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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Tomi
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Giovanni Tomi
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Giovanni Tomi (born 31 December 1987) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Prato.
References
External links
1987 births
Footballers from Naples
Living people
Italian footballers
Association football defenders
U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players
Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players
U.S. Lecce players
F.C. Pavia players
Rimini F.C. 1912 players
A.S. Martina Franca 1947 players
Matera Calcio players
A.C. Prato players
A.S. Sambenedettese players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%20Episcopal%20Church%20%28Tarrytown%2C%20New%20York%29
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Christ Episcopal Church (Tarrytown, New York)
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Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 43 South Broadway (US 9) in Tarrytown, New York. Topped by a modest tower, the ivy-covered red brick church was built in 1837 and maintains an active congregation to the present day. The church also includes the San Marcos Mission, a Spanish-language ministry.
It was recognized as a landmark by the New York Department of Education in 1935. In 1987 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for both its association with early American author Washington Irving, who served as a vestryman, and its distinctive early Gothic Revival architecture. It has undergone several extensive renovations since its construction, and has had two outbuildings added, but maintains its historic character.
Building complex
The church complex includes three buildings: the original church, a rectory built later, and a parish hall on a 17,120 square-foot (514 m²) parcel at the intersection of South Broadway and Elizabeth Street. All date to the 19th century and are considered contributing resources to its status as a Registered Historic Place.
Church
The church itself takes the form of a traditional English parish church, with an engaged tower and transept at the three-quarters point, built of red brick. The front facade is currently covered with a heavy growth of ivy. The tower and turrets at the east front and north transept are castellated. Limestone, sandstone and molded brick are used for the various decorative elements in the facade. An iron fence encloses the small churchyard, and a chapel has been added to the south wing.
The tower forms a vaulted narthex at the main entrance in front. All walls there and within the chancel are white plaster, except around the altar. Its recess features marbleized Corinthian columns and gold paint. The altar itself is made of carved stone, painted a neutral brown, with decorations echoing its surrounding decor and the stained glass window behind it. To its right is a memorial tablet to Maria Phillips, an early member of the church during colonial times.
A similar memorial plaque to Irving is located on the wall next to a baptismal font in the north transept. It is made of Dorchester stone with columns of Aberdeen granite and Caen stone, depicting the symbolic holly of Irving's coat of arms. Displayed in front is Irving's pew, one of the church's original pine furnishings. The opposite wall memorializes Dr. William Creighton, founder and first rector of the parish. The south transept contains St. Mark's Chapel, from a church in Beekmantown consolidated with Christ in 1951.
Rectory
The rectory, built in 1875, is a two-and-a-half-story rectangular building abutting (and later linked to) the church. It has a large pavilion with corbel tables, brick corner pilasters and steeply pitched raking cornice. Entrance is through a single-bay vestibule adjacent to the pavilion. The building also has a small wooden porch.
Parish hall
The one-story-with-basement parish hall dates to 1898. It shows some Tudorbethan features, such as its arched windows, arranged singly in one-over-one sets. The side entrance porch has Tudor archways, and a half-timbered gable with triple window and a transom embellished with a pinnacle and scrolls.
History
The church was started by Nathaniel Holmes, a New York City bookseller and devout Episcopalian who retired to Tarrytown in 1835. He taught a Sunday school in the old schoolhouse on Franklin Street, and soon after taking up residence persuaded Dr. William Creighton, former rector of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in Lower Manhattan, to help him start a church in his new home. It was formally organized on August 8, 1836, with Holmes as senior warden.
Minutes from the vestry meeting two weeks later record a resolution to build a "church of brick, 40' X 55', in the Gothic style". Six weeks later those specifications were amended to say that the church tower should be 40 feet (12 m) high and 14 feet (4 m) square, with a "plain Gothic" window, and the rear of the church square. The conscious choice of a "Gothic" style for the church preceded by several years the debut of the Gothic Revival churches of Richard Upjohn, such as New York's Trinity Church. Alexander Jackson Davis would not publish his Rural Residences, which inspired similarly Gothic board-and-batten churches throughout rural New England, for another year. Christ Church was thus one of the earliest American churches in that style, taking a Picturesque interpretation.
The new church soon purchased the current property and by November of that year the cornerstone had been laid. Local construction firm Hall & Boyce received $5,377 to complete the church. It was opened and the first services held in 1837. Creighton served with distinction as rector not only at Christ but at Zion Church in nearby Greenburgh. He is believed to have persuaded Irving to join the church in 1848; the author's presence at services was a frequent attraction for visitors from out of town. He served as a vestryman until his death in 1859, and also contributed the ivy which grows on the church facade, from cuttings he took at Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter Scott. Due to the closure of his Sunnyside estate for many years afterwards, his pew in the church became the primary focus for visitors to Tarrytown looking to pay homage to him.
The early years saw some moderate improvements: a church bell, central heating, the iron fence and sidewalks on the grounds. In 1857 the first major alteration occurred when the church was lengthened and a recess chancel installed. This change, making the spatial separation between clergy and laity more pronounced, reflects the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society and Ecclesiology movement within Anglicanism, which advocated for more authentically medieval architecture in the denominations' churches. This philosophy would inform the design of Christ Church for the remainder of the century.
In 1868, three years after Creighton's death, local architect James Bird and his builder brother Seth were contracted to oversee some more major improvements as an alternative to demolishing the church, which had grown structurally unsound. They put in a new ceiling and sidewalls, added the south wing, removed the organ gallery and moving the organ itself to the new north transept, put in gas lighting and refitted the windows for stained glass. It is believed that the decorative wall painting was added at this time as well.
The last major alteration, in 1896, focused mainly on the interior decoration. The original pine benches were replaced with oak, and the pews arranged so that they had a single center aisle rather than just the two on the sides. All the new furnishing boasted carved wooden elements such as trefoil piercings that enhanced the Gothic feel of the church. They were complemented by the stenciled walls, polychrome tile floor and hanging brass lanterns. While this primarily reflects the ascendancy of Aestheticism in popular design at the time, the lingering Ecclesiological influence shows in the center aisle, which puts the nave and chancel along a single axis.
Later work on the building aimed to restore and preserve it. In 1931 all buildings were clean, revealing some of the brick additions, and the sanctuary restored to its original white in keeping with the then-popular Colonial Revival trend. Finally, in 1985, all the buildings were repainted with tinted mortar to preservation standards.
It was necessary to close the church in 1995 since the bell tower had deteriorated to the point where structural engineers it consulted recommended not using the main entrance. Church members also discovered it was necessary to replace the roof as well, since its three layers were decaying at different rates and the building code does not permit a fourth layer. Services were held in nearby Ackerman Hall until $500,000 could be raised to pay for the restoration and repair.
The church today
Christ Episcopal continues to be active part of the Tarrytown community. In 1993 it started San Marcos Mission, a program for the growing Latin immigrant population. It holds services in Spanish and other programs for that community. The church also provides space for the Tarrytown Nursery School for children ages 2–4. Other church programs include Godly Play, a Montessori-based Sunday school, and an annual chili cookoff.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Westchester County, New York
References
External links
Church website
Episcopal church buildings in New York (state)
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Religious organizations established in 1836
Churches completed in 1837
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
U.S. Route 9
Tarrytown, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York
Churches in Westchester County, New York
1836 establishments in New York (state)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Butler%20%28record%20producer%29
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George Butler (record producer)
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George Butler (September 2, 1931 – April 9, 2008) was a prominent American jazz record producer, executive and A&R man. He worked for a number of well-known jazz record labels from the 1960s to the 1990s including Blue Note Records, Columbia Records and United Artists Records. He signed and launched the careers of a number of now famous artists including Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. and Nnenna Freelon.
Biography
Butler was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and studied at Howard University before going on to earn a master's degree in music education from Columbia University. In the early 1960s, he began working as an A&R executive for United Artists Records, where a few years later he was instrumental in establishing its Solid State Records jazz subsidiary.
He took over the running of subsidiary label, Blue Note, in 1972, helping to increase interest in the jazz format with numerous jazz-soul crossover projects aimed at a more mainstream audience, including albums by Donald Byrd, Earl Klugh, Ronnie Laws, and Bobbi Humphrey, as well as working with prominent jazz musicians from the 1960s, including Horace Silver and Bobby Hutcherson.
In the late 1970s, he became vice president for jazz and progressive artists and repertory at Columbia Records, staying into the mid-1990s. He helped to persuade Miles Davis to return to recording in 1980 and signed or was executive producer for fusion and soul-jazz acts, such as Bob James, Billy Cobham, and Grover Washington Jr.
Butler died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Castro Valley, California, at the age of 76.
References
2008 deaths
1931 births
American music industry executives
A&R people
Howard University alumni
Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
20th-century American businesspeople
Businesspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamukova%20train%20derailment
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Pamukova train derailment
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The Pamukova train derailment was a fatal railway accident which occurred in 2004 at Pamukova district of Sakarya Province in northwestern Turkey when a higher speed train derailed, at which 41 passengers were killed and 80 injured.
Accident
In the early 2000s, a project was started to construct higher-speed rail lines in Turkey, at first between the highest-populated cities Istanbul and Ankara. At 19:45 EEST on July 22, 2004, a higher-speed train named after Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, heading to Ankara from Haydarpaşa, Istanbul, derailed near Mekece village of Pamukova, Sakarya during one of its first journeys, away from Istanbul. Of the 234 passengers and nine crew on board, 41 were killed and 80 injured.
The accident investigation revealed that the train ran into a curve with a radius of near Mekece railway station with a speed of , where the speed limit was . The speeding caused the left wheel of the second passenger car to spring off the track. The train's balance quickly deteriorated, and two following cars coupled to the derailed car drifted sideways. Four cars were overturned, while two cars were damaged heavily, having crashed into each other. The locomotive and the first car remained undamaged on the track, and were taken to Osmaneli railway station after the accident.
Aftermath
An analysis carried out by the railway simulation software Adams/Rail showed that a train running at would derail at the curve, while one at a speed of would pass the spot without derailing.
There were no warning signs or signals available at the accident scene. The investigation commission reported that the total journey duration, which was 5 hours and 15 minutes, was too short for the route. The new suggested time was 6 hours. Finally, it was determined that the unsuitable railway infrastructure was one of the main factors that influenced the accident. At the time of the opening of the line one month before, experts had warned the government to modernize the infrastructure before putting higher-speed trains in service.
Immediately after the accident, Binali Yıldırım, the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication, was criticized harshly in the public square, and his resignation was demanded. However, he rejected the demands and remained in his office.
Ten years after the accident, the court found the two engineers of the train guilty of negligence causing death. However, since the trial was ruled on over seven-and-half years following the date of the accident, the sentences could not be executed according to Turkish law.
References
2004 disasters in Asia
2004 in Turkey
Railway accidents in 2004
Derailments in Turkey
History of Sakarya Province
Accidents and incidents involving Turkish State Railways
Binali Yıldırım
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Hunt
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Walter Hunt
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Walter Hunt may refer to:
Walter Hunt (inventor) (1796–1859), American mechanic and inventor
Walter Hunt (politician) (1868–1942), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
W. Ben Hunt (1888–1970), American artist and author
Walter H. Hunt (born 1959), American science fiction novelist
Walter Hunt (architect) (1870–1940), architect in Australia
See also
Hunt (surname)
Hunt (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okutataragi%20Pumped%20Storage%20Power%20Station
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The is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Asago, in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.
With a total installed capacity of , it is one of the largest pumped-storage power stations in the world, and the largest in Japan.
The facility is currently run by the Kansai Electric Power Company.
Like most pumped-storage facilities, the power station utilizes two reservoirs, releasing and pumping as the demand rises and falls.
Construction on the facility began in 1970 and was completed in 1974.
Kurokawa Reservoir
The Kurokawa Reservoir, the upper reservoir, has a capacity of , a catchment area of , and a reservoir surface area of , and is held back by the Kurokawa Dam .
The embankment dam, located on the Ichi River, measures tall, wide, and is built with of material.
The dam is located at .
Tataragi Reservoir
The Tataragi Reservoir, the lower reservoir, has a capacity of , a catchment area of , and a reservoir surface area of , and is held back by the Tataragi Dam .
The dam measures tall, wide, and is built with of material.
The dam is located at .
See also
List of power stations in Japan
Notes
Energy infrastructure completed in 1974
Hyōgo Prefecture
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in Japan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrifty%20White
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Thrifty White
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Thrifty White Pharmacy (also known as White Drug and Thrifty Drug) is an American pharmacy chain with operations in six states, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa headquartered in Plymouth, MN. The firm specializes in filling prescriptions, long term care consulting, community outreach, and specialty services. As of September 2016, Thrifty White received full URAC accreditation for its specialty pharmacy.
History
The first White Drug opened in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1884 by Mr. and Mrs. H.E. White. There were 38 White Drug Stores when it merged with Thrifty Drug in 1985. Thrifty Drug was founded in Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1957 by Douglas Stark, Jack Lindoo, and Edward Olsen. White Drug and Thrifty Drug merged in 1985 to form Thrifty White Drugstores.
White Mart
White Mart was a chain of discount department stores serving mostly the Dakotas and Minnesota. Shortly after merging, the new Thrifty White began closing all White Mart locations, with the final locations closing in the early 1990s.
Thrifty White today
Thrifty White is an employee owned company that operates a total of 96 drugstores under the banners White Drug, Thrifty Drug, and Thrifty White Drug. In addition, there are 82 Independent Retailers that operate their own pharmacies but use Thrifty White tools and contracts. Its locations are typically found inside shopping centers or strip malls. Most Thrifty White stores offer a wide range of items found in the typical retail drugstore including, household items, greeting cards, cosmetics, and a large gift section. A typical Thrifty White also has a full service One Hour Photo Lab.
Most of the Thrifty White drugstores are located in small towns with a population of under 60,000 where they are often the only pharmacy within city limits.
Thrifty White partnered with North Dakota State University to open a concept pharmacy for students to learn and experience the way of a retail pharmacy. Students are able to practice the duties of a pharmacist within an instructional pharmacy setting.
Thrifty White has eight Telepharmacy Stores located in small communities where access to a pharmacist would not be available. First opened in 2003, these stores allow a pharmacist to communicate through an audio/video feed with a trained technician to fill and approve prescriptions. These stores allow for regular services such as MTM and patient counseling.
In 2013, Thrifty White purchased TheOnlineDrugstore, expanding its reach online.
In 2016, Thrifty White became a fully accredited specialty pharmacy through URAC with accreditation lasting until 2019. It has the ability to provide specialty products and services all 50 states. It claims adherence rates of over 93% for specialty patients.
Thrifty White was named the national "Pharmacy Innovator of the Year" for 2016 by Drug Store News. It won a similar award in 2012 by Chain Drug Review. Thrifty White was also names "#1 in Medication Therapy Management" by Mirixa in 2016 and "Most Innovative" by Outcomes in 2016. Thrifty White's Medication Synchronization program has 65,000 patients enrolled and is leading the nation in medication adherence scores.
In April 2021, Thrifty White has teamed up with Upsher-Smith to have a free on-site COVID-19 vaccination clinic that follows the Moderna vaccine's recommended schedule.
External links
Thrifty White Homepage
References
Health care companies based in Minnesota
Economy of Montana
Economy of the Midwestern United States
Pharmacies of the United States
Online pharmacies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hilliard%20%28artist%29
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John Hilliard (artist)
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John Hilliard, (born 1945) is an English conceptual artist. Hilliard's ongoing body of work addresses the specificity of photography as a medium: its uncertainty as a representational device and its status within the visual arts, especially in relation to painting, cinema and commercial photography.
Education
Born in Lancaster, Hilliard studied at Lancaster College of Art from 1962 to 1964, and then at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, until 1967. He began his interest in photography as an art student in the 1960s, first using the camera simply to capture images of his site-specific art installations. Soon, he recognised there was bias inherent in photography—the camera could not be completely neutral—and he explored the manipulation of the photographic process and its results.
Art
In the 1970s, Hilliard examined how changes to the process of black and white photography could affect the outcome. His art showed how the camera's notional objectivity was vulnerable to decisions made by the photographer leading up to the instant of the exposure, as well as subsequent decisions made in the darkroom concerning paper selection and development techniques.
Hilliard's 1971 work, Camera Recording Its Own Condition consisted of a display of 70 snapshots taken by a camera aimed at a mirror, showing itself at the moment of exposure, the snapshots differing by film speed, exposure time, and aperture size. The 70 images were laid out in a rigid grid with one optimal "correct" image in the center. This changing of the mechanics of each shot revealed the intention of the unseen photographer. In 1974, Hilliard showed in Cause of Death four images of the same human body covered in a sheet. The images were taken from the same photographic negative but each one suggested a different cause of death, accomplished by cropping the print to modify context. Each image was given its own one-word title to indicate a narrative: "Crushed", "Drowned", "Burned", and "Fell". Photographer Chris Steele-Perkins wrote that, in Cause of Death, "framing affects the way a photograph is read", and that Hilliard provides the viewer with "elegant forensic evidence that, although the camera cannot lie, photographs tell different truths." University of Ulster photography professor Terence Wright noted that Cause of Death is a formalist piece in which the process is revealed, and that many of Hilliard's works fall into this classification.
In the 1980s colour photography in popular culture became the subject of Hilliard's semiotic scrutiny. He was especially interested in how photography targeted a desired result in advertising and media. He challenged the viewer to re-examine an Asian woman's portrait in East/West, 1986, showing how the stylised profile can be manipulated to represent different cultural attitudes. In response to a 1989 show, Chicago Tribune art critic Alan G. Artner wrote that Hilliard purposely clouds the difference between painting and photography, and that he "dramatize[s] issues specific to the photographic medium."
In the 1990s Hilliard's work evolved a stronger chroma, push processing, saturation, and seductive gloss, the subjects arranged to portray a narrative that was perhaps violent or erotic. At the same time, the viewer is prevented from complete comprehension of context by interposed objects obscuring portions of the scene. For instance his work Miss Tracy, 1994 shows what is assumed to be a nude woman face down on a bloody sheet, the center of the image blocked by a large rectangle leaving the peripheral region as the only source of understanding. In the mid-1990s Hilliard further expanded the scale of his photographic works by printing on canvas or vinyl, the size approaching that of a mural. He continued to present the viewer with a disruption of full understanding, a critical comment on the viewing process.
Exhibits
From Christmas 1983 to mid-June 1984, Hilliard's art was shown in Germany at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Frankfurter Kunstverein. Art historian and critic Jean Fisher wrote a biographical piece and analysed the works for a 69-page museum book edited by art historian and publisher Peter Weiermair.
In early 1989, an exhibit of Hilliard's large scale works was featured for one month at Chicago's Renaissance Society museum. The works consisted of large Cibachrome and Scanachrome prints, the latter being saturated colour applied to canvas using dyes. A 30-page book on Hilliard's work to date was printed for the event, with 19 images by Hilliard, and critical art analysis written by Fisher.
In 1999, a major retrospective of Hilliard's works was mounted, and shown in three German art galleries.
In 2003, German publisher Verlag das Wunderhorn published a monograph of his works, entitled The Less Said The Better, with an accompanying solo exhibit in Amsterdam.
Career
Hilliard taught for a time at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. He was later associated with the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, serving as professor, the head of Graduate Fine Art Media, the director of Graduate Programmes, and a tutor of graduate students. Currently, Hilliard lives and works in London.
References
External links
List of Works held by Tate, with images
A Century of Artists' Film in Britain, exhibition, Tate Britain, 2004
Cause of Death
Jemima Stehli & John Hilliard, Untitled, 2002
John Hilliard at L.A.Galerie – Frankfurt
1945 births
Living people
Photographers from Lancashire
Academics of the Slade School of Fine Art
British conceptual artists
English contemporary artists
British installation artists
British video artists
Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
Academics of Camberwell College of Arts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minillas%20Tunnel
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The Minillas Tunnel is a tunnel located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The tunnel starts at the end of Puerto Rico Highway 22 (unsigned Interstate PR2), in the area of Santurce, exiting near El Condado. The tunnel was built from 1978 through 1980.
See also
Puerto Rico Highway 22
Minillas
Papago Freeway tunnel - A similar tunnel located in Phoenix, Arizona
1980 establishments in Puerto Rico
Road tunnels in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%27s%20School%20of%20the%20Future
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Microsoft's School of the Future
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Microsoft School of the Future (commonly referred to as the School of the Future) is a public high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Philadelphia School District. The school opened on September 7, 2006.
History
After two and half years of planning, the School District of Philadelphia, Microsoft and The Prisco Group architectural firm designed "School of the Future." The school resides on in West Philadelphia's Fairmount Park and was designed as a template that can be replicated throughout the country and worldwide on a traditional budget. The design had to incorporate the principle of adaptation at any site, making it able to adjust to smaller or bigger student capacity and incorporate different curricula and programs. The design supports continuous, relevant and adaptive learning principles.
Recognitions
LEED Gold Certified
2006 DesignShare Award
2006 Reader's Digest: Best of America – Best High-Tech High
See also
Education
School
Classroom of the future
References
External links
Official website
School district section on HSOF and School of the Future's School Profile
Microsoft - Building the School of the future
Slashdot - "Microsoft's High School Opens in PA"
Microsoft - School of the Future Resource Kit
Schedule a visit to the School of the Future
School of the Future's BetaTech Computer Technology Club
High schools in Philadelphia
Educational institutions established in 2006
Public high schools in Pennsylvania
2006 establishments in Pennsylvania
West Philadelphia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar%20Lawton%20Wilkerson
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Oscar Lawton Wilkerson
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Oscar Lawton Wilkerson (born February 9, 1926) is an American retired pilot and radio personality. He was one of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American aviators and support personnel who served during World War II.
Early life
Wilkerson was born February 9, 1926, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He graduated from Bloom Township High School in 1944 and joined the United States Air Force.
Military career
He moved to Tuskegee, Alabama for training and was assigned to the 617th Bombardment Squadron. He became 2nd Lieutenant and earned his "wings" in 1946. Wilkerson completed his training after the end of the war, so he did not have the chance to fly in combat.
Wilkerson faced significant racial discrimination while serving in the Air Force because of the segregation of the military at the time. “The military had no intention of using black pilots. The real mission, the underlying mission, was for us to fail and prove their point,” Wilkerson said in an interview with the Southtown Star. Wilkerson faced segregation when he was required to sit in a different train car than white soldiers on his way to the Tuskegee base. When he arrived there, he found that blacks were forced to eat separately during meals and to sit apart from white soldiers while watching films. Along with the other Tuskegee Airmen, Wilkerson proved that blacks could perform military duties as capably as whites could. The Tuskegee Airmen had a direct impact on the integration of the armed services.
Awards
Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Tuskegee Airmen in 2006
Civilian career
Following his military service, Wilkerson attended New York University to study photography. He also attended the Midwest Broadcasting School and graduated in 1960. He worked as a DJ for WBEE-AM in Harvey, Illinois and was known as "Weekend Wilkie." He also hosted his own radio show, Wilk's World. He served as community relations director and later as program director for WBEE-AM. Later, he worked for the radio station WMAQ (AM) until his retirement. Since his retirement, Wilkerson has spent time volunteering for the Chicago "DODO" Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, helping minority and at-risk youth fly for free through the "Young Eagles" program.
See also
Dogfights (TV series)
Executive Order 9981
List of Tuskegee Airmen
Military history of African Americans
The Tuskegee Airmen (movie)
Related works
History Makers Interview with Wilkerson
Red Tails, a 2012 film about the Tuskegee Airmen
References
External links
Living people
1926 births
Tuskegee Airmen
People from Chicago Heights, Illinois
Aviators from Illinois
African-American DJs
Philanthropists from Illinois
United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
New York University alumni
21st-century African-American people
Military personnel from Illinois
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Gate%20Theater
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Golden Gate Theater
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Golden Gate Theater is a California Churrigueresque-style movie palace built in 1927 on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, California. In 1982, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The theater closed in 1986; the retail building built around it was damaged in the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake and demolished in 1992. The remaining theater building was left vacant for more than 20 years as preservationists fought with owners and developers over the future of the building. It was finally converted into a drugstore and reopened in 2012.
Theater building
The theater seated nearly 1,500 people and was located at one of the major intersections on the east side of Los Angeles, at the corner of Whittier and Atlantic Boulevards. The theater was built by Peter Snyder, known as the "Father of the East Side," and designed by architects William and Clifford A. Balch, creators of the El Rey Theater on Wilshire Boulevard and the Pomona Fox Theater in Pomona, California. It was designed in the ornate Churrigueresque style, and the entrance replicated the portal of Spain's University of Salamanca. When plans for the theater were announced in 1927, the Los Angeles Times reported:
This week will mark the beginning of building operations on the theater project on Whittier Boulevard in Golden Gate Square. The theater proper will seat about 1500 persons, it is declared and will contain thirteen stores. There will also be several apartment units. It is planned as a legitimate playhouse, but will be equipped for motion pictures as well.
The theater was originally located in the courtyard of the L-shaped Vega Building, a retail structure that wrapped around the theater. The Vega Building was known for its four-story octagon tower.
Los Angeles County records describing the basis for the landmark designation describe the complex as one with "a sense of time and place. The majority of its structural features, including its conformation, detailing and decorative elements, have been unaltered. As a result, the building has clearly retained a sense of architectural integrity and original design."
Closure and earthquake damage
The theater stopped showing movies in 1986, and in 1987 the Vega Building was damaged in the Whittier Narrows earthquake. From 1986-1988, a non-denominational Christian church named Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship occupied the building and held regular services with over 1,000 people. In 1987 the pastors, Mike and Donna Neville were forced to move their church because, according to the owner, the building was condemned following the Whittier earthquake. The Vega Building was demolished in 1992 after officials determined it to be a hazard. The remaining theater building was left sitting vacant in the middle of an otherwise empty lot. One writer notes that the remaining shell "only hints at what this theater was like in its heyday."
