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Nicholas "Nick" Park (born 8 April 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Club career
Park plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton.
He has also played for Beeston,University of Nottingham and Reading.
International career
He made his senior England debut against Spain on 4 February 2022.
References
External links
Profile on England Hockey
1999 births
Living people
English male field hockey players
Male field hockey midfielders
Men's England Hockey League players
Surbiton Hockey Club players
Beeston Hockey Club players
Reading Hockey Club players |
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from my Life is a memoir by British spy novelist John le Carré released on September 6, 2016. It remains the only feature length work of non-fiction in his bibliography. In the memoir, le Carré recounts stories reflecting on his time in British intelligence during the Cold War, research on his novels that took him around the globe (including an encounter with Yasser Arafat in Beirut in 1982 while researching The Little Drummer Girl), and his strained relationship with his father who influenced his semi-autobiographical novel A Perfect Spy.
Reception
The book received positive reviews from critics. In a positive review, The Guardian wrote that LeCarre "remains a magician of plot and counter-plot, a master storyteller". The New York Times also praised the book as "a delightful collection of charming and occasionally insightful tales". Their reviewer also expressed hope that the book's climactic chapter, which focuses on his relationship with his father, be turned into a "profound John le Carré book."
References
2016 books
John le Carré
Memoirs
Non-fiction books about espionage |
The fourth season of Married at First Sight premiered on 30 January 2017 on the Nine Network. Relationship experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Trisha Stratford all returned from the previous season to match 10 brides and 10 grooms together. In episode 9 of the experiment, the experts re-matched Cheryl and Andrew after their previous marriages came to abrupt ends.
Couple profiles
Commitment ceremony history
This couple left the experiment outside of commitment ceremony.
This couple elected to leave the experiment during the commitment ceremony.
Controversy
Groom Andrew Jones shocked viewers when during a "boy's night" he made sexist and mocking comments about wife Cheryl Maitland's appearance and intelligence. During the Reunion, Andrew failed to apologise for his actions, insisting that his behaviour was acceptable. Fellow Groom Anthony Manton was accused of bullying wife Nadia Stamp, with viewers labelling him as "arrogant" and "controlling" after he complained about a lack of intimacy in their relationship.
Ratings
References
4
2017 Australian television seasons
Television shows filmed in Australia |
William M. "Bill" Chuck (born on August 30, 1951) is an American baseball writer, historian, and researcher. Bill was born and raised in Manhattan.
He is a regular columnist in the Chicago Sun-Times and is the author of two books.
Bill works with Charley Steiner and the Dodgers to provide game research packets of statistics and anecdotes.
Early life and education
Bill was raised in Stuyvesant Town (Playground 10), a residential housing development in lower Manhattan (New York, NY) attending PS 61, PS 40, JHS 104, and Seward Park High School. In 9th grade at JHS 104, Bill was president of the student General Organization (G.O), president of the Manhattan Borough Student Council, which in turn made him President of the NYC Student Council, He made one address at the NYC Board of Education in that capacity. He also represented Seward Park High School on "Musicradio 77 WABC" after winning a speech contest about the diversity of the student body.
Colleges and universities
Bill attended American University, Washington D.C. receiving a BA and majoring in Psychology. Chuck was active on the college radio station WAMU-AM and served as the Director of News, Sports, and Special Events. He was the play-by-play voice of the American U. baseball team and did color commentary for Eagles basketball during the glory years of Kermit Washington. While at American, Chuck was mentored and taught by Edward Bliss. Bill also anchored coverage of the antiwar demonstrations in May 1970 for an informal network of 100+ colleges up and down the East Coast. It was during this time that Bill interviewed both Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. Bill also co-hosted an auction with Art Buchwald. Bill later received an MA from New York University in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Reading Disabilities.
Professional life
Educator
NYC teacher
Bill was a summer math paraprofessional at Washington Irving High School and then a full-time math paraprofessional at Central Commercial High School where he soon became a remedial reading paraprofessional. During this time, Bill received his licenses in the teaching of English on the Junior High School and High School levels issued by the New York City Board of Education. Due to the City's financial crisis, there were no teaching positions available and he continued as a paraprofessional. During this time, Bill represented the other paraprofessionals in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and was an active representative in the teachers' strike in September 1975. Upon receiving his Masters in Reading Disability, Bill was assigned to Walton High School in the Bronx, NY as a full-time teacher. After three months, he was offered and accepted a position to start the academic support program at Emerson College in Boston.
Emerson College
Hired through funding of a Federal Grant in November 1978, Bill created the Reading & Study Skills Center, which an outside team of Emerson College accreditation evaluators referred to as "the gem of the College." Bill and his staff worked individually with students providing academic and social support, working with faculty members on improving their faculty advising skills, and working with administrators on improving the retention rate of students attending the college. When he started at Emerson, the number of newly admitted students who completed their degrees was under 40%, in a few short years students leaving the college were in the minority. Bill eventually became the Assistant to Vice President for Student, working with Dr. Suzanne Swope helping to oversee Student Affairs, Financial Aid, the Registrar's Office, and Admissions. Bill also was in charge of publications for the college.
Willing to participate in any student activity, Bill performed a brief stand-up routine each year at the Emerson Evvy Awards ceremony when presenting the rules. This soon transformed to his participation in a variety of student and music videos which led to New England Afternoon (NEA) on WNEV-TV. Chuck worked mornings at Emerson and afternoons on the live daily infotainment show. Soon after NEA was permanently put on "hiatus," Bill left Emerson to work at Wang Laboratories.
Bill later returned to Emerson as Director of Graduate Admissions, and then returned again as Coordinator of Continuing Education.
Lesley College
Chuck consulted for a year at Lesley College serving as the Undergraduate Registrar.
Presentation coach
Bill worked for many years as the lead presentation coach throughout Lotus Development, which included writing scripts and preparing teams for major trade shows (Comdex), national tours, and promotional events. He was a regular at Lotusphere, the annual event for Lotus customers and business partners, coaching hundreds of presenters. Bill served as a corporate and personal presentation coach for numerous other clients. He provided one-on-one coaching for numerous executives and middle managers on specific speeches for Lotus and privately for other companies and individuals. Additionally, Bill served as a consultant to the team overseeing the Lotus website.
Marketing and consulting
Wang Laboratories
After 10 years at Emerson, Chuck started working at Wang Laboratories as a Senior Copywriter in the Supplies & Accessories Division. In addition to providing copywriting for the catalog and sell sheets, Chuck wrote and helped produce product videos, a seminal moment in his career.
Not-for-profit/higher education specialist
Bill served as the marketing and web content provider for numerous colleges, universities, private schools, and non-profits including New York University (NYU), NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYU School of Law, Tulane University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston University, Barnard College, Mount Holyoke College, Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University, Emerson College, Hebrew College, Holy Cross, Cambridge University, the American School in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Urban League, Discovery Channel: Project Earth, Alliance for Climate Protection, AmericaVotes, and more. He has served as a fund-raising auctioneer for numerous organizations including The Writer's Center in Sleepy Hollow.
Advertising
Wrote, produced, and performed in radio advertising for numerous clients including Frontline, Papa Razzi, Cambridge Eye Doctors, SmarTraveler, Vision World, Emerson College and others. He also wrote and helped produce television advertising for Champs Sports, Cambridge Eye Doctors, Shari Lewis, and many others including direct response spots and long-form infomercials.
Baseball consultant
Bill worked with the independent Brockton Rox helping to create a number of iconic promotions including the "Curt Schilling Bobble Ankle" which raised money for Curt Schilling's charity to help patients with ALS and Shonda Schilling's SHADE Foundation, a charity to ward off skin cancer in children.
Media
New England Afternoon
Bill was one of four co-hosts working with the primary host, Bill O'Reilly. Bill's area was entertainment and comic relief.He was known by a variety of names including the Grand Poobah, before sticking with the Czar of Entertainment. Bill interviewed celebrities such as Carroll O'Connor, Martin Mull, Kate Jackson, Jane Curtin, Danny DeVito, and numerous others. He also rode an elephant through the streets of Boston when the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to town.
Scriptwriter - FarmAid/Live Earth
As a scriptwriter, Bill wrote the entire eight-hour DirecTV telecast of Farm Aid 2008; was the sole writer for the TNN broadcast for Willie Nelson for Farm Aid, the Tenth Anniversary; and was the head writer for Farm Aid VI, the winner of the 1993 Country Music Association Special Event of the Year award on The Nashville Network starring Willie Nelson, Roseanne and Tom Arnold and others. Bill wrote and co-produced the video Fresh From the Family Farm, as a bonus for FarmAid contributors.
Bill was a writer for the Live Earth concert held in the Meadowlands (NJ). In addition, he interviewed participants including Jane Goodall and John Mayer.
Bill also won a Telly Award for a script he wrote for a Lotus Development Corporation product.
He was a scriptwriter for Brookstone videos and wrote the lyrics for a promotional jingle.
Baseball writer/researcher
Billy-Ball.com
Bill's daily baseball columns were read by thousands of readers around the world. His work was frequently cited by baseball columnists and broadcasters around the nation.
Author
Bill has authored two books, one with Jim Kaplan, Walkoffs, Last Licks, and Final Outs: Baseball's Grand (and Not-So-Grand) Finales (ACTA Publications - April 1, 2008).
His latest effort is with Bob Ryan, In Scoring Position: 40 Years of a Baseball Love Affair (Triumph Books - April 12, 2022).
Boston Globe
Bill appeared weekly in Nick Cafardo’s Baseball Notes column in the Sunday Boston Globe. His "From the Bill Chuck Files" provided with readers with stats and anecdotes.
MLB.com
Chuck was an early contributor to MLB.com and a number of his longer compilations still remain on the site including his backgrounder on Casey at the Bat and Tale Me Out to the Ballgame.
USA Today, Boston.com, Gammons.Daily.com, FanRagSports.com, Memories & Dreams Magazine, FoxSports.com, YESNetwork.com, MSNBC.com, BaseballDigest.com BaseballDigestDaily.com, Comcast SportsNet New England, MLB Network Research department,
New York Times
Bill was a contributor to the Bats Blogwith New York Times reporters Tyler Kepner, Ben Shpigel, Jack Curry and Joe Lapointe, along with their Times colleagues.
Boston.com
Bill has been a frequent writing contributor to this online partner of the Boston Globe.
NESN/NESN.COM
Bill was an on-air personality for Red Sox pre-games on NESN. Additionally, he was a columnist for NESN.com.
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 1978, Jim Kaplan quoted Chuck in an article about Paddle Tennis. Chuck served on the national board of the U.S. Paddle Tennis Association.
Personal/residences
When Bill Chuck was born his parents lived on Barrow Street in Greenwich Village.
He lived in Stuyvesant Town in Lower Manhattan until 1978.
He lived in Brookline, Massachusetts until 2015. He was twice elected Town Meeting member there and served on the Cable Television Oversight Committee.
He and his wife, Maxine Effenson Chuck, have lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York since 2016. Max is a developmental editor, writing coach, and author. Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray declared August 30, 2021 as "Bill Chuck Day" in honor of Chuck's 70th birthday.
Bill has two children, Elizabeth Chuck, who has worked as a reporter for NBCNews.com since 2005. Elizabeth is married to Lucien Noel and they have two children, Alexa and Archer. Jen Chuck, a television comedy writer, is Bill's other child. They are engaged to Hannah Levy.
References
1951 births
Living people
People from Manhattan
Chicago Sun-Times people
Sportswriters from New York (state)
Writers from Manhattan
American University alumni
New York University alumni
Emerson College faculty
Lesley University faculty
People from Greenwich Village
Writers from Brookline, Massachusetts
People from Sleepy Hollow, New York |
Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 12th Baronet (1 September 1840 – 22 July 1916) was an English diplomat.
Early life
Bowyer-Smijth was born on 1 September 1840 and baptised on 21 September 1840 at 13 Lower Grosvenor Street in London. He was the son of Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Baronet and Marianne Frances Meux. While still married to his mother, his father left her and, pretending to be a widower, courted and then married sixteen year old Eliza Fechnie Malcolm. They had twelve children, six sons and seven daughters while his mother was still alive. A week after his mother's death in 1875, his father remarried Eliza. Although legitimised under Scottish law by petition in 1918, the baronetcy and estates could not pass to the children of his father's second marriage.
His paternal grandfather was the Rev. Sir Edward Bowyer-Smijth, 10th Baronet of Hill Hall, in 1839. His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Meux, 1st Baronet and the former Elizabeth-Mary Smith. Among his extended family were first cousins, Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet (who married socialite Valerie Langdon) and George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex, who married American heiress Adele Beach Grant.
Bowyer-Smijth was educated at Eton College.
Career
He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1858 and by 1863 was Third Secretary in 1863. He was Second Secretary to Constantinople between 1874 and 1881 Secretary of the British Legation to Yeddo (the former name of Tokyo) between 1881 and 1883 until his resignation.
Upon the death of his father on 20 November 1883, he succeeded as the 12th Baronet Smith, of Hill Hall and was appointed High Sheriff of Essex in 1889.
Personal life
Sir William died, unmarried, on 22 July 1916 at Arundel House on Clarence Road in Tunbridge Wells. The baronetcy then reverted to his first cousin, Alfred John Bowyer-Smyth, eldest son of the Rev. Alfred John Edward Bowyer-Smijth, younger son of his grandfather, who thus became the 13th Baronet who changed the spelling of the family surname to Bowyer-Smyth. He also died childless in 1927 and was succeeded by his nephew, Philip, the son of Clement Weyland Bowyer-Smijth.
References
External links
1840 births
1916 deaths
Bowyer-Smijth, Sir William, 12th Baronet
People educated at Eton College |
Ringo is a net sport originating in Poland. Played between two teams (of one to three people) on a court whose size resembles that of volleyball, players throw a rubber ring attempting to land it in the other team's half-court.
The game is contested at regional and national competitions in Poland and by the Polish diaspora at the biennial Summer World Polonia Games.
History
The game was invented in 1959 by Polish fencer and journalist Włodzimierz Strzyżewski. Ringo was introduced to the general public during the 1968 Summer Olympics. The first Polish championship was played in 1973. The Polish Ringo Federation was founded only in 1989 and an international federation four years later. While especially popular in Poland, Ringo is known throughout Europe and among the Polish diaspora.
Court and equipment
The field has a rectangular shape of in length by in width for teams of 2 and 3 players. The net is a string (at least wide) which hangs at a height of . The dimensions of the court and the height of the net vary for the different age categories, as well as for individual games.
The ring is made of rubber, weighs between 160 and , and has a diameter of .
External links
International Ringo Federation
Polish Ringo Society
Ringo Sports Association
References
Team sports
Sport in Poland |
Mitchell Fineran is an American football placekicker for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten). Prior to enrolling at Purdue as a graduate transfer in 2021, he attended and played football at Samford University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). At Samford, he earned 2018 SoCon All-Freshman Team, 2019 All-SoCon Second Team, and 2020-2021 FCS All-America Second Team honors. At Purdue, he was selected as a 2021 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention.
High school career
Fineran attended Peach County High School in Fort Valley, Georgia, where he served as the placekicker on the Trojans’ football team from 2014-2017. As a junior, he helped the Trojans reach the 2016 Class state playoff semifinals. He finished the season with 10 made field goals, including a long of 52 yards, and 57-of-58 PATs. His junior placekicking performance earned him Georgia Class AAA All-State honors.
