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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella%20Rockefella
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Cinderella Rockefella
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"Cinderella Rockefella" is a novelty song written by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames. It was originally recorded and released by Israeli folk duo Esther & Abi Ofarim on their 1967 album 2 in 3. It became an international hit single in 1968.
Original version
Esther Ofarim and the Smothers Brothers first performed "Cinderella Rockefella" on the CBS variety program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in April 1967. Mason Williams, who co-wrote the song, was a writer for the series. Ofarim recorded the song with her husband Abi Ofarim that year. The words of the song imitate yodelling, with a somewhat 1920s-style arrangement structured like a twelve-bar blues.
The single was released on Philips Records in February 1968 in the UK. Esther & Abi Ofarim made an appearance on The Eamonn Andrews Show on ITV to promote it in the UK. The single peaked at No. 1 in the British singles chart on 5 March 1968, where it remained for three weeks. It was also No. 1 on the NME chart for four weeks. As of 2020, Esther & Abi Ofarim remain the only act from Israel to achieve a UK No. 1 single. The record was an international hit, reaching the top 10 in various countries. It was less successful in the U.S., peaking at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1968.
The song appeared on the albums 2 in 3 (1967) in Europe and Cinderella Rockefella (1968) in the US.
According to Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer, the song was the last to be played on Radio Caroline South on the night of 2–3 March 1968, before its radio ship (like that of its sister station Radio Caroline North) was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of 3 March.
Williams recorded his own version of the song for his 1968 album The Mason Williams Ear Show on Warner Brothers-Seven Arts Records. For his rendition the duet vocal was performed by one of his Smothers Brothers collaborators, Jennifer Warren.
Critical reception
Cash Box (9 March 1968): "Out of the left field arena of novelty songs comes this wierd [sic] rollick complete with mock yodel and tuba-banjo backdrop. Crazy romp that shows the duo in rare form, very rare for these 'straight' talents. Could very easily repeat the track’s monster Enlish [sic] breakout on this side of the Atlantic. Exceptional long shot."
Record World (9 March 1968): "Hilarious parody duet that is camp enough to connect with the populace. Pair are terrific."
Chart performance
Cover versions
In 1968, Australian husband-and-wife duo Anne & Johnny Hawker reached No. 12 with their rendition on Australia's Go-Set National Top 40 chart.
In 1968, Italian band Quartetto Cetra created an Italian cover for a 45RPM.
In 1968, Spanish pop vocal group, Los Quando's, released a Spanish version titled "Mi Cenicienta" in an EP single, with lyrics by Julio Guiu Sr.
During the early 1970s, The Carpenters performed the song as part of their live shows, including a 1972 show in Australia.
In the 2004 Israeli film Walk on Water, Knut Berger and Caroline Peters perform a karaoke version of the song, sung by Rita and Ivri Lider.
References
External links
Mark Steyn, Cinderella Rockefella: Song of the Week
Where did they get that song?
Esther & Abi Ofarim songs
1967 songs
1968 singles
Pinky and Perky songs
Comedy songs
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Songs written by Mason Williams
Philips Records singles
Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Male–female vocal duets
Satirical songs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Bari
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Omar Bari
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Oumar Barry (born July 18, 1986) is a Guinean-born Qatari footballer who is a goalkeeper.
External links
QSL.com.qa profile
Goalzz.com profile
1986 births
Living people
Al-Rayyan SC players
Association football goalkeepers
Qatari footballers
Qatar international footballers
Qatari people of Guinean descent
Guinean footballers
El Jaish SC players
Qatar Stars League players
Qatari Second Division players
Naturalised citizens of Qatar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Scientology%20Western%20United%20States
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Church of Scientology Western United States
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The Church of Scientology Western United States (CoSWUS) is a Californian 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, located in Los Angeles. CoSWUS is integrated within the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Church of Scientology. The corporation is composed of several individual Scientology organizations and entities, among them churches, such as the "Church of Scientology of Los Angeles", which delivers services to public members of Scientology.
In its application for tax exemption, CoSWUS described the structure of the corporation as follows:
"The CSWUS corporation houses six distinct ecclesiastical organizations that includes three churches, each of which
ministers religious services at a different level of the religious hierarchy described above; two supervisory organizations and an ecclesiastical support organization. [...] Except for the Church of Scientology of San Diego, all of these church organizations are located in Los Angeles where they share a large complex of buildings and facilities. [...]"
The core of CoSWUS' organizations are located around L. Ron Hubbard Way in Hollywood, where three so-called "service organizations" are located: the already mentioned "Church of Scientology of Los Angeles", the "American Saint Hill Organization" (ASHO) and the "Advanced Organization Los Angeles" (AOLA). In this area is also the former "Cedars of Lebanon" Hospital located, which was purchased by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s and which serves today as a dormitory for the Scientology staff members, who work in the adjacent buildings or elsewhere in Los Angeles.
Corporate information
Basic information
On April 8, 1971, a new Scientology organization was incorporated in San Diego – the "Church of Scientology of Jolla". Its name was later changed to "Church of Scientology of San Diego". Finally, on May 20, 1985, the organization was transferred and re-incorporated in Los Angeles under the new name "Church of Scientology Western United States". The board of directors of the newly named corporation had adopted the organization's new bylaws on May 19, 1985.
At present the official address of CoSWUS is 1308 L. Ron Hubbard Way, Los Angeles CA 90027.
In 1993, the Church of Scientology International submitted to the Internal Revenue Service a list with all the corporate officers of the Scientology network. At this time, CoSWUS was officially managed by a board of trustees. Its members were Mariette Cynstein, Ivan Obolensky and Mary Pinat. The organization's board of directors was composed of Linda Sereda, Lawrence Lynn and Eugene Skonetski. The president of CoSWUS was Lawrence Lynn, with Linda Sereda as secretary and Eugene Skonetski as treasurer.
On August 18, 1993, CoSWUS filed an application for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In the same year, the Internal Revenue Service granted CoSWUS' request for exemption.
As of March 11, 2000 CoSWUS had the following corporate officers: Vicki Shantz (Chief Executive Officer/President), Wayne Carnahan (Secretary) and Vincenzo Contrafatto (Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer).
As of May 2, 2008, CoSWUS' official agent has been the attorney Jeanne Gavigan. Her official address is 6400 Canoga Park Avenue, Canoga Park, CA 91367.
Corporate activities
The Religious Technology Center (RTC) is the holder of Scientology's trademarks and service marks. As such, RTC entered with the CoSWUS on May 23, 1985, an organizational covenant, granting CoSWUS the right to sell and deliver the "Advanced Technology" to its public members while guaranteeing weekly payments of 6% of the monetary value of the "Advanced Technology"-services that are being delivered to the public from CoSWUS towards RTC.
The Church of Scientology International (CSI) presents itself as the mother church of the Church of Scientology worldwide. As such, it has the right to use and sub-license various Scientology trademarks and service marks. Consequently, CSI has entered a number of agreements with other subordinate organizations in the Scientology hierarchy, such as the CoSWUS:
License Agreement. On June 15, 1982, CSI entered a license agreement with the "Church of Scientology of San Diego", which regulated the use of the service marks and trademarks by that organization. When this organization later became the "Church of Scientology Western United States", the license agreement remained valid for the newly renamed corporation.
"Ecclesiastical Support Agreement". This agreement from January 1, 1992, acknowledges CSI's dominant role and control over all the functions and activities of CoSWUS and guarantees a steady, weekly payment of 12.5% of the organizations' net income towards CSI.
"Motion Picture Exhibition Agreement." It guarantees CSI the weekly payment of 11% of the revenue by CoSWUS for their use of Scientology training courses. It also forces the organizations to use certain equipment, such as tape recorders, which CSI provides for the same use.
Organizational structure and management
According to its 1993 application for tax exemption, the corporation CoSWUS consisted at that time of six different sub-organizations or sub-entities:
"[...] 1. Church of Scientology Advanced Organization of Los Angeles ('AOLA') - AOLA is one of four advanced organizations in the world and the only one located in the United States. As an advanced organization AOLA is authorized to minister the Scientology advanced technology to the level of New OT V and religious training to the level of Class VIII auditor as well as most of the lower levels of auditing and religious training. [...] AOLA's activities consist of the ministry of religious services and administrative and executive functions necessary to support this ministry. AOLA's staff includes auditors, case supervisors, course supervisors and other staff directly involved in administering services, as well as executive and administrative staff [...]"
"[...] 2. American Saint Hill Organization ('ASHO') - ASHO is one of only four Saint Hill Organizations in the world [...], and the only Saint Hill Organization in the United States. Saint Hill Organizations are so named because they specialize in delivering the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course ('Briefing Coursel') and other Scientology religious services at a comparable level. The Briefing Course is a very extensive, advanced course in auditor training which includes a chronological study of the written and recorded Scientology Scriptures. ASHO also ministers other religious training and lower-level and intermediate level auditing. The religious services ministered by ASHO generally emphasize training. [...]"
"[...] 3. Church of Scientology of San Diego - Church of Scientology of San Diego is a Class V church of Scientology and is authorized to minister Scientology auditing to the State of Clear and auditor training to the level of Class V auditor. It is a local church of Scientology for the San Diego area."
"4. Continental Liaison Office West U.S. ('CLO WUS') - CLO WUS is an intermediate level ecclesiastical management organization which acts as a liaison for CSI. [...] CLO WUS administers Church programs and provides guidance and advice to Scientology churches in the Western United States. There are 30 separate churches under CLO WUS's ecclesiastical jurisdiction [...] CLO WUS reviews operations of the Scientology churches within its ecclesiastical jurisdiction and liaises with
CSI. [...]"
"[...] 5. Commodore's Messenger Organization Pacific ('CMO PAC') - CMO PAC oversees the execution of programs from the Commodore's Messenger Organization International of CSI and acts as a liaison between CSWUS and CSI with respect to those programs."
"6. Pacific Base Crew ('PBC') - PBC is the organization responsible for maintaining the complex of Scientology buildings and other facilities used by CSWUS and other Scientology organizations in Los Angeles. PBC is responsible for renovations, some construction and most repairs to these facilities. Its staff also provides meals and berthing to the staff of all Scientology organizations located in the Scientology complex. [...]"
See also
Scientology
Dianetics
Church of Scientology
Religious Technology Center
Church of Scientology International
List of Scientology organizations
References
Scientology organizations
Religious organizations established in 1971
Organizations based in Los Angeles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Palmer
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Albert Palmer
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Albert Palmer may refer to:
Albert Palmer (American politician)
Albert Palmer (Australian politician)
Albert Palmer (Canadian politician)
Sir Albert Palmer (judge), Chief Justice of the Solomon Islands
Albert Marshman Palmer, American theatrical manager
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualLogix
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VirtualLogix
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VirtualLogix, Inc. provides real-time virtualization software and related development tools for embedded systems. The company was founded in 2002.
In September 2010, VirtualLogix was acquired by Red Bend Software.
Products
Real-time hypervisors
VirtualLogix's VLX Hypervisor provides concurrent support for rich operating systems like Linux and Windows, and in-house or commercial real-time operating systems on general purpose processors and DSPs.
VLX supports a variety of 32-bit/64-bit processors, single and multi-core processors, including processors from Intel, Texas Instruments, Freescale and ARM and Power architectures. VLX supports devices with and without memory management units and can take advantage of hardware virtualization and security support.
Virtualization enabled high availability
VirtualLogix's vHA is an add-on to VLX that provides high availability capability for embedded systems using virtualization and multi-core processors.
Development environment
VirtualLogix’s VLX Developer is an Eclipse-based graphical environment, which is used to configure, build, monitor and optimize VLX virtualized platforms.
Competitors
Today, their competitors include Trango's Virtual Processors, Open Kernel Labs's OKL4 and, to a lesser extent, open source hypervisors such as L4, XtratuM and Xen.
Notes
VirtualLogix was founded as Jaluna and rebranded as VirtualLogix in September 2006.
External links
VirtualLogix homepage
at LinuxDevices
Software companies based in California
Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
Software companies of the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhomikhon%20Mukhidinov
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Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov
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Çomixon Muxiddinov (; born on 15 April 1976) is a retired Tajikistani footballer. He was a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
Career Stats
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 26 June 2010
International Goals
Honours
Khujand
Tajik Cup (1):2002
Regar-TadAZ
Tajik Cup (1):2005
Parvoz Bobojon Ghafurov
Tajik Cup (1):2007
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa
Tajik League (1): 2009
References
1976 births
Living people
Tajikistani footballers
Tajikistan international footballers
Association football forwards
Tajikistan Higher League players
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Brenton Brown
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Brenton Gifford Brown (born 1 July 1973) is a dual South African and American Christian musician and worship leader. The title track "Everlasting God" on his solo album, Everlasting God was given an award at the ASCAP awards ceremony in 2008. Brenton Brown co-wrote "Soul on Fire", released by Third Day was nominated for a Grammy award after spending 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Christian Airplay charts. In 2019 Brown's song, "You Know My Name", co-written with Tasha Cobbs Leonard, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel chart and was nominated for a Stellar Award.
Early life
He left South Africa for Oxford, England in his early twenties on a Rhodes Scholarship. While studying politics, philosophy and theology he joined Vineyard Music (UK), serving as worship pastor at the Oxford Vineyard, UK, and eventually as coordinator of the Vineyard (UK) Worship Development Team. His songs, "Lord Reign in Me", "All Who Are Thirsty", "Humble King", "Hallelujah [Your Love is Amazing]" and "Holy", were recorded on the popular Vineyard UK projects during this time.
Music career
Brown's music career began with the release of Vineyard UK worship records' Come Now Is the Time, Hungry, Surrender and Holy.
In 2006, he released his first solo album, Everlasting God released on Survivor Records in the UK and rest of the world, and with Sparrow Records in the United States and Canada. The title track, "Everlasting God", received an award at the ASCAP awards ceremony in London on 15 October 2008. The song, written by Brenton Brown and Ken Riley, was honoured as one of the most performed songs in the US, during 2007, across all genres. This is the first time that a Christian song has been recognised at this major music awards ceremony. "Everlasting God" has been recorded by other artists, including Lincoln Brewster, Jeremy Camp, and most notably by Chris Tomlin on his 2006 album, See the Morning. Brown has appeared on numerous live and compilation albums, including events such as Hope 2008 and Mission:Worship. He released his second solo album, Because of Your Love, in 2008.
After moving to California, Brown joined with bass player Daniel Ornellas and drummer Aaron Sterling to record side project Closer To Human under the band name Dreamseed.
In 2009, Brown was signed to Kingsway Communications and released the EP Introducing Brenton Brown, in October 2009. Followed in 2010 with full-length album, Adoration, which contained many of the songs from his independent release "Because of Your Love" plus the new song "A Thousand Stars". Later in 2010, Brown released his first album of all new material on Kingsway: Our God Is Near. He released his first live solo record, God My Rock, in 2012. The record was recorded at a Dare2share event in Dayton, Ohio and featured six new songs as well as some of Brown's songs including "Hosanna (Praise is Rising)" and "Everlasting God". It was released by Integrity Music.
Brenton is a co-writer on Third Day's single "Soul on Fire", the title of their 2015 tour. The song spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on Christian Hit Radio. This song was nominated for a Grammy award 2016 in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song category.
The song "Lion and the Lamb", co-written with Leeland Mooring and Brian Johnson was included on Bethel Music's Have It All (2016).
Worship songs
Brown is best known for his congregational worship songs. Beginning with Vineyard Music UK in the 1990s Brown co-wrote and recorded "All Who are Thirsty", "Lord Reign in Me", "Humble King", "Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing)" and "Holy". In the 2000s, recording as a Kingsway artist, Brown co-penned and recorded "Hosanna (Praise is Rising)", "Everlasting God", "Because of Your Love" and "God My Rock". Most recently, Brown's song "Soul on Fire", has been recorded by Third Day,
Family life
Brown and his wife both suffer with chronic fatigue syndrome. He lives in Malibu, California with his wife and two daughters. After their home and most of their possessions were destroyed by a wildfire in November 2018 the Browns moved to Nashville, Tennessee.
Discography
Vineyard music albums
Come Now Is the Time (1998)
Hungry (1999)
Surrender (2000)
I Love Your Presence (2000)
Holy (2001)
Humble King (2002)
Songs 4 Worship: The UK Collection (2003)
Lord Reign in Me (2003)
Turn It All Down (2006)
Solo albums
Everlasting God (2006)
Because of Your Love (2008)
Our God is Near (2010)
Adoration (2010)
God My Rock (2012)
Kingsway/Integrity
Adoration (2010)
Our God Is Near (2010; 2011 US)
God My Rock (Live) (2012)
EPs
Introducing Brenton Brown (2009)
Impossible Things (2018)
References
External links
Because of Your Love album review
1973 births
South African Rhodes Scholars
South African evangelicals
American performers of Christian music
People with chronic fatigue syndrome
Christian music songwriters
Living people
Performers of contemporary worship music
Association of Vineyard Churches
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David Alexander Brown
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David Alexander Brown (8 February 1916 – 3 November 2009) was a geologist who played an important role in developing the study of Geology in Australia.
He was born on 8 February 1916 in Scotland. His father fought and died at Gallipoli in World War I. His mother took him to New Zealand when he was four years old.
He studied at the University of New Zealand and graduated in 1937 with a Master of Science degree. In 1936 he started work in a field geologist job at the New Zealand Geological Survey. In 1938 he changed jobs, working for the New Zealand Petroleum Exploration Group.
When World War II broke out he first joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and then later the Royal Navy. He took up flying aircraft from aircraft carriers, in the Fleet Air Arm. He was posted to the Barents Sea and North Sea. His highlight was to bomb the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944 in Altenfjord a Norwegian fjord while flying a Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber in Operation Tungsten.
He found his wife Patrica in the Women's Royal Naval Service. After the war they lived in London.
Brown was given a post graduate scholarship to study Bryozoa (or Polyzoans) from the Tertiary period in New Zealand. His jobs were at the Imperial College of Science and Technology and the British Museum of Natural History. In 1948 he graduated with a PhD and a DIC, and an award of the Lyell Fund from the Geological Society of London in 1953. He became a world expert on polyzoa, and a good taxonomist.
After this he migrated back to New Zealand and rejoined the New Zealand Geological Survey. The Otago University recruited him as a lecturer in 1950. In 1959 he accepted at job at the Canberra University College as the chair of geology. He set up the geology department, not specialising but employing people with a range of specialities. At various times he was the dean of science, dean of students, and he ensured the library had a good range of journals.
Brown was the president of the Geological Society of Australia. He was skilled at translating Russian to English and wrote a Russian to English dictionary for geoscience.
A Bryzoan species from the Schizoporellidae was named after him, Dakaria dabrowni. A mollusc Mauidrillia browni is named after him.
He had three children and nine grandchildren. He died 3 November 2009 in Sydney.
Publications
The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand published Rudolph William Sabbot January 1952,
Ore Deposits Of Ussr, Vol. 3
The geological evolution of Australia & New Zealand 1968
Fossil Bryozoa from drill holes on Eniwetok Atoll 1964
On the polyzoan genus Crepidacantha Levinsen 1954
Proceedings of Specialists' Meeting held at Canberra, 25–31 May 1968
The Facies of regional metamorphism at high pressures 1975
Dannevirke Subdivision maps and bulletin 1953, Montague Ongley, Albert Mathieson Quennell, David Alexander Brown and Arnold Robert Lillie (mapping from 1936 to 1941)
Te Aute Subdivision, central Hawkes Bay maps and bulletin Jacobus Theodorus Kingma and David Alexander Brown pub 1971
Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria Melbourne Department of Mines, 1957
Deep-seated inclusions in kimberlites and the problem of the composition of the upper mantle / by N. V. Sobolev, translation
A Russian – English Geosciences Dictionary РУССКО – АНГЛИЙСКИЙ СЛОВАРЬ: НАУК О ЗЕМЛЕ 2001 Canberra
References
1916 births
2009 deaths
20th-century Australian geologists
20th-century New Zealand geologists
British emigrants to New Zealand
Paleozoologists
20th-century British zoologists
New Zealand military personnel of World War II
Fleet Air Arm personnel of World War II
Fleet Air Arm aviators
British World War II bomber pilots
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEQ
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LEQ
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LEQ may refer to:
Land's End Airport's IATA code
Lembena language's ISO 639-3 code
Leq or equivalent continuous sound level, see Sound level meter#LAT or Leq: Equivalent continuous sound level
Long essay question, a type of question on some Advanced Placement exams
See also
Less than or equal to, encoded as leq in some schemes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowland%20heath
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Lowland heath
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Lowland heath is a Biodiversity Action Plan habitat as it is a type of ancient wild landscape. Natural England's Environmental Stewardship scheme describes lowland heath as containing dry heath, wet heath and valley mire communities, usually below in altitude, on acidic soils and shallow peat, typically comprising heathers, gorses, fine grasses, wild flowers and lichens in a complex mosaic. Heathers and other dwarf shrubs usually account for at least 25% of the ground cover. By contrast, upland heath, which is above in altitude, is called moorland, Dartmoor being an example.
Characteristics
Lowland heath occurs on a range of acidic pH < 5, impoverished soils that are often sandy and free draining, characteristically podsols. There are no deep-burrowing earthworms so soil profile boundaries are sharp. There is often a thick litter layer on top of slow-decaying leaf litter. The habitat is susceptible to drought in summer and due to its freely draining nature. As many of the plants are waxy, fire is a hazard. A plant-animal association has adapted to these harsh conditions.
There are three types of lowland heath according to their location and climate conditions: wet (impervious rocks/clay preventing water drainage), dry (well-drained), and humid (between the two types). Wet heaths contain more different species than dry, such as sphagnum mosses and carnivorous plants (Drosera, Pinguicula).
Development
Some 80% of lowland heath has been lost since 1800, with the UK holding a fifth of the world's remaining stock. Pollen grain carbon dating has indicated that it has existed in the UK for 14,000 years as the ice-caps retreated. As the weather warmed, trees became established and replaced the tundra heath. But 5000 years ago humans began to clear forests, and heathland re-established on acid, sandy soils. Its area is thought to have peaked around the 16th century (Tubbs, 1991). From then onwards agricultural and transport technology improved, allowing nutrients to be put back into the soil, non-heathland type crops to grow, or the heath was simply no longer managed as in the past.
Heathland succession moves from grasses and bracken to gorses and heather, and finally to woodland (birch, pine and oaks).
Heaths are man-made. Heathland was originally wooded with rich soil. As the woods were removed the soils eroded and leached; especially nitrogen easily leaches away.
Indicators
Heathers – (Ling) (Calluna vulgaris) is dominant on moorland; the flowers are pale purple, the plant branches extensively, the leaves are in opposite pairs (not whorls); and are oily in order to prevent water loss. Their mycorrhizal fungus, Hymenoscyphus ericae, is unusual in being able to degrade soil humic materials, giving the plant access to immobilised nutrients (Read 1996, Kerley & Read 1998). Bell heather, Erica cinerea, flowers in mid-July, and is crimson-purple; its leaves are dark green in whorls of three leaves. Cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix, can be found in wetter patches. It has rose-pink flowers with a nodding, drooping head at the end of the shoot, less dense than bell heather. The leaves are arranged as a cross of four, are greyish with hairs, and are curled downwardthe hairs trap moisture. The plants shut down in summer and grow more in winter. Heathers have a six-year pioneer phase, which is the time they take to form a bush. The bush grows until it is about 25 years old, when the centre starts to have gaps due to less vigorous growth. Mosses/bryophytes start to colonise this area due to the humid conditions. The plant begins to degenerate after 30 years.
Gorse – Ulex europeaus flowers throughout the year but peaks in the spring. Western gorse is smaller and flowers mid-July to mid-August on the more exposed areas. Dwarf gorse is found on the Dorset heaths. Gorses are part of the pea family and have nitrogen-fixing ability due to their symbiotic association with bacteria.
Bracken – Pteridium aquilium is a fern, but is a serious weed due to its deep tough rhizomes. It was formerly cut and used as bedding. Sometimes it was burnt for ash lime.
Grasses – Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is found in wet locations and is edible when young; fescues Festuca spp and bristle bent are found in dry locations.
No mammals
Many insects.
Typical animal species found in lowland heath are:
Snakes and reptiles. In the UK the smooth snake is only found on heaths in Dorset. The sand lizard is a heath species as well, but is also found on sand dunes.
Birds – Dartford warbler, European stonechat, European nightjar, Eurasian hobby (feeds on insects and birds), tree pipit, and Eurasian wren.
Structure
An ideal heathland includes vegetation of various heights and structures, scattered trees and scrub, some bare ground, wet heaths, ponds, water and bogs.
The cover of dwarf shrubs should be between 25% and 95% with at least two frequent species. There must be a range of age classes of heather present, with cover of young heather between 10 and 15%, and cover of old heather between 10 and 30% cover of undesirable species (bracken, injurious weeds, invasive nonnative plants) must be less than 10%; the cover of trees/scrub must be less than 15%.
Threats
Threats to heathland include changes in farmland; afforestation; fire; lack of management (overgrowth), for example scrub and bracken encroachment; housing development; quarrying; nutrient enrichment (often dog faeces - Shaw et al. 1995); pine and silver birch, which readily establish and shade the surrounding vegetation; ploughing; and predatory cats (urban heathland sites).
Management
Options include cutting trees (such as for firewood), using grazing animals to control vegetation and regrowth, controlling scrub, making sure there is an age range, and trying to incorporate the requirement of individual species.
There is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan with a target of restoring of lowland heathland and recreating a further . In addition, grants are available in England under Natural England's Environmental Stewardship scheme.
UK lowland heath
Lowland Heath can be found in the UK in Devon, Hampshire, Dorset (mainly found here), Sussex (some), Kent (some), Surrey (some), Cornwall, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Merseyside, Cheshire and Suffolk.
East Devon locations are Gittisham Common, Woodbury Common, Mutter's Moor, Aylesbeare Common, Pebblebed Heaths, Trinity Hill, Venn Ottery Common, Bystock Pools, Fire Beacon Hill, Hartridge Common, Offwell Heath, Hense Moor
References
Kerley, S. J. and Read, D. J. (1998), "The biology of mycorrhiza in the Ericaceae. XX. Plant and mycorrhizal necromass as nitrogenous substrates for the ericoid mycorrhizal fungus Hymenoscyphus ericae and its host". New Phytologist, 139: 353–360. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-
Read, DJ. 1996. "The structure and function of the ericoid mycorrhizal root". Annals of Botany 77: 365–374.
Shaw PJA, Lankey K & Hollingham S.(1995). "Impact of trampling and dog fouling on vegetation and soil conditions on Headley heath". London Naturalist 74, 77–82.
Tubbs, CT (1991). "Grazing the Lowland Heaths". British Wildlife 2 (5), 276–291.
Further reading
The European Heathland Network
Tomorrow's Heathland Heritage project
"Enjoying our Heathland Heritage", Booklet published by Tomorrow's Heathland Heritage.
Bicton College Environmental Conservation Course
Lowland Heathland Biodiversity Action Plan (archived copy)
Offwell Woodland and Wildlife Trust
Environmental Stewardship (archived copy)
Environment of England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperia%20High%20School
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Hesperia High School
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Hesperia High School is a public four-year high school within the Hesperia Unified School District located in Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California. It is one of three comprehensive high schools in the district.
The school currently is enrolled with less than 2,000 students in grades 9–12. Twice has the school's student body swelled to 4,000, forcing the HUSD to open Sultana High School, in 1995 and Oak Hills High School, in 2009. The school's official mascot is the scorpion and the colors are "Vegas gold" and black.
Hesperia High School was the first high school to open in Hesperia, California in fall 1984, making it the oldest high school in the Hesperia Unified School District.
The high school is currently making a transition to an academy-like structure. This academy will allow students to earn college credit; however, instead of going to a separate campus students will be able to attend during school hours. This provides the advantage for the students, because they will simultaneously earn college credit and their A through G requirements in order to graduate from high school. This is the first campus to offer this type of opportunity in the high desert.
Hesperia High School was featured in a documentary called Shakespeare High about its drama department's success in the Shakespearean Festival in Southern California.
Demographics
Data from School Year 2009-2010.
Hispanic - 61%
White - 21%
Black - 9%
Asian - 2%
Other 2%
Graduation requirements
All students who attend Hesperia High School must meet the following criteria to graduate.
4 years of English (40 credits)
3 years of Social Studies (30 credits)
2 years of Mathematics (20 credits)
3 years of Science (30 credits)
2 years of Physical Education (20 credits)
1 year of either a Performing Art or a Foreign Language (10 credits)
70 credits worth of electives
Pass the CAHSEE
Overall, a student must have 220 credits accumulated from these subjects to graduate. As of the 2011-2012 school year, Hesperia High School has a graduation rate of 89.6%. (May be old so ask your counselor to make sure this is correct).
Academics
AP courses
AP Art History
AP Studio Art
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science A
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Macroeconomics
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Environmental Science
AP European History
AP French Language
AP United States Government and Politics
AP Physics 1
AP Psychology
AP Spanish Language
AP Spanish Literature
AP Statistics
AP US History
Honors courses
English I Honors
English II Honors
World History/Geography/Cultures Honors
Sports
Hesperia High School offers a wide variety of sports to its students. Among them are:
Baseball
Girls Basketball
Boys Basketball
Cheer
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Girls Soccer
Boys Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track
Volleyball
Wrestling
The school owns 8 tennis courts, 3 soccer fields, 2 softball fields, 2 baseball fields, and a football stadium recently constructed in 2006. In the athletic department, Hesperia High School won the 1985 girls cross country CIF championship and the 2007 softball CIF championship.
Hesperia Broadcasting
Hesperia Broadcasting is the production company of the Broadcast Journalism class offered at Hesperia High School. Starting from the school year 2013-2014, Hesperia Broadcasting was the first in the High Desert to have their newscast, “Scorpion News”, deliver their news with a live anchor in high definition. The first live episode was aired October 31, 2013. Not only does Hesperia Broadcasting air Scorpion News to the high school, they also film other events such as the annual sophomore Poetry Slam and Mr. Scorpion competition.
Scorpion News
Scorpion News is a student-run newscast that films and edits video to give video announcements to the students and staff and highlight Hesperia High School. Scorpion News is part of Hesperia Broadcasting productions and was created in the 2010-2011 school year by the Broadcast Journalism teacher, Mr. Smith. Four years after its first season, it began airing news live.
Notable alumni
Joel Pimentel - Former member of CNCO
New Boyz - Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas (rap group)
Marcel Reece - NFL player
Chris Smith - MLB pitcher
Melina Perez - wrestler
Career College Resource Center
Hesperia High School offers a Career, College, and Resource Center in order to assist students with finding the appropriate career, finding the appropriate college, and receiving help with signing up for financial aid.
References
External links
Official website
Hesperia High School Resources
Public high schools in California
High schools in San Bernardino County, California
1984 establishments in California
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Pocdol Mountains
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The Pocdol Mountains, also known as the Bacon-Manito Volcanic Group are a volcanic group of stratovolcanoes in the Philippines.
Location
The Pocdol Mountains form part of the boundary between the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon, in Region V, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
The group is located south-east of Mayon Volcano, between Albay Gulf and Sorsogon Bay, at latitude 13.05°N (13°3'0"N), longitude 123.958°E (123°57'30"E).
Physical features
The Pocdol Mountains have a triangular footprint of about .
There are several peaks above 1000 metres in elevation. The highest point is reported as above sea level.
A fumarole field that contains sulfataras and chloride hot springs, is reported to be located near the summit of the volcanic group.
The group is described by the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program as fumarolic.
Eruptions
There are no reports of eruptions.
Geology
Several Pleistocene K-Ar dates have been obtained from the volcanic complex. Most igneous rocks in the Pocdol Mountains consist of pyroxene andesites with minor amounts of dacite and basalts. The area is traversed by the San Vicente-Linao Fault, a splay of the Philippine Fault.