Preservation battles
The property has been vacant and the subject of attempted demolitions for many years. When the Whittier earthquake damaged the Vega Building, demolition efforts accelerated. County inspectors declared the building unsafe for occupancy, and businesses operating in the building, including a jewelry store, a shoe repair shop, and a bowling alley, were evicted.
In 1988, demolition commenced before officials led by then County Supervisor Ed Edelman halted the work with a stop-work order. Demolition crews had already begun to dismantle the walls when Edelman, then Los Angeles City Councilwoman Gloria Molina, sheriff's deputies and more than 50 concerned community members showed up at the site to ensure the demolition work was halted. Edelman blamed a "foul-up" in the Public Works Department for issuing the demolition permit and assured the gathered crowd that heads were going to roll and that he would "try and stop this damn demolition before it happens."
In 1992, the Vega Building was razed, and in 1994, the family that had owned the property for 20 years sought to have the building removed from the National Register of Historic Places to clear the way for potential demolition of the theater. The Mothers of East Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Conservancy fought the demolition plans. The Conservancy noted that the theatre was one of fewer than two dozen buildings in Los Angeles in the Spanish Churrigueresque style. In August 1994, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, on a motion by Supervisor Gloria Molina, designated the theatre as a "historical resource." The State Historical Resources Commission also rejected the owner's request to remove the theatre from the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2003, the property was acquired by M&A Gabaee, an affiliate of the Charles Co. Rumors spread that the new owner planned to convert the property into a Walgreens Drug Store. A representative of the owner told the Los Angeles Times: "We're in negotiations so everything is preliminary. We plan to keep the structure. The building is absolutely gorgeous. We want to maintain that but we also want to find what's going to work. We're looking forward to rejuvenating it." Preservationists expressed concerns that the new plans would preserve the outer shell of the building but gut or significantly alter the building's interior. In particular, concerns were raised that the theatre's soaring interior and proscenium arch would be replaced with a dropped ceiling. The founder of the East Los Angeles Center for the Performing Arts proposed converting the theatre into a performing arts venue: "It's an amazing theater. We were trying to get support to renovate and turn it into a performing arts venue. There's a drugstore on every corner here. I'd love to see the developer team up with us to preserve it."
As of 2008, the proposed conversion of the theatre was still the subject of ongoing preservation efforts by the Los Angeles Conservancy. The Conservancy stated that it sought to preserve historic interior features, including the proscenium, lobby, clamshell-shaped concession stand, and mezzanine level, while "encouraging the adaptive reuse of this long-vacant historic property."
On May 25, 2010, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the conversion of the theater into a 24-hour drug store. It opened as a CVS on August 19, 2012.
See also
List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
References
External links
More L.A. Theatres of Interest
Photographs of Golden Gate Theater from Los Angeles Public Library Photo Database
Cinemas and movie theaters in Los Angeles
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
Theatres completed in 1927
Event venues established in 1927
1927 establishments in California
Art Deco architecture in California
Spanish Revival architecture in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hilliard
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John Hilliard
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John Hilliard may refer to:
John Hilliard (American football) (born 1976), American football player
John Hilliard (artist) (born 1945), London-based conceptual artist, photographer and academic
John Kenneth Hilliard (1901–1989), American acoustical engineer and loudspeaker designer
John S. Hilliard (born 1947), American composer
John Northern Hilliard (1872–1935), author of a best-selling book on magic, Greater Magic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melibe%20viridis
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Melibe viridis
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Melibe viridis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Andaman Sea off Phuket, off Mozambique and off Indonesia.
Description
The body reaches a length of 140 mm. Like some other nudibranch species, M. viridis has an oral veil that it uses to trap prey.
References
MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
Gosliner T.M. (1987) Review of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 29(4): 400-414
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
Gosliner T.M. & Smith V.G. (2003) Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 302-356.
Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W. & Valdés A. (2008) Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences. 426 pp.
External links
http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/meliviri
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/melijapo
Ben G Thomas (Feb 8, 2021) Melibe viridis - Animal of the Week Youtube video 5:31
Tethydidae
Gastropods described in 1858
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misterlee
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Misterlee
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Misterlee are an alternative rock band from Leicester, England. Centred on the talents of Lee Allatson they have released four albums.
History
Misterlee consisted of Allatson on vocals, drums and effects, augmented by guitarist Jamie Smith and Michael "Curtis" Oxtoby on electric violin and bass guitar. The debut album was released in 2002, called Chiselgibbon (2002) it largely written and performed solo by Allatson,
In 2005, the second album Night of the Killer Longface was released, like the previous one it has largely written and performed by Allatson. Circa that year, Misterlee played in the United States and were looking for American distribution for the second album.
Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich was released late in 2006.
Oxtoby left in late 2007. In the same year, the band were featured on the compilation record AFUK & I (VOL. 1): UP THE ANTI! on AFUK (Anti-Folk UK) Records, with the track "Dim Lit". Though, their sound is not traditionally anti-folk (in the sense of 'acoustic punk').
The band has played with Hamell on Trial, Sebadoh, Jeffrey Lewis, Johnny Dowd, Simple Kid, and The Mountain Goats, and has also appeared at festivals such as In the City, Secret Garden Party and Summer Sundae.
The band has played anti-folk UK festivals in London.
In June 2009, Allatson announced that Misterlee were working on a new album. It was released in 2010, entitled This Disquiet Dog. The album features Allatson and Smith with a cameo performance by Oxtoby, and was recorded at Smith's Owlhouse Studio in South Leicestershire.
In 2018, This Disquiet Dog was made available as a digital download.
Other projects
Allatson has taught drums since 1991 in Leicester, and at the Dye House Drum Works facility since 2009.
Style
The Londonist described the band as "A world of anti-folk, Beck-like genre teasing played out in an English country garden on full band and ".
Though the vocal delivery is English, American influences can be heard in the music - Leonard's Lair describes them as "a man playing doomed country ballads in an American whisky bar".
Discography
Chiselgibbon (2002)
Night of the Killer Longface (2005)
Bootlegger/Misterlee Is Not A Lifestyle Sandwich (2006)
This Disquiet Dog (2010)
References
External links
Misterlee on MySpace
atomic duster review of Chiselgibbon
atomic duster review of Night of the Killer Longface
BBC Leicester feature
Misterlee at Drowned in Sound
People from Leicester
Musical groups from Leicester
Musicians from Leicestershire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landray%20GL.01
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Landray GL.01
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The Landray GL.01 is a small tandem-wing, side-by-side seat sport aircraft of the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel type. Built in the mid 1970s, the single example remains active.
Design and development
In the later 1970s Gilbert Landray began to build the first of a series of tandem-wing light aircraft in the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel tradition and closest to the Croses Criquet in implementation. Like the Criquet the GL.01 is a two-seat tractor configuration aircraft with side-by-side seating.
The forward wing of the GL.01 is a one piece structure, mounted so that its angle of incidence can be varied from 2° to 14° by the pilot. The wing is held above the fuselage on two tall and slightly diverging faired struts, with pivots at their tops. Two further pivots are placed at the ends of lighter struts further out on the wing. Two vertical links from the cockpit to the rear of the wing are connected to the control column. The fixed rear wing is fabric covered and fitted with two metal flaps. Yaw stability and control are provided by a small fin and large, deep, balanced rudder, both entirely wooden and angular. Unusually, the rudder balance surface is below the fuselage.
The GL.01 has a wooden fuselage with seats enclosed under a perspex canopy. It is powered by a Continental C90-8F flat four engine, driving a two blade propeller. It has a fixed tailwheel undercarriage, with spatted main wheels on arched, glass fibre, cantilever legs and a tailwheel semi-recessed into the bottom of the rudder.
The GL.01 made its first flight in August 1976. It remains on the French civil aircraft register in 2014, having been based at Marennes since 2003.
Specifications
References
External links
NACA 23012 airfoil
Homebuilt aircraft
Tandem-wing aircraft
1970s French sport aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1976
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20of%20the%20Comptroller%20General%20of%20Colombia
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Office of the Comptroller General of Colombia
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The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia () is a Colombian independent government institution that acts as the highest form of fiscal control in the country. As such, it has a mission to seek the proper allocation of resources and public funds and contribute to the modernization of the state, by means of continuous improvement in the various public entities. It is one of the Colombian Control Institutions along with the Office of the Inspector General of Colombia.
History
In 1923, after several years of financial crisis, President Pedro Nel Ospina requested an expert committee to study Colombian economic conditions. This committee, led by American economist Edwin Walter Kemmerer (known as The Money Doctor) was called the Kemmerer Mission. Kemmerer had already worked with Latin American governments; that of Mexico in 1917 and of Guatemala in 1919.
Up until then the Court of Auditors () was the accountability agency of the nation, it was an agency of judicial and fiscal nature, but it was part of the Executive Branch. A study led by the Kemmerer Mission, with the assistance of the Colombian Finance Minister Esteban Jaramillo, recommended Congress to create the Bank of the Republic, and the Office of the Comptroller General, and to structure the laws for this function using those already existing. The Kemmerer Mission recommended the creation of the Office of the Comptroller General after considering that it could establish the necessary means for imposing a strict observance of the laws and administrative norms in the management of resources and public funds.
Government introduced new legislation in Congress following the recommendations of the Kemmerer Mission. Law 42 of 1923 was passed by Congress, being signed by the President of the Senate Luis de Greiff, and the President of the Chamber of Representatives Ignacio Moreno. The new law was approved and signed by President Nel Ospina and his Minister of Finance Gabriel Posada, and finally ratified by Congress on July 19, 1923.
The Office of the Comptroller General began functioning on September 1, 1923, when Law 42 took effect. The first Comptroller General of the Republic was Eugenio Andrade, who was appointed by President Ospina. The current Comptroller General is Carlos Felipe Córdoba Larrarte.
References
Government agencies established in 1923
Colombian Control Institutions
Supreme audit institutions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora%20Township%2C%20Benson%20County%2C%20North%20Dakota
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Aurora Township, Benson County, North Dakota
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Aurora Township is a civil township in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 28.
References
Townships in Benson County, North Dakota
Townships in North Dakota
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita%20Mart%C3%ADnez%20Bernal
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Margarita Martínez Bernal
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Blanca Margarita Martínez Bernal (born 18 January 1964) is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. In 2009 she served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the State of Mexico.
References
1964 births
Living people
Politicians from the State of Mexico
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican women politicians
Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for the State of Mexico
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Wilkes-Barre/Scranton%20Pioneers%20season
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2004 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season
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The 2004 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's third season as a member of the AF2. The Pioneers finished with a 13–3 record under new head coach Les Moss, their fourth head coach in three seasons. The Pioneers clinched the Northeastern Division and secured their best first playoff appearance. The Pioneers lost in the third week of the postseason, ending their playoff run just short of the ArenaCup. Following the season, Moss signed a contract to remain the head coach for a second season, the first returning coach in team history.
Schedule
Regular season
Postseason
Final standings
Attendance
References
External links
ArenaFan Online 2004 Wilkes-Barre/Pioneers schedule
ArenaFan Online 2004 af2 standings
ArenaFan Online 2004 af2 attendance
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers seasons
2004 in American football
Wilkes-Barre Scranton Pioneers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo%20Day%20Trip
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Tokyo Day Trip
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Tokyo Day Trip is a live EP by Pat Metheny with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez released on May 20, 2008. The album was recorded live at Blue Note Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan.
Track listing
Personnel
Pat Metheny – guitar, electric sitar, baritone and acoustic guitars
Christian McBride – double bass
Antonio Sánchez – drums, orchestra bells
Technical staff
Recorded by David Oakes
Assisted by Carolyn Chrzan
Mixed by Pete Karam
Project Coordinator: David Sholemson
Tour Manager: Jerry Wortman
References
Pat Metheny live albums
2008 live albums
Nonesuch Records EPs
Instrumental albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV300%20Series
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FV300 Series
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The FV300 series was a project for a series of lightweight armoured fighting vehicles by the United Kingdom between 1947–50, a few years after World War II.
History
The development and construction of the tank was carried out by Vickers. However, only two prototypes were built. The project ended in 1950 at the prototype stage.
Variants
FV301 21 ton tank with 77mm gun
FV302 GPO/CPO Command Vehicle
FV303 20pdr Self Propelled Gun - 20 pounder
FV304 25pdr Self Propelled Gun - 25 pounder gun/howitzer
FV305 5.5 inch Self Propelled Gun - BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun
FV306 Light Armoured Recovery Vehicle
FV307 Radar Vehicle
FV308 Field Artillery Tractor
FV309 Royal Artillery section vehicle
FV310 Armoured Personnel Carrier
FV311 Armoured Load Carrier
Gallery
References
External links
Arcane Fighting Vehicles
HenkofHolland
Light tanks of the United Kingdom
Cold War tanks of the United Kingdom
World War II tanks of the United Kingdom
Abandoned military projects of the United Kingdom
Trial and research tanks of the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skierniewice%20County
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Skierniewice County
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Skierniewice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Skierniewice, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county); there are no towns within the county.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 37,779.
Neighbouring counties
Apart from the city of Skierniewice, Skierniewice County is also bordered by Sochaczew County to the north, Żyrardów County to the east, Rawa County and Tomaszów Mazowiecki County to the south, Brzeziny County to the west, and Łowicz County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into nine gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
Skierniewice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookclub%20%28radio%20programme%29
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Bookclub (radio programme)
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Bookclub is a monthly programme, devised by Olivia Seligman and hosted by Jim Naughtie and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Each month a novel is selected, and its author invited to discuss it. The title of the chosen work for the next recording is announced at the end of each broadcast; this allows listeners to read the book in advance, and those who attend recording to prepare questions which they can then put to the author.
See also
Books in the United Kingdom
External links
Bookclub at RadioListings.co.uk
BBC Radio 4 programmes
Literary radio programs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur%20Ko%C5%82osowski
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Artur Kołosowski
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Artur Stanisław Kołosowski (born May 11, 1958) is a brigadier general of Polish Armed Forces, visiting professor at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. President of the board, and CEO in joint-stock company. Graduate of MBA studies. The author of numerous publications within the scope of national defence and security, and cybersecurity.
Domestic education
Graduate of Cybernetic Faculty from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw (1977–1982). Master of Science in Engineering with specialisation in computer systems. He completed postgraduate management studies at the Warsaw School of Economics (2004), MBA program of the University of Illinois (2006), also the higher defence course and tactical-operational course at the National Defence University in Warsaw. He participated in many training courses in the field of business management, enterprise management, and performance of the duties in state-owned enterprises (Business Development Institute - 2009). He passed the exam for candidates to the supervisory boards of state-owned companies (2009).
International education
He completed an instructor English course in the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, USA (1994) and defense resource management course in the Defense Resources Management Institute in Monterey, California, USA (1997). He is also a graduate of a flag officers and ambassadors’ course in the NATO Defense College in Rome (2011).
Military career
After graduating from the Military University of Technology he was associated with Air Defence and Air Force units (1982–1999), primarily as an electronics engineer of C3 (communications, command and control) equipment for radio engineering units.
In the years 1982–1987 he dealt with C3 systems in the Radio-Technical Military College, where he worked on radiolocation subsystems, imitators and tactical simulators for guiding aircraft to targets.
In 1987–1994 he gave lectures and tutorials in the field of radar equipment, digital devices and simulators. After completing the instructor course, he became the director of the foreign language section at the Radio-Electronics Training Centre (1994).
He was a supervisor of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in the Republika Srpska (1997) and Montenegro (1998).
In 1999, as a foreign affairs expert, he began his service in the Ministry of National Defence (MoD) - Press and Information Office, where, among other things, he represented MoD in the NATO Audiovisual Working Group.
In the years 2000–2001 he served in the office of the Under Secretary of State for Defence Policy, where his responsibilities included international affairs and foreign contacts. In 2002, he returned to the MoD Press and Information Office for the position of deputy director.
In the years 2003–2007 he held the director position in the Department of Defence in the Office of Electronic Communications and, among other duties, he supervised telecommunications companies in terms of national defence and security. At the time he was also a Polish representative to Civil Communications Planning Committee (CCPC) NATO.
From November 2007 to September 2010, he served as director of the Secretariat of the Minister of National Defence. He organized minister's national and international activities, and he was directly involved in the implementation of the MoD key projects. On August 15, 2009, he was nominated to the rank of Brigadier General by the President of Poland. From September 2010 to May 2012, as the director of MoD Personnel Department, he coordinated military HRM (human resource management) policies on behalf of the minister.
The years 2007–2012, during which he performed the tasks in the strict leadership of Polish Ministry of National Defence, were crucial for the Polish Armed Forces. At this time, the compulsory military service was abolished and the professionalization of the military became a fact. It was also the time when the mission of Polish troops in Iraq was completed. There were also numerous activities in the field of crisis response, associated with the tragic aircraft crashes and natural disasters.
On July 31, 2012, he ended his professional career in the military service and on August 15, 2012, on Polish Armed Forces Day, he was officially farewelled by the President of the Republic of Poland.
From August 2012 till July 2016 he was the president of the board and CEO of the Central Military Bureau of Design and Technology JSC (WCBKT S.A.) which is engaged in research and development projects, development of prototypes, manufacturing and servicing of ground support equipment (GSE) for military and civilian aviation, as well as training equipment for land forces. WCBKT S.A. belongs to the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ S.A.).
Artur Kolosowski was involved in building a new domain for the PGZ S.A - cybertechnologies domain. He also took part in NIAG (NATO Industry Advisory Group) works in area of cybersecurity.
Awards
Gold Medal of Armed Forces In the Service of the Fatherland awarded by the Minister of National Defence for the long service i the Polish Armed Forces.
Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence awarded by the Minister of National Defence for meritorious activities to strengthen military power of the country.
Gold Medal for long Service awarded by the President of Poland for 35 years of honorable military service.
Silver Cross of Merit awarded by the President of Poland for exemplary public service or humanitarian work that goes above and beyond the call of duty.
Pro Memoria Medal awarded by the head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression for outstanding contributions in perpetuating the memory of the people and deeds in the struggle for Polish independence during SWW.
Private life
Artur is married and has two sons.
Hobbies and interests: literature, water sports, classical music
Notes
1958 births
Polish generals
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise%20%28vodka%29
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Polonaise (vodka)
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Polonaise is a Polmos Łańcut vodka made from quality rectified grain spirit and water. According to its producer it has a pleasant and delicate aroma and flavor with notes of the grain it is made from. It contains 40% alcohol by volume.
The vodka is named after the national Polish dance Polonaise.
See also
Distilled beverage
List of vodkas
External links
Polmos Łańcut
An article about the Polonaise vodka
Polish brands
Polish vodkas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP-132%2C484
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CP-132,484
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CP-132,484 is a tryptamine derivative which acts as a potent and selective agonist for the 5-HT2 family of serotonin receptors. It has reasonable selectivity for 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C subtypes over 5-HT2B, but is only slightly selective for 5-HT2A over 5-HT2C. This compound and several related analogues have been shown to have ocular hypotensive activity in animal models, suggesting they may be useful for the treatment of glaucoma.
See also
AL-37350A
AL-38022A
1-Methylpsilocin
4,5-DHP-DMT
References
Dihydropyrans
Serotonin receptor agonists
Tryptamines
Heterocyclic compounds with 3 rings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing%20Johnson
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Jing Johnson
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Russell Conwell "Jing" Johnson (October 9, 1894 – December 6, 1950) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics. He played in five seasons for the Athletics in three separate stints, –, and –. The first gap was due to Johnson's service in World War I, while the second, seven-year gap was precipitated by a salary dispute with Athletics owner Connie Mack, during which Johnson worked as a research chemist.
Jing was an alumnus of Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, where he later served as athletic director. He died in an automobile accident in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
References
External links
1894 births
1950 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Philadelphia Athletics players
Lehigh Mountain Hawks baseball coaches
Ursinus Bears athletic directors
Ursinus Bears baseball players
American military personnel of World War I
People from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Baseball players from Pennsylvania
Ursinus College alumni
Military personnel from Pennsylvania
Road incident deaths in Pennsylvania
Baltimore Orioles (IL) players
Allentown Dukes players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lariza%20Montiel%20Luis
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Lariza Montiel Luis
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Lariza Montiel Luis (born 23 May 1976) is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. From 2008 to 2009 she served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Coahuila.
References
1976 births
Living people
Politicians from Saltillo
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican women politicians
Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Coahuila
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%20Com%C3%A9rcio%20da%20P%C3%B3voa%20de%20Varzim
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O Comércio da Póvoa de Varzim
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O Comércio da Póvoa de Varzim, founded in 1903, is one of the three main local newspapers of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Unlike its rivals, Póvoa Semanário and A Voz da Póvoa, the paper is devoted to national and local news alike.
References
1903 establishments in Portugal
Mass media in Póvoa de Varzim
Newspapers published in Portugal
Portuguese-language newspapers
Publications established in 1903
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
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Gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
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γ -L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine, also known as γ-glutamylcysteine (GGC), is a dipeptide found in animals, plants, fungi, some bacteria, and archaea. It has a relatively unusual γ-bond between the constituent amino acids, L-glutamic acid and L-cysteine and is a key intermediate in the gamma (γ) -glutamyl cycle first described by Meister in the 1970s. It is the most immediate precursor to the antioxidant glutathione.
Biosynthesis
GGC is synthesized from L-glutamic acid and L-cysteine in the cytoplasm of virtually all cells in an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) requiring reaction catalysed by the enzyme glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL, EC 6.3.2.2; formerly γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase). The production of GGC is the rate limiting step in glutathione synthesis.
Occurrence
GGC occurs in human plasma in the range of 1 – 5 µM and intracellularly at 5 – 10 µM. The intracellular concentration is generally low because GGC is rapidly bonded with a glycine to form glutathione. This second and final reaction step in glutathione biosynthesis is catalysed by the activity of the ATP dependent glutathione synthetase enzyme.
Importance
GGC is essential to mammalian life. Mice that have had the glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL) gene knocked out do not develop beyond the embryo stage and die before birth. This is because GGC is vital for the biosynthesis of glutathione. Since the production of cellular GGC in humans slows down with age, as well as during the progression of many chronic diseases, it has been postulated that supplementation with GGC could offer health benefits. Such GGC supplementation may also be of benefit in situations where glutathione has been acutely lowered below optimum, such as following strenuous exercise, during trauma or episodes of poisoning.
Several review articles have been published exploring the therapeutic potential of GGC to replenish glutathione in age related and chronic disease states such as Alzheimer's disease.
GGC is also capable of being a powerful antioxidant in its own right.
Availability
GGC synthesis for commercial use is exceedingly difficult and, until recently, no commercially viable process for large scale production had been developed. The major drawback preventing the commercial success of chemical synthesis of GGC is the number of steps involved due to the three reactive groups on L-glutamic acid and L-cysteine molecules, which must be masked to achieve the correct regioisomer. Similarly, there have been numerous attempts at biological production of GGC by fermentation over the years and none have been successfully commercialised.
Towards the end of 2019, a biocatalytic process was successfully commercialized. GGC is now available as a supplement in the US under the trademarked name of Glyteine and Continual-G.
Bioavailability and supplementation
A human clinical study in healthy, non-fasting adults demonstrated that orally administered GGC can significantly increase lymphocyte GSH levels indicating systemic bioavailability, validating the therapeutic potential of GGC.
Animal model studies with GGC have supported a potential therapeutic role for GGC in both the reduction of oxidative stress induced damage in tissues, including the brain and as a treatment for sepsis.
In contrast, supplementation with glutathione is incapable of increasing cellular glutathione since the GSH concentration found in the extracellular environment is much lower than that found intracellularly by about a thousand-fold. This large difference means that there is an insurmountable concentration gradient that prohibits extracellular glutathione from entering cells. Although currently unproven, GGC may be the pathway intermediate of glutathione transportation in multicellular organisms.
Safety
Safety assessment of GGC sodium salt in rats has shown that orally administered (gavage) GGC was not acutely toxic at the limit single dosage of 2000 mg/kg (monitored over 14 days) and demonstrated no adverse effects following repeated daily doses of 1000 mg/kg over 90 days.
History
In 1983, pioneers of glutathione research, Mary E. Anderson and Alton Meister, were the first to report on the ability of GGC to augment cellular GSH levels in a rat model [3]. Intact GGC, which was synthesised in their own laboratory, was shown to be taken up by cells, bypassing the rate-limiting step of the GCL enzyme to be converted to glutathione. Control experiments with combinations of the constituent amino acids that make up GGC, including L-glutamic acid and L-cysteine, were ineffective. Since this initial work, only a few studies using GGC were performed due to the fact that there was no commercial source of GGC on the market. Subsequently, GGC has become commercially available and studies investigating its efficacy have commenced.
References
Amino acid derivatives
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Jesse Selengut (born September 9, 1968) is an American trumpeter, composer, and singer. Selengut led the contemporary jazz group NOIR.
He earned a master's degree in jazz studies from New York University.
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American male trumpeters
Musicians from New York City
1968 births
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The 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in August 1861 and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Alexander Hays.
The regiment was attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to September 1864.
The 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out beginning July 31, 1864, and concluding September 11, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Detailed service
Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., August 26. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until March 1862. Reconnaissance to Pohick Church and the Occoquan November 12, 1861. Pohick Church and the Occoquan March 5, 1862 (detachment). Moved to the Peninsula March 16–18. Siege of Yorktown April 5–May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31 – June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25 – July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Centreville August 16–26. Bristoe Station or Kettle Run August 27. Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run, August 27. Battle of Groveton August 29. Second Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Chantilly September 1. Duty in the defenses of Washington and guarding fords in Maryland until October. March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va., October 11 – November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12–15. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 – May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11 – July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Pursuit of Lee July 5–24. Whapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9–22. Auburn and Bristoe October 13–14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7–8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26 – December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4–June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5–7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spotsylvania May 8–12. Po River May 10. Spotsylvania Court House May 12–21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris' Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23–26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 29–31. Cold Harbor June 1–12. Before Petersburg June 16–18. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 – September 5. Weldon Railroad June 22–23. Demonstration on north side of the James River at Deep Bottom July 27–29. Deep Bottom July 27–28. Mine Explosion July 30 (reserve). Demonstration on north side of the James August 13–20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14–18.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 320 men during service; 17 officers and 169 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 133 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
Colonel Alexander Hays
Colonel Algernon Morgan - promoted from lieutenant colonel after Col Hays was promoted to brigadier general; he never returned to the regiment due to wounds received at the Battle of Seven Pines (discharged April 18, 1863)
Colonel William S. Kirkwood - mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Chancellorsville less than two weeks after being promoted from lieutenant colonel
Colonel John A. Danks
Notable members
Corporal John M. Kindig, Company A - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
See also
List of Pennsylvania Civil War Units
Pennsylvania in the Civil War
References
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Fleming, George Thornton and Gilbert Adams Hays. Life and Letters of Alexander Hays: Brevet Colonel United States Army, Brigadier General and Brevet Major General United States Volunteers (Pittsburgh, PA: s.n.), 1919.