Entering his senior season, Fineran was named to the Preseason Georgia Class AAA All-State Team. As a senior, he was the highest scorer with 119 points (13-of-19 on field goals and 80-of-81 on PATs) on Peach County’s 2017 team that scored 646 points, which ranks as the 26th highest scoring team in the history of Georgia high school football. As Peach County’s kickoff specialist, he had the second-most touchbacks on kickoffs in the nation as a senior. In the 2017 Class AAA state championship game, Fineran was Peach County’s lone scoring, converting 50-yard and 37-yard field goals, in a 10-6 loss to Calhoun High School. His senior performance earned him Class AAA All-State honors.
His 32 career field goals are tied for eighth-most all-time in Georgia state high school football history. He successfully converted five field goals of 50 yards or more in his high school career. He is one of only 14 kickers in Georgia high school football history to make multiple field goals of 52 yards or more. He finished his high school career having made 32-of-51 field goal attempts and 193-of-205 PATs.
In 2016 and 2017, he attended the Southern Showcase Camp. In 2017, he attended the National Scholarship Camp. Kohl’s Kicking rated Fineran as a five-star placekicker and ranked him No. 37 placekicker nationally and No. 4 in the state of Georgia among placekickers in the Class of 2018. He was invited to and played in the Rising Seniors All-Star Game, which was broadcast on ESPN. As a college recruit prospect, Fineran committed to attend and play football for the Samford Bulldogs over an offer from Army.
College career
2018 (Samford)
As a freshman, Fineran served as the Samford Bulldogs primary placekicker and appeared in all 11 games. He recorded his first and only career fumble recovery in Samford’s Week 5 game against Kennesaw State. He converted his then-career-long field goal of 46 yards against Furman. He finished his freshman campaign making 13-of-17 field goals and all 50 PATs. His 89 points scored led the Southern Conference. He was named to the 2018 SoCon All-Freshman Team.
2019 (Samford)
Entering his sophomore season, Fineran was named to the Preseason All-SoCon First Team and the watch list for the Fred Mitchell Award, which recognizes the top placekicker in FCS, Division II, Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) who exemplifies continued community service.
Continuing to serve as the Bulldogs primary placekicker, he started the 2019 season by making his first seven field goal attempts. He recorded his first and only career reception (seven yards) on a fake field goal play against Furman. He earned SoCon Player of the Week honors for his kicking performance against the Citadel.
His streak of 91 consecutive PATs made over the 2018 and 2019 seasons is the seventh-longest PAT streak in SoCon history. His 91 points scored led the Southern Conference for the second consecutive season. He also led the Conference in field goals made (15) and field goals made per game (1.5). His 2019 performance earned him All-SoCon Second Team honors as well as selection to the 2019 Fred Mitchell Award Top 10 List. His sophomore efforts earned him 2019 All-SoCon Second Team honors.
2020-2021 (Samford)
Entering his junior season, Fineran was named to the Preseason All-SoCon First Team. After Samford’s season was postponed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fineran continued in his role as the Bulldogs’ primary placekicker in their abbreviated seven-game season, appearing in every game. In the first quarter of the Bulldogs’ game against Furman, he made a career-long 50-yard field goal en route to a 3-for-3 field goal and 4-for-4 PAT effort. He finished the season making 15-of-18 field goals, with a long of 50 yards, and 32-of-33 PATs. His 2.14 field goals per game ranked third among all kickers in the FCS. His 15 made field goals tied for the most in the FCS. His was the third-highest scoring FCS player with 77 points.
After his junior performance, he was selected to the FCS All-America Second Team and All-SoCon First Team.
2021 (Purdue)
After graduating from Samford, Fineran enrolled at Purdue as a graduate transfer, joined the football team, and served as the Boilermakers primary placekicker for the 2021 season. On November 11, he tied a career-high for single-game points scored with 16, successfully converting all four field goal attempts and all four PATs, in Purdue’s 40-29 upset win over No. 3-ranked Michigan State. He again tied this 16-point mark in Purdue’s 48-45 bowl game victory over Tennessee in the 2021 Music City Bowl, including the game-winning field goal in overtime.
In 2021, Fineran’s 24 field goals made tied for the most in the Big Ten, third-most in the nation, and second-most in a single season in Purdue program history. His field goal percentage of 82.8% ranks as the best all-time Purdue career percentage (minimum 15 attempts) and second-best all-time in a single season (one field goal attempt per game minimum) in Purdue football history, as well as 25th-best in the nation in 2021. His 29 field goals attempted were the most in the Big Ten, tied for the fourth-most in the nation, and third-most in a single season in Purdue program history. His 1.85 field goals per game ranked third-most in the nation. His 11 field goals made of 20-29 yards were the most in the Big Ten and tied for the third-most in the nation. His 12 field goals made of 30-39 yards were the second-most in the Big Ten and the nation. His four field goals made against Michigan State and Tennessee are tied for third-most in a single game in Purdue history.
His 2021 kicking performance earned him All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors from both the Big Ten Coaches and the Big Ten Media.
College statistics
*The 2020 Southern Conference football season was postponed to and played from February to April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal life
In college, Fineran has been involved in community volunteer work, including the Exceptional Foundation, Volunteer Magic City Woodworks, as a Samford Student Athlete Mentor at Goodyear Elementary School, and Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Summers.
At Samford, he was named to the 2019 Southern Conference Academic Honors List. He graduated from Samford with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Technology, Leadership, and Innovation at Purdue.
References
External links
Purdue Boilermakers bio
Samford Bulldogs bio
Living people
Purdue Boilermakers football players
Samford Bulldogs football players
People from Fort Valley, Georgia
Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)
Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
American football placekickers |
Polat Can (Ahmad Mohammad), born in 1980, in Kobane (Syria), is a Kurdish political activist from Syria. He is one of the founders and main commanders of the People's Defense Units (YPG), and serves as the organization's official spokesperson. He also serves as the coalition commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
He is also a journalist and writer, author of a literary production in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish.
Biography
Born on 20 March 1980 in Kobanê, Polat Can began early in the Kurdish national liberation movement. It first takes place in the ranks of the People's Defense Units (YPG).
He held many positions in the various press services linked to the movement. He was once editor-in-chief of Mesopotamia magazine, published in the Yerevan, and Democratic Middle East magazine, published in Baghdad.
He is one of the founders of the Confederation of Kurdish Patriotic Students(Xwendekar), of which he becomes the general coordinator. He is still responsible for university students at the Mazlum Dogan Academy.
People's Protection Units
Polat Can is one of the founding members of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria. He became the official spokesperson for this organization during the fight against Daesh, during the Syrian civil war (in particular the first and second battles of Kobane).
Polat Can, in addition to his functions within the YPG, also assumes a command post within the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of which the YPG is a part but which includes other armed organizations.
Meeting with the representative of the United States
In early 2016, Polat Can met with an official representative of the United States, Brett McGurk, then under President Obama. This meeting gave rise to a lively controversy in Turkey.
Work
He writes in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and English. Several of his books have been published in five languages. He has written for many years in magazines, newspapers and on the internet.
English publications
The Practical projects for Building the Autonomous Administration- 2020
Solution Prospects - 2021
My Beating Heart (stories) 2019
Kurdish publications
NavName (Kurdish Names Dictionary) 2017–2019
Berfa Germ (short Stories) 2009/2016/2017–2019
Qulingên Rewanê (search in Kurdish Classical Music and songs) 2017/2019–2021
Zimanê Firîşteyan (about Kurdish Language) 2005–2012
Projeyên Pratîkî yên avakirina Xweseriyê (The Practical projects for Building the Autonomous Administration) 2011–2020
Asoyên Çareseriyê (Solution Prospects) 2011–2021
Arabic publications
آه یا صغیرتی - 2021
في نقد العقل الشرقي - 2021
آفاق الحل -2021
المشاريع العملية لبناء الإدارة الذاتية - 2020
مدخل إلى الأعلام الكردية - 2012
لغة الملائكة - 2012
لمحات عن حزب العمال الكردستاني - 2009
آفاق كونفدرالية- 2006
نساء القرنفل
من روجافا إلى شنكال
Turkish publications
Göçmen Yürekler (About Kurdish Women in the Caucasus) 2006
References
https://polatcan.info/bio/
https://dckurd.org/2015/07/28/interview-with-polat-can-the-representative-of-the-peoples-protection-units-to-the-international-coalition/
https://thekurdishproject.org/interview-with-kurdish-ypg-leader-polat-can/
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/11/22/a-handbook-for-revolution/
https://polatcan.info/
Kurdish-American history
1980 births
Living people
Syrian Kurdish politicians
Kurdish activists
Kobanî
Rojava politicians
People's Protection Units
Syrian Democratic Forces
Kurdish-language magazines |
100 is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Ramesh Arvind . The film stars himself, Rachita Ram, Poorna, and newcomer Vishwa Karna. The film is an official adaptation of the Tamil movie Thiruttu Payale 2. The film released on November 19, 2021 .
Story
Vishnu is an honest police officer who is living at home with his family- his mother, younger sister and wife, Anagha. His boss asks him to tap phone calls of a few senior police officers and politicians to track their illegal activities. A cyber criminal named Harsha befriends his sister and gathers enough information to blackmail her. Vishnu decides to take matters into his own hands and faces off against the cyber criminal to protect his family.
Cast
Ramesh Aravind as Vishnu, Cyber Police
Rachita Ram as Hima, Vishnu's Sister
Poorna as Ananga, Vishnu, Wife
Vishwa Karna as Harsha, An Cyber Criminal
Prakash Belawadi, An Higher Officer in Police Department
Raju Talikote
Shobaraj as DGP Police
Amita Ranganath
Production
The film is produced by M Ramesh Reddy and Uma under Suraj Productions. Akash Shrivatsa worked as an editor for this film.
Soundtrack
Music is composed by Ravi Basrur.
Release
The Film was released on 19 November 2021.
Reception
The film received positive reviews from critics. New Indian Express said "The timing of this film is noteworthy considering digital crime is on the rise. 100 is an attempt at sensitising audiences about the crime". Deccan Herald gave four out of five and said that "Ramesh Aravind's '100', a masterfully crafted cyber crime drama, proves this. The seasoned artiste brings in his experience to craft a near-perfect suspense thriller. It's hard to find faults in the film as it shines in all departments". Bangalore Mirror gave the same rating. The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and said that "100 has a pertinent message that deals with how social media has taken over most lives. This can be a good choice for a family movie outing for this weekend".
Theme and Influence
This Film is Adapted From Susi Ganeshan Tamil film Thiruttu Payale 2 with Some Changes.
In Kannada Version Hero's Sister Character is Created, In Tamil Version Have only Heroine Character.
Phone Tapping and Cyber Crime In this Movie Are Inspired from Present day Technology Advantages and Disadvantages. Facebook Instagram Also Referenced.
Hero"s Sister Unknowingly Being Trapped from An Cyber Criminal.
Home Media
100 Film Digital Rights bagged Bye Zee5 and Premiered on 4 February 2022.
Television Premiere Yet to be Telecast in Zee Kannada
References
External links
100 at IMDB
Indian thriller films
Indian crime thriller films
Kannada remakes of Tamil films |
Irvinestown St Molaise is a Gaelic football club based in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
History
The club was founded in 1906, and has won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship twice. The club completed a league and championship double in 1952, going the year unbeaten.
The club's most recent success in championship came in 2015, winning the Fermanagh Intermediate title. Irvinestown reached the Intermediate final again in 2018, but lost to Belnaleck.
Honours
Fermanagh Senior Football Championship (2): 1918, 1952
Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship (5): 1964, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2015
Fermanagh Junior Football Championship (2): 1982, 1987
References
Gaelic football clubs in County Fermanagh
Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Fermanagh |
Ajit Kumar Dutta, known as Ajit Dutta, (23 September 1907 – 30 December 1979) was a prominent Bengali poet, writer, essayist and professor.
Early life
Ajit Dutta passed the entrance examination from Kishorilal Jubilee School in Dhaka in 1924 and was admitted to the Jagannath College ( present day Jagannath University ). After passing the Higher Secondary, he moved to Calcutta in 1926 and was admitted to Vidyasagar College with Honors in English. But within a few days, after the death of his elder brother, he returned to Dhaka and was admitted in the Bangla and Sanskrit department of Dhaka University. Ajit Dutt placed first in first class in BA in 1926 and MA in 1930 from Dhaka University.
Career
Ajit Dutt started his career by joining Dhaka University on a temporary basis. Shortly afterwards, he started teaching at Ripon School in Calcutta. He left school in 1934 and joined Ripon College . He also taught in Presidency College and joined the Indian Tea Market Expansion Board as an Assistant Publicity Officer, where he served for 10 years. He was publicity officer of Calcutta National Bank. After serving here for 10 years, he joined the teaching of Bangla Department of Jadavpur University on 21 August 1956. He retired from the university on 12 February 1971 as the head of the department.
Literature contribution
Ajit Dutt's first book of poetry, Kusumer Mash, was published in 1930. He was a colleague of Buddhadeb Bose. He co-edited a magazine called Pragati with Buddhadev Bose. Later he joined Kallol literary group. Ajit Dutt used to write regularly in Kallol, a popular Bengali literary magazine in the 1930s. In 1946, the year after the publication of his poem Nosto Chand, his essay "Mon Paboner Nou" continuously published in Desh Patrika under the pen-name of Raibat Chhand. Ajit Dutt wrote 50 essays on contemporary Bengali poetry, rhyming thought, thoughts on Rabindra, evaluation of works of various poets and writers, thoughts on art literature and children's literature. Ajit Dutt also played a significant role in the founding of the popular literary magazine Kavita, edited by Buddhadev Bose. He was one of the leading authors of this magazine. He started a publishing house called 'Diganta'.
Literary works
Books published by Ajit Duttahttp://www.milansagar.com/kobi-ajitdutta.html
Poetry books
Kusumer Mash (1930)
Patal Kanya (1938)
Nasto Chand (1945)
Purnanaba (1946)
Charar boi (1950)
Chayar Alpona (1951)
Jalna (1959)
Kabita-Sangraho (1959)
Sada Mekh Kalo Pahar (1971)
Essays
"Janantika" (1949)
"Mon Paboner Noi" (1950)
"Saras Prabandha" (1968)
"Bangla Sahitye Hasros" (1960)
"KathaBharati" (translate)
"Durga Pujar Golpo" (translate)
Death
He died on December 30, 1989 at his own residence in Kolkata.
References
1907 births
1979 deaths
Writers from Kolkata
Poets from West Bengal
Bengali-language writers
Bengali writers
Vidyasagar College alumni
20th-century Indian male writers
Jadavpur University faculty
Jagannath University alumni
Alumni |
Diego Conti (born in 1958) is an Italian Violinist, Composer and Teacher. His compositions are currently played around Europe, in Australia, South America, Far East and United States.
Career
He began his studies in the violin and electronic music classes at the "L. D'Annunzio" Conservatory in Pescara. At the age of sixteen, his first compositions, for magnetic tape and small chamber ensembles. He continued his education until graduation under the guidance of Sandor Vegh at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg.
Shortly thereafter he played with I Solisti Veneti, the Camerata Academica del Mozarteum and the European Chamber Orchestra.