Volcanic cones in the western part of the complex are dissected, but those in the eastern part are morphologically youthful.
The volcanic area is the host of various geothermal systems collectively called the Bacon-Manito geothermal field.
Listings
The Global Volcanism Program lists the Pocdol Mountains as Fumarolic.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lists Pocdol Mountains as Inactive.
See also
List of active volcanoes in the Philippines
List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines
List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Pacific ring of fire
Volcanic group
References
External links
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) List of Inactive Volcanoes
Stratovolcanoes of the Philippines
Subduction volcanoes
Volcanoes of Luzon
Mountains of the Philippines
Landforms of Albay
Landforms of Sorsogon
Volcanic groups
Inactive volcanoes of the Philippines
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Arash Afshin
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Arash Afshin (, born January 21, 1990) is an Iranian footballer. He is a former player of Iran national team and under-23 team.
Club career
Afshin started his senior career at Foolad. In winter 2012, he was linked to Lille but move was not done. On 1 July 2013, he joined Sepahan on a one-year contract. In December 2013, he terminated his contract with Sepahan to join Foolad again.
Malavan
After facing conscription problems, he was forced to move a military-owned club. On November 12, 2014, he signed a 2-years contract with Iranian Navy's Malavan.
On 31 July 2015 on his debut for Malavan, Afshin scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Zob Ahan.
International career
After good performance with Iran U23 in 2010 Asian Games and also in Foolad he convinced Afshin Ghotbi to invite him to Team Melli
On 2 January 2011, Afshin was called up to the Iran for the team's friendly match against Angola and made his debut.
He was also one of Iran players in 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
Honours
Foolad
Iran Pro League (1): 2013–14
Personal life
He is currently Student of Civil Engineering at Islamic Azad University Ramhormoz Branch.
References
Arash Afshin at Navad
External links
Arash Afshin at PersianLeague.com
1990 births
Living people
Foolad FC players
Iranian footballers
2011 AFC Asian Cup players
Iran international footballers
Sportspeople from Khuzestan province
Association football forwards
Association football wingers
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
Sepahan S.C. footballers
Malavan players
Esteghlal F.C. players
Persian Gulf Pro League players
Asian Games competitors for Iran
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurig%C3%B6l%20Lake
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Gurigöl Lake
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Lake Quri-gol is a small fresh to brackish lake in the uplands of East Azarbaijan Province in north-western Iran. Together with the adjacent reed marshes it is an important breeding area for waterfowl. A 1.2 km² site was designated as a Ramsar Convention wetland protection site on 23 June 1975.
References
External links
"Gori Gol (Important Birds Areas of Iran, Islamic Republic of)"
"Lake Gori" at World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
Lakes of Iran
Ramsar sites in Iran
Landforms of East Azerbaijan Province
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20of%20the%20Province%20of%20Benevento
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List of municipalities of the Province of Benevento
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The following is a list of the 78 municipalities (comuni) of the Province of Benevento, Campania, Italy.
List
See also
List of municipalities of Italy
References
Benevento
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Jarred Shaw
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Jarred Shaw (born September 28, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Trouville of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (LUB).
Professional career
On October 31, 2015, Shaw was selected by the Santa Cruz Warriors with the 18th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft. He signed for Dorados de Chihuahua of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) in August 2019. In February 2020 he signed for Club Trouville of Montevideo, Uruguay, and played during the 2019–20 LUB season.
Career statistics
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1990 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
American expatriate basketball people in Thailand
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Uruguay
Club Africain basketball players
Dorados de Chihuahua (LNBP) players
Fukushima Firebonds players
Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players
Santa Cruz Warriors players
Utah State Aggies men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Power forwards (basketball)
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Blasphemy Day
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Blasphemy Day, also known as International Blasphemy Day or International Blasphemy Rights Day, educates individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is criminalized in many countries. Blasphemy Day was introduced as a worldwide celebration by the Center for Inquiry in 2009.
Events worldwide on the first annual Blasphemy Day in 2009 included an art exhibit in Washington, D.C., and a free speech festival in Los Angeles.
Origins
Blasphemy Day is celebrated on September 30 to coincide with the anniversary of the 2005 publication of satirical drawings of Muhammad in one of Denmark's newspapers, resulting in the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Although the caricatures of Muhammad caused some controversy within Denmark, especially among Muslims, it became a widespread furor after Muslim imams in several countries stirred up violent protests in which Danish embassies were firebombed and over 100 people killed (counting the deaths from police opening fire on protesters). The idea to observe an International Blasphemy Rights Day originated in 2009. A student contacted the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York, to present the idea, which CFI then supported.
Intent
During the first celebration of Blasphemy Day in 2009, Center for Inquiry President and CEO Ronald A. Lindsay stated in an interview with CNN: "[W]e think religious beliefs should be subject to examination and criticism just as political beliefs are, but we have a taboo on religion." According to USA Todays interview with Justin Trottier, a Toronto coordinator of Blasphemy Day, "We're not seeking to offend, but if in the course of dialogue and debate, people become offended, that's not an issue for us. There is no human right not to be offended."
Criminal punishment for blasphemy
In some countries, blasphemy is punishable by death, such as in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Nine member states of the European Union have laws against blasphemy or religious insult: Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. In addition, blasphemy has recently been repealed in a number of other countries: Denmark (repealed 2017), France (Alsace-Moselle region only, repealed in January 2017), Iceland (repealed 2015), Ireland (ended January 2020), and Malta (ended 2016).
In 2009 six US states still had anti-blasphemy laws on their books: Massachusetts, Michigan, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming, but law professor Sarah Barringer Gordon states that they are "rarely enforced".
See also
Avijit Roy
Charlie Hebdo
Civil disobedience
Narendra Dabholkar
Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh
The Satanic Verses
References
External links
Pictures for Everybody Draw Mohammed Day: 1 , 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Blasphemy Day Facebook page
The Center for Inquiry's Campaign for Free Expression
Articles containing video clips
Atheism
Atheism activism
Awareness days
Blasphemy
Censorship
Civil awareness days
Criticism of religion
Disengagement from religion
Freedom of expression
Irreligion
Nontheism
Public awareness campaigns
Public holidays in the United States
Recurring events established in 2009
Religion and society
Religion and atheism
Secularism
Separation of church and state
September observances
Unofficial observances
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow%20International%20School%20Shanghai
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Harrow International School Shanghai
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Harrow International School Shanghai () is a British international boarding and day, all-through school in Waigaoqiao, Pudong, Shanghai. It opened in August 2016 and is the fourth in the Harrow family of schools in the Asia region in association with Harrow School and The John Lyon School in London. The School provides a British independent style of education from early years to Y13.
Location
Harrow has a campus with a designated 70% green space ratio, located within the Sunland project in the Waigaoqiao area of Pudong District in Shanghai.
The school
School structure
The School is divided into five phases of progression as follows:
The Early Years (K1 and K2) follows the English-based ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ Curriculum.
The Pre-Prep School (Y1 to Y4) follows the English-based ‘National Curriculum of England’.
The Prep School (Y5 to Y8) is offered to help pupils manage the transition from the homeroom environment in the Pre-Prep School to the more subject-specific environment in the Senior School.
The Senior School (Y9 to Y11) curriculum is based on IGCSE courses studied over two years (Y10 to Y11).
The Sixth Form (Y12 to Y13) curriculum is based on A-level courses studied over two years.
Extra-curricular activities
"As with the other Harrow International Schools, a very comprehensive extra-curricular programme, which is called Leadership in Action, being the practical application of the Harrow International’s vision statement, will involve all students and teachers every week. Leadership in Action includes community service, outdoor education, sport, the performing arts and a wide range of clubs and hobbies."
The campus
The campus covers . The facilities include:
Two-storey library
12 science laboratories
swimming pool
Double-sized sports hall
Roof-top running track
Football and rugby pitch
Rooftop gardens
Computing suites
Art and design studios
Modern music and drama complex
Medical centre
A comprehensive and fully integrated air filtration system
See also
Harrow International School Bangkok
Harrow International School Beijing
Harrow International School Hong Kong
References
External links
High schools in Shanghai
Educational institutions established in 2016
British international schools in Shanghai
Pudong
2016 establishments in China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivariki%20Premalekha
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Srivariki Premalekha
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Srivariki Premalekha () is a 1984 Telugu-language romantic comedy film written, and directed by Jandhyala; and produced by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao. The story is based on a Novel titled Premalekha, published in "Chatura" magazine, written by Potturi Vijayalakshmi.
It is also commercial hit during that period, with many actors subsequently established in the cinema field. The film won a Filmfare Award South and a Nandi Award. The film was remade in Tamil as Porutham with Naresh and Poornima reprising their roles.
Plot
This comedy film revolves around a blind Love letter (Prema Lekha) written by Swarna (Poornima) to Ananda Rao (Naresh), because in a bet with her friends, she writes a blind love letter to an unknown person if the reply will come early from that boy, it will proves Swarna's theory that a boy can be easily wooed by a girl. While posting the letter she forgot to mention the from address then unknowingly her friend randomly chooses a name called Sony from a 'Sony' TV advertisement in a newspaper instead of Swarna's name in the letter and she randomly chooses a name called Ananda Rao from her brother's friends' names and sent the address to Hindustan Shipping Board after getting address from the same newspaper in another advertisement.
The destiny turns out Ananda Rao works in Hindustan shipping board Visakhapatnam. After the reading the letter he pledges to marry the girl who wrote the letter. The from address is missing is at the beginning itself he tries in various ways to find her with the help of his Maternal Uncle Suryam(Vidya Sagar) which leads to several comical circumstances and he became a joke in his backyard.
His father Parandhamayya (Suthi Veerabhadra Rao) is highly abusive and openly scolds him. He needs to gets him married soon so he arranges a match to him then Wantedly Anand Rao makes his matchmaking disastrous. Later His office colleague Margaret tries to exploit his innocence and introduces Sony (Mucherla Aruna) as that girl.
Meanwhile, after losing the bet and it was proved that her theory was wrong, she comes to Vizag for a vacation in her sister's house. Coincidentally, Ananda Rao becomes her neighbour and they become good friends, but Swarna had started to have feelings for Anand Rao. After that, she decides to propose him for the marriage, but before that, he expresses his feelings to Sony and he says he was trying to convince his parents. Feeling dejected, Swarna went back to her village and accepts the marriage proposal on the condition that her parents give no dowry.
Anandrao's brother Bhaskaram (Nutan Prasad) meets Sony and suspects her identity. Then he finds out the truth, as a beggar. Later he escapes from the beggars' association members who thought a new beggar came into their territory without any permission of their association.
Then after knowing all facts Bhaskaram reveals the truth in front of Ananda Rao. Actually Sony's real name is Rita, she loves a boy called Robert and her sister Margaret doesn't like their relationship, then when he is in out of station, she lies her that he died in an accident. Feeling dejected she decided to move on. After that, Margaret encourages her to love Ananda Rao. When Bhaskaram came to her house as a beggar, Robert came back home. The argument goes on with Rita and her sister. After hearing this story, Ananda Rao goes to meet her and sees her with Robert, then Rita apologies for her acts to Ananda Rao. Feeling dejected and convinced by their brother's words, he decides to marry, which his father has arranged unknown to him and the real reason for the Bhaskaram's arrival.
Here the bride is none other than Swarna. Meanwhile, Swarna decides to commit suicide because of love failure and she consumes a diamond ring which her father had given to her for marriage. Then she saw Ananda Rao as bridegroom and misunderstands him as a fraud and angrily conveyed it to him. Then Anand Rao confesses his story to her and decides to call off the marriage. Then she tells him her story and reveals that she was Sony. Then she tells him that she consumed the diamond ring to commit suicide, because she had feelings on Anand Rao.
The tension arose, then Swarna's father says coolly that it's not a diamond ring, it's an ordinary stone shaped as a diamond, he want to manage with those stones to the bridegrooms family. After a lot of chaos, Anand Rao and Swarna finally marry and live happily ever after.
Cast
Naresh as Ananda Rao
Poornima as Swarna
Suthi Veerabhadra Rao as Parandhamayya
Nutan Prasad as Bhaskaram
Vidyasagar as Suryam
Sangeetha as Kamakshi
Sri Lakshmi (actress) as Poorna
Dubbing Janaki as Parandhamayya's wife [Ananda Rao's mother]
S. K. Misro as Bhimudu (Parandhamayya'a gumastha)
Melkote as Ananda Rao's Boss
Jit Mohan Mitra as Hanumaanlu
Mucherla Aruna as Sony/Rita
Potti Prasad as Harmonium
Rallapalli as Sarangaramudu "Saraa"
Suthivelu as Ananda Rao (cameo appearance)
Viswanatham as Marichembu
Subbaraya Sharma as Purohitudu
P. L. Narayana
B. Chakravarthy (Jr ANR)
Pavala Syamala
Soundtrack
"Lipileni Kanti Baasa" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki)
"Manasa Thullipadake" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. Janaki)
"Pelladu Pelladu" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. P. Sailaja)
"Raghuvamsa Sudha" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singers: S. P. Sailaja and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam)
"Sarigamapadani" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam)
"Tholisaari Mimmalni" (Lyrics: Veturi; Singer: S. Janaki)
Awards
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu: Jandhyala
Nandi Award for Best Editor: Gautam Raju
References
External links
1980s Telugu-language films
1984 films
1984 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Jandhyala
Films scored by Ramesh Naidu
Indian romantic comedy films
Telugu films remade in other languages
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Lorenz Bäumer (born in 1965 in Washington, D.C.) is a jeweler and the founder and director of the company of the same name located at 19, Place Vendôme Paris, France. Born to a French mother and a German diplomatic father, Baumer lived his early years in the United States, Jordan, Germany, Austria, Canada and Israel. He moved to Paris at the age of 15 and, in 1988, started to make costume jewelry. In late 2010, Charlene Wittstock and Albert II of Monaco choose the tiara for their marriage. He married Géraldine Becq de Fouquières, co-founder, with Stanislas Couteaux, brother of far-right politician Paul-Marie Coûteaux, of the online property rental site Book-a-flat.
Recognition
He was made a Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters in 2004 and then an Officer in 2009. He became a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2010. He won the Vogue Joyas Special Prize in tribute to his artistic vision and his professional career in 2009). He received the Audacity Award for Talents in Luxury and Creation in 2017.
References
1965 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Paris
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Sleeve coupling
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A Sleeve coupling is a basic type of coupling. This consists of a pipe whose bore is finished to the required tolerance based on the shaft size. Based on the usage of the coupling a keyway is made in the bore in order to transmit the torque by means of the key. Two threaded holes are provided in order to lock the coupling in position.
Sleeve couplings are also known as Box Couplings. In this case shaft ends are coupled together and abutted against each other which are enveloped by muff or sleeve. A gib head sunk keys hold the two shafts and sleeve together
Rotating shaft couplings
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Esther Sumner Damon
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Esther Sumner Damon (August 1, 1814 – November 11, 1906) was cited as the last widow of the American Revolutionary War to receive a state pension.
Esther was born in Bridgewater, Vermont. The family had eight or nine children. Esther's father was killed by a falling tree when she was eight years old. Esther attended school during the winter and worked during the summers to help support her family. At the age of seventeen, Esther became a school teacher in Plymouth.
Esther Sumner married Noah D. Damon (August 25, 1760 – July 2, 1853) on September 6, 1835, in Bridgewater, when she was 21 and he was 75. The couple had met two weeks prior.
Husband's war service
Noah Damon enlisted in the Continental Army on April 19, 1775, where he served under the rank of Private with the Massachusetts Troops He was intermittently enlisted over the next five years. Noah applied for a war pension, as a resident of Plainfield, New Hampshire on November 13, 1848.
Noah was penniless, though Esther may have thought he was a hardworking landowner. Esther supported him for three years before financial necessity forced him to move in with his daughter in New Hampshire.
Esther supported herself by sewing and nursing. She also leased a farm near Reading.
After Noah's death in 1853, Esther applied for and received his pension from October 1855. The pension was increased to $24 a month by the United States Congress on February 28, 1905.
Towards the end of her life, Esther received additional financial support from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Esther died on November 11, 1906, aged 92, and was buried at Plymouth Notch Cemetery in Plymouth, Vermont. The gravestone was paid for by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
References
1814 births
1906 deaths
Last living survivors
Widowhood in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greb
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Greb
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Notable people with the surname Greb include:
Christin Carmichael Greb, Canadian politician
Benny Greb (born 1980), prolific German drummer, singer, and clinician
Charles Greb (1859–1934), business owner and politician
Gordon Greb (1921–2016), emeritus professor
Harry Greb (1894–1926), American professional boxer
Nam Greb, sign of artist Franz Xaver Bergmann
See also
Grebo (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%20%28Hear%27Say%20song%29
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Everybody (Hear'Say song)
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"Everybody" is a song by British pop group Hear'Say, written by Martin Harrington, Ash Howes, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, and Andy Caine. Produced by Harrington and Howes, the track was recorded for the group's second studio album of the same name (2001), released nine months after their debut album, Popstars. "Everybody" was issued as the album's lead single on 26 November 2001 and was the final single released by the band before member Kym Marsh quit. Upon its release, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The song's music video is set inside a space capsule and shows the five band members dancing on a stage.
Background and release
When Hear'Say's second single, "The Way to Your Love", debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, it sold 75,514 copies during its first week of release, considerably less the first-day total of 160,000 copies for the band's debut single, "Pure and Simple". The group's label, Polydor Records, concluded that the public was losing interest in the band following their Popstars formation and decided to rush the quintet into the studio to record a second album rather than release another single from the Popstars album. For this song, the two male members, Noel Sullivan and Danny Foster, sing lead vocals. "Everybody" was serviced to UK radio in October 2001 and was released as a single on 26 November 2001 across three formats: two CD singles and a cassette single.
Reception and aftermath
Following the song's release, music critics began to speculate how much longer Hear'Say would remain together. Can't Stop the Pop wrote that "Everybody" is a catchy song, comparing it to "Keep On Movin'" by Five, but criticised the track for lacking the R&B influences of the group's earlier songs. British columnist James Masterton also likened the song to "Keep On Movin'", noting its harmonies and "singalong" chorus but writing that the band's charm was starting to diminish. Music Week called the track "pop-by-numbers" and wrote that the track would leave the charts immediately after appearing. The song stayed on the UK Singles Chart for 11 weeks, debuting and peaking at number four on 2 December 2001. The single also charted in Ireland, reaching number 23.
Two months after the song's release, Kym Marsh quit the band by announcing her departure through a newspaper, citing disputes with bandmate Myleene Klass. Marsh was replaced by Johnny Shentall from pop group Boom!, and the band released their final single, "Lovin' Is Easy", in August 2002, which peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart. Afterwards, plans to record the group's third studio album were cancelled, and in October 2002, the group disbanded.
Track listings
UK CD1
"Everybody" (single edit)
"Once in a Lifetime"
"The Way I'm Feeling Tonight"
"Everybody" (video CD-ROM)
UK CD2
"Everybody" (single edit)
"I Knew You Were Waiting"
"Everybody" (Almighty mix)
UK cassette single
"Everybody" (single edit)
"I Knew You Were Waiting"
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes.
Studios
Recorded and mixed at Biffco Studios (Dublin, Ireland)
Edited at 777 Productions (London, England)
Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)
Personnel
Martin Harrington – writing, all instruments, production
Ash Howes – writing, all instruments, production, mixing
Richard Stannard – writing
Julian Gallagher – writing
Andy Caine – writing, additional guitars
Sharon Murphy – backing vocals
Alvin Sweeney – additional recording
Jeremy – editing
Richard Dowling – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2001 singles
2001 songs
Hear'Say songs
Polydor Records singles
Songs written by Ash Howes
Songs written by Julian Gallagher
Songs written by Martin Harrington
Songs written by Richard Stannard (songwriter)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%20District
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May District
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May District may refer to:
May District, Kazakhstan
May District, Laos
See also
May (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klau%20and%20Buena%20Vista%20Mine%20Superfund%20site
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Klau and Buena Vista Mine Superfund site
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The Klau/Buena Vista Mine is a Superfund site located approximately 12 miles west of Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California. It consists of two abandoned mercury mine sites (Klau and Buena Vista) that are located on adjacent properties on a northwest–southeast ridge of the Santa Lucia Range in the California coastal mountains. Mercury mining and ore processing operations occurred at these mines between 1868 and 1970.
Episodic weather events left deep erosional channels throughout the site, thereby releasing mercury-laden sediment, which had contributed significant levels of mercury to downstream Las Tablas Creek and Lake Nacimiento Reservoir.
History
The Klau Mine opened in 1868 and yielded nearly 18,000 flasks of mercury by 1940. Operation of the Buena Vista or Mahoney mine started in 1900 and was active until 1970. The Buena Vista mine produced more than 15,000 flasks of mercury. Buena Vista Mines, Inc. has owned the Buena Vista Mine at least since 1957 and the Klau Mine since at least 1964.
For more than 20 years, acid-contaminated water has drained from the mine into Las Tablas Creek. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) ordered the Buena Vista Mines, Inc. to stop discharging water or treat the water before it was released into the creek. In 1994, the company constructed an earthen holding pond to capture the mine water and evaporate it. The pond was built from an existing cattle pond, dug 12 feet deep, and designed to hold 1.5 million gallons of acid-contaminated water. In early 1995, San Luis Obispo County experienced heavy rains. Buena Vista Mines inspected the pond on March 24, 1995, and noticed that the water was one inch from the top. Using a water pump, they pumped out 180,000 gallons and lowered the water level about by 18 inches. David Schwartzbart, an engineering geologist for RWQCB, observed the water run down a concrete channel into the Las Tablas Creek. Schwartzbart tested the water and determined that it was highly acidic. After the criminal charges were brought, Buena Vista Mines constructed a second pond that had a 1,200,000-gallon capacity. They also installed a treatment facility that could treat 10,000 gallons of water per day.
In 1999, the RWQCB requested the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9's Emergency Response Office to assist in preventing the continued release of mercury-laden sediments and other contaminants from the site. Short-term removal work involved site stabilization, which reduced the discharge of acid mine drainage (AMD) and discharge into Las Tablas Creek. In 2000, EPA removed 120,000 cubic yards of contaminated materials from the drainage channel and secured it in an on-site repository to prevent immediate threats to human health and the environment. In 2002, EPA stabilized a sinkhole on site and also stabilized a slope failure on site. In 2006, EPA removed the mercury processing building (retort) and some mercury-laden soils. Contaminated materials stored on site are temporarily capped and will be addressed in the site's long-term cleanup.
Damage to fishery
During an investigation conducted by California Department of Health Services (CDHS) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in February–March 2006, elevated levels of mercury that pose health hazard were found in six species of fish from Lake Nacimiento. Water analysis has shown that the water is safe to drink and recreate in. However, mercury in the sediment has been converted to methylmercury by organisms living in the sediment and then there has been bioaccumulation of methylmercury in fish in the lake.
Cleanup efforts
EPA has spent about $6 million so far to contain the dangerous runoff from the Klau/Buena Vista. The owner, Buena Vista Mines, Inc., began the effort after years of court battles with the state water board. Shortly after the cleanup started, it became too expensive and the mining company quit. In 1999, RWQCB requested EPA to assist on preventing the release of the mercury-laden sediments to water reservoir. The cleanup is paid for by an EPA Superfund.
Legal actions
It was alleged that the Buena Vista Mines, Inc. intentionally violated the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act by discharging pollutants into Las Tablas Creek which flows into Lake Nacimiento. On January 20, 1998, the Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Division 6, California dismissed the violations on the ground that the mine had established a defense of necessity.
References
Superfund sites in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brosscroft
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Brosscroft
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Peter Street and Brosscroft is an area in Derbyshire, England. It is part of Hadfield (where the population can be found), located on the north-east side.
It is situated on the boundary of the Peak District National Park and as such is ideal for outdoor recreation activities including walking, cycling and watersports.
It is within a stone's throw of the Park boundary, within two minutes walk (or cycle) of the Longdendale Trail and five minutes walk of the Trans Pennine Trail.
The nearest of four linked reservoirs has been used for watersports in the summer, and the next reservoir has a resident sailing club.
It is less than five minutes drive (ten minutes walk) to the railway station and a similar distance to the A628 trans-pennine trunk road.
Residents thus enjoy a rural lifestyle but with the additional benefits of good east–west road links (to South Yorkshire/M1 and Manchester/M6) and a direct rail link to Manchester Piccadilly and thence to the Airport.
Villages in Derbyshire
High Peak, Derbyshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Richards
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Dean Richards
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Dean Richards may refer to:
Dean Richards (rugby union) (born 1963), English rugby union player and coach
Dean Richards (footballer) (1974–2011), English footballer
Dean Richards (reporter) (born 1954), Chicago TV reporter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Local%20Governments%20%28Turkey%29
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Ministry of Local Governments (Turkey)
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Ministry of Local Governments () was a former government ministry of Turkey.
The municipalities and the other local offices such as province governorships of Turkey are in the responsibility of the Minister of Interior. During the formation of the 42nd government of Turkey on 5 January 1978, the Ministry of the Local Governments was established for the coordination of the local governments. But it was a short-lived ministry and during the formation of the 43rd government of Turkey on the 12 November 1979, it was abolished and the responsibility of the local governments was retransferred to the Ministry of Interior.
Minister
References
1978 establishments in Turkey
1979 disestablishments in Turkey
Local Governments
Ministries established in 1978
Ministries disestablished in 1979
Local government ministries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Enchantment%20Trail
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Grand Enchantment Trail
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The Grand Enchantment Trail (acronym "GET") is a wilderness recreation trail running between Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico. It crosses the Arizona Trail and Continental Divide Trail and at Albuquerque it meets the Rio Grande Trail and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.
External links
GET official website - www.GrandEnchantmentTrail.org
Trail Segments - HikeArizona.COM
Trailheads Map - HikeArizona.COM
Hiking trails in Arizona
Long-distance trails in the United States
Hiking trails in New Mexico
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady%20Leonov
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Gennady Leonov
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Gennady Alexeyevich Leonov (; February 2, 1947 in Leningrad, Soviet Union – April 23, 2018) was a Russian scientist, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2006), Professor at the Saint Petersburg State University, Doctor of Sciences.
Laureate of the 1986 USSR State Prize and 2012 Aleksandr Andronov Russian Academy of Sciences Prize.
He graduated from the Leningrad State University in 1969.
In 1971 he defended his Candidate's Dissertation.
In 1983 he defended his doctoral dissertation.
In 1986 he received the title of Professor.
Since 1988, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Saint Petersburg State University.
He was a foreign member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (2017).
References
Obituaries
N.V. Kuznetsov, S. Abramovich, A.L. Fradkov, G. Chen, In Memoriam: Gennady Alekseevich Leonov, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 28(5), 2018, art. num. 1877001
S. Abramovich, N.V. Kuznetsov, P. Neittaanmäki, Obituary: Gennady Alekseevich Leonov (1947-2018), Open Mathematical Education Notes, 8(1), 2018, 15-21
1947 births
2018 deaths
Saint Petersburg State University alumni
Saint Petersburg State University faculty
Russian professors
Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedgwick%20station%20%28CTA%29
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Sedgwick station (CTA)
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Sedgwick is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line, Purple Line Express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood of the Near North Side community area. The adjacent stations are Armitage, which is located about to the northwest, and Chicago, located about to the south.
History
The station was put into service in 1900 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's initial route, and it is one of the oldest standing stations on the 'L'.
In 1979, a portion of The Hunter starring Steve McQueen was shot at Sedgwick as part of an action scene.
During 2007, the main station entrance was closed for extensive renovation and rebuilding as part of the CTA's Brown Line capacity expansion project. Throughout the renovation period, the station remained open on weekdays but experienced several weekend closures, with entrance to the station through a temporary entrance (which was later converted to an emergency exit) located one block west of the original entrance at Hudson Avenue.
As the outside express tracks had not been in service since 1963 they were removed and island platforms widened, converting them to side platforms. The platforms were also extended to allow eight-car trains to berth, and elevators were added along with other upgrades to meet ADA requirements. The historical station house was restored, and an extension was added behind it.
Bus connections
CTA
N9 Ashland Night Bus (Owl Service)
37 Sedgwick (Weekdays Only)
72 North
References
External links
https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/browntt_sedgwick.pdf at CTA official site
Sedgewick Street entrance (during reconstruction) from Google Maps Street View
CTA Brown Line stations
CTA Purple Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900
CTA stations located above ground
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Hongyipao
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Hongyipao (; ) was the Chinese name for European-style muzzle-loading culverins introduced to China and Korea from the Portuguese colony of Macau and by the Hendrick Hamel expedition to Joseon in the early 17th century.
Name
The term "red barbarian cannon" derives from the weapons' supposed Dutch origins, as the Dutch were called "red haired barbarians" in southern China. However, the cannons were originally produced by the Portuguese at Macau, with the exception of two cannons dredged up from a Dutch ship in 1621. The Dutch ship may have been in fact an English ship and the cannons had English coats of arms. The English ship Unicorn sank near Macau.
The Jurchens renamed the "red barbarian cannon" to "red coat cannon" () when it entered their arsenal because they found the term "barbarian" to be insulting, and were known as such in the Manchu Eight Banners.
History
Breech loading swivel cannons from Portugal entered the Chinese weaponry after a Ming fleet defeated the Portuguese at the Battle of Xicaowan in 1521 and captured their guns as war booty. However it's possible that individuals in China had been able to purchase Portuguese style cannons even earlier from pirates.
After the Ming dynasty suffered a series of defeats against the Later Jin, they contacted the Portuguese in Macau to have iron cannons made for them. Attempts were made to bring Portuguese gunners to the north as well, but they were repeatedly turned away because Chinese officials harbored suspicions against them. Yu Zigao, commander of Zhejiang and Fujian, ordered several "red-barbarian cannon" in 1624 prior to his expedition against the Dutch outpost on Penghu Island in the Pescadores.
The Ming dynasty used Fujianese to reverse engineer salvaged British and Dutch cannons they recovered from the sea. At the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, Koxinga deployed powerful cannon his uncle had dredged up years earlier from the sea.
Several Ming officials who supported the use of the new technology were Christian converts of the Jesuit mission, such as the influential minister Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua in Shandong. The Tianqi Emperor asked a German Jesuit, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, to establish a foundry in Beijing to cast the new cannons. The first pieces produced there could throw a forty-pound shot. In 1623 some hongyipao were deployed to China's northern frontier at Sun's request under generals such as Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan. They were used to repel Nurhaci at the Battle of Ningyuan in 1626. After the Later Jin captured a Ming artillery unit at Yongping in 1629, they too began production of the . The manufacture and use of the hongyipao within the Later Jin Banner armies were carried out by Han Chinese defectors called (heavy troops). The Jurchen forces did not manufacture nor wield the guns themselves. The Later Jin army under Nurhaci's son Hong Taiji used these cannons along with the "generalissimo" cannons (also of European design) to great effect at the Battle of Dalinghe in 1631. Even after the later Jin became the Qing and Jurchens and Han defectors were reorganized into the Manchu Eight Banners, cannons and gunpowder weapons were still restricted exclusively to the Han Banners while the Manchu Banners avoided them. Han Bannermen specializing in artillery and muskets played a major role during Qing sieges of Ming fortifications.
By the 1680s, the Hongyipao had lost their place as the strongest weapons in the Qing arsenal, and were superseded by another type of cannon called the "miraculous-power general cannon."
Chinese improvements
Chinese gunsmiths continued to modify "red barbarian" cannons after they entered the Ming arsenal, and eventually improved upon them by applying native casting techniques to their design. In 1642, Ming foundries merged their own casting technology with European cannon designs to create a distinctive cannon known as the "Dingliao grand general." Through combining the advanced cast-iron technique of southern China and the iron-bronze composite barrels invented in northern China, the Dingliao grand general cannons exemplified the best of both iron and bronze cannon designs. Unlike traditional iron and bronze cannons, the Dingliao grand general's inner barrel was made of iron, while the exterior of brass.
