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26722741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1DayLater | 1DayLater | 1DayLater was a free, web-based software that was focused on professional invoicing. The company was formed in 2009 and closed in October 2013.
The main function of 1DayLater was to help users create invoices for clients. It could also be used to build quotes and estimates, to track time and other expenses, work to budgets, and to track projects. Multiple users could simultaneously work on the same projects together.
PC Magazine (PCMag) voted 1DayLater as one of the 'Best Free Software of 2010'.
History
The software was developed by two brothers, Paul and David King; after they experienced similar frustrations while working freelance, the brothers wanted to create a product that would let them track time, expenses and business miles in a single online location.
Media coverage
1DayLater had the following press coverage:
BBC Webscape (July 2010) - Kate Russell gives her latest selection of the best sites on the World Wide Web
PCMag (March 2010) - The best free software of 2010
Lifehacker (February 2010) - "A worthy addition to our 'Top Ten Tips and Tools for Freelancers'"
Gigaom (February 2010) - Taking a closer look with 1DayLater
The Journal (May 2009) - "Top Ten Brands of the North East" (UK)
Techcrunch (January 2009) - "A 'feisty time tracking solution from the North East of England'"
See also
Productivity
Comparison of time-tracking software
Software
References
External links
Official site, March 2013 archive
Time-tracking software
Web applications
Administrative software |
6911333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell%20H.%20Harrison | Lowell H. Harrison | Lowell Hayes Harrison (October 23, 1922 – October 12, 2011) was an American historian specializing in Kentucky. Harrison graduated from College High (Bowling Green, Kentucky). He received a B.A. from Western Kentucky University in 1946, then enrolled at New York University where he earned an M.A. in 1947 and a PhD in 1951, both in history. He then attended the London School of Economics on a Fulbright Scholarship.
His first regular teaching position was at West Texas State College as an associate professor. By 1957, he was head of their history department. Eventually, Harrison became chair of the College of Social Sciences at West Texas.
In 1967, Harrison returned to Western Kentucky University as professor of history and graduate advisor. In 1979 he was named university historian. He retired from teaching in 1988.
Harrison was a veteran of World War II. He died on October 12, 2011.
Books published
Harrison has authored 115 articles and 11 books, including:
The Civil War in Kentucky
Kentucky's Road to Statehood
A New History of Kentucky (co-author)
Western Kentucky University
Lincoln of Kentucky
The Government of Confederate Kentucky
Notes
1922 births
2011 deaths
Alumni of the London School of Economics
New York University alumni
American historians
Historians of the American Civil War
Western Kentucky University alumni
Western Kentucky University faculty
Writers from Bowling Green, Kentucky
American expatriates in the United Kingdom
American military personnel of World War II |
17344442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xayboury%20district | Xayboury district | Xayboury is a district (muang) of Savannakhet province in southern Laos.
References
Districts of Savannakhet province |
17344464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xonboury%20district | Xonboury district | Xonboury is a district (muang) of Savannakhet province in southern Laos.
References
Districts of Savannakhet province |
17344483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cau%C3%AA%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201987%29 | Cauê (footballer, born 1987) | Roberto Carvalho Cauê (born April 22, 1987), known as just Cauê, is a Brazilian football defender playing for Luziânia.
Career
Early career
Cauê started his career by playing with Internacional from Porto Alegre. While still a youngster, he was part of the Brazilian U-17 national team, having made two appearances for them. In 2007, he played with Ceará Sporting Club in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The following year, he moved abroad for the first time, joining Romanian side FC Politehnica Iași, however he failed to make a debut in the Liga I. After this short spell in Europe, he moved back to Brazil and during the following year and a half he has represented Clube Atlético Metropolitano, ABC Futebol Clube and Nacional Futebol Clube.
Return to Europe
In 2009, Cauê returned to Europe, and after a successful trial, he signed with Serbian SuperLiga side OFK Beograd where he played during the 2009-10 season. At the end of the season his club finished third in the league, thus booking their place in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds for the next season. However due to the foreign players limit in the domestic championship, and fierce competition for a place in the starting line-up, Cauê left OFK and became one of the main signings of the newly promoted Bosnian Premier League side FK Drina Zvornik. He made seven league appearances, but at the winter break he was released and he returned to Brazil.
Back to Brazil
In early 2011 Cauê was back in Brazil. He joined Sociedade Esportiva do Gama playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The club did a complete renovation of their stadium during 2008; however the enthusiasm did not transfer to the field and Gama performed poorly. During the summer, Cauê joined Capital Clube de Futebol, another club from Brasilia, that by August was undertaking a major project, merging with Goiás state club Cristalina Futebol Clube, and forming a new squad. This adventure lasted until early 2012, when Cauê moved to Canoas Sport Club playing in the Campeonato Gaúcho.
References
External sources
Profile at Srbijafudbal
1987 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Association football defenders
Sport Club Internacional players
Ceará Sporting Club players
FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Nacional Futebol Clube players
OFK Beograd players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Expatriate footballers in Serbia
FK Drina Zvornik players
Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ABC Futebol Clube players
Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players
Canoas Sport Club players
Sobradinho Esporte Clube players
Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo players
Ji-Paraná Futebol Clube players
Brasiliense Futebol Clube players
Rio Branco Atlético Clube players
Sportspeople from Porto Alegre |
6911335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative%20districts%20of%20Baguio | Legislative districts of Baguio | The legislative districts of Baguio are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Baguio in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.
History
In 1917, the city of Baguio, along with the undivided Mountain Province, was provided representation in the Philippine Legislature. Pursuant to the Revised Administrative Code (Act No. 2711) enacted on March 10, 1917, the non-Christian-majority areas of the Philippines, which then included the Mountain Province and Baguio, were to be collectively represented in the legislature's upper house by two senators from the 12th senatorial district, both appointed by the Governor-General. Three assembly members, also appointed by the Governor-General, were to represent the Mountain Province and the chartered city of Baguio in the lower house as a single at-large district.
The residents of Baguio and the Mountain Province only began electing representatives through popular vote in 1935 by virtue of Act No. 4203; the law provided the territorial coverage for each lower house representative district, while also abolishing the senatorial district system. The city was then represented as part of the Mountain Province's second district, which also included the sub-province of Benguet.
Areas now under the jurisdiction of Baguio were first represented separately during the Second World War. As a chartered city, two delegates represented Baguio in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the city mayor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through an assembly of KALIBAPI members within the city during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the city reverted to its pre-war representation with the sub-province of Benguet as part of the undivided Mountain Province's second district.
The enactment of Republic Act No. 4695 on June 18, 1966 made the sub-province of Benguet into a full-fledged province. Per Section 10 of R.A. 4695 Baguio was to be part of the newly independent province's representative district. The new province of Benguet, along with Baguio, together elected one representative starting in the next general election.
Baguio was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region I from 1978 to 1984. Having been classified as a highly urbanized city on 22 December 1979 through Batas Pambansa Blg. 51, Baguio was granted separate representation in the Regular Batasang Pambansa, returning one representative, elected at-large in 1984.
The city was once more grouped with Benguet under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on 11 February 1987. Baguio, despite being an independent city since 1909, comprised what was legally known between 1987 and 1995 as the first district of Benguet, while the territory of the actual province of Benguet itself comprised the second district. Both elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.
Starting in 1992 the first district of Benguet was re-designated as the "Legislative district of Baguio" thereby permitting the city to once again elect a representative under its own name.
Lone District
Population (2020): 366,358
At-Large (defunct)
1943-1944
1984-1986
See also
Legislative district of Mountain Province
Legislative district of Benguet
References
Baguio City
Politics of Baguio |
17344489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20district%2C%20Laos | Long district, Laos | Long is a district (muang) of Luang Namtha province in northwestern Laos.
References
Districts of Luang Namtha province |
26722748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20%28Glee%29 | Home (Glee) | "Home" is the sixteenth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on April 27, 2010. It was directed by Paris Barclay and written by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Home" sees new cheerleader Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) deal with body image issues, while Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) sets his dad and Finn Hudson's mom together, in an attempt to get closer to Finn (Cory Monteith), and club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) is reunited with his friend April Rhodes (Kristin Chenoweth). Chenoweth first appeared in Glee in the episode "The Rhodes Not Taken". She enjoyed the role of April so much that she agreed to return for "Home", and has expressed an interest in reappearing in the future.
The episode features cover versions of five songs, all of which were released as singles, available for digital download, and four of which are included on the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 – Showstoppers. "Home" was watched by 12.18 million American viewers and received mixed reviews from critics. Both Gerrick D. Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times and Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly recommended that Chenoweth receive an Emmy nomination for her performance, and Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald opined that the episode itself should be submitted for Emmy consideration. Jean Bentley of MTV felt that Chenoweth was overused in the episode, however, and criticized the songs performed as being unrecognizable to younger viewers. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club felt that the episode was poorly balanced, and Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle deemed "Home" the weakest episode of Glee thus far.
Plot
In preparation for an interview with Splits Magazine, cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) demands that new cheerleader Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) lose ten pounds in a week. She reserves the school auditorium for cheer practice, so glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) has to find the club a new rehearsal space. He visits a local roller rink where he finds former glee club member April Rhodes (Kristin Chenoweth), who tells him that she is the mistress of the wealthy eighty-year-old tycoon who owns the rink. Upon learning that Will is looking to sublet his apartment, April invites herself to visit. After spending the night sharing a bed, Will forbids April from staying over again and tells her she is worth more than being a mistress. April says she will break up with her tycoon.
Mercedes struggles to eat healthily and her mid-week weigh-in shows that she has gained two pounds. She begins extreme dieting and faints in the school cafeteria. Former cheerleading captain Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) sympathizes with Mercedes, commending her for being so comfortable in her own body and advising her not to let being a cheerleader detract from that. Though Mercedes is embarrassed, Quinn tells her that she is beautiful. On the day of the pep rally, Mercedes abandons the planned routine, and instead sings "Beautiful". The journalist from Splits Magazine assumes that Sue engineered the performance and expresses his admiration for her, promising her positive publicity from his article.
Glee club member Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) sets up his widower father Burt (Mike O'Malley) with Finn Hudson's (Cory Monteith) widowed mother Carole (Romy Rosemont). He believes that it will help him become closer to Finn, for whom he has feelings. Finn is upset when Carole sells their old furniture, and stops his late father's recliner from being sold. He is initially hostile to her dating someone new, but begins to bond with Burt over sports at a group dinner. Kurt feels left out, and later asks Finn to help him break up their parents. Finn initially agrees, but relents after Burt tells him that he loves Carole and would never hurt her. They watch a basketball game together and Finn allows Burt to sit in his father's recliner, while Kurt watches on sadly through the window.
When April attempts to break up with her tycoon, he has a stroke and dies. His wife gives April $2 million in hush money, and April uses some of it to buy the auditorium for the glee club. She plans to go to Broadway to launch the first all-white production of The Wiz. The episode ends with April and the glee club performing "Home" from The Wiz.
Production
"Home" was directed by Paris Barclay, who also directed "Wheels", Glee ninth episode. It was written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk, who deemed the episode potentially the best of the series so far. "Home" sees the return of guest star Kristin Chenoweth, who first appeared in episode five, "The Rhodes Not Taken", as former glee club member April Rhodes. Prior to her first appearance, Chenoweth was already acquainted with Glee creator Ryan Murphy, having appeared in his 2006 film Running with Scissors. Murphy commented that he loves writing for Chenoweth, and both he and Chenoweth expressed their desire for April to return to Glee in the future, with Chenoweth stating: "This part is like nothing I've had the chance to do on TV." It was confirmed in October 2009 that Chenoweth would reprise the role of April later in the first season, and on March 14, 2010 that her return would occur in "Home".
While Glee also features Chenoweth's former Wicked co-star Idina Menzel as recurring character Shelby Corcoran, the producers declined to give the two scenes together, explaining that the series is story-driven, and as re-uniting the two on-screen did not work for storytelling purposes, it was deemed unnecessary. Of Chenoweth's future with Glee beyond "Home", Falchuk commented that the producers want to "have her around as much as possible", and although no plans have been solidified, she may return in the second season. He expanded: "[When] you have talents like that, it's very hard to not want them back. The one advantage we have, I think, is that we have so many incredibly talented people in our … cast that … we don't need [guest actors] as much. But there are certain very special people that, of course, you'd always be interested in."
The episode features a cover version of "A House Is Not a Home", performed by Colfer and Monteith, as well as a mash-up of "A House Is Not a Home" and "One Less Bell to Answer", performed by Chenoweth and Morrison. Morrison and Chenoweth also duet on The Pointer Sisters' version of "Fire". In keeping with the "home" theme of the episode, Mötley Crüe's ballad "Home Sweet Home" (and also "Heart of Glass" by Blondie, although this isn't about home) can be heard in the roller rink scene, but was not covered by the cast. Chenoweth performs "Home" from The Wiz, and Riley sings "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera. The songs performed were all released as singles, available for digital download. Each track except "Fire" and "Home Sweet Home" is also included on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 – Showstoppers.
Reception
Ratings
In its original broadcast, "Home" was watched by 12.18 million American viewers and attained a 5.2/13 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic. In the United Kingdom, the episode was watched by 1.91 million viewers and was the second most-watched show of the week on the non-terrestrial channels, beaten only by Britain's Got More Talent. In Canada, Glee was watched by 2.16 million viewers, making Glee the tenth most-viewed program of the week. In Australia, the episode lead in its timeslot in all key demographics, and was watched by 1.3 million viewers, making Glee the 16th most-viewed show of the week.
Critical response
"Home" received mixed reviews from critics. Gerrick D. Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times deemed it the series' most emotional episode, and his favorite next to "Wheels". Kennedy praised O'Malley's performance as "nothing short of perfection" and recommended that Chenoweth receive an Emmy nomination for her performance. Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly concurred that Chenoweth's performance was Emmy-worthy, though felt she may have been slightly overused in the episode. Stack noted that he did not love "Home" upon his first viewing, but praised it for adding depth to the characters and tackling body image and sexuality issues. Rick Bentley of McClatchy Newspapers called the episode "as perfect as television can get", praising Colfer's performance and also deeming him deserving of an Emmy nomination. Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald similarly assessed that "Home" is: "the strongest episode of the season to date, the one Fox should submit for Emmy consideration." Perigard was impressed by the range shown by O'Malley, and opined that the episode as a whole had no low-points.
In contrast, Jean Bentley of MTV described "Home" as "an hour of television better suited for Internet surfing than actually paying attention." She criticized the songs as being unrecognizable to younger viewers, and called the main plots "emotional doozies, with not much comic relief in between." Bentley felt that Chenoweth was overused, and called her appearance in the episode "nonsensical and unnecessary". Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club graded the episode "C". She felt that the three main plot strands were poorly balanced, resulting in an episode with "powerful moments that drown as they're nearly subsumed by everything else going on." VanDerWerff criticized Mercedes' storyline as being too abrupt, and deemed her performance of "Beautiful": "so forced that it loses any power it might have from what's a genuinely nice arrangement of the song." Finally, she expressed her concern that the prevalence of songs in Glee may detract from the quality of the show. Bobby Hankinson of the Houston Chronicle also criticized the episode, deeming it the weakest of the series so far, and one that left him underwhelmed.
References
External links
"Home" at Fox.com
2010 American television episodes
Glee (season 1) episodes
Television episodes directed by Paris Barclay
Television episodes written by Brad Falchuk |
17344490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20the%20T%C5%99ebo%C5%88%20Altarpiece | Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece |
The Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece () was a Bohemian painter active in Prague around 1380–1390. His name is derived from the Třeboň Altarpiece from the church of Saint Eligius at the Augustinian convent of Třeboň (known in German as "Wittingau"). The triptych depicts Christ on the Mount of Olives, The Tomb of Christ, and the Resurrection. It has been dated to around 1380, and is today held at the Convent of St. Agnes branch of the National Gallery in Prague.
Stylistically, the master seems to have been aware of French painting; in addition. He created the so-called "beautiful style", a Bohemian variant of the International Gothic style in which figures are placed in deep settings and modeled with chiaroscuro; such intensity had never before been seen in Bohemian art, but would be prominent in the work of future generations of artists. In addition, the master's influence can be seen in the work of other European artists of the period, most especially the Master of the Bamberg Altar.
A painting of Our Lady of Sorrows by the master, painted before 1380, once hung in the church of Církvice; a Madonna in Roudnice is now in Prague. The painter is also responsible for an Adoration of the Child in the castle of Hluboká Castle and a Crucifixion and a St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven in Prague; the latter is one of the first known Bohemian paintings to be displayed with a decorated frame as part of the composition. In addition, the Virgin with Saint Bartholomew and Saint Margaret, also in Hluboká, is believed to be by his hand.
See also
Adoration of Our Lord from Hluboká
Třeboň Altarpiece
References
Sources
Baragli, Sandra. European Art of the Fourteenth Century. LA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007.
Chilvers, Ian. The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Hourihane, Colum. The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Suckale, Robert. Gothic. Cologne: Taschen.
Further reading
Boehm, Barbara Drake. Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
14th-century births
14th-century Bohemian people
14th-century painters
Trebon Altarpiece, Master of the
Czech painters
Gothic painters
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown |
6911349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloy%20Olaya | Eloy Olaya | Eloy José Olaya Prendes (born 10 July 1964 in Gijón, Asturias), known simply as Eloy, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
During his career, Eloy played for Sporting de Gijón (being part of a strong 80's team that achieved two fourth places in La Liga, in 1985 and 1987, with the player scoring 11 goals in 43 games in the latter season), Valencia CF (with roughly the same individual records, helping the Che to a runner-up spot in the 1989–90 campaign) and CD Badajoz (retiring after an unassuming Segunda División spell). On 28 November 1979, aged only 15, he made his professional debut, appearing with the Asturias side in a Copa del Rey contest against CD Turón as the Royal Spanish Football Federation did not allow clubs to field players from the reserves, which were able to also compete in the tournament in that period.
After retiring in 1998 at the age of 34, with top level totals of 429 matches and 76 goals, Eloy served as director of football for main club Sporting, from 2001 to 2006.
International career
During slightly less than five years, Eloy earned 15 caps and scored four goals for the Spain national team. He was a participant in the 1986 FIFA World Cup where he netted against Algeria in a 3–0 win, also missing in a penalty shootout quarter-final loss to Belgium, and UEFA Euro 1988 (no appearances).
Eloy's debut came on 20 November 1985 in a 0–0 friendly with Austria, played in Zaragoza.
International goals
Honours
Club
Valencia
Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1994–95
International
Spain U21
UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1986
See also
List of La Liga players (400+ appearances)
List of Sporting de Gijón players (+100 appearances)
List of Valencia CF players (+100 appearances)
References
External links
CiberChe biography and stats
Spain stats at Eu-Football
1964 births
Living people
Footballers from Gijón
Spanish footballers
Association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) footballers
Sporting de Gijón B players
Sporting de Gijón players
Valencia CF players
CD Badajoz players
Spain youth international footballers
Spain under-21 international footballers
Spain international footballers
1986 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1988 players
Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) alumni |
17344507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%20Le%20district | Na Le district | Na Le is a district (muang) of Luang Namtha province in northwestern Laos.
References
Districts of Luang Namtha province |
20486215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Masdevallia%20species | List of Masdevallia species | Masdevallia is a genus of orchids (Orchidaceae), containing about 500 species.
While several genera have been included in Masdevallia in the attempt to make it a natural monophyletic group, Jostia, Spilotantha and Teagueia have been split off in the process. Not all authors accept this decision at present, and the final consensus remains to be established on this matter.
A
Masdevallia acaroi (Ecuador)
Masdevallia adamsii (Belize)
Masdevallia adrianae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia aenigma (Colombia)
Masdevallia affinis (Venezuela to Ecuador)
Masdevallia agaster (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia aguirrei (Colombia)
Masdevallia akemia (Colombia)
Masdevallia albella (SE Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia alexandri (Ecuador)
Masdevallia amabilis (Peru)
Masdevallia amaluzae (Ecuador to Peru)
Masdevallia ametroglossa (Ecuador)
Masdevallia amoena (Ecuador)
Masdevallia amplexa (Peru)
Masdevallia ampullacea (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia anachaeta (W South America)
Masdevallia anchorifera (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia andreettaeana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia anemone (Ecuador)
Masdevallia anfracta (Ecuador)
Masdevallia angulata (S Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia angulifera (Colombia)
Masdevallia anisomorpha (Colombia)
Masdevallia anomala (Peru)
Masdevallia antonii (Peru)
Masdevallia aphanes (Ecuador to Peru)
Masdevallia apparitio (Colombia)
Masdevallia aptera Luer & L.O'Shaughn (Ecuador)
Masdevallia arangoi (Colombia)
Masdevallia ariasii (SE Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia arminii (Colombia)
Masdevallia assurgens (Colombia)
Masdevallia asterotricha (Peru)
Masdevallia atahualpa (Peru)
Masdevallia attenuata (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Masdevallia audax (Peru)
Masdevallia aurea (Ecuador)
Masdevallia aurorae (Peru)
Masdevallia ayabacana (Peru)
B
Masdevallia bangii (Ecuador to Bolivia)
Masdevallia barlaeana (Peru)
Masdevallia barrowii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia bathyschista (Colombia)
Masdevallia belua (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia bennettii (Peru)
Masdevallia berthae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia bicolor (W South America to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia bicornis (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia blanda (Ecuador)
Masdevallia boliviensis (Bolivia)
Masdevallia boliviensis ssp. boliviensis (Bolivia)
Masdevallia boliviensis ssp. leucophaea (Bolivia)
Masdevallia bonplandii (E Colombia to C Peru)
Masdevallia bottae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia bourdetteana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia brachyantha (Bolivia)
Masdevallia brachyura (Ecuador)
Masdevallia brenneri (Ecuador)
Masdevallia brockmuelleri (Colombia)
Masdevallia bryophila (Peru)
Masdevallia buccinator (Colombia)
Masdevallia bucculenta (NW Ecuador)
Masdevallia burianii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia burzlaffiana (Guatemala)
C
Masdevallia cacodes (Colombia)
Masdevallia caesia (W Colombia)
Masdevallia calagrasalis (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia calocalix (Ecuador)
Masdevallia calosiphon (Peru)
Masdevallia calura (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia campyloglossa (W South America)
Masdevallia cardiantha (Peru)
Masdevallia carmenensis (Ecuador)
Masdevallia carnosa Königer (Peru)
Masdevallia carpishica (Peru)
Masdevallia carruthersiana (Colombia to SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia castor (Peru)
Masdevallia catapheres (Peru)
Masdevallia caudata (Colombia to Venezuela)
Masdevallia caudivolvula (Colombia)
Masdevallia cerastes (Colombia)
Masdevallia chaparensis (Bolivia)
Masdevallia chasei (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia chimboensis (Ecuador)
Masdevallia chontalensis (C America)
Masdevallia chuspipatae (Bolivia)
Masdevallia cinnamomea (Peru)
Masdevallia citrinella (Ecuador)
Masdevallia civilis (Venezuela to Peru)
Masdevallia clandestina (Colombia)
Masdevallia cleistogama (Peru)
Masdevallia cloesii (Peru)
Masdevallia cocapatae (Bolivia)
Masdevallia coccinea – Little Flags (Colombia)
Masdevallia collantesii (Peru)
Masdevallia collina (Panama)
Masdevallia colossus (Peru)
Masdevallia concinna (Peru)
Masdevallia condorensis (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia constricta (Peru)
Masdevallia copiosa (Colombia)
Masdevallia cordeliana (Peru)
Masdevallia corderoana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia coriacea (Colombia to Ecuador
Masdevallia corniculata (Colombia to E Ecuador)
Masdevallia cosmia (Peru)
Masdevallia cranion (Peru)
Masdevallia crassicaulis (Ecuador)
Masdevallia crescenticola (W Colombia to W Ecuador)
Masdevallia cretata (Ecuador)
Masdevallia cryptocopis (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia cucullata – Widow Orchid (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia cucutillensis (Colombia)
Masdevallia cuprea (S Tropical America)
Masdevallia cupularis (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia curtipes (SE Brazil)
Masdevallia cyclotega (Peru)
Masdevallia cylix (Ecuador)
D
Masdevallia dalessandroi (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia datura (Bolivia)
Masdevallia davisii – Davis' masdevallia, Orchid of the Sun, qoriwaqanki (Quechua)
Masdevallia deceptrix (Venezuela)
Masdevallia decumana (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia deformis (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia delhierroi (EC Ecuador)
Masdevallia demissa (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia deniseana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia descendens (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia discoidea (Brazil)
Masdevallia discolor (Colombia)
Masdevallia don-quijote (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia dorisiae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia draconis (Ecuador)
Masdevallia dreisei (Ecuador)
Masdevallia dryada (Colombia)
Masdevallia dudleyi (Peru)
Masdevallia dunstervillei (Venezuela)
Masdevallia dura (Ecuador)
Masdevallia dynastes (WC Ecuador)
E
Masdevallia eburnea (Panama)
Masdevallia echo (Peru)
Masdevallia ejiriana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia elachys (Bolivia)
Masdevallia elegans (Peru)
Masdevallia elephanticeps (Colombia to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia empusa (SE Ecuador to C Peru)
Masdevallia enallax (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia encephala (Colombia)
Masdevallia ensata (Colombia to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia ephelota (Peru)
Masdevallia erinacea (Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Masdevallia estradae (Colombia)
Masdevallia eucharis (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia eumeces (Peru)
Masdevallia eumeliae (Peru)
Masdevallia eurynogaster (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia excelsior (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia exilipes (Colombia)
Masdevallia expers (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia exquisita (Bolivia)
F
Masdevallia falcago (Colombia)
Masdevallia figueroae (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia flaveola (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia floribunda (Mexico to SC America)
Masdevallia foetens (Colombia)
Masdevallia formosa (Peru)
Masdevallia fosterae (S America)
Masdevallia fractiflexa (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia frilehmannii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia fuchsii (Peru)
Masdevallia fulvescens (Costa Rica to Colombia)
G
Masdevallia garciae (Venezuela)
Masdevallia gargantua (Colombia)
Masdevallia geminiflora (W Colombia to W Ecuador)
Masdevallia gilbertoi (Colombia)
Masdevallia glandulosa (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia glomerosa (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia goliath (SE Ecuador to NE Peru)
Masdevallia gloriae (Panama)
Masdevallia guayanensis (N South America to Brazil)
Masdevallia guerrieroi (Ecuador)
Masdevallia gutierrezii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia guttulata (SE Ecuador)
H
Masdevallia harlequina (Peru)
Masdevallia hartmanii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia heideri (Bolivia)
Masdevallia helenae (Bolivia)
Masdevallia henniae (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia hercules (Ecuador)
Masdevallia herradurae (Colombia)
Masdevallia heteroptera (Colombia)
Masdevallia hians (Colombia)
Masdevallia hieroglyphica (Colombia)
Masdevallia hirtzii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia hoeijeri (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia hortensis (Colombia)