Haymaker, William Newlon. Dear Mary: Letters from the Field (Apollo, PA: Closson Press), 2011.
Hays, Gilbert Adams and William H. Morrow. Under the Red Patch: Story of the Sixty Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861–1864 (Pittsburgh, PA: Sixty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteers Regimental Association), 1908.
Marks, James Junius. The Peninsular Campaign in Virginia; or, Incidents and Scenes on the Battle-Fields and in Richmond (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.), 1864.
Walters, Sara Gould. The Gallant Sixty-Third: In Memoriam to Captain John McClellan, Company E, 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861–1864 (Mt. Airy, MD: The Author), 1990.
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External links
63rd Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864
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KBBG (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve the community of Waterloo, Iowa. KBBG is owned by Afro American Community Broadcasting, Inc and is organized as a 501(C)3 tax-exempt organization. Jimmie Porter founded the corporation in 1977 with a group of 16 other Waterloo residents. He remained active in its leadership, along with a board of directors, until his death in 2007.
KBBG began broadcasting on July 26, 1978 using a 10 watt transmitter, and upgraded on December 27, 1980 to 9,500 watts of power.
KBBG is a member-supported station of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and is an affiliate of American Urban Radio Network (SBN).
KBBG is broadcasting using the HD Radio digital format as well as traditional analog audio.
See also
List of community radio stations in the United States
External links
BBG
NPR member stations
Community radio stations in the United States
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There have been three Agnew baronetcies.
The first was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The second and third were created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Agnew baronets of Lochnaw, Co. Wigtown (28 July 1629)
Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet (c. 1578–1661)
Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet (died 1671)
Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet (died 1702)
Sir James Agnew, 4th Baronet (c. 1660–1735)
Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet (1687–1771)
Sir Stair Agnew, 6th Baronet (1734–1809)
Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet (1793–1849)
Sir Andrew Agnew, 8th Baronet (1818–1892)
Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet (1850–1928)
Sir Fulque Melville Gerald Noel Agnew, 10th Baronet (1900–1975)
Sir Crispin Hamlyn Agnew, 11th Baronet (born 1944)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Mark Douglas Noel Agnew (born 1991)
Agnew baronets of Great Stanhope Street, London (2 September 1895)
Sir William Agnew, 1st Baronet (1825–1910)
Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet (1852–1941)
Sir John Stuart Agnew, 3rd Baronet TD JP DL (16 September 1879 – 27 August 1957). Agnew was the son of Sir George William Agnew, 2nd Baronet and Fanny Bolton, and was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rose to the rank of Major in the Suffolk Yeomanry, fought in the First World War, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was also deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for West Suffolk. Agnew married Kathleen White, daughter of Isaac William Hewitt White, on 14 April 1910. They had three sons: Sir John Anthony Stuart Agnew, 4th Baronet; Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet; Stephen William Agnew (1921–2001).
Sir John Anthony Stuart Agnew, 4th Baronet (1914–1993)
Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet (1918–1994)
Sir John Keith Agnew, 6th Baronet (19 December 1950 – 2011). Agnew was the son of Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet, and his wife Baroness Anne Merete Louise Schaffalitzky de Muckadell (1924–2005). He was the owner of the Rougham estates in Suffolk, England. Agnew was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, from 1964 to 1969 and then at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1994. The Rougham estates include Rougham Airfield, where Agnew organizes a wide variety of annual fairs, rallies and events, including the Wings, Wheels & Steam Country Fair, the annual Rougham Air Display & Harvest Fair, and the East Anglian Medieval Battle & Fair. A Rougham Music Festival, of which Agnew's brother George Agnew is the Arts Director, is also held on the estate. Sir John Agnew of Rougham should not be confused with his cousin John Stuart Agnew of Rougham, farmer, a parliamentary candidate of the UK Independence Party.
Sir George Anthony Agnew, 7th Baronet (born 18 August 1953). He was educated at Gresham's School and at the University of East Anglia.
The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin John Stewart Agnew (born 1949)
Agnew, later Agnew-Somerville baronets, of Clendry (1957)
Sir Peter Garnett Agnew, 1st Baronet (1900–1990)
Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet (8 March 1929 – 2010). Agnew-Somerville was the son of Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Baronet, and Enid Frances Boan. He attended Britannia Royal Naval College and became a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Since then, he pursued a career as an insurance consultant. He assumed by Royal Licence in 1950 the additional surname of Somerville, after that of Agnew, and the arms of Somerville quarterly with those of Agnew, in compliance with the will of his uncle (by marriage), James Somerville, 2nd Baron Athlumney; Quentin married 1963 Hon. (Margaret) April Irene Drummond, youngest daughter and co-heiress of John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange and Violet Margaret Florence Jardine, on 14 December 1963, and had issue, by whom he had two daughters, including the actress Geraldine Somerville, and one son.
Sir (James) Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville, 3rd Baronet (born 1970)
Notes
References
'AGNEW, Sir John Stuart', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
'AGNEW-SOMERVILLE, Sir Quentin (Charles Somerville)', Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
1629 establishments in Nova Scotia
1895 establishments in the United Kingdom
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Melibe is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tethydidae.
Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually sessile or slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans. In contrast, Melibe is an active predator which traps fast-moving free-swimming animals such as small crustaceans, using its extendable oral hood.
Species
Species within the genus Melibe include 17 valid species:
Species inquirenda:
Melibe capucina Bergh, 1875
Melibe lonchocera (E. von Martens, 1879)
Melibe ocellata Bergh, 1888
References
Further reading
Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
External links
iNaturalist
Tethydidae
Gastropod genera
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William Samuel Livingston (July 1, 1920 – August 15, 2013) was a political science professor who was the acting president of the University of Texas at Austin, a position he held from 1992 until 1993. Born in Ironton, Ohio, Livingston fought in World War II as a first lieutenant and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. In 1943 he obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from Ohio State University before transferring to Yale University, where he was award a PhD in 1950.
Livingston joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1949 and stayed with the political science faculty until his retirement in 2007. During his tenure, he received Ford and Guggenheim Fellowships, chaired two departments, developed numerous programs and served as Dean of the Graduate School and acting president of the University of Texas at Austin. In 1995 he was made senior vice president of the university.
Livingston was the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Politics and president of Pi Sigma Alpha. Among his numerous awards was the American Political Science Association's Daniel Elazar Award, an organization on whose council he had served twice. Since 2004, the William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award has recognized exemplary graduate student employees.
Early life
William Livingston was born on July 1, 1920 in Ironton, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree and Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1943, before getting his master's degree at the university in the same year. After his service in World War II he studied at Yale University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in political science in 1950.
He served as a field artillery officer, in the capacity of First Lieutenant, during World War II. Fighting in Europe, he earned both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. After the war, he married Lana Sanor and had two sons with her, Stephen and David.
Academic and administrative career
In 1949, Livingston joined the faculty of the political science department at the University of Texas at Austin. He began by teaching courses in American and British government, as well as comparative politics. He received a one-year Ford Foundation Fellowship in 1952 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959, the same year he won the University of Texas Student Association's "Teaching Excellence Award." He lectured at Yale University in the 1955-56 academic year and at Duke University in the 1960-61 academic year. In 1982 he was named to the Jo Anne Christian Professorship in British Studies, a seat that, as of 2008, he continues to hold. During his tenure at the University of Texas at Austin, he wrote or edited six books and at least twenty-five articles on political science topics. He was also the voice of "TEX", the university's telephonic registration system (Telephone Enrollment eXchange).
In 1954 he was made assistant dean of the graduate school at the University of Texas, a position that he held until 1958. He later became the vice president and dean of graduate students in 1979, an appointment that lasted until 1995. He was the graduate adviser for the Government Department from 1958 until 1967 and its chair from 1966 through 1969. He became the vice chancellor for academic programs of the University of Texas System for the 1969-70 academic year. He chaired the comparative studies program from 1978–79 and spent six years as the chairman for the Faculty Senate.
In the 1960s he chaired the committee that helped establish the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. In addition, he helped develop the James A. Michener Center for Writers, the Normandy Scholars Program, the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies, and the Faculty Seminar on British Studies. He also was instrumental in forming the Graduate Assembly for faculty members. From September 1992 through January 1993, while still the dean of graduate studies, he was named the acting president of University of Texas at Austin. After his retirement from the former position, he was made senior vice president of the university.
Later life
Livingston has been the president of both the Southern Political Science Association and the Southwestern Social Science Association, and for four years he was the chief editor for The Journal of Politics. From 1980 until 1982 he was the National President of the political science honor society, Pi Sigma Alpha. Livingston has won several university-based awards, including the Pro Bene Meritis Award from the College of Liberal Arts (1992) and the Award of Distinction from the Parent's Association (1994), and was recognized as a University Distinguished Educator by the Ex-Students' Association, followed by the second "Distinguish Service Award" in the organization's history. The Conference of Southern Graduate Schools honored his "Distinguished Service to Graduate Education" in 1995, which was followed a year later by the Texas Association of Graduate Schools' President’s Award for Distinguished Service. In 2005 he received a Presidential Citation for "extraordinary contributions to The University of Texas at Austin." On September 2, 2006, he received the American Political Science Association's Daniel Elazar Award for his work on federalism and intergovernmental relations, an organization on whose council he had served twice.
Livingston's successor, Robert M. Berdahl, referred to him as "the conscience, the soul, the memory, the wit, and the wise elder statesman" of the University of Texas. Since 2004, the William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award has recognized "outstanding performance by graduate student academic employees." Livingston retired from the University of Texas on August 31, 2007, at the age of 87, and died at a retirement home in Austin on August 15, 2013.
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12345 may refer to:
The ZIP code exclusive to the General Electric plant in Schenectady, New York
Saraighat Express, a superfast train in India with number 12345
The year 12,345 in the 13th millennium AD
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Everts Air Cargo is an American Part 121 airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It operates D.O.D, scheduled and charter airline cargo within Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the continental United States. Its maintenance base is Fairbanks International Airport with its major cargo hub at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The company slogan is Legendary Aircraft. Extraordinary Service.
History
Everts Air Cargo, established as Air Cargo Express, is the sister company of Everts Air Fuel, that specializes in fuel transport throughout the state of Alaska and into Canada.
Destinations
See Everts Air destinations.
Anchorage, Aniak, Bethel, Dillingham, Emmonak, Fairbanks, Galena, Illiamna, King Salmon, Kotzebue, Nome, St. Mary's, Unalakleet, Togiak
Fleet
As of July 2016, the active Everts Air Cargo fleet includes eighteen aircraft:
10 Douglas DC-6
2 Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando (cargo only)
1 Douglas DC-9 (cargo only)
2 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (cargo only)
A further twelve aircraft (two DC-9, two MD-80, seven DC-6 and one C-46) are inactive or in storage.
Operating the Douglas DC-6
Since Northern Air Cargo abandoned their regular service with the Douglas DC-6, Everts Air Cargo is the last airline in the USA to operate scheduled flights with a rather large fleet of 60-year-old piston-powered aircraft. In a 2007 video interview, the Anchorage Station Manager stated that the DC-6 was still considered to be a valuable aircraft for operations in the harsh conditions of Alaska, with excellent landing and takeoff performance on gravel runways. The downside is the difficulty to find avgas and the maintenance labor cost. Everts Air Cargo estimates a ratio of 12 hours of maintenance for every single flying hour. Spare parts could also be a problem but Everts Air Cargo anticipates they will have enough in stock to keep the last DC-6 flying beyond 2020.
References
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External links
Everts Air Cargo
1993 establishments in Alaska
Airlines based in Alaska
Cargo airlines of the United States
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Vida and Jayne Lahey's House is a heritage-listed detached house at 99 Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Romeo Lahey and built from 1920 to 1946. It is also known as Wonga Wallen. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
Vida Lahey's house was originally built for Romeo Lahey above Canungra, on a spur of the Darlington Range and was completed in 1920. Later the house was moved from the outskirts to the Canungra township on the hill above the present Catholic Church and occupied by David and his wife, Jane Jemima Lahey née Walmsley, and then moved again by Vida and Jayne Lahey in 1946 to its present block in Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia.
Francis and Alicia Lahey, Vida and Romeo's grandparents, arrived in Australia with eleven children in 1862 from Ireland. They settled on land by Rocky Waterholes Creek, Salisbury, where they commenced farming but found the land unsuitable. In 1870 Francis, with his older sons and some employees, moved to Pimpama, where the rest of the family moved in 1872 after the sale of the first property. In the early 1880s, the sons of Francis Lahey began investigating the establishment of a timber mill on the Canungra Creek. In 1884, David, the youngest son of Francis and Alicia, father of Vida born in 1882 and later Romeo born in 1887, established a saw and planing mill (Lahey's Canungra Sawmill) in the sparsely populated Canungra area. The mill flourished for many years and provided employment for the local area which grew rapidly as a result. The Lahey family were responsible for the construction of many significant roads and railways in the Canungra area, sometimes contributing substantial proportions of the construction cost.
Following the extension of the railway from Logan Village to Canungra in 1914, the Laheys' mill at Canungra grew into what was thought to be the largest and best-equipped softwood mill in the southern hemisphere. The Lahey family business continued until 1920 when the mill was bought by the War Service Home Commission who acquired timber mills all over the country to meet the vast housing needs of returned soldiers. The mill was operated only for a few years by the WSHC after which time another firm purchased it. David Lahey remained the manager for many years after the mill was sold.
David Lahey and his wife, Jane, had twelve children, Vida being the first born and Romeo the fourth child. Jane and her children moved to Yeronga, Brisbane in 1899 when David sold the Pimpama property. This move allowed opportunities for further education for both the sons and daughters of the family, whilst David remained in Canungra travelling to Brisbane each weekend. The family is listed at addresses including Yeronglea, between Yeronga and Feez Streets and the Brisbane River at Yeronga, Sidney House, in River Road, Toowong and Greylands, Harts Road at Indooroopilly and then the house David Lahey built alongside Laheys' mill at Corinda, also called Wonga Wallen.
Vida Lahey's house was constructed during a period when the Laheys' owned the mill and frequently built houses for employees in Canungra. The house which was originally positioned on the Darlington Spur was designed by Romeo Lahey, who had completed a town planning course at the University of London in 1919, following his service in the Great War. The house, which was to be known as the Wonga Wallen, was constructed using the family timber in 1920.
His extensive experience with timber milling and natural resources interested Romeo Lahey in the conservation of forests and the need for national parks; following his father's example he initiated reafforestation in the Canungra district and successfully lobbied for suitable areas to be declared national parks. In 1930 Romeo became the founding president of the National Parks Association of Queensland and was instrumental in the declaration of the Lamington National Park. He bought and named Lone Pine on the Brisbane River, planning to live there after returning from the First World War. Subsequently, the property was sold to Mr Claude Alexander Miller Reid who developed it as a nature reserve. In 1946 Romeo was one of the founders for the Save the Tree campaign.
Romeo and his wife Alice Sybil Lahey (née Delpratt) remained living at Wonga Wallen for a short time after their marriage in 1920, after which David and Jemima Lahey moved the house into Canungra near the Catholic church for their own use. When David Lahey died in 1942, two years after the death of his wife, he left the house to his two unmarried daughters, Vida and Jayne. The sisters having bought a block of land in what is now Sir Fred Schonell Drive moved the house from Canungra to this site in 1946. Prior to its removal, another sister, Gladys, lived at the house after having nursed her father.
The house was built in the Canungra township with a paved loggia extending along the front of the house, and a separate wing containing the laundry and bathroom facilities which extended along the rear of the house. On its removal to Brisbane, these two elements remained in Canungra and were standing in February 1995, on either side of a more recent house. When moved Wonga Wallen was turned on its side, making the original double front door a side entrance off a new balcony.
Vida Lahey, born in 1882, was a prominent Queensland artist who exhibited widely from 1902 until 1965, three years before her death. She was one of the first female artists in Queensland, and indeed, Australia, who regarded themselves as professionals and who sought to earn a living from practising their art. Vida pioneered art classes for both children and adults in Queensland; and she and Daphne Mayo were responsible for the foundation of the Queensland Art Fund in 1929, which helped to establish an art library and acquire works of art for the state. Vida was awarded the Society of Artists (NSW) Medal in 1945, in appreciation of good services for the advancement of Australian art, the Coronation Medal in 1953 and in 1958 honoured with an MBE for services to art. Vida is known to have painted at least two paintings of the house, Wonga Wallen, Canungra in the late 1930s and Wonga Wallen Loggia at Canungra in the 1940s both in the collection of Ms Shirley Lahey. Another painting, Bedroom at St Lucia with Dobell portrait, c.1961, was painted by Vida in her St Lucia bedroom.
Vida remained at the house until her death in 1968 when the property was transferred to the sole ownership of her sister Jayne who remained there until a few years before her death in 1982 during which time another sister, Mavis Denholm née Lahey lived in the house. The house was bought from the estate by Ms Iris Conroy in 1984 who subdivided the block and moved the house to one side causing it to be renumbered from 97 to 99 Sir Fred Schonell Drive. This most recent relocation saw the removal of a porch on the eastern side of the building and the house being raised. The ground floor has been filled in to form a garage.
Description
Vida Lahey's house is a two-storeyed timber building with a shallow gable roof of corrugated iron. The gable ends are clad with shingles and the external walls are clad with weatherboard. The building has a rectangular plan, with the short northern elevation forming the dominant facade, on which the centrally located entrance is defined by a small portico supported by curved side brackets and adorned with simple classical details.
The outstanding quality of the clear finished timber joinery and fittings on the interior of Vida Lahey's house is particularly noteworthy. The internal walls are lined with vertically-jointed boards of first-grade timber. Timber boards lining the ceiling are raked to meet the underside of the ceiling joists on the east and west walls of the house. An outstanding feature of the interior is the joists of hoop pine running the full width of the house. Each joist was made from one piece of timber completely free from knots over its long expanse, a rarity today.
Joinery, including a dado rail, architraves, windows and doors, is clear-finished timber darker than the lining timber. The bedrooms and bathroom are accessed from a central entrance hall and living room. The kitchen is within the living room, divided by fitted cupboards and shelving of the same high-quality timber joinery combining pine and cedar. Other timber fittings designed for the interior include several concealed storage cupboards, a wardrobe and other smaller cupboards. The floor is white beech and the walls hoop pine.
Heritage listing
Vida and Jayne Lahey's House was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
The house is significant for its internal timber work, reflecting the involvement of the Lahey family in the timber industry in south east Queensland.
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
Both in workmanship and material, the clear finished timber is outstanding in its quality. It is significant that this timberwork has remained unpainted and in good repair since construction in 1920.
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
Vida Lahey's house is significant for its associations with members of the Lahey family who, for varied reasons were important in the history of Queensland. Romeo W. Lahey MBE, who designed the house and originally lived in it, was an early advocate of the Queensland National Parks movement. Romeo's sister Vida, who lived in the house for over twenty years, was an early female artist in Queensland and a key figure in the development of the Queensland Art Gallery and is considered to be one of the most interesting and influential figures in Queensland artistic development. Romeo and Vida's father, David Lahey, together with his brothers, pioneered the timber industry in Canungra encouraging unprecedented growth in the region.
References
Attribution
External links
Queensland Heritage Register
St Lucia, Queensland
Houses in Queensland
Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register
Houses completed in 1920
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The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a 1903 children's novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. The book contains a compilation of various stories, adapted by Pyle, regarding the legendary King Arthur of Britain and select Knights of the Round Table. Pyle's novel begins with Arthur in his youth and continues through numerous tales of bravery, romance, battle, and knighthood.
Pyle's rendition is an American adaption of traditionally English stories of the Arthurian legends. Although with some unique embellishments, it draws heavily on previous authors' stories, such as the then-recent The Boy's King Arthur (1880) by fellow American Sidney Lanier; Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1859–1885); James Thomas Knowles's The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (1860); and ultimately Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1485), the primary source material for all of the above.
Plot
The Book of King Arthur
The first section in Pyle's The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, "The Book of King Arthur", contains three separate stories: "The Winning of Kinghood", "The Winning of a Sword", and "The Winning of a Queen".
The Winning of Kinghood
Howard Pyle's version of the tales of King Arthur introduces the reader to Arthur as a child. Arthur, having been raised by foster parents, has no knowledge of his noble lineage. One day, young Arthur finds a sword and succeeds in pulling it out of an enchanted anvil, a task thought to be impossible. Arthur, now bearing the magic sword, learns of his royal lineage and becomes King of Britain.
The Winning of a Sword
King Arthur loses to his enemy King Pellinore and suffers many wounds. Merlin, a wizard, advises Arthur to seek Excalibur, a powerful sword. With the instructions provided by the Lady of the Lake, Arthur takes Excalibur. He then meets Pellinore again and defeats the king with Excalibur's magic. The two, thereafter, make amends and become friends.
The Winning of a Queen
King Arthur is captivated by Lady Guinevere, the daughter of Arthur's friend King Leodegrance. In an attempt to win her love, Arthur visits Cameliard, the castle where Lady Guinevere lives. With Merlin's help, Arthur disguises himself as a peasant and works as a gardener below Lady Guinevere's tower.
King Ryence threatens Leodegrance and demands that the Duke of North Umber be allowed to marry Guinevere. The Duke torments the people of Cameliard by parading in front of the castle, calling for someone to challenge him. Arthur accepts the challenge and defeats the Duke. After his victory, Arthur travels through the country and encounters Sir Geraint, Sir Gawaine, Sir Ewaine, and Sir Pellias. Arthur defeats the knights in battle and demands their servitude.
Arthur, disguised as a peasant, returns to Cameliard, and is challenged again by the Duke. Arthur commands his new knights to obey to him and asks to be Guinevere's champion. Arthur and his knights defeat the Duke and his companions. After the battle, Arthur reveals himself to King Leodegrance and asks for the hand of his daughter.
The Book of Three Worthies
The second section of Pyle's novel is separated into three stories: "The Story of Merlin", "The Story of Sir Pellias", and "The Story of Sir Gawain".
The Story of Merlin
Merlin is bewitched by an aspiring young sorceress named Vivien, a friend of Queen Morgana le Fay, who is the sister of King Arthur. Morgana seeks revenge against Arthur because he did not choose her son Sir Baudemagus to be a member of the Round Table. Merlin teaches Vivien sorcery, but she uses Merlin's teachings to concoct a potion, which incapacitates Merlin. Merlin, shortly before his death, prophesizes that Arthur will encounter trouble, and the wizard's dying wish is for Vivien to save Arthur. Vivien proceeds to have Merlin buried alive but promises to aid King Arthur.
As Vivien works against Merlin, King Arthur and Sir Accalon are lost while hunting. Searching for their way out, the two see a ship coming to shore. The ship is run by fairies, who offer Arthur and Accalon a feast and rooms for the night. Arthur wakes a prisoner in the dungeon of Sir Domas le Noir, and the only way to escape is to battle against Sir Ontzlake, Sir Domas's brother. Accalon awakes in a strange place with a fair maiden. She asks him to fight for Sir Ontzlake against Sir Domas and offers Excalibur as a reward if he accepts.
Arthur and Accalon, not recognizing each other, fight a bloody and harsh battle. Near death, Vivien leads the men to a nunnery. Vivien is able to restore Arthur's health though he must rest for a while. When Arthur asks Vivien to treat Accalon, she lies, claiming she has no more of her concoction. Accalon dies from his wounds. Morgana steals the sheath of Excalibur while Arthur rests, and she drops the sheath back into the lake where it was found.
Once Arthur wakes, he is outraged; he, Vivien, and his men search for Morgana. Morgana transforms herself into a rock, but Vivien recognizes her and begs Arthur to kill her. Arthur, however, forgives his sister, upsetting Vivien.
The Story of Sir Pellias
While the queen, her court, and Sir Pellias are out maying, a damsel named Parcenet approaches them. The maiden explains that she comes to see if the queen is more beautiful than her Lady Ettard, who is reputed in her area to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Sir Pellias agrees to go to Grantmesnle, the home of Lady Ettard, to settle the matter with her knight Sir Engamore of Malverat.
As Parcenet and Sir Pellias journey to Grantmesnle, they venture into the legendary Forest of Adventure. There, the two find an old woman who asks for help crossing the stream. Sir Pellias helps the old woman onto his horse and passes through stream. The knight helps the old woman down from the horse, and she transforms into the Lady of the Lake. The Lady gives Pellias a beautiful magic necklace, which makes the wearer adored by all who see him. Under the spell of the necklace, Sir Pellias becomes deeply infatuated with Lady Ettard. However, Lady Ettard feels no love for Sir Pellias once he removes off the necklace. Sir Pellias humiliates himself with his unrequited affection.
The Lady of the Lake tells Sir Gawain to go to Grantmesnle and bring sense to Sir Pellias. Sir Pellias accepts his help, and they devise a plan, but Sir Gawaine is charmed by Lady Ettard. Sir Pellias and Sir Gawaine fight, wherein Pellias, although victorious, is wounded by Gawaine. Pellias, near death, is brought to the chapel of a healing hermit. The Lady of the Lake comes, takes the charmed necklace, and revives Pellias with a potion. Although Pellias is revived, he is no longer fully mortal; the knight is half-mortal and half-fairy. The Lady of the Lake and Sir Pellias travel to their fairy city hidden on the lake where they are married.
