law according to Best-Masters.com
2008: 6th business school in France (ESSEC, HEC, ESCP EUROPE, Sciences Po, EM LYON, Dauphine)
International rankings
2020: As a part of Université PSL, Dauphine is ranked 36th-best university in the world according to the Shanghai ranking
2019: As a part of Université PSL, Dauphine is ranked 4th-best young university in the world according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2019: As a part of Université PSL, Dauphine is ranked 41st-best university in the world according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2018: 33rd-best master's degree in Management in the world according to QS Ranking
2017: As a part of Université PSL, Dauphine is ranked 72nd-best university in the world according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 32nd in the "reputation" category
2014: 36th-best university in the world for producing millionnaires
2013: 23rd-best university in the world in "Mathematics" according to the Shanghai ranking
2012: 18th-best university in the world in "Mathematics" according to the Shanghai ranking
2011: 18th-best university in the world in "Mathematics" according to the Shanghai ranking
2010: 97th/1,000 business schools of the world according to eduniversal ranking
2008: 64th university in the world according to the Ecole Supérieure des Mines de Paris ranking
Alumni
: ex-Chairman of Swiss Re
Thierry Aimar: French economist, specialist of the Austrian School of economics and history of economic thought
Ignacio Arbesú: Mexican researcher, professor
: CEO and founder of
Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General
: ex-CEO of Groupe Lucien Barrière
Olivier Blanchard: International Monetary Fund chief economist
Yannick Bolloré: Chairman of Bolloré Media
Bruno Bonnell: ex-Chairman of Infogrames
Nicolas Bouzou: French economist
Guillaume Carlier: French mathematician
: ex-CEO of Lacoste
: French economist
Bintou Keita, UN Undersecretary General
Michel Combes: CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, ex-CEO of TDF
: ex-CEO of CSC EMEA South & West
: ex-Chairman of BPCE
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: French politician, deputy and president of Arise the Republic
Jean-Luc Gérard: Chairman of Ford France
Arnaud Lagardère: Chairman of Lagardère and of the Board of Directors of EADS
Bertrand Lemennicier: French economist
Alessandrina Lerner (Sandrine Cornet): author
Marc Levy: author
Hervé Mariton: French politician, Deputy and former Minister
: Archbishop of Dijon (France)
: ex-Chairman of Valeo
Raymond Ndong Sima: First Minister of Gabon
Hervé Novelli: French politician, Deputy and former Minister
: Chairman of AXA France
Bernard Ramanantsoa: Chairman of HEC Paris
: entrepreneur, founder of The Phone House
Jean-Michel Severino: ex-CEO of the French Development Agency
Jean-Marc Sylvestre: French journalist
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: author of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan
Jean Tirole: economist; recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2014; author of The Theory of Corporate Finance, Princeton University Press 2006
Philippe Verdier: radio and television journalist
Cédric Villani: mathematician, awarded the Fields Medal in 2010
Boni Yayi: President of the Republic of Benin
Florent Menegaux: Chairman of Michelin group
Honorary degrees
John Campbell: professor of economics at Harvard University
Ronald Fagin: computer scientist at IBM Almaden Research Center
Eleanor M. Fox: professor at New York University
Jim Gray: computer scientist and Turing award winner
Oliver Hart: professor of economics at Harvard University
Paul Joskow: professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ehud Kalai: professor at Northwestern University and author of Kalai-Smorodinsky model
Hayne Ellis Leland: professor at University of California, Berkeley
Henry Mintzberg: professor of management at McGill University
David Newbery: Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
Edmund Phelps: professor at Columbia University and author of golden rule savings rate
Myron Scholes: economist and author of Black-Scholes model and Nobel prize
Robert J. Shiller: professor of finance at Yale School of Management and Nobel prize
Helmut Siekmann: professor at University of California, Berkeley
Tom Snijders: professor at Nuffield College, Oxford and at the University of Groningen
Herbert Spohn: professor at the Technical University Munich
Melchior Wathelet: Belgian politician
Adriana Lleras-Muney: professor of economics at University of California, Los Angeles
Notes and references
External links
Dauphine University, Paris website
Grands établissements
Educational institutions established in 1968
Universities descended from the University of Paris
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Phrase completion scales are a type of psychometric scale used in questionnaires. Developed in response to the problems associated with Likert scales, Phrase completions are concise, unidimensional measures that tap ordinal level data in a manner that approximates interval level data.
Overview of the phrase completion method
Phrase completions consist of a phrase followed by an 11-point response key. The phrase introduces part of the concept. Marking a reply on the response key completes the concept. The response key represents the underlying theoretical continuum. Zero(0)indicates the absence of the construct. Ten(10)indicates the theorized maximum amount of the construct. Response keys are reversed on alternate items to mitigate response set bias.
Sample question using the phrase completion method
I am aware of the presence of God or the Divine
Never Continually
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Scoring and analysis
After the questionnaire is completed the score on each item is summed together, to create a test score for the respondent. Hence, Phrase Completions, like Likert scales, are often considered to be summative scales.
Level of measurement
The response categories represent an ordinal level of measurement. Ordinal level data, however, varies in terms of how closely it approximates interval level data. By using a numerical continuum as the response key instead of sentiments that reflect intensity of agreement, respondents may be able to quantify their responses in more equal units.
References
Hodge, D. R. & Gillespie, D. F. (2003). Phrase Completions: An alternative to Likert scales. Social Work Research, 27(1), 45–55.
Hodge, D. R. & Gillespie, D. F. (2005). Phrase Completion Scales. In K. Kempf-Leonard (Editor). Encyclopedia of Social Measurement. (Vol. 3, pp. 53–62). San Diego: Academic Press.
Hodge, D. R. & Gillespie, D. F. (2007). Phrase Completion Scales: A Better Measurement Approach than Likert Scales? Journal of Social Service Research, 33, (4), 1-12.
See also
Likert scale
Analog scale
Guttman scale
Thurstone scale
Mokken scale
Bogardus Social Distance Scale
F-scale
Discan scale
Diamond of opposites
Psychometrics
Educational psychology
Market research
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monardella%20odoratissima
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Monardella odoratissima
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Monardella odoratissima (mountain coyote mint, mountain beebalm, mountain monardella or mountain pennyroyal) is a perennial flowering plant which grows in mountain forests and sagebrush scrub. It is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It has the minty odor characteristic of this family.
Distribution
Monardella odoratissima is found in montane forests above 600 m. and below 3100 m. It is found in many Northern California mountain ranges, including the Klamath Mountains and the North California Coast Ranges, the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada, the Modoc Plateau, White Mountains and Inyo Mountains. Outside California, it is found as far north as Washington, and as far east as Utah and western Colorado.
Description
Monardella odoratissima is an upright to sprawling perennial herb which can be woody at the base. It ranges from 30 centimeters to one meter-3 feet in height and equally wide. The plant can be either a smooth dark green or a hairy dark grey-green, with many gradations in between. It is often dotted with glands which release a strongly minty odor when the plant is touched.
The leaves can lance-shaped to ovate, and are smooth-edged. They measure up to 4.5 centimeters long.
The flowers range in color from white and pale pink to light bluish-purple. The inflorescence is a head, which can be from 10 mm. to 25 mm. wide, with outer bracts which are like leaves, and inside bracts which enclose the many flowers like a cup. These bracts can be hairy or smooth, and sometimes have a rose or purplish color. The calyx, which is inside these bracts, is hairy and has 5 lobes. The corolla is tubular and has two lips. The upper lip is erect and has two lobes, but the lower lip curves downward and has 3 lobes. It has 4 stamens, and a style which has two unequal lobes.
The fruits, like most of fruits of the mint family, are 4 smooth nutlets which are dark brown to black in color.
Cultivation
Monardella odoratissima is easy to grow as a Garden plant. Although the Monardellas are in the mint family, most Monardellas do not grow from runners. However, they can still be propagated easily from cuttings.
They are very attractive to butterflies, which are their main pollinator.
Monardella odoratissima will grow in full sun to medium shade. It can be pruned lightly in the late fall or early winter to create a bushier plant, as they can otherwise be sprawling. They bloom profusely anytime from April through August. Because they are floriferous, they look best when spent blooms are deadheaded.
References
Abrams, Leroy; 1951. Illustrated flora of the Pacific States, Stanford University Press
External links
Jepsn Manual Treatment - Monardella odoratissima
USDA PLANTS Database - Monardella odoratissima
Monardella odoratissima - Photo gallery
odoratissima
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Washington (state)
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of the California desert regions
Garden plants of North America
Drought-tolerant plants
Groundcovers
Butterfly food plants
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion%20to%20British%20History
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Companion to British History
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The Companion to British History () is a single-volume encyclopaedic reference work "bigger than a foundation stone, longer than the Bible" (The Daily Telegraph) written by Charles Arnold-Baker and in 1966 edited by his son Henry von Blumenthal, who, as proprietor of Longcross Press, published the first and third editions. It was described as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written". The second edition was by Routledge.
References
External links
An account of how the book came to be written and published in The Daily Telegraph
British non-fiction literature
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Generalized tree alignment
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In computational phylogenetics, generalized tree alignment is the problem of producing a multiple sequence alignment and a phylogenetic tree on a set of sequences simultaneously, as opposed to separately.
Formally, Generalized tree alignment is the following optimization problem.
Input: A set and an edit distance function between sequences,
Output: A tree leaf-labeled by and labeled with sequences at the internal nodes, such that is minimized, where is the edit distance between the endpoints of .
Note that this is in contrast to tree alignment, where the tree is provided as input.
References
Computational phylogenetics
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Nikhat Khan
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Nikhat Hussain Khan is an Indian film producer.
She is the daughter of Bollywood actor, director, producer, and writer Tahir Hussain. She has three siblings: Farhat Khan and actors Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan. She is the aunt of actor Imran Khan.
Nikhat helped produce her father's first directorial venture Tum Mere Ho, which featured her brother Aamir in 1990.
Personal life
Nikhat is married to Santosh Hegde. They have two children -Seher and Shravan. Nikhat Hussain Khan was born on 4 August 1962 in Bombay to Tahir Hussain, a film producer, and Zeenat Hussain. Many of her relatives were members of the Hindi film industry, including her late uncle, the producer-director Nasir Hussain and Mansoor Khan her Cousin. Indian Islamic scholar, philosopher and politician and First Minister of Education in the Indian government Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was her Great-grand uncle and Najma Heptulla is her paternal aunt.
Producer/Actor
Producer
Dulha Bikta Hai (1982)
Tum Mere Ho (1990)
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
Madhosh (1994)
Lagaan (2001)
Produced a pair of Hindi Plays directed by Makarand Deshpande
Actor
Mission Mangal (2019) Role: Doctor
Saand Ki Aankh (2019) Role: Maharani of Alwar
Tanhaji (2020) Role: Uday Bhans mother
Chacha Chackan Ke Karname (2019) Play in Hindi
Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story
Guilty Minds Web Series
Fauda Web Series
Jamai Raja 2.0
Thoda sa Baadal Thoda sa Paani
Hush Hush Web Series
Banni Chow Home Delivery
TVCs and Advertisements
'Axis Bank' Senior Citizen Festival
'Don & Julio' Suiting
'Brigade Group' (Bangalore) ‘Zindagi Milegi Dobara’
'Fazlani Foods' ‘Cut the packet not the connection’
'Reliance Jewels'
ORANGE Health labs Print /Hoarding and video
Vivo Khushi Inspires and enables
Amazon
Wonder Cement
Welspun logistics
Haldirams
Orange health Labs
First cry
Wipro lights
Paytm
Head and shoulders
Axis bank senior citizen
Bournvita master blaster
Fazlani cut the packet
Indiabulls
Don & Julio Suitings
Wellspun Bedsheets
References
External links
{{IMDb name|id=1539779|name=Nikhat Khanna}
MOTHERS DAY with Ammi Aamir and Santosh
https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/other/mother-s-day-aamir-khan-celebrates-special-day-with-mother-sister-brother-in-law/ar-AAX2F0z
Indian women film producers
Living people
Indian Muslims
Hindi film producers
1962 births
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achim%20Steiner
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Achim Steiner
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Achim Steiner (born 17 May 1961) is a Brazilian-born environmentalist who currently serves as the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chairman of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Before joining UNDP, he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP (2006–2016), and director of the Oxford Martin School (2016–2017). He has also served as director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and secretary-general of the World Commission on Dams.
Early life and education
The son of a German farmer who had emigrated to Rio Grande do Sul, Achim Steiner was born in Brazil in 1961 and holds German as well as Brazilian citizenship. He went to school in Carazinho and at Dover College. He obtained a bachelor's degree from Worcester College of the University of Oxford and a master's degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London, specializing in development economics, regional planning, international development and environmental policy. He also studied at the German Development Institute and the Harvard Business School.
Career
Steiner started his career in 1989 at the Rural Regional Development Department, GIZ, in Germany. From 1991 to 1997 he worked for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Southern Africa and Washington, D.C. He was Chief Technical Adviser of the Mekong River Commission (1997–1998) before becoming Secretary-General of the World Commission on Dams. In 2001 he returned to IUCN as Director-General.
United Nations Environment Programme, 2006–2016
Acting on the nomination of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the United Nations General Assembly in 2006 unanimously elected Steiner Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for a four-year term. At the time, he was not nominated by a Member State, but prevailed over candidates such as Børge Brende of Norway and Rajendra K. Pachauri of India. His mandate was later extended twice, this time on the proposal of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Secretary-General appointed Steiner as director-general of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), where he served from March 2009 to May 2011. Within the UN system he also chaired the High-level Committee on Programmes of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination and the United Nations Environment Management Group. On 3 May 2016, Ban Ki-moon announced that the post of executive director of UNEP would be taken over by Erik Solheim in June 2016.
Oxford Martin School, 2016–2017
Upon leaving UNEP, Steiner was appointed director of the Oxford Martin School, a post he took up in September 2016. In addition to his role at the University of Oxford, Steiner was appointed Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement by the Federal Government of Germany in October 2016.
In late 2015, Reuters reported that Steiner was one of three candidates shortlisted to succeed António Guterres as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, alongside Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark, Jasmine Whitbread of the United Kingdom, and Filippo Grandi of Italy; the post eventually went to Grandi.
United Nations Development Programme, 2017–present
In April 2017, following consultations with the executive board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Steiner as the programme's new Administrator. On 19 April 2017, the United Nations General Assembly confirmed him for a four-year term.
In November 2018, Guterres also appointed Steiner to co-chair (alongside Maria Ramos) the United Nations' Task Force on Digital Financing of Sustainable Development Goals.
Other activities
Generation Unlimited, Member of the Board (since 2018)
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Ex-Officio Member of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (since 2017)
International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2017)
OECD/UNDP Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB), Co-chair of the Governing Board (since 2017)
German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (2016-2017, appointed ad personam by Chancellor Angela Merkel)
International Olympic Committee (IOC), Member of the Sustainability and Legacy Commission
Agora Verkehrswende, Chairman of the Council
Platform on Disaster Displacement, Chair of the Advisory Committee
China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), International Vice-chair
Earth Day Network, Member of the Global Advisory Committee
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), Member of the Advisory Board
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Member of the Environmental Advisory Council (ENVAC)
Honours and awards
Awards
Slovak Republic's gold medal for Diplomatic Service
Republic of Korea Order of Diplomatic Service Award
2012 — The National German Sustainability Award
2010 – Leadership Award for Principled Pragmatism – Tällberg Foundation
2009 — Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles (Monaco)
Shark Guardian of the Year 2008 – Shark Project
2008 — Schubert Prize – Bruno H. Schubert Foundation
2007 — Steiger Award – Umwelt
Honorary degrees
Honorary Doctorate, International University in Geneva (IUG)
Honorary Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai
References
External links
Interview with Achim Steiner
Official website of UNEP
Biography at Oxford Martin School
Living people
Brazilian officials of the United Nations
Alumni of SOAS University of London
Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
Alumni of the University of London
Harvard Business School alumni
United Nations Environment Programme
People associated with the International Union for Conservation of Nature
1961 births
German officials of the United Nations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatley%20High%20School%20%28Houston%29
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Wheatley High School (Houston)
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Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4801 Providence Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020. Wheatley is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Wheatley, named after Phillis Wheatley, is located inside the 610 Loop in the Fifth Ward.
Wheatley has a technology magnet program inherited from the closure of Middle College for Technology Careers in spring 2006; Wheatley's program began in fall 2006.
In 1979 Wheatley principal Charles Herbert said that "For many, Fifth Ward is Wheatley High School" and that African-Americans who grew up in the Fifth Ward "still cling closely to Wheatley" even after they had moved to other parts of the United States.
History
Pre-desegregation
Wheatley first opened at 3415 Lyons Avenue in the former McGowan Elementary School building on January 31, 1927.
In 1927 Wheatley High School was one of the largest Black high schools in the United States with 2,600 students and 60 teachers, and it was such throughout the Jim Crow era, when schools were segregated on the basis of race. By 1949 Wheatley's first facility on Lyons Avenue became so overcrowded that students attended in shifts. During that year the , $2.5 million 4900 Market Street campus opened. The most expensive high school built in Houston at the time, the campus was designed by the firm MacKie & Kamrath in a Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced modernist style. The campus, described by the Houston Chronicle as "the finest Negro high school in the South," had a 1,500-seat auditorium, a gymnasium, an industrial arts facility, and a swimming pool. The school district spent attention on Wheatley in order to promote the argument that segregated minority schools can be equal to segregated White schools. The former Wheatley campus became E.O. Smith Middle School, and later the Carter Career Center.
In May 1965, William Lawson, a youth minister, asked some Wheatley students to discuss a proposed school boycott. While the school district was integrating, African American leaders believed that it was being integrated too slowly. During the boycott, which occurred five days later, 10% of Wheatley students attended classes.
Post-desegregation
In the 1970s Houston ISD had been desegregated. As the Fifth Ward as a neighborhood experienced a surge in crime, Houston ISD rezoned the Denver Harbor neighborhood, which had many White residents, to Wheatley. At that time the neighborhood was quickly becoming Hispanic. Many area Hispanic students preferred to attend Austin High School and Furr High School as they became the majority population at those schools. John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press stated that pride and discipline at Wheatley began to disintegrate in the 1970s, as counselors complained about a low level of morale among the students. The school abolished corporal punishment around that time, since White parents did not want Black teachers to physically punish white students, and Black parents did not want White teachers to physically punish black students. In addition, many of Wheatley's new White teachers, many of whom did not live in the Fifth Ward, had a lack of experience in teaching inner city Black students. Wylie Henry, a former HISD board member, said that many of the new White teachers "came in and tried to be kids' friends instead of their teachers." In 1979 Principal Herald stated that integration caused the best students and teachers to leave the school.
In 1976 the school was in the bottom twelfth percentile for reading; this meant that 88% of U.S. high school students had better reading scores than Wheatley students. In 1977 it declined to the bottom 11th. In 1978 HISD proposed using smaller classes, higher teaching salary, and a redesigned educational program to ameliorate Wheatley's academic problems. In 1979 Herald stated that test scores had declined.
That year Herald also stated that the situation at the school was more peaceful in the 1970s than during the Civil Rights Movement; he added that 50% of Wheatley students were attempting to gain admission in to university and that some gifted individuals still remained at the school.
In the mid-1980s, as crack cocaine became an epidemic in many inner-city neighborhoods, Wheatley students and teachers complained about security issues regarding some area apartments. In 1985 three youngsters walked onto the campus and shot an English teacher who had been conducting drill team rehearsals in the cafeteria. In 1986 a Hispanic student who had transferred from Dallas shot another Hispanic student in the face. After Joan Raymond became superintendent in 1986, she considered closing Wheatley because of difficulties in making the school have acceptable academic achievement and safety. Michael Berryhill of the Houston Press said that it was not politically possible to have the school closed since there were too many Wheatley alumni who did not want their school to be closed.
In the 1990s Wheatley had low test scores and high dropout rates. In 1995 Wheatley had the highest dropout rate and lowest mathematics score of the high schools in Houston ISD. In 1997 none of the teachers at Wheatley High School lived in the Wheatley attendance zone. During the same year, of the 1,800 high-school-age children zoned to Wheatley, less than 1,000 attended the school.
2000s and 2010s
In 2007 a Johns Hopkins University study cited Wheatley as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.
A new campus for Wheatley High School, designed by Willie Jordan, a Wheatley alum, was under construction in the same plot of land as the first 4900 Market Street campus, although the address changed to 4801 Providence Street. The construction ended in fall 2006 and the new campus opened. The old 4900 Market Street campus was demolished. The new campus's original budget was $35,000,000. Construction began in summer 2004 and ended during summer 2006. The lead architect was ESPA Architecture, with the lead manager as Gilbane.
The population of the school increased when Middle College for Technology Careers merged into Wheatley.
Schools that received students zoned to Wheatley included Davis High School, Furr High School, Barbara Jordan High School, and Reagan High School. During that year 58% of children zoned to Kashmere chose to attend a different Houston ISD school.
The former Carter building later became DeVry Advantage Academy. HISD plans to build the permanent Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men on the site of the former Carter Career Center. The new building will look similar to the original one.
In 2019 the school received a failing ranking from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the only HISD high school to receive that ranking that year. Around that period the TEA was attempting to replace the HISD school board, and it could possibly use Wheatley's failing grade as evidence that it should take this action. This was the seventh year in a row that the school had a failing grade. According to the TEA, any school which does not receive a passing grade in any of the four accountability categories, as Wheatley did, fails its overall accountability grade; this requirement came into effect in 2018. Wheatley officials stated that if the rule did not exist, Wheatley would have been ranked a "D". In November of that year, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath announced that the appeal for Wheatley was rejected; the basis of the appeal submitted was that student scores should be waived due to Hurricane Harvey, but other schools did not get the waiver for that reason for that year.