During the following years he was the violinist of the Officina Musicale, concertmaster and conductor of Gli Archi di Firenze, and concertmaster of the International Orchestra of Italy, of the Chamber Orchestra of Bologna, of the Chamber Orchestra of Brescia, the Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra, the Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, of I Solisti Aquilani , the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, the V. Bellini Theater in Catania and the Opera di Roma, performing with Antal Dorati, Georg Solti, Paavo Berglund, Carlo Maria Giulini, Eduardo Mata, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta.
As a soloist he played in Europe, South America, USA, Canada, Middle and Far East, India and Africa.
He worked with musicians such as Mario Brunello, Katia and Mirelle Labecque, Misha Mainsky, but also with important Italian songwriters (to name a few, Franco Battiato, Lucio Dalla, Samuele Bersani, Frankie hi-nrg mc, Freak Antoni) and exponents of jazz like Paolo Fresu, John Patitucci, Gianluigi Trovesi.
He recorded for radio, cinema, television, and for Emi, RCA Victor, the New Era, Harmonia Mundi, Edipan, Warner Music, Tactus.
Diego Conti payed a lot of attention to contemporary music and often had the opportunity to prepare and play pieces by composers in their presence; among these: William Walton, Goffredo Petrassi, Olivier Messiaen, Franco Donatoni, Hans Werner Henze, Bill Russo, Gunther Shuller, Dieter Schnebel, Luigi Ceccarelli, Michelangelo Lupone, Carlo Crivelli and Franco Piersanti. Many works are dedicated to him, for solo violin, violin and piano and violin and orchestra.
He left the concert activity in 2003 due to a neurological disease, focal dystonia. Since then he devotes himself to composition and teaching.
He teaches violin at the "G. Rossini" Conservatory in Pesaro and composes for solo instrument, chamber and symphonic music, for theater and cinema.
His music is performed in Europe, the United States, South America, the Far East and Australia, and published by Arspublica.
His record companies are Tactus and Niudòr.
Discography
DIEGO CONTI VIOLINISTA E DIRETTORE
A. Locatelli: L'arte del Violino, 12 concerti e 24 Capricci
Con Gli Archi di Firenze ( Tactus)
Francesco Antonio Bomporti: Concerti a quattro, op. 11
Con i Virtuosi Dell' Accademia ( Nuova Era)
G. Bottesini: Passioni Amorose e Gran Duo Concertante, per violino, contrabbasso e archi.
Con Massimo Giorgi, contrabbasso. I Solisti Aquilani. Vittorio Antonellini, direttore. (Nuova Era)
Four for tango plays Piazzolla live
Four for tango plays Piazzolla live vol 2
Con Massimiliano Pitocco, bandoneon, Rosario Mastroserio, pianoforte, Giovanni Rinaldi, contrabbasso ( Sculture d'aria)
Contrastango Live ( Musica di Astor Piazzolla)
Con Claudio Jacomuccci, fisarmonica, Mauro De Federicis, chitarra, Jacopo Di Tonno, violoncello. ( ArtePovera)
Franz Schubert: La Trota
Con Silvio Di Rocco, viola. Luigi Piovano, violoncello, Andrea Capanni, contrabbasso, Nanna Hansen, pianoforte. ( Emi)
Oberdan Fratini: Apres Midi
Oberdan Fratini: Danze pagane, per violino e nastro magnetico.
Michelangelo Lupone: In un grattacielo
Con Giorgio Pressburger, voce recitante
Elettra De Salvo, voce
Guglielmo Pernaselci, pianoforte
Gianluca Ruggeri, percussioni
Michelangelo Lupone, elaborazione elettronica.
Wordless Dialogues ( improvvisazioni su Jimi Hendrix, Ton Waits, Sting, Ligeti, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Purcell etc.)
Con Stefano Taglietti, pianoforte.
Tanit: Insulae
Con Paolo Fresu, tromba e flicorno. Fulvio Maras, percussioni. Carlo Mariani, launeddas. Massimo Nardi, chitarra. Gianluca Ruggeri, marimba e vibrafono. Alessandro Cercato, basso elettrico. Anne Lande, fisarmonica, Patrizia Radici, arpa.
Four rooms. Musiche di Zappa, Lupone, Lutoslawski, Part
Con Monica De Matteis, pianoforte
Carlo Crivelli: Sinfonia specchiante n.3 " La passione di Giovanna D'Arco", per violino e archi
Con Carlo Crivelli, direttore. Orchestra Città Aperta.
Carlo Crivelli: Il sogno di Urizen
Con l'Orchestra Città Aperta. Robil O' Neill, direttore. ( Cinefonia)
Carlo Crivelli: Appunti di viaggio
Con l'Orchestra Città Aperta. Carlo Crivelli, direttore ( Cinefonia)
Massimo Carlentini: Riversi mondi diversi, per violino e nastro magnetico ( Cemat)
COLONNE SONORE
Il 7 e l'8, di Ficarra e Picone.
Musica di Carlo Crivelli
Orchestra Città Aperta diretta da Diego Conti. ( Warner Bros.)
Dillo con parole mie, di Daniel Lucchetti.
Musica di Gianfranco Salvatore e Danilo Cherni. ( Emi)
La visione del sabba, di Marco Bellocchio
Musica di Carlo Crivelli
Il sogno della farfalla, di Marco Bellocchio
Musica di Carlo Crivelli ( RCA)
La condanna, di Marco Bellocchio
Musica di Carlo Crivelli ( Cam)
Salvo D'Acquisto, di Alberto Sironi
Musica di Carlo Crivelli ( Ed. Rai)
Un bambino in fuga, di Marco Caiano
Musica di Carlo Crivelli ( Ed. RAI)
Un viaggio chiamato amore, di Michele Placido
Musica di Carlo Crivelli ( RCA Victor)
DIEGO CONTI COMPOSITORE
Nel tempo d'un' attesa
Janacek Chamber Orchestra, Quartetto Mirus -live recording- ( Niudòr)
Se resto sul lido
Antonio Mostacci, violoncello. Miriam Garagnani e Stefano Bezziccheri, pianoforte. Amir Nazari Salari, kamancheh. Bologna Cello Project -live recording- ( Niudòr)
Altri giorni altri occhi
Officina Musicale. Orazio Tuccella, direttore -live recording- (Niudòr)
Quartetti per archi
Officina Musicale (Tactus)
Mantra
Maria Galetta, violino barocco (Niudòr)
Variazioni Deljavan
Alessandro Deljavan, pianoforte (Niudòr)
Musica per violincello e archi
Antonio Mostacci, violoncello. I Virtuosi di Minsk. Andreas Leisner, direttore (Tactus)
Musica per violino e pianoforta
Daniela Cammarano, violino. Alessandro Deljavan, pianoforte (Tactus)
Musica per violino e percussioni
Laura Marzadori, violino. Tetraktis percussioni (Tactus)
Compositions list
ARPA
Mentre guardo il mare (2010)
ARPA E QUARTETTO D' ARCHI
Ingannato da sembianza d'amore (2017)
ARPA, FLAUTO, CLARINETTO E QUARTETTO D'ARCHI
Ingannato da sembianza d'amore (2018)
Per incanto s'illumina un cuore (2017)
CADENZE
Per i concerti per violino e orchestra di Mozart nn. 1, 2, 3 e 4.
Per il per il concerto n. 2 in si min. op 7 "la campanella" di Paganini
Per il concerto per violoncello e archi in do minore di Vivaldi
Per il concerto per violoncello e orchestra in do maggiore di Haydn
CLARINETTO BASSO E VIOLONCELLO
Nottetempo (2020)
CLAVICEMBALO E ORGANO
Jeux sans frontières (2021)
CONTRABBASSO E ARCHI
Da un autunno lontano (2010)
CONTRABBASSO SOLO
Glasshouse (2021)
CORO
Corale (2020)
Eurobonds (2018)
La sabbia del tempo (2007)
Tutti i giorni ogni cosa (2020)
CORO FEMMINILE, VIOLA e VIOLONCELLO
Elegia (2009. Rev. 2013)
DUE VIOLINI
Nel tempo d'un'attesa (2008)
19 duetti ( 2014/2015)
DUE VIOLINI E VIOLA
Floradora (2017)
Un nome, un fiore, un colore (2017)
DUE VIOLONCELLI
Nottetempo (2020)
FAGOTTO E ORCHESTRA
Apà (2013)
FISARMONICA CROMATICA, ARCHI E GRANCASSA
Somewhere else (2012/2013)
FLAUTO SOLO
Aria (2013)
Fra gli alberi e sul mare (2020)
FLAUTO, VIOLINO E VIOLA
Ophrys (2014)
OBOE D'AMORE E ARPA (O PIANOFORTE)
Gunshi (2019)
OBOE SOLO (O CORNO INGLESE)
Notturno per Vittorio
OPERE E OPERINE
La pioggia oscura, per attrice, gruppo rock e violino elettrico (2003)
Larosaneltango, per voce, violino, fisarmonica, contrabbasso e pianoforte (2008)
Marlowe, per due voci recitanti, violino, fisarmonica, tastiere e contrabbasso (2005)
Pierino e il lupo, per attori, violino, viola, sax sopr., fisarmonica, contrabbasso e tamburo (2007)
ORCHESTRA
In un giorno di pioggia (2010)
Variazioni Deljavan (2019)
ORCHESTRA D'ARCHI
Il cuore di una stella (2010)
La strega di Piacenza (2006)
Le torte di Hukvaldy (2008)
Luna, maledetta luna (2009)
Mediterraneo (2018)
Stodolni Street (2010)
OTTETTO DI SAX
Tre danze d'altri luoghi (2008)
PERCUSSIONI
Forme del tempo (2013)
Sogni (2015/2016)
PIANOFORTE SOLO
12 aforismi (2020)
Collage (2021)
Fuga (2010)
Il lento valzer dell'aquila (2006)
La strega di Piacenza (2006)
Ninna nanna (2006)
Un triste settembre (2006)
Variazioni Deljavan (2019)
PIANO TRIO
Haymen (2013)
Amanda (2014)
QUARTETTO PER ARCHI
N. 1
N. 2
N. 3
N. 4
N. 5
N. 6
N. 7
QUINTETTO DI SAX (2 alti, 2 tenori e baritono)
Variazioni su un tema di Heidi (2009)
Le avventure di Paride (2009)
QUINTETTO PER ARCHI (2 CELLI)
Doppio ritratto (2010)
QUINTETTO PER ARCHI ( 2 VIOLE)
Le rive di un altro mare (2009. Rev. 2020)
Storie (2020)
Un calcio per strada (2021)
Se non ti avessi incontrato (2021)
QUINTETTO DI OTTONI
Francis Vincent (2013)
QUINTETTO PER FIATI
Rono (2012)
SAX BARITONO E VIOLONCELLO
Nottetempo (2020)
SAX e PIANOFORTE
Veracini restyling (2009) (sax sop.)
Zook age (2011) (sax bar.)
SAX SOLO
Notturno per Vittorio (2011)
SAX SOPRANO E ORGANO
Mistero d'un lago al tramonto (2010)
SOPRANO (o MEZZOSOPRANO), VIOLONCELLO E PIANOFORTE
Cose dette e non dette (2009)
SOPRANO E PIANOFORTE
Se resto sul lido (2016)
SOPRANO E QUARTETTO DI VIOLONCELLI
Se resto sul lido (2016)
TRIO D'ARCHI
Corale dell'eroica officina (2011. Rev. 2020)
L'eroica officina (2011)
Miniature (2011)
VIOLA DA GAMBA E ARCHI
E alfine un canto non umano (2015)
VIOLA E ARCHI
Emergency (2009)
Notte a Santo Stefano (2015)
VIOLA E ORCHESTRA
Dialogues (2009)
Un fiore nel buio (2017)
VIOLA E PIANOFORTE
Gli occhi del falco (2006)
Se resto sul lido (2016)
Veracini restyling (2009)
VIOLA E QUARTETTO DI VIOLONCELLI
3 Fantasie (2007)
Emergency (2008)
Variazioni su un tema di Heidi (2009)
VIOLA E VIOLONCELLO
Corale (Rev. 2020)
Preludio e Corale (2010)
VIOLA, VIOLONCELLO, CORO FEMMINILE, ARCHI, TASTIERE E PERCUSSIONI
Per un raggio di sole (2010)
VIOLA SOLA
Altri giorni altri occhi (2012)
Fra gli alberi e sul mare (2020)
Mantra (2019)
VIOLA, CONTRABBASSO E PIANOFORTE
Suite (2016)
VIOLINO BAROCCO E FORTEPIANO
Gunshi (2019)
VIOLINO E ARCHI
Breviario mediterraneo (2019)
Due pezzi lirici (2015)
VIOLINO E ORCHESTRA
Concerto per violino e orchestra (2016)
Fantasia concertante (2009)
Racconti d'inverno (2011/2012, 2014/2015)
VIOLINO E PERCUSSIONI
Altrimondi (2017)
VIOLINO E PIANOFORTE
Veracini restyling (2009)
Notturno per VIttorio (2011)
Dina (2013)
Aral (2013)
Erasmus' lambs (2014)
Gunshi (2019)
VIOLINO E QUARTETTO DI FIATI
Three dances for Maria (2208)
VIOLINO E VIOLA
Città invisibili (2009)
VIOLINO E VIOLONCELLO
Adelma (2014. Rev. 2018)
Nella foresta incantata (2018)
VIOLINO SOLO
Edging (2010)
Notturno per Vittorio (2011)
Danze scomode (2016)
In queste ferme ore (2017/2018)
Preludio (2018)
Mantra (2018)
La notte più breve (2019)
Notturni (2021)
VIOLINO, FLAUTO, TROMBA (SAX ALTO), BASSO ELETTRICO E PIANOFORTE
Questi cazzo di piccioni (2018)
VIOLONCELLI OTTETTO
Danza del diavolo (2009)
VIOLONCELLI QUARTETTO
I pifferai (2013)
VIOLONCELLI QUINTETTO
Variazioni su un tema di Heidi (2009)
Le avventure di Paride (2009)
VIOLONCELLO CON ACCOMPAGNAMENTO DI VIOLONCELLI
3 Fantasie (quartetto) (2007)
Emergency (quartetto) (2008)
Mistero d'un lago al tramonto (quintetto) (2010)
Casa rotta (quartetto) (2013)
VIOLONCELLO E ARCHI
Finlaalia (2007)
Contro (2007)
Emergency (2009)
Menesk (2018)
VIOLONCELLO E CORO MASCHILE
Casa rotta (2013)
VIOLONCELLO E ORCHESTRA
Luci e ombre a Pusan (2011)
VIOLONCELLO E ORGANO
3 Fantasie (2011)
Mistero d'un lago al tramonto (2011)
VIOLONCELLO E PIANOFORTE
Due pezzi (2006)
Kika (2007)
Fantasia n.3 (2008)
Variazioni su un tema di Heidi (2008)
Veracini restyling (2009)
Gli occhi del falco (2010)
Luci e ombre a Pusan (2011)
Sala d'attesa (2011)
Legature (2011)
VIOLONCELLO SOLO
Tre Fantasie (2007)
Lacrime (2014)
Altri giorni altri occhi (2014)
Mantra (2019)
VOCE ED ORCHESTRA
Il marinaio (2011)
Per sempre (2011)
VOCE RECITANTE E 12 VIOLONCELLI
Bianco (2010)
Articles and Recognition
" Diego Conti tiene il pubblico in pugno grazie ad una stupefacente intensità. Il suo violino canta accentuando ora gli istanti poetici ora quelli passionali. Si segue la sua interpretazione così come si seguirebbe un libro illustrato…"
" Diego Conti keeps the public in his hands, with an astonishing range of intensity. His violin sings, underlines the poetic and passionate moments. You could follow his interpretation as it was an illustrated book… "
Christiane Goubault
LE PROGRES
" Diego Conti… dal suono bellissimo e dalla tecnica agguerrita.