The resulting bronze-iron composite cannons were superior to iron or bronze cannons in many respects. They were lighter, stronger, longer lasting, and able to withstand more intensive explosive pressure. Chinese artisans also experimented with other variants such as cannons featuring wrought iron cores with cast iron exteriors. While inferior to their bronze-iron counterparts, these were considerably cheaper and more durable than standard iron cannons. Both types were met with success and were considered "among the best in the world" during the 17th century. The Chinese composite metal casting technique was effective enough that Portuguese imperial officials sought to employ Chinese gunsmiths for their cannon foundries in Goa, so that they could impart their methods for Portuguese weapons manufacturing. According to the soldier Albrecht Herport, who fought for the Dutch at the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, the Chinese "know how to make very effective guns and cannons, so that it’s scarcely possible to find their equal elsewhere."
Soon after the Ming started producing the composite metal Dingliao grand generals in 1642, Beijing was captured by the Manchu Qing dynasty and along with it all of northern China. The Manchu elite did not concern themselves directly with guns and their production, preferring instead to delegate the task to Chinese craftsmen, who produced for the Qing a similar composite metal cannon known as the "Shenwei grand general." However, after the Qing gained hegemony over East Asia in the mid-1700s, the practice of casting composite metal cannons fell into disuse until the dynasty faced external threats once again in the Opium War of 1840, at which point smoothbore cannons were already starting to become obsolete as a result of rifled barrels. After the Battle of Taku Forts (1860), the British reported with surprise that some of the Chinese cannons were of composite structure with similar features to the Armstrong Whitworth guns. Many of the Qing cannons deployed along the coast were forged in the 17th or early 18th century.
Although the southern Chinese started making cannons with iron cores and bronze outer shells as early as the 1530s, they were followed soon after by the Gujarats, who experimented with it in 1545, the English at least by 1580, and Hollanders in 1629. However the effort required to produce these weapons prevented them from mass production. The Europeans essentially treated them as experimental products, resulting in very few surviving pieces today. Of the currently known extant composite metal cannons, there are 2 English, 2 Dutch, 12 Gujarati, and 48 from the Ming-Qing period.
See also
Korean cannon
List of muzzle-loading guns
References
Citations
Bibliography
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Cannon
Artillery of China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20DSiWare%20games%20%28North%20America%29
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List of DSiWare games (North America)
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This is a list of games and applications for the Nintendo DSi handheld game console previously available for download via the DSi Shop in the North America region. New DSiWare games were added every Thursday at 12:00 pm (noon) Eastern Time. As of March 31, 2017, DSiWare games are no longer purchasable on the Nintendo DSi due to the shutdown of the Nintendo DSi Shop.
List
There are currently 213 games set at 200 Nintendo Points, 2 set at 300 Nintendo Points, 249 set at 500 Nintendo Points, 104 set at 800 Nintendo Points, 3 set at 1,000 Nintendo Points, & 1 set at 1,200 Nintendo Points; as well as 29 Applications at various prices.
In the DSi shop, these are divided into 4 categories: Free, 200, 500, & 800+. Software is listed here with games sorted by category & title, followed by applications; but clicking the header of any column will re-sort by that attribute.
This list contains games.
#DSiWare program cannot be transferred from the Nintendo DSi to the Nintendo 3DS console.
Notes
On , Nintendo released an update for Nintendo DSi Browser. The update includes improvements to the application and reduced the total blocks size needed to install. DSi owners may update their browser by redownloading the application from the DSi Shop.
On , (Black Friday), Nintendo released two Nintendo DSi bundles preloaded with free DSiWare games.
The first bundle was preloaded with: Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Sudoku, Brain Age Express: Math, Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics and Photo Clock.
The second bundle was preloaded with: Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, WarioWare: Snapped!, Dr. Mario Express, Mario Calculator, and Mario Clock.
On , Nintendo released an update for Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again, WarioWare: Snapped! and Dr. Mario Express. In an email respond from Nintendo Customer Support they mentioned that it is to upgrade the performance of the Nintendo DSi Shop, but it has no impact on game play or any game play options. DSi owners may update their games by redownloading the DSiWare game from the DSi Shop.
On , Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi XL preloaded with Brain Age Express: Math, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Photo Clock, Flipnote Studio and Nintendo DSi Browser. At the same time, any new Nintendo DSi systems on and after that date will now preloaded with Flipnote Studio and Nintendo DSi Browser.
From May 10 to June 10, 2010, Photo Dojo could be downloaded for free. Since June 11, 2010, Photo Dojo has been downloadable for 200 Points.
Starting June 16, 2011, new games and applications are added to the DSi Shop and Nintendo eShop on Thursdays (previously on Mondays).
From September 28, 2011 to February 20, 2012, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords was available on DSiWare as a free download. After this period, the game was delisted from the Nintendo eShop and DSi Shop.
On June 19, 2015, the title Brain Age Express: Sudoku was retired from both DSi Shop and Nintendo 3DS eShop. The reason is still unknown.
On September 30, 2016, the ability to add DSi Points for the purchase of new games on the DSi Shop was removed, followed by the closure of the DSi Shop on March 31, 2017. However, DSiWare games available on the Nintendo eShop have remained unaffected.
See also
List of DSiWare games and applications
List of DSiWare games (PAL region)
List of Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DSi System Software
List of WiiWare games
List of WiiWare games (North America)
List of Nintendo 3DS games
List of Wii U software
References
External links
Hudson Soft DSiWare game titles
4Pockets.com DSiWare game titles
DSiWare
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Hargurchet Singh Bhabra (7 June 1955 – 1 June 2000) was a British Asian writer and broadcaster who settled in Canada.
Bhabra was born in Mumbai, India, and moved to England with his family in 1957. The family eventually settled in Beare Green, Surrey. From 1966 to 1973, Bhabra attended Reigate Grammar School. He was the only boy of Asian origin in the school, was highly regarded by his teachers, and an accomplished actor in school productions such as Much Ado about Nothing. Regarded by his teachers as the most exceptional member of an exceptional year, he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, where he read English Literature.
Publication
Bhabra worked for six years in financial advertising in the City of London. In 1984, he resigned to complete Gestures, a novel on which he had been working for years. He travelled and worked as a correspondent for a few years, which provided material for his career as a writer of fiction, under his own name and also as A M Kabal and John Ford. Gestures won a Betty Trask Award in 1987. It has been described thus: "With extraordinary force and subtlety, Gestures conducts the 'funeral rite over an entire way of life . . . a liberal, human, European culture which has finally disappeared'. The lines could stand as an epitaph for Bhabra himself. Infused with his own erudition, elegance and empathy, it was also—and to a great degree—an expression of his own sense of displacement." Indeed, although he published in quick succession three thrillers—The Adversary (1986) and Bad Money (1987), and Zero Yield—the next few years were spent largely on travels to Egypt, Mexico and Latin America.
The United States
In 1989, Bhabra was awarded the first Fulbright Chandler Fellowship in Spy and Detective Fiction Writing. This prize included a post as writer-in-residence at the University of California, Los Angeles, for one year. Bhabra stayed on in Los Angeles from 1991 to 1993, hoping to earn money as a scriptwriter. That did not work out, however, though his fund of esoteric knowledge did help him win a handsome sum as a contestant on a television quiz show, Jeopardy!, an accomplishment of which he remained proud. While there, he also developed an obsession with climbing bridges, which led to his arrest while making an assault on the Golden Gate, San Francisco. Bhabra also taught at Amherst College in Massachusetts.
Canada
In 1994 Bhabra moved to Toronto, where his parents now lived. In Canada, Bhabra was perceived as an Asian-Canadian writer and broadcaster. He taught at the Humber School for Writers at Humber College and then joined TVOntario as co-host, with Marni Jackson, of the book show Imprint from 1995 to 1997. Knowledgeable and intelligent, Bhabra had interests ranging from food and fashion to films and books. His contract with Imprint was not renewed after the 1997 season.
After leaving Imprint, Bhabra struggled to make ends meet with occasional freelance magazine and television work. Television projects included the show Starting Up!, about the challenges and rewards of opening a business, which he created and produced for TVO. Bhabra also embarked on an ambitious fiction quartet: South, West, North, and East. By the spring of 1999, Bhabra had completed a draft of the first chapter of the first novel, South, a draft which failed to lead to the publishing contract he hoped for and much needed, in order to support himself financially. When opportunities at TVO dried up, Bhabra joined TFO, the French-language channel, where he worked, for a short time, on a new arts show, Ôzone. Bhabra left TFO in late 1999 as a result of artistic differences. He was sustained during these years by the support of his partner, Vee Ledson, daughter of educator Sidney Ledson. Bhabra had encouraged Ledson to pursue her dream of running her own school, Laurel Academy, which she established in Toronto in 1995.
On 1 June 2000, a week before his 45th birthday, he killed himself by jumping off the Prince Edward Viaduct on Toronto's Bloor Street. None around him knew of his debilitating writer's block; in the months and weeks leading up to his death, Bhabra had led some of those closest to him to believe he had, at last, completed the first novel and secured a book contract for it, and that he had begun work on the second book.
Bhabra wrote letters shortly before killing himself in which he revealed he had misrepresented important elements of his life. In addition to acknowledging that he had not been making any progress in his writing, he revealed he did not have legal residence status in Canada.
His death contributed to the argument for the Luminous Veil, a suicide barrier fence over the viaduct. In 2001, Bhabra, was posthumously nominated for a Gémeaux Award (Prix Gémaux), for his work on Ôzone. In 2003, the Luminous Veil was finally completed and in the same year Gestures was reprinted.
In December 2014 Maclean's published Marni Jackson's description of being sexually harassed by Bhabra. Jackson compared Bhabra's behaviour to the then recently publicised behaviour of Jian Ghomeshi:
I am struck by some of the similarities: the narcissistic "host" whose increasingly self-serving behaviour was tolerated by his bosses and co-workers, and an intelligent, talented man whose "charm" had a hidden element of misogyny.
Bibliography
Gestures – 1986
The Adversary – 1986 (as A.M. Kabal)
Bad Money – 1987 (as A.M. Kabal)
Zero Yield (as John Ford)
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20070930095343/http://brannan.org/2000/bhabra.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20051126141213/http://www.ryerson.ca/library/events/asian_heritage/bhabra.html
http://www.rediff.com/us/2000/jun/07us2.htm
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2001/minutes/committees/wks/wks010221.pdf
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1955 births
2000 suicides
Indian male novelists
British Asian writers
Canadian male novelists
Suicides in Ontario
Canadian writers of Asian descent
Bhabra, H.S.
Canadian television hosts
20th-century British novelists
British male writers
20th-century Indian novelists
20th-century Canadian novelists
Writers from Mumbai
Novelists from Maharashtra
20th-century Canadian male writers
Suicides by jumping in Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parunthu
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Parunthu (English:Eagle) is a 2008 Malayalam film by M. Padmakumar starring Mammootty and Jayasurya. The screenplay written by T.A. Rasaq.
Plot
Blade Purushottaman, nicknamed Parunthu Purushu for the way he preys on his targets, is a heartless financier. His rude and insulting ways of talking to people who owe him money have hurt many people.
Vinayan a young youth joins Parunthu Purushu to fight against Kallayi Azeez, who is Purushu's rival from childhood for his family needs.
Once Parunthu spoils the betrothal ceremony of Rakhi, the daughter of a Gujarati businessman Hemanth Bhai, who owes Parunthu a large sum. After the death of Hemanth Bhai, Rakhi takes money from Azeez. But for Azeez it was a trap and he wants more than money in return.
Later, Azeez sends a gunda to attack Purushu and brings him close to death. He is saved by Rekha and Vinayan. This changes Purushu and he decides to be a good man from then. The rest of the movie is about whether the people can accept him in his new character.
Cast
Mammootty as Parunthu Purushothaman
Jayasurya as Vinayan
Cochin Haneefa as Kunjachan
Suraj Venjaramoodu as Mahendran
Jayan Cherthala as Kallayi Azeez
Jagathy Sreekumar as Hemanth Bhai
Saiju Kurup as Vineeth
Lakshmi Rai as Rakhi
Poornitha as Bhuvana
Devan as Mahesh, Vineeth's brother
Manka Mahesh as Vineeth's mother
K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Narayaniamma
Sabitha Anand as Kumariyamma, Purushu's Mother
Augustine as Kumaran
Mamukkoya as Kunjikka
Jayakrishnan as CI Soman
Balachandran Chullikkadu as Abraham
Abu Salim as Prabhakaran
Sreelatha Namboothiri as Seetha's Grand mother
Anil Murali as Sanjay, Seetha's husband
Saju Kodiyan as Panicker
Ambika Mohan as Vinayan's mother
Songs
The movie features an acclaimed soundtrack composed by maestro Alex Paul and lyrics penned by Kanesh Punoor, Anil Panachooran and Sharath Vayalar.
References
External links
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/10408.html
http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/5443/malayalam/parunthu/index.htm
2008 films
2000s Malayalam-language films
Films directed by M. Padmakumar
Films scored by Alex Paul
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Davronjon Tukhtasunov
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Davronjon Tukhtasunov (born 14 May 1990) is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for FK Khujand. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He also joined the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea.
Career statistics
Tajik League
Statistics accurate as of match played 23 March 2017
International goals
Honours
Regar-TadAZ
Tajik League (1): 2008
Ravshan Kulob
Tajik League (1): 2013
References
1990 births
Living people
Tajikistani footballers
Tajikistan international footballers
Association football forwards
Tajikistan Higher League players
Tajikistan youth international footballers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Richards%20%28rugby%20union%29
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Dean Richards (rugby union)
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Dean Richards (born 11 July 1963) is a rugby union coach and former player for Leicester Tigers, and British & Irish Lions. He was most recently the Director of Rugby at Newcastle Falcons, a position he held for ten years between 2012 and 2022.
Richards was a number eight and played 314 games for Leicester Tigers between 1982 and 1997, he was captain as Leicester won the 1994-95 Courage League and the 1997 Pilkington Cup, and also played as Leicester won the inaugural English league title in 1987-88 and the 1993 Pilkington Cup. He played 48 times for between 1986 and 1996, a world record number of caps for his position at the time, including the 1987, 1991 and 1995 Rugby World Cups, and represented the British Lions on their 1989 tour to Australia and 1993 tour to New Zealand playing in six international matches. He was widely regarded as one of the best number eights to have played the game.
In 1998 he retired from playing and was immediately appointed Leicester Director of Rugby. Leicester won the Premiership Rugby title in Richards' first four seasons in charge and also won the Heineken Cup in 2001 and 2002, the first side to retain the trophy. Richards spent one year with FC Grenoble in France's Top 16. He then joined Harlequins from 2005 to 2009, winning the second division in 2006, and leading them to second in the Premiership in 2009. He was banned from coaching for the next three years following the Bloodgate scandal. After the expiration of his ban he was appointed by Newcastle Falcons and won the second division again in 2013.
Playing career
Junior honours and Leicester debut
Richards was schooled at John Cleveland College, in Hinckley, and was capped three times for England Schools in 1981. He played for Roanne in France for a year before returning to England to play for Leicester Tigers.
Richards made his debut for Leicester as an 18 year old on 10 April 1982 in a match against Neath RFC. He began playing regularly for the side the following season, replacing Nick Jackson as Tigers regular number eight Richards started 25 of final 28 games of the 1982–83 season including all five rounds of 1982–83 John Player Cup as Leicester reached the final only to lose to Bristol. He played for the Barbarians in 1983 and was selected the same year for the England's Under-23s tour to Romania.
1983–89: England debut, first Leicester title and Lions
Richards continued in as a regular in Leicester's backrow and was the club's top try scorer with 20 tries in both the 1985–86 season, and 1986–87. He made his senior debut on 1 March 1986, against at Twickenham in the 1986 Five Nations Championship, scoring two tries in a 25–20 points win. Richards played in four matches at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987.
After the 1988 Five Nations Championship match between Scotland and England Richards received a one match ban from the Rugby Football Union after an incident post match which damaged the Calcutta Cup. Richards won the first club silverware of his career when Leicester beat Waterloo to win the 1987–88 Courage League, England's first official league title. Richards was selected alongside three other Leicester players for England's tour of Australia and Fiji. Injuries limited Richards to only 15 appearances for Leicester in 1988–89, though he was able to feature in the losing 1988-89 Pilkington Cup final against Bath, before being selected for the 1989 British Lions tour to Australia. Richards played in all three tests for the Lions and his powerful mauling play was the bedrock of the Lions success.
1989–94: Grandslams, Cup win and Lions tour
On his return from Australia Richards was appointed Leicester captain but injured his shoulder in only the second match of the season, the injury proved so serious he missed the rest of the 1989–90 season. He returned to fitness for the 1990–91 season and resumed the captaincy of Leicester, leading Leicester to fourth in the 1990–91 Courage League. Internationally Richards started all four of England's games in their 1991 Five Nations grandslam, toured Australia and Fiji and was named in England's 1991 World Cup squad. Richards was controversially dropped after a pool stage victory against the as England made the final but lost to . Richards was recalled for England during the 1992 Five Nations Championship, where they won a second successive grandslam.
Due to injury to Martin Johnson, Richards started the 1992–93 season in Leicester's second row, but returned to his accustomed position of number eight by the time of the 1992–93 Pilkington Cup first round match against London Scottish. Richards started all five matches as Tigers won the cup, including scoring tries in both the quarter and semi-final. Despite not being selected for England in the 1993 Five Nations Championship, Richards was picked for the 1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand and started in all three test matches. He also captained the Lions in a non-cap match against Canterbury. After the tour Richards was again appointed Leicester's captain, a position he held until he retired.
1994–97 Club and international success to retirement
Richards only scored one try for Leicester in the 1994–95 season but it was a significant one, on 27 December 1994 he scored his 100th try for the club becoming only the second forward to do so after David Matthews. That season Leicester also went on to win the 1994-95 Courage League, Richards played in the final game of the season and as captained lifted Leicester's second league title at Welford Road.
In international rugby Richards was an ever-present for in their 1995 grandslam, his third. He was selected in England's 1995 World Cup squad, overlooked for the first two group stage matches he was recalled for the final pool game against and played in the quarter final against and the semi final against .
The 1995–96 season was one of near misses for Leicester as they lost the 1995-96 Courage League on the last day of the season with a home defeat to Harlequins and then lost the 1996 Pilkington Cup Final to Bath with a controversial last minute penalty try.
The following season, Richards led Leicester to their first Heineken Cup final against Brive, at Cardiff Arms Park, which was won by Brive by 28 points to nine. Richards made his 300th appearance for Leicester on 25 February 1997 in a match at Welford Road against the Barbarians. The final match in his career was played on 30 December 1997, against Newcastle Falcons, at Welford Road.
Personal life
Richards was a police constable for Leicestershire Constabulary between the 1980s and 1990s before English rugby union became professional.
Coaching career
Leicester
Richards took over from Bob Dwyer as coach of Leicester in 1998, and in his first full season as Director of Rugby won the Allied Dunbar Premiership, the third time in club history. Tigers successfully defended the title for four years in a row under him. Leicester also won two Heineken Cups, defeating Stade Français 34–30 in 2001 and beating Munster 15–9 in 2002. After two trophy-less seasons and a failure to get out of the pool in Europe, Richards left the club in February 2004, ending a 23-year association with the club.
Grenoble
In June 2004, Richards was appointed as coach at French club FC Grenoble for the following season. Grenoble struggled in the French rugby championship and it was announced in May 2005 that Richards would leave the club at the end of the season by mutual consent.
Harlequins
He was appointed Director of Rugby at Harlequins in May 2005 following their relegation from the Zurich Premiership in the 2004–05 season, and led them back to the Premiership at the first attempt, in a season where they lost only one league game.
Bloodgate
Richards resigned from Harlequins in August 2009 after an incident which became known as Bloodgate. He had orchestrated and had "central control" over a fake blood injury to Harlequins player Tom Williams to bring a more experienced replacement kicker onto the field during a Heineken Cup match against Leinster. With the game poised at 6-5 late in the second half, a successful penalty kick would have resulted in a place in the semifinals for Harlequins. Richards was found to have been involved in four similar incidents, and was banned from coaching for three seasons.
Harlequins were fined £259,000, and Williams was banned for four months. Harlequins' physiotherapist Steph Brennan was banned for two years. The doctor involved, Wendy Chapman, who cut the player's lip to try to cover up the incident, was reprimanded by the Medical Council, but escaped a ban.
Newcastle
In spring 2012 Richards was named Director of Rugby at Newcastle Falcons when his ban ended in August and, as he had with Harlequins, led Newcastle to promotion back to the Premiership at the first attempt.
Richards led the Falcons to an 8th-place finish in the 2016-17 Aviva Premiership, with Falcons ending up just 3 points off the top 6. This was their best finish in 11 years, and their biggest number of wins in 15 years.
In May 2022, it was announced that Richards would be stepping down as Director of Rugby at the end of the season but continuing to work as a part-time consultant for the Falcons.
Sources
References
External links
Harlequins profile
sporting-heroes.net – Dean Richards
Lions Profile
1963 births
Living people
English rugby union administrators
English rugby union coaches
English rugby union players
Leicester Tigers players
England international rugby union players
Rugby union controversies
Leicester Tigers coaches
Rugby union players from Nuneaton
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
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Kaire Vilgats (born 11 January 1976) is an Estonian vocalist and actress, known for numerous roles in stage musicals. Over the years, she has repeatedly participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as a backing vocalist for Estonian entries.
Early life
Kaire Vilgats was born and spent her childhood in Pärnu, a resort town in the south-west of Estonia, where she also went to school. She learnt the accordion in a music school before taking classes in singing.
Career
Vilgats has later been trained in pop-jazz singing at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn, with Silvi Vrait as her vocal coach.
In 1999, Vilgats was awarded third place in the Kaks takti ette contest for young singers, organized by Estonian Television. The winner of that season was an Estonian rock star, Tanel Padar, with Eda-Ines Etti in second position. The same year, she was cast in the company of the Estonian production of the musical La Cage aux Folles which was her theatre début. A series of supporting roles in musicals were to follow.
Kaire Vilgats has been the musical director of the Estonian Puppet Theatre in Tallinn, where she composed music for children's musicals and plays, like, The Little Witch by Otfried Preußler.
In 2006, she was nominated for an Estonian theatre prize for the supporting role of Amps in the musical but did not win.
Roles
2000: Tanz der Vampire (Magda)
2000: Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal)
2000: Zorba (Storyteller)
2001: No, No, Nanette (Betty from Boston)
2001: Les Misérables (Mme Thenardier, understudy)
2002: Miss Saigon (Gigi)
2003: Fiddler on the Roof (Golde)
2004: Crazy for You (Irene Roth)
2006: Fame (Esther Sherman)
2006: (Amps)
2006: Lumekuninganna (Snow Queen) (Grandmother/Snow Queen)
2007: Phantom (Carlotta)
2008: Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney)
2008: Buratino senitundmatud seiklused ("Buratino`s Yet Unknown Adventures") (Malviina)
2011: The Warewolf (Grandmother)
2011: The Beauty and the Beast (Teapot)
2011: Karlsson on the Roof (Hildur Sokk), drama
2012: Seljatas sada meest ("Overcame a Hundred Men") (Maria Loorberg), drama
2013: Shrek (Dragon)
2014: Koerhaldjas Mia (Dog-Fairy Mia) (Christmas Mom)
2015: Billy Elliiot (Mrs Wilkinson)
2015: Karlsson on the Roof, the musical, (Hildur Sokk)
2016: Mamma Mia (Rosie Mulligan / Tanya Chesham-Leigh)
2017: Les Misérables (Mme Thenardier)
As a chorist, Vilgats has appeared in Evita, La Cage aux Folles, Georg and Mort. She is also a voice actress and vocal coach.
Other credits
Kaire Vilgats is a backing vocalist for different Estonian pop acts, such as Anne Veski, Ivo Linna or Maarja.
With 7 appearances, she is holding the record of biggest number of participations in the Eurovision Song Contest for Estonia. In 2000 and 2002, she sang backing vocals for the Estonian and Maltese songs, and did the same for Estonia at 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019 contests. The 2020 contest in Rotterdam she was to attend as a backing singer got cancelled due to the pandemic spread of coronavirus.
Vilgats provided her vocals for the album Family. We are Family, released in 2003 as a cooperative effort of several popular vocalists, such as Nele-Liis Vaiksoo and Lauri Pihlap. She has also performed with the Estonian Police Orchestra and a number of other orchestras and groups.
Kaire Vilgats has been open about her weight problems and has therefore given patronage to sporting events, like Tartu Maraton in which she successfully participates. She has co-hosted and participated in TV-shows, Your Face Sounds Familiar among many.
In 2021, she had a small role in the Ergo Kuld directed comedy film Jahihooaeg''.
Personal life
Vilgats is a mother of three children, two sons and a daughter. She is divorced from a music producer Johannes Lõhmus.
Vilgats' mother is Ester Vilgats, a news journalist for Estonian Public Broadcasting.
References
External links
1976 births
Living people
21st-century Estonian women singers
Estonian stage actresses
Estonian musical theatre actresses
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Estonia
Estonian pop singers
People from Pärnu
21st-century Estonian actresses
Eesti Laul contestants
Tallinn Georg Ots Music School alumni
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Mary Reid Anderson (née Macarthur; 13 August 1880 – 1 January 1921) was a Scottish suffragist (although at odds with the national groups who were willing to let a minority of women gain the franchise) and was a leading trades unionist. She was the general secretary of the Women's Trade Union League and was involved in the formation of the National Federation of Women Workers and National Anti-Sweating League. In 1910, Macarthur led the women chain makers of Cradley Heath to victory in their fight for a minimum wage and led a strike to force employers to implement the rise. About 1901, Macarthur became a trade unionist after hearing a speech made by John Turner about how badly some workers were being treated by their employers. Mary became secretary of the Ayr branch of the Shop Assistants' Union, and her interest in this union led to her work for the improvement of women's labour conditions. In 1902 Mary became friends with Margaret Bondfield who encouraged her to attend the union's national conference where Macarthur became the first woman to be elected to the union's national executive.
Family life
Macarthur was born on 13 August 1880 in Glasgow, the eldest of six children to John Duncan Macarthur, the owner of a drapery business, and his wife, Anne Elizabeth Martin. She attended Glasgow Girls' High School, and, after editing the school magazine, decided she wanted to become a full-time writer. After her Glasgow schooling she spent time studying in Germany before returning to Scotland to work for her father as a bookkeeper.
After becoming politically active, Mary met and eventually married William Crawford Anderson, the chairman of the executive committee of the Independent Labour Party, in 1911, ten years after he first proposed. Their first child died at birth in 1913, and daughter Anne Elizabeth was born in 1915.
William died four years later in the 1919 influenza epidemic.
Mary died of cancer on 1 January 1921, at the age of 40, in Golders Green, London.
Trade union activism and support for universal suffrage
In 1903 Macarthur moved to London where she became Secretary of the Women's Trade Union League. Active in the fight for the vote, she was totally opposed to those in the NUWSS and the WSPU who were willing to accept the franchise being given to only certain groups of women. Macarthur believed that a limited franchise would disadvantage the working class and feared that it might act against the granting of full adult suffrage, and this view did not make her welcome in the more high profile suffrage movements. Macarthur's view was criticised by the middle-class leaders of the Votes for Woman movement who thought that a partial enfranchisement was more likely to succeed and that would make it easier to achieve a full suffrage.
The Women's Trade Union League united women-only unions from different trades including a mixed-class membership. The conflicting aims of activists affiliated with different classes and organisations barred the league from affiliation to the Trades Union Congress.
To solve this conflict Macarthur founded the National Federation of Women Workers in 1906. The model for the Federation was a general labour union, "open to all women in unorganised trades or who were not admitted to their appropriate trade union." This federation pre-dated the National Union of General Workers (formed in 1921) and led by and for women.
In general Macarthur chose the universal suffrage position over gradualist approaches both within the Trade Union movement and the Women's Rights movement. "Mary Macarthur estimated that if women were enfranchised on the same terms as men, less than 5 per cent of working women would be eligible." (Tony Cliff quoting the Proceedings, National Women's Trade Union League, USA (1919), p. 29.)
Macarthur was involved in the Exhibition of Sweated Industries in 1905 and the formation of Britain's Anti-Sweating League in 1906. The following year she founded the Women Worker, a monthly newspaper for women trade unionists. Then in 1908, after six weeks in hospital with diphtheria, she presented findings of her research (in poorer areas of the capital), with sweated homeworking women, to the House of Commons Select Committee on Home Working.
A form of minimum wage law, the Trade Board Act 1909 was eventually passed from the activism and the evidence Macarthur and others had gathered and the changes that she had lobbied for. In 1909 The New York Times published an article about Macarthur which bears witness to some of the divisions in the Women's movement at the time and across the Atlantic.In 1910 the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath won a battle to establish the right to a fair wage following a 10-week strike. This landmark victory changed the lives of thousands of workers who were earning little more than 'starvation wages'. Macarthur was the trade unionist who led the women chain makers in their fight for better pay. In reference to female earnings, Macarthur commented that "women are unorganised because they are badly paid, and poorly paid because they are unorganised.". The dispute ended on the 22 October 1910 when the last of the employers agreed to pay the minimum wage. The Cradley Heath Workers' Institute was funded using money left over from the strike fund of the 1910.
Because of the fame she had earned as an organiser at Cradley Heath Macarthur was immediately sent for in August, 1911, when the Bermondsey Uprising began. Early in 1911 Ada Salter had founded a Women's Labour League (WLL) branch in Bermondsey and was recruiting women in the local food and drink factories to Macarthur's NFWW. In August, one of the hottest on record, the appalling conditions in some of these factories became unbearable and 14,000 women suddenly walked out on strike from 22 factories. This was the Bermondsey Uprising. Though inspired by Salter, it was Macarthur who organised the strikers, led the negotiations and secured a historic victory for low-paid women.
The highlight was a mass rally in Southwark Park where the blistering oratory of Macarthur was backed up by suffragists Sylvia Pankhurst, Charlotte Despard and George Lansbury. In 1911, Macarthur also married William Crawford Anderson, chairman of the executive committee of the Labour party, who was from 1914 to 1918 member for the Attercliffe division of Sheffield.
Cat and Mouse Act and war effort
In August 1913, in response to the government Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913 whereby hunger striking suffragette prisoners would be released when too weak to be active and permitting their re-arrest as soon as they were active, Macarthur took part in a delegation to meet with the Home Secretary, Reginald McKenna and discuss the Cat and Mouse Act.
McKenna was unwilling to talk to them and when the women refused to leave the House of Commons, Macarthur and Margaret McMillan were physically ejected but Evelyn Sharp and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence were arrested and sent to Holloway Prison.
Macarthur was a 'firm believer in universal rather than purely women's suffrage, and she had been careful not to allow the fight for the vote to become confused with her campaigns for better pay and conditions. She was well aware that success depended to a great extent on the support of the male trade unionist and politicians. When, at the end of the war, women aged 30 and over were given the vote, and were allowed for the first time to stand for Parliament, Mary saw her next challenge'.
Although an opponent of the war, Macarthur nonetheless became secretary of the Ministry of Labour's central committee on women's employment.
The Stourbridge Parliamentary Election 1918
After the Representation of the People Act 1918 had enfranchised women over the age of thirty and the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 allowed women to stand for Parliament, Macarthur stood as Labour Party candidate in the newly created county constituency Stourbridge, Worcestershire at the General Election on 14 December 1919. This was a large constituency which included Halesowen, Oldbury, Cradley and Warley Woods. It did not include the Cradley Heath area where she had led the chain makers' dispute.