Masdevallia hubeinii (Colombia)
Masdevallia hylodes (Colombia)
Masdevallia hymenantha (Peru)
Masdevallia hystrix (Ecuador)
I
Masdevallia icterina (N Peru)
Masdevallia idae (Peru)
Masdevallia ignea (Colombia)
Masdevallia immensa (Peru)
Masdevallia impostor (W Venezuela to SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia indecora (Colombia)
Masdevallia infracta (Brazil to Bolivia)
Masdevallia ingridiana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia instar (Ecuador to Peru)
Masdevallia ionocharis – Graceful violet-blue masdevallia
Masdevallia irapana (Venezuela)
Masdevallia iris (Venezuela)
Masdevallia ishikoi (Bolivia)
Masdevallia isos (Bolivia)
J
Masdevallia jarae (Peru)
Masdevallia josei (Ecuador)
Masdevallia juan-albertoi (Peru)
K
Masdevallia kalbreyeri (Colombia)
Masdevallia karineae (Peru)
Masdevallia kuhnorum (Peru)
Masdevallia kyphonantha (Venezuela)
L
Masdevallia laevis (Colombia to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia lamia (Ecuador)
Masdevallia lamprotyria (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia lankesterana (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia lansbergii (N Venezuela)
Masdevallia lappifera (Ecuador)
Masdevallia lata (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia lauchiana (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia lenae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia leonardoi (Ecuador)
Masdevallia leonii (Peru)
Masdevallia leontoglossa (Colombia)
Masdevallia lepida (Colombia)
Masdevallia leucantha (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia lewisii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia ligiae (Colombia)
Masdevallia lilacina (Peru)
Masdevallia lilianae (N Peru)
Masdevallia limax (Ecuador)
Masdevallia lineolata (Peru)
Masdevallia lintricula (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia livingstoneana (Costa Rica to Panama)
Masdevallia loui (Ecuador)
Masdevallia lucernula (Peru)
Masdevallia ludibunda (Colombia)
Masdevallia ludibundella (Colombia)
Masdevallia luziaemariae (Bolivia)
Masdevallia lychniphora (N Peru)
Masdevallia lynniana Luer (Ecuador)
M
Masdevallia macrogenia (Colombia)
Masdevallia macroglossa (NE Colombia to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia macropus (S Ecuador)
Masdevallia macrura (Colombia)
Masdevallia maculata (Colombia to Venezuela)
Masdevallia maduroi (Panama)
Masdevallia mallii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia maloi (Ecuador)
Masdevallia manchinazae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia mandarina (Colombia)
Masdevallia manningii (Peru)
Masdevallia manoloi (Peru)
Masdevallia manta (Ecuador)
Masdevallia marginella (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia marizae (Peru)
Masdevallia marthae (Colombia)
Masdevallia martineae (Bolivia)
Masdevallia martiniana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia mascarata (Bolivia)
Masdevallia mastodon (Colombia)
Masdevallia mataxa (Ecuador)
Masdevallia maxilimax (Ecuador)
Masdevallia mayaycu (Ecuador)
Masdevallia medinae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia medusa (Colombia)
Masdevallia mejiana (Colombia)
Masdevallia melanoglossa (Ecuador)
Masdevallia melanoxantha (Colombia)
Masdevallia meleagris (Colombia)
Masdevallia menatoi (Bolivia)
Masdevallia mendozae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia mentosa (Ecuador)
Masdevallia merinoi (Ecuador)
Masdevallia mezae (Peru)
Masdevallia microptera (N Peru)
Masdevallia midas (Ecuador)
Masdevallia milagroi (Ecuador)
Masdevallia minuta (S Tropical America)
Masdevallia misasii (Colombia)
Masdevallia molossoides (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia molossus (Colombia)
Masdevallia monicana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia monogona (Peru)
Masdevallia mooreana (Colombia)
Masdevallia morochoi (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia murex (Ecuador)
Masdevallia mutica (Colombia)
Masdevallia mystica (Colombia)
N
Masdevallia naranjapatae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia navicularis (NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia nebulina (Bolivia)
Masdevallia newmaniana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia nicaraguae (Nicaragua)
Masdevallia nidifica (C America to N Peru)
Masdevallia niesseniae Luer (Colombia)
Masdevallia nikoleana (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia nitens (Bolivia)
Masdevallia nivea (Colombia)
Masdevallia norae (N South America)
Masdevallia norops (E Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia notosibirica (Bolivia)
O
Masdevallia obscurans (Brazil: Pernambuco)
Masdevallia odontocera (Colombia)
Masdevallia odontopetala (Ecuador)
Masdevallia omorenoi (Bolivia)
Masdevallia ophioglossa (W Ecuador)
Masdevallia ophioglossa ssp. grossa
Masdevallia ophioglossa ssp. ophioglossa
Masdevallia orchipayanensium P. Ortiz (Colombia)
Masdevallia oreas (Bolivia)
Masdevallia ortalis (Ecuador)
Masdevallia os-draconis (Colombia)
Masdevallia os-viperae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia oscarii (Colombia)
Masdevallia oscitans (Brazil)
Masdevallia ostaurina Luer & V.N.M.Rao (Panama)
Masdevallia oxapampaensis (Peru)
P
Masdevallia pachyantha (Colombia)
Masdevallia pachygyne (Colombia)
Masdevallia pachysepala (Colombia)
Masdevallia paivaeana (Peru to Bolivia)
Masdevallia pandurilabia (Peru)
Masdevallia panguiensis (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia pantomima (Ecuador)
Masdevallia papillosa (Ecuador)
Masdevallia paquishae (SE Ecuador to Peru)
Masdevallia pardina (S Colombia to N Ecuador)
Masdevallia parvula (W South America)
Masdevallia pastinata (Colombia)
Masdevallia patchicutzae (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia patriciana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia patula (Ecuador)
Masdevallia paulensis (SE Brazil)
Masdevallia peristeria (Colombia to NW Ecuador)
Masdevallia peristeria ssp. haematosticta (Colombia to NW Ecuador)
Masdevallia peristeria ssp. peristeria (NW Colombia)
Masdevallia pernix (N Peru)
Masdevallia persicina (Ecuador)
Masdevallia pescadoensis (Colombia)
Masdevallia phacopsis (Bolivia)
Masdevallia phasmatodes (N Peru)
Masdevallia phlogina (Peru)
Masdevallia phoenix (Peru)
Masdevallia picea (Peru)
Masdevallia picta (SE Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia picturata (C & S Tropical America)
Masdevallia pileata (Colombia)
Masdevallia pinocchio (Ecuador)
Masdevallia planadensis (Colombia)
Masdevallia plantaginea (SE Ecuador to NC Peru)
Masdevallia platyglossa (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia pleurothalloides (Panama)
Masdevallia plynophora (Peru)
Masdevallia pollux (Ecuador to Peru)
Masdevallia polychroma (Ecuador)
Masdevallia polysticta ssp. polysticta
Masdevallia polysticta ssp. spathulifolia
Masdevallia popowiana (Peru)
Masdevallia portillae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia posadae (Colombia)
Masdevallia princeps (Peru)
Masdevallia proboscoidea Luer & V.N.M.Rao (Ecuador)
Masdevallia prodigiosa (N Peru)
Masdevallia prolixa (Peru)
Masdevallia prosartema (N Peru)
Masdevallia pterygiophora (Colombia)
Masdevallia pumila (S Colombia to C Bolivia)
Masdevallia purpurella (Colombia)
Masdevallia purpurina (Peru)
Masdevallia pygmaea (Costa Rica to NW Ecuador)
Masdevallia pyknosepala (Peru)
Masdevallia pyxis (Peru)
Q
Masdevallia quasimodo (Bolivia)
R
Masdevallia racemosa (Colombia)
Masdevallia rana-aurea (Peru)
Masdevallia receptrix (Bolivia)
Masdevallia recurvata (Peru)
Masdevallia regina (Peru)
Masdevallia reichenbachiana (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia renzii (Colombia)
Masdevallia repanda (Ecuador)
Masdevallia replicata (Peru)
Masdevallia revoluta (Ecuador)
Masdevallia rhinophora (Colombia)
Masdevallia rhodehameliana (Peru)
Masdevallia richardsoniana (Peru)
Masdevallia ricii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia rigens (Peru)
Masdevallia rimarima-alba (Peru)
Masdevallia robusta (Ecuador)
Masdevallia rodolfoi (Peru)
Masdevallia rolandorum (Peru)
Masdevallia rolfeana – "black orchid" (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia rosea (S Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia rosea ssp. echinata (S Colombia to N Ecuador)
Masdevallia rosea ssp. rosea (EC & SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia roseola (SE Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia rubeola (Bolivia)
Masdevallia rubiginosa (SE Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia rufescens (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia rugulosa Königer (Peru)
S
Masdevallia saltatrix (Colombia)
Masdevallia sanchezii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia sanctae-fidei (Colombia to Venezuela)
Masdevallia sanctae-inesae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia sanguinea (Ecuador)
Masdevallia scabrilinguis (Costa Rica to Panama)
Masdevallia scalpellifera (Ecuador)
Masdevallia scandens (Bolivia)
Masdevallia scapha (Venezuela)
Masdevallia sceptrum (NE Colombia to NW & N Venezuela)
Masdevallia schildhaueri (Venezuela)
Masdevallia schizantha (Colombia)
Masdevallia schizopetala (Costa Rica, Bolivia)
Masdevallia schizostigma (Peru)
Masdevallia schlimii (Colombia to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia schmidt-mummii (Colombia)
Masdevallia schoonenii (Peru)
Masdevallia schroederae (C America)
Masdevallia schroederiana (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia schudelii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia scitula (Peru)
Masdevallia scobina (Colombia)
Masdevallia scopaea (Bolivia)
Masdevallia segurae (Colombia)
Masdevallia selenites (Peru)
Masdevallia semiteres (Peru)
Masdevallia senghasiana (Colombia)
Masdevallia serendipita (Bolivia)
Masdevallia sernae (Colombia)
Masdevallia sessilis (SE Brazil)
Masdevallia setacea (Ecuador)
Masdevallia setipes (Bolivia)
Masdevallia shiraishii (Peru)
Masdevallia siphonantha (Colombia)
Masdevallia smallmaniana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia soennemarkii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia solomonii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia speciosa (Ecuador)
Masdevallia spilantha (N Peru)
Masdevallia splendida (Peru)
Masdevallia sprucei (S Venezuela to N Brazil)
Masdevallia stenorhynchos (Colombia)
Masdevallia stigii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia stirpis (Venezuela)
Masdevallia strattoniana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia striatella (Costa Rica to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia strobelii (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia strumella (Colombia)
Masdevallia strumifera (Colombia to NW Venezuela and N Ecuador)
Masdevallia stumpflei (Peru)
Masdevallia suinii (Ecuador)
Masdevallia sulphurella (Peru)
Masdevallia sumapazensis (Colombia)
Masdevallia synthesis (Venezuela)
T
Masdevallia teaguei (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia terborchii (Peru)
Masdevallia theleura (Ecuador)
Masdevallia thienii (Costa Rica to NW Ecuador)
Masdevallia tinekeae (Bolivia)
Masdevallia titan (Peru)
Masdevallia tokachiorum (Panama)
Masdevallia tonduzii (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia torta (Colombia)
Masdevallia tovarensis (N Venezuela)
Masdevallia trautmanniana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia triangularis (Venezuela to Ecuador)
Masdevallia tricallosa (Peru)
Masdevallia tricolor (N Venezuela)
Masdevallia tricycla (Ecuador)
Masdevallia trifurcata (SE Ecuador)
Masdevallia trigonopetala (S Colombia to E Ecuador)
Masdevallia trochilus (C Colombia to C Peru)
Masdevallia truncata (Ecuador)
Masdevallia tsubotae (Colombia)
Masdevallia tubata (Bolivia)
Masdevallia tubuliflora (Chiapas to C America)
Masdevallia tubulosa (W South America to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia tubulosa subsp. syringodes (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia tubulosa subsp. tubulosa (Colombia to NW Venezuela)
Masdevallia tuerckheimii (Chiapas to C America)
U
Masdevallia uncifera (S Colombia to N Ecuador)
Masdevallia unguentum (Colombia)
Masdevallia uniflora (Peru)
Masdevallia urceolaris (Colombia)
Masdevallia ustulata (E Colombia to N Peru)
Masdevallia utriculata (Panama)
V
Masdevallia valenciae (Colombia)
Masdevallia vargasii (S Colombia to C Bolivia and N Brazil)
Masdevallia vasquezii (Bolivia)
Masdevallia veitchiana – Veitch's masdevallia, King of the Masdevallias, gallo-gallo (Spanish), waqanki (Quechua)
Masdevallia velella (Colombia)
Masdevallia velifera (Colombia)
Masdevallia venatoria (Ecuador)
Masdevallia venezuelana (Venezuela)
Masdevallia ventricularia (Colombia to NW Ecuador)
Masdevallia venus (Ecuador)
Masdevallia verecunda (Venezuela)
Masdevallia vexillifera (Peru)
Masdevallia vidua (Ecuador)
Masdevallia vieirana (Colombia)
Masdevallia villegasii (Colombia)
Masdevallia virens (Ecuador)
Masdevallia virgo-cuencae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia virgo-rosea (Colombia)
Masdevallia vomeris (Peru)
W
Masdevallia wagneriana (Colombia to N Venezuela)
Masdevallia wagneriana var. colombiana (Colombia)
Masdevallia wagneriana var. pteroglossa (Colombia)
Masdevallia wagneriana var. wagneriana (N Venezuela)
Masdevallia walteri (Costa Rica)
Masdevallia weberbaueri (S Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia welischii (Peru)
Masdevallia wendlandiana (S Tropical America)
Masdevallia whiteana (SE Ecuador to N Peru)
Masdevallia wubbenii (Venezuela)
Masdevallia wuelfinghoffiana (Ecuador)
Masdevallia wuellneri P.Ortiz (Colombia)
Masdevallia wuerstlei (Colombia)
Masdevallia wurdackii (N Peru)
X
Masdevallia xanthina (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia xanthina ssp. klabochorum (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia xanthina ssp. pallida (Ecuador)
Masdevallia xanthina ssp. xanthina (Colombia to Ecuador)
Masdevallia ximenae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia xiphium (Colombia)
Masdevallia xylina (Colombia)
Y
Masdevallia yungasensis (Bolivia)
Masdevallia yungasensis ssp. calocodon
Masdevallia yungasensis ssp. yungasensis
Z
Masdevallia zahlbruckneri (C America to W Ecuador)
Masdevallia zamorensis (Ecuador)
Masdevallia zapatae (Colombia)
Masdevallia zebracea (N Peru)
Masdevallia zongoensis (Bolivia)
Masdevallia zumbae (Ecuador)
Masdevallia zumbuehlerae (Ecuador)
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Masdevallia |
6911355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herron%20Island | Herron Island | Herron Island is an island in central Case Inlet in the southern part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. The Pierce County island has a land area of 1.2326 km² (304.57 acres) and a population of 151 persons as of the 2010 census.
Herron Island is one of the few privately owned islands in Puget Sound. All access to the island is by boat, mostly aboard the HMC ferry, the "Charlie Wells", and a guest pass signed by an HMC member is necessary to board the ferry. The island is long, and 1/2 mile (800 m) across.
Corporate properties include the North Beach Park and small boat docks, the South Beach (undeveloped), roads and rights of way, Goodpastor Park and adjacent wetlands, Community Building and Fire Station, water system, ferry and ferry docks, as well as numerous greenbelt lots throughout the island. All other land is privately owned. Ownership of waterfront lots includes the tidelands down to the mean sea level.
History
Herron Island was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor Lewis Herron, the expedition's cooper.
Herron Island is a completely private island. It was incorporated on April 30, 1958, as Herron Maintenance Co. (HMC), a non-profit, non-stock Washington corporation consisting of the owners and purchasers of property on Herron Island. HMC is governed by its bylaws and administered by an unsalaried Board of Trustees elected annually from the membership. The Board is responsible for overseeing the operations and maintenance of the corporation's properties, and establishing a balanced budget to fund these operations. Herron Island is funded solely by annual and special assessments paid by the members and by the ferry fee.
1792
Lieutenant Peter Puget, under the command of Captain George Vancouver, explored what is now known as Case Inlet in Puget Sound, in May, 1792. On the 23rd of May, the sailors didn't get underway until 8:00 AM, much later than usual, due to the very heavy fog in the area. Because a new group of Indians was encountered at the mouth of the Nisqually river, and Lt. Puget didn't know whether they were friendly or not, the ship delayed landing until 2:00 PM that afternoon. Just after the landing, another squall, with heavy rains and wind gusts, prevented them from proceeding any further that day.
The tiny island they landed upon was dubbed "Wednesday Island". It was actually Tuesday here, but the Vancouver expedition used "England time" throughout their explorations.
The ship's botanist, Archibald Menzies, whose job it was to explore every place they landed, refused to venture from the landing site to collect soil and botanical specimens, due to the heavy rain and wind.
1841
In 1841, Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the United States Navy, re-explored, re-charted (and frequently renamed) the islands of Puget Sound.
Large and important islands were renamed for his most important sailors. Smaller islands were renamed for his lesser sailors. Lt. Wilkes renamed Wednesday Island for Seaman Herron.
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Herron Island
Herron Island: Blocks 2030 thru 2039, Census Tract 726.02, Pierce County, Washington United States Census Bureau
Islands of Washington (state)
Islands of Pierce County, Washington
Islands of Puget Sound
Populated places in Pierce County, Washington
Populated places on Puget Sound
Private islands of Washington (state) |
26722754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20My%20Parents%20are%20Aliens%20characters | List of My Parents are Aliens characters | My Parents are Aliens is a British children's television sitcom airing from 1998 until 2006. The full cast for My Parents are Aliens is tabled below including both the character and the actor/actress who played the role in each season.
Characters
My Parents Are Aliens |
6911364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirwan%2C%20Queensland | Kirwan, Queensland | Kirwan is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kirwan had a population of 21,418 people.
Geography
Kirwan is a primarily residential suburb but includes some commercial property, primarily concentrated along Thuringowa Drive.
History
The suburb of Kirwan was established in 1968 as the northernmost of a series of new suburbs along the western side of the Upper Ross River. It was officially named on 1 March 1969 and took its name from an early farming family in the region. Prior to suburban development, Kirwan had been farmed and had also been the site of air force activity during World War II.
Kirwan State School opened in 1977 and Kirwan State High School opened in 1979. Ryan Catholic College, which serves both primary and secondary students, was also founded in 1979. The Willows State School was established in the suburb in 1997.
Population
According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 21,418 people in Kirwan.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.5% of the population.
82.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, England 2.4%, Philippines 1.0% and Papua New Guinea 0.6%.
88.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian at 0.5%.
The most common responses for religion were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 25.6% and Anglican 16.2%.
Amenities
Several leisure facilities are situated within Kirwan itself, including the Willows Golf Club, the Townsville and District Junior Rugby League Grounds and the Townsville Brothers Leagues Club. Kirwan is also well known as the home of the National Rugby League team, the North Queensland Cowboys, and is the site of 1300SMILES Stadium.
The Willows branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Girl Guide Hut on the corner of McBride Street and Bamford Lane.
Nearby amenities
At its southern end are the retail and entertainment precincts of Thuringowa Central, which include the Willows Shopping Centre and the Riverway complex, the latter of which lines the northern bank of the Ross River and includes parkland, swimming pools, barbecue facilities and an arts centre. It also plays home to night markets. Also situated near the southern border of Kirwan is the Cannon Park complex in Condon, which offers a range of restaurants, a cinema and other leisure providers, and formerly a military memorial in the form of a WWII era cannon, dedicated to the 18 servicemen lost when two Blackhawk helicopters collided on a night exercise in 1996, on the nearby Hervey Range.
Education
Kirwan State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 21 Burnda Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 900 students with 60 teachers (55 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.
The Willows State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Bilberry Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,007 students with 75 teachers (68 full-time equivalent) and 32 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.
Kirwan State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Hudson Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,997 students with 157 teachers (147 full-time equivalent) and 75 non-teaching staff (59 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.
Ryan Catholic College is a Catholic primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 59 Canterbury Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,886 students with 143 teachers (131 full-time equivalent) and 84 non-teaching staff (69 full-time equivalent).
References
External links
Suburbs of Townsville |
6911365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizu%20Plaatjies | Dizu Plaatjies | Dizu Plaatjies (born 5 February 1959, Lusikisiki, Pondoland, South Africa) is a Xhosa musician best known for being the founder and former leader of the South African group, Amampondo. He is a graduate of the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town where he lectures in African Music.
Plaatjies started the percussion group Amampondo during the late 1970s. The group began with making music on the streets, but achieved international fame in the 1980s. The climax for the group was performing at the Wembley Stadium during the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute. The stage was set for Amamondo to conquer the world, and they had already been booked for a world tour, but the anti-apartheid campaign in exile from South Africa banned their performances for the next four years. During these difficult years, he received support from the Scandinavian countries.
Since leaving Amampondo Plaatjies has started a new ensemble called Ibuyambo. Dizu and the new group have presented numerous shows in a number of European countries, and perform regularly in South Africa.
Plaatjies is the son of an African traditional healer and late lady teacher Ntombiza, has himself been initiated in the Xhosa/Pondo tribal tradition. His interest in African percussion music has taken him to numerous countries on the continent with the result that he now owns a substantial collection of handmade musical instruments from sub-Saharan Africa. His latest recordings, made for the label Mountain Records, are titled Ibuyambo (2005), African Kings (2008) and Ubuntu — The Common String (2015), and illustrate this knowledge and interest. The last two releases won him SAMA Awards.
He was married to his partner Vuyo Mbewu on 27 September 2008. The couple have two children Ukwanda and Azile. Plaatjies has 4 children.
Selected discography
Ibuyambo (2003)
African Kings (2008)
Ubuntu — The Common String (2015)
References
External links
See featured artists
LMD Productions: Dizu Plaatjies
Mail & Guardian: Master of the marimba
Music.org.za: Dizu Plaatjies
Cape Times
Mondomix - French
Pole Sud - French
http://www.dieburger.com/Stories/Entertainment/19.0.1358254563.aspx
South African musicians
Living people
1959 births
South African College of Music alumni |
6911375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil%20Meskhi%20Stadium | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, also known as the Lokomotivi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia named after the famous Georgian international footballer, Mikheil Meskhi. It is used mostly for football matches, and occasionally for rugby union and rugby league matches. The stadium was renovated in 2001 and has a capacity to hold 27,223 people. It is the second largest stadium in Georgia, after the Boris Paichadze Stadium.
See also
Boris Paichadze Stadium
Georgia national rugby union team
Georgia national football team
Georgia national rugby league team
Stadiums in Georgia
References
Georgia national rugby union team
Georgia national football team
Football venues in Tbilisi
Rugby union stadiums in Georgia (country)
Multi-purpose stadiums in Georgia (country)
Sports venues in Tbilisi
Vake, Tbilisi |
26722761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Elowitz | Michael Elowitz | Michael B. Elowitz is a biologist and professor of Biology, Bioengineering, and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2007 he was the recipient of the Genius grant, better known as the MacArthur Fellows Program for the design of a synthetic gene regulatory network, the Repressilator, which helped initiate the field of synthetic biology. In addition, he showed, for the first time, how inherently random effects, or 'noise', in gene expression could be detected and quantified in living cells, leading to a growing recognition of the many roles that noise plays in living cells. His work in Synthetic Biology and Noise represent two foundations of the field of Systems Biology.
Career
His laboratory studies the dynamics of genetic circuits in individual living cells using synthetic biology, time-lapse microscopy, and mathematical modeling, with a particular focus on the way in which cells make use of noise to implement behaviors that would be difficult or impossible without it.
Recently, his lab has expanded their approaches beyond bacteria to include eukaryotic and mammalian cells.
Life
Elowitz grew up in Los Angeles, California, where he attended the humanities magnet at Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles).
He studied Physics and graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992, and from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in 1999.
In 1997–1998, he spent one year at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory at Heidelberg.
Afterwards, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University in New York City.
While working as a graduate student at Princeton he co-authored songs such as Sunday at the Lab with Uri Alon.
Awards
2019 Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics
2015 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011 HFSP Nakasone Award
2008 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering
2008 Discover Magazine "Top 20 under 40"
2007 MacArthur Fellows Program
2006 Packard Fellow
2004 Technology Review TR100 List of Top Innovators
2003 Burroughs Welcome Fund Interfaces award
Peer-reviewed publications
Li P, Markson JS, Wang S, Chen S, Vachharajan V, Elowitz MB, "Morphogen gradient reconstitution reveals Hedgehog pathway design principles," Science (2018).
Bintu L, Yong J, Antebi YE, McCue K, Kazuki Y, Uno N, Oshimura M, Elowitz MB, "Dynamics of epigenetic regulation at the single-cell level," Science (2016).
Lin Y, Sohn CH, Dalal CK, Cai L, Elowitz MB, Combinatorial gene regulation by modulation of relative pulse timing, Nature, 2015
References
External links
"Hacking DNA", IEEE Spectrum, Paul McFedries, October 2009
"Michael B Elowitz", Scientific Commons
"Michael Elowitz", Science blog
21st-century American biologists
MacArthur Fellows
California Institute of Technology faculty
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Princeton University alumni
Synthetic biologists
Systems biologists
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers |
26722786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20Brandon%20Thomas | Amy Brandon Thomas | Amy Marguerite Brandon Thomas (9 March 1890 – 6 May 1974) was an English film and stage actress. She was the daughter of the playwright Brandon Thomas. She is also known as Amy Brandon-Thomas.
Life and career
Amy Brandon Thomas was born in London, the daughter of the playwright Brandon Thomas and his wife Marguerite, and was educated privately. She married William Deane Barnes-Brand.
Thomas joined the stage professionally in 1907, playing Alice Ormerod in A Lancashire Sailor at the Theatre Royal, Preston, where she also played Ela Delahay in her father's comedy, Charley's Aunt. She appeared in London that Christmas at the New Royalty Theatre in the same two plays, although this time she played Kitty Verdun in Charley's Aunt. She was next seen at the Garrick Theatre in 1908, as Lucy Lorirner in A Pair of Spectacles, with Sir John Hare, subsequently touring with him. In 1909 she was at the Royal Court Theatre in London as Kate Dalliscm in Strangers Within the Gates and then toured with Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Vivien O' Hussy in The Passing of the Third Floor Back at the Haymarket Theatre. That Christmas, she was Barbara Tracy in Might is Right. In 1910, she first played Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Court Theatre, then appearing at His Majesty's Theatre with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Olivia in Twelfth Night, then touring as Portia with Arthur Phillips's company. That autumn, she was at the Lyceum Theatre, London, as Millie Anderson in The Sins of London, finishing the year at the London Pavilion as Nan in Good for Nothing. The next year, she was at Wyndham's Theatre as Lady Margaret Beauchamp in Mr. Jarvis and later at the Palace Theatre as Odette in The Choice.
In 1912, she was back at His Majesty's, playing Elizabeth Sydenham in Drake. The next year, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she reprised the role of Vivien in The Passing of the Third Floor Back. Then, at His Majesty's, she again played Olivia in Twelfth Night. In the Autumn, at the New Theatre, Manchester, she was Renee de Cochefordt in Under the Red Robe. In 1914, she played Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband at the St. James's Theatre. Then, at His Majesty's, she reappeared as Elizabeth Sydenham in Drake. The next year, she was Madame Pasquier de la Man in Peter Ibbetson. In 1916, at the Comedy Theatre, she played in Half-Past Eight. In 1917, at the Haymarket, she played Evelyn Garland in Felix Gets a Month, ending the year at the St. James's in Charley's Aunt, again as Kitty. The next year, she was at the Queen's Theatre as Marion Fenton in Lot 79 and at the Lyric Theatre as Valentine Boudet in The Purple Mask. In 1919, at the Garrick, she played Mary Willmore in The Purse Strings. She had engagements in variety theatres during 1920 in The Odds. In 1921, she was back at St. James's as Lady Emma Jones in Emma. The next year at the Ambassadors' Theatre, she was Lady Eleanor Davys in Charles I, ending the year as Lady Mabel in The Secret Agent at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. In 1923, she was Lady Amy Ducksworth in So This Is London. Later roles included Sue in Is Zat So? at the Apollo Theatre (1926) and Lady Featherstone in Blue Eyes at the Piccadilly Theatre (1928).
Beginning during World War I, and until the 1930s, she made several films, most notably as the defending counsel in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! Thomas enjoyed reading, sewing and motoring.
In later life, Thomas and her husband lived in Surrey, where the architect Oliver Hill designed two houses for them: Woodhouse Copse in Holmbury St Mary, built in 1926, and Burrows Wood in Gomshall in 1939. He also built them a house for speculative (resale) purposes, Raikes Hollow in Abinger, in 1930. Thomas discovered an interest in gardening after Hill introduced her to garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. She became a frequent visitor to Jekyll's house, Munstead Wood, and Jekyll designed the planting for the gardens at Woodhouse Copse.
Her husband William Deane Barnes-Brand died on 30 December 1945. Oliver Hill carried out the remodelling of Madgehole Farm, Shamley Green, for her around 1957. She died in London in 1974 at the age of 84.
Selected filmography
Partners at Last (1916)
The Profligate (1917)
The Cry for Justice (1919)
The English Rose (1920)
At the Villa Rose (1930)
Murder! (1930)
Java Head (1934)
Vintage Wine (1935)
References
External links
Portrait of Thomas as a baby by Whistler
Photo of Thomas as Portia in The Merchant of Venice
Who's Who in the Theatre contains a biography of Thomas.
Photo of Thomas in Murder!
1890 births
1974 deaths
English film actresses
English stage actresses
Actresses from London
20th-century English actresses |
20486222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel%20Knievel%20%281971%20film%29 | Evel Knievel (1971 film) | Evel Knievel is a 1971 American biographical film starring George Hamilton as motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel.
Plot
The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up in Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life, particularly his relationship with his girlfriend/wife, Linda. The film opens with Knievel (Hamilton) at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Knievel is speaking directly to the camera describing his upcoming daredevil motorcycle jump:
Following his introduction, the story follows a flashback narrative through Knievel's life.
The film ends with Knievel successfully completing the February 1971 jump at the Ontario Motor Speedway (129 feet) and riding off onto a dirt road which leads to the edge of the Grand Canyon (at the time of production, Evel Knievel was hyping a jump over the Grand Canyon, a jump which never got beyond the early planning stage).
Monologue
As the movie closes over the Grand Canyon, George Hamilton delivers a voice-over monologue in the Knievel character. In the monologue, he describes himself as the "last gladiator", which would later be used by the real Evel Knievel in his 1998 documentary, The Last of the Gladiators.