… il primo violino ideale per l' Orchestra del Maggio."
" Diego Conti… he has got the most beautiful sound and a terrific technique.
… the ideal concertmaster for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra. "
Laura Fiorentini
CORRIERE DI FIRENZE
" … un interprete felicissimo per impostazione della struttura, ricerca del suono migliore, precisione e rigore anche nei particolari più sottili…"
" … natural interpreter of phrasing and musical structure, seeks for the best tone and is particularly precise and rigorous in even the most subtle details… "
Walter Tortoreto
PIANO TIME
" … si trova completamente a suo agio nei passaggi più virtuosistici…"
" … completely at ease in the most virtuoso passages…"
Edith Jachimowiez
SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN
" … alcuni giovani strumentisti di straordinario talento… basterà ricordare la prova indubitabile offerta da Diego Conti."
" … some extraordinary talented young musicians… particularly important the bravura of Diego Conti in his indubitable test of skill. "
Leonardo Pinzauti
LA NAZIONE
"… Diego Conti in una brillante esecuzione vola attraverso l'intera gamma delle possibilità virtuosistiche con naturalezza impressionante…"
" Diego Conti gave a brilliant performance. Ran through a battery of virtuoso techniques with impressive ease…"
Robert Everett-Green
THE GLOBE AND MAIL- TORONTO
" il Maestro ha suonato magicamente…"
" Maestro played magically…"
SKAGEN UVIS
" ,,, un' abbagliante esibizione di destrezza accoppiata ad un suono di grande bellezza…"
" … a dazzling display of dextrous derring-do coupled with sound musical worth…"
John Duarte
GRAMOPHONE
"…assai gradita questa nuova edizione completa de L'Arte del Violino di Pietro Antonio Locatelli proposta dalla Tactus, avente come protagonisti il violinista Diego Conti e il complesso Gli Archi di Firenze, diretto dallo stesso solista. Si distingue per la globale vitalità, il nitore e la brillantezza timbrica, unita ad un’impostazione sempre assai energica ed assertiva… Sul versante solistico si e`apprezzato l’incisivo virtuosismo (particolarmente evidente, in particolare, nei Capricci, tradotti sempre con slancio, chiarezza di eloquio e globale luminosita`, ma tale anche in diversi singoli movimenti). Non meno efficace la resa espressiva, soprattutto nei movimenti centrali dei Concerti, sempre tradotti con la dovuta sensibilita` e pregnanza timbrica, mettendo in pieno risalto la non comune valenza della ricerca espressiva maturata dall’autore (anche questo uno degli aspetti, ma non l’ultimo, del suo peculiare virtuosismo): valga tra tutti la diffusa, delicata suavitas con cui e` stato tradotto il Largo del Concerto n. 9 e la resa non poco suggestiva dello splendido Largo del Concerto n. 8 in Mi Minore, d’impronta patetica, delineati con un vibrato generoso e con un suono caldo e avvolgente. In definiva: ottima la prova del solista…"
"... very welcome this new complete edition of The Art of the Violin by Pietro Antonio Locatelli proposed by Tactus, featuring the violinist Diego Conti and the Gli Archi di Firenze ensemble, directed by the same soloist. It stands out for its overall vitality, clarity and timbre brilliance, combined with an always very energetic and assertive approach... On the soloist side, the incisive virtuosity was appreciated (particularly evident, in particular, in the Capricci, always translated with enthusiasm, clarity of speech and global luminosity, but also in various individual movements). No less effective is the expressive rendering, especially in the central movements of the Concerts, always translated with the due sensitivity and timbre significance, highlighting the uncommon value of the expressive research matured by the author (this is also one of the aspects, but not the last, of his peculiar virtuosity): the widespread, delicate suavitas with which the Largo del Concerto n. 9 and the not unimpressive rendering of the splendid Largo del Concerto n. 8 in E Minor, with a pathetic imprint, outlined with a generous vibrato and a warm and enveloping sound. In definiva: excellent performance by the soloist ... "
MUSICA - Claudio Balzan
"Conti is a fine new composer… Let’s have more!"
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE - D. Moore
"Le opere per violino e pianoforte scritte da Diego Conti sono coraggiose ed originali… Delle belle nature morte che stimolano l'immaginazione e meritano sicuramente di essere ascoltate."
"The works for violin and piano written by Diego Conti are courageous and original ... Beautiful still lifes that stimulate the imagination and certainly deserve to be listened to."
MUSICALIFEITEN
References
1958 births
Living people
Italian violinists
21st-century Italian composers |
Daviesia lineata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with scattered needle-shaped, sharply-pointed phyllodes and yellow and reddish flowers.
Description
Daviesia lineata is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . Its phyllodes are scattered, needle-shaped, sharply-pointed, long, wide and finely striated. The flowers are arranged in groups of one or two in leaf axils on a peduncle long, the rachis up to long, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are long and joined at the base, the upper two lobes joined for most of their length and the lower three triangular and about long. The standard petal is broadly egg-shaped, long and yellow with a dark red centre, the wings long and orange-red, and the keel about long and red. Flowering occurs in September and October and the fruit is a triangular pod long with a sharply-pointed beak.
Taxonomy and naming
Daviesia lineata was first formally described in 1995 by Michael Crisp in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Newdegate on the road to Lake King in 1984. The specific epithet (lineata) means "marked with straight lines", referring to the phyllodes.
Distribution and habitat
This daviesia grows in kwongan in areas largely cleared for agriculture in the Newdegate – Lake King area in the Mallee biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
Daviesia lineata is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.
References
lineata
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1995
Taxa named by Michael Crisp |
Madison "Maddie" Woo (born September 24, 1994), also known by the Chinese name Hu Baozhen (), is an American ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays.
Woo represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Playing career
Woo was born and raised in Plymouth, Minnesota, on the western edge of the Minneapolis suburbs, in the United States. She attended Maple Grove Senior High School and played four years with the Maple Grove Crimson girls' varsity AA team in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). While an high school ice hockey player, she was a two-time All-Conference selection for the Northwest Suburban Conference and was named a Minnesota All-State honorable mention as a senior.
NCAA
Her college ice hockey career was played with the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I during 2013 to 2017. She played in all 29 games as a freshman, sophomore, and junior and was named captain as a senior before suffering a season-ending injury after appearing in just five games. The team’s leading scorer as a junior in the 2015–16 season, she tallied 6 goals – including five power play goals – and 9 assists for 15 points in 29 games.
Professional
In 2017, the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) announced the creation of two new China-based teams, the Vanke Rays and Kunlun Red Star WIH, launched in partnership with the Chinese Ice Hockey Association to improve the state of women’s ice hockey in China ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, for which the Chinese national team was guaranteed a berth as the representative team of the host nation. American and Canadian "heritage players" – a designation which, at that time, required a minimum of one Chinese-born grandparent – were sought out by the new teams, as it was possible that they could represent China with the national team in the future.
Woo was recruited as a heritage player and was ultimately selected 48th overall in the 2017 CWHL Draft by Kunlun Red Star WIH. She signed to Kunlun Red Star’s inaugural roster for the 2017–18 CWHL season as one of two heritage players, along with teammate Jessica Wong, and was named one of the team’s "Sport Ambassadors," players selected to mentor their Chinese teammates.
Woo resigned with the team as it merged with the Vanke Rays and became the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays ahead of the 2018–19 CWHL season. As in her rookie season, she played all 28 games and scored 3 goals, though her 3 assists fell short of the 7 she had notched previously.
Following the collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League in 2019 and the KRS Vanke Rays' move to the ZhHL, Woo took a step back from hockey to focus on her career in biomedical engineering. She sporadically played with the team during their first two seasons in the Russian league, appearing in four regular season games of the 2019–20 season and in the 2021 ZhHL Cup Final.
She fully rejoined the team for the 2021–22 season, tallying 5 goals and 7 assists for 12 points in 21 games before the Olympic break.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
1994 births
Living people
American expatriate ice hockey players in China
American expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
American sportswomen of Chinese descent
American women's ice hockey right wingers
Brown Bears women's ice hockey players
Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Olympic ice hockey players of China
People from Plymouth, Minnesota
Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players |
The Lynk & Co 03 TCR is a racing car developed by Cyan Racing, which has also developed Volvo, having won the WTCC in 2017 which, like Lynk & Co, is part of the Geely group. The race car is based on the eponymous Lynk & Co 03.
History
The development was carried out in Changzhou, In October 2018, it was confirmed that the car was to be launched at the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) in 2019, making it the first Chinese brand to be featured in an FIA chanmpionship.
The car was first tested in November 2018 by Thed Björk in Sweden and Portugal. By 2019, Cyan focused exclusively on the WTCR and only used these cars there. In September 2019, however, it was announced that customers would also be able to order the cars. By 2020, the Shell Teamwork team had purchased the 03 TCRs for the TCR China Touring Car Championship, and by 2021, MA:GP had also purchased the vehicles for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, and it had also made its debut in the newly formed TCR South America Touring Car Championship. Also in Summer 2021, a special street version, called the Lynk & Co 03+ Cyan Edition, was released in honor of the car's success in racing.
References
TCR cars
Cars introduced in 2018
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
03 TCR |
The massacre at Agau mill was a massacre of Huguenots near Nîmes on April 1, 1703, perpetrated by Royal French forces during the War of the Camisards.
The incident took place during the War of the Camisards, a Protestant Huguenot uprising against the persecutions that followed the edict of Fontainebleau in 1685.
Massacre
A few hundred Protestants were celebrating Palm Sunday in secret at a wooden watermill on the Agau canal, which was owned by a man named Mercier. A nearby spy heard someone singing a hymn, leading to his discovery of the festivities. He rushed to the marquis of Montrevel. The marquis ceased his lunch and gathered his soldiers, who were led to the mill.
Instead of arresting the people present, the Marquis told his men to set fire to all four corners of the wooden mill and to kill anyone who tried to escape. A mother holding her baby son tried to escape the burning building, but the soldiers blocked her way so she could not leave. At least twenty-one people, all of them women, old children or children, died in the flames.It was no combat which ensued, for the Huguenots were incapable of resistance, it was simply a massacre; a certain number of the dragoons entered the mill sword in hand, stabbing all whom they could reach, whilst the rest of the force stationed outside before the windows received those who jumped out on the points of their swords.
— Alexandre Dumas, Massacres of the SouthThe only survivor was a sixteen-year old girl who escaped through the palisade and was saved by the marquis' valet who felt uncomfortable killing her. She was caught the next day and hanged. The valet was arranged to be executed but was freed at the requests of the Sisters of Mercy.
On April 2, the day following the incident, royal troops burned down the watermill. The area where the mill stood is now 1 rue Colbert.
Aftermath
The massacre caused a massive outcry, with several of Louis XIV's ministers and even the king's secret consort Françoise d'Aubigné. The bishop of Nîmes, Esprit Fléchier, described the massacre as "
Estimates of the number of fatalities are controversial. F. Rouvière wrote in 1893 that only a maximum of 21 people could have died in the massacre, pointing out inconsistencies with the traditional narrative. In 1920 another scholar criticized Rouvière's report as downplaying the massacre and being an act of historical revisionism.
In popular culture
The French writer Alexandre Dumas recounted the massacre in his essay, Massacres of the South.
See also
Nègrepelisse massacre
Notes
References
1703 in France
18th-century massacres
Conflicts in 1703
Massacres committed by France
Massacres in France
Massacres of Christians
Persecution of the Huguenots
Camisards |
The 1984 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 14th year under head coach Bob Thalman, the team compiled an overall record of 1–9 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing sixth in the SoCon. Thalman was fired at the conclusion of the season, and compiled an all time record of 54–94–3 during his tenure of head coach of the Keydets from 1971 through 1984.
Schedule
References
VMI
VMI Keydets football seasons
VMI Keydets football |
Cyperus appendiculatus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Brazil.
See also
List of Cyperus species
References
appendiculatus
Plants described in 1837
Flora of Brazil
Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth
Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart |
Zhao Dan (, born 14 December 2002) is a Chinese skeleton racer from Horinger County, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, who served as one of the China's flag-bearers at the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
References
Chinese female skeleton racers
2002 births
Living people
Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic skeleton racers of China
Skeleton racers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
The 2022 Iowa Hawkeyes football team will represent the University of Iowa during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hawkeyes will play their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference. They will be led by head coach Kirk Ferentz, in his twenty-fourth season.
Previous season
The 2021 Hawkeyes team finished the season 10–4, 7–2 in Big Ten play to win the West Division. The were beaten soundly by Michigan, 42–3, in the Big Ten Championship Game. Iowa received an invitation to the Citrus Bowl where they were defeated by Kentucky, 20–17. On January 14, 2022, Kirk Ferentz had his contract extended through the 2029 season.
Schedule
Iowa announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022. The 2022 schedule will consist of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Hawkeyes will host Big Ten foes Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Nebraska and will travel to Rutgers, Illinois, Ohio State, Purdue, and Minnesota.
The Hawkeyes will host all three non-conference opponents, South Dakota from Division I FCS, Iowa State from the Big 12 and Nevada from the Mountain West.
References
Iowa
Iowa Hawkeyes football seasons
2022 in sports in Iowa |
Pranas Lesauskis (November 17, 1900 – November 27, 1942) was a Lithuanian military person, management specialist, mathematician. In 1931 he defended his dissertation at the Royal University of Rome and became Doctor of Mathematics.
Biography
Lesauskis was born on November 17, 1900 in Žeberiai, Tverai County, Telšiai District, Russian Empire. In 1920 he joined the Lithuanian Armed Forces as a volunteer. In 1921 he graduated the War School of Kaunas, in 1927 University of Lithuania, in 1927-1930 he studied at Turin Higher School of Artillery Technology (1927–1930), and in 1931 he defended his PhD thesis at Royal University of Rome. His PhD thesis about the projectile derivation theory was awarded 105 points out of 110 possible, and according to his dissertation this theory was taught at the Turin Higher School of Artillery Technology since 1931. While studying higher artillery education in Italy, he was able to find time to study general sciences in parallel with military science, choosing branches of mathematics that were more suited to military matters. Among other sciences, Lesauskis studied various foreign languages and was able to write and speak in Italian, English, French, German, Russian, and other languages (totally, he knew 30 languages).
Lesauskis worked actively in the fields of ballistics, mathematics, management, and military pedagogy. He has written 3 books and 3 articles on ballistics. Several articles by Lesauskis on this topic have appeared in Italian and French magazines, which testifies to the exceptionally high level. He has also published high level management articles. For his activity, he was awarded a number of Lithuanian, Swedish, and Finnish state orders.
