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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphium%20weiskei
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Graphium weiskei
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Graphium weiskei, the purple spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the swallowtail family; Papilionidae. It is found only in the highlands of New Guinea. These swallowtails live in elevations of .
The name honours the collector Emil Weiske.
See also
Graphium stresemanni – visually similar species
References
Müller, C.J. and Tennent, W.J 1999 A New Species of Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea 1999 Records of the Australian Museum 51: (161-168) pdf Presents a key to the closely related Graphium kosii, Graphium weiskei (Ribbe), G.stresemanni (Rothschild), G. batjanensis Okano, G. macleayanum (Leach) and G. gelon (Boisduval) all of which are confined to the Australasian region.
External links
Weiskei
Lepidoptera of New Guinea
Butterflies described in 1900
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library%20of%20the%20Fathers
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Library of the Fathers
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The Library of the Fathers, more properly A library of fathers of the holy Catholic church: anterior to the division of the East and West, was a series of around 50 volumes of the Church Fathers, annotated in English translation, published 1838 to 1881 by John Henry Parker. Edited by Edward Bouverie Pusey and others including John Keble and John Henry Newman, this series of editions is closely associated with the origins of the Oxford Movement.
Overview
The series was planned by Pusey in summer 1836, and Pusey, Keble and Newman jointly signed the Prospectus which announced it. Over 600 subscribers had been secured by 1838, including nine English bishops as well as both Archbishops, William Howley and Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt. By 1853 thirty-seven volumes had appeared, and the number of listed subscribers had doubled to over 1,200. However, by that time editorial costs were swallowing any profits, and the fragmentation of the Oxford Movement had also caused some of the early subscribers to discontinue their support. The new Archbishops, John Bird Sumner and Thomas Musgrave, never subscribed. "After 1853 [...] there is a clear sense of the winding down of the series."
Though most of the works in the library were translations, a few were editions of original texts. The first volume issued, in 1838, was a translation edited by Pusey of Augustine's Confessions; the last, in 1881, were works of Cyril of Alexandria. There were sixteen volumes of Chrysostom published in the Library, twelve of Augustine, five of Athanasius and four of Gregory the Great on Job.
Most translations in the series were signed. Some anonymous translations may be due to Charles Marriott, who replaced Newman as editor after Newman converted to Roman Catholicism, and who "shouldered the greatest part of the editorial burden from 1845 to 1853".
See also
Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology
Parker Society
Notes
Christian theology books
Publications of patristic texts
Series of books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity%20Lutheran%20School
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Trinity Lutheran School
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Trinity Lutheran School may refer to:
Trinity Lutheran School (Bend, Oregon)
Trinity Lutheran School (Evansville, Indiana)
Trinity Lutheran School (Harris County, Texas)
Trinity Lutheran School (Kaukauna, Wisconsin)
Trinity Lutheran School (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Trinity Lutheran School (Newport News, Virginia)
Trinity Lutheran School (Orlando, Florida)
Trinity Lutheran School (Monroe, Michigan)
Trinity Lutheran School (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania)
Trinity Lutheran School (St. George, Utah)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique%20Tian
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Dominique Tian
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Dominique Tian (born 14 December 1959) is a French businessman and retired politician who represented the 2nd constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2017. He has been member of The Republicans (LR) since the party was founded in 2015 as the successor to the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). In the 2017 legislative election, Tian lost his seat in a "surprise" upset by Claire Pitollat of La République En Marche! (LREM), who was a first-time candidate.
Tian also held offices at the municipal and departmental level. He first served the member of the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône for the canton of Marseille-Saint-Giniez from 1988 to 2002 as the successor of Jean-Claude Gaudin, before holding the mayorship of the 4th sector of Marseille, which encompasses the 6th and 8th arrondissements, from 1995 to 2013. Tian was later appointed First Deputy Mayor of Marseille under Mayor Gaudin from 2014 until 2020, succeeding Roland Blum. He retired from politics when he was succeeded by Socialist Benoît Payan as First Deputy Mayor under Mayor Michèle Rubirola following the 2020 municipal election.
Tax evasion conviction
In 2018, Dominique Tian was found guilty by a Paris court in a tax evasion lawsuit. He was sentenced to a one-year suspended prison sentence. Tian filed an appeal and a new trial was ordered. In 2019, he was found guilty again and sentenced to a suspended prison sentence of 18 months.
References
1959 births
Living people
20th-century French politicians
21st-century French politicians
Sciences Po Aix alumni
French city councillors
Politicians from Marseille
Union for French Democracy politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Popular Right
The Republicans (France) politicians
Departmental councillors (France)
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Mayors of places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
French politicians convicted of crimes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest%20Football%20Conference%20%28NJCAA%29
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Midwest Football Conference (NJCAA)
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The Midwest Football Conference was a football conference for NJCAA teams located in the midwest United States. It was formed when the North Central Community College Conference merged with the Iowa Conference in 2005.
The conference dissolved following the 2013 season after almost of the East Division schools, except the College of DuPage, dropped football. The Iowa schools, Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Central Community College and Iowa Western Community College, formed a scheduling alliance with the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. The two North Dakota schools joined the Minnesota Community College Conference in football only while DuPage became an independent.
Grand Rapids, Harper, Joliet, Rock Valley and North Iowa Area no longer field teams.
Former members
East division
West division
See also
National Junior College Athletic Association
NJCAA National football championship
List of community college football programs
External links
Midwest Football Conference
NJCAA conferences
College football-only conferences in the United States
Sports in the Midwestern United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabienne%20Labrette-M%C3%A9nager
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Fabienne Labrette-Ménager
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Fabienne Labrette-Ménager (born 8 January 1961) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Sarthe's 1st constituency from 2007 to 2012, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Biography
She made her entry into politics in 2001 while jointly becoming adjunct to the mayor of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe and counselor-general for the canton of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe.
At the time of the regional elections in 2004, she appeared on the list of UDF-UMP led by François Fillon. Although this list was beaten in the 2nd round, she was elected to the district council of the Pays de la Loire. At that time, she relinquished her appointment as counselor for Fresnay-sur-Sarthe.
Fabienne Labrette-Domestic was elected deputy on 17 June 2007 for the XIIIe legislature (2007–2012), in the 1st district of the Sarthe by defeating, in the second round, Françoise Dubois (PS) with 56.55% of the vote. She thereby succeeded Pierre Hellier (UMP) who did not seek re-election. She was a member of the commissions for economic affairs, for the environment and for the region.
References
External links
Official web site
1961 births
Living people
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
21st-century French women politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Hillmeyer
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Francis Hillmeyer
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Francis Hillmeyer (born September 9, 1946 in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haut-Rhin department, and is a member of the New Centre.
References
1946 births
Living people
Politicians from Mulhouse
Union for French Democracy politicians
The Centrists politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful%20Life%20%28Doc%20Walker%20album%29
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Beautiful Life (Doc Walker album)
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Beautiful Life is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music group Doc Walker. The album was named Album of the Year at the 2008 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. It also won the 2009 Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year.
Track listing
Chart performance
Singles
References
2008 albums
Doc Walker albums
Open Road Recordings albums
Canadian Country Music Association Album of the Year albums
Juno Award for Country Album of the Year albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%20Banknote%20Printing%20and%20Minting%20Corporation
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China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation
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China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC), () is a state-owned corporation which carries out the minting of all renminbi coins and printing of renminbi banknotes for the People's Republic of China.
CBPMC uses a network of printing and engraving and minting facilities around the country to produce banknotes and coins for subsequent distribution. Banknote printing facilities are located in
Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi'an, Shijiazhuang, and Nanchang.
The state-owned company, headquartered in Beijing's Xicheng District is the world's largest money printer by volume. With more than 18,000 employees, it runs more than 10 highly secure facilities for the production of banknotes and coins. Mints are located in Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, and Nanjing. The Shanghai Mint is the oldest and most important mint in China, having been founded in 1920 during the Beiyang era of the Republic of China. Shanghai, Shenyang, and Shenzhen primarily mint fiat coins for circulation. Nanjing primarily prints fiat banknotes, and also does coining of small quantities of non-fiat coins for coin collectors. High grade paper for the banknotes is produced at two facilities in Baoding and Kunshan. The Baoding facility is the largest facility in the world dedicated to developing banknote material
In addition, the People's Bank of China has its own printing technology research division which research new techniques for creating banknotes and making counterfeiting more difficult.
The CBPMC bases its production of currency on the macroeconomic planning of the People's Bank of China.
CBPMC reportedly produces currency for a number of other countries, including Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Brazil.
References
External links
Printing companies of China
Mints (currency)
Banknote printing companies
Government of China
Manufacturing companies based in Beijing
Banknotes of China
People's Bank of China
Bullion dealers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Saint-L%C3%A9ger
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Francis Saint-Léger
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Francis Saint-Léger (born February 22, 1957 in Mende, Lozère) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Lozère's 1st constituency as is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement until the 2012 election, when the two Lozère constituencies were combined into one.
References
1957 births
Living people
People from Mende, Lozère
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Williams%20%28rugby%20league%2C%20born%201986%29
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David Williams (rugby league, born 1986)
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David Williams (born 4 August 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played on the in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australia international representative, he played his entire professional career with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL, winning the 2008 NRL Premiership with them.
Background
He is the younger brother of former Parramatta, Sydney Roosters, Nth Qld and Cronulla winger, John Williams.
Professional playing career
2000s
Williams was a junior, playing for the Hills District Bulls based at , North-West Sydney.
In 2008, Williams developed a cult following and became known as the "Wolfman" for his shaggy locks and full beard. Williams scored a try in the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over Melbourne Storm.
Following the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Grand Final victory, he had his beard removed by Manly teammates as he slept.
In October 2008, Williams was named in the Australia squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He made his test debut against Papua New Guinea at Dairy Farmers Stadium, scoring 3 tries, becoming one of few players to score a hat-trick on debut in the green and gold, and making a long break which led to another. Due to a hip flexor injury to teammate Brent Tate, Williams was chosen to play in the World Cup Final against New Zealand on 22 November 2008.
He played on the wing in Manly's 28–20 win over the Leeds Rhinos at Elland Road in the 2009 World Club Challenge match on 1 March. Williams along with some Manly teammates dyed his beard pink for the Women of League Round to raise money for charity, in their match against the Penrith Panthers in round 13 2009.
He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.
He made his New South Wales debut on the wing in State of Origin 2 played on 24 June 2009. Unfortunately for Williams and his NSW teammates, Queensland won the game 24–14, and the series. Williams scored a try in each of the two games he played.
2010s
In round 25 of the 2011 NRL season, Williams broke his neck against Melbourne and was ruled out for the rest of season, missing out on Manly's 24–10 win over the New Zealand Warriors in the 2011 NRL Grand Final. He was given 3 to 4 months to recover.
Williams made his return to top flight football on 17 February 2012 for Manly-Warringah when they again traveled to England to face the Leeds Rhino's in the 2012 World Club Challenge match, this time at the Rhino's home ground Headingley Carnegie Stadium. The Wolfman came through the match without further neck problems but his return was spoiled by his opposite number Ryan Hall who scored 2 tries in a Man of the Match performance (including a 95m intercept try in the 27th minute when Williams looked set to score in the corner) that helped Leeds reverse the 2009 result with a 26–12 win.
The Wolfman enjoyed a stellar year in 2013 for Manly-Warringah club and finished the minor round as the seasons equal leading try scorer having crossed for 19 tries. Williams won the award along with David Simmons from Penrith and James McManus of the Newcastle Knights.
Williams played in the 2013 NRL Grand Final loss against Sydney Roosters in which the player endured a horror night. Firstly Williams was out jumped for the ball in the first half by Daniel Tupou which led to a try. In the second half, Williams failed to kick the ball dead as roosters player Michael Jennings raced past him to score the winning try.
On 10 July 2014, Williams was banned from playing in the NRL for the rest of the 2014 NRL season following revelations he had bet on matches.
Williams returned to the Manly-Warringah squad in 2015, scoring the winning try in Manly's ANZAC Day match against Melbourne. He was named captain of Manly's NSW Cup team where he played at . He retired at the end of the season.
Outside football
Williams made his acting debut in 2013 in Tropfest short film finalist Darkness Comes in which he plays a wolf man.
Apart from his work in the field Williams works as a part-time model. He has done modelling for Calvin Klein and the charity calendar, Gods of Football.
References
External links
NRL profile
1986 births
Australian rugby league players
Australia national rugby league team players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
Prime Minister's XIII players
Rugby league wingers
Australian male film actors
Australian male models
Male actors from Sydney
Rugby league players from Sydney
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20of%20the%20Aosta%20Valley
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List of municipalities of the Aosta Valley
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The following is a list of the 74 municipalities (comuni) of the Aosta Valley, Italy.
List
References
Aosta
Geography of Aosta Valley
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensworth%20%28plantation%29
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Ravensworth (plantation)
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Ravensworth was an 18th-century plantation house near Annandale in Fairfax County, Virginia. Ravensworth was the Northern Virginia residence of William Fitzhugh, William Henry Fitzhugh, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington Custis Lee. It was built in 1796.
Location
Ravensworth was located near Annandale, Virginia, south of Braddock Road, west of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495).
History
Ravensworth was one of three mansions built on the large Ravensworth land grant; the other two were Ossian Hall and Oak Hill. William Fitzhugh, who owned significant estates in northern Virginia and also served in the Continental Congress and both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, was buried there in 1809. William Fitzhugh also had a townhouse in Alexandria at 607 Oronoco Street in 1799, which his family – in 1818 – lent to their cousin, Anne Hill Carter Lee, widow of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, and her eleven-year-old son, Robert Edward. Eleven years later, on 26 July 1829, Anne Hill Carter Lee died at Ravensworth.
Ravensworth then passed to Fitzhugh's son William Henry Fitzhugh, who died in 1830. William Henry Fitzhugh's childless widow, Anna Maria Sarah Goldsborough Fitzhugh, ran the estate until her death in 1874.
William Fitzhugh and Ann Bolling Randolph's daughter Mary Lee Fitzhugh married George Washington Parke Custis (Martha Washington's grandson) and became the mistress of Arlington House. Their grandson, Confederate general William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, inherited Ravensworth after the death of his great-aunt and lived there from 1874 until his death in 1891. In 1897 George Washington Custis Lee moved to Ravensworth after resigning as president of Washington and Lee University and lived there until his death in 1913.
When Mary Anna Custis Lee fled Arlington House in May 1861 after the outbreak of the Civil War, she stayed at Ravensworth briefly, but then moved further south for fear of inviting damage to the home. Both Union and Confederate forces took advantage of resources and location at Ravensworth; during 1863, in addition to Union forces foraging hay, partisan forces commanded by John S. Mosby once slept in a haystack there and at daybreak discovered they were in full view of a Union encampment. All three of the Fitzhugh estates were protected by orders from both sides throughout the war.
The house mysteriously burned on 1 August 1926.
In 1957, Dr. George Bolling Lee's widow sold the estate for development. That same year the remains from the Fitzhugh family cemetery, including those of William Fitzhugh and his wife, were removed and reinterred at the cemetery of Pohick Church in Lorton. The grounds later became the Ravensworth Farm subdivision, which today is a census-designated place also called Ravensworth. The locality's population as of the 2010 census was 2,466.
See also
Historic houses in Virginia
References
1796 establishments in Virginia
1926 disestablishments in Virginia
1926 fires
Annandale, Virginia
Buildings and structures demolished in 1926
Burned houses in the United States
Colonial architecture in Virginia
Custis family residences
Fitzhugh family residences
History of Virginia
Houses completed in 1796
Houses in Fairfax County, Virginia
Landmarks in Virginia
Lee family residences
Plantation houses in Virginia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Vercamer
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Francis Vercamer
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Francis Vercamer (born May 10, 1958, in Lille, Nord) is a French politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (as part of the Centrists) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 until 2020, representing the Nord department, He is also the mayor of Hem, Nord.
Political career
During his time in parliament, Vercamer served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs (2002-2010), the Committee on Social Affairs (2010-2020), and the Committee on European Affairs (2009-2012).
References
1958 births
Living people
Politicians from Lille
Union for French Democracy politicians
The Centrists politicians
Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX%20Palo%20Alto%20Laboratory
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FX Palo Alto Laboratory
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FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc. (FXPAL) was a research center for Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. FXPAL employed roughly 25 Ph.D. scientists conducting research in a variety of fields spanning information retrieval, multimedia computing, HCI, and smart environments.
FXPAL's mission was to provide Fuji Xerox a digital information technology base for the 21st century. This goal is accomplished through:
Research and invention of new information technologies
Cooperation with Fuji Xerox business units to develop and transition information technologies
Interaction with the US software industry to discover and tailor new products for the Fuji Xerox market
FXPAL was shut down in 2020.
See also
Fuji Xerox
References
External links
FX Palo Alto Laboratory Inc.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Fuji Xerox
Research organizations in the United States
Technology transfer
Companies based in Palo Alto, California
Science and technology in the San Francisco Bay Area
Research and development in the United States
1995 establishments in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%20Succession%20Act%2C%201956
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Hindu Succession Act, 1956
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The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to amend and codify the law relating to intestate or unwilled succession, among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. The Act lays down a uniform and comprehensive system of inheritance and succession into one Act. The Hindu woman's limited estate is abolished by the Act. Any property possessed by a Hindu female is to be held by her absolute property and she is given full power to deal with it and dispose it of by will as she likes. Parts of this Act was amended in December 2004 by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.
Applicability
As per religion
This Act applies to the following:
any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj;
any person who is Buddhist, Sikh by religion; and
to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi, or Jew by religion unless it is proved that the concerned person would not have been governed by the Hindu Law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed.
Explanation as to who shall be considered as Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, or Sikhs by religion has been provided in the section:
any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of whose parents are Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, or Sikhs by religion;
any child, legitimate or illegitimate, one of whose parents is a Hindu, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh by religion and who is brought up as a member of the tribe, community, group or family to which such parent belongs or belonged;
any person who is converted or re-convert to the Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, or Sikh religion.
A person shall be treated as a Hindu under the Act though he may not be a Hindu by religion but is, nevertheless, a person to whom this Act applies under the provisions contained in this section.
As per tribe
However it has been provided that notwithstanding the religion of any person as mentioned above, the Act shall not apply to the members of any Scheduled Tribe within the meaning of clause (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India unless the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, otherwise directs.
Surajmani Stella Kujur Vs. Durga Charan Hansdah-SC
In the case of males
The property of a Hindu male dying intestate, or without a will, would be given first to heirs within Class I. If there are no heirs categorized as Class I, the property will be given to heirs within Class II. If there are no heirs in Class II, the property will be given to the deceased's agnates or relatives through male lineage. If there are no agnates or relatives through the male's lineage, then the property is given to the cognates or any relative through the lineage of females.
There are two classes of heirs that are delineated by the Act.
Class I heirs are sons, daughters, widows, mother and grandchildren
If there is more than one widow, multiple surviving sons, or multiples of any of the other heirs listed above, each shall be granted one share of the deceased's property. Also if the widow of a pre-deceased son, the widow of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son, or the widow of a brother has remarried, she is not entitled to receive the inheritance.
Class II heirs are categorized as follows and are given the property of the deceased in the following order:
Father
Son's/daughter's son
Son's/daughter's daughter
Brother
Sister
Daughter's/son's son
Daughter's/son's daughter
Daughter's/daughter's son
Daughter's/daughter's daughter
Brother's son
Sister's son
Brother's daughter
In the case of females
Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, females are granted ownership of all property acquired either before or after the signing of the Act, abolishing their "limited owner" status. However, it was not until the 2005 Amendment that daughters were allowed equal receipt of property as with sons. This invariably grants females property rights.
The property of a Hindu female dying intestate, or without a will, shall devolve in the following order:
upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the husband,
upon the heirs of the husband,
upon the father and mother,
upon the heirs of the father, and
upon the heirs of the mother.
Certain exceptions
Any person who commits murder is disqualified from receiving any form of inheritance from the victim.
If a relative convert from Hinduism, he or she is still eligible for inheritance. The descendants of that converted relative, however, are disqualified from receiving an inheritance from their Hindu relatives, unless they have converted to Hinduism before the death of the relative.
Amendment
The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, amended Section 4, Section 6, Section 23, Section 24 and Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It revised rules on coparcenary property, giving daughters of the deceased equal rights with sons, and subjecting them to the same liabilities and disabilities. The amendment essentially furthers equal rights between Hindu males and females in society through legislation.
References
Gender equality
Inheritance
Acts of the Parliament of India 1956
Indian family law
1956 in religion
Law about religion in India
20th-century Hinduism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P72
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P72
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P72 may refer to:
, a Second World War Royal Navy submarine
a designation for the standard Ford Crown Victoria car model
P 72, a Latvian State Regional Road - see List of National Roads in Latvia
Papyrus 72, an early New Testament papyrus
ThinkPad P72, a Lenovo laptop
See also
Republic XP-72, an American World War II fighter aircraft
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck%20Gilard
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Franck Gilard
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Franck Gilard (born November 1, 1950 in Riaillé, Loire-Atlantique) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017, representing the 5th constituency of the Eure department, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
He also belonged to the Club de l'horloge.
References
Carrefour de l'horloge people
1950 births
Living people
People from Loire-Atlantique
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Popular Right
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivicura
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Chivicura
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Chivicura was a fort erected in 1593 by the Royal Governor of Chile, Martín García Oñez de Loyola on the south bank of the Biobío River, to the west of the confluence of the Rele River with the Bio Bio, in what is now the commune of Santa Juana, Chile. It was in communication with the fort Jesus de Huenuraquí across the river securing the communications of the city of Santa Cruz de Coya in Catirai. Both forts and the city were destroyed by the Moluche in 1599. The name Chivicura means light stone, from chiv or shyv, light and from cura, stone.
See also
La Frontera (geographical region)
References
Buildings and structures in Biobío Region
Populated places established in 1593
Colonial fortifications in Chile
Fortifications in Chile
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Tempsford
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Battle of Tempsford
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In 917, the group of Danes who had previously been based in Huntingdon relocated to Tempsford in Bedfordshire, together with other Danes from East Anglia. They built and fortified a new burh there, to serve as a forward base for attacks on English territory. Later that year, after launching an unsuccessful attack on Bedford, they were attacked by an English army from the territories of King Edward the Elder, as part of his widespread offensive which in that year overwhelmed the Danish territories in East Anglia and south-eastern Mercia. The burh was stormed and a Danish king, probably that of East Anglia, was killed, along with the Jarls Toglos and Manna and many of their followers, while the rest were captured.
References
910s conflicts
Battles involving the Anglo-Saxons
Battles involving the Vikings
Battles involving Denmark
917
10th century in England
Military history of Bedfordshire
Kingdom of East Anglia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck%20Marlin
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Franck Marlin
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Franck Marlin (born September 30, 1964) was a Member of Parliament of the National Assembly of France. He represented the 2nd constituency of the Essonne département,
Marlin was born in Orléans, Loiret, and is a member of the Republicans.
On February 5, 2020, the newspaper Mediapart revealed "a mafia system" set up in the city of Étampes during Franck Marlin's term as mayor, and still active after his election as deputy. In 2021, the public prosecutor's office in Evry opened an investigation "for misappropriation of public funds, infringement of the freedom of access to a public contract, breach of trust and forgery". A search warrant was conducted on February 18, 2022 at the Etampes town hall.
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1964 births
Living people
Politicians from Orléans
Radical Party (France) politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekker%20Port
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Bekker Port
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Bekker Port () is a seaport situated in Kopli, Tallinn, Estonia, located on the northeastern coast of the Kopli Bay (part of the Tallinn Bay).
See also
Transport in Estonia
References
External links
Ports and harbours of Estonia
Transport in Tallinn
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Jean-Claude Scraire (born 1946) is a Québécois lawyer, separatist, nationalist and former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP). Since his dismissal in 2002, he has been working as a consultant on matters of development with various organizations and enterprises in Asia, Europe, and Quebec.