Below is a transcript of the monologue from the movie:
Cast
George Hamilton as Evel Knievel
Sue Lyon as Linda Knievel
Bert Freed as Doc Kincaid
Rod Cameron as Charlie Knesson
Dub Taylor as Turquoise Smith
Ron Masak as Pete
Hal Baylor as The Sheriff
Cheryl Smith as Girl Buying Ticket At Rodeo (uncredited, Smith's feature film debut.)
Production
Development
George Hamilton was writing a screenplay about a bronco rider who became a motorcycle rider. While preparing to film it, he interviewed various stunt men for the lead role and learned about Knievel. Hamilton visited Knievel in a San Francisco hospital and found Knievel's story more fascinating than what he was writing. In December 1969 he announced he was working on a film about Knievel. In February 1970, Hamilton stated that:
In America we've long had a theory that all men have an equal right to become everything they want. But there's a new theory being pushed on us – that every man has to be something whether he wants to or not. That's what the theory of Evil Knievel is about. He's an individual who doesn't care about establishment or hippie, both have their phony sides. I'm not sure why Evil does what he does on a motorcycle. But I do know that by the time the picture is finished I'll be able to say it in one sentence.
The screenplay was originally written by Alan Caillou who had written the screenplay for Jack Starrett's The Losers also for Joe Solomon's Fanfare Films. However George Hamilton was not happy with it. He offered to pay John Milius $5,000 to write some lines in the script. Milius says he went to Hamilton's home at Palm Springs to read the script "and it was terrible. So I threw the script in the pool and beat on it with an oar. And of course the script was waterlogged, so I just wrote another one. He later told me he knew that if I got down there with that script I'd write another one."
Milius says Knievel "saw himself as the new gladiator of the new Rome, something larger than a daredevil. He saw the whole spectacle of civilization and the absurdity of what it's turned into, and he fit into that."
Milius later called Hamilton "a wonderful guy, totally underrated. A great con-man, that's what he really is. He always said, 'I'll be remembered as a third-rate actor when in fact, I'm a first-rate con man'."
Hamilton later recalled:
Milius made me read the script to Evel. I realized he was kind of a sociopath and was totally messed. Then all of sudden Evel started to adopt lines out of the movie for himself. So his persona in the movie became more of his persona in real life. He would have been every kid's hero on one hand, but then he went and took that baseball bat and broke that guy's arm and that finished his career in the toy business. Evel was very, very difficult and he was jealous of anybody that was gonna play him. He wanted to portray himself and he did go and make his own movie later on. He had a great perception of this warrior that he thought he was and that was good. Then he had this other side of himself where he’d turn on you in a minute. Success is something that you have earn. You have to have a humility for it, because it can leave you in a second. It may remember you but it can sure leave you. I think if you don’t get that and you don’t have gratitude for what you are and where you are it doesn’t come back and it goes away forever.
Shooting
The picture was directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and was released on September 10, 1971.
Much of the film was shot in Butte, Montana. Actual footage of Knievel jumping his motorcycle was used throughout the film. Additionally, Knievel performed a series of new jumps at the Ontario Motor Speedway for the production, including a spectacular record jump of 129 feet over 19 cars that was included in the film (Knievel held the record for jumping a Harley-Davidson motorcycle over 19 cars for 27 years, until broken by Bubba Blackwell in 1998). Knievel received a flat rate of $25,000 for his rights and the consulting fee.
In 1973 Milius said he preferred the film "to the other movies from my scripts. They didn't restrain it or tone it down, they shot the script. The guy is just as obnoxious and full of hot air as he was in the script. Just as full of life and vitality too. He's Evel Knievel! He wouldn't take a dime off of anybody."
The music is conducted by Patrick Williams. The title song, "I Do What I Please", is played throughout the film, including the opening and closing credits, and the montage of the real Evel Knievel's stunt riding.
See also
List of American films of 1971
References
External links
1971 films
1970s action thriller films
1970s biographical films
American biographical films
American action thriller films
1970s English-language films
Biographical action films
Films about stunt performers
Films set in Montana
Films shot in Montana
Films directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Films with screenplays by John Milius
Films scored by Patrick Williams
Cultural depictions of Evel Knievel |
20486224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadionul%20ANEFS | Stadionul ANEFS | ANEFS Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Comprest GIM București and Electrica București. The stadium holds 6,000 people.
It was also known as Rocar Stadium, but after ANEFS bought the stadium it renamed it.
Football venues in Romania
Sports venues in Bucharest
Multi-purpose stadiums in Romania |
26722789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Simon | Hugo Simon | Hugo Simon (born 3 August 1942) is an Olympic medal-winning show jumper who took part in six Olympics between 1972 and 1996 (1980 excepted). Before his first Olympic appearance, he competed for West Germany, but in 1972 became an Austrian citizen.
He won a silver medal at age 49 at the team event at the 1992 Olympics on the horse Apricot D. Four years later, at age 53, he came fourth in the individual event after a jump-off involving seven riders competing for two medals.
He was the first person to win three World Cup titles, at the inaugural 1979 contest (on Gladstone) and also in 1997 and 1998 (both on E.T.). This feat was later matched by Rodrigo Pessoa in 2000 and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in 2009.
Simon is a businessman who has always considered show jumping a favorite hobby. He was still competing as of 2011, at age 68. He is regarded as the oldest winner of a show jumping Grand Prix, as he won the Grand Prix of Ebreichsdorf (CSI 2*) in May 2011.
Simon competed at his first Olympics in 1972 riding Lavendel. This followed by numerous Grand Prix's nations cups and another four Olympic Games, with The Freak, Gipsy Lady, Apricot D and E.T. Although Simon has had many successful horses it is with the showjumping great E.T. he is best known, along with E.T. Simon won many grand prix's and championships including the Aachen Grand prix in 1998 as well as the world cup final in 1997.
Amaretto I – Alexis Z x Gotthard (7 May 1982)
Answer – x ()
Apricot D – Alexis Z x Gotthard (1984)
Caldato – Caretino x Landgraf I (1 May 2007)
Coco Chanel – x ()
Especiale – Voltaire x Ulft (1 January 1986)
E.T. FRH – Espri x Garibaldi II (21 April 1987)
Explosiv – Espri x (21 May 1992)
Gipsy Lady – Gardestern I x Davos (1 January 1982)
Gladstone – Götz x Weingau (1969)
Gondoso – Gonzales x Landmeister (1986)
Jasper – Courville xx x Nizam (23 March 1968)
Lavendel – Lateran x Welf (1960)
Magnum E – Wörth x Manometer (1982)
Pasoa Dice – x ()
Sir Piroth – Seydlitz x (1 January 1988)
The Freak – Lucky Boy xx x Banko (1 January 1976)
Ukinda – Emilion x Satanas de Vaux (1997)
Wahre Liebe – Werther x Graphit (1989)
Winzer – x ()
07 – Dortmund Germany, 1.50 Group comp. (1.50 Group comp.) – Ukinda 15 March 2008
09 – Dortmund Germany, 1.45 Against the clock (1.45 Against the clock) – Caldato 15 March 2008
03 – Dortmund Germany, 1.45 Against the clock (1.45 Against the clock) – Caldato 14 March 2008
05 – Aachen, Stawag-Prize (Stawag-Prize) – Caldato 19 May 2006
05 – Aachen, Baltic Horse Show "Ladies vs. Men" – 1.45 Winning round (Baltic Horse Show "Ladies vs. Men" – 1.45 Winning round) – Caldato 17 May 2006
02 – Linz, Austria, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – Caldato 14 May 2006
02 – Linz, Austria, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – Caldato 14 May 2006
03 – Linz, Austria, Preis der Draeger Medical – 1.45 Two phases (Preis der Draeger Medical – 1.45 Two phases) – Caldato 13 May 2006
03 – Linz, Austria, Preis der Draeger Medical – 1.45 Two phases (Preis der Draeger Medical – 1.45 Two phases) – Caldato 13 May 2006
44 – Neumunster Germany, Neumunster Grand Prix (Neumunster Grand Prix) – Caldato 19 February 2006
06 – Neumunster Germany, Grosser Preis der E.ON Sales and Trading GmbH – 1.60 Mixed comp. (Grosser Preis der E.ON Sales and Trading GmbH – 1.60 Mixed comp.) – Pasoa Dice 18 February 2006
09 – Neumunster Germany, Arienheller Premium Cup – 1.60 Against the clock (Arienheller Premium Cup – 1.60 Against the clock) – Caldato 17 February 2006
11 – Frankfurt, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – Caldato 18 December 2005
07 – Dortmund Germany, 1.45 Speed and handiness (1.45 Speed and handiness) – Coco Chanel 16 March 2002
01 – Berlin, Audi Championat Finale 01 (Audi Championat Finale 01) – ET 24 November 2001
08 – Berlin, Championat Von Berlin (Championat Von Berlin) – Explosiv 23 November 2001
05 – Berlin, Audi Championat Finale 02 (Audi Championat Finale 02) – ET 22 November 2001
01 – Linz, Austria, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 16 September 2001
17 – Aachen, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 17 June 2001
05 – Aachen, Prize of Tuchfabrik Becker (Prize of Tuchfabrik Becker) – Explosiv 15 June 2001
01 – Aachen, Prize of ELSA AG (Prize of ELSA AG) – ET 12 June 2001
01 – Aachen, Prize of ELSA AG (Prize of ELSA AG) – ET 12 June 2001
07 – Dortmund Germany, Dortmund Grand Prix (Dortmund Grand Prix) – ET 11 March 2001
18 – Dortmund Germany, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – ET 10 March 2001
10 – Dortmund Germany, 1.50 Against the clock (1.50 Against the clock) – ET 9 March 2001
07 – Stuttgart, Germany, Stuttgart Grand Prix (Stuttgart Grand Prix) – ET 19 November 2000
07 – Düsseldorf, Germany, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 15 October 2000
01 – Rotterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam Grand Prix (Rotterdam Grand Prix) – ET 27 August 2000
02 – Aachen, Masters (Masters) – ET 14 July 2000
06 – Helsinki Finland, Helsinki Grand Prix (Helsinki Grand Prix) – ET 18 June 2000
05 – Zurich, Zurich Grand Prix (Zurich Grand Prix) – ET 18 March 2000
22 – Bordeaux, Prix Paris Turf (Table C) (Prix Paris Turf (Table C) ) – Sir Piroth 13 February 2000
07 – Bordeaux, Grand Prix Montres Pequignet (Grand Prix Montres Pequignet) – ET 13 February 2000
26 – Bordeaux, Prix de la Foire Internationale de Bordeaux (Prix de la Foire Internationale de Bordeaux ) – Explosiv 13 February 2000
15 – Bordeaux, Prix BMW Accumulator (Prix BMW Accumulator ) – Explosiv 12 February 2000
15 – Bordeaux, Prix Equidia (Prix Equidia) – Sir Piroth 12 February 2000
17 – Bordeaux, Prix du Comite Des Expositions De Bordeaux (Prix du Comite Des Expositions De Bordeaux ) – Explosiv 11 February 2000
20 – Bordeaux, World Cup Preliminary Round (World Cup Preliminary Round) – ET 11 February 2000
07 – Amsterdam, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier ) – ET 4 December 1999
15 – Frankfurt, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 12 October 1999
03 – Munchen-Riem, Germany, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – Wahre Liebe 13 May 1999
06 – Berlin, Berlin Grand Prix (Berlin Grand Prix) – ET 23 November 1998
01 – Stuttgart, Germany, Stuttgart Grand Prix (Stuttgart Grand Prix) – ET 22 November 1998
01 – Neumunster Germany, Neumunster Grand Prix (Neumunster Grand Prix) – Apricot D 22 September 1998
06 – Aachen, Prize of Licher Privatbrauerei (Prize of Licher Privatbrauerei) – Especiale 15 August 1998
05 – Aachen, Prize of Tuchfabrik Becker (Prize of Tuchfabrik Becker) – ET 14 August 1998
09 – Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen-Preis (Nordrhein-Westfalen-Preis) – Apricot D 13 August 1998
01 – Aachen, Prize of EXPO (Prize of EXPO) – ET 12 August 1998
03 – Aachen, Prize of Aachener (Prize of Aachener) – Apricot D 11 August 1998
01 – Aachen, Prize of ELSA AG (Prize of ELSA AG) – ET 11 August 1998
01 – Aachen, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 24 July 1998
01 – Aachen, Preis von Europa (Preis von Europa) – ET 23 July 1998
01 – Geesteren, Netherlands, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 17 July 1998
02 – Dortmund Germany, Dortmund Grand Prix (Dortmund Grand Prix) – ET 10 March 1998
06 – Stuttgart, Germany, Mercedes Masters (Mercedes Masters ) – Apricot D 18 November 1997
02 – European championships., Individual (Individual) – ET 23 August 1997
09 – Aachen, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – Apricot D 8 July 1997
01 – Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg Derby (Hamburg Derby) – Gondoso 3 June 1997
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup – 3rd Leg (World Cup – 3rd Leg) – ET 24 April 1997
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup – 2nd Leg (World Cup – 2nd Leg) – ET 24 April 1997
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup – 1st Leg (World Cup – 1st Leg) – ET 24 April 1997
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup Final (World Cup Final) – ET 21 April 1997
01 – Dortmund Germany, Dortmund Grand Prix (Dortmund Grand Prix) – ET 10 March 1997
01 – Berlin, Berlin Grand Prix (Berlin Grand Prix) – Apricot D 13 November 1996
01 – Monterry, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 17 August 1996
04 – Olympics, Individual (Individual) – ET 29 July 1996
14 -, Individual showjumping: First qualifying section (Individual showjumping: First qualifying section) – ET 27 July 1996
07 – Geesteren, Netherlands, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – Magnum 5 July 1996
02 – Aachen, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 19 June 1996
06 – Aachen, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – ET 17 June 1996
05 – Aachen, Preis von Europa (Preis von Europa) – ET 13 June 1996
10 – Aachen, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – ET 11 June 1996
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup – 1st Leg (World Cup – 1st Leg) – ET 24 April 1996
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup Final (World Cup Final) – ET 21 April 1996
01 – Dortmund Germany, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – ET 8 April 1996
04 – Zurich, Zurich Grand Prix (Zurich Grand Prix) – ET 25 March 1996
01 – s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Apricot D 18 March 1996
01 – Bologna, Gran Premio (Gran Premio) – ET 23 February 1996
04 – Bologna, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – ET 23 February 1996
05 – Stuttgart, Germany, Stuttgart Grand Prix (Stuttgart Grand Prix) – Apricot D 14 November 1995
05 – Geesteren, Netherlands, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – Apricot D 16 July 1995
01 – Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg Derby (Hamburg Derby) – ET 3 June 1995
02 – Dortmund Germany, Dortmund Grand Prix (Dortmund Grand Prix) – Apricot D 7 April 1995
07 – Zurich, Zurich Grand Prix (Zurich Grand Prix) – Apricot D 23 March 1995
12 – s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Apricot D 18 March 1995
10 – Geesteren, Netherlands, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – Apricot D 12 June 1994
01 – Bruxelles, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Apricot D 5 April 1994
07 – Dortmund Germany, Dortmund Grand Prix (Dortmund Grand Prix) – Amaretto I 16 April 1993
01 – Aarhus, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Apricot D 2 April 1993
06 – Stuttgart, Germany, Mercedes Masters (Mercedes Masters ) – Apricot D 13 November 1992
24 – Olympics, Individual (Individual) – Apricot D 22 May 1992
01 – Antwerp, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Apricot D 13 October 1990
37 – Olympics, Individual (Individual) – Gipsy Lady 22 May 1988
01 – Dortmund Germany, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Winzer 8 April 1987
04 – Rotterdam, Netherlands, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – The Freak 31 August 1986
06 – Donaueschingen, Germany, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – The Freak 13 June 1986
01 – Berlin, Berlin Grand Prix (Berlin Grand Prix) – The Freak 14 November 1985
03 – Rotterdam, Netherlands, Nations Cup (Nations Cup) – The Freak 31 August 1985
01 – Göteborg Sweden, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – The Freak 8 April 1985
03 – Dortmund Germany, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Gladstone 6 April 1985
07 – Bruxelles, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – The Freak 23 June 1984
01 – Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg Derby (Hamburg Derby) – Gladstone 3 June 1984
22 – Olympics, Individual (Individual) – The Freak 22 May 1984
07 – Amsterdam, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier ) – The Freak 24 April 1984
06 – Bordeaux, Grand Prix (Grand Prix) – The Freak 11 March 1984
01 – Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg Derby (Hamburg Derby) – Gladstone 3 June 1983
02 – World Cup Final, World Cup Final (World Cup Final) – Gladstone 24 April 1983
01 – Göteborg Sweden, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Gladstone 8 April 1983
03 – World Cup Final, World Cup Final (World Cup Final) – Gladstone 24 April 1982
03 – World Cup Final, World Cup Final (World Cup Final) – Gladstone 24 April 1981
01 – Göteborg Sweden, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Gladstone 8 April 1981
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup – 3rd Leg (World Cup – 3rd Leg) – Gladstone 24 April 1980
01 – s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Gladstone 18 March 1980
01 – Antwerp, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Answer 13 October 1979
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup – 1st Leg (World Cup – 1st Leg) – Gladstone 24 April 1979
01 – Göteborg Sweden, Göteborg Grand Prix (Göteborg Grand Prix) – Jasper 21 April 1979
01 – World Cup Final, World Cup Final (World Cup Final) – Gladstone 21 April 1979
01 – Dortmund Germany, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier) – Gladstone 8 April 1979
01 – Amsterdam, World Cup Qualifier (World Cup Qualifier ) – Gladstone 16 December 1978
01 – Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg Derby (Hamburg Derby) – Jasper 3 June 1977
05 – Olympics, Individual (Individual) – Lavendel 22 May 1976
04 – Olympics, Individual (Individual) – Lavendel 22 May 1972
See also
List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
References
External links
Sports-Reference Profile
1942 births
Living people
Austrian show jumping riders
Olympic equestrians of Austria
Austrian male equestrians
Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
People from Sudetenland
People from Šumperk District
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria |
6911411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Bails | Jerry Bails | Jerry Gwin Bails (June 26, 1933 – November 23, 2006) was an American popular culturist. Known as the "Father of Comic Book Fandom," he was one of the first to approach the comic book field as a subject worthy of academic study, and was a primary force in establishing 1960s comics fandom.
Biography
Early life
Jerry G. Bails was born on June 26, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri. A fan of comic books from a very early age, Bails was a particularly avid fan of All-Star Comics, and its premiere superteam (the Justice Society of America) of whom he was "a fan since the first Justice Society adventure appeared in All-Star Comics #3 (Winter 1941)." He wrote in 1960 that by 1945, he "began my campaign to collect all the back issues of this magazine [All-Star Comics]," and six years later when the JSA was dropped, started to work towards their revival. In the letters column of Fantastic Four #22 (cover-dated Jan. 1964) the editor refers to him as "one of fandom's most articulate critics."
Education
As a young man, he "sent samples of his art to EC ("and Al Feldstein was nice enough to respond with advice.")," before attending the University of Kansas City, from which he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, and then his Master's degree in Math. A student teacher by 1953, he gained his Ph.D. in Natural science c.1959, and in 1960 moved to Detroit with his wife Sondra "to become Assistant Professor of Natural Science at Wayne State University."
Comics fandom
Roots
In 1953, Bails wrote to DC (c/o Julius Schwartz) to inquire about issues of All-Star Comics. His letter was forwarded to former Justice Society writer Gardner Fox, and from Fox's reply of July 9, 1953, the two corresponded regularly. Bails was working steadily toward re-building his personal collection of the early issues of All Star Comics, and was finally able to convince Fox in early 1959 to sell him Fox's personal bound copies of All-Star Comics #1-24.
In November 1960, a letter from young comics fan Roy Thomas to Julius Schwartz similarly inquiring about back issues of All-Star Comics led to Schwartz also putting Thomas in contact with All-Star writer Gardner Fox. Fox informed Thomas that "he had sold his bound volumes [of All-Star Comics] to a gent named Jerry Bails", and put Thomas in touch with the Detroit-based Bails. Bails and Thomas would go on to "exchange . . . 100 pages' worth of letters in less than five months" starting from the end of November 1960, and forge a friendship which in Thomas' words "set in motion a chain of events which led to Alter Ego, organized comics fandom, the Alley Awards, and maybe a bit more."
With the debut of the "new Justice Society," the Justice League of America in the pages of The Brave and the Bold #28 (1959), Bails felt his "efforts [had] finally paid off," and his career as an active fan began. He soon bombarded the DC offices with suggestions for new superhero revivals. For instance, in Justice League of America #4, the letters page is filled with missives from Bails under different pen names. He did everything he could to fool editor Julius Schwartz, including mailing the letters from all across the country.
In particular, Bails petitioned for the monthly publication of the JLA, and a year later for the revival of the Golden Age Atom as an all-new "6"-high" hero (to better reflect the name), which "whether as a result of Jerry's prodding DC or by mere coincidence" revival occurred in January 1961.
Fanzines
Largely unbeknownst to Bails and Thomas, comics fandom had been underway for years in a variety of comics fanzines, beginning with Ted White's The Facts Behind Superman, James Taurasi's Fantasy Comics and Bhob Stewart's The EC Fan Bulletin in 1953-54. These were followed by Ron Parker's Hoohah, Dick and Pat Lupoff's Xero and Don and Maggie Thompson's Comic Art. Xero presented essays about comics ultimately collected in a 1970 book, All in Color for a Dime, published in hardcover by Arlington House and by Ace in paperback. Although Bails' innovative ideas changed the shape of comics fandom, and arguably shaped it anew, Xero had a significant role to play in Bails' work.
Bill Schelly writes that, while important building blocks, the science fiction fanzines should be considered in the context of comics fandom. He notes that Don and Maggie Thompson's Comic Art and Xero were published by double-fans [science fiction and comics] and were read mainly by sf fans who generally had little interest in (or disdain for) new comics, even the Schwartz revivals. The Thompsons' interest was in just about every aspect of comic art but the superhero comics of 1961.
Helped in large part to the efforts of DC editor Julius Schwartz and writer Gardner Fox, Bails would play a pivotal role in the fledgling field of comics fandom, which he called "panelology" (the study of comics).
Bails was the founding editor of Alter-Ego, one of the very earliest superhero comics fanzines. "On January 26, 1961," wrote Roy Thomas in 2003, "I received a letter from Jerry mentioning his idea for a "JLA newsletter" . . . [to which he was intending] to try to enlist Julie Schwartz's cooperation" in February 1961. The projected title and scope of The JLA Subscriber "gave way to something more ambitious" and, returning from visiting the DC offices in New York, Bails:
Schwartz had, indeed, given Bails copies of Xero #1-3, as well as personal advice and memories based on his own involvement in the earliest science fiction fandom of the 1930s, in which Schwartz played an important — perhaps even integral — role. Working with Thomas and in conjunction with Schwartz, Bails contacted other comic book letter writers and invited them to subscribe to and participate in Alter Ego. Thomas was named co-editor, and asked to contribute "a Mad-style parody, "The Bestest League of America." By March 28, Bails had prepared the ditto masters, and shortly thereafter "200 or more" copies of the first issue of the 21-page Alter-Ego #1 (now with a capital "E") were posted to Bails' ever-growing list of fans. The issue featured a "Bestest League" cover by Thomas and Bails, in homage to Mike Sekowsky's cover for The Brave and the Bold #29. The finished article became "an amateur journal devoted to the revivals of the costumed heroes at DC and elsewhere, as well as historical studies of what Bails deemed 'The First Heroic Age of Comics.'"
The original run of Alter Ego lasted 11 issues, spread over a total of 17 years. Ten issues were released between 1961 and 1969, with issue #11 following nine years later, in 1978. Bails edited and published the first four issues of Alter-Ego, before turning it over to fan-artist Ronn Foss (and, initially, Foss' wife, plus his friend "Grass" Green) who edited issues #5-6. Roy Thomas edited a further four issues solo, and issue #11 almost a decade later in collaboration with Mike Friedrich.
In 1998, Thomas wrote to publisher John Morrow, and shortly after Thomas relaunched the second volume of Alter Ego on the flipside of issues of TwoMorrows Publishing's Comic Book Artist. A third, standalone volume was launched as a separate magazine (with similarly revived fanzine the Fawcett Collectors of America as a section) in 1999, and continues to 2011.
Shortly after the launch of Alter-Ego, Bails founded The Comicollector, which launched in September 1961.
The major motivating force behind comics fandom "was to bring fans together for the purpose of adding to their comic book collections." Inspired in part by the science-fiction fanzine/"adzine" The Fantasy Collector, comics fandom had "a need for a publication devoted primarily to the field" rather than the occasional advertisements of comics for sale that appeared in The Fantasy Collector.
Bails' initial thought was "to run such ads in each issue of A/E, but it soon became clear that it couldn't be published often enough." Accordingly, in September 1961, the first issue of the 20-page Bails-published The Comicollector, the self-styled "companion to ALTER-EGO" (as the masthead declared it), and "first comics advertising fanzine." Included among adverts from the "stalwarts of fandom" (including Bails, John McGeehan and Ronn Foss among others) was a review of the first issue of The Fantastic Four by Roy Thomas, originally destined for the pages of Alter-Ego.
After publishing The Comicollector for a year, Bails passed it on to Ronn Foss, and in 1964 it merged with G. B. Love's fanzine The Rocket's Blast to form The Rocket's Blast and the ComiCollector.
A month after the debut of The Comicollector, in October 1961, Bails also founded and published On the Drawing Board, the forerunner to the long-running news-zine The Comic Reader, designed to showcase the latest comic news.
Spinning-off from Alter-Ego after appearing for three issues as a column within that publication, Bails' On the Drawing Board "was devoted to blurbs and news items pertaining to upcoming events in pro comics." Thanks to the links forged, and respect gained, by Bails with various key individuals involved in the creation of comics — and in particular, DC Comics' major editorial force Julius Schwartz — he was able to gain advanced knowledge and news of upcoming comics events, launches and the creators behind them. Released in standalone form as "a single-page news-sheet," On the Drawing Board #4 (#1-3 being applied to the columns appearing in those issues of A/E) debuted on October 7, 1961. Bill Schelly described, in 2003, its impact:
In March 1962, issue #8 of On the Drawing Board was retitled The Comic Reader, and the (generally) monthly title became "a mainstay of fandom." With issue #25 Bails ceded his editorial duties, first to Glen Johnson, and later individuals, including Mark Hanerfeld. New York teenager Paul Levitz revived The Comic Reader in 1971, and it continued until 1984.
The Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors
Established in large part solely to deal with the Alley Awards (below), and inspired by Roy Thomas' thoughts on a comics-industry version of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the name and workings of the Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors became a way "to emphasize the seriousness of comics fans about their hobby." Bails further liked "the idea of a fandom organization that would not only perpetuate the concept of comics as an art form, but would also act as a sort of umbrella for all his ideas and projects, and those of others." The ACBFC's charter, "enthusiastically endorsed by members of fandom" detailed the Academy's intentions: formation of the Alley Awards, publication of The Comic Reader and "a directory of comic fans," to assist in establishing a yearly comics convention and to endorse a "code of fair practice in the selling and trading of comic books."
Bails introduced and attempted to popularize the term "panelologist" for comics fans and their hobby, implying a study of the panels which make up comics. Bails served as the Academy's first Executive Secretary, later passing his role on to fellow fan Paul Gambaccini (who termed himself "ExecSec2"), who later gave way to Dave Kaler. Under Kaler's leadership, the Academy produced three successful conventions in New York City during the summers of 1965–1967.
Despite a 1969 "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins" mention noting that the group "holds an annual poll to determine the most popular mags, writers and artists of the preceding year," and directing fans to obtain a ballot from future comics professional Mark Hanerfeld at 42-42 Colden Street in Flushing, New York ...," the Academy waned, "and it was disbanded for lack of interest by the decade's end."
The Alley Awards
The first comic book awards trace their origins to "a letter to Jerry dated October 25, 1961," by Roy Thomas, in which he suggested to Bails that Alter-Ego create its own awards to reward fandom's "favorite comic books in a number of categories" in a manner similar to the Oscars.
In the letter column of Fantastic Four #33 (1964), it is stated that the Association "elected Stan the best writer, and the best editor of the year! They've also voted the ol' F.F. and SPIDER-MAN the two best comic books of the year! Also -- what was their choice for the year's best annual? The FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL, natch!"
Initially suggested as 'The Alter-Ego Award,' the resulting idea was soon named 'The Alley Award', "named after Alley Oop" by Thomas "because surely a caveman had to be the earliest superhero chronologically." (Bill Schelly notes no one "bothered to ask the NEA Syndicate for permission to utilize V. T. Hamlin's comic strip character.")
The Alley Awards were tallied yearly for comics produced during the previous year, with the last year the awards were given out being 1969.