In 1936–1940, Lesauskis was the Head of the Armament Board of the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania. As head of the Armaments Board, he organized the rearmament of artillery parts, the construction of a modern Research Laboratory of the Armament Board of the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania and Linkaičiai workshop. Lesauskis took an active part in public life – he was elected a member of the Construction Commission of the Kaunas Garrison Officers' Club Building, the College of the Military Museum and the Editorial Board of the Military Science Magazine Mūsų žinynas. Moreover, he also was a member of the Lithuanian Society of Naturalists and Economic Studies, Chairman of the Society for Scientific Management, and participated in the activities of the Naujoji Romuva Intellectuals' Club, where he multiple times lectured reports and published articles on management in the journal Naujoji Romuva.
Following the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in 1940 which resulted in the abolition of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and its institutions in the same year, he began lecturing at the Vytautas Magnus University. In order to preserve the Research Laboratory, Lesauskis together with Juozas Vėbra proposed to connect it to the university. This preserved the unique laboratory, most of its staff in 1941 avoided political repressions and started working at the Faculty of Technology of Kaunas University, which was established in the Research Laboratory (now – Faculty of Chemical Technology of Kaunas University of Technology).
In 1940 Lesauskis was invited to lecture at the Leningrad Military Academy, but chose the Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Technology. On January 4, 1941 Lesauskis was recognized as a professor. Nevertheless, on the night of January 2, 1940, Lesauskis was arrested by the NKVD, sentenced to 8 years for deliberate damage to the sale of weapons to the Republic of Spain, and imprisoned in a Gulag, where he died due to exhaustion from famine. On April 28, 1958 he was posthumously rehabilitated by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union.
References
1900 births
1942 deaths
Lithuanian Army officers
Lithuanian mathematicians
Lithuanian people who died in Soviet detention
People who died in the Gulag |
Monteria Hightower is an American librarian. She was formerly the Administrator of the State Library and Archives for Nevada, the first Black state librarian in Nevada, and the fifth Black state librarian in the United States. She was the State Librarian of Missouri from 1986 through 1994 where she was the first Black state librarian.
Hightower worked as State Librarian of Missouri beginning in 1986. During that time oversight of the library shifted from the department of education to the Secretary of State's office. Hightower was able to implement a few major programs during her time there including getting Missouri State Library designated as a Center for the Book by the Library of Congress and organizing the Missouri Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services. Hightower was accused in a memo of using "the 'race' issue" to get what she wanted to which she responded "I don't need race. I'm trained for my job." Hightower felt she was being asked to give patronage jobs and special privileges to family and friends of state employees, including opening the state library on Mother's Day so the governor's son could complete his homework, and resigned her job in protest in September 1994.
She moved to Nevada and worked in the Clark County library system until she assumed her role at the State Library of Nevada in April 1999. She worked there until her retirement in October, 2000. She was named Librarian of the Year by the Nevada Library Association in 1998.
She has also worked as the director of the Central Services division of Seattle Public Library from 1982 through 1986 as their first Black administrator, and supervisor of branches at DC Public Library. She has worked at Los Angeles Public Library and public libraries in Maryland and Connecticut. She is the author of the book Commonalities and Diversities in Public Library Programming in a Pluralistic Society, Serving Our Ethnic Publics, published in 1976.
Hightower served as a Councillor for the American Library Association as a member of the Black Caucus where she took ALA to task for not making more hires of people of color.
Early life and education
Hightower was born in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1929 to Harrison and Laura Hightower. She graduated from Butler College in Texas and received her MLS from the University of Maryland Library School in 1970.
References
American librarians
African-American librarians
Living people |
"" (; ) is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Elisa. Written by Elisa Toffoli and Davide Petrella, the song was released by Universal Music and Island Records on 3 February 2022 as Elisa's entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2022. "" is produced by Andrea Rigonat. It serves also as the fourth single from Elisa's eleventh studio album, Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future. Musically, "" is a pop ballad.
Giulio Rosati directed the music video for "", which shows Elisa in a forest during a sunset. Photography took place primarily in Livorno in Tuscany.
"" ranked second overall at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022. It also entered on Italian charts from the 14th place, peaked to 4th place in the second week following its release and was the second most streamed song on Spotify in Italy on the day of its release.
Background and release
"" was written initially in English in 2018 by Elisa herself with singer Davide Petrella and it was produced by Elisa's husband Andrea Rigonat. The song was subsequently translated into Italian between 2018 and 2021. It marked Elisa's second attempt at the Sanremo Music Festival, after winning the Sanremo Music Festival 2001 with the song "". In the Sanremo Music Festival 2022, the song was performed live with an orchestra directed by Will Medini.
Critical reception
"" received widespread acclaim from music critics in Italy upon its release. Gino Castaldo of noted that "what comes straight and strong from Elisa's song is the emotion of music itself, a form of devotion, of deep and indestructible respect". Subsequently, the journalist finds that "[Elisa's] music makes us fly, high up until we are no longer afraid of [the height], as if life was to learn to believe in beauty through music". were struck by the song's verses, which they describe as "simple but very beautiful and fitting into the tradition of Italian pop songs". They also observe a positive similarity in the verses with Amedeo Minghi and Mietta's 1990 song "", finding the both songs are love stories with full of promises and optimistic imagery.
Andrea Conti of appreciates the instrumental use of the piano in the song, highlighting that it is "an intimate, delicate, powerful song". Andrea Laffranchi from also appreciates both the piano and the strings. Laffranchi also notes that Elisa's voice makes him get goosebumps.
Francesco Prisco, writing for , sees the piece as a "piano ballad with an epic melody refrain". Francesco Chignola of describes the song as "enchanting" on which "the voice of the Friulian artist moves through a thousand shades with splendid clarity", focusing on the fact that it represents "a hymn to life and feelings that make it worthy of be lived ".
All Music Italia appreciates the text, calling it a "classic" capable of "describing that fullness that only love gives". was pleasantly impressed "by the Toffoli-Petrella couple" and they described "O forse sei tu" as a poignant pop ballad, a secular prayer that enjoys the favor of forecasts.
Music video
The official music video of "" was released on 3 February 2022 on Elisa's official YouTube channel. Directed by Guilio Rosati, the music video of the song was recorded in the town of Cecina in Livorno, Tuscany. Rosati explains that the choice of Cecina was dictated by the fact that Elisa intended to make a tribute to the music video of "", with which she won the Sanremo Music Festival 2001. The director notes that in the video of "", Elisa was seen dancing with another human figure. For this new song, he therefore intended to create a dance with light "in order to make everything more etheral" while paying homage to Elisa's 2001 song.
The video starts with a shot on trees in a bush, which is followed by a close up shot of Elisa sitting on a log. Through the video Elisa sings, dances and wanders in the bush during sunset. The video also includes shots after nightfall with shadows dancing on trees. In the end, Elisa reaches to a beach in sunset. She wears a long white dress, designed by the creative director of Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Schweizer Hitparade and an article on the website of Radio Italia.
Elisa – vocals, songwriter
Davide Petrella – writer
Andrea Rigonat – producer
Will Medini – orchestra director, mixing of strings
Charts
Release and radio history
References
2022 songs
2022 singles
Elisa (Italian singer) songs
Songs written by Elisa (Italian singer)
Sanremo Music Festival songs |
Wendall Miller (born 3 January 2003) is a Bahamian sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400. He attended St.Johns College in Nassau, Bahamas where he won multiple Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Track and Field "B.A.I.S.S" gold medals. After a break out 2021 season he signed a professional contract with Puma, and will be training with MVP International, under former Auburn University coach Henry Rolle based in Boca Raton, Florida.
He holds the Bahamian 400m Jr National Record with a time of 45.81 . He also has a personal best of 20.61 (+1.1w) over 200m.
During the 2019 Carifta Games held in the Cayman Islands he won gold in the under 17 400m before teaming up to secure silver in the 4x100 relay.
He also competed in the 100m and 200m at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
Personal bests
References
External links
Wendell MILLER | Profile | World Athletics
2003 births
Living people
Bahamian male sprinters |
Osei Kwame Despite (born 2 February 1962) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and a philanthropist with a foundation in music creation and knowledge of the broadcasting sector. Osei-Kwame is the CEO of the Despite Firm Ltd, a trade company with subsidiaries in the media industry, including UTV, PEACE FM, OKAY FM, NEAT FM and HELLO FM in Kumasi. He was named Africa Entrepreneur of the Year at the African Achievers Awards in the United Kingdom in 2021. He was also honored with GH CAPTAIN's Award in 2019 for his contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.
Early Life
In the Ghanaian town of Agona Wiamoase, he was born, in the Ashanti region. He began his career as a merchant in Dunkwa-Offinso, Ghana's Central Region, selling music cassettes, feeding bottles, padlocks, and other items. After years of struggling to make ends meet in the countryside, he and his colleagues relocated to Lagos, Nigeria.
In 1983, he returned to Ghana with other Ghanaians who had fled Nigeria due to the country's political unrest. On his first business trip, he brought only one chainsaw machine, which was smashed by a falling tree. He eventually moved on to selling cassette tapes before diversifying his business.
Career
To show his support for the local music industry and to prioritize Ghanaian culture, he moved into radio and founded the PeaceFM at Achimota Mile 7 Junction in 1999. The station's experiments with the Akan language paid off, as radio listeners looking for local programming abandoned stations broadcasting primarily in the Queen's language on the 104.3 frequency. The radio industry flourished, culminating in the establishment of Hello FM in Kumasi and OkayFM in Accra, as well as peacefmonline.com.
List of Companies
Now, the Despite Group of Companies (DGC) has the following companies;
U2 Company Limited (Iodated Salt Production)
Okay FM
Peace FM
Neat FM
Hello FM
Despite Stores
Best Point Savings and Loans (Finance)
Farming and Building Construction businesses
Neat Foods Company Limited (which produces and markets NEAT Fufu, NEAT Banku, NEAT Abenkwan, NEAT Hausa Koko, NEAT Dairy Products)
United Television Company Limited
Atona Foods LTD ( which produces THIS WAY chocolate drink which comes in different flavors, and the THIS WAY Motherlac children's cereal )
Family
Despite has a wife and nine children. Kennedy Osei Asante, his first son, is the General Manager of Despite Media. In 2019, he married Tracy in an expensive ceremony that drew the attention of many people both inside and outside the country.
References
1962 births
Living people
Ghanaian businesspeople
21st-century businesspeople
21st-century philanthropists |
This article documents the timeline of transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic in Belarus in 2021.
Timeline
January 2021
February 2021
March 2021
April 2021
May 2021
June 2021
July 2021
August 2021
September 2021
October 2021
November 2021
December 2021
See also
COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
2020 in Belarus
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus (2020)
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus (2022)
References
Belarus |
This article documents the timeline of transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic in Belarus in 2022.
Timeline
January 2022
See also
COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus (2020)
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus (2021)
References
Belarus |
James Edward Smith (October 19, 1952 – June 26, 1990) was an American murderer who was executed for capital murder in Texas. His case garnered attention due to his unusual last meal request, a lump of dirt.
Early life
James Edward Smith was born on October 19, 1952, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He worked as a tarot-card dealer in New Orleans, Louisiana, and later went to work as a taxi driver in Houston, Texas.
Murder
On March 7, 1983, Smith approached a teller's window at the Union National Life Insurance Company in Houston, Texas. Armed with a gun and wearing a stocking mask, Smith slid open the glass and pointed the weapon at the teller, ordering her to hand over all the money. When she refused and hid behind a filing cabinet, Smith turned his attention to 44-year-old Larry Don Rohus, the company's district manager who had been standing with her. Rohus complied with Smith's demands and retrieved money from the cash drawer, which he then handed over to Smith in a plastic bag. As Rohus walked away, Smith ordered him to return to the window. While the two engaged in conversation, Rohus pleaded with Smith not to shoot him and began taking off a bracelet on his wrist. Smith then fired two shots, with the second hitting Rohus in the upper left side of the chest. Rohus was rushed to the hospital, where he died several hours later.
Smith fled the building on foot and was chased down by two office workers. They ran through a field and then into an apartment complex where Smith opened fire on his pursuers. As he left the complex, he tripped over in the street and was subdued by several people chasing him. A passing detective who had noticed the commotion then handcuffed him. The money was found nearby, and the gun was located in the field.
Trial
Smith was charged with murdering Rohus and was held without bond. During the juror selection portion of his trial, Smith attempted to escape and ran from the courthouse. He was captured a few blocks away by a HPD officer. On April 5, 1984, Smith was found guilty of capital murder and was sentenced to death by a Harris County jury. In November 1987, his death sentence was upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Smith then waived his appeals in an attempt to speed up his execution.
Execution
Smith was originally scheduled for execution on May 11, 1988. He was quoted as saying, "Life is a temporary situation. The spirit moves on. Death is like eating a prune in the morning. It's a natural function." The day before his scheduled execution, Smith requested a last meal of rhaeakunda dirt. The request was denied by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice because dirt was not included on the list of approved foods. They instead said he would be given something off the regular prison menu. According to Texas A&M University soil experts, the dirt was believed to be eaten in voodoo rituals, which Smith practiced and believed in. Smith had hoped to perform a voodoo ritual that he believed would assist his reincarnation.
On the morning of his scheduled execution, Smith won a reprieve after his mother's attorneys asked the Supreme Court of the United States to spare his life. The appeal filed argued that Smith was mentally incompetent. The court agreed to hear the appeal and granted the stay of execution.
Two years later, Smith was again scheduled for execution. He refused his appeals again and argued that remaining in prison was cruel and unusual punishment because he would rather die and be reincarnated. His mother appealed again and claimed he was mentally incompetent; however, the Supreme Court denied the appeal.
On June 26, 1990, Smith was executed via lethal injection in the execution chamber at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. He was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m. In his final statement, he proclaimed his innocence and uttered the Krishna blessing. In the end, his last meal was just plain yogurt, which he settled for when the dirt was denied to him.
See also
Capital punishment in Texas
Capital punishment in the United States
Last meal
List of people executed in Texas, 1990–1999
References
1952 births
1990 deaths
20th-century American criminals
20th-century executions of American people
20th-century executions by Texas
American male criminals
American murderers
American prisoners sentenced to death
Prisoners sentenced to death by Texas
People executed by Texas by lethal injection
People executed for murder
Criminals from Kentucky
People from Jefferson County, Kentucky |
The Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center is a cultural center located at Oregon State University.
History
Three years after the creation of the Office of Minority Affairs in 1970, the Oregon State University's Black Student Union opened a Black Student Union Cultural Center that was later renamed the Lonnie B. Harris Cultural Center in 1999.
The Black Student Union was threatening to leave OSU after repeated discrimination and so action was needed. The university opened several cultural centers around this time including the Native American Longhouse in 1971 and the Hispanic Cultural Center in 1976.
The center opened on April 26th, 1975. In 1976, a cross was burned in front of the center. Upon questioning, the culprits said that the action was a "prank which got out of hand." While this action was undoubtedly one with deep historical roots associated with white supremacy, African American campus leaders met with the culprit and asked for leniency regarding his punishment."
Lonnie B. Harris
Lonnie B. Harris was the first director of the Educational Opportunities Program who sought to help "increase the recruitment and retention of black students at OSU."
Oregon State University Black Student Union
After an Oregon State University football player was kicked off the team in 1969 for refusing to shave his afro and sideburns, the Black students on campus were irate. 47 Black students staged a walkout immediately resulting in various talks that led to the formation of the Black Student Union.
Architecture
The Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center was temporarily moved to Snell Hall as a new location was being rebuilt in 2013.