The Tale of Sir Gawaine
During a procession of King Arthur and his Court, the men see a dog pursuing a deer. Immediately after, the men see a knight and a lady attacked by another knight, who takes the woman captive. Upon King Arthur's request, Sir Gawaine and his brother go to discover the meaning of these events. Gawaine and his brother arrive at a castle where they see the dog killed. In a rage, Gawaine pursues the deer into the castle courtyard and kills it, believing that the dog died because it pursued the deer.
The lady of the castle is distressed over the deer's death, so Sir Ablamor, the lord of the castle, challenges Gawaine to a fight. Gawaine bests Ablamor but does not kill him. Because Gawaine shows him mercy, Ablamor invites Gawain to dine in his castle and explains the series of strange events. Sometime earlier, Ablamor's sister-in-law went riding with Ablamor's wife when the two women came across another woman: the sorceress Vivien. Vivien gave the two a dog and deer. The two animals created conflict between Sir Ablamor and his brother.
During the Court's procession, Lord Ablamor saw the dog chasing his wife's deer and became greatly angered. When Ablamor saw his brother and sister-in-law, Ablamor concluded that the pursuit of the deer was on purpose, struck his brother, and took his sister-in-law captive. Gawaine returns to King Arthur's court and relates these events to him.
Shortly after, King Arthur leaves, seeking adventure. Arthur and his esquire are lost in a forest and seek shelter in a castle. Arthur and his esquire meet an older knight who challenges King Arthur to see who could survive getting their head cut off. Arthur strikes first, and the older knight lives. The old knight says he will spare King Arthur's life if, after a year and a day, Arthur returns and answers a riddle.
A year and a day passes wherein King Arthur seeks in vain to an answer to the riddle, but he sets out to fulfill his promise. On the way, he meets an old woman who promises to tell him the answer to the riddle on the condition that she may marry a knight of his court. King Arthur agrees to the woman's condition and defeats the old knight. To keep his promise, King Arthur brings the woman to his court and allows her to choose a knight to marry. She chose Sir Gawaine, which is upsets the knight. After they marry, the woman tests Gawaine. When he proves to be a worthy knight, she reveals herself as the Lady of the Lake.
Characters
King Arthur is the central character in Pyle's novel, but several other characters are focused on in the novel as well as the literary criticism on Pyle's work. Queen Guinevere, Vivien, and Morgana le Fay are the main female characters within the stories, and the Lady of the Lake is also a character central to the plot. King Arthur's knights Sir Gawain and Sir Pelias are the two most involved in the overall series of events, with Merlin being another central male character.
Literary criticism
Julie Nelson Couch, in the article "Howard Pyle's The Story of King Arthur and His Knights and the Bourgeois Boy Reader", writes of how Pyle's use of social status and gender perpetuate certain aspects of medieval literature as well as of bourgeois society. Couch touches on Pyle's use of positive character traits, such as bravery and morality, and their links to characters of high social standing. Couch also writes of Pyle's use of language and how certain terms in Pyle's writing are used to engage middle-class, young, male readers.
Reception
Rather than simply retell the stories authored by Sidney Lanier, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Sir Thomas Malory, Pyle created new versions of the Arthurian tales, including different adventures, and implementing his own imagination to embellish the plots. Pyle's writing of the Arthurian stories "[used] text and illustrations to complement one another ... in the presentation of natural description". Helmut Nickel, in his essay "Arms and Armor in Arthurian Films", called Pyle's illustrations "glorious", and worthy of use for inspiration for any Arthurian film.
Other Works
Pyle wrote several other books concerning King Arthur and his knights, including:
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur
References
Sources
External links
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights at the Internet Archive
1903 American novels
1903 children's books
1903 fantasy novels
American children's novels
Modern Arthurian fiction
Arthurian literature in English
Children's historical novels
Historical fantasy novels
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table series
Novels by Howard Pyle
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Eugene O'Conor
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Eugene Joseph O'Conor (23 February 1835 – 5 July 1912) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Buller electorate, in the South Island.
Private life
Born in Ireland in 1835, O'Conor went to Victoria, Australia in 1854, and came to New Zealand in the early 1860s. He was a cattle dealer and storekeeper. O'Conor had 'several useful inventions patented' and lectured on his opinion that Francis Bacon (Baconian theory) was the author of Shakespeare's plays. He was a significant land owner on the West Coast.
Member of Parliament
O'Conor was a member of the Nelson Provincial Council. From November 1869 to October 1873, he represented the Buller electorate. From May 1874 until the abolition of the Nelson Province in October 1876, he represented the Westport electorate. From June 1874, he was on the Nelson Executive Council for a time (the source does not record an end date).
Eugene O'Conor represented the Buller electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1871 to 1875 and again between 1884 and 1893. He was known as the 'Buller Lion' for his strong advocacy of local interests and was opposed to 'party government'. O'Conor had advanced ideas and promoted democratic measures, including removing the property qualification for the franchise and having the Legislative Council directly elected by the people.
Death
O'Conor died on 5 July 1912 in Nelson. His wife had pre-deceased him in 1890. They had no children, and he left the majority of his estate to destitute children and old people in Westport.
See also
The Karamea Special Settlement 1874
Notes
References
Karamea: A Story of Success. The Karamea District Centennial 1874-1974 by Dulcie Harmon (2007 Reprint, Buller Printing, Westport)
Independent MPs of New Zealand
Members of the Nelson Provincial Council
Members of Nelson provincial executive councils
New Zealand businesspeople
New Zealand farmers
New Zealand inventors
Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923)
People from Westport, New Zealand
1835 births
1912 deaths
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
19th-century New Zealand politicians
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Ravi Varman
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S. Ravi Varman (born 9 May 1972) is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He has predominantly worked in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Known for his realistic and poetic framing sense, Ravi Varman began his career in Malayalam films. He has directed a romantic film in Tamil titled Moscowin Kavery and also filmed the music video for the song "Bird Flu" by British Tamil songwriter M.I.A.
Early life
Ravivarman Vijaya Thevar in a village called Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. . a possible career.
Career
He started his career by assisting cinematographer Ravi K Chandran. After working in Malayalam films since 1999 for three years, he worked in Bollywood for the film Yeh Dil in 2003. He later worked in the Telugu film Jai and received more offers in Hindi, such as Armaan, Bee Busthar, Ramji Londonwale, and Phir Milenge, His next project is going to be with Maniratnam.
Though a Tamilian, it was not until 2002 when he started to work in Tamil films, with his first one being Susi Ganeshan's Five Star. He continued to work with popular directors as cinematographer in Tamil films, including S. Shankar's Anniyan, Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, K. S. Ravikumar's Dasavathaaram and Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva. Besides feature films, he has credit of working on more than 500 Television Commercials, Music Albums, Short Films and Documentary. Nonetheless, his flair for literature has led him to embark on writing for an on-line literary magazine 'Yavarum kelir' for Tamiz studio.
Awards and honours
23rd EME France Film Festival Best Cinematographer Award for Santham Malayalam (2000)
Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award for Anniyan (2006)
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2007)
Vikitan Best Cinematography Award (South) for Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2007)
ITFA Best Cinematographer Award for Dasavathaaram (2009)
Star Guild Awards for Best Cinematography for Barfi! (2012)
Screen Awards for Best cinematography for Barfi! (2012)
TOIFA Awards for Best Cinematography for Barfi! (2012)
IIFA Awards for Best Cinematography for Barfi! (2012)
Zee Cine Awards for Best cinematography for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2014)
Vijay Award for Best Cinematography for Kaatru Veliyidai (2017)
SIIMA Award for Best Cinematography for Kaatru Veliyidai (2017)
Filmography
As director
Moscowin Kavery (2010)
Treasure Music Video (2011) Also as Cinematographer and Lyricist
As producer
Azhagu (2010)
Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan (2015)
As cinematographer
Films
As guest cinematographer
Music videos
"Bird Flu" by M.I.A. (2007)
"Aarachar" by Thaikkudam Bridge (2016)
Documentaries
Child Environment
Notes
References
External links
Living people
Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu
Malayalam film cinematographers
Filmfare Awards South winners
People from Thanjavur district
Tamil film cinematographers
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners
21st-century Indian photographers
Film producers from Tamil Nadu
Film directors from Tamil Nadu
Telugu film cinematographers
Tamil film producers
Tamil film directors
1972 births
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class (C217)
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The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupé and Convertible (C217/A217) are grand tourers manufactured by Mercedes-Benz from 2014 to 2020.
The C217 model succeeded the C216 CL-Class and is the last version of the S-Class coupé. It is also the first Mercedes coupé to carry the S-Class name since the C126 model.
Development
Concept S-Class Coupé (2013)
The Concept S-Class Coupé was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show to showcase the appearance of the upcoming S-Class coupé model. It features a new design compared to the previous CL-Class model, utilizing the brand's Sensual Purity design philosophy first developed for the W222 S-Class in 2009.
Production car unveiling
The production version of the S-Class coupé was announced and unveiled in February 2014, with its first public showing at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2014. Mercedes showed the S500 model (known as the S550 in the United States market) at the Geneva show.
At the New York Auto Show in April 2014, Mercedes made the first public showing of the S 63 AMG 4MATIC model. The S 65 AMG model, which includes a V12 Bi-Turbo engine, was unveiled in July 2014.
Safety and technology
It features the most advanced driver assistance and safety technology that was available in 2013, including Traffic Sign Assist with wrong-way driving warning function.
Suspension
The C217 coupé continues to offer the AIRMATIC semi-active air suspension as standard. The C217 introduced an update to the hydraulic fully active Magic Body Control suspension (which debuted on the W222 sedan model), which allows the vehicle to lean up to 2.5 degrees into a turn, similar to the way a motorcycle leans into a turn. The leaning is intended to counter the effect of centrifugal force on the occupants and is available only on rear-wheel drive models.
Lighting
Like the W222 sedan, the C217 coupé includes full-LED lighting on the exterior (including full-LED headlamps with Intelligent Light System and Adaptive Highbeam Assist PLUS) and interior of the vehicle. Optional headlight features include 47 Swarovski crystals in each headlamp: 30 crystals for the turn signals and 17 for the daytime running lights.
Models
S 500 / S 550
The C217 S-Class coupé launched with the S 500 model, known as the S 550 in the United States market. The vehicle features a twin-turbocharged 4.7L engine paired with a 7-speed or a 9-speed (only for rear-wheel drive version) automatic transmission. In most markets, the S 500 is fitted to a rear-wheel drive drivetrain with optional 4MATIC all-wheel drive; in the US, 4MATIC is standard.
S 63 AMG
Through the Mercedes-AMG sub-brand, the second S-Class coupé model launched is the S 63 AMG. Featuring a 5.5L turbocharged V8, the S 63 is the performance model V8 within the S-Class lineup. Like the S 500, the S 63 is offered with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, though with only all-wheel drive (without Magic Body Control) in the United States.
S 65 AMG
The S 65 AMG is currently the top-of-the-line S-Class coupé model. It features a 6.0L turbocharged V12 Mercedes-Benz M279 engine paired with a 7G-Tronic automatic transmission. The V12 model is available only with rear-wheel drive (4MATIC not available).
Convertible
The convertible version of the S-Class (codenamed A217), which was unveiled at the International Motor Show Germany in 2015, has many lightweight reinforcements such that its driving style is similar to that of the coupé version. Safety is maintained by a roll-over system, which is pyrotechnically actuated behind the rear passengers if required.
It is the first luxury 4-seater open Mercedes since 1971.
Maybach S 650 Cabriolet
Based on the convertible version of the AMG S 65, the Maybach S 650 Cabriolet will be produced in a limited run of 300 units, each priced at $335,000, or €273,000 without tax.
Facelift
In September 2017, the S-Class Coupé facelift was launched at the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show. The outgoing S500/550 nameplate has been replaced by the S560. A whole new range of engines have been introduced. The new M177 4.0 V8 Biturbo replaces the old M157 5.5 V8 Biturbo in the AMG S63 4MATIC+. 4MATIC+ All Wheel Drive is now standard in the AMG S63 featuring drift mode. The S560 uses a detuned version of the same engine, dubbed the M176. A new Europe-only base model, the S450 4MATIC (replaces S400 4MATIC), uses the M256 I6 Turbo. A new 9G-Tronic transmission is now standard across the range, with the exception of the AMG S65, which still uses the 7G-Tronic.
Discontinuation
The S-Class Coupé and Cabriolet have been discontinued after the 2021 model year.
References
Further reading
External links
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S-Class
Coupés
Grand tourers
Cars introduced in 2014
W217
All-wheel-drive vehicles
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Personal luxury cars
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The Storyteller Sequence
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The Storyteller Sequence is a series of one act dramas written for young people by Philip Ridley. The plays, all set in east London, use fairytale stories and theatrical conventions to reveal the traumas of their young protagonists. To date there are five plays in the sequence, although Ridley has intimated there will eventually be seven. The five written to date are Karamazoo, Fairytaleheart, Moonfleece, Sparkleshark and Brokenville; note that although this is not the order in which the plays were written and performed chronologically, it is the order Ridley intends the finished "sequence" to run.
A collection bringing together the five plays produced so far in the sequence was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama in late 2015.
Karamazoo (2004)
Karamazoo is a fifteen-minute monologue from an east London teenager called Ace. Two versions of the play exist, for male and female actors respectively. Ace is the most popular boy/girl at school, waiting at a bus stop for a date. Through his/her interaction with the audience, we discover that Ace's recent surge in popularity is the result of a personality "makeover" following the death of a parent; in recounting the fairytale stories told by the dead father/mother, Ace reveals how much the loss still haunts them and realises the vacuousness and selfishness.
The monologue was part of the National Theatre Shell Connections 2004 portfolio, with the first drafts of both the male and female version of the monologue being made available to download for free from the NT Shell Connections website.
Fairytaleheart (1998)
In Fairytaleheart, two 15-year-old youths deal with ruptured families and homelessness by embracing their hopes and fears in a derelict community centre.
Kirsty's mother died two years ago, but she is still grieving whilst watching her father announce his engagement to her 'stepmother' she flees her own birthday party and sits alone in the community centre that was once her mother's 'kingdom', where she then meets Gideon: the complete opposite to popular, pretty, pretentious Kirsty. He's a scruffy boy with 'rat tails' for hair. Together by the catharsis of storytelling they enter the magic world of karamazoo and search for the 'luminous butterfly'. Finally finding it in themselves to see their problems in a new light. The story ends seeming as though they are about to kiss.
Sparkleshark (1997)
Sparkleshark is a play about a teenage boy called Jake. As he is sitting alone, on top of the block of flats he lives in, writing stories, a troubled girl who is polly (she's a carer for her younger brother) who has started in his school, who recently moved into the block of flats comes up to quietly fix a satellite dish. At first he is abusive and defensive but lightens to her when she compliments his work. More people come up to the roof for different reasons. Natasha, the popular girl, goes up to find Polly; Carol, the wannabe, follows Natasha after getting bored. She then calls up Russell, the school Bully and his two friends Buzz and Speed Follow, as well as "emo" Shane, Natasha's ex-Boyfriend. As Russell and his boys go to dangle Jake over the roof they are stopped by the offer to hear a story by Jake, at first a little hesitant to tell one as it was Polly's idea, but eventually he does, and as he does the others start acting it out. It is a fairytale about a Prince (Russell) and his Horses (Buzz and Speed), a Princess (Polly) her father (Jake), a Witch (Tasha) and a Wizard (Shane) and a Frog (Carol) at the end of the story they are attacked by a dragon known as "Sparkleshark" due to its shiny scales, who is played by Finn, Polly's Grunge brother. The story has a happy ending with all being resolved and the play ends with all the group promising to meet up on a regular basis to read and act out stories.
Moonfleece (2004)
Moonfleece is the story of Curtis, a young right-wing activist in East London who arranges a meeting in a flat in a derelict tower block where he grew up. Years ago, when he was a child, Curtis lived happily here but, then, tragedy struck and his elder brother died. Now Curtis is seeing his brother’s ghost. With the aid of Gavin and Tommy, fellow members of the right wing political party of which he is a leading figure, Curtis aims to find out why this ghost is haunting him. Things, however, do not go as planned. For a start, there are two squatters now occupying the flat. And one of them has a story to tell. A story that will change Curtis’s life forever.
Moonfleece received a professional world premiere in March–April 2010, opening at Rich Mix on Bethnal Green Road for the 2010 East Festival before touring the UK, produced by London-based independent theatre company Supporting Wall. The production stars Sean Verey (Skins, Dead Man Running) as Curtis and is directed by David Mercatali. The controversial play has been banned in Dudley, but afterwards was performed in Greenwich. Its poster was designed by photographer Adam Levy
Brokenville (2000)
Brokenville has had the longest gestation period of all Ridley's plays. It was first performed as Cavesongs and was part of Ridley's performance art work while he was a student at St Martin's School of Art. It was then done as an afternoon rehearsed reading at the Hampstead Theatre in London (with Jude Law playing one of the parts, fresh from doing Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the Universe) and subsequently presented as a work-in-progress for a short run under the name of Apocalyptica. Ridley continued working on the play, until it became Brokenville, and it subsequently became part of the National Theatre Connections plays for young people and performed at the Olivier Stage of the National Theatre in England in 2003. It was more recently performed in March 2015 by a drama group starring Rachel Price and Georgia Sloan. The background for Brokenville is an unknown disaster, which has left the play's seven characters with little knowledge of who they are or of what has happened. As an old woman and five teenagers begin to act out stories for a mute and frightened child, they begin to discover a little of who they were and what they can be.
References
Plays by Philip Ridley
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Darren Morgan (disambiguation)
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Darren Morgan is a Welsh snooker player.
Darren Morgan may also refer to:
Darren Morgan (Australian footballer) (born 1965), former VFL/AFL player
Darren Morgan (footballer, born 1967), English football player
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Chainsaw Kittens (album)
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Chainsaw Kittens is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Chainsaw Kittens. It was released in 1996 through Scratchie Records.
Critical reception
Alternative Rock wrote that the "glitter roots still shine through boldly, but the punk intensity has disappeared, along with most of their jangly pop melodies." The Chicago Tribune called it "one of the sleeper pop records of '96" and "arguably the career high point" for the band.
Track listing
"Dorothy's Last Fling" – 3:17
"Heart Catch Thump" – 3:30
"Tongue Trick" – 3:40
"King Monkey Smoke" – 3:51
"Bones in My Teeth" – 2:55
"Waltz Across Debris" – 2:43
"Ballad of Newsman 5" – 3:06
"Mouthful of Glass" – 3:16
"Leash" – 3:19
"Bicycle Head" – 1:22
"All (No Surprise)" – 3:31
"Sounder" – 2:31
"Madhatter's Blues" – 2:40
"Speedway Oklahoma" – 3:34
Personnel
Tyson Meade - vocals, guitar
Trent Bell - guitar
Matthew Johnson - bass
Eric Harmon - drums
References
Chainsaw Kittens albums
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February 1866 Brecon by-election
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The February 1866 Brecon by-election was held on 27 February 1866. The by-election arose following the death of the previous Liberal MP, John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins.
Candidates
Brecon had one of the smallest electorates in Wales and the political life of the borough had long been dominated by the Camden and Tredegar families. The Camden interest, which generally followed a Whig form of Liberalism had generally supported Watkins since 1832 but on two occasions he had been defeated when the Conservative influence of the Tredegar interest was brought to bear. Within days of the former member's death, the Earl of Brecknock, son and heir of the Marquees of Camden had issued an address. Although described as a Liberal-Conservative, it was apparent that Breaknock would take a Liberal view on party questions and the Tredegar interest sought a candidate. They soon settled upon Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, Neath, a former MP for Penryn and Falmouth.
The initial expectation, as described by one newspaper, was for a closely fought contest, for the two political factions in the town were thought to be fairly evenly matched. At the same time, in the shadow of the debate on parliamentary reform, there was a feeling that the Conservatives might prevail. Brecon, it was argued, 'like most small agricultural towns had a sympathy towards 'those who are averse to great organic changes in the constitution''. Brecknock's initial address was in many ways indistinguishable to that of Gwyn, and was lukewarm on the key issues of parliamentary reform and the rights of nonconformists.
Within the week, Gwyn had officially declared his candidature and it was felt that this would compel Brecknock to ally himself more firmly with the official policies of the Liberal Party. When his father, the 2nd Marquis of Camden, was made Lord Lieutenant of the Brecknockshire in succession to the late Col. Watkins, Brecknock unequivocally declared his support for the Palmerston administration.
Candidature of Thomas Price
The radical wing of the Liberal Party watched these developments with concern. Thomas Savin, the railway contractor, was named at an early stage as a possible contender but would not split the Liberal camp. Breakneck, at one stage, was said to have implied that he would support the abolition of church rates, but no firm commitment was subsequently made. As a result, Thomas Price of Aberdare, a prominent Welsh nonconformist minister and a native of Brecon, offered himself as a Liberal candidate. This was first mooted in December, for example at a meeting of the Gwron Lodge of the Alfredian Order at Aberdare. On 18 December, Price visited Brecon and issued an address the following day. Price had connections with Brecon since his younger days and he stated in his address:
On 8 January, Brecknock issued a revised address, which was subsequently regarded as a response to Price's intervention. He alluded to the death of Palmerston and the formation of a new administration under Lord John Russell pledged to extending the franchise. Breakneck now declared himself in favour of reform as well as the abolition of church rates.
On 24 January 1866, Price addressed a packed meeting held at the Town Hall, with hundreds reportedly failing to gain admittance. The speech he gave on this occasion was regarded as 'a very remarkable performance'.
Outcome
Price eventually withdrew, in view of Brecknock's second address, stating that he had achieved his objective of assisting 'the advanced Liberals in saving the borough from being quietly handed over unto stale Whigism on the one hand, or worn out Toryism on the other'. The failure of the Brecon Liberals to sustain the momentum, at a subsequent by-election some months later when Brecknock was elevated to the Lords upon the death of his father, convinced Price of the necessity of concentrating on the extension of the franchise and the abolition of small boroughs such as Brecon which were so heavily influenced by deference to a landed elite. Two years later, at the General Election of 1868, he played a central role in the contest in the Merthyr Tydfil constituency.
References
Bibliography
History of Powys
Brecknockshire
1866 elections in the United Kingdom
1866 in Wales
1860s elections in Wales
February 1866 events
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jillie%20Cooper
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Jillie Cooper
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Jillie Cooper (born 9 May 1988) is a professional badminton player (BWF player id: 53127) who plays for Scotland.
Career
Cooper began her professional career in 2007. She first started playing senior international tournaments when she got to round '1/32' in the Scottish Open 2003 with her doubles partner in November 2003. Since then she had entered many other competitions building up to quarter and semi final stages. More recently she had become the winner of women's doubles for the first time in November 2008 in the Scottish Open, exactly 5 years after her first start there. Cooper then went on to win the Welsh International doubles and mixed Doubles titles one week after her Scottish Open success in December 2008.
As a mixed doubles player, she had reached semi finals stages in 5 competitions to date and the final of Belgian International in September 2008 (29 November 2008). Cooper was also a member of Team Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
References
External links
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Edinburgh
Scottish female badminton players
Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookout%20Mountain%20%28disambiguation%29
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Lookout Mountain (disambiguation)
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Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge on the border of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.
Lookout Mountain may also refer to:
Events
Battle of Lookout Mountain, a battle fought on that ridge during the American Civil War
Populated places
Lookout Mountain, Alabama, a census-designated place (CDP) in Alabama, U.S.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia, a city in Walker County, Georgia, U.S.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, a town in Hamilton County, Tennessee, U.S.
Locales
Lookout Mountain (Alberta), a ski resort in Banff, Alberta also known as Sunshine Village, Canada
Lookout Mountain Preserve, a part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, Arizona, U.S.
Lookout Mountain Air Force Station, once a secret film studio operating in Hollywood, California, U.S.
Lookout Mountain Park, a park overlooking Golden, Colorado, U.S.
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, an incline railway running to the summit of that mountain, Tennessee, U.S.
Summits
Lookout Mountain (Los Angeles County, California), a knob on Mount Baldy, California, U.S.
Lookout Mountain (Riverside County, California), a summit in Riverside County, California, U.S.
Lookout Mountain (Colorado), an eastern foothill of the Front Range in Colorado, U.S.
Lookout Peak (Colorado), a mountain in San Miguel County, Colorado, U.S.
Lookout Mountain (Idaho), a peak in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho, U.S.
Lookout Mountain (New Jersey), a mountain in Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.
Lookout Mountain (Oklahoma), a large hill in west Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Lookout Mountain is the name of the following peaks in Oregon, U.S.
An 8,018-foot (2,444 m) peak in the Strawberry Range of northeastern Oregon;
The second-highest peak – at 6,536 feet (1,992 m) – in the Mount Hood National Forest in north-central Oregon;
The highest summit – at 6,926 ft (2,111 m) – of the Ochoco Mountains in central Oregon.
Lookout Mountain (Washington), a summit in Skagit County, Washington, U.S.
Lookout Summit, a mountain in Benton County, Washington, U.S.
See also
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, 2008 album by American indie rock band Silver Jews
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassoon%20Concerto%20%28Panufnik%29
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Bassoon Concerto (Panufnik)
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The Bassoon Concerto, composed by Andrzej Panufnik in 1985, is a concerto for bassoon and orchestra dedicated to Jerzy Popiełuszko, an anti-communist Polish priest who was murdered by three secret police agents in 1984. The work was commissioned by the American bassoonist Robert Thompson.
The concerto was premiered in Milwaukee in 1986, with Thompson as the soloist. Panufnik and Thompson recorded the concerto in 1987, with Panufnik conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In the same year, they performed the work in Jerzy Popiełuszko's church.
The concerto is scored for a small orchestra – only strings, a flute and two clarinets. It is in five continuous movements: a prologue, two recitatives, an aria and an epilogue. Panufnik wrote of the movements: "I chose these operatic-sounding titles partly in order to emphasise the underlying drama of the work, and partly because they indicate the parlando character of the recitatives, as well as the singing quality required of the bassoon in the Aria." The aria, marked "adagio lamentoso", is longer than the other movements combined.