Demographics
In the segregation era Wheatley had one of the highest enrollments of any American high schools reserved for black students as it had about 2,600 students.
In 1979 the school's student body had 1,197 blacks, 125 Hispanics, and 8 Whites.
Wheatley had one of the lowest enrollments of any zoned Houston ISD high school with 836 students during the 2004–2005 school year . In 2008, Wheatley had an enrollment of 1,235.
Neighborhoods served by Wheatley
Neighborhoods zoned to Wheatley include the Fifth Ward (including Frenchtown), Denver Harbor, Liberty Heights, Barnes and Whetmore, St. Charles Square, Pecan Park Terrace, and a section of East Downtown. It also serves a portion of Kashmere Gardens.
Two Houston Housing Authority (HHA) public housing complexes, Clayton Homes and Kelly Village, are zoned to Wheatley. An HHA mixed-income housing complex, Kennedy Place, is zoned to Wheatley.
Campus
The current $35 million Wheatley campus opened in June 2006. The architect of the campus, ESPA Group, won an award for "Outstanding Architecture and Design in Education" by School Planning & Management magazine for the Wheatley campus. The school appears in the June 2008 issue of School Planning & Management'''s Education Design Showcase.
In 2012 Richard Connelly of the Houston Press ranked Wheatley as the fifth most architecturally beautiful high school campus in Greater Houston. Connelly said that "High schools don't have to be classic to shine. The geometric playfulness of Wheatley gives it a distinctive look."
Wheatley is located in the Fifth Ward, in proximity to an Interstate 10 access road and a park. As of 1974 a chicken restaurant was across the street from the school.
In September 2014 the HISD school board approved the demolition of the 1929 Wheatley High School building. That year HISD began efforts to demolish the 1929 Wheatley High School but several lawsuits filed by October of that year prevented the district from entirely destroying the building. Three people, former and current residents of the Fifth Ward, had filed lawsuits in an attempt to prevent the demolition. Dan Hinde, a Texas state district judge, dismissed the lawsuits in December of that year. The district immediately proceeded with the demolition of the remainder of the structure. HISD plans to build a new school on that site.
Athletics
In 1997 Michael Berryhill of the Houston Press wrote that in the pre-desegregation era Wheatley "dominated black high school basketball in Texas" but it was not a "consistent power" in American football.
Basketball
The school won many trophies from the state basketball tournament, which was held at Prairie View A&M University.
In a 25-year period ending in 1974, 15 of its teams made the state championships. Originally Wheatley played in the Negro leagues, but around 1968 the University Interscholastic League (UIL) opened its membership to black schools. In 1968 the State of Texas held the first high school basketball playoffs. Then, the Wheatley team defeated the Thomas Jefferson High School team of Dallas, Texas by 85–80 in overtime. Through the win, Wheatley had achieved a 36–0 record. In from 1968 to 1974, Wheatley received four state championship crowns, won 219 games, and lost 11 games.
Historically many star basketball players moved on to Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University. By 1974 other, more prominent universities were considering recruiting Wheatley players.
Berryhill said that basketball wins continued "periodically" after desegregation.
American football
In the segregation era schools for blacks played their games on weekdays while schools for whites played their games on Fridays.
Historically the American football game between Wheatley and Yates High School was among the most prominent ones in the United States. In the segregation era Wheatley did not play games against white high schools. Beginning in 1927, each Thanksgiving Day the school's American football team played Yates High School's football team at the Jeppeson Stadium. The Yates-Wheatley Thanksgiving football match, described by On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II author Jack Hamann as "the most important noncollege football game in the country", often had crowds that had over 30,000 people. The rivalry declined after Yates joined the UIL, and after the football leagues integrated the Thanksgiving Day Yates-Wheatley game ended.
Music
Percy McDavid, one of the few American music teachers in the 1930s who taught both classical music and jazz in orchestra courses, developed Wheatley's musical programs in that decade. Duke Ellington made a 1935 visit to hear Wheatley's orchestra. Various famed musicians graduated from Wheatley in that time period, including Arnett Cobb and Illinois Jacquet. While operating this program McDavid received help from his brother, Russell McDavid.
Notable alumni
Archie Bell, musician
Arnett Cobb, musician
Donnie Davis, former professional American football player
Harold Dutton Jr., Texas State Representative of District 142
Albert "Al" Edwards, Texas State Representative of District 146
Dr. Marion Ford, dentist and Guggenheim fellow
George Foreman, boxing champion
Everett Gay, former NFL player
Lester Hayes, former NFL player for the Oakland Raiders
Xavien Howard, American football cornerback
William Jackson III, American football cornerback
Illinois Jacquet, jazz musician
Cliff Johnson, retired MLB player
Dwight Elmo Jones, basketball player drafted by the Atlanta Hawks
Barbara Jordan, first African-American U.S. Congresswoman from the Southern United States.
Mickey Leland, member of the Texas House of Representatives until his death.
Kanavis McGhee, former professional American football player
Ruth Jones McClendon, Texas State Representative of District 120
Willie Mitchell, former professional NFL player
Grady Richardson, former NFL player
Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University
Joe Sample, member of The Crusaders
Eldridge Small, former professional football player
Fred Taylor, retired NBA player
Godwin Turk, professional football player
Hubert Laws, flautist and member of The Crusaders
Sid Williams, former NFL player and United States Ambassador to the Bahamas
Willie Williams, football player
Jim Young, NFL player
Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Wheatley include:
Dogan
Eliot
N.Q. Henderson
R. Martinez
Pugh
Scroggins
Bruce (partial)
Burnet (partial)
Isaacs (partial)
Lantrip (partial)
Ross (partial)
Scott (partial)
Middle schools that feed into Wheatley include:
McReynolds
Fleming (partial)
Yolanda Black Navarro (formerly Stonewall Jackson) (partial)
See also
History of the African-Americans in Houston
References
Kellar, William Henry. Make Haste Slowly: Moderates, Conservatives, and School Desegregation in Houston. Texas A&M University Press, 1999. , 9781603447188.
References
Further reading
Duncan, Cierra. "Museum planned for Wheatley?" Houston Defender. October 9, 2014.
External links
Wheatley High School
Wheatley Wildcats
What's Wrong With Wheatley? – Houston Press'' (1997)
Houston Independent School District high schools
Magnet schools in Houston
Public high schools in Houston
African-American history in Houston
Historically segregated African-American schools in Texas
Relocated schools
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Tiina Lillak
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Ilse Kristiina ('Tiina') Lillak (born 15 April 1961) is a Finnish former javelin thrower. She is the 1983 world champion and 1984 Olympic silver medalist. She also twice broke the world record, with throws of 72.40 metres in 1982 and 74.76 metres in 1983. The latter distance ranks third on the all-time list with the old javelin model.
Career
Lillak finished fourth in the 1982 European Athletics Championships, which were held in Athens. On July 29, 1982, she threw a new world record in Helsinki of 72.40 meters. The record lasted until September when Greek thrower Sofia Sakorafa reached 74.20 meters. The following year, Lillak again broke the world record, throwing 74.76 meters in Tampere on June 13. This distance remained a world record until June 1985, and also stood as a national record for Finland until 1999, when the javelin type was altered and the former records were wiped clean. Among female javelin throwers, only Petra Felke and Fatima Whitbread have ever thrown further. (The record with the current model is 72.28m).
At the 1983 World Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki, Lillak became the champion in front of her home crowd when she threw for 70.82 meters on her last attempt leaving Britain's second placed Fatima Whitbread in tears at track side as she went running off down the track celebrating with the ecstatic crowd. The whole season was a success for Lillak, who threw over 70 meters in 16 separate competitions and .
Although Lillak had only taken part in three competitions earlier in the year, she still managed to earn an Olympic silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Medals did not materialise at the 1986 European Athletics Championships (fourth) or the 1987 World Championships in Athletics (sixth).
She failed in an attempt to reach the Olympic podium a second time at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where Lillak did not pass the qualifying round. She participated in five competitions in 1989, but no major events. In 1990 she won the last of her seven Finnish national championships and came tenth in the 1990 European Athletics Championships. In the 1991 World Championships in Athletics, Lillak did not pass the qualifying round (in fact, she did not throw over 62 meters the entire season).
Since retiring from athletics in 1992, Lillak has been working as masseuse.
International competitions
References
Lillak at the sporting-heroes.net site
All of Lillak's competition results
Last and winning throw in 1983 World Championships in Helsinki (video)
1961 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Helsinki
Finnish female javelin throwers
Olympic athletes of Finland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Finland
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships winners
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Bedlam Theatre
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Bedlam Theatre is a fully operational, 90-seat theatre housed in a former Neogothic church at the foot of George IV Bridge in central Edinburgh. It is owned by the University of Edinburgh, and notable for being the oldest student-run theatre in Britain. During the summer, Bedlam Fringe is run as a separate enterprise, Bedlam being a long-standing Edinburgh Fringe venue.
Outside the Fringe, Bedlam is run by and home to the Edinburgh University Theatre Company (EUTC). They are so associated with the building that its members are often termed "Bedlamites", though the EUTC can and has staged performances in other venues since moving into Bedlam Theatre. Bedlam and the EUTC have hosted Edinburgh's longest running improvised comedy troupe, The Improverts, since their inception.
History
Bedlam Theatre is the former New North Free Church, which was built in the 1840s and designed by Thomas Hamilton, an architect involved in the creation of Edinburgh's New Town. It is on the site of the old city poorhouse, and the name "Bedlam" is a reference to the nearby site of the city's first mental health hospital, where the poet Robert Fergusson died. After the building was abandoned by the church in 1937, the building was given to University of Edinburgh, who used it for various purposes including a furniture store and a Chaplaincy building.
During the 1977 Festival Fringe, whilst the building was still under control of the Chaplaincy, a musical adaptation of Master and Margarita written by Richard Crane and directed by his wife Faynia Williams was presented at the venue by the University of Bradford Drama Group. It went on to win a Fringe First award, garnering excellent reviews and became an iconic tale of success at the Fringe. This production showed that the building had potential as a theatre.
The EUTC founded in 1871 as the Edinburgh University Amateur Dramatic Club It adopted its current name in the 1970s. The EUTC were given sole residency of the Bedlam Theatre building on 31 January 1980.
Edinburgh University Theatre Company
The EUTC is one of several amateur dramatics societies affiliated to the Edinburgh University Students' Association. The EUTC is responsible (through a Committee elected at the Company's AGM) for most aspects the theatre's administration and produces the vast majority of its shows.
Most members of the EUTC are students or former students of the University of Edinburgh. Shows are proposed to the EUTC at a General Meeting, where they are selected by a general vote. All show proposals must have, at the very least, a director, producer (organisation, finances and publicity), technician (lighting, sound and special effects) and stage manager or set manager (set building, props and costumes). Once a show is selected, it will be fully supported by the EUTC, who also provide a block grant depending on the show's classification.
The company stages a show most weeks during term time. The standard schedule consists of Lunchtimes (small-scale shows with one or two performances, no longer exclusively performed in the afternoon), Mainterms (larger-budget shows with at least three performances in the early evening) and Festivals (usually week-long events, sometimes incorporating more than twenty productions selected by the elected festival team). The most important Festivals take place in Freshers Week and early January. These can be supplemented with Extraordinaries, which are usually one of performances which do not fit easily into any of the previous categories.
The EUTC runs the Bedlam Youth Project aims to introduce children to the various disciplines of theatre. In 2009, they visited Brussels to help run 'Featlets', a youth theatre subsidiary of the Festival of European Anglophone Theatre Societies (FEATS). In 2016, children were involved in a week long Easter camp at Bedlam Theatre, where they devised and performed their interpretation of The Jungle Book, with the assistance of the Youth Project Team.
The Improverts
Bedlam's longest running show is the acclaimed improvised comedy troupe The Improverts. They perform every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and every Friday night at 10:30 during termtime. They are Edinburgh's longest-running improv troupe.
Alumni
Friends of Bedlam is the alumni association for the EUTC and its predecessors. Well known alumni include:
Bedlam Fringe (Venue 49)
Bedlam Theatre has operated as Venue 49 in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since it was given to the EUTC in 1980. Today, Bedlam Fringe is almost completely separate from the termtime EUTC, who hand over control of Bedlam on 1 June each year. It is run by a Fringe Venue Manager, who for historical and liaison reasons is technically a member of the termtime EUTC Committee. However, they and other members of the senior management team are technically volunteers for the Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA), who report to EUSA and receive a EUSA honorarium rather than a wage. Other Bedlam Fringe staff are EUSA employees.
The Fringe Venue Manager must allocate at least one slot to productions selected by the EUTC. The EUTC usually has two slots allocated to it; one is traditionally taken up by The Improverts (though they must be democratically selected like all other Fringe proposals), and the other by a theatrical production.
Many award winning Fringe shows have been hosted by Venue 49. In 2008, Eight, a piece of original writing by EUTC member Ella Hickson, produced by the EUTC, won a Scotsman Fringe First Award, the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award and an NSDF Emerging Artists Award going on to play London, New York and Florida Theatres to critical acclaim.
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External links
Bedlam Theatre (termtime Bedlam and EUTC website)
Bedlam Fringe
Student theatre in Scotland
Buildings and structures of the University of Edinburgh
Category B listed buildings in Edinburgh
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Joseph Angelo Macaluso (April 6, 1931 - March 22, 2011) was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton West, and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
He was elected in the 1963 Canadian federal election, serving until 1968 when he did not run again.
In the 1984 federal election he sought to make a return to Parliament for Lincoln, Ontario but was defeated.
Macaluso is a barrister/solicitor and served as an alderman for Hamilton, Ontario City Council from 1960 to 1963.
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1931 births
2011 deaths
Hamilton, Ontario city councillors
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
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In computational phylogenetics, tree alignment is a computational problem concerned with producing multiple sequence alignments, or alignments of three or more sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein. Sequences are arranged into a phylogenetic tree, modeling the evolutionary relationships between species or taxa. The edit distances between sequences are calculated for each of the tree's internal vertices, such that the sum of all edit distances within the tree is minimized. Tree alignment can be accomplished using one of several algorithms with various trade-offs between manageable tree size and computational effort.
Definition
Input: A set of sequences, a phylogenetic tree leaf-labeled by and an edit distance function between sequences.
Output: A labeling of the internal vertices of such that is minimized, where is the edit distance between the endpoints of .
The task is NP-hard.
Background
Sequence alignment
In bioinformatics, the basic method of information processing is to contrast the sequence data. Biologists use it to discover the function, structure, and evolutionary information in biological sequences. The following analyses are based on the sequence assembly: the phylogenetic analysis, the haplotype comparison, and the prediction of RNA structure. Therefore, the efficiency of sequence alignment will directly affect the efficacy of solving these problems. In order to design a rational and efficient sequence alignment, the algorithm derivation becomes an important branch of research in the field of bioinformatics.
Generally, sequence alignment means constructing a string from two or more given strings with the greatest similarity by adding letters, deleting letters, or adding a space for each string. The multiple sequence alignment problem is generally based on pairwise sequence alignment and currently, for a pairwise sequence alignment problem, biologists can use a dynamic programming approach to obtain its optimal solution. However, the multiple sequence alignment problem is still one of the more challenging problems in bioinformatics. This is because finding the optimal solution for multiple sequence alignment has been proven as an NP-complete problem and only an approximate optimal solution can be obtained.
Distance matrix method
Distance method measures the minimum operation number of character insertions, deletions, and substitutions that are required to transform one sequence u to the other sequence v when being operated on a pair of strings. The calculation of edit distance can be based on dynamic programming, and the equation is in O(|u|×|v|) time, where |u| and |v| are the lengths of u and v. The efficient estimation of edit distance is essential as Distance method is a basic principle in computational biology For functions of hereditary properties "symmetrization" can be used. Due to a series of functions being used to calculate edit distance, different functions may result in different results. Finding an optimal edit distance function is essential for the tree alignment problem.
The problem of tree alignment
Tree alignment results in a NP-hard problem, where scoring modes and alphabet sizes are restricted. It can be found as an algorithm, which is used to find the optimized solution. However, there is an exponential relationship between its efficiency and the number sequences, which means that when the length of the sequence is very large, the computation time required to get results is enormously long. Using star alignment to get the approximate optimized solution is faster than using tree alignment. However, whatever the degree of multiple-sequence similarity is, the time complexity of star alignment has a proportional relationship with the square of the sequence number and the square of the sequence average length. As usual, the sequence in MSA is so long that it is also inefficient or even unacceptable. Therefore, the challenge of reducing the time complexity to linear is one of the core issues in tree alignment.
Combinatorial optimization strategy
Combinatorial optimization is a good strategy to solve MSA problems. The idea of combinatorial optimization strategy is to transform the multiple sequence alignment into pair sequence alignment to solve this problem. Depending on its transformation strategy, the combinatorial optimization strategy can be divided into the tree alignment algorithm and the star alignment algorithm. For a given multi-sequence set ={,..., }, find an evolutionary tree which has n leaf nodes and establishing one to one relationship between this evolutionary tree and the set . By assigning the sequence to the internal nodes of the evolutionary tree, we calculate the total score of each edge, and the sum of all edges' scores is the score of the evolutionary tree. The aim of tree alignment is to find an assigned sequence, which can obtain a maximum score, and get the final matching result from the evolutionary tree and its nodes' assigned sequence. Star alignment can be seen as a special case of the tree alignment. When we use star alignment, the evolutionary tree has only one internal node and n leaf nodes. The sequence, which is assigned to the internal node, is called the core sequence.
The keyword tree theory and the Aho-Corasick search algorithm
When the combinatorial optimization strategy is used to transform the multiple sequence alignment into pair sequence alignment, the main problem is changed from "How to improve the efficiency of multiple sequence alignment" to "How to improve the efficiency of pairwise sequence alignment." The Keyword Tree Theory and the Aho-Corasick search algorithm is an efficient approach to solve the pairwise sequence alignment problem. The aim of combining the keyword tree theory and the Aho-Corasick search algorithm is to solve this kind of problem: for a given long string and a set of short strings ={,,... ,} (z∈N,z>1), find the location of all in . The keyword tree produced by set is used, and then searched for in with this keyword tree through the Aho-Corasick search algorithm. The total time complexity of using this method to find all 's location in the T is O(++), where =|| (the length of ), =Σ|| (the sum of all 's lengths) and means the sum of occurrence for all in .
Keyword tree theory
The keyword tree of the set ={,,... , } (z∈N,z>1) is a rooted tree, whose root denoted by K, and this keyword tree satisfies:
(1): Each edge clearly demarcates one letter.
(2): Any two edges separated from the same node are to correspond to different letters.
(3) Each pattern (i=1,2,...,z) corresponds to a node , and the path from the root K to the node can exactly correctly spell the string .
For each leaf node of this K tree, it corresponds to one of the certain patterns of set .
is used to represent the STRING which is connected from the root node to the node . will then be used to represent the length of the longest suffix (also, this suffix is the prefix of one of patterns in the set ). Searching this prefix from the root node in the keyword tree, and the last node denoted by when the search is over.
For example, the set ={potato, tattoo, theater, other}, and the keyword tree is shown on the right. In that example, if =potat, then =|tat|=3, and the failure link of the node is shown in that figure.
Establishing a failure link is the key to improve the time complexity of the Aho-Corasick algorithm. It can be used to reduce the original polynomial time to the linear time for searching. Therefore, the core of keyword tree theory is to find all failure links (which also means finding all s) of a keyword tree in the linear time. It is assumed that every of all nodes , whose distance from the root node is less than or equal , can be found. The of the node whose distance from the root node is + 1 can then be sought for. Its parent node is , and the letter represented by the node and , is .
(1): If the next letter of the node is , the other node of this edge can be set as , and =.
(2): If all letters are not by searching all edges between and its child nodes, is a suffix of plus . Because this suffix matches the STRING beginning with the root node (similar to prefix), the after can be detected or not. If not, this process can be continued until or the root node is found.
Aho-Corasick search algorithm
After establishing all failure links in the keyword tree, the Aho-Corasick search algorithm is used to find the locations of all (i=1,2,...,z) in the linear time. In this step, the time complexity is O(m+k).
Other strategies
In MSA, DNA, RNA, and proteins, sequences are usually generated and they are assumed to have an evolutionary relationship. By comparing generated maps of RNA, DNA, and sequences from evolutionary families, people can assess conservation of proteins and find functional gene domains by comparing differences between evolutionary sequences. Generally, heuristic algorithms and tree alignment graphs are also adopted to solve multiple sequence alignment problems.
Heuristic algorithm
Generally, heuristic algorithms rely on the iterative strategy, which is to say that based on a comparison method, optimizing the results of multiple sequence alignment by the iterative process. Davie M. proposed using the particle swarm optimization algorithm to solve the multiple sequence alignment problem; Ikeda Takahiro proposed a heuristic algorithm which is based on the A* search algorithm; E. Birney first proposed using the hidden Markov model to solve the multiple sequence alignment problem; and many other biologists use the genetic algorithm to solve it. All these algorithms generally are robust and insensitive to the number of sequences, but they also have shortcomings. For example, the results from the particle swarm optimization algorithm are unstable and its merits depend on the selection of random numbers, the runtime of the A* search algorithm is too long, and the genetic algorithm is easy to fall into local excellent.