Convention forerunner
Between March 21 and March 22, 1964, the first annual "Alley Tally" was organized by Bails at his house with the purpose of counting "the Alley Award ballots for 1963." This became notable in retrospect as the first major gathering of comics fans, predating the earliest comic book conventions, which were held later in the year. Attendees included Ronn Foss, Don Glut, Chuck Moss, Don and Maggie Thompson, Mike Vosburg, and Grass Green.
Bill Schelly (among others) notes that the Alley Tally and "even larger fan meetings in Chicago . . . helped build momentum" for these earliest conventions, including the aforementioned "Academy Cons" held in New York in 1965–1967. Bails himself was "on the organizing committee" for the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, 1964. THE DTFF would continue sporadically through the 1970s under its initial format, though expanded; while primarily a comic convention, the event also gave balanced coverage to historic film showings (often running all night long for the convention's duration) and science-fiction literature, in a manner that provided a template for many future convention organizers—most of whom have yet to attain the same level of equal service to this sort of linked fan base.
CAPA-alpha
In October 1964, Bails released the first issue of comics' first dedicated amateur press association publication, CAPA-alpha.
Between 1963 and 1964, "new fanzines were popping up right and left . . . [as] a lot of fans were infected by the "publishing bug," many of them talented writers and artists." In an attempt to focus these emerging talents, and head off the over-abundance of "crud-zines" (poor quality fanzines), which seemed to equal in number their good quality counterparts, Bails adapted the long-standing practice of amateur press alliance (APAs) for comics, creating the first all-comics APA, "CAPA-alpha" (the first — e.g., 'alpha' — 'Comics A.P.A.').
This allowed the easy formulation of a fanzine, created through submissions by each of its fifty-strong membership, who could all contribute short submissions on a regular basis. Compiled in the regular APA mold by a 'central mailer' (in which role Bails first served), copies of the membership's individual submissions could then be collated and mailed out to everyone. "Now," explained fandom historian Bill Schelly, "fans could get into print and retain editorial control of their material, without publishing their own fanzine."
Indices and reference materials
Bails also worked on and published extensive cross-referencing systems allowing researchers the ability to follow the published credits of Golden Age comic book creators. As this approach had never been used before, the data were later appended, and have since been adapted by a variety of comic price guides and comic book historians.
A "professor of science and technology," Bails "had a technical bent" that saw him embracing new forms of technology and novel ideas in his continued efforts within fandom. Among his ideas was "microfilming rare, hard-to-find Golden Age comics," which film could then be loaned/viewed rather than the tangible comics themselves, reducing considerably wear and tear. Alongside Jules Feiffer's Great Comic Book Heroes (1965), Bails' microfilm library was the major source of "substitutes for the real" comics themselves, which were rarely reprinted.
To accommodate readers who did not have access to a microfilm reader, Bails offered a reproduction service of "cover photographs, spanning most of the key #1 issues from the World War II era," in black & white for $2. These reproductions pre-dated by three decades the four volumes of comic book covers published as The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books by Ernie Gerber in the mid-1990s.
The lack of reference materials available to comics fans meant that much early fandom activity revolved around indexing various companies and individuals' output. A pioneer in this field, Bails worked with Howard Keltner, Raymond Miller and Fred Von Bernewitz (among others) to index various comics, detailing "what comics had been published, their contents, how many issues they ran, etc."
Naturally Bails' early efforts dealt with All-Star Comics and DC, in first his All-Star Index and then an Authoritative Index to DC Comics. With Howard Keltner in particular, Bails then compiled several extensive wider inventories of "Golden Age" comics, including The Collector's Guide to the First Heroic Age of Comics. A partial listing of Bails-involved indexes includes:
The Authoritative Index to All-Star Comics
The Collector's Guide to the First Heroic Age of Comics
Howard Keltner's Index to Golden Age Comic Books
The Authoritative Index to DC Comics
The Panelologist presents: the Justice Society of America on Earth-Two
The Panelologist presents: the Green Lantern Golden Age Index
Bails' friend and colleague Ray Bottorff Jr. recalls that Bails had "begun to create a comic book price guide, when a man named Bob Overstreet contacted him because he was doing the same thing." Bails' extensive notes "became a backbone to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide."
Who's Who
In addition to his work in comics indexing, Bails was also involved in the tabulating of information about the people involved in both comics and comics fandom. Described in the ACBFC charter, Who's Who in Comic Fandom was the first concerted effort to provide a centralized store of data on the ever-increasing number of comics fans. It was released in April 1964 by Bails and L. Lattanzi. The volume opened with Bails' chronologies of both early comics fandom and the "Second Heroic Age of Comics". later known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. The directory itself contained fan listings culled from Bails' master list of 1,600 names. Bails invited fans to contact each other, "make sure they [all] know about the Academy; help form a local Chapter [and] help Comic Fandom to grow!"
Bails also contributed to the following year's Guidebook to Comics Fandom, a brief guide to the major fanzines being published. He wrote an introductory essay on the collecting of comics and produced a brief timeline of fandom as well as a "truncated Golden Age index." In addition, he set out in print the "standard grading system for comics" which with some slight revisions "is still used today."
Bails and co-editor Hames Ware published Who's Who of American Comic Books in four volumes between 1973 and 1976, designed to document the careers of every person to have contributed to, or supported the publication of, original material in U.S. comic books since 1928.
Methodology
With many creators largely unknown before the advent of comics fans and fandom in the 1950s and 1960s, Bails was one of the earliest proponents of documenting these individuals' credits. He wrote to a large number of creators and was able to encourage many to share their recollections, credits and, in some cases, personal records to assist in the accuracy of his project.
A major part of the reference work was fan-identification of artistic styles and signature-spotting and recognition, which deductions often formed the basis for Bails' questions to creators, who could then offer corrections and additions. This included collecting and microfilming more than 500,000 comic book pages and contacting many hundreds of comic book professionals, asking them to fill out questionnaires about their careers.
After two subsequent editions, Bails focused on computerizing the data, ultimately embracing the internet through the medium of the online Who's Who "Bails Project" website. The online database also attempts to cover foreign creators, the small press and alternative publishers of comic books which have received U.S. distribution.
Members of Bails' "advisory board" for the Who's Who include Craig Delich, a long-time friend and teaching colleague of Bails and Ray Bottorff Jr., who also serves on the board of directors for the Grand Comics Database. A stroke late in Bails' life affected his vision and cut into his ability to pursue work on Who's Who, but until his death he was still adding hundreds of new records each week and consolidating and revising old records.
Bails also wrote introductions and forewords to a number of collections of Golden Age and Silver Age DC Comics books. In 1985, DC Comics named Bails as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great.
Personal life
Bails died in his sleep of a heart attack on November 23, 2006. He was 73 years old.
References
External links
Who's Who of American Comic Books
1933 births
2006 deaths
Writers from Kansas City, Missouri
Comics critics
American magazine editors
American archivists
Inkpot Award winners
Wayne State University faculty |
20486229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestonwood%20Country%20Club | Prestonwood Country Club | Prestonwood Country Club is a private country club in Cary, North Carolina, located near Research Triangle Park (RTP) and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). The country club's amenities include 54 holes of golf, 15 tennis courts, a full-service fitness and aquatics center, dining service and event space for various occasions. Prestonwood has played host to numerous national golf events including the SAS Championship and the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic.
History
Prestonwood Country Club opened on Memorial Day, 1988, offering a pool and fitness center. Later that summer, the club debuted 27 holes of golf. In 1991, the club was purchased by private investors, who then decided to expand Prestonwood by building more homes and roads. By early 1996, the club had expanded to 54 holes of golf, a driving range, three practice greens and a short game area. The country club rebuilt the pool and fitness center, which now consists of of space.
In 2003, the club also added new tennis courts at a satellite location. In 2005, Prestonwood built a addition to their clubhouse, including a grand ballroom and men's locker room. Other additions included a renovated golf pro shop, ladies locker room, and card room.
Facilities
Golf: Prestonwood Country Club is the only private club in the area to boast 54 holes of championship golf. All three courses were designed by Tom Jackson but have been recently renovated green complexes by Jack Nicklaus protégé Rick Robbins.
Fairways: Opened in January 1995 (renovations completed September 2010). The course yardage is 6,475 with a rating/slope of 71.1/131.
Meadows: Opened in August 1988 (renovations completed September 2009). The course yardage is 7,108 with a rating/slope of 74.6/138.
Highlands: Opened in January 1993 (renovations completed September 2011). The course yardage is 7,082 with a rating/slope 74.4/138.
In addition, it has a driving range, three practice greens, a short game area, and state of the art learning and club fitting center. The club utilizes a full-service golf pro shop with five PGA Golf Class A professionals and three assistant professionals.
Events
SAS Championship: The SAS Championship is a Champions Tour event that has been hosted by Prestonwood since 2001. The course plays at 7,237 yards and is a mix of the Highlands and Meadows courses. The 2020 SAS Championship champion was Ernie Els.
Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic: The tournament, named after the late Jim Valvano, was started to support cancer research. It was played at Prestonwood for 20 years starting in 1994, and was last played in 2013. While at Prestonwood the tournament raised over $13.5 million and drew in such celebrities as Michael Jordan, Bob Costas, and Kevin Costner.
External links
Prestonwood Country Club official website
References
Buildings and structures in Cary, North Carolina
Golf clubs and courses in North Carolina |
6911429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn%20Godefroi | Jocelyn Godefroi | Jocelyn Godefroi (1880, Kensington – 30 March 1969) was a British translator.
Educated at Haileybury College and Trinity College, Oxford, he worked for the Lord Chamberlain's Office for over four decades. He translated several works of French literature into English, notably Gabriel Chevallier's comic novel Clochemerle and Julien Green's journals. All together he translated 18 works in 27 publications in 2 languages and 537 library holdings
References
The Author's and Writer' Who's Who, 4th ed. 1960
'The Times Diary', The Times, 26 February 1972
External links
Translated Penguin Book - at Penguin First Editions reference site of early first edition Penguin Books.
French–English translators
1880 births
1969 deaths
20th-century British translators
People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford |
20486256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byam%20Channel | Byam Channel | The Byam Channel () is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago within Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It separates Melville Island (to the west) from Byam Martin Island (to the east). To the south it opens into the Parry Channel, and to the north are the Byam Martin Channel and Austin Channel.
Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region |
44508006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Jupiter%20trojans%20%28Trojan%20camp%29%20%28300001%E2%80%93400000%29 | List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp) (300001–400000) | This is a partial list of Jupiter's trojans (60° behind Jupiter) with numbers 300001–400000 .
300001–400000
This list contains 378 objects sorted in numerical order.
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References
Trojan_3
Jupiter Trojans (Trojan Camp) |
44508012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucarta%20amethystina | Eucarta amethystina | Eucarta amethystina is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found in central Europe, east to Belarus, through the Ural to the Pacific Ocean.
The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The ground colour of the forewings varies from rosy grey to rosy brown, with an amethyst-coloured hue. The markings are dark brown with a whitish border. The hindwings are uniform light grey brown.
Technical description and variation
T. amethystina Hbn. (44 f). Forewing olive green suffused with rosy pink; the olive tints predominant in basal half of wing and along termen; basal and inner lines dark olive, edged with rosy pink, the former outwardly, the latter inwardly; outer line dark olive, dentate lunulate, almost lost in the rosy suffusion; stigmata rosy pink inlined with olive, the claviform and orbicular with white annuli, all 3 connected by a wedge-shaped pink mark below median, often suffused with olive; cell and space below it deep dark olive; submarginal line pinkish, indented on each fold; fringe olive and pink; hindwing pale grey, suffused with fuscous olive. ; — the East Asiatic form, — subsp. austera subsp. nov. (44 f), — differs from the European in being much more sombre, the olive shading being stronger and greyer, and the rosy tints duller. — Larva green; dorsal line yellowish edged with deep green; subdorsal lines white; spiracular line broad, yellowish, sometimes tinged with red; spiracles black; feeding on the lower leaves of wild carrot and parsley.
Biology
Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Apiaceae species, including Laser trilobum, Silaum silaus, Peucedanum officinale and Daucus carota. Full-grown larvae are green. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
Further reading
Günter Ebert (Hrsg.):Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Württembergs. Band 6. Nachtfalter IV. Noctuidae 2. Teil. 1. Auflage. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, .
Walter Forster, Theodor A. Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas – Bd. IV Eulen (Noctuidae). Franckh´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1971
Michael Fibiger und Hermann Hacker: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 9 Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae (part)., Entomological Press, Sorø 2007
Manfred Koch: Wir bestimmen. Schmetterlinge. Band 3. Eulen. Neumann Verlag, Radebeul 2. Auflage 1972
External links
Fauna Europaea
Lepiforum e. V.
Moths described in 1803
Moths of Europe
Amphipyrinae
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner |
20486266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeaky%20Wheel%20Buffalo%20Media%20Arts%20Center | Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Arts Center | Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center (Buffalo Media Resources INC) is an artist-run, non-profit, media arts center based in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1985, the organization provides the Western New York region with low-cost media equipment rentals, media arts education for youth and adults, residencies for artists and researchers, and exhibitions, screenings, and other public programming. Since 2017, Squeaky Wheel has been certified by Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.).
Past exhibitions
Wenhua Shi. A Year from Monday. June–September 2016.
Kathy High. Soft Science: Science Fictions by Kathy High. November 2016–January 2017.
Sondra Perry. flesh out. January–May 2018.
Angela Washko. The Game: The Game 2.0. September–December 9, 2017.
belit sağ. Let Me Remember. January–April 2018.
References
External links
Mass media in Buffalo, New York
Culture of Buffalo, New York
1985 establishments in New York (state)
Arts organizations established in 1985
Experimental film
Video art |
44508025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20J.%20Jordan | Anthony J. Jordan | Anthony "Tony" J. Jordan is an Irish biographer. He is a native of Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Jordan is a graduate of NUI Maynooth, University College Dublin, and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He initially specialized in writing 'first' biographies. His early interest centered on the interaction between the figures of Major John MacBride, W. B. Yeats, and Maud Gonne. After discovering the MacBride Papers in the National Library of Ireland, he has made them available through his books in elucidation on MacBride from the criticism by W. B. Yeats and his admirers.
Publications
Tell my Mother I... A Novel of Adoption. 2020
MAUD GONNE'S MEN Westport Books 2018.
James Joyce Unplugged Westport Books 2017
"William Thomas Cosgrave", in Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising, Gibney John Ed. Dublin City Council 2016.
A Jesus Biography 2015 Westport Books 2015
Arthur Griffith with James Joyce and W.B. Yeats – Liberating Ireland. Westport Books. . 2013.
Eamon DeValera 1882–1975 Irish: Catholic: Visionary. Westport Books. . 2010.
The Good Samaritans, Memoir of a Biographer. Westport Books. 2008.* '
John A Costello 1891–1976 Compromise Taoiseach. Westport Books. 2007.
WT Cosgrave A Founder of Modern Ireland. Westport Books. 2006.
"Christmas 1987 in The Quiet Quarter" Anthology of New Irish Writing Edited by Eoin Brady, New Island 2004. .
W.B. YEATS Vain, Glorious Lout. A Maker of Modern Ireland. Westport Books. . 2003.
The Yeats/Gonne/MacBride Triangle Westport Books 2000.
Christy Brown's Women – a biography. Westport Books. 1998
Willie Yeats and the Gonne-MacBrides. Westport Books. . 1997
Churchill a founder of modern Ireland. Westport Books. . 1995.
To Laugh or To Weep A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien. Blackwater Press. 1994
Sean A Biography of Sean MacBride Blackwater Press. 1992
Major John MacBride 1865–1916 MacDonagh & MacBride & Connolly & Pearse. Westport Historical Society. 1991
References
External links
Review of Arthur Griffith with James Joyce and WB Yeats – Liberating Ireland (paywalled)
Review in the Sunday Independent
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Irish biographers
Irish male non-fiction writers
Irish male writers
Male biographers
People from County Mayo |
23581235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20races%20at%20the%20N%C3%BCrburgring | List of races at the Nürburgring | Races at the Nürburgring were held with Grand Prix cars, Grand Prix motorcycles, various Formula cars, Sports cars, touring cars, trucks, and even bicycles, like the 1927, 1966 and 1978 UCI Road World Championships.
Automobile races
Grand Prix racing
Races with Grand Prix cars have been held at the Nürburgring since its inauguration in 1927. Besides the German Grand Prix, also Eifelrennen races were held with GP cars. With the German Grand Prix being almost exclusively held at Hockenheimring from 1977 to 2008, additional Formula One races in Germany were called either European Grand Prix or Luxembourg Grand Prix. In 2020, a new Eifel Grand Prix was held at the venue as part of a re-arrangement of the season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
A yellow background indicates an event which was part of the pre-war European Championship.
6 Hours of Nürburgring/1000 km of Nürburgring
The 6 Hours of Nürburgring (formerly the Nürburgring 1000 km) is an endurance race for sports cars held on the Nürburgring in Germany and organized by the ADAC since 1953.
1 – 1974 Race scheduled for 750 km only
2 – 1981 Race stopped after 17 laps due to fatal accident of Herbert Müller which caused track damage
3 – 1986 Race was stopped due to torrential rain and only ran approximately 600 km.
4 – Time limit reached before 1,000 km distance was completed (six hours for the Le Mans Series and Blancpain Endurance Series races, the 2010 Oldtimers Festival race had a seven-hour time limit).
24 Hours of Nürburgring
List of 24 Hours Nürburgring winners
Sports car races
6 Hours of Nürburgring / 1000 km Nürburgring (1953, 1956–1991, 2000, 2004–2017)
24 Hours Nürburgring (1970–present)
Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (1977–present)
BPR Global GT Series (1995–1996)
FIA GT Championship (1997, 2001, 2010)
FIA Sportscar Championship (1998, 2001)
Touring car races
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2000–present)
European Touring Car Championship (1963–1980, 1982–1986, 1988, 2001)
World Touring Car Championship (1987, 2015–present)
Motorcycle races
German motorcycle Grand Prix (1955, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995–1997)
Superbike World Championship (1998–1999, 2008–2013)
Cycling races
UCI Road World Championships (1927, 1966, 1978)
Rad am Ring (2003–present)
References
Motorsport in Germany
Race results at motorsport venues |
44508026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axone | Axone | Axone may refer to:
Axone (film), 2019 film
Axone (arena), sports arena in Montbéliard, France
Akhuni, a fermented Indian soybean product
See also
Axon (disambiguation) |
17344510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395%20Boston%20Celtics%20season | 1994–95 Boston Celtics season | The 1994–95 NBA season was the 49th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. It was also the last season of play at the Boston Garden. After missing the playoffs the previous season, the Celtics had the ninth pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected Eric Montross from the University of North Carolina. Prior to the season, the Celtics signed free agent All-Star forward Dominique Wilkins (a controversial move late in Wilkins' career), signed free agents Pervis Ellison, second-year guard David Wesley and rookie guard Greg Minor, and acquired Blue Edwards and Derek Strong from the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Celtics got off to a 7–6 start in November, but played below .500 for the remainder of the season. Midway through the season, Edwards was traded back to his former team, the Utah Jazz in exchange for Jay Humphries. The Celtics won eight of their final twelve games finishing third in the Atlantic Division with a 35–47 record. Wilkins led the team in scoring with 17.8 points per game, while second-year star Dino Radja averaged 17.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and Dee Brown provided the team with 15.6 points and 1.4 steals per game. In addition, Sherman Douglas contributed 14.7 points and 6.9 assists per game, while Montross averaged 10.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and Xavier McDaniel provided with 8.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game off the bench.
Despite finishing six games under .500, the Celtics qualified for the playoffs as the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference, and earned a road win over the #1 seed Orlando Magic in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round (seizing the "theoretical home court advantage" for the series). However, the Magic defeated the Celtics at Boston Garden in both Games 3 and 4 to close out the series. The Magic would go on to reach the NBA Finals for the first time, but would lose in four straight games to the 6th-seeded Houston Rockets.
Following the season, Wilkins and McDaniel both left to play in Greece, while Strong signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers, Humphries was released to free agency, and head coach Chris Ford was fired. General Manager M.L. Carr explained the firing as having to do with "diminishing returns".
Draft picks
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| November 11, 19947:30p.m. EST
| Houston
| L 82–102
| Radja (31)
| Radja (11)
| Fox (6)
| Boston Garden14,890
| 0–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 23
| December 17, 19948:30p.m. EST
| @ Houston
| W 112–109
| Wilkins (43)
| Montross (12)
| Wesley (11)
| The Summit15,757
| 10–13
|- align="center"
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
Playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| April 28
| @ Orlando
| L 77–124
| Dee Brown (20)
| Dominique Wilkins (9)
| Sherman Douglas (6)
| Orlando Arena16,010
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2
| April 30
| @ Orlando
| W 99–92
| Dominique Wilkins (24)
| Brown, Radja (8)
| Sherman Douglas (15)
| Orlando Arena16,010
| 1–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| May 3
| Orlando
| L 77–82
| Brown, Wilkins (16)
| Pervis Ellison (10)
| Sherman Douglas (7)
| Boston Garden14,890
| 1–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 4
| May 5
| Orlando
| L 92–95
| Dominique Wilkins (22)
| Dominique Wilkins (18)
| Douglas, Brown (5)
| Boston Garden14,890
| 1–3
|-
Player statistics
Season
Playoffs
Awards
Transactions
The Celtics were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
Trades
Free agents
Additions
Subtractions
Player Transactions Citation:
See also
1994–95 NBA season
References
Boston Celtics seasons
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
Celtics
Celtics |
44508028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisar%C4%B1n%20Castle | Hisarın Castle | Hisarin Castle ( also known as Hisarkale where Hisar means "fort") is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Geography
The castle is in the rural area of Erdemli district. It is situated to west of an irregular stream at . Although its birds flight distance to the highway which connects Mersin to Antalya is about there is no direct road to the castle and the castle can be reached by foot through bushy terrain from the village road between Ayaş and Esenpınar. Its distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is .
History
The history of the castle has not been firmly established . But the polygonal masonry suggests ancient age. (Seleucid Empire or Roman Empire era). The castle was used as a garrison to protect the ancient city to the east of the valley.
The building
The double layer rampart was built by polygonal masonry. The inner side of rampart was supported by backing-walls. There are some compartments to the north which are thought to be workshops of the castle and there are three mausoleums to the north east. There are a number of graves and some rooms to the south of the castle. One important element of the castle is a Heracles figuration on the wall which was a symbol of Olba Kingdom, a vassal of the Seleucid Empire.
References
Erdemli District
Ruined castles in Turkey
Castles in Mersin Province
Archaeological sites in Mersin Province, Turkey
Olba territorium |
20486267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima%20Zakaria | Fatima Zakaria | Fatima Zakaria (17 February 1936 – 6 April 2021) was the editor of the Mumbai Times, and later the Sunday editor of The Times of India. She also served as the editor of the Taj magazine of the Taj Hotels.
Career
In 1958, she established an institution of childcare and a Women's Industrial Home in Mumbai, that fulfilled the educational and healthcare needs of over 500 underprivileged children.
In1963, Zakaria began her career in journalism as a children's columnist in The Illustrated Weekly of India and worked as Khushwant Singh's assistant editor. She joined The Times of India in 1970 and rose through ranks to become Sunday edition editor. As the editor, she interviewed prominent figures like Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, J.R.D. Tata, Jayaprakash Narayan, and then prime minister Morarji Desai, Charan Singh.
Zakaria joined the Taj Group of Hotels to establish the first-rate five-star hotel, The Taj Residency, on the campus of Maulana Azad College of Arts and Science in Aurangabad. She became editor of the coffee table magazine Taj. Her office was located in the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. Thereafter, she introduced a hotel management course in alliance with a British university. She was on the board of Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad. She was the president of Maulana Azad Education Society (MAES) and chairman of Maulana Azad Educational Trust (MAET), both in Aurangabad.
The award Padma Shri was conferred on her by the Government of India in 2006. She received the award from President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for her extensive work in the field of education.
Zakaria is regarded as a secularist and she took special care to cater to the educational needs of the Muslims.
Personal life
Zakaria was the second wife of Rafiq Zakaria, who was an Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric. She was the step-mother of 2 children. The elder, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, is an art historian and writer, living in Mumbai. The second is Mansoor Zakaria, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur who is now a partner in a wealth management firm.
Her elder biological son, Arshad Zakaria, runs a hedge fund while her younger biological son, Fareed Zakaria, is an editor of Newsweek, and host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN.
Death
Zakaria died from COVID-19 at the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital in Aurangabad on 6 April 2021.
References
1936 births
2021 deaths
People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
Indian magazine editors
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
The Times of India journalists
Tata Group people
Konkani Muslims
People from Marathwada
Businesspeople from Mumbai
Women magazine editors
Indian women editors
Indian editors
Journalists from Maharashtra
20th-century Indian journalists
20th-century Indian women writers
Women writers from Maharashtra
Businesswomen from Maharashtra
20th-century Indian businesswomen
20th-century Indian businesspeople |
26722790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%201983 | Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 | Denmark was represented by Gry Johansen, with the song "Kloden drejer", at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 23 April in Munich. "Kloden drejer" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 5 March.
Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1983
The Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1983 was held at the DR TV studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries.
The 1983 contest also saw the first DMGP appearance of Kirsten Siggaard who, as a member of Hot Eyes and as a solo singer, would become a familiar face at DMGP and Eurovision for years to come. John Hatting had been a member of the previous year's Danish representatives Brixx.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Johansen performed 15th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Cyprus. Johansen's vocals were noticeably off-key at the start of the song, and continued to veer out of tune throughout; clips from the performance are frequently used in montages put together to illustrate Eurovision vocal faux pas. Johansen was criticised for having paid too much attention to choreography and not enough to the song. At the close of voting "Kloden drejer" had received 16 points, placing Denmark 17th of the 20 entries. The result continued a run of undistinguished placements for Denmark since their return to Eurovision in 1978, with only one top 10 finish in six attempts. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.
Voting
References
1983
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision |
23581239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor%20Avitan | Timor Avitan | Timor Avitan (; born 27 November 1991) is an Israeli professional association football player who plays for Ironi Tiberias.
Biography
Playing career
Avitan was born in Dimona and moved to Ashdod, when he was 11 years old. Avitan made his league debut in a Premier League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv on 30 May 2009 when he replaced Idan Sade in the 46th minute.
International career
In 2009, Avitan was selected to represent Israel at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.
Footnotes
References
1991 births
Living people
Israeli footballers
Israeli Mizrahi Jews
F.C. Ashdod players
Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players
Maccabi Yavne F.C. players
Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. players
Hapoel Kfar Shalem F.C. players
Hapoel Marmorek F.C. players
Footballers from Dimona
Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye F.C. players
Ironi Nesher F.C. players
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C. players
Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players
Hapoel Iksal F.C. players
Ironi Tiberias F.C. players
Israeli Premier League players
Liga Leumit players
Footballers from Ashdod
Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
Maccabiah Games medalists in football
Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel
Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
Association football forwards |
17344519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown%20Melrose | Downtown Melrose | Downtown Melrose is the central business district of Melrose, Massachusetts. It is known for its nineteenth century Victorian architecture and its many small family-owned stores. Downtown Melrose is generally classified as the area on Main Street from Grove Street to Essex/Upham Streets. Part of the area, running on Main Street just northeast of the junction with Upham and Essex Streets, is included in the Melrose Town Center Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1982. This district encompasses seven buildings, including city hall, the main fire station, Memorial Hall, the Coolidge School, and the Baptist and Methodist churches.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
Melrose
Melrose, Massachusetts
Historic districts in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Victorian architecture in Massachusetts |
26722792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20S.%20Adke | A. S. Adke | Appa Saheb Adke was an Indian educator and administrator, and the vice-chancellor of Karnatak University in Dharwad, India, after the tenure of Dr. D. C. Pavate ended in 1967. Prior to this, Dr. Adke was the principal of Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal.
References
Efforts to start the Gulbarga University - Dr. Adke
Dr. A.S. Adke, former Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka University. Dharwad and Ex-Principal, Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal.
Community dominance and political modernisation: the Lingayats
Indian academic administrators
Living people
Karnatak University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people) |
26722794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%20Groups | Christ Groups | Christ Groups are a category of Christian churches in several countries, including India. The number of Christ Groups possibly exceeds 100,000. Already by 1980 the number of groups in India was in the hundreds, if not more. It has been claimed, that there were 50,000 groups in India in 1996. The movement has been created by the Every Home Crusade. The Christ Groups belong to the
Renewal.
References
Christian denominations in India |
23581243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacherlfabrik | Zacherlfabrik | The Zacherl factory (Zacherlfabrik) is a former factory in the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling. It was built in an oriental style.
History
Johann Zacherl began importing insecticide made from pyrethrum from Tiflis in 1842. In 1870, he started to produce moth powder in Unterdöbling, which he sold under the name Zacherl’s insect-killing tincture (Zacherlin). By 1873, the four employees in his factory were already producing 600 tonnes of Zacherlin per year, which were sold in Zacherl’s shops in Paris, Istanbul, Amsterdam, London, New York and Philadelphia.