In 2014, the German record label Classic Produktion Osnabrück released a recording of the concerto by Michael von Schönermark (soloist) and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conducted by Łukasz Borowicz, as part of a complete cycle of Panufnik's symphonic works.
References
Compositions by Andrzej Panufnik
Panufnik
1985 compositions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%20Axmann
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Elisabeth Axmann
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Elisabeth Axmann (Siret, 19 June 1926 – Cologne, 21 April 2015) was a Romanian writer, art and literature critic. She spent her childhood in Bukovina, Moldavia and Transylvania. Axmann moved to Germany in 1977.
Selected works
Spiegelufer. Gedichte 1968-2004. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2004 (2nd Ed. 2017).
Wege, Städte. Erinnerungen. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2005.
Fünf Dichter aus der Bukowina (Alfred Margul-Sperber, Rose Ausländer, Moses Rosenkranz, Alfred Kittner, Paul Celan). Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2007. .
Die Kunststrickerin. Erinnerungssplitter. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2010.
Glykon. Gedichte. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2012.
References
External links
Biography at Rimbaud (Publishers)
1926 births
2015 deaths
People from Siret
Romanian writers
German women writers
Romanian emigrants to Germany
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas%E2%80%93Texas%20A%26M%20football%20rivalry
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Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry
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The Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies, which started in 1903. Between 1992 and 2008, the schools did not play each other when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry was renewed as a neutral-site out-of-conference contest (and branded as The Southwest Classic) in 2009; in 2012 it once again became a conference rivalry when Texas A&M also joined the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas leads the series 42–34–3.
Series history
Arkansas and Texas A&M first played each other in 1903, and would play each other three times from 1903 to 1912, all as non-conference matchups.
Arkansas and Texas A&M would not meet on the field again until 1927, notwithstanding that both schools became charter members of the Southwest Conference twelve years earlier in 1915. The schools played annually from 1927 to 1930, but would not meet again until 1934. From 1934 to 1991, the two teams played annually as conference members. The annual matchup ceased in 1991 when Arkansas left the conference to join the Southeastern Conference.
On March 10, 2008, officials from both schools announced the series would recommence on October 3, 2009, under the name "Southwest Classic." The annual location for the game was announced as Cowboys Stadium (now called AT&T Stadium), located in Arlington. The attendance for the stadium was initially expected to be in the 80,000 range. Depending on ticket demand, temporary seating can be added to the stadium to increase the capacity up to 100,000 seats for the game. The tickets were said to be split 50/50 between the two schools. The initial agreement between the two schools allowed the game to be played for at least 10 years, followed by 5 consecutive, 4-year rollover options, allowing the game to potentially be played for a total of 30 consecutive seasons.
The rivalry once again became a conference matchup when Texas A&M joined the SEC on July 1, 2012, and became a member of the West Division of the conference alongside Arkansas. However, for Texas A&M's first two seasons in the SEC the series was played as a home-and-home series at the schools' campuses (Texas A&M hosted in 2012 and Arkansas hosted in 2013); the series resumed neutral-site play in AT&T Stadium for the 2014 season until at least 2024. Multiple athletic directors at Texas A&M have expressed a desire to move away from playing the game at AT&T Stadium, and on July 20, 2020, it was reported that the game would be played at Kyle Field due to precautions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a return trip potentially being played at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in 2021. That return trip to Fayetteville did not happen, and the series resumed being played in Arlington in 2021.
After joining the SEC in 2012, A&M went on a 9-game winning streak, which was its longest in the series and first winning streak of more than 2 games in the series for the Aggies since 1938–1943. Arkansas broke the streak in 2021 and improved its record against A&M in Arlington to 4–6.
Game results
Notable games
1903 – First meeting
Texas A&M 6 – Arkansas 0
In the first ever meeting, and only the 43rd game ever played by Arkansas and the 42nd ever played by Texas A&M, the Aggies won 6–0. The Aggies were coached by J. E. Platt and the Razorbacks were coached (in his only season as a head coach) by D. A. McDaniel.
1937 – First ranking in series
Arkansas 26 – Texas A&M 13
After the introduction of the AP Poll in the 1936 season, the first ranking in the series came just the next year, with defending conference champions Arkansas being ranked No. 20 prior to the matchup. Arkansas won 26–13, in the two teams' second meeting in Fayetteville as conference foes.
1939 – Texas A&M's national championship year
Texas A&M 27 – Arkansas 0
In 1939, after winning the game 27–0, the Aggies went on to an overall record of 11–0 and named the college football national champions in the Associated Press writers' poll for the 1939 college football season.
1964 – Arkansas's national championship year
Arkansas 17 – Texas A&M 0
In 1964, after winning the game 17–0 in College Station, Texas, the Razorbacks went on to an overall record of 11–0 and won the college football national championship by beating Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl Classic. The Aggies were coached (in his final season) by Hank Foldberg, and Arkansas was coached by Hall of Fame coach Frank Broyles. This game marked the beginning of a streak of three straight scoreless games in the series for the Aggies.
1975 – First ranked matchup
Arkansas 31 – Texas A&M 6
In 1975, Texas A&M was undefeated at 10-0 and ranked No. 2 in the nation coming into the regular season finale at No. 18 Arkansas. The game was played in Little Rock at War Memorial Stadium in front of a national audience, broadcast on ABC. If the Aggies won, they would clinch the Southwest Conference championship outright, and would have a chance to win a national championship in the 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic. But it wasn't to be, as the Razorbacks defeated Texas A&M 31–6, forcing a three-way tie for the SWC crown between Arkansas, Texas, and Texas A&M, sending the Razorbacks to the Cotton Bowl. Arkansas would beat Georgia in the Cotton Bowl Classic, 31–10, finishing the season 10–2 and ranked No. 7 in the AP poll. Meanwhile, the Aggies would stumble in a Liberty Bowl loss to USC, 20–0, and also finish the season with a 10–2 record and No. 11 ranking in the AP poll.
1980
Arkansas 27 – Texas A&M 24
The 1980 contest won by Arkansas 27–24 was Texas A&M's 800th game ever played by the program. Arkansas was led by head coach Lou Holtz in his fourth year with the team, and went on to an overall record of 7–5 (3–5 in conference) for the season. The Aggies were led by Tom Wilson in his next to last season with the team, and finished the year 4–7 (3–5 in conference).
1986
Arkansas 14 – Texas A&M 10
In 1986, the No. 7 Aggies were the defending Southwest Conference champions when they rolled into Little Rock to face No. 17 Arkansas in front of a sell out crowd at War Memorial Stadium. The Razorbacks would jump out to an early 7–0 lead, but Texas A&M would tie the game with a touchdown of their own, and the teams would be tied at halftime, 7–7, due to a missed A&M field goal. Arkansas would take back the lead in the 3rd quarter on a Greg Thomas touchdown run. The Razorback defense played great all game long, holding the Aggies to a field goal in the second half. On fourth down from inside the Arkansas fifteen yard line, Arkansas's defense tipped away an Aggie pass into the end zone in the closing seconds of the game, securing the victory for the Razorbacks. Both teams would finish the season 9–3 after bowl losses.
1991 – Arkansas's last game in the Southwest Conference
Texas A&M 13 – Arkansas 3
In the last Southwest Conference meeting on November 16, 1991, at Kyle Field, Texas A&M won 13–3 in a game nationally televised by ESPN. The Razorbacks came out in the wishbone formation on offense, but the Aggie defense held the Hogs to only 121 yards of total offense. After the season, the Razorbacks went on to leave the Southwest Conference, and join the Southeastern Conference, thereby ending the yearly in-conference game with the Aggies.
2009 – Renewal
Arkansas 47 – Texas A&M 19
On October 3, 2009, the two teams met for the first time since 1991. The rivalry was originally slated to take place on a yearly basis at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Arkansas came back from a 10–0 deficit in the first quarter to win 47–19.
2011 – "Welcome to the SEC"
Arkansas 42 – Texas A&M 38
The Aggies, leading 35–17 at the half, blew their 18-point lead and only scored 3 points in the second half. As Broderick Green charged into the end zone on the final score of the game, Arkansas fans appeared on the Cowboys Stadium video holding a sign saying "Welcome to the SEC" (in recognition of A&M's announcement only six days earlier that it would join Arkansas as a member of the SEC in 2012). Since the "Welcome to the SEC" game, the Aggies have won 10 of the 11 games played as conference games.
2012 – First all-SEC game
Texas A&M 58 – Arkansas 10
On September 29, 2012, the Aggies and Razorbacks met on the gridiron as conference rivals for the first time since 1991, with A&M joining Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference. The Aggies won 58–10, which is the largest margin of victory in the series. The game moved from the neutral-site Cowboys Stadium venue of the last three years to Kyle Field as part of a planned home-and-home series with Arkansas for A&M's first two SEC seasons; the 2014 matchup returned to AT&T Stadium.
2014, '15 & '17 – 3 OT games in 4 years
The 2014 contest returned to AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys) after a two-year "home-and-home" schedule the previous two seasons. Both the 2014 and 2015 contests went into overtime. These back-to-back years of overtime were also the first two overtimes between the two schools in the rivalry's history, after overtime was adopted by the NCAA for all games beginning with the bowl games following the 1995 regular season. The 2017 matchup also ended in overtime, with the two teams combining for a series record 93 points. Texas A&M won all three of these overtime matches.
See also
List of NCAA college football rivalry games
References
College football rivalries in the United States
Arkansas Razorbacks football
Texas A&M Aggies football
American football in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20Ben%20Bulben
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Under Ben Bulben
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"Under Ben Bulben" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
Composition
It is believed to be one of the last poems he wrote, being drafted when he was 73, in August 1938 when his health was already poor (he died in January 1939).
Publication
"Under Ben Bulben" was first published in July 1939, six months after Yeats' death, as the first poem in the collection Last Poems and Two Plays in a limited edition released by his sister. The trade edition Last Poems & Plays, published in 1940, added the content of New Poems and three poems printed in On the Boiler. It also made "Under Ben Bulben" the final poem, a convention followed until the 1980s when it became clear that the original arrangement better reflected the poet's intentions.
References
Ben Bulben is a large flat-topped rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is famous in Irish legend, appearing in The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne, and was the site of a military confrontation during the Irish Civil War.
The phrase "Mareotic Lake", which appears in the second line of the poem, is used in the classical religious work De Vita Contemplativa to refer to Lake Mariout in Egypt which was the location of the Therapeutae, a community of religious hermits.
Phidias, mentioned in part IV of the poem, was one of the most influential sculptors in classical Athens. The Parthenon Frieze was probably sculpted under his direction.
Yeats's gravestone
Yeats is buried in the churchyard of Drumcliffe church in Sligo, which stands at the foot of Ben Bulben. The last three lines of the poem are used as the epitaph on Yeats' gravestone, and they were composed with that intention:Cast a cold eye
On life, on death
Horseman, pass by!
Readings
The poem, read by actor Richard Harris, opens and closes an album of Yeats's poems set to music, entitled Now And In A Time To Be.
Related
The title of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry's first novel, Horseman, Pass By, is derived from the last three lines of this poem. The same is true about the French writer Michel Déon's book Horseman, Pass By!
References
External links
Under Ben Bulben Summary at eNotes
Poetry by W. B. Yeats
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frescata
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Frescata
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Frescata was a registered trademark of Wendy's restaurants, and was used to refer to its now-discontinued line of cold sandwiches. The products were made in a "deli" style, and designed to compete with Subway and Blimpie's food offerings. The Frescata product did not offer the "watch while it's made" format as other sandwich shops offer. Due to poor sales and long preparation times, the product has been dropped. The sandwiches in the Frescata line included the Frescata Club, Roasted Turkey & Swiss, Black Forest Ham & Swiss and Chunky Chicken Salad Frescata. The original lineup had the Roasted Turkey with Basil Pesto in place of the Chunky Chicken Salad. The Frescata was introduced in April 2006, and disengagement began in December 2007.
Name
According to the St. Petersburg Times, the word "Frescata" does not appear to mean anything in any other language, including Italian, referenced in the name of the Frescata Italiana sandwich. According to the article, the word Frescata was coined to bring to mind the word "fresh".
References
External links
Wendy's.com(No longer including the discontinued Frescata range)
Wendy's foods
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20of%20the%20People%20%28film%29
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Man of the People (film)
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Man of the People is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Frank Dolan. The film stars Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Thomas Mitchell, Ted Healy and Catherine Doucet. The film was released on January 29, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
All that attorney Jack Moreno wants to do is help his friends and the people from his neighbourhood, but in order to make a living he has to do business with the mob.
Cast
Joseph Calleia as Jack Moreno
Florence Rice as Abbey
Thomas Mitchell as Grady
Ted Healy as Joe 'The Glut'
Catherine Doucet as Mrs. Reid
Paul Stanton as Stringer
Jonathan Hale as Carter Spetner
Robert Emmett Keane as Murphy
Jane Barnes as Marie Rossetti
William Ricciardi as 'Pop' Rossetti
Noel Madison as 'Dopey' Benny
Soledad Jiménez as Mrs. Rossetti
Edward Nugent as Edward Spetner
Donald Briggs as Baldwin
Gallery
References
External links
1937 films
1930s English-language films
American drama films
1937 drama films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by Edwin L. Marin
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Edward Ward (composer)
1930s American films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalan%20Segambut
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Jalan Segambut
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Jalan Segambut is a major road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is being expanded from a two-lane to a four-lane road leading to Segambut Dalam and Mont Kiara. The project was expected to complete in January 2013. Property prices along this road have increased because of this project.
List of junctions
Roads in Kuala Lumpur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany%20College%20%28Saskatchewan%29
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Bethany College (Saskatchewan)
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Bethany College (formerly Bethany Bible Institute) was a Christian Bible college established in the town of Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1927. Bethany was co-sponsored by the Mennonite Brethren Churches of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the Saskatchewan Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference churches. The mission of Bethany College was to nurture disciples and train leaders to serve. It was named after the village of Bethany near Jerusalem, a location of several significant encounters with Jesus, as mentioned in the New Testament. It was announced by the board of directors on December 9, 2014, that Bethany's last year of operation "in its current iteration" would be academic year 2014–15.
The school reopened in 2017 as the Thrive Discipleship program. This is a one-year program with the theme of discipleship key to the program
Programs
Bethany College offered four programs of study:
The TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate (15 credits)
Diploma of Biblical Studies (2 years)
Bachelor of Christian Studies Degree (3 years)
Bachelor of Arts Degree (4 years)
Facilities
The Bethany College facilities included the Administration Building, which houses classrooms, the Learning Resource Centre (library), chapel, offices, faculty/staff offices, dining hall, and student lounge and mall area; Bethany Place, which houses the Gymnasium/Auditorium, and classrooms; and the Ministry Arts wing, housing music studios, and more teaching spaces. Residential facilities for men are named West and East Court, joined by a lounge; and for women are named North and Centre Court. There is a recreation area, Soccer Field and Courtyard.
References
External links
Bethany College at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)
Colleges in Saskatchewan
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Mennonite Church
Mennonitism in Canada
Educational institutions established in 1927
1927 establishments in Saskatchewan
Educational institutions disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Saskatchewan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Make%20It%20Home
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Never Make It Home
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Never Make It Home is the third studio album by the American Bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).
Track listing
All songs written by Kirk Rundstrom except where noted.
"Movin' To Virginia" (Gottstine) – 2:49
"Record Shop" – 3:41
"Never Make It Home" (Gottstine) – 3:10
"Thief" – 3:12
"Love Please Come Home" (E. Jackson) – 1:30
"Used To Call Me Baby" (Gottstine) – 3:34
"PB24SS" – 2:49
"Kiss of Death" (Mardis) – 4:16
"Drink Lotsa Whiskey" – 3:58
"Mister" – 2:21
"River" (Gottstine) – 4:04
"It's No Good" (Gottstine) – 3:46
"Dime Store Cowboy" – 1:56
"Day the Train Jumped the Tracks" (M. Carmody) – 2:15
Personnel
Kirk Rundstrom - Guitar, Vocals
Wayne Gottstine - Mandolin, Vocals, Harmonica
Eric Mardis - Banjo, Vocals
Jeff Eaton - Gas Tank Bass, Vocals, Kazoo
References
2001 albums
Split Lip Rayfield albums
Bloodshot Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Atkinson%20%28baseball%29
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Harry Atkinson (baseball)
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John Harry Atkinson (January 19, 1874 – January 2, 1953) was an American professional baseball player who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1895.
Atkinson was born in Fulton, Missouri and attended Westminster College.
External links
1874 births
1953 deaths
19th-century baseball players
Major League Baseball outfielders
St. Louis Browns (NL) players
Baseball players from Missouri
People from Fulton, Missouri
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fording%20Canadian%20Coal%20Trust
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Fording Canadian Coal Trust
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Fording Canadian Coal Trust (NYSE: FDG; TSX:FDG) was a Canadian-based royalty trust which owned a 60% stake in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership (EVCP), which in turn produced hard-coking metallurgical coal, primarily for steel production, at its facility in Elk Valley, British Columbia. Through the EVCP it also owned a 46% interest in Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd., which operates a dedicated coal berth at the Port of Vancouver. Its market capitalization was $11-billion USD in 2008.
The trust was formed in 2003 to assemble various assets from Luscar Ltd./CONSOL Energy Canada Ltd. joint ventures, Teck Cominco Ltd., and the former Fording Coal Ltd. (which was originally a unit of Canadian Pacific Railway until October 2001).
On July 29, 2008, Teck Cominco announced an agreement with Fording to purchase 100% of its assets; Teck Cominco had been the minority owner of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, with a 40% stake. The purchase was closed on October 30, 2008, with a final cost of $14-billion USD to Teck. Elk Valley Coal Corporation will be renamed Teck Coal Limited.
References
External links
Fording website (Feb. 2, 2008 snapshot from the Internet Archive)
Elk Valley Coal website (Jan. 13, 2008 snapshot from the Internet Archive)
Coal companies of Canada
Royalty trusts
Energy companies established in 2003
Non-renewable resource companies established in 2003
Teck Resources
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Should%20Have%20Seen%20It%20Coming
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Should Have Seen It Coming
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Should Have Seen It Coming is the fourth studio album by the American bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music).
Track listing
All songs written by Kirk Rundstrom except where noted.
"Hundred Dollar Bill" (Gottstine) – 2:21
"Truth & Lies" – 1:47
"Honestly" – 1:49
"Redneck Tailgate Dream" (Mardis) – 3:21
"Promise Not to Tell" (Gottstine) – 3:08
"A Little More Cocaine Please" (Gottstine) – 2:17
"C'mon Get Your Gun" – 1:49
"Used To Be" – 2:34
"Lonely Man Blues" – 1:46
"Don't Believe That You're Someone" (Gottstine) – 2:32
"Down South Sally" (Gottstine) – 2:29
"Should Have Seen it Coming" (Gottstine) – 3:02
"Out of Time" (Gottstine) – 3:49
"Union Man" – 1:53
"Lonesome Heart" – 1:55
"Just Like A Gillian Welch Song" (Gottstine) – 2:50
Personnel
Jeff Eaton - Gas Tank Bass, Vocals
Wayne Gottstine - Mandolin, Vocals
Kirk Rundstrom - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Mardis - Banjo, Vocals
2004 albums
Split Lip Rayfield albums
Bloodshot Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels%20Fiil
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Niels Fiil
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Niels Fiil (12 June 1920 – 29 June 1944) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
Biography
Fiil was born in Hvidsten on 12 June 1920 to house proprietor and bicycle dealer Marius Fiil and wife Gudrun Fiil.
In 1930 he lived in Hvidsten Inn with his 72-year-old grandfather as inn keeper, his parents and four sisters and a farm hand, a maid and a manager.
He was confirmed in Spentrup church in 1934 on the first Sunday after Easter, while living in Hvidsten with his family. He received his confirmation with a waiver, since he had not yet turned 14.
During the occupation the family and other locals formed a resistance group, the Hvidsten group.
In addition to being a member of the Hvidsten group, Fiil was also a farmer while helping out at the inn.
The group helped the British Special Operations Executive parachute weapons and supplies into Denmark for distribution to the resistance.
In March 1944 the Gestapo made an "incredible number of arrests" including in the region of Randers Fiil, his father the "nationally known folklore collector and keeper of Hvidsten inn Marius Fiil", his 17-year-old sister Gerda, his sister Kirstine and her husband brewery worker Peter Sørensen.
The following month De frie Danske reported that several arrestees from Hvidsten had been transferred from Randers to Vestre Fængsel.
On 29 June 1944 Fiil, his father Marius, his brother in law and five other members of the Hvidsten group were executed in Ryvangen.
After his death
On 15 July 1944 De frie Danske reported on the execution of Fiil, his father and brother son in law, the life sentence of his older sister and the two-year sentence of his younger sister and lamented the profound loss of Fiil's mother. Six months later the January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaper Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported that on 29 June the previous year Fiil and seven other named members of the Hvidsten group had been executed.
On 2 July 1945 the remains and Fiil and his father were found in Ryvangen and transferred to the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen. The remains of the six other executed members of the group were found in the same area three days later.
The following day an inquest in the Department of Forensic Medicine of the university of Copenhagen showed that Fiil was executed with gunshot wounds to the chest.
On 10 July he was together with the seven other executed group members cremated at Bispebjerg Cemetery.
In 1945 a memorial stone over the eight executed members of the Hvidsten group was raised near Hvidsten kro.
Similarly a larger memorial stone for resistance members including the eight executed members of the Hvidsten group has been laid down in Ryvangen Memorial Park.
Portrayal in the media
In the 2012 Danish drama film Hvidsten Gruppen (This Life) Niels Fiil is portrayed by Thomas Ernst.
References
1920 births
1944 deaths
Danish people executed by Nazi Germany
Danish people of World War II
Danish resistance members
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List of Bengali poets
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This List of Bengali poets includes poets who write in Bengali language who produce Bengali poetry. This list classifies poets into three groups based on geographical location. These are poets from Bangladesh, poets from West Bengal of India and poets from other parts of the world including Bengali Diaspora and non-Bengali people writing poetry in Bengali. However, the list starts with early Bengali poets to be followed by those who are identified not only with Indian sub-continent before partition in 1947, but also as founders of Bengali poetry. The list also contains separate sub-lists of "rhyme composers" and "song writers". Finally, there are two sub-sets of woman poets and poets in exile.
Early poets
Siddhacharyas (6th to 12th CE)
The poets of the Charyāpada (Bengali: চর্যাপদ), known as the Siddhacharyas, lived in eastern India and Nepal. The names of the Siddhacharyas in Sanskrit (or its Tibetan language equivalent), and the raga in which the verse was to be sung, are mentioned prior to each pada (verse). The surviving 50 manuscripts contains the name of 24 Siddhacharyas including Lui Pa, Kukkuri Pa, Birua Pa, Gundari Pa, Chatil Pa, Bhusuku Pa, Kanha Pa, Kambalambar Pa, Dombi Pa, Shanti Pa, Mahitta Pa, Bina Pa, Saraha Pa, Shabar Pa, Aryadeb Pa, Dhendhan Pa, Darik Pa, Bhade Pa, Tadak Pa, Kankan Pa, Ja’anandi Pa, Dham Pa, Tanti Pa and Loridombi Pa. Most of these names were pseudonyms as the poets rejected Vedic Hinduism and profess Sahajayana Buddhism. Lui Pa is considered as the earliest poet of Charyapadas. Kanha Pa's 11 poems survived which is the largest number among these poets.
The poets and their works as mentioned in the text are as follows:
Medieval Poets
Founders of modern Bengali poetry
Amiya Chakravarty
Bishnu Dey
Sudhindranath Dutta
Buddhadev Bose
Sukanta Bhattacharya
Ahsan Habib
Farrukh Ahmad
Syed Ali Ahsan
Shamsur Rahman
Al Mahmud
Abul Hasan
Quazi Johirul Islam
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
Girindramohini Dasi
Bengali poets from other parts of the world
Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
Shamim Azad
Taslima Nasrin
Abid Azad
Hungryalist poets
Shakti Chattopadhyay
Binoy Majumdar
Samir Roychoudhury
Malay Roy Choudhury
Subimal Basak
Metrical poets
Annada Shankar Ray
Sukumar Ray
Farrukh Ahmad
Shamsur Rahman
Motiur Rahman Mollik (1950–2010)
Abu Zafar Obaidullah
Rafiqul Haque
Fayez Ahmed
Ekhlasuddin Ahmed
Abdur Rahman
Nirmalendu Goon
Asad Chowdhury
Bimal Guha
Shahabuddin Nagari
Song composers
Lalon Shah
Rabindranath Tagore
Dwijendralal Ray
Atulprasad Sen
Rajanikanta Sen
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Hason Raja
Kangal Harinath
Shah Abdul Karim
Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal
Shahabuddin Nagari
Motiur Rahman Mollik
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
Anjan Dutt
Kabir Suman
Nachiketa
Gobinda Haldar
Poets of Kolkata
Joy Goswami
Sunil Gangopadhyaya
Shakti Chattopadhyay
Ekram Ali
Subodh Sarkar
Srijato
Poets of North Bengal
Bikash Sarkar
Bibliography
Biletey Bishsotoker Bangla Kobi, Rabbani Choudhury, Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka 2000
Bangladesher Gronthoponji Boimela 2009, Rabbani Choudhury, Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka 2009
Shanghati Tritio Banglar Lekok Porichithi Boimela 2009, Shanghati Literary Society, UK
See also
উইকিসংকলন:লেখক
References
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La Crete
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La Crete , also spelled La Crête, is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County. It is located on Highway 697, approximately southeast of High Level and north of Edmonton.
The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Peace River—Westlock.
The name "La Crête" means "the ridge" in French, which is how the earliest settlers described the area they settled.