The returning officer insisted that she was listed under her married name of Mrs W.C. Anderson. The defending Liberal MP was John Wilson a director of the Albright and Wilson chemicals firm in Oldbury, which was in the constituency. She was also opposed by Victor Fisher of the National Democratic and Labour Party, who had the support of the Coalition, secret funding from the Unionists, and ran a particularly abusive campaign. During the campaign she worked closely with John Davison the Labour candidate in neighbouring Smethwick to defeat Christabel Pankhurst who was running as the Coalition candidate with Unionist support. Macarthur was defeated, as were most anti-war candidates, including her husband, William Anderson, who was defending Sheffield, Attercliffe.
Macarthur continued her work with the Women's Trade Union League and played an important role in transforming it into the Women's section of the Trade Union Congress.
Mary Macarthur died on 1 January 1921.
Legacy
An exhibition commemorating Macarthur is displayed in the Cradley Heath Workers' Institute, which has been rebuilt at the Black Country Living Museum.
The Mary Macarthur Scholarship Fund and Mary Macarthur Educational Trust were established in 1922 and 1968 respectively, with the aims "to advance the educational opportunities of working women". Awards are made in memory of "pioneers of trade unionism", Mary Macarthur, Emma Paterson, Lady Dilke and Jessie Stephen. Their assets were transferred to the TUC Educational Trusts in 2010.
The Mary Macarthur Holiday Trust, based in Cardiff, helps fund holidays for vulnerable and needy women.
A statue was unveiled of Mary Macarthur in Mary Macarthur Gardens in Cradley Heath, West Midlands in 2012. She is also remembered in the name of Mary Macarthur Drive, Cradley Heath.
On the eve of International Women's Day 2017, a blue plaque was unveiled at her home at 42 Woodstock Road in Golders Green, where she lived while she was at her most prominent.
Her name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the plinth of the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London, unveiled in 2018.
There is social housing in London named after Mary Macarthur at Field Road, Hammersmith; Walter Street, Bethnal Green; and Wythenshawe Road, Dagenham.
In popular culture
Mary Macarthur was featured in the Townsend Theatre Productions touring folk ballad Rouse Ye Women during April 2019. This included a performance at Cradley Heath Library. Bryony Purdue played the role of Macarthur supported by Neil Gore and Rowan Godel.
There is an annual festival organised by local trade unionists each July in Cradley Heath to commemorate the 1910 chain makers' strike.
Gallery
See also
History of feminism
List of suffragists and suffragettes
Women's Social and Political Union
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
References
Publications
Mary Macarthur 1880-1921 The Working Woman’s Champion RIGHTING THE WRONG By Cathy Hunt (2019)
Hallam, David J.A. Taking on the Men: the first women parliamentary candidates 1918, (Studley 2018). This includes a chapter on her election campaign in 1918.
Graham Taylor, Ada Salter: Pioneer of Ethical Socialism (2016)
S. Boston, Women Workers and the Trade Unions (1980)
Margaret Bondfield, A Life's Work (1948)
M.A. Hamilton, Mary Macarthur (1925)
External links
Cradley Women Chainmakers' Festival
Election manifesto
Spartacus
Electric Scotland-Women in History of Scots Descent
Tribune History- gloss
Article – Margaret Bondfield and Mary Macarthur : their work to organize working women
Mary’s Manifesto – Election Promises to Stourbridge Folk from 1918
Cradley Heath Workers' Institute at the Black Country Living Museum
British women's rights activists
1880 births
1921 deaths
Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members
Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
Trade unionists from Glasgow
Scottish women in politics
Scottish suffragists
Scottish women trade unionists
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Norwood James Patterson, Jr (born February 18, 1948) is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 23rd district, which encompasses eastern Fresno County and a slice of Tulare County. He is the former Mayor of Fresno, California.
Early career
Prior to being elected to public office, he was a business executive and broadcaster owning and operating radio stations in California and Idaho.
Mayor
Patterson was Mayor of Fresno between 1993 and 2001, defeating incumbent Democrat Karen Humphrey for reelection by a landslide, and being succeeded by Alan Autry.
2002 Congressional election
Patterson ran for the Republican nomination in California's 21st congressional district, a district with new boundaries created through reapportionment after the 2000 United States census. His opponents were State Assemblyman Mike Briggs and Devin Nunes, the California State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development section. Patterson came in close second place to Nunes, who would eventually win the general election.
2010 Congressional election
Patterson ran for the Republican nomination in California's 19th congressional district, to take over the seat of retiring Congressman George Radanovich. He finished second in the June 8, 2010 primary to state Senator Jeff Denham, who won the general election.
Political positions
In the wake of a 2018 shooting spree in Tulare County by an illegal alien, Patterson called on his fellow legislators to change California Sanctuary Law SB54 to allow local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with detainer requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Electoral history
See also
List of mayors of Fresno, California
References
External links
Campaign website
Members of the California State Assembly
Living people
Mayors of Fresno, California
California Republicans
21st-century American politicians
1948 births
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"No One Does It Like You" is a single by Department of Eagles from their 2008 album, In Ear Park. The B-side is a cover of the 2006 JoJo single, "Too Little Too Late". The 7" vinyl release of the single was available for free to people who have pre-ordered In Ear Park online. The single was later released digitally on June 9, 2009.
The song uses a sample of The Ronettes' song "You Baby" for the drum beat. It was covered by indie band Feed Me Jack on their 2012 album Chumpfrey.
Music video
The music video for "No One Does It Like You" was produced by The Directors Bureau and co-directed by Patrick Daughters and Marcel Dzama, with production and costume design by Dzama. It premiered at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the venue's ongoing PopRally series on 24 March 2009. Daughters and Dzama had originally planned to collaborate on a project for Arcade Fire but that project fell through due to a lack of sufficient funds. Daughters was approached first by Department of Eagles, and it was he who introduced Dzama to the project.
Track listing
Release history
References
2008 singles
4AD singles
2008 songs
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John Robert Hale-Monro (1 May 1902 – 9 June 1959), known as Sonnie Hale, was an English actor, screenwriter, and director.
Early life
John Robert Hale-Monro was born in Kensington, London, the son of Belle Reynolds and actor Robert Hale. His sister, Binnie Hale, was also an actress. Hale was educated at Beaumont College.
Career
He worked chiefly in musical and revue theatre, but also acted in several films with occasional screenwriting or directing credits. He first performed on stage at the London Pavilion in 1921 in the chorus of the revue Fun of the Fayre. A major personal investment in a show to tour the country planned for late 1939 proved financially ruinous due to the outbreak of war and the subsequent closure of most theatres. His slight acquaintance Evelyn Waugh advised him against such an investment. His reply was reported to be the sardonic "War is good for business, don't you know!"
Hale's play The French Mistress premiered at Wimbledon Theatre in 1955. It later enjoyed a long West End run, before being adapted into the film A French Mistress.
Personal life and death
He was married three times, to:
The actress Evelyn Laye (1926–1930).
The actress and dancer Jessie Matthews (1931–1944).
Mary Kelsey (1945–1957)
He left his first marriage to Evelyn Laye for actress Jessie Matthews, an action which received backlash among the British and caused a scandal.
By his second marriage he had one son (died at birth) and one adopted daughter (born 1935); by his third marriage he had one son, John Robert Hale-Monro (born 1946, died 2013) and a daughter. He also had a daughter Joanna Monro (born 1956) from a subsequent relationship with the actress Frances Bennett.
He died on 9 June 1959 in London from myelofibrosis, aged 57.
Selected theatre performances
Little Nellie Kelly (London production) - 1923 (as Sidney Potter)
Mercenary Mary - 1925 (as Jerry Warner)
One Dam Thing After Another (revue) - 1927
This Year of Grace (revue) - 1928
Wake Up and Dream (revue) - 1929
Ever Green - 1930 (as Tommy Thompson)
Hold My Hand - 1931 (as Pop Curry)
Come Out to Play (revue) - 1940
Maid of the Mountains - 1942 (as Tonio)
One, Two, Three (revue) - 1947
The Perfect Woman - 1948 (as Freddie Cavendish)
Rainbow Square - 1951 (as Peppi)
Lady Be Good - 1955
The French Mistress - 1959 (as John Crawley)
Filmography
Actor
Happy Ever After (1932)
Tell Me Tonight (1932)
Early to Bed (1933)
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Evergreen (1934)
Wild Boy (1934)
Are You a Mason? (1934)
My Song for You (1934)
Mon coeur t'appelle (1934)
My Heart is Calling (1935)
Marry the Girl (1935)
First a Girl (1935)
It's Love Again (1936)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Let's Be Famous (1939)
Fiddlers Three (1944)
London Town (1946)
Director
Head Over Heels (1937)
Gangway (1937)
Sailing Along (1938)
References
"Oxford Companion to Popular Music" by Peter Grimmond - Publisher OUP 1991 -
"Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912–1976", Vol. 2 D–H - Publisher Pitman London -
External links
1902 births
1959 deaths
English male film actors
English film directors
English male screenwriters
English male stage actors
20th-century English male actors
Male actors from London
People educated at Beaumont College
Royal Army Service Corps officers
20th-century English screenwriters
20th-century English male writers
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The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; Paṣhtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang; ) is a social movement for Pashtun human rights based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. It was founded in May 2014 by eight students in Dera Ismail Khan. On 1 February 2018, the name of the movement was changed from "Mahsud Tahafuz Movement" ('Mahsud Protection Movement') to "Pashtun Tahafuz Movement."
During PTM's public demonstrations and sit-ins since February 2018, several demands were presented to the Pakistani government and military, including punishment to the retired police officer Rao Anwar, a truth and reconciliation commission on extrajudicial killings in the country, presenting missing persons before courts, and removal of landmines from the Pashtun tribal areas. The movement is led by Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist from South Waziristan. Other prominent activists in it include Ali Wazir, Mohsin Dawar, Mir Kalam, Alamzaib Mahsud, Abdullah Nangyal, Fazal Khan, Gulalai Ismail, Sanna Ejaz, Wranga Loni, and the late Arman Loni, Arif Wazir, Usman Kakar, and Noor Islam Dawar. PTM claims to be an unarmed and peaceful resistance movement working within the lawful boundaries of the Constitution of Pakistan. The Pakistan Army and several journalists have claimed that the movement is trying to create discord in the country along ethnic lines, as well as following a foreign agenda. The movement has seen strong support from neighboring Afghanistan, which traditionally has an uneasy relationship with the government of Pakistan.
History
Background
The "Pashtunistan" movement has been a sensitive issue since Pakistan's independence in 1947. A large Pashtun population exists in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to some scholars, Pakistani authorities have promoted Islamization as an opposing force. The PTM has however refrained from comment on Pashtun unity.
Pashtun territory has been a war zone since the 1980s, since the Cold War between the Soviet Union and United States and the following conflict between western and Islamist forces. The PTM therefore campaigns against war, blaming both Islamists and the Pakistani military for the destruction.
Early history
The movement was founded as Mahsud Tahafuz Movement in May 2014 by eight students in Dera Ismail Khan as an initiative for removing landmines from Waziristan and other parts of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, affected by the war in North-West Pakistan.
The movement rose to prominence in January 2018 when it began a justice movement for Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was extrajudicially killed in a fake encounter staged by the police officer Rao Anwar in Karachi. When the movement gained popularity among the Pashtuns in February 2018, the word "Mahsud" in its name, which referred to the Mahsud tribe from Waziristan, was changed into "Pashtun" to refer to all Pashtuns.
The movement, which has inspired global Pashtun solidarity, has been dominated by youth, and thrives on social media while lacking significant coverage in mainstream media. According to Saleem Shah, it has challenged military power where typical Pashtun nationalist parties have not dared. However, the PTM lacks organizational structure and a political manifesto, as of 2018.
In November 2018, PTM launched a justice movement for Tahir Dawar, a police officer and Pashto poet who was abducted from the capital Islamabad and tortured to death, with his corpse found 18 days after disappearance in the Dur Baba District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. PTM, as well as Tahir's family, demanded that Tahir's murder must be investigated through an international commission rather than a Pakistani one because the case involved two countries. PTM again gained international press coverage in February 2019 when the Balochistan Police allegedly extrajudicially murdered one of the leaders of PTM, Arman Loni, in Loralai. Protests followed which led to the detention of more than 20 PTM activists, including Gulalai Ismail and Abdullah Nangyal. In May 2020, after the assassination of PTM leader Arif Wazir, another wave of widespread protests was held during which several PTM activists, including Gilaman and Nadeem Askar, were arrested by Pakistani authorities. The Pashteen hat (also known as the Mazari hat) has become the most iconic symbol of PTM, as Manzoor Pashteen regularly wears it at public rallies and events.
Kharqamar incident
On 26 May 2019, there was a clash between the Pakistan Army and PTM activists who were holding a protest gathering near the Kharqamar check post in North Waziristan. To stop the demonstration, the security forces killed at least 13 PTM supporters and injured over 25 others. The military said PTM members attacked security forces before any shooting began and injured several soldiers, but the army showed no evidence to contradict the witness accounts and videos, that largely pointed to the contrary. Several PTM activists, including two members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, were arrested by the security forces after the incident and curfew was imposed in the area. A day after this incident, the opposition parties walked out of the National Assembly of Pakistan in protest, and asked Asad Qaiser, who was the Speaker of the National Assembly and a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to produce Wazir and Dawar before the parliament so that they could explain their viewpoint about the incident at the parliament sessions, but the speaker refused.
After almost four months in jail, Wazir and Dawar were released on bail on 21 September 2019. On 14 October 2020, the government withdrew the Kharqamar case against PTM, and Wazir and Dawar were acquitted of the charges against them.
Objectives
The main demands of PTM presented during the Pashtun Long March's gatherings in 2018 included, among others:
State Terrorism
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement has highly demanded that landmines must be removed from the Pashtun tribal areas. The PTM leaders have criticized Pakistan's military establishment for terrorizing lands of Pashtun people several times. They adopted a famous Balochi slogan "ye jo dehshatgardi hai, iske peeche wardi hai" (Those in uniform are behind terrorism). PTM also demanded several times that Rao Anwar and other police officers involved must be punished for the alleged murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud. PTM also demands a truth and reconciliation commission must be established for all the people who are killed extrajudicially like Naqeebullah Mehsud in alleged fake encounters by the law enforcement agencies of Pakistan The missing persons who are imprisoned at unknown places must be tried in a court of law, and forced disappearances must be stopped.
Torture of Pashtuns
PTM demands that torture and collective punishment against entire villages and tribes in the Pashtun tribal areas, especially after a violent incident, must be stopped The humiliation of locals at army checkpoints in the Pashtun areas must be ended.
Pashtun marches
Islamabad sit-in
On 26 January 2018, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement organized a protest march starting from Dera Ismail Khan. Pashteen started the march along with 20 friends, but many people joined it along the way, as it passed through Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Domel, Karak, Kohat, and Darra Adam Khel, reaching Peshawar on 28 January. Then after passing through Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, and Tarnol, the march reached Islamabad, where a sit-in called "All Pashtun National Jirga" was organized from 1 February outside the National Press Club. The jirga condemned the murder of the Pashtun labourer and aspiring model, Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was shot dead by police force in Karachi during an alleged encounter, and the alleged state oppression against the Pashtuns. It asked the government to set up a judicial inquiry for Naqeebullah Mehsud, as well as for all the other Pashtuns murdered extrajudicially in police encounters. The jirga demanded to stop racial profiling of the Pashtuns in Pakistan, and to bring the Pashtun missing persons before the court of law, so that those who are innocent but held could be freed. The jirga also demanded Pakistan Army to guarantee that they will not abduct or open fire on innocents in the tribal areas, or use violence or collective punishment against entire villages and tribes, and that they will not impose the frequent curfews on the movement of locals even after minor incidents. Another demand was to remove all landminess planted in the tribal areas, which have resulted in many civilian casualties. The protesters said that since 2009, more than 35 people including children had been killed due to landmines in South Waziristan alone.
The sit-in in Islamabad ended on 10 February, but the organizers of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement announced that they would reconvene the protest if their demands were not fulfilled by the government. Advisor to Prime Minister on political affairs, Engr. Amir Muqam appeared in front of the protesters with the hand-written agreement from the Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that included three clauses, agreeing to apprehend Rao Anwar, speed-up the clearing of Mines in South Waziristan, an intermediate college establishment in name of Naqeebullah Mehsud, and promised to addressed "genuine gravencies" raised by Jirga members. Muqam also told the protestors, "the way you held the peaceful protest is really commendable and others should learn a lesson to record their protests this way. I’ll stand by you in trying times and you can come to discuss with me all of your legitimate issues anytime."
On 13 May 2018, family members of missing Pakistanis participated in a protest rally by Pashtun Tahafuz Movement in Karachi, Pakistan by holding photos of their relatives.
Public gatherings
PTM has held public demonstrations at various places, including Bajaur, Bannu, Chaman, Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan, Islamabad, Kabul, Karachi, Khyber, Killa Saifullah, Lahore, Loralai, North Waziristan, Peshawar, Quetta, South Waziristan, Swabi, Swat, Battagram, Tank, Zhob, as well as in several Western countries including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Media blackouts
The powershows and rallys of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement are not shown by mainstream media channels as they are not allowed by the Establishment, leaving social media as the primary channel for communicating with the rest of Pakistan and strengthening the narrative that the PTM is being ignored by the system. In February 2019, Khyber TV, a Pakistani Pashto-language channel, chose not to air an interview with Manzoor Pashteen because of pressure from the military.
On 23 March 2018, the PTM meeting was scheduled to be held in Peshawar University, but Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Islam Zeb, issued an order under section 144 CrPC, imposing ban on political meetings in University and stated any violation against the order shall be preceded against u/s 188 PPC and order will be exercised "for 30 days unless modified or withdrawn." Later the meeting was held in Baghi-e-Naran, Hayatabad with 200 person attending the gathering.
The movement's anthem is "Da Sanga Azadi Da?", which means "What kind of freedom is this?". Many Pashtun's have discovered their voice with this anthem and it encloses the various grievances they have from being caught between the militants and the military.
On 26 April 2019, Mohsin Dawar tweeted that he and his fellow National Assembly member Ali Wazir were barred from holding a press conference at National Press Club (NPC) despite having prior bookings. Many prominent politicians including Pakistan Peoples Party's Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Farhatullah Babar and Bushra Gohar condemned NPC for their move. The next day, NPC issued statement claiming that the lawmakers had not made any prior bookings. The Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor told the journalist Hamid Mir not to invite PTM members on media in response to a question by the journalist as to whether the media houses should invite PTM leaders on TV channels. On 29 April 2019, Asif Ghafoor said PTM would no longer be tolerated. "Their time is up," he said of PTM at the press conference.
Criticism of the Pakistan Army
PTM openly criticizes the Pakistan Army and accuses the Pakistani state of violating the basic human rights of the Pashtuns, but the Pakistan Army has claimed that PTM is backed by foreign powers and their gatherings are "engineered". PTM claims that as a result, news organizations in Pakistan have been pressured to ignore PTM, and university professors have been forced to identify the students attending PTM's protest gatherings. Some Pakistani politicians and journalists also view PTM as working on a foreign or Pashtun nationalist agenda. However, PTM's leadership has claimed that they are protesting through peaceful means within the Constitution of Pakistan.
Gulalai Ismail, a leading PTM member, received death threats by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for speaking enforced disappearancess allegedly carried out by the Pakistani military. Due to the allegations of treason against Gulalai Ismail by the Pakistan police, she went into hiding and eventually took refuge in the United States.
PTM leader Ali Wazir is also known for his vocal criticism of Pakistan's military establishment. He blames the Pakistan Armed Forces for human rights violations during its large-scale military operations, including Operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan in 2009, during which time he was forced to stay in Dera Ismail Khan due to the insecurity in Waziristan. On 16 December 2020, Wazir was arrested on allegations of treason by the Sindh Police in Peshawar, where he was present to commemorate the 2014 Peshawar school massacre. Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Pakistan Army Chief, stated on 1 July 2021 that Wazir would have to apologize for criticizing the Pakistan Army and then he could be released, but Wazir refused to apologize. On 14 March 2022, the Pashtun National Jirga in Bannu demanded that Wazir be immediately released along with all other political prisoners.
See also
Waziristan
Killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud
Manzoor Pashteen
Ali Wazir
Mohsin Dawar
Forced disappearances in Pakistan
Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism
Targeted killings in Pakistan
People's Peace Movement (Afghanistan)
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2018 protests
Activism in Pakistan
Ethnic organisations based in Pakistan
Human rights organisations based in Pakistan
Pashtun nationalism
Pashtun rights
Pashtun politics
Politics of Balochistan, Pakistan
Politics of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Politics of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Protests in Pakistan
Social movements in Afghanistan
Social movements in Pakistan
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Censorship in Pakistan
Afghanistan–Pakistan relations
Human rights abuses in Pakistan
2014 establishments in Pakistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon%20Jones
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Deon Jones
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Deon Jones (born January 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Fukushima Firebonds in Japan.
As a senior at Monmouth, Jones averaged 10.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
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Monmouth Hawks bio
1993 births
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American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Pennsylvania
Earth Friends Tokyo Z players
Fukushima Firebonds players
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Towson Tigers men's basketball players
Shooting guards
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Abhinav Tandel
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Abhinav Tandel (born 23 September 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Gujarat in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 February 2018.
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External links
1998 births
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Sanjeet Desai
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Sanjeet Desai (born 12 December 1997) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Chhattisgarh in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 February 2018. He made his first-class debut for Chhattisgarh in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 1 November 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut on 5 November 2021, for Chhattisgarh in the 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
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1997 births
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Indian cricketers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuling%20National%20Forest%20Recreation%20Area
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Wuling National Forest Recreation Area
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Wuling National Forest Recreation Area () is located in Heping District, Taichung, Taiwan.
Geology
The forest recreation area spans over an area at the elevation of 1,800-3,884 meters above sea level with annual mean temperature of 16°C. It features the Taoshan Waterfall at the end of the Taoshan Trail.
Transportation
The recreation area is accessible by bus from Taichung Station of Taiwan Railways.
See also
Geography of Taiwan
Wuling Farm
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Geography of Taichung
National forest recreation areas in Taiwan
Tourist attractions in Taichung
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Frey%20Jr.
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Louis Frey Jr.
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Louis Frey Jr. (January 11, 1934 – October 14, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979, until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola.
Early life, education, and career
Frey was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, the son of Mildred (Engel) and Louis Frey. He graduated in 1951 from Rutherford High School, and received a B.A. in 1955 from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He served in the United States Navy in naval aviation from 1955 to 1958, and in the Naval Reserve from 1958 to 1978, where he retired as a captain. In 1961, he earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and he was admitted that same year to the Florida bar.
He worked as a lawyer in private practice, with a brief stint as assistant county solicitor in Orange County, Florida; became an associate, and then partner, in the law firm of Gurney, Skolfield & Frey in Winter Park, Florida, from 1963 to 1967; served as acting general counsel of the Florida State Turnpike Authority from 1966 to 1967; and became a partner in 1967 in the law firm of Mateer, Frey, Young & Harbert of Orlando.
Congress
Frey was first elected in 1968 to succeed Edward Gurney, who in turn became Florida's first Republican U.S. Senator since Reconstruction. Frey himself is the fourth Florida Republican to have been elected to the U.S. House in the 20th century. While in Congress, Frey served on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, the Science and Technology Committee, and the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Frey received the "Watch Dog of the Treasury Award" in each of his terms for "voting to hold the line against inflation and to curb excess government spending." He also received the "Guardian of Small Business Award."
In 1970, Congressman Frey addressed the Florida Republican State convention in Orlando at a time when divisive primaries for governor and the U.S. Senate had seriously undermined GOP chances of victory in the general election. Senate nominee and U.S. Representative William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg had defeated the former judge G. Harrold Carswell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr., had topped two intraparty rivals, drugstore magnate Jack Eckerd of Clearwater and state Senator and later Congressman L. A. "Skip" Bafalis of Palm Beach. Then Cramer and Kirk, who were intraparty rivals themselves, faced a united Democratic ticket of Lawton Chiles of Lakeland, running for the Senate, and Reubin Askew, the gubernatorial nominee. Though Carswell and Eckerd endorsed Cramer and Kirk, the primary candidates were inactive in the fall campaign. Apprehensive Republicans cheered Frey, who implored the factions to forget their "family feud" and to unite. But Cramer and Kirk both went down to defeat at the hands of Chiles and Askew, respectively.
Frey served as chairman of the Florida Federation of Young Republicans. He was nominated and elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1979) from what was then the 5th congressional district but is now the 9th district. Frey was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Instead he launched an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor, having lost to Jack Eckerd, whom Kirk had beaten for the nomination in 1970.
Statewide campaigns
In 1980, Frey was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate, being defeated by the eventual winner, Senator Paula Hawkins of Maitland. He ran in 1986 for governor again, but he was defeated in the Republican primary by Bob Martinez, the former Republican mayor of Tampa.
Later career and death
Frey was a past president of The United States Association of Former Members of Congress and served as a member of its Executive Committee. He regularly provided political commentary on radio and television, co-hosting a show with former Democratic state representative Dick Batchelor on WMFE-FM and appeared on talk shows on WUCF-TV.
Frey resided in Winter Park until his death on October 14, 2019.
The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government
Frey was the founder of The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. The institute is described as:
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Some content from the Public Domain Biographical Directory of The United States Congress.
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Colgate University alumni
Florida lawyers
People from Rutherford, New Jersey
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CWG
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CWG may refer to:
CWG (repurposing company), New York State-based, recycles cell phones
Conversations with God, a series of books by Neale Donald Walsch
Commonwealth Games, sports event involving countries that generally were in the British Empire
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Puneet Kumar
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Puneet Kumar (born 22 June 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 12 February 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut on 12 January 2021, for Jammu and Kashmir in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
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1998 births
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Indian cricketers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%27s%20Aircraft%20RV-11
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Van's Aircraft RV-11
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RV-11 is the Van's Aircraft designation for a proposed single-seat touring motor glider design similar in layout to the AMS Carat. The prototype RV-11 uses the wings of an HP-18 sailplane mated to a specially built fuselage.
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Van’s Aircraft website
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Van's Aircraft
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RV-11
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Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
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Woolundunga, South Australia
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Woolundunga is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the western side of the Flinders Ranges about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the city of Port Augusta.
Boundaries for the part of Woolundunga within the City of Port Augusta in the west were proclaimed on 17 February 1994 while the part within the District Council of Mount Remarkable in the east was added on 13 March 1997.
The locality's name is of Aboriginal origin and is considered by the South Australian historian, Geoffrey Manning, to be derived from the name of “springs near Mount Brown” claimed to belong to a group of Aboriginal people with “the same name.” The name was used in 1851 for a pastoral enterprise called the ‘Woolundunga Run’ which was established by J. Pat(t)erson on pastoral lease no. 32 and which was located in part of the locality as shown by the presence of two homestead ruins both bearing the name within the current boundaries.
Woolundunga is bounded in part by roads including the Horrocks Pass Road (B56) which passes through the pass of the same name on its southern side and the Augusta Highway which forms its western boundary.
Land use within the locality is concerned with ‘primary industry’ activities dominated by pastoralism and other classes of agriculture with land in the locality's east being zoned to preserve “the natural and rural character and scenic features.”
Woolundunga is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government areas of the City of Port Augusta and the District Council of Mount Remarkable.
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Towns in South Australia
Far North (South Australia)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20Aurelia%20Reinhardt%20Redwood%20Regional%20Park
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Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park (formerly known as Redwood Regional Park) is a part of the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is located in the hills east of Oakland. The park contains the largest remaining natural stand of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) found in the East Bay. The park is part of a historical belt of coast redwood extending south to Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve and east to Moraga.
Redwood forests are more commonly found closer to the coast where the air is cool and humid year-round. In the Bay Area, such forests are found in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Marin Hills. The unique geographical circumstances of the redwood forest in Redwood Regional Park create coastal conditions. Winds funneled through the Golden Gate flow directly across the Bay and are channeled into the linear valley in which the Montclair District of Oakland is situated. This valley is also well-watered all year round and is protected from extremes of temperature and high winds.
History
Up to the middle of the 19th century, the bulk of the redwood forest lay in the Redwood Creek valley, with extensions to the surrounding ridges. In 1826 British navy captain Frederick William Beechey used the "Navigation Trees", two particularly tall redwood trees along the ridges, to help them navigate in San Francisco Bay. However, logging from 1845 to 1860 wiped out the original trees, leaving only their stumps. A second logging occurred after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In this instance the second growth redwoods (approximately 50 years old) as well as the stumps from the first generation trees were logged, the site of which is registered as California Historical Landmark #962. The redwoods contained in today's regional park are third-growth trees, many of which are over 100 years old. Only one old-growth redwood remains in the area, a tall tree that seems to grow miraculously out of a rock on a cliff face near Merritt College, which may have survived because it was out of reach for loggers. Once home to a grove named for her, the entire park was named for Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt in 2019.
Activities
Popular activities for park visitors include picnicking, jogging, hiking, archery, and horseback riding along the of park trails. Fishing is not allowed inside Redwood Regional Park. The park offers four picnic sites that can accommodate groups of 50 to 150 people. Advance reservations are recommended. These are reservable and accessible to handicapped persons. Some overnight group camping areas are also available. Reservations are required. A play structure for children is a quarter mile down Stream Trail from the Canyon Meadow staging area.
Nature watching is another popular activity. The park is home to rare species, such as the golden eagle and the Alameda striped racer. More common fauna are deer, raccoons, rabbits, and squirrels.
The trails are sometimes closed due to severe weather or effects from it or the general maintenance of the park.
Chabot Center
In 1989 Chabot Observatory & Science Center was formed as a Joint Powers Agency with the City of Oakland, the Oakland Unified School District, and the East Bay Regional Park District, in collaboration with the Eastbay Astronomical Society, and in 1992 was recognized as a nonprofit organization. The project was led by Chabot's Executive Director and CEO, Dr. Michael D. Reynolds, breaking ground for the facility in October 1996 with construction of the new Science Center beginning in May 1998.
In January 2000, anticipating the opening of the new facility, the organization changed its name from Chabot Observatory & Science Center to Chabot Space & Science Center. The new name was chosen to better convey the organization's focus on astronomy and the space sciences, while communicating both the broad range and the technologically advanced nature of programs available in the new Science Center.
Opened August 19, 2000, the Chabot Space & Science Center is an , state-of-the-art science and technology education facility on a site in the hills of Oakland, California, adjoining the western boundary of Redwood Regional Park.
See also
Old Survivor
Notes
References
External links
Redwood Regional Park official web page
Redwood Regional full trail map
East Bay Regional Park District
Berkeley Hills
Parks in Oakland, California
Parks in Contra Costa County, California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise%20Harper%20Angel
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Denise Harper Angel
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Denise Harper Angel (born November 24, 1953) is an American politician who has served in the Kentucky Senate from the 35th district since 2005. Prior to being elected, she worked in various positions of public service, including roles on other campaigns. She was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
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Kirstie Clements
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Kirstie Clements (born 23 March 1962) is an Australian author, editor, journalist and speaker. Clements served as editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia for thirteen years from 1999 to 2012. She has previously acted as director and chief creative officer for luxury lingerie brand Porte-á-Vie and features editor for Harpers Bazaar Australia.
Early life
Clements was born on 23 March 1962 in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in the Sutherland Shire, a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, New South Wales. Clements has one older brother, Anthony. Their father died of a brain tumor when Clements was five years old.
In her youth, Clements attended Sylvania High School. She described her desire to leave her hometown at an early age, stating "Not to dismiss it, but at that point I was much more interested in the band scene. I was interested in punk, in literature, in magazines, in popular culture, and the Shire wasn’t where I was going to get that from."
At the age of sixteen, Clements moved to the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst with her mother Gloria. Describing herself as poor, Clements would often shop at disposal stores and op-shops in order to discover clothing and fashion.