Tree alignment graph
Roughly, tree alignment graph aims to align trees into a graph and finally synthesize them to develop statistics. In biology, tree alignment graphs (TAGs) are used to remove the evolutionary conflicts or overlapping taxa from sets of trees and can then be queried to explore uncertainty and conflict. By integrating methods of aligning, synthesizing and analyzing, the TAG aims to solve the conflicting relationships and partial overlapping taxon sets obtained from a wide range of sequences. Also, the tree alignment graph serves as a fundamental approach for supertree and grafting exercises, which have been successfully tested to construct supertrees by Berry. Because the transformation from trees to a graph contain similar nodes and edges from their source trees, TAGs can also provide extraction of original source trees for further analysis. TAG is a combination of a set of aligning trees. It can store conflicting hypotheses evolutionary relationship and synthesize the source trees to develop evolutionary hypotheses. Therefore, it is a basic method to solve other alignment problems.
See also
Generalized tree alignment
References
Computational phylogenetics
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Fort Mont-Valérien (French: Forteresse du Mont-Valérien) is a fortress in Suresnes, a western Paris suburb, built in 1841 as part of the city's ring of modern fortifications. It overlooks the Bois de Boulogne.
History
Before Thiers built the fortress, Mont Valérien was home to hermits. Since the XV century a community of hermits lived on the slope of Puteaux similar to the one of Chartreux: private cells, communal holy Mass and holy Office, perpetual silence. Manual labor and prayer divided the days equally.
The fortress defended Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, and remained the strongest fortress protecting the city, withstanding artillery bombardments that lasted several months. The surrender of the fortress was one of the main clauses of the armistice signed by the Government of National Defense with Otto von Bismarck on 17 January 1871, allowing the Germans to occupy the strongest part of Paris' defences in exchange for shipments of food into the starving city.
Colonel Henry of army intelligence, a key player in the Dreyfus Affair, was confined at the prison of Mont Valérien in 1898. The day after being confined, 31 August 1898, he cut his throat with a razor that had been left in his possession, taking to the grave his secret and that of a great part of the affaire Dreyfus. (See Resolution of the Dreyfus Affair.)
During the Second World War, the fortress was used, from 1940 to 1944, as a prison and place of executions by the Nazi occupiers of Paris. The Germans brought prisoners to the prison in trucks from other locations. The prisoners were temporarily confined in a disused chapel, and later taken to be shot in a clearing 100 metres away. The bodies were then buried in various cemeteries in the Paris area. More than 1,000 (some figures say 4,500) hostages and resistants were executed by the Nazis.
Executions during World War II
The 1,014 recorded executions by the Wehrmacht at Mont-Valérien between 1941 and 1944 were all men as a French law, observed by the Germans, prohibited execution of women by firing squad. Olga Bancic, condemned to death as a member of the Affiche Rouge group, was then deported to Stuttgart where she was beheaded by axe. The immense majority were members of the French Resistance, including:
Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, 29 August 1941;
Gabriel Péri, 15 December 1941, among a group of 70 men (including 53 Jews) shot that same day;
7 members of the Groupe du musée de l'Homme, 23 February 1942: Boris Vildé, Anatole Lewitsky, Pierre Walter, Léon-Maurice Nordmann, Georges Ithier, Jules Andrieu and René Sénéchal;
Georges Paulin, 21 March 1942;
Georges Politzer, 23 May 1942
Jacques Decour, 30 May 1942
Valentin Feldman, 27 July 1942, who shouted to the German soldier before being shot : "Imbéciles, I am dying for you too!"
Nicolae Cristea, 9 March 1943
Missak Manouchian, Joseph Boczov, Léon Goldberg, Thomas Elek and 19 other members of the Affiche Rouge group, 21 February 1944;
Joseph Epstein, 11 April 1944;
93 prisoners, 11 August 1944, the largest and last sorted execution at Mont-Valérien.
Memorial
The site now serves as a national memorial. On 18 June 1945, Charles de Gaulle consecrated the site in a public ceremony.
The area in front of the "Mémorial de la France combattante", a reminder of the French Resistance against the German occupation forces, has been named Square Abbé Franz Stock. During the German occupation, Stock took care of condemned prisoners here, and he mentioned 863 executions at Mont Valérien in his diary.
There is also an American military cemetery on the site, which contains the remains of 1,541 American soldiers who died in France during the First World War.
Notes
Sources
Order of the Liberation
Le Mont-Valerien Website.
Mont-Valerien
Defunct prisons in Paris
History of Hauts-de-Seine
Buildings and structures in Hauts-de-Seine
Dreyfus affair
1841 establishments in France
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Windermere and Troutbeck (including Bridge House) is a National Trust property consisting of land around Windermere, a lake in Cumbria, England.
This National Trust property includes the head of the Troutbeck Valley, several sites next to Windermere, and six farms. One of the farms — Troutbeck Park — once belonged to Beatrix Potter and was, in fact, her largest farm.
Other popular places on the property include Ambleside Roman Fort, Bridge House in Ambleside, and Cockshott Point in Bowness-on-Windermere.
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Townend information at the National Trust
National Trust properties in the Lake District
Tourist attractions in Cumbria
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Cargill Gilston Knott FRS, FRSE LLD (30 June 1856 – 26 October 1922) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was a pioneer in seismological research. He spent his early career in Japan. He later became a Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and President of the Scottish Meteorological Society.
Biography
Knott was born in Penicuik, Midlothian, the son of Pelham Knott, an agent for a paper manufacturer and his wife Ellen. His paternal uncle was the artist Tavernor Knott.
He was educated at Arbroath High School in Angus, and attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied alongside James Alfred Ewing. He worked on various aspects of electricity and magnetism, obtaining his doctorate in 1879.
He was appointed as an assistant in Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in 1879, and held this post until 1883, when he left to take up a post at Tokyo Imperial University. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1880 after being proposed by Peter Guthrie Tait, Alexander Crum Brown, John Gray McKendrick, and Alexander Buchan. He won the Society's Keith Prize for the period 1893-95. He served as Secretary 1905-1912 and General Secretary 1912-1922. He was also a founder of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, taking the chair for its first meeting on Friday 2 February 1883.
Career in Japan
Japan's Public Works was found in October 1871 with 11 departments, one of which was the engineering institution. Yamao Yozo, head of the institution asked William Rankine and Lord Kelvin to send proper teaching staffs to the technical school through Hugh Mateson, and hired 6 instructors lead by Henry Dyer as a principal, John Milne a Professor of Geology and Mining, and James Alfred Ewing Professor of Physics and Engineering at Tokyo Imperial University from 1878.
When Ewing returned to Scotland in 1883, the rector of Tokyo Imperial University wrote to Lord Kelvin, asking for his recommendation for a successor, Lord Kelvin recommended Knott, and the recommendation was supported by Ewing. Thus, Knott replaced Ewing as Professor of Physics and Engineering at Tokyo Imperial University. For the next nine years, he worked closely with Milne, Gray and the Japanese seismologist Fusakichi Omori in establishing a network of recording seismometers across the Japanese Empire. Knott also taught courses in mathematics, acoustics, and electromagnetism at the Tokyo Imperial University.
Knott also undertook the first geomagnetic survey of Japan, assisted by Japanese geophysicist Tanakadate Aikitsu, from which was developed the first earthquake hazard map of Japan. Knott's key contribution was his background in mathematics and data analysis. One of his innovations was to apply the technique of Fourier analysis to the occurrence of earthquakes. Two chapters in his 1908 book The Physics of Earthquake Phenomena were devoted to this subject, which Knott hoped would enable him to deduce the probability of when future earthquakes would occur.
Cargil Knott married Mary Dixon in 1885, becoming the brother-in-law of the literary scholar James Main Dixon.
On the conclusion of his stay in Japan in 1891, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Meiji.
Return to Edinburgh
On his return to Edinburgh, Knott took up the position of a Reader in Applied Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, holding the post until his death in 1922.
While in Japan, Knott began to develop mathematical equations describing how seismic vibrations are reflected and transmitted across the boundary between seawater and seabed. After returning to the University of Edinburgh in 1892, he expanded upon this research to describe the behaviour of earthquake waves at the interface between two different types of rock.
Knott's equations, derived in terms of potentials, were the first to describe the amplitudes of reflected and refracted waves at non-normal incidence and together with the Zoeppritz equations are now the basis for modern reflection seismology – an important technique in hydrocarbon exploration.
Knott continued his work as a mathematician, including quaternion methods of his professor and mentor Peter Guthrie Tait. When the tight constraints of a single linear algebra began to be felt in the 1890s, and revisionists began publishing, Knott contributed the pivotal article "Recent Innovations in Vector Theory". As M. J. Crowe describes, this paper set straight wayward theorists that expected to find associativity in systems like hyperbolic quaternions. Knott wrote:
[T]he assumption that the square of a unit vector is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic quantities are non-associative.
Evidently Knott overlooked the existence of the ring of coquaternions. Nevertheless, Crowe states that Knott "wrote with care and thoroughness" and that "only Knott was well acquainted with his opponents system".
For a textbook on quaternions, lecturers and students relied on Tait and Kelland's Introduction to Quaternions which had editions in 1873 and 1882. It fell to Knott to prepare a third edition in 1904. By then the Universal Algebra of Alfred North Whitehead (1898) presumed some grounding in quaternions as students encountered matrix algebra. In Knott's introduction to his textbook edition he says "Analytically the quaternion is now known to take its place in the general theory of complex numbers and continuous groups,...". Thus he was aware of the diversity to be encountered in modern mathematical structures, and that quaternions stand as a milestone on the way to others.
He became more active in the Royal Society of Edinburgh, serving on the Council from 1894 to 1905, moving up to a Secretary to Ordinary Meetings in 1905 and finally becoming its general secretary in 1912 until his death in 1922. Knott also took an active social role in his community including Sunday school teaching and church affairs with the United Free Church of Scotland. He was finally elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1920 and was also a member of the Scottish Meteorological Society.
He died at his home at 42 Upper Gray Street, Newington, Edinburgh, on 26 October 1922.
Partial bibliography
The internet archive and other web sources now offer some of Knott's works:
1890: M. Ballore’s Calculations on Earthquake Frequency from Google Books
1899: Reflection and Refraction of Elastic Waves with Seismological Applications, Philosophical Magazine 48: 64–97 via Biodiversity Heritage Library
1904: (as editor) Introduction to Quaternions, 3rd edition via Hathi Trust
1908: The Physics of Earthquake Phenomena
1911: Life and Scientific Work of Peter Gutherie Tait. Supplementing the Two Volumes of Scientific Papers Published in 1898 and 1900
1913: Physics, An Elementary Textbook for University Classes from HathiTrust
1915: Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume
1919: "The Propagation of Earthquake Waves through the Earth and connected problems", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 39: 157–208
Family
In 1885, Cargill married Mary Dixon, sister of James Main Dixon.
See also
Knott's equations
James Alfred Ewing
Arthur Schuster
References
K.E. Bullen (1973) "Knott, Cargill Gilston" in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, C.C. Gillespie editor, published by American Council of Learned Societies.
E. T. Whittaker (1922) "Cargill Gilston Knott" (obituary) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 43:237 – 48. Includes a substantial but partial bibliography.
A Milne (1922) " Cargill G Knott, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. (obituary)", Proceedings of the Edinburgh Math. Soc. 40 (1921–22), 50–51
External links
Penicuik Community Development Trust essay on C.G. Knott and ties to Japan
Scottish physicists
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Foreign educators in Japan
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British seismologists
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Stanley M. Hudecki (April 22, 1916 – June 26, 1988) was a Canadian surgeon and politician. Hudecki was Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton West from 1980 until 1984. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Personal life
Stanley Michael Hudecki was an orthopedic surgeon by profession. He was the second eldest son of Michael and Mary (Marcisz) Hudecki who arrived in Canada in the early 1900s. The family was composed of three boys and one girl, Leon, Stanley, Stephen and Helen. They lived in Hamilton, Ontario, where father Michael worked at Dominion Glass Works and was also one of the other Polish immigrant men who began the construction of the original Polish-Canadian St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Mother Mary was a homemaker who delighted in her family and her church.
Career background
Hudecki went to the University of Toronto and graduated with his M.D. degree in 1940. He was a Captain in the Royal Canadian Armed Forces throughout the war years and served as a general practitioner for the troops. After the war, he met and married Mary Leona Johnson, R.N., of Brantford, with whom he had nine children. During this time, he continued his training as a general surgeon (F.R.C.S.(C.)1950)in Toronto and received his orthopaedic specialist degree in 1960.
He maintained his diagnostic and surgical practice in Hamilton, with privileges at St. Joseph's Hospital, where he served as Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery for many years, at the Henderson, at the General and was an associate professor of Orthopaedics at McMaster University. Very involved in the care of crippled children at the Chedoke Crippled Children's Centre, he championed their cause in many situations. As well, he was active in the Rygiel Home for severely handicapped children and was one of the founding members of Participation House which assists and provides accommodations for young disabled adults to live independently.
Hudecki and his wife and children were active and devoted parishioners of St. Joseph's Church in Hamilton's West end. He participated, both as a member and on the executive committees, in many associations such as the Thistle Club, Medical Legal Club, the Hamilton Academy of Medicine, the Neuman Club and the Sierra Club, to name a few. A dynamic member of the local Liberal Party, he served in various positions with the executive and was finally persuaded to run as a candidate for the party when the highly respected member of Parliament for Hamilton West, the Right Honourable Lincoln Alexander stepped down in 1980. Thus, Hudecki was elected as a member of Parliament in the 1980 Canadian federal election, and during his term, served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence.
Loss of seat
His seat was lost to Peter Peterson of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the great Mulroney Tory sweep of the 1984 federal election.
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1988 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
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Sheren Tang Shui-man (born 2 March 1966) is a Hong Kong actress. She is best known for her roles in the mega-hit Hong Kong TVB drama series War and Beauty, as well as La Femme Desperado, The Family Link, Rosy Business and No Regrets being the first Hong Kong actress to win the Best Actress Award in two consecutive years for the latter two.
She joined TVB in 1985, beginning her acting career as the female lead in the series Legend of the General Who Never Was (1985). Throughout the late 1980s, she rose to fame for her roles in many popular Hong Kong television series including wuxia dramas, New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (1986) and Ode to Gallantry (1989). She joined the television network ATV in 1996, filming several series including The Good Old Days (1996) and I Have A Date With Spring (1996).
Tang returned to TVB in 2000 and gained massive popularity for her role in War and Beauty (2004). She became the first actress to win TVB's My Favourite Powerhouse Actress Award two years in a row for this role and for The Threat of Love 2 (2003). Tang continued to outdo herself with her roles in Rosy Business (2009) and No Regrets (2010), which won her multiple awards in various countries. She has since appeared in Chinese series including New My Fair Princess (2011) and Star April (2017) before returning to Hong Kong television in 2018, filming a series for ViuTV released as Till Death Do Us Part (2019).
Early life and education
Tang was born in 1966 when her mother was 17. She was left with her paternal grandparents as a baby and her parents divorced when she was 5 years old. She has one paternal half-sister. Her ancestral hometown is Nanhai, Guangdong. Tang attended Heep Yunn School from primary to high school. She rarely saw her parents when she was growing up and credited her conversion to Christianity in mending the estranged relationship between them later in her adulthood. She was later made president of the Hong Kong ACF (Artistes Christian Fellowship) where many Hong Kong artistes including her co-stars are also members.
In 1984, with a nomination from Andy Lau, Tang joined TVB's 13th training course, which was the first year TVB reduced the course from one year to half a year, splitting the course into two semesters. Tang was in the second semester along with Kitty Lai, Aaron Kwok, Maggie Shiu, and Michael Tse. Both her paternal grandparents passed within a couple years after she joined TVB training classes, with her grandfather passing away before her first drama had been broadcast.
In 1991, she went to the United States on a student visa to study interior design while continuing to film for TVB during her study breaks. During this time, she considered quitting the acting industry and moving to the United States permanently. However, when she returned in 1994, she ultimately decided to stay in Hong Kong and continue acting, as there were more interesting roles for women being offered at the time.
Career
1985-1995: Rise to fame at TVB
Tang joined TVB's 13th training class. After her graduation in 1985, having only done a few commercials, Tang was cast in her first role as female lead in The Legend of the General Who Never Was. She went on to play first or second leading roles in the first few years of her career. Tang was cast in comedy series Happy Spirit where she acted alongside Carol Cheng as her younger sister. She starred as Chow chi-yeuk in New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre, the 1986 adaptation of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber novel. She played Ching Yuet Yue in Police Cadet 1988, the second sequel to the widely popular Police Cadet series.
In 1989, she was featured in five series, three of which she starred alongside Roger Kwok; The Vixen’s Tale, I Do I Do, and The War Heroes. That same year she was cast in Ode to Gallantry, a Wuxia comedy based on the famous novel, where she starred as the character Ding Dong, reuniting with Police Cadet and New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre costar Tony Leung. In 1990, she was cast as Fong Hei Tung in the series Friends and Lovers alongside Teresa Mo. Tang had let producers know that she was interested in working with Mo if given the opportunity prior to her casting and has stated that she is extremely grateful to have been cast in the series.
Her first supporting role was in the 1994 series The Intangible Truth where she starred as the sister to Roger Kwok’s character. The role was originally a guest role but subsequently became a significant character for the first half of the series. That same year, Tang played Tong Man Yung, best friend to Amy Chan’s character in popular series at the time, Fate of the Clairvoyant and starred as Kam Yik Lin in the comedy Filthy Rich.
In 1995, Tang played Joyce Yan, a forensic pathologist in File of Justice IV, the fourth instalment of the popular File of Justice series She also starred as ICAC officer Poon Wai Yan in the female-led drama Corruption Doesn't Pay, alongside Esther Kwan and Kiki Sheung.
1996-1999: Move to ATV
In 1996, Tang signed a one-year contract with ATV, filming over 200 episodes in a span of one to two years. She starred in the 1996 adaptation of I Have A Date With Spring as Yiu Siu Deep. While the drama did not attract many viewers in Hong Kong, it was a huge success in Mainland China and the series has acquired a cult following. The role is considered one of her earlier representative works in China and Tang has continued to appear on dozens of variety programs and award shows performing songs from the series. She also reunited with costars Amy Chan, Kiki Sheung, and Maggie Shiu in one of the few popular ATV series The Good Old Days. She was also in the drama Interpol released in 1997. When her contract with ATV ended, she went on to act in several Taiwanese drama series. In 1998, she also appeared in Liang Po Po: The Movie as a foreign talent from Hong Kong that is engaged as an expert to impart knowledge of the triad to local gangsters like Liang Po Po. In 1999, Tang played a supporting role in the widely popular film Fly Me to Polaris.
2000-2008: Return to TVB and War and Beauty Popularity
In 2000, she returned to TVB and starred in the weekend drama series The Threat of Love, which featured a new plot every episode. It grew to be popular among audiences, particularly for a weekend drama and was praised for its unique and progressive storylines. A sequel was released in 2003.
In 2001, Tang starred as a film director, Koi Ying-Jing in Screen Play and as Koo Yiu in the period drama Country Spirit. She went on to play supporting roles in the 2002 drama Good Against Evil and 2003 teen drama Aqua Heroes. Tang appeared as Su Tian Xin in the 2003 Taiwanese series Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story which featured a large cast from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
In 2003, she won the My Favourite Powerhouse Actress Award (renamed Best Supporting Actress Award in 2005) at the TVB Anniversary Awards for the various roles she played in The Threat of Love 2. In 2004, she repeated her win for this award and also won one of the Favourite Television Character Awards for her role in War and Beauty.
Her acting in War and Beauty as Yu Fei (如妃), an initially favoured consort who eventually falls from power, was critically acclaimed, making her a hot favourite for the "Best Actress" award in 2004. However, she did not win, with the award being given to Gigi Lai instead. Voting was closed the night before the awards ceremony, with Tang leading by a landslide; thus many people concluded that the "Best Actress" award would surely go to her. Tang, instead, went home with the My Favourite Powerhouse Actress Award (now renamed as Best Supporting Actress award). This attracted a lot of public backlash, which prompted the ICAC to conduct investigations into the award show. Her loss is considered and remembered as one of the biggest snubs in the awards show history. Tang said that although she felt a tiny bit of disappointment at the time due to the abundance of support and stated "anyone can get affected by people's words", she also said that she performed her best which audiences recognized and that is already enough for her, comparing an award to a dessert, something that is extra.
She expanded her career to Mainland China in 2005 starring in two series. In the same year, Tang starred as So Sam in the costume drama The Prince’s Shadow and was also in the suspense film Slim Till Dead. She made an appearance in a flashback scene as the mother of Dragon played by Donnie Yen in the Hong Kong film Dragon Tiger Gate in 2006.
In 2006, Tang starred as a tough marketing CEO Hilda Hoi, in La Femme Desperado, which ranked number 1 in Hong Kong viewership ratings that year and won the Best Drama Award at the TVB Anniversary Awards. Tang was also nominated in the Best Actress Top 5 category and the My Favourite Female Television Role Top 5 category. In 2007, Tang went on to star in The Family Link where she was once again nominated in the Best Actress Top 5 category. The drama was ranked number 1 in average Hong Kong viewership ratings that year and was nominated for Best Drama at the TVB Anniversary Awards in 2007. That same year she also played a role in The Drive of Life, a TVB and CCTV joint grand production.
She starred as Kelly Yim in Your Class or Mine in 2008, reuniting with her File of Justice and Screenplay costar, Bobby Au Yeung. That same year, in addition to Rosy Business, Tang also filmed two Chinese series.
