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4037385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%20audio | Professional audio | Professional audio, abbreviated as pro audio, refers to both an activity and a category of high quality, studio-grade audio equipment. Typically it encompasses sound recording, sound reinforcement system setup and audio mixing, and studio music production by trained sound engineers, audio engineers, record producers, and audio technicians who work in live event support and recording using mixing consoles, recording equipment and sound reinforcement systems. Professional audio is differentiated from consumer- or home-oriented audio, which are typically geared toward listening in a non-commercial environment.
Professional audio can include, but is not limited to broadcast radio, audio mastering in a recording studio, television studio, and sound reinforcement such as a live concert, DJ performances, audio sampling, public address system set up, sound reinforcement in movie theatres, and design and setup of piped music in hotels and restaurants. Professional audio equipment is sold at professional audio stores and music stores.
Definition
The term professional audio has no precise definition, but it typically includes:
Operations carried out by trained audio engineers
The capturing of sound with one or more microphones
Balancing, mixing and adjusting sound signals from multitrack recording devices using a mixing console
The control of audio levels using standardised types of metering
Sound signals passing through lengthy signal chains involving processes at different times and places, involving a variety of skills
Compliance with organisational, national and international practices and standards established by such bodies as the International Telecommunication Union, Audio Engineering Society and European Broadcasting Union
Setting up or designing sound reinforcement systems or recording studios
Stores
A professional audio store is a retail establishment that sells, and in many cases rents, expensive, high-end sound recording equipment (microphones, audio mixers, digital audio recorders, speakers and surround sound speakers, monitor speakers) and sound reinforcement system gear (e.g., speaker enclosure cabinets, stage monitor speakers, power amplifiers, subwoofer cabinets) and accessories used in both settings, such as microphone stands. Some pro audio stores also sell video equipment, such as video projectors, as this equipment is commonly used in live audio settings (e.g., business presentations and conventions). Some pro audio stores also sell and/or rent DJ gear (record turntables, DJ mixers) and the stage lighting equipment used in rock concerts, dance clubs, raves and theater/musical theater shows.
See also
Audio Engineering Society
Institute of Professional Sound
Sound design
References
Audio engineering
Sound production
Sound technology
Broadcast engineering
Occupations in music |
4037389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissett | Scissett | Scissett is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield and north-west of Barnsley. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 1,324. Scissett is halfway between the villages of Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale on the A636 road to Wakefield.
River Dearne runs through the village, which was affected by the 2007 United Kingdom floods.
Scissett grew up around the woollen industry in the 19th century as mill owners built houses in the area for their workers. The nearby coalfields also provided employment. These industries are now gone and some of the mills are now retail units.
The Scissett Baths (and leisure centre) is one of the main attractions for the surrounding area.
Scissett has first and middle schools to provide education for children ages 4 to 13.
Scissett Youth Band began life in the village in 1978 but moved to Shelley Methodist Hall in 1991.
Sport
Scissett is home to two sports clubs, Scissett Football Club and Nortonthorpe Cricket Club. Both play at Nortonthorpe sports club which was donated to the cricket club by the Norton family who owned the local mills at the time. When George Norton left the family home (Bagden Hall) to live in Nortonthorpe Hall he chose to outline a deed of trust, which specified that the seven and a half acres of land, which originally formed the cricket pitch, could only be used for the recreational purposes of the community. This is largely the reason behind the cricket club being called Nortonthorpe instead of Scissett.
Etymology
The etymology is doubtful, although some sources suggest it may be from Old English side "hillside, talus, slope" (related to Old Norse siða, of similar meaning), but nothing is confirmed. The first element is uncertain. However, another source claims a completely different etymology, that it was named after "Scissett Wood", itself named after a woman.
History
Sir Percy Richard Jackson, J.P., LL.D., died on 24 December 1941 at his home, The Woodlands, Scissett. He was a county councillor, from 1904 to 1937, and came to play an important role as chair of the West Yorkshire Local Education Authority (1917-1937). He was also a member of the consultative committee of the Board of Education, and of the Yorkshire Council for Further Education. Since 1918, he had been a member of the Court of Governors of Leeds University. He had been president of the Association of Education Committees and chairman of the education committee of the County Councils Association (for 6 years). Furthermore, as well as his role in Education, he played an important role in agriculture as the chairman of the Land Settlement Association. He was also chairman of the Yorkshire Council for Agricultural Education and a member of the Agricultural and Small Holdings Committee of the West Riding County Council. Moreover, he was a life member and vice-chairman of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. He was knighted in 1925.
Dr Colin Booth who was a mycologist and a leading authority on fusuria was born in Scissett, and educated at the village school.
See also
Listed buildings in Denby Dale
References
External links
Scissett Middle School website
Scissett Youth Band website
Scissett Football Club website
Scissett Baths & Fitness Centre website
News In A Nutshell
Villages in West Yorkshire
Denby Dale |
4037404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norra%20Botkyrka | Norra Botkyrka | Norra Botkyrka (North Botkyrka) usually refers to the northern residential areas of Botkyrka Municipality near Stockholm in Sweden.
Norra Botkyrka was until the 1970s an agricultural community with only a few inhabitants consisting of a few large estates (Norsborg, Hallunda, Slagsta, Fittja and Alby) and a large protected area around the Lake Bornsjö which was and still is a reserve for the drinking water supply for the city of Stockholm. Within a few years during the 1970s, the municipalities of Stockholm and Botkyrka cooperated to build a "New Town" for more than 30,000 inhabitants.
The idea of a new town concept for Norra Botkyrka was influenced by new towns in the United Kingdom.
During archeological excavations prior to the building of the "New Town" there were found a number of rock carvings in the Slagsta area indicating that there was an agricultural population here already during the Bronze Age. During excavations conducted under the guidance of the Historic Museum of Stockholm there were found in the Hallunda area Bronze Age dwellings together with a number of bronze smelting hearths and ceramic remains from Central Europe showing that there must have been far reaching trading relations already this early.
Already from early historic times the trunkroad from Stockholm to the continent passed through Norra Botkyrka. There are now also four stations on the Stockholm Metro here: Norsborg, Hallunda, Alby and Fittja.
The area was made famous in the late 1990s through the local hip hop group called The Latin Kings who often refers to this area in their lyrics. It is also known as one of the most multi-cultural places in Sweden with a majority of the population being first or second generation immigrants. Most of these originate from the Middle East with other significant groups from for example Turkey, Chile, Finland, former Yugoslavia, China, Pakistan and the Horn of Africa. Thus in the 1970s, the municipality of Botkyrka elected the first foreign born mayor in Sweden.
Geography of Stockholm |
4037417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frei%20Betto | Frei Betto | Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo (born 1944), better known as Frei Betto is a Brazilian writer, political activist, philosopher, liberation theologian, and former Dominican friar.
Life
Frei Betto was born on 25 August 1944 in Belo Horizonte. At the age of 20, when he was a student of journalism, he entered the Dominican Order. He was later imprisoned for four years by the military dictatorship which ruled Brazil for smuggling people out of the country. His incarceration was part of an ongoing series of attacks by the government on activist members of the Roman Catholic Church.
In addition to work on eliminating hunger in Brazil, Frei Betto is involved in various aspects of Brazil's politics. He worked for the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for whom he was considered a spiritual advisor and mentor.
As a liberation theologian, Frei Betto has been involved in various international efforts in order to support an understanding between Marxism and Christianity. During the 1980s, he visited Havana and held frequent and lengthy interviews with Fidel Castro, the result of such talks being a book, Fidel and Religion, where Castro exposed his views on Christianity, something that raised protest among conservatives but is also said to have improved relations between Castro's government and the Cuban Catholic Church.
During Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika, Frei Betto was also involved in various efforts aimed at an understanding between leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, such efforts being described in the form of a travelogue published by him in 1993 in Portuguese, Lost Paradise, which the author dedicates to a certain Theophilus ("God's friend"), apparently the same as the mysterious addressee of the Gospel of Luke, which should be understood as a symbol of all Christians.
Honors
Frei Betto was selected by UNESCO as the 2013 recipient of its International José Martí Prize. The reason given by Irina Bokova, its Director General, was "his exceptional contribution to building a universal culture of peace, social justice and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean". The prize was awarded on 28 January in Havana, Cuba, at the Third International Conference on World Balance, being held to mark the 160th anniversary of José Martí's birth.
References
External links
1944 births
Living people
People from Belo Horizonte
Brazilian Dominicans
Liberation theologians
Brazilian Christian socialists
20th-century Brazilian Roman Catholic priests
Brazilian spiritual writers
Brazilian torture victims
21st-century Brazilian Roman Catholic priests
Catholic socialists
Christian socialist theologians
Catholicism and far-left politics |
4037434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Ault | Samuel Ault | Samuel Ault (1814 – August 28, 1895) was an Ontario political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Stormont from 1867 to 1872.
He was born in Osnabruck Township, Upper Canada in 1814, the son of Nicholas Ault, a United Empire Loyalist of German descent, and Margaret Ross. Ault married Catherine Valentine Loucks. With his brothers, he operated a general store, Ault Brothers Ltd., in the village of Charlesville, later renamed Aultsville in his honour. He served on the municipal council, later becoming reeve and then warden for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Ault represented Stormont County in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1861 to 1866 and then in the House of Commons after Confederation. He was also a lieutenant in the local militia.
Aultsville was later submerged beneath the waters of the Saint Lawrence River when the Saint Lawrence Seaway was built.
References
1814 births
1895 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
People from the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
4037442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahsa | Ahsa | Ahsa or AHSA may refer to:
Al-Ahsa Oasis, an oasis region in eastern Arabia
Al-Ahsa Governorate, a governorate in Saudi Arabia
African Heritage Studies Association, a splinter group of the African Studies Association
American Horror Story: Asylum, an American television miniseries
American Horse Shows Association
American Hunters and Shooters Association
, the Gothic letter a; see Gothic alphabet, Ansuz rune
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See also
Al-Ahsa (disambiguation) |
4037444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producing%20Adults | Producing Adults | Producing Adults () (Children and Adults – How To Make Them?) is a 2004 Finnish comedy drama written by Pekko Pesonen and directed by Aleksi Salmenperä. It was Finland's official Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film of 2004.
Plot
The film deals with the myriad complications arising from Venla's (Minna Haapkylä) desire to have a child. Her longtime boyfriend Antero (Kari-Pekka Toivonen) is reluctant, fearing that fatherhood will imperil his last chance to succeed in his speed skating career and by seeing his friend go through fatherhood. Antero does some extreme things to avoid getting Venla pregnant and she begins to be equally devious in her attempts to conceive. Venla seeks help from her bisexual co-worker at a fertility clinic and the relationship between the two begins to blossom amongst many setbacks.
Cast
Minna Haapkylä as Venla
Kari-Pekka Toivonen as Antero
Minttu Mustakallio as Satu
Tommi Eronen as Rönkkö
Pekka Strang as Miro
Dick Idman as Claes
Production
Producing Adults was shot on one camera in 40 days, on a budget of $1,200,000 euros.
Release
The film was released in Sweden as Hela vägen (All the Way) on 26 November 2004.
Home media
Producing Adults was released on DVD in North America by Wolfe Video on 19 July 2005. In Region 2, the DVD was released by Peccadillo Pictures on 12 April 2010.
Reception
Critical response
Variety described Producing Adults as "small but charming" and with a lesbian theme that "comes gradually and naturally into the story which never succumbs to the men-are-bad, women-are-fine cliche." AfterEllen said that "While we all adore a good coming out story ... sometimes it's nice to see a more realistic look at romance in all of its heartbreaking complexity." The Hollywood Reporter praised it as "an insightful, well-acted film."
Accolades
Minttu Mustakallio won "Best Supporting Actress" at the 2005 Jussi Awards (Finland's main film industry awards). Aleksi Salmenperä won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Stockholm Film Awards.
References
Further reading
(Wolfe Video DVD review)
External links
(Archive)
Lapsia ja aikuisia – Producing Adults at BBFC
Lapsia ja aikuisia – kuinka niitä tehdään? at BFI
Producing Adults (Lapsia ja aikuisia – kuinka niitä tehdään?) at Finnish Film Foundation (Archive)
Lapsia ja aikuisia – Kuinka niitä tehdään? at Lumiere
Lapsia ja aikuisia at Swedish Film Institute
2004 films
2004 comedy-drama films
Bisexuality-related films
LGBT-related comedy-drama films
Finnish comedy-drama films
2000s Finnish-language films
Finnish LGBT-related films
Lesbian-related films
2004 LGBT-related films |
4037470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put%20%27Em%20Under%20Pressure | Put 'Em Under Pressure | "Put 'Em Under Pressure" was the official song to the Republic of Ireland national football team's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign in Italy.
Produced by U2's Larry Mullen and exec produced by Billy McGrath, it featured an intro by Moya Brennan. The song was created by Larry Mullen Jnr, Denis Woods, John Donnelly. Engineered by John Grimes who was assisted by Colin O’Mahony. It also featured Davy Spillane on the Uilleann pipes. The Jack Charlton soundbites and the non-broadcast action were taken from the feature-length film Que Sera Sera (directed by Billy McGrath and produced by Peter Brady) and used as a 'spoken-word' mash-up very effectively. .
The chorus was by performed by some U2 fans that were hanging about outside studio 3 on Windmill Lane in Dublin. There was an attempt to record the team but it was a disaster. Somebody had the great idea of using beer to loosen up the team's vocal cords.
Anthony "Anto" Drennan is credited with playing lead guitar on the single. He actually recorded it in a single take which is very unusual.
It is often assumed that the guitar intro was a straight sampling of "Dearg Doom" by Horslips. However, this is not the case; it is merely a copy of that song's guitar riff. The Horslips song "Dearg Doom", was itself based on the traditional Irish tune, O' Neill's March, (which appeared as Marcshlua Uí Néill on Sean O Riada's 1969 album "O'Riada sa Gaiety",) and which refers to Hugh O'Neill and his part in the Nine Years' War.
Thanks to this song the title became a catchphrase of then manager Jack Charlton, whose soundbites were sampled for the verse; the chorus was a combination of the familiar football chant "Olé Olé Olé" and a reworking of "Ally's Tartan Army" (which was itself set to the tune of "God Save Ireland"), the unofficial theme tune for Scotland in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and for 13 weeks the song was at number one in the Irish Singles Chart helped by a pulsating video again directed by Billy McGrath featuring footage from Que Sera Sera and the team recording the song in Windmill Lane.
The song is regularly played in celebration at Irish homes matches. It was used as the opening theme for the compilation episode of BBC Switch series Chartjackers. In 2011, RTÉ One aired a quiz show titled Put 'Em Under Pressure, presented by Gráinne Seoige.
The phrase Put 'Em Under Pressure is to this day used in relation to the Ireland national football team.
References
Irish rock songs
Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Republic of Ireland national football team songs
Chartjackers
Republic of Ireland at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
Football songs and chants
London Records singles |
4037477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard%20%28German%20band%29 | Wizard (German band) | Wizard is a German power metal band, formed in 1989 by the drummer Sören "Snoppi" van Heek. The band was often called "Germany's answer to Manowar". Most of the band's lyrics are about battles, metal, war and steel. There are some exceptions, for example "Odin", which is a concept album about Norse mythology, "Goochan" which is a fantasy story about a witch (written by Volker Leson and author William B. Nuke), "Thor" which is also about Norse mythology and "... Of Wariwulfs and Bluotvarwes" which is about vampires and werewolves (written by Wizard and Andre Wiesler, German author).
Wizard played at Wacken Open Air 2002, Bang Your Head!!! 2002, Keep It True 2004, Dokk'em Open Air 2006, Magic Circle Festival 2009 and is in the 2012 lineup of Hammerfest IV.
History
In 2003 longtime guitarist Michael Maass quit the band because of health problems. Dano Boland became a new guitarist for the band in early 2004. In 2006 the band left the label Limb Music after three albums and joined the somewhat larger label Massacre Records, with a new album in mind to be released on 27 January 2007, titled Goochan. On 18 May 2007, Michael Maass returned to the band after a four-year break.
Reviews
The band's 2009 album Thor received a positive review from The Pit reviewer Frank Heise, who praised "The Visitor" as the best track on it.
The band's 2011 album ...Of Wariwulfs and Bluotvarwes received a positive review from SLUG Magazine reviewer Dylan Chadwick noting that "well trodden, and admittedly formulaic, it's a resoundingly competent platter of steel-willed, fist pounding heavy metal that'll satisfy the most voracious headbanger's hunger."
Band members
Current members
Sven D'Anna – vocals (1989–present)
Sören van Heek (Snoppi) – drums (1989–present)
Michael Maass – guitars (1989–2003, 2007–present)
Arndt Ratering – bass (2013–present)
Tommy Hartung – guitars (2020–present)
Former members
Volker Leson – bass (1989–2013)
Sascha Visser – guitars (1989–1995)
Dano Boland – guitars (2004–2020)
Timeline
Discography
Demos
Legion of Doom (1991)
Studio albums
Son of Darkness (1995)
Battle of Metal (1997)
Bound by Metal (1999)
Head of the Deceiver (2001)
Odin (2003)
Magic Circle (2005)
Goochan (2007)
Thor (2009)
...Of Wariwulfs and Bluotvarwes (2011)
Trail of Death (2013)
Fallen Kings (2017)
Metal in My Head (2021)
Compilation albums
Louder Than the Dragon (2004)
References
Further reading
External links
German power metal musical groups
German heavy metal musical groups
Massacre Records artists
Former Limb Music artists |
4037488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Professional%20Sound | Institute of Professional Sound | The Institute of Professional Sound, previously the Institute of Broadcast Sound, is an organisation for audio professionals. The organisation provides opportunities for training and conferencing to assist in maintaining high standards in all areas of professional audio operations. The organisation is based in the UK.
The organisation was founded in 1977 by sound balancers in BBC Television and Radio and Independent TV, when its membership comprised audio practitioners working in all areas of broadcast audio including radio, location, and post-production sound. On 1 January 2012 the Institute of Professional Sound was adopted as the new name of the organisation, in order to attract a wider membership which is not exclusively from broadcasting.
History
The Institute of Professional Sound was established in 1977 as the Institute of Broadcast Sound, by individuals working in radio and television, who recognised a need for a coordinated means for the exchange of innovative ideas between practitioners in the field of broadcast audio. The organisation serves as a catalyst to promote collaborative initiatives between manufacturers of digital audio recording and editing equipment. Listed among the successes of the organisation is the File Exchange Initiative, from which the iXML specification was established, setting an open standard for the inclusion of location sound metadata in Broadcast Wave audio files.
Projects
Mentoring
The Institute of Professional Sound offers mentoring and career enhancement opportunities for entry-level employees, college graduates, and seasoned professionals. The mentoring program is designed to coordinate members who desire to assist their colleagues progress and succeed in their career with individuals seeking the advice and support of more experienced practitioners in the industry.
Training
The organisation provides training forums and conferences for its members which introduce members to emerging technologies, along with seminars on microphone placement and other operational issues.
Ofcom radio frequency spectrum
The Institute contributes to the ongoing discussions with Ofcom, regarding the changes to the management and use of the radio frequency spectrum, where it represents several hundred members who are independent users of radio microphone and associated equipment.
Email conferencing
Started in June 1995 with just 10 participants, the IPS's Internet email conference IBSNET has over 500 participants (as of 2012). Members include individuals from the UK, Germany, Austria, United States, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. The conference provides opportunities for comment and feedback regarding professional standards, working conditions, visa requirements, and radio microphone frequencies in other countries, in addition to putting location recordists in contact with one another and with the dubbing mixers, who may ultimately use their work.
References
Audio engineering
Sound production
1977 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1977 |
4037496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa%20Ko%C3%A7 | Mustafa Koç | Mustafa Koç may refer to:
Mustafa Koç (volleyball), Turkish volleyball player
Mustafa Vehbi Koç, a member of the Koç family, a Turkish family of business people |
4037505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Teixeira%20%28linguist%29 | Manuel Teixeira (linguist) | Manuel Teixeira (April 15, 1912 - September 15, 2003) was a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Macao, an historian, and the leading expert in the Kristang language. He is the author of A Grammar of Kristang published in the 1950s.
He lived most of his life in Macau, having arrived there in 1924 to begin studies for the priesthood, returning to Portugal in 2001.
References
Linguists
20th-century Jesuits |
4037508 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Marsden | Roy Marsden | Roy Marsden (born Roy Anthony Mould; 25 June 1941) is an English actor who portrayed Adam Dalgliesh in the Anglia Television dramatisations of P. D. James's detective novels, and Neil Burnside in the spy drama The Sandbaggers.
Education
Marsden attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and spent four terms there. He attempted to unionise the students but was thwarted. After one argument he poured a bottle of ink down the front of the director's suit. Marsden recalled, "Two weeks later, he phoned me up and asked if I'd got a job or an agent. I said no, so he arranged for me to start work at a theatre in Nottingham, and who should be the student assistant manager there but Anthony Hopkins. I persuaded him to go to RADA."
Stage
In the early 1960s, Marsden worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and began to accumulate an extensive list of theatrical credits that include everything from Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen to contemporary Soviet playwright Alexander Vampilov. His preference was for the alternative experimental theatres of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Birmingham over London's commercial theatre.
His appearances include Crispen in The Friends, 1970; Casca and Lucilius in Julius Caesar, 1972; Paul Schippel in Schippel, 1974; Heinrich Krey in The Plumber's Progress, 1975. He also played Long John Silver in Treasure Island at London's Mermaid Theatre around Christmas for two years and Henry Higgins in Pygmalion at the Albery Theatre. In 2008, Marsden appeared in two productions, Murder on Air and Happy Jack at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.
Television
His prominent television roles include George Osborne in a 1967 adaptation of Vanity Fair and the title role of Arthur Chipping in 1984's Goodbye Mr. Chips. Marsden has also appeared as a guest in The New Avengers, Space: 1999, Only Fools and Horses ("Little Problems"), Foyle's War and Tales of the Unexpected.
Marsden starred in Yorkshire Television's 1978–1980 Cold War espionage series The Sandbaggers. He played Neil Burnside, the dour and fiercely protective Director of Operations in the Secret Intelligence Service, whose character spent as much time infighting with his superiors in Whitehall and his own department as he did battling the KGB. The show ran for three series and 20 episodes.
In 1982, Yorkshire Television cast him in Airline, a series in which he played Jack Ruskin, a scrappy Second World War pilot trying to start his own post-war airline against establishment opposition. It also starred his wife, Polly Hemingway, who was pregnant with their first child during most of the filming. In an interview, Marsden said "It was one of the most enjoyable programmes I ever made. Learning to fly those old DC-3s was terrific. And I enjoyed playing Ruskin enormously because he had hope. Of course, he was a pain up the tushie most of the time, but then you'd see that youthful desire to actually get out and triumph against enormous odds. I identified with that character the most."
Marsden's portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh in Anglia TV's P.D. James series spanned fifteen years. The series began as adaptations played out in serials of five or six one-hour episodes each, which were, unusually for the time, recorded on outside broadcast videotape as opposed to film:
Death of an Expert Witness (1983);
Shroud for a Nightingale (1984);
Cover Her Face (1985);
The Black Tower (1985);
A Taste for Death (1988);
Devices and Desires (1991).
After producer John Rosenberg died in early 1991 (during the transmission run of Devices and Desires), the format of the adaptations changed. Initially, Anglia followed the trend made popular by the Inspector Morse series, condensing the next two adaptations into two-hour filmed TV films.
Unnatural Causes (1993);
A Mind to Murder (1995).
The final two adaptations were filmed in three one-hour episodes:
Original Sin (1997);
A Certain Justice (1998).
The Dalgliesh role was taken by Martin Shaw when the BBC took over the rights to James's novels and produced its own series.
In 1993, Marsden appeared in The Last Vampyre, a feature-length episode of Sherlock Holmes.
In 2006 he played Ted Cartwright, a veterinarian, in "Bad Blood", episode 2 of the fourth season of Foyle's War.
Marsden presented a nine-part crime documentary series Roy Marsden's Casebook for ITV West in 2007. He also appeared in a 2007 episode of Doctor Who as Mr Stoker, a medical consultant.
In 2008, he appeared in ITV series The Palace as King Richard's private secretary, Sir Iain Ratalick.
Marsden reprised his Only Fools and Horses role in 2009 as one of the Driscoll brothers in the spin-off series, The Green Green Grass. He also appeared in the television film Margaret (2009) as Norman Tebbit.
In 2010 Marsden appeared in an episode of New Tricks, and in 2011 in an episode of Silent Witness.
He played Commander Haydock in the 2016 adaptation of Agatha Christie's N or M?, a three-episode part of the BBC's Partners in Crime serial.
Film
His film credits include Toomorrow (1970), a small part as a Gestapo officer in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Squeeze (1977), and Oberon in Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005).