History
La Crete was first settled in 1914 as La Crête Landing. When the first Mennonites arrived in the 1930s, they settled a short distance southwest of the original settlement on the current site of La Crete. When the first highways were built into the area in the 1960s, the population began to increase as new settlers arrived, and in 1979, La Crete was declared a hamlet.
Geography
The Hamlet of La Crete is west of Highway 697, mostly between Township Road 1060 and Township Road 1062 (109 Avenue). Lake Tourangeau is adjacent to the hamlet to the northwest.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Crete had a population of 3,856 living in 1,329 of its 1,397 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,396. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
The residents of La Crete typically speak English or German.
Attractions
La Crete has walking trails that were paved using donations from local residents. There is a Mennonite Heritage Village sited on "10 acres of land homesteaded by Henry H. Peters in 1950".
Economy
The local economy is centered around agriculture and forestry.
Sports
La Crete holds a hockey tournament every year known as the Challenge Cup, where teams from all over northern Alberta come to challenge each other in hopes of winning the trophy.
The La Crete Public High School's men's and women's basketball teams host an annual basketball tournament, The Northern Exposure Hoop Classic. It has been held every year since 2004, and has grown in stature to include teams from across Alberta. There is a waiting list to get into the Hoop Classic, even though the number of teams invited has increased.
Government
A ward boundary bisects the Hamlet of La Crete, which results in it having representation on Mackenzie County Council by two councillors. Ward 3, which is west of 99 Street, is represented by Peter Braun, while Ward 4, which is east of 99 Street, is represented by David Driedger.
Transportation
During the summer months the La Crete Ferry, also known as the Tompkins Landing Ferry, one of only seven ferries still operating in Alberta, shuttles vehicles across the Peace River on Highway 697 about 70 kilometres southwest of the hamlet. In the winter, an ice bridge is maintained at the same spot. This access connects La Crete to the Mackenzie Highway near Paddle Prairie, offering a considerable time saving when travelling to or from La Crete. During the spring and fall, when the river is unfit for the ferry and the ice too thin to support vehicle traffic, or at other times when the ferry is not operational, travellers must continue north to High Level, then east on Highway 58 before coming back south to reach La Crete. In the summer of 2006 a sandbar formed in the centre of the river, where the ferry normally crossed, forcing it to travel around it. The sandbar has grown to such a size that the ferry does not always run if the water level is too low.
Notable people
High Valley, country music band
See also
List of communities in Alberta
List of designated places in Alberta
List of hamlets in Alberta
References
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Mackenzie County
Mennonitism in Canada
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Marisol Mora Cuevas
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Marisol Mora Cuevas (27 May 1970 – 24 or 25 June 2012) was a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. From 2006 to 2009 she served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Veracruz. She also served as municipal president of Tlacojalpan.
On 24 June 2012 she was abducted at the exit of a party's event, she was found dead on 28 June with signs of suffocation.
References
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2012 deaths
Politicians from Veracruz
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
Municipal presidents in Veracruz
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21st-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican women politicians
Women mayors of places in Mexico
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Victor Woolf
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Victor John Woolf (1911 - 1975) was an English actor, both on stage and on screen. Stage credits include the stage manager in the 1969 West End production of Mame.
Select appearances
Film
The Harvest Shall Come (1942)
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Television
Androcles and the Lion (TV movie; 1946)
Toad of Toad Hall (TV movie, 1946)
The Adventures of Robin Hood: 112 episodes (1955–60)
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan: "The Invalid" (1958)
Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens: "Bardell Versus Pickwick" and "Sam Weller and his Father" (1959)
International Detective: "The Dimitrios Case" (1960)
The Prisoner: "Hammer into Anvil" (1967)
Public Eye: "But They Always Come Back for Tea" (1968)
Z-Cars: "Who Was That Lady?: Part 2" (1968)
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder: "The Treasure Hunt" (1969)
Out of the Unknown: "Get Off My Cloud" (1969)
Ooh La La!: "Keep an Eye on Amélie" (1973)
Stage
The Importance of Being Earnest (ENSA Garrison Theatre, Cairo, Egypt, Winter of 1945)
References
External links
20th-century English male actors
English male film actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
1911 births
1975 deaths
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2008 in Paraguayan football
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The following article presents a summary of the 2008 association football season in Paraguay. One of the most noticeable changes in the 2008 season is that the first division tournament will not longer have a single champion for the year; instead there will be two champions in the season, one being the winner of the Apertura tournament and the other being the winner of the Clausura tournament.
First division results
The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.
Torneo Apertura
Torneo Clausura
Aggregate table
Qualification to international competitions
Libertad qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores (by winning the Torneo Apertura and Clausura) and the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.
Club Guaraní qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the second best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Nacional qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the third best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana as the fourth best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Relegation
The team with the worst average points over the last three years is automatically relegated to the second division league, and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the second division runner-up.
The winner of the playoff match plays in the first division the following year.
Last Updated: December 24, 2008. * League Stats
Promotion game
The promotion was played between 3 de Febrero and the second division runner-up General Caballero ZC. The first game ended with a 3-0 score favorable to 3 de Febrero, while the second finished 2-1 in favor of General Caballero. Since the aggregate score was 4-2 for 3 de Febrero, they remain in the first division.
Paraguayan teams in international competitions
Paraguay national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2008.
KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
References
External links
Paraguay 2008 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
Diario ABC Color
Seasons in Paraguayan football
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Manuel Penella
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Manuel Penella Moreno (July 31, 1880, in Valencia – January 24, 1939, in Cuernavaca) was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga. His daughter Magdalena Penella Silva married the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso; through her, he was the grandfather of actresses Emma Penella, Elisa Montés and Terele Pávez.
Although his most popular work at home and abroad is the oft-revived opera española El gato montés (a special favourite of Plácido Domingo, who has revived it several times and recorded it for Deutsche Grammophon), several of his other works still enjoy popularity in Spain and the Spanish-speaking world, notably the chamber opera Don Gil de Alcalá (scored in Mexican style for strings and harp), some of his revues and the ambitious, late zarzuela La malquerida (1935), based on the masterpiece by Jacinto Benavente.
Works (not exhaustive)
Operas
1893 El queso de bola, sainete lírico, Valencia
1906 Las niñas alegres, entremés lírico, Barcelona
1907 Amor ciego, zarzuela
1907 El dinero, sainete lírico, Barcelona
1907 El día de reyes "apropósito en un acto"
1908 El padre cura, entremés lírico, Valencia
1908 La perra chica, parody of La Patria chica by Ruperto Chapí, Barcelona
1908 El arrojado, astracanada
1908 Sal de espuma, zarzuela en un acto, Barcelona
1908 La tentación, humorada lírica
1909 Corpus Christi, drama lírico en un acto
1909 Las gafas negras, sainete lírico en un acto
1909 La noche de las flores, idilio en un acto
1909 Entre chumberas, zarzuela en un acto, Zaragoza
1910 La niña mimada, opereta en tres actos
1910 Los vencedores, zarzuela en un acto
1910 Gracia y justicia, "exposición" en un acto
1910 Las romanas caprichosas, opereta en un acto
1910 La reina de las tintas, humorada en un acto
1911 Huelga de señoras, chirigota en un acto
1911 La niña de los besos, opereta en un acto
1911 El ciego del barrio, sainete lírico en un acto
1911 El viaje de la vida, opereta en un acto
1911 El género alegre, humorada lírica en un acto
1911 La novela de ahora, aventura en un acto
1912 Los pocos años, sainete lírico en un acto
1912 Las musas latinas, revista en un acto, Valencia
1914 Galope de amor, opereta en un acto
1914 La muñeca del amor, capricho en tres actos
1914 La isla de los placeres, astracanada en un acto
1914 La España de pandereta, españolada en un acto
1916 El gato montés, ópera en tres actos, Valencia, Teatro Principal.
1917 La última españolada, revista en un acto
1917 El amor de los amores, revista en un acto
1917 La cara del ministro, zarzuela en un acto, composed in collaboration with Enrique Estela
1918 Frivolina, opereta en tres actos
1918 El teniente Florisel, vaudeville en tres actos
1918 Bohemia dorada zarzuela en tres actos
1925 El paraíso perdido, cudro en un acto
1926 La última carcelera, zarzuela en dos actos
1927 El milagro de San Cornelio, cuento en un acto
1927 El espejo de las doncellas, pasatiempo en un acto
1927 Entrar por uvas o Feliz año nuevo, lírico en un acto
1928 Ris-Ras, humorada en un acto
1930 Los pirandones, zarzuela en un acto
1930 La reina jamón, zarzuela en dos acteos
1930 Me caso en la mar, zarzuela en dos actos
1930 La pandilla
1931 Ku-Kus-Klan, revista en dos actos
1931 ¡Viva la República!, revista en dos actos
1931 Don Amancio el Generoso, zarzuela en tres actos, Madrid
1931 El huevo de Colón, sainete-vodevil-revista en dos actos
1932 Don Gil de Alcalá, ópera en tres actos, Barcelona, Teatro Novedades.
1933 Jazz Band, Zarzuela en tres actos, Madrid, Teatro de la Comedia
1933 El hermano lobo, zarzuela en tres actos, Barcelona
1934 Tana Fedorova, zarzuela en tres actos, Barcelona
1934 Curro Gallardo, zarzuela en tres actos, Barcelona
1935 La malquerida, zarzuela en tres actos, libretto after the play by Jacinto Benavente, Barcelona, Teatro Victoria.
ReferencesThe sources given in that article were: Historia de la Música de la Comunidad Valenciana. Editorial Prensa Valenciana, S.A. 1992.
Programa de la representación de Don Gil de Alcalá'' en el Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid. 1999. D.L. M-37624/99
External links
1880 births
1939 deaths
19th-century classical composers
20th-century classical composers
20th-century Spanish musicians
Male opera composers
People from Valencia
Spanish classical composers
Spanish male classical composers
Spanish opera composers
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Athgo
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Athgo International is an apolitical, not-for-profit organization that seeks to bring together people from ages 18 to 32 to take action in one of three focus areas: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and High Tech, Environment and Energy, and Governance. Athgo was established in 1999 as an acronym for "Alliance Toward Harnessing Global Opportunities." In April 2008, the organization dropped the acronym, and became known simply as Athgo.
Focus Areas
The ICTs and High Tech focus area emphasizes that a rigorous academic syllabus is a prerequisite for technological advancements in the world’s developing economies. Past events that focused on this area are: “Bridging the Development Gap: Sustainable Growth in Information and Communication Technologies and Hi-tech through Education ” and “Information and Communication Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges in Landlocked Developing Countries,” both of which were held at the American University of Armenia. The 2007 Global Leadership and Innovation Summit, on the other hand, was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Environment and Energy focus area is aimed at promoting environmental awareness and encouraging participants to consider alternative forms of power. In the past, two events that are related to this focus area have been held. The first: “Global Warming: Change Your Attitude! Not the Weather,” was hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles, CA; while “Global Third Way: Becoming One with the Environment” was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY
Scholar Network
Apart from the three focus areas covered by Athgo, the organization also encourages its outstanding alumni to keep close contact, by joining a distinguished group of people in the Scholar Network.
Meanwhile, in order to be recognized as an alumnus/a of Athgo, participants in any event of the three focus areas will have to complete a written assignment that relates to theme of the event attended. Momentarily, Athgo selects the top ten participants based on the quality of his/her peer evaluations, group participation, and writing sample.
Thenceforth, scholarship winners are invited to join other distinguished alumni and associates of Athgo at the Scholar Network, a distinction that prequalifies its holder to attend the most valued convention organized by Athgo, The Global Leadership and Innovation Summit. More so, members of the Scholar Network are provided with full funding to work at the Innovation and Capacity Building Centers, a state-of-the-art research facility that is suitable for conducting research on entrepreneurship, and developing actable public policies.
Affiliations
Athgo draws its support from international bodies, academia, private organizations, businesses, and its alumni. Below is a compacted list of some of the organizations that ATHGO has partnered with and/or have received funding from.
International Bodies
World Bank Group
World Intellectual Property Organization
UN Global Compact
UN’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID)
UN Permanent Missions and Embassies
Academia
American University of Armenia
Boston College
Centre of International Studies, Cambridge, UK
Columbia University
Concordia University, Canada
Cornell University
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
London School of Economics, UK
McGill University, Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
Seton Hall University
Stanford University
Sydney University, Australia
Tambov Technical University, Russia
United Nations University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Bergamo, Italy
University of Bradford, UK
University of California, Berkeley
University of Edinburgh, UK
University of Genoa, Italy
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Southern California
University of Vienna, Austria
University of Waterloo, Canada
University of York, UK
United States Naval Academy, Maryland
Yerevan State University, Armenia
Private Organizations
Campus Climate Challenge
The Climate Project
Development Gateway Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Businesses
AECOM
British Petroleum (BP)
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Electronics Recycler
MWH
Nestlé USA
Northrop Grumman Corporation
VivaCell
Waste Management
Fortune 500
Enterprise Incubator Foundation
References
Organizations based in California
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The Caldron (often misspelled Cauldron), at 853 Natoma Street in San Francisco, in the South of Market St. area, was a gay sex club which opened in 1980 and closed in 1984. It was called "the epitome of the uninhibited, abandoned, 'sleazy' sex club."
Description
Located in a converted warehouse, the site was unabashedly a place where men went to have sex. Patrons were required to be naked except for footwear; a clothes check was provided. Like other similar venues, it had no alcohol license; patrons brought their own alcohol, usually beer, and this was stored in a cooler and patrons given chits that they could turn in for a can of the brand of beer they had brought. It was described as "exemplary" as one of the first venues to promote safe sex as the AIDS crisis hit.
The owners were Hal Slate and Stephen Gilman. The club had two bathtubs for those who wanted to be urinated on. The lights were not dimmed. There were tables and benches for having sex on, and slings. The Caldron featured thematic nights: Tuesdays were for water sports, Thursday for fisting; it also set aside nights for masturbation. A poster announcing its First Anniversary Orgy has been preserved. The name Caldron, according to owner Gilman, was the I Ching's commentary on itself.
Slate and Gilman were members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, which after Monday chorus rehearsals sometimes repaired to the Caldron for a private party. Opera music was the background. The San Francisco Jacks, a masturbation club, met at the Caldron.
References
1980 establishments in California
1984 disestablishments in California
Entertainment companies established in 1980
Entertainment companies disestablished in 1984
Gay bathhouses in California
Gay male BDSM
History of San Francisco
Sexuality in San Francisco
South of Market, San Francisco
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengari%20Dam
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Sengari Dam
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Sengari Dam is a dam in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.
Dams in Hyogo Prefecture
Dams completed in 1919
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalan%20Imbi
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Jalan Imbi
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Jalan Imbi is a major road in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Route
It runs in a southwest-northeast direction, from the intersection with Jalan Pudu (near the former site of Pudu Jail), through Berjaya Times Square, the Imbi Monorail station and Parkroyal hotel and terminates at the junction with Jalan Bukit Bintang, in front of the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera headquarters.
List of junctions
Roads in Kuala Lumpur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%20Lutheran%20School%2C%20Chicago
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Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago
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Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago, is a Lutheran private school affiliated with Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois. Collectively, the church and school are referred to as Pilgrim Lutheran Church and School.
About the school
Pilgrim Lutheran School is a private preschool and elementary school located at 4300 North Winchester on Chicago's North Side. Students begin at age three and continue through 8th grade.
The school was founded as a summer school in 1920. In 1921, it became a year-round school. Today, headed by Principal Chris Comella, Pilgrim's enrollment averages about 160 students.
The school is fully accredited by the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association and has earned recognition by the Illinois State Board of Education.
About the church
Pilgrim Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
School philosophy
The stated philosophy of Pilgrim Lutheran School is:
Admissions policy
Pilgrim admits students of any race, color or national and ethnic origin.
Pilgrim Kids Care
Pilgrim Kids Care is a program at Pilgrim Lutheran School that teaches social responsibility through action. Students participate in year-round projects to unite the community in awareness of the prevalence of youth hunger and homelessness.
References
External links
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America schools
Private elementary schools in Chicago
Lutheran schools in Illinois
Private middle schools in Chicago
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Eric Esch
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Eric Scott Esch (born August 3, 1966), better known by his nickname "Butterbean", is an American retired professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler who competed in the heavyweight division. He is also a television personality, having appeared in several programs and been referenced by many others. Esch became a professional boxer in 1994 after a successful stint on the Toughman Contest scene and went on to capture the World Athletic Association (WAA) heavyweight and IBA Super heavyweight championships. From 2003, he regularly fought as a kickboxer and mixed martial artist, notably in K-1 and the Pride Fighting Championships. Butterbean's combined fight record is 97–24–5 with 65 knockouts and 9 submissions.
Early life
Esch, who is of German descent, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but at age four he and his family moved to St. Johns, Michigan, only to move again at 11 years old to Jasper, Alabama with his family. He had a difficult childhood; his mother died when he was eight, and he was frequently bullied at school for being overweight.
While decking floors for manufactured homes at the Southern Energy Homes plant in Addison, Alabama, his colleagues dared him to enter a local Toughman Contest, with training in Bay City, Michigan. He won the tournament and began his career in fight sports.
Career
Boxing career; "King of the 4 Rounders" (1994–2002)
Esch began his fighting career on the Toughman Contest scene in Texarkana, Arkansas in the early 1990s and went on to become a five-time World Toughman Heavyweight Champion with a record of 56–5 with 36 knockouts. He received the nickname "Butterbean" when he was forced to go on a diet (consisting mostly of chicken and butterbeans) in order to meet the Toughman 400 pound (181 kg) weight limit under the new age trainer Prozay Buell “the better Buell”.
He made his professional boxing debut on October 15, 1994, beating Tim Daniels by decision in Birmingham, Alabama. He soon developed a cult following and became known as "King of the 4 Rounders". Speaking of his popularity in a 2008 interview with BoxingInsider, Esch stated:
Esch ran up a string of wins, mostly by knockout, before being stopped in two rounds by Mitchell Rose on December 15, 1995. Butterbean went on the road, around the United States, winning 51 consecutive matches, including against Peter McNeeley. While the majority of his opponents were technically limited club-level fighters early in his career, he did move up the ranks to win the IBA Super Heavyweight Championship on April 12, 1997, with a second round technical knockout of Ed White at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. He made five successful title defences before relinquishing his championship in 2000.
After his five-year winning streak was brought to an end with a majority decision defeat by heavyweight Billy Zumbrun in August 2001, he fought his first ten rounder against fifty-two-year-old former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia on July 27, 2002. While Holmes won a unanimous decision, Esch was credited with a controversial knockdown in the final round, which was later shown in filmed replays as not being a knockdown, no punch having landed, and it was a slip; and Holmes only reeled against the ropes. This was one of only three fights in a 109 fight career that was scheduled for more than four rounds.
K-1 (2003–2005)
Butterbean ventured into the sport of kickboxing in 2003 when he was recruited by K-1 and debuted with a first-round knockout of Yusuke Fujimoto at K-1 Beast II 2003 in Saitama, Japan on June 29, 2003. K-1 was then keen to match him up with Ernesto Hoost, but he declined to take the fight on the advice of a friend who warned him of the Dutchman's kickboxing prowess. He instead faced Mike Bernardo in a non-tournament bout at the K-1 Survival 2003 Japan Grand Prix Final in Yokohama, Japan on September 21, 2003. He was floored twice with low kicks in the first round before being finished with a high kick in the second.
In his first mixed martial arts bout, Esch took on Genki Sudo in an openweight affair at K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! in Nagoya, Japan on December 31, 2003. Despite having a weight advantage over his foe, Butterbean was unable to capitalize as Sudo was unwilling to exchange strikes. "The Neo-Samurai" took Butterbean to the mat with a low, single-leg takedown at the end of round one and attempted a leglock only to be halted by the bell signaling the end of the round, which had been a stalemate up until then. Early in round two, the fighters tumbled to the ground after Sudo attempted a dropkick on Esch, and the Japanese grappling ace took full advantage of the American boxer's lack of grappling skill by securing a heel hook submission at the 0:41 mark.
Returning to the kickboxing ring at K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata on March 14, 2004, Butterbean lost a unanimous decision to Hiromi Amada as Amada peppered him with low kicks while Esch did little more than taunt his opponent throughout the match. He was scheduled to fight Bob Sapp soon afterwards, but claims that Sapp's management withdrew their fighter after discovering that Amada had needed hospital treatment after his bout with Esch. Butterbean lost his third consecutive K-1 match at K-1 Beast 2004 in Shizuoka on June 26, 2004, losing to giant Montanha Silva by unanimous decision.
Competing in the eight man tournament at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii in Honolulu on July 29, 2005, Esch put an end to his losing streak when he scored a third round standing eight count en route to a unanimous decision victory over brawler Marcus Royster in the quarter-finals. Despite the win, Butterbean sustained an injury to his left leg during the fight and could not continue and so Royster was entered back into the tournament in his place.
Professional wrestling (1997, 1999, 2009–2012)
Butterbean appeared twice in World Wrestling Federation professional wrestling events, competing in boxing matches both times. On December 7, 1997, at the D-Generation X: In Your House pay-per-view event, he defeated former Golden Gloves champion Marc Mero via disqualification in a worked match. 15 months later, Butterbean defeated WWF Brawl For All champion Bart Gunn in a legitimate shootfight at WrestleMania XV on March 28, 1999, knocking his opponent out in 34 seconds.
In 2009 he returned to professional wrestling on the independent circuit. He defeated Trent Acid for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate Heavyweight title on May 29, 2009, in Garfield, New Jersey. On June 10, 2009, Butterbean defeated One Man Kru at OmegaCon at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama at a wrestling event for charity. Nearly a year later he dropped to the title to Kevin Matthews on May 9, 2010. Also he wrestled for Juggalo Championship Wrestling. On April 1, 2011, Butterbean teamed with Officer Adam Hadder in a tag-team match against One Man Kru and WWE Hall of Famer Brutus The Barber" Beefcake in a charity wrestling event taped for an episode of Big Law: Deputy Butterbean, a reality show which aired on Investigation Discovery. On March 31, 2012, he defeated Cliff Compton at the event WrestleRama Guyana in Georgetown, Guyana.
Pride Fighting Championships (2006–2007)
Having lost his MMA debut to Genki Sudo, Esch stuck with the sport and regrouped, going 6–0–1 in appearances in King of the Cage, Gracie Fightfest, and Rumble on the Rock which included a TKO stoppage of Wesley "Cabbage" Correira at Rumble on the Rock 8 in Honolulu on January 20, 2006, in a fight which took place under special rules, ground fighting being limited to fifteen seconds per instance regardless of the situation. He returned to Japan with the Pride Fighting Championships on August 26, 2006, to compete at Pride Bushido 12 in Nagoya against Ikuhisa Minowa, a shoot wrestler known for his willingness to face much larger opponents, to whom he lost via armbar submission at 4:25 of round one.
Butterbean was set to fight Mark Hunt at the promotion's first North American show, Pride 32 in Las Vegas on October 21, 2006 but the Nevada State Athletic Commission would not allow the match-up as they argued that Hunt's wins over Wanderlei Silva and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović gave him an unfair mat advantage. Pride had stated that "visa issues" were preventing Hunt from competing in the bout, but it was later confirmed that Hunt could not compete due to the NSAC's ruling. Pro wrestler Sean O'Haire stepped in as Hunt's replacement and Esch TKO'd him in under thirty seconds.
Departing Pride briefly to compete in Cage Rage, Esch submitted to strikes from Rob Broughton in the second round of their contest at Cage Rage 19 in London, England, on December 9, 2006. He then rebounded with a forty-three second knockout of James Thompson at Cage Rage 20 on February 10, 2007.
Butterbean returned to Pride for the promotion's last event, Pride 34 in Saitama on April 8, 2007, where he faced Zuluzinho in a bout where both men weighed in at (although the Brazilian was taller). Both fighters came out swinging before Zuluzinho scored a takedown. Esch reversed him, landing several hammer shots before finally submitting Zuluzinho with a key lock at 2:35 of the opening round.
Later career (2007–present)
Butterbean's next fight was on July 14, 2007, against reigning Cage Rage World Heavyweight Champion Tengiz Tedoradze in a non-title bout at Cage Rage 25, losing via TKO. Global Fighting Championships had scheduled a main event bout between Esch and Ruben Villareal for their inaugural event, but the event was canceled when half the scheduled matchups could not take place due to medical issues (Esch vs. Villareal was the only viable main event). He was then set to fight Jimmy Ambriz as the main event of Xcess Fighting's debut card, but was a no show for the weigh-in citing scheduling conflicts.
Esch made a brief return to K-1 to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii on August 9, 2008, rematching Wesley Correira in the quarter-finals and losing via a second round high kick KO.
Esch lost via first-round KO for the EBF title against Mark Potter at the Syndicate Nightclub in Blackpool, England on September 14, 2008. This fight has not been recorded on boxrec.com or any other site of the same nature, as Potter was not licensed at the time.
Butterbean made his independent professional wrestling debut at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama on March 28, 2009, at the ImagiCon horror movie, sci-fi movie, and comic book convention and was victorious against rapper/professional wrestler/film maker/actor Anthony "One Man Kru" Sanners via pinfall after smashing him with a vicious 400 lb. elbow drop. Butterbean won the Pro Wrestling Syndicate Heavyweight Championship on May 29, 2009, after defeating Trent Acid. Butterbean lost in a first round tko (submission) to Jeff Kugel on March 6, 2010, in Mount Clemens, Michigan in an MMA bout for Xtreme Cagefighting Championship 46: Beatdown at the Ballroom 9 in a devastating :40 second pummeling.
Butterbean lost the belt to Kevin Matthews on May 8, 2010, in White Plains, New York.
In his final kickboxing match at Moosin II in Seoul, South Korea on July 29, 2009, Esch KO'd Moon-Bi Lam forty-six seconds into round one.
On October 3, 2009, Esch lost a four-round split decision to Harry Funmaker whom he earlier beat on two occasions. After the bout he announced his retirement. He seemingly changed his mind, however, and soon returned to competition.