In 1880, Zacherl left the company to his son John Evangelist. The factory in Unterdöbling was rebuilt between 1888 and 1892 to produce insecticide. The street-facing administrative wing of the building, which was designed by Karl Mayreder, is a rare example of commercially motivated Orientalism in European architecture. The Yenidze cigarette factory in Dresden is another example of this trend.
The ceramic tiles that were used in the facade and on the roof of the Zacherl factory were produced by the Wienerberger AG.
Johann Evangelist Zacherl expanded the Zacherl company’s activities from the production of insecticide to include the cleaning, repair and storage of fur and rugs. Between 1903 and 1905, he built the Zacherlhaus at the Wildpretmarkt.
Following World War I, sales of insecticide were stunted by expensive import taxes and the growth of chemical industries. After Johann Evangelist Zacherl’s death in 1936, his son Gregor Zacherl took control of the family factory, which from 1933 also produced ski bindings, but in 1949 Gregor Zacherl surrendered his merchant’s licence. He died in 1954 and the name Zacherl was removed from the register of companies in 1958.
The factory building and its gardens stood empty for several decades, until in 2006 Veronika and Peter Zacherl, in cooperation with the Jesuit art fund, opened the former factory up for artistic projects. Since then, exhibitions and music soirees have been held in the building every summer.
References
Christine Klusacek, Kurt Stimmer: Döbling. Vom Gürtel zu den Weinbergen. Schmid, Wien 1988, .
Stefan Koppelkamm: Exotische Architekturen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Ausstellungskatalog Stuttgart 1987. Ernst, Berlin 1987, , .
Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien, volume 5. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien 1997, ,
External links
Offizielle Webseite der Zacherlfabrik
Text zur Zacherlfabrik
Buildings and structures in Döbling
Cultural venues in Vienna |
20486271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin%20Yumashev | Valentin Yumashev | Valentin Borisovich Yumashev (; born 15 December 1957) is a Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer, who is the son-in-law of former President Boris Yeltsin and a member of his inner circle. He was Editor-in-Chief of Ogonyok from 1995 to 1996. In 1996, he was appointed adviser to President Boris Yeltsin for public relations. In March 1997, Yumashev succeeded Anatoly Chubais in the powerful position of the Chairman of the Presidential Executive Office. In December 1998, he was dismissed from that position. He now works in real estate development.
Biography
From his first marriage with Irina Vedeneyeva, he has a daughter, Polina. In 2001, Polina married Oleg Deripaska.
Yumashev and his second wife Tatyana Yumasheva (daughter of the first president of Russia Boris Yeltsin) own half of the Imperia Tower in "Moscow International Business Center" and half of the business center of "CITY" (49.58% of shares).
It was reported that he, along with his wife and their daughter, have been citizens of Austria since 2009.
News of Yumashev's resignation, in April 2022, from an unpaid post as adviser to Vladimir Putin, became widely known at the end of May 2022.
References
Living people
1957 births
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Russian politicians
Russian journalists
Kremlin Chiefs of Staff
People from Perm, Russia
Naturalised citizens of Austria
Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
20486334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma%20Roane%20Fieldhouse | Elma Roane Fieldhouse | The Elma Roane Fieldhouse is a 2,565-seat arena in Memphis, Tennessee. It is the home of the University of Memphis Tigers women's basketball and volleyball teams. Prior to the Mid-South Coliseum opening in 1966, it was also home to the men's basketball team as well. The arena opened in 1951 and is named after Elma Roane, a former coach and administrator of the Tigers women's teams who helped return women's sports to varsity status in 1972–73. The arena was dedicated to Elma Neale Roane in 1993.
See also
List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas
References
Venue information
Indoor arenas in Tennessee
Memphis Tigers basketball venues
Sports venues in Memphis, Tennessee
College basketball venues in the United States
Basketball venues in Tennessee |
20486340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCrre%20Ager | Dürre Ager | The Dürre Ager is a river of Upper Austria.
The Dürre Ager flows through the area from south to north passes through St Georgen im Attergau. It joins the Vöckla at Timelkam. It has a length of approximately .
References
Rivers of Upper Austria
Rivers of Austria |
20486348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Channel | Austin Channel | The Austin Channel () is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It separates Byam Martin Island (to the south) from Melville Island (to the west) and the Alexander and Bathurst Islands (to the north-east). To the north it opens to the Byam Martin Channel, to the south-west to the Byam Channel, and to the south-east to the Viscount Melville Sound (part of the Parry Channel).
Channels of Qikiqtaaluk Region |
23581247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20Sk%C3%A1la | Viktor Skála | Viktor Skála is a Czech stage and television actor. He was born on 3 March 1968, Brno, Czechoslovakia. He is a member of the Brno City Theatre.
Theatre
City Theatre
Master and Margarita .... master
Manon Lescaut .... Tiberge
Smrt obchodního cestujícího .... Bernard
Peer Gynt .... Peer Gynt
Nevyléčitelní .... Bruce
The Picture of Dorian Gray .... Alan Campbell
Bez roucha .... Garry Lejeune
Romeo and Jana .... Lucien
Slaměný klobouk .... Beauerthuis
V jámě lvové .... Mr. Strassky
Marketa Lazarová .... Mr. Lazar
Fiddler on the Roof .... officer
Death of Paul I .... Tatarinov/Prince/Colonel
The Diary of King .... Cyril Abid/Narrator
Equus .... Martin Dysart
Patrik Kumšt .... Boris/Viktor
The Three Musketeers .... Daddy/King/Executioner
Twelfth Night .... Malvolio
Síla zvyku .... Juggler
Cyrano de Bergerac .... De Guiche
Love's Labour's Lost .... Kotrba
Mourning Becomes Electra .... Adam Brant
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest .... Dale Harding
Cabaret .... Ernst Ludwig
Kamenný most aneb Prostopášník .... Arlecchino
Henry VIII .... First Man
Máj .... Poet
Arcadia .... Septimus Hodge
Znamení kříže .... Gil, village guy
Ginger and Fred .... Author
Amfitryon .... Mercur
The Importance of Being Earnest .... John Worthing
Hair .... Psychologist/Officer
Odysseia .... Hades
Not Now, Darling .... Arnold Crouch
Red and Black .... François-Marie Arouet Voltaire
The Magic Flute .... Spokesman
Filmography
Velkofilm (2007)
Já z toho budu mít smrt (2005)
Krev zmizelého (2003)
Elektrický nůž (1999)
"Četnické humoresky" (1997) TV series
Případ s černým vzadu (1992)
Svlékání kůže (1991)
Král lenochů (1989)
Třetí sudička (1986)
External links
City Theatre Website
ČSFD.cz
Czech male stage actors
Czech male television actors
Living people
1968 births |
20486351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%27s%20Stars | Jimmy's Stars | Jimmy's Stars is a children's historical novel by the American writer Mary Ann Rodman.
It is set in 1943 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania against the backdrop of World War II and tells the story of eleven-year-old Ellie McKelvey, protagonist of this novel. Her older brother Jimmy, however, is drafted and she and her family struggle to keep up their hope for him.
Reviews
"Packed with intimate details about life in America during World War II, this book will leave readers with a meaningful picture of what it was like to live through those very hard years."
References
2008 American novels
Children's historical novels
Fiction set in 1943
Novels set in Pittsburgh
Novels set during World War II
2008 children's books
Farrar, Straus and Giroux books |
26722796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykel%20Hawke | Mykel Hawke | Mykel Hawke (born November 29, 1965) is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer, author, and television and film personality. He is perhaps best known for the television programs he created on Discovery Channel called Man, Woman, Wild and One Man Army. He left Discovery to work on two new programs: Lost Survivors for Travel Channel and Elite Tactical Unit for Outdoor Channel.
Education
A combat veteran, he served as an enlisted soldier and later as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces ("Green Berets"), attaining the rank of captain. He fought rebels and trained UN peacekeepers in war-torn Africa and did combat search and rescue missions during the drug war in Colombia. He holds black belts in Aikido and judo. As required by the Army to be an officer, Hawke holds a college degree, a BS from UNY in Biology. He also holds an MS from UCA in Family Counseling. He was rated in 7 languages in the Army and paid for 3 languages, the maximum allowed, documented in his published language book, The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast.
Career
Military service
Hawke joined the US Army in 1982. He served on active duty for a total of 12 years; he also served in the Reserves and Guard for 12 more years. He was a Sergeant First Class (E-7) before he took a commission as an Officer, 18A.
He held three Enlisted, Special Forces Military Occupational Skills (MOS):
Special Forces Medic, 18D
Special Forces Communicator, 18E
Special Forces Intelligence Operations, 18F
He retired as a Captain in 2011 from the U.S. Army Special Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Accolades
Author
Hawke has authored numerous books and manuals, including the following:
2000: The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast – Paladin Press, (authored under a pen name "A.G.
Hawke")
2009: Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual – Running Press,
2010: In the Dark of the Sun – Pixel Dragon Press, (co-authored with Kim Martin)
2011: Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook: The Portable Guide to Getting Out Alive – Running Press,
2019: Family Survival Guide: The Best Ways for Families to Prepare, Train, Pack, and Survive Everything - Skyhorse Publishing,
2019: Foraging for Survival: Edible Wild Plants of North America - Skyhorse Publishing,
2019: The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast - Racehorse Publishing, (re-issue)
2021: Under a Hard Blue Sky - Pixel Dragon Press, (co-authored with Kim Martin)
He has also contributed to numerous books.
Television
Hawke has appeared in over 50 TV shows, including:
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
This TV mini-series by the History Channel, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, looks at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America. Hawke was featured as a combat vet and survivalist.
Man, Woman, Wild (2010–2012)
The show featured Hawke and his wife, Ruth, as they had to survive for a half week with limited supplies in wild and inhospitable locations around the world.
One Man Army (2011–2012)
Hawke also hosted the Discovery Channel show, One Man Army, in which personnel from backgrounds such as
special operations, military, law enforcement, and extreme sports, competed in three areas of speed, strength, and intelligence to win prize money.
Lost Survivors (2013)
The Travel Channel has released six episodes of the series entitled Lost Survivors in which Mykel and Ruth Hawke find themselves in
remote areas around the world with minimal supplies and few clues as to their actual whereabouts. The couple must then rely on instinct, expertise, and the strength of each other in order to effect their own rescue from these remote locations.
Other appearances
2022: Hawke appeared on the "Discovery Channel's India's Ultimate Warrior"
2020: Mykel teaches Survival to Matthew Broderick & Cast of Netflix TV Show "DayBreak"
2019: Hawke is Resident Expert interviewed on History's Frontiersmen by Leonardo DiCaprio
2006: Hawke appeared as a guest in Dirty Sanchez: The Movie to teach Mathew Pritchard, Lee Dainton, Michael "Pancho" Locke and Dan Joyce survival skills.
Hawke appeared with wife Ruth on ABC's The Bachelor in episode 4 of Arie's season, 2018, where they instructed some of the women in survival on a group date.
He was also one of four survival experts featured in the Discovery Channel's short-lived series, Science of Survival. In Episode 2, "Escape from the Amazon", Mykel spends three days in the Amazon, reducing his survival gear each successive day.
He also appeared in an episode of the fifth season of The Simple Life (styled as The Simple Life Goes to Camp) in 2007, appearing in episodes 7 and 8, as a survival expert, helping campers learn the basics of survival.
Personal life
In 2005, Hawke married Ruth England. They currently reside in Miami, Florida, with their son who was born in London, England.
Hawke established a combat medic school in Azerbaijan.
References
External links
The Travel Channel's Lost Survivors
Man Woman Wild renewed for a second season
1965 births
American male writers
Living people
People from Kentucky
United States Army soldiers
Members of the United States Army Special Forces
Participants in American reality television series
Survivalists
New York University alumni
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Discovery Channel people |
26722798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Keightley%20%28disambiguation%29 | Thomas Keightley (disambiguation) | Thomas Keightley (1789–1872) was a writer known for his works on mythology and folklore.
Thomas Keightley may also refer to:
Thomas Keightley (MP) (1580–1663), British Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
Thomas Keightley (official) (1650?–1719), English courtier and official in Ireland |
23581252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan%20%C5%A0kolnik | Dejan Školnik | Dejan Školnik (born 1 January 1989) is a Croatian football midfielder who plays for USV Mettersdorf.
Club career
Školnik started his career in Maribor and then transferred to Železničar Maribor youth sides at the age of 14. He played there for three years before returning to his home club where he signed his first professional contract.
Školnik then played for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga for three seasons, earning 72 appearances and scoring 6 goals in the process. His talent was then spotted by Portuguese first division team Nacional, where he joined his teammate from Maribor Rene Mihelič, signing a five-year contract until 1 July 2015.
International career
Currently Školnik was a member of Croatia U21 team. Before his international debut for Croatia he was offered a place in Slovenia U21 but Školnik turned down the offer and decided in favour of his parents homeland.
Personal life
Školnik was born in Maribor, present day Slovenia and lived there his whole life. He is of Croatian ancestry as his parents originate from northeastern Croatia. According to him he started playing football on the streets of Maribor and only joined NK Maribor youth sides after he was convinced to join by his friends he played with after school and one of which was Rene Mihelič.
References
External links
Dejan Školnik at NZS
1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Maribor
Slovenian footballers
Croatian footballers
Association football midfielders
Croatian expatriate footballers
NK Maribor players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Primeira Liga players
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
C.D. Nacional players
NK Aluminij players
NK Drava Ptuj (2004) players
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate footballers in Slovakia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players
Slovak Super Liga players
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Croatia youth international footballers
Croatia under-21 international footballers |
26722806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Church%20Cropsey | James Church Cropsey | James Church Cropsey (1872 - June 16, 1937) was a New York City Police Commissioner and a New York State Supreme Court judge.
References
1937 deaths
1872 births
New York Supreme Court Justices
New York City Police Commissioners
Kings County District Attorneys |
20486376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF%20Mount%20Batten | RAF Mount Batten | RAF Mount Batten was a Royal Air Force station and flying boat base at Mount Batten, a peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England. Originally a seaplane station opened in 1917 as a Royal Navy Air Service Station Cattewater it became RAF Cattewater in 1918 and in 1928 was renamed RAF Mount Batten. The base is named after Captain Batten, a Civil War commander who defended this area at the time, with the Mountbatten family motto In Honour Bound taken as the station's motto.
Today, little evidence of the RAF base remains apart from several memorials, some aviation-related road names, the main slipway and two impressive Grade II listed F-type aeroplane hangars dating from 1917.
History
Royal Naval Air Station Cattewater
As early as 1913 the sheltered Cattewater in Plymouth Sound was used for seaplane trials and in 1916 plans to open a Royal Navy seaplane station were agreed. In February 1917 RNAS Cattewater was opened. It had a hangar for aircraft, storage and maintenance and a stone pier with a railway track that enabled a steam crane to place the seaplanes in and out of the water. The first aircraft based there were the Short 184 and these were soon followed by other seaplanes. Operational flying was carried out from Cattewater, mainly coastal patrols.
Royal Air Force Station Cattewater
With the formation in April 1918 of the Royal Air Force the station became RAF Cattewater. The station was little used but in 1919 the station became notable with the arrival of the Curtiss NC 4 flying boat making the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic. From 1923 the station was re-built and extended and was re-opened in 1928.
Royal Air Force Station Mount Batten
On 1 October 1928, following re-building, the old Cattewater seaplane station was opened as RAF Mount Batten to provide a base for flying boats to defend south-west England. The first squadron (No. 203 Squadron RAF) was equipped with the Supermarine Southampton. The station also became a base for high-speed air sea rescue launches on which, in the 1930s, was employed Aircraftman Shaw, better known as T. E. Lawrence.
With the start of the Second World War there was an increase in operational flying from Mount Batten. It was also the target for a number of German air raids resulting in the destruction of one of the hangars and a Short Sunderland on 28 November 1940. At the end of the war the station became a Maintenance Unit.
At the end of the 1950s the station became the Marine Craft Training School and from 1961 became the main base of the RAF Marine Branch, with the closure of No. 238 MU, Calshot until the marine branch closed in 1986 and the School of Survival until it moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1992. It also housed No. 3 Maritime Headquarters Unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force providing Communications and Operations Room personnel.
RAF units and aircraft
References
Citations
Bibliography
External links
Royal Air Force stations in Devon
Seaplane bases in the United Kingdom
Seaplane bases in England
Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom |
44508034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20record%20progression%20track%20cycling%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20team%20pursuit | World record progression track cycling – Men's team pursuit | This is an overview of the progression of the world track cycling record of the men's 4 km team pursuit as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
Progression
Amateurs (1986–1989)
Open (1993–)
References
Track cycling world record progressions |
44508044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndesmis%20longicanalis | Syndesmis longicanalis | Syndesmis longicanalis is a species of marine flatworms endemic to the waters off Kenya. They are commensal symbionts of sea urchins.
Taxonomy
Syndesmis longicanalis belongs to the genus Syndesmis of the subfamily Umagillinae in the family Umagillidae. The specific name longicanalis is Latin for "long canal". It refers to the species' distinctively very long bursal canal. It was first described in 1994 by Jozef B. Moens, Els E. Martens, and Ernest R. Schockaert. The type specimen was recovered in February 1992 from Nyali, Mombasa, Kenya; from the intestine of a flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus) recovered from a depth of .
Description
Syndesmis longicanalis are red to red-orange in coloration in life. The body is flattened ovoid in shape, with the front end rounded and the rear end tapering to a nipple-like tip. The entire body is covered with cilia.
Distribution
Syndesmis longicanalis is known only from Kenya. The original specimens were collected from Nyali and Bamburi in Mombasa, Kenya. All of the specimens were recovered from within sea urchins.
Ecology
Syndesmis longicanalis are commensal symbionts of two common species of sea urchins: the flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus) and the collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). They inhabit the intestines of their hosts.
References
Endemic fauna of Kenya
Rhabditophora |
20486377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus%20mosaic | Orpheus mosaic | Orpheus mosaics are found throughout the Roman Empire, normally in large Roman villas. The scene normally shown is Orpheus playing his lyre, and attracting birds and animals of many species to gather around him. Orpheus was a popular subject in classical art, and was also used in Early Christian art as a symbol for Christ.
The standard depiction in Roman mosaic scenes (for the Romano-British variant see below) shows him seated and playing a lyre or cithara, wearing a Phrygian cap, often beside a tree, and includes many animals drawn and pacified by his playing. The fox was considered Orpheus's special animal and may be placed beside him. In large examples the animals spread to occupy the whole floor of a room. Titles such as Orpheus Charming/Taming the Beasts may be used. Usually the whole scene occupies the same space, but sometimes Orpheus and the animals are each in compartments separated by borders with geometrical decoration.
An example of the usual composition with animals in the 6th-century Gaza synagogue is identified as David by an inscription in Hebrew, and has added royal attributes. Another adaptation is a Christian mosaic of Adam giving names to the animals (Genesis 2: 19–20) in a church of around 486–502 in Apamea, Syria. Some of the mosaics seem to relate to the rather elusive philosophical or religious doctrines of Orphism.
In Byzantine mosaic large scenes with animals tended to be hunting scenes (one of the largest being again at Apamea). These are, at least initially, drawn from the popular venatio ("hunting") displays in the amphitheatres, where a variety of exotic beasts were released to fight and be killed. Despite the contrast in atmosphere, the Berlin mosaic from a house in Miletus manages to combine both a venatio and an Orpheus with animals in its two parts. An arena programme recorded by Martial combined an acted-out scene of Orpheus charming the animals with the punishment of criminals by damnatio ad bestias.
Romano-British composition
In what appears to be a unique feature of Orpheus mosaics from Roman Britain, the animals may be arranged parading in a circle around him, feet facing out, so that some are the right way up whatever angle the floor is seen from; nine examples are known. The subject is found, for example, in Woodchester in England, the second largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most intricate. It dates to c. AD 325 and was re-discovered by Gloucestershire-born antiquarian Samuel Lysons in 1793. It has been uncovered seven times since 1880, the last time in 1973, but there are no plans to reveal it again.
Other English examples are at Littlecote Roman Villa, Brading Roman Villa, and the Corinium Museum. Another, from Newton St Loe, is now in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, but between 1841 and 1851 had been moved to Keynsham railway station, and set in a floor there. The Corinium (that is, modern Cirencester) example gives its name to the "Corinium Orpheus School" of Romano-British mosaic artists. There are two other circular Orpheus mosaics, in Volubilis in present-day Morocco, and Mérida in Spain, but the compositions are different.
The Littlecote mosaic in particular, which seems to have been added to a room used as some kind of private space for religious cult, has been suggested as evidencing a syncretic cult of Orpheus, Apollo and Bacchus.
Examples
A large example takes up all the floor of a room in the Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, one of the finest sites for mosaics. Other notable examples are in Leptis Magna in Libya (in situ), and in Palermo, Arles, the Musée gallo-romain in Saint-Romain-en-Gal Vienne, Perugia and the Bardo National Museum (Tunis). A new Orpheus mosaic has recently been found in Prusias ad Hypium, near present-day Duzce in Turkey.
Notes
References
Dunbabin, Katherine M. D., Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, 1999, Cambridge University Press, , 9780521002301, google books
Hachilli, Rachel, Ancient Mosaic Pavements: Themes, Issues, and Trends : Selected Studies, Chapter 4, pp. 72–76
Henig, Martin, The Art of Roman Britain, 2002, Routledge, , 9781134746521, google books
Kondoleon, Christine, Domestic and Divine: Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos, 1994, Cornell University Press, , 9780801430589, google books
Thomas, Graham (2000) The Romans at Woodchester Orpheus Mosaic at Woodchester
Further reading
(TRAC 1992): "Symbols of Power and Nature: The Orpheus Mosaic of Fourth Century Britain and Their Architectural Contexts", by Sarah Scott
Roman mosaics
mosaic
Iconography |
20486400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor%20syllable | Minor syllable | Primarily in Austroasiatic languages (also known as Mon–Khmer), in a typical word a minor syllable is a reduced (minor) syllable followed by a full tonic or stressed syllable. The minor syllable may be of the form or , with a reduced vowel, as in colloquial Khmer, or of the form with no vowel at all, as in Mlabri "navel" (minor syllable ) and "underneath" (minor syllable ), and Khasi "rule" (minor syllable ), syrwet "sign" (minor syllable ), "transform" (minor syllable ), "seed" (minor syllable ) and tyngkai "conserve" (minor syllable ). This iambic pattern is sometimes called sesquisyllabic (lit. 'one and a half syllables'), a term coined by the American linguist James Matisoff in 1973 (Matisoff 1973:86).
Sometimes minor syllables are introduced by language contact. Many Chamic languages as well as Burmese have developed minor syllables from contact with Mon-Khmer family. In Burmese, minor syllables have the form , with no consonant clusters allowed in the syllable onset, no syllable coda, and no tone.
Recent reconstructions of Proto-Tai and Old Chinese also include sesquisyllabic roots with minor syllables, as transitional forms between fully disyllabic words and the monosyllabic words found in modern Tai languages and modern Chinese.
See also
Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
Stress in Khmer
Notes
References
Brunelle, Marc; Kirby, James; Michaud, Alexis; Watkins, Justin. (2017). Prosodic systems: Mainland Southeast Asia. HAL 01617182.
Butler, Becky Ann. (2014). Deconstructing the Southeast Asian sesquisyllable: A gestural account (Doctoral dissertation). Cornell University.
Ferlus, Michel. (2004). The origin of tones in Viet-Muong. In Papers from the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (pp. 297–313). HAL 00927222v2.
Ferlus, Michel. (2009). What were the four Divisions of Middle Chinese?. Diachronica, 26(2), 184-213. HAL 01581138v2.
Matisoff, James A. (1973). 'Tonogenesis in Southeast Asia'. In Larry M. Hyman (ed.), Consonant Types and Tone (Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics No. 1), pp. 73–95. Los Angeles: Linguistics Program, University of Southern California.
Kirby, James & Brunelle, Marc. (2017). Southeast Asian tone in areal perspective. In R. Hickey (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics (pp. 703–731).
Michaud, Alexis. (2012). Monosyllabicization: patterns of evolution in Asian languages. In Monosyllables: From phonology to typology (pp. 115–130). HAL 00436432v3.
Svantesson, J.-O. & Karlsson, A. M. (2004). Minor syllable tones in Kammu. In International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2004).
Thomas, David (1992). 'On Sesquisyllabic Structure'. The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, 21, pp. 206–210.
Phonetics |
44508054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayo%20Ayeni | Tayo Ayeni | Tayo Ayeni (born 28 December 1962) is a Nigerian businessman with interests in automobile sales and real estates.
Background
Tayo Ayeni was born in Ibadan to the family of Chief Isaiah Sunday Ayeni and Mrs. Mojisola Alice. He hails from Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria. Tayo once described his father as a disciplinarian and his role model. “I was brought up in a polygamous home. It was quite interesting and educative. My father, Chief I.S. Ayeni, popularly known as ‘Baba 10 10’ of blessed memory was fully in charge of his household. He ensured we did family activities together.”
Tayo Ayeni attended African Church Grammar School, Ilesa, and later moved to Ilesha Grammar School, Ilesa, Osun State for his A-level. He proceeded to Italy where he studied Electrical Engineering.
Career
Tayo Ayeni is the Chairman/CEO of Skymit Motors Limited. In an interview he granted Lanre Alfred, Society Editor of ThisDay Newspapers, he said he was privy to know about automobile business and European car dealership during his study days in Italy. Returning to Nigeria after his education, his intended to “revolutionalize the way (automobile) business was being done back home in Nigeria.” He then founded a company he called Skymit Motors Limited, which, according to him, is a contraction of ‘Sky is the limit.’ Information on its website shows that the automobile company was incorporated in 1986 as a Private Limited Company with an initial start-up capital of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000.00), which has a yearly turnover level of five billion Naira today. Its sales are targeted towards “a selected group of Nigeria's corporate organizations and high-net-worth individuals who are in dire need of corporate, sleek but durable cars at affordable prices, packaged and tailored towards their financial status and personality.” Skymit became operation in January 1987 with only two cars; it now has offices/showrooms in Ikeja and Victoria Island (Lagos). He is also the Chairman of Affordable Cars Limited, a low and medium car sales and service outfit, which is run by his younger brother. He also heads Space Ventures Ltd, which deals in photographic materials; he is chairman of Space Properties, a real estate firm; Moontrends Holdings, a project financing and management firm, and Limoserve among others.
Other interests
Tayo Ayeni is a known socialite. His 50th birthday generated publicity in the Nigerian media.
He is a member of the Nigerian-Italian Alumni, Nigeria-South Africa Chambers of Commerce, Ikoyi Club, Lagos Country Club, Lagos Anglican Church Communion (Christian Friends Society), The Lagos Motor Boat Club, Aquamarine Boat Club and he is also a member of Lagos Jetski Club, Ikoyi.
Awards and honors
He has received several local and international awards in recognition of his entrepreneurship undertakings.
These awards include:
‘Best Entrepreneurial CEO' - Ikeja City Award (four consecutive years)
‘Best Multi-Stock Showroom’ – On-Wheels Magazine (2006/2009)
'Auto Company of the Year' - Excellence Recognition Awards - (2008)
‘King of Luxury’ - Niteshift Coliseum
'Best Car Dealer of the Year' - LEAD AFRICA (2013)
'Outstanding CEO of the Year' - Ikeja City Award
'Lifetime Achievement Award' - LEAD AFRICA (2014)
'Most Outstanding CEO of the Year' - Pan African International Magazine (2018)
amongst others.
Personal life
Tayo is married to Adetutu Ayeni, a trained lawyer and a director of Skymit Motors Limited. She is the Managing Director of Space Properties and a member of the advisory council of Grange School. “I met her while she was studying law at Lagos State University," Ayeni said. They are blessed with five children.
References
External links
Skymit Motors Limited website
Living people
1962 births
20th-century Nigerian businesspeople
21st-century Nigerian businesspeople
Yoruba businesspeople
Businesspeople from Ibadan
Nigerian socialites
Nigerian company founders
Nigerian real estate businesspeople
Nigerian automobile salespeople |
20486410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine%20Inlet | Erskine Inlet | The Erskine Inlet () is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Canada. It separates Cameron Island, Île Vanier, Massey Island and Alexander Island (to the west) from Bathurst Island (to the south and east).
References
Inlets of Qikiqtaaluk Region |
20486438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Hardie | Donald Hardie | Brigadier Donald David Graeme Hardie CVO TD KStJ (born 23 January 1936) is a Scottish businessman and retired Territorial Army officer. He was Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire from 1990 to 2007. He is also an honorary vice-president of Lennox and Argyll Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, and is the Keeper of Dumbarton Castle.
Hardie was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 2008.