References
External links
1941 births
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
English male film actors
English male television actors
People from Stepney
Living people
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors |
4037516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20That%27s%20What%20I%20Call%20Music%21%2020%20%28American%20series%29 | Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (American series) | Now That's What I Call Music! 20 is the 20th edition of the (U.S.) Now! series. It was released on November 1, 2005. It debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 and is the eighth number-one album in the series. The albums has been certified 2× Platinum.
Track listing
Reception
Andy Kellman in his review for AllMusic recognizes that a lot of top artists contribute to Now! 20 but those artists "deliver songs that are either tepid retreads or safe compounds of past hits", but it's the songs by the newer artists of the time "that keeps the compilation from being disposable", pointing out tracks by the Pussycat Dolls, Fall Out Boy, and Rihanna as standouts from this volume.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2005 compilation albums
020
Universal Music Group compilation albums |
4037518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Arthur%20Russell | Lord Arthur Russell | Lord Arthur John Edward Russell (13 June 1825 – 4 April 1892) was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was born in London on 13 June 1825. He was the second of three sons of Major-General Lord George William Russell and Elizabeth Anne Rawdon, daughter of the Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon, himself second son of the 1st Earl of Moira. His elder brother was Francis, later 9th Duke of Bedford and his younger brother was Odo, later 1st Baron Ampthill.
He was educated in Germany. From 1849 to 1854 he was private Secretary to his uncle, the Liberal Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Between 1857 and 1885, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tavistock. He only spoke rarely in the Commons, once in reply to an attack on his brother, Odo.
On 25 September 1865, Russell married Laura de Peyronnet, daughter of Paul Louis Jules, Vicomte de Peyronnet. Together they had six children, Harold Russell, Flora Russell, the diplomat Sir Claud Russell, Caroline Russell, Major Gilbert Russell and Conrad Russell.
He was raised to the rank of a Duke's son on 25 June 1872 and was then known as Lord Arthur Russell.
He was a great clubman and belonged to Brooks's, the Athenaeum, the Cosmopolitan, Grillion's, THE CLUB, and the Metaphysical Society. He was involved in the Senate of the University of London, serving on this body from 1875 until before his death.
Russell died on 4 April 1892, at 2 Audley Square, London and was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. There is a memorial to him in the 'Bedford Chapel' at St. Michael's Church, Chenies.
The ideological gulf between Britain and the new German Empire was stressed by Lord Russell in 1872:
Prussia now represents all that is most antagonistic to the liberal and democratic ideas of the age; military despotism, the rule of the sword, contempt for sentimental talk, indifference to human suffering, imprisonment of independent opinion, transfer by force of unwilling populations to a hateful yoke, disregard of European opinion, total want of greatness and generosity, etc., etc."
References
External links
1825 births
1892 deaths
Burials at Brompton Cemetery
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Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
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4037530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suna%20K%C4%B1ra%C3%A7 | Suna Kıraç | Suna Kıraç (born Suna Koç; June 3, 1941 – September 15, 2020) was a Turkish businesswoman and a billionaire.
Early years
Suna Koç was born to Vehbi Koç (1901–1996), the wealthiest businessman of Turkey, and his wife Sadberk (1908–1973) on June 3, 1941. She became the vice president of Koç Holding. She married İnan Kıraç, then a high-level executive of Koç Holding. As they were unable to have a biological child, they adopted a four-month old baby girl named İpek in their 15th year of marriage.
Museum
Suna Kıraç and her husband established a foundation for culture and education. The foundation opened the Pera Museum in 2005, which exhibits three valuable art collections of the Kıraç family.
Awards
Suna Kıraç was awarded the State Medal of Distinguished Service by the Turkish Council of Ministers for her contributions to education, health and social services in the country on September 23, 1997. She received the award from President Süleyman Demirel on October 27, 1997.
In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the Boğaziçi University for her contribution to education.
Autobiography
In 1998, she published an autobiography, in which she wrote about her life, her marriage, how she adopted her daughter İpek, her professional years, her illness and her dreams.
Ömrümden Uzun İdeallerim Var!, 1998 ("I Have Ideals Longer Than My Life!").
Illness and death
She experienced the first symptoms of her illness shortly after her father's death and her involvement in the family business. In 1996, she suffered aphonia. The next year, her hands began to fall asleep, and one year later, she began to lisp. She was diagnosed in the Houston Methodist Hospital with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a specific disease that causes the death of neurons which control voluntary muscles.
Kıraç was paralyzed throughout her entire body in 2000. She could not make any movements, walk, or talk, and she communicated only through eye movement. When she wanted to express a will, she winked for the right letter on a Turkish alphabet show card.
Kıraç died on 15 September 2020 in Istanbul at the age of 79. She was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a memorial ceremony before the headquarters of Koç Holding and the religious funeral service held at Tatbikat Mosque of the Faculty of Theology of Marmara University.
See also
Koç family
List of Turkish billionaires by net worth
References
1941 births
2020 deaths
Koç family
People from Ankara
Alumni of Arnavutköy American High School for Girls
Boğaziçi University alumni
Turkish women in business
Turkish businesspeople
Turkish billionaires
Museum founders
Neurological disease deaths in Turkey
Deaths from motor neuron disease
Female billionaires |
4037542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar%20Acosta | Óscar Acosta | Óscar Acosta Zeledón (14 April 1933 – 15 July 2014) was a Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat.
He was born in the Las Delicias neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on 14 April 1933.
Acosta began his career as a journalist in Peru for Tegucigalpa Magazine. He founded la Editorial Nuevo Continente, las revistas Extra, Presente, la Editorial Iberoamericana, and Honduras Literaria y Extra.
He was director of the University Press of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.
Acosta died in Tegucigalpa at the age of 81 on 15 July 2014.
Bibliography
Responso poético al cuerpo presente de José Trinidad Reyes (1955)
El arca (1956)
Poesía menor (1957)
Tiempo detenido (1962)
Mi país (1971)
Poesía. Selección 1952–1965 (1965)
Poesía. Selección 1952–1971 (1976)
Rafael Heliodoro Valle. Vida y obra (1964)
Awards
1960: Premio Rubén Darío
1979: Premio Nacional de Literatura Ramón Sosa
Literary works
He also compiled poems from other authors in works such as Antología de la nueva poesía hondureña (1967) y Poesía hondureña de hoy (1971). In his studies he emphasizes Rafael Heliodoro Valle, vida y obra (1964). His poetry is profound and serene, with an intimate tone.
It is pertinent to mention the book "Poesía", a selection of poems that the Poet Óscar Acosta created between the years 1952-1971 in Spain, Madrid, was published in 1976 by the publishing house "Ediciones Cultura Hispánica". This selection of exclusive and intimate poetry by the author contains 111 poems, separated into the following classifications:
Poesía menor, a book that was published in the year 1957. In the essay "Anticipación el geranio" by Dr. Hector M. Leyva, which was published in the text "Lucidez Creativa", addresses the idea that short poems contain an affirmative action, in the sense that it can reclaim those things that may be despised, or negatively discriminated against. Short poetry, of the most basic, and modest. Modest poetry that alludes to bombast, in low key. Poetry spoken softly but not simply. If in the slightest it refers to the conscience, of the barely perceptible accidents of the world, then that poetry can be one of the most important.
In the case of the woman that is loved in Óscar Acosta's collection of poetry, the primary motive of his song in Formas del amor (1959), Escritura amorosa (1962) and Poemas para una muchacha (1963), the poet is convinced that he received the woman as a gift from heaven and that there may be no feeling as important as love.
References
1933 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Honduran poets
20th-century male writers
Honduran male poets
Honduran diplomats
People from Tegucigalpa |
4037557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan%20Lake%20%28Bourne%29 | Swan Lake (Bourne) | Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is a contemporary ballet based on the Russian romantic work Swan Lake, from which it takes the music by Tchaikovsky and the broad outline of the plot. Bourne's rendering is best known for having the traditionally female parts of the swans danced by men.
It was the longest-running ballet in London's West End and on Broadway. First staged at Sadler's Wells theatre in London in 1995, it has been performed in the UK, Los Angeles, Europe, Russia, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Israel, and Singapore.
Synopsis
This synopsis is derived from programme notes and the synopsis provided on the DVD. The plot of the ballet revolves around a young crown prince, his distant mother, and his desire for freedom, represented by a swan.
Act I
In the prologue, the Prince, as a child, is awakened by a nightmare of a swan. The Prince's mother comes in to comfort him, but becoming nervous by the situation's intimacy, leaves.
Scene 1 opens with the Prince being prepared for a day of official duties by chambermaids and valets.
In Scene 2, arrayed in his full dress uniform, the Prince becomes bored by a boat christening, a ribbon cutting, and other official tasks. His mother prods him to keep up appearances, even as she devotes more attention to the soldiers than she does to him. During this scene, there is a transition from the child actor playing the young Prince to the identically-dressed adult dancer who portrays the grown Prince. This now-adult Prince is introduced to a girl called "the Girlfriend". Although the girl seems foisted on him by von Rothbart, the Private Secretary, the Prince prefers her to his duty-bound life.
In Scene 3, the Queen, one of her admiring soldiers, the Private Secretary, the Prince, and the Girlfriend all appear in a theatre box, where they watch a ballet that is staged for the actual audience as well as for the characters. The ballet's backdrop (from a design for Castle Falkenstein by Christian Jank), ornate costumes, and acting parody the romantic ballets of which the original Swan Lake was an example. The Girlfriend's responses to the dance as well as her eventual dropping her purse from the royal box annoy the Queen and von Rothbart.
Scene 4 finds the Prince drinking in his private chambers in front of a mirror, to his mother's shock. A nearly violent pas de deux ensues in which he pleads for her attention and love, while she rebukes him.
The Prince then goes into the streets and into the Swank Bar, a 1970s-style disco, in Scenes Five and Six. Here is where the choreography veers from classical ballet, with jazz forms and modern dance dominating. The Prince gets into a fight with sailors at the bar, and he is thrown out into the street. In Scene Seven, he sees the Girlfriend being paid off by von Rothbart, and he is totally shattered to discover that the only person who appeared to love him is a fake. This increases his desperation and he vows to kill himself.
While sitting in the street at the end of Scene Seven the Prince imagines a group of swans flying towards him but the vision disappears. It is the first flash of the Prince's descent into mental turmoil.
Act II
Distraught and disappointed that he will never find affection, the Prince writes a suicide note and goes to throw himself into a lake at a public park inhabited by swans. He is saved by a vision in which he encounters the lead Swan, who had appeared to him in his dreams. Initially rejected by the lead Swan, the Prince is gradually accepted and taken into the Swan's arms. The Prince is elated and abandons his plan to kill himself. This Act contains the most talked-about element of the ballet in which bare-chested, barefoot male dancers play the swans, and it contains a very sensual pas de deux between the lead Swan and the Prince.
Act III
Scene 1 begins with princesses from various European nations and their escorts arriving at the palace gates for a grand ball. The Girlfriend sneaks in amongst them.
Scene 2 takes place in a ballroom. It commences with the arrival of the Queen and the Prince and some formal dancing, but quickly degenerates into a debauched party of drinking and lascivious come-ons. Into this arrives the charismatic and sexually aggressive son of von Rothbart, the Private Secretary, in black leather trousers, who intensifies the sexual tension even further by flirting with every woman present, including the Queen. Each woman finds herself drawn to him and actively participates in the mutual, sometimes lewd, flirtation.
Just as in the original Swan Lake, where customarily (although not always) one ballerina performs the roles of both the white swan (Odette) and the black swan (Odile), the same ballet dancer performs the white Swan and the black-clad young von Rothbart in this version. The Prince sees something of his beloved Swan in the son, and he is very attracted to his bravado and animal magnetism but shocked by his lewdness, especially towards his mother. During bump and grind group numbers and a sequence of national dances, it becomes clear that the Queen is powerfully attracted to von Rothbart's son. His father, the Private Secretary, looks on with an increasingly triumphant approval. The Prince also tries to approach young von Rothbart, only to be rebuffed. The Prince retreats into his mind and imagines dancing intimately with him, but the Prince's confusion interrupts the fantasy, and the son's movements turn from love to violence.
The Prince imagines the Queen and young von Rothbart flaunting their growing physical affection for each other. They join with the other guests at the ball to laugh and ridicule him because of his growing distress. The Queen and young von Rothbart end their dancing with an embrace and passionate kissing. The Prince, in his fury, violently separates them and is rewarded by outrage from both and a slap from his mother. Overwhelmed by conflicted feelings, the Prince produces a pistol and threatens to shoot his mother. In an ensuing scuffle the Girlfriend tries to dissuade the Prince, while the Private Secretary draws a pistol and points it at the Prince. As shots ring out, the Girlfriend and the Prince fall to the ground, but only the Girlfriend has been hit. She lies unconscious and the Prince is dragged away, while the Queen throws herself into young von Rothbart's arms. He gives the pistol he had taken from the Prince to his father, the two of them laughing.
The plot has evolved over the years since the debut. The most conspicuous change Bourne made was to remove the subplot of the von Rothbart conspiracy to put his son on the throne. The Private Secretary now becomes just a functionary (no longer a von Rothbart counterpart, nor villain) and the Stranger is no longer shown conspiring with him. The identity of the Stranger becomes even more vague and Bourne prefers to leave him and his relationship with the Prince up to the individual interpretation of the viewer.
Act IV
In the final act, the Prince, regarded as having lost his mind, is confined to an asylum in a room with a high barred window, and is treated by a doctor and a team of nurses wearing masks that resemble the Queen's face, in a scene reminiscent of his dressing at the beginning of the ballet. The Queen visits but, again, she is still unable to fully express love for her son.
The Prince crawls into bed and appears to sleep. However, he begins writhing as he dreams of the troupe of swans emerging from under and behind, dancing around him. He wakes from his nightmare, checking under his bed and around his room for swans. His tortured expression and jerky movements convey the Prince in turmoil. His lead Swan then slowly emerges from within the Prince's bed. The Swan dances with the Prince and assures him of his continued affection. But, the rest of the swans turn on the lead Swan when he makes it clear that he values his relationship with the Prince more than he does them. They separate the two and begin attacking the Prince before the Swan leaps in to save him. The Swan embraces the Prince and envelops him in his wings. The swans' fury increases and their next attack dismembers the Swan, who then disappears. Heartbroken and despondent, the Prince wails and collapses onto the bed. The Queen then finds her dead son's body and breaks down in sobs. However, in death the Prince and the Swan are reunited, as shown by a tableau depicting the lead Swan tenderly holding the young Prince in his arms.
Imagery and innovation
The original Swan Lake was based on the story of Ondine, a German myth with a theme common in Romanticism that was adapted by Hans Christian Andersen for his story The Little Mermaid. Ondine was a beautiful and immortal water nymph. The only threat to her eternal happiness was if she fell in love with a mortal and bore his child, as she would then lose her immortality. Ondine duly fell in love with a dashing knight, Sir Lawrence, and they were married, the knight pledging unfailing love and faithfulness to her with his every waking breath. A year after their wedding Ondine bore Lawrence a son. From that moment she began to age. As Ondine's beauty faded, Lawrence lost interest in her.
One afternoon Ondine was walking near some stables when she heard the familiar snoring of her husband. When she entered the stable, she saw Sir Lawrence lying in the arms of another woman. Kicking her husband awake, she cursed him such that he would have breath so long as he remained awake, but if he ever fell asleep his breath would be taken from him and he would die.
According to Alastair Macaulay (formerly chief dance critic of The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement and chief theatre critic of the Financial Times), the Ondine myth is said to be an image of psycho-sexual distress: the nymph is a forlorn image of repressed virginity, anxious that she will never achieve womanly fulfillment, while her feminine nemesis that leads her husband astray represents the confident seductive power that threatens her hopes. The story is double-edged: the human protagonist, in loving the nymph, transgresses against his own kind and may be punished. If, having betrayed her once, he returns to her, her kiss will bring him death; in fact, it may be this love-in-death that the man desires most.
Bourne's Swan Lake radically reinterprets the myth. The focus of the ballet is turned away from the Ondine character to the man – the Prince. It is the Prince who struggles against repression and hopes for liberty, and who needs love to make him safe. In addition, it is not the mortal who is unfaithful to the nymph. Rather, it is the Swan who (in Act Two) expresses love for the Prince, betrays him in the form of the Stranger (Act Three), and finally returns to him (Act Four). However, as in the Ondine myth, the sin of betrayal cannot be expiated except in death.
Politics
Much has been made of Bourne's decision to cast men as the swans. The original ballet is a standard in the European tradition of romanticized female–male love. The heroine, the swan princess Odette, is portrayed as powerless but lovely in accordance with conventional gender roles, and her hero is portrayed as a hunter who alone has the power to save her. Having a man in the role of lead Swan suggests that the Prince's struggle has repressed gay love at its core, and changes the realm of the plot from magical to psychological. The fierce, bird-like choreography given to the swan corps re-interprets the archetype of the swan as a pretty, feminine bird of gentle grace. According to Bourne, "The idea of a male swan makes complete sense to me. The strength, the beauty, the enormous wingspan of these creatures suggests to the musculature of a male dancer more readily than a ballerina in her white tutu."
However, the same central themes carry through both works. Both are about doomed, forbidden love, and both feature a Prince who wishes to transcend the boundaries of everyday convention through that love. Both themes have strong ties to the life of Tchaikovsky, the ballet's composer, whose homosexuality caused a number of complications in his life.
The score
In order to accommodate his revised scenario, Bourne somewhat altered Tchaikovsky's score, reordering several numbers and omitting others. For example, No. 5 has been moved in its entirety from Act One to Act Three, where it follows the (reordered) national dances. Act Three has been trimmed by leaving out most of No. 19 and all of the following pas de deux.
Original cast (incomplete)
The show premiered at Sadler's Wells on 9 November 1995:
Andrew Walkinshaw / Sid Mitchell as The Young Prince
Adam Cooper / David Hughes as The Swan/The Stranger
Scott Ambler / Ben Wright as The Prince
Emily Piercy / Vicky Evans as The Prince's Girlfriend
Fiona Chadwick / Isabel Mortimer as The Queen
Renato Cinquegranna as Swan/Stranger
Pauline Dulauroy as The Italian Princess
Barry Atkinson as The Private Secretary
Will Kemp as Pop Idol/Italian Escort/Big Swan
Andrew Corbett
Saranne Curtin
2012 3D film
In 2012, a new cast of dancers (including Richard Winsor, Dominic North, Nina Goldman, Madelaine Brennan, Steve Kirkham, Joseph Vaughan) was filmed at Sadlers Wells in 3D. It was then shown in various cinemas with a nationwide release and it was premiered in Soho, London. Then later released on DVD.
Awards
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake has collected over 30 international awards, including:
1996 – Best New Dance Production, Laurence Olivier Awards
1996, 1997 – Time Out Dance Award
1997 – Best Choreography, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
1999 – Astaire Awards for Excellence in Dance on Broadway
1999 – Best Director of a Musical, Best Choreography and Best Costume Design, Tony Awards
In popular culture
The final scene of the film Billy Elliot (2000) shows the lead character, Billy, played by Adam Cooper, as an adult about to perform in this production as the lead Swan.
See also
Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
Undine, an 1811 novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué featuring the Ondine myth.
Notes
References
Citations
Works cited
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Lavender Magazine (3–16 February 2006).
Playbill from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at the State Theatre, Minneapolis.
Programme from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Sadler's Wells, London, 13 December 2006 – 21 January 2007.
External links
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4037562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hei%C3%B0arv%C3%ADga%20saga | Heiðarvíga saga | Heiðarvíga saga () or The Story of the Heath-Slayings is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It is badly preserved; 12 leaves of the only surviving manuscript were destroyed along with their only copy in the fire of Copenhagen in 1728. The content of the destroyed portion is only known through a summary written from memory by Icelandic scholar Jón Grunnvíkingur (1705–1779). This is the only form in which the saga's contents survive today. The saga has been taken by some scholars as possibly among the oldest Icelanders' sagas.
The saga tells of the descendants of Egil Skallagrímsson and the long-standing disputes and conflicts which culminated in the Battle of the Heath-Slayings (Heiðarvíga).
References
Related reading
Jesse Byock (1993) Feud in the Icelandic Saga (University of California Press)
Vidar Hreinsson (1997) The complete sagas of Icelanders, including 49 tales (Leifur Eiríksson Pub)
External links
Bjarnar saga hítdælakappa Full text and English translation at the Icelandic Saga Database
Heiðarvíga Saga The saga with standardized Modern Icelandic spelling
Two Borgfirðinga sögur: the oldest or the youngest Íslendingasögur? Alison Finlay, University of London
Proverbs and proverbial materials in Heiðarvíga saga
Sagas of Icelanders |
4037567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Faine | Jeff Faine | Jeffrey Kalei Faine (born April 6, 1981) is a former American football center. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns 21st overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.
Faine, a Pro Bowl alternate in 2007, has also played for the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals.
Early years
Faine is a 1999 graduate of Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida.
Professional career
Faine was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. On April 29, 2006, the Cleveland Browns traded Faine and a second round pick (43rd overall) during the 2006 NFL Draft to the New Orleans Saints and received a second round pick (34th overall). Faine was a Pro Bowl alternate for the 2007 Pro Bowl behind center Olin Kreutz. On February 29, 2008, Faine signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was released by Tampa Bay on March 14, 2012. Faine was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals on August 29, 2012. He was released by the Bengals on December 6.
References
External links
Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio
Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio
1981 births
Living people
Players of American football from Florida
Players of American football from Oregon
Sportspeople from Milwaukie, Oregon
Sportspeople from Sanford, Florida
Seminole High School (Seminole County, Florida) alumni
American football centers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
Cleveland Browns players
New Orleans Saints players
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Cincinnati Bengals players |
4037580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemaman%20District | Kemaman District | Kemaman is a district in Terengganu, Malaysia. Kemaman District is bordered by Dungun District to the north and the state of Pahang to the south and west. It is the southern gateway to the state of Terengganu.
The district administrative seat and the main economic centre of Kemaman is the town of Chukai, near the Terengganu-Pahang state border. Other important towns in this district are Kijal, Kerteh, and Kemasik. The district is administered by the Municipal Council. With a total area of almost 1000 square miles, it is the third largest district after Hulu Terengganu and Dungun bordering the South China Sea.
Administrative divisions
Kemaman District is divided into 12 mukims, which are:
Bandi
Banggul
Binjai
Chukai (Capital)
Hulu Chukai
Hulu Jabur
Kemasik
Kerteh
Kijal
Pasir Semut
Tebak
Teluk Kalong
Demography
Based on the 2000 Population and Housing Census, the population of Kemaman totals 137,070 (15.6% of the Terengganu population). In the 2010 census, there were 167,824 residents in Kemaman Municipal Council administrative area. Malays were the majority ethnic group with a total of 157,778, while 6937 were Chinese, 743 were Indian, and 264 were from other ethnic groups. Censuses until the 1940s showed that this district as the third highest populated area after Kuala Terengganu and Besut. The population distribution changed after the discovery of oil in the 1970s, placing this district second after Kuala Terengganu.
Geography
The geographical features of this district can be divided into three main areas which include coastal area, inland area and the foothill area (located only a few kilometres from the beach). The coastal area is a flat lowland with the majority of the people focus on fishing activities. This area stretches about 38 kilometres from Kuala Kemaman to Kerteh. More than half of Kemaman's population is concentrated in this area. The inland area of the district is a region of highlands with hilly features. This area is rich with tin ore, oil palm plantation and timber. So, the concentration of population here is related to local economic activities. The foothill area is the second highest populated area. The area is located between the coastal and the inland areas. The main occupation of the residents in this area is farming.
History
According to early history, Kemaman was started to be known since the second century BC by the name of Kole. This is based on the map of the Golden Chersonese which has been drawn by Ptolemy (a Greek astronomer and geographer, born in Egypt in the second century BC) noting that there were two ports in the East Coast, Perimula and Kole. Historians agreed that Perimula was the Terengganu River estuary (present-day Kuala Terengganu) and Kole was Kemaman.
In spite of that, the history of the opening of this district is still vague as there is no written account and valid evidence about it. Anyway, local historian agreed that the district has begun to be explored about 300 years ago by Che Wan Teh and his followers. Che Wan Teh was from a noble Pahang family who migrated to this district from Kuala Pahang following a disorder and chaos situation in Kuala Pahang. He then set up a settlement in the coastal area and the first village found was Bukit Mengkuang Before the Malays came, the district (this particular area) was occupied by the Sakais who then moved to the inland area.
After sometimes in Bukit Mengkuang, Che Wan Teh moved to a new settlement area adjacent to Kemaman River estuary known as Tanjung Geliga. This new settlement was also unsecured as it was often disturbed by pirates and robbers threat. As a result, Che Wan Teh and his followers moved to another new area on the bank of Kemaman River (about 3 kilometers from Tanjung Geliga). This place was later known as Chukai. This event is strongly proved by existence of an old cemetery in the area. It was said that Che Wan Teh died shortly after opening Kampung Chukai. His followers and generations after him continuously explored new areas following the rise in population and the need for new agricultural areas.