On September 18, 2010, Esch was defeated by Mariusz Pudzianowski by submission due to strikes at KSW XIV in Łódź, Poland. After several exchanges of strikes on the feet, Pudzianowski attacked and took Esch down, proceeding to throw numerous punches from side control in a ground-and-pound attack. Esch, unable to get to his feet, submitted at just 1:15 into the first round.
Esch next took on up-and-coming super heavyweight Deon West at the LFC 43: Wild ThangMMA internet pay-per-view on October 12, 2010. After a heated contest, Deon did not rise for the third round. Butterbean humbled Deon West via TKO at 5:00 of round two.
On April 1, 2011, Butterbean returned to pro wrestling and teamed with his Walker County Sheriff Deputy partner Adam Hadder to take on Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake and One Man Kru in a tag-team match at the Battle Against Drugs charity benefit which was taped for Butterbean's reality show Big Law. He appeared in February 2012 at Wrestlerama in Georgetown, Guyana where on entering the ring he told the crowd Guyana is his second home and was booed off because he mispronounced Guyana.
Butterbean defeated Dean Storey at Elite 1 MMA: High Voltage on May 7, 2011, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada to claim the promotions super heavyweight title. He knocked out Storey 24 seconds into the second round.
Many people have compared Butterbean to British warrior "Big" Ben Copley, with similar stature and size. The two were scheduled to meet in a 6 round contest, with the British man ultimately stepping down. After this, Butterbean ultimately retired from competition.
Media appearances
Big Law: Deputy Butterbean
Esch is a reserve deputy sheriff in his hometown of Jasper, Alabama, and starred in the reality television documentary entitled Big Law: Deputy Butterbean, which debuted on the Investigation Discovery channel in August 2011. He described the genesis of the show: They came to me wanting to do a reality documentary on my restaurant and I was in the process of closing my restaurant down. I said "If you want something interesting and fun to watch, follow us on our drug busts in the sheriff's department." They agreed people would be interested in this. "They started following us, filming it and documenting us actually making the busts. You arrest somebody and say "Look, if you don't want to go to jail you've got to help us bust a bigger guy." We make a bigger bust from that. The whole goal is to get people on file and lessen the number of criminals on the streets.
Esch hoped the show would help the cause of law enforcement:
I think this show is going to prove that people really care about the communities they lived in. There's going to be more people calling (the police station) saying "Hey, this guy is doing this crime. You should look into it." We want people to step forward and help the police clean up our communities.http://press.discovery.com/us/id/programs/big-law-deputy-butterbean/
The show was not renewed for a second season.
Film
Butterbean appeared in the film Jackass: The Movie, in a public stunt: an arranged fight with Johnny Knoxville in a department store. After the fight began, Knoxville fell, got up, was asked by Butterbean to hit him at least once. Knoxville did so, was easily knocked to the floor by Esch, and received several stitches in his head after the encounter (the camera appears to show Knoxville snoring, but Knoxville stated in an interview with Vanity Fair that he was actually trying to swallow his tongue as a result of being knocked out). After waking up, a groggy Knoxville jokingly asked if Butterbean survived the fight. Knoxville stated that Esch is actually quite friendly outside of the ring, despite his fearsome ringside demeanor.
Butterbean also appeared in the film Chairman of the Board as the Museum Security Guard with the "chia hair", a fact that is pointed out on the DVD commentary by the film's star Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson.
Television
Butterbean appeared on Adult Swim's Squidbillies, where he sang the national anthem, finally beating up a fan for not taking off his hat.
Butterbean appeared on CMT's Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling television show, on Team Beefcake.
Butterbean was referenced on NBC's Parenthood (2010). The episode, which aired on October 5, 2010, was entitled "Date Night".
In June 2013, Butterbean was interviewed in Australia on Fox Sports programme, Monday Nights with Matty Johns.
Butterbean appeared on TruTV's Friends of the People in a sketch as "Dr. Butterbean", using his sweet science boxing skills as an anesthesiologist. The Season 2 Episode 7 was entitled "Great White Haters". .
On September 22, 2022, Butterbean will appear on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud entitled "The Cast of Jackass", as part of the Tremaine family, competing against the Knoxville family.
Radio
On July 16, 2005, Butterbean fought Dieter of Rover's Morning Glory, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, in a bout billed as "War on the Shore".
Video games
Butterbean was featured on the cover of, and was the final boss character in, the EA Sports game Toughman Contest, released in 1995 for the Sega Genesis and Sega 32X. He also appeared as a playable character in all of the EA Sports boxing video games in the Knockout Kings series. In the 2007 PC game The Witcher, the main character can challenge a tavern fistfighter (with a body structure similar to that of Esch) by the name of Butter Bean during the second chapter of the game. Butterbean is a playable fighter in EA's fifth installment of the Fight Night series Fight Night Champion.
Personal life
Esch is married to Libby Gaskin and has three children: sons Brandon and Caleb, and daughter Grace. His sons are both mixed martial artists.
Esch opened a family-run restaurant in Jasper, Alabama in 2018, called Mr. Bean's BBQ. A previous restaurant was closed due to Esch's traveling commitments at the time.
Championships and awards
Boxing
International Boxing Association
IBA World Super Heavyweight (+95.2 kg/210 lb) Championship (One time)
World Athletic Association
WAA World Heavyweight (+90.7 kg/200 lb) Championship (One time)
Mixed martial arts
Elite-1 MMA
Elite-1 MMA Super Heavyweight (+120.2 kg/265 lb) Championship (One time)
Professional wrestling
Pro Wrestling Syndicate
Pro Wrestling Syndicate Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Professional boxing record
Kickboxing record
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| 2009-07-29 || Win ||align=left| Moon Bo-Lam || Moosin II || Seoul, South Korea || KO (right hook) || 1 || 0:46 || 3–4
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| 2008-08-09 || Loss ||align=left| Wesley Correira || K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii, Quarter Finals || Honolulu, Hawaii, USA || KO (left high kick) || 2 || 0:53 || 2–4
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| 2005-07-29 || Win ||align=left| Marcus Royster || K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii, Quarter Finals || Honolulu, Hawaii, USA || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 2–3
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| 2004-06-26 || Loss ||align=left| Montanha Silva || K-1 Beast 2004 in Shizuoka || Shizuoka, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 1–3
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| 2004-03-14 || Loss ||align=left| Hiromi Amada || K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata || Niigata, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 1–2
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| 2003-09-21 || Loss ||align=left| Mike Bernardo || K-1 Survival 2003 Japan Grand Prix Final || Yokohama, Japan || KO (right high kick) || 2 || 1:01 || 1–1
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| 2003-06-29 || Win ||align=left| Yusuke Fujimoto || K-1 Beast II 2003 || Saitama, Japan || KO (left hook) || 1 || 1:02 || 1–0
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Mixed martial arts record
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| Loss
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| Sandy Bowman
| TKO (submission to punches)
| Prestige Fighting Championship 3
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:54
| Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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| Loss
| align=center| 17–9–1
| Eric Barrak
| Submission (guillotine choke)
| Instinct MMA 1
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 2:56
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| Win
| align=center| 17–8–1
| Dean Storey
| TKO (punches)
| Elite-1 MMA: Moncton
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| align=center| 0:20
| Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Win
| align=center| 16–8–1
| Deon West
| TKO (punches)
| LFC 43: Wild Thang
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| align=center| 5:00
| Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 15–8–1
| Mariusz Pudzianowski
| TKO (submission to punches)
| KSW 14: Judgment Day
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:15
| Łódź, Poland
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| Loss
| align=center| 15–7–1
| Jeff Kugel
| TKO (submission to punches)
| Xtreme Cagefighting Championship 46: Beatdown at the Ballroom 9
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:40
| Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 15–6–1
| Chris Cruit
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Moosin: God of Martial Arts
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:38
| Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 14–6–1
| Tom Howard
| Submission (neck crank)
| Extreme Cage Fighting
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:40
| Laredo, Texas, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 13–6–1
| Jefferson Hook
| TKO (punches)
| Lockdown in Lowell
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| ?:??
| Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 12–6–1
| Pat Smith
| TKO (submission to punches)
| YAMMA Pit Fighting
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 3:17
| Atlantic City, New Jersey. United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 12–5–1
| Nick Penner
| Submission (kimura)
| The Fight Club: First Blood
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:28
| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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| Win
| align=center| 12–4–1
| Tom Howard
| Submission (armlock)
| The Final Chapter MMA
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:47
| Jasper, Alabama, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 11–4–1
| Pete Sischo
| Submission (americana)
| Combat Warfare X
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 2:35
| United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 10–4–1
| Tengiz Tedoradze
| TKO (punches)
| Cage Rage 22
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:26
| London, England
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| Win
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| Zuluzinho
| Submission (americana)
| Pride 34
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:35
| Saitama, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 9–3–1
| James Thompson
| KO (punches)
| Cage Rage 20
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:43
| London, England
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| Win
| align=center| 8–3–1
| Charles Hodges
| KO (punch)
| Palace Fighting Championship: King of the Ring
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:45
| Lemoore, California, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 7–3–1
| Rob Broughton
| TKO (submission to punches)
| Cage Rage 19
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 3:43
| London, England
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| Win
| align=center| 7–2–1
| Sean O'Haire
| KO (punches)
| Pride 32 - The Real Deal
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:29
| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 6–2–1
| Ikuhisa Minowa
| Submission (armbar)
| Pride - Bushido 12
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:25
| Nagoya, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 6–1–1
| Rich Weeks
| Submission (choke)
| Fightfest 5: Korea vs. USA
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:29
| McAllen, Texas, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 5–1–1
| Matt Eckerle
| TKO (submission to punches)
| Fightfest 4
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:56
| Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 4–1–1
| Aaron Aguilera
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Rumble on the Rock 9
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:15
| Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 3–1–1
| Leo Sylvest
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Fightfest 2: Global Domination
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:35
| Canton, Ohio, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 2–1–1
| Wesley Correira
| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| Rumble on the Rock 8
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 1–1–1
| Walley Keenboom
| Submission
| Fightfest 1: Royce Gracie Fightfest
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:37
| Evansville, Indiana, United States
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| Draw
| align=center| 0–1–1
| Michael Buchkovich
| Draw
| KOTC 48: Payback
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 0–1
| Genki Sudo
| Submission (heel hook)
| K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 0:41
| Nagoya, Japan
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References
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Super heavyweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
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Karl Ludwig von Phull
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Karl Ludwig August Friedrich von Phull (or Pfuel) (6 November 1757 – 25 April 1826) was a German general in the service of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire. Phull served as Chief of the General Staff of King Frederick William III of Prussia in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. While in Russian service, he successfully advocated for a scorched earth policy during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Family
Phull was born in Ludwigsburg to the Württemberg-line of the Pfuel family of Brandenburg. He was the son of the Swabian general Carl Ludwig Wilhelm August von Phull (1723–1793) and Auguste Wilhelmine von Keßlau (1734–1768).
Phull's first marriage was in Potsdam on 2 May 1790 to Henriette Luise Charlotte von Beguelin (1763–1810), but they divorced in 1800. They had one daughter, Emilie Hernriette (1792–1864). Phull remarried on 18 September 1801 to Charlotte Poths (1766–1808), but this second marriage ended in 1803. Phull and Poths had one son, Eugen (1801–1857). Phull married for a third time in Berlin on 4 October 1810 to Sabine Henriette von Wedel (ca. 1773–1840), but this marriage also ended in separation.
Career
Phull entered the Prussian Army in 1777, serving near King Frederick II and becoming a member of the Prussian General Staff in 1781. Having participated in the Rhine campaign of 1793 in the First Coalition, he was promoted to Oberst in 1798 and Generalmajor in 1805. As the Departementschef of the General Staff since 1804, he was Frederick William III's chief of staff during the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806.
As a result of the Prussian collapse in the Fourth Coalition, Frederick William sent Phull to serve Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Phull won the confidence of the Russian emperor, was promoted to major general in the Russian Army, and instructed Alexander in military strategy. In 1809, Phull was promoted to lieutenant general.
It is disputed how involved Phull was in the Russian decision to adopt a scorched earth policy during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. After Napoleon took Moscow on 14 September 1812, Phull was denounced by many Russian officers. He had
to flee through Sweden to Britain. But the merits of his advice were later recognized. In a letter to Phull on 12 December 1813, Tsar Alexander wrote "C'est vous qui avez conçu le plan qui, avec l'aide de la providence, a eu pour suite le salut de la Russie et celui de l'Europe." ("It is you who conceived the plan which, with the help of Providence, had as a result the salvation of Russia and that of Europe").
In 1813, Phull advised Prince Frederik of the Netherlands in The Hague. After the fall of Paris in 1814, Phull was named Russian ambassador in The Hague and Brussels; his witty third wife, Sabine Henriette von Wedel, headed a popular household in Brussels. After Sabine became emotionally unstable, Phull retired to Stuttgart in 1821, where he died five years later.
Phull's involvement with the Russian campaign in 1812 is included in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, in which the general is known as Pfuel.
Notes
ReferencesAllgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Bd. 26, Leipzig 1888
1757 births
1826 deaths
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Prussian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Russian people of German descent
People from Ludwigsburg
People from the Duchy of Württemberg
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German military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
French invasion of Russia
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The 2000 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham ran for re-election to a second term, but he was defeated by his Democratic opponent, congresswoman Debbie Stabenow. Stabenow subsequently made history as the first woman to represent Michigan in the United States Senate. By a margin of 1.6%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2000 Senate election cycle, behind only the election in Washington.
General election
Candidates
Matthew R. Abel (Green)
Spencer Abraham, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)
Michael Corliss (Libertarian)
Mark Forton (Reform)
John Mangopoulos (Constitution)
William Quarton (Natural Law)
Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Representative from East Lansing (Democratic)
Campaign
Abraham, who was first elected in the 1994 Republican Revolution despite never running for public office before, was considered vulnerable by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Major issues in the campaign included prescription drugs for the elderly. By September 4, Abraham still had failed to reach 50% in polls despite having spent over $6 million on television ads. In mid-October, he came back and reached 50% and 49% in two polls respectively.
Debates
Complete video of debate, October 22, 2000
Results
The election was very close with Stabenow prevailing by just over 67,000 votes. Stabenow was also likely helped by the fact that Vice President Al Gore won Michigan on the presidential level. Ultimately, Stabenow pulled out huge numbers out of the Democratic stronghold of Wayne County, which covers the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Stabenow also performed well in other heavily populated areas such as Ingham County home to the state's capital of Lansing, and the college town of Ann Arbor. Abraham did not concede right after major news networks declared Stabenow the winner; he held out hope that the few outstanding precincts could push him over the edge. At 4:00 AM, Abraham conceded defeat. Senator Abraham called Stabenow and congratulated her on her victory. As a result of the historic election, Stabenow became the first woman to represent Michigan in the United States Senate.
See also
2000 United States Senate elections
References
2000
Michigan
2000 Michigan elections
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En carne propia
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En carne propia (English title: In my flesh) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Téllez for Televisa in 1990. The story based by Octavio Muriel, because he had no hand but a metal prosthesis, was nicknamed "The hand squeezes".
Edith González and Eduardo Yáñez starred as protagonists, while Gonzalo Vega as the main antagonist/main villain. Sebastian Ligarde starred as stellar performance. With the special participation of Angélica Aragón.
Cast
Edith González as Estefanía Rafaela Muriel Dumont/Natalia de Jesús Ortega/Maria Estefanía Serret Dumont
Eduardo Yáñez as Leonardo Rivadeneira
Gonzalo Vega as Octavio Muriel
Angélica Aragón as Magdalena Dumont de Muriel
Raúl Meraz as Don Alfonso Dumont
Juan Peláez as Jerónimo Serrano
Mariana Levy as Dulce Olivia Serrano
Martha Roth as Leda Dumont
Sebastián Ligarde as Abigail Jiménez
Cecilia Toussaint as Laura Gamez
Norma Lazareno as Gertrudis de Serrano
Claudio Báez as Father Gerardo Serret
Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Tota de Ortega
Alejandro Tommasi as Alexis Ortega "El Albino"
Susana Alexander as Mother Carolina Jones
Liliana Weimer as Coral Labrada
Oscar Narváez as Agustín Guzmán
Marta Aura as Ángela
Fernando Rubio as Hans
Maya Ramos as Julia
Fernando Amaya as Dr. Reyes
Noé Murayama as Comandante Eusebio Obregón
Manuel López Ochoa as Pacheco
Alexis Ayala as Alejandro Tamaris
Irán Eory as Susana Tamaris
Verónica Terán as Astrid
Carlos Águila as Dr. Murrieta
José Carlos Infante as Enrique
Lourdes Canale as Aurora
Sebastián Rosas as Abel
Joana Brito as Anabel
Adrián Taboada as Manzano
Marifer Malo as Estefanía Muriel (child)
Arturo Romano Orozco as Alfonso Dumont (young)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
1990 telenovelas
Mexican telenovelas
1990 Mexican television series debuts
1991 Mexican television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Mexico
Televisa telenovelas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Montella
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Francesco Montella
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Francesco Montella (born April 23, 1987 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian footballer who plays as defender for Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione team Brindisi.
External links
Profile at aic.football.it
Italian footballers
U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players
A.S. Roma players
1987 births
Living people
S.S.D. Città di Brindisi players
Association football defenders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munmurra%20River
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Munmurra River
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Munmurra River, a perennial river of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Munmurra River rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, below Breeza Lookout, northeast of Cassilis and flows generally south by west, joined by four minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Goulburn River. The river descends over its course.
South of the town of Cassilis, the Golden Highway crosses the Munmurra River.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
Goulburn River National Park
Rivers of New South Wales
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Rivers of the Hunter Region
Upper Hunter Shire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ius%20in%20re
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Ius in re
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Ius in re, or jus in re, under civil law, more commonly referred to as a real right or right in rem, is a right in property, known as an interest under common law. A real right vests in a person with respect to property, inherent in his relation to it, and is good against the world (erga omnes). The primary real right is ownership (dominium) (freehold, leasehold, commonhold). Whether possession (possessio) is recognized as a real right, or merely as a source of certain powers and actions, depends on the legal system at hand. Subordinate or limited real rights generally refer to encumbrances, rights of use and security interests. The term right in rem is derived from the action given to its holder, an actio in rem. In Latin grammar the action against the thing demands a fourth case. The underlying right itself, ius in re, has a fifth case, as the right rests on, or burdens, the thing. By mistake the common law terminology now uses the fourth case for describing the right itself. Compare jus ad rem.
jus in re propria – the right of enjoyment (i.e., the right to use the property in any legal manner) which is incident to full ownership or property, and is often used to denote the full ownership or property itself.
jus in re aliena, or encumbrance, which includes servitudes, security interests, real burdens, land charge, rentcharge, emphyteusis, right of first refusal; land leased by another who holds title of property.
Maxims:
: "A real right attaches to the usufructuary".
See also
ius
Property law
References
Black's Law Dictionary (Second Edition 1910) (public domain)
Latin legal terminology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmapriya
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Padmapriya
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Padmapriya (born Padmalochani; died 16 November 1997) was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films.
Her first movie was in Telugu, Adapillala Tandri (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with Bangarada Gudi (1976) and was a popular actress during the late 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted opposite the legendary Dr. Rajkumar in three successive movies in a single year (1978) - Operation Diamond Racket, Thayige Thakka Maga and Shankar Guru. She starred opposite Anant Nag in the comedy Narada Vijaya and the novel-based Baadada Hoo, and both were highly successful. She acted in four to five movies with Dr. Vishnuvardhan, playing glamorous roles. Srinath, Ashok and Lokesh were her other costars in Kannada movies.
She had a successful career in Tamil films as a lead heroine between 1974 and 1981 movies Vazhthungal, Vaira Nenjam, Mohana Punnagai, Vaazhnthu Kaattugiren, Kuppathu Raja, Aayiram Jenmangal, and Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan are some of her notable Tamil films. She acted opposite Sivaji Ganesan in Vaira Nenjam and Mohana Punnagai. She was paired with M. G. Ramachandran in Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan portraying the role of a princess. She acted in nearly 80 movies, mainly in South Indian languages.
Personal life
Padmapriya was regarded as the Hema Malini of the South. Padmapriya was born in Karnataka. In 1983, she married Srinivasan and the couple has a daughter named Vasumathi. Just a year after marriage, the couple filed for divorce, which dragged on for a long time. After filing for divorce, Padmapriya stayed with her parents for 13 years at T. Nagar.
Death
Padmapriya died on 16 November 1997 from heart disease as well as kidney failure. After her death, Vasumathi tried to enter the film industry but failed and is now settled in the United Kingdom.
Partial filmography
Padmapriya was fluent in all four South Indian languages and dubbed in her own voice. Her last movie in Tamil was Thotta Chinungi, where she played a mother's role. Table is in order of languages in which she acted, from the most to the fewest films after her marriage.
Tamil
Kannada
Malayalam
Telugu
References
Indian film actresses
1997 deaths
Year of birth missing
Actresses from Karnataka
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EADA
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EADA
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EADA can refer to:
English amateur dancesport association ltd
Executive Assistant District Attorney
EADA Business School
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Madison Avenue Baptist Church
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The Madison Avenue Baptist Church was first chartered in 1848 as Rose Hill Baptist Sunday School and Church, on East 30th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues in Manhattan, New York City. Rose Hill was a house church with twelve members. In 1849, Rose Hill Baptist became the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church with twenty-eight members at 154 Lexington Avenue and 30th Street in a new Lombardian Romanesque-style edifice, which is now the First Moravian Church. Prominent Baptist Jeremiah Milbank – developer of condensed milk with inventor Gail Borden – and other congregational leaders, including the Colgate family, decided to move the church east in order to avoid the falling cinders emitted by the nearby Third Avenue elevated railroad. Five lots at East 31st Street and Madison Avenue became the site of a grand new structure, built in 1858.
In 1885, following the death of Jeremiah Milbank, his wife, Elizabeth Lake Milbank, donated a memorial of stained glass windows by F. X. Zettler of Germany – sculptor of Infalbert's "Angel of the Gospel" statue – depicting the life, healing ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus. These were installed behind the pulpit.
In 1903 the Ordination of Harry Emerson Fosdick – the most prominent liberal Baptist minister of the early 20th Century and author of the hymn "God of Grace and God of Glory" – was held at MABC. Fosdick was later the minister of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, today's Central Presbyterian Church at 593 Park Avenue, and then of Riverside Church.
In 1930 the parish leased its property to be developed into the Roger Williams Hotel at 131 Madison Avenue, designed by Jardine, Hill & Murdock and named for the Baptist founder of Rhode Island, with the church sanctuary to be included in the 15-story building. New stained glass was added depicting the writers of the Gospel and their symbols: Matthew/Cherub, Mark/Lion, Luke/Ox, and John/Eagle. The church's parish house, built in 1906, was located around the corner at 30 East 31st Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South. It was sold to a commercial developer in June 2014, demolished in 2015, and replaced by a residential building.
In the early 1980s, MABC began the Sunday Afternoon Meal for Seniors (free meals for the midtown elderly) and also a Shelter for the Homeless, and in 1992 the church began ministries to persons with AIDS at Bellevue Hospital sponsored by the Bellevue Chaplains' Office. In 1993, MABC became a Charter member of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists made up of American Baptist Churches and Organizations desiring to be inclusive of gays and lesbians. The church continues today with an active ministry.
In popular culture
On April 4, 1971, the "first" U.S. concert version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar was presented by the Bel Canto Opera in the church.
References
External links
Official website
Daytonian In Manhattan
American Guild of Organists
Empire State Tribune
Travel With Terry
Reminiscences of Baptist churches and Baptist leaders in New York city and vicinity, from 1835-1898...
American Baptist Home Mission Roots 1824-2010 (pdf)
American Baptist Historical Society (pdf)
American Baptists, A Brief History (pdf)
New York Baptist History
New York Songline
Baptist churches in New York City
Churches in Manhattan
Rose Hill, Manhattan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%20Time%3A%20The%20Complete%20Recordings
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People Time: The Complete Recordings
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People Time: The Complete Recordings is a set of seven CDs of music by saxophonist Stan Getz and pianist Kenny Barron which was recorded in March 1991 at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was released in 2009 (2010 in US).
When this album was recorded, Getz was suffering greatly from the liver cancer that would end his life three months after its completion. There were times that he had to take a break to allow the pain to subside, and he was urged to call a halt. However, he insisted on completing both the engagement at Jazzhus Montmartre and the recording. On the fourth and final night, though, they only played one set. It was announced by the stage manager that Getz was feeling too weak to continue after the break.
Reception
The AllMusic review of the original two-disc set by Scott Yanow said "none of the 14 performances are less than great. A brilliant farewell recording by a masterful jazzman". AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, but scores of AllMusic users have given it a cumulative rating of five stars.