References
Living people
Royal Artillery officers
Lord-Lieutenants of Dunbartonshire
Knights of the Order of St John
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
Scottish businesspeople
1936 births |
44508064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualis%20%28CAPES%29 | Qualis (CAPES) | Qualis is a Brazilian official system with the purpose of classifying scientific production. It is maintained by the Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
Qualis has the task to classify and evaluate the academic means used on the production of scientific publications of post-graduate programs (such as master theses and doctoral dissertations). The classification itself occurs by a system of grades, per field of evaluation, and depends on the level of circulation (local, national or international) and on the quality of the journal (A, B, or C).
Grades
The classification is annually updated and follows a series of criteria defined by CAPES, such as: number of issues, indexation, number of publishing institutions, impact factor based on JCR, etc. The grades (so called "strata") occur in a 1–8 scale (A1, the highest; A2; B1; B2; B3; B4; B5; C — not listed).
See also
Lattes Platform
Journal ranking by country
References
Further reading
Ribeiro, R. J., "Brazil", chap.7 in Maresi Nerad and Mimi Heggelund (Eds.) Toward a global PhD?: forces and forms in doctoral education worldwide, University of Washington Press, 2011, 353 pages.
Delgado-Troncoso, J.E. and Fischman, G.E., "The future of Latin American journals", chap.16 in Bill Cope and Angus Phillips (Eds.) The Future of the Academic Journal, Chandos Publishing, 2014, 478 pages.
Metze, K. "Bureaucrats, researchers, editors, and the impact factor - a vicious circle that is detrimental to science, Clinics, 65:10, doi:10.1590/S1807-59322010001000002
Rocha-e-Silva, M. "Impact factor, scimago indexes and the Brazilian journal rating system: where do we go from here?" Clinics, 65:4, doi:10.1590/S1807-59322010000400001
External links
Government agencies of Brazil
Higher education in Brazil
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Databases in Brazil |
26722807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainslie%20St.%20Transit%20Terminal | Ainslie St. Transit Terminal | The Ainslie St. Transit Terminal is a bus station and terminal in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the core of Galt, a former city which is now a community within Cambridge.
The building is a single-story facility with a waiting room, ticket counter, public washrooms, and vending machines. It is surrounded on all sides by bus platforms, with the only access to and from the surrounding streets by crossing the bus right-of-way.
History
The Ainslie Street Terminal was built as a replacement for the Mill Street Terminal (which was located on Mill Street near Main Street and Ainslie Street) after a 1988 report, commissioned by the City of Cambridge, concluded that the existing facilities were totally inadequate and a replacement terminal should be constructed. This occurred around the same time as the construction of the Charles Street Terminal in the neighbouring city of Kitchener, which replaced an earlier Duke Street Terminal that had also been deemed inadequate.
Local bus services at the terminal were originally operated by Cambridge Transit. In 2000, Cambridge Transit was merged with Kitchener Transit to form Grand River Transit, managed under the Region of Waterloo, as part of a general regionalization of formerly municipal services.
Launch of iXpress
During the mid-2000s, planners began reorienting regional Grand River Transit service around the concept of a Central Transit Corridor, which was defined generally as the linear urbanized area, much of it following King Street, that comprised the cores of the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge. The first stage in service improvements on the Central Transit Corridor was an express bus system, branded as iXpress, which was designed as a regional connector to complement existing local bus services which had largely been inherited from Grand River Transit's predecessor agencies. The Ainslie Street Terminal was chosen as the southern terminus for the iXpress service due to the relatively high number of people working in downtown Galt, as well as the high number of local bus routes (at the time, eleven) which stopped at the station.
The area of the Ainslie Street Terminal was chosen specifically by regional planners as a focus for their promotion of the service due to factors relating to its urban environment, such as its relatively strong sidewalk network, a land-use mix which encouraged transportation modes other than driving, and its demographic makeup. With the launch of iXpress in September 2005, a bus trip between the Ainslie Street Terminal and the Conestoga Mall bus terminal in north Waterloo was reduced from 112 minutes with one transfer to a single-seat ride of 71 minutes. Subsequent ridership studies in the late 2000s showed that only of iXpress riders boarding at the Ainslie Street Terminal walked to the station, while transferred from local routes. This indicated a walking rate lower than any iXpress stop in Kitchener or Waterloo, but higher than any other iXpress stop in the city of Cambridge. An analysis of generalized cost indicated a greater generalized travel cost reduction for transit riders along the southern section (Ainslie to Fairview) than the northern (Fairview to Conestoga).
Ion rapid transit
The next change to the Central Transit Corridor was a two-stage rapid transit plan, beginning with the replacement of the original iXpress route with a combination of light rail transit (LRT) along the northern Conestoga–Fairview section, called the Ion light rail, and adapted bus rapid transit (aBRT) in the southern Ainslie–Fairview section, branded as the Ion Bus; the entire system was branded holistically as Ion rapid transit. With the launch of the Ion system in June 2019, the 200 iXpress route was eliminated, necessitating a linear transfer for riders at Fairway station. Ridership statistics indicated total ridership on the 302 Ion Bus was higher than on the same part of the 200 iXpress route during the same period of the previous year.
Services
As well as being the hub for local Grand River Transit routes within the city of Cambridge and some intercity connections, the Ainslie Street Terminal is the southerly terminus for the Ion Bus adapted bus rapid transit (aBRT) service, which is the spine of the regional transit system and connects with the Ion light rail line at Fairway station in south Kitchener.
Grand River Transit
Summary
Full table
Coach Canada
Daily intercity service to Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, ON and Buffalo, NY.
Future
The Region of Waterloo's Stage 2 Ion rapid transit plan would see light rail service extended through Cambridge to downtown Galt, replacing the Ion Bus. One estimate in 2019 placed the start of construction at no earlier than 2028. The proposed light rail line extension would bypass the Ainslie Street Terminal while travelling along Wellington Street, then terminate at a new "Downtown Cambridge" station on Bruce Street. The stretch of roadway on Bruce Street between Ainslie Street and Water Street North would be used for an on-street bus station, replacing the Ainslie Street Terminal.
References
External links
Grand River Transit
Bus stations in Cambridge, Ontario |
26722824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proven%C3%A7al%20fritillary | Provençal fritillary | The Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-western Europe and North Africa. The range extends from the Iberian Peninsula to southern France and the Alps in Switzerland and Italy. It is also found in the Atlas Mountains.
Description
In spite of its great similarity to athalia, this South-West European form is considered specifically distinct, particularly, it seems, because the wings are more elongate and there occur in South France and Spain also forms of athalia with which dejone is not identical. In markings more resembling athalia, in colour more parthenie. In the female the reddish yellow median band of the upperside is somewhat paler, so that there are two contrasting tints of reddish yellow. The underside nearly as in parthenie, the light bands of the hindwing as in parthenie not silvery and not divided by a black line. The individuals even from the same place differ so much that one might be inclined to place some with parthenie and others with athalia. Perhaps the insect will in future be proved to be a local or seasonal form of one of the allied species.
Biology
There are two generations per year with adults on wing from April to September. In the Alps, there is one generation.
The larva feeds on species of Linaria, Chaenorrhinum, Digitalis and Antirrhinum (including Antirrhinum sempervirens).
Subspecies
There are three subspecies:
M. d. deione
M. d. berisalii (Rühl, 1891)
M. d. nitida (Oberthür, 1909) (west Morocco (Rif mountains), western Algeria (Tlemcen, Sebdou))
References
External links
Leps It
Melitaea
Butterflies of Europe |
44508069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi%20%28artist%29 | Bibi (artist) | Bibi (born February 23, 1964 in Tours, France) is a French artist. His civil name is Fabrice Cahoreau. He is living and working in the South of France. He is known for his art installations in urban spaces using everyday plastic objects.
Artistic style
Since 1992, by using daily life objects made of plastic, Bibi searches for the hidden forms – animal or anthropomorphous – which the designers of these objects had in the back of their minds. Light has proved particularly helpful in revealing those forms to him. As such, in order to give plastic the place it deserves - namely the 6th element – he has fought especially hard against two universally distributed icons : the polyethylene container and the traffic cone. His universe is inspired by Jacques Yves Bruel, Niki de Saint Phalle, Malcolm McLaren, Norman McLaren, Dieric Bouts, the Ancient Egypt and Les Wampas.
Bibi has performed hundreds of art installations and performances in public spaces (Moscow, Sydney, Singapore, Wirksworth (UK), Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nîmes, Avignon) : the squat facade 59 rue de Rivoli in Paris with an evolutive installation from 2001 to 2004, The Fish Ball exhibited in Docks 76 in Rouen since 2009 and The Fish Fountain (Festival of Lights of Lyon, Place des Jacobins, Lyon 2008).
In 2001, he creates the MEEA (Movement for the Extermination of Endangered Animals) and tackles hunting with derision. In 2010, he designs The Bibigloo (contraction of Bibi and igloo). The Bibigloo is both a work of land art, design, light source and a plastic art installation.
Installations
« Red Elephant », Festival of Lights, Lyon, France, December 2016
« GREENPIGS », Amsterdam Light Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 2016
« Kill them all ! », Mostra de Mende, Mende, France, April 2016
« Georges, the Fountain Dragon », Parcours contemporain, Fontenay-le-Comte, France, September 2015
« The Bibigloo » and « Fish Forest », Light in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, June 2015
« The Bibigloo », Circle of Light, Moscow, Russia, October 2013
« Happy Croco », Ilight Marina Bay Festival , Singapore, March 2014
« The Dragon King », Dubai Light Festsival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 2014 et
« The Bibigloo », Lumina Festival, Cascais, Portugal, September 2013
« BIBI's Hell, it's here ! », Arbre en Lumière, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2012
« The Dragon King », Fêtes des Lumières, Lyon, December 2012
« The Bibigloo », Vivid Sydney Festival, Australia, May 2012
« Kill the all ! », Galerie Socles et Cimaises, Nancy, France, February 2012
« The Bibigloo », Ilight Marina Bay Festival , Singapore, March 2012
« The Cry of Mosquitoes », Tour de la Poudrière, remparts d'Aigues-Mortes, France, from July to October 2011. During the Festival « Monuments et Animaux » organised by Monuments Nationaux.
« The Fish Tree », facade of Scholl of the Arts (SOTA), Night Lights Festival, Singapore Art Museum, Singapre, August 2011
« La Fontaine aux Poissons », place des Jacobins, Fête des Lumières, Lyon, December 2008
« BIBI's Hell, it's here ! », Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, September 2004
References
External links
www.bibi.fr
French installation artists
French sculptors
French male sculptors
Light artists
Living people
1964 births |
26722835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers%20and%20Plants%20Association | Flowers and Plants Association | The Flowers and Plants Association is a UK organisation that supports the horticulture and floriculture business, usually associated with garden centres.
History
It was formed in 1984. The UK flower and plant industry is worth around £2.2 billion.
Function
It helps to run the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. It promotes the UK flower and garden business.
Structure
It is situated just south of the Thames and the A3003 in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, near Barnes Hospital.
See also
Royal Horticultural Society
Society of Floristry
External links
F&PA
Video clips
F&PA YouTube channel
Audio clips
Woman's Hour December 2001
News items
Blue roses in October 2009
Social justice in February 2007
Valentines Day in 2002
Organizations established in 1984
Horticultural organisations based in the United Kingdom
Horticultural companies of the United Kingdom
Organisations based in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
44508081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwon%20Sewer%20Aqueduct | Barwon Sewer Aqueduct | The Barwon Sewer Aqueduct is a heritage-listed aqueduct across the Barwon River at Goat Island, Breakwater, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by engineer E. G. Stone and was erected between 1913-1915. It would appear to be the only one of its kind in Australia in terms of its length and the use of Considère's construction technique. The aqueduct appears to be the last example in Australia of Armand Considère's system of reinforcing for concrete structures. It was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 23 October 1991.
Description
The Barwon Sewer Aqueduct straddles the Barwon River flood plain at Breakwater, south of Geelong. According to the literature, it is the longest and largest structure built according to the Considère system. The aqueduct consists of 14 spans that stretch over a length of 750 meters (2,424 feet). Each pier is the center of a cantilevered truss, the gap between trusses bridged by girders carrying the ovoid concrete sewer pipe and a walkway, both of which span the bridge. In contrast to the straightforward expression of structure in the cantilevered trusses and walkway, the piers are capped by simple architectural forms which echo the details of Egyptian pylons and Classical Triumphal Arches.
In keeping with many such early reinforced concrete bridges and engineering works (as opposed to buildings) the aqueduct could have been executed at a much larger scale and still retained its visual qualities. Bridges such as the Loddon Bridge (1911), Victoria, and the Railway Bridge (1910) near Lockyer Creek, Queensland, are good, contemporary examples which share this quality, which in some cases could be equated with the simplicity of the earlier, timber trestle-bridges.
History
The last decade of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid urban development in the major cities, requiring investment in urban infrastructure including railways, roads and water, electricity and gas and in sewerage systems. Developments in Sydney and Melbourne were reflected at a regional level in large towns and cities such as Geelong in Victoria.
The Geelong Commissioners appointed to implement a sewerage scheme for Geelong visited the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works and the Sydney Board in July 1910. A visit was also made to Adelaide in September 1910. On 1 June 1910, surveyor Charles Campbell Breen had already begun work on the survey alignment for a sewer to serve Geelong. The Geelong Commissioners obtained permission for the Boards engineer, Mr C. E. Oliver, to report on the feasibility of using a sewerage farm at Geelong. Mr. Oliver concluded that it was practicable to do so at Point Henry, but did not go so far as to recommend doing so. Mr. Oliver had acted as a Royal Commissioner into the Perth Sewerage System in July 1909 (Cooke, 1981: 56-69).
One of the first steps in the sewerage scheme for the Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust District was the fixing of appropriate boundaries in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Act. Boundaries were approved in November 1910 and encompassed an area of 8,081 acres. The area at Werribee servicing Melbourne was of the order of 26,000 acres. The Royal Commission on Sanitation in Britain had recently studied the issue of fecal matter discharge into streams. Mr. R. T. Mackay, Chief Engineer to the Geelong Water Works and Sewerage Trust, was aware that the flow of the Barwon River did not permit the necessary standards except for limited periods. A survey of the coastal currents along the coast was carried out by Mr. Breen, as an alternative way of discharging treated sewage. The final recommendation by Mr Mackay was that an ocean outfall was the best way of sewage disposal while the simplicity of the scheme made for economy. The estimated cost of the outfall proposal was £285,992 compared to £261,878 for a sewerage farm. The successful contractor, Messrs Stone and Siddeley, established a factory adjacent to the railway at Geelong to manufacture the pre-cast sections of sewer pipe, also winning the contract to lay the pipes in some areas as well as that for the design and construction of an aqueduct across the Barwon River. Mr R. Taylor, the forerunner of Rocla Pipes, another concrete product manufacturer, was also involved in the work of supplying and laying sewage pipes as well as the construction of pumping stations (Cooke, 1981: 56-69).
Designed in 1912 by Mr E. G. Stone, and constructed from 1913-1915 at a tender cost of £18,450, the Barwon Sewer Aqueduct was described in January 1916 in the Commonwealth Engineer. Geelong had recently installed a sewerage scheme in which reinforced concrete was widely used and in which it was necessary to cross the River Barwon and the river flats with the sewer line. On the recommendation of Mr R. T. Mackay, Chief Engineer to the Water Works and Sewerage Trust, it was decided to erect an aqueduct. Alternative prices in steel and concrete were submitted, the Trust accepting the design and tender of Mr Stone, Engineer for Messrs Stone and Siddeley, Reinforced Concrete Specialists of Sydney, with branches in Tasmania and South Australia (Stone, 1920: 49-51).
The accepted structure was designed on the cantilever principle to cross the river and its flats, a length of 2,424 feet, with fourteen spans; thirteen were to be 176 feet and one of 136 feet. It was stated that one of the advantages was that the movement caused by temperature variations would not impact on the appearance or function of the sewer, which would have a grade of 1 in 2,500, when compared to steel construction. The cantilevers were to be splayed, to take account of horizontal wind stresses. The pre-cast concrete pipes (ovoid to achieve maximum hydraulic efficiency), in 8 foot lengths, were to be built into the structure. Trial bores along the site of the aqueduct showed that rock existed from 5–40 feet below the surface. However, reinforced concrete piles were to be used to support the bases of the piers. The reinforcement throughout was to be of ordinary commercial steel rods, which were lapped rather than joined into continuous bars. The steel rods in the upper booms of the cantilevers were arranged in concentric rings around the longitudinal rods. The gaps between each cantilever section were to be spanned by a 40-foot girder section fixed at one end, but free to move at the other. An expansion joint was to be provided at each span, its design being similar to that of an ordinary ‘stuffing box’. A footpath, acting as a structural form, would be provided throughout the whole length of the structure. At the time of its completion it would be considered one of the finest concrete structures in Australia (Stone, 1920: 49-51).
The Barwon Sewer Aqueduct was commissioned in 1916 and decommissioned in 1972. The viaduct and its surroundings were entered in the Historic Buildings Register, Victoria, in 1981.
Condition and integrity
The Barwon Sewer Aqueduct has become an issue in terms of its condition and the cost of conservation, although it is still of relatively high integrity. The structure was repaired continuously from 1977-1980 using shotcrete to cover reinforcing exposed by spalling of the concrete through fumes and carbonation. The loss of cover to reinforcing appears to be limited for the most part to vertical and diagonal members of the trusses where the members are smaller in cross section.
A report completed in 1995 for Barwon Water concluded that, due to its condition, there was no factor of safety and the structure could collapse at any time. This was contested by the Institution of Engineers. An Inquiry in 1996, however, found that the aqueduct should not be demolished. The Geelong Aqueduct Committee supports restoration of the aqueduct; the owners, Barwon Water, have estimated the initial cost of repair and maintenance at $7.94 million in 2005, with ongoing maintenance costs of $2.2 million for 30 years.
References
Attribution
Required attribution: © Commonwealth of Australia 2013.
Aqueducts in Australia
Buildings and structures in Geelong
Victorian Heritage Register
Transport buildings and structures in Victoria (Australia)
1916 establishments in Australia
1972 disestablishments in Australia |
44508093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Brown | Ivan Brown | Ivan Brown may refer to:
Ivan Brown (bobsleigh) (1908–1963), American bobsledder
Ivan Brown (politician) (1922–1977), Australian politician
Ivan Brown (Canadian football) (born 1985), Canadian football player |
26722845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Tsingou | Emily Tsingou | Emily Tsingou (born 1968, Athens, Greece) is a private art dealer and adviser who lives in London, England. She is the former proprietor of Emily Tsingou Gallery which was open 1998 through 2007.
Career
Tsingou completed a Masters (MA) in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art. After opening in 1998, Emily Tsingou Gallery established a reputation as a contemporary fine arts gallery, presenting a series of contemporary art exhibitions between 1998 and 2007, in London, England. The gallery's programme, which was selected by Tsingou, introduced the work of certain internationally recognised contemporary artists to the London art scene, including Karen Kilimnik and Jim Shaw (artist), through both solo and group shows.
After a decade of exhibitions at the gallery, Tsingou chose to concentrate solely on advising a select number of collectors and founded Emily Tsingou Fine Art. The agency represents both individuals and foundations, including Miel de Botton’s Berrydown Foundation and The Museum Partnership Collection, a lending library of around 100 large-scale artworks by artists including John Baldessari and Theaster Gates. Tsingou is often cited in this capacity, commenting on contemporary art world news and trends, such as artist-gallery relations and the global art fair landscape, for publications including the Financial Times, The Art Newspaper, CNN and Vanity Fair. In 2014, Tsingou worked as the coordinator for the Museum Partnership Collection. Tsingou has chaired talks at events such as “20/20 Vision” at Phillips Auction House, organised by the Association of Women in the Arts.
Tsingou is an advocate for the London public arts community, supporting institutions including Tate and the Michael Clark Company as a patron, and sitting on the board of trustees for The Showroom, a contemporary art space focused on collaborative approaches to cultural production.
Personal life
Tsingou is married to the writer and photographer Henry Bond.
References
External links
Emily Tsingou Gallery Archive resources
Greek art dealers
Living people
1968 births
Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Greek expatriates in the United Kingdom |
20486440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Haiti | Religion in Haiti | Haiti, for much of its history and including present-day has been prevailingly a Christian country, primarily Roman Catholic, although in some instances it is profoundly modified and influenced through syncretism. A common syncretic religion is Vodou, which combined the West African religions of the African slaves with Catholicism and some Native American strands; it shows similarities to Cuban Santería. The constitution of Haiti establishes the freedom of religion and does not establish a state religion, although the Catholic Church receives some preferential treatment.
The Catholic Religion makes up the largest Christian group in the country, they are estimated to be about 55 percent of the population according to the 2018 CIA World Factbook, and 57 percent according to the Pew Research Center. The historical background is very much due to the French influence brought about through the newly conquered territories.
Protestantism has grown in recent years and Protestants are currently estimated by the CIA World Factbook to form 28.5% of the population, while the Pew Research Center estimates their share to be nearly 30 percent.
Christianity
Catholicism
The predominant denomination is Roman Catholicism. Similar to the rest of Latin America, Saint-Domingue was built up by Roman Catholic European powers such as the Spanish and the French. Following in this legacy, Catholicism was in the Haitian constitution as its official state religion until 1987. According to recent estimates by the CIA World Factbook and Pew Research Center, between 55 and 60% of Haitians are Catholics. Pope John Paul II visited Haiti in 1983. In a speech in the capital of Port-au-Prince, he criticized the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier. It is believed that the impact of this speech on the Catholic bureaucracy in Haiti contributed to his removal in 1986.
According to the Catholic Church in Haiti, the 10 dioceses of the two ecclesiastical provinces of Haiti include 251 parishes and about 1,500 Christian rural communities. The local clergy has 400 diocesan priests and 300 seminarians. There are also 1,300 religious missionary priests belonging to more than 70 religious order and fraternities. Vocations to the priesthood are plentiful.
Protestantism
The CIA Factbook reports that around 29.5% of the population is Protestant (Pentecostal 17.4%, Baptist 6.9%, Adventist 4%, Methodist 0.5% other 0.7%). Other sources put the Protestant population higher than this, suggesting that it may form one-third of the population today, as Protestant churches have experienced significant growth in recent decades. Other sources put the Protestant population higher than this, suggesting that it might have formed from one-third of the population in 2001.
The Episcopal Diocese of Haiti is the Anglican Communion diocese consisting of the entire territory of Haiti. It is part of Province 2 of the Episcopal Church (United States). Its cathedral, Holy Trinity (French: Cathédrale Sainte Trinité) located in the corner of Avenue Mgr. Guilloux and Rue Pavée in downtown Port-au-Prince, has been destroyed six times, including in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It is the largest diocese in the Episcopal Church (United States), with 83,698 members reported in 2008.
Protestant missionaries have been active in Haiti since the early 19th century, with Evangelical missions increasing by the 1970s to convert large numbers of Haitians. Unlike mainline Protestants, who perceive of the belief in non-Christian spirits as superstitions, Evangelical Protestants recast Haitian Vodou spirits as demons against whom Christ would fight.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Missionary work in Haiti by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in May 1980 and the land was dedicated for the preaching of the gospel by Thomas S. Monson, then a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, on 17 April 1983. As of 2021, the church reported having 48 congregations and more than 24,000 members in Haiti. In September 2012, the third and fourth Haitian stakes were created. All four of those stakes are based in the capital region. A fifth, based in Petit-Goâve, was formed in September 2018. districts are based in Les Cayes, Saint-Marc, Gonaïves, and Cap-Haïtien.
At the church's April 2009 General Conference, Fouchard Pierre-Nau, a native of Jérémie, was called as an area seventy in the church's Fourth Quorum of the Seventy, the most prominent church position ever held by a Haitian. In April 2016, Pierre-Nau was released and Hubermann Bien-Aimé, a native of Gonaïves, was called to that same quorum.
During the April 2015 General Conference, Monson—then serving as the church's president—announced the church's intention to build a temple in Port-au-Prince. Groundbreaking took place 28 October 2017. In anticipation of the temple's completion, Fritzner and Gina Joseph were called in August 2018 as the first president and matron of the temple.
Vodou
The New World Afro-diasporic religion of Vodou is also practised. Vodou encompasses several different traditions, and consists of a mix encompassing African, European and indigenous Taíno religious elements. In this way, it is very similar to other Latin American syncretist movements, such as the Cuban Santería. It is more widespread in rural parts of the country, partly due to negative stigmas attached to its practice. During the season of Lent, Vodou societies create parading musical bands for a festival called Rara, and fulfill religious obligations in local spaces such as streams, rivers, and trees.
The CIA World Factbook reports that 2.1% of the population identifies its religion as Vodou, but adds that "many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism". The proportion of Haitians that practice Vodou is disputed, due to the often syncretic manner in which it is practiced alongside Catholicism, in spite of the Church's strong condemnation of it. Haitian Protestants are presumably less likely to practice Vodou, as their churches strongly denounce it as diabolical.
Islam
As of 2010, there is a small Islamic community in Haiti of around 4000–5000 Muslims, who mainly reside in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien and its surrounding suburbs. The history of Islam on the island of Hispaniola (which Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic) begins with slavery in Haiti. Many Muslims were imported as slaves to Haiti.
In 2000, Nawoon Marcellus, a member of Fanmi Lavalas from Saint-Raphaël, became the first Muslim elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti.
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith in Haiti begins with a mention by `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, in 1916 as one of the island countries of the Caribbean being among the places Baháʼís should take the religion to. The first Baháʼí to visit Haiti was Leonora Armstrong in 1927. After that others visited until Louis George Gregory visited in January 1937 and he mentions a small community of Baháʼís operating in Haiti. The first long term pioneers, Ruth and Ellsworth Blackwell, arrived in 1940. Following their arrival the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly of Haiti was formed in 1942 in Port-au-Prince. From 1951 the Haitian Baháʼís participated in regional organizations of the religion until 1961 when Haitian Baháʼís elected their own National Spiritual Assembly and soon took on goals reaching out into neighboring islands. The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying mostly on the World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 21,000 Baháʼís in Haiti in 2005 and about the same in 2010.
Judaism
Sephardic Jews arrived in Saint-Domingue during the first days of the colonial period, despite that they were banned in the official Catholic edicts. They became merchants and integrated themselves into the French Catholic society. Waves of Jews continued to immigrate to the Haiti, including a group of Ashkenazi Jews escaping Hitler's Germany in the 1940s; Haiti was one of the few countries to welcome them openly. Haitian Catholics had idiosyncratic ideas about Jews, stemming from Catholic anti-Judaism, although many Vodou practitioners imagined themselves to be the descendants of Jews and to hold esoteric Judaic knowledge.
There is a group of Judaism predominantly residing in Port-au-Prince, where the community today meets at the home of businessman billionaire Gilbert Bigio, a Haitian of Syrian descent. Bigio's father first settled in Haiti in 1925 and was active in the Jewish community. In November 1947, his father played a significant role in Haiti's support for the statehood of Israel in a vote to the United Nations. Every Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, services are held at his residence. The last Jewish wedding to take place in Haiti occurred 10 years ago; Bigio's daughter, while the last bris was done for his son, more than 30 years ago. Bigio owns the only Torah in all of the country, which he provides to the community for services.
Religious freedom
The constitution of Haiti establishes the freedom of religion. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs oversees and monitors religious groups and laws affecting them. While Catholicism has not been the state religion since 1987, a 19th-century concordat with the Holy See continues to confer preferential treatment to the Catholic Church, in the form of stipends for clergy and financial support to churches and religious schools. The Catholic Church also retains the right to appoint certain amounts of clergy in Haiti without the government's consent.
Religious groups are not required to register with the government, but may do so in order to receive special standing in legal proceedings, tax exemptions, and civil recognition for marriage and baptismal certificates. The government has continually failed to recognize marriages performed by Haitian Vodou practitioners, despite it being a registered religion. Government officials claim that they are working with the Vodou community to establish a certification process for their clergy in order to resolve this issue. Additionally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has continually not approved a request from the Muslim community to register as a religious group, which has been outstanding since the 1980s. According to the government, this was due to not having received necessary financial documentation as part of the registration process.
According to the government, Muslims in jail do not reliably have access to halal food and Muslim clergy due to a lack of resources.
Protestant and Catholic clergy have reported good relations with the government. Representatives of the Vodou and Muslim communities have reported social stigma against their communities, and discrimination in employment.
See also
Roman Catholicism in Haiti
Protestantism in Haiti
Judaism in Haiti
References
Religious demographics |
44508115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias%20Robinson | Matthias Robinson | Matthias Robinson was a small chain of department stores in the north of England which were purchased by Debenhams.
History
In 1875 Matthias Robinson opened a drapery shop on Lynn Street, Hartlepool. He quickly expanded the business by taking on the store next door, before buying the large building next to his store and calling it Lynn House.