Other than verbal explanation, there was another version which referred to some written accounts relating the opening of Kemaman District with a Pattani aristocrat known as Lebai Saras. Anyway, this version recorded the 19th century early event when Terengganu was under the rule of Sultan Ahmad Shah 1 (1808 – 1830) and indirectly coincides with the opening of Kemaman District by Che Wan Teh.
Economy
Kemaman's economy is primarily based on the petroleum, oil, and steel industries. Petronas' discovery of oil in offshore Terengganu in the 1980s has attracted immigration to Kemaman from rural areas as well as other parts of the country. Terengganu Petroleum Refineries in Kijal are the first refineries owned by Petronas. Kemaman Port also has a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal managed by Petronas, the national oil corporation. The presence of petroleum and oil industry here also causing this district well developed as well. Traditional industries include fishing, anchovies and salted fish manufacturing which was pioneered by the Chinese. One well known local fishing merchant was Soh Huat Keh who was among the successful pioneers of the salted fish manufacturing industry there. These seafood produces are exported throughout Malaysia and Singapore.
The presence of natural gas has also been the spur for the development of the iron and steel industry in Kemaman. A large steel making company, Perwaja, established direct-reduced iron/electric arc furnace (DRI/EAF) facilities, with its own import/export facilities on the East Wharf.
Tourism
Among the beaches that can be found in this district are Kemasik Beach, Teluk Mak Nik, Telaga Simpul Beach, Cagar Hutan Beach, and Ma'Daerah Beach. Kemaman's beaches used to be nesting grounds for endangered green turtle and painted terrapins. However, due to local desire for turtle eggs, these sea creatures were declared extinct in the area since year 2004. Among serious efforts to get turtles back to nest on the nearby beaches is the setting up of a turtle sanctuary in Ma'Daerah Beach, called Ma'Daerah Turtle Sanctuary, which provides an undisturbed beach for nesting turtles and protection for eggs. This turtle conservation centre is operated under the joint auspices of Department of Fisheries, BP, and WWF Malaysia.
The first zoo in east coast region of Peninsular Malaysia, Bukit Takal Recreational Park and Mini Zoo, is also located in Kemaman. It was opened on 11 April 2009. Occupying a 54 ha site in Kampung Ibok about 14 km from Chukai, it is a combination of fruit orchard, water theme park, herbal park, and zoo. Among the main attractions of this zoo is riding the train around the zoo, walking on the hanging bridge, riding on the elephants, watching different bird species, and experiencing the natural lights of the largest firefly habitat in Terengganu.
Kemaman is famous for food-based tourism. Keropok lekor can be easily found along the road to Kuala Kemaman. All kinds of local delicacies, such as satar, nekbat, lemang and otak-otak, are sold here and are different from those found in Kuala Terengganu and unique to Kemaman. These traditional foods are also commercially made and packaged in Kijal, Kemasik, and Chukai. Kuih is available at Kemaman Street Market at Jalan Sulaimani and Evening Market at Jalan Air Putih near the Chukai interchange from the East Coast Expressway. Along the roads leading to Kemasek, you can find a variety of stalls selling Kemaman-style lemang.
Kemaman is also popular for the famous Hainanese kopi tiam, Hai Peng Coffee Shop, at the Jalan Sulaimani crossroad. The shop is the original location of the business franchise Kemaman Kopitiam that can be found throughout the country. Halal food has been served in the premises since years ago as the Chinese owners have blended well with the Malay community for such a long time.
Federal Parliament and State Assembly seats
List of Kemaman district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)
List of Kemaman district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Terengganu
Shopping
Popular shopping locations in Kemaman include the central area in Jalan Sulaimani and Jalan Da' Omar with the landmark being Kemaman Centre Point. In addition, branded and designer shops can be found at the Mesra Mall, located in Kemasik.
Notable people from Kemaman
Maria Hertogh, grew up in Kampung Banggol, Chukai.
Rafizi Ramli, Politician, grew up in Kemaman
See also
Districts of Malaysia
References |
4037583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Dworet | Laurence Dworet | Laurence Dworet, M.D. (usually just credited as Laurence Dworet) is an American screenwriter.
In 1990, he and his writing partner Robert Roy Pool sold their spec screenplay The Ultimatum for $500,000 against $1,000,000 if a film was made. It was the story of terrorists who plant an atomic bomb in an American city and threaten nuclear devastation unless their demands are met. Steven Spielberg described it as one of the three most exciting scripts he had ever read and was going to direct it, but the script became bogged-down in endless rewrites.
Using his medical background, Dworet and Pool wrote the screenplay for Outbreak which they sold to producer Arnold Kopelson for $250,000 as he wanted a rival virus picture to Fox's Crisis in the Hot Zone. Kopelson then paid Ted Tally $500,000 to rewrite the script.
An interview with Dworet can be found in William Froug's book The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter.
References
External links
American male screenwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
4037590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedd | Cedd | Cedd (; 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a meeting which resolved important differences within the Church in England. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, Anglicanism, and the Orthodox Church.
Background
The little that is known about Cedd comes to us mainly from the writing of Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. The following account is based entirely on Book 3 of Bede's History.
Cedd was born in the kingdom of Northumbria and brought up on the island of Lindisfarne by Aidan of the Irish Church. He had three brothers: Chad of Mercia (transcribed into Bede's Latin text as Ceadda), Cynibil and Cælin). All four were priests and both Cedd and Chad became bishops. Despite being of apparent Northumbrian birth, the names of all four brothers are British Celtic in origin, rather than Anglo-Saxon. The first datable reference to Cedd by Bede makes clear that he was a priest by the year 653. This probably pushes his birth date back to the early 620s. It is likely that Cedd was oldest of the brothers and was acknowledged the head of the family. He seems to have taken the lead, while Chad was his chosen successor.
Aidan had come to Northumbria from Iona, bringing with him a set of practices that are known as the Celtic Rite. As well as superficial differences over the Computus (calculation of the date of Easter), and the cut of the tonsure, these involved a pattern of Church organization fundamentally different from the diocesan structure that was evolving on the continent of Europe. Activity was based in monasteries, which supported peripatetic missionary bishops. There was a strong emphasis on personal asceticism, on Biblical exegesis, and on eschatology. Aidan was well known for his personal austerity and disregard for the trappings of wealth and power. Bede several times stresses that Cedd and Chad absorbed his example and traditions. Bede tells us that Chad and many other Northumbrians went to study with the Irish after the death of Aidan (651).
Cedd is not mentioned as one of the wandering scholars. He is portrayed by Bede as very close to Aidan's successor, Finan. So it is highly likely that he owed his entire formation as a priest and scholar to Aidan and to Lindisfarne.
Mission to Mercia
In 653, Cedd was sent by Oswiu of Northumberland with three other priests to evangelise the Middle Angles, who were one of the core ethnic groups of Mercia, based on the mid-Trent Valley. Peada of Mercia, son of Penda, was sub-king of the Middle Angles. Peada had agreed to become a Christian in return for the hand of Oswiu's daughter, Alchflaed (c.635-c.714) in marriage. This was a time of growing Northumbrian power, as Oswiu reunited and consolidated the Northumbrian kingdom after its earlier (641/2) defeat by Penda. Peada travelled to Northumbria to negotiate his marriage and baptism.
Cedd, together with the priests, Adda, Betti and Diuma, accompanied Peada back to Middle Anglia, where they won numerous converts of all classes. Bede relates that the pagan Penda did not obstruct preaching even among his subjects in Mercia proper, and portrays him as generally sympathetic to Christianity at this point – a very different view from the general estimate of Penda as a devoted pagan. But, the mission apparently made little headway in the wider Mercian polity. Bede credits Cedd's brother Chad with the effective evangelization of Mercia more than a decade later. To make progress among the general population, Christianity appeared to need positive royal backing, including grants of land for monasteries, rather than a benign attitude from leaders.
Bishop of the East Saxons
Cedd was soon recalled from the mission to Mercia by Oswiu, who sent him on a mission with one other priest to the East Saxon kingdom. The priests had been requested by Sigeberht the Good to reconvert his people.
The East Saxon kingdom was originally converted by missionaries from Canterbury, where Augustine of Canterbury had established a Roman mission in 597. The first bishop of the Roman Rite was Mellitus, who arrived in Essex in 604. After a decade, he was driven out of the area. The religious destiny of the kingdom was constantly in the balance, with the royal family itself divided among Christians, pagans, and some wanting to tolerate both.
Bede tells us that Sigeberht's decision to be baptized and to reconvert his kingdom was at the initiative of Oswiu. Sigeberht travelled to Northumbria to accept baptism from Bishop Finan of Lindisfarne. Cedd went to the East Saxons partly as an emissary of the Northumbrian monarchy. Certainly his prospects were helped by the continuing military and political success of Northumbria, especially the final defeat of Penda in 655. Practically, Northumbria gained hegemony among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
After making some conversions, Cedd returned to Lindisfarne to report to Finan. In recognition of his success, Finan ordained him bishop, calling in two other Irish bishops to assist at the rite. Cedd was appointed bishop of the East Saxons. As a result, he is generally listed among the bishops of London, a part of the East Saxon kingdom. Bede, however, generally uses ethnic descriptions for episcopal responsibilities when dealing with the generation of Cedd and Chad.
Bede's record makes clear that Cedd demanded personal commitment and that he was unafraid to confront the powerful. He excommunicated a thegn who was in an unlawful marriage and forbade Christians to accept the man's hospitality. According to Bede, when Sigeberht continued to visit the man's home, Cedd went to the house to denounce the king, foretelling that he would die in that house. Bede asserts that the King's subsequent murder (660) was his penance for defying Cedd's injunction.
After the death of Sigeberht, there were signs that Cedd had a more precarious position. The new king, Swithhelm of Essex, who had assassinated Sigeberht, was a pagan. He had long been a client of Æthelwold of East Anglia, who was increasingly dependent on Wulfhere of Mercia, the Christian king of a newly resurgent Mercia. After some persuasion from Ethelwald, Swithelm accepted baptism from Cedd. The bishop traveled into East Anglia to baptize the king at Ethelwald's home. For a time, the East Saxon kingdom remained Christian.
Bede presents Cedd's work as decisive in the conversion of the East Saxons, although it was preceded by other missionaries, and eventually followed by a revival of paganism. Despite the substantial work, the future suggested that all could be undone.
Monastic foundations
Cedd founded many churches. He also founded monasteries at Tilaburg (probably East Tilbury, but possibly West Tilbury) and Ithancester (almost certainly Bradwell-on-Sea).
Cedd was appointed as abbot of the monastery of Lastingham in his native Northumbria at the request of the sub-king Œthelwald of Deira. Bede records the foundation of this monastery in some detail, showing that Ethelwald was put in contact with Cedd through Caelin, one of the bishop's brothers, who was on the king's staff. Cedd undertook a 40-day fast to purify the site, although urgent royal business took him away after 30 days, and Cynibil took over the fast for him.
Cedd occupied the position of abbot of Lastingham to the end of his life, while maintaining his position as missionary bishop and diplomat. He often traveled far from the monastery in fulfillment of these other duties. His brother Chad, who succeeded him as abbot, did the same. Cedd and his brothers regarded Lastingham as a monastic base, providing intellectual and spiritual support, and a place of retreat. Cedd delegated daily care of Lastingham to other priests, and it is likely that Chad operated similarly.
Final years
Cedd had been brought up in the Celtic Rite, which differed from the Roman Rite in the dating of the religious calendar and other practices, including the tonsure of monks. Supporters of each rite met at a council within the Northumbrian kingdom known as the Synod of Whitby. The proceedings of the council were hampered by the participants' mutual incomprehension of each other's languages, which probably included Old Irish, Old English, Frankish and Old Welsh, as well as Latin. Bede recounted that Cedd interpreted for both sides. Cedd's facility with the languages, together with his status as a trusted royal emissary, likely made him a key figure in the negotiations. His skills were seen as an eschatological sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit, in contrast to the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel. When the council ended, Cedd returned to Essex.
According to Bede, Cedd accepted the Roman dating of the observance of Easter. He returned to his work as bishop, abandoning the practices of the Irish of Dál Riata.
A short time later, he returned to Northumbria and the monastery at Lastingham. He fell ill with the plague and died on 26 October 664. Bede records that immediately after Cedd's death a party of thirty monks travelled up from Essex to Lastingham to do homage. All but one small boy died there, also of the plague. Cedd was initially buried at Lastingham in a grave. Later, when a stone church was built, his body was moved and re-interred in a shrine inside the church of the monastery. Chad succeeded his brother as abbot at Lastingham.
King Swithhelm of Essex died at about the same time as Cedd. He was succeeded by the joint kings Sighere and Sæbbi. Some people reverted to paganism, which Bede said was due to the effects of the plague. Mercia under King Wulfhere was the dominant force south of the Humber, so it fell to Wulfhere to take prompt action. He dispatched Bishop Jaruman to take over Cedd's work among the East Saxons. Jaruman, working (according to Bede) with great discretion, toured Essex, negotiated with local magnates, and soon restored Christianity.
Commemorations
Cedd is remembered in the Church of England with a commemoration on 26 October, the anniversary of his death. St Cedd's Day is also known as Essex Day.
The Diocese of Chelmsford celebrated 1954, the 13th centenary of Cedd's mission to Essex, as St Cedd's Year. In that year, Chelmsford Cathedral, already dedicated to St Mary the Virgin was additionally dedicated to St Cedd and St Peter (To whom Cedd's chapel at Bradwell is dedicated. while events in his honour included a rally at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground.
The site of an ancient tree in Polstead, Suffolk, known as the Gospel Oak, is one of a number of sites where Cedd is traditionally supposed to have preached. The original tree collapsed in 1953, but its remains can still be seen among its successor trees, and a church service is held there on the first Sunday of every August.
Citations
References
Wikisource: Bede's History, Book 3 Easily searched for references to Cedd.
Fordham Medieval Sourcebook: Bede's History, Book 3 Alternative translation.
Historiam Ecclesiasticam Gentis Anglorum, Liber Tertius Latin Library version of original Latin text.
HISTORIAM ECCLESIASTICAM GENTIS ANGLORUM LIBRI III, IV Internet Archive download of Latin text of Books 3 and 4 in PDF, TXT and other formats.
Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
Background Reading
Bassett, Steven, Ed. The Origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. Leicester University Press, 1989. . Studies on state formation that provide important political background to the conversion.
Fletcher, Richard. The Conversion of Europe: From Paganism to Christianity 371-1386. . HarperCollins, 1997. . Places the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in the widest possible context, and places Cedd's family incidentally but tellingly within the author's overall interpretation.
Mayr-Harting, Henry. The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. 1991. Pennsylvania State University Press. . Cedd and Chad are strongly featured in this widely recommended narrative account of the conversion, much revised since its first publication in 1972, and giving a clear picture of the political and cultural context.
Cave, Diana . St Cedd: Seventh-century Celtic saint. The first biography of this priest. PublishNation, London 2015.
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4037606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Harris%20%28punter%29 | Nick Harris (punter) | Nicholas John Harris (born July 23, 1978) is a former American football punter. He played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he set the NCAA record for career punting yardage and earned All-American honors. The Denver Broncos chose him in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft, and he has played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Carolina Panthers of the NFL.
Early life and education
Harris was born in Avondale, Arizona. He attended Westview High School in Avondale, where he played for the Westview Knights high school football team. He earned National Coaches' Association All-America honors as a senior with 42.3-yard punting average. He Also earned prep all-state honors as a linebacker and saw action on offense as a receiver and a rusher. He was also an All-state prep soccer player as well.
Harris attended the University of California, where he played for the California Golden Bears football team from 1997 to 2000. He averaged 42.3 yards per punt, and his 13,621 total yards was an NCAA record. His 322 career punts is also an NCAA record. As a junior in 1999, he had a 44.7 yard average. As a senior in 2000, he was recognized as consensus first-team All-American.
Harris graduated with a bachelor's degree in American studies and later with a master's degree in education.
Professional career
Denver Broncos
Harris was drafted in the 4th round by the Denver Broncos, where he was later waived.
Cincinnati Bengals
In 2001, the Bengals signed him off of waivers. He was released during the 2003 season.
Detroit Lions
The Lions signed Harris October 14, 2003 as a replacement for the injured John Jett and he established himself as the Lions punter for the remainder of the season. In 2005, he was named the Special Teams MVP by The Detroit Lions Quarterback Club, the official booster club of the Lions. On September 3, 2011, Harris was released by the Detroit Lions in favor for Ryan Donahue.
Jacksonville Jaguars
On October 11, 2011, he signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. On April 28, 2012, the Jacksonville Jaguars released Harris.
Carolina Panthers
Harris signed with the Carolina Panthers on May 7, 2012. He was released on August 27, 2012.
Second stint with the Detroit Lions
Harris was signed by the Detroit Lions, for a second time, on September 25, 2012. The signing came after Ben Graham was placed on the season-ending injured reserve list.
Life after football
Following his football career, Nick Harris earned a Masters of Divinity degree in Christian Theology. In 2015, he began a teaching career at Berean Christian High School in Walnut Creek, California, serving as a Church History and Hermeneutics teacher. In 2019, Harris was hired as the school's principal.
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4037627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20John%20Currie | Mark John Currie | Captain Mark John Currie RN (later Vice-Admiral) played a significant role in the exploration of Australia and the foundation of the Swan River Colony, later named Western Australia.
He explored areas in New South Wales, after which he returned to a post in England. In 1829 he married and left three weeks later for Australia on the 443-ton with his wife and servants, arriving at the coast of what was to become the Swan River settlement on 31 May 1829. Chief among the other passengers were Lieutenant Governor Captain James Stirling, Colonial Secretary Peter Brown, Surveyor-General Lieutenant John Septimus Roe, botanist James Drummond and their families.
The diaries and paintings by his wife, Jane Eliza Currie, provide a glimpse into the hard life of the first settlers. Her painting Panorama of the Swan River Settlement shows Fremantle in 1831. From it one can begin to appreciate the magnitude of the challenge faced by the colonists.
Family background
Mark John was born on 21 June 1795, the second of eight children of Mark Currie, Esq. of Upper Gatton, Surrey, and Elizabeth (née Close) and he was educated at Charterhouse School. A portrait by Romney of his mother, entitled Mrs Mark Currie 1789, is in the Tate Gallery, London. His younger brother, Frederick was created 1st Baronet in 1847 for his services to the Government of India in negotiating the treaties of Lahore and Bhyrowal. The family descended from the ancient Scots Corrie family of Annandale and the Western Isles, through Cuthbert Currie, a cadet living in Duns in the 16th century. It is not related to the Clan Currie created in the 18th century from a sept of the ancient Scots MacMhuirrich Clan.
Mark John married Jane Eliza née Wood on 14 January 1829. They had six children. The first two, Jane Eliza (17 January 1830) and Mark Riddell (17 August 1831) were born in the Swan River Colony. Charlotte (1833), Henrietta Blackwood (1834), Albert Purcell (12 September 1837) and Algernon (1840) were born in England.
Career
Early days
He entered the Royal Navy as a Volunteer, First-Class, at age 12 on 29 April 1808, and was posted to under Captain Blackwood (later Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood). There he met James Stirling and the two became close and lifelong friends.
He was promoted to Lieutenant on 23 September 1813 and served on (1814/15), (1816/17), (1818), (1820), (1821) and (1821/22). He was promoted to Commander on 9 July 1823.
In 1822 and 1823, as commander of , he carried out surveys of channels and port entries on the coast of New South Wales and in 1822 commented critically on the penal colony at Newcastle, reporting "King Lash is master here". He was probably not referring directly to the Commandant of the colony, James Thomas Morisset, but to the number and harshness of the punishments he saw at the time of his visit.
Starting in May 1823, Currie, together with Brigade Major John Ovens and experienced bushman Joseph Wild explored the country east and south-west of Lake George in New South Wales. After crossing several rivers and the Goulburn plains they arrived at the east bank of the lake, at about north of the southern end. They struck south-south-east and then west across the Limestone Plains through an area ideal for settlement (now Canberra) to an area which Currie named Isabella's Plain after Isabella Brisbane, the infant daughter of the Governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane. Today this is a suburb in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra. They came to the Murrumbidgee River and followed it in a southerly direction, crossing the Umaralla River thinking it to be the Murrumbidgee. There they came to fertile plains which they named Brisbane Downs. Today the aboriginal name Monaro has been restored to the region. It is likely that the fertility of these areas of New South Wales led him to underestimate the problems that would later be faced in the Swan River Settlement.
When he was a midshipman he must have given a good account of himself because, when in 1827 Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, he appointed Currie as his Secretary. The Nore was a naval station at the mouth of the River Thames and for several hundred years one of the most important commands for the defence of the United Kingdom.
The Swan River Settlement
During most of the second half of 1828 Stirling was in London, vigorously promoting his dream of leading a settlement at the Swan River. Initial Government reaction was unfavourable, but his persistence and enthusiasm paid off and by November the scheme had support from Sir George Murray, Secretary for War and the Colonies, and had gained an unstoppable momentum. By this time the team of administrators had been decided and on 31 December 1828, Under Secretary Robert W Hay formally appointed Currie as Harbour Master for the new settlement, on no salary. Currie promptly married and on Sunday, 8 February 1829, he and his wife and their servants were on their way on board the .
During the voyage Stirling started to make arrangements for the administration of the settlement. He formed "A Board of Counsel and Audit in the management of the property of the Crown and of public property within the Settlement" and on 16 May the Colonial Secretary, Peter Brown issued an instruction appointing Currie, Roe and the Registrar, William Stirling, to act as Commissioners of the Board. The document ended: "The duties of this office created by the appointment will be fully made known to you hereafter by the Instructions and References which you will occasionally receive. In the meantime I am to acquaint you that his Excellency expects from your zeal the performance of the service required of you without reward of remuneration beyond the satisfaction you will derive from the fulfilment of a duty of this confidential nature."
On 31 May the passengers had their first sight of the western coast of Australia and that night the Parmelia anchored off the west coast of Garden Island. The following day the plan was to anchor in Cockburn Sound, between Garden Island and the mainland, but a heavy swell prevented this and instead they anchored off Rottnest Island. On 2 June they made another attempt but, in Stirling's words "The Parmelia under my over-confident pilotage took the ground". The next day Captain Charles Fremantle, who had been sent ahead in to claim the colony for King George IV, and the combined efforts of the crews of both ships "extricated her from her perilous situation after she had received much damage". The need to repair the damage made it necessary for the livestock and the passengers and their property to be unloaded and landed on Garden Island. Jane Currie's diary records "July 8, 1829 - Left the Parmelia. Dined at the Governor's. Slept under His Majesty's canvas, within our own walls". She lists their "stock, brought from the Cape and landed on Garden Island - Cow & calf, 4 Merinos, Sow, Goat & kid, 4 Ducks, 4 Drakes, 2 Cocks and 3 Hens - 3 couple Pigeons, 2½ couple Rabbits, 3 couple Guinea fowl." The families remained on Garden Island for the first few months while the menfolk explored the mainland. Soon after arrival Currie, on the Governor's pony, was declared the winner of the colony's first unofficial horse race, held on the shore of Garden Island.
Currie made three expeditions south of the Swan during 1829. In July he led an exploration south of Fremantle. He was accompanied by botanist James Drummond, Dr Simmons and Lieut. George Griffin. From the coast at the present day town of Rockingham they moved inland and climbed a small hill, now named Baldivis. From the summit of this hill they could see a course of water, that Currie later referred to as the Serpentine. This name first appeared on a map published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1832. At one time this river was mistaken for the Murray River.
The first task of the administrators was to find a site for the principal town. A location on the Swan River was selected and on 12 August Helen Dance, wife of Captain William Dance of , ceremoniously cut a tree to mark the foundation of Perth. Currie was present at the ceremony and later the same day took up his duties, at a salary of 100 pounds, as the first Harbour Master of Fremantle, responsible for pilotage and services at the port. A tent was erected "for the despatch of business" on the site chosen for the town. This was to provide offices for the Colonial Secretary, the Surveyor General, the Harbour Master, the Civil Engineer and the Commissioners of the Board of Counsel and Audit. However, later that year, Currie decided it would be more convenient to make his office as Harbour Master and Postmaster on board the wreck of the Marquis of Anglesea, which had been swept ashore in a gale on 23 August 1829. The wreck is visible in Jane Currie's Panorama of the Swan River Settlement.
Currie became the Swan River Colony's first Auditor, appointed 1 July 1831, at a salary of 300 pounds "because his ability, intelligence and Integrity render him far more valuable to the public in that capacity than as Harbour Master". He was made responsible to the Colonial Office through the Governor.
On 6 February 1832, empowered by Parliament through the Order-in-Council officially constituting the colony, a legislative council was formed, comprising the governor, the Senior Military Officer, the Colonial Secretary, the Surveyor-General and the Advocate-General. On his own initiative Stirling added Currie to the list as clerk to the council, as he "could not find within the colony a person better calculated than the gentleman who now fills it".