2009-2015: Rosy Business/No Regrets and Success in China
In 2009, Tang's role as the 4th Wife (四奶奶) of a rice business owner in Rosy Business brought her much popularity, making her a hot favourite for the "Best Actress" award once again. However, it was said that TVB pushed back the award show to December so that grand production dramas Born Rich and Beyond the Realm of Conscience could be included in the nominations, diminishing Tang's chance of winning the award again. It was rumoured that TVB had initially wanted to promote female lead of Beyond the Realm of Conscience, Tavia Yeung, to become the Best Actress since Tang was not under a permanent contract with the network. However, Yeung openly said that if Tang did not get the "Best Actress" award, she would join the rest of the netizens to protest against TVB's decision. Fortunately, this time round, with TVB producer Catherine Tsang backing her, Tang was duly awarded her "Best Actress" award, much to the joy of Hong Kong citizens, whereby there was a petition signed by them for TVB to award Tang her long-overdue "Best Actress" award, failing which they will hold protests outside TVB City, the network's headquarters.
At the 2010 TVB Anniversary Awards which was held on 5 December 2010, thanks to her brilliant performance as Cheng Gau-Mui (鄭九妹), the complex daughter of a drug lord who plans to destroy her father's business from the inside, in the highly acclaimed indirect sequel to Rosy Business, No Regrets, Tang was once again seen as a hot favourite for the "Best Actress" award. In addition to strong backing from netizens, Tang was once again awarded the coveted "Best Actress" award, making her the first actress in Hong Kong to win this top award consecutively. Her acting and the role gained even more praise and critical acclaim than Rosy Business and established Tang as one of the most talented actresses from TVB. Tang has stated that her roles from Rosy Business and No Regrets are her favourite among all the characters she has played.
Already notable from War and Beauty and other TVB drama series, Tang and her co-star Wayne Lai gained even more popularity in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, and Cantonese-speaking Asian communities overseas after the release of both hit series Rosy Business and No Regrets, with many considering them as one of the best onscreen duos on television. They have continued to work together occasionally for charity, public events, and variety shows over the years.
In 2011, she starred as the empress in the Mainland China series New My Fair Princess, a remake of the 1998 hit series My Fair Princess. This role won her a Huading Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2011. Her involvement in the series prevented her from taking a similar role in Chinese hit series Empresses in the Palace. The role went to co-star and friend Ada Choi, who was originally supposed to play Tang's character in War and Beauty. Tang calls their "character swap" fantastic and fate. Tang also clarified that she was only asked to join this series, and stated rumors of her rejecting a role in another hit series Story of Yanxi Palace were false, since she was never asked to join that series.
From 2012 to 2014, she also played a supporting role as Aunt Poise in The Four film trilogy where she reunited with 2005 suspense film Slim Till Dead costar and friend Anthony Wong.
In 2012, Tang starred as Bai Yuqin in the historical drama Allure Snow. In 2013, she starred in Love Is Not For Sale as the executive of a supermarket chain. Her contract expired with TVB after filming for the indirect sequel of War and Beauty, Beauty at War in 2012. In mid 2013, during promotional events and interviews for the series' release, Tang spoke about the difficulty of preparation due to script delays, particularly the lack of script available even on the day of shooting, which contributed to major anxiety and some physical health problems. She was diagnosed with dysautonomia during this time. Tabloids reported that this caused TVB to announce they will not renew her contract, even though Tang had previously said in 2012 before production began that the drama will be her last with the network for the time being and will be focusing her work in mainland China. Both Tang and the network have stated that reports were largely exaggerated and there was no conflict. Tang has always said that she is open to returning to TVB again if there is a role right for her.
In 2014, she starred in the costume comedy Cosmetology High playing historical figure, Wu Zetian, the only empress regnant (female emperor) of China.
Tang took approximately two years off from acting in 2014 and 2015 to focus on her health after being diagnosed with dysautonomia and minor thyroid problems. She has since made a full recovery.
2016-present: Return to Hong Kong television and New Management
In 2016, after a short hiatus, Tang appeared in the film Heartfall Arises. She signed a one-year contract with Wong Cho Lam's new management Tailor Made Productions Limited which ended in 2017. In 2017, she was cast in Chinese dramas Star April and Once Given Never Forgotten, the latter which aired in 2021.
In 2018, Tang filmed her first Hong Kong series in 5 years Till Death Do Us Part. The series is her first with new broadcaster ViuTV and her first time acting alongside former TVB cast mates Sunny Chan and Bernice Liu. It was released in 2019.
In July 2021, Tang confirmed on Weibo that she has signed with Chinese management company Haohan Entertainment. The company also confirmed she has wrapped filming new drama, 我們的當打之年.
Sources had reported that Tang was asked to return to TVB for several dramas since 2015 after her contract ended in 2012 which included My Unfair Lady and Wonder Women, as the network tried to revamp after a couple years of low viewership and a hefty number of artistes and employees leaving. She instead made an appearance as a presenter at the TVB Anniversary Awards in 2016 and appeared on a couple of the network's talk show programmes in 2017. Tang stated over recent years that she tries to be mindful of health first, afraid of overworking herself again and would like to read at least a partial script before taking a new role. At the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards, she joked that she cannot handle fei tze jai, literally a small piece of paper, which is a term used to describe writers writing the next lines on small pieces of paper for the cast while shooting on location due to unfinished scripts, once popular in Hong Kong television and film. In January 2021, TVB confirmed Tang's involvement in the fourth instalment of the Rosy Business franchise; accepting the gig before a script was written. However, as of early 2022, the project is still in development and the cast has yet to be confirmed after facing investment issues due to script issues and delays.
Filmography
TVB series
ATV series
Other series
Film
Music videos
Variety & reality programs
Discography
Soundtrack
I Have A Date With Spring (1995)
Advertisements & Endorsements
2009: La Prairie 泊妮化妆品
2009: OTO Bodycare OTO揼揼鬆
2010: Lion White Story Laundry Detergent 潔白物語洗衣粉（獅王潔白物語）
2010-2020: Meiriki Japan 日本命力強骼素
2010: Rohto Eye Moisturizer 樂敦養潤水
2010: Easy Dance 纖形22
2011: Blue Cross Insurance Hong Kong (with Wayne Lai) 藍十字保險
2012: Salon De Pro 染髮劑
2013: Noto Ginseng 樂道三七
2016-present: Rohto 50の惠 養潤育髮精華素
2020: SCHSA Medical Alarm Smartphone
2020: SCHSA Medical Alarm Smartwatch (with Helena Law)
Awards and nominations
Other awards
1986 華僑晚報 Overseas Chinese Daily News - Top 10 TV Stars
2004 My Favourite TV Character (voted by artistes/War and Beauty)
2004 娱乐满天星 - Most Popular Actress
2004 娱乐满天星 - Most Popular Villain (War and Beauty)
2004 Metro Radio - Best Classic Character (Grand Prize)
2004 Metro Radio - Best Actress
2004 Radio Television Hong Kong - Most Outstanding Actress
2004 Xin Lang (Hong Kong) - Top 10 Outstanding People (4th position)
2005 FarmX Teen Power B-Day Party - Most Popular TV Personality Prize
2007 Metro Radio - Best Newsworthy TV Queen
2009 My Favourite TV Character (voted by artistes/Rosy Business)
2009 Best Actress (voted by artistes/Rosy Business)
2010 My Favourite TV Character (voted by artistes/No Regrets)
2010 Best Actress (voted by artistes/No Regrets)
2010 Eileen Cha's Netizens' Choice - Best Actress
TVshow2010娛樂電視大獎 - My Favourite TV Female Character
2012 星尚大典 Best Film & Television Character
2013 卓展·Lady - Top 10 Female Characters with Positive Energy (Beauty At War)
2021 OK! Magazine Awards - OK! Yearly Favourite Actress
References
External links
Sheren Tang's Official Sina blog
Sheren Tang's Official Sina Weibo
Sheren Tang on Instagram
Sheren Tang on Facebook
1966 births
Living people
Hong Kong film actresses
Hong Kong television actresses
TVB veteran actors
Hong Kong Christians
Hong Kong Protestants
20th-century Hong Kong actresses
21st-century Hong Kong actresses
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The Point Men is a 2001 action crime thriller film by John Glen, the director of all the James Bond films in the 1980s. He cast Maryam d'Abo, the leading Bond girl from his film The Living Daylights (1987), in a small role in this film.
Plot
Tony Eckhardt is shot in an anti-terrorist operation and insists that the man killed during the operation was not their intended target, the terrorist Amar Kamil. Kamil undergoes extensive facial reconstruction surgery to look like a man kidnapped to take the fall for an assassination planned to take place during an upcoming press conference. Members of the Israeli team are being killed off and Eckhardt pursues Kamil while hoping to stay alive to raise his unborn daughter.
Cast
Christopher Lambert - Tony Eckhardt
Kerry Fox - Maddy Hope
Vincent Regan - Amar Kamil
Cal Macaninch - Horst
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere - Peter Hauser
Donald Sumpter - Benni Baum
Maryam d'Abo - Francie Koln
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2001 action thriller films
2000s crime action films
2001 crime thriller films
British crime action films
French crime action films
French crime thriller films
French action thriller films
British crime thriller films
British action thriller films
English-language films
Films about terrorism in Europe
Films directed by John Glen
Films set in Israel
Films set in Tel Aviv
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Films set in Luxembourg
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Samuel McClary Fite (June 12, 1816 – October 23, 1875) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district.
Biography
Samuel McClary Fite was born the son of Jacob and Matilda M. Fite on June 12, 1816 near Alexandria, Tennessee in Smith County. He attended the common and private schools and graduated from Clinton College in Tennessee. Fite studied law in Lebanon, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Carthage, Tennessee. He married Catherine Isabella Wilson on September 5, 1855, and they had three daughters, Josephine Rowena, Catherine McClary, and Alberta Beard.
Career
By 1850, Fite was a member of the Tennessee Senate. In 1852 at the age of 36, he was placed on the Whig ticket as a presidential elector. From 1858 to 1861, he was a judge of the sixth judicial district. Upon suspension of the court during the war, he resumed the practice of law in Carthage, Tennessee. He was appointed on July 24, 1869 to be the judge of the sixth judicial district to fill a vacancy. He was elected to the same position on January 8, 1870, and he served until 1874.
In 1875, Fite was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Head. He served from March 4, 1875 until his death, before the assembling of Congress.
Death
Fite died at a sanitarium in Hot Springs, Arkansas on October 23, 1875, (age 59 years, 133 days) and was interred at Carthage Cemetery in Carthage, Tennessee. He was then reinterred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee in 1908.
See also
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
References
External links
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
1816 births
1875 deaths
Tennessee Democrats
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
Tennessee state court judges
19th-century American politicians
People from Carthage, Tennessee
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The Honda SH150i is a motor scooter, developed by Honda and presented during 2005. The SH150i is the best selling scooter in Italy.
References
External links
Honda website
SH150i
Motorcycles introduced in 2005
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Porter Airlines (stylized in all lowercase as porter) is a regional airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc., Porter operates regularly scheduled flights between Toronto and locations in Canada and the United States using Canadian-built Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft.
Porter's operation at the Toronto airport was launched in 2006 with some controversy. Robert Deluce, who is now the Executive Chairman of Porter Airlines, proposed creating a regional airline using Bombardier turboprop aircraft to service major cities of Canada within the range of Toronto. A planned bridge to the airport was cancelled in 2003, leading to lawsuits between Deluce and the City of Toronto. The airline lost the case in court but the idea for the airline remained. With the compensation received from the Toronto Port Authority for the lawsuit, REGCO bought the island airport terminal used by Air Canada Jazz and terminated Air Canada's access. Porter has expanded its operations since 2006, adding more destinations and planes. Porter opened a new, larger passenger terminal at the island airport in March 2010. In 2013, Porter made a proposal to expand Toronto Island airport to allow jets. Toronto City Council reserved its support, requiring the controversial proposal to be the focus of Ports Toronto studies. In November 2015, the federal government announced it would not support the proposal. In July 2021, Porter announced that it would begin flying out of Toronto Pearson International Airport and expand its destinations throughout Canada, the United States, and Caribbean, starting in mid-2022.
On March 18, 2020, Porter announced that they would suspend all flights, initially from March 20 through to June 1 due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The suspension of service was then extended several times, until it was announced that Porter will be returning to service starting September 8, 2021, nearly 18 months since all flights were suspended.
In July 2021, it was announced that Porter Airlines had reached an agreement with Canadian Federal Government for loans valued up to US$218.2 million, which will be used primarily as a capital reserve during the COVID-19 recovery period.
Organization
Porter Airlines along with Porter FBO Limited, which operates the Porter facilities at Billy Bishop, and City Centre Terminal Corp., are owned by Porter Aviation Holdings (PAHL), formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc. The company was founded in 1999.
Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. is controlled by :
Robert Deluce – part of the Deluce aviation family—with brother Peter, son Michael and others has been an owner and/or executive with Air Ontario, Canada 3000 and other airlines.
Principal executives
Robert J. Deluce is Executive Chairman of Porter Airlines.
Michael Deluce, Robert's son, is now the President and CEO of Porter Airlines and Porter Aviation Holdings Inc.
Directors
Donald J. Carty, a former American Airlines chief executive, is Chairman of the Board of Directors. Carty is also Vice Chairman and CFO at Dell Inc.
James Little – Chief Marketing Officer at Shaw Communications, Inc.
David Wilkins – former U.S. ambassador to Canada.
Source: Bloomberg Business Week
Investors
At startup, million was put into the airline including money from:
EdgeStone Capital Partners
Borealis Infrastructure – the investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS).
In 2009, Porter's institutional investors include EdgeStone Capital Partners, Borealis Infrastructure, GE Asset Management Incorporated and Dancap Private Equity Inc. In 2013, Porter's investors are listed as EdgeStone Capital Partners, OMERS Strategic Investments, GE Asset Management Incorporated and Dancap Private Equity Inc.
The then REGCO Holdings purchased the Toronto island airport assets of City Centre Aviation Ltd in 2005. This included the terminal used by Air Canada's Jazz airline, which at the time operated daily flights to Ottawa from the airport. On February 15, 2006, Air Canada had announced that its contract to operate its Jazz airline service out of the REGCO terminal at the airport had been terminated. On February 27, 2006, REGCO was able to evict Air Canada Jazz from the publicly-owned airport. Air Canada took the case to court but lost an Ontario Superior Court ruling. REGCO's fully owned subsidiary 'City Centre Aviation' (now Porter FBO) then commenced renovations of the terminal building to serve Porter Airlines, which started flights in October 2006. Porter FBO operates the terminal along with fuel and other services.
A new subsidiary, City Centre Terminal Corp., was set up in 2009 to manage Porter's new terminal at the Toronto island airport. The new terminal's cost of construction was estimated at million. The first half of the new terminal opened on March 7, 2010. The terminal was completed in early 2011. The new terminal has ten gates, two lounges, check-in and security areas, and food outlets.
The airline's mascot is a stylised raccoon named "Mr. Porter". The raccoon appears in Porter newspaper ads. Porter also advertises on radio, using an announcer. The design of staff uniforms is based on 1960s standards of airline fashion. Porter has 933 employees as of March 31, 2010.
Porter was initially organized as a private company. On April 16, 2010, Porter Aviation Holdings announced they were going to be listed as a publicly traded company. The company filed a preliminary prospectus — a business plan — with securities commissions across the country, a requirement before it can offer shares. The company has $306 million of debt and leases and intended to raise $120 million of new shares in the company and order seven new Q400 planes. However, after twice delaying the final deadline for the offering, and lowering its share price from between $6 and $7 per share to $5.50, Porter cancelled the initial public offering. According to Robert Deluce "We came to the conclusion that it was really prudent to defer the offering at this time and to wait until better market conditions existed. We wanted to raise some capital. We thought the IPO was the way to go, but we weren't prepared in any way to sell our stock at just any price."
The media had openly speculated on the profitability of Porter as being a money-losing operation, as would be typical of a start-up. CEO Deluce had been asked by the media to provide information on the financial status of Porter, but declined. In its prospectus, the company outlined a loss of $4.6 million on revenues of $151 million for 2009. To be profitable, the airline needs to be filling 49.3% of its seats with paying customers. In 2009, the airline filled 41% of its seats, and in the first quarter of 2010, it filled 47%. Overall, the airline carried 900,000 passengers in 2009, 800,000 through Toronto island airport. In 2011, the airline filled 55.9% of its seats. As part of disclosure for its public offering, Porter disclosed that from its startup in 2006 until May 2010, Porter lost $44.5 million. In an interview with Toronto Life magazine in May 2013, Robert Deluce stated that Porter turned a profit in 2011 and 2012, and paid out profit sharing.
Porter sold the terminal at the island airport in Toronto to Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners GP in January 2015. According to Deluce, this meant that the airline was debt-free, although it would now pay to lease the facility. The sale was estimated to be in the range of $750 million. Being debt-free was considered a good position to be in if it were to buy Bombardier CS100 jets to use at the island airport. However, in November 2015, the Government of Canada announced it would not support the expansion of the island airport to support the jets.
History
Porter Airlines' launch was controversial, as it pitted Toronto residents seeking to close or stop the expansion of the airport against business interests and a government agency determined to make the airport self-sufficient. In 2002, the 'Toronto City Centre Airport', or 'Island Airport', operated by the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) (renamed in 2015 as "PortsToronto") was subsidized by per year. Only Air Canada flew flights from the airport as part of its Jazz" service, operating daily flights to Ottawa after the closure of the regional airline City Express in 1991. In October 2002, the TPA announced a $35 million plan of improvements to the airport to expand its usage. The TPA planned to build a $15 million bridge and a $20 million airport terminal. A new regional airline would be launched at the airport, to be run by Robert Deluce, the former CEO of Air Ontario. Since its opening, the airport, located on Toronto Island, was accessible by passenger ferry only and the ferry-only access was seen as an obstacle to expansion. In a deal with the City of Toronto government, the TPA's plans were approved by Toronto City Council in November 2002.
The TPA's plans were opposed by neighbouring residents and community associations who together formed the Community Air special interest group to fight the expansion. The expansion became a primary issue in the 2003 Toronto municipal election. Mayoral candidates Barbara Hall and John Tory supported the bridge and David Miller opposed it. Miller and a slate of like-minded candidates for council ran on a common platform, the centrepiece of which was to stop the bridge. After Miller was elected mayor in November 2003, the new council voted to cancel the previous Council's decision, stopping the bridge project.
After the bridge was cancelled, Deluce launched a $505 million lawsuit against the City of Toronto and later expanded it to the Government of Canada. After receiving an unspecified amount of compensation from the TPA to settle the suit, his company bought the airport building that Jazz was using at the airport and cancelled Jazz's lease on January 31, 2006. Two days later, on February 2, 2006, he announced that Porter Airlines, a regional airline operating locally built Bombardier turboprops would begin service in 2006, operating from the airport, initially on a Toronto-Ottawa route. In a show of political support, the Porter press conference was staged at the Bombardier plant in suburban Toronto, where the airplanes are built, with support from Canadian Auto Workers leader Buzz Hargrove, who said it would create new employment opportunities in the region. On the same day the TPA announced plans to improve ferry service to serve the new airline, buying a $4.5 million, 150-passenger ferry.
Immediately, political opponents of the TPA, including Miller, City Council members, local community associations and local Members of Parliament Olivia Chow and Jack Layton expressed concern that the operation of a major airline from the island will cause increased noise and air pollution in the downtown core.
Concerns raised include safety. The airport's main runway is long, shorter than Bombardier's specifications for a fully loaded Q400. Porter solved this problem by fitting the planes for 70 passengers, less than the maximum load of 78 passengers. There are several cautions to pilots flying into the airport, including boat masts, a nearby wind turbine, and no-fly areas. The flight path into the airport requires the airplanes to fly an approach offset from the runway centre-line to avoid nearby hazards such as tall chimneys and buildings.
Jazz filed a $11.5 million lawsuit against the TPA and later, Porter, in the Ontario Superior Court in February 2006, alleging that the TPA signed contracts forcing Jazz out of the airport, causing a monopoly at the airport, and were anti-competitive. Jazz later filed a suit in Federal Court. On October 20, 2009, Jazz formally dropped its suit in Ontario Court, but plans to continue its lawsuit against Porter and the TPA in Federal Court. According to the announcement, Jazz dropped the matter in provincial court as the TPA is a federal agency, and the Airport is a federal facility. Damages in the federal case are not specified. Porter filed a counter-claim to Jazz' lawsuit citing damages of $850 million, based on Jazz agreement with Air Canada, and Porter has not dropped its counter-claim.
The airline's maiden flight took place on October 23, 2006 to Ottawa. When flights began, airline passengers were at first blocked by protesters at the ferry dock, urging a boycott of the service. Although on-site protests eventually stopped, Community Air continues to monitor Porter's operations along with those of the TPA. The TPA confirmed at its annual meeting of September 12, 2008, that Porter was fined for breaking noise curfews in its operations following complaints from local residents. The TPA commissioned a study to reduce noise from Porter's takeoffs and landings.
The TPA and Porter remain partners in the expansion of the airport. In January 2009, the TPA announced plans to purchase a new, larger passenger ferry to support Porter's expansion plans. The ferry was financed out of an improvement fee to be charged to passengers. The ferry had been proposed by Porter's Deluce to the TPA's Board of Directors over the period of March – June 2008. The decision to approve the $5 million ferry precipitated a conflict-of-interest investigation of TPA director Colin Watson, who is a self-described friend of Deluce's, and who voted in a 5–4 decision to approve the ferry. Watson was cleared of the charge by the federal ethics commissioner Mary Dawson in June 2009.