Location
100 SW Memorial Place
Corvallis, OR 97331
References
External links
Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center Website
Oregon State University buildings
Cultural centers in the United States
African-American cultural history
African-American history of Oregon |
Bùi Ngọc Long (born 6 October 2001) is a Vietnamese footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Japanese side Azul Claro Numazu, on loan from Saigon.
Career statistics
Club
Notes
References
2001 births
Living people
Vietnamese footballers
Association football midfielders
V.League 1 players
Viettel FC players
Than Quang Ninh FC players
Saigon FC players
Azul Claro Numazu players
Vietnamese expatriate footballers
Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate footballers in Japan |
Nord and Til Nord are two similarly named music projects released by the Norwegian band Gåte in 2021.
Nord
Nord is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian band Gåte. The album was released on .
Track listing
Til Nord
Til Nord is the fifth EP released by the Norwegian band Gåte. The EP was released on .
Track listing
References
External links
2021 albums
Gåte albums |
Maurice H. Harris (November 9, 1859 – June 23, 1930) was an English-born Jewish-American rabbi from New York.
Life
Harris was born on November 9, 1859 in London, England, the son of Rabbi Henry Lionell Harris and Rachel Lewis. His brother Isidore Harris was the scholarly minister of the Berkeley Street Synagogue in London.
Harris immigrated to America when he was nineteen. He studied in the Emanu-El Theological Seminary in New York City, New York and was ordained a rabbi by Rabbi Gustav Gottheil in 1884. He also studied in Columbia University, receiving an A.B. from there in 1887, an A.M. in 1888, and a Ph.D. in 1889. In 1882, while studying, he became a Hebrew teacher for a small Orthodox congregation called the Hand in Hand congregation that met in a room above a store in Harlem. The congregation picked him as their rabbi in 1887. A year later, the congregation, then known as Temple Israel of Harlem, moved to a new location and began using the Jastrow prayer book. By 1907, the congregation was considered one of the leading Reform congregations in New York City, moved to a different location, and became known as Temple Israel. Harris remained the congregation's rabbi for almost fifty years, serving as rabbi until his death.
By 1904, Harris wrote the three-volume The People of the Book: A History and Selected Addresses, two Chautauqua syllabi of Jewish history and literature, and contributions to the "Jewish Quarterly Review" and the "North American Review." He also wrote History of the Medieval Jews in 1924, Modern Jewish History in 1910, 1924, and 1928, Modern Jewish History from the Renaissance to the World War in 1922, The Story of the Jew in 1919, The Story of the Jew in America in 1921, and A Thousand Years of Jewish History in 1927.
Harris was a founder and honorary president of the Federation Settlement, a charter board member of the Jewish Protectory and Prison Aid Society and the Jewish Board of Guardians, a board member of the New York Society for Prevention of Crime, president of the New York Board of Jewish Ministers, and a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Association of Reform Rabbis. He was also a founder and trustee of the Jewish Institute of Religion. Initially opposed to Zionism, a visit to Palestine in 1921 led him to support Zionism and also led to him organizing an annual campaign among children in Jewish religious schools in America that provided for school lunches for poor Jewish children in Palestine. The campaign was sponsored by Hadassah, and after his death a model experimental station in school dietetics was established in Palestine in his memory.
In 1888, Harris married Kitty Green in London. Their children were Adriel, Naomi Wolfson, and Ruth.
Harris died in Mount Sinai Hospital from a brief illness on June 23, 1930. Over a thousand people attended his funeral in Congregation Emanu-El; Temple Israel was being redecorated at the time and could not be used for the funeral. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise delivered the eulogy. The honorary pallbearers were trustees of Temple Israel and representatives of the Board of Jewish Ministers and the Association of Reform Rabbis (of which Harris was president when he died). The funeral was attended by, among other people, Court of Appeals Judge Irving Lehman, Felix M. Warburg, Federal Judge Julian W. Mack, Rabbi Nathan Krass, Justice Joseph M. Proskauer, and delegations representing the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (led by Ben Altheimer and Ludwig Vogelstein), the Federation of Jewish Settlements, and the Sisterhood, Ladies' Auxiliary, Men's Club, and Parents' Association of Temple Israel. He was buried in Temple Israel's Mount Hope Cemetery in Westchester.
References
External links
Maurice H. Harris Papers at the American Jewish Archives
1859 births
1930 deaths
Rabbis from London
19th-century British Jews
American people of English-Jewish descent
English emigrants to the United States
American Reform rabbis
19th-century American rabbis
20th-century American rabbis
Rabbis from New York City
Columbia University alumni
People from Harlem
Jewish American writers
20th-century American male writers
Writers from New York City
American Zionists
Burials in New York (state) |
Shawn McPherson (born July 5, 1965) is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 22nd district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021.
Early life and education
McPherson was born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky in 1965. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural business from Western Kentucky University in 1987 and a Master of Science in animal nutrition from WKU in 1991.
Career
From 1989 to 1995, McPherson served as an appraiser for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. He also worked for the Kentucky Highway Department. In 1995, he founded McPherson Appraisal Service. He has also worked as the CEO of Highland Ridge Assisted Living, CFO of Companion Care Services, and CFO of Palmer Place Assisted Living. McPherson was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in November 2020 and assumed office on January 1, 2021.
Personal life
McPherson and his wife, Susan, have four children. He is a member of the Scottsville Church of Christ.
References
Living people
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Nguyễn Văn Sơn (born 25 February 2001) is a Vietnamese footballer who currently plays as a forward for Japanese side Azul Claro Numazu, on loan from Saigon.
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Club
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References
2001 births
Living people
Vietnamese footballers
Association football forwards
V.League 1 players
Than Quang Ninh FC players
Can Tho FC players
Saigon FC players
Azul Claro Numazu players
Vietnamese expatriate footballers
Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate footballers in Japan |
Marvel Champions: The Card Game is a cooperative, living card game published by Fantasy Flight Games. Players control decks representing heroes from the Marvel Universe, and work together to defeat a villain that is attempting to complete a "Scheme". Players can customize their hero's deck, and the game includes various modular encounters to customize villain scenarios. The core set was originally released in 2019. Expansions to the game are released in the form of hero decks, villain scenarios, or larger campaign boxes that include both hero and villain scenario content.
Gameplay
Marvel Champions is played over a series of rounds, which consist of all of the players taking turns, followed by the villain. The game is cooperative, meaning that players work as a team toward a shared goal and there is no competition among them. Each player chooses one hero, which is represented by a 40–50 card deck. Each decks include cards specific to that hero; cards from one of four Aspects: Justice, Leadership, Aggression, and Protection; and "basic" cards. During a players turn, they can play cards, activate card abilities, use their basic abilities to attack the villain and their minions or reduce the number of threat tokens on a scheme, and switch between their hero and alter-ego forms. Some cards and abilities require players to be in either their hero or alter-ego form to use. Cards are used to activate superpowers, recruit allies, upgrade the hero and their allies, or provide new abilities. Players discard cards from their hand to pay the resource cost of the cards they wish to play.
On their turn, the villain has an activation against each player. If the player is in their hero form, the villain attacks them. If the player is in their alter-ego form, the villain adds threat counters to their main scheme. Players have the option to defend incoming attacks with their hero or allies under their control. Once the villain has activated against each hero, the players are all dealt a card from the encounter deck. Encounter cards may cause the villain to attack players again, advance their scheme, or add more minions and enemy upgrades to the play area.
In the game's standard mode, the villain has two forms which the players must reduce to zero health in order to win. Each form beyond the first is more difficult. The game ends when the players win by reducing the villain's second form to zero health, or the villain wins by knocking all of the players' heroes unconscious or completing the final stage of their scheme.
Between games, players can customize their hero's deck. Each hero comes with cards unique to their deck that must be included. Players then choose from one of four kinda of Aspects, which represent how the hero behaves. The four Aspects in the game are: Justice, Leadership, Aggression, and Protection. Justice cards focus on preventing the villain from advancing their scheme, Leadership cards focus on allies, Aggression cards are damage based, and Protection cards are primarily meant to prevent incoming damage. The game also include basic cards, which can be used in any deck.
Villain scenarios are also customizable and consist of the villain's character card, their main scheme, and an encounter deck which contains a mix of cards unique to that villain, as well as smaller encounter sets that the players choose to add. Players can adjust each villain's difficulty by choosing different encounter sets, using the villain's second and third forms instead of the first and second, using only one of the villain's forms, or dealing themselves extra encounter cards during the encounter phase.
Components
Marvel Champions is played using player cards, which consist of hero decks, aspect cards, and basic cards; villain cards made up of villain decks, main schemes, encounter sets; status cards used to track when characters have the games various conditions applied to them; various tokens to track damage to minions and allies, villain progress toward completing a scheme, or other resources generated by cards; and dials to track hero and villain health.
Core set heroes and villains
The Marvel Champions core set includes five heroes: Iron Man, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, and She-Hulk. The villains included are Rhino, Klaw, and Ultron. It also included several encounter sets to customize villain scenarios, additional basic and Aspect cards to customize hero decks, and enough tokens and dials to support up to four players.
Expansions
Fantasy Flight releases content expansions for Marvel Champions in three forms: Hero packs that include a prebuilt hero deck, as well as additional Aspect cards; Scenario packs, which include a new villain and encounter sets; and larger campaign expansions that include new heroes, as well as villains and encounter sets.
Hero packs
Captain America
Hulk
Venom
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
Quick Silver
Thor
Gamora
Star-Lord
Drax
Nebula
Ant-Man
Wasp
Doctor Strange
Ms. Marvel
Scarlet Witch
War Machine
Valkyrie
Vision
Scenario packs
Green Goblin
Kang the Conqueror
Wrecking Crew
Hood
Campaign boxes
The Rise of Red Skull - Includes Hawkeye and Spider-Woman as new playable heroes. Villains included are Crossbones, Absorbing Man, Taskmaster, Arnim Zola, and Red Skull.
Galaxy's Most Wanted - Includes Rocket Raccoon and Groot as new playable heroes. Villains included are Drang, Collector, Nebula, and Ronan the Accuser.
The Mad Titan's Shadow - Includes Spectrum and Adam Warlock as new playable heroes. Villains included are Loki, Hela, Ebony Maw, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, and Thanos.
Sinister Motives (scheduled for release May 2022)
Reception and recognition
Marvel Champions was Board Game Quest's 2019 Cooperative Game of the Year.
References
External links
Official website
Dedicated deck card games
Fantasy Flight Games games
Marvel Entertainment
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Because of its ban against same-sex sexual activity and same-sex marriage The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has a long history of teaching that its adherents who are attracted to the same sex can and should attempt to alter their feelings through righteous striving and sexual orientation change efforts (or SOCE, also called conversion therapy or reparative therapy). The LDS Church's statements and actions have overwhelmingly focused on male homosexuality and rarely mention lesbianism or bisexuality. These current teachings and policies leave homosexual members with the option of potentially harmful attempts to change their sexual orientation, entering a mixed-orientation opposite-sex marriage, or living a celibate lifestyle without any sexual expression (including masturbation).
While the LDS church has somewhat softened its stance toward LGBTQ individuals in recent years leaders continued to communicate into 2015 that changing one's sexual orientation was possible through personal righteousness, prayer, faith in Christ, psychotherapy, and group therapy and retreats. From 1976 until 1989 the Church Handbook called for church discipline for members attracted to the same sex equating merely being homosexual with the seriousness of acts of adultery and child molestation—even celibate gay people were subject to excommunication. Church publications now state that "individuals do not choose to have such attractions", its church-run therapy services no longer provides sexual orientation change efforts, and the church has no official stance on the causes of homosexuality. A 2016 article on a church website states that, "While shifts in sexuality can and do occur for some people, it is unethical to focus professional treatment on an assumption that a change in sexual orientation will or must occur."
History
Stances towards the mutability of homosexuality by church leaders have softened over the years. In the 60s and 70s Church leaders taught that homosexuality was a curable disease and they encouraged self-help attempts by homosexual members to change their sexual orientation and cultivate heterosexual feelings. To assist in this, leaders developed an aversion therapy program on BYU campus for gay adolescents and adults from '59 to '83 since simply being attracted to people of the same sex was an excommunicable sin under church president Kimball. Teachings later changed as it became clear these self-help and aversive techniques were not working and, thus, from the 80s to the 2000s reparative therapy (also called conversion therapy) became the dominant treatment method. It was often recommended by Evergreen in an attempt to help homosexual members unchoose and unlearn their attractions.
In a 2010 survey of 625 Utah individuals 55% of Mormons believed sexual orientation could be changed, and a 2015 survey of 1,612 LGBT Mormons and former Mormons found that 73% of men and 43% of women had attempted sexual orientation change, usually through multiple methods across many years. Counselor-led sexual orientation change efforts dwindled among members around 2015 as church teachings evolved with leaders explicitly stating in 2012 that same-sex sexual attractions were not a choice and affirming in 2016 that therapy focusing on a change in sexual orientation was unethical.
A table summarizing some of the major shifts in official dialogue is found below.
Aversion therapy at BYU
In 1959 BYU began administering "aversion therapy" to "cure," "repair," or "reorient" homosexual feelings or behavior among Mormon males. The on-campus program lasted through the 60s and 70s, and faded out around 1983. BYU mental health counselors, LDS bishops, stake presidents, mission presidents, general authorities, and the BYU Standards Office (equivalent to today's Honor Code Office) all referred young men to the BYU program. Gerald J. Dye, who was over the University Standards Office from 1971 to 1980 (renamed the Honor Code Office in 1991), stated that part of the "set process" for homosexual BYU students referred to his office for "less serious" offenses was to require that they undergo therapy to remain at BYU and that in special cases this included "electroshock and vomiting aversion therapies." From 1975 to 1976 Max Ford McBride, a student at BYU, conducted electroshock aversion therapy on 17 men (with 14 completing the treatment) and published a dissertation on the use of electrical aversive techniques to treat ego-dystonic homosexuality. Participant in the 1975–76 BYU study Don Harryman wrote that he experienced "burns on [his] arms and ... emotional trauma." In 2011 BYU admitted to the past use of electroshock therapy.
Criticisms
Past leaders' teachings on reparative therapy and the origins of homosexuality have been criticized. In the late 90s psychiatrist Jeffery R. Jensen, a University of Utah alumnus, criticized church reparative therapy modalities and etiological theories around homosexuality in multiple presentations as lacking scientific integrity as he believed they were dictated from top church leaders rather than drawn from actual empirical observation by trained professionals. He also stated that current church publications on the subject were condescending, dehumanizing pontifications using caricatures and stereotypes of gay men and lesbians to distort knowledge and facts in order to justify oppressive standards and norms. He continued asserting that "far too many of our lesbian and gay youths kill themselves because of what you say about them" since gay men and lesbians cannot be made heterosexual, and "those who believe your false promises and remain celibate in the hopes of eventual 'cure' are consigned to a misery." Soon after, The American Psychiatric Association disavowed therapy trying to change sexual orientation as ineffective and destructive.
LDS sexual orientation change efforts timeline
LDS church leaders explicitly promoted therapy attempts to change sexual orientation in the past, but have recently shifted away from those previous views. Some events and publications around reparative or conversion therapy and the LDS church are shown below:
1930s
1930s – Newspapers in the largely LDS Utah cities of Salt Lake and Ogden discussed ways of altering sexuality such as hormone treatment, by educating young children in mixed-sex schools, and by one attempting to wean oneself from same-sex attractions via an opposite-sex romantic relationship. Another article stated that one woman's homosexuality stemmed from a traumatic witnessing of her mother in a painful delivery of a sibling, and that increased divorces and decreasing young marriages contributed to an increase in homosexuality. The article added "it is possible" but, "very difficult to change an adult homosexual into a normal man or woman", and "they must be determined individuals."