This was high praise, but wasted, because later that year Currie wrote to Peter Brown requesting that the Governor grant him leave of absence "to proceed thither" to England because of "urgent private affairs". This was granted on 26 June and on 12 August, the third anniversary of the Foundation of Perth, Currie and his family left the colony on Sulphur, not to return. However, two of his servants, Frederick and Mildred (Kitty) Ludlow, remained. In 1834 Ludlow kept a diary of a journey from Augusta to Perth and is credited with the discovery of the Capel River.
Land development
Currie was allotted a grant of land south-west of the present centre of Perth, alongside a wide point in the Swan River known then as Eliza Bay and Point Currie. The Curries left Garden Island on 2 November to set up their tent on their allotment.
After Currie left the colony he sold this grant to Henry Sutherland, the Assistant Surveyor, who later changed the name to Crawley Bay after his mother's maiden name.
Later still it became Matilda Bay, to honour Matilda Roe, the wife of the Surveyor General.
In 1910 the site was acquired by the state and today is the campus of the University of Western Australia.
Point Currie, also known as Pelican Point and J H Abraham's Reserve, is today the home of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, the Mounts Bay Sailing Club and the 1st Pelican Point Sea Scouts.
A later settlement was alongside the Swan, north of east of the centre of Perth. Here, early in 1831, he built a brick homestead, near the present day Water Street, which he named Redcliff, after the steep red clay banks of the river. Today the area is part of the suburb Redcliffe. A further grant was located about north-west of Beverley at the junction of the Avon River and Dale River, adjoining a grant made to Stirling. Currie's and Stirling's grants were combined in 1849 to form the Avondale Estate, which was acquired by the state in 1910 and is now the site of the Avondale Agricultural Research Station.
Jane Brook, a suburb of the town of Swan about north-east of Perth, takes its name from the brook, a tributary of the Swan River. Stirling named this Jane Brook, in Jane Currie's honour.
Later career
He was promoted to Post Captain in 1841.
In January 1854, Rear Admiral Sir James Stirling was appointed Commander-in-Chief China and the East Indies Station and immediately wrote to the Admiralty applying for Currie to be his secretary. They arrived in Hong Kong on 11 May and the Admiral's flag was transferred to . Two weeks later news was received from England that war had been declared on Russia and the next day the Winchester led a small squadron northwards along the Chinese coast to make a show of strength and 'to prevent Russian ships of war and their prizes from making use of (Japanese) ports'. Stirling's letters and Currie's diaries record the patient and tactful negotiations with the Governor of Nagasaki to achieve this aim and the events leading up to Stirling signing the first Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty.
He received two further promotions, to Rear Admiral on the Reserved List in 1862 and to Vice-Admiral in 1867.
Vice-Admiral Mark John Currie died on 2 May 1874, in Thicket Road, Anerley, Crystal Palace, Surrey. Jane Eliza Currie survived him by two years. In the 1871 British Census she is recorded at 193 Clifton Villas, Beckenham, Kent, on a visit to her daughter Jane Eliza Macrae, who married Robert Campbell Macrae in 1854 and had eight children, the eldest of whom, Mark, later lived at Cranbrook Road, Rose Bay, New South Wales.
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4037628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naide%20Gomes | Naide Gomes | Enezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes OIH (born 20 November 1979) is a former Portuguese heptathlete and long jumper. She also competed in 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At club level, she represented Sporting CP.
Biography
Naide Gomes started competing under the flag of her birth country São Tomé and Príncipe and represented it at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, though she has lived in Portugal since she was 11 years old. At the Sydney Olympics, Gomes was the São-Tomé flag carrier in the opening ceremony. Before changing nationality she set the current São Tomé and Príncipe records in 100 metres hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot put, javelin throw and heptathlon.
She gained Portuguese citizenship in 2001, and has since represented Portugal at major international events.
Gomes has won the gold medal for long jump at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, raising the national record to 6.89 m.
In Madrid, she became the first Portuguese athlete ever to reach the seven metres distance in the long jump, by jumping 7.01m. In Valencia she won gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2008, by jumping 7.00m.
On 22 July, Naide Gomes was the winner of the IAAF Super Grand Prix DN Galan, Stockholm, Sweden, with a new national record of 7.04 m.
On 29 July, at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Herculis, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, she jumped 7.12 m, a new national record and 2008 world's best mark.
On 19 August, at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, a top-favorite for the gold medal, in peak physical condition and having dominated the season, Gomes unexpectedly fouled on her first two attempts and then stutter-stepped on her final try jumping a mere 6.29 m, thus failing to qualify to the final.
She won the long jump gold medal at the 2009 Lusophony Games with a jump of 6.74 m.
Achievements
Retirement
On 26 March 2015, Naide Gomes announced her retirement in a special news conference with close friends and the long term coach, at age 35. Main reasons appointed the prolonged injuries she is suffering since 2013, that took her away from the tracks, and the need of another surgery. She said to be very proud of her career, after winning 11 international medals, though failing at Olympic level, and wants to continue to be close to athletes, either as a coach or as physiotherapist. She also announced she's expecting her first child.
See also
List of eligibility transfers in athletics
Notes and references
1979 births
Living people
São Tomé and Príncipe long jumpers
Portuguese female long jumpers
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4037631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile%20Vastness | Fragile Vastness | Fragile Vastness is a Greek band, formed in February 2000 by Babis Tsolakis (drums, former member of Piranha and Retrospect), Vangelis Yalamas (bass guitar, former member of Airged Lahm and Retrospect), Evi Katsamatsa (piano/keyboards, a piano teacher), Alex Flouros (guitars, former member of Sound Of Silence) and Zacharias Tsoumos (vocals, tenor at the National Greek Opera).
History
Their musical influence covers a wide spectrum of different kinds of music, like jazz, Latin and ethnic music, but they can be categorized as a progressive rock/progressive metal band. After signing a contract with the record company Sleaszy Rider, they release their debut album called Excerpts..., including the video clip for the song “Weep No More”, on the November 19, 2002. In the beginning of 2004, Zacharias Tsoumos leaves the band due to obligations and is replaced by George Ikosipentakis. With this synthesis, their second album "A Tribute To Life" was released in 2005. Fragile Vastness has been a support band for bands like Sentenced, Pain of Salvation, Rage, Primordial, Deadsoul Tribe, Fates Warning and Helloween
Discography
Full albums
Excerpts... (2002)
A Tribute To Life (2005)
Perception (2017)
Participations
Don't Tribute Bad - The Songs of Firehouse (2004)
The Ultimate Collection (Upcoming release)
Music videos
Weep No More - Excerpts...(2002)
Somewhere - A Tribute To Life (2005)
’’Frequencies’’ - ‘’Perception’’ (2017)
Band members
Current members
Babis Tsolakis - Drums
Vangelis Yalamas - Bass Guitar
Evi Katsamatsa - Piano/Keyboards
George Thanasoglou- Guitar
Vasilis Batilas - Guitar
Elena Stratigopoulou - Vocals
Former members
Zacharias Tsoumos - Vocals (2000–2004)
Alex Flouros - guitars (2000-2011)
George Maroulis - guitars (2006–2007)
George Anyfantis - guitars
George Eikosipentakis - Vocals (2005 - 2012)
See also
Related genres
Progressive metal
Progressive rock
Ethnic
Latin
Jazz
Fusion
Related bands
Deadsoul Tribe
Dream Theater
Fates Warning
Pain of Salvation
Nine inch nails
Peter Gabriel
Gary Moore
External links
Official Website
Official Website of Sleaszy Rider Records
Myspace Official Website
Vangelis Yalamas Myspace Official Website
Alex Flouros Myspace Official Website
Progressive metal musical groups
Greek heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2000 |
4037633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20That%27s%20What%20I%20Call%20Music%21%2016 | Now That's What I Call Music! 16 | Now That's What I Call Music! 16 may refer to at least two different Now That's What I Call Music!-series albums, including
Now That's What I Call Music 16 (U.K. series), released December 2, 1989
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (U.S. series), released July 27, 2004 |
4037638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Shortt | Kate Shortt | Kate Shortt is a British pianist, cello player, songwriter and comedian. Since training as a professional musician at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she has performed her cabaret style sets at the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as the Hackney Vortex Club, the King's Head Islington, Jermyn Street Theatre and the Covent Garden Festival Club. She won Performer of the Year award at the London Palladium. Her show has been described as consisting of "unique happenings at the cello and intimate confessions at the piano" and as "a cross between Victoria Wood and Jim Tavaré".
She has also worked as part of Last Amendment (formerly Crass Agenda).
References
British women pianists
British cellists
British songwriters
British women comedians
Living people
Women cellists
21st-century pianists
21st-century women musicians
Year of birth missing (living people) |
4037639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20That%27s%20What%20I%20Call%20Music%21%2015 | Now That's What I Call Music! 15 | Now That's What I Call Music! 15 may refer to four Now That's What I Call Music!-series albums, including
Now That's What I Call Music 15 (UK series), released 26 August 1989
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (U.S. series), released on 23 March 2004
Now That's What I Call Music 15 (NZ series), released in 2004
Now! 15 (Danish series), released 27 March 2006 |
4037644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Tally | Ted Tally | Ted Tally (born April 9, 1952) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He adapted the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs into the film of the same name, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the Chicago Film Critics Award, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Career
Screenwriter
Born William Theodore Tally in North Carolina, Tally was educated at Yale College and the Yale School of Drama, and has also taught at each of them. His most notable credit is the screenplay for The Silence of the Lambs, which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as the Writers Guild of America Award, Chicago Film Critics Award and an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Other scripts include White Palace, Before and After, The Juror, All the Pretty Horses, and 12 Strong.
After declining to write the screenplay for Hannibal, Tally returned to the franchise to write Red Dragon. When asked by Inside Film Online why he opted not to write the screenplay for Hannibal, he responded, "For a lot of reasons. I didn't like the book. The director, Jonathan Demme, and I read it and were horrified. We didn't see how we could make a movie from it that we could be proud of and not feel sleazy about it, without making it a totally different story, which we could have done on our own. It was upsetting because we had a friendship with Tom Harris and felt we owed him a lot. But he was defensive and didn't want anything changed and it was frustrating because it would have been the biggest payday for all of us, putting us up there in Spielberg territory."
Plays and awards
Terra Nova was given a staged reading at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and staged at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1977 and went on to win an Obie Award. It was then given a full production in 1980 at Chichester Festival Theatre as one of the four productions in the 1980 Festival season. Coming Attractions won the Outer Critics Circle Award. Tally's plays include Hooters, Little Footsteps, and Silver Linings. His television scripts include The Comedy Zone, Hooters, Terra Nova for BBC, and The Father Clements Story, which won him the Christopher Award. His other honors include fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Other activities
Tally is also credited as an associate producer for Mission to Mars (2000), as well as creative consultant for Madagascar (2005) and story consultant for Shrek 2 (2004).
Filmography
Screenwriter
The Father Clements Story (1987)
White Palace (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Juror (1996)
Before and After (1996)
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Red Dragon (2002)
12 Strong (2018)
Other
Mission to Mars (2000)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Madagascar (2005)
Shrek the Third (2007)
References
External links
Times 1982 review of Hooters
Hooters on Amazon.com
Filmmaker Interviews
1952 births
Living people
American male screenwriters
Edgar Award winners
Writers Guild of America Award winners
Yale School of Drama alumni
Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
Screenwriters from North Carolina
Yale College alumni
Yale University alumni |
4037667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankou%20Cultural%20Sports%20Centre | Hankou Cultural Sports Centre | Hankou Cultural Sports Centre (Simplified Chinese: 汉口文化体育中心) is a multi-use stadium in Wuhan, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people.
Competitions
2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
External links
Official site
References
Sports venues in Wuhan
Football venues in Wuhan |
4037669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah%20French | Jeremiah French | Jeremiah French (July 8, 1743 – December 5, 1820) was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
He was born in Stratford, Connecticut in 1743, later settling at Manchester, Vermont. He served on the British side with General John Burgoyne during the American Revolution. After the war, he settled at Maple Grove in Upper Canada. He represented Stormont County in the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada. In 1792, he was appointed magistrate in the Eastern District. He donated the land for the original cemetery at Maple Grove; the cemetery was later relocated when the Saint Lawrence Seaway was built.
He died at Maple Grove in 1820.
His home at Maple Grove was moved to Upper Canada Village, where it is known as the Robertson House.
External links
United Empire Loyalists Association
1743 births
1820 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Upper Canada judges
People from Manchester, Vermont |
4037671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an%20City%20People%27s%20Stadium | Xi'an City People's Stadium | Xi'an City People's Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 西安市人民体育场) is a multi-use stadium in Xi'an, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 18,000 people. This stadium was built on 8 October 1952.
References
Football venues in China
Buildings and structures in Xi'an
Sport in Xi'an
Sports venues in Shaanxi
Sports venues completed in 1952 |
4037677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzhou%20City%20Stadium | Suzhou City Stadium | Suzhou City Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Suzhou, China. Built in 1918, it is one of the oldest stadiums in Suzhou. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000 people.
References
Football venues in China
Sports venues in Suzhou
Sports venues completed in 1918 |
4037683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiamen%20Stadium | Xiamen Stadium | The Xiamen Sports Centre Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Xiamen, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics events. The stadium has a capacity of 32,000 people, and was the home of Xiamen Blue Lions.
References
Buildings and structures in Xiamen
Football venues in China
Sport in Xiamen
Sports venues in Fujian |
4037685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangtan%20Sports%20Centre | Xiangtan Sports Centre | Xiangtan Sports Centre Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 湘潭体育中心) is a multi-use stadium in Xiangtan, People's Republic of China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people.
Footnotes
Football venues in China
Sports venues in Hunan |
4037720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelendost | Gelendost | Gelendost is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The population is 5,219 as of 2010.
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Isparta Province
Gelendost District
Districts of Isparta Province
Towns in Turkey |
4037721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro | Westboro | Westboro may refer to:
Places
Canada
Westboro, Ottawa, Ontario, a neighbourhood
Westboro Station (OC Transpo), an OC Transpo Transitway Station
United States
Westboro (Topeka), Kansas, a residential neighborhood
Westboro, Missouri
Westboro, Ohio
Westboro, Wisconsin, a town
Westboro (CDP), Wisconsin, a census-designated place in the town
See also
Westborough (disambiguation)
Westboro Baptist Church |
4037726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisen%20Joki | Kaisen Joki | Kaisen Joki (, ; January 2, 1500 – April 25, 1582) was a Buddhist priest from the Mino Province.
It is not known if he is related to the Toki clan. Following the rise to power of Saito Yoshitatsu, Joki fled to the Owari Province. From there he went to the Kai Province. There, Joki met Takeda Shingen and Shingen was very impressed by him. Shingen afterwards made Joki the head abbot of the Erin-ji in Kofu.
After the Oda–Tokugawa alliance invaded the territory of the Takeda in 1582, the Eirin-ji were accused of sheltering the likes of Rokkaku Yoshisuke (a former enemy of the Oda). This led to all the monks of the temple being burned to death. It is known that Joki was indeed very calm. Before Joki and his men would have died in the blazing fire, Joki is said to have told them to .
External links
Rinzai Buddhists
1500 births
1582 deaths
Deaths from fire in Japan |
4037728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6nen%2C%20Isparta | Gönen, Isparta | Gönen is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The population is 3,567 as of 2010.The mayor is Mete Elcim (MHP).
References
External links
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Isparta Province
Districts of Isparta Province
Towns in Turkey |
4037731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelora%2010%20November%20Stadium | Gelora 10 November Stadium | Gelora 10 November Stadium (; literally "10 November Sports Arena Stadium"), formerly known as Tambaksari Stadium, is a football stadium located in Tambaksari, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for association football matches. Originally a football field named Tambaksari Field (), the stadium holds 20,000 people. The stadium is widely known to has Pterocarpus indicus trees inside. The current name derives from the one day during Battle of Surabaya, widely known as Indonesian Heroes' Day.
Major events
26 August – 6 September 1969: 7th National Sports Week ()
16 June 1983: Post-season tour match of Arsenal, when they were beaten 2–0 by local club NIAC Mitra.
11 July 1992: Sepultura's Arise World Tour
28 June – 6 July 2012: 4th ASEAN School Games
References
Persebaya Surabaya
Sport in Surabaya
Sports venues in Indonesia
Football venues in Indonesia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Indonesia
Football venues in East Java
Sports venues in Surabaya
Football venues in Surabaya
Multi-purpose stadiums in Surabaya
Buildings and structures in Surabaya |
4037733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senirkent | Senirkent | Senirkent is a town and center of Lakes Region and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The population is 6,303 as of 2010.The mayor is Hüseyin Baykal (MHP).
References
Populated places in Isparta Province
Districts of Isparta Province
Towns in Turkey |
4037735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala%20Stadium | Mandala Stadium | Mandala Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Founded in 1950 as Dock V Field, It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of one of the biggest and successful Liga 1 Indonesia team, Persipura Jayapura. The stadium holds 30,000 people and is the largest stadium in eastern Indonesia until Lukas Enembe Stadium was opened in 2019. This stadium is located in the Dok V area, near the centre of Jayapura as well as the Humboldt Bay.
See also
Persipura Jayapura
List of stadiums in Indonesia
Jayapura
References
Multi-purpose stadiums in Indonesia
Jayapura
Buildings and structures in Papua (province)
Sports venues in Indonesia
Football venues in Indonesia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Indonesia
Persipura Jayapura |
4037738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Earkikaraa%C4%9Fa%C3%A7 | Şarkikaraağaç | Şarkikaraağaç is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia (Asian Turkey). It is the site of Ancient city and bishopric Hadrianopolis in Pisidia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Şarki means "eastern", karaağaç means "elm".
The population is 9,849 as of 2010.
History
See Hadrianopolis for Ancient namesakes
Hadrianopolis (in Pisidia) was important enough in the late Roman province of Pisidia to become one of the suffragan bishoprics of the Metropolitan of the capital Antioch, but was to fade.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a Latin titular bishopric.
It is vacant since decades, having had the following incumbents of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
Leo Aloysius Pursley (1950.07.22 – 1956.12.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne (Indiana, USA) (1950.07.22 – 1956.12.29), until succeeding as last Bishop of Fort Wayne (1956.12.29 – 1960.05.28), later restyled as first Bishop of Fort Wayne–South Bend (USA) (1960.05.28 – retired 1976.08.24), died 1998
Bernardino N. Mazzarella, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1957.07.20 – 1963.03.13) as Bishop-Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras) (1954 – 1963.03.13); later Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1963.03.13 – death 1979.05.30)
Filemón Castellano (1963.04.10 – 1970.12.20), on emeritate, formerly Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1963.04.10); died 1980.
References
Sources and external links
District governor's official website
GCatholic
Bibliography - ecclesiastical history
Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 451
Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, vol. I, coll. 1049-1050
Sylvain Destephen, 'Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3. Prosopographie du diocèse d'Asie (325-641), Paris 2008
Populated places in Isparta Province
Şarkikaraağaç District
Towns in Turkey |
4037741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi%20Mattalatta%20Stadium | Andi Mattalatta Stadium | Andi Mattalatta Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium held 15,000 people and was the home stadium of PSM Makassar. This stadium was the center of the event National Sports Week the 4th in 1957. The stadium was inaugurated for use on July 6, 1957 or two months before the opening of National Sports Week the 4th in 1957 in Makassar.
Historically, this stadium was located on or very near to the Japanese POW camp during World War II.
On 21 October 2020, this stadium started to enter renovation. The first stage was the demolition of the building structure. The process of dismantling the building structure was symbolically marked by the Governor of South Sulawesi, Nurdin Abdullah, using an excavator type heavy equipment vehicle in front of the VIP North entrance. The plan was that the process of renovating the Andi Mattalatta Stadium will take until early 2022. This stadium will later be renovated into an international standard stadium.
References
PSM Makassar
Sports venues in Indonesia
Football venues in Indonesia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Indonesia
Sports venues in South Sulawesi
Football venues in South Sulawesi
Multi-purpose stadiums in South Sulawesi
Sports venues in Makassar
Football venues in Makassar
Multi-purpose stadiums in Makassar
Buildings and structures in South Sulawesi
Buildings and structures in Makassar
Stadiums under construction |
4037742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeni%C5%9Farbademli | Yenişarbademli | Yenişarbademli is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The population is 2,136 as of 2010.
Location
The district center lies at a distance of five kilometers to the west from Lake Beyşehir. The remains of the thirteenth century Anatolian Seljuk palace of Kubadabad on the lake shore are located very near the town, although their locality administratively depends the neighboring Beyşehir district.
Unique characteristics
Yenişarbademli is also notable in having Pınargözü Cave, the longest cave as it stands in Turkey, which is situated at a distance of 8 kilometers to the south of the center town, in the dense woodlands of the Taurus Mountains. The cave's length is at least 12 kilometers, as reached by a joint Turkish-British-French team in 1991, while its exact extension is estimated to reach .
See also
Lake Beyşehir
Kubadabad Palace
References
External links
District governor's official website
Populated places in Isparta Province
Towns in Turkey |
4037745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksu%2C%20Isparta | Aksu, Isparta | Aksu is a town and district of Isparta Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The population is 1,947 as of 2010.
References
External links
District governor's official website
Towns in Turkey
Populated places in Isparta Province
Aksu District (Isparta) |
4037747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister%20of%20Climate%20and%20the%20Environment%20%28Norway%29 | Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norway) | The Minister of Climate and the Environment () is a Councilor of State and Chief of Norway's Ministry of the Environment. The current minister is Espen Barth Eide. The ministry is responsible for environmental issues, including influencing environmental impacts on other ministries. Subordinate agencies include the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, the Polar Institute, the Environment Agency and the Mapping Authority.
The minister and minister post were established on 8 May 1972. The title was known as the Minister of the Environment until 2013. Nineteen people from six parties have held the position. Thorbjørn Berntsen of the Labour Party has held the position the longest, a week short of seven years. Gro Harlem Brundtland, who held the position for five years, later became Prime Minister. Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left Party held the position concurrently with being Minister of International Development.
Key
The following lists the minister, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.
Ministers
References
Climate and the Environment
1972 establishments in Norway |
4037753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saparmurat%20Turkmenbashy%20Olympic%20Stadium | Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium | Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, that stood on the site now occupied by the new Olympic Stadium, built between 2013 and 2017.
Overview
The stadium held 30,000 people and was built in 2003, named for Saparmurat Niyazov. In 2017, it hosted Asian Olympic Council’s Asian Indoor & Martial Arts games that included participation from Australia and wider Oceania. The wider Ashgabat Olympic Park also hosted the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.
In 2007 the Turkmen government decided to reconstruct the stadium and to enlarge it. The new arena seats up to 45,000 people. The stadium closed in 2012, and was partially demolished in 2013 for redevelopment. The most prominent feature of the new renovations is head of an Ahal-Teke horse, which resembles the national emblem of the country.
Events
The stadium is mostly used for football matches by the Turkmen national football team, but also for musical performances by Turkmen pop stars such as Maral Ibragimova.
The reconstructed stadium was the site of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, also called the 5th Asian Indoor Games. The opening and closing ceremonies for the games were held on 17 and 27 September 2017.
See also
Ashgabat Stadium
References
External links
New Project
Football venues in Turkmenistan
Sports venues in Ashgabat
Athletics (track and field) venues in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Multi-purpose stadiums in Turkmenistan
Sports venues completed in 2003
2003 establishments in Turkmenistan |
4037762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Greis | Michael Greis | Michael Greis (; born 18 August 1976) is a former German biathlete.
Career
Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.
Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and was a member of the winning 4 × 7.5 km relay team in the 2004 Biathlon World Championships, and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Greis came into the games heading the World Cup standings and took the first Olympic gold of the games with victory in the individual 20 km ahead of the defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He was also a member of the German team that won the 4 × 7.5 km relay.
On 25 February 2006 Greis won the men's 15 km event and became the first person to capture three gold medals at the Turin Olympic Games. (Koreans Jin Sun-Yu and Ahn Hyun Soo became the second and third later on the same day with victories in short track speed skating.)
Greis was named German sportsman of the year, along with fellow biathlete Kati Wilhelm, by journalists.
In the 2006/07 World Cup season, Greis won the Overall and the Sprint competition.
In the 2007/08 World Cup season Greis managed onto the podium on a regular basis, attaining three victories, three 2nd places as well as three 3rds. At the season's World Champs in Östersund Greis did not participate in the sprint and in the pursuit but being anchor both in the men's Relay and the mixed Relay, helped to secure a gold and a bronze for his team.
Prior to the 2008/09 World Cup season Greis had had a serious disagreement with the Germans' head coach Frank Ullrich the reason being Ullrich's authoritative management of the team, which resulted in Greis' departure from Ullrich's jurisdiction to train on his own. This yielded him quite a solid performance throughout the year, with another two World Cup victories and the relay bronze at the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in South Korea.
Greis participated in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada which turned to be a disappointing performance for his fans as he finished in the mediocre 10th place twice, in the Individual and the Mass Start, along with coming 5th in the relay and the pursuit, adding to a streak of unsuccessful Olympic performances by the German biathlon male team when not a single German won any medal in biathlon for the first time in the Olympic history.