In April 2009, Porter announced that it would build a $45 million terminal at the island airport, with Canadian Customs, restaurants, car rental kiosks, expanded lounge space and office space totalling . The terminal cost $50 million and its first phase opened on March 7, 2010. It was completed in 2011 and Porter hopes to add a US Customs section.
At the September 2009 annual meeting of the TPA, it was disclosed that Porter has broken its 11 p.m. curfew for landing at the airport three times in 2009, each time incurring a $5,000 fine. On one occasion, a Porter plane landed at the airport after-hours even after being advised by controllers to land at Pearson. According to Porter Airlines CEO Robert Deluce, "You know hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of flights come and go on a daily basis, so there are very, very few occasions where it happens. And there are also particular circumstances — and the circumstances are rare — to operate outside these normal times." According to the TPA, they are powerless to stop Porter other than imposing fines, and that planes landing at the airport when no controllers are present is not a safety risk. TPA director Mark McQueen has requested that the NAV Canada personnel stay on-site until the last flight has landed, but NAV Canada has refused to do so.
On February 9, 2012, Transport Canada advised Porter it had received an Access to Information request for what are called "Notices of Suspension issues to Porter." Such notices are departmental warnings with strict deadlines to deal with problems that could be safety related, but could also be demands to replace key personnel, like pilots, who have left the company. Transport Canada told Porter it was considering releasing some information and wanted a written response from the company detailing why any records should be withheld. Based on Porter's response, the department decided to release a censored version of the material in question. Porter went to court to prevent that from happening. On July 11, 2013 the federal court ruled in Porter's favour and the Confidentiality Order dated September 14, 2012 would remain in effect. A technical issue with Transport Canada's handling of the matter was cited as the reason for the ruling.
On January 10, 2013, 22 Porter ground crew members went on strike in Toronto. This was the airline's first labour dispute since it began business. In April 2013, Porter filed a libel lawsuit against the Canadian Office and Professional Employees union representing the 22 striking workers. Porter suit was for $4 million in damages for alleged defamatory statements made by the union using its Twitter account. The strike was settled in June 2013, and Porter's lawsuit was dropped.
In 2014, Montreal's Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport settled four civil lawsuits and announced it was trying to get service to Toronto Island Airport as part of its expansion plans. According to Porter, there would need to be a brand new terminal built in order for the airline to start serving the airport, which the airport hoped to build with grants from the Government of Canada.
In June 2017, it was announced on Twitter that Porter Airlines had "blacklisted" the conservative Canadian media website "The Rebel Media", and had directly tweeted to Ezra Levant notifying him in person that they had removed their advertisements from Rebel Media's advertising space. Levant reacted by calling for a boycott of the airline. Porter Airlines subsequently apologized for the use of the word "blacklist".
2013 Toronto Island Airport expansion proposal
In April 2013, Porter announced expansion plans to serve new destinations in Western Canada, California and Florida. To support the expansion, Porter reached a provisional agreement to purchase 12 107-seat Bombardier CS100 jets, with a future option to purchase up to 18 more. Porter's plans required regulatory and facility changes to its Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport hub. Porter asked for modifications to the operating agreement of the airport to allow jets and extensions to the runway to support the new aircraft. Changes to the operating agreement require the unanimous agreement of the Toronto Port Authority (TPA), the City of Toronto and the Government of Canada. The TPA stated that it had no position on the expansion and would await a decision from Toronto City Council. Then-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had indicated his support for the proposal while some councillors expressed their opposition with others urging further study.
Porter CEO Robert Deluce was already a supporter of Mayor Ford, having contributed the maximum $2,500 to Ford's mayoral campaign while other Deluce family members donated an additional $5,000 to Ford's campaign. Deluce privately sought Ford's support on the proposal before its public announcement but the meetings between Ford and Deluce raised controversy as Deluce had not registered with the city as a lobbyist.
When announcing the proposal, Porter Airlines claimed in advertisements that 2/3 of Torontonians polled supported the expansion. However, the result was disputed by pollster Warren Kinsella who considered the survey's trustworthiness tainted as it was done by Nick Kouvalis, Ford's 2010 campaign manager, and the questions were 'directing' the result. The No Jets TO group filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Council of Canada, calling the ads "patently false".
Toronto City Council held public consultations on the proposal during the fall of 2013, leading to a city staff report addressing the proposal. At the same time, Porter mounted a public relations campaign, based around the porterplans.com web site. Porter customers were telephoned and e-mailed and radio and newspaper advertisements were bought by Porter asking for the public to register their support with Toronto Council. After the consultation, and study of consultant reports, City staff recommended in a report to delay acting on the proposal until 2015. Concerns about the required infrastructure, public health concerns and the lack of an airport master plan were cited by staff. The TPA was also seeking an extension of the airport management agreement as a condition of the proposal. City Council's Executive Committee on December 5 voted to delay consideration of the proposal until 2014.
In January 2014, the Toronto Port Authority announced that it would seek $100 million from the federal government to expand infrastructure around the airport if the expansion plans and jets were approved for use at the airport. Another public hearing at Council was announced for January 27, 2014. At that time, Toronto City Council announced it could not support the proposal without further studies from Ports Toronto, leading the body to initiate a series of investigation and viability analyses. In November 2015, federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced he would not support the proposal and in December 2015, the TPA (rebranded as PortsToronto 11 months before) announced that it had "halted work on an environmental assessment and two studies" it had commissioned concerning the expansion.
Destinations
, Porter Airlines flies to the following destinations:
Terminated destinations are:
Burlington, Vermont (Burlington International Airport 2011–2018)
Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston International Airport 2015–2016)
Melbourne, Florida (Melbourne Orlando International Airport 2015–2019)
North Bay, Ontario (North Bay/Jack Garland Airport 2015–2017)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh International Airport 2015–2017)
In 2016, Porter ran a small number of flights from Toronto and Ottawa to Winnipeg to test this potential market.
Interline agreements
Porter Airlines operates Worldwide Connections from its home base at Toronto City Centre Airport to the world via the United States.
Aer Lingus (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Air China (EWR, IAD)
Air France (IAD, BOS)
Air India (EWR, IAD)
All Nippon Airways (IAD)
American Airlines (BOS)
Austrian Airlines (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Avianca (IAD)
Avianca El Salvador (EWR, IAD)
Azores Airlines (BOS)
British Airways (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Brussels Airlines (IAD)
Cabo Verde Airlines (IAD, BOS)
Cathay Pacific (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Copa Airlines (IAD, BOS)
Delta Air Lines (BOS)
EgyptAir (IAD)
El Al (EWR, BOS)
Emirates (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Ethiopian Airlines (EWR, IAD)
Etihad Airways (IAD)
French Bee (EWR)
Hainan Airlines (BOS)
Iberia (IAD, BOS)
Icelandair (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Japan Airlines (BOS)
JetBlue (BOS)
KLM (IAD, BOS)
Korean Air (IAD, BOS)
La Compagnie (EWR)
LOT Polish Airlines (EWR, IAD)
Lufthansa (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Qatar Airways (IAD, BOS)
Royal Air Maroc (IAD, BOS)
Saudia (IAD)
Scandinavian Airlines (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Singapore Airlines (EWR)
South African Airways (IAD)
Swiss International Air Lines (EWR, IAD, BOS)
TAP Air Portugal (EWR, IAD, BOS)
Turkish Airlines (EWR, IAD, BOS)
United Airlines (EWR, IAD)
Virgin Atlantic (IAD, BOS)
Volaris Costa Rica (IAD)
Fleet
, Porter Airlines operates the following aircraft:
Originally, Porter ordered ten 70-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprops, with ten more as options, at a value estimated by Porter of over $500 million. In June 2009, Porter exercised the option on the 19th and 20th Dash 8s. Porter chose the 70-seat configuration (less than the maximum of 78 seats) due to the short length of the runway at Toronto Island Airport; a fully loaded 78-seat configuration would need a longer runway than available at the airport. This means Porter aircraft have a slightly greater seat pitch than a 78-seat aircraft. The 70-seat configuration also allows Porter to use the shorter runway 11/29 at Newark. In May 2010, Porter announced that it intended to order seven more Dash 8 Q400. On August 6, 2010, it was announced that Porter had ordered four more Q400s with options for six more. In November 2011, Porter Airlines accepted two new Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft, bringing the company's fleet to 26. In late 2013, Porter added an additional 4 seats to all of their Q400s, giving them a total of 74 seats per aircraft.
In April 2013, Porter Airlines announced a conditional (if Bishop Airport is expanded) purchase agreement for up to thirty Bombardier CS100 (Airbus A220-100) aircraft, including purchase rights for six more Q400 NextGen aircraft. Porter had signed a letter of intent with Bombardier in December 2012. The total value of the deal was estimated at for all 30 CS100s and six Q400s. On November 13, 2015, Canada's transport minister Marc Garneau released a statement saying that the government would not reopen the Tripartite agreement, cancelling the expansion of the airport.
In July 2016, Porter announced the purchase of a further three Q400 planes. Deluce stated that it still had its deposit in place for the 2013 order of jets and six Q400s, as "something we are looking at carefully".
On July 12, 2021, Porter announced that it would purchase 30 Embraer E195-E2 jet aircraft, with purchase rights for an additional 50 aircraft. As Bishop Airport remains unable to serve jets, the airline announced that they would base the planes out of their hubs at Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax, and Toronto's Pearson International Airport and would be able to serve an expanding list of destinations across Canada, Mexico and the United States. With deliveries scheduled starting in the second half of 2022, Porter will become the North American launch customer for the Embraer E2 series.
Services
In Toronto, Porter provides a bus shuttle from the downtown Royal York Hotel to the airport ferry dock and tunnel entrance. The 4 buses (mix of Blue Bird Corporation Ultra LF and New Flyer Industries D40LF) are operated by Pacific Western Transportation. The shuttle service had moved to the Royal York from its original location at 20 York Street, next to Union Station, in March 2008, when city construction for the Simcoe Street Tunnel blocked access. Porter planned to return to the location, but in September 2009, Porter was evicted from the 20 York Street building due to non-payment of rent.
Porter used to provide complimentary snacks and beverages at their lounges at Toronto's Billy Bishop, Ottawa International and Newark Liberty Airport, but have since discontinued this, since selling the terminal building in Toronto to Nieuport Aviation, who opted to include more traditional restaurant offerings. They have since also closed their Newark lounge. Porter still does, however, continue to provide complimentary snacks and beverages, including alcohol, on board their aircraft. Porter Airlines offers a frequent flyer rewards program called 'VIPorter', whereby points can be redeemed for free flights. On August 3, 2018 the airline announced a deal to have VIPorter replaced by Aeroplan as the company's loyalty program. However, following Air Canada's reacquisition of Aeroplan, this deal was terminated.
References
Notes
External links
Porter Airlines web site
Regional airlines of Ontario
Air Transport Association of Canada
Airlines established in 2006
Canadian brands
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The Coomera River is a perennial river located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Its catchment lies within the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim Region local government areas and covers an area of .
Course and features
Rising in Lamington National Park below the Lamington plateau in the locality of Binna Burra and a few kilometres north of the New South Wales/Queensland border, the Coomera River descends over the spectacular Coomera Falls in the Coomera Gorge. The river flows generally north through large rural properties in the upper reaches, joined by ten minor tributaries before flowing through high density residential and riverside development, particularly in the lower estuary where it flows into the Broadwater near Coomera Island and . Prior to reaching the Broadwater the river diverts into two streams to form the North Branch of the river that flows to the west and north of Coomera Island and heads towards Jumpinpin Channel to join the Pimpama River. The main course of the river flows south of Coomera Island which heads towards the Gold Coast Seaway including flowing around the and . Further upstream, the river flows around Foxwell Island. This river is one of a number which flow north from the Tweed Valley shield volcano. Downstream the river flows between Coomera and Oxenford. The Coomera River then enters the northern tip of the Gold Coast Broadwater at Paradise Point. The river descends over its course.
Amphibious snake species have been recently sighted in the river catchment by geographers.
The Coomera river catchment covers an area of . The river's length is approximately 80 km. Freshwater parts reach mostly to a maximum of but some parts at waterholes and below waterfalls can exceed .
The lower estuary area is a fast-growing residential area. Sanctuary Cove and Santa Barbara are all becoming home to increasing numbers of people. A former sand mine near the Pacific Motorway is being investigated for development of a rowing course.
The upper tidal areas are popular for waterskiing and wakebording. The upper Coomera River is home 18 regionally significant species including the platypus.
The river is crossed by the Pacific Motorway and the Gold Coast railway line between and . Further multiple road crossings of the river occur upstream.
History
In May 1827 Patrick Logan was the first non-Indigenous person to discover the river. The waterway was originally named the River Arrowsmith after a London cartographic firm by Robert Dixon, a government surveyor. However Thomas Mitchell, the Colonial Surveyor General, overruled this and other names, replacing them with Aboriginal names.
The name Coomera comes from a Bundjalung language (Ngaraangbal dialect) word kumera referring to a wattle tree, whose bark was used to stupify fish.
See also
List of rivers of Queensland
References
External links
Rivers of Queensland
South East Queensland
Scenic Rim Region
Geography of Gold Coast, Queensland
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
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"The 13th" is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the first single from the band's 10th studio album, Wild Mood Swings (1996), on 22 April 1996. The song reached the top 20 in several territories, including Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Wallonia. It charted the highest in Hungary, where it reached number two, and in Italy, where it peaked at number five.
Release
The song reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart and number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was played very few times during the Swing Tour and never again since the tour.
Writing for AllMusic, Ned Raggett rated the single four stars out of five and noted the unexpected tone of the song: "There's no question that 'The 13th' was probably one of the Cure's most unexpected singles -- though horns had appeared on the single mix of 'Close to Me' back in 1985, the distinctly Latin percussion and brass on the song here was something else entirely!"
Clash magazine said that, alongside "Gone!", "The 13th" has become known for dividing fans, describing them as "love/hate affairs", but noted they "still [show] a band happy to experiment and play with conventions." Peter Parrish described "The 13th" as "a pseudo-latin number with a not-especially-hidden message about giving in to your lust."
Music video
The music video of the song shows Robert Smith, dressed in ripped velvet dress, lying on his bed and watching a TV broadcast where he performs with the Cure. Comedian Sean Hughes also appears in the video.
Track listings
All tracks were written by Smith, Gallup, Bamonte, Cooper, and O'Donnell.
UK CD1 and Australian CD single
"The 13th" (swing radio mix)
"It Used to Be Me"
"The 13th" (Killer Bee mix)
UK CD2
"The 13th" (Two Chord Cool mix)
"Ocean"
"Adonais"
European CD and cassette single
"The 13th" (swing radio mix)
"It Used to Be Me"
US CD1 and cassette single
"The 13th" (swing radio mix)
"Adonais"
US CD2 and Canadian CD single
"The 13th" (Two Chord Cool mix)
"Ocean"
"It Used to Be Me"
"The 13th" (Killer Bee mix)
Personnel
Robert Smith – vocals, guitar
Simon Gallup – bass
Perry Bamonte – guitar
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards
Jason Cooper – drums
Charts
Release history
References
External links
1996 singles
1996 songs
The Cure songs
Elektra Records singles
Fiction Records singles
Music videos directed by Sophie Muller
Songs written by Jason Cooper
Songs written by Perry Bamonte
Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)
Songs written by Roger O'Donnell
Songs written by Simon Gallup
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Peter James Peterson (born February 22, 1953) is a Canadian businessman and politician. Peterson was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton West, representing the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
A stockbroker by profession, Peterson was elected in the 1984 Canadian federal election, and served as a backbencher. He was defeated by Liberal Stan Keyes in the 1988 election. He challenged Keyes again unsuccessfully in the 1993 election.
Electoral record
External links
1953 births
Businesspeople from Ontario
Canadian stockbrokers
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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Guanfacine, sold under the brand name Tenex among others, is a Sympatholytic oral medication FDA approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and high blood pressure. Guanfacine (Intuniv) is FDA approved as monotherapy treatment for ADHD as well as augmentation. Guanfacine is also used off-label to treat Tic Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and PTSD (Kaplan and Sadock Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Fifth Edition. Pages 1811–1812).
Common side effects include sleepiness, constipation, and dry mouth. Other side effects may include low blood pressure and urinary problems. The FDA has categorized Guanfacine as "Category B" in pregnancy which means animal-reproduction studies have not demonstrated a fetal risk or an adverse effect during pregnancy or breastfeeding (www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2011/022037s002lbl.pdf) . It appears to work by activating the α2A receptors in the brain thereby decreasing sympathetic nervous system activity.
Guanfacine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1986. It is available as a generic medication. In 2019, it was the 140th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 4million prescriptions.
Medical uses
Guanfacine is FDA approved as Monotherapy or augmentation with stimulants to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is also FDA approved to treat high blood pressure. It is FDA approved as monotherapy treatment for ADHD, and it is also FDA approved to be used in augmentation with stimulant medications when stimulants medications are not fully effective (stimulants include medications such as amphetamines and methylphenidate). Guanfacine is also used off-label to treat Tic Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and PTSD (Kaplan and Sadock Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry Fifth Edition. Page 1811–1812).
An off-lable use of guanfacine is for treatment of anxiety, such as generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. Guanfacine and other α2A agonists have anxiolytic-like action, (Morrow BA, George TP, Roth RH Noradrenergic alpha-2 agonists have anxiolytic-like actions on stress-related behavior and mesoprefrontal dopamine biochemistry. Brain Res. 2004 Nov 19;1027(1-2):173-8. PMID 15494168) thereby reducing the emotional responses of the amygdala, and strengthening prefrontal cortical regulation of emotion, action and thought. (Arnsten AF, Raskind MA, Taylor FB, Connor DF The effects of stress exposure on prefrontal cortex:Translating basic research into successful treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Neurobio. Stress 2015 Jan 1;1(1):89-99. PMID 25436222). These actions arise from both inhibition of stress-induced catecholamine release, and from prominent, post-synaptic actions in prefrontal cortex. (Arnsten AF, Raskind MA, Taylor FB, Connor DF The effects of stress exposure on prefrontal cortex:Translating basic research into successful treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Neurobio. Stress 2015 Jan 1;1(1):89-99. PMID 25436222) Due to its prolonged half-life, it also has been seen to improve sleep interrupted by nightmares in PTSD patients. (Kozarlc-Kovaclc, D. (2008), "Psychopharmacotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder", Croatian Medical Journal, 49 (4): 459–475, doi:10.3325/cmj.2008.4.459, PMC 2525822, PMID 18716993.). All of these actions likely contribute to the relief of the hyperarousal, re-experiencing of memory, and impulsivity associated with PTSD. (Kaminer, D.; Seedat, S.; Stein, D. (2005), "Post-traumatic stress disorder in children", World Psychiatry, 4 (2): 121–5, PMC 1414752, PMID 16633528). Guanfacine appears to be especially helpful in treating children who have been traumatized or abused. ( Arnsten AF, Raskind MA, Taylor FB, Connor DF The effects of stress exposure on prefrontal cortex:Translating basic research into successful treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Neurobio. Stress 2015 Jan 1;1(1):89-99. PMID 25436222).
Guanfacine is also being investigated for treatment of withdrawal for opioids, ethanol, and nicotine. (Sofuogul, M.; Sewell, A. (2009), "Norepinephrine and Stimulant Addiction", Addiction Biology, 14 (2): 119–129, doi:10.1111/j.1369-1600.2008.00138.x, PMC 2657197, PMID 18811678). Guanfacine has been shown to help reduce stress-induced craving of nicotine in smokers trying to quit, which may involve strengthening of prefrontal cortical self-control. (McKee SA, Potenza MN, Kober H, Sofuoglu M, Arnsten AF, Picciotto MR, Weinberger AH, Ashare R, Sinha R. A translational investigation targeting stress-reactivity and prefrontal cognitive control with guanfacine for smoking cessation. J. Psychopharmacol. 2015 Mar; 29(3)300-311. PMID 25516371)
Adverse effects
Side effects of guanfacine are dose-dependent.
Very common (>10% incidence) adverse effects include sleepiness, tiredness, headache, and stomach ache.
Common (1-10% incidence) adverse effects include decreased appetite, depressed mood, anxiety, irritability, mood changes, insomnia, nightmares, dizziness, lack of energy, slowed heart beat, low blood pressure, feeling faint when standing quickly, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, dry mouth, urinary incontinence, and rashes.
Typical side effects such as fatigue, irritability and stomach upset can take a week or two to subside. Increases in dosage can have the same adjustment period.
Interactions
Guanfacine availability is significantly affected by the CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 enzymes. Medications that inhibit or induce those enzymes change the amount of guanfacine in circulation and thus its efficacy and rate of adverse effects. Because of its impact on the heart, it should be used with caution with other cardioactive drugs. Similar concern is appropriate when it is used with sedating medications.
Guanfacine is known to lower the user's tolerance for alcohol, heightening its effect, and alcohol use may prolong the effects of the medication.
Pharmacology
Guanfacine is a highly selective agonist of the α2A adrenergic receptor, with low affinity for other receptors. However it may also be a potent 5-HT2B receptor agonist, which can be associated with valvulopathy, although not all 5-HT2B agonists have this effect.
Mechanism of action
Guanfacine works by activating α2A adrenoceptors within the central nervous system. This leads to reduced peripheral sympathetic outflow and thus a reduction in peripheral sympathetic tone, which lowers both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
In ADHD, guanfacine works by strengthening regulation of attention and behavior by the prefrontal cortex. These enhancing effects on prefrontal cortical functions are believed to be due to drug stimulation of post-synaptic α2A adrenoceptors on dendritic spines. cAMP-mediated opening of HCN and KCNQ channels is inhibited, which enhances prefrontal cortical synaptic connectivity and neuronal firing. The use of guanfacine for treating prefrontal disorders was developed by the Arnsten Lab at Yale University.