Career
First job with Vogue Australia
At the age of 23, Clements was working in a bookstore when she saw a job being advertised in the newspaper for receptionist at Vogue Australia. Clements immediately applied for the position and was granted an interview. The last of twenty different girls to be interviewed, Clements met with a woman described as "probably in her late 60s. Glamorous; white blonde hair, blue eyes, great legs, she was gorgeous. It was about six o'clock at night and she was drinking out of a tea cup, and I’m sure it was gin… I loved her immediately and she hired me." Clements began working behind the reception desk the very next day.
Clements quickly moved on from the reception desk, taking on various jobs within the Vogue Australia offices. Describing her quick promotion, Clements stated, "I just put my hand up for everything. My key to success is to make yourself useful, just put you hand up for everything… and you’ll find what you shine at. Essentially I found I wasn’t very good at taking orders, but I was really good at giving them"
Clements departed Vogue Australia in the early 1990s to move to Paris and work as the foreign correspondent for Vogue Australia, and the newly launched Vogue Singapore. She joined the fashion show circuit, travelling constantly, and interviewing the world's top designers, beauty experts and business leaders.
Harper's Bazaar
Clements returned to Australia in 1997 where she briefly worked as Beauty Editor for Vogue Australia before joining glossy magazine rival Harper’s Bazaar. Clements was brought on as associate editor for the magazine and worked there for just over two years from 1997 to 1999.
Return to Vogue Australia
Clements returned to Vogue Australia in 1999 to be hired as the magazine's editor-in-chief. Clements succeeded Juliet Ashworth, who was former editor-in-chief from 1998 to 1999. Clements described her return to Vogue Australia as a challenge to rebuild its image following a demise in the 1990s. She stated, "Vogue was pretty broken at that point… When I went back it took three years to build it back to what I felt was a standard that it should have been." Under Clements 'Vogue Australia' was voted Magazine of the Year 2012, had the highest readership figures in its history and had the greater market share of luxury advertising. Subscriptions also rose to a 51% ratio, and was the most visited fashion website in Australia at the time. Vogue.com.au was launched under Clements in 2000.
Early on in her career as editor-in-chief, while working on a November issue, Clements was faced with an almost empty roster of booked advertisements with mere weeks to go. With a goal of 120 pages of ads, the magazine had booked just one advertisement due to a staff error. This forced Clements to undertake a restaffing of the entire office. Commenting on her preferences for staff hires, she stated, "I liked to have a local staff, and an Australian staff. I didn't like to use freelancers that much if I could help it."
When interviewing applicants for potential positions at Vogue Australia, Clements remarked how surprised she was by the number of young girls who expressed an obsession with a fashion label instead of an original style or desire to make things. She elaborated by stating that she was "always highly dubious because I wanted them to have a passion for art, for books, for culture, for literature, for dance, for theatre, for costume design... anything but, as a matter of fact, fashion… I didn’t want people who were obsessed with labels, and I still stand by that."
Discussing her approach to management at Vogue Australia, Clements stated, "I learnt how to be diplomatic. I think most of my job was diplomacy. Diplomacy between staff members, diplomacy between management, diplomacy to clients, to creatives." She commented that working with creatives was more rewarding than collaborating with any other worker due to their passion and vision. "They don’t care about the bonus, they don’t really care about the wage, but they care about the product, and if you can actually equip them with the materials, and the idea, and the vision, then they really can just run on praise."
Dismissal from Vogue
In November 2006, Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Limited (rebranded as News Corp on 1 July 2013) acquired Independent Print Media Group's FPC Magazines which included Vogue Australia. News Limited placed management of the newly acquired FPC magazines (Notebook, Delicious, Super Food Ideas, & Vogue Australia) under its NewsLifeMedia branch.
Clements was fired from her position as editor-in-chief six years after the News Limited acquisition, on 16 May 2012. She was called into a meeting with NewsLifeMedia CEO Nicole Sheffield who directed her to collect her belongings and depart the Vogue Australia offices immediately without offering an explanation as to why she was being fired. Clements left the office and went to have a drink at Bondi's Icebergs bar while news of her departure was announced.
Clements was succeeded by Edwina McCann, former editor-in-chief of rival magazine Harper’s Bazaar Australia.
Current career
The day after her firing from Vogue Australia, Clements received a phone call from Louise Adler of Melbourne University Press who invited her to write a book about her career. Clements soon after signed a book publishing deal with Melbourne University Press to publish an auto-biography titled The Vogue Factor. The book was published in February 2013 and detailed Clements memoirs of her 25-year career at Vogue Australia. The book went on to become a bestseller in a number of markets worldwide, and Clements made an appearance on US talk show The View which was hosted by Barbara Walters to discuss the book. The Vogue Factor was released in the UK by Faber and Faber in July 2013, with a US edition following in February 2014 published by Chronicle.
Clements described writing the book as a cathartic experience which encouraged her to look back at her time with Vogue Australia with fondness despite the way she was let go.
Following the release of The Vogue Factor, Clements wrote the novel Tongue in Chic, which was published in November 2013 by Victory Books and is described as a behind-the-scenes exposé of the fashion and luxury magazine industries. Clements also co-authored Fashion, The First Fifty Years from The Australian Women’s Weekly, which was published by the National Library Australia in 2014.
From 2014 to 2017, Clements worked as a creative consultant and editorial ambassador for Australian department store chain Myer and contributed to its Myer Emporium Magazine, a custom magazine owned by Bauer Media Australia. During this time, Clements also launched an independent publishing house and content production company, Imprint Agency. She currently serves as its director.
In March 2017, Clements co-launched luxury lingerie brand Porte-á-Vie with former colleague Lisa Hili. She serves as the company's director and chief creative officer.
Clements often makes public speaking appearances and contributes to a number of fashion and beauty publications such as The New Daily. She is a board director for FARE (Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education) and an ambassador for Australian children's cancer charity Camp Quality.
Clements appeared on Australian TV show Australia’s Next Top Model Cycle 4 which aired from 22 April – 1 July 2008. She served as a guest judge on a panel alongside Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson.
Personal life
In June 1992, while Clements was working as a freelance journalist in Paris she married French-Algerian nightclub bouncer Mourad Ayat. Clements met Ayat while covering collections and moved to Paris in 1994. Following their marriage and a stint working in Paris, the couple moved back to Australia in late 1997 with their two sons.
Clements is a mother to twin sons, Sam and Joseph Ayat (born 1995). Clements and her family reside in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Bibliography
In Vogue: 50 Years of Australian Style (Harper Collins, 2009)
The Vogue Factor (Melbourne University Press, 2013)
Tongue in Chic (Victory Books, 2013)
Impressive, How to Have a Stylish Career (Melbourne University Press, 2015)
References
External links
Official website
Vogue (magazine) people
Women magazine editors
Fashion editors
20th-century Australian journalists
Living people
1962 births
Australian magazine editors
Australian women journalists
Writers from Sydney
20th-century Australian women
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Louis Charles "B.W." Stevenson (October 5, 1949 – April 28, 1988) was an American country pop singer and musician, working in a genre now called progressive country. "B.W." stood for "Buckwheat". Stevenson was born in Dallas, Texas, United States, and attended W.H. Adamson High School with other musicians Michael Martin Murphey, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Larry Groce.
Stevenson performed and was taped for the intended pilot of Austin City Limits on October 13, 1974. However, the recording quality was deemed too poor to broadcast. Willie Nelson's performance taped the following night was aired as the first episode of the program.
"My Maria"
Stevenson's biggest hit was "My Maria", co-written with Daniel Moore. "My Maria" reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending September 29, 1973, and was covered later by Brooks & Dunn, for whom it was a three-week No. 1 country hit in mid-1996. Among Stevenson's other singles are "The River of Love" (No. 53), "Down to the Station" (No. 82), and the original version of Daniel Moore's "Shambala" (No. 66); a cover version of the latter by Three Dog Night, reached No. 3.
Stevenson recorded one contemporary Christian album titled Lifeline, produced by Chris Christian, his neighbor in Beverly Hills, and it had success on Christian radio with the hit "Headin' Home". His album Rainbow Down the Road was completed posthumously and included a duet with Willie Nelson on "Heart of the Country". Author Jan Reid devotes a chapter to Stevenson in his book The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock, dubbing him "The Voice".
Death
Stevenson died following heart valve surgery after developing a staph infection at the age of 38. Since his death, Poor David's Pub in Dallas has held an annual songwriting competition in his memory.
Discography
1972 B.W. Stevenson (RCA)
1972 Lead Free (RCA)
1973 My Maria (RCA)
1974 Calabasas (RCA)
1975 We Be Sailin''' (Warner Bros)
1977 The Best of B.W. Stevenson (RCA)
1977 Lost Feeling (Warner Bros)
1980 Lifeline (Home Sweet Home Records)
1990 Rainbow Down the Road (Amazing Records)
2000 Very Best of B.W. Stevenson (Collectables)
2003 Lead Free/B.W. Stevenson (Collectables)
2003 My Maria/Calabasas (Collectables)
2005 We Be Sailin'/Lost Feeling (Collectables)
2013 Southern Nights (Ameritz Music Ltd)
2018 Encore'' (Pedernales Records)
See also
List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
References
External links
Oldies.com bio
Bio of B.W.Stevenson including cause of death
L'Epopea del Country Rock
1949 births
1988 deaths
Musicians from Dallas
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
20th-century American singers
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Singer-songwriters from Texas
RCA Records artists
People from Oak Cliff, Texas
Country musicians from Texas
20th-century American male singers
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Helena Cooper-Thomas
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Helena D. Cooper-Thomas (born 1970) is a New Zealand organisational behaviour academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.
Academic career
After a Masters at the University of Saskatchewan, she completed a PhD at Goldsmith College, University of London and then worked in industry for Shell. She rejoined academia at the University of Auckland before moving to Auckland University of Technology.
Her work on topics such as work hours, workplace bullying and burnout is covered regularly in the New Zealand media.
Selected works
Chen, Gilad, Robert E. Ployhart, Helena Cooper-Thomas, Neil Anderson, and Paul D. Bliese. "The power of momentum: A new model of dynamic relationships between job satisfaction change and turnover intentions." Academy of Management Journal 54, no. 1 (2011): 159–181.
Cooper-Thomas, Helena D, and Neil Anderson. "Changes in newcomers' psychological contracts during organizational socialization: A study of recruits entering the British Army." Journal of Organizational Behavior (1998): 745–767.
Cooper‐Thomas, Helena, and Neil Anderson. "Newcomer adjustment: The relationship between organizational socialization tactics, information acquisition and attitudes." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 75, no. 4 (2002): 423–437.
Cooper-Thomas, Helena D., and Neil Anderson. "Organizational socialization: A new theoretical model and recommendations for future research and HRM practices in organizations." Journal of Managerial Psychology 21, no. 5 (2006): 492–516.
Cooper-Thomas, Helena D., Annelies Van Vianen, and Neil Anderson. "Changes in person–organization fit: The impact of socialization tactics on perceived and actual P–O fit." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 13, no. 1 (2004): 52–78.
References
External links
Living people
1970 births
Auckland University of Technology faculty
New Zealand women academics
New Zealand women writers
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Central Plateau languages
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The twenty Central Plateau languages are a residual branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria. Tyap (or Katab) has 130,000 speakers, and the closely related Jju (or Kaje) has well over 300,000. Hyam (or Jabba) has another 100,000. Cori is famous for being one of very few languages with six tone levels, though only three are needed for writing.
Classification
The Central Plateau languages are a close geographical group with numerous connections; however, they are to some extent a residual group and may be a sprachbund. The following classification is taken from Blench (2008). A distinction between North Plateau and the rest of Central Plateau is possible but appears to be geographic; Gerhardt (1994) argues they belong together.
Each of the second-level bullets is a single language or dialect cluster and is obviously valid. However, most of the first-level groups (Hyamic, North Plateau, Gyongic, Koro) are not self-evident and may continue to be revised.
Rigwe (Irigwe)
Izeric
Izere: NE & NW Izere, Cèn, Ganàng
Fəràn (Firan) – clearly related to Izere
Tyapic
Tyap (Katab): Tyap proper, Gworok, Takat (Attakar), Tyecha̱rak (Kacecere), Sholyia̱ (Sholio), Fantswam (Kafanchan), Tyuku
Jju (Kaje) – probably part of the Tyap cluster
Hyamic
Cori (Kyoli)
Dangana
Hyam (Jabba): Hyam of Nok, Sait, Dzar; maybe Yaat, Ankun also separate
Shamang
Zhire (Shang is relexified Zhire)
Koro
Koro: Ashe, Begbere-Ejar
Yeskwa (Nyankpa)
Idun, Gwara
Gyongic
Gyong (Kagoma)
Nghan (Kamantan)
North Plateau (Northwest)
Adara (Eda, Edra)
Kuturmi
Kulu (Ikulu)
Idon
Doka
Iku (Iku-Gora-Ankwe)
Blench (2018) splits the Central Plateau languages into a Northwest Plateau group consisting of Eda/Edra, Acro-Obiro (Kuturmi), Kulu, Idon, Doka, Iku-Gora-Ankwe, and a West-Central Plateau linguistic area consisting of the Rigwe, Tyapic, Izeric, Hyamic, Koro, and Gyongic groups.
Many of the languages, including Jju, were formerly classified as part of a Southern Zaria group in earlier classifications.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Footnotes
References
Blench, Roger (2008). Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
External links
Plateau materials from Roger Blench
Plateau languages
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Fig 4.0 (pronounced "Figure Four") were a hardcore punk band from Leeds and Harrogate, England, formed in 1999 from the remnants of skacore act "Tinker's Rucksack". 2001 saw the release of the album Action Image Exchange which presented a series of short, sharp hardcore punk songs, characterising the band's sound. After several years as popular stars of the DIY/underground punk rock scene and growing underground success in the United States, the band split in 2004.
Alderdice and Hastewell of are currently active in the band The Dauntless Elite. Coy is currently playing in the band Himself.
Musical style
The band have been categorised as hardcore punk, thrashcore and melodic hardcore. At times their music borders the sound of pop punk and rock and roll. Their music makes use of extremely high tempos contrasted with slower subdued ones and melodic guitar lines. Bombed Out records have described their vocal melodies as "left-field" and compared them to those of Dillinger Four.
Members
Final line-up
Joe Alderdice - guitar, lead vocals (1999–2004)
Richard Storrow – guitar (2004)
Matt Coy - bass, backing vocals (1999–2004)
Steve Hastewell - drums (1999–2004)
Previous members
Andrew Kidd - guitar, backing vocals (1999–2004)
Discography
EPs
The Path the World Must Take to Avoid Total Annihilation (2000)
Ctrl+Alt+Del (2000)
Albums
Action Image Exchange (2001)
Split EPs
With Ensign (2002)
With Stand (2003)
With Twofold (2004)
References
Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom
Musical groups from Harrogate
Hardcore punk groups from Leeds
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Steve Negron
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Steve Negron is an American politician from Nashua, New Hampshire who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the United States Congress in in 2018 and 2020, but lost the election to Democratic incumbent Ann McLane Kuster.
Early life
Negron received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Texas Christian University in 1983. Later, he received his Masters in Business Administration from Western New England College.
Negron served in the United States Air Force for fifteen years, joining shortly after college and serving until 1998. While in the Air Force, he worked as an intercontinental ballistic missile combat crew member in Missouri and at Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At the time of his retirement in 1998 he was the director of requirements with the Air Force Space Command.
After retiring from the military, Negron worked for defense contractors Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics before founding his own contracting firm Integron LLC in 2005.
Politics
He was first elected as a Republican to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in November 2016 to represent District Hillsborough 32 for a two-year term. He came in third in the three-member district with 2,346 votes equal to 17.13% of the popular vote. Upon his election, he was named to the Election Law Committee in the legislature.
in 2016 he hosted a house party for Carly Fiorina and was endorsed by her top supporters.
Since being elected to the State legislature, Negron has not sponsored any legislation. According to other sources, he has served as a cosponsor on other pieces of legislation, but these bills were largely vetoed or died in committee. The one successful piece of legislation sponsored by Negron involved removing the limitation on a charter schools incurring long term debt.*
Congressional run
Midway into his first term in the state legislature, Negron announced a 2018 run as a Republican candidate for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. As of February 8, 2018, Negron was one of five remaining Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination.
His campaign raised just over $12,000, but he loaned his campaign an additional $130,000. He had given his campaign $21,000 and loaned it an additional $95,000.
In 2020, Negron gained the Republican nomination and in a rematch ran against Democratic representative Ann McLane Kuster.
Personal life
Negron lives in Nashua with his wife Theresa (Terry). They have three children. He remains active in the community as well as his local Catholic Church. He is of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestries.
References
The information here is disputed. The website of the New Hampshire House of Representatives lists no legislation sponsored by Negron, while the website Bill Track 50 mentions at least four pieces of legislation. However, links from Bill Track 50 lead back to the New Hampshire House of Representatives website, which does not list Negron as a sponsor or cosponsor on the legislation in question.
American politicians of Cuban descent
Candidates in the 2018 United States elections
Living people
Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
New Hampshire Republicans
People from Nashua, New Hampshire
Texas Christian University alumni
United States Air Force officers
Western New England University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Sir William Reginald Halliday (26 September 1886 – 25 November 1966) was a historian and archaeologist who served as Principal of King's College London from 1928 to 1952.
Born in British Honduras in 1886, Halliday was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford graduating with a first in Literae Humaniores. He also spent time studying at the Berlin University and at the British School at Athens. He lectured in Greek History and Archaeology and the University of Glasgow (1911–1914) before becoming Rathbone Professor of Ancient History at the University of Liverpool (1914–1928). He was then made Principal of King's College London in 1928, and remained in the post until 1952. He was knighted in 1946. His son Martin Halliday (1926–2008) became a neurophysiologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary at Oare, Somerset.
References
1886 births
1966 deaths
People educated at Winchester College
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Academics of the University of Glasgow
Academics of the University of Liverpool
Knights Bachelor
Principals of King's College London
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Vincent Massey Collegiate
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Vincent Massey Collegiate may refer to one of several schools in Canada named for Vincent Massey, the 18th Governor General of Canada:
Vincent Massey Collegiate (Montreal), a high school in Montreal, Quebec
Institut collegial Vincent Massey Collegiate, a senior high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute, now Vincent Massey Secondary School, a secondary school in Windsor, Ontario
Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute, a former secondary school in Etobicoke, Ontario (now a part of Toronto)
Vincent Massey is a high school in Winnipeg Manitoba
Vincent Massey is a high school in Brandon Manitoba
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Hirondelle
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Hirondelle (French) may refer to:
Swallow (family of birds)
Hirondelle (catamaran)
Hirondelle News Agency, a news organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland
Dassault Hirondelle, a French utility transport aircraft of the 1960s
Western Hirondelle, a kit airplane
Hirondelle, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive
Operation Hirondelle, a French paratrooper raid during the First Indochina War
Journal d'Hirondelle, a novel by Amélie Nothomb in which the young girl is named Hirondelle
People with the surname
Anne Hirondelle (born 1944), American ceramist
See also
Hirondel, a fictional car in The Saint books by Leslie Charteris
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Sharpe, Paley and Austin are the surnames of architects who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, between 1835 and 1946, working either alone or in partnership. The full names of the principals in their practice, which went under various names during its life, are Edmund Sharpe (1809–77); Edward Graham Paley (1823–95), who practised as E. G. Paley; Hubert James Austin (1841–1915); Henry Anderson Paley (1859–1946), son of Edward, usually known as Harry Paley; and, for a very brief period, Geoffrey Langshaw Austin (1884–1971), son of Hubert. The firm's commissions were mainly for buildings in Lancashire and what is now Cumbria, but also in Yorkshire, Cheshire, the West Midlands, North Wales, and Hertfordshire.
The practice specialised in work on churches; the design of new churches, restoring older churches, and making additions or alterations. They also designed country houses, and made alterations to existing houses. Almost all their churches were designed in Gothic Revival style, except for some of Sharpe's earliest churches and a few designed later by the practice. Within the Gothic Revival style, the practice initially used Early English and, particularly, Decorated features. E. G. Paley introduced Perpendicular elements, and Perpendicular became the dominant style used by the practice following the arrival of Hubert Austin, to such a degree that the firm became regarded as the regional leader in the use of that style.
The practice used a greater variety of styles when working on country houses, including Elizabethan and Jacobean elements as well as Gothic. Other features were incorporated towards the end of the 19th century similar to those in works produced by the Aesthetic and the Arts and Crafts Movements. Not all the firm's work was on a large scale; as the major architectural practice in North West England they also undertook work on schools, vicarages, hospitals, factories, hotels, shops, railway stations, and war memorials.
History and works
During the life of the practice its title varied according to the names of the architects who ran it, either individually or in partnership. The history of the practice, and the works produced during each stage, are described under the titles used by the practice. As there are two periods when the practice worked under the title Austin and Paley, the relevant dates have been added to these headings.
Edmund Sharpe
Edmund Sharpe established an architectural practice in his mother's house in Penny Street, Lancaster, in late 1835. He had received no formal training in architecture, gaining his knowledge from studying and drawing buildings during a tour of Germany and France between 1832 and 1835. In 1838 he moved his office to Sun Street, and that year Edward Paley, then aged 15, joined him as a pupil. The following year Sharpe moved his office again, this time to St Leonard's Gate.
Sharpe's earliest commissions were for churches, the first being St Mark, Witton (1836–38), quickly followed by St Saviour's Church, Cuerden (1836–37). He then designed two small chapels, Holy Trinity, Howgill, and St John, Cowgill (both 1837–38), in what is now Cumbria. Larger and grander churches followed, including Christ Church, Walmsley (1839–40), and his largest church, Holy Trinity, Blackburn (1837–48). The latter was a Commissioners' church, so-called because it was partly financed by a grant from the Church Building Commissioners. In all, Sharpe designed six Commissioner's churches, including St George, Stalybridge (1838–40). In the early 1840s Sharpe gained a commission from the trustees of the Weaver Navigation to build three (or four) churches along its route for their employees. By 1842 he was designing his 31st church, including a long hoped for commission from the 13th Earl of Derby to design St Mary, Knowsley (1843–44).
Sharpe was persuaded by his future brother-in-law John Fletcher, owner of Ladyshore Colliery, to experiment with the use of terracotta in the structure of his churches; not just for decoration, as had been done before, but for the whole structure of the church, other than the foundations and rubble infill. The churches resulting from this project were St Stephen and All Martyrs, Lever Bridge (1842–44), and Holy Trinity, Rusholme (1845–46). These were nicknamed by Sharpe himself as "the pot churches".
In addition to Edward Paley, Sharpe took on other pupils, some of whom later established their own architectural practices. One of these was Thomas Austin (1822–67), who joined Sharpe in 1841 and left in 1852 to set up his practice in Newcastle upon Tyne. Another pupil was John Douglas (1830–1911), who created a successful practice in Chester.
Sharpe's architectural works were not limited to churches, nor was his practice confined to architecture. His most important architectural work in the domestic field was his remodelling of Capernwray Hall (1844–48), and in Knutsford he designed a house for the governor of the gaol (1844). In 1838 he was appointed as architect to what was then called the County Lunatic Asylum (later Lancaster Moor Hospital). Here, in addition to carrying out minor repairs, he added a chapel and six additional wings for the residents. Other duties in this post included work on Lancaster Castle and the Judges Lodgings. Sharpe's other business interests were in the field of engineering. By 1837 he had been appointed Bridgemaster for the South Lonsdale Hundred, in which role he cared for the roads and bridges in north Lancashire, including building at least two new bridges. He had also become involved with the development of railways in the region, initially by designing bridges and a viaduct for the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (now part of the West Coast Main Line). He was also becoming involved in the civic life of Lancaster, having been elected as a councillor in 1841.
Sharpe and Paley
Sharpe appointed Paley as his partner in 1845, and then took an increasing interest in activities outside the practice. By 1847 Paley was responsible for most of the work in the practice, certainly carrying out independent commissions from at least 1849. In 1851, the year of Paley's marriage to Sharpe's youngest sister, Frances, Sharpe formally withdrew from the practice, although it continued to be known as Sharpe and Paley until 1856. Being the only major architect practising in the area between Preston and Carlisle, Paley took on commissions of all sizes and types but, like Sharpe, his major designs were for churches. Between 1851 and 1867 he designed or rebuilt about 36 new churches, almost all of them for the Church of England, with a small number for Congregationalists and Roman Catholics. Among his earlier churches were St Patrick, Preston Patrick (1852–53), St Anne, Thwaites (1853–54), and Christ Church, Bacup (1854).
The first secular work undertaken during this period was the remodelling of Hornby Castle between 1847 and 1852, including its "expansive" symmetrical frontage. The next commission was the conversion of a manor house close to the ruins of Furness Abbey into the Furness Abbey Hotel starting in 1847. Other secular commissions around this time were for two vicarages and for the North Western Hotel in Morecambe (1847), and for work at Giggleswick School (1850–51). Paley also carried out work at Rossall School, including the chapel (1861–62), and the east range (1867). He designed new schools, including the Royal Grammar School in Lancaster (1851–52), and eight village schools. Paley's main domestic works were the rebuilding of Wennington Hall (1855–56), and a smaller house, The Ridding. Other varies commissions included the restoration of a music hall in Settle (1853), and cemetery buildings in Lancaster and Stalmine (1855 and 1856).
The rapid growth of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, the construction of the Furness Railway following the discovery of deposits of iron ore in the Furness peninsular, and the development of industries using iron as a raw material resulted in many commissions for the practice. The population of Barrow doubled between 1851 and 1861, and doubled again in the next decade. The major figure in the development of the town and the railway was James Ramsden (1822–96), who eventually became managing director of the railway, the Barrow Haematite Steel Company, and the Barrow Shipbuilding Company. The largest deposits of iron ore had been discovered in about 1850 by Henry Schneider in land owned by William Cavendish, who was at that time the 2nd Earl of Burlington, and who also played a part in the industry. All three men commissioned the practice to design a variety of buildings. In addition Paley designed a country house, Abbot's Wood (1857–59) for Ramsden, a large and complex building with Gothic and Tudor features.
E. G. Paley
Paley continued to work from the offices in St Leonard's Gate after Sharpe's resignation, but in 1860 he moved to offices in Castle Hill, where the practice remained throughout the rest of its existence. During the 1850s he designed St Peter, Lancaster, a Roman Catholic church that later became Lancaster Cathedral (1857–59). This is regarded by Brandwood et al. as his "masterwork as an independent church architect". Hartwell et al. agree, calling this church, with its northwest steeple high, his chef d'oeuvre. During the 1860s, Paley began to design churches with bare brick interior walls, rather than plastered walls, the earliest being St Peter, Quernmore (1860). Although the High Victorian style was becoming popular elsewhere, it played little part in Paley's designs, other than more elaborate decorative features, such as the embellishment of the principal rafters at Quernmore. He never used the more blatant features of the style, such as polychromy. During this decade, before the arrival of Austin, he designed churches for the industrial towns of Lancashire, one of the largest being St James, Poolstock (1863–66). The rebuilding of St Peter's Church, Bolton (1867–71) with its northwest tower rising to , is considered by Brandwood et al. to be "Paley's other great independent church project". Hartwell et al. refer to it as a "formidable new church".
Secular commissions during this period included the restoration of the medieval tower at Dalton Castle (1859), and buildings for the Lancaster Carriage and Wagon Works (1864–65). The largest building designed by Paley, and indeed by the practice, was the Royal Albert Asylum (later renamed the Royal Albert Hospital which is currently named Jamea Al Kauthar Islamic College) in Lancaster (1868–73); it was in Gothic Revival style, and had an E-shaped plan. It has a central French-type tower, with a steeply pitched pyramidal roof flanked by pinnacles. Paley designed stations for the Furness Railway, starting with the Strand Station in Barrow (1863); he probably also designed the station at Grange-over-Sands (1866). Overlooking the latter town he designed the Grange Hotel (1866).
Paley and Austin
On 28 January 1867 Hubert Austin joined Paley in the practice as a partner. He was the half-brother of Thomas Austin, who had been a pupil of Sharpe. Hubert Austin had worked for three years in the office of George Gilbert Scott, and before he joined the Lancaster practice had designed Christ Church, Ashford, Kent (1855–56). Following his arrival, the work of the practice continued much as before, with both ecclesiastical and secular commissions.
Ecclesiastical works
Two early large churches in industrial areas in Lancashire were built in 1869–71: St Chad, Kirkby, and St John the Evangelist, Cheetham. Pollard describes St Chad as one of the partnership's "most powerful churches", Brandwood et al. consider that St John the Evangelist is the practice's "most important church in Manchester. These were followed by the rebuilding, other than the tower, of St Mary, Leigh (1871–73), in which the Perpendicular style, generally unfashionable at the time, was used throughout. Similarly the body of All Saints' Church, Daresbury (1870–72) was rebuilt in Perpendicular style. Meanwhile the practice was designing new churches or rebuilding old churches for villages in the countryside. Some of these were small, others larger and more impressive, such as St Peter, Finsthwaite (1873–74) and St Peter, Scorton (1878–79). In 1872–73 the partners built their only new church in Wales, St Mary, Betws-y-Coed. This was followed by an estate church, St John the Evangelist (1882–84) at Walton, south of Warrington, and by the rebuilding of the old parish church of St Mary (1884–85) at Dalton-in-Furness.
They also designed about 23 urban churches of varying sizes and styles. Most were in the industrial towns of Lancashire, except for St John the Evangelist, Greenock (1877–78) in Scotland, a mission chapel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire (1885), and St Barnabas (1884–85) in the railway town of Crewe, Cheshire. Notable among the Lancashire urban churches are St Matthew and St James, Mossley Hill, Liverpool (1870–75), described by Pollard as "one of the best Victorian churches in Liverpool, St Michael and All Angels, Howe Bridge, Atherton (1875–77), considered by Pollard to be one of Paley and Austin's "most stimulating churches", and St John the Baptist, also in Atherton (1878–79), of which Pollard says "The whole is monumental, one of Paley and Austin's best", with a tower that is "magnificently mighty". In Astley Bridge, Bolton, they built two churches, which are described by Hartwell et al. as being "remarkable"; these were All Souls (1878–81), which is now redundant, and St Saviour (1882–85), which was demolished in 1975. St James, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton (1879–81) is considered by Hartwell et al. as "a masterly performance for relatively little cash", and St Peter, Westleigh Leigh (1879–81) is described by Pollard as one of Paley and Austin's "most radical and thrilling churches". Meanwhile, in rapidly growing Barrow, they had built four smaller churches to a common design, each dedicated to one of the Four Evangelists. In 1884 the partnership submitted plans for a new Anglican cathedral in Liverpool. Their plan was placed in the top twelve, but failed to make the next round of the competition. In the event the project was abandoned in 1888, the cathedral being built later and on a different site.
Secular works
Meanwhile, the town of Barrow was continuing to grow, and this resulted in many commissions for the practice. In order to deal with this they opened a sub-office in the town, run by John Harrison (1837–96), which continued to exist until the late 1880s. The first major commission in the town was to design a flax and jute mill for James Ramsden (1870–72). Other secular buildings included banks, cemetery buildings (including a large gateway), ten large tenement blocks, schools, villas, meeting halls, and the School of Art. For the Furness Railway they designed stations, goods sheds, workers' cottages and, probably, the circular water tower at Seascale. The partners were also involved with work at large country houses. The most important commission was to build a new wing at Holker Hall in 1871–75 to replace a wing severely damaged by fire; this was the largest project undertaken by the partners. The next major country house commission was the restoration of Hoghton Tower (1876–78) for Sir Henry de Hoghton. Other work on country houses included building Sedgwick House (1868–69), adding an extension to Leighton Hall (1870), making extensions to Walton Hall (1870), Underley Hall (1872), Capernwray Hall (1875–76), and Whittington Hall (1887). New houses included Oak Lea for Henry Schneider (1874, since demolished), Witherslack Hall (1874), and Hampsfield House (1880–82). Their last major work on a country house was the remodelling of Thurland Castle (1879–85) following severe damage by fire. The practice continued to design new schools, and in the 1870s
they began to design new buildings for Sedbergh School, creating an association with the school that was to produce commissions throughout the remaining life of the practice.