Biography
Jean-Claude Scraire ardent separatist advocating for the separation of Quebec from Canada was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1946. He worked with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP) for 22 years, where he held the positions of Legal Counsel; Legal Affairs Director; Executive Vice-President, Legal and Institutional Affairs and Real Estate Investments; and Chief Operations Officer. He was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1995.
A member of the Barreau du Québec, he began his career as an attorney for a private firm specializing in commercial law. From 1974 to 1981, he held various management positions within the nationalist separatist Parti Quebecois administration, most notably at the ministère de la Justice.
He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fondation de l’entrepreneurship; Governor of the Regroupement des jeunes gens d’affaires; Governor of the Fondation du maire de Montréal pour la jeunesse. He is also a past member of the Association des gens d’affaires des Premiers Peuples; the Montreal Council on Foreign relations; the Cercle des présidents du Québec; the Association d’affaires Canada-Égypte; and the Quebec-Japan Business Forum, as well as of various chambers of commerce including the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, the Chambre de commerce du Québec, the Chambre de commerce française du Canada, and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada.
He is the recipient of several awards including the Ordre du mérite from the Association des diplômés de l’Université de Montréal; the Award of Merit from B'nai Brith Canada; the Prix Dimensions from the Ordre des administrateurs du Québec, of which he was a member; the Prix Hommage Équinoxe from the Société des relationnistes du Québec; and the Jerusalem 3000 Medallion from the Montreal Jewish community. The development of the Quartier international de Montréal to which he actively participated—and of which the Centre CDP Capital is a major element, was the object of professional and public acknowledgment and recognition on numerous occasions.
In May 2002, after seven years at the helm of the CDP, he released his recommendations regarding the governance of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec: Modernizing to ensure a stronger future.
He attempted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in February 2006; Le monde juridique, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Spring 2006).
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1946 births
Lawyers from Montreal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Hardy%20Lavender
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Catherine Hardy Lavender
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Catherine Hardy Lavender (née Catherine Hardy) (February 8, 1930 – September 8, 2017) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100-meter dash. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland. Later Hardy married, had children, and a 30-year teaching career in Atlanta schools.
Early life and education
Hardy Lavender was born in Carroll County, Georgia, the third of eight children born to Ernest and Emma (Echols) Hardy. After graduating from Carroll County Training School at age 16, she wanted to attend Tuskegee Institute. Her family was a farming family of limited means, however; so she attended Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University) instead. Though West Georgia College (now University of West Georgia) was only a few miles from Hardy's home in Carrollton, schools were still segregated and as an African-American, Hardy had to look elsewhere to attend college.
In college, Hardy continued playing basketball and enjoyed it. Raymond Pitts, the track coach at Fort Valley, encouraged her to look into track. She agreed, and in 1949, she ran and won her first race at the Tuskegee Relays. Two years later, she won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) indoor meet in New York City, winning the 50-yard dash and setting a new American record. From 1951 to 1952, she made All-American. In 1952, Hardy received her B.S. degree in business education. After graduation, she trained hard in preparation for AAU events and the Olympic tryouts. At the AAU, Hardy was a triple winner, winning the 50-yard dash, as well as the 100- and 200-meter races.
To the Olympic Games
At the U.S. Olympic tryouts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Hardy set an American record in the 200-meter run, thus securing a position on the 1952 U.S. Olympic Women's Track Team. She was the only representative of the state of Georgia that year in the Olympics, held in Helsinki, Finland. There, she anchored the 4x100 meter relay. She won the gold medal with her teammates Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones and Janet Moreau. This particular race was an upset, because the Australians and their star, Marjorie Jackson, whom they called "Jet", were heavily favored to win. A poor baton transfer, however, beat the Australians' chances.
Originally, Janet Moreau was to serve as the anchor for the team, but when the coach realized that Hardy was the fastest runner on the team, the order was changed. Photographs and video of the race show that the race was quite close, but the US runner Hardy was the one who broke the tape at the finish, edging out Germany, who took the silver medal, and Great Britain, who won the bronze medal. Hardy's time in the 100 meters she ran was faster than the winning time in the 100-meter race at this Olympics. Although Hardy had been slated to compete in that event as well, a poor showing in one of the heats stopped her advancement. Despite this fact, Hardy and her teammates set a new world record, and brought home the gold in this event. Upon returning to the States, Hardy was greeted with a ticker tape parade in her hometown. In 1999 she was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Career, marriage and family
Hardy was offered coaching positions in the northern U.S., but chose to enter her field of study—education—in Atlanta, Georgia. There she settled, marrying the late Edward Wright Lavender, Sr. in 1956, and bearing two children—a son Edward Lavender, Jr. in 1957, and a daughter Stephanie in 1960. Hardy Lavender continued teaching, having a career that lasted over 30 years. She retired in 1986 to care for her aged mother who had Alzheimer's disease. After her mother died in 1987, Hardy Lavender returned to education by substitute teaching in the Atlanta Public Schools system.
References
2. Olympians Against the Wind: The Black American Female Difference by A. D. Emerson; 1999, Darmonte Enterprises.
3. 1995–1996 Spirit of Legends Calendar of Black History; BellSouth, Carl Swearingen; 1995.
1930 births
2017 deaths
People from Carroll County, Georgia
Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area
Track and field athletes from Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American female track and field athletes
American female sprinters
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Fort Valley State University alumni
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
Olympic female sprinters
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
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Franck Reynier
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Franck Reynier (born 20 October 1965 in Montélimar, Drôme) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Drôme's 2nd constituency, and has been the vice president of the Radical Party since 2007.
He lost his seat to Alice Thourot of En Marche in the 2017 French legislative election.
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1965 births
Living people
People from Montélimar
Radical Party (France) politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich%20Bautz
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Erich Bautz
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Erich Bautz (26 May 1913 – 17 September 1986) was a German racing cyclist, who won two stages in the 1937 Tour de France, and as a result wore the yellow jersey for three days.
He won the German National Road Race in 1937, 1941 and 1950.
Major results
1933
Rund um Köln
1936
Rund um Köln
Saarbrucken Rundfahrt
1937
Germany national road race champion
Winner 8th stage Deutschland Tour
Winner 4th stage Tour de Luxembourg
1937 Tour de France:
Winner stage 4
Winner stage 17A
1938
Winner 5th and 13th stage Deutschland Tour
1939
Winner 3rd stage Deutschland Tour
1941
Germany national road race champion
Winner 1st stage Echarpe d'Or
1947
Winner overall classification and two stage Deutschland Tour
1948
Winner two stages Deutschland Tour
1950
national road race champion
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1913 births
1986 deaths
German male cyclists
German Tour de France stage winners
Cyclists from Dortmund
German cycling road race champions
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Barbara Jones (sprinter)
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Barbara Pearl Jones (later Slater, born March 26, 1937) is a retired American sprinter. She was part of the 4 × 100 m relay teams that won gold medals at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics and at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games. At the 1952 Olympics she became the youngest woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, aged 15 years 123 days. She later became a member of the U.S. Paralympic Games Committee.
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1937 births
American female sprinters
Tennessee State Lady Tigers track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Track and field athletes from Chicago
Living people
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20for%20Research%20on%20the%20Epidemiology%20of%20Disasters
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The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is a research unit of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain). It is part of the School of Public Health located on the UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe campus, in Brussels, Belgium.
CRED has been active for over thirty years in the fields of international disaster and conflict health studies, with research and training activities linking relief, rehabilitation and development. It promotes research, training and technical expertise on humanitarian emergencies, with a special focus on public health and epidemiology.
History
In 1971, Professor , an epidemiologist at UCLouvain, initiated a research programme to study health issues in disaster situations. Two years later he established CRED as a non-profit institution with international status. Since 1980, CRED has been a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre.
Following the retirement of Professor Lechat in 1992, Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir—a researcher in the programme since 1984—became CRED's director.
Goals
CRED promotes research and provides an evidence base to the international community on the burden of disease and related health issues arising from disasters and conflicts to improve preparedness and responses to humanitarian emergencies.
CRED trains field managers, students, relief personnel and health professionals in the management of short- and long-term humanitarian emergencies.
Focus
CRED's research focuses on humanitarian and emergency situations with major impacts on human health. These include all types of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, windstorms, famines and droughts; and human induced disasters creating mass displacement of people from civil strife and conflicts.
CRED focuses on health aspects and the burden of disease arising from disasters and complex emergencies. CRED also promotes research on the broader aspects of humanitarian crises, such as human rights and humanitarian law, socio-economic and environmental issues, early warning systems, mental health care, and the special needs of women and children.
CRED is actively involved in stimulating debates on the effectiveness of various humanitarian interventions. It encourages scientific and policy discussions on existing and potential interventions and their impacts on acute and chronic malnutrition, human survival, morbidity, infectious diseases, and mental health.
The CRED team works in four main areas:
Natural disasters & their impacts
Conflict & health research
Database & information support
Capacity building & training
The team
CRED's multinational and multidisciplinary team includes experts in medicine and public health, informatics and database management, psychology, nutritional sciences, sociology, economics and geography. The working languages are English and French.
References
External links
CRED website
The EM-DAT International Disaster Database
The CE-DAT Complex Emergency Database
The MICRODIS Project - Integrated Health, Social and Economic Impact of Extreme Events: Evidence, Methods and Tools an FP6 project funded by the European Commission.
Research institutes in Belgium
Medical and health organisations based in Belgium
World Health Organization collaborating centres
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Day on Fire is a 2006 American film which was produced by Lodestar Entertainment and filmed in New York City and Israel. It was written and directed by Jay Anania, stars Olympia Dukakis, Carmen Chaplin, Alyssa Sutherland and Martin Donovan and is produced by William Fisch and Larry Rattner. The film was scored by John Medeski with vocals by Judy Kuhn.
Day on Fire was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2006.
Plot
Day on Fire tells the story of a singer, a model, an Arab woman journalist, and a physician as they criss-cross New York City over a 12-hour period. Their intersecting lives unfold against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel, and the strange New York City wanderings of a malevolent Handsome Man, whose predatory intents lend an air of inevitable, horrific violence. Beautifully and hauntingly musical, this thriller also has a political and personal intrigue that mounts inexorably as the sun begins to set on this fateful day. By the time night has fallen in the city, the crossing of these individual fates is sealed. Each of these four women has found their destiny amidst the brutality that the film reveals.
External links
Day on Fire on Rotten Tomatoes
2006 Toronto International Film Festival
Bleiberg Entertainment
2006 films
American thriller drama films
2006 thriller drama films
2006 drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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Jean-Santos N'Diela Muntubila (20 December 1958), nicknamed Santos, is a Congolese former professional football player and manager.
He played for AS Bilima Kinshasa, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Olympique de Marseille, 1. FC Saarbrücken, SC Bastia, US Valenciennes and ESA Brive.
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1958 births
Living people
Footballers from Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers
Association football midfielders
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
AS Dragons players
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
Olympique de Marseille players
1. FC Saarbrücken players
SC Bastia players
Valenciennes FC players
ESA Brive players
1988 African Cup of Nations players
Democratic Republic of the Congo football managers
Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate footballers in France
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
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Major-General Frederic Franklin Worthington MC, MM, CD (September 17, 1889 – December 8, 1967), nicknamed "Worthy" and "Fighting Frank", was a senior Canadian Army officer. He is considered the father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
Early life and career
Worthington was born in Peterhead, Scotland. His military career began, somewhat unofficially, as a mercenary. He served in the Nicaraguan Army in the war against San Salvador and Honduras, but when the Nicaraguan Republican government fell, the army dissolved and Worthy left the country to avoid capture. He later found work sailing on cargo steamers.
The life of a mercenary was appealing to Worthy, and he soon found himself back in the thick of things, this time gunrunning to Cuba for which he was imprisoned in Cuba in 1908. In 1913, Worthy fought on the side of Francisco Madero in the Mexican Civil War against the Diaz government. His war service was short-lived however, as he was wounded in a battle.
Worthington served in the Canadian Machine Gun Corps in 1917. He was awarded the Military Medal for actions near Vimy Ridge, on 6 January 1917 for holding his position during a German advance.
After the First World War, he was a proponent of adopting armoured fighting vehicles. As a captain, Worthington took an eight-month course in the Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicle School at Camp Borden in 1930, equipped with twelve Carden Loyd machine gun carriers. In 1936, then Major Worthington became an instructor at the Royal Tank School in Bovington Camp near Dorset, England, returning to Borden to assume the post of Commandant of the Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in 1938. Thanks to Worthington's determination, Canada acquired its first tanks in 1938: two Vickers light tanks, and ten more the following year.
Second World War
In 1940, the Canadian Armoured Corps was formally established (the Royal prefix was granted in 1945). As its first senior officer, Colonel Worthington bought 265 US-built M1917 tanks of First World War vintage to use in training. Because U.S. neutrality laws prohibited the sale of weapons to Canada, these antiques were bought for $120 each as scrap metal from the Rock Island Arsenal by the "Camp Borden Iron Foundry". During the Second World War Worthington organized the 1st Canadian Tank Brigade (later the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, an independent formation) and then converted the 4th Canadian Infantry Division to an armoured division in only five months. The division served overseas under the designation 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division and included the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade and the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
In early 1944, Worthy was forced to relinquish command of the 4th Armoured Division, "officially" due to poor health, but in fact it was due to changes in Canada's Army commanders. Worthy supported Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton, but it was Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds who got command of II Canadian Corps. Worthy was simply edged out in favour of others. It was the biggest regret of his career that he never commanded a Division in war. Simonds would later admit that he had made a mistake taking Worthy's command away from him (Ref: "Worthy": A Biography of Major-General F.F. Worthington CB, MC, MM by Larry Worthington).
In 1944 he returned to Canada to administer Camp Borden, where replacements were trained for the Canadian Armoured Corps and Infantry, as well as the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and the Canadian Provost Corps. Worthy soon discovered that other things had changed since he left in 1942. Black market selling was out of control by this time, with fuel, food and building materials being the hot items. Worthy as usual had an unconventional method of stopping the stolen items from leaving the camp. He posted Provost Marshals at the gates to search vehicles leaving, forcing the thieves to take the back roads and trails to get out of camp. Worthy had the engineers dig trenches to make it impossible for vehicles to get through.
The most unconventional method however, was having the engineers lay landmines on the back trails, with the trigger points set back about 50 yards, thus ensuring that no one would actually get hurt. The troops got the message though, as no one wanted to take any chances with a commander who mined roadways.
The National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA) of 1940 made military service compulsory for in-country service, but overseas service remained voluntary. Those who still refused to go active service met with Worthy's unconventional methods of training and persuasion, including being virtual targets of live-fire exercises and being forced to work so hard around the camp that they "volunteered" because it was the lesser of the evils.
Worthington served as General Officer Commander in Chief of Pacific Command from 1 April 1945 to 26 January 1946. Later he was appointed the first Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
Later life
Worthy died on 8 December 1967 at Ottawa's Military Hospital. After his funeral in Ottawa, Worthy's body was flown by a RCAF Caribou aircraft to Camp Borden and in accordance with his wishes, was interred in Worthington Park. Four Centurion tanks fired a 13 gun salute and three RCAF Chipmunk aircraft did a low-level "fly-past", in tribute to a great soldier and Canadian.
One of the things that his son, Toronto Sun columnist and founding editor Peter Worthington, always remembers about his father is that he used to say, "Until Vimy Ridge he really never felt Canadian, but after Vimy Ridge never felt he was anything but a Canadian."
Today Worthington Park remains as a strong reminder of the birthplace of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps and a tribute to its father, Frederic Franklin "Fighting Frank" "Worthy" Worthington.
After Worthington's death, he was buried at Canadian Forces Base Borden according to his wishes. His wife was eventually buried beside him. The Major-General F.F. Worthington Memorial Park is also home to the tank collection of the Base Borden Military Museum. The Worthington Trophy for best Canadian armoured regiment was named after him.
Honours
He was a recipient of the Military Cross (MC) and Bar, the Military Medal (MM) and Bar and the Canadian Forces Decoration CD with two Bars.
References
Worthington, Larry (1961). "Worthy": A Biography of Major-General F.F. Worthington CB, MC, MM. Toronto: Macmillan.
Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page
Library and Archives Canada - Soldiers of the First World War CEF, RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box , Worthington, Frederick Frank, 17 September 1889, Cpt., #133314
External links
Worthington, Frederic Franklin at the Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Armoured Corps in World War II
Worthy2s.jpg: portrait of Major-General F.F. Worthington, from the
Canada's Renault Tanks, 1940
Generals of World War II
1890 births
1967 deaths
People from Peterhead
Canadian military personnel of World War I
Canadian recipients of the Military Cross
Canadian recipients of the Military Medal
Scottish emigrants to Canada
Military personnel from Aberdeenshire
Canadian Army generals of World War II
Canadian Expeditionary Force officers
Canadian generals
Canadian Machine Gun Corps officers
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Franck Riester
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Franck Riester (born 3 January 1974) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne since 2020. A former member of The Republicans, he founded and currently leads the centre-right Agir party.
Riester was a member of the National Assembly for the fifth constituency of Seine-et-Marne from 2007 to 2018 and Minister of Culture in the Second Philippe government from 2018 until his appointment as Minister delegate attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Early career
After a stint at accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Riester managed his family's Peugeot car dealership.
Political career
Member of the National Assembly
Riester was a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2018. During his time in parliament, he served on the Committee on the Committee on Economic Affairs (2007-2009), the Committee on European Affairs (2009-2011) and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2009-2018). In his first term from 2007 until 2012, he was the UMP parliamentary group's youngest member. He was also the parliament's rapporteur on the 2009 HADOPI law.
In the 2009 European elections, Riester was the national campaign manager for Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP party. During Sarkozy’s unsuccessful campaign for the 2012 presidential elections, he served as the party’s head of communications, along with Geoffroy Didier, Valérie Debord, Guillaume Peltier and Salima Saa.
In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Riester endorsed Bruno Le Maire as the party's candidate for the office of President of France. When the primaries' winner François Fillon became embroiled in a political affair during his campaign, Riester publicly called on him to step down.
From June 2017, Riester co-chaired UDI and Independents group in the National Assembly, alongside Stéphane Demilly. He was subsequently excluded from the Republicans on October 31, 2017, alongside Gérald Darmanin, Sébastien Lecornu and Thierry Solère. In November 2017, he co-founded a new party, Agir.
Riester was a candidate for mayor of Coulommiers in the 2020 French municipal elections which he won in the first round with more than 50 percent of the vote, but entrusted the role of mayor to Laurence Picard.
Minister of Culture
Riester is appointed Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on 16 October 2018. During his time in office, he announced in September 2019 a public broadcasting reform project aimed at creating "France Médias", bringing together France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde (Radio France Internationale and France 24) and the National Audiovisual Institute (INA). He also merged the Superior Council of the Audiovisual (CSA) and the Supreme Authority for the Distribution and Protection of Intellectual Property on the Internet (HADOPI).
As minister he attempted to prevent the demolition of the Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College in Lille.
Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness
On July 6, 2020, after the appointment of Jean Castex as Prime Minister, Riester is appointed Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Political positions
In January 2013, Riester was one of the two UMP deputies, along with Benoist Apparu, to publicly declare his support and vote for a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in France which had been proposed by the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
When director Roman Polanski won best directing for his film An Officer and a Spy at the annual César Awards in 2020, his cast and production team boycotted the ceremony after Riester said the success of a director accused of sexual violence would send the wrong signal in the era of the Me Too movement.
Personal life
Riester came out as gay in 2011, the first French MP to do so.
In March 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic Riester tested positive for COVID-19.
References
1974 births
Living people
Politicians from Paris
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Modern and Humanist France
Agir (France) politicians
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Mayors of places in Île-de-France
Gay politicians
ESSEC Business School alumni
ISG Business School alumni
French people of German descent
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
LGBT legislators in France
LGBT mayors of places in France
Members of the Borne government
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Camp Cariboo is a Canadian children's television program that aired on several CTV stations from 1986 to 1989. The show is best known for its rerun stint on YTV from 1989 to 1997.
Premise
Camp Cariboo grew out of the summer camping experiences of Tom Knowlton and Mark Baldwin, as well as the producer and co-creator Janis Nostbakken and directors John Matlock and Paul Francescutti. The series was produced at CKCO-TV in Kitchener, Ontario, and filmed in part on location in Ontario Camping Association camps. Hosted by Tom and Mark, each show featured real kids along with a variety of short skits, riddles, songs and stories, all portrayed in the setting of a fictional summer camp. Viewers took part by sending in their jokes, riddles and challenges that were shared during mail call time in the camp office.
An audio CD called "I Love Camp Cariboo" has been produced by the Cariboo team and is available on iTunes.
Main characters
Tom and Mark were the main characters of the show. Most episodes featured the two in interactive songs and sketches with kid-campers and in how-tos and comedy bits. Tom and Mark had alter-egos, "The Keeners", a couple of ageless campers so intent on coming back to camp each year that Tom and Mark gave them their moniker. In reality, the clips were in fast motion so that their voices would sound higher. The Keeners appeared in segments sharing camping tips taken to extremes and punctuated by one-liner jokes and groaners. Their popular theme song, I've Got a Head Like a Ping-Pong Ball, became a cult hit and a generation of kids grew up reciting the Cariboo credo: "We'll follow the path where the cariboo walked, Our cariboo headgear is off, on, locked!" The coveted eyes-and-antlers ball caps worn by the Keeners were featured in an exhibit at the Waterloo Region Museum. Another regular character was Uncle Wes (played by Tom) in a segment called "Woodsy Wisdom". Wes would usually make appearances around the camp fire telling old stories and offering camping advice.
Reception
The series was developed in close collaboration with kids from the Kitchener-Toronto region and pilot-tested before the final magazine-show format was decided upon. Positive feedback from audiences and critics on the first series of shows led to production of four more seasons. Camp Cariboo was honoured with four national television awards: two CanPro Gold Awards and two awards from The Children's Broadcast Institute (now Youth Media Alliance YMA).
References
External links
http://ckco-history.com/productions/productions-camp-cariboo/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camp-Cariboo/119742051523941
1986 Canadian television series debuts
1989 Canadian television series endings
1980s Canadian children's television series
CTV Television Network original programming
Television series about summer camps
Television series by Bell Media
Television shows filmed in Kitchener, Ontario
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Pacific%20Life%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20singles
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2003 Pacific Life Open – Women's singles
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Daniela Hantuchová was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Amanda Coetzer.
Kim Clijsters won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Lindsay Davenport.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.
Kim Clijsters (champion)
Jennifer Capriati (semifinals)
Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round)
Lindsay Davenport (final)
Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
Jelena Dokić (second round)
Anastasia Myskina (second round)
Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)
Patty Schnyder (second round)
Magdalena Maleeva (third round)
Anna Pistolesi (second round)
Eleni Daniilidou (third round)
Elena Bovina (fourth round)
Elena Dementieva (fourth round)
Nathalie Dechy (fourth round)
Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
Silvia Farina Elia (third round)
Lisa Raymond (third round)
Tatiana Panova (second round)
Paola Suárez (second round)
Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
Meghann Shaughnessy (fourth round)
Clarisa Fernández (second round)
Elena Likhovtseva (third round)
Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
Iva Majoli (second round)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round)
Laura Granville (second round)
Francesca Schiavone (third round)
Janette Husárová (second round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
References
External links
Official results archive (ITF)
Official results archive (WTA)
2003 Pacific Life Open
Pacific Life Open
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William Wesley Cox
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William Wesley Cox (February 5, 1865 – October 29, 1948) was a presidential, vice presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP).
Cox was born in Illinois, later moving to Missouri. He was the Missouri state chairman of the SLP, and was an interior decorator by profession. He was an agnostic and member of the American Civil Liberties Union.
After serving as SLP vice-presidential candidate in 1904, Cox was nominated by the SLP for President in 1920, winning 31,084 votes. He ran in many elections, and his last attempt at office was in 1944, running for the United States Senate seat in Missouri, at the age of 79. Cox died of an apoplexy four years later on October 29, 1948, at the age of 83.