Pharmacokinetics
Guanfacine has an oral bioavailability of 80%. There is no clear evidence of any first-pass metabolism. Elimination half-life is 17 hours with the major elimination route being renal. The principal metabolite is the 3-hydroxy-derivative, with evidence of moderate biotransformation, and the key intermediate is an epoxide. Elimination is not impacted with impaired renal function. As such, metabolism by liver is the assumption for those with impaired renal function, as supported by increased frequency of known side effects of orthostatic hypotension and sedation.
History
In 1986, guanfacine was approved by the FDA for the treatment of hypertension under the brand name Tenex (Drugs@FDA). In 2010, guanfacine was approved by the FDA for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for people 6–17 years old. It was approved for ADHD by the European Medicines Agency under the name Intuniv in 2015. It was added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for the treatment of ADHD in 2018.
Brand names
Brand names include Tenex, Afken, Estulic, and Intuniv (an extended release formulation).
Research
Guanfacine has been studied as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Evidence of efficacy in adults is limited, but one study found positive results in children with comorbid ADHD. It may be also useful in adult PTSD patients who do not respond to SSRIs.
Results of studies using guanfacine to treat Tourette's have been mixed.
Guanfacine has been investigated for treatment of withdrawal for opioids, ethanol, and nicotine. Guanfacine has been shown to help reduce stress-induced craving of nicotine in smokers trying to quit, which may involve strengthening of prefrontal cortex meditated self-control.
See also
Clonidine
Yohimbine
References
External links
5-HT2B agonists
Acetamides
Acylguanidines
Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists
Antihypertensive agents
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder management
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company brands
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Steven Ma Chun-wai (born 26 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, Lucky for Meeting You (幸運就是遇到你), that December. Not long after his singing debut, Ma joined TVB and began filming television dramas, later achieving fame through his supporting role in 1995's legal drama File of Justice IV. Many of Ma's television works are critically acclaimed and are popular successes in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Southeast Asia, he has starred in several popular TV series, most notably Healing Hands (1998), Return of the Cuckoo (2000), Where the Legend Begins (2002), Steps (2007), A Watchdog's Tale (2009-10), Ghost Writer (2010), The Life and Times of a Sentinel (2011), Storm in a Cocoon (2014) and Deep in the Realm of Conscience (2018). Ma currently holds the record for holding the most "Favourite Character" awards with a total of four recognitions. Ma's best known for his portrayals of historical characters in many period television dramas.
Early life
Ma was born in a family of "grassroots" background. He was raised in the Pak Tin Estate in Sham Shui Po and lived with his father, a bus driver, his mother, three older sisters, and one younger sister. He attended the Pak Tin Catholic Primary School and later the CMA Secondary School.
Music career
In 1993, Ma won first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, also winning a record deal. He released his debut album, Lucky for Meet You (幸運就是遇到你), that December. To promote the album, his record label created the slogan "He's not Leon Lai, he's not Jacky Cheung" to describe Ma's singing talent, which caused their fans to criticise and badmouth Ma. However, when Ma's contract terminated, Warners did not want to renew their contract.
In 2013, Ma fought in the music scene and participated in the new song 《給媽媽的「倦」》 in the name [二牛」.
TV career
1993-2003
In 1993, Ma signed a per series contract with TVB and portrayed minor roles in various television dramas. In 1994, Ma was cast as the supporting character Dr. Stephen Chan Cheuk-yiu in the fourth instalment of the popular legal drama File of Justice series. The drama was a popular success, and Ma gained his first footstep into TVB series. His portrayal of the intelligent Hong-hei Emperor in the 1998 remake of the popular wuxia novel The Duke of Mount Deer garnered even more interest from critics and producers alike, and Ma began earning leading roles.
In 1998, Ma filmed the ever-popular TV series, "Healing Hands", but unlike his carefree and sunny disposition Dr. Joe character in the said series, from 1998 until his mother's death, Ma was actually deeply depressed over the rapidly declining health of his mother, a cancer patient of 22 years. His mother's death in July 1999 totally devastated him. For months he isolated himself in his bedroom to deal with the pain of losing his beloved mother. Ma eventually put aside his pain to get on with his life. In 2002 he set up a publishing company, and in the same year he published the first of his book series of: Steven Ma's True Tales of Society with Why Suicide? (2002) followed up Steven Ma's Tales of Society: I Am the Patient's Family (2003).
Ma's portrayal of the historical figure Cho Chik in the drama Where the Legend Begins (2002) was both a popular and critical success. Following Where was the popular but critically mixed Perish in the Name of Love (2003), a 30-part television drama remake of the famous Cantonese opera Di Nü Hua. Gradually, Ma began filming more dramas with historical or period backgrounds, in which Ma subsequently became known for.
2005-2006
Ma made acting in the series Virtues of Harmony II, the modern spin-off of the sitcom, Virtues of Harmony, he collaborated with the winner of the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant, Linda Chung.
Ma is also the first actor to win the My Favourite Male Character award at the 2006 TVB Anniversary Awards through his performance in the 2006 low-budget period drama Safe Guards (2006).
2007-2011
In 2007, Ma performed in The Brink of Law and A Change of Destiny. In the same year, Ma starred in Steps which he have been nominated in TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 10), nominated in TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 10) and nominated in Astro Drama Awards for Most Unforgettable Kiss (with Bernice Liu).
In 2008, Ma collaborated with Linda Chung in A Journey Called Life which he praise his co-star Linda Chung, for her beauty, good manner, and ripe acting. The two have worked together in a previous collaboration of Virtues of Harmony II. In 2009 and 2010, Ma again collaborated with Linda Chung with two series, A Watchdog's Tale and Ghost Writer. A Watchdog's Tale released in 2009 actually, but the series got the highest audience rating in the first season in 2010 and top five series in audience rating in the whole year. Meanwhile, Ghost Writer released in 2010 with Ma won Astro Drama Awards for My Top 10 Favourite TV Characters and have been nominated in TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 5)
In 2010, Ma performed in Links to Temptation with Fala Chen. He and Fala Chen previously work together in Steps, A Journey Called Life and Ghost Writer.
In 2011, Ma filmed in 7 Days in Life where he played Calvin Yik Cho-on (易早安), a professional thief who, along with his girlfriend Christy (played by Sonija Kwok), robs the irresponsible rich and donates a portion of their stolen fortune to charity. Ma considers Calvin to be one of his first breakthrough roles in his acting career. He also expressed many times in interviews that he wants to try out a villain role, explains that Calvin is "a jerk. He's horny, greedy, and even abducts children, but he's actually a very complex character. He has a painful secret that haunts him." Ma further said, "I can now finally challenge a character who is somewhat villainous." Leung (Executive producer(s)) remarked that Calvin is "so evil that he oozes juice" (a Cantonese phrase meaning "pure evil") but Ma argues that Calvin does have a softer side to him and that he's not completely heartless. The role requires Ma to consistently speak Thai, and he carries a dictionary to the film set every day. Later, Ma performed in The Life and Times of a Sentinel. He played Nip Dor-po (聶多寶). Ma says that Dor-po is the most complicated character he has come across. "I have to officially protect the three (Hao-chong, Hong-hei, and Fuk-tsuen), but at the same time, the three are using me to deal with each other [...] but Hao-chong wants me to die, [Fuk-tsuen] wants me to die, and how can I find ways to save myself and Hong-hei?"
2012-2014: Left TVB, work with TVB independently
Ma collaborated with Linda Chung in TVB drama comedy series Daddy Good Deeds who he played Lam Fa's (林發) character, friend and boyfriend to Ko Yu-chu (高如珠) (character played by Linda Chung). Ma praised Linda Chung that her professional attitude and acting, Ma also mentioned that she was still maintaining the purity of heart and having progress in her acting continually. He and Linda Chung collaborated five times in TVB, was a terrific couple on screen. Later, Ma left TVB because he do not want to renew his contract and joined Hutchison Telecom in January 2012, which ended his 19 years tenure at TVB. Later in August the same year, he announced that he would return to TVB in April 2013 as a head contract. However he has continued to work with TVB independently, starring in their 2014 TVB series, Storm in a Cocoon with Tavia Yeung, Natalie Tong and Evergreen Mak. Ma also filming a new show named Property Protector.
2018-present: Comeback
Ma made a comeback in the TVB series Deep in the Realm of Conscience collaborated with Nancy Wu which he played role as Li Longji. In June 2018, Ma perform a stage play that represents Xu Zhimo. In July 2018, he will move to Singapore to hold two stage performances.
In September 2018, he went to Beijing to start a two-year EMBA study career, and in January 2019 he will play another stage play. And in April 2019, he will also shoot his first movie.
Personal life
After his mother died in 1999, he suffered from depression and panic disorder. He got out of clinical depression in 2007, but the panic disorder remains, and he is depending on medication for it.
Filmography
Film
Television
Discography
1993: Lucky for Meeting You (幸運就是遇到你)
1994: Heading Towards You Now (這刻向你衝)
1995: Deep Passion – New Songs + Special Selection (濃情—新曲+精選)
1996: I Was Also Drunk Before (我也曾醉過) – Mandarin Chinese record
1997: Honey (蜜糖)
1998: DAYNIGHT
1999: Lifestyle
2000: Lifestyle II
2001: Give Me 3'07" (給我3'07")
2001: My Most Missed – New Songs + Special Selection (我最關心—新歌+精選)
2002: Warner Best MV of 25 Years Karaoke VCD – Various Artist I (華納精采視聽25載卡拉OK VCD叱吒傳奇 – 叱吒群星I)
05. "Long Nights, Many Dreams" (夜長夢多)
2002: Warner Best MV of 25 Years Karaoke VCD – Various Artist II (華納精采視聽25載卡拉OK VCD叱吒傳奇 – 叱吒群星II)
11. "Don't Be Sad" (不再悲觀)
2002: Warner Best MV of 25 Years Karaoke VCD – Various Artist III (華納精采視聽25載卡拉OK VCD叱吒傳奇 – 叱吒群星III)
"Lucky for Meeting You" (幸運就是遇到你)
2002: Greatest Hits Steven – New Songs + Special Selection
2002: Don't Shut In & Self-Abuse (切勿自閉、糟蹋自己)
2003: New Princess Cheung-ping (新帝女花)
2003: My Theme Song (我的主題曲)
2006: EEG TVB Kids Song Selection (EEG TVB 兒歌大放送)
11. "After School ICU" (After School ICU Theme)
2008: Love TV (Love TV 情歌精選)
04. "Little Story" (A Journey Called Life Theme)
2009: Love TV 2 (Love TV 情歌精選 2)
14. "How to Say Love" (Sweetness in the Salt Theme)
Collaborate
Steven Ma had collaborated with actress where there is a terrific couple on screen.
Other works
Television songs
Awards & Nominations
2018
2018: (TVB Anniversary Gala) My Favourite TVB Drama Character (Singapore) Nomination (Deep in the Realm of Conscience)
2018: (TVB Anniversary Gala) My Favourite TVB Drama Character (Malaysia) Nomination(Deep in the Realm of Conscience)
Publications
September 2002: Steven Ma's Veritable Records of Society I: Why Commit Suicide? (馬浚偉社會實錄I-點解要自殺?)
May 2003: Steven Ma's Veritable Records of Society II: I Am the Patient's Family (馬浚偉社會實錄II-我是病人家屬)
May 2004: Steven ma's Veritable Records of Society III: To Good Direction, To Bad Direction (馬浚偉社會實錄III-向好走 向壞走)
July 2003: The Women In Ma Jai's Eyes (馬仔眼中的女人)
July 2008: Correct Designs (圖文並謬)
July 2011: Steven Ma comfortable Eating Attitudes (馬浚偉自在飲食態度)
References
External links
Official yahoo blog of Steven Ma
Official weibo of Steven Ma
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1971 births
Living people
Hong Kong male film actors
Hong Kong male singers
Hong Kong singer-songwriters
Hong Kong male television actors
TVB veteran actors
20th-century Hong Kong male actors
21st-century Hong Kong male actors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Falls%2C%20New%20York
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Indian Falls, New York
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Indian Falls is a hamlet located closely within the northern border of the town of Pembroke and the western edge of Genesee County, Western New York, United States. Located in what was traditional Seneca nation territory for hundreds of years, the town was named also for a waterfall near its center, where Tonawanda Creek flows over the Onondaga escarpment.
History
This was the territory of the Seneca Nation, Keeper of the Western Door among the first Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois League), who occupied much of upstate and western New York for centuries before European exploration. Allied with the British during the American Revolutionary War, the Seneca were forced to cede most of their territory to the United States after it gained independence. Many went to Canada and their descendants live on the Six Nation Reserve. Some stayed in New York on the Tonawanda Reservation.
Ely Parker was born in 1828 to Seneca parents, in a log cabin overlooking the waterfalls. The area was part of the Tonawanda Reservation at the time. He became an engineer and military officer, serving as an aide to General Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox ending the Civil War. As president, Grant appointed Parker in 1870 as the first Native American to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Indian Falls incorporated as a village in 1868, but the community later abandoned that status.
Geography
As of the 2000 census, the unincorporated community had a total population of 795.
The "Big Falls" (as they are locally known) are visible when taking a turn onto Gilmore Road, which is nearby the former house of Ely S. Parker. Route 77 travels North and South, while Tonawanda Creek flows in a westerly direction through the hamlet.
Notable person
Ely S. Parker, former lieutenant colonel during the Civil War
References
External links
Indian Falls Cemetery (originally Old German Cemetery, from the historic Palatine German community), Genesee County, New York Website
Hamlets in Genesee County, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuide%20ni%20Tonchinkan
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Tsuide ni Tonchinkan
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is a Japanese gag manga series by Koichi Endo which first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Jump in issues 49–50 in 1984, and then ran from 1985 (issue 14) through 1989 (issue 22). There are 18 volumes of the manga. The manga was adapted into a 43–episode anime series which was produced by NAS and Fuji Television and ran on Fuji TV from October 10, 1987 through October 1, 1988. Tonchinkan aired directly following High School! Kimengumi.
Anime
Cast
Leader / Nukesaku Aida: Yō Yoshimura
Red / Tonpū Chun (Zhong Dongfeng): Kaneto Shiozawa
Gurin / Chinpei Hatsuyama: Junichi Kanemaru
Shiron / Kanko Shirai: Noriko Hidaka
Police Chief: Hiroshi Ōtake
Akuzō Dokuoni: Takeshi Aono
Muyō Amachi: Yoku Shioya
Ibarakishi: Yusaku Yara
Andy Jones: Saeko Shimazu
Pon Honda: Naoko Matsui
Yatsu Akashi: Tomimichi Nishimura
Kyōko Yoshizawa: Yōko Kawanami
Shūzō Dokuoni: Naoki Tatsuta
Nanashi no Gonbee: Bin Shimada
Taika no Babaa: Kazuyo Aoki
Alien: Hiroshi Ōtake & Sukekiyo Kameyama
Nuke-chan Robo: Yō Yoshimura
Theme songs
Opening
Gomen ne Cowboy (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
Hora ne, Haru ga Kita (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
Mugiwara de Dance (Akiko Ikuina)
Ending
Möbius no Koibito (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
Dare mo Shiranai Blue Angel (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
Yume ni Aitai (Akiko Ikuina)
References
1987 anime television series debuts
Fuji TV original programming
Shueisha franchises
Shueisha manga
Shōnen manga
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20and%20G.G.%20Hook%20%26%20Hastings
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E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings
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E. and G.G. Hook was a pipe organ designing and manufacturing company, located in Boston, Massachusetts, which operated from 1827 to 1935. It was started, and originally run, by brothers Elias and George Greenleaf Hook.
History
The Hook brothers were sons of a cabinet maker in Salem, Massachusetts where they apprenticed with the organ builder William Goodrich. They moved to Boston in 1832 and began producing larger organs. In 1845 they produced their first concert hall organ in the Tremont Temple in Boston which later burned. Their largest concert hall organ—indeed the "oldest unaltered four-keyboard pipe organ in the Western hemisphere located at its installation site"—was installed in 1864 at Mechanics Hall (Worcester, MA). In 1983 it was restored by the Noack Organ Company as closely to its 1864 state as possible.
When the Hook brothers were getting ready to retire, in 1871, Frank Hastings joined the firm, at which point the name was changed to E. and G.G. Hook & Hastings. When the Hook brothers retired (in 1881), the name was shortened to Hook and Hastings. In its day, Hook was the premier organ building company in the United States.
The Hook firm built over 2,000 pipe organs, many of which are still extant today. Some remain in unaltered, original condition, such as the three-manual instrument at First Unitarian Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; others have been tonally and/or physically altered due to changing trends in the organ world during the 20th century.
The largest extant organ built by the firm is their opus 801 built in 1875 for the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts. This instrument comprises 101 ranks over 3 manuals and pedal. Among the more notable features of this instrument are likely a result of having to fill such a large space; namely the use of imported reeds from Zimmerman of Paris, bold mixtures, cornets and a Tuba Mirabilis made in the Hook factory. This instrument exists in a mechanically altered state having been electrified, however; it largely remains tonally original.
One of the Hook organs was exported to Berlin-Kreuzberg and was rebuilt in 2001 in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche.
A Hook organ, formerly in use in the First Unitarian Church in Woburn, Massachusetts is in use since 2001 in Holy Cross Church in Berlin (Germany) see the website Another of their larger instruments is in use in St. John's Church in Orange, New Jersey. The instrument was installed in 1879 at a cost of $7,000. The firm's Opus 950, it consists of 3 manuals and 2,412 pipes in 38 ranks. At the 1979 centennial of the organ, the Organ Historical Society cited the instrument as having "particular historical" merit. With the exception of an electric blower, the instrument is almost completely as originally installed.
A Complete list of organs built by E & G. G. Hook & Hastings has been published by the Organ Historical Society. Details about many of their instruments are also available in the Pipe Organ Database, operated by the Organ Historical Society.
Notes
References
Manufacturing companies established in 1827
Pipe organ building companies
Musical instrument manufacturing companies based in Boston
1827 establishments in Massachusetts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Asian%20Women%27s%20Club%20Volleyball%20Championship
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2006 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
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The 2006 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship is an international volleyball tournament held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum from May 24-May 31, 2006. Seven countries participated in the week-long event.
Results
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Final standing
References
Asian Volleyball Confederation
2006 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
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Asian Women's Volleyball Club Championships
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordsworth%20House
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Wordsworth House
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Wordsworth House is a Georgian townhouse situated in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was built in the mid-18th century. William Wordsworth was born in the house in 1770. The house is a Grade I listed building. It is open to the public as a writer's house museum from March to October each year.
History
The house was built in 1745 for Joshua Lucock who was then the High Sheriff of Cumberland. It was sold in 1761 to James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, who allowed his agent John Wordsworth and Anne Cookson to live there rent free, where William Wordsworth and his brothers and sisters were born. Wordsworth would live there until he was around eight years old, when his mother died in 1778, and when his father died in 1783, the house was emptied. It would remain a private property until the 1930s, when it was sold to a local bus company who intended to demolish it and build a bus station.
After a national campaign, the building was purchased and donated to the National Trust in 1938. Wordsworth House was designated a Grade I listed building on 28 August 1951. In November 2009, Cumbria was hit by flooding. Wordsworth House was one of many historic houses in the region to be affected by the floods, but was relatively lucky in that volunteers were able to move many of the historical artefacts to the dry floors of the house.
Building
The building is located at Main Street, Cockermouth. It was built in 1745, made of stone, with stone quoins. The door has doric columns either side, There is a small garden to the front.
See also
Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria
Listed buildings in Cockermouth
Dove Cottage
Rydal Mount
References
External links
Biographical museums in Cumbria
Georgian architecture in England
Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria
Grade I listed houses
Historic house museums in Cumbria
Houses completed in the 18th century
Literary museums in England
National Trust properties in Cumbria
Poetry museums
William Wordsworth
Cockermouth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopha%21
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Bopha!
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Bopha! is a 1993 American drama film directed by Morgan Freeman and starring Danny Glover. It is Freeman's directorial debut. It was adapted from a 1986 play of the same name.
Story
Micah Mangena is a black police officer in South Africa during the apartheid era. Micah is tough but honest, and he believes he is doing the best for his people. He is a sergeant, with a white superior officer and in a mostly-black force. He trains new recruits, all of them black.
His son, Zweli Mangena is in a difficult position – Micah wants him to become a policeman and follow his example. Zweli loves his father, but has doubts about whether it is right to follow in his father's footsteps.
Wider events are barely seen, though they obviously have an influence. In 1986, when the play was written, Nelson Mandela was still in prison. By 1993, when the film was released, he was free but the future was still very uncertain.
Plot
The film opens with a black crowd burning alive a black police officer, from a nearby ghetto that they regard as a traitor. It then switches to the peaceful home of Micah "Baba" Mangena, a black sergeant in the South African Police.
His son Zweli Mangena increasingly questions Micah belief and Micah's wish that Zweli would follow him into the police. Micha's wife also has doubts as the once-peaceful township gets polarised and her neighbours start treating her as an enemy.
The initial issue is the use of Afrikaans in the all-black school. The school children speak English, Afrikaans and their own African language, but they resent being taught Afrikaans. To reply in English is an act of rebellion.