Paley, Austin and Paley
In 1886 Edward Paley's son, Henry (who was and is usually known as Harry), became a partner in the practice, which continued to work much as before, with ecclesiastical and secular commissions. New churches were built in villages and towns, and older churches were restored or altered. The first new country church resulting from the partnership was the Church of the Good Shepherd, Tatham (1888–89). Brandwood et al. describe the 1890s as "something of a golden decade for the firm's country churches". The first of these was St Bartholomew, Barbon (1892–93), mainly Perpendicular in style, but with some rounded arches, followed by St Peter, Field Broughton (1892–94), also in Perpendicular style. Smaller churches were St Mary, Borwick (1894–96) (Perpendicular again), and a mission church seating 150 at Sunderland Point (1894). The 1890s was also a prolific period for new town churches but, before the start of that decade, the firm had designed St Mary, Ince-in-Makerfield (1887, demolished 1974), St John, Birkdale (1899–90), and St John, Cloughfold, in Rawtenstall (1899–90, now redundant). Major town churches of the first half of the 1890s include St John, Crawshawbooth (1890–92), and Christ Church, Waterloo (near Liverpool) (1891–99). During this time the partnership produced their only church in the south of England, All Saints, Hertford (1893–95). Brandwood et al. say that it is a "Perpendicular building entirely characteristic of the firm" but, being built in Runcorn sandstone from Cheshire, Pevsner considered that it was "completely alien in Herts". This period also saw the finest church design to be executed by the practice, St George, Heaviley in Stockport (1892–97), which is considered to be the solely the work of Austin. Brandwood et al. describe it as "the largest, grandest and most expensive church the practice ever built and is the masterwork of Hubert Austin". Hartwell et al. say it is "a church on a splendid scale". Another ecclesiastical project was the chapel at the Royal Albert Asylum (1886–80).
During this time much less work was carried out in the secular sphere. There were no new substantial country houses designed during this time, the largest being the "rather plain, four-square" Hampsfield House. The only major public buildings were the Storey Institute (1887–91) in Lancaster, and the Lancaster Royal Infirmary (1893–96). Work was carried out on school buildings, including extensions at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Christ Church School, Lancaster (both 1887), and a new building for the Keswick School of Industrial Art (1893–94). Commercial buildings included shops for the Lancaster and Skerton Cooperative Society, including a large store in the middle of Lancaster.
Austin and Paley
1895–1914
Edward Paley died on 23 January 1895 at the age of 71, and the remaining partners continued the practice under the title Austin and Paley. It is not clear how much Edward Paley had been contributing to the work of the practice in his later years; it is likely that by then Austin had been "the chief creative force". The church commissions continued much as before, particularly with new churches, and also with church restorations. New country churches included St Mark, Dolphinholme (1897–98), St Luke, Slyne (1898–1900), and St John, Flookburgh (1897–1900), the last of which incorporated Romanesque features. After 1900 the practice designed All Saints, Barnacre (1905–06), St John, Ellel (1906–07), and St Mark, Natland (1909–10). There were many new town churches, including St Barnabas, Morecambe (1898–1900), St John the Divine, Sandylands (1898–1901) (also in Morecambe), St Anne, Hindsford (1898–1901 now redundant), and St Thomas, St Anne's-on-the-Sea (1899–1900). These were followed in the 20th century by new churches including St Michael, Middleton (1901–02), St Mary, Walney (1907–08), St Andrew, Starbeck, Harrogate (1909–10), and St Margaret, Halliwell, Bolton (1911–13). Brandwood et al. describe two further buildings as the partnership's "last two major urban churches". The first of these is St Michael and All Angels, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston (1906–08). The other, described as the partners' "last great masterpiece" is St Mary, Widnes (1908–10). Further ecclesiastical works were the chapels built for Sedbergh School (1895–97) and for St Bees' School (1906).
Although church work dominated the work of the practice there were also some secular commissions. There was no work on country houses during this period, nor were there any commissions for public buildings, other than an expansion of the Storey Institute (1906–08). The last public building designed by the partnership was Hornby Village Institute (1914). In the commercial field the firm designed workshops and a showroom for William Atkinson, which were among the earliest motor garages and showrooms in the provinces. The practice continued to carry out work for the Lancaster and Skerton Cooperative Society, designing numerous shops in the local area. The partners also carried out work on schools, in particular for Sedbergh School. They designed an extension to Leeds Grammar School (1904–05), Llandovery College, North Wales (1901–03), Shrewsbury School (1913–14), and extra buildings for St Bees School, Rossall School, and the Clergy Daughters' School at Casterton (1896).
Austin, Paley and Austin
Hubert Austin's eldest son, Bernard Tate (1873–1955), studied architecture in the firm, but had a disagreement with his father and left in 1902 to work as an architect for Lever Brothers. Austin's youngest son, Geoffrey Langshaw (1884–1971), also worked with the practice from 1907, and was made a junior partner in January 1914, when the practice became known as Austin, Paley and Austin. However the partnership was short-lived as Geoffrey enlisted to serve in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in February 1915. He saw active service in the First World War, leaving the army in 1919, but did not return to the practice, nor did he continue with an architectural career.
1915–44
Hubert Austin died on 22 March 1915 leaving Harry Paley as the sole principal, but the practice continued to be known as Austin and Paley. Helped by assistants and clerks Paley continued to work until the 1940s, but without appointing another partner. He continued to work on churches, repairing and restoring older churches, and designing new ones. His new churches include All Saints, Becconsall (1925–26), St Stephen on-the-Cliffs, Blackpool (1925–27), St Hilda, Bilsborrow (1926–27), St Luke, Orrell (1927–28 and 1938), St Stephen, Whelley (1928–30 and 1937–38), St Barbara, Earlsdon, Coventry (1930–31), St Thomas, Blackpool (1930–32), and his last church, St John, Abram (1935–37). A major source of commissions following the First World War was the design of war memorials and monuments. Two of Paley's war memorials are considered to be sufficiently notable to have been designated as Grade II listed buildings. They are both in villages in Cumbria, Beetham and Great Salkeld, both in sandstone in the form of a Celtic cross, and were constructed in or about 1919. Work continued to be carried out at Sedbergh, Giggleswick, and Leeds Grammar Schools, and on the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. The practice continued to be active until the 1940s. It is uncertain when Harry Paley retired, and it is possible that some work was carried out by his assistants after his retirement. The practice had certainly closed by 1945, when the offices were sold to Lancaster Corporation and the records of the firm were destroyed. Harry Paley died on 19 April 1946.
Architectural styles
Sharpe's first three churches were in Romanesque style, as according to Sharpe "no style can be worked so cheap as Romanesque". He then started to include Gothic features, which often did not accurately reflect the features to be found in medieval churches, being an approximation rather than an accurate (or "correct") representation. Influenced by A. W. N. Pugin (1812–52) and the Cambridge Camden Society (later named the Ecclesiological Society), of which Sharpe was a member, he introduced more "correct" Gothic features into his designs, which he continued to use throughout the rest of his career. In 1844 he was praised by the society for his design of the new steeple at St Michael, Kirkham (1843–44), which was described as being "beautiful and correct".
Almost all of Paley's designs were in Gothic Revival style, mainly reflecting features of the 13th and early 14th centuries, with open roofs, benches for the congregation, stalls for the choir, the pulpit to the side of the entrance to the chancel, steps leading up to the chancel, and no side chapels. Most of the designs were largely in the Decorated style, although Paley did occasionally introduce 15th-century Perpendicular features, for example in his rebuilding of St Patrick, Preston Patrick (1852–53). During the 1850s Paley introduced what was to become one of his favourite features, the traceried oculus window, in Christ Church, Bacup (1854) and St James, Wrightington (1857).
During the Paley and Austin partnership, the architectural styles used by the practice changed and developed. In church architecture, Paley had already started to introduce Perpendicular features in some of his designs, and this trend was to continue and increase after the arrival of Austin. Throughout their partnership, the designs for churches were mainly in Gothic Revival style. After the arrival of Austin, there was much greater use of Perpendicular features. Brandwood et al. see the practice as national pioneers in this trend, saying "the firm can be seen as a true pioneer in the rehabilitation of Perpendicular architecture after its ecclesiological exile for a quarter of a century". Early examples of what the authors consider to be part of what they call "the Perpendicular revival in the North" are the rebuilding of the bodies of St Mary, Leigh, (1871–73) and All Saints, Daresbury (1870–72). The Perpendicular "would become the stock-in-trade style for some of the most admired buildings as the years rolled on". However they did continue to use features from the Early English and Decorated styles, sometimes together in the same church, as in New St Leonard, Langho. Away from the Gothic Revival style, Norman or Norman transitional features were occasionally used, as in St Mary, Betws-y-Coed (1872–73), and St Peter, Finsthwaite (1873–74).
Brandwood et al identify two other, potentially incompatible, stylistic changes in the firm's designs during this period. The first is what they describe as "a greater muscularity ...at times accompanied by continental overtones". Examples are in the restoration of the tower of St Peter, Heversham, (1868–70) and in the new church of St Mary, Walton, Cumbria (1869–70). The other stylistic factor was the use of "gentler, less ornate" motifs taken from the Aesthetic Movement, or motifs that could "pass muster as proto-Arts & Crafts work". Features "verging on Art Nouveau" are present in window tracery in All Saints, St Helens, and on the gate-piers outside St George, Heaviley. What became a "favourite feature" for Austin and Paley were carved inscriptions, usually black, sometimes in Latin and sometimes in English; examples can be in St John, Crawshawbooth, and Christ Church, Waterloo (both in Merseyside).
In their secular commissions the practice used a variety of styles. Their new wing at Holker Hall was in Elizabethan style, as were the additions to Underley Hall. Witherslack Hall has Jacobean detailing, while other country houses, such as Sedgwick House, incorporate Gothic features. Thurland Castle has features of both Elizabethan and late Gothic styles. Motifs taken from the Aesthetic Movement can be found in both the exterior and the interior of their new wing at Holker Hall, and from the Arts and Crafts Movement in the interior of Thurland Castle.
Patrons
Sharpe's earliest commissions were promoted by his older cousin Revd J. W. Whitaker, vicar of Blackburn. Whittaker had connections with major figures in the Church of England and members of the aristocracy. Sharpe's work came to the notice of the Bishop of Chester, Rt Rev John Bird Sumner, whose diocese at that time included Lancashire as well as Cheshire. He was a member of the Church Building Commission, and it is likely that he played a part in Sharpe's involvement in designing Commissioners' Churches. Family connections led to an association with the Greenall family, brewers in Warrington, which possibly led to the commission for the series of churches along the Weaver Navigation. Sharpe had hoped to gain commissions from the Earl of Derby, but was successful only in his design for St Mary, Knowsley. The relationship the practice developed with the major entrepreneurs in Barrow-in-Furness, James Ramsden, and Henry Schneider, resulted in the many commissions for buildings in the town and for the Furness Railway.
Practice organisation and personalities
As the office records have been destroyed there is no detailed account of how the office was run, or how the partners related to each other in business matters. Sharpe was a man of many interests and talents. In addition to him being an entrepreneur, establishing a practice that lasted for more than 100 years, he was a railway engineer and developer, a public figure who pioneered sanitary reform in Lancaster. He was also an accomplished sportsman and musician. Edward Paley also took an active part in the civil life of Lancaster, while Hubert Austin had a more retiring personality, concentrating more on his work in the practice and with his family. By the time Harry Paley came to run the practice alone there was less work available. As he was relatively comfortable financially, he was also able to take part in the life of the town and in his sporting interests.
All the principals were Anglicans, and most of the church commissions came from the Church of England. Sharpe, in particular, had low church sympathies, and most of the commissions throughout the life of the practice were for the churches of low church or middle-of the-road patrons. This was consistent with the state of Anglicanism generally in Lancashire, possibly a reaction against the strong presence of Catholicism in the county. Henry Austin was a keen churchman, and was a churchwarden for many years. Nevertheless, the practice did design churches and other buildings for Catholics, Congregationalists and Presbyterians.
Appraisal
The firm was a "provincial architectural practice" in the strict use of the term; sited as it was in a town some distance from any major city. Its output was almost entirely in North West England, particularly in Lancashire and in the southern part of what is now Cumbria. Nevertheless, the practice did achieve national recognition, especially in the later part of the 19th century, and in particular for its churches. A contemporary opinion of the practice was given by the German architect and critic Hermann Muthesius who was present in England between 1896 and 1904. He commented on English architecture and architects, and in his book Die neuere kirchliche Baukunst in England (1901) he placed the works of Austin and Paley on a par with Bodley and Garner, James Brooks, J. D. Sedding, Norman Shaw, and George Gilbert Scott, junior. He was particularly impressed by St Peter, Lancaster, and by the village churches designed by the practice. Writing in 1969 the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner said "this Lancaster dynasty of architects did more work in the county, and for a time more outstanding work, than any other". Referring to the late Victorian churches designed by the practice, Pevsner stated that they were "of the highest European standard of their years". Of the partners, Pevsner had highest regard for Hubert Austin, whom he called a "genius", saying that it was he "it seems, who was responsible for the firm's masterpieces". The title of the introduction to the book by Brandwood et al. entitled The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin is "A practice like no other".
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Shop Assistants is the only album released by Shop Assistants. It was released in November 1986 on the Chrysalis Records "indie" offshoot Blue Guitar. The album was critically acclaimed by Sounds staff who put Shop Assistants in the list of top 50 best albums of 1986.
The album was reissued in 1997 by Overground Records under the title Will Anything Happen, and again on CD by Cherry Red in 2008 with two bonus tracks, both of which had originally appeared on the B-side of the single "I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You". The album was described by Allmusic'''s Jason Ankeny as "an essential artefact of its times".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Shop Assistants; except where noted.
"I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You" - 2:18
"All Day Long" - 1:50
"Before I Wake" - 2:42
"Caledonian Road" - 2:13
"All That Ever Mattered" - 2:15
"Fixed Grin" - 2:51
"Somewhere in China" - 3:13
"Train From Kansas City" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) - 3:42
"Home Again" - 1:41
"Seems to Be" - 2:22
"After Dark" - 2:36
"All of the Time" - 2:23
"What a Way to Die" (David Leone - uncredited) - 1:59
"Nature Lover" - 1:55
"Looking Back" (CD reissue only) - 1:45
"All Day Long" (slow version) (CD reissue only) - 2:27
"What a Way to Die" was credited to "unknown", but it is a cover of David Leone's small hit for Pleasure Seekers.
Personnel
Shop Assistants
Alex Taylor - lead vocals, tambourine
David Keegan - guitar, noises
Sarah Kneale - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "What a Day to Die"
Laura MacPhail - drums, glockenspiel
with:
Jon Hunter - trumpet on "All of the Time" and "Nature Lover"
Technical
Graeme Hughes, Sean, Stephen Street - engineer
References
External links
Sheridan, David "Shop Assistants", Trouser Press''
1986 debut albums
albums produced by Mayo Thompson
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The Townsend discharge or Townsend avalanche is a gas ionisation process where free electrons are accelerated by an electric field, collide with gas molecules, and consequently free additional electrons. Those electrons are in turn accelerated and free additional electrons. The result is an avalanche multiplication that permits electrical conduction through the gas. The discharge requires a source of free electrons and a significant electric field; without both, the phenomenon does not occur.
The Townsend discharge is named after John Sealy Townsend, who discovered the fundamental ionisation mechanism by his work circa 1897 at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
General description of the phenomenon
The avalanche occurs in a gaseous medium that can be ionised (such as air). The electric field and the mean free path of the electron must allow free electrons to acquire an energy level (velocity) that can cause impact ionisation. If the electric field is too small, then the electrons do not acquire enough energy. If the mean free path is too short, the electron gives up its acquired energy in a series of non-ionising collisions. If the mean free path is too long, then the electron reaches the anode before colliding with another molecule.
The avalanche mechanism is shown in the accompanying diagram. The electric field is applied across a gaseous medium; initial ions are created with ionising radiation (for example, cosmic rays). An original ionisation event produces an ion pair; the positive ion accelerates towards the cathode while the free electron accelerates towards the anode. If the electric field is strong enough, the free electron can gain sufficient velocity (energy) to liberate another electron when it next collides with a molecule. The two free electrons then travel towards the anode and gain sufficient energy from the electric field to cause further impact ionisations, and so on. This process is effectively a chain reaction that generates free electrons. Initially, the number of collisions grows exponentially. The total number of electrons reaching the anode is equal to 2n with n the number of collisions, plus the single initiating free electron. Eventually, this relationship will break down - the limit to the multiplication in an electron avalanche is known as the Raether limit.
The Townsend avalanche can have a large range of current densities. In common gas-filled tubes, such as those used as gaseous ionisation detectors, magnitudes of currents flowing during this process can range from about 10−18 amperes to about 10−5 amperes.
Quantitative description of the phenomenon
Townsend's early experimental apparatus consisted of planar parallel plates forming two sides of a chamber filled with a gas. A direct current high-voltage source was connected between the plates; the lower voltage plate being the cathode while the other was the anode. He forced the cathode to emit electrons using the photoelectric effect by irradiating it with X-rays, and he found that the current flowing through the chamber depended on the electric field between the plates. However, this current showed an exponential increase as the plate gaps became small, leading to the conclusion that the gas ions were multiplying as they moved between the plates due to the high electric field.
Townsend observed currents varying exponentially over ten or more orders of magnitude with a constant applied voltage when the distance between the plates was varied. He also discovered that gas pressure influenced conduction: he was able to generate ions in gases at low pressure with a much lower voltage than that required to generate a spark. This observation overturned conventional thinking about the amount of current that an irradiated gas could conduct.
The experimental data obtained from his experiments are described by the following formula
where
is the current flowing in the device,
is the photoelectric current generated at the cathode surface,
is Euler's number
is the first Townsend ionisation coefficient, expressing the number of ion pairs generated per unit length (e.g. meter) by a negative ion (anion) moving from cathode to anode,
is the distance between the plates of the device.
The almost constant voltage between the plates is equal to the breakdown voltage needed to create a self-sustaining avalanche: it decreases when the current reaches the glow discharge regime. Subsequent experiments revealed that the current rises faster than predicted by the above formula as the distance increases: two different effects were considered in order to better model the discharge: positive ions and cathode emission.
Gas ionisation caused by motion of positive ions
Townsend put forward the hypothesis that positive ions also produce ion pairs, introducing a coefficient expressing the number of ion pairs generated per unit length by a positive ion (cation) moving from anode to cathode. The following formula was found
since , in very good agreement with experiments.
The first Townsend coefficient ( α ), also known as first Townsend avalanche coefficient is a term used where secondary ionisation occurs because the primary ionisation electrons gain sufficient energy from the accelerating electric field, or from the original ionising particle. The coefficient gives the number of secondary electrons produced by primary electron per unit path length.
Cathode emission caused by impact of ions
Townsend, Holst and Oosterhuis also put forward an alternative hypothesis, considering the augmented emission of electrons by the cathode caused by impact of positive ions. This introduced Townsend's second ionisation coefficient ; the average number of electrons released from a surface by an incident positive ion, according to the following formula:
These two formulas may be thought as describing limiting cases of the effective behavior of the process: either can be used to describe the same experimental results. Other formulas describing various intermediate behaviors are found in the literature, particularly in reference 1 and citations therein.
Conditions
A Townsend discharge can be sustained only over a limited range of gas pressure and electric field intensity. The accompanying plot shows the variation of voltage drop and the different operating regions for a gas-filled tube with a constant pressure, but a varying current between its electrodes. The Townsend avalanche phenomena occurs on the sloping plateau B-D. Beyond D the ionisation is sustained.
At higher pressures, discharges occur more rapidly than the calculated time for ions to traverse the gap between electrodes, and the streamer theory of spark discharge of Raether, Meek, and Loeb is applicable. In highly non-uniform electric fields, the corona discharge process is applicable. See Electron avalanche for further description of these mechanisms.
Discharges in vacuum require vaporization and ionisation of electrode atoms. An arc can be initiated without a preliminary Townsend discharge; for example when electrodes touch and are then separated.
Penning Discharge
In the presence of a magnetic field, the likelihood of an avalanche discharge occurring under high vacuum conditions can be increased through a phenomenon known as Penning discharge. This occurs when electrons can become trapped within a potential minimum, thereby extending the mean free path of the electrons [Fränkle 2014].
Applications
Gas-discharge tubes
The starting of Townsend discharge sets the upper limit to the blocking voltage a glow discharge gas-filled tube can withstand. This limit is the Townsend discharge breakdown voltage, also called ignition voltage of the tube.
The occurrence of Townsend discharge, leading to glow discharge breakdown shapes the current–voltage characteristic of a gas-discharge tube such as a neon lamp in a way such that it has a negative differential resistance region of the S-type. The negative resistance can be used to generate electrical oscillations and waveforms, as in the relaxation oscillator whose schematic is shown in the picture on the right. The sawtooth shaped oscillation generated has frequency
where
is the glow discharge breakdown voltage,
is the Townsend discharge breakdown voltage,
, and are respectively the capacitance, the resistance and the supply voltage of the circuit.
Since temperature and time stability of the characteristics of gas diodes and neon lamps is low, and also the statistical dispersion of breakdown voltages is high, the above formula can only give a qualitative indication of what the real frequency of oscillation is.
Gas phototubes
Avalanche multiplication during Townsend discharge is naturally used in gas phototubes, to amplify the photoelectric charge generated by incident radiation (visible light or not) on the cathode: achievable current is typically 10~20 times greater respect to that generated by vacuum phototubes.
Ionising radiation detectors
Townsend avalanche discharges are fundamental to the operation of gaseous ionisation detectors such as the Geiger–Müller tube and the proportional counter in either detecting ionising radiation or measuring its energy. The incident radiation will ionise atoms or molecules in the gaseous medium to produce ion pairs, but different use is made by each detector type of the resultant avalanche effects.
In the case of a GM tube the high electric field strength is sufficient to cause complete ionisation of the fill gas surrounding the anode from the initial creation of just one ion pair. The GM tube output carries information that the event has occurred, but no information about the energy of the incident radiation.
In the case of proportional counters, multiple creation of ion pairs occurs in the "ion drift" region near the cathode. The electric field and chamber geometries are selected so that an "avalanche region" is created in the immediate proximity of the anode. A negative ion drifting towards the anode enters this region and creates a localised avalanche that is independent of those from other ion pairs, but which can still provide a multiplication effect. In this way spectroscopic information on the energy of the incident radiation is available by the magnitude of the output pulse from each initiating event.
The accompanying plot shows the variation of ionisation current for a co-axial cylinder system. In the ion chamber region, there are no avalanches and the applied voltage only serves to move the ions towards the electrodes to prevent re-combination.
In the proportional region, localised avalanches occur in the gas space immediately round the anode which are numerically proportional to the number of original ionising events. Increasing the voltage further increases the number of avalanches until the Geiger region is reached where the full volume of the fill gas around the anodes ionised, and all proportional energy information is lost. Beyond the Geiger region the gas is in continuous discharge owing to the high electric field strength.
See also
Avalanche breakdown
Electric arc
Electric discharge in gases
Field electron emission
Paschen's law
Photoelectric effect
Townsend (unit)
Notes
References
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Chapter 11 "Electrical conduction in gases" and chapter 12 "Glow- and Arc-discharge tubes and circuits".
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Simulation showing electron paths during avalanche
Electrical discharge in gases
Ionization
Ions
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1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
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Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1978–79. Mersin İdmanyurdu had relegated from First League in 1977–78 season. It was the second relegation of the team after 2 seasons appearances in first league (9 in total). Mersin appointed coach Octavian Popescu. The 1978–79 season was the 7th season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 6th in the Red Group.
Pre-season
Preparation games:
13.08.1978 - Konya İdmanyurdu-MİY: 0-3.
16.08.1978 - MİY-Konya İdmanyurdu: 2-0.
20.08.1978 - MİY-Zonguldakspor: 2-1.
1978–79 Second League participation
The (1978–79) was 16th season of Second League. The league was played with 32 teams, 16 in Red Group and 16 in White Group. Group winners promoted to First League 1979–80 in each group. Runners-up of two groups played a play-off game and winner promoted to first league as well. Last two teams in each group relegated to Third League 1979–80. Mersin İY became 6th with 9 wins and 28 goals in Red Group.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1978–79 Second League Red Group league summary:
Sources: 1978–79 Turkish Second Football League pages.
League table
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Red Group in 1978–79 season is shown in the following table.
Note: Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.
Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 1978–79 Second League Red Group by rounds:
First half
Mid-season
28.01.1979 - MİY-Adana Demirspor. Sunday, 15:30. Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin. Goalkeeper Aydın Tohumcu's jubilee match.
Second half
1978–79 Turkish Cup participation
1978–79 Turkish Cup was played for the 17th season as Türkiye Kupası by 122 teams. First, four elimination rounds were played in one-leg elimination system. Fifth and sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in the two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1978–79 Turkish Cup from round 3 and was eliminated at round 4 by Ankaragücü. Ankaragücü was eliminated at round 6. Fenerbahçe won the Cup for the 3rd time and became eligible for 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1978–79 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1978–79 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1978–79 Turkish Cup pages.
MİY amateur team was also participated and eliminated to Tarsus İdmanyurdu:
R2 - 10.09.1970 - Tarsus İdmanyurdu (3)-MİY (A): 5-0.
Management
Club management
Atilla Perşembe was club president.
Coaching team
1978–79 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Note: Only official games were included.
1978–79 squad
Stats are counted for 1978–79 Second League matches and 1978–79 Turkish Cup (Türkiye Kupası) matches. In the team rosters five substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.
Sources: 1978–79 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
See also
Football in Turkey
1978–79 Turkish Second Football League
1978–79 Turkish Cup
Notes and references
1978-79
Turkish football clubs 1978–79 season
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta%20Cocciaretto
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Elisabetta Cocciaretto
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Elisabetta Cocciaretto (born 25 January 2001) is a tennis player from Italy.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 93, achieved on 12 September 2022.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Cocciaretto had a career-high combined ranking of 17, achieved on 5 February 2018. She reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open girls' singles tournament, losing to eventual champion Liang En-shuo.
Cocciaretto made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Italy in 2018.
She qualified for the first Grand Slam tournament main-draw in her career at the 2020 Australian Open.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2022 Emilia Romagna Open.
Doubles
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA 125 tournament finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Doubles: 1 (title)
Notes
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20B.%20Lyngdoh
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B. B. Lyngdoh
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Brington Buhai Lyngdoh or B. B. Lyngdoh (2 February 1922 – 27 October 2003) was former Chief Ministers of Meghalaya, a state in north-eastern India. He was born at Laitlyngkot, a village twenty-five kilometres away from Shillong, on 2nd February, 1922. He is one of India's most well known statesman and is often referred to as the 'Father of coalition politics'. B. B. Lyngdoh was one of the prominent leaders on Meghalaya's Hills State movement.
Education
He started schooling in Ramakrishna Mission School at Shillong and Cherrapunjee. He attended high school at Government Boys High School. In 1939, he appeared in and secured the first position at the All Khasi and Jaintia Hills M.E. Scholarship Examination. In 1944, he completed his matriculation, after which he joined Guwahati Cotton College where he completed his Intermediate in Science and attained a Letter Mark in several subjects. He then attended the renowned Scottish Church College, Calcutta where he took Economics and Mathematics. He then switched to the Arts stream because of his interest in public service. Unfortunately, due to the prevailing Hindu-Muslim riots there at that time, he was forced to return and complete his studies from St. Edmund’s College in 1948. He returned to Calcutta University and completed his LLB in 1951.
Career
He began teaching at Mawkhar Christian High School for a year before joining the Shillong Bar in 1952. He was soon elected General Secretary of the newly-formed Hills Tribal Union in 1954 (later called the All Party Hills Leaders Conference) in Tura, led by Captain Williamson A. Sangma, whose main agenda was the attainment of a separate State for the six Assam Hills Autonomous districts.
In 1962, B.B. Lyngdoh won his first election and a seat from the Nongpoh constituency of the Assam Assembly. In 1970, he joined the Meghalaya Autonomous State Cabinet as Finance Minister, a position he continued in till after Meghalaya attained full statehood in 1972. With the dissolution of the All Party Hills Leaders Conference in 1976, he contested again in 1978 from Lyngkyrdem constitutency and won.
He served as Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the first time in May, 1979. In 1980, he attended the Commonwealth Conference at Lusaka, Zambia as Chief Minister.
In March, 1983, he led another coalition Government and served as Chief Minister again with the HSPDP.
In 1988, he initiated the All Parties Coalition Government with P.A. Sangma as Chief Minister while he served as Chairman, State Planning Board. In 1990, he became the Chief Minister for the third time where he successfully introduced the M.L.A. Scheme to the country.
In 1992, B.B. Lyngdoh formed the Meghalaya Federation. In 1993, he contested in and successively won the Meghalaya Assembly elections for the seventh time and was elected Leader of The Opposition.
In 1998, he was re-elected to the Sixth Legisiative Assembly and served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the fourth time.
References
Scottish Church College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
Meghalaya politicians
2003 deaths
Chief Ministers of Meghalaya
United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) politicians
1921 births
Assam MLAs 1962–1967
Meghalaya MLAs 1978–1983
Meghalaya MLAs 1983–1988
Meghalaya MLAs 1988–1993
Meghalaya MLAs 1993–1998
Meghalaya MLAs 1998–2003
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Torff
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Brian Torff
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Brian Q. Torff (born March 16, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz double-bassist, songwriter and composer.
Career
Teacher
Brian Q. Torff is a Professor of Music and the director of the music program at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He has taught at New York University and makes frequent appearances at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts leading the Fairfield University Jazz Ensemble along with guest jazz artists including Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Bernard Purdie, Milt Hinton, Dave Samuels and Paul Wertico.
Performer
Brian Q.Torff is a bassist, songwriter, composer and educator. His album, 'Run With Scissors,' features his music in a 'Delta Electric' style, combining vintage southern style instruments with drum machines.Torff has performed as a featured bass soloist leading his own trio and has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center and Birdland in New York City. Torff performed at Carnegie Hall for Fiddle Fest, where he appeared with Mark O'Connor, Dave Grusin, Regina Carter, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Pinchas Zukerman. He served as co-chair person for the music advisory board for the National Endowment for the Arts in 1992.
Brian Torff’s professional career began in 1974 when bassist Milt Hinton offered him the opportunity of touring with Cleo Laine. During the late 70’s, Torff recorded and performed with pianists Mary Lou Williams and Marian McPartland, and toured Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong with jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. He played in pianist Erroll Garner's last group and worked in the big bands of Oliver Nelson, and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
In 1979, Brian Torff joined in a duo with pianist George Shearing. In the course of their three-and-a-half year collaboration, they toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Brazil, and South Africa and were featured on The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and their own PBS special from the Cafe Carlyle in New York City. They received worldwide acclaim and were invited to perform at the White House in 1982 for President Ronald Reagan. Their third album won a Grammy Award for vocalist Mel Tormé.
Composer and author
Torff has composed works with George Shearing and Larry Coryell and orchestral scores that have been performed by the Boston Pops, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has appeared as conductor, composer, and clinician for numerous high school and college jazz festivals. He is the author of the book In Love With Voices: A Jazz Memoir (2008), which chronicles his early musical roots and portraits of musicians he has worked with, including Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Erroll Garner, Benny Goodman, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, Stephane Grappelli, and George Shearing.