After the first round of the 2012–13 World Cup, Greis announced his retirement on 5 December 2012 citing a lack of motivation, making the 20 km in Östersund on 28 November his last competition as he had dropped the sprint and pursuit. After retiring, Greis studied International Management at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. He also worked as a pundit for Eurosport. Subsequently in 2016 he was appointed as head coach at the national biathlon training centre for east Switzerland at Lenzerheide, where he coached youth biathletes. After two years in this post, in April 2018 he was announced as head coach of the United States men's biathlon team. After one season in this role, in May 2019 he was named as head coach for the Polish women's biathlon team.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
3 medals (3 gold)
*Mass start was added as an event in 2006.
World Championships
12 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.
Individual victories
11 victories (3 In, 4 Sp, 2 Pu, 2 MS)
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
See also
List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
References
External links
Official website
1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Füssen
German male biathletes
Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes of Germany
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Holmenkollen medalists
German cross-country skiing coaches |
4037764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide%20Casino | Adelaide Casino | Adelaide Casino, known commercially as SkyCity Adelaide, is a large casino and recreational venue on the north edge of the Adelaide city centre. Located in the heritage-listed Adelaide railway station building on North Terrace, Adelaide, the casino has 90 gaming tables and 950 gaming machines, as well as several bars, function areas and restaurants. Operated as part of the SkyCity Entertainment Group, it is the sole licensed casino in South Australia, regulated by the Independent Gambling Authority and the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner (Consumer and Business Services) under the Casino Act 1997.
The casino is the 10th largest employer in South Australia, currently employing over 1100 staff members. In 2007 and 2008, Adelaide Casino paid over $41 million in taxes and charges to the state and federal governments.
History
The Adelaide Casino opened in December 1985, the casino licence being held by the (state-owned) Lotteries Commission which appointed Aitco Pty Ltd to establish and operate a casino on its behalf. Originally consisting of 89 gaming tables, in 1991 the casino was authorised to operate video gaming machines, and in 1993 to operate poker machines. By 1997 they totalled 674 machines. The monies received by the Commission from the Casino operator include unclaimed prizes, licence fees, 13.75% of net gaming revenue from tables, and 4.0% of turnover from machines. In the year ending June 1995 the amount paid to the Government was $20.20 million.
In June 2000 the casino was sold to SkyCity Entertainment Group, under a new licensing regime which eliminated the separation of roles of the licensee and the operator and provided for the grant of a single casino licence. The new licensee was SkyCity Adelaide Pty Ltd and the approved licensing agreement locked in 15 years of exclusivity over casino table games which also included fixed rates of duty for the exclusivity period. The property was officially renamed SkyCity Adelaide in April 2001. A three-year interior redevelopment project began in December 2003. In 2009 the name reverted to Adelaide Casino.
In 2007 following widening of North Terrace to create space for two tramlines, the Balfours Pie Cart, which sold pie floaters, was removed from its location.
Following licence variations formalised on 11 October 2013, SkyCity Adelaide's casino licence gave Adelaide Casino a monopoly on table games and automated table game product in South Australia until 30 June 2035 (a 20-year extension of the original exclusivity), along with new duty arrangements. The Adelaide Casino competes for gaming machine (slot) business with South Australia's hotels and licensed clubs (of which about 480 are licensed to operate just over 12,400 machines). The new licence arrangements increased the property's capacity from 90 to 200 tables and from 995 to 1500 gaming machines, subject to redevelopment to provide the required floor space.
As part of a major interior refurbishment in 2014, the Casino commissioned hand-crafted glass light pendants from a team of 12 artists at the JamFactory studios, which would be hung from the ceiling of the SKYroom (formerly the Pearl Room).
As part of the Riverbank precinct redevelopment started in 2015 which includes the Adelaide Convention Centre and Adelaide Festival Centre, the Casino announced an expansion beginning in 2018, aiming to transform it into "an integrated entertainment destination on the Festival Plaza forecourt". Most of the redevelopment was completed in 2020/2021.
The casino's interests have been represented to the South Australian parliament by former Treasurer turned political lobbyist, Kevin Foley, since 2019.
See also
Gambling in Australia
References
External links
1985 establishments in Australia
Casinos completed in 1985
Hotels established in 1985
Casinos in Australia
Casino
Buildings and structures in Adelaide
Adelaide Park Lands |
4037765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althawra%20Sports%20City%20Stadium | Althawra Sports City Stadium | Altawra Sports City Stadium (), also known as the Ali Mohsen al-Muraisi Stadium (), is a multi-purpose stadium in San‘a’, Yemen. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was opened in 1986. It is currently the home ground of the Yemen national football team.
During the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen at the Yemen War, the stadium was destroyed by a Saudi Arabian's air strike. In 2016, the stadium suffered bomb damage again.
References
External links
Altawra Sports City Stadium on footballgroundmap.com
Football venues in Yemen
Athletics (track and field) venues in Yemen
Sport in Sanaa
Yemen
Multi-purpose stadiums in Yemen |
4037775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Stadium%20%28Thailand%29 | National Stadium (Thailand) | The National Stadium of Thailand () is a sports complex located in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok. Founded in 1937 with the construction of Supachalasai Stadium (; ), its main venue, the complex has since expanded and now consists of multiple stadia and sporting facilities.
History
The stadium construction started in 1937 in the original area of Thai Windsor Palace that demolished in 1935. The Department of Physical Education entered into a 29-year lease agreement with Chulalongkorn University. First use of the stadium happened when King Ananda Mahidol presided over in the opening ceremony of 1938 men's athletics competition, which changed the venue from Sanam Luang.
It is used mostly for football matches. It served as the main stadium for the 1966, 1970, and 1978 Asian Games. It was also used for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, but only for one game (Oman v Iraq in Group A). The stadium is easy for spectators to get to as it is served by the BTS Skytrain which stops at the 'National Stadium BTS station' right next to the stadium.
The stadium is a single tier construction which is uncovered on three sides. A plain but effective roof covers the main-stand side. Although there is a running track, the tribunes are immediately adjacent to it so spectators are not as far from the action as they are at the newer Rajamangala Stadium. Spectator comfort was increased in 2007 with the addition of red bench seats to the previously bare concrete steps on the three open sides.
Thai league clubs often play at the Suphachalasai in Asian competitions as their own stadiums do not meet Asian Football Confederation criteria. However, it is now rarely used by the national team who usually play at the Rajamangala National Stadium. Other stadiums in Bangkok include the Thai Army Sports Stadium, the Thai-Japanese Stadium and Chulalongkorn University Stadium.
On 24 and 27 August 1993, Entertainer Michael Jackson performed 2 concerts there during his Dangerous World Tour in front of 140,000 in attendance.
Stadium Facility
Suphachalasai Stadium
Suphachalasai Stadium is the majority part of the National Stadium. It is the multi-purpose stadium with track and field for athletic purposes, as well as a partial roof on one of its side. With its capacity of 19,793, the stadium is being used to hold important matches such as the Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup. The stadium named after Luang Supachalasai (Bung Supachalasai), considered the Father of Thai Sport and the first Director-General of Thai Department of Physical Education.
Thephasadin Stadium
Thephasadin Stadium was constructed in 1965 for the use in 1966 Asian Games as the Hockey venue, hence its original name, Hockey Field. It was renamed in 1983 in memorial of Sanan Thephasadin na Ayutthaya, considered the Father of Thai Football. With its capacity of 6,378 seats, it was retired from being the hockey stadium.
Jindarat Stadium
Jindarat Stadium, constructed after the Pacific War, was formerly used as the outdoor stadium for medium-level sporting events and practicing purposes. It was originally named Ton Pho Stadium, but was renamed in 1983 in memorial of Jindarat (Jamlong Sawat-chuto), former director of the Office of Sports and Recreation Development.
Wisutamol Pool
Wisutamol Pool was constructed in 1961 under the term of director Kong Wisutamol. It was the Olympic-size swimming pool with two sides of stands, used for the competition and general practices. Originally named the Olympic Pool, it was renamed in memorial of the director Wisutamol who organized the construction.
Nimibutr Stadium
Nimibutr Stadium, opened in 1963 is an indoor stadium used for sports including boxing, badminton, gymnastics, futsal, basketball and handball.
Jhanthana-Yingyong Gymnasium
Jhanthana-Yingyong Gymnasium was built in 1965.
Notes and references
See also
Rajamangala National Stadium
External links
Thailand
Football venues in Thailand
Athletics (track and field) venues in Thailand
Rugby union stadiums in Asia
AFC Asian Cup stadiums
Sports venues in Bangkok
Stadiums of the Asian Games
Venues of the 1966 Asian Games
Venues of the 1970 Asian Games
Venues of the 1978 Asian Games
Venues of the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games athletics venues
Asian Games football venues
Southeast Asian Games stadiums
Southeast Asian Games athletics venues
Southeast Asian Games football venues
Multi-purpose stadiums in Thailand
Sports venues completed in 1935
Pathum Wan district
1935 establishments in Siam
Property Management of Chulalongkorn University |
4037777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Maria%20di%20Licodia | Santa Maria di Licodia | Santa Maria di Licodia (Sicilian: Santa Marìa di Licuddìa ) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, eastern Sicily, southern Italy.
History
Santa Maria di Licodia occupies traditionally the site of the ancient Aetna, a settlement founded by the colonists whom Hiero I of Syracuse had placed at Catania after their expulsion by the original inhabitants in 461 BC, which absorbed or incorporated an already existing Sicel town named Inessa.
Main sights
Chiesa Madre (Mother Church). Of the original medieval building, a bell tower has remained
Cherubim Fountain (1757)
Casina del Cavaliere, a Benedictine convent of medieval origin, outside the town.
A large hoard of coins was found also outside Santa Maria di Licodia in 1891.
In the nearby district of Civita is a large elliptical area, enclosed by a wall of masses of lava, which is about wide at the base and high. The ground is covered with fragments of tiles and pottery of the classical period, and it is probably a hastily built encampment of historic times rather than a primitive fortification, as there are no prehistoric traces.
Twin towns
Rabat, Malta
Pisano Eteno, a frazione of Zafferana Etnea, Italy
San Giuseppe di Ognina, Catania, Italy
References
Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Catania |
4037795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monchique | Monchique | Monchique () is a municipality of southern Portugal, in Faro District (province of Algarve). The population in 2011 was 6,045, in an area of 395.30 km2.
The Municipality of Monchique is situated in the Serra de Monchique and together with the town of Monchique is a tourist destination. Attractions include a historic town centre, views from the two peaks of Foia and Picota, hiking, bird watching and biking. There are hot sulfur springs, with baths and health spas south in 'Caldas de Monchique' (Spring of Monchique). Eucalyptus, cork oak, oranges, lemons, honey, olive oil, chestnuts, scissor chairs made from chestnut wood, black pork and black pork ham and sausages are the chief products. There are several small industries producing tourist artifacts that are sold in local shops, and medronho, a local brew made from distilled medronho berries (Arbutus/Strawberry Tree), is produced.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 3 civil parishes (freguesias):
Alferce
Marmelete
Monchique
Climate
Monchique has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot summers and mild, wet winters. Due to its altitude and location, right between the valley formed by the Serra de Monchique, precipitation in the winter is much larger than anywhere else on the Algarve. Its position on the southwest corner of Portugal gives it very mild temperatures in the winter, especially for its altitude.
References
External links
official Monchique Municipality website
Monchiqueportugal.info
Populated places in Faro District
Municipalities of the Algarve
Towns of the Algarve
Municipalities of Faro District |
4037796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nampo%20Stadium | Nampo Stadium | Nampo Stadium (Chosŏn'gŭl: 남포경기장; Hanja:南浦競技場 ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Nampo, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and opened in June 1973.The stadium was renovated in 2004, and in 2017
References
See also
List of football stadiums in North Korea
Sports venues completed in 1973
Sports venues in North Korea
Football venues in North Korea
Multi-purpose stadiums in North Korea
1973 establishments in North Korea
Buildings and structures in Nampo |
4037798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanggakdo%20Stadium | Yanggakdo Stadium | Yanggakdo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on Yanggak Island in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was opened on 18 May 1989.
In addition to the main football pitch and athletics track, there are indoor training areas for bodybuilding, weightlifting, table tennis, boxing, wrestling, judo, and swimming. There are also dedicated spaces for football referees, changing rooms for players, a broadcasting room, correspondents' and commentator's rooms, and medical facilities. As well as the main pitch, there are three training pitches for football, and eight tennis courts.
References
See also
List of football stadiums in North Korea
Sports venues completed in 1989
Football venues in North Korea
Sports venues in Pyongyang
Multi-purpose stadiums in North Korea
Event venues established in 1989
1989 establishments in North Korea |
4037806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340%20in%20Swedish%20football | 1939–40 in Swedish football | The 1939–40 season in Swedish football, starting August 1939 and ending July 1940:
Honours
Official titles
Competitions
Promotions, relegations and qualifications
Promotions
League transfers
Relegations
Domestic results
Allsvenskan 1939–40
Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1939–40
Division 2 Norra 1939–40
Division 2 Östra 1939–40
Division 2 Västra 1939–40
Division 2 Södra 1939–40
Division 2 promotion play-off 1939–40
National team results
Sweden:
Sweden:
National team players in season 1939/40
Notes
References
Print
Online |
4037814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sree%20Kanteerava%20Stadium | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, formerly known as Sampangi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Bengaluru, India. It houses a running track, a volleyball court, and two outdoor rock climbing walls. The stadium is owned by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Government of Karnataka. It is the largest sporting complex in Bangalore.
Renamed after Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the stadium, constructed on the bed of the Sampangi Lake, was inaugurated in 1946 by Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar. Then housing a cinder track, a synthetic running track was laid in the 1990s leading up to the 1997 National Games of India for 220 million, and was completed by 31 May 1997.
Stadium
The stadium was established in 1946 and was named Sampangi Stadium. It was built on the bed of Sampangi Lake which was perceived as an environmental hazard and was drained in 1937 after it was neglected following supply of piped water from the Hesaraghatta Lake within Bangalore. The stadium had a six-lane cinder track then, before the present synthetic track was laid. Sprinter Milkha Singh trained here in 1952. The stadium hosted the touring Russian football team in an exhibition game against Mysore State XI in February 1955. The Russia XI won 7–1. Other sporting events held in the stadium include the final of the 1962 edition of the Santosh Trophy which the home Mysore team (now Karnataka team) won, and the 1996 edition of the National Games.
Central arena
The central arena of the stadium consists of an eight-lane 400-metre synthetic athletic track, along with synthetic surfaced areas for field events like Shotput, Discuss, Javelin, Hammer throws, long jump, high jump, triple jump and pole vault. In addition to sporting events, the stadium also hosts walkathon, filmmaking, rallies and exhibition.
The stadium contains four large arched entrances leading on to the inner field and lower spectator stands. The stadium has eight ramps taking spectators to the upper stands. Thus in total, 12 gates for spectators serve the stadium.
See also
Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
List of stadiums in India
References
External links
Football venues in Karnataka
Multi-purpose stadiums in India
Athletics (track and field) venues in India
Sports venues in Bangalore
Bengaluru FC
1946 establishments in India
Sports venues completed in 1946 |
4037828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20the%20Soul | From the Soul | From the Soul is a 1992 jazz album by American saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, generally regarded as being his masterpiece so far. It was recorded with a studio band rather than Lovano's working group; it is notable for his only encounter with Michel Petrucciani (who plays in a more abstract, Paul Bleyish style than was usual with him), and for being one of Ed Blackwell's final recordings.
Track listing
All compositions by Joe Lovano except as indicated
"Evolution" – 8:59
"Portrait of Jennie" (Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson) – 7:56
"Lines & Spaces" – 6:20
"Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 7:27
"Modern Man" – 5:23
"Fort Worth" – 6:29
"Central Park West" (John Coltrane) – 6:00
"Work" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:44
"Left Behind" (Judi Silverman) – 3:13
"His Dreams" – 5:45
(Recorded December 28, 1991 at Skyline Studio, New York City.)
Personnel
Joe Lovano — tenor, alto, & soprano saxophones
Michel Petrucciani — piano
Dave Holland — bass
Ed Blackwell — drums
References
External links
1992 albums
Joe Lovano albums
Blue Note Records albums |
4037833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Bosio | Antonio Bosio | Antonio Bosio (c. 1575 or 1576 – 1629) was a Maltese scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of Roma Sotterranea and first urban spelunker.
Life
Bosio was born in Malta, and was sent as a boy to the care of his uncle, who was a representative at the Holy See of the Knights of Malta. He studied literature, philosophy, and jurisprudence, but at the age of eighteen he gave up his legal studies, went to Rome and for the remainder of his lifetime was devoted to archaeological work in the Roman catacombs. He died in Rome in 1629.
Work
The accidental discovery in 1578 of an ancient subterranean cemetery on the Via Salaria had attracted general attention in Rome. Few, however, realized the importance of the discovery, and with the exception of three foreign scholars, Alfonso Chacon, the antiquarian Philips van Winghe (1560–1592) from Leuven and Jean L'Heureux (alias Macarius), no one seriously thought of pursuing further investigations. Bosio began the systematic exploration of subterranean Rome and thus became a precursor of the science of Christian archaeology, an inspiration to Giovanni Battista de Rossi. The young explorer realized that early Christian literature such as acta of the martyrs and accounts of the councils would offer clues to the locations of the catacombs; an idea of the vast scope of his reading is in two great folio volumes of his manuscript notes in the Vallicelliana library at Rome, each of which contains about a thousand pages.
The scholarly labors of Bosio accounted for only half of his time; after he had collected all the data possible relative to the location of a catacomb on one of the great Roman roads leading from Rome, Bosio would set out for the places indicated, and cover the ground carefully in the hope of discovering a forgotten stairway offering access, or a luminarium lighting the underground galleries of a cemetery. He had the sense to question the local peasants. He would then descend to the subterranean galleries and commence his explorations. Narrow passages led from one series of galleries to another. Years could pass without any new entrances being discovered.
Publication
This life work of Bosio was all but unknown until the publication three years after his death of his Roma Sotterranea, opera postuma di Antonio Bosio Romano, antiquario ecclesiastico singolare de' suoi tempi. Compita, disposta, et accresciuta dal M. R. P. Giovanni Severani da S. Severino (Rome, 1632), usually referred to as Roma Sotterranea. The folio volume was brought out under the patronage of the Knights of Malta, edited by the Oratorian Severano, under the patronage of Cardinal Francesco Barberini. A Latin translation that appeared in 1651 took liberties with the text. Bosio's Roma Sotterranea is entirely devoted to a description of the cemeteries with the end of ascertaining all that was possible regarding the history of each cemetery, by what name it was known in antiquity, who its founders were, and what martyrs and illustrious Christians were interred there. Many of his conclusions have in modern times been found to be erroneous, but Bosio's method is acknowledged to have been scientific within the shortcomings of the infant science of archaeology. The engravings that accompanied the volume are of little use to the modern archaeologist.
An unfortunate result of the publication was that with the locations known, the catacombs were scoured for anything that might prove of value on the market; though much information on the condition of the catacombs and their inscriptions and frescoes in the early 17th century was preserved in Bosio's volume, much also was lost. Some of the catacombs Bosio described have since been destroyed by subsequent construction.
This book must have been rated highly by the English physician and philosopher Sir Thomas Browne, for copies in both Italian and Latin can be found in his library.
Notes
External links
Text of Roma Sotterranea (1632 edition)
References and further reading
"Accidental Discovery of Catacombs", by the Christian History Institute
C. Cecalupo, Antonio Bosio, la Roma sotterranea e i primi collezionisti di antichità cristiane. Vatican City: Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 2020
Death customs
Cemeteries in Italy
Italian antiquarians
Italian classical scholars
1570s births
1629 deaths
17th-century antiquarians |
4037840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Selby | Peter Selby | Peter Stephen Maurice Selby (born 7 December 1941) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Church of England Bishop of Worcester from 1997 until he retired at the end of September 2007.
Education
He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, and at Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, taking the Oxford degree of MA(Oxon) (1967, BA 1964) and the Cambridge, Massachusetts, degree of BD (1966). He was awarded a PhD degree from King's College London in 1975.
Ecclesiastical career
He was Assistant Curate, Queensbury, 1966–68; Associate Director of Training, Southwark, 1969–73; Assistant Curate, Limpsfield with Titsey, 1969–77; Vice-Principal, Southwark Ordination Course, 1970–72; Assistant Missioner, Diocese of Southwark, 1973–77; Canon Residentiary, Newcastle Cathedral, 1977–84; Diocesan Missioner, Diocese of Newcastle, 1977–84; Bishop of Kingston 1984–1992 (an area bishop from 1991); William Leech Professorial Fellow in Applied Christian Theology, University of Durham, 1992–1997; Honorary assistant bishop in the dioceses of Durham and of Newcastle, 1992–97; Visitor General, Community of Sisters of the Church, 1991–2001, a Member of the Doctrine Commission, 1991–2003, and President of the Modern Churchpeople's Union, 1990–96 and of the Society for Study of Theology, 2003–04; Bishop to HM Prisons, 2001–2007 and from January 2008 became the President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards for prisons. He was appointed Bishop of Worcester in 1997.
The Charles Raven affair
Selby had disagreed with the 1998 Lambeth agreement that bishops would not ordain homosexuals as clergy. In 2002 he was asked to affirm this by one of his own clergymen, Charles Raven, the vicar of St. John's Church, Kidderminster. Selby refused to do so, and was therefore asked not to come to the church to confirm people, since there would be no agreement as to what the faith being confirmed was. As Raven's licence was not renewable he had to leave his post, and founded a breakaway congregation, taking with him about half the members of the church he had served. The story made the national press several times.
Retirement
Selby and John Saxbee were appointed Episcopal Patrons of the international No Anglican Covenant Coalition in July 2011. In a joint letter to the Church Times, Saxbee and Selby warned that "this is a time to hold fast to Anglicanism’s inherited culture of inclusion and respectful debate which is our way of dealing with difference rather than require assent to procedures and words that have already shown themselves to be divisive."
Since retirement Selby served for five years as President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards, the Boards monitoring fairness and respect for those in custody. He retired from that post in 2013, and has since been an interim co-director of St Paul's Institute, the Cathedral's agency that dialogues with the financial sector in the City of London.
On 11 February 2017, Selby was one of fourteen retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England. In an unprecedented move, they expressed their opposition to the House of Bishops' report to General Synod on sexuality, which recommended no change to the Church's canons or practises around sexuality. By 13 February, a serving bishop (Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham) and nine further retired bishops had added their signatures; on 15 February, the report was rejected by synod.
Styles
The Reverend Peter Selby (1966–1975)
The Reverend Doctor Peter Selby (1975–1977)
The Reverend Canon Doctor Peter Selby (1977–1984)
The Right Reverend Doctor Peter Selby (1984–1992; 1997–present)
The Right Reverend Professor Peter Selby (1992–1997)
References
Bibliography
'Grace and Mortgage: Language of Faith and the Debt of the World', Peter Selby, Publ. Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd (1997)
'Rescue: Jesus and Salvation Today', Peter Selby, Publ. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1996)
External links
Diocesan web page with photograph
No Anglican Covenant website
Bishops of Worcester
Bishops to HM Prisons
Bishops of Kingston
Non-diocesan Anglican bishops
20th-century Church of England bishops
21st-century Church of England bishops
English religious writers
1941 births
Living people
Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
Alumni of King's College London
Academics of Durham University
English male non-fiction writers |
4037847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan%20Health%20Lafayette | Franciscan Health Lafayette | Franciscan Health Lafayette formerly called Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health is a member of the Franciscan Health hospital system. Formed in 1998, the organization owns and operates Franciscan Health Lafayette Central and Franciscan Health Lafayette East hospitals, both in Lafayette, Indiana, as well as Franciscan Health Crawfordsville. It formerly operated Lafayette Home Hospital until its closure in February 2010.
The organization is licensed by the Indiana State Board of Health and is a member of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, the Indiana Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association.
It previously operated as Greater Lafayette Health Services, Inc. (GLHS) and St. Elizabeth Regional Health.
Closures and new construction
SERH announced in late 2005 that it planned to construct a new 150-bed acute care hospital to be built along Creasy Road on the city's east side. Site preparation for the new facility began on October 13, 2006, and building construction began in spring 2007. Formerly named St. Elizabeth East, the facility opened February 25, 2010. More information is available at www.ste.org
References
Franciscan Health News Releases
Journal and Courier, October 12, 2006
External links
Franciscan Health Lafayette
Companies based in Indiana
Tippecanoe County, Indiana |
4037853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khara-Khoto | Khara-Khoto | Khara-Khoto (; ; "black city") is an abandoned city in the Ejin Banner of Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia, China, near the Juyan Lake Basin. Built in 1032, the city thrived under the rule of the Western Xia dynasty. It has been identified as the city of Etzina, which appears in The Travels of Marco Polo, and Ejin Banner is named after this city.