1980s
1986 – BYU published a study by BYU professor and area Church Welfare Services director Victor Brown Jr. stating that people can eliminate homosexual feelings.
1990s
1993 – A poll of over 400 BYU students found that 41% believed the church only accepted same-sex oriented individuals as long as they changed their sexual orientation and 10% believed the church would excommunicate them regardless of sexual behavior.
1993 – BYU faculty reported that church leaders supported church-employed counselors in using a reparative therapy approach which assumed homosexuality could change.
Mid-1990s – Gay Mormon Josh Weed went through reparative therapy administered by Family Services.
1996 – In a 1996 and 1997 presentation psychiatrist Jeffery Jensen criticized church reparative therapy efforts as lacking scientific integrity, saying gay men and lesbians cannot be made heterosexual. He also stated "far too many of our lesbian and gay youths kill themselves because of what you say about them," and "those who believe your false promises and remain celibate in the hopes of eventual 'cure' are consigned to a misery."
Late 90s – National Geographic journalist Andrew Evans was required to undergo conversion therapy in order to continue as a student at an LDS school.
1998 – Church leaders discouraged participation in therapy groups that "challenge religious and moral values," "foster physical contact among participants," or "encourage open confession or disclosure of personal information normally discussed only in confidential settings." The handbook also explained that "although participants may experience temporary emotional relief or exhilaration, old problems often return, leading to added disappointment and despair."
1999 – The American Psychiatric Association disavowed therapy trying to change sexual orientation as ineffective and destructive.
1999 – A study by church employees of the effects of Nicolosi-influenced reparative therapy on six Mormon individuals with homosexual feelings, was printed in a church university journal stating that "change from same-sex to opposite-sex attraction is possible."
1999 – The church publishes an article in its Ensign on the effectiveness of changing sexual orientation through therapy. The article, written by BYU professor and Evergreen Board of Trustees member Dean Byrd, posited that "homosexuality is not innate and unchangeable", but is caused by "temperament, personality traits, sexual abuse, familial factors, and treatment by one’s peers." The church article further asserted that individuals can "diminish homosexual attraction" and that "when homosexual difficulties have been fully resolved, heterosexual feelings can emerge." In support of this Byrd stated "many individuals who have experienced homosexual difficulties have" had their "burdens" or "trial" "lifted through the Lord’s grace." The article continued acknowledging that those who desire to diminish their "homosexual urgings" may "experience extreme pain because of the extensive changes that are required" including "changing one’s thoughts ... friendships ... or even clothing styles."
2000s
2000 – LDS Family Services surveyed 381 of their clients who were homosexual and wanted to change their attractions, and 71% reported significant progress in their sexual orientation change therapy.
2004 – Jeff Robinson published interviews with seven Mormon men married to women who had been through conversion therapy and previously identified as gay. The seven men believed they had a spiritual transformation and that their orientation was changed. Robinson found that their change came from a new understanding that prior same-sex attractions did not require them to "be" gay.
2004 – Researchers published the experience of 50 Mormon men undergoing conversion therapy.
2004 – Michael Ferguson spent seven years undergoing conversion therapy beginning at the recommendation of his BYU bishop in 2004.
2004 – Los Angeles bishop Robert Rees stated in an academic presentation that of the 50 homosexual Mormons with whom he'd had a close relationship over the past two decades, not a single one "was able to change or alter his or her sexual orientation," and that he hadn't "met a single homosexual Latter-day Saint who had not tried valiantly, generally over a long period of time, to change his or her orientation."
2005 – The Foundation for Attraction Research (FAR) was founded by LDS lawyer Dennis Dahle, BYU psychology professor Dean Byrd, and BYU social work professor Shirley Cox, with a board of directors also consisting of BYU English professor Doris Dant, BYU law professor William Duncan, BYU religion professor John Livinstone, and retired BYU psychology professor Gawain Wells. In 2009 the organization published Understanding Same-Sex Attraction which advocated therapy to change sexual attractions. In 2012 FAR co-hosted the Reconciling Faith and Feelings conference with the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP).
2005 – In a presentation at BYU's Families Under Fire Conference BYU professor Shirley Cox stated that homosexual attractions can be diminished and that the treatment of unwanted same-sex attraction has a history of being successful.
2006 – When asked the church's position on conversion therapy in 2006, Seventy Lance Wickman responded that it may be appropriate and the Church doesn't council against it. Oaks also stated that "[t]he Church rarely takes a position on which treatment techniques are appropriate." Wickman and Oaks cautioned against abusive practices, such as aversion therapy.
2007 – In the official church pamphlet "God Loveth His Children" leaders stated that "many Latter-day Saints, through individual effort, the exercise of faith, and reliance upon the enabling power of the Atonement, overcome same-gender attraction in mortality," and that "we still have the power to resist and reform our feelings (as needed) and to assure that they do not lead us to entertain inappropriate thoughts."
2009 – A BYU website on LDS FAQ continued to cite a 1986 study stating that through the gospel of Jesus Christ and reparative therapy that homosexual people can "overcome" their sexual orientation through self-mastery by choosing proper role models, developing appropriate relationship skills, clarifying the importance of sexuality, and reassessing gender roles.
2009 – A book authored by mostly BYU professors states that homosexual attractions can be eradicated through therapy. The book continues to be sold in church-owned bookstores as of 2017.
2010s
2010 – In a survey of 625 Utah individuals, 55% of Mormons believed sexual orientation could be changed.
2012 – Leaders explicitly stated that same-sex sexual attractions were not a choice.
2015 – A church spokesperson stated that Family Services no longer offers any sexual-orientation change efforts, but are willing to help clients reconcile their attractions and religious beliefs. He also stated that their neutral stance on independent SOCE programs like Journey Into Manhood should not be taken as an endorsement.
2015 – An event hosted by BYU-Idaho faculty member Michael Williamson on "overcoming" homosexuality through private therapy was scheduled to be held on the BYU-Idaho campus and was advertised during church meetings. The event was cancelled, however, after receiving negative press. At the time BYU-I publicly hosted a video of Williams discussing ways to "treat" same-sex attraction, though, it is now accessible to students only.
2015 – A survey of 1,612 LGBT Mormons and former Mormons found that 73% of men and 43% of women had attempted sexual orientation change, usually through multiple methods across many years.
2015 – Counselor-led sexual orientation change efforts dwindled among Mormons.
2016 – An update to the church's official website stated in reference to conversion therapy or sexual orientation change efforts that "it is unethical to focus professional treatment on an assumption that a change in sexual orientation will or must occur," and that "a change in attraction should not be expected or demanded as an outcome by parents or leaders. The intensity of your attractions may not be in your control ...."
2017 – One gay former Mormon reported his previous religiously motivated efforts to diminish his gay feelings through prayer.
2018 – Family Services states in the church's newspaper that they "do not provide what is commonly referred to as 'reparative therapy' or 'sexual orientation change efforts'" any more.
References
LGBT and Mormonism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LGBT history in the United States
Conversion therapy |
Divan Posthumus (born 2 June 1994) is an South African cricketer who plays for the Easterns cricket team in the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series.
Career
Posthumus originally started playing cricket for the Easterns Under-19 cricket team during the 2012–13 Coca-Cola Khaya Majole season. He was then selected to play for the Easterns for the 2021-22 CSA 4-Day Series. He made his first-class debut on 18 November 2021, against the South Westerns Districts cricket team. Posthumus also played matches against the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, and Border cricket teams throughout the entirety of Division 2.
References
South African cricketers
1994 births
Living people
Cricketers from Johannesburg
Easterns cricketers |
The 1940–41 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1940–41. The team was coached by Dutch Trautwein and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. The team finished the regular season 16–3 and was invited to the 1941 National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated Duquesne and City College of New York before losing to Long Island in the NIT final. Ohio's Frank Baumholtz was the NIT Most valuable player.
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Berita Kabwe (born 17 December 1990) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a midfielder for NWFL Premiership club Rivers Angels FC and the Zimbabwe women's national team.
Club career
Kabwe has played for Flame lily in Zimbabwe and for Rivers Angels in Nigeria.
International career
Kabwe capped for Zimbabwe at senior level during the 2017 COSAFA Women's Championship.
References
1990 births
Living people
Zimbabwean women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Zimbabwe women's international footballers
Zimbabwean expatriate footballers
Zimbabwean expatriates in Nigeria
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Edward Akufo Quist-Arcton was a Ghanaian forester and civil servant. He was the Chief Conservator of Forests from 1961 to 1962 and the Principal Secretary to the Ghanaian Ministry of Agriculture from 1962 to 1964. He was the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief Conservator of Forests.
Early life and education
Quist-Arcton was born on 19 September 1923 in Accra, Ghana (then Gold Coast). He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy where he graduated as the head prefect for the 1942 batch of students, and Achimota College. In 1948 Quist-Arcton became one of the earliest earliest West Africans to enter the Imperial (later Commonwealth) Forestry Institute of the University of Oxford to undertake the National Science and Honours School of Forestry programme which was to be studied for a period of four years. There, he was a member of Brasenose College, and an active student in sports, taking special interest in hockey, tennis, and golf. He also joined the Oxford University Senior Training Corps, enrolling in three summer camps. While at Oxford, Quist-Arcton was also a member of the West African Students' Club, a political group of which he served as it's president in his third year. He graduated in 1952 with honours Moderations in the Natural Sciences, namely; Botany, Chemistry and Geology, and an honours degree in Forestry.
Career
Following his secondary school education, Quist-Arcton joined the Gold Coast Forest Service in 1946 as a probationer. Upon his return from his studies in the United Kingdom in 1952, he appointed Assistant Conservator of Forests. Working in this capacity, he gained experience in both the Savannah and High Forest areas as a District Forest Officer. At the Savannah areas, he was mostly involved in Reserve selection and demarcation, and also gained information on watershed management. In 1956, he became a Senior Assistant Conservator. As the Senior Assistant Conservator, he was responsible for the Forestry Training School for Rangers and also worked at District level for two years.
Following a requisite refresher course in 1958 at the Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Oxford, he was appointed S.A.C.F. Special Duties for a few months, tasked with the preparation of working plans. He later gained appointment as acting Conservator in February 1959, and substantive Conservator in July that same year. Working in that capacity, he was responsible for the Western and Central Circles and also responsible for working plans at the Headquarters, as well as serving as Headquarters Assistant. In July 1960, he was made Deputy Chief Conservator of Forest, and in January 1961, became Chief Conservator of Forest. Following his appointment, Quist-Arcton became the first graduate of African descent in a Commonwealth Territory, to be appointed Chief Conservator.
In February 1962, Quist-Arcton became Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture. This portfolio encompassed Agricultural Extension, Produce Inspection, Agricultural Education, Land Planning, the Volta River Scheme, Fisheries, Agricultural Resettlement and Farm Mechanisation, Agricultural Statistics, the Cocoa Division, and Statutory Bodies such as; Marketing Boards, and Co-operatives.
While working in his senior civil service capacity, he travelled extensively to collect information about new techniques from sundry sources. He attended the United Nations or FAO conferences in Rome in 1959, Nigeria in 1960, New York in 1963, and Washington in 1963. He also established Land Reclamation and Irrigation Department of the then Ministry of Agriculture, taking special interest in Forest Headwaters Reservation and Watershed Management.
Quist-Arcton served as the chairman of the Ghana Science Association from 1961 to 1962, on the Governing Council of the Commonwealth Forestry Association for three years. Following his retirement from Ghanaian public service, he gained employment at the Forestry division of the F. A. O. in Rome. After working two years in Rome, working in the Field Operations Unit attached to the Director's office, he was made Regional Officer for the Eastern Zone of Africa, stationed in Nairobi, Kenya. He was to oversee F.A.O. forestry affairs in Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Personal life
Quist-Arcton was married with four children.
References
Alumni of the Accra Academy
Alumni of Achimota School
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford |
Brigadier Thomas James Bolle Bosvile, (19 September 1897 – 8 July 1945) was a British Army officer who served as acting General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division during the Second World War.
Military career
Bosvile was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 16 June 1915. He saw action during the First World War for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
During the Second World War, he commanded the 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade during the Battle of Gazala in North Africa in May 1942 for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He went on to command 7th Motor Brigade and led the Defence of Outpost Snipe on 26 October 1942 during the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942: for this he was awarded a bar to his Distinguished Service Order. He briefly served as acting General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division from 27 April 1943 until 1 May 1943. After that he served on the staff at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
He died on 8 July 1945, before the end of the war and was buried at Church of St Andrew & St Mary, Pitminster.
Family
Bosvile married Crystal Guina Lucy Jervis on 11 October 1927.
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1897 births
1945 deaths
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Brooke Scullion (born 31 March 1999), sometimes performing under the mononym Brooke, is an Irish singer. She was a contestant on series 9 of The Voice UK, finishing in third place. She is scheduled to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "That's Rich".
Early life
Scullion was born on 31 March 1999 in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She was involved in both the performing arts and sports from a young age. In secondary school, she performed in several musical productions including Fame, Mamma Mia!, and Sister Act. She played on the senior camogie team at Wolfe Tones GAC.
She was a drama student at Ulster University at Magee.
Career
2020: The Voice UK
In 2020, she auditioned for the ninth series of The Voice UK. In the blind auditions, she earned chair turns from all four coaches and chose Meghan Trainor to be her coach. She finished in third place.
2022: Eurosong 2022 and Eurovision Song Contest
In January 2022, Brooke was announced as one of six finalists competing in Eurosong 2022, the national final for Ireland to decide its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. With her song "That's Rich", Brooke won Eurosong 2022 with twenty-eight points. She won by four points over "Ashes of Yesterday" by Janet Grogan and "Yeah, We're Gonna Get Out of It" by Miles Graham. She received twelve points each from the international jury and televote, and four points from the jury in the studio. She is scheduled to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin.
Personal life
Outside of singing, Brooke works as an estate agent in Toome, County Antrim.
Discography
Singles
"Attention" (2020)
"That's Rich" (2022)
References
External links
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2022
21st-century singers from Northern Ireland
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ireland
1999 births
Living people |
Men Die at Cyprus Lodge is a 1943 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It is the thirty eighth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. Reviewing it for the San Francisco Chronicle, Anthony Boucher wrote "at his best, nobody can touch Rhode for ingenious murder gadgets and very few can top him for meticulous unravelling; he's very close his best in this one".
Synopsis
Cyprus Lodge is a reportedly haunted house in the English countryside that has remained unoccupied for many years. Ghost hunter Sir Philip Briningham is fascinated by the nineteenth century building but his violent death adds to the rumours about the house. It draws the interest of Scotland Yard, and particularly Priestley who becomes convinced that Briningham's death and several others were at the hands of a very human murderer.
References
Bibliography
Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 3. Salem Press, 1988.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1943 British novels
Novels by Cecil Street
British crime novels
British mystery novels
British detective novels
Collins Crime Club books
Novels set in England |
The Invisible () is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by Gracia Querejeta starring Emma Suárez, Adriana Ozores and Nathalie Poza.