References
Candidates in the 1920 United States presidential election
20th-century American politicians
1904 United States vice-presidential candidates
1865 births
1948 deaths
Socialist Labor Party of America presidential nominees
Socialist Labor Party of America vice presidential nominees
Missouri socialists
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Saraswati International School
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Saraswati International School, Valsad is an independent school in Valsad in south Gujarat, India that enrolls students from kindergarten through year 12. It is named after Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning and knowledge. The school is managed by the Saraswati Education Trust, which was established by GM Pandya and led by Mrs. Surekha Saini, The Principal.
It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education of India.
The school's website is www.sisvalsad.edu.in.
References
External links
Official site
Satellite view
International schools in India
Private schools in Gujarat
Valsad
High schools and secondary schools in Gujarat
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Yukiharu Yoshitaka
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is a Japanese judoka.
He was born in Ōkawa, Kagawa.
He won a gold medal at the -71 kg category of the Universiade in 1985 and Paris Super World Cup in 1986.
After graduating from Tsukuba University in 1991, he belonged to Tsukuba-Keikaku. In 1995, he took office as the coach of the judo club at Toin University of Yokohama.
References
1964 births
Living people
Japanese male judoka
Sportspeople from Kagawa Prefecture
Asian Games medalists in judo
Judoka at the 1986 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in judo
Goodwill Games medalists in judo
Universiade gold medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
20th-century Japanese people
21st-century Japanese people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare%20Earth%20in%20Concert
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Rare Earth in Concert
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Rare Earth in Concert is a live album by rock band Rare Earth, which was released as a double-LP in 1971. It contains a 23:33 version of their signature hit "Get Ready", as well as a new studio song: "Nice To Be With You". It was issued a RIAA gold record award.
Track listing
Side one
"I Just Want to Celebrate" (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)– 4:40
"Hey, Big Brother" (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)– 7:26
"Born to Wander" (Tom Baird)– 4:24
Side two
"Get Ready" (William "Smokey" Robinson)– 23:33
The unedited performance ran close to an hour
Side three
"What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)– 6:31
"Thoughts" (Gilbert Bridges, Peter Hoorelbeke, Edward Guzman, John Persh, Mark Olson, Raymond Monette)— 10:53
Side four
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland Jr., Norman Whitfield)— 14:09
"Nice to Be with You" (Mark Olson, Raymond Monette, Peter Hoorelbeke)— 2:15
Charts
Personnel
Gil Bridges – woodwinds, backing vocals, percussion, flute
Ray Monette – guitars, backing vocals
Mark Olson – keyboards, backing vocals
John Persh – bass guitar, backing vocals
Pete Rivera – drums, lead vocals, percussion
Ed Guzman – conga, percussion
Credits
Recording engineers: Cal Harris, Nate Jennings, John Lewis, Ken Sands, Bob Olhsson, Orson Lewis, Criteria Recording Company
Technical engineers: Don Boehrat, Gurdev Sandhu, Michael Grace, Don Fostie
Mastering engineer: Russ Terrana
Graphic Supervision: Tom Schlesinger
Art direction: Curtis McNair
Rare Earth photos: Joel Brodsky
Personal manager: Ron Strasner
Special thanks to: Harry Balk, Ralph Terrana
Recorded live at Civic Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL.; Marine Stadium, Miami, FL.; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and At The Pharmacy
"Nice to Be with You" recorded at Motown Studios
References
External links
http://www.discogs.com/Rare-Earth-Rare-Earth-In-Concert/release/507297 Discogs
http://coverparadise.to/?Module=ViewEntry&ID=100920 CD covers Cover-Paradies
Rare Earth (band) albums
1971 live albums
Motown live albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinopolis
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Tinopolis
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The Tinopolis Group is an international TV production and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US. It produces over 4,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.
History
Llanelli, Wales, became such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as "Tinopolis" by the latter half of the 19th century.
Hence the parent company took this name when it was established there in 1990.
Tinopolis purchased The Television Corporation, the parent company of Sunset + Vine and Mentorn, in 2006.
Video Arts, the training media company, was founded in 1972 by comic John Cleese, and since trained about 100,000 organisations in approximately 50 countries.
Video Arts was purchased by Tinopolis in 2007.
In 1988, writer and director Ed Thomas founded Fiction Factory, a company now part of Tinopolis.
Shares of Tinopolis plc were listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in 2005.
It was widely held by major institutions and purchased in 2008 for £44.7 million by management and private equity company Vitruvian Partners, taking the company private again.
In late 2009 Tinopolis acquired Pioneer Productions, the leading factual producer.
During 2011 Tinopolis expanded its operations overseas through the acquisition of A Smith & Co Productions in June 2011 and BASE Productions in August 2011
In 2014, Tinopolis acquired American non-scripted producer Magical Elves, producer of Top Chef.
The management of Tinopolis bought out their long standing investor Vitruvian Partners in October 2017.
Operations
Tinopolis has production centres in London, Los Angeles, Llanelli, Glasgow and Cardiff.
See also
Media in Wales
References
External links
Tinopolis – group website
Daybreak Pictures
Sunset + Vine
1990 establishments in Wales
British companies established in 1990
Mass media companies established in 1990
Mass media companies of Wales
Television in Wales
Television production companies of the United Kingdom
Companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market
Privately held companies of Wales
Companies based in Carmarthenshire
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Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944)
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was one of 18 escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship began convoy escort duties in October. She was slightly damaged by American aircraft while escorting cruisers on a bombardment mission in the Philippines during Operation Rei in December. Kaya spent the rest of the war escorting convoys and capital ships after repairs.
The ship was surrendered to the Allies at the end of the war and used to repatriate Japanese troops until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Soviet Union and was commissioned that same year. She was renamed Volevoy ( (Willful)) later that month. When the ship was converted into a target ship in 1949, she was renamed TsL-23. The vessel was hulked in 1958 and ordered to be scrapped the following year.
Design and description
Designed for ease of production, the Matsu class was smaller, slower and more lightly armed than previous destroyers as the IJN intended them for second-line duties like escorting convoys, releasing the larger ships for missions with the fleet. The ships measured long overall, with a beam of and a draft of . Their crew numbered 210 officers and enlisted men. They displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by two Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of for a speed of . The Matsus had a range of at .
The main armament of the Matsu-class ships consisted of three Type 89 dual-purpose guns in one twin-gun mount aft and one single mount forward of the superstructure. The single mount was partially protected against spray by a gun shield. The accuracy of the Type 89 guns was severely reduced against aircraft because no high-angle gunnery director was fitted. The ships carried a total of twenty-five Type 96 anti-aircraft guns in 4 triple and 13 single mounts. The Matsus were equipped with Type 13 early-warning and Type 22 surface-search radars. The ships were also armed with a single rotating quadruple mount amidships for torpedoes. They could deliver their 36 depth charges via two stern rails and two throwers.
Construction and career
Authorized in the late 1942 Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Program, Kaya was laid down on 10 April 1944 at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal and launched on 30 July. Upon her completion on 30 September, Kaya was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 11 of the Combined Fleet for training. The ship escorted her first convoy to and from Taiwan during 25 October–18 November. She was assigned to Destroyer Division 43, Escort Squadron 31 of the 5th Fleet a week later. That same day Kaya escorted a convoy to Manila, the Philippines, via Taiwan, arriving at the former port on 11 December. The following day the ship sailed for Cam Ranh Bay in occupied French Indochina to participate in Operation Rei, an attack on the American forces at San Jose on the island of Mindoro. Five destroyers, including Kaya, escorted two cruisers that departed on 24 December. They were attacked by American aircraft late the next day; the ship was lightly damaged by strafing aircraft.
Kaya arrived in Takao, Taiwan, on 7 January 1945 and continued onwards to Maizuru, Japan, where she was docked for repairs six days later. On 5 February Escort Squadron 31 was transferred to the Combined Fleet. The ship arrived in Kure on 2 March and remained in the Seto Inland Sea for the rest of the war. The squadron was reassigned to the 2nd Fleet from 15 March to 20 April and then rejoined the Combined Fleet. On 6 April, Kaya helped to escort the battleship through the Inland Sea. The ship was turned over to Allied forces at Kure at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October. The destroyer was disarmed and used to repatriate Japanese personnel in 1945–1947. Kaya was turned over to the Soviet Union on 5 July of the latter year.
The ship was commissioned into the Soviet Navy's Fifth Fleet two days later and was renamed Volevoy on 22 July 1947. The ship was placed in reserve on 14 February 1949. She was disarmed, converted into a target ship and renamed TsL-23 on 17 June. The ship was transferred to the Pacific Fleet on 23 April 1953. She was hulked and renamed OT-61 on 10 June 1958, stricken from the navy list on 1 August 1959 and ordered to be scrapped on 2 September.
Notes
Bibliography
Matsu-class destroyers
Ships built by Maizuru Naval Arsenal
World War II destroyers of Japan
1944 ships
Destroyers of the Soviet Navy
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Shin-Nakano Station
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is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Lines
Shin-Nakano Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from to , and is 19.6 km from the eastern terminus of the Line at Ikebukuro. It is numbered "M-05".
Station layout
The station consists of two underground side platforms serving two tracks on the first basement level. The platforms each have sets of ticket barriers at either end. They are also linked by an underground passageway.
Platforms
History
The station opened on February 8, 1961.
The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 31,125 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
Sugiyama Park
References
External links
Shin-nakano Station information (Tokyo Metro)
Stations of Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1961
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Wayne Proctor (rugby league)
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Wayne Proctor is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Hull FC, as a , or , i.e. number 4 or 5, or, or, 11 or 12.
Playing career
International honours
Wayne Proctor won a cap for Great Britain while at Hull in 1984 against Papua New Guinea.
County Cup Final appearances
Wayne Proctor played left-, i.e. number 11, and scored a try in Hull FC's 13-2 victory over Castleford in the 1983 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1983–84 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1983, and played right-, i.e. number 12, in the 29-12 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1984 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull on Saturday 27 October 1984.
John Player Special Trophy Final appearances
Wayne Proctor played right-, i.e. number 12, in Hull FC's 0-12 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1984–85 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1984–85 season at Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull on Saturday 26 January 1985.
References
External links
!Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
(archived by web.archive.org) Stats → Past Players → P at hullfc.com
(archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at hullfc.com
Great Britain national rugby league team players
Hull F.C. players
Living people
English rugby league players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rugby league centres
Rugby league second-rows
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Kostolná pri Dunaji
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Kostolná pri Dunaji (, meaning Church Tree, , meaning "Churchville by the Danube") is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 8.072 km².
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1332.
After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops liberated the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Kostolná pri Dunaji once more became occupied by Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 508 inhabitants. 265 of inhabitants were Hungarians, 235 Slovaks and 8 others and unspecified.
See also
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"
Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1711-1898 (parish A)
External links/Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Surnames of living people in Kostolna pri Dunaji
Villages and municipalities in Senec District
Hungarian communities in Slovakia
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Graphium codrus
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Graphium codrus is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, that is found in the Philippines, Celebes and Solomon Islands.
References
Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books.
Racheli, Tommaso, 1979 New subspecies of Papilio and Graphium from the Solomon Islands, with observations on Graphium codrus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 54 (15): 237–240, 1 plate pdf
Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandlingen 343: 1–267 pdf
Codrus
Butterflies described in 1777
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Gary Beckman
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Gary Michael Beckman (born 1948) is a noted Hittitologist and Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies from the University of Michigan. He has written several books on the Hittites: his publication Hittite Diplomatic Texts and Hittite Myths were both republished twice—in 1991 and 1999 respectively. As a Hittitologist, Professor Gary Beckman also wrote an article on Hittite Chronology in Akkadica 119-120 (2000) while he served as an editor of the 2003 book Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Beckman also composed a book review on Trevor Bryce's influential book, The Kingdom of the Hittites in Bryn Mawr.
Dr. Beckman participated as an academic advisor for the 2003 Tolga Örnek film "Hititler" (or "Hittites" in English) which discussed the history and culture of the Hittites. In 2008, Professor Beckman reviewed a book concerning "regime change" and their impact upon local societies in the Middle East from ancient times to the modern era. He observed that cultural and administrative changes did not typically happen until approximately two generations (or 50 years) had passed from the overthrow of the previous ruling regime.
Works
Texts from the Vicinity of Emar in the Collection of Jonathan Rosen, (Padova: Sargon, 1996).
Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. II. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1995).
Hittite Diplomatic Texts. Writings from the Ancient World, Volume 7. (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996) [second Edition, 1999].
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions), with Benjamin R. Foster and Douglas Frayne (New York: W. W. Norton, 2001).
Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. 4.Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2000).
Hittite Myths, (co-editor), Scholars Press; 2nd edition (1991)
See also
History of the Hittites
References
External links
Living people
Historians of antiquity
Hittitologists
1948 births
University of Michigan faculty
American Assyriologists
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Billy Horner
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William Horner (born 7 September 1942 in Cassop, England) is an English footballer and manager.
Horner played at Middlesbrough from 1960 to 1969, primarily as a defender. He moved on to Darlington where he played until 1975.
He joined York City as a coach in 1971 under Tom Johnston and was released in January 1972 following a behind the scenes player’s dispute.
He was player-manager of Darlington during the 1974–75 season, in which the club had to apply for re-election. He left the club at the end of the season and was appointed as coach to Darlington's arch-rivals Hartlepool. In October 1976, he took over as manager, and had two separate spells in this role: one from 1976–1983 and the other from 1983–1986. Although Hartlepool applied for re-election to the League on three occasions, Horner also guided the club to a respectable 9th-place finish in 1980–81, during which the club had been promotion contenders. In his second spell at the club, Hartlepool finished 7th in 1985–86, in which they had also been a promotion contender for much of the season.
Managerial stats
References
External links
Career Stats
1942 births
Living people
English footballers
English football managers
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
Darlington F.C. managers
Hartlepool United F.C. managers
Association football central defenders
Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff
York City F.C. non-playing staff
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa%20Hills%20High%20School%20%28Ohio%29
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Ottawa Hills High School (Ohio)
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Ottawa Hills High School is a public high school in the village of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, United States, just west of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Ottawa Hills Local Schools district. The school's mascot is the Green Bears.
Appearance
The high school is attached to Ottawa Hills Junior High, and as a whole the building is commonly referred to as Ottawa Hills Junior/Senior High School or OHJHS by the villagers. Just outside is a flagpole built by Alumni of OHHS. The Liberty Memorial was added to the area around the flagpole with donations from community members and alumni. The Liberty Memorial was designed by Ottawa Hills resident and architect Todd Kime.
Students
The school frequently consists of between 300 and 400 high school students. Known for academics, students at Ottawa Hills excel with a college preparatory curriculum. In 2015, Newsweek ranked Ottawa Hills High School number #1 in Ohio and #45 in the nation.
Athletics
The Green Bears have won multiple state titles. Most recently, the boys' golf team won the 2013 Division III State Championship. Boys' basketball made it to the state final four for the first time in school history in March 2010, losing to Newark Catholic 48-36 in the state semifinals. In 2008 the Boys' soccer team defeated Worthington Christian 1-0, becoming the first school from Northwest Ohio to win a state soccer title.
The football team is tied for the most consecutive victories by a Northwest Ohio team with a 23-game winning streak from 1972–1974 (two undefeated seasons). Coach Norm Niedermeier was the football head coach for 40 years from 1957–1996, with 4 undefeated teams.
The boys' tennis team qualified for states for the first time in school history in 2016. The Green Bears defeated Lexington High School 3-0 after having a 9-year losing streak to them in the Regional Finals.
The women's dance team received second in state for POM division and fourth in state in Jazz division in 2017.
In the year of 2018 the soccer and lacrosse team were state runners-up. The baseball team and tennis team also went to the regional finals. The football team won their conference.
The tennis team advanced to the state finals in 2019.
Notable alumni
Christine Brennan—sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, best-selling author and nationally known speaker is especially known for her coverage of the Olympics
John Colenback–actor best known for portraying Dan Stewart on As the World Turns
Evan G. Galbraith—United States Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985 under Ronald Reagan and the Secretary of Defense Representative to Europe and NATO under Donald Rumsfeld from 2002 to 2007
Steve Gordon (class of 1957)—screenwriter and director of the 1981 Academy Award-winning film, Arthur
Constance Hauman (class of 1979)—singer-songwriter and actress. She is credited with having the only live recording of Alban Berg's Lulu in the title role, recorded in Copenhagen 1996 at the Queen of Denmark's Castle. Constance Hauman's first full-length release of original songs, Falling Into Now, was chosen by the Guardian UK Music Critic Caroline Sullivan as one of the top 10 best pop albums of 2015.
Carl Eugene Heiles (class of 1957)—astrophysicist noted for his contribution to the understanding of diffuse interstellar matter through observational radio astronomy
Jamie O'Hara—country singer/songwriter who wrote the number one Grammy-winning country song of the year "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" in 1986, performed by the group the Judds
Tom Scholz—rock musician, songwriter, inventor, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder of the band Boston. He is also the inventor of the Rockman portable guitar amplifier. He has been described by Allmusic as "a notoriously 'un-rock n' roll' figure who never enjoyed the limelight of being a performer," preferring to concentrate almost exclusively on his music, and in more recent years, spending much of his time working with charities. Lead guitarist of the band Boston.
Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. (class of 1990)—politician and former Republican member of the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives
References
External links
District Website
High schools in Lucas County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
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Hanns Seidel
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Franz Wendelin "Hanns" Seidel (; ; 12 October 1901 – 5 August 1961) was a German politician who served as Prime Minister of Bavaria from 1957 to 1960. He was a member, and from 1955 to 1961 chairman, of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.
Biography
Seidel was born in Schweinheim, now part of Aschaffenburg, one of seven children; his parents were Johann and Christine Seidel. He was originally baptized under the name Franz Wendelin but was soon called simply Hanns. His father died when he was seven and the family had to live in relative poverty from then on. Despite those circumstances, he managed to obtain a good education.
Hanns Seidel studied law in Jena, Freiburg and Würzburg, where he graduated in 1929. He worked as a lawyer in Aschaffenburg after this and married Ilse Tenter, who he had two sons with. As a strict Catholic, he joined the Bavarian People's Party in 1932. His outspokenness about the Nazis soon got him into trouble and he had to withdraw his candidacy for the Aschaffenburg town council. He briefly had to escape to Memel (now Klaipėda) in Eastern Prussia to avoid arrest but returned home soon after.
He was elected to the Bavarian Landtag in 1946. Previous to this, the US occupation authorities had already made him Landrat for Aschaffenburg due to the fact that he had no previous political history in the Nazi regime. As a liberal-conservative he supported the multi-confessional fraction in his party. He became Minister for Economy in 1947 and held this post until his party's election defeat in 1954. He was an important force in the reconstruction efforts in post-war Bavaria. He was also highly regarded by the German chancellor Konrad Adenauer who unsuccessfully tried to convince him to take up a post in the federal government. In 1954, he was made speaker for the opposition, the year after, he became party chairman of the CSU, defeating Franz Josef Strauß in a highly contested party vote. He immediately went to modernize the party and its politics.
After Wilhelm Hoegner resigned as Minister-President of Bavaria, Hanns Seidel was elected by the Landtag as Minister-President on 16 October 1957. He had to resign from this post on 21 January 1960 due to health reasons and died the year after, at the age of 59, in Munich.
The Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Hanns Seidel Foundation), formed in 1967, a taxpayer-money founded political research foundation closely associated with the CSU, is named after him.
References
External links
Official website of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (in English)
Official Bavarian government website - Hanns Seidel biography (in German)
Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg - Boisls bayrische Biography - Hans Seidel (in German), page 717
Hanns Seidel Foundation website - Biography of Hanns Seidel
1901 births
1961 deaths
People from Aschaffenburg
Ministers-President of Bavaria
Ministers of the Bavaria State Government
Bavarian People's Party politicians
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
German military personnel of World War II
German Roman Catholics
Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Burials at the Westfriedhof (Munich)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Single%20Woman
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A Single Woman
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A Single Woman may refer to:
A Single Woman (album), an album by Nina Simone, and its title song
A Single Woman (play), a play by Jeanmarie Simpson
A Single Woman (film), a 2009 film made by Kamala Lopez
See also
"Single Women", a song by Dolly Parton
Single Ladies (disambiguation)
Bachelorette (disambiguation)
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Edgar Fournier
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Edgar E. Fournier (June 1, 1908 – April 29, 1994) was a teacher, principal and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Madawaska County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1960 and Restigouche—Madawaska in the House of Commons of Canada from 1961 to 1962 as a Progressive Conservative member. Fournier was named to the Senate of Canada for Madawaska-Restigouche division in 1962 and served until 1983.
He was born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick, the son of Ernest Fournier and Anna Clovette. In 1932, Fournier married Martha Thibodeau. He served in the province's Executive Council as Chairman of the Electric Power Commission. Fournier was elected to the House of Commons in a 1961 by-election held after Charles Van Horne resigned his seat. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1962 and was named to the Senate in September of the same year.
Work in Senate
In 1968 Edgar Fournier was appointed Vice-Chair of the committee on poverty.
The Senate reported to the 28th session of Parliament in 1970.
The 241 page Report of the Special Senate Committee on Poverty included the following statements:
"A new bill of rights for the poor must be preceded by a fundamental change in the prevailing public attitude towards those who live below the poverty level.
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It is the Committee’s recommendation that the Parliament of Canada enact legislation to provide a guaranteed minimum income for all Canadians with insufficient income. This includes the elderly, the infirm, and the handicapped, female heads of families, the unemployed, those whose incomes are too low because they work in seasonal occupations, and those who are victims of jobs where the pay is insufficient to provide for their basic needs."
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"Sixty per cent of the poor are not on welfare. For them, there is not even the semblance of social justice. Consequently, there will be no good reason for their continued consent to a political, social, and economic system to which they give and from which they receive little."
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The existence of poverty not only deprives the poor; it impoverishes the whole economy. The inadequate participation of the poor in the economy, it has been estimated, deprives it of somewhere between one and two and one-half billion dollars a year. This represents an output that these people could have contributed to the economy if their productive capacity had been better developed and more effectively used. Additionally, there are other costs that arise directly from the social problems caused by poverty. Large expenditures for health care, welfare services, and justice will be reduced as poverty diminishes.
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The Committee believes that the Canadian people whose lives are spent in a far different world are ready to face the challenge of poverty. It is a national problem, and only the national government can find a realistic and meaningful solution. It is for the citizens of Canada to demand that this be our priority project for the 1970s; a project that will stir the world’s imagination and command its respect. We need search no further for a national purpose."
References
Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1963, PG Normandin
1908 births
1994 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Canadian senators from New Brunswick
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM-906
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AM-906
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AM-906 (part of the AM cannabinoid series) is an analgesic drug which is a cannabinoid agonist. It is conformationally restricted by virtue of the double bond on its side chain, leading an increased affinity for and selectivity between CB1 and CB2 receptors. It is a potent and selective agonist for the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, with a Ki of 0.8 nM at CB1 and 9.5 nM at CB2, a selectivity of almost 12x.
The corresponding E or trans isomer is AM-905.
See also
AM-1235
AM-2389
References
Benzochromenes
Primary alcohols
Phenols
AM cannabinoids
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Mando II
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Mando II (Greek: Μαντώ II) is the Greek singer Mando's twelfth studio album and comeback after a five-year absence from the Greek music scene. It was released on May 30, 2008, by Polymusic and was Mando's first release since 2003.
The writers are Pegasos and Vicky Gerotheodorou as well as many well known song composers, including Mando herself. The title of the album represents a new start, and a second chapter in her music career after taking time off to be with her family. Mando has stated that one of the driving factors for her to return to the studio sooner rather than later, was her children, who kept asking her when she would release an album. She also stated that now she sings for her children first.
The song "Breathe Again" was reported to have been submitted to Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi as a candidate for the Greek representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, but was not selected for the national final.