Discography
Run with Scissors, Bassline Records, (202)
Post Authentic World, Brian Q. Torff and New Duke, (2016)
Life In East Bumblepuck, Bassline Records, (2006)
Workin' on a Bassline (Bassline, 1997)
Manhattan Hoedown (Audiophile, 1998)
Union (Naim, 1998)
Hitchhiker of Karoo (Optimism, 1985)
With George Shearing
On a Clear Day (Concord, 1980)
Blues Alley Jazz (Concord, 1980)
An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (Concord, 1982)
With Sonny Stitt
Dumpy Mama (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
References
External links
Brian Torff Website
In Love With Voices Site for Torff's memoir
New York Times Feature
Fairfield University Music Program
American jazz double-bassists
Male double-bassists
American jazz composers
American male jazz composers
Fairfield University faculty
American music educators
1954 births
Living people
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century American male musicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Dhabi%20National%20Hotels
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Abu Dhabi National Hotels
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Abu Dhabi National Hotels is a broad-based hotel, tourism, transport and catering group, part of which is owned by the Abu Dhabi government.
The company's hotel division acts as a hotel developer and operator - partnering with Hilton, Sheraton, Sofitel and Meridien for some of its flagship properties. Whilst the majority of Abu Dhabi National Hotel's properties are located in Abu Dhabi, the company is expanding aggressively across the UAE. As of 2012, within the hotel and hotel apartment sector the company owned over 15 properties located in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah.
1976
Abu Dhabi National Hotels was founded with a portfolio of three hotels acquired from the government.
1986
Sunshine Travel & Tours has been established as a pioneering initiative aimed at creating a tourism division.
1988
Al Ghazal Transport has been the first luxury transportation company in the Emirate.
1991
Al Diar Hotels was the first homegrown operator and the first management contract was signed.
2001
ADNH Compass was formed as a joint venture with the United Kingdom-based Compass Group PLC to cover catering demands across a wide range of industry sectors.
References
External links
Official website
Companies based in Abu Dhabi
Hotel chains in the United Arab Emirates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20John
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Ryan John
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Ryan John (born 25 September 1997) is a West Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for the Windward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 11 February 2018. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In October 2019, he was named in the Windward Islands' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament. He made his first-class debut on 27 February 2020, for the Windward Islands in the 2019–20 West Indies Championship.
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Windward Islands cricketers
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56565055
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Roodhouse%20Gloyne
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Stephen Roodhouse Gloyne
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Stephen Roodhouse Gloyne (24 December 1882 – 25 September 1950) was an English pathologist who worked at the London Chest Hospital from 1911 to 1948. There he built up the pathology department almost from scratch. He kept a large animal house, was director of the Barnes Research Department, and expanded the specimen collection started by Peacock. In 1941, during the Second World War, all but 18 of the 400 specimens in the collection were destroyed, causing Gloyne to comment that his life's work had gone up in smoke.
He wrote a biography of the Scottish surgeon John Hunter.
Selected publications
John Hunter. E. & S. Livingstone, Edinburgh and London, 1950.
References
1882 births
1950 deaths
English pathologists
English biographers
20th-century English writers
20th-century English scientists
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56565058
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhat%20Kot
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Serhat Kot
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Serhat Kot (born 12 August 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Dutch club MVV Maastricht in the Eerste Divisie.
Professional career
A youth product of Borussia Dortmund, Kot begun his senior career with the Turkish club Altay S.K., before moving back to Germany with 1. FC Nürnberg II. He joined Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2017, joining their youth side. Kot made his professional debut with Fenerbahçe in a 2-0 Süper Lig win over İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. on 11 February 2018.
On 24 August 2019, Kot signed a one-year contract with Dutch club MVV Maastricht competing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. He left the club when his contract expired in July 2020.
International career
Kot represented the Turkey U16s at the 2013 Montaigu Tournament.
References
External links
FuPa Profile
DFB Profile
1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bielefeld
Turkish footballers
Turkey youth international footballers
German footballers
German people of Turkish descent
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
Altay S.K. footballers
1. FC Nürnberg II players
MVV Maastricht players
Süper Lig players
Regionalliga players
Eerste Divisie players
Association football midfielders
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%20Purple%20Rage
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Minnesota Purple Rage
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The Minnesota Purple Rage were a professional indoor American football team based in Mankato, Minnesota. They were members of the original Indoor Football League founded in 1999 and began play in 2000. They competed in the Southern Division of the Eastern Conference and played their home games at the Verizon Center.
History
The Purple Rage were founded as an expansion team in 1999 and joined the original incarnation of the Indoor Football League along with several others expansion franchises. In the only season in the IFL, the team compiled a 5-9 record finishing in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. After the IFL was bought out by af2, the Purple Rage were not among the many teams that moved to the new league and subsequently folded.
Years later in 2016, the Minnesota Havoc was set to begin play in the new Indoor Football League, but quickly folded after not being able to meet the newer league's requirements.
References
Mankato, Minnesota
Indoor Football League (1999–2000) teams
American football teams in Minnesota
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khurshed%20Makhmudov
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Khurshed Makhmudov
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Khurshed Mahmudov (born 8 August 1982) is a Tajikistani footballer who plays Tajik League side Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda, and is a former member of the Tajikistan national football team.
Career
In February 2014, after 12 years with Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda, Makhmudov signed for FC Istiklol. After two seasons, and 52 appearances for Istiklol, Makhmudov's contract wasn't renewed in January 2016 and he left Istiklol.
In February 2017, Makhmudov switched to Futsal, joining DISI Invest. After six-months with DISI Invest, Makhmudov returned to football, signing with Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda.
Career statistics
Club
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2016
International Goals
Honours
Club
Regar-TadAZ
Tajik League (6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Tajik Cup (4): 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012
AFC President's Cup (1): 2009
Istiklol
Tajik League (2): 2014, 2015
Tajik Cup (1): 2014, 2015
Tajik Supercup (2): 2014, 2015
International
Tajikistan
AFC Challenge Cup (1): 2006
References
External links
1982 births
Living people
Tajikistani footballers
Tajikistan international footballers
Tajikistan Higher League players
FC Istiklol players
Sportspeople from Dushanbe
Association football midfielders
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Tajikistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20of%20the%20Province%20of%20Caserta
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List of municipalities of the Province of Caserta
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The following is a list of the 104 municipalities (comuni) of the Province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.
List
See also
List of municipalities of Italy
References
Caserta
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20478109
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beromic%20languages
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Beromic languages
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The four Beromic languages are a branch of the Plateau languages spoken in central Nigeria by approximately 1 million people.
Classification
The following classification is taken from Blench (2008).
Blench (2019) also includes Nincut.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Comparative vocabulary
Sample basic vocabulary of Beromic languages from Blench (2006):
Notes
References
Blench (2008) . Manuscript.
External links
Roger Blench: Beromic page
Plateau languages
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6906953
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vom%20B%C3%A4umlein%2C%20das%20andere%20Bl%C3%A4tter%20hat%20gewollt
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Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt
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Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt ("Of the little tree which wished for different leaves") is a short anti-Semitic propaganda cartoon produced in 1940 in the Nazi movie studio Zeichenfilm GmbH.
The movie depicts a "golden tree" inhabited by little birds, whose leaves (all but one) are stolen by a caricature of a Jewish man: Aber wie es Abend ward, ging der Jude durch den Wald, er steckt sie ein, geht eilends fort und lässt das leere Bäumlein dort...
The cartoon is based on a poem by Friedrich Rückert of the same name. It was produced by Hubert Schonger and directed by Heinz Tischmeyer.
The poem
Rückert's poem begins,
Es ist ein Bäumlein gestanden im Wald
In gutem und schlechtem Wetter
A little tree stood in the forest
In good and bad weather
See also
List of German films 1933–1945
References
External links
Nazi antisemitic propaganda films
Nazi propaganda films
Films of Nazi Germany
German animated short films
1940 films
1940s animated short films
1940s German-language films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Fung
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William Fung
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William Fung Kwok Lun OBE JP () (born 21 February 1949) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman who is the group managing director of Li & Fung Group, one of the largest trading companies in Hong Kong.
Early life
Fung was born in 1949 in Hong Kong. He attended Princeton University in its class of 1970, majoring in electrical engineering. He subsequently earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1972.
Fung is one of two sons of Fung Hon-chu, former head of Li & Fung, and grandson of Fung Pak Liu, founder of the family firm. He is the younger brother of Victor Fung Kwok King, the chairman of the group.
Career
Fung joined the family firm, and helped it expand to Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and China.
Fung is a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings, CLP Holdings Limited, VTech Holdings Limited, Shui On Land Limited and Singapore Airlines.
Fung served as the international chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council from 1999 to 2001.
Philanthropy
Fund endowed the "Fung Scholarship" at his alma mater, Princeton University. In 2009, he was appointed to the university's board of trustees.
Personal
Fung is married with three children and, like his brother Victor, holds American citizenship.
See also
List of Princeton University people
References
1949 births
Living people
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Hong Kong chief executives
Hong Kong billionaires
Li & Fung
HSBC people
Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members
New Hong Kong Alliance politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samad%20Shohzukhurov
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Samad Shohzukhurov
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Samad Shohzukhurov (born 8 February 1990) is a Tajikistani footballer who last played for Barki Tajik. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He also joined the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea.
Career statistics
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 13 August 2008
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
Tajikistani footballers
Tajikistan international footballers
Association football midfielders
Tajikistan youth international footballers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20hockey%20at%20the%201924%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Rosters
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Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Rosters
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The 1924 Winter Olympics ice hockey rosters consisted of 82 players on 8 national ice hockey teams. Played at the first edition of the Winter Olympics, it was also considered to be the World Championship by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the second overall (after the 1920 Summer Olympics, which had ice hockey). Teams were required to be strictly amateur, so players from the Canadian-based National Hockey League (NHL) or other professional leagues were excluded. Canada sent the Toronto Granites, who had won the 1923 Allan Cup, the amateur championship in Canada.
Belgium
Head coach: André Poplimont
Canada
Head coach: Frank Rankin
Czechoslovakia
Head coach:
France
Head coach: Robert Lacroix
Great Britain
Head coach: Guy Clarkson
Sweden
Switzerland
Head coach: Peter Müller
United States
Head coach: William Haddock
References
Sources
1924 Olympic Games report. pp. 706–708 (in French) (digitized copy online)
players
1924
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamshed%20Ismailov
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Jamshed Ismailov
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Jamshed Ismailov (born 12 January 1987) is a Tajikistani footballer who currently plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
Career statistics
International
Statistics accurate as of match played 4 June 2013
International goals
Honours
Regar-TadAZ
Tajik League (2): 2006, 2008
Tajik Cup (3): 2006, 2011, 2012
Tajik Supercup (3): 2011, 2012, 2013
AFC President's Cup (2): 2008, 2009
References
External links
1987 births
Living people
Tajikistani footballers
Tajikistan international footballers
Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
Association football midfielders
Asian Games competitors for Tajikistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20Phoenix%20Suns%20season
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2008–09 Phoenix Suns season
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The 2008–09 Phoenix Suns season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season was to be a promising one, filled with All-Star talent at several positions. It was believed over the offseason, the Suns would be able to better incorporate Shaquille O'Neal, who necessitated changes to both the offense and defense after being obtained in a trade one season ago. It was also the first season head coach Terry Porter had been able to use the summer to implement his defensive approach for a team which had in seasons past scored a large number of their points off fast breaks and early in the shot clock. Sensing a need for change, team management traded for scorer Jason Richardson in December, but this did not appear to immediately reinvigorate an offense that had recently led the league in points per game. However, after Phoenix went 28–23 to start the season, Suns assistant Alvin Gentry was named to replace Porter as head coach. Less than one week after the All-Star Game, Amar'e Stoudemire sustained a season-ending eye injury while the improvement of the team never fully came. The Suns finished 46–36, second in the Pacific division but out the playoffs for the first time since Steve Nash rejoined the Suns in the 2004–05 season. The Suns had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.
Key dates
June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1: The free agency period started.
October 1: Starting power forward Amar'e Stoudemire sustained a partially torn iris.
October 8: The pre-season started with a game against the Atlanta Hawks.
October 29: The regular season started with a game against the San Antonio Spurs.
February 14–15: Phoenix hosted the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend.
February 16: The Suns fired coach Terry Porter and named Alvin Gentry interim coach.
February 20: Stoudemire underwent surgery for a detached retina and was out for eight weeks after an injury sustained on February 18.
Offseason
June 7: Terry Porter was named as the Suns' new head coach.
June 20: Alvin Gentry, Bill Cartwright, Dan Majerle and Igor Kokoskov were named as the Suns' new assistant coaches.
June 26: Forward Grant Hill has exercised his player option for the 2008–09 season.
June 26: Suns have acquired the draft rights to the rookie point guard Goran Dragić from San Antonio Spurs.
July 10: Suns have signed center Robin Lopez, selected with the 15th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.
July 22: Free agent forward Matt Barnes has signed with the Suns.
August 14: Free agent forward Louis Amundson has signed with the Suns.
August 25: Suns have acquired rookie guard Sean Singletary from the Houston Rockets in exchange for guard D. J. Strawberry.
September 22: Suns have signed Goran Dragić.
October 23: The Phoenix Suns have exercised the team's option on swingman Alando Tucker for the 2009–10 season.
NBA Draft
Roster
Regular season
Standings
Game log
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| Shaquille O'Neal (13)
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| October 30
| New Orleans
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| Steve Nash (24)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (12)
| Steve Nash (9)
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| 1–1
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| November 1
| Portland
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| Amar'e Stoudemire (13)
| Steve Nash (7)
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| November 4
| @ New Jersey
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| Raja Bell (22)
| Matt Barnes (7)
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|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 5
| November 5
| @ Indiana
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (49)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (11)
| Amar'e Stoudemire, Steve Nash (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse11,660
| 4–1
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 6
| November 7
| @ Chicago
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (26)
| Robin Lopez, Amar'e Stoudemire (7)
| Steve Nash (5)
| United Center21,967
| 4–2
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 7
| November 8
| @ Milwaukee
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (29)
| Shaquille O'Neal, Grant Hill (11)
| Steve Nash (7)
| Bradley Center17,935
| 5–2
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 8
| November 10
| Memphis
|
| Leandro Barbosa (27)
| Matt Barnes (8)
| Steve Nash (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 6–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 9
| November 12
| Houston
|
| Leandro Barbosa, Shaquille O'Neal (18)
| Shaquille O'Neal (13)
| Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash (3)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 6–3
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 10
| November 14
| @ Sacramento
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (29)
| Shaquille O'Neal (13)
| Shaquille O'Neal (6)
| ARCO Arena12,810
| 7–3
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 11
| November 16
| Detroit
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (29)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (11)
| Steve Nash (7)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 8–3
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 12
| November 17
| @ Utah
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (30)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (8)
| Steve Nash (8)
| EnergySolutions Arena19,911
| 8–4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 13
| November 20
| L.A. Lakers
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (21)
| Shaquille O'Neal (9)
| Steve Nash (10)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 8–5
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 14
| November 22
| Portland
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (19)
| Shaquille O'Neal (17)
| Steve Nash (7)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 9–5
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 15
| November 25
| @ Oklahoma City
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (22)
| Steve Nash (8)
| Steve Nash (15)
| Ford Center19,136
| 10–5
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 16
| November 26
| @ Minnesota
|
| Steve Nash (20)
| Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (6)
| Target Center11,708
| 11–5
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 17
| November 28
| Miami
|
| Leandro Barbosa (20)
| Shaquille O'Neal (9)
| Leandro Barbosa (5)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 11–6
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 18
| November 30
| New Jersey
|
| Steve Nash (26)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (12)
| Steve Nash (9)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 11–7
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 19
| December 3
| @ New Orleans
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (26)
| Matt Barnes (7)
| Grant Hill (6)
| New Orleans Arena15,804
| 11–8
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 20
| December 4
| @ Dallas
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (28)
| Matt Barnes (6)
| Steve Nash (10)
| American Airlines Center19,813
| 11–9
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 21
| December 6
| Utah
|
| Leandro Barbosa (25)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (20)
| Steve Nash (9)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 12–9
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 22
| December 9
| Milwaukee
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (35)
| Shaquille O'Neal, Amar'e Stoudemire (8)
| Steve Nash (10)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 13–9
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 23
| December 10
| @ L.A. Lakers
|
| Matt Barnes (25)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (11)
| Steve Nash (9)
| Staples Center18,997
| 13–10
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 24
| December 12
| Orlando
|
| Jason Richardson, Amar'e Stoudemire, Steve Nash (21)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (14)
| Steve Nash (10)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 14–10
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 25
| December 15
| New York
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (23)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (14)
| Steve Nash (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 15–10
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 26
| December 18
| @ Portland
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (23)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (8)
| Steve Nash (11)
| Rose Garden20,650
| 15–11
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 27
| December 20
| Denver
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (27)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (10)
| Steve Nash (11)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 16–11
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 28
| December 25
| San Antonio
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (25)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (13)
| Steve Nash (8)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 16–12
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 29
| December 29
| @ Oklahoma City
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (28)
| Shaquille O'Neal (12)
| Leandro Barbosa, Amar'e Stoudemire (5)
| Ford Center19,136
| 17–12
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 30
| December 30
| @ Memphis
|
| Leandro Barbosa (28)
| Shaquille O'Neal (13)
| Matt Barnes (5)
| FedExForum14,471
| 18–12
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 31
| January 2
| L.A. Clippers
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (23)
| Shaquille O'Neal (9)
| Steve Nash (11)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 19–12
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 32
| January 7
| Indiana
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (23)
| Louis Amundson (14)
| Steve Nash (12)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 19–13
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 33
| January 9
| Dallas
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (25)
| Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (12)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 20–13
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 34
| January 11
| @ L.A. Clippers
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (26)
| Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (12)
| Staples Center17,307
| 21–13
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 35
| January 13
| Atlanta
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (26)
| Matt Barnes, Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 22–13
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 36
| January 15
| @ Denver
|
| Grant Hill (25)
| Grant Hill, Amar'e Stoudemire (8)
| Steve Nash (14)
| Pepsi Center18,073
| 22–14
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 37
| January 16
| Minnesota
|
| Shaquille O'Neal, Leandro Barbosa (22)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 22–15
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 38
| January 18
| @ Toronto
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (31)
| Grant Hill (9)
| Steve Nash (18)
| Air Canada Centre19,800
| 23–15
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 39
| January 19
| @ Boston
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (16)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (8)
| TD Banknorth Garden18,624
| 23–16
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 40
| January 21
| @ New York
|
| Jason Richardson (27)
| Shaquille O'Neal (12)
| Steve Nash (19)
| Madison Square Garden19,256
| 23–17
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 41
| January 23
| @ Charlotte
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (20)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (9)
| Steve Nash (5)
| Time Warner Cable Arena19,104
| 23–18
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 42
| January 25
| @ Atlanta
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (23)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (13)
| Philips Arena19,153
| 24–18
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 43
| January 26
| @ Washington
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (29)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (15)
| Steve Nash (15)
| Verizon Center17,344
| 25–18
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 44
| January 29
| San Antonio
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (28)
| Amar'e Stoudemire, Grant Hill (10)
| Steve Nash (18)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 25–19
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 45
| January 31
| Chicago
|
| Leandro Barbosa (32)
| Shaquille O'Neal (8)
| Steve Nash (10)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 25–20
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 46
| February 2
| Sacramento
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (25)
| Shaquille O'Neal (9)
| Steve Nash (9)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 26–20
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 47
| February 4
| @ Golden State
|
| Jason Richardson (24)
| Shaquille O'Neal (12)
| Steve Nash (9)
| Oracle Arena19,596
| 26–21
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 48
| February 6
| Golden State
|
| Grant Hill (27)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (15)
| Steve Nash (8)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 27–21
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 49
| February 8
| @ Detroit
|
| Jason Richardson (21)
| Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (21)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076
| 28–21
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 50
| February 9
| @ Philadelphia
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (19)
| Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (8)
| Wachovia Center16,797
| 28–22
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 51
| February 11
| @ Cleveland
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (27)
| Amar'e Stoudemire, Shaquille O'Neal, Matt Barnes (6)
| Leandro Barbosa (7)
| Quicken Loans Arena20,562
| 28–23
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 52
| February 17
| L.A. Clippers
|
| Leandro Barbosa (24)
| Matt Barnes (9)
| Steve Nash (10)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 29–23
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 53
| February 18
| @ L.A. Clippers
|
| Amar'e Stoudemire (42)
| Amar'e Stoudemire (11)
| Steve Nash (12)
| Staples Center18,169
| 30–23
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 54
| February 20
| Oklahoma City
|
| Leandro Barbosa (41)
| Shaquille O'Neal (9)
| Matt Barnes (9)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 31–23
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 55
| February 22
| Boston
|
| Jason Richardson (21)
| Shaquille O'Neal (6)
| Steve Nash (11)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 31–24
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 56
| February 24
| Charlotte
|
| Steve Nash (22)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (5)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 32–24
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 57
| February 26
| @ L.A. Lakers
|
| Leandro Barbosa (18)
| Jared Dudley (8)
| Leandro Barbosa (7)
| Staples Center18,997
| 32–25
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 58
| February 27
| Toronto
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (45)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Grant Hill (12)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 33–25
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 59
| March 1
| L.A. Lakers
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (33)
| Matt Barnes (10)
| Matt Barnes, Leandro Barbosa (7)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 34–25
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 60
| March 3
| @ Orlando
|
| Jason Richardson (27)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (8)
| Amway Arena17,461
| 34–26
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 61
| March 4
| @ Miami
|
| Steve Nash (29)
| Shaquille O'Neal (8)
| Steve Nash (10)
| American Airlines Arena19,600
| 34–27
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 62
| March 6
| @ Houston
|
| Steve Nash (32)
| Matt Barnes (9)
| Steve Nash (13)
| Toyota Center18,045
| 34–28
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 63
| March 8
| @ San Antonio
|
| Steve Nash (23)
| Grant Hill (8)
| Steve Nash (11)
| AT&T Center18,797
| 34–29
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 64
| March 10
| Dallas
|
| Steve Nash (23)
| Louis Amundson (9)
| Steve Nash (13)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 34–30
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 65
| March 12
| Cleveland
|
| Matt Barnes (21)
| Jason Richardson, Shaquille O'Neal (7)
| Steve Nash (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 34–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 66
| March 14
| Oklahoma City
|
| Leandro Barbosa (22)
| Jared Dudley (9)
| Steve Nash (8)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 35–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 67
| March 15
| @ Golden State
|
| Jason Richardson (31)
| Grant Hill (8)
| Matt Barnes (11)
| Oracle Arena19,596
| 36–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 68
| March 18
| Philadelphia
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (26)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (10)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 37–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 69
| March 21
| Washington
|
| Jason Richardson (35)
| Stromile Swift (12)
| Jared Dudley (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 38–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 70
| March 23
| Denver
|
| Grant Hill (23)
| Grant Hill (10)
| Steve Nash (9)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 39–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 71
| March 25
| Utah
|
| Grant Hill (26)
| Shaquille O'Neal (12)
| Steve Nash (14)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 40–31
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 72
| March 26
| @ Portland
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (20)
| Shaquille O'Neal (7)
| Steve Nash (5)
| Rose Garden20,650
| 40–32
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 73
| March 28
| @ Utah
|
| Steve Nash (20)
| Shaquille O'Neal, Matt Barnes (10)
| Steve Nash (6)
| EnergySolutions Arena19,911
| 40–33
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 74
| March 29
| @ Sacramento
|
| Steve Nash (31)
| Jared Dudley (11)
| Steve Nash (14)
| ARCO Arena13,623
| 40–34
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 75
| April 1
| Houston
|
| Steve Nash (25)
| Shaquille O'Neal (10)
| Steve Nash (17)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 41–34
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 76
| April 3
| Sacramento
|
| Steve Nash (29)
| Matt Barnes (11)
| Steve Nash (9)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 42–34
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 77
| April 5
| @ Dallas
|
| Leandro Barbosa (24)
| Shaquille O'Neal (7)
| Steve Nash (8)
| American Airlines Center20,301
| 42–35
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 78
| April 8
| @ New Orleans
|
| Steve Nash (24)
| Shaquille O'Neal (11)
| Steve Nash (13)
| New Orleans Arena17,781
| 43–35
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 79
| April 10
| @ Memphis
|
| Louis Amundson, Jason Richardson (13)
| Louis Amundson (9)
| Goran Dragić (7)
| FedExForum15,908
| 43–36
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 80
| April 11
| @ Minnesota
|
| Grant Hill (19)
| Robin Lopez (11)
| Goran Dragić (8)
| Target Center18,478
| 44–36
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 81
| April 13
| Memphis
|
| Shaquille O'Neal (19)
| Jason Richardson, Grant Hill (8)
| Steve Nash (12)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 45–36
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 82
| April 15
| Golden State
|
| Grant Hill (27)
| Grant Hill (10)
| Steve Nash (12)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 46–36
Player statistics
Season
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| || 76 || 0 || 13.7 || .536 || .000 || .442 || 3.6 || 0.4 || .4 || .9 || 4.2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| || 70 || 11 || 24.4 || .482 || .375 || .881 || 2.6 || 2.3 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.2 || .1 || 14.2
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| || 77 || 40 || 27.0 || .423 || .343 || .743 || 5.5 || 2.8 || .7 || .3 || 10.2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| * || 22 || 22 || 32.4 || .429 || .468^ || .762 || 2.9 || 1.3 || .6 || .1 || 9.6
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| * || 2 || 0 || 14.0 || .200 || .250 || 1.000# || 0.5 || 1.5 || .0 || .0 || 2.5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| * || 22 || 0 || 24.5 || .567 || .357 || .692 || 3.8 || 2.1 || .5 || .4 || 8.3
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| || 55 || 1 || 13.2 || .393 || .370 || .769 || 1.9 || 2.0 || .5 || .1 || 4.5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| * || 48 || 0 || 15.2 || .481 || .394 || .691 || 3.0 || 0.8 || .8 || .1 || 5.5
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 68 || 29.8 || .523 || .316 || .808 || 4.9 || 2.3 || 1.1 || .7 || 12.0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| || 60 || 7 || 10.2 || .518 || .000 || .691 || 2.0 || 0.1 || .2 || .7 || 3.2
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| || 74 || 74 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 33.6+ || .503 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .439^ || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .933# || 3.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 9.7 || .7 || .1 || 15.7
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| || 75 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 75 || 30.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .609 || .000 || .595 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 8.4 || 1.7 || .7 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 17.8+
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| * || 58 || 57 || 33.1 || .488 || .383 || .778 || 4.5 || 1.9 || 1.1 || .4 || 16.4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| * || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || . || . || . || 0.0 || 0.0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| * || 13 || 1 || 9.4 || .324 || .400 || 1.000# || 1.2 || 0.9 || .5 || .0 || 2.6
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| || 53 || 53 || 36.8+ || .539 || .429 || .835 || 8.1 || 2.0 || .9 || 1.1 || 21.4+
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| * || 13 || 0 || 9.3 || .366 || 1.000^ || .533 || 2.5 || 0.2 || .3 || .5 || 3.0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| || 30 || 1 || 9.4 || .430 || .348 || .788 || 1.0 || 0.4 || .2 || .0 || 4.6
|}
* – Stats with the Suns.
+ – Minimum 70 games played or 2000 minutes, 1400 points.
^ – Minimum 55 three-pointers made.
# – Minimum 125 free throws made.
Awards and records
Awards
O'Neal was named to the All-NBA Third Team.
Week/Month
Stoudemire was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for Nov. 3-9.
Stoudemire has been named the recipient of the NBA Community Assist Award for October.
All-Star
Stoudemire was voted to his 4th NBA All-Star Game as a starter.
O'Neal was named to his 15th career NBA All-Star Game in 17 seasons.
O'Neal was named the 2009 NBA All-Star MVP with former teammate Kobe Bryant.
Transactions
Trades
Free agents
Additions
Subtractions
See also
2008–09 NBA season
References
Phoenix Suns seasons
Phoenix
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Hyer
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Tom Hyer
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Tom Hyer (January 1, 1819 – June 26, 1864) was an American bare-knuckle boxer. He became a heavyweight boxing champion after defeating Country McCloskey in a long brutal fight in New York on September 9, 1841, though there was no sanctioning body to recognize his championship. Until he retired in 1851, he was widely celebrated as the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of America. His victory increased American participation in boxing, and made him a celebrity; generating fight coverage and publicity in hundreds of American newspapers.
Hyer was a brawler and engaged in several bar fights. The fights he had as a result of his political association with the nativist Bowery Boys' anti-immigration gang in 1855, were often particularly violent, and often involved weapons.
Early life and boxing strengths
Thomas Hyer was born in New York City, New York 1 Jan 1819. Proof documentation of his birth, his father's birth, along with his ancestors is found in 'Hyer and Allied Families' by Claudia E. Thomas, published 2022 Tom died 26 June 1864 in New York City, New York. The book also addresses the error of the 1944 article stating he was born in Pennsylvania.
He worked as a butcher at the old Washington Market in New York before entering boxing; staying with butchering as a sideline. After he had won several fights, he opened a bar on New York's Park Row attended widely by Know Nothing Party friends, New York natives, who were anti-immigration. He was of Dutch ancestry, a heritage common among New York's earliest settlers. His father Jacob Hyer also worked as a butcher, and briefly earned a living as a boxer, reportedly fighting an opponent named Tom Beasley in 1816, using the older Broughton rules of England, in what is now considered the first official boxing match known to have been held in America. Tom's father broke his arm in the fight, and never boxed again.
In his boxing prime, as seen at left, Tom Hyer had a huge chest, and long, muscular rangy arms with extremely wide shoulders, that gave him both strength and reach. His long legs and springy hips helped give speed, leverage, power, and placement to his punches.
His favorite blow was a crushing left to the collarbone. He was not known as a scientific boxer with exceptionally finessed defensive skills, but was more of a brawler who had to trade blows in order to deliver a blow of his own. A signature move was to lead with a left swing, which he sometimes feinted, in order to score with a well placed short right uppercut. He used this strategy to win his fights against both Country McCloskey and Yankee Sullivan. Fine scientific boxing with a calculated defense involving feints with the arms and forward foot were rarely a feature of bareknuckle boxing in the 1840s, nor necessary with the undisciplined nature of London Prize Ring Rules. Other than gouging, hitting a man when he was down, kicking, hitting or grabbing below the waist, most moves were permitted, including throwing a man down or holding him to inflict blows. Unlike London Prize rules where a round ended anytime a man's knee touched the ground, the Marquess of Queensberry rules used today required gloves, had fixed three minute rounds, and made it illegal to throw a man down or to hold him to inflict blows.
Heavyweight Champion of America, 1841
Hyer was recognized as the bare-knuckle boxing Heavyweight Champion of America after a 101-round victory over George McCheester, known as Country McCloskey, at Caldwell's Landing in New York City, on September 9, 1841. McClosky was one of several lieutenants to Isaiah Rynders who supported the Tweed Ring, backers of the corrupt Tammany Hall political machine and rivals of Hyer and his supporters. The intense battle in the scorching sun of the open air arena reportedly lasted 2 hours, fifty minutes before McCloskey's seconds threw up the sponge ending the bout in the 101st round. Hyer began with roughly an eight-pound weight advantage as well as an inch advantage in height. The first 11 rounds seemed to favor McClosky, but the tide turned by the 28th when Hyer unleashed a tremendous, left-hander on Country's nose, which caused serious bleeding. In the forty-fourth Hyer, with a tremendous blow, opened a deep gash in Country's head. After seventy-three rounds had been fought neither would give in, although McClosky was terribly injured. In the 74th, both men were knocked to the ground, and yet the fight continued. It was clear by the 90th round that McClosky could not win. In the ninety-fifth round McCloskey was knocked down again and was obviously badly injured. Again his seconds tried to stop the fight, but he begged to be allowed to fight while he still had sight. By the 100th round, in complete control, Hyer could hit McCloskey at will as he put up little defense. After the 101st, Yankee Sullivan, McCloskey's chief second exclaimed, "It is no use Country, banging at him. he's got you licked." In the brutal affair, McClosky was said to have been beaten til his friends could barely recognize him. Considering the intensity of the bout, it is not surprising, Hyer did not fight again for ten years.