Zweli dislikes the system but fears the consequence of open opposition. He arranges a meeting between some of the hot-heads and Pule Rampa, a respected figure who has been in prison for anti-Apartheid activities. He seems to be trying to calm the situation, but the police have learned of the gathering and break it up, arresting some of the students and also Pule Rampa. He had been trying to slip away quietly, but Micah anticipates this and arrests him. Micah is in charge of the operation and has attempted moderation, letting some of the students go free.
Micah wants to conduct his own questioning. But two members of South Africa's Special Branch have recently arrived and take over. They employ much more brutal methods. Both Micah and his white superior suggest to the Special Branch men that they are perhaps provoking opposition rather than quelling it, by torturing and hanging Pule in his cell.
The situation does indeed escalate. Micah and Zweli are increasingly on opposite sides of a widening gap, even though each of them genuinely cares for the other.
Reception
The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences, earning a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 80% but it was a box office bomb grossing only $212,483 against the production budget of $12 million.
DVD release
The film was released as a DVD in 2005 and has a running-time of 114 minutes, 6 minutes shorter than the theatrical version.
References
External links
Apartheid films
1993 films
1993 drama films
Apartheid in South Africa
American films
English-language films
Films directed by Morgan Freeman
Films scored by James Horner
Films shot in Zimbabwe
African-American drama films
Paramount Pictures films
1993 directorial debut films
Father and son films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simul
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Simul
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SIMUL - i.e. Système Intégré de Modélisation mULti-dimensionelle - is an econometric tool for the multidimensional (multi-sectoral and multi-regional) modelling. It allows to implement easily multidimensional econometric models according to their reduced form - where X and Y are two economic variables, r and b (resp.) denote the region and the branch (resp.) and where is the residual.
It has been initially developed in the middle of the 90's inside the GAMA Team of the Professor Raymond Courbis at the University of Paris 10 during the project of multi-regional and multi-sectoral national models of REGILINK (R.Courbis, 1975, 1979, 1981).
SIMUL 3.2
Since 2003, SIMUL release 3.2 has been developed independently from the REGILINK models. It can always run them but not only.
The conception of SIMUL 3.2 was inspired by a software used during a long time in GAMA Team, the SIMSYS software, developed by M.C.McCracken and C.A.Sonnen. SIMUL 3.2 is a tool for preparing, estimating and running dynamic, multi-sectoral and multi-regional models. It has been developed in Turbo-Pascal and needs it during the working sessions. The user implement the econometric models into a "natural language" the
SIMUL 3.2 translates, compiles and runs it according to a Code generation process.
SIMUL 3.2 has been applied to French labor market analysis.
SIMUL 3.2 is freely downloadable at the Econpapers website
Footnotes
References
Almon C., (1991), "The INFORUM approach to interindustry modeling", Economic Systems Research, 3(1), pp. 1–7.
Brillet J.L., (1994), Modélisation économétrique - Principes et techniques, Paris, Economica, Coll.Économie et statistiques avancées, 196 p. + le logiciel Soritec Sampler.
Buda R., (2010), Modélisation multi-dimensionnelle et analyse multi-régionale de l'économie française, Thèse pour le Doctorat de Sciences économiques soutenue le 23 novembre, Université de Paris-Ouest Nanterre-La Défense, 654 p.
Buda R., (2013), "SIMUL 3.2: An Econometric Tool for Multidimensional Modelling", Computational Economics, 41(4), pp. 517–524.
Buda R., (2015), "Data Checking and Econometric Software Development: A Technique of Traceability by Fictive Data Encoding", Computational Economics, 46(2), pp. 325–357.
Courbis R., (1975), "Le modèle REGINA, modèle de développement national, régional et urbain de l'économie française", Économie Appliquée, 28(2-3).
Courbis R., (1979), "Le Modèle REGINA, modèle de développement national, régional et urbain de l’économie française" in R.Courbis (Ed.), Modèles régionaux et modèles régionaux-nationaux, Paris, Cujas, Travaux du Gama, pp. 87–102.
Courbis R., (1981), "La construction de modèles multinationaux : problèmes méthodologiques", in R.Courbis (Ed.), Commerce international et modèles multinationaux – Actes du IIIè colloque international d'Econométrie appliquée, Coll.Travaux du GAMA, 3, Paris, Cujas, pp. 243–247.
Courbis R. & Sok H., (1983), "Le modèle ANAIS, un modèle intersectoriel détaillé de l'économie française", Prévision et Analyse économique (Cahiers du GAMA), 4(2), juin, pp. 73–101.
McCracken M.C. & Sonnen C.A., (1972), A system for large econometric models: management, estimation, and simulation, in Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Annual Conference, August 1972, Association for Computing Machinery.
Peterson W., (1987), "Computer Software for a Large Econometric Model", in T.Barker & W.Peterson (Eds.), The Cambridge Multisectoral Dynamic Model of the British Economy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 105–121.
Econometrics software
Windows-only software
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtix
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Amtix
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Amtix (stylized as AMTIX!) is a magazine that originally reviewed Amstrad computer software in the mid-1980s, published monthly by Newsfield Publications Ltd.
Unlike Zzap!64 and CRASH (its more successful sister publications from Newsfield), the original version of Amtix! was relatively short-lived. It ran for 18 issues in total between November 1985 and April 1987, plus a special preview issue (Issue zero) which was given away with Zzap!64 and CRASH.
After issue 18, Amtix! was sold to Database Publications who merged the Amtix! games sections into their own Computing With the Amstrad magazine.
Like Zzap!64 and Crash, Amtix! had very distinctive, comic-style cover art, drawn by Oliver Frey.
In September 2021 the magazine was relaunched as a quarterly A5 publication by Fusion Retro Books under the title AMTIXCPC Micro Action.
References
External links
A list of every game that has been reviewed and/or previewed in AMTIX!
Amtix! covers Scans of Amtix! front covers
Archived Amtix magazines on the Internet Archive
1985 establishments in the United Kingdom
1987 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Amstrad magazines
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Video game magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1985
Magazines disestablished in 1987
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone%21%20%28The%20Cure%20song%29
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Gone! (The Cure song)
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"Gone!" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as the fourth and final single from their tenth studio album Wild Mood Swings in December 1996. The single contained numerous remixes as B-sides.
Music video
A video was recorded for the song at a live concert in Los Angeles in August 1996.
Release
Released on December 2, 1996, the song did not achieve commercial success, reaching number 60 on the UK Singles Chart, and was played infrequently at concerts, despite the band having performed it on Later with Jools Holland.
In an overview of the band's career, Clash magazine said that, alongside "The 13th", "Gone!" has become known for dividing fans, describing them as "love/hate affairs", but noted they "still [show] a band happy to experiment and play with conventions." Peter Parrish of Stylus Magazine described "Gone!" as containing an "um-pa-pa horn action and rinky-dink keyboards."
Track listing
CD 1
"Gone! (Radio Mix)"
"The 13th (Feels Good Mix)"
"This Is a Lie (Ambient Mix)"
"Strange Attraction (Strange Mix)"
CD 2
"Gone! (Radio Mix)"
"Gone! (Critter Mix)"
"Gone! (Ultra Living Mix)"
"Gone! (Spacer Mix)"
Personnel
Robert Smith – vocals, guitar
Simon Gallup – bass
Perry Bamonte – keyboards
Roger O'Donnell – keyboards
Jason Cooper – drums
References
External links
The Cure songs
Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)
1996 singles
Songs written by Perry Bamonte
Songs written by Jason Cooper
Songs written by Roger O'Donnell
Songs written by Simon Gallup
1996 songs
Fiction Records singles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-3
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Sun-3 is a series of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched on September 9, 1985. The Sun-3 series are VMEbus-based systems similar to some of the earlier Sun-2 series, but using the Motorola 68020 microprocessor, in combination with the Motorola 68881 floating-point co-processor (optional on the Sun 3/50) and a proprietary Sun MMU. Sun-3 systems were supported in SunOS versions 3.0 to 4.1.1_U1 and also have current support in NetBSD and Linux.
Sun-3 models
Models are listed in approximately chronological order.
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| Carrera
| Sun 3004
| 16.67 MHz
| 16 MB
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| 3/160
| Carrera
| Sun 3004
| 16.67 MHz
| 16 MB
| 12-slot VME (deskside)
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| 3/180
| Carrera
| Sun 3004
| 16.67 MHz
| 16 MB
| 12-slot VME (rackmount)
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| 3/150
| Carrera
| Sun 3004
| 16.67 MHz
| 16 MB
| 6-slot VME (deskside)
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| 3/50
| Model 25
| —
| 15.7 MHz
| 4 MB
| "wide Pizza-box" desktop
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| 3/110
| Prism
| —
| 16.67 MHz
| 12 MB
| 3-slot VME (desktop/side)
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| 3/260
| Sirius
| Sun 3200
| 25 MHz (CPU), 20 MHz (FPU)
| 32 MB
| 12-slot VME (deskside)
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| 3/280
| Sirius
| Sun 3200
| 25 MHz (CPU), 20 MHz (FPU)
| 32 MB
| 12-slot VME (rackmount)
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| 3/60
| Ferrari
| —
| 20 MHz
| 24 MB
| "wide Pizza-box" desktop
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| 3/E
| Polaris
| Sun 3/E
| 20 MHz
| 16 MB
| none (6U VME board)
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(Max. RAM sizes may be greater when third-party memory boards are used.)
Keyboard
The Sun Type 3 keyboard is split into three blocks:
special keys
main block
numeric pad
It shipped with Sun-3 systems.
Sun-3x
In 1989, coincident with the launch of the SPARCstation 1, Sun launched three new Sun-3 models, the 3/80, 3/470 and 3/480. Unlike previous Sun-3s, these use a Motorola 68030 processor, 68882 floating-point unit, and the 68030's integral MMU. This 68030-based architecture is called Sun-3x.
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!Model
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!CPU board
!CPU MHz
!Max. RAM
!Chassis
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| 3/80
| Hydra
| -
| 20 MHz
| 16, 40 or 64 MB
| "Pizza-box" desktop
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| 3/460
| Pegasus
| Sun 3400
| 33 MHz
| 128 MB
| 12-slot VME (deskside, older design)
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| 3/470
| Pegasus
| Sun 3400
| 33 MHz
| 128 MB
| 12-slot VME (deskside, newer design )
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| 3/480
| Pegasus
| Sun 3400
| 33 MHz
| 128 MB
| 12-slot VME (rackmount)
|}
Sun 3/260s upgraded with Sun 3400 CPU boards are known as Sun 3/460s.
See also
Sun-1
Sun-2
Sun386i
Sun-4
SPARCstation
References
External links
Sun Microsystems
The Sun Hardware Reference, Part 1
Sun Field Engineer Handbook, 20th edition
Peter's Sun3 Zoo
Bruce Becker's Sun 3 archive
Obsolyte!—Fan site for old Unix Workstations, including Sun machines
68k architecture
Computer-related introductions in 1985
Sun servers
Sun workstations
32-bit computers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Guest
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Al Guest
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Al Guest is a Canadian animation producer.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and started his career there when he dropped out of the University of Manitoba to pursue a career in films. A writer and fine artist, he has exhibited his paintings at many galleries in Winnipeg and Toronto, Ontario. He is most known for his film work - especially animation - which he has written, produced, and directed in 10 studios on three continents.
Toronto
In Toronto he established both an animation studio and a live action production company. In the early 1960s Guest was called on by Sydney Banks, legendary Canadian broadcast and film pioneer, to help create the Director's Guild of Canada (DGC). As related by Banks, the founding President, Guest was talked into becoming its first unelected secretary and persuaded to contribute the distinctive "director's chair" logo still in use by the DGC.
Together with his partner, animator Jean Mathieson, Guest has produced more than 4,000 television commercials, theatrical shorts, television series and sponsored films, winning more than 100 awards.
Although known primarily for animation, they have also produced and directed live action commercials with their company in London, England as well as live action TV shows in the U.S. Among their live productions produced in Canada were 130 episodes of The Bonnie Prudden Show (U.S. syndication) and 195 episodes of The Ed Allen Show (U.S. syndication).
Among their animated productions produced in Canada were: 78 episodes of The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo, (CBS) 52 episodes of Rocket Robin Hood (CBC & international syndication), 20 episodes of The Toothbrush Family (CBS), 20 episodes of The Sunrunners (Ontario Education Channel) and 26 episodes of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (U.S. syndication) and the half hour Inuit special Ukaliq. The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo ran in Quebec as Capitaine Mark Simon.
Hollywood
Subsequently, they moved to Hollywood, California where they designed and built a complete motion-control system and produced special effects for numerous commercials and the films Alligator, Any Which Way You Can, Body Heat, and One from the Heart, for which they also produced the logo animation for Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios.
Dublin
On the recommendation and financing of their New York distributor, Don Taffner, they went to Dublin, Ireland and partnered in setting up a major animation facility, Emerald City Productions, from scratch in a country that had no animation history. Providing the design and specifications for a complete reconstruction of the premises, supervising all purchasing and installation of the equipment as well as designing the furniture, they set about to recruit and train the entire staff, from animators and background artists to camera operators and editors. The studio was set in DunLaoghaire.
While training the staff, Al Guest and Jean Mathieson wrote, produced and directed all the studio's output including the following one-hour specials based on classic books: Oliver Twist (BBC), Ghost Stories From The Pickwick Papers (Syndication), The Phantom of the Opera (HBO), Ben-Hur (Syndication), Les Miserables (HBO), A Tale of Two Cities (Syndication), The Canterville Ghost (Syndication), Around the World in Eighty Days (Syndication), The Call of the Wild (with Global Television Network, Canada), and Brer Rabbit Tales (Syndication).
Manila, Hong Kong & Guangzhou
After commuting from L.A. to their Dublin studio every six weeks for four years, they sold the studio to an English company and moved to Palm Springs. There they were commissioned by Syd Banks, to write a live action motion picture screenplay based on the life of Emily Brontë, Emily's Story - Wuthering Heights, to be produced by Denis Heroux, the producer of The Black Robe and Atlantic City.
Their animation activity did not stop however, and they wrote, directed and produced Brer Rabbit's Xmas Carol, The Outrageous Adventures of Brer Rabbit, and Mighty Bigfoot, for which they also designed all the characters.
These productions were all made with studios in Manila and Guangzhou, China, which necessitated numerous trips to the studios by Guest & Mathieson to maintain their "hands-on" production style. The animated commercials they produced during this period were all done in L.A. on their computers.
Los Angeles
In 1998 they were appointed to the faculty of Mount San Antonio College in the new Digital Animation Production course where they taught courses in Animation Principles - Beginning and Advanced, Inbetweening, Storyboard, Layout, Animation script writing, Drawing the Figure in Motion, and CGI Environment (Maya). Although certified as professors at Mount San Antonio College, they left teaching after a year to produce and direct a trailer section of their script - Emily's Story - Wuthering Heights, as a combination live-action & CGI production.
Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou & Suzhou
In 2000, Guest & Mathieson spent 13 months directing and producing Flutemaster. A ground-breaking animated series originating in California and produced in China, it was a hit running Prime Time on the Chinese network CCTV, where, as one of the most popular programs ever aired, it reached an audience of 140 million viewers during its broadcast in 2004. Guest and Mathieson designed characters, the logo, and art directed the "look" of the series and its promotion. They also trained Chinese concept, storyboard, and background artists in contemporary American animation style, procedures and technical standards. Flutemaster ran in the US as Skateboy. While in Beijing they were invited to the Beijing Broadcasting Institute where they gave an address.
Back to Hollywood
They have completed a 2D series Going Buggs based on their movie Planet of the Buggs, which was created and directed by their son William S. Mathieson, as well as finishing a completely CG pilot - Oh No, Domingo!.
A live action horror film they wrote - House of Darkness was produced in Montreal.
A creative and business consultant in Videogames, Al Guest now devotes most of his time to writing Crime and Mafia novels.
External links
Bibliography
CARTOONS: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CINEMA ANIMATION by Giannalberto Bendazzi - Indiana University Press 1995
CARTOON CAPERS by Karen Mazurkewich - McArthur and Company 1999
COLOMBO'S CANADIAN REFERENCES by John Robert Colombo - Oxford University Press 1976
PRESS RELEASE - World Wide Pictures Corporation
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY by John Clute and John Grant - Macmillan 1999
FRIGHT XMAS by Alan-Bertanellson Jones - AuthorHouse 2010
MORE THEATRE: M-Z by Alvin H. Marill and William T. Leonard - Scarecrow Press 1993
SELF-PORTRAIT:ESSAYS ON THE CANADIAN AND QUEBEC CINEMAS - Pierre Veronneau & Piers Handling - The Canadian Film Institute 1980
CINEMA CANADA - ISSUES 34-47 - Canadian Society of Cinematographers 1977
THE CHRISTMAS ENCYCLOPAEDIA - William D. Crump - McFarland & Co 2006
LES CINEMAS CANADIENS - Pierre Veronneau - Lherminier 1978
VOYAGE AU FOND DES MERS (French Edition) - Max Phillipe Morel - lulu.com 2012
BIBLE AND CINEMA: FIFTY KEY FILMS - Adele Reinhatz - (Routledge Key Guides) 2012
THE UNDERGROUNDS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: SUBLIMATION AND THE GOTHIC IN LEROUX'S NOVEL AND ITS PROGENY - Jerrold E. Hogle - 2002
BEN-HUR - Lew Wallace and David Mayer - (Oxford World's Classics) - 1998
Canadian animators
Canadian animated film directors
Canadian animated film producers
Canadian television directors
Canadian television producers
Canadian painters
Living people
Artists from Winnipeg
Film directors from Winnipeg
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheibbs
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Scheibbs
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Scheibbs () is a town in Austria in the Scheibbs district of Lower Austria. In 1886, it became the first town in Austria to have street lighting powered by electricity.
Population
Mayors
1950-1965: Anton Herok
1965-1983: Alois Derfler
1983-2007: Leopold Gansch
2007-2009: Johann Schragl
2009-2019: Christine Dünwald
since 2019: Franz Aigner
Twin towns – sister cities
Scheibbs is twinned with:
Rutesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1972)
Sons and daughters of the town
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680), court composer and first non-Italian court conductor at the Viennese court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Franz Schuh (physician) (1804-1865), physician and surgeon, first surgical procedure with ether anesthesia
Hermann Senkowsky (1897-1965), financial expert, NSDAP official
Andreas Buder (born 1979), ski racer
Paul Scharner (born 1980), football player
Marion Gröbner (born 1985), football player
Kathrin Zettel (born 1986), ski racer
Jonathan Schmid (born 1990), footballer
Klaudia Tanner (born 1970), politician and Minister of Defense
References
Cities and towns in Scheibbs District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chota%20Nagpur
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Chota Nagpur
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Chota Nagpur may refer to
Chota Nagpur Plateau, in eastern India
Chota Nagpur Division, a division of British India
Chota Nagpur States, a collection of princely states of British India (historic)
North Chotanagpur division, one of the five divisions in the Indian state of Jharkhand
South Chotanagpur division, one of the five divisions in the Indian state of Jharkhand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20L.%20Benson
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Allan L. Benson
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Allan Louis Benson (November 6, 1871 – August 19, 1940) was an American newspaper editor and author who ran as the Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States in 1916.
Biography
Early years
Benson was born in Plainwell, Michigan, on November 6, 1871. His father, Adelbert L. Benson, was a factory worker during Allan's boyhood, later becoming a miller, while his mother, Rose Morris Benson, died when Allan was an infant. Allan lived until he was 12 with his grandfather, a farmer in Silver Creek, Michigan.
At the age of 15, Benson's father's mill burned and he was forced to give up his aspiration of attending college and becoming a lawyer. Benson left home and took a job in a chair factory, later working in a paper mill.
Benson only attended one year of high school, but he nevertheless took the state examination to become a school teacher and passed, earning a certificate to teach in a district school. He became involved in a physical conflict with some farm boys in the first school to which he was assigned and was apparently forced to resign his post.
In April 1891, Benson left Otsego, Michigan, for Detroit, where he went to work for the Peninsular Car Company as a machine hand. He began to regularly visit the offices of the various Detroit newspapers in search of a position and was finally hired as a reporter, earning the starvation wage of $6 a week.
Benson moved to Ann Arbor in the fall of 1891 to assume the position of managing editor of the Washetaw Daily Times. He continued to move up the ranks of the newspaper profession, moving to a position as telegraph editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean in the spring of 1892. He later worked as telegraph editor of the Salt Lake Tribune and as a writer in San Francisco.
Benson subsequently worked as managing editor of the Detroit Journal, the Detroit Times, and the Washington Times. He married Mary Hugh in Windsor, Ontario, on November 19, 1899, and had four children.
Socialist writer
During his tenure as a newspaper editor, Benson read an encyclopedia article on the topic of socialism written by an English Fabian and was thereby won over to the socialist movement. He joined the staff of the Appeal to Reason, a mass circulation socialist weekly published in Girard, Kansas, and his editorials for that publication made him into a nationally recognized figure among radical American political activists.
Benson was particularly outspoken in his opposition to militarism, championing a proposal to ban American entry from World War I unless participation was first approved by a national referendum of the American people. Benson further demanded that anyone voting in favor of participation should be the first enlisted in the army, implemented through a signed rather than secret ballot. This demand was criticized by many of the Socialist Party's faithful as impractical, including leading party voice Morris Hillquit, who dismissed Benson's demagogic demand as "positively wild."