On the advice of doctors, Matthias moved his family to Stockton on Tees due to his wife's health condition and in 1896, a new store was opened in Stockton-on-Tees as the first Robinsons department store. The two houses that were converted on Stockton High Street were destroyed by fire in December 1899, but a new store was completely rebuilt on the same site re-opening in May 1901. The new store had 48 departments, a restaurant and a cafe. The building was designed by Barnes & Coates of Sunderland with the assistance of W. Basil Scott and is an early example of steel frame construction in England.
By 1912, the Hartlepool business had grown further with premises opening on the opposite side of Lynn Street, which Matthias called The Coliseum and buildings on Whitby Street which he named Birmingham House. The business continued to grow and in 1914 opened a new department store in Briggate, Leeds. This store was later expanded in 1938 by purchasing neighbouring department store H & D Hart.
After the death of Matthias in 1929, his sons took over the running of the business with his son Cyril running the Stockton branch until he retired. The Stockton branch was then run by his grandson, Lionel, who was later responsible for negotiating the sale of the business to Debenhams. The Leeds store was run by another of Mathias's grandsons, Cecil.
The business expanded in 1961 with the purchase of Bainbridge Barker, a quality department store in Darlington, which was renamed Matthias Robinson.
The following year Debenhams purchased all four stores of Matthias Robinson for £2.8 million. The stores continued to operate under the Matthias Robinson or Robinsons name, with the Hartlepool store being closed and demolished in the late 1960s. In 1973, as part of a wider rationalisation and rebranding exercise, the Darlington store was closed and the Robinson name was dropped in favour of Debenhams at the two remaining stores which continue to trade.
On 26 April 2019, it was announced the Stockton branch would close in 2020 as one of 22 to be closed.
References
Robinson Matthias
Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom
Retail companies established in 1875
Robinson Matthias |
44508121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biyaheng%20Bulilit | Biyaheng Bulilit | Biyaheng Bulilit is a travel magazine show. It features tourists spots in the Philippines from the perspectives of two Japanese nationals Ya Chang and Tatay Nishii and an inquisitive Filipino child, Chacha Cañete, who is eager to learn about her motherland.
It is a four (4) consecutive year Anak TV Seal Awardee (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
The show first aired in May 2010 on Studio 23. Biyaheng Bulilit is now in its 8th season and airs internationally on The Filipino Channel.
Hosts
Chacha Cañete
Ya Chang
Tatay Nishii
See also
List of programs aired by Studio 23
List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN Sports and Action
References
Studio 23 original programming
2010 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings |
26722859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla%20Army | Tortilla Army | Tortilla Army is a British grunge metal band that was formed by singer/guitarist Jim Noble and bassist Sy Morton in Whitstable, Kent in 1998. Tortilla Army went through a succession of members until establishing the four current members, being mainstays Jim Noble and Sy Morton. Drummer Mik Gaffney joined the band in 2003 and lead guitarist Joe Coomes joined the band in 2006.
History
The band established itself as part of the pub/club music scene in Kent, drawing inspiration from 90's grunge bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains among others. The original line-up consisting of singer/guitarist Jim Noble, bassist Sy Morton, drummer Chris Jones and percussionist Colin Lovatt honed their sound with hours of practice, adding the unique (at the time) element of live percussion to their sound and live shows. They released their debut album entitled A New Journey independently in 2002. Drummers come and drummers go, and that's exactly what happened in 2003. Out went founder member Chris Jones in comes Mik Gaffney. Mik immediately put his stamp on the band's sound and style (in fact one of their first song writing sessions yielded fans favorite "Broken"). The new four-piece continued to develop their sound until Colin Lovatt decided to quit the band to continue his life in Australia. Colin has since returned to the UK, and is playing percussion for Get Ape. So Tortilla Army reverted to a trio format, something all three members were comfortable with. After some interest from minor record companies Tortilla Army unexpectedly chose to remain unsigned. Tortilla Army found unexpected local success with "Broken", the band's lead track from their second album of the same name, 2004's Broken. It wasn't until during a string of dates with U.S. act Moth (where they acquired the use of Moth's touring guitarist for a show) did the band feel that a little extra depth was needed. A second guitarist was added in shape of Joe Coomes, the band finally had the perfect line up. Never before did Tortilla Army have such a full sound and the right balance of the right people. Subsequently, Tortilla Army began a small nationwide tour with Swedish heavy metal/hard rock band Freak Kitchen in 2006 bringing along their grunge sound with great live performances. After four years Tortilla Army released their much anticipated third album 2008's Finally. The album was the first to feature recordings from guitarist Joe Coomes whose input included shredding riffs and blistering guitar solos on top of the seasoned tightness of the original trio of Jim Noble, Sy Morton and Mik Gaffney. This seemed that Tortilla Army were onto a winner with their new direction in sound. Tortilla Army has come a very long way from the initial steps in the backroom of the East Kent public house in Whitstable, Kent (spiritual home) to where they are now, and things continue to move forward. With the release of their new EP One for the Living in April 2010, an ever increasing presence on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, dates with U.S. band's Moth & Fizzgig and upcoming tours with the Mighty Freak Kitchen in 2010 being put together as we speak, the band are going from strength to strength striding forward.
In Feb 2013, it was decided that it was time to call time on Tortilla Army. The band played their last ever gig on Friday 10 May 2013 to a packed Earls in Maidstone. Mik is concentrating on his role in Oi!/punk legends The Last Resort (who just released their latest album 'This Is My England' on Randale Records), whilst Sy has joined Kelly's Heroes on a full-time basis. Sy, Jim and Mik still get together to play random gigs when schedules allow. Jim & Joe also have put together a new act called NE Fingoes, together with drums from the Fool Fighters' Tony Chapman, this new outfit takes pop songs and re covers them in Rock goo!
Style and influences
Tortilla Army's music has been described by fans and critics as grunge metal. The band has cited being influenced by bands such as Kings X, Nirvana and Pantera. These bands inspire Tortilla Army's "catchy vocals, aggressive riffs and melodies" according to band member Sy Morton. The band themselves consider their music as genre free, with Morton going on to state that "We’re simply a rock band with grunge and metal influences, and I’ve said that from Day One". Tortilla Army have been praised in the local press for the band's efforts in their synchronised and melodic song structures. When asked on their views on their looks, members of the band have stated that they would not change their sound or image for a commercial approach; Mortan commented that, "We're more interested in what our music sounds like and entertaining the local crowds than selling out or selling our fans short".
Members
Current members
Jim Noble – Lead Vocals and Guitar (1998–2013
Sy Morton – Bass and Vocals (1998–2013
Mik Gaffney – Drums (2003–2013
Joe Websper – Lead Guitar (2006–2013
Previous members
Chris Jones – Drums (1998–2003)
Colin Lovatt – Percussion (1999–2004)
Martin Wisbey – Lead Guitar (2005–2006)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
A New Journey (Independent Release, 2002)
Broken (Independent Release, 2004)
Live From The Muddy Banks Of The Medway (Independent release 2005)
Finally (Independent Release, 2008)
One For The Living (Independent Release, 2010)
Compilation albums
Archive (Independent Release, 2005)
References
External links
tortillaarmy.com
facebook.com/tortilla-army
myspace.com/tortilla-army
twitter.com/tortilla-army
mrgig.com/tortilla-army
English heavy metal musical groups
Grunge musical groups
Musical groups established in 1998 |
20486448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Lynn%20Davies | Charles Lynn Davies | Charles Lynn 'Cowboy' Davies (born 30 December 1929) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for several clubs including Llanelli and Cardiff. He won three caps for Wales. He also represented the Welsh Amateur Athletic Association in 1957.
Rugby career
Davies played rugby from a young age and represented the Wales Schools team. As an adult, Davies played for several rugby clubs before playing for first class teams, Llanelli and Cardiff, but it was while he was with Cardiff that he was selected to represent Wales. All his international appearances were part of the 1956 Five Nations Championship, and his first match was against England under the captaincy of Cliff Morgan. Wales won the game 8-3, and Davies scored a try on his debut after a forty-yard dash. Davies was reselected for the very next match against Scotland, in which Davies again succeeded in scoring a try. His final game was against Ireland, who spoiled Welsh attempts at winning the Triple Crown by beating Wales 11-3 at Lansdowne Road.
International matches played
Wales
1956
1956
1956
Bibliography
References
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
1929 births
Living people
Cardiff RFC players
Llanelli RFC players
Glamorgan Wanderers RFC players
People educated at Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
Rugby union players from Carmarthenshire |
44508122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUALIS | QUALIS | QUALIS may refer to:
Qualis (CAPES), a Brazilian system for qualifying academic journals
Toyota Qualis, a Toyota car
Toyota Mark II Qualis, a mid-size car sold by Toyota
Talis Qualis, pen name of Swedish author C. V. A. Strandberg (181–1877)
See also
QualiSystems, a Cloud management software company
Qualys, a cloud security provider |
20486452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahant | Mahant | Mahant () is a religious superior, in particular the chief of a temple or the head of a monastery in Indian religions.
James Mallinson, one of the few westerners to be named as a mahant, describes the position of a mahant as a combination of an abbot and a brigadier.
Etymology
The Hindi word comes from Prakrit , Sanskrit (accusative case: ) meaning "great".
Hinduism
Other titles for the word Mahant, serving in the context of a well known religious place, include priest or pundit—generally always being a gyani or pastor.
In other branches of Hinduism, the mahant is an ascetic who is the head and leader of the temple and has religious responsibilities as a preacher. Mahant is a title of Bairagis and Goswamis.
Sikhism
In Sikh history, the mahants were the hereditary managers who controlled and held the door keys of Sikh gurdwaras. After the creation of the SGPC and the Nankana massacre involving Mahant Narayan Das, a law was passed handing over gurdwaras to reformer Sikhs.
References
External links
SGPC Glossary, "Mahant."
Titles and occupations in Hinduism
Titles in India |
44508132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%20Schwartz%20%28Queens%20politician%29 | Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) | Murray Schwartz (August 14, 1919 – October 5, 2001) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on August 14, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York City. He engaged in the distribution of heating oil, and owned several travel agencies. He married Jeanette Jay, and they had two children. They lived in Queens. He entered politics as a Democrat.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1972, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th and 179th New York State Legislatures.
He was New York City Commissioner of Commerce and Industry from 1974 to 1975.
He died on October 5, 2001, at his summer home in Roslyn, New York.
Songwriter Jack Lawrence (1912–2009) was his brother.
Sources
1919 births
2001 deaths
People from Queens, New York
New York (state) Democrats
New York (state) state senators
20th-century American politicians |
26722863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia%20Nilsson%20%28athlete%29 | Cecilia Nilsson (athlete) | Cecilia Nilsson (born 22 June 1979) is a retired female hammer thrower from Sweden. She set her personal best (69.09 metres) on 24 May 2008 at a meet in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.
Achievements
References
1979 births
Living people
Swedish female hammer throwers |
44508145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanas%20areteformis | Athanas areteformis | Athanas areteformis is a species of small alpheid shrimp from the Indo-West Pacific.
Taxonomy
Athanas areteformis belongs to the genus Athanas of the snapping shrimp family Alpheidae. It was first described in 1903 by the French carcinologist Henri Coutière.
Distribution
Athanas areteformis has an Indo-West Pacific distribution. They can be found in South Africa, the Red Sea, Réunion, Maldives, the Philippines, Saipan, Australia, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Society Islands.
Ecology
They inhabit intertidal and subtidal areas of coral reefs, at depths of . They can sometimes be found living among the spines of flower urchins (Toxopneustes pileolus), burrowing urchins (Echinometra mathaei), and collector urchins (Tripneustes gratilla).
References
External links
Photos of Athanas areteformis (University of California, Berkeley)
Alpheidae
Crustaceans of the Indian Ocean
Crustaceans of the Pacific Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1903 |
26722913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20instrument | Mathematical instrument | A mathematical instrument is a tool or device used in the study or practice of mathematics. In geometry, construction of various proofs was done using only a compass and straightedge; arguments in these proofs relied only on idealized properties of these instruments and literal construction was regarded as only an approximation. In applied mathematics, mathematical instruments were used for measuring angles and distances, in astronomy, navigation, surveying and in the measurement of time.
Overview
Instruments such as the astrolabe, the quadrant, and others were used to measure and accurately record the relative positions and movements of planets and other celestial objects. The sextant and other related instruments were essential for navigation at sea.
Most instruments are used within the field of geometry, including the ruler, dividers, protractor, set square, compass, ellipsograph, T-square and opisometer. Others are used in arithmetic (for example the abacus, slide rule and calculator) or in algebra (the integraph). In astronomy, many have said the pyramids (along with Stonehenge) were actually instruments used for tracking the stars over long periods or for the annual planting seasons.
In schools
The Oxford Set of Mathematical Instruments is a set of instruments used by generations of school children in the United Kingdom and around the world in mathematics and geometry lessons. It includes two set squares, a 180° protractor, a 15 cm ruler, a metal compass, a 9 cm pencil, a pencil sharpener, an eraser and a 10mm stencil.
See also
The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments
Dividing engine
Measuring instrument
Planimeter
Integraph
References
External reading
J. L. Heilbron (ed.), The Oxford Companion To the History of Modern Science (Oxford University Press, 2003) , Instruments and Instrument Making, pp. 408–411
Mathematical tools
Articles containing video clips |
44508163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darko%20Juki%C4%87 | Darko Jukić | Darko Jukić (born 23 August 1990) is a Danish professional basketball player for Bakken Bears of the Basketligaen. He is also a member of the Danish national basketball team. He is a two-time Basketligaen champion and one time Most Valuable Player.
Professional career
On 6 July 2016, Jukić signed a one-year contract with KK Krka of the Slovenian Premier A. After a year in Slovenia, he returned to Bakken Bears.
On 8 July 2019, he extended his contract with the Bears for two more seasons.
International career
Jukić plays for the Danish national team.
References
External links
Profile on fibaeurope.com
Profile on eurobasket.com
Profile on realgm.com
1990 births
Living people
Bakken Bears players
Danish expatriate basketball people in Italy
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Danish men's basketball players
Danish people of Croatian descent
Horsens IC players
KK Krka players
Ratiopharm Ulm players
Small forwards
Södertälje Kings players
Sportspeople from Copenhagen |
26722930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerlovers | Summerlovers | "Summerlovers" is the twelfth single released by the Italian singer Alexia released in 2001 and the second and final single from her fourth studio album Mad For Music. The track featured on the Collections budget compilation released by Sony Music in 2009.
Release
The track was released in Italy on CD and 12" (Sony Code 671784) on October 28, 2001. Remixes were done by Vanni G and Pier Di Stolfo under the alias Superdj. The Italian Wikipedia page lists Summerlovers as being a radio promo CD only, despite it being released in Italy. No video was filmed for the single.
Official versions
Album Version 3:31
Superdj Rmx Radio 3:24
Superdj Rmx Extended 4:24
References
2001 singles
Alexia (Italian singer) songs
Songs written by Alexia (Italian singer)
Songs written by Massimo Marcolini
Sony Music singles
2001 songs |
20486458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Stammen | Craig Stammen | Craig Nicholas Stammen (born March 9, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals.
Amateur career
Stammen started his career in the North Star Little League, a small community-based league that fostered the development of fellow standout Cory Luebke. Stammen is a graduate of Versailles High School where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He was named to the all-Miami Valley baseball team and was awarded Academic All-Ohio honors in 2002. He attended the University of Dayton, where he majored in entrepreneurship and business management and made 60 pitching appearances over three seasons, as well as pitching in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League in 2004. He was an Atlantic 10 Conference Academic All-Conference Pick in 2005. While at Dayton, Stammen was teammates with fellow pitcher and future Nationals teammate Jerry Blevins. On May 19, 2006, he was elected a member of "UDLegends", an association of the most renowned and respected graduates of University of Dayton.
Professional career
Washington Nationals
Stammen was selected by the Washington Nationals in the twelfth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft and was assigned to the Vermont Expos of the short-season Single-A New York–Penn League. He made seven starts and six relief appearances, accruing an ERA of 4.06 while striking out 32 batters and allowing 12 walks and 62 hits over 51 innings.
In 2006 Stammen pitched for the Savannah Sand Gnats of the low Single-A South Atlantic League and for the Potomac Nationals of the advanced Single-A Carolina League. In 143 innings he accumulated a 4.03 ERA and struck out 109 batters while allowing 36 walks and 144 hits.
Most of Stammen's 2007 season was spent at Potomac, although he did make one appearance with the Columbus Clippers of the Triple-A International League. He pitched a total of 128⅔ innings, striking out 98 batters and yielding 57 walks and 160 hits on the way to a 4.41 ERA.
Stammen's duties in 2008 were divided among Potomac, the Harrisburg Senators of the Double-A Eastern League, and Columbus. He posted an ERA of 3.52 over 150⅔ innings, striking out 128 batters while giving up 44 walks and 143 hits. He was a member of the Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star team. On July 14 he was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week.
Stammen started off the year with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, going 4–2 with a 1.80 ERA (through 20 May 2009). He was called up to the major leagues on May 20, 2009. He had his first major league start May 21 versus the Pittsburgh Pirates and pitched 6 innings with no decision. His first major league win was June 18 versus the New York Yankees. Stammen pitched 6 innings and allowed no runs. On July 11, 2009, he pitched his first major league complete game against the Houston Astros, allowing only 2 runs on 9 hits.
Stammen continued to pitch in the starting rotation, going 4–7 with a 5.11 ERA in 19 starts, until the beginning of September when he was scratched from his scheduled September 4 start because of a sore elbow. An MRI on September 3 revealed a bone spur in the back of his right (pitching) elbow. Arthroscopic surgery was performed on September 6 and Stammen recovered in time for spring training in 2010.
After recovering from a season-ending arthroscopic surgery in September 2009 and having a successful spring training, Stammen returned to the Nationals' rotation as their number 3 starter for the 2010 season.
On June 7, Stammen was optioned to the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs to make room on the active roster for starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg, the overall #1 draft pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.
On June 29, after going 2–0 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts for the Chiefs (the last of which he came within one out of throwing a seven-inning no-hitter, Stammen was recalled to the Nationals and returned to the starting rotation. The following night he pitched 7 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, against the first place-Atlanta Braves, stopping a Nats' 5-game losing streak in a 7–2 win.
On August 8, Stammen was assigned to the bullpen to make way in the starting rotation for Jason Marquis and Stephen Strasburg.
After spending spring training with the Nationals, Stammen was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse for the start of the 2011 season (though remaining on the Nationals' 40-man roster).
Stammen rejoined the Nationals from June 4–14 while Doug Slaten was on the 15-day disabled list. During this brief stint, he pitched 2 innings of relief in two games and was the losing pitcher in one of them.
After spending most of the summer with Syracuse, Stammen was called up again on September 6.
After a successful spring training, Stammen made the Nationals' 2012 opening day roster, serving as a long reliever.
Stammen recorded his first career save on September 29, in a 10-inning victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.
On May 31, 2013, Stammen came in after Stephen Strasburg left with an apparent injury after the second inning. Stammen pitched four innings of perfect baseball: no hits, no runs, no walks, with three strikeouts for the win against division-leading Atlanta Braves.
On December 3, 2015, Stammen was non-tendered by the Nationals.
Cleveland Indians
On February 8, 2016, Stammen signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians. He elected free agency after the 2016 season.
San Diego Padres
In December 2016, Stammen signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. On March 30, 2017, Stammen was added to the Padres' 25-man active roster, where he joined the team as a reliever. Stammen pitched 1.0 innings on April 3, his first major league appearance since April 14, 2015. He was effective throughout the season, posting an ERA of 3.15 in innings.
On January 7, 2018, Stammen signed a two-year contract with the Padres. In 2018, he was 8–3 in a career high 73 appearances.
On June 9, 2019, facing his former team the Nationals, he gave up four consecutive home runs, to Howie Kendrick, then Trea Turner, then Adam Eaton, and then Anthony Rendon.
In 2019 he led the major leagues in blown saves (9), and tied for the major league lead in holds (31).
On January 17, 2020, Stammen re-signed with the Padres on a two-year, $9MM contract with a club option for the 2022 season. In the pandemic shortened season, Stammen recorded a 4–2 record and a 5.63 ERA with 20 strikeouts and 4 walks in 24 innings pitched in the same number of games.
In 2021, Stammen posted a 6–3 record with 83 strikeouts and 13 walks over innings.
Pitching style
Stammen is a sinkerballer. His sinker is thrown in the 90–93 mph range and is used especially frequently against left-handed hitters. Against right-handed batters, Stammen pairs his sinker with a slider in the mid 80s. The sinker is useful in inducing ground balls, while the slider is a good option for compiling strikeouts — it has a whiff rate of 46% for his career and is the pitch most responsible for his career strikeouts. Additionally, he has a curveball that is used frequently in two-strike counts, especially against left-handers. He also throws a four-seam fastball.
Personal life
Stammen grew up and still resides in North Star, Ohio, a village about northwest of Versailles.
Stammen is a devout Roman Catholic. He spoke of his faith in this 2013 interview with the National Catholic Register.
Audrey and Craig Stammen were married on January 21, 2017 at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio. The newlyweds honeymooned in Hawaii where his new wife hit a hole-in-one on the final day of their stay. Their first child, a son named Chase, was born on March 20, 2018.
In 2012, Stammen took his first trip to Afghanistan to visit military personnel. Stammen's work with the United States Military is partially due to some of his college friends joining the Army and Marines. His support of the military has continued throughout his Major League Baseball career. In recognition of all his efforts to the military, he was the Major League Baseball recipient of the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award, in 2020.
References
External links
University of Dayton baseball team biography
1984 births
Living people
Baseball players from Ohio
Columbus Clippers players
Dayton Flyers baseball players
Harrisburg Senators players
Major League Baseball pitchers
People from Darke County, Ohio
Potomac Nationals players
San Diego Padres players
Savannah Sand Gnats players
Vermont Lake Monsters players
Washington Nationals players
Catholics from Ohio |
20486459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westel | Westel | Westel may refer to:
Westel Willoughby, Jr.
Westel W. Willoughby
short name of Western Telesystems Ltd
a former name of Hungarian T-Mobile |
23581255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20St%20Mary%20the%20Blessed%20Virgin%2C%20Sompting | Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting | The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, also known as St Mary the Virgin Church and St Mary's Church, is the Church of England parish church of Sompting in the Adur district of West Sussex. It stands on a rural lane north of the urban area that now surrounds the village, and retains much 11th- and 12th-century structure. Its most important architectural feature is the Saxon tower topped by a Rhenish helm, a four-sided pyramid-style gabled cap that is uncommon in England. English Heritage lists the church at Grade I for its architecture and history.
History
Settlement of the area now covered by Sompting began in the Bronze Age and continued through the Iron Age and into the Roman era. By the 11th century, two distinct villages had formed: Sompting, based on the main east–west trackway from the cathedral city of Chichester to Brighton, and Cokeham to the south (later subdivided into Upper Cokeham and Lower Cokeham). At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 they were separate manors, but were both held on behalf of William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber.
There was a church on the site of the present building by the early 11th century, and some structural elements remain from that era. William de Braose held the advowson at the time of the Domesday survey, but in 1154 his grandson William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber passed it to the Knights Templar, who made many structural changes. They widened the church by rebuilding the nave and chancel to the same width as the Saxon-era tower. In about 1180, they erected a large chapel—effectively a separate church in its own right until the 19th century, when an arch linked it to the nave and made it a de facto south transept. At the same time, they added a north transept with an aisle and two chapels. They also paid for a vicar and his accommodation.
After the Knights Templar were emasculated in 1307, Pope Clement V conveyed ownership of the church to the Knights Hospitaller, another religious order, in 1324. They extended the nave on the northwest side—forming a chapel which had openings into the nave and the tower— built a porch on the south side and carried out work on the nave walls. Although the advowson later passed out of the Knights' control, it was restored to the order in 1963 by Major G. H. Tristram. They had been dissolved in 1538 but were re-established in 1831 as the Venerable Order of Saint John and later founded the St. John Ambulance organisation.
The church fell into decay during the 18th century, when the living was poor and the villages of Sompting and Cokeham still supported only a small population. Repairs in the 1720s and 1760s were not enough, and two bells had to be sold to pay for proper repairs in 1791. Richard Cromwell Carpenter undertook more restoration in 1853: this included re-roofing the church and replacing the shinglework on the spire, rebuilding the Knights Templars' chapel into a south transept, improving the aisle in the north transept and cleaning the stonework.
The tower is the most important feature of the church and is known nationally and internationally as an exemplar of Saxon architecture—although recent analysis suggests that its upper stage may have been renewed in early Norman times to an identical design. The spire—a design known as the Rhenish helm because of its prevalence in the Rhineland area of Germany—is unique in England. The design comprises a cap of four shingled gables rising steeply in a pyramid formation.
Architecture
The church is a flint building with dressings of Caen stone and a slate roof. The tower, at the west end, incorporates some reused Roman-era brickwork, and was built in two parts; it assumed its current appearance by the end of the 11th century. The "elegant" structure has stone pilasters at each corner, but lacks buttresses. The tower arch dates from the Saxon period and is offset; an altar would originally have stood next to it. The base of the tower may have served as the original entrance porch.
The nave and chancel form a single entity: they are not demarcated by a chancel arch. They were widened in the 12th century (without the addition of aisles) to the same width as the tower. Masonry from the walls of the original nave is believed to have been incorporated in the rebuilt walls. The north transept has an aisle of two bays, intricate rib vaulting and small bosses. The aisle has circular piers with square abaci and delicate capitals. The south transept—formerly the separate chapel of the Knights Templar—is linked to the rest of the church by a 19th-century arch and doorway. The chapel, built at a lower level than the church, is rib-vaulted and has a series of foliated capitals in a style similar to the Corinthian.
Remnants of Saxon- and Norman-era sculpture can still be seen in the church. In the south transept, near the 12th-century font, is a carved abbot in good condition. A 13th-century Christ in Majesty incorporates older decorative stonework. Some frieze-work is visible on the chancel wall.
The church today
The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin was listed at Grade I by English Heritage on 12 October 1954. Such buildings are defined as being of "exceptional interest" and greater than national importance. As of February 2001, it was one of seven Grade I listed buildings, and 119 listed buildings of all grades, in Adur district. The Sompting headmistress, Harriet Finlay-Johnson, who became known for her innovative education was buried in the churchyard in 1956.
The parish covers Sompting village and the surrounding urban area, as far as the boundaries with Lancing and Worthing; it also extends a long way to the north on to the southern slopes of the South Downs. The eastern boundary is formed by Boundstone Lane and Upper Boundstone Lane in Lancing, while the western boundary is Charmandean Lane on the edge of the Worthing built-up area. The parish covers . St Peter the Apostle's Church, a modern brick building in the Lower Cokeham area of Sompting, is within the parish. It was consecrated in 1966 and serves as a multi-purpose church hall as well as a place of worship.
There is a service at St. Mary's at 9am on the third Sunday of each month, as well as a 5pm Evensong on any fifth Sundays of the month. St. Mary's is open for visitors on Tuesday mornings each week. The Church also holds a festival in August of each year. One the first, second and fourth Sundays of the month there is a 9am service at the church of St. Peter's Sompting.
See also
List of places of worship in Adur
List of works by R. C. Carpenter
References
Notes
Bibliography
11th-century church buildings in England
Church of England church buildings in West Sussex
Grade I listed churches in West Sussex
Adur District
Standing Anglo-Saxon churches |
20486484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s%20House%20%28University%20of%20Florida%29 | President's House (University of Florida) | The President's House was built in 1953 and served as the primary residence for every University of Florida president until 2006, when President Bernie Machen chose to relocate to a private residence off campus. It was replaced in 2015 with the Dasburg House which is the current residence of the President of UF. It was re-named Earl and Christy Powell University House. The facility now is open to UF organizations and groups that want to entertain, meet or hold a retreat there.
References
External links
https://president.ufl.edu/office/house/ Official website]
Gainesville Sun article about President's House
Houses completed in 1953
Buildings at the University of Florida
Houses in Alachua County, Florida
1953 establishments in Florida
University and college buildings completed in 1953 |
23581260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C16H14O6 | C16H14O6 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C16H14O6}}
The molecular formula C16H14O6 may refer to:
Blumeatin, a flavanone
Dihydrokaempferide, a flavanonol
Haematoxylin, a natural dye
Hesperetin, a flavanone
Homoeriodictyol, a flavanone
Sterubin, a flavanone
Thunberginol E, an isocoumarin |
20486489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Martineau | Robert Martineau | Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau (22 August 1913 – 28 June 1999) was a British bishop who was the first Bishop of Huntingdon and who was later translated to Blackburn.
Born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1938. His first post was as a curate at Melksham after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR.
When peace returned he became Vicar of Ovenden, Halifax, and then Allerton, Merseyside, before his ordination to the episcopate.
He died in Denbigh, Clwyd.
References
1913 births
1999 deaths
People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Bishops of Huntingdon
Bishops of Blackburn
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
Royal Air Force chaplains
World War II chaplains
20th-century Church of England bishops |
20486496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9%20F%C3%A9ron | Hervé Féron | Hervé Féron (born 3 August 1956 in Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.