Name
Khara-Khoto is known by many names, including Hēichéng "black city", Tangut: /*zjɨ̱r²-nja̱¹/ "black water" (transcribed into Chinese as 亦集乃 Yijinai), Modern Mongolian Khar khot (Middle Mongol language: Khara Khoto, "black city") and to Chinese as Heishui City ( Hēishuǐchéng, "black water city").
History
The city was founded in 1032 and became a thriving center of Western Xia trade in the 11th century. There are remains of -high ramparts and -thick outer walls. The outer walls ran for some east-west by north-south.
The walled fortress was first taken by Genghis Khan in 1226, but—contrary to a widely circulated misunderstanding—the city continued to flourish under Mongol overlordship. During Kublai Khan's time, the city was expanded, reaching a size three times bigger than during the Western Xia dynasty. The Northern Yuan dynasty under Toghon Temür concentrated its preparation for the reconquest of the Central Plain at Khara-Khoto. The city was located on the crossroads connecting Karakorum, Shangdu and Kumul.
In The Travels of Marco Polo, Marco Polo describes a visit to a city called Etzina or Edzina, which has been identified with Khara-Khoto.
According to a legend of the local Torghut population, in 1372 a Mongol military general named Khara Bator was surrounded with his troops by the armies of the Ming dynasty. Diverting the Ejin River, the city's water source that flowed just outside the fortress, the Ming dynasty denied Khara-Khoto water for its gardens and wells. As time passed and Khara Bator realised his fate, he murdered his family and then himself. After his suicide, Khara Bator's soldiers waited within the fortress until Ming troops finally attacked and killed the remaining inhabitants. Another version of the legend holds that Khara Bator made a breach in the northwestern corner of the city wall and escaped through it. The remains of the city have a breach through which a rider can pass.
The defeat of the Mongols at Khara-Khoto is described in the Ming dynasty annals: "In the fifth year of Hungu (1372), General Feng Sheng and his army reached Edzina. The town's defender Buyan'temur surrendered, and Chinese troops reached the mountains of Bojiashan. The ruler of Yuan, Gyardzhipan', fled. His minister... and 27 others were captured, together with ten or more thousand head of horses and cattle." After the defeat, and also possibly due to real water shortage, the city was abandoned and left in ruins. Its exceedingly remote location preserved it from looters.
Exploration
Russian explorers Grigory Potanin and Vladimir Obruchev heard rumours that somewhere downstream the Ejin River an ancient city was waiting. This knowledge gave impetus to the Asian Museum, St. Petersburg, to launch a new Mongol-Sichuan expedition under the command of Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov.
However, Khara-Khoto was earlier discovered by a Buryat person called Tsokto Badmazhapov in the spring of 1907. Badmazhapov sent photographs and a handwritten description of Khara-khoto to the Geographical Society in St Petersburg. On May 1, 1908, during his 1907–1909 expedition to Central Asia, Kozlov arrived at Khara-Khoto and, with a dinner and gift of a gramophone to a local Torghut lord Dashi Beile, obtained permission to dig at the site. Over 2,000 books, scrolls and manuscripts in the Tangut language were uncovered. Kozlov initially sent ten chests of manuscripts and Buddhist objects to St. Petersburg, returning again in May 1909 for more objects. The books and woodcuts were found in June, while excavating a stupa outside city walls some westward.
Sir Aurel Stein excavated Khara-Khoto during his third Central Asian expedition from July 1913 to February 1916, surveying Khara-Khoto for eight days at the end of May 1914. The findings from this research was incorporated in chapter 13 of Stein's first volume of Innermost Asia.
Langdon Warner visited Khara-Khoto in 1925.
Folke Bergman first traveled to Khara-Khoto in 1927, returning in 1929 and staying for a year and a half in the area. He made maps of Khara-Khoto and the Ejin River area, surveyed watchtowers and fortresses, finding a large number of xylographs. Bergman noted that Kozlov's and Stein's visits were cursory and some of their published documentation was partially incorrect.
Sven Hedin and Xu Xusheng led the Sino-Swedish Expedition on archaeological excavations of the site between 1927–31. After Hedin, John DeFrancis visited in 1935.
Further Chinese excavations between 1983 and 1984 by Li Yiyou, Inner Mongolian Institute of Archaeology, have produced some 3,000 more manuscripts. In addition to books, these excavations unearthed building materials, daily items, production instruments and religious art. Satellite photos show that the site is currently being preserved.
Findings
Kozlov's findings, some 3,500 paintings and other objects, are in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, while the books and xylographs are at the Institute of Oriental Studies. These fortunately survived the Siege of Leningrad and some of them were even lost until their rediscovery in 1991, forming the basis for research of the Tangut language, written in Tangut script in subsequent years. The books and manuscripts sent back to St. Petersburg by Kozlov were studied by Aleksei Ivanovich Ivanov, who identified several Tangut dictionaries, including a Chinese-Tangut glossary titled Pearl in the Palm (), compiled in 1190.
In addition to written artifacts, the Khara-Khoto collection in the Hermitage Museum includes paintings on silk, mainly of Buddhist subjects in Chinese and Tibetan styles. In addition, batik-dyed silk fragments have also been found. A small mud wall painting fragment confirms use of cobalt as a pigment in the form of smalt.
According to Hermitage curator Kira Samosyuk, "Most of the paintings in the collection date from the eleventh through thirteenth centuries, while the majority of the fragments of porcelain with cobalt decorative glazing are from the fourteenth century. No painting is of a later date than 1378–1387; no Chinese text – later than 1371; no Tangut text – later than 1212. So it seems that the life of the town ceased sometime around 1380."
One of the puzzles of Khara-Khoto is that there was one building just outside the castle walls. Judging by its shape, it seems to be a mosque. It seems there were Muslims among the people that were ruled by the Tangut. Due to the polytheistic belief of the local people, the Muslims built their mosques outside. Traders from India and the further west would have prayed in the mosque and found relief after their arduous journey along the Silk Road
Footnotes
Further reading
External links
Pictures of Khara-Khoto
Paintings from Khara Khoto
Western Xia architecture
Archaeological sites in China
Tangut history
Ancient Chinese cities
Sites along the Silk Road
1032 establishments in Asia
Alxa League |
4037859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan%20Muhammad%20IV%20Stadium | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | The Sultan Muhammed IV Stadium () is a stadium in the state of Kelantan. It is located on Jalan Mahmood, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, and the home of Kelantan FA, a Malaysia football team. The stadium can accommodate up to 22,000 spectators. At this time, this stadium is the largest in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia with seating capacity of 22,000 and a pitch area to meet the standards set by the National Sports Council of Malaysia is measuring 119 meters long and 100 meters wide.
The stadium is always full of supporters of Kelantan FA. Therefore, it was called the Red Warriors Stadium by the fanatical supporters of Kelantan FA.
History
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium is one of the oldest football field in Malaysia and probably one of the oldest in Asia continent based on the use of field. The stadium was built in 1967 and initially aims to provide a venue for sports activities from Kelantan, especially as a football pitch. The stadium was built in an area of 13 acres at a cost of RM 1.5 million, was built in stages.
It was built on the site of a football field of Kelantan Football Association and located in the heart of Kota Bharu town centre. The stadium initially managed by the Association of Kelantan Stadium, which is chaired by the Menteri Besar of the state of Kelantan and comprises a total of 30 members made up of government employees as well as representatives of sports associations.
Facilities
Their main facilities involve football since it is a home ground for, Kelantan FA. Apart from football facilities, the stadium complex also has tennis courts, race tracks, sports facilities, business facilities to be rented as, warehouses, office space, exhibition sites, kiosks and public toilets. It also provides recreational facilities and a Surau.
The stadium also situated near to government offices such as Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, Kelantan Police Headquarters and the Kota Bharu Municipal council. The stadium is also close to Kentucky fried chicken (KFC), a fast food outlets. Besides that, there are Perdana Specialist Hospital and Perdana Hotel not far from the stadium.
The stadium is surrounded by many restaurants, food stalls and retail stores. It become a place for people around the pedestal to find a food. There are Dataran Stadium Sultan Muhammad IV near the main entrance of the stadium. Usually, carnivals or events held there especially involving The Red Warriors team. There is also parking around the stadium, but very limited. Usually when the matches involving The Red Warriors was held, the audience just parking them on the pavement and it cause a massive traffic jam for the road nearby.
Transport
Distance between Kota Bharu bus station and taxi station to the stadium is about 1 km. You can take a bus, taxi or on foot. There are bus stops not far from the stadium main entrance.
Electronic scoreboard
An Electronic LED Scoreboard system was installed at the stadium in late 2012. It was first deployed during the international match AFC Cup 2012 Quarter Final between Kelantan FA and Iraq Football Club, Arbil Soccer Club. The Scoreboard costs RM2.36 million where the funding came from the Malaysian Federal Government. The project was supervised by the Jabatan Pembangunan Persekutuan and designed by a local Audio Visual consultant appointed by the stadium. The size of the LED scoreboard is about 6×11 meters and could display high resolution video. The LED component came from an LED industry leader called Nicchia and imported from Japan. It is considered the best electronic scoreboard in the country in terms of resolution.
The system is also equipped with a Multi-camera video production system which consists of slow-motion unit, digital video effects and graphics system. The system has 3 HD robotic cameras installed under the roof of the stadium and 3 HD portable professional video cameras. One of the HD portable camera has a HD video transmitter system which enable the camera (Fan-Cam) to send stable live video from anywhere in the stadium back to the control room for display on the LED scoreboard. The entire system was imported from the United States and similar system is used by major stadiums in the United States. The system is also capable of bringing live TV programs via the internet (live video streaming) as well as recording the video programs on HD. The stadium is the first stadium in Malaysia to install such HD multi-camera video production system. It
International matches
2011
2012
2013
2014
See also
Sport in Malaysia
Kelantan FA President and Youth
References
External links
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium at theredwarriorsfc.com
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium at kelantan.gov.my
Kota Bharu
Football venues in Malaysia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Malaysia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Malaysia
Kelantan FA
Sports venues in Kelantan
MPKB-BRI U-BeS F.C. |
4037861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahalin%20Bedouin | Jahalin Bedouin | The Jahalin Bedouin are a Palestinian tribe of Bedouin Arabs who currently live in the eastern Judaean Desert in the West Bank.
History
South of Hebron (1875-1952)
In March 1875 Claude R. Conder, leader of the Palestine Exploration Fund survey team, reported the land south of Ain Jidy, close to Masada, belonged to the Jahalin. He met one of their sheikhs, Abu Dahuk, and noted the size and strength of their horses and their fondness for tobacco. He states that they had recently been driven from their country by Dhullam Arabs and mentions a war going on three hours from the team's camp at Beit Jibrin. Earlier in the same year one of Conder's colleagues on the survey listed the Jahalin as numbering 150 men, with 100 tents, after noting the "utmost civility" of all Arabs, settled or Bedouin, from the Ghor area (the Jordan River and Dead Sea rift valley).
The Jahalin lived in the Tel Arad region of the Negev at the time of the creation of the state of Israel.
Near Jericho under Jordanian rule (1952-1967)
In 1952, the Jahalin were evicted from their lands by the Israeli army and they settled at a location southwest of Jericho, within the Jordanian-ruled West Bank. There, they took up their traditional seminomadic lifestyle, grazing livestock in the nearby area and the Jordan Valley.
Under Israeli occupation (1967-2014)
After the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank, access to their grazing grounds was increasingly restricted by the Israeli military. The Jahalin were pushed into the vicinity of the Jerusalem‐Jericho road,
were their settlement area became part of the municipality of Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement established in the 1970s. The semi-permanent Jahalin encampments built until the 1980s contained at least two permanent structures.
Since 2014 eviction order
The tribe currently lives in villages such as ʿArab al-Jahalin, Wadi Abu Hindi, Al-Muntar, Al-Hathrura, Ghawaliya, Wadi Sneysel and Khan al-Ahmar east of Jerusalem, bordered by the Israeli settlements of Maale Adumim and Pisgat Ze’ev. On 16 September 2014 it was announced that they would be moved to a new area in the Jordan Valley north of Jericho.
On 17 April 2012 a documentary about the Jahalin, "Nowhere left to go" directed by Harvey Stein, was premiered at the French Cultural Centre, Jerusalem.
Since 2014, a football team made up of Jahalin Bedouin, the Desert Hawks, has been training and competing in the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem.
References
External links
Oxfam Report
Bedouin groups
Bedouins in Israel
Bedouins in the State of Palestine |
4037865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan%20Sri%20Dato%27%20Haji%20Hassan%20Yunos%20Stadium | Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium | Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, also known as Larkin Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Larkin, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and opened in 1964. It is named after former Menteri Besar of Johor, Tan Sri Hassan Yunus.
History
The stadium was built in 1964, but back then it was only a minor venue with 15,000 people to accommodate. In 1991, the capacity was doubled after a minor revamp. Athletics track, floodlight masts and media infrastructure also came in allowing the ground to host major events. One of the major events came in 1997 when the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was played at the venue. Seats were installed as part of the event preparation.
Events
1992 Sukma Games
1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
References
Football venues in Malaysia
Buildings and structures in Johor Bahru
Rugby union stadiums in Malaysia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Malaysia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Malaysia
Sports venues in Johor
Sports venues completed in 1964 |
4037872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%20Surer | Christina Surer | Christina Surer (born 26 March 1974 in Basel) is a Swiss race car driver. She spent several years in go-karts before participating in the Ford Superseries (2002), Alfa 147 Cup (2002) and the Ford Fiesta Cup (2003). She has participated in two 24 Hours Nürburgring races (2004, 2005) and since 2004, has been racing in the Seat Leon Supercopa.
Surer has modelled for Playboy and was married to Formula One driver Marc Surer from 1997 to 2000. In 2012, she became engaged to DTM racer Martin Tomczyk. Aside from racing and modelling, she hosts television programs.
References
External links
1974 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt
Racing drivers' wives and girlfriends
Swiss racing drivers
Swiss female racing drivers |
4037874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuanku%20Abdul%20Rahman%20Stadium | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | The Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium (STAR; Malay: Stadium Tuanku Abdul Rahman), also known by its informal name Stadium Paroi and nickname The STAR of Paroi, is a multi-purpose stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Inaugurated in 1992, the stadium initially holds a capacity of 20,000 people. In 2004, the capacity of stadium had been upgraded to 45,000 people for the hosting of the 2004 Sukma Games. It is currently home of Negeri Sembilan Football association.
The stadium is named in honor of Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, the eighth Yamtuan Besar of Seri Menanti, the second Yamtuan Besar of modern-day Negeri Sembilan and the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
See also
Sport in Malaysia
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20140327083902/http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/malaysia.shtml
Football venues in Malaysia
Athletics (track and field) venues in Malaysia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Malaysia
Negeri Sembilan FA
Sports venues in Negeri Sembilan
1992 establishments in Malaysia |
4037881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastlake%20High%20School%20%28Chula%20Vista%2C%20California%29 | Eastlake High School (Chula Vista, California) | Eastlake High School (ELH or EHS), in Chula Vista, California, United States, is a four-year high school which opened on September 8, 1992. The school is located just east of California State Route 125 near the eastern edge of Chula Vista in the neighborhood of Eastlake, a suburb located 20 minutes southeast of Downtown San Diego. The movie Bring It On, was partially filmed at the school's football stadium.
The Ruth Chapman Performing Arts Center, located on campus, is used for band and orchestra concerts, dance performances, plays, church services, and other community performances. The school also features an amphitheatre for pep rallies and seating during lunch and nutrition break. The school also features an observatory and an engineering department, with classes ranging from Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) to Aerospace engineering.
Academic Performance
The school received an Academic Performance Index score of 854 for the 2012 school year, which was the highest score by a high school in the Sweetwater Union High School District.
Programs
The Japanese supplementary school Minato School began teaching classes at Eastlake High in 1996. As of 2015 Minato no longer holds classes there.
Sports
Fall Sports:
- American football
- Girls' Volleyball
- Cheerleading
- Girls' Golf- Metro League Champs
- Cross Country
- Boys' Water Polo
- Field Hockey
Winter Sports
- Boys' Basketball
- Girls' Basketball
- Boys' Soccer
- Girls' Soccer
- Wrestling/ Girls & Boys
- Girls' Water Polo
- Roller Hockey
Spring Sports:
- Baseball
- Softball
- Track and Field
- Boys & Girls' Volleyball
- Boys' Tennis
- Boys' Golf
-Girls' Gymnastics
- Swim & Dive
- Lacrosse
Notable alumni
Valentino Arteaga, drummer for Lower Definition and Of Mice & Men
Katya Echazarreta, First Mexican Woman to Fly in Space
Adrián González, Major League Baseball first baseman
Tony Jefferson, NFL Defensive Back
Marcelo Mayer, first-round selection in the 2021 MLB draft
Eddy Marshburn, lead guitarist of the band Lower Definition
Stefan Toler bass guitarist of the band Lower Definition
William Dunkle, offensive guard for the Philadelphia Eagles
References
External links
School website
Educational institutions established in 1992
High schools in San Diego County, California
Public high schools in California
1992 establishments in California
Education in Chula Vista, California |
4037893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphyta%20%28moth%29 | Symphyta (moth) | Symphyta is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Turner in 1902. All species were described from Australia.
Species
From Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms:
Symphyta psaropis Turner, 1902
Symphyta nyctopis Turner, 1902
Symphyta colpodes Turner, 1924
Symphyta oxygramma (Lower, 1902)
Symphyta nephelodes (Turner, 1924)
External links
Lasiocampidae |
4037898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beewolf | Beewolf | Beewolves (genus Philanthus), also known as bee-hunters or bee-killer wasps, are solitary, predatory wasps, most of which prey on bees, hence their common name. The adult females dig tunnels in the ground for nesting, while the territorial males mark twigs and other objects with pheromones to claim the territory from competing males.
As with all other sphecoid wasps, the larvae are carnivorous, forcing the inseminated females to hunt for other invertebrates (in this case bees), on which she lays her eggs, supplying the larvae with prey when they emerge. The adults consume nectar from flowers.
The prevalent European species, P. triangulum, specializes in preying upon honey bees, thus making it a minor pest for beekeepers. Other Philanthus may specialize in other bee species or they may be generalists which prey upon a wide variety of bees such as the American bumblebee, Bombus pensylvanicus, or other hymenopterans, including conspecifics.
They are notable for stinging their prey in a membranous location on the ventral surface, where the venom quickly paralyzes major voluntary muscles, yet does not kill the prey. The prey may attempt to sting in return, but it is always grabbed in such a way that only well-armored portions of the beewolf's body are presented. The beewolf carries its prey back to a tunnel, but usually only stores it temporarily, until it is later used to provision a cell burrow, where an egg is laid.
The tunnel of Philanthus triangulum can be as much as 1 m long. The first part of the tunnel slopes downward at an angle of 30°, after which it levels out. Up to 34 lateral tunnels, each ending in a brood chamber, branch off from the main tunnel. Each brood chamber is stocked with one to six honeybees.
Species
The genus Philanthus contains about 135 species, including:
Gallery
See also
List of Philanthus species
References
External links
Semiochemicals of Genus Philanthus. Pherobase.
Philanthus. BugGuide.net
Crabronidae
Apoidea genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius |
4037908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Matie | Die Matie | Die Matie is a student newspaper at the University of Stellenbosch. Founded in 1941, Die Matie is published every second Wednesday during the academic term. The editorial content includes sections on news, student life, sport, arts and entertainment, current affairs and news from other campuses. The entire production of Die Matie – from photos, articles and advertisements to page layout and distribution – is managed by the editorial staff; all students.
History
On August 1, 1941, the first issue of Die Matie student newspaper was published in Stellenbosch.
Distribution
8,000 copies of the newspaper are distributed on the main campus of Stellenbosch, as well as on the three satellite campuses, the medical campus at Tygerberg, military campus at Saldanha and business school in Bellville. Die Matie has an estimated readership of 16 000 students, staff and Stellenbosch residents. In addition to print the paper is also published electronically though an online archive.
Structure
With every edition of Die Matie a pre-elected editorial team member has the responsibility of compiling a supplement, either on: motoring, lifestyle, travel, science & technology and health.
The editor of this supplement is expected to gather advertisements for the supplement (as ads pay for the printing of the supplement), the collection of editorial content, photos and for the layout of the supplement.
Financing
Although Die Matie receives a small subsidy from Stellenbosch University's Student Affairs Department, all printing costs and some of the office upkeep is covered by advertisements, which are the responsibility of Die Maties advertising manager (also a student and member of the editorial team).
See also
List of newspapers in South Africa
MFM 92.6, Stellenbosch University's radio station
External links
Official Homepage
Official Online Archive
Stellenbosch University Homepage
Student Representative Council
The full history
Student newspapers published in South Africa
Stellenbosch University
Afrikaans-language newspapers
Mass media in Stellenbosch
1941 establishments in South Africa |
4037909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Fada%20Oriana | A Fada Oriana | A Fada Oriana (), Portuguese for The Fairy Oriana, is one of the most emblematic children's book of Portuguese literature, written in 1958 by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.
The main character is a fairy who was given the responsibility of ensuring the well-being of a forest and its inhabitants, the animals and plants. After a while, Oriana befriends a nefarious fish, and while contemplating her image reflected in the river, Oriana is mesmerized by the fish. Deceived by the words of this fish, Oriana ends up neglecting and abandoning the forest, with serious consequences for its denizens. Deprived of her powers as punishment for this failure, Oriana begins a journey of self-consciousness to repair the evils caused by her omission.
The book is a subject on Portuguese Language teaching curricula. It has been adapted to children's theatre several times, and has inspired derived works of illustration
and animation.
References
1958 children's books
Children's fiction books
Fairies and sprites in popular culture
Portuguese children's literature |
4037912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Asimov%20Awards | Isaac Asimov Awards | Four distinct awards have been named for writer, chemist, and humanist Isaac Asimov.
The Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Writing, now known as the Dell Magazines Award, is an annual award open to undergraduate college students and given to the author of the best science fiction or fantasy short story. Established by the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction and the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, the award is typically given for character-driven stories of the type published in that magazine.
The ASIMOV Prize () for popular science books, edited in the Italian language. Its organising committee is composed by several hundred of professors and PhD students from all over Italy. Originally established at Gran Sasso Science Institute, it grew and became a national prize thanks to INFN and many other scientific institutions. The winner is selected by a large jury of high school students, about 3300 in the last edition. The 1st recipient (2016) was the chemist Peter Atkins, the 2nd one (2017) was the medical doctor Roberto Burioni, the 3rd ones (2018) are Helen Czerski and Marco Malvaldi ex aequo, the 4th one the neurophysiologist Lamberto Maffei. The winner of the 5th (2020) edition is the mathematician Hannah Fry.
The skeptical organization CSICOP created an Isaac Asimov Award, established in 1994 "to honor Asimov for his extraordinary contributions to science and humanity". The first recipient was Asimov's friend Carl Sagan. Stephen Jay Gould was also a winner.
In 1998, the American Humanist Association awarded its first Isaac Asimov Award to Eugenie Scott. Awardees since then have included Robert Sapolsky, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Steve Wozniak, Richard Leakey and Lynn J. Rothschild.
References
External links
Award information from Asimov's
List of past winners of the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Writing / Dell Magazines Award
American literary awards
Isaac Asimov
Asimov |
4037915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungcheng%20Stadium | Chungcheng Stadium | The Chungcheng Stadium (), opened in 1986, is a multi-use stadium in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is employed to hold several (athletics) events.
On 20 October 1996, Michael Jackson made a stop at the stadium for his HIStory World Tour playing to a sell out crowd of 35,000 fans.
Transportation
The stadium is accessible within walking distance South from Martial Arts Stadium Station of the Kaohsiung MRT.
See also
Sports in Taiwan
List of stadiums in Taiwan
References
1986 establishments in Taiwan
Athletics (track and field) venues in Taiwan
Football venues in Taiwan
Sports venues completed in 1986
Sports venues in Kaohsiung |
4037916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatoo%2C%20Rajasthan | Khatoo, Rajasthan | Khatoo or Khatu is a village of religious importance near Reengus town in Sikar District of Rajasthan, India. Sikar district falls under the Dhundhar region of Rajasthan. Khatoo village is home to a famous Khatu Shyam Temple, one of the most sacred temples in India. In Rajasthan, Hindu deity Barbarika is worshipped as Khatu Shyam.
Distances
Sikar: 55 km
Shrimadhopur: 33 km
Jaipur: 80 km
New Delhi: 266 km
Indore: 680 km
Jabalpur: 1000 km
Jeenmata: 26 km
Salasar Balaji:105
Mumbai : 1250 km
Kolkata : 1592 km
Hyderabad : 1775 km
Nagpur : 1200 km
Guwahati :2300 km
Varanasi : 940 km
Ahmedabad : 720 km
The nearest airport is Jaipur.