Track listing
Disc 1 (March 3, 1991) – First set
Stan Getz Announcement – 0:47
"I'm Okay" (Eddie del Barrio) – 6:32
"Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel – Herb Magidson) – 6:33
"First Song" (Charlie Haden) – 11:49
"Allison's Waltz" (Alan Broadbent) – 8:38
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 8:38
Disc 2 (March 3, 1991) – Second set
"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma – Jacques Prévert – Johnny Mercer) – 10:27
"Yours and Mine" (Thad Jones) – 13:45
"(There is No) Greater Love" (Isham Jones – Marty Symes) – 8:56
"People Time" (Benny Carter) – 8:49
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers – Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:02
"Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 5:45
Disc 3 (March 4, 1991) – First set
Tuning – 0:42
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye – Gene DePaul) – 9:51
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown – Gus Kahn) – 9:27
"Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 7:47
"I Wish You Love (Que reste-t-il de nos amours)" (Charles Trenet) (English version Albert A. Beach) – 8:35
"I'm Okay" (Eddie del Barrio) – 5:36
"Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 8:51
Disc 4 (March 4, 1991) – Second set
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 9:35
"Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 10:33
"People Time" (Benny Carter) – 6:34
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 10:12
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 6:07
"Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy van Heusen – Johnny Burke) – 8:40
"First Song" (Charlie Haden) – 8:44
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers – Oscar Hammerstein II) – 7:53
"Yours and Mine" (Thad Jones) – 9:21
Disc 5 (March 5, 1991) – First set
"The End of a Love Affair" (Edward C. Redding) – 9:25
"Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 8:52
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown – Gus Kahn) – 8:47
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 9:39
"I Wish You Love (Que reste-t-il de nos amours)" (Charles Trenet) (English version Albert A. Beach) – 7:51
"Bouncing with Bud" (Bud Powell) – 7:12
"Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 7:30
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers – Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:49
Disc 6 (March 5, 1991) – Second set
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 9:55
"Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 9:25
"First Song" (Charlie Haden) – 10:10
"Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy van Heusen – Johnny Burke) – 8:08
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 9:33
"People Time" (Benny Carter) – 6:51
Disc 7 (March 6, 1991)
Stan Getz Announcement – 0:56
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg – Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:24
"I Wish You Love (Que reste-t-il de nos amours)" (Charles Trenet) (English version Albert A. Beach) – 8:49
"Hush-A-Bye" (Ambroise Thomas – Sammy Fain – Jerry Seelen) – 10:00
"I'm Okay" (Eddie del Barrio) – 5:54
"Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:59
"Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel – Herb Magidson) – 7:30
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers – Oscar Hammerstein II) – 7:55
Bonus Track (Engineer Soundcheck): "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 8:55
Personnel
Performance
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron – piano
Production
Jean-Philippe Allard – producer
Johnnie Hjerting – recording and mixing engineer
Jay Newland – mastering and editing
Gorm Valentin – liner photography
Patrice Beauséjour – art direction and cover art
Farida Bachir – box set production manager
References
Further reading
Churchill, Nicholas (2004). Stan Getz: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography, pp. 138–144. McFarland
External links
Official Stan Getz homepage
Official Kenny Barron homepage
2010 albums
Stan Getz albums
Kenny Barron albums
Sunnyside Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPO%20Boss%20Hogg
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CPO Boss Hogg
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Vince Edwards (September 9, 1963 – January 12, 2022) professionally known by his stage name CPO Boss Hogg, was an American rapper from Compton, California. He began his career as a founding member of the hip hop group Capital Punishment Organization in 1989 under the moniker Lil' Nation. The group released their only album before splitting up in 1991. Afterwards Edwards continued his career as a solo artist, featuring on several high-profile albums.
Career
In a 2016 interview, Edwards stated George Clinton, Prince, Barry White, Michael Jackson (and The Jackson 5), Chuck D, KRS-One, LL Cool J, MC Ren, Ice Cube, and The D.O.C. as his favorite and influential musicians.
Edwards was discovered by MC Ren, who helped him to make a deal with Capitol Records. Ren also produced C.P.O.'s debut album To Hell and Black and got Eazy and Dre featured in the music video for its lead single "Ballad Of A Menace". Edwards made his guest appearance on the song "Findum. Fuckem, And Flee" from N.W.A's final album. After C.P.O. and N.W.A. had disbanded, Edwards was signed to Death Row Records. He appeared on Above The Rim OST with "Jus So Ya No" and on Murder Was The Case OST with Slip Capone "The Eulogy". Edwards' biggest feature was with Tupac Shakur on the track "Picture Me Rollin" from 'Pac's All Eyez on Me album in 1996. CPO left Death Row for Priority Records and made his guest appearances on Snoop-affiliated Tha Eastsidaz, Bones OST, and The Return of the Regulator.
In 2012, Edwards founded his independent record label Tilted Brimm Entertainment Group, LLC.
Since 2013, CPO Boss Hogg announced that he was working on new material for his sophomore album release titled I, Boss. He dropped his first single off of it, "Your Body Is Hot!", on August 19, 2014.
Personal life and death
Edwards had a daughter named Mikki. In April 2010, Edwards suffered a heart attack. Edwards died on January 12, 2022, at the age of 58.
Discography
To Hell and Black (1990)
References
1963 births
2022 deaths
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American rappers
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
G-funk artists
Musicians from Compton, California
Priority Records artists
Rappers from Los Angeles
Songwriters from California
Gangsta rappers
Death Row Records artists
African-American songwriters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrah%20River
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Murrah River
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Murrah River is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary or perennial river located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Formed by the confluence of the Mumbulla Creek and Dry River, approximately southeast by south of Quaama, the Murrah River flows generally east, before flowing into Murrah Lagoon and reaching its mouth into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean north of Murrah Beach. The length of the course of the river varies between and .
The catchment area of the river is with a volume of over a surface area of , at an average depth of .
The Princes Highway crosses Murrah River at Quaama, south of Cobargo.
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers of New South Wales (L-Z)
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
South Coast (New South Wales)
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ABQ Uptown is an outdoor luxury shopping mall owned by Simon Property Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is one of four malls located in the Albuquerque area, and houses 51 different stores. Its anchor tenants include J.Crew, The North Face, and Lush, as well as the only Apple Store in New Mexico. The outdoor environment of this mall includes music, lights and seasonal decorations.
Background
ABQ Uptown opened in 2006 as an open air lifestyle center. It was developed by Hunt Development Group, a diversified, family-owned holding company that invests in operating businesses, real estate assets, and infrastructure assets with a Southwest Division based in El Paso, and was designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, a local architecture firm that specializes in southwest and green design.
History
The brownfield site was a vacant 20 acre lot between Coronado and Winrock Malls, originally the site of St. Pius X High School. The school was razed in the late 1980s to make room for an ambitious mixed-use development called The Commons, which would have included two 22-story office towers and a 14-story hotel. However, this project fell apart and the land remained vacant. The lot was purchased and designed as a mixed-use development zone by Hunt Building Corporation, including a lifestyle center, housing, offices, and a grocery store. In November 2006, ABQ Uptown was opened, and brought more retail chains to the area, including several stores that previously did not serve Albuquerque or New Mexico, such as the state's only Apple Store. Below the infill site, a three level, 300 space parking garage was built to facilitate extra parking.
Today
ABQ Uptown opened in two phases. Phase one opened in November 2006, and included the shopping centers, parking garage, and the realignment of roads and utilities in the area. Phase two was the development and construction of multi-family housing, and opened in 2008. Simon Property Group, who used to own Cottonwood Mall (the fourth mall in the metropolitan area, and the only one not in the uptown area), purchased ABQ Uptown from Hunt Building Corporation in 2012. Many of the shops and eateries at ABQ Uptown are very popular. The businesses that it currently hosts are Alfred Angelo, Ann Taylor, Anthropologie, Apple, AT&T, Banana Republic, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Bravo Cucina Italiana, California Pizza Kitchen, Charming Charlie, Chico's, Eddie Bauer, Elephant Bar Restaurant, Fidelity Investments, First National Rio Grande, Francesca's, GAP, Gymboree, Jared The Galleria of Jewelry, J. Crew, J.Jill, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, L'Occitane en Provence, Lucky Brand, Lululemon Athletica, Lush, MAC Cosmetics, McAlister's Deli, Michael Kors, Pottery Barn, Sleep Number, Soma, Starbucks, Sunglass Hut, Sushi Freak, Talbots, Teavana, Mati, The Melting Pot, The North Face, T-Mobile, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy, White House Black Market, and Williams Sonoma. This 1,000,000 square foot shopping center is a new main attraction in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Competing Real estate owners Simon Property Group, Brookfield Properties, and Goodman Realty Group own ABQ Uptown, Coronado Center, and Winrock Center respectively, and are making efforts to revitalize the uptown area. New growth includes the removal of the old Winrock Inn and Winrock 6 theater, and the construction of a new Theater, complete with the city's first IMAX theater. New stores and restaurants such as Dave & Busters, BJ's Restaurant, California Pizza Kitchen, Pottery Barn, and H&M are some of the first-to-market offerings that have come to Albuquerque in recent years. Other stores, such as Banana Republic, The Gap and local jeweler Mati have moved from other malls to ABQ Uptown in an effort to boost business and visibility.
Apartments
Along with creating a new shopping center with popular and brand name shops, part of the areas efforts to uplift this uptown area, apartments were added across the street from the ABQ Uptown shopping center. The 198 unit building opened in 2008. These efficient apartments come with several amenities. These amenities include; Energy efficient lighting, energy efficient windows, expansive 9' to 12' ceilings, full sized washer and dryer, granite countertops, modern track lighting, personal balconies and patios, stainless steel appliances, spacious walk-in closets, stained concrete and wood style floor, and wired for technology. The apartments and the area also come with community amenities that include; a fitness center, pool and wellness center, cafe and lounge, recycling program, and wifi. The pricing and availability of these apartments are subject to change depending on the sized added amenities. There are many different sizes of apartments at the ABQ Uptown Village including number of bedrooms and type of apartments such as studios. These apartments allow pets depending on their size. These apartments are a convenient distance to the ABQ uptown shopping center.
Events
Taste of ABQ- A food festival which follows the trend across the U.S. featuring local cuisine. Restaurants based at ABQ Uptown as well as other local restaurants participate in the event, which lasts for one day in early August.
Christmas Tree Lighting- Each year, the mall holds an annual Christmas tree lighting with live music and entertainment as well as many sales throughout stores in the mall. The lighting usually takes place in early December each year. This Christmas tree lighting includes a 45-foot Christmas tree in the middle of all the shops that make a huge attraction for the holidays. This event also includes various performances for entertainment.
Holiday Stroll- The mall also holds a yearly holiday stroll the same night as the Christmas tree lighting. The stroll usually includes free hot chocolate, fondue, and baked goods provided by nearly every store in the mall. Toni and Guys famous "mini manicures" are also given out at various locations around the mall.
References
Shopping malls in New Mexico
Simon Property Group
Shopping malls established in 1965
Buildings and structures in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tourist attractions in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Murruin Creek
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Murruin Creek is a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is a tributary of the Wollondilly River and part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment.
Its confluence with the Wollondilly is at the locality of Barrallier. It drops around 919m in its 28.3km length. It is notable for the high Calcium content and clarity of its water.
The high ground on its right bank, in its upper reaches, forms a part of the Great Divide watershed, the other side of which drains to the Abercrombie River. The high ground on its left bank, the Murruin Range, in its upper reaches, is also a watershed, the other side of which drains to the Kowmung River.
The ridge-line of the Murriun Range is a probable path that Francis Barrallier's expedition of November-December 1802 followed, in its quest to cross the mountains. It was later part of the Colong Stock Route between Oberon and Burragorang, which was used before the construction of Warragamba Dam. Part of the route still exists, as the Oberon-Colong Historic Stock Route, and is still in use the only vehicular route to the former mining town of Yerrannderie.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim%20A%C3%AFt-Fana
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Karim Aït-Fana
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Karim Aït-Fana (; born 25 February 1989) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker. Having represented France at various youth levels, he has made three appearances for the senior Morocco national team.
Aït-Fana can play in a variety of attacking positions, which include playing in the hole, as a winger, and in the attacking midfield position. Though born in France, Aït-Fana's father is from Azrou and his mother is from Meknes.
Club career
Montpellier
Aït-Fana was born in Limoges and began his career playing for his local club, Air Limoges. At the age of thirteen, he was selected to attend the Centre de Formation de Châteauroux, a regional youth academy that is comparable to that of the Clairefontaine academy, in order to receive further training. While training at Châteauroux during the week, he played with hometown club Limoges FC on the weekends. After spending two years at the academy, he joined Montpellier.
Aït-Fana made his professional football debut on 12 May 2006, the final match day of the 2005–06 season, coming on as a late-match substitute playing nine minutes in a 1–0 loss to Le Havre. The following season, his playing time increased to 13 matches. He also scored his first goal during this season on 27 April 2007 against LB Châteauroux in a 3–1 defeat. Aït-Fana's role in the team was greatly expanded for the 2007–08 season as he appeared in 37 total matches. He scored his only two goals for the season in the final league match of the season against FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, which Montpellier won 5–0.
Montpellier earned promotion to Ligue 1 following the club's successful campaign during the 2008–09 season with Aït-Fana having an influential role. He scored a career-high six goals during the campaign including the winner against Guingamp late in the season with the club in the midst of a promotion battle. Due to his successful season, Aït-Fana was given a contract extension with the club until the year 2012. In his first season with Montpellier in Ligue 1, Aït-Fana was a revelation in the team, which reached as high as secondnd position in the league. He has scored impressive goals against Sochaux, Boulogne, Le Mans, and Marseille. Montpellier went undefeated in the five league matches Aït-Fana has scored in.
In Montpellier's last home game of the 2011–12 campaign, Aït-Fana scored a last minute goal in a 1–0 win over Lille after coming off the bench.
Nîmes Olympique
Consolat GS
In early January 2018, Aït-Fana left Championnat National side GS Consolat.
Wydad Casablanca
In late January, Aït-Fana joined reigning African champions Wydad AC, agreeing a 1.5-year deal. In August 2018 Aït-Fana revealed, that few days after signing the contract, he learned that his contract was not certified for an administrative history and he then went back to France.
Gallia Lucciana
In January 2019, Aït-Fana joined Gallia Club Lucciana in the Championnat National 3.
International career
Aït-Fana has been active on the international youth circuit for France. He has earned limited caps with the under-16s, under-17s, under-18s, and the under U-19 squad. After not representing France for over a year and a half, it was speculated that he would follow in the footsteps on fellow French-born Moroccan Marouane Chamakh and play for Morocco, his country of origin. However, on 1 October 2009, he was called up to the France under-21 team by coach Erick Mombaerts for their 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification matches against Malta on 9 October and Belgium on 13 October. He made his debut in the Malta match appearing as a substitute in the 76th minute. Despite being on the pitch for mere seconds, he scored France's second goal of the match ensuring them a 2–0 victory.
Aït-Fana made his debut with the national team of Morocco in a friendly match against Senegal held on 25 May in Marrakech.
Personal life
Aït-Fana is Muslim.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Montpellier
Ligue 1: 2011–12
References
External links
Living people
1989 births
French Muslims
Moroccan Muslims
Sportspeople from Limoges
Association football midfielders
French footballers
Moroccan footballers
French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Montpellier HSC players
Nîmes Olympique players
Athlético Marseille players
Wydad AC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs%20Ricardo%20Morales%20Manzo
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Jesús Ricardo Morales Manzo
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Jesús Ricardo Morales Manzo (born 17 February 1982) is a Mexican politician from the Party of the Democratic Revolution. From 2008 to 2009 he served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Guerrero.
References
1982 births
Living people
Politicians from Guerrero
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Guerrero
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20C.%20Smith
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Bernard C. Smith
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Bernard C. Smith (July 29, 1923 – October 19, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on July 29, 1923, in Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He attended Northport High School. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant. After the war he graduated from Cornell University, and in 1949 from Cornell Law School. He practiced law in Northport. In 1949, he married Elizabeth Reynolds (1924–1998), and they had five children.
Smith was an assistant district attorney of Suffolk County from 1951 to 1958, Chief Assistant D.A. from 1959 to 1961; and D.A. from 1962 to 1965.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1978, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures.
On November 1, 1979, he was appointed by Governor Hugh Carey as a member of the New York State Commission of Investigation.
In 1990, he ran on the Republican ticket for New York Attorney General, but was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Robert Abrams.
Smith died while on vacation in the Catskill Mountains on October 19, 1993, in Kingston Hospital in Kingston, New York, of a brain tumor; and was buried at the Northport Rural Cemetery.
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1923 births
1993 deaths
People from Northport, New York
New York (state) Republicans
New York (state) state senators
People from Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Cornell Law School alumni
Suffolk County district attorneys
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American politicians
United States Army personnel of World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadgee%20River
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Nadgee River
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The Nadgee River is a mature intermittently closed saline coastal lagoon; or perennial river located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Nadgee River rises on the southern slopes of Mount Nadgee within the Nadgee Nature Reserve in remote country near the boundary between New South Wales and Victoria; located about northwest by west of Mount Victoria. The river flows generally east, joined by two minor tributaries before reaching its mouth with the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, west northwest of Black Head, north of Cape Howe. The river descends over its course.
The catchment area of the river is with a volume of over a surface area of , at an average depth of .
See also
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
South Coast (New South Wales)
Coastline of New South Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colne%20Primet%20Academy
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Colne Primet Academy
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Colne Primet Academy (formerly Colne Primet High School) is a mixed secondary school located in Colne in the English county of Lancashire.
Previously a community school, administered by Lancashire County Council, Colne Primet High School converted to academy status on 1 January 2013, and was renamed Colne Primet Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Pendle Education Trust, but continues to coordinate with Lancashire County Council for admissions.
Colne Primet Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and ASDAN courses as programmes of study for pupils.
Notable former staff
Alan Wharton, cricketer
References
External links
Colne Primet Academy official website
Secondary schools in Lancashire
Colne
Academies in Lancashire
Schools in the Borough of Pendle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadgigomar%20Creek
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Nadgigomar Creek
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Nadgigomar Creek is a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nangahrah%20Creek
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Nangahrah Creek
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Nangahrah Creek is a river of the state of New South Wales in Australia.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Satellite%20Corporation
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American Satellite Corporation
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American Satellite Company (ASC) was one of many Fairchild Industries subsidiary companies and was established in partnership with Continental Telephone in 1972. Emanuel Fthenakis was the President and Chief Executive Officer upon the founding of the corporation. He was replaced in 1976 by Harry Dornbrand, who was President of Fairchild Space and Electronics division at the time. Under their leadership, ASC pioneered advancements in satellite broadcasting both domestically and abroad.
Overview
In June 1973 ASC became the first company to transmit United States domestic television via satellite. The first broadcast was of an address by then Speaker of the House Carl Albert delivered in Washington D.C. and sent to the National Cable Television Association convention in Anaheim, California.
On the same day, they became the first company to broadcast a major sports event via satellite: the fight between Jimmy Ellis and Ernie Shavers in Madison Square Garden.
ASC was headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, and had 4 Earth stations located in SFES - San Francisco, CA (Benicia), LAES - Los Angeles, CA (Nuevo), DAES - Dallas, TX, NYES - New York, NY.
In 1976 ASC began commercially delivering The Wall Street Journal via satellite.
In 1982 ASC began commercially delivering the fledgling USA Today via satellite.
ASC contributed to Department of Defense communications systems and built the first digital satellite route from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland via a land base in California.
The corporation also invented a shipboard antenna that could connect military vessels to satellite communications despite the pitch and yaw motion of the ship.
By 1978 ASC "established the first wideband digital data transmission service via domestic satellite for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program".
In 1984, the corporation control became the largest U.S. transceiver satellite communications network.
The Transmission Operations department was responsible for operations and maintenance. The Network Operations Control Center was located at Vernon, NJ, and was later relocated to Ellenwood, DeKalb County outside of Atlanta, GA.
At the end of 1987, the Southeast Region consisted of the following sites:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt MD, DOD Ft Meade MD
Fairchild Industries Gaithersberg VA, DOD Ft Belvoir VA, DOD Virginia Beach VA, DOD Damneck VA
NASA Etam WV
Allstate Insurance Charlotte NC, USA Today Greensboro NC, DOD Ft Bragg NC
DOD Shaw AFB SC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Greenville SC
DOD Savannah GA, USA Today Gainesville GA
DOD McDill AFB FL, New York Times Lakeland FL, NASA Merritt Island FL, FAA Miami FL,
DOD Hurlburt Field FL, DOD Eglin AFB FL, DOD NAS Pensacola FL
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville AL, SCI Huntsville AL, Lockheed Martin Huntsville AL
Social Security Birmingham AL
US Pencil and Pen Shelbyville TN, Dept of Energy Oak Ridge TN, Olin Mills Inc Chattanooga TN
Federal Express Memphis TN
DOD Ft Campbell KY
NASA Slidell LA
DOD Hattiesburg MS
Abbott Labs, Puerto Rico.
American Satellite initially leased satellite service on the Western Union WESTAR satellites.
American Satellite contracted with RCA Astro to build the ASC-1 satellite which was launched via NASA space shuttle Discovery mission STS-51-I on August 27, 1985. The satellite has 18 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders. On C-band, the satellite had 12 each 36 Mhz transponders that used Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and 6 each 72 Mhz transponders that used Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs). The SSPAs had 8.5 watts of Radio Frequency (RF) power and the TWTAs had 16.2 watts of RF power. On Ku-band the satellite had 6 each 72 Mhz transponders. The satellite had a Horizonal polarity beacon at 4100 Mhz, a Vertical polarity beacon at 3700 Mhz. The Satellite was parked at 81 degrees west. ASC-2 was launch via a Delta-7925 rocket from Cape Canaveral on April 3, 1991 and was parked at 101 degrees west. ASC-3 was not used and sold to PanAmSat.
References
1972 establishments in the United States
Fairchild Corporation
Private spaceflight companies
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Narran River
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Narran River, a watercourse of the Barwon catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Southern Downs district of Queensland and Orana district of New South Wales, Australia.
The river rises south west of Dirranbandi, as a branch of the Balonne River in Queensland, and flows generally to the south and south-west, before reaching its mouth at Narran Lake, between Brewarrina and Walgett in New South Wales; descending over its course.
In March 2010 the Narran River flooded the Angledool Lake at Angledool and then spilled into Weetalabah Creek, crossing the Castlereagh Highway, filling Coocoran Lake near Lightning Ridge.
See also
Rivers of Queensland
Rivers of New South Wales
List of rivers of Australia
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Rivers of Queensland
Murray-Darling basin
Distributaries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399%20Libyan%20Premier%20League
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1998–99 Libyan Premier League
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Following are the statistics of the Libyan Premier League for the 1998–99 season. The Libyan Premier League () is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. It was founded in 1963 and features mostly professional players.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Al Mahalah Tripoli won the championship.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Playoff
Championship Group
Relegation Group
References
Libya - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Libyan Premier League seasons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Dornbrand
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Harry Dornbrand
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Harry Dornbrand (November 10, 1922 – May 8, 2022) was an American aerospace engineer, and a leading figure in the development of satellite technologies during the early space race era. He served as Vice President, then President of Fairchild Industries Space and Electronics division, Vice President of Fairchild Industries (the parent corporation), and President of American Satellite Corporation, a Fairchild subsidiary. The technologies and projects he developed and managed for Fairchild and NASA in the 1960s and 1970s were critical for the advancement of satellite technology worldwide and pioneered new applications like geosynchronous satellite television broadcasting and orbital scientific experimentation. He was a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In 1974 he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his success managing the ATS-6 satellite program.
Early life
Harry was born in Brooklyn on November 10, 1922, to a family of Jewish European immigrants. His father Morris, age 9, arrived on Ellis Island in 1899 from Rohatyn, in what was then Austria. Like his father Mechal, Morris worked as a seasonal sweatshop machine operator, sewing pockets on vests in Lower Manhattan during the era of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Harry enrolled at City College as a student of engineering, and graduated in 1944 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. During his time at City College he ran a campus network for delivery of The New York Times.
After graduating he enrolled in the United States Navy and was sent to the Moffett Field Naval Air Station to do research for NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He published two technical research papers (listed here). While working his first civilian job after World War II, Dornbrand earned a master's degree in thermodynamics from Columbia University in 1953. He married Mildred F. Bernstein, a graduate of Brooklyn College with a degree in Biology, and they had three children, Phyllis, Faith, and Carol Lynn.
Career
During his time in the United States Navy, Dornbrand specialized in heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid flow research with NACA, at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory. In 1946 he began work at Republic Aviation in Long Island, New York, where he was manager of space systems technology. During his 20 years there he held management positions on the FIRE system, Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory, Synchronous Meteorological Satellite and Manned Orbital Laboratory programs. Republic was purchased by Fairchild Hiller in 1965 and Dornbrand moved to Fairchild's Germantown, Maryland facility.
Fairchild and American Satellite Corporation
In 1966, Dornbrand joined Fairchild Industries Space and Electronics and worked as a Project Manager until 1973, when then-President Wilbur Pritchard elevated him to the rank of Vice President. During his time at Fairchild he facilitated the design and launch of multiple aerospace projects, the most notable of which were satellites in the Applications Technology Satellite series commissioned by NASA. Following the success of the ATS-6, Dornbrand became President of Fairchild Space and Electronics in 1975. In 1976 he was appointed President of American Satellite Corporation, a subsidiary company of Fairchild.
While Dornbrand was a Program Manager and Assistant General Manager of Fairchild Space and Electronics Division, NASA contracted Fairchild to oversee the creation of the ATS-6 and ATS-7 (also known as ATS-F and ATS-G) satellites, and he was appointed to be manager of both projects.
The ATS-6 satellite was the most powerful telecommunications satellite of its time, the first Direct Broadcast Satellite, the first educational satellite, and the first 3-axis stabilized spacecraft in geostationary orbit, among other accolades. It received high praise from NASA, and in 1975, Dornbrand along with other chief Fairchild representatives including Wernher von Braun demonstrated its ability to aim broadcast signals at any part of the United States, a technological breakthrough at the time.
NASA originally commissioned a seventh satellite in the ATS series, but despite the construction of an ATS-G prototype, the project was never completed. In a 1976 article of the Fairchild World journal, Dornbrand said that due to the success of ATS-6 and "because the ATS-6 satellite gives promise of lasting for many more years than originally expected, NASA cancelled the second spacecraft". ATS-G (the second satellite) sat for some years in a Fairchild lot, and was later donated to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Personal life
Dornbrand died in Rockville, Maryland, on May 8, 2022, at the age of 99. He is survived by his wife Mildred, three children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Publications
Technical specifications for the ATS-6 satellite written by Harry Dornbrand. NASA Technical Reports.
Infrared Defrosting and Deicing, 1952. Worldcat.
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Vortex Tubes, 1950. Worldcat.
Awards
For his work with NASA leading the ATS-6 project, Dornbrand received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest honor awarded to a non-government employee by that organization.
See also
Fairchild Industries
ATS-6
References
1922 births
2022 deaths
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Military personnel from New York City
Scientists from Brooklyn
American aerospace engineers
City College of New York alumni
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
United States Navy personnel of World War II
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