References
1956 births
Living people
People from Luxeuil-les-Bains
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic |
44508172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson%E2%80%93Webb%20envy-free%20cake-cutting%20algorithm | Robertson–Webb envy-free cake-cutting algorithm | The Robertson–Webb protocol is a protocol for envy-free cake-cutting which is also near-exact. It has the following properties:
It works for any number (n) of partners.
It works for any set of weights representing different entitlements of the partners.
The pieces are not necessarily connected, i.e. each partner might receive a collection of small "crumbs".
The number of queries is finite but unbounded – it is not known in advance how many queries will be needed.
The protocol was developed by Jack M. Robertson and William A. Webb. It was first published in 1997 and later in 1998.
Problem definition
A cake C has to be divided among n agents. Each agent i has:
A value-measure Vi on subsets of C;
A weight wi representing the fraction of C to which the agent is entitled.
The sum of all wi is 1. If all agents have the same rights, then wi = 1/n for all i, but in general the weights may be different.
It is required to partition C into n subsets, not necessarily connected, such that, for every two agents i and h:So i does not envy j when taking their different entitlements into account.
Details
The main difficulty in designing an envy-free procedure for n > 2 agents is that the problem is not "divisible". I.e., if we divide half of the cake among n/2 agents in an envy-free manner, we cannot just let the other n/2 agents divide the other half in the same manner, because this might cause the first group of n/2 agents to be envious (e.g., it is possible that A and B both believe they got 1/2 of their half which is 1/4 of the entire cake; C and D also believe the same way; but, A believes that C actually got the entire half while D got nothing, so A envies C).
The Robertson–Webb protocol addresses this difficulty by requiring that the division is not only envy-free but also near-exact. The recursive part of the protocol is the following subroutine.
Inputs
Any piece of cake X;
Any ε > 0;
n players, A1, …, An;
m ≤ n players which are identified as "active players", A1, …, Am (the other n − m players are identified as "watching players");
Any set of m positive weights w1, …, wm;
Output
A partition of X to pieces X1, …, Xm, assigned to the m active players, such that:
For every active player i and every other player h (active or watching):So agent i does not envy agent h when taking their different entitlements into account.
The division is ε-near-exact with the given weights among all n players – both active and watching.
Procedure
Note: the presentation here is informal and simplified. A more accurate presentation is given in the book.
Use a near-exact division procedure on X and get a partition which all n players view as ε-near-exact with weights w1, …, wm.
Let one of the active players (e.g. A1) cut the pieces such that the division is exact for him, i.e. for every j: V1(Xj)/V1(X) = wj.
If all other active players agree with the cutter, then just give piece Xi to active player Ai. This division is envy-free among the active players, so we are done.
Otherwise, there is some piece P on which there is disagreement among the active players. By cutting P to smaller pieces if necessary, we may bound the disagreement such that all players agree that: V(P)/V(X) < ε.
Split the active players to two camps: the "optimists" who think that P is more valuable, and the "pessimists" who think that P is less valuable. Let δ be the difference between the values, such that for every optimist i and every pessimist j: Vi(P)/Vi(X) – Vj(P)/Vj(X) > δ.
Divide the remaining cake, X − P, into pieces Q and R, such that the division is near-exact among all n players.
Assign P ∪ Q to the optimists. Because they believe that P is valuable, they necessarily believe that P ∪ Q is sufficiently valuable to more than cover their due share.
Assign R to the pessimists. Because they believe that P is less valuable, they necessarily believe that the remainder, R, is sufficiently valuable to more than cover their due share.
At this point we have partitioned the active players to two camps, each collectively claiming complementary portions of the cake and each camp is more than satisfied with their collective portion.
It remains to divide each portion of the cake to the players in its camp. This is done by two recursive applications of the procedure:
Recursively partition P ∪ Q among the optimists (i.e. the optimists are active and all other players are only watching).
Recursively partition R among the pessimists.
In both applications, the near-exactness factor should be at most δ. Because the resulting partition is δ-near-exact among all n players, the partition among the optimists doesn't cause envy among the pessimists and vice versa. Thus the over-all division is both envy-free and near-exact.
See also
Brams–Taylor protocol – another envy-free protocol with disconnected pieces and finite unbounded runtime. Does not guarantee near-exactness.
Simmons–Su protocols – envy-free protocol which guarantees connected pieces but the runtime might be infinite. Does not guarantee near-exactness.
Robertson–Webb query model
References
Fair division protocols
Cake-cutting |
44508239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolas%20imperialis | Stolas imperialis | The Imperial tortoise beetle (Stolas imperialis) is a species of beetle found in Brazil.
References
Cassidinae
Articles containing video clips
Beetles described in 1898 |
20486509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20Monthly | Art Monthly | Art Monthly is a magazine of contemporary art founded in 1976 by Jack Wendler and Peter Townsend. It is based in London and has an international scope, although its main focus is on British art. The magazine is published ten times a year (with double issues in the summer and winter) and is Britain's longest-established contemporary art magazine. In June 2017 Art Monthly became a registered charity, and is published by the Art Monthly Foundation.
Regular items in Art Monthly include artist interviews, feature articles, an editorial opinion column, news briefings, exhibition reviews, book reviews, an art-law column and exhibition listings. Other items include artist profiles, reviews of artists' books, films, performance, and reports from particular events such as festivals, conferences and biennales as well as ‘Letter From' articles from all parts of the world.
2007 saw the publication, in association with Ridinghouse, of volume 1 of Talking Art: Interviews with Artists Since 1976, published to celebrate the magazine's 30th anniversary, followed by volume 2, Interviews with Artists Since 2007, on the occasion of its 40th. The Talking Art books are an indispensable resource, comprising the best of Art Monthly's interviews since the magazine's inception in the early 1970s. Together these volumes provide a supplementary history of 20th-century and 21st-century art from the perspectives of over 315 artists and critics. The interviews provide the most immediate access to an artist's thought processes, often at highly significant moments in their careers, and offer narratives of the changing creative process.
In addition, Art Monthly has a regular monthly Art Monthly Talk Show radio programme on Resonance FM, all podcasts being made available on the Art Monthly website, which also includes podcasts of other live events including interviews and panel discussions.
References
External links
Digital edition of Art Monthly
Talking Art, Volume 1
Talking Art, Volume 2
Artlaw column, by Henry Lydiate, article archive since 1976 hosted by Artquest
An article on the history of Art Monthly
New Books Network podcast interview with Patricia Bickers by Pierre d’Alancaisez, 6 August 2021.
Visual arts magazines published in the United Kingdom
British contemporary art
Ten times annually magazines
Magazines established in 1976
1976 establishments in the United Kingdom
Magazines published in London
Art criticism
Contemporary art magazines |
17344523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394%20Boston%20Celtics%20season | 1993–94 Boston Celtics season | The 1993–94 NBA season was the 48th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. Tragedy struck the team prior to the season when star guard and team captain Reggie Lewis died of cardiac arrest during practice on July 27, 1993. The Celtics started strong with a 6–2 start to the season, and then played mostly mediocre basketball the rest of the season, hovering at around .500 until right before Christmas when they went on a 7-game losing streak. The Celtics had a 7-game winning streak in January, but also had a winless month in February, where they suffered a 13-game losing streak which they never recovered from, as they finished fifth in the Atlantic Division with a disappointing 32–50 record.
This season marked the first since 1978–79 that the Celtics failed to qualify for the NBA Playoffs (a streak of 14 seasons). The absence of Lewis, and the retirements over the previous two seasons of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale contributed to the poor season. Dee Brown led the team with 15.5 points and 2.0 steals per game, while Croatian rookie forward Dino Radja averaged 15.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and Sherman Douglas provided the team with 13.3 points and 8.8 assists per game. In addition, long-time Celtics center Robert Parish averaged 11.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while Kevin Gamble provided with 11.5 points per game, and Rick Fox contributed 10.8 points per game.
Following the season, Parish signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets, while Gamble signed with the Miami Heat, and Ed Pinckney was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Draft picks
Roster
Roster Notes
Center Alaa Abdelnaby holds both American and Egyptian citizenship.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log
Player statistics
Awards and records
Dino Radja, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team
Transactions
References
See also
1993–94 NBA season
Boston Celtics seasons
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
Celtics
Celtics |
44508251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janine%20Marmot | Janine Marmot | Janine Marmot is a British film producer and founder of Hot Property Films. She is best known for the BAFTA-winning documentary Bodysong and the relationship drama Kelly + Victor, which won the Outstanding British Debut BAFTA award in 2014.
Her feature credits as Producer include Simon Pummell’s BAFTA and BIFA winning feature documentary Bodysong, scored by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and Shock Head Soul; Michael Whyte’s No Greater Love and Looking For Light, Institute Benjamenta directed by The Brothers Quay; I Could Read The Sky directed by Nichola Bruce; and the multi directed film Made In Heaven for the rock band Queen and the BFI. She has also produced documentaries and short drama working with directors including Tom Shankland, Jim Gillespie, Chantal Akerman and Christopher Petit.
She frequently co produces with European partners, and is currently producing Simon Pummell’s new feature Brand New-U with finance from British Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund, Irish Film Board and Finite Films.
Announced at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2015 is an adaptation of Gibson's short story Dogfight by BAFTA award-winning writer and director Simon Pummell. Written by Gibson and Michael Swanwick and first published in Omni in July 1985, the film is being developed by British producer Janine Marmot at Hot Property Films.
Her development slate also includes an original screenplay by Ned Beauman, one of the writer's on Granta magazine's once in a decade list: Best of Young British Novelists, and an adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel The Edible Woman.
Teaching
For the last decade she has been an active teacher and mentor within the industry: in 2006 she ran a Channel Four Directors’ Workshop with Palme d’Or winning director Abbas Kiarostami; she was Director of Film at Skillset from 2007 until March 2009 and she is currently a visiting tutor for Masters students at the London Film School.
Filmography
Innocence of Memories (2015)
Brand New-U (2015)
Looking for Light: Jane Bown (2014)
Kelly + Victor (2012)
Relics and Roses (Documentary) (2011)
Shock Head Soul (Documentary) (2011)
[[No Greater Love (2009 documentary)|No Greater Love (Documentary)]] (2009)Confession of a Vampire (Short) (2006)Monday Morning (Short) (2005)Trumpet (TV Short) (2005)Riko (Short) (2005)Bodysong (Documentary) (2003)I Could Read the Sky (1999)Wavelengths (Short) (1999)The Loved (Short) (1998)Ray Gun Fun (Short) (1998)Shankhill (1997)Queen: Made in Heaven (Feature) (1997)Evolution (Short) (1995)Heart-ache (Short) (1995)Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995)Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode) (1995)Rose Red (Short) (1994)The Temptation of Sainthood (Short) (1993)Ordinary People (1990)Dream from the Bath (1988)Family Business: Chantal Akerman Speaks About Film'' (TV Short) (1984)
References
External links
British documentary filmmakers
British film producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
20486512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9%20Mariton | Hervé Mariton | Hervé Marie David Mariton (born 5 November 1958) is French politician serving as Mayor of Crest since 1995. A member of The Republicans, he was elected to the National Assembly for the third constituency of Drôme from 1993 to 1997 and again from 2002 until 2017, with a brief interruption in 2007, when he was appointed Minister of the Overseas by President Jacques Chirac in the last weeks of his second term, replacing François Baroin, who became Minister of the Interior.
Political career
A member of the Corps des mines, Mariton was elected to the municipal council of Chevreuse, Yvelines in 1983 and the Regional council of Rhône-Alpes in 1986. In 1989, he became a municipal councillor in Crest. He was national secretary in the Republican Party that was dissolved in 1997 and later in Liberal Democracy, established the same year. In 1998, he was a candidate for president of the Union for French Democracy, receiving 10% of the vote against François Bayrou.
He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1993 until 1997, when he lost his reelection bid. He returned to Parliament in 2002, winning reelection in 2007 and 2012. He represented the third constituency of the Drôme department. He joined the newly-established Union for a Popular Movement in 2002, which became The Republicans in 2015. From March to May 2007, he served as Minister of the Overseas under Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. As Nicolas Sarkozy had resigned as Interior Minister to run for President of France, Overseas Minister François Baroin was appointed to succeed him.
From 1995 to 1997 and again from 2002 until 2017, Mariton served on the Committee on Finance, Economic Affairs and Budgetary Control. During his time in national politics, he was widely seen as a critic of President Sarkozy from 2007 onwards. Although being part of The Reformers, a liberal faction within the party, he opposed the passage of Law 2013-404, which legalised same-sex marriage in France. In the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary, he endorsed Alain Juppé. Mariton is fluent in French, English and Russian.
Other activities
Mariton currently serves as:
Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group
Les Plus Beaux Détours de France, President
Commission Franco-Britannique, President
References
1958 births
Living people
People from Algiers
Pieds-Noirs
Algerian Jews
French people of Algerian-Jewish descent
Republican Party (France) politicians
Liberal Democracy (France) politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Modern and Humanist France
French Ministers of Overseas France
Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Paris Dauphine University alumni
Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni
École Polytechnique alumni
Sciences Po alumni
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic |
23581270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/280%20mm%20mortar%20M1939%20%28Br-5%29 | 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) | The 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) () was a Soviet heavy artillery piece used during World War II, it was the Red Army's heaviest field piece during the war.
Design
The Br-5 mortar was a calibre towed mortar with a barrel 14.2 calibres long. The Br-5 mortar shared the same tracked, box trail carriage as the 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) and the 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4). The carriage allowed transportation of the weapon over short distances with the speed of , for longer distances the barrel was removed from the carriage and transported separately on a special wheeled cart, the Br-10, a speed of was possible with the barrel removed.
For transport the Voroshilovets artillery tractor was used to haul the Br-5 gun carriage, whilst the less powerful Komintern artillery tractor was employed to pull the Br-10 cart and barrel.
Development
By the 1930s the Red Army's siege artillery consisted of obsolete stocks of 280 mm Schneider M1914/15's (25 pieces) and 305 mm howitzer M1915's (31 pieces), both inherited from the Imperial Russian Army. The aging guns and their insufficient numbers (the M1914/15 at less than half of what was mandated in the 1941 mobilization plans, 66 pieces) meant that new models were required, including 280mm-caliber ones. The calibre was chosen as 280mm because of the available stocks of 280 mm Schneider M1914/15 ammunition. With the development the 203 mm B-4 already approved for service, and the design work for the 152 mm Br-2 underway, it was decided to adopt the very same carriage for the new siege mortar, creating a "triplex", simplifying production and operation.
Both the Bolshevik factory of Leningrad and the Barrikady factory of Stalingrad were tasked to submit competing designs, the Bolshevik design by Kurpchatnikov being named the B-33, the Barrikady design by Ilya Ivanov the Br-5.
The B-33 had its barrel built in 1935, and was sent for factory testing on February 1, 1936. The B-33 featured a fastened barrel, casing and breech, as well as a piston bolt from the Schneider mortar. The barrel was mounted directly atop the carriage without any counterweight balancing, as a loaded breech would suffice in balancing the weight. The B-33, having completed factory testing, was sent to field tests on April 17, 1936, which completed successfully. The B-33 was subsequently recommended to have its identified defects fixed before being sent to military tests.
The Br-5 went to factory testing in December, 1936, and field tests in April, 1937, which it failed. However, despite the B-33 showing better shell grouping, higher rate of fire and smaller dimensions, the Br-5 was accepted into service as the 280 mm mortar model 1939, with the first order for production being issued before field tests ended. The reason why the Br-5 was chosen instead of the B-33 was unknown, but may have emerged from the voluntarist nature of the Br-5. The prototype B-33 was sent to Barrikady for studying in March 1939.
Production
The first order for eight pieces was placed with the Barrikady factory in May 1937, although this was subsequently reduced to two in recognition of the immaturity of the system. Development of the system continued throughout 1938 and in 1939 the first 20 pieces were produced, with an additional 25 pieces following in 1940.
Service
In Red Army service the Br-5 mortars were intended for the destruction of particularly strong concrete, reinforced concrete or armoured structures.
The Br-5 mortar's combat debut occurred in Finland during the Winter War in November 1939. Four Br-5 mortars were deployed to Finland with the 40th Separate Artillery Battalion, where they were used to destroy heavily armoured bunkers and pillboxes during the battles along the Mannerheim Line. Br-5 mortars fired a total of 414 shells during the Winter War, the extraordinary defences faced can be seen in the assault on Pillbox #0031, which fell only after 116 Br-5 mortar shells as well as 1,043 203 mm B-4 howitzer shells were fired at it from point blank range. Pillbox #0011 continued to resist after a combined 203 mm and 280 mm onslaught of 1,322 shells were fired at it.
Information about the employment of the Br-5 mortar during the Great Patriotic War is scarce; their deployment was heavily classified as it was generally indicative of a major attack. In service they were organised into howitzer battalions of six mortars, each battalion consisting of three batteries each with two mortars. Between 1941 and 1945 the Red Army had eight such battalions, armed with both the Br-5 and the old 280 mm Schneider M1914/15. Nine pieces were lost in the fighting of 1941.
Reference has been made to the use of the Br-5 mortar by the 1st Belorussian Front in the Battle of Poznań in January and February 1945. It was employed during the storming of Küstrin in March and the Battle of Königsberg in April and it was the heaviest field artillery piece used by the Red Army during the Battle of Berlin.
Like with the 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) and the 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4), the biggest drawback with the Br-5 mortar was the carriage. Intended to provide improved mobility, the tracked carriage was much too heavy and proved to be quite cumbersome, actually reducing mobility. Additionally the separate transportation of the barrel greatly increased the time taken to bring the weapon into action – it took between 45 minutes to two hours depending on the weather to bring to category combat from the travelling configuration. Further, the limited traverse of the ordnance on the mount, 8 degrees, could result in significant time delays, as it took at least 25 minutes to manoeuvre the weapon beyond the 8 degrees.
After World War II the Br-5 was to remain in Soviet service until the 1970s. In 1955 the Br-5 (along with the B-4 and Br-2) was modernised with a new wheeled carriage that greatly increased mobility, could transport the weapon in one piece and which allowed the weapons to be towed at up to , these upgraded pieces were designated Br-5M.
Ammunition
The Br-5 fired bag charge ammunition with three natures of high-explosive and one of anti-concrete. The high-explosive shells were all remaining pre-revolution stocks of 280 mm Schneider M1914/15 ammunition, whilst the anti-concrete was created for the Br-5.
The Br-5 mortar offered little improvement in ballistic performance over the 280 mm Schneider M1914/15.
Surviving examples
A Br-5 mortar on the original tracked carriage is kept at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in Saint Petersburg.
References
Artillery of the Soviet Union
280 mm artillery
World War II mortars of the Soviet Union
Military equipment introduced in the 1930s |
44508262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20autopsy | Molecular autopsy | Molecular autopsy or postmortem molecular testing is a set of molecular techniques used in forensic medicine to attempt to determine the cause of death in unexplained cases, in particular sudden unexplained deaths (for example sudden cardiac death). About 30% of sudden cardiac deaths in young people are not explained after full conventional autopsy, and are classified as sudden unexplained deaths. The use of a panel of genetic markers for long QT syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and cardiac channel miopathies elucidated around 40 to 45% of the cases.
Ethics
In today’s day and age the use of Molecular Autopsy has come with its share of ethical issues. The issues are raised because there are no set laws that a Medical Examiner must follow. For instance it is not required for an examiner to get permission from a relative to go forth with a molecular autopsy. This has created many issues for families because they may not always want to know the results of why a loved one died. Knowing this information can create anxiety and concern for family members over a possible mutation of their own gene that could cause their death, while they would have no way of stopping it. It also creates an issue because with most if not all examinations, samples of a test are retained in a lab. This means the tests from a loved one is saved forever, to be possibly used in a different experiment. The family usually has no say on whether this will happen or not.
The problem that arises for medical examiners is that if an examination is done and the lives of family members could be at risk, they have no authorization to tell the family if they do not wish to know. Some examiners believe that this is against their duty as a professional doctor. For example, it has been estimated that 30% of young sudden cardiac deaths can be traced to being inherited. So doctors feel that it is against their profession to not let someone know when they could be at risk.
Methods
When a traditional medical autopsy is not able to determine the sudden cause of death, molecular autopsy may help provide an alternative insight through the use of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing. It looks at things from a cellular level instead of only what the human eye can see.
The first step in performing a molecular autopsy is to obtain a sample of blood or tissue from the individual after death has occurred. DNA is then extracted from the blood sample in order to undergo a process of genetic sequencing. Then, the DNA sequence is carefully analyzed to detect any gene mutations that may be a cause of sudden death. Initially, molecular autopsy focused on the direct DNA sequencing of four genes. However, recent advancements in sequencing technologies have made it possible to screen a large number of genes at once from a small sample of DNA through whole-exome sequencing (WES) in which the coding regions of all 22,000 genes are sequenced. This potentially allows the detection of genetic variants of genes related to all major diseases.
Case Studies
A study of sudden death brought a mother to once question whether her thirteen-year-old son has what previously killed her seventeen-year-old son. This son had been found lying in bed dead with an autopsy that was inconclusive. Many blamed it on drug use and abuse, but that was really not the cause.
Almost half the sudden deaths of previously healthy children have no findings on autopsy. These children are referred to as having sudden unexplained death syndrome (SUDS). In the Olmsted County population study, six of the twelve cases died of unknown causes of SUDS. A lot of forensic pathologists blame a fatal arrhythmia of the heart to be the cause of SUDS due to the lethal disorders like long QT syndrome (LQTS). This is a prolonged QT interval in the heart’s natural rhythm. This is can leave no trace for an autopsy. The clinical signs of LQTS are syncope, seizures, or sudden death.
In England there are around 200 SUDS cases yearly, and nearly a third of those were blamed on LQTS. This however, cannot be proved without an electrocardiogram before death.
By looking at the molecular level of the issues that cause SUDS and/or LQTS, they may be able to find the ion channels that are cardiac defective. There are six LQTS genetic markers, five LQTS genes, and around 200 mutations identified all in patients with LQTS. By targeting these molecules, molecular autopsy can be possible. This is how molecular autopsy is relevant in all three of the following cases.
Case 1
In this case of the mother with questions of her living son possible having the same issue that her now dead son had, there was a history of these LQTS clinical signs that were stated above in the family. Specifically, the grandmother had syncopal episodes multiple times. Although, multiple electrocardiograms showed no significant findings that would lead to a diagnosis of LQTS.
There were multiple studies done, one in particular was the epinephrine-triggered alterations in repolarization. This showed the results of having five nucleotides (guanine [g], cytosine [c], guanine, cytosine, and thymidine [t]) from positions 735 - 739 were not present. These are the genetic components of DNA. This resulted in the cardiac potassium channel to cause a shift of amino acids. This shift is where the stop codon at an amino acid is introduced and needed. This can severely impact the depolarization and repolarization of the heart, which is crucial for the normal rhythm of the muscle.
Case 2
Another study was done for molecular autopsy on the RyR2-encoded cardiac ryanodine receptor in SUDS. There were 49 cases in this study, 30 of which were male. Thirteen of the 49 studied had a family history of syncope. In seven of these cases of SUDS, there were six distinct RyR2 missense mutations. During these deaths, the activities were as follows: three cases of exertion, one case of emotion, and three unknown cases. This study was of the first on RyR2 in molecular autopsy. It targeted 18 of the 105 protein-encoding exons of the cardiac ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel. This revealed one in every seven to be positive for the RyR2 mutations in SUDS. This studied showed that testing of this mutation should be a part of the autopsy investigation. This study also proved that this mutation is possibly inheritable.
Case 3
Another study is the pharmacogenomics as molecular autopsy for forensic toxicology. This study is looking at the genotyping of cytochrome P450 3A4*1B and 3A5*3. Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetic contributions to drug action. This can help in certifying a fentanyl toxicity. Fentanyl is used for anesthesia in surgery or pain control/management in animals and humans. This drug can have variable metabolisms due to the different alleles in the cytochrome P450. This study looked at 25 different fentanyl related deaths (22 caucasians, 1 African American, and 2 Native Americans). from the Milwaukee county medical Examiner’s office and referrals. Blood was taken and analyzed after death by radioimmunoassay and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. This study showed the average fentanyl concentration in CYP3A4*1B wild type and 3A5*3 homozygous variant cases were higher than those of the CYP3A4*1B variant cases (this was not a significant difference). The data taken from this study gave scientific evidence that CYP3A5 is involved in the fentanyl metabolism, where as the homozygous CYP3A5*3 causes impaired metabolism of fentanyl. Genotyping CYP3A4*1B and 3A5*3 variants may help to certify the fentanyl toxicity. For further studying of this subject, there will be more cases needed. This study was mainly to supply information for this drug monitoring and pain management.
Relationship with molecular autopsy
Molecular autopsy has become a huge component in the investigation process of SUD, specifically sudden cardiac death (SCD). The causes of SCD range widely but the greatest contributor to SCD is an underlying genetic predisposition, especially in those under the age of 40. The inherited diseases include, but are not limited to, primary arrythmogenic disorders and inherited cardiomyopathies. Molecular autopsy not only helps identify an explanation for SUD, but evaluates the potential risks that relatives may have in relation to cardiovascular disease. Over 3 million people die of SCD a year, making molecular autopsy for SCD in high demand. Using molecular autopsy for SCD in the young, fit, and seemingly healthy individual is an increasingly interesting topic for research. Up to 30% of the autopsies given post-mortem to young individuals who die of SCD have no cause of death identified, called autopsy-negative or sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). This is because many primary arrhythmogenic disorders do not cause structural damage to the heart, making it difficult for pathologists to draw a conclusion on the cause of death.
Genetic testing for SADS cases started over ten years ago. A sample of the cadaver’s blood is taken and tested. The molecular autopsy focuses on four main genes: KCNQ1, KCNH2, SCN5A, and RYR2. Greater than 95% of the mutations found in the molecular autopsy are a chromosome dominant trait, indicating that half of the children to the tested individual also carry the mutated gene.
References
Forensic techniques |
20486515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya%20Prakash | Surya Prakash | Surya Prakash or Suryaprakash may refer to:
G. K. Surya Prakash (born 1953), professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, United States
P. Surya Prakash (fl. 2007–2014), bishop, Church of South India, Diocese of Karimnagar, India
R. Suryaprakash (fl. 1991–2013), Carnatic vocalist
Surya Prakash (director) (fl. 1996–2015), Indian film director
Surya Prakash Chaturvedi (born 1937), cricket critic, writer and historian
Surya Prakash (artist) (1940–2019) |
17344541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavuba%20Mafuila | Mavuba Mafuila | Ricky Mavuba Mafuila Ku Mbundu (15 December 1949 – 30 November 1996) was a football player from Zaïre, nicknamed The Black Sorcerer. His son is Rio Mavuba, who was a French international footballer.
Biography
Born in Léopoldville, He competed for Zaire at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
in Germany and also won the 1974 African Cup of Nations in Egypt defeating Zambia in a second game by 2–0.
Mavuba is remembered for taking direct free kicks and penalty kick executions. He is credited with being the first Congolese footballer ever to score from a corner kick: a curved shot that went in straight in the back of the net without deflections.
Following his football career, Mavuba moved to Angola. He fled the country with his family at the onset of the civil war in 1984 and lived as a refugee in France until his death in November 1996.
Club career
Defensive midfield player from Zaïre,
winger from AS Vita Club of Kinshasa which won the CAF Champions League in 1973.
Honours
Africa Cup of Nations: Champions in 1974
References
See also
1974 FIFA World Cup squads
1949 births
1996 deaths
Footballers from Kinshasa
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers
1974 FIFA World Cup players
1974 African Cup of Nations players
AS Vita Club players
Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to France
Association football forwards |
23581274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H18N2O4S | C8H18N2O4S | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H18N2O4S}}
The molecular formula C8H18N2O4S (molar mass: 238.30 g/mol, exact mass: 238.0987 u) may refer to:
Burgess reagent
HEPES
Molecular formulas |
20486526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle%20Vasseur | Isabelle Vasseur | Isabelle Vasseur (born 10 April 1959) is a former member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Aisne's 5th constituency from 2007 to 2012, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
She was elected on 17 June 2007 to the thirteenth legislature (2007–2012) in the 5th district of l'Aisne by beating, in the second round, Dominique Jordain with 53.96% of the votes. She succeeded Daniel Gard the previous deputy (UMP), who was the substitute candidate for Renaud Dutreil in the 2002 election.
She was vice president of the UMP in the National Assembly.
External links
Official page on the National Assembly web site
Le Monde of 12 and 19 June 2007
Her homepage
References
1959 births
Living people
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
21st-century French women politicians |
17344545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viengphoukha%20district | Viengphoukha district | Viengphoukha is a district (muang) of Luang Namtha province in northwestern Laos.
Settlements
Vieng Phouka (capital)
References
Districts of Luang Namtha province |
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