The official presentation of the album was on June 10, 2008, at Club Bocca in Voula, Greece.
It peaked at number ten in Greece and number eight in Cyprus, receiving a Gold certification in both countries.
Track list
In addition to the following tracks, the album also contains the music video of "Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho".
"Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho" (Pegasos) – 3:37
"Stahti" (Mando/Kostas Anathiotis, Mando) – 3:49
"Limani Dihos Thalassa" (Pegasos) – 4:01
"Den Eisai Ekei" (Pegasos) – 3:51
"Breathe Again" (Mando, Lars Jensen, Martin Larson) – 3:55
"S'Akoloutho" (Victor Polidorou, Vicky Gerothodorou) – 3:42
"Pente to Proi" (Mando, Eleni Gianatsoulia) – 3:24
"Safe" (Mando, Lars Jensen, Martin Larson) – 4:12
"Ena" (Andreas Lambrou) – 3:44
"Me Sena Telos" (Mando, Eleni Gianatsoulia) – 3:54
"Tha Thela Monaha" (Antonis Velinopoulos) – 3:43
"Ston Aigokairo" (Mando/Kostas Anathiotis, Nikos Katsikas) – 4:17
Singles
"Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho"
The first single from Mando II is "Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho" (Give me a reason to be saved), written by Pegasos and released on May 10, 2008. The music video of the song was premiered on Mega Star, a Greek music television program. Mando said in an interview with Mega Star that the song is what drove her to go back into the studio.
"Den Eisai Ekei"
The second single was "Den Eisai Ekei", which Mando confirmed on September 4, 2008, while being interviewed at TV100 radio station and Peiratikos 107.7 FM. Later, she confirmed the choice on her Facebook page. The music video for "Den Eisai Ekei" was released on October 30, 2008; Manolis Tzirakis was the director again.
Personnel
Vocals – Victoria Halkiti, Apostolos Psihramis, Christina Undhjem
Production
Instrumentation: Kostas Anathiotis
Producers: Victor Polidorou, DEEKAY
Photography: [Iakovos Kalaitzakis]http://www.iakovos.net
Art direction and design: Jackie Murphy, Jeri Heiden, Glen Nakasako
Stylist: Vasilis Kolpothinos
Hair stylist: Vasilis Bouloubasis
Charts
References
2008 albums
Greek-language albums
Mando (singer) albums
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Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944)
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was one of 18 s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the final stages of World War II. Completed in late 1944, the ship was assigned to convoy escort duties in January 1945. After escorting one convoy to southern China, she joined two other destroyers tasked to evacuate Japanese airmen from the Philippines. En route the ships were attacked by American bombers that badly damaged Kaede. The ship returned to Japan for repairs and was inactive for the rest of the war. She was surrendered to the Allies at the end of the war and used to repatriate Japanese troops until 1947. Mid-year the destroyer was turned over to the Republic of China; renamed Heng Yang she became a training ship and remained in service until the 1960s when she was scrapped.
Design and description
Designed for ease of production, the Matsu class was smaller, slower and more lightly armed than previous destroyers as the IJN intended them for second-line duties like escorting convoys, releasing the larger ships for missions with the fleet. The ships measured long overall, with a beam of and a draft of . Their crew numbered 210 officers and enlisted men. They displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of for a speed of . The Matsus had a range of at .
The main armament of the Matsu-class ships consisted of three Type 89 dual-purpose guns in one twin-gun mount aft and one single mount forward of the superstructure. The single mount was partially protected against spray by a gun shield. The accuracy of the Type 89 guns was severely reduced against aircraft because no high-angle gunnery director was fitted. The ships carried a total of twenty-five Type 96 anti-aircraft guns in 4 triple and 13 single mounts. The Matsus were equipped with Type 13 early-warning and Type 22 surface-search radars. The ships were also armed with a single rotating quadruple mount amidships for torpedoes. They could deliver their 36 depth charges via two stern rails and two throwers.
Construction and career
Authorized in the late 1942 Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Program, Kaede (maple) was laid down on 4 March 1944 at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and launched on 25 July. Upon her completion on 30 October, Kaede was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 11 of the Combined Fleet for training. At the completion of training on 20 January 1945, the ship was assigned to Destroyer Division 52, part of Escort Squadron 31. On 22–27 January, she escorted a convoy from Moji to Hong Kong and then sailed to Takao (modern Kaohsiung), Taiwan. There Kaede joined her sister and the destroyer on a voyage to the Aparri area of the island of Luzon in the Philippines to evacuate stranded aircrew on 30 January. The following day the ships were attacked by North American B-25 bombers of the 822d Bombardment Squadron which damaged all three ships. Kaede was set on fire and badly damaged by a bomb hit that killed forty men and injured thirty. She returned to Takao for emergency repairs that were not finished until 21 February when she steamed to Kure for permanent repairs.
The ship was turned over to Allied forces at Kure at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October. The destroyer was disarmed and used to repatriate Japanese personnel in 1945–1947 after repairs. Kaede was turned over to the Republic of China Navy on 6 July of the latter year and was renamed Heng Yang. Never rearmed or recommissioned, the ship was hulked and was classified as a training ship on 1 October 1949. She was stricken in 1960 and scrapped two years later.
Notes
Bibliography
Matsu-class destroyers
Ships built by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
World War II destroyers of Japan
1944 ships
Destroyers of the Republic of China Navy
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Marinaleda
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Marinaleda is a Spanish municipality of the province of Seville that belongs to the region of Sierra Sur, located in the basin of Genil, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It has an area of and a population of 2,778 inhabitants according to the 2011 census, with a population density of . It belongs to the judicial party of Estepa.
Marinaleda is a predominantly agricultural municipality and this makes up the bulk of its economy. It is noted for its left-leaning principles based on a leftist ideology led by Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor since 1979 and a member of the Unitarian Candidacy of Workers (CUT). Local workers and peasants have achieved a high rate of development and practically full employment for its people. The development of an alternative economic mode has achieved notable results, even during the economic crisis that began in 2008.
Critics claim that this economic and social progress is due in part to the fact that almost 66% of the income received by the City of Marinaleda is from administrative superiors such as the state, the autonomous community, and the Provincial Council of Seville. In reality, Marinaleda receives less than the average remittance received by municipalities in Andalusia (in 2011 it received around 6.61% less than the regional average).
Marinaleda is part of the "Network of Municipalities for the Third Republic" and the tricolor flag is present in civil buildings.
Geography
The town is located at an altitude of and lies east of the provincial capital, Seville. Marinaleda belongs to the comarca of Estepa and is situated between this latter town and Écija, in the eastern part of the province of Seville, in the basin of the Genil river. Its geographical coordinates are .
History
The first indications of human settlement in the territory now covered by the Marinaleda municipality go back to the late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, about 5,000 years ago. Stone tools and traces of seeds and dwelling places have been found.
There was a major Roman presence, and some date the foundation of the village to this period. The Roman road connecting the villages of Astigi (present-day Écija) and Ostippo (Estepa) ran by Marinaleda, and there have been many discoveries from the period.
The Arab presence is visible in monuments such as the Towers of Gallape and the fortress of Alhonoz. The region was conquered by the Christian monarchs in the 13th century, and Marinaleda came under the rule of the religious Order of Santiago. Philip II granted the village to the first Marquess of Estepa, and it would remain under this ownership until manors were dissolved in the 19th century.
Marinaleda then grew as a population centre due to the influx of day labourers working for large landowners, especially the Marquesses of Estepa. There is evidence that, in 1751, there were 60 houses lived in by landless labourers, who earned two reals for a full day's work.
In the 18th century, Marinaleda had three clergymen and a shop belonging to the Marquess of Peñaflor, who lived in Écija. The main economic activity was rain-fed agriculture.
During the 19th century in Marinaleda and neighbouring territories, there were several groups of bandits involving residents of the municipality. Notable groups include those commanded by José María Hinojosa Cobacho, "El Tempranillo", Francisco Ríos González "El Pernales", and Juan Caballero.
In 1931, the population of Marinaleda was 2,318, of whom only 317 were entitled to vote. The elections of 12 April that year were won by monarchist supporters, whereas those of 31 May were won by republicans. The final elections of the Republican period, on 16 February 1936, were won by the Popular Front.
At the start of the Civil War, troops supporting the coup assassinated the mayor, Vicente Cejas Moreno, his son, and at least 30 other residents. In the postwar period, the population suffered great poverty, hunger, and repression. The poor survived by gleaning olives and acorns from the fields of the estates.
The industrialization of Spain beginning in the 1960s encouraged emigration from Marinaleda to industrial areas, especially Catalonia, as well as to other countries such as Germany, France, and Switzerland.
Upon the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, the dictatorship he had established in Spain gave way to a representative democracy. In 1977, the Sindicato de Obreros del Campo (Union of Farm Workers) was founded in Marinaleda. The following year, a struggle for land began with a two-day occupation of the Bocatinaja estate, between Osuna and Los Corrales.
The first post-Franco municipal elections were held in 1979. The Colectivo de Unidad de los Trabajadores (Workers' Unity Collective) won in Marinaleda, gaining 9 of the 11 council seats. The new council replaced street names associated with the victors of the Civil War by names of left-wing heroes. For example, Muñoz Grandes street became Che Guevara street, the Plaza of Spain became the People's Plaza, and the Plaza of Francisco Franco was renamed after Salvador Allende.
In 1980, 700 people staged a 13-day hunger strike, demanding better pay and stricter regulation of the old system of employment. The success of this action led to intensification of the land struggle, with further occupations of large landowners' estates under the slogan "Land to those who work on it". In 1984, the Cordobilla marsh was occupied for 30 days to demand irrigation for a farm called El Humoso, property of the Duke of Infantado, facilitating its later expropriation.
In 1985, the occupation of estates increased in number by at least 100, as well as in length, extending to over 90 days. This led to many legal actions.
In 1991, a tract of El Humoso farm was handed over to Marinaleda for the use of the population. Demonstrations demanding a life of dignity increased between 1992 and 1994, with many occupations of government buildings and institutions.
In 1997, irrigation was extended to the whole of the El Humoso, and the Marinaleda S.C.A. A cooperative was founded to cultivate the farm collectively. Three years later, a food processing plant was set up, supplied by the raw materials of the cooperative: piquillo pepper, beans, artichokes, and olives. An oil press was also built. Production continued to increase, and employment along with it.
The economic crisis that began in 2008 affected the European Union by 2010, particularly its southern countries. While 30% of the active population in Andalusia was without work, Marinaleda had full employment.
The social and political system that has been implemented in the community, and the good results obtained in terms of economic development and well-being of the inhabitants, has brought Marinaleda to the attention of the media in Spain and abroad.
The "Social Democracy" tab on the town's website states the following:
Demographics
Local government
For over 30 years, the mayor of Marinaleda has been Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo of the United Left Party. Gordillo has anointed Marinaleda a "utopia for peace", which has no municipal police (saving $350,000 a year). Additionally, political murals and revolutionary slogans adorn the town's whitewashed walls and streets are named after Latin American leftists. Every few weeks, the town hall declares a Red Sunday over a bullhorn and volunteers clean the streets or do odd jobs.
Marinaleda has a long tradition of sociopolitical struggle by agricultural labourers, which has decisively influenced the attainment of diverse political and social advances. Marinaleda was ruled by CUT-BAI (Collective for the Unity of Workers - Andalusian Left Bloc) from 1979 until 1986, when CUT-BAI joined United Left (IU), which has since been the ruling party, although most of the members of IU's local branch are basically members of CUT-BAI.
Composition of the Municipal Council
Izquierda Unida (IU)
Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo (Mayor)
Rafaela Vázquez Jiménez
Antonio Sánchez Hinojosa
Juanita Sánchez Aires
Antonio José Montenegro Rodríguez
Esperanza de Rosario Saavedra Martín
Romualdo Romero Aires
Rocío Rodríguez Saavedra
Manuel Pradas Martín
Partido Socialista Obrero Español-Andalucía (PSOE-A)
Mariano Pradas Saavedra
José Rodríguez Cobacho
Local economy
The town operates a farming cooperative with 2,650 workers. Marinaleda is surrounded by sloping olive groves and features a farm. The farm is located seven miles (11 km) north of Marinaleda, and grows labour-intensive crops like artichokes, hot peppers, broccoli, and broad beans, as well as wheat.
Town planning
Marinaleda represents a local exception of the national housing crisis caused by real estate speculation. The municipality was the subject of national news when it became known that one could own a house in this town for no more than 15 euros per month through the self-building program.
Self-building
The Ayuntamiento (local government) of Marinaleda bought and expropriated thousands of square metres of land, now communal property, for the construction of new houses. Land, building materials, and architectural plans are provided to the self-builder through public grants. Free assistance from professional builders is also provided. The hours spent by the resident on construction (if any) are deducted from the total cost. Prospective owners usually donate about 450 days of their work to the construction. Finally, a monthly payment of up to 15,52 euros is arranged with the contractors and the government for the resident to achieve ownership. To prevent speculation, citizens are prohibited from selling their homes.
Layout
Marinaleda's citizens reside in a colony of neat houses, each with three bedrooms, one bathroom, and a garden of , allowing for future expansions. In recent years 350 single-family homes have been built according to this scheme, even though the town has fewer than 3,000 inhabitants.
See also
Eurozone crisis
References
Further reading
Victoria Burnett (April 23, 2009). "To Capitalist Folly, Town in Spain Offers Reply". The New York Times.
Yorgos Angelopoulos (April 20, 2010). "Χωρίς παπά και χωροφύλακα". Τα Νέα .
Dan Hancox (August 15, 2012). "The Spanish Robin Hood". The Guardian.
Dan Hancox (October 19, 2013). "Spain's communist model village". The Guardian.
External links
Marinaleda - Territorial information system of Andalusia
Location of Marinaleda in Seville province
Municipalities of the Province of Seville
Cooperatives in Spain
Mutualism (movement)
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F. Tennyson Jesse
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Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse Harwood (born Wynifried (Winifred) Margaret Jesse; 1 March 1888 – 6 August 1958) was an English criminologist, journalist and author (she also wrote as Wynifried Margaret Tennyson).
Early life and marriage
Fryniwyd was the second of three daughters of the Reverend Eustace Tennyson D'Eyncourt Jesse (1853-1928) and Edith Louisa James (1866-1941), and a great-niece of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Her older sister, Stella Mary Jesse (1887-1942) was also an author, best remembered for her novel Eve in Egypt (1929). Her younger sister, Edith Mary Ermyntrude was born in 1890, but died in infancy. Fryniwyd married Harold Marsh Harwood (1874–1959), a businessman and theatre manager, in September 1918. "Fryn" is a self-made contraction of "Wynifried".
Books
Her most notable books include A Pin to See the Peepshow (London, W. Heinemann Ltd, 1934; Virago Modern Classics; British Library Women Writers), a fictional treatment of the case of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, and Murder & Its Motives (Heinemann, 1924), which divided killers into six categories based on their motivations: those who murder for Gain, Revenge, Elimination, Jealousy, Conviction and Lust of killing. This classification of motive has remained influential.
She contributed many cases to the Notable British Trials series, such as the trial of serial killer John Christie and the controversy surrounding the hanging of his neighbour, Timothy Evans. Her summary of the two trials is extensive, and concludes that Christie was probably the murderer of both Beryl and Geraldine Evans, and that Timothy Evans was innocent of their deaths (Evans was hanged for the murder of his daughter Geraldine, and posthumously pardoned).
She also wrote the neglected classic, The Lacquer Lady (1929), which recounts the true story of how European maid of honour Fanny Moroni helped bring about the fall of the Burmese Royal Family at the end of the nineteenth century.
She reported on the German attacks on Belgium in the First World War for Collier's Weekly.
Her story Treasure Trove tells of the rediscovery in modern times of the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas to betray Jesus Christ and their subsequent malign influence. The novel Tom Fool (Heinemann, 1926) deals with a young man's experiences on sailing ships, and describes shipboard life in some detail.
References
Bibliography
Joanna Colenbrander, A portrait of Fryn: a biography of F. Tennyson Jesse, A. Deutsch, 1984, .
External links
Legends of True Crime Reporting: F. Tennyson Jesse
1888 births
1958 deaths
20th-century English women writers
20th-century English writers
British criminologists
British women in World War I
English women writers
F
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Conner
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Dick Conner
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Richard John Conner (13 August 1931 – May 1999) was an English football player and manager. He played as wing half for Newcastle United, South Shields, Grimsby Town, Southampton, Tranmere Rovers and Aldershot. He went on to manage Aldershot as caretaker, Rochdale and Darlington.
References
External links
1931 births
1999 deaths
Sportspeople from Jarrow
English footballers
Association football wing halves
Newcastle United F.C. players
South Shields F.C. (1936) players
Grimsby Town F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Aldershot F.C. players
English Football League players
English football managers
Aldershot F.C. managers
Rochdale A.F.C. managers
Darlington F.C. managers
English Football League managers
Grimsby Town F.C. non-playing staff
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Janne Moilanen
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Janne Moilanen (born 24 June 1978) is a former football defender from Finland.
He is 186 cm tall and weighs 83 kg.
References
Guardian Football
This article is translated from the Finnish Wikipedia.
Living people
1978 births
Finnish footballers
FC Jokerit players
FC Lahti players
Kuopion Palloseura players
Veikkausliiga players
Finnish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
FC Trollhättan players
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
Association football defenders
People from Mikkeli
Sportspeople from South Savo
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Levon Jones
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Levon "Bo" Jones is an American former death row inmate. He was convicted and sentenced to death in North Carolina in 1993 on a count of first-degree murder for a fatal shooting which occurred in 1987. The conviction was overturned by a federal judge in 2006, after a key witness admitted to lying. Charges were subsequently dropped, and Jones was released from prison on May 2, 2008, after spending fifteen years on death row.
Jones was the third person to be released from death row in the United States in 2008, after Kennedy Brewer and Glen Chapman, following an overturning of their convictions and the dropping of charges.
See also
List of exonerated death row inmates
References
Overturned convictions in the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People wrongfully convicted of murder
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Miloslavov
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Miloslavov () is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1332–1337.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 129 metres and covers an area of 10.194 km². It consists of two parts. Miloslava and Alžbetin Dvor. Both are now under heavy real estate investment which is happening now all around Bratislava.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 1,780 inhabitants. 1,589 of inhabitants were Slovaks, 47 Hungarians, 12 Czechs and 132 others and unspecified.
References
External links/Sources
Miloslavov - Webpage of Miloslavov
https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Senec District
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Do You Miss New York? is a 1993 album by Rosemary Clooney.
Clooney appeared at the Rainbow Room in New York City in February 1993 to celebrate the album's release.
Reviewer Chip Deffaa wrote in Entertainment Weekly, "What is it that makes Rosemary Clooney, in her 60s, so increasingly compelling? Her still-clear voice, now colored by regret, has an honesty and impact it never had in her youth. With jazzmen providing her dream support, 'Do You Miss New York?' is as poignant an album as she has yet recorded."
Track listing
"Do You Miss New York?" (Dave Frishberg) – 5:14
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 3:34
"As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:24
"May I Come In?" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 6:39
"Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 7:50
"A Beautiful Friendship" (Gus Kahn, Jule Styne) – 2:10
"It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 3:27
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 5:57
"I Wish You Love" (Léo Chauliac, Albert Beach, Charles Trenet) – 3:05
"I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson) – 4:12
"We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 6:08
Personnel
Rosemary Clooney – vocals
Warren Vaché Jr. – cornet
Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone
John Oddo – piano
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
John Pizzarelli – vocals and guitar solo on "It's Only a Paper Moon"
David Finck – bass guitar
Joe Cocuzzo – drums
References
1993 albums
Concord Records albums
Rosemary Clooney albums
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Pongpipat Kamnuan
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Pongpipat Kamnuan (; born March 19, 1983) is a former professional footballer from Thailand.
Honours
Club
Thai Port F.C.
Thai FA Cup winner (1) : 2009
Thai League Cup winner (1) : 2010
References
External links
Official Website
1983 births
Living people
Pongpipat Kamnuan
Pongpipat Kamnuan
Association football fullbacks
Pongpipat Kamnuan
Pongpipat Kamnuan
Pongpipat Kamnuan
Pongpipat Kamnuan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Province%20cricket%20team
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Western Province cricket team
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Western Province is the team representing Western Cape province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been Newlands in Cape Town. Under the reorganisation of professional South African cricket in the 1990s and more recently, Western Province joined with Boland to form the side that now plays in the SuperSport Series under the name Cape Cobras and divides its time between Newlands and the Boland Park ground in Paarl. Western Province still competes under its provincial name in the UCB Provincial series. As Western Province, the team won the SuperSport Series (under its previous names, as the Currie Cup and the Castle Cup) 18 times.
Honours
Currie Cup (18) – 1892–93, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1908–09, 1920–21, 1931–32, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2003–04; shared (3) – 1921–22, 1969–70, 1989–90
One Day Cup (5) – 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2002–03
CSA 3-Day Cup (2) – 2010–11, 2013–14
CSA 1-Day Cup (0) –
Africa T20 Cup (0) –
Gillette Cup/Nissan Shield (5) – 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89
Venues
Venues have included:
Newlands, Cape Town (main venue 1890–present)
RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town (occasional venue Nov 1976 – Oct 1991)
Boon Wallace Oval, Cape Town (occasional venue Dec 1985 – Jan 1992)
PP Smit Stadium, Bellville, Cape Town (occasional venue Dec 1997 – Oct 2002)
Squad
In April 2021, Cricket South Africa confirmed the following squad ahead of the 2021–22 season.
Zubayr Hamza
Kyle Verreynne
George Linde
Tony De Zorzi
Nandre Burger
Yaseen Vallie
Kyle Simmonds
Jonathan Bird
Hashim Amla
Mihlali Mpongwana
Tshepo Moreki
David Bedingham
Aviwe Mgijima
Vernon Philander
Basheer Walters
Wayne Parnell
Beuran Hendricks
References
Sources
South African Cricket Annual – various editions
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
South African first-class cricket teams
Sport in Cape Town
Cricket in the Western Cape
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Undringar
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Undringar is the debut studio album from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1972 on the Polar Music label. It contains his breakthrough single "Jag vill ha en egen måne" as well as "Hela världen runt", "När du kommer" and "Snurra du min värld". The album was produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, engineered by Michael B. Tretow and features uncredited vocals by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. In 1991 the album was released on CD.
Track listing
Music by Ted Gärdestad, lyrics by Kenneth Gärdestad except where noted.
Side A:
"Helena" (T. Gärdestad) – 3:19
"Sommarlängtan" – 2:37
"Jag vill ha en egen måne" – 3:17
"Räcker jag till" – 3:00
"Ett stilla regn" – 3:26
"När du kommer" – 2:47
Side B:
"Snurra du min värld" – 2:59
"Så mycket bättre" – 3:54
"Hela världen runt" – 2:41
"I dröm och fantasi" – 4:05
"Beat It, Girl" – 4:34
Personnel
Ted Gärdestad – lead vocals, guitar
Benny Andersson – piano, backing vocals
Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Janne Schaffer – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Mike Watson – bass guitar
Ola Brunkert – drums
Agnetha Fältskog – backing vocals
Anni-Frid Lyngstad – backing vocals
Lena Andersson – backing vocals ("Helena")
Production
Benny Andersson – producer
Björn Ulvaeus – producer
Michael B. Tretow – sound engineer
Rune Persson – sound engineer
Åke Elmsäter – sound engineer
Recorded at Metronome Studios, Stockholm
Originally released as Polar POLS 234, 1972.
References
Liner notes Undringar, Ted Gärdestad, Polar Music POLS 234, 1972.