The death of Tom McCoy following his loss to Chris Lilly in Westchester County on September 13, 1842, led to a more vigorous enforcement of the laws against prizefighting, and ultimately delayed the matching of Hyer with Yankee Sullivan. Sullivan had been arrested and imprisoned for nearly two years after the fight for working as its principal promoter.
In 1842, Hyer was challenged by the Heavyweight Champion of England Ben Caunt, but no fight was held. Caunt had come to America to look for bouts, but was not willing to make a match after his arrival. Believing he would not receive a favorable deal, he returned to England.
Bout with Yankee Sullivan, 1849
Factions behind the fight
Hyer first met "Yankee Sullivan", an Irishman with the real name James Ambrose, at an Oyster Bar at the corner of New York's Broadway and Park Place early in 1849. Sullivan had planned to meet him there for a brawl, possibly for publicity, but according to most newspapers of the day, with the clear intent of doing him harm. Hyer was reported to have won the brief encounter, and then loaded a pistol to protect himself from Sullivan's soon- to-arrive supporters. They arrived shortly after, but the police intervened and prevented any bloodshed. Sullivan had acted as a second to McClosky in his loss to Hyer in 1841, and had hoped to avenge McClosky by defeating Hyer. According to one source, Sullivan was a bit of a ruffian and petty criminal when he was boxing in London during his early fighting days, and was sent to a British penal colony in Australia, to serve time. His battle with Hyer was more than a prize fight. It was a statement by two warring factions in New York, in short "a proxy battle between anti-immigrant nativists represented by Hyer and his Bowery Boys gang, and the Irish immigrants backed by Tammany Hall, and represented by Sullivan and his followers. As noted by Chris Klein, "Boxing was closely involved with politics in America after the Civil War, and fighters forged close ties with corrupt urban political machines that relied on muscle (and often gangs) to help their candidates win elections". Opposing political factions often made up gangs and expressed their animosity using warfare in the streets, on occasion taking over balloting places to secure their candidates would win.
Maryland sends militia
Seeking to stop Sullivan and Hyer from fighting, George Richardson, the Attorney General of Maryland, where boxing was banned, sent two companies of state militia to Pooles Island, where the fight was originally intended to take place, but the boxers moved the bout East to Still Pond heights. Though 300 souls had first steamed to Pooles to observe the fight, only 200 or so spectators were said to attend the bout, as others may have been frightened of arrest by the Maryland militia, as a cornerman for Sullivan and George Thompson, the trainer for Hyer had earlier spent a brief stay in jail after being arrested on Pooles Island.
According to the Police Gazette, and other sources Hyer had nearly a four-inch height advantage, and as much as a thirty-pound advantage in weight over Sullivan: a disparity that would likely have prevented their being matched today. Hyer's advantage in reach gave him another important edge in the fight. On February 7, 1849, Hyer finally defeated Sullivan in a scorching battle that commenced around 4:00 pm. The match went 16 rounds at Still Pond Creek, a cold and snowy outdoor arena on the East Maryland shore, ten miles below Poole's Island where the fight was originally planned. The close betting gave the edge to Sullivan, 100 to 89. Despite his being the smaller man, Sullivan had been undefeated in eight fights, primarily in Australia and England, and had claimed the Middleweight Championship of England in February 1841, against Johnny "Hammer" Lane.
Details of the Sullivan fight
Sullivan hoped to use what he believed to be an advantage in grappling, to weaken the larger Hyer by way of hard throws, legal in London Prize Ring Rules. When this failed, Hyer's superior reach and height allowed him to dominate Sullivan. Several accounts do report that Sullivan attempted to throw Hyer early in the match with some success, and credited him with the first three. As the fight progressed, Sullivan was down in the fourth and again in the sixth, but arose. Within 17 minutes of the start of the bout, Sullivan was badly hurt, and had had his right eye lanced to prevent it from swelling shut. By the thirteenth round, Sullivan was flagging badly, taking almost two blows to each one he weakly delivered to Hyer. Sullivan's right arm was wrenched in the 15th.
According to the Milwaukee Sentinel, writing the day after the fight, once Sullivan was exhausted, Hyer caught his head under his arm before he could fall in the 15th, and punched him repeatedly. This attack ended the bout, and Sullivan could not return for the 16th. Several telegraphed reports received the day after the fight as well as the detailed written account by the reliable Brooklyn Daily Eagle confirm this account and it appears to be accurate. Published years later, the Police Gazette did not make mention of Hyer holding Sullivan around the head, but did accurately note that the fight ended after Hyer dropped Sullivan to the ground at the end of the 15th and fell on top of him. When Hyer stood up, it was clear, Sullivan could not continue. Sullivan, unable to rise at the end, had to be carted off by his seconds.
After being declared the winner, Hyer followed the tradition of London Prize Ring Rules, and tore Sullivan's green and white silk banner, representing the colors of Ireland, from its stake by the ring and triumphantly displayed it to the crowd. Hyer's banner was the American Stars and Stripes, in some ways representing his alliance with the nationalist, somewhat anti-immigrant, Whig Party; which was allied with the Know-Nothing Party. After the bout, Sullivan was taken to Mt. Hope Hospital where he was treated for his injured arm, badly blackened eyes and a slight skull fracture, but released the following day. The fight lasted 17 minutes, 18 seconds and Hyer won an exceptionally large $10,000 purse in a battle that he dominated, though Sullivan took his $10,000 as well. Much of the way back from Chesapeake Bay to New York, Hyer was greeted and cheered by large crowds that lined the streets of cities and towns, for parades of victory. This was a widely publicized boxing match at the time and helped to ignite the sport's popularity, despite the bout being illegal in Maryland, and clearly a brutal affair.
Two days later, Hyer was celebrated when he arrived in Philadelphia by a triumphal procession after his victory over Sullivan, and there were even exaggerated reports in the newspapers of his becoming a Whig candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Once the celebrations ended, Hyer was required to attend a hearing in Philadelphia before a judge who was waiting for a requisition from the Governor of Maryland to prosecute him for the fight. He was briefly held at Moyamensing Prison while waiting for the requisition from Maryland, but it never arrived.
In mid-April, 1849, Hyer appeared in a sold-out performance at Griffin's Mansion House in Albany, New York with his trainer, George Thompson, to perform the play "Tom and Jerry". The play was a theatrical adaptation of the boxing historian Pierce Egan's Life in London.
Vacating championship, 1851
In 1850, Hyer challenged the "Tipton Slasher", William Perry, reigning Heavyweight Champion of England, but no fight was held.
In 1851, Hyer retired from the ring and relinquished the Heavyweight Championship of America; whereupon Yankee Sullivan claimed the title. Hyer would not fully retire from the ring, and though he would continue to contract fights, very few would take place.
Boxing comeback attempt
On October 26, 1854 one source reports that Hyer lost to Pat McGowan in St. Louis in a little-known first round disqualification. The Evening Star noted that the boxer was not Tom Hyer but another boxer of the same name from California, and that the fight went a rough 64 rounds. On July 20, 1857 Hyer lost decisively to Tom Hunter in Washington, D.C. in his last known fight. To the knowledge of most Americans, he retired undefeated, as his last fight was very poorly publicized.
Association with "Bowery Boys", 1854-5
In 1854 Hyer was scheduled to fight Irishman John Morrissey, at one time the head of New York's mostly Irish Dead Rabbits gang, who were rivals of Hyer's anti-immigrant gang, the Bowery Boys, but Morrissey did not show for the fight. Morrissey and Hyer were later scheduled to fight a duel in mid-February 1855 over a sum of money, around $100, owed to Morrisey from Hyer as a result of the fight not taking place, but though Morrissey arrived, Hyer and Hughes, the party to duel Morrissey, did not.
Morrissey would defeat "Yankee" Sullivan, on September 1, 1853, and later become a United States congressman from New York in 1867, backed by New York's corrupt political machine, Tammany Hall. Like many Irish pugilists backed by Tammany Hall, Morrissey was a rival of William Poole, head of the Bowery Boys Gang, and on August 8, 1854, a fight was arranged between Poole and Morrissey at the corner of "West and Amos-street". Poole forced Morrissey to end the fight in an extremely brutal exchange.
Hyer was associated financially and politically with William Poole's Bowery Boys gang, native-born New Yorkers who generally supported the Know Nothing anti-immigrant political party, but opposed Catholics, the Irish, and the corrupt Irish political machine, Tammany Hall. On mid-January, 1855, Hyer was reported to have been struck and injured in the head twice by the butt of a heavy revolver in an incident at New York's Platt's Hall below Wallick's Theater, by the former boxer Lew Baker, a rival of the Bowery Boys gang. Also present was Henry Young and Jim Turner, a former boxer and friend of Baker, who also briefly assaulted Hyer. Hyer filed an assault charge against the three men two days later. Turner was also accused in the same month on January 6 of attempting to fire a shot at Hyer, at the Broadway Bar with his six shooter, though the gun missed, and when Hyer returned a shot at Turner it missed, preventing both men from serious injury. A few accounts record Hyer may have had his neck grazed by a bullet from Turner in the altercation.
Hyer was not known to have been present two weeks later at another gang incident at New York's Stanwix Hall at 1:00 on February 24, where Poole was shot and wounded in the leg by Lew Baker, and further assaulted by others He eventually died at his home. Also present at the February 24 incident was John Morrissey, well known to Hyer, a rival with whom he had previously scheduled a bout. The life of William Poole and the Bowery Bows gang is depicted in highly fictionalized form, in Martin Scorsese's 2002 film Gangs of New York.
In January 1855, Hyer was arrested and apprehended in New York on charges of running a gambling house on Park Place, in New York.
Life after boxing, 1857-64
Taking advantage of his political connections, in 1857 Hyer was appointed Superintendent of Lands and Places, by New York Street Commissioner Connor. Other pugilists were appointed to positions as well.
As late as 1860, Hyer was reported to have been in Washington D.C. offering to give sparring lessons to Congressmen. In the same year, according to one source, Hyer attempted to schedule fights with the "Benicia Boy", John C. Heenan, but satisfactory terms were not met.
After his full retirement from the ring, he lived briefly in Washington, D.C. According to one account, he became a good friend of both Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward, which seems plausible considering his national prominence and his political connections with the Whig Party. Before the war he briefly ran a saloon near Laura Kern's Theater.
Union Army service
In the Civil War, Hyer worked as a sutler, selling wares including food from the back of a wagon or tent, and traveling with the Union Army as it went from field to field. He contacted rheumatism during the winter of 1862 while sutlering at Hooker's camp, and returned to Washington disabled. His condition may have been exacerbated by his boxing injuries and the wounds he received from James Turner in 1855.
Death from cardiac edema
He was ill for four months prior to his death. To help raise money for his care and his family, a benefit was given to him shortly before his death around June 21, 1864, at New York's Stuyvesant Hall, where thousands gathered to see him briefly address the crowd from his wheel chair, accompanied by thunderous applause.
Hyer died on June 26, 1864 at his home in Brooklyn, with a reported cause of death as "cardiac dropsy" or edema as it is now known. A few accounts report that his early demise was at least partly due to excessive drinking. His funeral took place on June 28. Hyer was survived by his mother and wife, the former Emma Beke of Maine and his one daughter, Charlotte, who later married Floyd Grant. After Hyer's funeral, which was poorly attended, John Morrissey, a former rival, contributed $250 to Hyer's widow and mother, with an additional $250 raised by others in attendance. He and his family were interred at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, where a large monument marks his burial site.
He was inducted into Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954.
Selected fights and important brawls
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| Win
| Country McCloskey
| 9 September 1841
| Caldwell Landing, New York
| 101 rounds, 2:55 minutes
| Bare knuckle Heavyweight Championship of America
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| Win
| "Yankee" Sullivan
| Early 1849
| Bar on New York's Broadway and Park Place
| Stopped when Sullivan was injured and police arrived
| Bar fight, backed by Hyer's No-nothing party nativist faction vs. Sullivan's Irish pro-immigrant faction
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| Win
| "Yankee" Sullivan
| 7 February 1849
| Still Pond Creek, Maryland
| 16 rounds, 17 minutes
| Defended heavyweight championship
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| Lew Baker, later Jim Turner
| January–February 1855
| Platt's Hall, later Broadway Bar, New York
| Not professional contests
| Two Violent Bar room fights defending Bowery Boys gang
Gunfight w/Jim Turner January 6
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| Loss
| Tom Hunter
| 13 July 1857
| Washington, D.C.
| Duration unknown
| Not widely publicized; little known bout
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See also
William Poole
References
Achievements
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Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
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Bichon au citron
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The bichon au citron is a French pastry. It is similar to a turnover in size, shape, and that it is made of puff pastry. A major distinguishing feature is that it is filled with lemon curd. The outer layer of sugar is sometimes partially caramelized.
See also
List of pastries
References
French pastries
Puff pastry
Lemon dishes
Sweet pies
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Filippo Cristante (born 20 April 1977, in San Vito al Tagliamento) is an Italian football manager and former player, who last played as a defender for Italian club Portogruaro in Lega Pro.
Career
Cristante started his career in the amateur divisions, with Sacilese, where he already demonstrated his talent, before moving to Serie B side Cosenza. Experiences with Padova and Ravenna in Serie B soon followed. In 2001, he moved to Piacenza, which he made his debut in the top division, starting in the Serie A match Lazio–Piacenza, on August 26, 2001, which ended in a 1–1 away draw. He remained with Piacenza (playing in two in first division league championships and two in Serie B) until January 2005, when he was hired by Messina in Serie A. With the team, he scored his first and so far only goal in the top division, under Peloritana. Since 2006, he has played for Mantova in the second division of Italian Football.
In July 2009, he signed a two-year contract with Ancona.
Style of play
Equipped with a powerful physique, Cristante was a hard-working, tenacious and hard-tackling footballer who specialised in defensive roles; a versatile player, he was capable of playing anywhere along the back-line, and throughout his career he was used as a left or right-back, and as a central defender. Originally he played as an attacker, but was soon deployed in defence.
Match-fixing scandal
Cristante was involved in the 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal and was banned from any soccer-related activities for three years.
References
External links
1977 births
Living people
People from San Vito al Tagliamento
Italian footballers
Italy under-21 international footballers
Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
Calcio Padova players
Ravenna F.C. players
Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
A.C.R. Messina players
Mantova 1911 players
A.C. Ancona players
A.S.D. Portogruaro players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Association football defenders
Footballers from Friuli Venezia Giulia
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Hayastani Hanrapetutyun
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Hayastani Hanrapetutyun (also spelled Hayastany Hanrapetutyun, Romanization of ) is the official newspaper of Armenia.
The newspaper was founded on September 6, 1990 by the Armenian parliament as its official publication. In 2000-2001, the newspaper was converted into a joint-stock company with the President's Office, the National Assembly, the Armenian government, and the Department of Information each holding a 25% share.
See also
List of government gazettes
Media of Armenia
References
1990 establishments in Armenia
Newspapers published in Armenia
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Restless is the fifth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on July 18, 1995 on Magnatone Records, and later re-released on Curb Records. Lynne co-wrote six of the songs on the album. The album is considered the last in a series of efforts for Lynne to attract mainstream country music audiences, this time incorporating elements of western swing. Lynne did not record another album with a Nashville-based record label until more than a decade later, when she signed with Lost Highway Records.
Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Thom Jurek praised several tracks including "Slow Me Down", "Restless", "Reach for the Rhythm" and "Swingtown" and overall, he described the album as a "slab of swinging-for-the-charts commercial country."
Track listing
"Slow Me Down" (Stephanie Davis, Shelby Lynne, Brent Maher) – 3:14
"Another Chance at Love" (Maher, Allen Shamblin) – 2:25
"Talkin' to Myself Again" (Jamie O'Hara) – 3:18
"Restless" (Lynne, Maher, O'Hara) – 3:05
"Just for the Touch of Your Hand" (Lynne, Maher, O'Hara) – 3:56
"Hey Now Little Darling" (Lynne, Maher, O'Hara) – 3:02
"I'm Not the One" (Kent Blazy, Craig Wiseman) – 3:52
"Reach for the Rhythm" (Lynne, Maher, O'Hara) – 2:20
"Wish I Knew" (Rod McGaha) – 3:44
"Swingtown" (Lynne, Maher, O'Hara) – 2:34
Personnel
Pat Bergeson - harmonica (tracks 5 and 6), electric guitar (tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 1 and 9)
J. D. Blair - drums (track 10)
Paul Franklin - steel guitar (track 9)
Randy Howard - fiddle (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10)
John Hughey - steel guitar (track 3 and 7)
Roy Huskey Jr. - bass (tracks 2, 4, and 10)
Paul Leim - percussion (track 1), drums (tracks 1-9)
Brent Mason - electric guitar (tracks 2 and 4)
Weldon Myrick - steel guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6, and 8)
The Nashville String Machine - strings
Bobby Ogdin - piano
Don Potter - acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10)
Michael Rhodes - bass (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, and 9)
Glenn Worf - bass (tracks 3 and 7)
Mike Zikovich - accordion
Chart performance
References
1995 albums
Shelby Lynne albums
Albums produced by Brent Maher
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Chedraui
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Chedraui is a publicly traded Mexican grocery store and department store chain which also operates stores in the U.S. in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada under the name El Super. It is traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the symbol CHEDRAUI.
History
Chedraui was founded in 1927 in Xalapa, Veracruz by Lebanese immigrant Lázaro Chedraui Chaya and his wife Ana Caram. They founded towards 1920 a haberdashery in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz. Originally the business was called the Port of Beirut, clearly showing its origin, but for 1927 would adopt the name House Chedraui: the Only One to Trust. In 1971 it opened the first supermarket in Xalapa, Veracruz. In 2005 it bought 29 supermarkets from Carrefour in Central and Southern Mexico. Chedraui's primary competition includes large grocers and hypermarkets such as Soriana, Walmart and Comercial Mexicana.
According to Hoover's, it is "Mexico's third-largest retailer (after Walmart and Soriana), the supermarket giant sells groceries, apparel, and non-perishable items in 262 stores.
The California operations began in 1997, later expanded to Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The stores there are branded El Super, and operated by Grupo Chedraui's Bodega Latina Corporation, headquartered in Paramount, CA. In 2018, Bodega Latina acquired Fiesta Mart in Texas. On May 14, 2021, Bodega Latina announced that it would acquire Smart and Final from Apollo Global Management.
Gallery
See also
Soriana
Comercial Mexicana
References
External links
Chedraui website
Companies listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange
Retail companies established in 1927
Retail companies of Mexico
Supermarkets of Mexico
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Guy II of Spoleto
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Guy II (sometimes III) (died late 882 or early 883) was the eldest son and successor of Lambert I as Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino. He was elected to succeed to these titles on his father's death in 880. He had an ambitious plan of expansion to the south and to the west that conflicted with the Papacy.
He received a papal letter on 18 July in the year of his accession. Pope John VIII asked for a meeting, but Guy ignored him and instead invaded the Papal States. John responded by begging the aid of Charles the Fat, already King of Italy, and crowning him Emperor on 12 February 881. Charles did little to help against Guy, however. A papal letter dated to 11 November and addressed to Charles referred to Guy as Rabbia, an epithet meaning "rage." It stuck as a nickname.
As ruler, Guy used the motto Renovatio regni Francorum (renewing the kingdom of the Franks), like his Carolingain predecessors. In February 882, at a diet convoked in Ravenna by Charles, the duke, emperor, and pope made peace and Guy and his uncle, Guy of Camerino, vowed to restore stolen papal lands. In a March letter to Charles, John claimed that the vows went unfulfilled. Guy never succeeded in his dreams of expansion or in keeping his promises: he died young, later that year or early in the next. His uncle succeeded him, as his children were minors. His son Guy IV later ruled in Spoleto and the Principality of Benevento. His daughter Itta married Guaimar I of Salerno.
Notes
Bibliography
9th-century dukes of Spoleto
Guideschi dynasty
Margraves of Italy
9th-century births
883 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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Ninzic languages
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The dozen or so Ninzic languages are a branch of the Plateau family spoken in central Nigeria.
Classification
There is little data on the Ninzic languages, and it is not clear that all of the following languages are related. Blench (2008) lists the following languages, twice as many as Greenberg 1963 ("Plateau IV"). They are not subclassified apart from a few obvious dialect clusters.
Ce (Che, Rukuba), Ninzo (Ninzam), Mada, Ninkyop (Kaninkwom)–Nindem, Kanufi (Anib), Gwantu (Gbantu), Bu-Ninkada (Bu), Ningye, Nungu, Ninka, Gbətsu, Nkɔ
and perhaps Ayu.
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Footnotes
References
Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
External links
Roger Blench: Ninzic materials
Plateau languages
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Edith Wilson (singer)
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Edith Wilson (September 2, 1896 – March 31, 1981) was a blues singer, vaudeville performer, and actress from Louisville, Kentucky, US. An African-American who performed and recorded in the classic female blues style in the 1920s, Wilson worked in vaudeville and stage productions, first in Louisville and later throughout the US and abroad. From the 1930s onward, she acted in radio plays and television, and from 1948 to 1966 represented the Aunt Jemima brand for Quaker Oats in personal appearances and on television. She remained an active performer until 1980.
Biography
She was born Edith Goodall on September 2, 1896, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Susan Jones and Hundley Goodall.
(Her birthdate is often stated as ten years later, but this was due to vanity.)
Her first professional experience came in 1919 in Louisville's Park Theater.
The singer Lena Wilson and her brother, Danny, performed in Louisville; she joined their act.
Edith was married to Danny Wilson from 1921 until his death in 1928.
Danny, a pianist who had been trained at a conservatory in Charleston, South Carolina, encouraged Lena and Edith to sing not just blues but also other song forms. Together the trio performed on the East Coast in 1920–1921, and when they were in New York City Wilson was signed by Columbia, which recorded her in 1921 with Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds. She recorded 17 songs with Dunn in 1921 and 1922. In 1924 she worked with Fletcher Henderson in New York, where she was slated to sing with Coleman Hawkins, but Hawkins refused to perform because he wanted additional compensation. She remained a popular Columbia artist through 1925.
Wilson recorded far less than other female blues stars of the 1920s like Bessie Smith. After she left Columbia in 1925, she recorded one record for Brunswick in 1929 and a handful of sides for Victor in 1930. She remained a nightclub and theater singer, working for years on the New York entertainment scene. She sang with Florence Mills in the Lew Leslie Plantation Review in Harlem. She also made several trips to England, where she and Mills were well received in the long-running revue Blackbirds of 1926. She sang with The Hot Chocolates revue, performing alongside Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, and made appearances with Bill Robinson, Duke Ellington, Alberta Hunter, Cab Calloway, and Noble Sissle.
Wilson did extensive work as an actress, appearing on radio in The Great Gildersleeve, on radio and television in Amos 'n' Andy, and on film in To Have and Have Not (1944).
She also performed with the United Service Organizations (USO) on US military bases during World War II. She met Millard Wilson, serendipitously with the same last name, and they married in 1947.
In 1948, Wilson became the face of Aunt Jemima.
She was the first Aunt Jemima to appear in television commercials.
Wilson received the Key to the City of Albion, Michigan, on January 25, 1964.
Throughout this period, the NAACP and other civil rights organizations campaigned against racist portrayals of African-American life.
Although "her appearance as Aunt Jemima on early commercials was criticized as demeaning",
she was proud of what she considered the aura of dignity she brought to the character.
Quaker Oats ended local appearances for Aunt Jemima in 1965, and ended her employment in 1966.
In 1963, Wilson became executive secretary for the Negro Actors Guild, and was involved with the National Association of Negro Musicians into the '70s.
Wilson made a comeback in 1973 to play with Eubie Blake, Little Brother Montgomery, and Terry Waldo. Her last live show was at the 1980 Newport Jazz Festival.
Wilson died in Chicago on March 31, 1981.
In 2020 the Killer Blues Headstone Project placed a headstone for Edith Wilson at Mt. Glenwood Cemetery in Thorton, IL
References
External links
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Edith Wilson papers, 1940-1979
1896 births
1981 deaths
American blues singers
Vaudeville performers
Musicians from Louisville, Kentucky
Actresses from Louisville, Kentucky
20th-century American actresses
20th-century American singers
Singers from Kentucky
Blues musicians from Kentucky
20th-century American women singers
Kentucky women singers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee%20Reservation
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Pawnee Reservation
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The Pawnee Reservation was located on the Loup River in Platte and Nance counties in mid-central Nebraska . The Kawarakis Pawnees, the ancestors of the Chaui, Kitkehahki, and Pitahawirata Bands, settled in southeastern Nebraska in approximately 900.
Under three treaties with the United States in 1833, 1843, and 1857, the Pawnee ceded all of their lands to the United States government except a reservation wide by long along the Loup River in Nebraska. After the state of Nebraska was admitted into the Union, the state government extinguished the tribe's rights to their land. It soon sold the land and used the proceeds to defray expenses to obtain lands elsewhere for the Indians. In the mid-1870s the remainder of the reservation was sold, and in 1876 the tribe was relocated to its present-day location in central Oklahoma.
The Genoa Indian Industrial School was built in 1884 in the town of Genoa, which is located on the former Pawnee Reservation lands.
See also
Native American tribes in Nebraska
References
Former American Indian reservations in Nebraska
Geography of Platte County, Nebraska
Pawnee
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo%20Derby
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Kosovo Derby
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The Kosovo Derby also known as Gjilan Derby or Anamorava Derby is a football rivalry between fierce rivals Drita and Gjilani. Both of the clubs are from Gjilan one of the 7 largest cities of Kosovo. The derby was started in 1995 after the split of Drita. Initially the Kosovo media did not give importance to this derby but since 2012 the media has changed opinion for the derby. The rivalry comes about as Gjilani split from Drita and thus a new club was created.
History
For the past 20 years the match had attracted tens of thousands of partisan fans, even as Kosovo remained in political and sporting limbo following its war of independence from what is now Serbia between 1997 and 1998. Gjilan derby has added importance. In May, 2015, Kosovo was recognised by UEFA.
In 1995, the last stage of the championship of the Kosovo Superleague 1994/95, the main players of the Drita were dissatisfied with the leaders of the club, respectively with the treatment they had, so they split from Drita and created a new club in the city of Gjilan, which was originally called Gjilan '95
Until 1999, when the Kosovo War ended, this game was difficult to develop because the Serbian government did not allow Albanians to play at the stadiums.
Fans accused each other of lying about the foundations of the clubs. Intelektualët believe that SC Gjilani was founded in 1995 only after they inherited the FK Crvena Zvezda Gnjilane that was founded in 1945, Crvena Zvezda Gnjilane is accused by Intelektualët as a Serb nationalist club. While Skifterat accuse that FC Drita before had the name KF Poleti which was founded by Serbs and after a few years after many Albanians were in the club, for this reason the club changed its name to Drita. Both stories have been rejected by many officials from both clubs and citizen of the city.
Supporters
Intelektualët
Drita, in the 1997–98 championship was a great team wherever in Kosovo and in many sporting games, the meetings started but it was difficult to name the fans. The Ballkani and Drita match was a tough game because Ballkani fought for the survival and Drita for champion, so the fans traveled to Suva Reka for the last time without a name after this game, before the game against biggest rival Gjilani, the board succumbed and after many debates the name was assigned because most of the players except they played were also writers, poets, politicians and so on.
The Intellectuals are the biggest ultras group in Kosovo, with many transfers outside Gjilan. They also have the record of audience in football of Kosovo, the biggest was against Gjilani in 2011 with 13,000 fans and they traveled also in 2002 with 30,000 fans to the final of the Kosovar Cup in the Fadil Vokrri Stadium.
Skifterat
Skifterat are the clubs ultras group. They are formed in 1999, and are the biggest rivals of Drita supporters. The name means Falcon in English!
Incidents
The great rivalry among these teams has also led to hooliganism. A few days before the game is played, the tensions between the two groups increase, where there have been mass incidents between them. Even often they have conquered the pitch of stadium to face each other.
Official match results
Source:
Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.
SF = Semi-final
QF = Quarter-final
R16 = Round of 16
R32 = Round of 32
GS = Group stage
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
Statistics
See also
List of association football club rivalries in Europe
References
Association football rivalries
Football in Kosovo
FC Drita
Sport in Gjilan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C4%ABss%20Miknis
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Matīss Miknis
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Matīss Miknis (born 29 December 1992) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed for Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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External links
1992 births
Latvian male bobsledders
Living people
Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders of Latvia
People from Valmiera
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity%20Tower
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Trinity Tower
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Trinity Tower is a skyscraper situated at the intersection of H.R. Rasuna Said Road and Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio Road in Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was known as the Daswin building during its construction period. It was developed by PT Windas Development, which consists of Japan-based real estate giant Mitsubishi Estate, Indonesian manufacturing company and property developer Gesit Group and diversified conglomerate Santini Group. The project was the first opportunity for Mitsubishi Estate to develop an office building in Indonesia.
Built with earthquake resistant technology and a green building concept, the tower is constructed on a land area of 1.6 hectares. The tower has three floors of retail, thirteen floors of parking and a basement floor, with total floor area of over .
See also
List of tallest buildings in Indonesia
List of tallest buildings in Jakarta
References
Towers in Indonesia
Buildings and structures in Jakarta
Skyscrapers in Indonesia
Post-independence architecture of Indonesia
Skyscraper office buildings in Indonesia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar%20Wergeland
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Oscar Wergeland
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Oscar Arnold Wergeland (12 October 1844 – 20 May 1910) was a Norwegian painter. He is best known for his historical painting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814). Two of his paintings are held in the National Gallery of Norway.
Family
His parents were Sverre Nicolai Wergeland (1817–1896) and Anne Margrethe Larsen (1817–1889). His sister was Agnes Mathilde Wergeland (1857–1914), who emigrated to the United States and became known as an author. He was the great-nephew of Nicolai Wergeland, a priest, writer, and politician, and a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. Hence Henrik Wergeland, Camilla Collett, and Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland were cousins of his father.
Biography
Wergeland was born in Oslo, Norway. Several of his siblings died early, and his father went to America around 1860. He was a student of David Arnesen (1818–1895) during 1859 and of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1865 to 1867. He also attended the art school operated by Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (1822–1870) from 1865 to 1869. He was a student at the Copenhagen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1869. He studied history painting in Munich 1874 – 1876, and lived in Munich until 1889. From 1889 he was teaching at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Kristiania.
The painting Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814 was probably begun in 1882. Wergeland copied well over 60 portrait to get the result as credible as possible. The picture includes 55 portraits of the constitutional fathers. (Not all of the 112 persons are viewable.) Today it is located in the Norwegian Parliament, behind the speaker's platform and the presidential podium. The painting was used as the main reverse motif of Norwegian 100 kroner notes from 1962 to 1977. Additionally the painting appeared on several Norwegian postage stamps issued during 1918 for the 100th anniversary of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.
Notable works
(1869)
(1877)
(1883)
, (1883)
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References
External links
1844 births
1910 deaths
19th-century Norwegian painters
20th-century Norwegian painters
Norwegian male painters
Artists from Oslo
Oslo National Academy of the Arts faculty
19th-century painters of historical subjects
19th-century Norwegian male artists
20th-century Norwegian male artists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhudong%20Animation%20and%20Comic%20Creative%20Park
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Zhudong Animation and Comic Creative Park
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The Zhudong Animation and Comic Creative Park () is a theme park in Zhudong Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
History
The park was opened for trial basis on 18 December 2015 on its western part in a ceremony attended by Hsinchu County Magistrate Chiu Ching-chun. Its eastern part was opened in 2016.
Architecture
The park was designed by a team from Joy Magical Co., Ltd. It consists of five main halls, which are Master Pavilion, Multimedia Pavilion, Creative Store, Mushroom House and Performance Hall.
Transportation
The park is accessible from Zhudong Station of Taiwan Railways.
See also
List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
References
2015 establishments in Taiwan
Amusement parks in Hsinchu County
Amusement parks opened in 2015
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