Nevertheless, Benson's extreme position on American entry into the European war found a receptive audience among the Socialist Party's rank and file. As the Socialist Party Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominations for 1916 were made by a referendum vote of a membership rather than via a political convention, Benson's status as a widely published anti-war writer made him a frontrunner for the party's nomination. With Eugene V. Debs opting out of the 1916 presidential race so that he could attempt to win election to the US House of Representatives from his home state of Indiana, Benson was left free to run against labor leader James H. Maurer of Pennsylvania and Arthur LeSueur of North Dakota. Benson captured a majority of referendum votes cast by party members to become the Socialist Party's Presidential nominee.
The 1916 campaign was run by Benson and the Socialist Party primarily through the newspapers, with Benson concentrating his fire on the country's "Preparedness" campaign. The campaign proved manifestly unsuccessful, with Benson capturing only half of the nearly 1 million votes cast for Gene Debs in the 1912 campaign. Benson and his running mate George R. Kirkpatrick ultimately received 590,524 votes, for just 3.2% of the total vote.
Split with the Socialist Party
Although Benson had been an anti-war voice in the years leading up to World War I, in April 1917, the United States entered the conflict simultaneous with the Socialist Party's passage of a manifesto placing equal blame on Germany and the allies and vowing continued opposition to the conflict.
Benson broke his silence in June 1918 in The New Appeal, the new pro-war incarnation of the venerable Socialist weekly Appeal to Reason, with an article entitled "What's Wrong with the Socialist Party?" In this article Benson condemned as "anarchist" the idea that "the workers have no country," and accused "IWWs" with having conducted unceasing sabotage within the party against their opponents. In order to be respected, the Socialist Party "must be respectable," Benson declared, blaming the party's ills on "anarchists, falsely regarded as Socialists, aided and abetted by certain foreigners whose naturalization papers should be cancelled while they themselves are deported to the countries from which they came."
Having remained an inactive member of a party for a year, Benson formally severed his connection with the organization around the first of July 1918 in order to join a new pro-war political rival, the Social Democratic League of America. In the open letter announcing his decision, Benson declared that "nothing worse could happen to the world than to be placed under the heel of German imperialism" and indicated his refusal to participate further in an organization which "places the belligerents upon a parity." Benson repeated his charge that the Socialist Party had come to be dominated by "foreign-born leaders," assisted by an "anarchistic, syndicalistic minority."
Following his switch of organizational affiliation, Benson was hired by managing editor Emanuel Haldeman-Julius as a staff writer for The New Appeal, which had evolved into the semi-official organ of the Social Democratic League. Benson remained in this capacity through the end of the war.
From January 1919 through June 1921, Benson was the publisher of a new monthly magazine called Reconstruction, subtitled "A Herald of the New Time." The publication used a newsprint format similar to The Nation and The New Republic and advanced political line slightly to the right of those journals. Frequent contributors included former Socialists Charles Edward Russell and Max S. Hayes. A substantial run of the publication is present in the collection of the New York Public Library.
Later years, death, and legacy
Benson's later years were spent housebound in Yonkers, New York. Several months before his death, Benson wrote a letter to cartoonist Art Young explaining his plight:
"I am suffering not from pernicious anemia but from the injury to my nervous system that this disease did when four dumbbell doctors (who were supposed to be good) did not recognize it for what it was and let it go until I collapsed, was in bed for six months and have scarcely been able to walk across the room ever since. I have been away from the house but seven times in nine years, for an hour's motor trip each time, and have not now been out in almost two years. I am in more or less distress all the time, but I read almost constantly and thus enjoy myself pretty well considering the circumstances."
Benson died in Yonkers, New York, on August 19, 1940.
Works
Confessions of Capitalism. Milwaukee: Social Democratic Publishing Co., 1904.
Socialism Made Plain: Why the Few are Rich and the Many Poor. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Social-Democratic Publishing Co., 1904.
New Zealand's Reply to Pessimism. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Social-Democratic Publishing Co., 1906.
What Help Can Any Workingman Expect from Taft or Bryan? Chicago: National Headquarters, Socialist Party, 1908.
"A Socialist on the Aspects of the Presidential Campaign," The Arena, vol. 40 (1908), pp. 321–324.
The Usurped Power of the Courts. New York: Pearson Publishing Co., 1911.
The Growing Grocery Bill. Chicago: National Headquarters, Socialist Party, 1912.
Issues and Candidates. United States: s.n., 1912.
The Truth about Socialism. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1913.
Our Dishonest Constitution. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1914. A reprint of articles originally in Pearson's Magazine.
Socialism: The Lone Foe of War. Chicago: Socialist Party, 1914.
The Bombshell that Henry Ford Fired. Chicago: Socialist Party, 1914.
What Ford Wages Have Done. Girard, KS: Appeal to Reason 1915.
"Patriotism," Plunder and "Preparedness": Here are Some Facts which You Might Turn Over in Your Mind before Doing Any More Talking or Thinking about Our Need for More "Preparedness" for War. United States: s.n., 1912.
A Way to Prevent War. Girard, KS: Appeal to Reason, 1915.
Common Sense about the Navy. Washington: American Union Against Militarism, 1916.
Inviting War to America New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1916
"What's Wrong with the Socialist Party?" The New Appeal, whole no. 1,176 (June 15, 1918), pg. 1.
"Why I Joined the Social Democratic League," The New Appeal, whole no. 1,183 (Aug. 3, 1918), pg. 1.
The New Henry Ford. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1923.
The Propaganda against Prohibition. Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement, 1926.
The Story of Geology. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1927.
Daniel Webster. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929.
Footnotes
Further reading
Harold W. Currie, "Allan L. Benson, Salesman of Socialism, 1902-1916," Labor History, vol. 11, no. 3 (Summer 1970), pp. 285–303.
External links
Biography from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Allan L. Benson," The Political Graveyard
1871 births
1940 deaths
20th-century American politicians
American male journalists
People from Kent County, Michigan
People from Otsego, Michigan
Socialist Party of America politicians from Michigan
Socialist Party of America presidential nominees
Candidates in the 1916 United States presidential election
Writers from Michigan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Ullathorne
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Robert Ullathorne
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Robert Ullathorne (born 11 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer and football agent.
He was a defender who played from 1988 to 2006 notably in the Premier League for Norwich City and Leicester City and in La Liga for CA Osasuna. He also appeared in the Football League for Sheffield United, Northampton Town and Notts County.
Playing career
Norwich City
Predominantly a left-sided defender or midfielder Ullathorne was a successful product of Norwich City youth team in the late 1980s. He chose to join Norwich City despite having schoolboy trials with the likes of Everton, Cambridge United, West Ham United and Luton Town.
Having turned professional at Carrow Road during 1990, Ullathorne made his first start for Norwich on 22 April 1991 in an away fixture against Nottingham Forest, scoring his first goal against Notts County the following season. Ullathorne went on to make a total of 115 appearances scoring eight goals in the process including a UEFA cup appearance against Inter Milan at the San Siro during Norwich City's unsuccessful run in 1993–94, having qualified for the UEFA Cup with a third-place finish in the new FA Premier League. He was with the Canaries when they were relegated from the Premier League in 1994-95, and spent one more season at Carrow Road, making 29 appearances in Division One, but was unable to help the Canaries win promotion.
CA Osasuna
After having been at Norwich for eight years, Ullathorne was subject of interest from Crystal Palace but took the opportunity of a move to Spanish Segunda División side CA Osasuna on a free transfer, the first under the Bosman ruling from England where he was joined by fellow Englishman Jamie Pollock who arrived from Middlesbrough later in 1996.
Ullathorne spent eight months in Spain before leaving to return to England in a £650,000 transfer to Leicester City in February 1997. He played 18 league matches for Osasuna.
Leicester City
With a chance of reaching a Wembley cup final, on 17 February 1997 Ullathorne decided to return to the Premier League to play for Leicester City in a deal worth £650,000. Ullathorne's hopes of playing in a cup final were dashed after only eleven minutes of his debut against Wimbledon in a League Cup semi-final first leg, when he suffered a broken leg and a dislocated ankle and was substituted. His teammates went on to win the 1997 Football League Cup Final in his absence.
Ullathorne recovered from the injury for the 1997-98 season, and was a regular in the Leicester City first team during the 1998–99 season showing his versatility by playing in numerous positions. Ullathorne had an impressive game for Leicester in the 1999 League Cup final where he kept David Ginola quiet throughout the game. However Tottenham Hotspur won the game with a last minute goal depriving Ullathorne of silverware.
Playing well during the 1998–99 season and attracting numerous clubs for his signature including a possible return to his old club CA Osasuna, Ullathorne's career was thrown into disarray when he broke his leg at Chelsea on 18 April 1999 which raised real questions about his future. He scored two goals during his spell at Leicester, scoring once against Blackburn Rovers in the league and once against Birmingham City in the FA Cup.
Later career
Ullathorne left Leicester at the end of the 1999–2000 season, joining Newcastle United briefly on trial before signing for Sheffield United as a free agent in December 2000. He played 14 games for United up until the end of the season. Ullathorne re-signed for the Yorkshire club again in November 2001. In his second spell he played 26 league games during an injury plagued season and was released at the end of the 2002–03 season, signing for Northampton Town. At Northampton, Ullathorne made 13 league appearances, scoring the winning goal against Mansfield Town on the last day of the season, his goal clinching the Cobblers' place in the Division Three play-offs. Their opponents in the play-off semi final were Mansfield. However, Ullathorne was unable to prevent his team from losing on penalties. He then signed for Notts County, where he spent his last two seasons, scoring once in the League Cup against Bradford City.
Honours
Leicester City
Runner-up
1998–99 Football League Cup
After Football
In November 2011, Ullathorne became a Licensed Players' Agent by The FA and is working with sports management company Elite Sports Properties.
References
External links
1971 births
Footballers from Wakefield
Living people
Norwich City F.C. players
Leicester City F.C. players
CA Osasuna players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
English footballers
Premier League players
La Liga players
Association football defenders
Association football agents
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better%20Know%20a%20District
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Better Know a District
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Better Know a District (also known as BKAD) was a recurring segment on The Colbert Report. It offered a humorous examination of a different United States congressional district in each segment and generally included an interview with that district's member of Congress.
Structure
Each segment began with basic information about a specific district, such as history and geography, and sometimes a humorously bizarre event that happened there. The district is also almost invariably referred to as "fightin'," as in the "Fightin' 11th." All segments featured an interview with its representative.
One comedic maneuver that Colbert commonly employed in these interviews, particularly when he interviewed Democrats, was to ask the representative a loaded question of either "George W. Bush: great president, or the greatest president?", or "the Iraq War: great war, or the greatest war?" When the interviewee tried to express his or her disapproval of Bush, Colbert usually stated that the only choice was between "Great or Greatest," and nearly always stated, "I'm gonna put you down for 'Great'." (He often referred to previous Democratic representatives whom he put down as saying Bush was a 'great' president.)
After the interview, Colbert added the segment to "the big board", a map of the entire United States with district lines drawn; the new district, shown in sparkling gold on a blue background, was usually very difficult or impossible to see due to its small size. Though many districts were profiled, the map always looked largely vacant overall.
Reactions of interviewees
Although the interviews intentionally showed most of the representatives in an unflattering light, the representatives' post-interview reactions have varied. Colbert's interview with Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank resulted in Frank lambasting the program (he was quoted on a later Report), while the interview with Virginia Representative Jim Moran pleased the congressman — he told The New York Times that he thought Colbert "let (him) off kind of light."
California Representative Brad Sherman appeared to be in on the joke. He claimed not to know that his San Fernando Valley district was home to the pornography industry, gave an apparently long and dull explanation of a tax proposal, and participated in the making of a "pornographic video" with Colbert and impersonated a robot.
The Washington Times published a story on the show stating that "several lawmakers said doing the spoof spot on 'The Colbert Report' on TV's Comedy Central actually has raised their profiles back home"; however, the Los Angeles Times has reported that due to the fact that many House members have "stumbled badly" during this segment, others are not risking "the price for looking stupid" and were passing up the opportunity to be on Colbert's Better Know A District.
On his November 7, 2006 show, Colbert lauded the fact that every one of the 28 actual congressmen whom he had interviewed by that point won election or reelection, which he claims to have been because they were given the "Colbert Bump".
Because of the way Colbert intentionally tried to skewer congressmen in his interviews, former Democratic Caucus chairman Rahm Emanuel advised his fellow Democrats not to appear on the show, causing Colbert to make fun of Emanuel's advice on the show. Better Know a District segments subsequently began appearing much less frequently on the Report, suggesting many in Congress took Emanuel's advice. In January 2009, Colbert received what he jocularly claimed was a letter from U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and said he was cleared to begin interviewing congressmen once again. However he began the 2009 season of Better Know A District by interviewing Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz instead of a Democratic congressman.
Following the 2010 congressional election on November 2, 2010, for the first time since the show began, a congressman who appeared on the Colbert Reports Better Know a District segment was not reelected in a general election (in fact, several). On November 3, 2010, Colbert ran a segment showing clips of those fallen friends called "We Hardly Better Knew Ye".
District count
Better Know a District began as a "435-part series," 435 being the number of United States congressional districts; however, on November 29, 2005, Colbert banned California's 50th district after his "friend" Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the 50th's representative, pled guilty to receiving over $2 million in bribes and resigned his seat. California's 50th is now the lone member of the "Never Existed to Me" category, and the map showing the United States' congressional districts now looks as if the district does not even exist. This brought the series to a "434-part series". After this, Texas's 22nd congressional district was retired on April 4, 2006 when Tom DeLay announced that he planned to leave Congress. Texas's 22nd was reinstated on June 8, 2006, with a fake interview in which video of DeLay in three previous interviews on other television networks was interspersed with questions from Colbert. The district was put back into retirement at the end of the segment.
In the show's first year, 34 districts were profiled.
The original district map lacked Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. During a phone-in segment, a resident of Michigan’s 1st, which includes all of the Upper Peninsula as well as a sizable portion of the northern Lower Peninsula, reported this absence. Colbert informed the caller that he lived in Canada and if it was not on Colbert’s map, it was not a part of the United States. The Upper Peninsula was added to the map the next time it was shown.
During the interview with Eleanor Holmes Norton, Colbert established that the District of Columbia was not a state, and thus the District of Columbia was not a part of the United States. The Better Know a District map was updated with an asterisk notation to reflect this fact. Furthermore, the count of 435 districts does not include non-voting districts, such as the District of Columbia; however, this segment was included in the district count, filling in for California's 50th district's absence, restoring the total to 435.
After the 2006 midterm elections, Colbert was invited to a meeting of the incoming House freshmen at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. During this encounter, he brought his total of "better-known districts" from 36 up to 51 (including a British parliamentary constituency); however, he did not count these as installments, and the count picked up at 37 with the next regular installment. The show aired on December 12, 2006.
After completing the fourth installment on November 9, 2005, he quipped “At the rate of one district a week, we should complete the series by February 2014.” However, in February 2014 he was only on the 87th of 434 districts, leaving him 20% complete after 8.5 years. That rate would place the series completion date in April 2048, had the show not ended.
List of districts "Better Known"
The districts covered in "Better Know a District" are shown below. Segment numbers are listed starting with the 37th installment as they no longer correspond to the actual number of districts profiled. The Washington Post has reprinted transcripts from segments of "Better Know a District".
Season 1 (2005)
Season 2 (2006)
Season 3 (2007)
Season 4 (2008)
Season 5 (2009)
Season 6 (2010)
Season 7 (2011)
Season 8 (2012)
Season 9 (2013)
Season 10 (2014)
Spin-offs
Better Know a Challenger
In the months leading up to the 2006 congressional elections, Colbert interviewed the challengers in several House races. On several occasions he made clear that the challenger was interviewed because the incumbent declined to appear. However this was not always definitively the case. In these cases, the segment is known as "Better Know a Challenger," with different intro graphics.
After the segment, the district was colored on the "Better Know a District" map in goldenrod instead of amber, which is said to be the color all other districts are filled in with. It was upgraded to amber if the challenger won the 2006 election, or downgraded to cadmium yellow if they lost. Of course, it is nearly impossible to see the distinction between these shades on the map. Of the five challengers interviewed, only John Hall defeated an incumbent.
In the instance of New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, Colbert frequently referred to challenger Rich Sexton as representative Jim Saxton, a joke on the similarity of their names.
On May 8, 2014 Colbert resurrected the segment, interviewing Jack Rush who ran in the Florida 3rd district against incumbent Ted Yoho. In the interview, Colbert pretended that guns are people. Colbert also treated characters that Rush played in the past as real people.
Better Know a Protectorate
On March 16, 2006, Colbert introduced a four-part series entitled "Better Know a Protectorate", focusing on the protectorates (more correctly, unincorporated territories) of the United States (which send non-voting delegates to Congress). The formula is relatively the same as with "Better Know a District." Distinctive elements include Colbert attacking the member for their (non-)voting record, and feigning cultural ignorance. For the first segment, the same "Big Board" as BKAD was used, but was discontinued with the airing of the second segment. The United States Virgin Islands ("the fightin' virgins") was the protectorate that was covered and its delegate, Donna Christian-Christensen, was interviewed.
On April 26, 2007, Guam ("the fightin' Guam") was covered, including an interview with Madeleine Bordallo. A global map was used to produce the "Big Board", given Guam's distance from the continental United States. On August 7, 2007, American Samoa was featured ("the fightin' Samoa") and an interview with Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr. was shown.
The remaining protectorate is presumably Puerto Rico which has not been featured (the Northern Mariana Islands did not have a non-voting member as of the start of the series, although they received a seat after the 2008 elections).
Better Know a Founder
On March 1, 2006, Colbert introduced the "56-part" Better Know a Founder, an in-depth look at the signers of the Declaration of Independence. For this series John Trumbull's painting of The Declaration of Independence is used as the template for the "Big Board".
Using the same formula as Better Know a District, Colbert's first subject in the series was a spotlight of an interview with "Battlin'" Ben Franklin; the actor Ralph Archbold portrayed Franklin for the interview, with both he and Colbert wearing period clothing. Most of the hallmarks of the original segment remained, either in an altered form (e.g., King George: Great king, or the greatest king?) or unchanged (e.g., Colbert anachronistically asks Franklin if he had taken money from Jack Abramoff).
On November 15, 2006, the second installment of BKAF featured three actors portraying President Thomas Jefferson in an America's Next Top Model style segment, America's Top Jefferson, with Project Runway mentor and producer Tim Gunn making an appearance.
Better Know a President
On May 17, 2006, Colbert introduced Better Know a President, a 43-part series that would refresh the viewer's memory of the accomplishments of every president in United States history. The first president covered was Theodore Roosevelt, played by Roosevelt impersonator Jim Foote. In keeping with the running gags of the segment, he asked Roosevelt if the Spanish–American War was merely a great war of American imperialism, or the greatest war of American imperialism. The second covered was Thomas Jefferson. Colbert talked to three different Jefferson impersonators, and judged which was the best.
Meet an Ally
On August 3, 2006 Stephen began the first segment in a series entitled "Meet an Ally" in which he examines nations part of the "Coalition of the Willing". He began the series by interviewing the ambassador of Palau, Stuart Beck.
Betterer Know a District
When Colbert shows an extended segment of an interview at a later date, he calls the segment "Betterer Know a District".
Better Know a Memory
On November 8, 2006, some representatives who were profiled in Better Know a District and had since been re-elected in the previous day's election were reintroduced in a short segment that immediately preceded the commercial breaks. A humorous clip from the BKAD interview would be shown and the words "RETURNED TO CONGRESS" would be rubber stamped onto the still image of the representative. The subjects reintroduced were Eliot L. Engel, Brad Sherman, Lynn Westmoreland, and Robert Wexler.
Better Know a Governor
On January 21, 2008, after the Republican South Carolina Primary, Colbert interviewed Governor Mark Sanford as the easiest way to learn about all of South Carolinians.
Better Know a Lobby
On February 6, 2008, Colbert began what he called an "Infinite-long" segment called "Better Know a Lobbyist," where he interviews lobbyists. His first interview was with Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization. This was a two-part interview, with the second half being broadcast on February 7. On March 12, 2008, it changed to "Better Know a Lobby" and became a 35,000-part-long segment. The second interview was with Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance, a lobby demanding the legalization of drugs. His third interview was with Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign, a gun control lobby.
Better Know a Beatle
On January 28, 2009, Colbert began what he called the first of a four-part series "Better Know A Beatle", where Colbert intends to interview all of the Beatles starting with his interview with Paul McCartney, bass player, singer-songwriter of the Beatles. Colbert introduced Paul McCartney as "The Fightin' Walrus", a reference to two Beatle songs, I Am the Walrus, and Glass Onion.
Better Know a Cradle of Civilization
During his trip to Iraq, Colbert began his one part series, Better Know a Cradle of Civilization, during which he explained the history of Iraq.
Better Know a Stephen
On December 16, 2009, Colbert began a new segment in which he interviews other prominent men named Stephen (specifically spelled with a "ph"). He started off by interviewing Stephen King.
Better Know a Riding
On February 22, 2010, Colbert began his one part series, Better Know a Riding, during his coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The featured riding (a riding is an electoral district in Canada) was Vancouver South, represented by Ujjal Dosanjh.
Better Know a Kissinger
One part series on Henry Kissinger prior to Colbert's interview of Henry Kissinger.
Better Know a Salinger
During the second edition of c'O'lbert Book Club, centered around J.D. Salinger, Colbert profiled the author in 'part one of my one-part series, Better Know a Salinger'. The first and only issue was based on the Fighting J.D.
Better Know a Hemingway
Third edition of Colbert Book Club features this "part one of a one-part series".
Better Know a America
On December 8, 2014, while hosting the show in Washington DC, Colbert debuted another one-part series, Better Know a America [sic].
References
The Colbert Report
Lists of members of the United States House of Representatives
Interviews
Television series segments
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