1972 debut albums
Ted Gärdestad albums
Swedish-language albums
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Beth Jeans Houghton
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Beth Jeans Houghton (a.k.a. Du Blonde) (born 3 January 1990) is an English multi-disciplinary musician, composer, artist, animator and video director. Their influences range from psychedelic rock, punk, blues, 1960s garage rock and soul. They create art under their birth name, Beth Jeans Houghton, using photography, illustration, animation, video, sculpture and embroidery. They have directed and animated music videos for multiple artists including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ezra Furman, and Laura Marling's band LUMP. They write, perform and produce music under the name Du Blonde.
Biography
Beth Jeans Houghton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Houghton started writing songs in their teens. At sixteen they left school and bought a Fender Stratocaster, which they taught themselves to play.
Houghton first appeared in front of an audience in 2006; their debut release, titled EP (a limited-edition 7-inch), was on Bird Records in 2008. They signed then with Static Caravan Recordings, which released the single "Golden"/"Nightswimmer", produced by Adem, and their second EP, Hot Toast, Vol. 1 (produced by Mike Lindsay of the band Tunng), both of which earned acclaim from the UK press. Houghton signed in early 2011 with Mute Records, releasing their debut long-player, Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose in early 2012. The album was recorded with Ben Hillier whose previous production credits include Blur, Depeche Mode and Elbow.
Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose by Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny was released on 6 February 2012, and reached number 83 in the UK Albums Chart.
Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny toured the UK and Europe extensively during 2011 and 2012, appearing at multiple festivals including Glastonbury, The Great Escape, Latitude and Bestival. In April 2012, the band performed on Later... with Jools Holland alongside Paul Weller and Willis Earl Beal.
After touring supporting Welcome Back To Milk, Houghton began work on issue 1 of their comic books series 'Butt Hurt', focusing on bringing to life their vivid dreams and uncomfortable social situations. Having been a lifelong sufferer of anxiety, Houghton's work often touches upon discomfort, using humour to help ease their symptoms and dispel stigma surrounding mental health.
During November 2016, Houghton directed and illustrated the animated music video for "Sick Love" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Houghton had previously dated the band's singer Anthony Kiedis. The video was released on 4 December 2016.
On 27 March 2018, Houghton's music video for Ezra Furman's "Suck The Blood From My Wound" was released via the Bella Union label. Houghton directed, illustrated and animated the clip.
On 20 November 2018, LUMP released the video for their single "May I Be The Light", also directed, illustrated and animated by Houghton.
Du Blonde
During 2014, Houghton began writing and recording music under the name Du Blonde.
Welcome Back To Milk, the debut album for Houghton as Du Blonde, recorded in London and Los Angeles with producer Jim Sclavunos, was released on 19 May 2015 by Mute Records. It garnered favourable reviews, with 75/100 rating at Metacritic.
Du Blonde's second album, Lung Bread for Daddy, was released on 22 February 2019 via Moshi Moshi. The album is the first to be produced by Houghton, taking a journey into relationships and mental health of the musician.
Du Blonde's third album, titled Homecoming, was released in early 2021. The album, self-produced by Houghton, will feature guest artists including Shirley Manson, Andy Bell, Ezra Furman, and members of Tunng. Lead single "Medicated", featuring Manson, was released in November 2020, and follow-up "I'm Glad That We Broke Up", with Furman, came out on 4 February 2021.
Personal life
In 2013, Houghton suffered from anxiety. Of their practice of Transcendental Meditation, begun at this time, they said, "To now know confidently I can deal with my anxiety is such a good place to be." Houghton is non-binary and transgender.
Artists supported
Adem
Bon Iver
Bowerbirds
Cornershop
Euros Childs
Fionn Regan
Future Islands
Garbage
Gary Numan
Imogen Heap
King Creosote
Mumford & Sons
Mystery Jets
Phosphorescent
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scott Matthews
St. Vincent
Stephen Fretwell
Tinariwen
Tunng
Discography
Albums
Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose (2012) no. 83 UK
Welcome Back to Milk (2015, as Du Blonde)
Lung Bread for Daddy (2019, as Du Blonde)
Homecoming (2021, as Du Blonde)
EPs
EP – June 2008
Hot Toast Vol 1 – September 2009
Singles
"Golden / Nightswimmer" – Static Caravan, 2009
"Dodecahedron" – Mute, 2011
"Sweet Tooth Bird" – Mute, 2012
"Atlas" – Mute, 2012
References
External links
du blonde website
1990 births
Living people
Musicians from Newcastle upon Tyne
Mute Records artists
British folk-pop singers
21st-century English singers
Non-binary musicians
LGBT musicians from England
LGBT singers from the United Kingdom
LGBT animators
Transgender musicians
Transgender non-binary people
21st-century LGBT people
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Adam Chętnik
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Adam Chętnik (; born December 20, 1885, in Nowogród, died May 29, 1967, in Warsaw) was a Polish ethnographer who studied the Kurpie. He is the author of several books on the Kurpie residing in Puszcza Zielona. In 1927 he founded Skansen Kurpiowski in Nowogród, an open-air museum dedicated to Kurpie culture. He published over 100 scholarly works. He was also an elected deputy to the Sejm, as well as a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.
Works
Puszcza Kurpiowska, 1913
Chata Kurpiowska, 1915
Życie Puszczańskie Kurpiów
Mazurskim szlakiem, 1939
monografie Nowogrodu, Myszyńca, Dąbrówki, Opęchowa.
Kurpie
Z Kurpiowskich obozów
Obrazki i gadki
Krótki przewodnik po Kurpiach
Kalendarzyk zwyczajów i obrzędów ludu kurpiowskiego
O bursztynie i przemyśle bursztyniarskim
References
Wrota Podlasia - Adam Chętnik
Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa im. Adama Chętnika w Jednorożcu
Marian Pokropek, Adam Chętnik - badacz Kurpiowszczyzny, Ostrołęckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Muzeum Okręgowe w Ostrołęce, 1992
External links
Związek Kurpiów - Adam Chętnik
1885 births
1967 deaths
People from Łomża County
People from Łomża Governorate
Popular National Union politicians
Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1922–1927)
Polish ethnographers
Members of the Polish Academy of Learning
Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
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Kelly's Cellars
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Kellys Cellars is a pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, situated at 30 Bank Street in the city centre. Built on March 14, 1720, it is one of the oldest pubs of Belfast.
It sits in what used to be an alley way off Royal Avenue, but a few buildings were knocked down and now Kellys sits in a square beside Castlecourt, a major Belfast shopping centre. It provides pub food and traditional music sessions. It remains resolutely old-fashioned, with vaulted ceiling and elbow-worn bar and is crammed with bric-a-brac.
History
It was a meeting place for Henry Joy McCracken and the United Irishmen when they were planning the 1798 Rising.
The story goes that McCracken hid behind the bar when British soldiers came for him. In September 2004 the pub had a grand re-opening under new management.
In 2007 a blue plaque was erected on the site by the Ulster History Circle stating that the Society of United Irishmen met there during the period 1791 to 1798.
The influential nationalist politician Joseph Devlin was assistant manager of the pub in the 1890s.
Delisting and relisting
In February 2015 it was reported that the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) proposed delisting 17 Belfast buildings, including Kelly's Cellars, subject to review by the Historic Buildings Council and Belfast City Council. The Ulster Architectural Heritage Society declared that "despite their present condition, all buildings currently proposed for delisting contribute to the value of Belfast’s fragile built heritage and are important resources to promote tourism, economic investment and social regeneration".
As part of the significant backlash against the proposal to delist Kelly's Cellars, an American lady, Meghan Finlay (née Rice) of Massachusetts, set up an online petition to stop it, based on the pub's historical significance. The petition attracted more than 2,000 signatures and brought to international attention the fight to maintain the listed status of Kelly's Cellars. The decision to strip the pub of its protected status has since been reversed.
On August 25, 2015 following the campaign victory, via their official Facebook page Kelly's Cellars released a statement of thanks to all who had supported their cause.
References
Pubs in Belfast
Grade B2 listed buildings
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Cape Riche, Western Australia
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Cape Riche is a cape and rural locality in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. By road, it is 525 km south-east of Perth and 123 km north-east of Albany
Facilities in the locality include a boat launching ramp and a campground with flushing toilets and showers.
History
Cape Riche was named for Claude-Antoine-Gaspard Riche, a naturalist on Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's 1791 expedition who became lost for two days near Esperance.
Matthew Flinders aboard the Investigator charted the area in 1802 as part of his circumnavigation of Australia.
George Cheyne, a Scottish immigrant, took up land at Cape Riche in 1836, after arriving in Albany in 1831. He established a trading post which was often visited by American whalers. In about 1848, sandalwood cutters arrived in the area,
The Surveyor-General of Western Australia, John Septimus Roe, visited the Cape in October 1848 as part of this 1848–49 expedition and reorganised his supplies while staying with the Cheyne family. He left 4 days later to make his way to the Russell Range.
The Cheyne properties were later taken over by the related Moir family. The Cape Riche Homestead, also known as Moirs Property, was designed and built between 1850 and 1860 by Alexander Moir. It comprises a large group of spongolite buildings.
Bay whaling activity took place on the coast in the 1870s.
In the 1890s the schooner Grace Darling, provided supplies and delivered the mail on its monthly run between Albany and Esperance.
Flora and fauna
A number of botanists and explorers conducted plant collections in the area in the mid-19th century including Ludwig Preiss (1840), James Drummond (1840, 1846–48)
John Septimus Roe (1848) and William Henry Harvey (1854). Plant species which were formally described based on these collections included Moirs wattle (Acacia moirii), sheath cottonhead (Conostylis vaginata), tallerack (Eucalyptus pleurocarpa), autumn featherflower (Verticordia harveyi) and Bossiaea preissii. Ludwig Diels and Ernst Pritzel also collected plant material at Cape Riche in 1901.
Cape Riche is home to a number of rare flora species including feather-leaved banksia (Banksia brownii), Manypeaks rush (Chordifex arbortivus), Manypeaks sundew (Drosera fimbriata) and coast featherflower (Verticordia helichrysantha). The Albany/Cape Riche area is noted as a calving area for southern right whales.
Gallery
References
Towns in Western Australia
Great Southern (Western Australia)
South coast of Western Australia
Whaling stations in Australia
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Kadava Patidar
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The Kadava Patidar (also variously spelled Kadwa, Kadva) are a sub-caste of the Patidars in Gujarat. They are mainly found in North Gujarat and Ahmedabad. They were dependent on cash-crop agriculture and occupied a higher status than the less wealthy Leva Patidars. The name "Kadava" comes from "Kadi", a former district that existed during the Baroda State. However a popular belief among the community is that Kadava descend from Kusha, son of the deity Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. According to Shah in 1982, the Kadva Patidars have received extremely little attention from scholars in comparison to Leva Patidars, which was part of a wider trend among scholars that ignored north Gujarat.
References
Indian castes
Social groups of Gujarat
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Port of Albany–Rensselaer
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The Port of Albany–Rensselaer, widely known as the Port of Albany, is a port of entry in the United States with facilities on both sides of the Hudson River in Albany and Rensselaer, New York. Private and public port facilities have existed in both cities since the 17th century, with an increase in shipping after the Albany Basin and Erie Canal were built with public funds in 1825.
The port's modern name did not come into widespread use until 1925; the current port was constructed in 1932 under the governorship of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It included the largest grain elevator in the world at the time. Today the grain elevator is the largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River; the port has the tallest harbor crane in the state of New York.
The port has rail connections with the Albany Port Railroad, which allows for connections with CSXT and CP Rail. It is near several interstates and the New York State Canal System. The port features several tourist attractions as well, such as , the only destroyer escort still afloat in the United States.
Geography
The Port of Albany consists of roughly , including about 202 acres (82 ha) in Albany and 34 acres (14 ha) in Rensselaer. It is north of New York Harbor. From New York Harbor to the Federal Dam three miles (5 km) north of Albany, the Hudson River is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. The Hudson has a deep water shipping channel across, and at Albany the river is across with a maximum fresh water draft and a mean range of tides of . The port is at sea level.
History
Since the founding of Albany in 1624 as a trading post, shipping has been important to its growth and prosperity. Furs (especially beaver), timber, and farm produce were important exports while European people and goods were shipped in. The Dongan Charter, which established Albany as a city, made Albany the exclusive market town in the upper Hudson River Valley. From its beginning, the port consisted of hastily built docks built every spring and destroyed every winter by erosion, flooding, ice, and tidal action. Three city-owned docks were established in 1766, the northern and southern ones later being expanded into wharves.
Many historically significant ships used Albany as their home port. Experiment left Albany in 1785 to become the second American ship to sail to China. In 1809 Robert Fulton's Clermont became the first commercially viable steamboat when it left Albany and sailed down the Hudson to the city of New York. In 1825 a long and wide pier was constructed from, and parallel to, Albany's shoreline. Along with two bridges the pier enclosed roughly of the Hudson River as the Albany Basin. The construction of the pier and bridges cost $119,980. The basin was located where the Erie Canal, constructed between 1818 and 1825, met the Hudson River. The basin could accommodate 1,000 canal boats and 50 steamboat moorings. Along the Erie Canal within the city's North Albany neighborhood private wharves and slips were constructed for use in the lumber trade, this soon became the large and prosperous Albany Lumber District of national importance. In 1860 Albany, along with nearby Watervliet and Troy, was the largest lumber market in the state. The Maiden Lane Bridge was constructed in 1871 over the basin to connect Albany with the east side of the river, it was open to railroad traffic only.
The Albany Port District was established in 1925 under New York law Chapter 192. This was only four years after the interstate compact that created the Port of New York Authority (later renamed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey). In 1932 Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled a modern port to replace the aging infrastructure of the Albany Basin and the lumber district along the Erie Canal in the North Albany neighborhood. The port was constructed on around on Westerlo Island in the southern end of Albany along with approximately across the river in the city of Rensselaer. The grain elevator at the port, built during the original construction in 1932, was the largest in the world and as of 2008 is still considered to be the largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
The area of Albany's original port (the Albany Basin) has been covered by Interstate 787 and the Corning Preserve (Riverfront Park) since the very early 1970s. In 1979 remnants of the basin wall were excavated from the preserve's lagoon by Phillip Lord working for the New York State Museum.
A Master Plan adopted in 2000 called for the port to be transformed into a container port, which led to the purchase of the largest harbor crane in the state. In 2002, the Port District Commission took the lead in the development of Albany's Riverfront Park in the Corning Preserve as part of a development to enhance Albany's access to the river. The port helped in financing the project and in the construction of two bulkheads which have seasonal floating docks attached. In a 2005 audit, the Office of the State Comptroller questioned the port's involvement in the construction and financing. Two issues raised were the port district's lack of authority to build docks for non-commercial use and that the port would receive no income for facilities it was financing. The port received $3.3 million in 2002 to upgrade and become a member of the Inland Distribution Network, a select group of ports that are used as satellite locations for the distribution of container cargo from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, resulting in less congestion at downstate ports and highways.
On December 9, 2003, the Dutch-owned ship Stellamare capsized at the port, killing three Russian crewmembers. The ship was hauling General Electric generators when it overturned. The United States Coast Guard determined that poor communication resulting from the supervisors speaking Dutch while the crew spoke Russian, with English being used as a relay, was a contributing factor to mismanagement of ballast tanks. In the early spring of 2008 a port employee was arrested for stealing copper. This in turn led to investigations of employee theft which resulted in the arrest of an operations manager and a maintenance foreman for larceny. In 2008 the port received two awards from the Railway Industrial Clearance Association. One award was for customer satisfaction and the other for being the most improved port in the United States for handling heavy lift cargo.
Future
The Port of Albany is replacing of wharvage at a cost of $7.6 million in 2008 and 2009.
In late March 2008 a proposal for a $350 million ethanol plant was approved by the Albany Port District Commission, but the project has been held up due to financing issues.
The site is scheduled as an offshore wind turbine tower assembly area.
Governance
The Albany Port District Commission is a New York State public-benefit corporation created by the state of New York to develop and manage port facilities anywhere in the cities of Albany and Rensselaer. The commission has five members, four of which are nominated by the mayor of Albany and one is nominated by the mayor of Rensselaer. The governor of New York then appoints them to three-year terms. The commissioners serve without pay, but are compensated for business related expenses. The General Manager of the port commission is Richard J. Hendrick. The commission is considered to be a unit of the city of Albany and is included in the city's financial statements. Any deficit in the finances of the port commission are assessed against both Albany and Rensselaer. In 1932 the state decided that any deficit assessment would be based on Albany owing 88% of the total and Rensselaer 12%. In 2017, the commission had operating expenses in the amount of $5.98 million, no outstanding debt, and a staff level of 55 people. In 2005 the commission had a staff of 35 employees: eight in administrative duties, five in maintenance, and 22 as part-time security.
Economy
The Port of Albany and the private companies located there bring to the Capital District's economy $428 million in direct spending and 1,382 jobs; in 2015 the Port was supporting 4,500 jobs across the state and contributing $800 million to the economic output of the region. The port has a U.S. Customs office as it is a port of entry. The Albany Port Customs District includes all of the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington; along with the parts of Dutchess, Sullivan, and Ulster counties north of 41° 42' N. latitude. The on the Rensselaer side of the port is site C of Foreign Trade Zone number 121. A significant amount of the port is part of New York's Empire Zone program, which gives port tenants breaks on state income tax along with various benefits and tax breaks from the city of Albany.
Connections
The Port of Albany is roughly east of Buffalo, south of Montreal, west of Boston, and north of the city of New York which makes it a location for regional distribution in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada. As part of the Inland Distribution Network, the Port of Albany has a twice-weekly barge service to and from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey terminals. Shipments into the port can leave through many modes of transportation, including by truck and rail. Albany International Airport is 15 minutes away with cargo facilities. Canals allow for further water transportation on barges further into the interior of North America. The port also handles commodities that are not carried on ships. Grain, molasses, animal feed, wood pulp, and steel often go from inbound trains to outbound trucks.
Rail
The Albany Port Railroad (APRR), owned jointly by CSX and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail), has of track inside the port. The APRR ties into CP Rail's Colonie Mainline and CSX's Port Subdivision for rail traffic out of the port. Norfolk Southern has an intermodal yard at the port. CP Rail's Kenwood Yard is adjacent to the port. The North Albany–Erie Street Yard, also owned by CP Rail, is a few miles north of the port and still in the city of Albany. CSX owns two nearby yards: the Selkirk Yard is eight miles (13 km) south of the port, and the West Albany Yard is four miles (6 km) north.
Truck
Major Interstates in proximity are:
New York State Thruway, a toll-road (west from Albany it is Interstate 90 to Buffalo and beyond; south the Thruway is Interstate 87 to the New York Metro Area);
connects Albany to Troy, New York;
(south of Albany it is the Thruway, to the north the Adirondack Northway then at the Canada–US border it becomes Autoroute 15 to Montreal);
(west of Albany it is the Thruway, to the east toll-free until rejoining the Thruway on its Berkshire Spur and continuing to Boston as the Mass Turnpike);
I-88 connects Albany to Binghamton, New York.
Water-to-water
The Port of Albany is just south of where the New York State Canal System begins at the Federal Dam in Troy. The Erie Canal allows for water navigation to the Great Lakes, and the Champlain Canal connects the Hudson River to Lake Champlain. The Richelieu River/Chambly Canal then connects Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence Seaway and Montreal.
Facilities
The Port of Albany includes:
Deep water facilities located on both banks of the river;
two wharves: wharf length on the Albany side of the river is with four berths, and on the Rensselaer side the length is with one berth;
open storage yard;
Customs and U.S. Department of Agriculture offices;
Four transit sheds and two backup warehouses totaling of storage;
capacity grain elevator;
capacity bulk liquid storage between two terminals;
Heavy lift on-dock rail capability;
Super-sacking and debagging operation;
road salt depot;
scrap yard;
a capacity crane and a mobile harbor crane, which is the largest harbor crane in the state of New York.
Maritime services
Stevedoring operations at the Port of Albany are managed by Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. and Port Albany Ventures, LLC. The Hudson River Pilots Association handles pilotage on the Hudson River.
Tenants
The rent from the 32 businesses at the port in 2008 contributes $2.76 million in revenue for the port. As of 2015 there are 23 businesses in 21 buildings occupying 97% of the space available at the port. Tenants include Ardent Mills, Buckeye Partners, Callanan Industries, Cargill (the oldest tenant at the port), Cargill Nutrena, CCI Rensselaer, Durham School Services, Federal Marine Terminals, Gorman Brothers, Mohawk Paper, Newcastle Construction, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Normal Truck and Trailer, Rensselaer Iron and Steel, San Greco Construction, Upstate Shredding, Waste Management, Inc. of New York, Westway Feed Products, and W.M. Biers.
Cargo
Some commodities come through the port on a regular basis, others are special cargo for a limited time. Such limited time cargo includes subway cars shipped to Albany from Brazil in 2006 for six months and most recently subway cars from China bound for Springfield and Boston's MBTA, and diameter pipes with associated materials from Italy first shipped in May 2007. The pipes were for a long natural gas pipeline and included of material in about a dozen ships. In 2015 69 ships and barges called at the port, a 15% increase over 2010. Commodities shipped to or from Albany on a regular basis include:
Animal feed;
Cement;
Cocoa beans;
Grain (including corn and wheat);
Gypsum;
Ethanol;
Heavy lift items (including turbines, generators, heat exchangers, and rotors);
Liquid fertilizer;
Millscale and scrap metal;
Molasses;
Petroleum distillates (including diesel, gasoline, heating oil, and kerosene);
Salt;
Steel;
Sugar;
Wood pulp and logs.
Tourism
Along with commercial activities the Port of Albany has non-industrial uses along the river. A ship museum and a tourism cruise ship are docked at the Steamboat Square. Steamboat Square was, until 2010, named the Snow Dock for being where city trucks dumped into the Hudson River snow plowed from the streets. A PortFest was held in 2007 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Port of Albany-Rennselaer and the 10th anniversary of as a museum ship docked at Albany. National Maritime Day is celebrated with free trolley rides of the port and free rides aboard the Dutch Apple Cruise.
USS Slater, which is the only destroyer escort still afloat in the United States, sits at Steamboat Square near the foot of Madison Avenue. The ship is open from April to November to the public. The destroyer closes to the public from December to March and moves from the Steamboat Square to the port's Rensselaer side. In August 2008 part of the Japanese film Orion in Midsummer (scheduled for release in spring 2009) was filmed on board.
Dutch Apple Cruises, a private company which gives day cruises on the Hudson River and Erie Canal, also operates at the Steamboat Square. The city of Albany has a public boat launch and boat house along the Hudson in the Corning Preserve. The boat house and launch are used by the Albany Rowing Center, a non-profit rowing organization.
On the Rensselaer side of the Hudson is the Albany Yacht Club. The club was founded in the city of Albany in 1873 and is one of the oldest yacht clubs in the nation. In 1954 the club moved to the Rensselaer side and since 1971 has been at its current location just south of the Dunn Memorial Bridge. Facilities are open to the public at large and not just to members.
See also
Albany Convention Center
Capital District
Capital District Transportation Authority
History of Albany, New York
Hudson River-Black River Regulating District
List of North American ports
List of ports in the United States
New York State Archives
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Port of Oswego
The Egg
References
External links
Hudson River Level at Albany, NY
Official Port of Albany Website
Official City Government Website
Return of the Experiment, painting by Len Tantillo
Hudson River
Ports and harbors of New York (state)
Foreign trade zones of the United States
Transportation in Albany, New York
Transportation in Rensselaer County, New York
River ports of the United States
1932 establishments in New York (state)
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For the Duration
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For the Duration is a 1991 album by Rosemary Clooney, of songs popular during World War II. Clooney is accompanied by her usual small jazz group featuring Warren Vaché Jr., Scott Hamilton, and John Oddo, plus a string section.