Features
Khatushyamji Temple
Khatushyamji's temple, constructed of the famous Makrana marble, is in the heart of the town. The temple of Baba Shyam is built in the middle of the town. The mere sight of the temple gives great peace to the mind. There is a big hall for worship in the temple, which is known as Jagmohan. There are mythological paintings on its four walls. The door of the sanctum sanctorum and its surroundings are decorated with silver lining. Baba's head is situated inside the sanctum sanctorum. Sheesh is decorated with beautiful flowers from all sides. There is a big ground outside the temple for the devotees. There is a fair ground on the right side of the temple. On this side the office of Shyam Mandir Committee, which handles the administration of the temple, is also located.
Veer Barbarik(Shyam Baba) is the son of Dvapara Yuga Bhimsen and Naag Kanya Ahilawati(daughter of Basak/Basuki Naag). Khatushyamji is considered to be the God of the Kali Yuga who shall perform incarnation (10th incarnation of Lord Vishnu) or an avatar, once the Kali Yuga is at its final stage, until then he was worshipped as KhatuShyamji. Shyamji is synonymous with Krishna and thus, he is worshipped in the same form. He is also known as khatu naresh(ruler of Khatu), sheesh ro dani (head donator), lakhdatar (one who gives after proper judgement), teen baan dhari(holder of three arrows), haarya ro sahhaaro (supporter of defeated), Ahilawati ro laal (son of Ahilawati), Pandav kul Avtar (Son of Pandav kul), Bhimsen ra Kanwar (grand son of Raja Bhim), leele ra aswar (rider of horse named Leela), baba shyam, etc. Shyam Baba is the community god of the Marwaris from the Dhundhar, Shekhawati, Bagad, Ahirwati and Haryana area and is widely revered by many other communities also. People from all over India come to seek his blessings every year, with a large following from Kolkata, West Bengal, Haryana and Punjab
During the Mahabharat war between Pandavas and Kaurvas, baba Shyam (Veer Barbrik) came to the war field with 3 baan (arrows) and Shree Krishna, even knowing his potential asked him reason for his arrival at war field with only 3 arrows and asked to prove his capabilities by targeting all leaves of a Pipal tree(having uncountable leaves) with just one arrow and placed one leaf under his own feet. Baba took the bow and an arrow and made a hole in all leaves with one arrow and also hit the leaf under the foot of Lord Krishna. On asking to whom he will support in the Mahabharat, veer Barbrik told that he will support the one being defeated. Then considering his such act to be against the Pandavas scope to win, Lord Krishna asked him that the war needs one stringent fighters sacrifice (only 3 such fighters being available – Krishan himself, Arjun and Barbrik), Baba offered himself for ultimate sacrifice and donated his head that's why reminded and worshipped in Kali Yuga as "sheesh ke daani & haare ka sahara", as announced by Lord Krishna and also the name Shyam was given by Lord Krishna.
Shyam Kund
It is the holy pond near the temple from which the Sheesh (Head) was retrieved. It is believed that a dip in this pond cures a person from ailments and brings good health. People come at Falgun Mela from various places here and assume sacred after taking bath. People take water from here which they use to remove several diseases.
Shyam Bagicha
A blessed garden near the temple from where the flowers are picked to be offered to the deity. The great devotee Lt. Alu Singhji's Samadhi is also in the premises.
Gourishankar Temple
This is a Shiva temple which is near Khatushyamji's temple. There is a legend that the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's soldiers wanted to destroy this temple, and attacked the Shiva Linga with a spear. Fountains of blood appeared from the Shiva Linga, and the soldiers ran away, terrified. One can still see the mark of the spear on the Linga.
References
2. [Khatu shyam ji] website
Hindu holy cities
Locations in Hindu mythology
Villages in Sikar district |
4037917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusheng | Lusheng | The lusheng (, ; Vietnamese: Khèn Mông; also spelled lu sheng; spelled ghengx in standard Hmong and qeej in Laotian RPA Hmong) is a Hmong musical instrument. It has a long history of 3000 years in China, traced back to the Tang Dynasty. It is a mouth organ with multiple bamboo pipes, each fitted with a free reed, which are fitted into a long blowing tube made of hardwood. It most often has five or six pipes of different pitches and is thus a polyphonic instrument. Its construction includes six parts (mouthpiece, air feed pipe, sheng dou (笙斗, body), sheng guan (笙管, pipes), reed, and resonator tube). It comes in sizes ranging from very small to several meters in length.
The lusheng is used primarily in the rural regions of southwestern China (e.g. Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan) and in nearby countries such as Laos and Vietnam, where it is played by such ethnic groups as the Miao (Hmong-Hmyo-Hmao-Hmu-Xong) and Dong. The lusheng has special cultural significance in the Miao regions due to its role in marriage and religious ceremonies. At the lusheng festival (September 27–29), performers often dance or swing the instrument from side to side while playing. Since the late 20th century, a modernized version of the instrument has been used in compositions, often as a solo instrument. The lusheng production technique has been recorded in China's State-Level Non-Material Cultural Heritage List since May 20, 2006.
History
The lusheng can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty with a history of 3000 years in China. It is originated from the Central Plains Region of China. After spreading to the rural regions of southwestern China, lusheng became one of the favorite traditional instruments in several Chinese minority ethnic groups (in particular, the Miao, Yao, Dong, and Yi). It is believed to have evolved from the Yu (wind instrument), which is a free-reed wind instrument originated in the Han nationality.
In the Miao region, there is a folk legend about the origin of the lusheng. According to the legend, the world had nine suns in ancient times that caused heavy drought. People struggled to survive and built huge bows and arrows, shooting down eight of the nine suns. This scared the last sun, which kept itself hidden in the clouds. Without the sunshine, there was always night and crops failed to grow. To induce the last sun to come out, people produced the lusheng and played music. The beautiful melody from the lusheng successfully attracted the sun to come out again. After that, playing lusheng became a tradition and cultural expression of the Miao people.
Modern development of lusheng
On May 20, 2006, the production techniques on lusheng of the Miao nationality group was approved by China State Council and listed in the State-Level Non-Material Cultural Heritage List. The production techniques used to produce the lusheng advanced techniques of reed musical instruments production in ancient China, connecting Chinese Miao and other Miao ethnic groups around the world.
Construction
A traditional lusheng consists of six parts: mouthpiece, air feed pipe, sheng dou (笙斗, body), sheng guan (笙管, pipes), reed, and resonator tube. The mouthpiece is thin bamboo, which is connected to the air feed pipe and the sheng dou (笙斗, body); six bamboo-made sheng guan (笙管, pipes) of different lengths and with reeds at the bottom are inserted into the sheng dou (笙斗, body), each of which has a press hole and is equipped with a bamboo resonator tube at the upper or lower end of the different bamboo pipes.
sheng dou
Sheng dou (笙斗), which is also called a gas box, is the body of the lusheng. It is mostly made of cedar, pine or wu tong (梧桐) wood. It has a spindle shape, with 46~56 cm in length, 4 ~ 9 cm in width, and 3.5 ~ 8 cm in height. During the production, a whole piece of blank material is split into two halves, and each inner chamber will be hollowed out respectively. Then two halves will be glued after loading into the sheng guan (笙管, pipes) with seven turns of thin gabions around the outer part. The sheng dou (笙斗) often has the color of light yellow, decorated with tung oil on the outside. Its beautiful appearance made lusheng has the reputation of "golden sheng".
sheng guan
Sheng guan (笙管, pipes) is mostly made out of white bamboo, which has a thin diameter (1.2 cm), long joints (40~50 cm), uniform thickness, and thin walls. They are inserted longitudinally at an angle of 75° to 90° into the sheng dou (笙斗). The height of sheng guan (笙管) varied based on a different level of tones: soprano lusheng is 14.5 cm ~ 30 cm high, alto lusheng is 30 cm ~ 58 cm high, bass lusheng is 58 cm ~ 105 cm high, times bass lusheng is 105 cm ~ 210 cm high.
reed
Reed is the soundbox of lusheng, mostly is made from ringing copper. Its size varies depending on the pitch: The pitch of c, c1, c2 has the length of 4 cm, 3.5 cm, 2.5 cm, and the width of 0.25 cm, 0.2 cm, 0.15 cm, respectively. The lusheng reed can also be made of brass, while it is not as crisp as the sound of copper.
resonator tube
The resonator tube acts as the "microphone" of the lusheng. It is a bamboo tube set on the upper end of the sheng guan (笙管) and is mostly made of Moso bamboo. Two types of resonator tube are used in the production, which is movable and fixed. Its length varied with different pitches: c, c1, c2 have length of 60 cm, 30 cm, 15 cm, respectively.
Culture and Festivals
In marriage custom
The lusheng plays an important role in pursuing love in Miao culture. Among traditional Miao (Hmong), intermarriage is prohibited between people of the same surname. Instead, Miao people usually choose their mates through collective activities. During annual spring farming periods, Miao people will build lusheng fields in Hmong villages as places for people to choose their spouses. In the lusheng fields, young men and women from different villages gather together, playing lusheng and dance to get to know each other. When a Miao man picks his mate, he will play lusheng songs like "asking for a flower belt" and ask for a love token from the woman.
In religion custom
In the Miao religion, they believe lusheng is a spiritual instrument (an animism belief) and has a certain effect on the gods. Between the beginning of spring and autumn harvest, lusheng playing is prohibited. During that period, Miao people will wipe the lusheng clean and tie it with red cloth, plugging the sheng guan with cotton flowers and placing it in the reed-pipe hall. Otherwise, it is believed that the sound of lusheng during harvest season will offend the gods. Violators are subject to reprimand by the elders of the tribe.
Lusheng can be used in funerals, as its sound signifies death. In the funeral ceremony, Miao people will play lusheng to release the souls of dead people from suffering. They believe lusheng symbolizes a strong blood tie between the Miao people and their ancestors.
lusheng festival in Miao
Miao lusheng festival (also called lusheng fair) occurs on September 27 and lasts for three days. It has become a traditional festival with hundreds of thousands of Miao people participating. During the festival, a lusheng competition takes place among individuals and among teams composed of five people. They play lusheng music and dance in ritualized forms (lusheng dance). The players with more tunes and brighter sounds will win and their lusheng will be hung with red ribbons, as a symbol of honor in the village. Other activities also take place during lusheng festival to increase the jubilant atmosphere, including horse racing, bird-fighting, and cock fighting.
See also
Sheng (instrument)
Khene
Yu (wind instrument)
Hulusheng
Mangtong
Music of China
Traditional Chinese musical instruments
References
External links
Lusheng page (Chinese)
Lusheng and Qeej
Video
Traditional Hmong lusheng performance in Guizhou
Traditional Hmong lusheng performance in Guizhou
Traditional Hmong lusheng performance in Rongshui, Liuzhou, Guangxi
Modernized lusheng performance
Chinese musical instruments
Sets of free reeds
Laotian musical instruments
Mouth organs |
4037920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao%20Stadium | Banqiao Stadium | The Banqiao Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Banqiao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is administered by the New Taipei City Government. It consists of several parts, of which the Banqiao First Stadium (Traditional Chinese: 板橋第一運動場) is able to hold 30,000 people and was opened in 1987. It is currently used mostly for football matches. In recent years, it has also been used for outdoor concerts. Guns N' Roses kicked off their 2009-2011 World Tour at the stadium on 11 December 2009.
Transportation
The stadium is accessible within walking distance South East from Banqiao Station.
See also
List of stadiums in Taiwan
References
1987 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in New Taipei
Football venues in Taiwan
Multi-purpose stadiums in Taiwan
Sport in New Taipei
Tourist attractions in New Taipei
Banqiao District |
4037924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunlin%20County%20Stadium | Yunlin County Stadium | The Yunlin County Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Douliu City, Yunlin County, Taiwan. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people.
Transportation
The stadium is accessible within walking distance South West from Douliu Station of the Taiwan Railways Administration.
See also
List of stadiums in Taiwan
External links
Yunlin County Stadium
Buildings and structures in Yunlin County
Football venues in Taiwan |
4037927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20and%20John | Bob and John | Bob and John (foaled May 17, 2003 in Kentucky; died December 10, 2018 on Jeju Island, South Korea) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. He was the son of Seeking The Gold out of the mare Minister's Melody. His sire is a son of Mr. Prospector and his dam is from Deputy Minister. Bob and John was bred and raced by Stonerside Stable. He was trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Garrett Gomez.
As a three-year-old, Bob and John was a top contender for the Kentucky Derby after winning the Sham and Wood Memorial Stakes, beating Jazil in the latter. He finished seventeenth in the Derby and eighth in the Belmont Stakes. Raced at age four in 2007, his best result was a win in the Grade III Lone Star Park Handicap.
Bob and John was retired from racing in August 2007 to stand at Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Kentucky, but died on December 10, 2018 at Isidore Farm on the South Korean Jeju Island.
Races
References
External links
National Thoroughbred Racing Association bio
Bob and John's pedigree and stats
2003 racehorse births
2018 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 21-a |
4037931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taichung%20Municipal%20Stadium | Taichung Municipal Stadium | Taiwan Provincial Stadium (now Taichung Municipal Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 30,000 people and was opened in 1950.
See also
List of stadiums in Taiwan
External links
National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport Stadium - Ministry of Education
Football venues in Taiwan
Athletics (track and field) venues in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Taichung
Sport in Taichung
Multi-purpose stadiums in Taiwan |
4037936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Airkewwa | Ċirkewwa | Ċirkewwa is a harbour situated in the northernmost point of Malta.
It is the site of the Ċirkewwa Ferry Terminal, where regular car ferries operate to the port of Mġarr in Gozo. In the summer, boat trips to Comino also operate, as well as organised diving excursions. As Ċirkewwa is a point on the northernmost end of the island, and not a town, there is no major infrastructure besides the terminal.
Visitors travelling to Gozo can reach Ċirkewwa by car by following road signs to Gozo, and by bus from Valletta, Sliema, Buġibba and St. Paul's Bay.
Near the harbour there is a hotel and Paradise Bay, a sandy beach.
Diving in Ċirkewwa
Ċirkewwa is one of the most visited scuba diving sites on the Maltese Islands. It has underwater cliffs, caves, tunnels and an arch down to the seabed at 27m. Ċirkewwa also includes the wrecks of the tugboat MV Rozi and the P29 patrol boat, which were intentionally sunk in 1992 and 2007 respectively. Out towards Marfa Point is a statue of the Virgin Mary which was placed in a natural cavern by the Amphibians Diving Club.
From the middle of 2010, divers have been cooperating to designate Ċirkewwa as a Voluntary Marine Reserve. The site now has the support of the diving community which is working to gain the support of the fishing, angling and boating communities to implement a code of conduct to preserve and protect the site.
References
External links
Gozo Channel Company Limited
Malta Amphibians Dive club
Cirkewwa Voluntary Marine Reserve
Coordinates:
Geography of Malta
Underwater diving sites in Malta
Mellieħa
Ports and harbours of Malta |
4037939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobruja%20Plateau | Dobruja Plateau | The Dobruja Plateau or Dobrogea Plateau () is a plateau in eastern Romania located in the Dobruja () region, surrounded to the north and west by the Danube and to the east by the Danube Delta and the Black Sea.
Its average altitude is around 200–300 metres, higher in the northern part. The highest point is the Țuțuiatu/Greci Peak in the Măcin Mountains, at a height of 467 m.
The climate is slightly warmer and more arid than in the rest of Romania and as such, its flora contains some Mediterranean species.
The Casimcea River and Taița River flow through it from west to east. There are several lakes, including some lagoons, the most important being Oltina Lake, Bugeac Lake, Mangalia Lake, Techirghiol Lake, Siutghiol Lake, Lake Tașaul, and Razim Lake.
Subdivisions
Its main subdivisions are:
Măcin Mountains
Casimcea Plateau
Tulcea Hills
Medgidia Plateau
Negru Vodă Plateau
Oltina Plateau
Istria Plateau
References
Dobruja
Plateaus of Romania |
4037941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime%20Emmy%20Award%20for%20Outstanding%20Lead%20Actress%20in%20a%20Drama%20Series | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television drama series for the primetime network season.
The award was first presented at the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards on February 11, 1954. The acting awards presented during the inaugural years were not genre-specific, with actresses in either drama or comedy series receiving nominations and awards. While Eve Arden was the first winner in the female acting category, Loretta Young was the first actress to win for a lead performance in a drama series. By 1966, the acting awards were split into drama and comedy categories, undergoing several name changes until settling with the current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 36 actresses, with 31 winning for performances in a drama series. At four awards, Tyne Daly and Michael Learned hold the record for most wins in the category. Angela Lansbury is the most nominated actress in the category, with twelve nominations, though she has never won the award. In 2015, Viola Davis became the first African-American woman to win the award, for her performance as Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away with Murder". Zendaya is the current, as well as youngest, recipient of the award for her work on Euphoria.
Winners and nominations
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple wins
6 wins
Cagney & Lacey (consecutive)
3 wins
The Loretta Young Show
Mission: Impossible (consecutive)
Picket Fences (2 consecutive)
The Sopranos
The Waltons (2 consecutive)
2 wins
China Beach
The Crown
Damages
Euphoria
Father Knows Best
The Good Wife
Hazel
Homeland (consecutive)
Thirtysomething
The West Wing
Programs with multiple nominations
12 nominations
Cagney & Lacey
Murder, She Wrote (consecutive)
9 nominations
The Sopranos
8 nominations
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7 nominations
ER
Killing Eve
L.A. Law
6 nominations
Hill Street Blues
House of Cards
The Loretta Young Show
Mad Men
The Waltons
5 nominations
The Closer
The Crown
Family
Homeland
Six Feet Under
4 nominations
Alias
Chicago Hope
China Beach
Dallas
Damages
Fame
The Good Wife
How to Get Away with Murder
Mission: Impossible
The Mod Squad
Picket Fences
The X-Files
The West Wing
3 nominations
The Americans
The Big Valley
Brothers & Sisters
The Donna Reed Show
Downton Abbey
The Handmaid's Tale
Hazel
I Love Lucy
Lassie
Orphan Black
Our Miss Brooks
Ozark
Police Woman
The Rockford Files
Sisters
2 nominations
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
Charlie's Angels
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dynasty
Empire
Euphoria
Father Knows Best
Fireside Theatre
Friday Night Lights
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Harry's Law
Hart to Hart
Here Come the Brides
I'll Fly Away
Judging Amy
McMillan & Wife
Medium
The Morning Show
Nurse
Once and Again
Private Secretary
Saving Grace
Scandal
Thirtysomething
Touched by an Angel
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Upstairs, Downstairs
Westworld
Performers with multiple wins
4 wins
Tyne Daly (3 consecutive)
Michael Learned (2 consecutive)
3 wins
Barbara Bain (consecutive)
Kathy Baker (2 consecutive)
Edie Falco
Loretta Young
2 wins
Glenn Close (consecutive)
Claire Danes (consecutive)
Dana Delany
Sharon Gless (consecutive)
Susan Hampshire (consecutive)
Allison Janney
Julianna Margulies
Barbara Stanwyck
Sela Ward
Patricia Wettig (consecutive)
Jane Wyatt
Zendaya
Performers with multiple nominations
12 nominations
Angela Lansbury (consecutive)
8 nominations
Sharon Gless
Mariska Hargitay
Michael Learned
Julianna Margulies
Elisabeth Moss
6 nominations
Tyne Daly
Claire Danes
Edie Falco
Robin Wright
Loretta Young
5 nominations
Glenn Close
Veronica Hamel
Kyra Sedgwick
4 nominations
Debbie Allen
Gillian Anderson
Kathy Baker
Frances Conroy
Viola Davis
Dana Delany
Jill Eikenberry
Jennifer Garner
Allison Janney
Christine Lahti
Peggy Lipton
Sandra Oh
Barbara Stanwyck
Sada Thompson
3 nominations
Barbara Bain
Barbara Bel Geddes
Lorraine Bracco
Amy Brenneman
Connie Britton
Jan Clayton
Jodie Comer
Susan Dey
Angie Dickinson
Michelle Dockery
Sally Field
Laura Linney
Tatiana Maslany
Keri Russell
Sherry Stringfield
Sela Ward
2 nominations
Patricia Arquette
Kathy Bates
Joan Blondell
Olivia Colman
Roma Downey
Claire Foy
Susan Hampshire
Marg Helgenberger
Taraji P. Henson
Holly Hunter
Kate Jackson
Swoosie Kurtz
Jean Marsh
Stefanie Powers
Diana Rigg
Susan Saint James
Jane Seymour
Regina Taylor
Kerry Washington
Patricia Wettig
Evan Rachel Wood
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyatt
Zendaya
Notes
See also
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
References
Lead Actress - Drama Series
Emmy Award |
4037946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia%20Nobs | Olivia Nobs | Olivia Nobs (born 18 November 1982 in La Chaux-de-Fonds) is a Swiss snowboarder. Nobs captured the silver medal in snowboard cross at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in South Korea.
At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Nobs took the bronze in the Women's Snowboard Cross.
References
Official website
FIS-Ski.com Biography/Results
Swiss female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders of Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
1982 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
People from La Chaux-de-Fonds
Sportspeople from the canton of Neuchâtel |
4037951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother%20Derek | Brother Derek | Brother Derek (foaled March 31, 2003 in California) is a thoroughbred horse. He was bred by Mary H. Caldwell and owned by Cecil N. Peacock.
Trained by Dan Hendricks, Brother Derek began racing at age two in California. He won his 2005 debut race as well as the Norfolk Stakes before finishing fourth to winner Stevie Wonderboy in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Three-year-old season
In 2006, following three straight stakes wins in California including the Grade I Santa Anita Derby, Brother Derek was regarded as a leading contender for the Triple Crown. He was made the pre-race betting favorite for the Kentucky Derby but as a horse who traditionally is a front runner, after drawing the very difficult outside post position #18 his odds dropped sharply. In the Derby, he finished in a dead heat for fourth place with Jazil.
Then two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland Brother Derek broke slow and had to be steadied by his jockey Alex Solis after being bumped. Then he checked off the heals of Barbaro and as they passed the stands for the first time, Brother Derek was four lengths back. Going into the club house turn he altered course way out in the five path rushed up to within a head of the leader Like Now down the back stretch in :46-3/5 for a half mile. At the beginning of the final turn eventual runner-up Sweetnorthernsaint passed Brother Derek and then Like Now to take the lead. Brother Derek continued to chase the leaders drifting out four wide on this turn. At the quarter poll Eclipse Award Champion Bernardini passed Brother Derek and the others and to win while Brother Derek faded to fourth earning his second straight check in a classic race, this one for $60,000.
Four-year-old season
In 2007 Brother Derek finished third in both the San Fernando Stakes and the Strub Stakes after which he underwent surgery to have a bone chip removed from an ankle. He did not race again until 2008 but after one start, in late July his owner announced that Brother Derek was being retired from racing and would enter stud in 2009 at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Kentucky.
References
Brother Derek's pedigree and partial racing stats
National Thoroughbred Racing Association's bio
2003 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in California
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 1-g |
4037955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Pinchudos | Los Pinchudos | Los Pinchudos is an elaborate Chachapoya tomb complex, perched in a high rock cleft in one of Peru's northern Andean cloud forests. Los Pinchudos is located in Río Abiseo National Park, a natural and cultural World Heritage Site, guarded and closed to all except scientific missions. The clay and stone tombs of the complex have wooden roofs and are painted in red, yellow, black, and white colors. Anthropomorphic carvings featuring prominent phalluses are responsible for giving the site its name. Los Pinchudos is located very near the related site of Gran Pajaten.
Preservation
Due to the tombs' deteriorated condition, a result of seismic activity, exposure to the tropical environment, and damage by tourists, Los Pinchudos was listed in the 2000 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund. In 2000 American Express offered $47,000 through the Fund for an emergency conservation and structural stabilization project. While these emergency actions were successful, the site was also listed on the 2002 World Monuments Watch in order to raise awareness for additional conservation work required at the site and for the need of a permanent site management plan.
"Los Pinchudos" are large statues which feature male anatomy. These inspired the name, "Los Pinchudos", which is slang for "the ones with big penises."-Gwin Peter. The researchers believe that these tombs and their surroundings can teach us many things about the vanished culture. The site is located in the Rio Abiseo National Park which is a natural and cultural World Heritage, which has been closed to the public and where tourism is not permitted at all. Government officials are studying to see if they can figure out how this area can be accessed, which has to be done with caution because this is a site where there is always research going on. Not only are tourist not allowed but the scientist have some areas that are restricted to them as well in order to protect the cloud forest, the archaeological sites, and keep the extreme rare yellow-tailed woolly monkey from going extinct. Los Pinchudos is a precious cultural and natural place. It is the ancient burial of ground of the Chachapoyas. The fact that these monuments are exposed to extreme weather due to the tropical environment has brought the structures there to the verge of collapse. Still to this day they wonder how the wooden statues of Los Pinchudos have yet not rotted away.