Track listing
"No Love, No Nothin'" (Leo Robin, Harry Warren) – 4:00
"Don't Fence Me In" (Robert Fletcher, Cole Porter) – 4:25
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You Baby" (Frank Loesser, Jule Styne) – 3:59
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 4:08
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter) – 3:23
"Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer) – 4:28
"For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:06
"September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 4:19
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 5:58
"They're Either Too Young or Too Old" (Loesser, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:14
"The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Warren) – 4:40
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" (Walter Kent, Nat Burton) – 2:29
"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Sammy Cahn, Styne) – 3:48
"I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 4:18
Personnel
Rosemary Clooney – vocals
Warren Vaché Jr. – cornet
Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone
John Oddo – piano
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Jim Hughart – bass
Jake Hanna – drums
Source:
References
1991 albums
Concord Records albums
Rosemary Clooney albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reenard
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Reenard
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Reenard () is a townland in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located in the deep south on the Iveragh Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland opposite Valentia Island about 5 miles west of Cahersiveen. Reenard is connected to the Irish road network by a road crossing the N70 national secondary route at Point's Cross.
Reenard Point, located in the townland, is the mainland terminal for the car ferry to Knightstown on Valentia Island.
Railways
Valentia Harbour railway station was finally opened on 12 September 1893.
The station closed on 1 February 1960.
GAA
Reenard is known in Ireland for its GAA club which has historically supplied players to the Kerry senior football team.
Notable people
Jerry O Mahoney, Gaelic footballer
See also
Valentia Harbour railway station
References
Townlands of County Kerry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo%20de%20Ortega%20y%20Diez
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Ricardo de Ortega y Diez
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Ricardo de Ortega y Diez (10 August 1838 – 3 December 1917) was a Spanish general. He served as interim Governor-General of Puerto Rico during three periods of the Spanish–American War, and occupied various other posts. Born in Madrid, Spain, Ortega y Diez attended the Colegio de Infantería and became a sub-lieutenant at the age of 17.
From 1859 to 1860, he served in Africa obtaining the rank of captain. On 24 May 1873, he received the rank of lieutenant general and participated in several actions against Carlists. In early 1880s, he was the Director of the Central Shooting School, inventing a quick loader for rifles in 1889.
In 1892, he reached the rank of division general and returned to Africa the following year to work with the tribes of Melilla. In 1895, he served as Military Governor of Madrid. On 19 February 1896, he was named second corporal of the Capitanía General of Puerto Rico and Military Governor of San Juan. According to tradition, in 1898, just before the United States took possession of Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War, the last governor, Ricardo de Ortega, broke a colonial clock with his sword, thus marking the time and day in that Spain lost control of the island, as well as the loss of the last possession of Spain in the Americas. The clock is still kept in La Fortaleza.
After the Spanish–American War, he received the rank of lieutenant general in 1901. In 1903 he received the rank of Captain General of the Balearic Islands until 1910. That year he turned to the Reserve after 54 years of military service. He died in Madrid, Spain, on 3 December 1917.
References
External links
Important Figures of the War
Ortega's report
Spanish generals
Royal Governors of Puerto Rico
Spanish military personnel of the Spanish–American War
1838 births
1917 deaths
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazneen%20Ghaani
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Nazneen Ghaani
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Nazneen Ghaani is an Indian actress probably best known for playing the role of Ragini Juneja in Disney Channel India's sitcom, Kya Mast Hai Life. Nazneen acted as Gauri in The Hangman.
Ghaani appeared in many advertisements like Big Bazar Badal Dalo, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Star Plus on Mobile etc. She has done over 150 advertisements.
Filmography
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara
The Hangman (2005 film)
Television
Kya Mast Hai Life as Ragini juneja
References
External links
1986 births
Actresses from Mumbai
Living people
Indian Muslims
Actresses in Hindi television
Indian television actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Xavier%20Villain
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François-Xavier Villain
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François-Xavier Villain (born 31 May 1950 in Abbeville, Somme) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Nord department, from 2002 to 2017 and is a member of Arise the Republic, a small Gaullist party led by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan. He is also mayor of Cambrai.
References
1950 births
Living people
People from Abbeville
Politicians from Hauts-de-France
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Debout la France politicians
Sciences Po alumni
Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France
People from Cambrai
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20the%20Art%20%28book%29
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State of the Art (book)
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State of the Art: Film Writings 1983–1985 is the eighth collection of movie reviews by the American critic Pauline Kael.
In the Author's Note at the beginning of this collection she wrote:
"The title of this book is a deliberate break with my sexually tinged titles of the past. It seemed time for a change; this has not been a period for anything like Grand Passions. I hope that State of the Art will sound ominous and sweeping and just slightly clinical. What I try to get at in this collection of reviews from June 1983 to July 1985 is the state of the art of moviemaking. And despite the dubious state of the art[..]there has always been something to recommend."
Kael reviews 117 films in this eighth collection. She gives rich praise to the work of performers and directors she admires, for example, Molly Ringwald's performance in Sixteen Candles, - Steve Martin, Robin Williams, and Nick Nolte, ( three perennial Kael favourites), and Luchino Visconti, for his work on The Leopard - "The Leopard is so beautifully felt that it calls up a whole culture. It casts an intelligent spell - intelligent and rapturous." (Though Visconti's film had originally been released in 1963, Kael is here reviewing the release of a full length three hours and five minutes version). And she's typically cool to work she regards as second rate; 'When you come out of Desperately Seeking Susan, you don't want to know who the director is - you want to know who the perpetrator is.' And Steven Spielberg's segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie - a, " lump of ironclad whimsy. It's as if Steven Spielberg had sat down and thought out what he could do that would make his detractors happiest." And Sylvester Stallone's work on Staying Alive; "What can be done about this mock writer-director-producer-actor? He has become the stupidos' Orson Welles."
Films she recommends in this eighth collection include The Survivors, The Grey Fox, The Leopard, Under Fire, Heart Like a Wheel, Yentl, Choose Me, Splash, Moscow on the Hudson, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Repo Man, Dreamscape, Carmen, Utu, Stop Making Sense, A Soldier's Story, Comfort and Joy, Independence Day, Mrs. Soffel, A Passage to India, Micki + Maude, The Makioka Sisters, The Return of the Soldier, A Private Function, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Heartbreakers, Lost in America, Ghare Baire, Prizzi's Honor, The Shooting Party.
The book is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom.
Films reviewed
The Man with Two Brains OctopussyFlashdance
Superman II Trading Places Betrayal
The Survivors Twilight Zone: The Movie
Zelig The Grey Fox
The Draughtsman's Contract Staying Alive
Pauline at the Beach Risky Business Daniel
Moon in the Gutter The Leopard
Cross Creek Lonely Hearts
The Right Stuff The Big Chill
Under Fire
Heart Like a Wheel Educating Rita
Yentl Star 80
Terms of Endearment Never Cry Wolf
Scarface
Silkwood To Be or Not To Be
The Dresser Uncommon ValorSudden Impact
Broadway Danny RoseBasileus Quartet
The Lonely Guy El Norte Blame It on Rio
Entre Nous Footloose
Splash Against All Odds
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Racing with the Moon Unfaithfully Yours
Moscow on the Hudson
Iceman Romancing the Stone
Swing Shift
The Natural Sixteen Candles
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Eréndira The Bounty
Gremlins Ghostbusters
The Fourth Man Star Trek III: The Search for SpockUnder the Volcano
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Bostonians Repo Man
Purple Rain The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
All of Me Sheena First Name: Carmen
Dreamscape Country Swann in Love Tightrope
Utu Places in the Heart
Amadeus Carmen
The Little Drummer Girl Stranger Than Paradise Body Double
Stop Making Sense Comfort and Joy A Soldier's Story
The Killing Fields Falling in Love Independence Day
Dune Beverly Hills Cop Choose Me
Mrs. Soffel The Cotton Club
A Passage to India
Micki + Maude Starman The Flamingo Kid
The Falcon and the SnowmanBirdy
Witness Blood Simple
The Makioka Sisters The Return of the Soldier The Mean Season
The Purple Rose of Cairo A Private Function
Lost in America The Breakfast Club
Heartbreakers Desperately Seeking Susan
Ladyhawke
Once Upon a Time in America
What Have I Done to Deserve This? Dangerous Moves A View to a Kill Stick
The Shooting Party Rambo: First Blood Part II
Prizzi's Honor Ghare Baire
Editions
Pub: E. P. Dutton, 1985, hardcover ()
Pub: Plume, 1985, soft cover ()
Pub: Marion Boyars, 1987, hardbound ()
Pub: Marion Boyars, 1998 (new ed), paperback ()
1985 non-fiction books
Books of film criticism
Books about film
Books by Pauline Kael
American non-fiction books
E. P. Dutton books
Plume (publisher) books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes%20Quay
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Princes Quay
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Princes Quay is a shopping centre in the heart of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The centre is unusual in that it is built on stilts over Prince's Dock after which it is named. It was opened in 1991.
Description
To take advantage of its location the shopping centre is constructed with large windows giving visitors panoramic views of the Hull Marina and the dock. The centre also builds its image on a nautical theme, for example by calling its retail floors decks, although most shoppers still refer to them as floors.
The centre, built round a central atrium, opened to the public on 15 March 1991 and consisted of 3 decks of over 80 retail outlets. The centre includes a Food Court on the lowest deck, known as Harbour Deck. A fourth floor, known as Top Deck, was converted from retail units in 2007 into a 10-screen cinema by Vue with Europe's first digital screen.
A 1,000 place multi-storey car park is integrated with the centre and is accessed from the main A63 when travelling eastbound into the city. Princes Quay is well served by public transport with many bus routes stopping immediately outside the centre and with Hull Paragon Interchange only a few minutes' walk away.
In February 2011 a plan to revamp the food court into several new casual dining restaurants, overlooking the dock commenced and has seen the return of Pizza Express to the city and has also seen Nandos open a second outlet in the city centre. The restaurants are already proving popular and add to the already increasing vibrancy of Princes Dock Street. Other major restaurant operators such as Wagamama are rumoured to be taking a place in the new food quarter.
Quay West expansion project
In December 2006, outline planning permission was granted for the western expansion of the centre. The £300 million retail development, known as Quay West, would add of shopping space, 60 shops and two department stores. It would also feature cafés and restaurants and a leisure complex comprising a health and sports club as well as a 175-bedroom hotel. The site was earmarked to open in 2011 and it was thought the development would inject an extra £42.66 million per year into the local economy. The project was cancelled in October 2010 due to a change in ownership, the economic downturn and cuts to regeneration projects.
Refurbishment
In August 2015 plans were announced to give the centre a multimillion-pound makeover.
By February 2016 plans included the development of up to 28 new outlets on what has been marketed as the Outlet Deck, the ground floor food court was also to receive a facelift. By October 2016 Next was announced as the new anchor tenant for the development and that work would be starting with a completion expected for Easter 2017.
Trivia
Since 1991, the Hull International Canoe Polo tournament has been held every July on the waters surrounding the shopping centre. The tournament is organised and run by Kingston Kayak Club; a local club based at Albert Avenue Pools Complex. One of the local teams, 'Humbersiders', have always been prominent and have been crowned champions on three occasions.
See also
Tokyo Industries
References
External links
Princes Quay shopping centre
Princes Quay shopping centre on The Retail Database
Buildings and structures in Kingston upon Hull
Tourist attractions in Kingston upon Hull
Shopping centres in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Asensi
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François Asensi
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François Asensi (born 1 June 1945) is a French politician who has served as the Mayor of Tremblay-en-France since 1991 and served as Member of the National Assembly for Seine-Saint-Denis' 11th constituency from 1988 to 2017.
Early life
François Asensi was born on 1 June 1945 in Santander, Spain to a French mother and Spanish father. His father had fought for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the International Brigades. Both parents were then communist activists in the underground resistance to the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. In 1947, when François was two years old, the family secretly emigrated to France with their two children. François received the status of political refugee and would become a French citizen upon attaining the age of majority.
The Asensi family resided in Aubervilliers, La Plaine Saint-Denis, with François growing up in the Landy neighbourhood. He obtained a Certificate of Professional Competence in technical drawing and began working for a company manufacturing washing machines and clothes irons.
Political career
François Asensi joined the Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France at the age of 15, protesting the Algerian War. Four years later, he became a member of the French Communist Party (PCF).
After serving in the military, Asensi worked as a secretary in the Aubervilliers chapter of the PCF and soon rose to the position of local secretary of the city. He was then appointed First Secretary of the Jeunes Communistes Federation of Seine-Saint-Denis and National Secretary of the Union of Jeunes Communistes of France after that. Asensi resigned from the Jeunesse Communiste due to disagreements with the organization and subsequently took part in reviving the Seine-Saint-Denis federation of the PCF in 1974.
At the end of 1975, Asensi became PCF secretary for Aulnay-sous-Bois. He helped prepare the Communist succession to Mayor Robert Ballanger of Aulnay-sous-Bois, who also served as a Member of the National Assembly for Seine-Saint-Denis and president of the Communist group in the National Assembly. Asensi was soon designated as Ballanger's successor and became a Member of the National Assembly after Ballanger's death in 1981. At the same time, Asensi also served as municipal councillor of Aulnay-sous-Bois, where he joined PSA Group workers in their demonstrations in 1982.
Asensi was elected federal first secretary of the PCF in Seine-Saint-Denis, serving from 1979 to 1985, whereupon he was dismissed from national party leadership and the Seine-Saint-Denis federation. This was because he had joined several Seine-Saint-Denis mayors in pushing for the transformation of the PCF into a "new revolutionary party," thereby breaking with the party's messaging surrounding worker identity. Asensi sought to reform and modernize the party's structure and create a new communist program taking into account recent societal developments. He also demanded that the PCF leadership seriously re-evaluate its ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Asensi was elected to the National Assembly in 1986 and then re-elected in 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012.
After having been municipal councillor of Aubrevilliers, Aulnay-sous-Bois and Villepinte, Asensi was elected mayor of Tremblay-en-France in 1991, succeeding George Prudhomme. He was subsequently re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2020.
In 1995, Asensi became president of SEAFPA, an inter-communal union founded in 1971 by Robert Ballanger. The union covered the communes of Tremblay-en-France, Villepinte, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Sevran and Le Blanc-Mesnil and aimed to develop public policy for people with disabilities. Asensi resigned from the presidency in 2014.
Drawing from his family history with the Spanish Civil War, Asensi co-founded the Friends of the Soldiers of Republican Spain (ACER) along with fellow sons of International Brigade soldiers José Fort, Jean-Claude Lefort and Pierre Renière in 1996. He serves as the association's co-president to this day.
Asensi called for a common candidate representing all the anti-liberal forces on the left in the 2007 French presidential election, motivated by what he saw as a left-wing desire for social transformation in France after the 2005 referendum on the European Constitution. The project failed and contributed to further divisions among anti-liberals in the country.
Asensi established the agglomeration community of Terres de France in 2010, comprising Sevran, Villepinte and Tremblay-en-France. The community aimed to advance common projects and solidarity among its residents. Asensi was elected president of its community council and would hold this position until the disestablishment of Terres de France on 31 December 2015, when it was merged into the public territorial establishment of Paris Terres d'Envol along with five other cities.
Asensi left the PCF in March 2010. He began campaigning for structural reforms to the Federation for a Social and Environmental Alternative and the Left Front, the latter of which he wanted to offer direct membership. Asensi also spoke in favour of a reconfiguration of the left between the poles of social democracy and social transformation in which communism would play a major role.
In the 2012 French legislative elections, Asensi campaigned for re-election with Clémentine Autain as his designated substitute. He came in first in the first round with 35.64% of the vote and won as the only candidate in the second round after second-place candidate Stéphane Gatignon withdrew from the election.
Asensi was a sponsor for Jean-Luc Mélenchon's candidacy in the 2017 French presidential election.
In the 2017 French legislative elections, Asensi expressed his wish for Autain to succeed him as his constituency's Member of the National Assembly. He became Autain's substitute and participated in her campaign. She was ultimately elected with almost 38% of the vote in the first round and 59.52% of the vote in the second round.
Member of the National Assembly
François Asensi was part of a total of seven permanent committees in the National Assembly during his career.
In 1990, he was the spokesman for the Gayssot Act, which prohibited the denial of crimes against humanity with the aim of combating racist, antisemitic and xenophobic behaviour.
From 8 October 1999 to 8 Avril 2000, Asensi was tasked by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's government with implementing a reform to the classification of certain sports federations as charitable organizations.
He supported a 2000 law promoting equal access to electoral offices for women and men, known as the parity law.
In 2010, Asensi proposed a law recognizing territorial discrimination, which was passed in the form of the Lamy Act on 21 February 2014.
In 2010, he co-founded the academy of Banlieues with lawyer Jean-Louis Peru. The academy is an association of territorial collectivities seeking to debunk stereotypes of the banlieues by working with local actors. It conducts research, policy analysis and on-the-ground initiatives to achieve this goal.
Asensi also pushed for the removal of the term "race" from the laws of the Fifth Republic and the Constitution of 1958. This change came into effect in 2013.
With regards to international affairs, Asensi opposed the Iraq War and campaigned for France to recognize the State of Palestine.
References
External links
Official website
1945 births
Living people
People from Santander, Spain
Politicians from Cantabria
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Brottes
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François Brottes
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François Brottes (born 31 March 1956 in Valence, Drôme) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Isère's 5th constituency from 1997 to 2012 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. Brottes also serves as the mayor of Crolles. In 2012 he was appointed director of Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, and was replaced in the assembly by his substitute, Pierre Rebeaud.
References
1956 births
Living people
People from Valence, Drôme
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Radio France people
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinovo%2C%20Slovakia
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Malinovo, Slovakia
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Malinovo (, ) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.
Names and etymology
The original name comes from a Germanic personal name Eberhardt. The earliest mentions are Yberhart (1209), Ybrehart (1216), Eburhardi (1260). In 1946, the village was renamed to Malinovo in honor of Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky. Éberhárd is still the official name in the language of the Hungarian minority.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 8.829 km2.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1209. In the 13th century, the village was inhabited by Germans who lived there until the 16th century. Malinovo was an important port on the Little Danube where also river tolls were charged. In 1548, the village was already completely abandoned and re-settled again. In 1773, it was already mostly Hungarian.
The old village castle was acquired in June 1763 by Count György Apponyi of the Apponyi family. It was rebuilt into its current form by the Apponyis in the early 19th century. Statesman György Apponyi died in the castle in 1899, and his son Albert Apponyi often received guests there. In 1923 it became the home of the State Agricultural School of Czechoslovakia. It is still home to a Horticultural School named after Gustav Čejka (cs).
After World War I, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. Between 1938 and 1945, through the First Vienna Award, Malinovo became a part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary . After World War II, the Hungarian population was partially expelled and replaced by Slovaks from Hungary.
Point of Interest
The Apponyi castle is still standing in a public park, but (as of late 2019) in need of renovation.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 1,861 inhabitants. 1,158 of inhabitants were Slovaks, 625 Hungarians, 13 Czechs and 65 others and unspecified.
References
External links
Official page
https://web.archive.org/web/20071217080336/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Senec District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1lesie
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Zálesie
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Zálesie may refer to:
Zálesie, Kežmarok District, Slovakia
Zálesie, Senec District, Slovakia
See also
Zalesie (disambiguation)
Zalesye
pl:Zalesie
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elza%20Medeiros
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Elza Medeiros
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Elza Cansanção Medeiros, popularly known as Major Elza (October 21, 1921 – December 8, 2009), was a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran. She was the highest-ranking female officer in the Brazilian Army with the rank of Major, having deployed to Italy during the war along with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force as a nurse. Medeiros used to lecture about the Brazilian participation in World War II.
Biography
Medeiros was born in Rio de Janeiro on October 21, 1921, the daughter of sanitary doctor Tadeu de Araújo Medeiros—a friend of Alberto Santos Dumont and direct assistant of Oswaldo Cruz in the campaign against yellow fever. At the age of nineteen, she was the first Brazilian to volunteer in the Army Health Directorate to serve in World War II. Although she dreamed of fighting on the front line, she had to settle for being one of the seventy-three nurses in the Precursor Health Detachment of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, since the Brazilian Army at the time did not accept female combatants.
With her parents, from Alagoas, she learned to shoot, still in her teens. With the German housekeepers who served their family in the 1930s Copacabana, she learned Music and languages. By appointment of Arnon de Mello, father of President Fernando Collor de Mello, she joined the Brazilian Press Association. It premiered, with Fernando Torres, Nathalia Timberg and Sérgio Brito at the University Theater, with the play Dama da Madrugada. She graduated from the School of Nursing at the Red Cross. She graduated in Journalism from the National Faculty of Philosophy.
Her service in World War II began in Alagoas, providing relief to the shipwrecked Itapagé, torpedoed on the Brazilian coast by the German submarine U-161 commanded by Captain Albrecht Achilles.
During the conflict, she worked in evacuation hospitals in Italy, far from the front, in twelve-hour shifts, no soldier having died in her arms. She served as Liaison Officer and Chief Nurse at the 7th Station Hospital in Livorno. With the end of the conflict, she was dismissed shortly after returning to the country, and became an employee for Banco do Brasil.
In 1957, the women were reconvened and could join the military; Medeiros promptly returned to her nurse duties. Despite working for the National Intelligence Service of Brazil (SNI), she never considered abandoning her military career.
She graduated in journalism, history of the Americas, psychology, parapsychology, tourism and human relations. With knowledge of mechanics, sculpture, painting and tapestry, Medeiros traveled the world twice, having been to the Antarctic continent. She learned to fly ultralight aircraft at the age of sixty.
"Major Elza" founded and directed two magazines and signed several columns in newspapers from Rio de Janeiro and Recife, having written three books on her participation in World War II. She also presented numerous papers at military medicine congresses, with special emphasis on suggestions for the creation of a Women's Auxiliary Corps for the Armed Forces, the basis for opening the Brazilian Armed Forces to women's participation.
A member of the Alagoas Academy of Culture, she also worked towards the preservation of FEB's photographic memory.
Elza Cansanção Medeiros died on December 8, 2009, in her hometown of Rio de Janeiro.
See also
Brazilian Expeditionary Force
References
Major Elza's biography at ANVFEB
External links
National Association of Veterans of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - ANVFEB Official website
Women in World War II
Female wartime nurses
1921 births
Brazilian military personnel of World War II
2009 deaths
World War II nurses
Brazilian nurses
Brazilian military nurses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane%20Krause
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Christiane Krause
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Christiane Krause (born 14 December 1950) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter and Heide Rosendahl.
References
West German female sprinters
Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of West Germany
1950 births
Living people
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic female sprinters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon%20national%20futsal%20team
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Lebanon national futsal team
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The Lebanon national futsal team (; ) represents Lebanon in international futsal competitions. Nicknamed "the Cedars", the team is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).
Lebanon has yet to participate in the FIFA Futsal World Cup; their closest attempt came in 2021, when they lost to Vietnam in the play-offs on the away goals rule. Lebanon are regulars at the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, reaching the quarter-finals on seven occasions. The team also competes in the WAFF Futsal Championship, where they came second in the first edition, and the Arab Futsal Championship, coming in third place twice.
Competitive record
FIFA Futsal World Cup
AMF Futsal World Cup
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
WAFF Futsal Championship
Arab Futsal Cup
Mediterranean Futsal Cup
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2022 WAFF Futsal Championship.
Previous squads
AFC Futsal Championship
2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads
References
Asian national futsal teams
Futsal in Lebanon
Futsal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin%20B1
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Aflatoxin B1
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Aflatoxin B1 is an aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. It is a very potent carcinogen with a TD50 3.2 μg/kg/day in rats. This carcinogenic potency varies across species with some, such as rats and monkeys, seemingly much more susceptible than others. Aflatoxin B1 is a common contaminant in a variety of foods including peanuts, cottonseed meal, corn, and other grains; as well as animal feeds. Aflatoxin B1 is considered the most toxic aflatoxin and it is highly implicated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in humans. In animals, aflatoxin B1 has also been shown to be mutagenic, teratogenic, and to cause immunosuppression. Several sampling and analytical methods including thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), among others, have been used to test for aflatoxin B1 contamination in foods. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the worldwide maximum tolerated levels of aflatoxin B1 was reported to be in the range of 1–20 μg/kg in food, and 5–50 μg/kg in dietary cattle feed in 2003.
Sources of exposure
Aflatoxin B1 is mostly found in contaminated food and humans are exposed to aflatoxin B1 almost entirely through their diet. Occupational exposure to aflatoxin B1 has also been reported in swine and poultry production. While aflatoxin B1 contamination is common in many staple foods, its production is maximized in foods stored in hot, humid climates. Exposure is therefore most common in Southeast Asia, South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Pathology
Aflatoxin B1 can permeate through the skin. Dermal exposure to this aflatoxin in particular environmental conditions can lead to major health risks. The liver is the most susceptible organ to aflatoxin B1 toxicity. In animal studies, pathological lesions associated with aflatoxin B1 intoxication include reduction in weight of liver, vacuolation of hepatocytes, and hepatic carcinoma. Other liver lesions include enlargement of hepatic cells, fatty infiltration, necrosis, hemorrhage, fibrosis, regeneration of nodules, and bile duct proliferation/hyperplasia.
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavus is a fungus of the family Trichocomaceae with a worldwide distribution. The mold lives in soil, surviving off dead plant and animal matter, but spreads through the air via airborne conidia. This fungus grows in long branched hyphae and is capable of surviving on numerous food sources including corn and peanuts. The fungus and its products are pathogenic to a number of species, including humans. While toxicity of its products, aflatoxins, are explored throughout this article, Aspergillus flavus itself also exerts pathogenic effects through aspergillosis, or infection with the mold. This infection largely occurs in the lungs of immune compromised patients but infection may also occur in the skin or other organs. Unlike many mold species, Aspergillus flavus prefers hot and dry conditions. Its optimal growth at contributes to its pathogenicity in humans.
Biosynthetic pathway
Aflatoxin B1 is derived from both a dedicated fatty acid synthase (FAS) and a polyketide synthase (PKS), together known as norsolorinic acid synthase. The biosynthesis begins with the synthesis of hexanoate by the FAS, which then becomes the starter unit for the iterative type I PKS. The PKS adds seven malonyl-CoA extenders to the hexanoate to form the C20 polyketide compound. The PKS folds the polyketide in a particular way to induce cyclization to form the anthraquinone norsolorinic acid. A reductase then catalyzes the reduction of the ketone on the norsolorinic acid side-chain to yield averantin. Averantin is converted to averufin via a two different enzymes, a hydroxylase and an alcohol dehydrogenase. This will oxygenate and cyclize averantin's side chain to form the ketal in averufin.
From this point on the biosynthetic pathway of aflatoxin B1 becomes much more complicated, with several major skeletal changes. Most of the enzymes have not been characterized and there may be several more intermediates that are still unknown. However, what is known is that averufin is oxidized by a P450-oxidase, AvfA, in a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. This opens the ether rings and upon rearrangement versiconal acetate is formed. Now an esterase, EstA, catalyzes the hydrolysis of the acetyl, forming the primary alcohol in versiconal. The acetal in versicolorin A is formed from the cyclization of the side-chain in versiconal, which is catalyzed by VERB synthase, and then VerB, a desaturase, reduces versicolorin B to form the dihydrobisfuran.
There are two more enzymes that catalyze the conversion of versicolorin A to demethylsterigmatocystin: AflN, an oxidase and AflM, a reductase. These enzymes use both molecular oxygen and two NADPH's to dehydrate one of the hydroxyl groups on the anthraquinone and open the quinine with the molecular oxygen. Upon forming the aldehyde in the ring opening step, it is oxidized to form the carboxylic acid and subsequently a decarboxylation event occurs to close the ring, forming the six-member ether ring system seen in demethylsterigmatocystin. The next two steps in the biosynthetic pathway is the methylation by S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) of the two hydroxyl groups on the xanthone part of demethysterigmatocystin by two different methyltransferases, OmtB and OmtA. This yields O-methylsterigmatocystin. In the final steps there is an oxidative cleavage of the aromatic ring and loss of one carbon in O-methylsterigmatocystin, which is catalyzed by OrdA, an oxidoreductase. Then a final recyclization occurs to form aflatoxin B1.
Mechanism of carcinogenicity
Aflatoxin B1 is a potent genotoxic hepatocarcinogen with its exposure strongly linked to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver tumors, especially given co-infection with hepatitis B virus. These effects seem to be largely mediated by mutations at guanine in codon 249 of the p53 gene, a tumor suppressing gene, and at several guanine residues in the 12th and 13th codons of the ras gene, a gene whose product controls cellular proliferation signals. Aflatoxin B1 must first be metabolized into its reactive electrophilic form, aflatoxin B1-8,9-exo-epoxide by cytochrome p450. This active form then intercalates between DNA base residues and forms adducts with guanine residues, most commonly aflatoxin B1-N7-Gua. These adducts may then rearrange or become removed from the backbone all-together, forming an apurinic site. These adducts and alterations represent lesions which, upon DNA replication cause the insertion of a mis-matched base in the opposing strand. Up to 44% of hepatocellular carcinomas in regions with high aflatoxin exposure bear a GC → TA transversion at codon 249 of p53, a characteristic mutation seen with this toxin.
Prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma in individuals exposed to aflatoxin, increases with co-infection of hepatitis B virus. One study estimated that while individuals with urinary aflatoxin bio-markers were at a threefold greater risk than the normal population for hepatocellular carcinoma; those infected with hepatitis B virus were at a fourfold risk; and those with the aflatoxin bio-markers and infected with hepatitis B virus were at a 60 times greater risk for hepatocellular carcinoma than the normal population.
Toxicity
Several aflatoxin B1 toxicity studies have been conducted on various animal species.
Acute toxicity
The oral LD50 range of aflatoxin B1 is estimated to be 0.3–17.9 mg/kg body weight for most animal species. For instance, the oral LD50 of aflatoxin B1 is estimated to be 17.9 mg/kg body weight in female rats and 7.2 mg/kg body weight in male rats. Still in male rats, the intraperitoneal LD50 of aflatoxin B1 is estimated to be 6.0 mg/kg body weight. Symptoms include anorexia, malaise, and low-grade fever.
Subacute toxicity
Subacute toxicity studies of aflatoxin B1 in animals showed moderate to severe liver damage. In monkeys for instance, subacute toxicity studies showed portal inflammation and fatty change.
Chronic toxicity
Chronic toxicity studies of aflatoxin B1 in chicken showed decreased hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 concentration, reduction in feed consumption and decreased weight gain.
Subchronic toxicity
Subchronic toxicity studies of aflatoxin B1 in fish showed fish to present with preneoplastic lesions, concurrently with changes in gill, pancreas, intestine and spleen.
Genotoxicity
Treatment of human liver cells with aflatoxin B1 at doses that ranged from 3–5 μmol/L resulted in the formation of aflatoxin B1-DNA adducts, 8-hydroxyguanine lesions and DNA damage.
Carcinogenicity
The carcinogenicity of aflatoxin B1, which is characterized by the development of liver cell carcinoma, has been reported in rat studies.
Embryotoxicity
Embryonic death and impaired embryonic development of the bursa of Fabricius in chicken by aflatoxin B1 has been reported.
Teratogenicity
The teratogenic effects of aflatoxin B1 in rabbits have been reported to include reduced fetal weights, wrist drop, enlarged eye socket, agenesis of caudal vertebrae, micropthalmia, cardiac defects, and lenticular degeneration, among others.
Immunotoxicity
Studies in fish showed aflatoxin B1 to have significant immunosuppressive effects including reduced serum total globulin and reduced bactericidal activities.
Risk management and regulations
Aflatoxin B1 exposure is best managed by measures aimed at preventing contamination of crops in the field, post-harvest handling, and storage, or via measures aimed at detecting and decontaminating contaminated commodities or materials used in animal feed. For instance, biological decontamination involving the use of a single bacterial species, Flavobacterium aurantiacum has been used to remove aflatoxin B1 from peanuts and corn.
Several countries around the world have rules and regulations governing aflatoxin B1 in foods and these include the maximum permitted, or recommended levels of aflatoxin B1 for certain foods.
United States (US)
US food safety regulations have set a maximum permitted level of 20 μg/kg for aflatoxin B1, in combination with the other aflatoxins (B2, G1 and G2) in all foods, with the exception of milk which has a maximum permitted level of 0.5 μg/kg. Higher levels of 100–300 μg/kg are tolerable for some animal feeds.
European Union (EU)
The EU has set maximum permitted levels for aflatoxin B1 in nuts, dried fruits, cereals and spices to range from 2–12 μg/kg, while the maximum permitted level for aflatoxin B1 in infant foods is set at 0.1 μg/kg. The maximum permitted levels for aflatoxin B1 in animal feeds set by the EU range from 5–50 μg/kg and these levels are much lower than those set in the US.
Joint United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
The FAO/WHO JECFA has set the maximum permitted levels of aflatoxin B1 in combination with the other aflatoxins (B2, G1 and G2) to be 15 μg/kg in raw peanuts and 10 μg/kg in processeds peanut; while the tolerance level of aflatoxin B1 alone is 5 μg/kg for dairy cattle feed.
Notable exposures
The discovery of aflatoxin B1 came on the heels of the widespread death of turkeys in England in the summer of 1960 to some unknown disease, at the time labeled "Disease X". Over the course of 500 outbreaks, the disease claimed over 100,000 turkeys which appeared to be healthy. The widespread death was later found to be caused by Aspergillus flavus contamination of peanut meal.
Twelve patients died of acute aflatoxin poisoning in several hospitals in the Machakos district of Kenya in 1981 following the consumption of contaminated maize. All patients also suffered from hepatitis.
Following outbreaks of aflatoxin contamination in maize reaching 4,400 ppb in the spring of 2004, 125 individuals in Kenya died of acute hepatic failure while some 317 cases in total were reported. To date this was the largest known outbreak of aflatoxosis in terms of fatalities documented.
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François Cornut-Gentille
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François Cornut-Gentille (born 22 May 1958 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 1993, representing the Haute-Marne department.
Political career
In parliament, Cornut-Gentille serves on the Finance Committee. Since the 2017 elections, he has been serving as one of the eleven deputy chairpersons of the Republicans' parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob.
His uncle was the administrator and politician Bernard Cornut-Gentille.
Political positions
In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Cornut-Gentille endorsed Alain Juppé as the party's candidate for the office of President of France. In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Goulard
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François Goulard
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François Goulard (; born 21 September 1953 in Vannes) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Morbihan department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He has been appointed as minister of transports from 2004 to 2005 and minister of superior education from 2005 to 2007.
In November 2021, he became treasurer of Horizons, a party within President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Citoyens coalition.
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Malva neglecta
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Malva neglecta is an annual growing to 0.6 m (2 ft). It is known as common mallow in the United States and also as buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow, and roundleaf mallow.
This plant is often consumed as a food, with its leaves, stalks and seed all being considered edible. This is especially true of the seeds, which contain 21% protein and 15.2% fat.
Distribution
Native
Palearctic:
Macaronesia: Canary Islands
Northern Africa: Algeria, Morocco
Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia
Western Asia: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Sinai, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Turkey
Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Soviet Middle Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Mongolia: Mongolia
China: Xinjiang
Indian Subcontinent: India, Pakistan
Northern Europe: Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Middle Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Sardinia, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania,
Southwestern Europe: France, Portugal, Spain
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Uses
Leaves and young seeds can be eaten raw or cooked. Mature seeds should be cooked like rice or grains.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Grosdidier
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François Grosdidier
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François Grosdidier (born 25 February 1961) is a French politician. He served as mayor of Metz since 2020. He also represented he Moselle department in the Senate and is a member of The Republicans.
Early life and education
François Grosdidier is the grandson of an historian and the son of an engineer working in the iron and steel industry of Lorraine. After a bad schooling, he joined the French Air Force to serve overseas in Djibouti in 1979. He held lot of odd jobs. Then he resumed studies in public law. He was hired as city manager of Amnéville.
Part of his family have emigrated in the United States. His cousin, Pierre Grosdidier, is an attorney in Houston, Texas, and became elected councillor in the French Consulate in Houston when Damien Regnard has been inaugurated as senator representing French citizens abroad in 2018.
Political career
His first election campaign dates back to 1973, when he was 12, with Jean Kiffer, member of Parliament and mayor of Amnéville. He joined the right-wing Rally for the Republic, led by Jacques Chirac, in 1981. In 1983 he became chief of the Youth RPR of Moselle.
From 1989 to 1995 (one complete term), he was elected municipal councillor of the city of Metz, seating in the opposition to the mayor, Jean-Marie Rausch. Elected in the regional council of Lorraine in 1992, he was immediately appointed vice-president of the new president, Gérard Longuet. His regional department covered industrial reconversion, new technologies of information, training and professional learning. Reelected in 1998, he was in office until his resignation in 2002.
During the 1993 French legislative election, he contested the seat of the 1st constituency of Moselle (departement) (part and north of Metz), a left-wing workers district. He beat the outgoing Parliament member from the Socialist Party, former minister of François Mitterrand, becoming at 32 one of the youngest members of the French National Assembly.
After supporting Jacques Chirac for the 1995 French presidential election, the Prime minister Alain Juppé entrusted him for a parliamentary mission on industrial reconversion. When Jacques Chirac decided to dissolve the National Assembly in 1997, François Grosdidier lost the election against the candidate of the Socialist Party, in the second round.
He shortly came back to the local civil service after losing his seat, then he worked in the steel industry.
In March 2001, he won the municipal election in Woippy, a poor Metz suburb city, with 62% in the second round. He was elected mayor by the council in April, and was reelected in 2008 and 2014, both in the first round. During his three terms as mayor, he renovated the city housing and restored security by an increasing of number of police officers. The city has gained 4000 more inhabitants.
During the 2002 French legislative election, he won again the seat of the Moselle's 1st constituency with 55% of the vote, and was reelected again in 2007 with 52%. During his terms, he has committed to immigration issues, and was an opponent to the using of genetically modified organisms. During the 2005 French riots, he was threatened after filing a complaint against some rappers accused of racist lyrics against the French. He was a supporter of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
From 2006 to 2009, he was president of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement party in Moselle. From 2009 to 2018, he was designated president of the Moselle Organization of mayors, representing the interests of the 730 municipalities of this département.
During the 2011 French Senate election, (indirect election in order to renew half of the Senate), François Grosdidier contested one of the 5 seats of Moselle. He received, on a party-list proportional representation voting system, 411 votes of the 2833 local officials. He was reelected in 2017 after his first six-years term with 596 votes. In the Senate, he is vice-president of the local government committee, member of the law permanent committee. In 2018, he led an inquiry parliamentary commission about French police.
He was elected as president of The Republicans (France) party in Moselle from 2016 to 2018. He supported Alain Juppé for the 2016 The Republicans (France) presidential primary.
After his reelection as senator in 2017, he was forced to resign from his office of mayor of Woippy, due to the effective date of the 2014 law banning dual mandate for members of both houses of Parliament. However, he can remain as member of the town council.
On 29 March 2019, he announced his candidacy for mayor of the city of Metz in the 2020 election.
On the 3rd of July 2020, he officially became Mayor of Metz after being elected on the 28th of June.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20MercedesCup%20%E2%80%93%20Singles
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2009 MercedesCup – Singles
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Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Jérémy Chardy won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Victor Hănescu.
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MHC restriction
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MHC-restricted antigen recognition, or MHC restriction, refers to the fact that a T cell can interact with a self-major histocompatibility complex molecule and a foreign peptide bound to it, but will only respond to the antigen when it is bound to a particular MHC molecule.
When foreign proteins enter a cell, they are broken into smaller pieces called peptides. These peptides, also known as antigens, can derive from pathogens such as viruses or intracellular bacteria. Foreign peptides are brought to the surface of the cell and presented to T cells by proteins called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). During T cell development, T cells go through a selection process in the thymus to ensure that the T cell receptor (TCR) will not recognize MHC molecule presenting self-antigens, i.e that its affinity is not too high. High affinity means it will be autoreactive, but no affinity means it will not bind strongly enough to the MHC. The selection process results in developed T cells with specific TCRs that might only respond to certain MHC molecules but not others. The fact that the TCR will recognize only some MHC molecules but not others contributes to "MHC restriction". The biological reason of MHC restriction is to prevent supernumerary wandering lymphocytes generation, hence energy saving and economy of cell-building materials.
T-cells are a type of lymphocyte that is significant in the immune system to activate other immune cells. T-cells will recognize foreign peptides through T-cell receptors (TCRs) on the surface of the T cells, and then perform different roles depending on the type of T cell they are in order to defend the host from the foreign peptide, which may have come from pathogens like bacteria, viruses or parasites. Enforcing the restriction that T cells are activated by peptide antigens only when the antigens are bound to self-MHC molecules, MHC restriction adds another dimension to the specificity of T cell receptors so that an antigen is recognized only as peptide-MHC complexes.
MHC restriction in T cells occurs during their development in the thymus, specifically positive selection. Only the thymocytes (developing T cells in the thymus) that are capable of binding, with an appropriate affinity, with the MHC molecules can receive a survival signal and go on to the next level of selection. MHC restriction is significant for T cells to function properly when it leaves the thymus because it allows T cell receptors to bind to MHC and detect cells that are infected by intracellular pathogens, viral proteins and bearing genetic defects. Two models explaining how restriction arose are the germline model and the selection model.
The germline model suggests that MHC restriction is a result of evolutionary pressure favoring T cell receptors that are capable of binding to MHC. The selection model suggests that not all T cell receptors show MHC restriction, however only the T cell receptors with MHC restriction are expressed after thymus selection. In fact, both hypotheses are reflected in the determination of TCR restriction, such that both germline-encoded interactions between TCR and MHC and co-receptor interactions with CD4 or CD8 to signal T cell maturation occur during selection.
Introduction
The TCRs of T cells recognize linear peptide antigens only if coupled with a MHC molecule. In other words, the ligands of TCRs are specific peptide-MHC complexes. MHC restriction is particularly important for self-tolerance, which makes sure that the immune system does not target self-antigens. When primary lymphocytes are developing and differentiating in the thymus or bone marrow, T cells die by apoptosis if they express high affinity for self-antigens presented by an MHC molecule or express too low an affinity for self MHC.
T cell maturation involves two distinct developmental stages: positive selection and negative selection. Positive selection ensures that any T-cells with a high enough affinity for MHC bound peptide survive and goes on to negative selection, while negative selection induces death in T-cells which bind self-peptide-MHC complex too strongly. Ultimately, the T-cells differentiate and mature to become either T helper cells or T cytotoxic cells. At this point the T cells leave the primary lymphoid organ and enter the blood stream.
The interaction between TCRs and peptide-MHC complex is significant in maintaining the immune system against foreign antigens. MHC restriction allows TCRs to detect host cells that are infected by pathogens, contains non-self proteins or bears foreign DNA. However, MHC restriction is also responsible for chronic autoimmune diseases and hypersensitivity.
Structural specificity
The peptide-MHC complex presents a surface that looks like an altered self to the TCR. The surface consisting of two α helices from the MHC and a bound peptide sequence is projected away from the host cell to the T cells, whose TCRs are projected away from the T cells towards the host cells. In contrast with T cell receptors which recognize linear peptide epitopes, B cell receptors recognize a variety of conformational epitopes (including peptide, carbohydrate, lipid and DNA) with specific three-dimensional structures.
Imposition
The imposition of MHC restriction on the highly variable TCR has caused heated debate. Two models have been proposed to explain the imposition of MHC restriction. The Germline model proposes that MHC restriction is hard-wired in the TCR Germline sequence due to co-evolution of TCR and MHC to interact with each other. The Selection model suggests that MHC restriction is not a hard-wired property in the Germline sequences of TCRs, but imposed on them by CD4 and CD8 co-receptors during positive selection. The relative importance of the two models are not yet determined.
Germline model
The Germline hypothesis suggests that the ability to bind to MHC is intrinsic and encoded within the germline DNA that are coding for TCRs. This is because of evolutionary pressure selects for TCRs that are capable of binding to MHC and selects against those that are not capable of binding to MHC. Since the emergence of TCR and MHC ~500 million years ago, there is ample opportunity for TCR and MHC to coevolve to recognize each other. Therefore, it is proposed that evolutionary pressure would lead to conserved amino acid sequences at regions of contact with MHCs on TCRs.
Evidence from X-ray crystallography has shown comparable binding topologies between various TCR and MHC-peptide complexes. In addition, conserved interactions between TCR and specific MHCs support the hypothesis that MHC restriction is related to the co-evolution of TCR and MHC to some extent.
Selection model
The selection hypothesis argues that instead of being an intrinsic property, MHC restriction is imposed on the T cells during positive thymic selection after random TCRs are produced. According to this model, T cells are capable of recognizing a variety of peptide epitopes independent of MHC molecules before undergoing thymic selection. During thymic selection, only the T cells with affinity to MHC are signaled to survive after the CD4 or CD8 co-receptors also bind to the MHC molecule. This is called positive selection.
During positive selection, co-receptors CD4 and CD8 initiate a signaling cascade following MHC binding. This involves the recruitment of Lck, a tyrosine kinase essential for T cell maturation that is associated with the cytoplasmic tail of the CD4 or CD8 co-receptors. Selection model argues that Lck is directed to TCRs by co-receptors CD4 and CD8 when they recognize MHC molecules. Since TCRs interact better with Lck when they are binding to the MHC molecules that are binding to the co-receptors in a ternary complex, T cells that can interact with MHCs bound to by the co-receptors can activate the Lck kinase and receive a survival signal.
Supporting this argument, genetically modified T cells without CD4 and CD8 co-receptors express MHC-independent TCRs. It follows that MHC restriction is imposed by CD4 and CD8 co-receptors during positive selection of T cell selection.
Reconciliation
A reconciliation of the two models was offered later on suggesting that both co-receptor and germline predisposition to MHC binding play significant roles in imposing MHC restriction. Since only those T cells that are capable of binding to MHCs are selected for during positive selection in the thymus, to some extent evolutionary pressure selects for germline TCR sequences that bind MHC molecules. On the other hand, as suggested by the selection model, T cell maturation requires the TCRs to bind to the same MHC molecules as the CD4 or CD8 co-receptor during T cell selection, thus imposing MHC restriction.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head%20Crusher
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Head Crusher
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"Head Crusher" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released on July 7, 2009, as the first single from their studio album Endgame. According to Roadrunner Records official website, a download of "Head Crusher" was available for 24 hours on July 7 (the availability of download ended the morning of July 8). The track was previously available for listening by calling Dave Mustaine's number, through the TheLiveLine.com, a service he launched that enables musicians to connect to their audience over the phone. The song was played live for the first time at the "Canadian Carnage Tour" on June 24, 2009. On December 3, 2009, it was announced on the official Megadeth homepage that "Head Crusher" had been nominated for "Best Metal Performance" for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, the band's first nomination in 13 years, since "Trust".
Song meaning
This song is about the medieval torture device of the same name. Its lyrics portray a person who is taken underground where he is interrogated using a head crusher device to torture the answers out of him. It explains the effects it would have on one's body.
Music video
Two different versions of the music video were released in September, 2009: extreme and censored. Both were directed by Patrick Kendall.
To create the video, director Patrick Kendall created a scenario that blended elements of the 1987 film The Running Man with 2000's Gladiator to concoct a violent scenario to match the energy of the high-impact song. The synopsis is simple but effective: Mustaine is playing emcee (like Richard Dawson in The Running Man) on a show where hooded criminals in jumpsuits are brought into a ring, unhooded and exposed to a mixed martial arts battle to the death while the band plays on a raised platform.
"I was listening to the song, and I heard the line about 'prisoners,' and I thought about The Running Man," Kendall told Noisecreep. "So I went back and watched that and Gladiator again, and then I wrote the treatment, which added in some MMA fighting."
The "Head Crusher" video featured MMA Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter Jorg Oliveira, as well as other lesser-known grapplers. "All of these guys were either real fighters or they were people who trained and did this for a hobby," Kendall said. "The stunt coordinator wanted to make sure everybody had some skill in fighting to make it look as real as possible."