References
External links
Gwin, Peter : Tombs of Peru's Cloud People, National Geographic. Jun2004, Vol.205 Issue 6, p. 56-59
Bibliography of Research at Gran Pajatén, Los Pinchudos and the Rio Abiseo National Park since 1985 - Columbus State University
Archaeological sites in Peru
Archaeological sites in San Martín Region |
4037956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Kerrigan | Jonathan Kerrigan | Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including In The Club, The Five, Casualty, Heartbeat, Merseybeat and Reach For The Moon. Films include Diana, FLiM,
The Somnambulists and The Best Possible Taste. He is also a musician and has composed for both television and film.
Career
He had his screen debut in the Chemical Brothers music video, "Life Is Sweet". In Peak Practice he played climber Ewan Harvey.
From 1996 to 1999 he played a Project 2000 nurse, Sam Colloby, in BBC medical drama Casualty.
In 2001, as well as starring in Merseybeat as Police Constable Steve Traynor, Kerrigan also composed the theme tune.
On 5 September 2004, Kerrigan made his first appearance as police constable Rob Walker in the British popular and long-running primetime television drama series Heartbeat, set in the 1960s in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Rob was an extremely popular character and was always in the thick of the action, including having a relationship with Helen Trent (played by Sophie Ward) who was separated but still married at the time. They went on to get married but Helen was tragically killed in an explosion in the Police House, which left Rob devastated. In April 2007, Kerrigan announced his decision to quit his role as PC Rob Walker in Heartbeat. Scottish actor Joseph McFadden replaced him as village constable Joe Mason in the following series of the show. Kerrigan's departure marked the end of another chapter in the series history, as the viewers of the show saw PC Rob Walker ride off on his motorcycle into the sunset at the end of Series 16.
In May 2010, he appeared in episode 21 of the seventh series of the US crime drama NCIS playing the character Rex Carhartt.
In 2012, he appeared in a Richard Jobson film called The Somnambulists about British servicemen and women reflecting on the action they saw in Basra during the Iraq War.
He composed some of the original music for the film including the opening title sequence.
Also in 2012, he played John Alkin in BBC Four's The Best Possible Taste, a biography of Kenny Everett, as well as appearing in the film Diana which starred Naomi Watts and was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The film was released in 2013.
In 2014, he played Neil in In the Club, returning for Series 2, in 2016.
He also appeared in and wrote original music for an ongoing film project called FLiM by Raffaello Degruttola.
2015 was a busy year for Kerrigan. He filmed a ten-part drama for SKY 1 called The Five written by Harlen Coben playing American businessman Stuart Carew. He also filmed series 2 of In the Club, both of which are to be screened in 2016.
Kerrigan and his wife both appeared in Death in Paradise “Murder Most Animal” (S8:E2) in 2019. She played his wife. In 2021 he played Richard in 4th season of Kay Mellor's the Syndicate.
Personal life
In the 1990s, Kerrigan dated his Casualty co-star, Claire Goose. In 2011, he married actress Shelley Conn, whom he had been in a relationship with for a decade. In 2012 they had a son.
References
External links
BDi Composer
1972 births
Living people
Alumni of Bretton Hall College
English people of Irish descent
English male television actors
English television composers
English male composers
People from Lincolnshire
People from Kentish Town |
4037957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmila%27s%20Broken%20English | Ludmila's Broken English | Ludmila's Broken English is the second novel by Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre. It was published in March 2006.
Plot introduction
The novel follows two initially separate narratives set in the United Kingdom and Eastern Europe. Recently separated – at the age of 33 – conjoined twins Blair Albert and Gordon-Marie "Bunny" Heath struggle to cope with life in a post-globalisation and fully privatised London. Meanwhile, Ludmila Derev, an impoverished young woman living in the war-torn Southern Caucasus, leaves her mountain home to meet up with her boyfriend in the region's major town and send money back to her family. However, things start to go wrong and she ends up with her picture on a Russian Brides website. Slowly her life and those of the twins are drawn together.
Quotes
"Blair Albert and Gordon-Marie Heath were omphalopagus: conjoined anteriorly at the trunk. They shared certain organs, but not the heart."
"While Blair possessed the twins' physical power – forza – their cunning resided in Gordon, making him dominant in most situations, despite being the weaker twin."
After being sent to Eastern Europe by Blair's American boss, Truman, Blair gives the twins sachets of "solipsidrine" whenever they need some confidence. Bunny however thinks the drug has a major problem:
"Listen: the qualities removed by your so-called cocktail are there for a purpose, Blair. They're the little voices that stop us raping and pillaging. It might suit your Yank mate to do away with them, but we're civilised people, from an ancient, civilised country."
Later Bunny again talks of the drug:
"Do you know what this drug does? Do you know its single active quality? The suspension of conscience, Blair. Do you hear?"
Political parallels
The twins are named Blair Albert Heath and Gordon-Marie "Bunny" Heath – something many commentators have taken as a reference to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Their father is Ted Heath – a possible reference to Edward Heath.
Blair is employed by a company called "Global Liberty Solutions" run by an American, Truman (the surname of an American president, Harry Truman), to go to a foreign country and sort out a problem. He is given a drug, which suspends the "conscience", to get him through difficult situations. His arrival in the country leads to the shooting of the majority of Blair's hosts, and the rape of the family's daughter.
Critical Reception
Ludmila's Broken English received mixed reviews from critics. Andrew Reimer of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote; "This weird and wonderfully outrageous novel is filled to the brim with insights..." Publishers Weekly wrote that "he succeeds in shocking his audience with this maddeningly entertaining encore." Kirkus wrote; "Some of the material might have generated laughs as a five-minute Saturday Night Life “wild and crazy guys” sketch, but it quickly wears thin as a novel." Sophie Harrison of The New York Times opined; "It is a very sad thing to report, but this novel, unlike its predecessor, does not work."
References
External links
Short interview with DBC Pierre – discussing Ludmila's Broken English
Faber and Faber
2006 British novels
British comedy novels
Novels by DBC Pierre
Faber and Faber books |
4037961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karytaina | Karytaina | Karytaina or Karitaina () is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece. Karytaina is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Alpheios, near its confluence with the Lousios. The village dates back to the Middle Ages, but its history is unknown before the Crusader conquest ca. 1205. Karytaina became the seat of a barony under the Frankish Principality of Achaea, and the Castle of Karytaina was built in the mid-13th century on a steep rocky outcrop by Baron Geoffrey of Briel. The area returned to Byzantine control in 1320, and came under Ottoman control in 1460. After a brief period of Venetian rule (1687–1715), Karytaina returned to Ottoman control, and prospered as an administrative and commercial centre. Karytaina and its inhabitants were among the first to rise up during the Greek War of Independence of 1821–29. Today Karytaina is a protected traditional settlement and has, alongside the remains of its Frankish castle, several other medieval and Ottoman monuments.
Location
Karytaina is from the capital of Arcadia, Tripoli, from Megalopoli and from Stemnitsa, built on the slopes of the hill of Achreiovouni, some 550 m above sea level.
The town was formerly the seat of the municipality of Gortyna, which also included the villages of Atsicholos, Katsimpalis, Kotylio, Kourounios, Kyparissia, Mavria, Sarakini, Vlachorraptis, Zoni, Palaiokastro, Karvounari, Kryoneri, Kalyvakia, Strongylo, Palatou. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Megalopoli.
Ηistory
The site of Karytaina is often identified with the ancient city of Brenthe, but although a settlement certainly existed there before the Frankish conquest in , few archaeological remains survive. The Greek archaeologist N.K. Moutsopoulos has suggested the existence of a 12th-century church inside the Karytaina Castle. The name of the town itself is of uncertain provenance: the most common theories are that it derives either from a Slavic root or is a corruption of Gortyna, but it has also been suggested that it derives from the Greek word for walnut, karydion, or from the female name Karitaina.
With the Frankish conquest and the establishment of the Principality of Achaea, Karytaina became one of the secular baronies into which the Morea was divided by the Crusaders. Karytaina was one of the largest baronies, and of special strategic importance: its position allowed it to control the southern part of the mountainous Skorta region and, through the ravine of the Alpheios valley, the main route connecting the Arcadian plateau with the coastal plains of Elis. The barony belonged to the Briel or Bruyères family. The third baron, Geoffrey of Briel, built the Castle of Karytaina and played a major role in the affairs of Frankish Greece in the middle of the 13th century, repeatedly defying even the Prince William II of Villehardouin. After Geoffrey's death in 1275, the barony gradually reverted to the princely domain, and was later held by Isabella of Villehardouin and her daughter, Margaret of Savoy. From the late 13th century, Karytaina was increasingly threatened by the attacks of the Byzantine Greeks of Mystras, until it finally fell to them in 1320.
The town and its castle lost their importance thereafter, and are only intermittently mentioned in the 14th–15th centuries until the time of the Ottoman conquest in 1460. The 17th-century Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi mentions the town but did not visit it, while under Venetian rule (1687–1715) only the town, and not the castle, is mentioned by the Venetian governors. During the second period of Ottoman rule after 1715, the castle was abandoned and fell in ruins, and remained so until the 19th century. The town itself grew in importance as the centre of a district (kaza) and a marketplace, especially for wheat; it was also a centre for silk and carpet manufacture. At the turn of the 18th century, François Pouqueville recorded that the district comprised 130 villages with 28,170 inhabitants, of which 3,000 in Karytaina itself.
Karytaina was taken by the Greek rebels on the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, and formed one of the first strongholds of the rebellion, earning the nickname "Bastion of 1821". In 1826 Theodoros Kolokotronis used it as a base of operations against Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt and as a shelter for women and children.
Sights
Κarytaina has been listed as a protected traditional settlement. Its unique townscape has earned Karytaina the moniker of the "Greek Toledo", and was depicted on the reverse of the Greek 5000 drachmas banknote in 1984–2001.
The main sight is the 13th-century Frankish castle, built at the top of the hill, with its highest point rising above the town. It consists of a triangular circuit wall, over 110 m in the long sides and ca. 40 m at its base, and a central structure which served as the barons' residence, built above the castle cistern. The castle was repaired by Kolokotronis, who erected a small church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and built his house outside the walls.
Also to the Frankish period, but repaired by the Byzantine lord Raoul Manuel Melikes in 1439/40, dates the bridge that crosses the Alpheios over five arches. The town also has several churches, of which the most notable are the cathedral of the Annunciation (Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου Evangelismós tis Theotokou), built in 1878; the 11th-century Church of St. Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος Áyios Nikólaos); the 15th-century Church of the Life-giving Spring (Ζωοδόχος Πηγή Zoodóchos Piyí), distinguished by its tall bell-tower; the church of St. Athanasios, at the entrance of the town, dedicated to Karytaina's patron saint, who was the bishop of the city in the early 18th century. Further landmarks also include ruins of Byzantine-era tower,s and of a Turkish bath, and the large Kavia cave (σπήλαιο Κάβιας spíleo Kávias). Karytaina hosts several events in August, most notably the annual Women's Bazaar.
Nearby sights include the Lousios Gorge. Apart from its natural beauty, which includes the Vrontou waterfall, the gorge is also notable as the "Mount Athos of the Peloponnese" on account of the many monasteries that dot its walls.
Historical population
Notable individuals
Saint Athanasios (1664–1735), Bishop of Christianoupolis and Karytaina from 1711 until his death, known for his charitable work
Nikolaos Dimitrakopoulos (1864–1921), jurist and Minister for Justice of Greece
Dimosthenis Valavanis (1829–1854), poet
See also
List of settlements in Arcadia
List of traditional settlements of Greece
References
Sources
External links
www.karitena.gr
Arcadia - Karytaina
Gortyna, Arcadia
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese
Castles and fortifications of the Principality of Achaea |
4037962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermus%20thermophilus | Thermus thermophilus | Thermus thermophilus is a Gram-negative bacterium used in a range of biotechnological applications, including as a model organism for genetic manipulation, structural genomics, and systems biology. The bacterium is extremely thermophilic, with an optimal growth temperature of about . Thermus thermophilus was originally isolated from a thermal vent within a hot spring in Izu, Japan by Tairo Oshima and Kazutomo Imahori. The organism has also been found to be important in the degradation of organic materials in the thermogenic phase of composting.
T. thermophilus is classified into several strains, of which HB8 and HB27 are the most commonly used in laboratory environments. Genome analyses of these strains were independently completed in 2004.
Cell Structure
Thermus thermophilus is a Gram-negative bacterium with an outer membrane that is composed of phospholipids and lipopolysaccharides. This bacterium also has a thin peptidoglycan (also known as murein) layer, in this layer there are 29 muropeptides which account for more than 85% of the total murein layer. The presence of Ala, GLu, Gly, Orn, N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetylmuramic were found in the murein layer of this bacterium. Another unique feature of this murein layer is that the N-terminal Gly is substituted with phenylacetic acid. This is the first instance of phenylacetic acid found in the murein of bacterial cells. The composition and peptide cross-bridges found in this murein layer are typical of Gram-positive bacterium, but the amount, the degree of the cross-linkage and length of the glycan chain gives this bacterium its Gram-negative properties.
Survival Mechanisms
Thermus thermophilus was originally found within a thermal vent in Japan. These bacteria can be found in a variety of geothermal environments. These Thermophiles require a more stringent DNA repair system, as DNA becomes unstable at high temperatures. The GC content of this bacterium is about 69%, this contributes to the thermostability of this bacterium's genome.
Strains
The two most widely used strains in laboratory settings are HB27 and HB8. The strain HB27 is capable of living in an aerobic or anaerobic environment. It has a genome that consists of a main chromosome (1.89Mb long), as well as a megaplasmid, known as pTT27 (0.23Mb long). The chromosome of HB27 contains 1,968 protein coding genes, with 20% of these genes having no known function. While the megaplasmid contains 230 protein coding genes, about 39% of these genes have no known function.
The strain HB8 is also an aerobic organism and is a model organism for systems biology. It has a genome consisting of a plasmid, known as pTT8 (9.3kb long), that is coupled with a chromosome (1.85Mb), as well as a megaplasmid, also known as pTT27 (0.26Mb). This strain was found to be a polyploid organism, with a chromosome and megaplasmid copy number of about four to five.
Applications
This organism has been advantageous for industrial biotechnological fields as it is an excellent source of enzymes, more specifically thermozymes. One of these enzymes being the Tth DNA polymerase (rTth to emphasize it being recombinant).
rTth DNA polymerase is a recombinant thermostable DNA polymerase derived from Thermus thermophilus HB8, with optimal activity at 70-80 °C, used in some PCR applications. The enzyme possesses efficient reverse transcriptase activity in the presence of manganese. This enzyme is beneficial for amplification of GC-rich targets and for crude samples. It can be used in applications of PCR, RT-PCR and also primer extension. This polymerase has been shown to be resistant to DNA polymerase inhibitors present in clinical samples, it also has the capacity to detect RNA in the presence of inhibitors. Under the presence of inhibitors, it was shown to detect this RNA at a comparable level with its capacity to detect DNA.
References
External links
Thermus thermophilus HB27 genome page.
Thermus thermophilus HB8 genome page.
Structural-biological whole cell project of Thermus thermophilus HB8.
Isolation of Thermus strains from hot composts (60ºC-80ºC)
Whole Cell Project of Thermus thermophilus HB8: Database
Type strain of Thermus thermophilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Model organisms
Thermophiles
Thermozoa |
4037967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Hettich | Georg Hettich | Georg Hettich (born 12 October 1978 in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg) is a Nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist from Germany.
Hettich was a surprise winner of the 15 km individual event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km team event and repeated this in 2006. With his bronze in the 7.5 km sprint contest in 2006, he completed his medal collection.
Hettich also won silver medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 x 5 km team event both in 2003 and 2005.
References
1978 births
Living people
People from Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Sportspeople from Freiburg (region)
German male Nordic combined skiers
Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Germany
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Universiade medalists in nordic combined
Universiade gold medalists for Germany
Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade |
4037970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boixcar | Boixcar | Boixcar (pen name of Guillermo Sánchez Boix; 1917 —1960) was a Spanish cartoonist.
He was born in Barcelona, and began his career in the mid-1940s. His first comics include El Caballero Negro ("The Black Knight", 1945), El Puma (1946), and La Vuelta al Mundo de dos Muchachos ("The Two Boys' Return to the World", 1948).
He gained popularity with his comic book Hazañas Bélicas ("War Deeds", first issue in 1948, second one in 1950). It drew inspiration from the recent events of World War II (and later of the Korean War), with an accent placed on human values expressed in the most desperate situations, the sentimentalism of the action being in contrast with the spectacularly realistic depiction of weapons and vehicles. The Hazañas''' success made the editor issue another in the series, as Hazañas Bélicas Extra, increased in content that due to Boixcar's collaboration with several other artists on the project.
Boixcar was at ease with other themes, as shown by his contributions to the series Mundo Futuro ("Future World", from 1956), Flecha Negra ("Black Arrow") and Murciélago'' ("Bat").
External links
Boixcar at the Comic Book Database
1917 births
1960 deaths
People from Barcelona
Spanish cartoonists
Spanish comics artists
20th-century Spanish male artists
Artists from Barcelona |
4037989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20That%27s%20What%20I%20Call%20Music%21%208%20%28American%20series%29 | Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (American series) | Now That's What I Call Music! 8 was released on November 20, 2001. The album is the eighth edition of the Now! series in the U.S. It peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. Three tracks selected for the album, "Bootylicious", "Stutter" and "U Got It Bad", had reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Now! 8 is dedicated to Aaliyah, who had died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001, with a portion of the album's profits going to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund.
Track listing
* The song "I'm Real" by Jennifer Lopez is not the more popular "Murder Remix" version featuring Ja Rule.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2001 compilation albums
008
Virgin Records compilation albums |
4037994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellie%20Francon | Mellie Francon | Mellie Francon (born 24 January 1982 in La Chaux-de-Fonds) is a Swiss snowboarder.
Francon is Swiss Champion 2005 in snowboard cross. On 5 January 2006 she won the World Cup competition at Bad Gastein.
References
Swiss female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders of Switzerland
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
1982 births
Living people
People from La Chaux-de-Fonds
Sportspeople from the canton of Neuchâtel |
4037996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonnberg%20Abbey | Nonnberg Abbey | Nonnberg Abbey () is a Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, Austria. Founded by Saint Rupert of Salzburg, it is the oldest continuously existing nunnery in the German-speaking world. The monastery complex is today a protected monument and part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.
History
The convent was established beneath the Festungsberg hill and the ruined fortifications of the former Roman city of Juvavum. Its first abbess was Saint Erentrudis of Salzburg, who was either a niece or a sister of Bishop Rupert. The abbey's endowment was provided by the Agilolfing duke Theodo of Bavaria and his successor Theodbert.
The nuns, all of noble birth, held extended estates up the Salzach river in the south of the city. The convent's possessions were later augmented by Emperor Henry II, who was also Duke of Bavaria. The Benedictine rule was finally implemented under Archbishop Conrad I of Salzburg in the early 12th century.
The abbey became independent of the founding house from 987. After a blaze about 1006, the abbey church was re-built with the support of Henry II; he and his consort Cunigunde of Luxembourg attended the consecration in 1009. This Romanesque building was again largely destroyed in a fire of 1423. Reconstruction took place between 1464 and 1509. In 1624 the church was enlarged by the addition of three side chapels. A refurbishment in the Baroque style took place in the 1880s.
Commemorative coin
The Abbey was selected as main motif for the Austrian Nonnberg Abbey commemorative coin minted on April 5, 2006. This was the first coin of the series "Great Abbeys of Austria". It shows the Benedictine convent of Nonnberg Abbey. On the hilltop in the background, Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Kajetaner church can be seen. The abbey and fortress are connected by the Reisszug, one of the world's oldest extant railways.
In popular culture
Through Maria Augusta Kutschera, later Maria Augusta von Trapp, who became a postulant in the abbey in 1924 and whose life was the basis for the Broadway musical (1959) and film (1965) The Sound of Music, the abbey has acquired international fame. The Mother Abbess during Maria's time at Nonnberg was Sister Virgilia Lütz (1869-1949). Nonnberg Abbey is featured in movies depicting the life of Maria Augusta Kutschera, namely The Sound of Music and Die Trapp-Familie.
Gallery
References
Citations
Bibliography
Franz Esterl: Chronik des adeligen Benediktiner-Frauen-Stiftes Nonnberg in Salzburg, Salzburg, 1841 (at Google Books, in German)
External links
www.nonnberg.at Official Website
Nonnberg Abbey at Sacred Destinations
Stift Nonnberg at Visit-Salzburg
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg at UNESCO
Benedictine monasteries in Austria
Christian monasteries established in the 8th century
Benedictine nunneries in Austria
Monasteries in Salzburg
Tourist attractions in Salzburg
Churches completed in 714
Establishments in the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg |
4038006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime%20Emmy%20Award%20for%20Outstanding%20Lead%20Actor%20in%20a%20Drama%20Series | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actors in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
# – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, before the category's creation
§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, before the category's creation
Winners and nominations
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple wins
4 wins
Breaking Bad (3 consecutive)
NYPD Blue (2 consecutive)
3 wins
Columbo
I Spy (consecutive)
The Sopranos (2 consecutive)
St. Elsewhere (2 consecutive)
2 wins
Boston Legal
The Defenders
Father Knows Best (consecutive)
Hill Street Blues (consecutive)
Lou Grant
Perry Mason
Programs with multiple nominations
14 nominations
NYPD Blue
10 nominations
St. Elsewhere
8 nominations
Columbo
Law & Order
Mad Men
This Is Us
7 nominations
The West Wing
6 nominations
24
Breaking Bad
ER
House
I Spy
The Sopranos
5 nominations
Better Call Saul
Dexter
The Equalizer
Hill Street Blues
House of Cards
Ironside
Lou Grant
Magnum, P.I.
Quantum Leap
The Rockford Files
4 nominations
L.A. Law
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
Ozark
Quincy, M.E.
Six Feet Under
The Streets of San Francisco
Succession
3 nominations
The Americans
Boston Legal
Dallas
The Danny Thomas Show
Dynasty
Father Knows Best
The Fugitive
Gunsmoke
The Jackie Gleason Show
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Newsroom
Perry Mason
Pose
Ray Donovan
The Waltons
Westworld
2 nominations
Baretta
Beauty and the Beast
Bloodline
Boardwalk Empire
The Bob Cummings Show
Cannon
The Defenders
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Downton Abbey
Dragnet
Four Star Playhouse
Friday Night Lights
Have Gun – Will Travel
Hennesey
Homeland
Homicide: Life on the Street
I'll Fly Away
In Treatment
Kojak
Moonlighting
Naked City
Northern Exposure
The Phil Silvers Show
Picket Fences
The Practice
Rescue Me
Run for Your Life
The Shield
True Detective
Twin Peaks
The Untouchables
The X-Files
Performers with multiple wins
4 wins
Bryan Cranston (3 consecutive)
Dennis Franz (2 consecutive)
3 wins
Bill Cosby (consecutive)
Peter Falk
James Gandolfini (2 consecutive)
James Spader (2 consecutive)
Robert Young (2 consecutive)
2 wins
Ed Asner
Raymond Burr
William Daniels (consecutive)
E. G. Marshall (consecutive)
Daniel J. Travanti (consecutive)
Performers with multiple nominations
8 nominations
Raymond Burr*
Peter Falk*
Dennis Franz*
Jon Hamm*
7 nominations
James Garner*
6 nominations
Bryan Cranston*
James Gandolfini*
Michael C. Hall
Hugh Laurie
Martin Sheen
Kiefer Sutherland*
Robert Young*
5 nominations
Ed Asner*
Sterling K. Brown*
William Daniels*
Ed Flanders*
Bob Odenkirk
Tom Selleck*
Jimmy Smits
Kevin Spacey
Daniel J. Travanti*
Sam Waterston
Edward Woodward
4 nominations
Scott Bakula
Jason Bateman
Richard Boone
Kyle Chandler*
Mike Connors
Anthony Edwards
Jack Klugman
Karl Malden
Michael Moriarty
Matthew Rhys*
James Spader*
3 nominations
James Arness
Andre Braugher*
Bill Cosby*
Robert Culp
Jeff Daniels*
John Forsythe
David Janssen
Peter Krause
Martin Landau
Billy Porter*
Liev Schreiber
Milo Ventimiglia
2 nominations
Corbin Bernsen
Robert Blake*
Hugh Bonneville
Paul Burke
Steve Buscemi
Gabriel Byrne
Michael Chiklis*
George Clooney
William Conrad
Jackie Cooper
Brian Cox
David Duchovny
Ben Gazzara
Larry Hagman
Denis Leary
Damian Lewis*
Kyle MacLachlan
E. G. Marshall*
Rob Morrow
Ron Perlman
Telly Savalas*
Tom Skerritt*
Robert Stack*
Jeremy Strong*
Richard Thomas*
Michael Tucker
Jack Webb
Bruce Willis*
(*) refers to those who have won in this category
Superlatives
See also
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Notes
References
Lead Actor - Drama Series
Emmy Award |
4038015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydel | Hydel | Hydel may refer to:
Shorthand for hydroelectricity, by combining the prefix hyd- (from "hydro-") with -el (from "electricity")
Mirosław Hydel (born 1963), Polish long jumper |
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