The video also starred actor Chad Bannon, who played Killer Karl in Rob Zombie's 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses, and appeared in 2001's Planet of the Apes. "I think he wanted to get out of acting and concentrate on fighting," Kendall said. "He's had a couple of mixed martial arts events and in one of his bouts he knocked a guy out in 20 seconds."
In the video, Bannon fought with a convict who is later unhooded and turns out to be female fighter Michelle Waterson. She then defeated Bannon and earned her release.
"She's one of the few female true mixed martial arts fighters that's also beautiful," Kendall said. "She actually does bikini modeling, and the idea was to have a really hot girl who really knew how to fight. Before we got her to come onboard, we were looking at all kinds of girls in L.A., but they were no Michelle Waterson. We flew her up the day before the shoot. She's actually a pretty good fighter and a lot of her fights end up in either TKOs or submissions. It's funny because Michelle actually clocked Chad a couple times during the shoot. Those were real kicks and he came out of there bruised."
The cast and band shot the video with Kendall on July 28 at a studio in Northern Los Angeles. While the shoot was exciting and filled with laughs, at times it was also grueling. Aside from all the rigorous fighting, the platform that Megadeth performed on ascended 20 feet in the air while the band played, and the musicians were tied down so they wouldn't fall off during scenes that were shot repeatedly throughout the day.
"They were up in the rafters where all the heat was, so they were all sweating," Kendall said. "It was probably a very unusual situation to perform in and be on camera, but Dave Mustaine was just great. Every time I'd ask him to do another take he was like, 'Sure, definitely.'"
In addition to being a team player, Mustaine was also a creative force for the video. He offered suggestions to Kendall, including having the state-appointed character look at Waterson with double vision as he's getting his head crushed. And, because of his background in Taekwondo, he corrected the director when there were technical problems with a fight scene.
"He actually called me out at one point," Kendall says. "Waterson did a 360 kick, and I cut to a close-up and it was a sidekick, not a 360. And Dave pointed that out and made me change the shot. He actually knew the kicks and everything, which was really helpful."
Personnel
Megadeth
Dave Mustaine – guitars, vocals
Chris Broderick – guitars
James LoMenzo – bass
Shawn Drover – drums
Production
Produced by Andy Sneap and Dave Mustaine
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Andy Sneap
Additional recording by Dave Mustaine
References
External links
Megadeth's Official Site
Megadeth songs
2009 singles
Songs written by Dave Mustaine
Songs written by Shawn Drover
2009 songs
Roadrunner Records singles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Loncle
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François Loncle
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François Loncle (born October 21, 1941) is a French politician. He represented the 4th constituency of the Eure department in the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2017 as a member of the Socialist Party.
Biography
François Loncle was born October 21, 1941 in Enghien-les-Bains (France).
He was a student at the Paris Law Faculty and graduated from Centre de formation des journalistes in 1963.
He is married and father of three children.
He started out as a journalist the Paris Normandie. In 1964 he served at the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française where he hosted a program of exchange (la Bourse), he reported later of Service economy of news broadcasts «20 heures» and participated in news broadcasts «Panorama». In July 1968 consequently of strike he was discharged with 120 others journalists by order of government Georges Pompidou.
At the end of 1969 he was employed by Eugène Descamps as a presse officer of the CFDT that he located to 1970.
In 1971 he founded a study and action radical-socialist group with some members of the Radical Party. This became the Radical Party of the Left. He served as National Secretary until 1981.
Supported by Pierre Mendès France he was elected a deputy to the department of Eure a fourth election district on 21 June 1981. After this election he joins the Socialist Party. He was re-elected a deputy in 1986 and 1988. Beaten during a historical defeat of the left in 1993, he was re-elected again in 1997 following a dissolution of the National Assembly settled by President of France Jacques Chirac, re-elected again in 2002, 2007 and 2012.
In 1992 he was appointed Secretary of State in the Bérégovoy's Government.
From 1997 he became a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the National Assembly so he served as chairman between 5 April 2000 and 18 June 2002.
Until 2017 he was President of the friendship group Burkina Faso, Vice-president of the friendships groups Serbia, Estonia, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Mauritania, Uganda and Syria, Secretary of the friendship group France-Mali, Vice-president of the study group of international vocation of issues related to the economic expansion in Taiwan, member of the study group of the Tibet question, from 2011 he is a speaker of the working group of Sahel Security, member of the investigation Committee about supervision of jihadists communications and of the Mission of information about Libya in the National Assembly.
He was Vice-president of a French delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Position statement
In 2010 he supported Laurent Gbagbo and contested the victory of his rival Alassane Ouattara in Ivory Coast.
On 17 March 2016 with 19 others socialist deputies he gave an option for withdrawal of amendment, supported by the government, interdicting the fishing at the depth of more than 800 metres.
He favoured Emmanuel Macron for the presidential election 2017.
He supported Bruno Questel for the legislative election 2017
Political mandates
Former governmental functions
4 Juin 1992 - 26 December 1992: Minister of City Affairs
26 December 1992 - 29 March 1993: Minister of Planning
Parliamentary mandates
21 Juin 1981 - 1 April 1986: Deputy of Eure
12 Juin 1988 - 3 July 1992: Deputy of Eure
(Nomination in Government)
1 Juin 1997 - 18 Juin 2002: Deputy of Eure
From 2002: Deputy of Eure
Former local mandates
14 Juin 1982 - 19 March 1989: Mayor of Brionne (Eure)
3 October 1988 - 26 May 1989: General councillor of Eure
22 March 1989 - 18 Juin 1995: Mayor of Brionne (Eure)
19 Juin 1995 - 18 March 2001: Assistant Mayor of Louviers (Eure)
2001 - 2008: Municipal councillor of Louviers (Eure)
Community councillor of Agglomeration communities the Seine-Eure
The laureate of Political humor Grand Prix
In 2011 the jury of Political humor Grand Prix awarded to him the diploma of special merit as deputy champion of written questions to government remains unanswered but published in the Official Journal.
He was awarded in 2005 by the same jury for saying the former Prime minister Dominique Galouzeau de Villepin: «He has the name of the horse but he has never raced», referring to the fact that the latter never presented to least election.
References
External links
Official page at the French National Assembly
1941 births
Living people
People from Enghien-les-Bains
Politicians from Île-de-France
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Secretaries of State of France
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlky
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Vlky
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Vlky () is a village and municipality in Senec District in the Bratislava Region, in western Slovakia.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 128 metres and covers an area of 3.622 km2. It has a population of 428 people (2011).
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1283.
After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Vlky once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.
Demography
Population by nationality (2001):
Hungarian: 77,44%, Slovak: 21,05%
Rerefences
External links/Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20051125052434/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
Villages and municipalities in Senec District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Rochebloine
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François Rochebloine
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François Rochebloine (born 31 October 1945 in Saint-Chamond, Loire) is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Loire's 3rd constituency, and is a member of the New Centre. The Azerbaijani government has blacklisted Rochebloine who visited Nagorno-Karabakh in June 2010 without Baku’s permission.
References
1945 births
Living people
People from Saint-Chamond
Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Union for French Democracy politicians
The Centrists politicians
Democratic European Force politicians
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
Deputies of the 9th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Scellier
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François Scellier
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François Scellier (born May 7, 1936 in Amiens, Somme) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017, representing the 6th constituency of the Val-d'Oise department, as a member of the Radical Party.
References
1936 births
Living people
People from Amiens
Radical Party (France) politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Vannson
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François Vannson
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François Vannson (born 20 October 1962 in Épinal) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Vosges department from 1993 to 2017 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
References
1962 births
Living people
People from Épinal
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Popular Right
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla%20Bodendorf
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Carla Bodendorf
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Carla Bodendorf (née Rietig on 13 August 1953 in Eilsleben, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a retired East German sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics; individually she finished fourth in the 200 meters. She won two bronze medals in these events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.
She was part of two East German 4×100 relay teams that held the world record for three years from 1976 to 1979.
After retiring from competitions, Bodendorf worked as a sports teacher, and then became a politician and project manager at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt. She is married to Jürgen Bodendorf, a long and triple jumper and a football coach.
References
1953 births
Living people
People from Börde (district)
People from Bezirk Magdeburg
East German female sprinters
Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt
Olympic athletes of East Germany
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
European Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
Olympic female sprinters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Mansoor%20Al-Amriki
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Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki
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Omar Shafik Hammami (, Umar Shafīq Hammāmī; 6 May 1984 – 12 September 2013), also known by the pseudonym Abu Mansoor al-Amriki (, Abū Manṣūr al-Amrīkī), was an American citizen who was a member and leader in the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. A federal warrant for his arrest was issued in 2007. In November 2012, the FBI added Hammami to its Most Wanted Terrorists list.
Omar was raised in a Christian household with an American Protestant mother and a Syrian-born Muslim father. Hammami began to identify as Muslim in high school, after traveling to Syria and meeting his Muslim relatives, and proceeded to drop out of college. After moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and marrying a Somali-Canadian woman in 2004, he traveled with her to Egypt in 2005. He then abandoned his wife and infant daughter to join Al-Shabaab in Somalia in late 2006. They divorced, and by 2009 he had married a Somali woman and had another daughter.
Hammami served as a commander, propagandist, and recruiter. He was rumored to have been killed in March and July 2011 but later appeared again in videos. In December 2012, Al-Shabaab posted a rebuke online of what it called his "narcissistic pursuit of fame."
Hammami was killed by al-Shabaab militants on 12 September 2013.
Early life
Hammami was born to Shafik Hammami and Debra Hadley and grew up in Daphne, Alabama, with an older sister Dena. Hammami's father, Shafik, a Syrian Muslim, grew up in Damascus, Syria and moved to Alabama for college, later becoming a civil engineer. His mother, Hadley, is of Irish descent and was a former schoolteacher. The children were initially raised as Southern Baptist but also practiced Muslim culture at home. Finding her father too restrictive, Dena left the home at 16 and went to live with friends.
Hammami was president of his sophomore class at Daphne High School and was in the Advanced Placement program. Following his father's return to Islam, Hammami began to explore the religion. He grew flamboyant about his faith in high school, convincing his friend Bernie Culveyhouse to convert to Islam. He left high school early to start college. Friends in school thought of him as a leader.
Over time, Hammami grew increasingly religious. While in college, he became influenced by Tony Salvatore Sylvester, an American convert to Islam at the Masjid in Mobile, Alabama and Hamammi became a Salafi. He served as president of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of South Alabama. His theological stance caused him conflict with his father, who asked him to leave home in 2002. Hammami also dropped out of college.
Marriage and family
Hammami and Culveyhouse worked odd jobs. Together, they decided to move to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which had a large Muslim community. Soon, Culveyhouse married. Hammami became more aware of the US Invasion of Iraq and began to become interested in jihad as he followed the fighting in Chechnya. In March 2005, Hammami married 19-year-old Sadiyo Mohamed Abdille, a woman from Somalia whose family had fled in 2001 for Canada from the civil war which had been going on since 1991.
In June 2005, the two friends moved with their families to Alexandria, Egypt and the Hammamis' daughter was born there. The men wanted to study at Al-Azhar University but neither was accepted, and Culveyhouse decided to return to the United States with his family.
Joining al-Shabaab in Somalia
Through an Internet forum, Hammami met Daniel Maldonado, an American convert to Islam who was living in Cairo with his wife and two children. The two young men secretly made plans to leave for Somalia. At the age of 22, Hammami traveled to Somalia in November 2006 and apparently joined al-Shabaab soon after, as Mogadishu descended into war. He told his family he lost his passport, and his parents contacted federal officials to help him but were told the US did not have diplomatic relations with Somalia. He disappeared, and his wife took their daughter with her back to Toronto. She refused his request to join him in Somalia and, in 2007, got a divorce.
In October 2007, Hammami appeared publicly identified as "Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki" (the American) for the first time, giving an interview for Al Jazeera. Fluent in Arabic, with computer and organization skills, Hammami was noticed by his superiors. In a January 2008 letter, Al-Amriki explained al-Shabaab's goal to establish an Islamic caliphate "from East to West after removing the occupier and killing the apostates."
Hammami became a major leader in Al-Shabaab, "commanding guerrilla forces in the field, organizing attacks and plotting strategy with al Qaeda operatives, according to The New York Times. He was said to have directed an October 2008 operation in which Shirwa Ahmed, a Somali-American, blew himself up, the second known American suicide bomber." In 2010 United States officials said they knew of no other American citizen who had risen so high as Hammami in Al-Shabaab, although it had recruited nearly 20 Americans, many from the Minneapolis area.
For these activities, in 2007, Hammami was indicted in the Southern District of Alabama on terrorism violations. A superseding indictment was returned against Hammami in 2009 on terrorism violations for leaving the United States to join al-Shabaab, a terrorist organization. On 13 December 2007, a federal warrant for his arrest was issued by the United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama.
Al-Amriki revealed his face in a 31-minute video released 31 March 2009, and in recruitment footage posted to a Somali terrorist website on 5 April 2009. He said,
The only reason we are staying here, away from our families, away from the cities, away from candy bars [and] ice, all these other things is because we are waiting to meet with the enemy. ... If you can encourage more of your children, and more of your neighbors, and anyone around you to send people ... to this Jihad, it would be a great asset for us.
In the video, al-Amriki talks about preparations for an ambush and his attempt to "try to blow up as many of their vehicles as we can and kill as many of them as we can." After the ambush, al-Amriki praises a killed fighter. American law enforcement authorities have claimed that Somali-Americans from Minnesota also appear in the 31 March video. One of the Americans featured in the video is Shirwa Ahmed, known to have been among four people to die in suicide attacks in October 2008 against the United Nations compound, the Ethiopian Consulate and the presidential palace in Hargeisa. The two videos indicated that Al-Amriki had become a prominent figure for al-Shabaab in its effort to recruit Western Muslims to jihad. His family and friends remain shocked that he could have embraced this cause.
On 8 July 2009, al-Amriki released an audiotape on jihadi websites. Billed as a "response" to U.S. President Barack Obama's June 2009 Cairo speech to "the Muslim world," the audio message warned Muslims against being taken in by Obama's "charisma." In the message, al-Amriki affirmed al-Shabaab's allegiance to Al Qaeda and condoned the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States.
In September 2009 Hammami contacted his sister Dena by email, saying that he had married a Somali woman and had a baby daughter. He contacted his sister intermittently. She disapproved of what he was doing but did not want to lose touch altogether.
In January 2010 he uploaded a lengthy autobiography available on JIHADOLOGY.net entitled "The Story of an American Jihadi: Part One." The 127-page document deals with his evolution from Muslim convert to Salafi to jihadi; enlisting in the Shabaab, life in combat fighting off hungry lions and giant ants at night. While defiant in his opposition to American government, Hammami expressed a wish to have "a three-day visit to see my mom, dad and sister."
In April 2011, Hammami released two rap songs dealing with jihad. One song, called Send me a Cruise, praised martyrdom at the hands of US forces. The other song, Make Jihad With Me, was aimed at recruiting Islamic youth to join the al Shabaab movement.
False reports of death
In March 2011, Somalian government sources reported that Hammami had been killed during fighting in Mogadishu. Somali Defence Minister Abdihakim Mohamoud Haji-Faqi subsequently told the Associated Press that Somali officials did not have a body and that the intelligence reports had not yet been confirmed.
Long War Journal reported on 15 March that Hammami had not been killed as Somali officials had claimed, as he had released a videotape. As Al-Amriki, Hammami had released an Anasheed song, mocking the claims of his death.
In July 2011, the Sunatimes reported that Hammami had possibly been killed in a Predator drone attack in Jubba, Somalia. He was featured in a March 2012 video claiming that his life may be in danger from Al-Shabaab, arising from a dispute over interpretations of Sharia law.
Al Shabaab denied this, saying that it was surprised by the video and that Al-Amriki "still enjoys all the privileges of brotherhood." The group added that it was attempting to verify "the authenticity as well as the motivations behind the video" and that a formal investigation was underway. On 25 May Hammami posted an audio lecture online. In the 45-minute lecture, originally posted in January but removed, he criticized jihadist organizations with a local focus, likening them to a "cancerous tumor." He also called for all Muslims to unite in a "jihad of the entire 'Ummah'" under the banner of restored caliphate.
In November 2012, the FBI placed Hammami on its Most Wanted Terrorists list.
On 17 December 2012, Al-Shabaab posted a message on Twitter publicly chastising Hammami for releasing videos in a "narcissistic pursuit of fame." The tweet asserted that the group had tried to talk with him privately but in vain. Al-Shabaab claimed a moral obligation to reveal Hammami's "obstinacy".
On 9 May 2013, senior member of al Shabaab and militant Fuad Mohamed Shangole claimed that Abu Mansoor al Amriki had been killed by armed men loyal to the top al Shabaab leader Ahmed Godane in Rama-cadey area. Preaching at a mosque in Bula-Barde town of Hiran region in central Somalia, Shangole said that Abu Mansoor al Amriki was killed after men he dubbed to be "apostates" ambushed him. Shangole said after Omar Hamami was killed, a fight between extremist militias erupted where a number of al Shabaab fighters were killed.
However, the reports of al-Amriki's death were proven wrong when he was interviewed by Voice of America on 3 September 2013.
Death
Omar Hammami was killed on 12 September 2013, in an early-morning ambush by al-Shabaab militants in a village near the town of Dinsoor, south-west of the capital, Mogadishu. US administration officials in the embassy of Nairobi, Kenya investigated the validity of the reports of his death.
Hammami's death was eventually confirmed when the FBI removed him from their Most Wanted Terrorists list in November 2013. He was removed from the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice list in January 2014.
References
Further reading
Ackerman, Spencer. "'There's No Turning Back': My Interview With a Hunted American Jihadist." Wired. 4 April 2013.
Ackerman, Spencer. "Rapping Jihadi Now Fears Terrorist Pals Will Kill Him." Wired. 19 March 2013.
Ackerman, Spencer. "Rapping Terrorist Accused of Not Writing His Own Jihadi Rhymes." Wired. 22 February 2013.
Ackerman, Spencer. "$5 Million Bounty Is Closest Rapping Jihadi Will Come to a Record Deal." Wired. 20 March 2013.
Berger, J.M. "Omar and Me." Foreign Policy. 16 September 2013.
External links
FBI wanted poster
FBI.gov
1984 births
2013 deaths
Assassinated Al-Shabaab members
American Islamists
American expatriates in Somalia
People from Daphne, Alabama
Converts to Islam from Protestantism
American people of Syrian descent
American people of Irish descent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valvisciolo%20Abbey
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Valvisciolo Abbey
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Valvisciolo Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the province of Latina, central Italy, near the towns of Sermoneta and Ninfa.
It is an example of rigorous Romanesque-Cistercian architecture, considered a masterpiece of that style in central Italy second only to the nearby Fossanova Abbey.
History
According to tradition, the abbey was founded in the 8th century by Greek Basilian monks. Some sources state that it was established in 1145 by the monks of Cistercian order, by monks from the Abbey of Fossanova. Likely damaged during the 12th-century invasion of Barbarossa, it was occupied and restored by the Knights Templar in the 13th century, who after the dissolution of their order were replaced first briefly by Augustinians, then again by the Cistercians in 1312-15. The abbey had some turnover in the early 17th-century, but ultimately remained Cistercian. The monastery was dissolved in 1807 but was re-settled in 1864 and is still extant.
According to a medieval legend, when the Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay was burnt at the stake in 1314, the church's architraves broke. The Templar influence can be still noticed today from several crosses with their characteristic shape, such as that in the rose window. During a restoration, a Templar palindromic Sator Square was discovered on a wall: it is the only known variant in which the letters form five concentric rings, each one divided into five sectors.
In 1411 the abbey passed into the hands of Paolo Caetani as commendatory abbot. In 1523 Pope Clement VII reduced it to the rank of a priory, and in 1529 it was further reduced to a secular priory. From 1600 or 1605 it was occupied by Cistercians of the Congregation of the Feuillants until 1619. Between 1619 and 1635 the premises were used by the Minims of Saint Francis of Paola. The Feuillants then returned and remained there until the suppression of religious orders enforced by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Pope Pius IX made two important visits to the abbey in 1863 and 1865, and by his order the community here was re-established, as a priory dependent upon the congregation of Casamari. The abbey continues until today to accommodate Cistercian monks of the same congregation.
Buildings
The interior of the church consists of a nave and two aisles divided by pilasters and columns. The walls are plain, according to the Cistercian taste. At the end of the north nave is the Chapel of Saint Laurence, painted with frescoes in the years 1586-89 by Niccolò Circignani, known as "il Pomarancio" on commission from Cardinal Enrico Caetani.
Over the main entrance portal a rose window can be seen. The cloister, located to the right of the abbey and looking onto the façade, has a brightly coloured garden.
The abbey is situated in a small valley known by medieval tradition as the valley of the nightingale.
References
Sources
Testa, Sonia, 2007: Abbazia di Valvisciolo, "Vallis Lusciniae" Ars et Historia. Grafica 87, Pontinia 2007.
Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century
Monasteries in Lazio
Cistercian monasteries in Italy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane/Miller
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Kane/Miller
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Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc., now Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing, is a San Diego, California-based specialty children's book publisher of international titles. The company was acquired by the Educational Development Corporation in 2008.
History
Kane Miller was started as Kane/Miller Book Publishers in 1984 by siblings Madeline Kane and Sandy Miller as a small family business, specializing in publishing children’s books from around the world for the US audience. Miller had previously been involved with importing movies from outside the United States of America, and when he had his first child, he realized the cultural benefits of also bringing in books. The publisher found success in 1993 with Tarō Gomi's Everyone Poops, a Japanese language import that sold over one million copies and is now their best-known title. By 2000, the company closed its Brooklyn, New York offices to be based solely in San Diego, California. Both Kane and Miller retired by 2001. Kira Lynn was named the new head of the company shortly thereafter. The company was acquired by Educational Development Corporation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2008, at which time the line was expanded to include new works by American authors.
Today, Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing, publish an assortment of board books, picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for readers from infants through middle schoolers, publishing well over 100 new books each year. Kane Miller books are sold by traditional bookstores and by the 60,000+ independent sales consultants of Usborne Books & More. They are not sold at Amazon.
Acquisition
By December 1, 2008 Kane Miller had been acquired by the Educational Development Corporation (EDC), the sole US trade publisher of the United Kingdom-based Usborne Books. According to Randall White, board chairman, CEO, and President of EDC, the integration of the two companies went smoothly. The move was well received within the publishing industry, and EDC expressed hope that it would increase sales. However, due to the late-2000s recession, sales in the 2009 fiscal year were somewhat decreased.
Products
The majority of Kane Miller's titles originate from publishers outside the US. Recently, Kane Miller began publishing stories from American authors as well, in order to diversify their offerings. The publisher's greatest commercial success was Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi, followed by Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Australian author Mem Fox which began its publishing run in 1985, and as of 2005 was nearing one million copies sold. Another top-seller was 2004's Guji Guji by Taiwanese author Chih-Yuan Chen, which sold 65,000 copies between 2004 and 2005. The company became the US distributor of the Anna Hibiscus series by UK-based Nigerian author Atinuke in 2010. Other Kane Miller top sellers include All Better! and Good as New by Henning Löhlein and Bernd Penners, the Shine-a-Light series, and Emma Yarlett's Nibbles series.
Sales
Kane Miller books have not been sold at Amazon.com since 2012. Like other books from Educational Development Corporation, they are sold to traditional bookstores and by their direct sales division Usborne Books & More. Usborne Books & More distributes books through thousands of independent consultants who sell directly to the consumer via home shows, direct sales, book fairs, and web sites. Since shortly after their decision to stop selling to Amazon, the company's total sales have increased significantly.
References
Book publishing companies based in California
Children's book publishers
Companies based in San Diego County, California
Publishing companies established in 1984
1984 establishments in California
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