Plot
Set in a public park, the plot concerns the conversations established between three women close to their 50s (Elsa, Julia and Amelia) on their weekly walks around the site.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Gracia Querejeta alongside Antonio Santos Mercero. Invisibles was produced by Nephilim Producciones SL and Orange Films AIE with the participation of RTVE, RTVM and Movistar+, endorsement from Canal Extremadura and support from ICAA and Junta de Extremadura. The film was primarily shot on location in the Parque del Príncipe in Cáceres (with some footage shot in a nearby street and high school) from March to April 2019, only using a steadycam.
Release
Distributed by Wanda Films, Invisibles was theatrically released in Spain on 6 March 2020 grossing a "good" 136,761 € in its opening weekend standing out from a domestic box office otherwise depressed due to the growth of COVID-19 cases, but its theatrical run was soon halted by the State of Alarm declared by the Government due to the pandemic, which closed theatres down.
Accolades
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| Best Original Screenplay || Antonio Mercero, Gracia Querejeta ||
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See also
List of Spanish films of 2020
References
External links
Invisibles at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
2020 films
Films shot in the province of Cáceres
2020 drama films
Spanish drama films
2020s Spanish-language films
Films set in parks
Films directed by Gracia Querejeta |
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}}Bridal Suite is a 1960 suite for two pianists by American composer Leonard Bernstein.
Background Bridal Suite was written on the occasion of lyricist-writer Adolph Green's wedding with actress Phyllis Newman in 1960. The title was meant to have a double meaning, both referring to the meaning of suite in music and the bridal suite in a hotel. It was initially intended to be performed by the Greens, probably at their wedding, with Adolph playing the bottom part with both hands and Phyllis playing the top part with one hand. The couple, having never received sufficient formal piano training, were "never [...] able to achieve that three-handed feat to our complete satisfaction—or anyone else's." The piece was dedicated "for Adolph and Phyllis Green." It was subsequently published just one year before the composer's death by Jalni Publications and Boosey & Hawkes in 1989.
Structure
The piece is scored for two pianists on one piano. According to Bernstein's specifications, it is written for two, three, and four hands. It is divided into two parts and three obligatory encores. The suite is divided into eleven movements and has an approximate duration of ten minutes. The structure is as follows:
Part I
Prelude. Moderato
Three Variations on Adolph F♯yllis Green 1. Love Song. Very slowly, with warmth
2. Chaplinesque. Andantino
3. Chaplinade. Valse lente
Part II
Interlude (Bell, Book, and Rabbi). Andante, un poco mesto
Three Wedding Dances 1. The First Waltz (Canon). Moderato — Trio — Moderato
2. Cha-cha-cha. Moderato, with elegance
3. Hora. Fast and Jewish
Three Encores (Obligatory)
Encore 1: Modern Music (Argument). Scherzando — Furioso
Encore 2: Old Music (Reconciliation). Adagio
Encore 3: Magyar Lullaby. With a gentle swing
According to the specifications in the score, the initial prelude can be performed at the end of the suite as a fourth encore in case it is demanded by the public, but it is not obligatory.
Movements
The suite is made up of very short sketches for piano. The Prelude in C major is the longest movement in the suite. Scored for three hands, the second player uses both hands to play Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude from Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, unaltered, while the first player joins in after two bars playing the main melody of "Just in Time", from the Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jule Styne score for Bells Are Ringing. Initially marked Moderato, it changes to Poco meno mosso four bars before the end, when the first player performs a short quotation from Richard Strauss's Don Juan. It has a total of 35 bars.
The Three Variations are based on the three notes from the names of both the bride and groom: A, F♯, and G. These variations are not based on a specific theme, but rather on the sequence specified in the title. The first variation is a very slow and unchallenging piece in D major, 26 bars in length, with both first and second pianists playing with just one hand. The lively second variation is 21 bars long and is in F♯ minor: the second pianists plays an accompaniment with both hands to the melody played with one hand by the first pianist. The last variation is initially marked Valse lente (Tempo I), but switches tempo back and forth very frequently with the Tempo II, marked Suddenly faster. Fluctuating between D major and F major, it has a total of 36 bars
The second part starts with an interlude, where each pianist is expected to play the piece with one hand (except the second pianist which may play the last chords with both hands). The piece is in A minor, modulating to B-flat minor only to come back to A minor in the last few bars. Totalling 26 bars, it is a slow movement where the accompaniment constantly plays quarter-note triad chords.
The first of the Three Wedding Dances is meant to be played attacca with the preceding movement. It is a two-part canon where "he leads" (the second pianist) and "she follows" (the first pianist), both with their right hand. The movement has an ABA Scherzo structure, where both the first and last scherzo sections are in A major and the Trio is in C major. It has a total of 45 bars. The second dance, 20 bars in length, also has a ternary structure. With a very rhythmic character, it is scored for four hands and is in F major, the middle section being in A♭ major. The third dance has many time signature and key signature changes. A fast and relatively complex movement, it has a total of 19 bars (or 25 bars with repetitions) and is scored for four hands.
The Three Encores are not meant to be skipped. The first movement consists of a 12-tone row presented by the first pianist at the beginning, which is later exhibited backwards, upside-down and in a retrograde inversion. After that, a second section ensues, marked Furioso, where both pianos play different versions of the row simultaneously. It has 19 bars. The slow, 14-bar second encore, in F♯ minor, is a very loose canon where both pianists play a similar melody. The third encore is 16 bars long and is in . The second pianist is required to use both hands, while the first is only expected to play the melody with one.
Recordings
This suite has only been recorded in collections of Bernstein's complete piano music output. The following is a list of recordings of Bridal Suite'':
Andrew Cooperstock made the world premiere recording of this piece under Bridge Records. The recording, which was taken at the Grusin Recital Hall, in University of Colorado Boulder, took place on June 13, 2017.
Leann Osterkamp recorded the piece on September 15, 2017, under Steinway & Sons. The recording was taken at the Steinway Hall in New York City.
References
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List of compositions by Leonard Bernstein
Compositions by Leonard Bernstein
Compositions for piano
Piano compositions by American composers
1960 compositions
Suites (music)
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Glenn Grisillo (born 25 July 1946) is a South African former professional tennis player.
Grisillo, a Reno resident originally from Johannesburg, featured twice in the mixed doubles main draw at Wimbledon, including in 1966 when he made the third round partnering Cora Schediwy. He played collegiate tennis for Mississippi State University on a scholarship, later transferring to the University of Nevada. In 1971, for a charity event, he set a record with his cousin Mel Baleson of playing continuous tennis for 73 hours and 25 minutes. Unofficially, the two played a total of 2,224 games. It was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Udarnik () is a village in the Kemin District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 246 in 2021.
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Józsi Jenő Tersánszky (12 September, 1888 — 12 June, 1969) is a Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian writer. Tersánszky is considered one of the outstanding icons of 20th century Hungarian literature.
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Robert J. Jones (6 May 1899 – 26 March 1962) was a Welsh trade union leader.
Born in North Wales, Jones worked from the age of thirteen. During World War I, he served in the British Army. After the war, he began working in a slate quarry. He joined the North Wales Quarrymen's Union, a section of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and began working for it full time in 1934. He was appointed as acting general secretary in 1946, then in 1950 became general secretary of the union. From 1946 to 1957, he also served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He retired in 1957, and died five years later.
Jones also served as a member of Merionethshire County Council, and served on the local district of the Welsh Board for Industry.
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Cholok () is a village in the Kemin District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 95 in 2021.
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Mel Baleson is a South African former professional tennis player.
A native of Johannesburg, Baleson featured in doubles main draws at Wimbledon and played collegiate tennis for the University of Nevada, Reno. He won the WCAC singles championship as a freshman, then had a sit out his sophomore and junior seasons due to a NCAA rule change, before returning as a senior in 1974.
Baleson and his cousin Glenn Grisillo set a Guinness World Record in 1971 for the longest continuous tennis match, at 73 hours and 25 minutes, to raise funds for the University of Nevada.
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Mining maquis () is a type of shrubland biome. It forms on ultramafic rock as a result of forest cover retreat due to repeated wildfires. It is common on New Caledonia.
Description
Mining maquis covers 4,400 km2 in New Caledonia, where it is one of the native ecotypes. Most species found in the maquis are native, compared to some regions which are up to 90% introduced species.
Plants are evergreen xerophytes and heliophytes, including prostrate shrubs and sedges. Araucaria and Agathis ovata can be locally dominant.
Mineral composition
Soils are excessively poor in phosphorus, potassium and calcium and often abnormally rich in magnesium. This richness in magnesium leads to an imbalance in the calcium/magnesium ratio, in particular in the brown soils located at the base of the massifs which dominate the west coast (Boulinda, Kopéto, Koniambo, Tiébaghi, etc.) Most mining maquis soils also have abnormally high levels of chromium, cobalt, nickel and manganese, the latter two elements having been found to be toxic in some soils. These particular edaphic conditions are the main cause of the low dynamism of the mining maquis, which results in a slow growth of the species, a remarkable floristic and structural stability in the absence of disturbance and a certain resistance to anthropization, marked by the absence of any lasting invasion of gregarious introduced species.
Flora
Around 1,140 plant species have been identified in mining maquis, 89% of which are endemic. It is the environment with the highest rate of endemism in New Caledonia (88%). In terms of diversity, it ranks second for terrestrial environments after the humid forests. The flora of mining maquis grows on soils poor in nutrients and rich in potentially toxic minerals. These soils accumulate heat and retain little rainwater. The plants of the mining maquis have slow growth and adaptations which allow them to survive in these very difficult conditions. They are very tolerant of toxic minerals and their glossy, leathery leaves are drought resistant.
Fourteen genera of plants are found on mining maquis: Beaupreopsis, Beltaria, Corbassona, Eriaxis, Garnieria, Iteiltima, Myricanthe, Myrtastrum, Neocallitropsis, Nephrodesmus, Normandia, Oceanopapaver, Peripterygia, Solmsia, Trouettea, as well as the section Neo-caledonicae of the genus Oxalis.
The abundance of endemic species and genera in the flora specific to mining maquis reflects its age. This flora possesses elements contemporaneous with or prior to the establishment of the periodotites, some 30 million years ago. Before that time, evolutionarily similar groups must have already occupied sites unsuitable for the development of the dense humid forest, such as on exposed ridges, eroded soils, and hydromorphic zones.
Fauna
Mining maquis are home to a great diversity of fauna. This is adapted to the difficult living conditions that prevail in this environment and the rate of endemism is high. These are mainly insects and reptiles, thrive in the dry and rocky habitat. A few birds are typical of the mining maquis, and species from the surrounding forests also frequent it.
Distribution
Mining maquis are very widespread in New Caledonia, covering 23% of the territory. However, they are more common south of Grande Terre. They develop in variable climatic conditions, from the coast to the highest peaks.
Threats and conservation
Because they grow on nickel-rich soils, mining maquis are threatened by mining activities that may develop in these areas. Nickel mining is done in the open, therefore, soil is stripped and the vegetation completely destroyed. Implementing soil stabilization and revegetation programs of mining sites after exploitation is now a major concern for the nickel industry.
Mining maquis are also vulnerable to fires. The foliage of the plants often lack water and are sometimes rich in volatile compounds, which makes them very flammable.
The flora of the mining maquis is also threatened by the introduction of invasive species such as the Caribbean pine capable of developing on Lateritic nickel ore deposits, and deer.
See also
Maquis shrubland
References
Bibliography
Frédéric Rigault, Gilles Dagostini et Tanguy Jaffré, « Relations entre les teneurs en nickel et manganèse foliaires de quelques espèces des maquis miniers et les risques de phyto-toxicité induits par ces éléments minéraux du sol », dans Ecologie des milieux sur roches ultramafiques et sur sols métallifères : actes de la deuxième conférence internationale sur l'écologie des milieux serpentiniques, ORSTOM, coll. « Documents Scientifiques et Techniques - ORSTOM : III », 1997 (lire en ligne [PDF]), p. 187–195
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Santos Quispe Quispe (born 26 November 1982), commonly known as Wayna Mallku, is a Bolivian doctor and politician serving as governor of La Paz since 2021. A member of Forward United People, of which he is the leader, Quispe was a relative unknown in politics until he replaced his late father, the renowned peasant leader Felipe Quispe, as Jallalla La Paz's candidate for the governorship of the La Paz Department. Shortly after winning the election, Quispe terminated his party's pact with Jallalla, establishing a confrontational attitude with the Departmental Assembly for the duration of his term. In early 2022, he was sentenced to house arrest with the right to work after being discovered allegedly intoxicated at his office.
Early life and career
Santos Quispe was born on 26 November 1982 in Achacachi, La Paz, the youngest of seven siblings born to Felipe Quispe, "the Mallku", a renowned Aymara peasant leader. Quispe was raised in the Aymara community of Chilijaya in the Achacachi municipality, where he resided for the majority of his life. In 2004, he enrolled as a student of sociology at the Higher University of San Andrés and from 2015 was a member of the student body of the Public University of El Alto, where he studied educational sciences. Prior to becoming governor, Quispe was still enrolled in these institutions, carrying out his sixth and third semester, respectively. He studied abroad in Cuba at the Latin American School of Medicine, graduating with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 2012. Upon returning to Bolivia, he joined the Association of Doctors Graduated Abroad and, in 2016, was appointed as part of the administrative support staff of the Departmental Health Service of La Paz (SEDES).
Governor of La Paz
Election
In 2014, together with his father, Quispe participated in the formation of Forward United People (APU), a political party which, by 2021, lacked legal status with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to participate in elections. As a result, for the departmental elections in La Paz, Quispe secured an alliance for APU with the civic group Jallalla La Paz of Leopoldo Chui. On 15 December 2020, the two fronts presented Quispe's father, Felipe Quispe, as Jallalla's candidate for the governorship of the La Paz Department.
However, just over a month later, on 19 January 2021, the Mallku unexpectedly died of cardiac arrest in the midst of the campaign. His demise immediately put into question the electoral future of Jallalla, which was forced to seek an alternative candidate. A day after the Mallku's death, the leadership of APU announced that it had decided that Santos Quispe would replace his father on the ballot. Quispe characterized himself as the only candidate capable of fulfilling his father's legacy and stated that, if Jallalla failed to choose him, it would constitute a "betrayal" of the Mallku. He further outlined that he already carried the support of Jallalla's mayoral candidates, including the popular ex-senator Eva Copa, who stated that "out of ethics, out of respect for the memory of our brother Felipe […], his successor is his son, Santos".
After a seven-day mourning period, on 2 February, Jallalla proclaimed Quispe as its replacement nominee. The decision was reached through consensus between representatives from all seventy-eight municipalities in which the organization had a presence. Upon assuming the candidacy, Quispe pledged to "sacrifice my life for humble people, for my father's ideals" and accused those calling him an "inheritor" of tarnishing his late father's image.
The results of the first round of voting on 7 March were close. Exit polls indicated that Franklin Flores, the candidate for the Movement for Socialism, had reached thirty-nine percent of the vote, one point less than what was necessary to achieve a large enough plurality to avoid a runoff and win in the first round. Because of this, Quispe denounced the possibility of electoral fraud and led his supporters in a vigil outside the headquarters of the Departmental Electoral Tribunal (TED). Ultimately, the final tally revealed that Flores had failed to reach forty percent, pushing the two candidates into a second round. On 14 April, Quispe was declared the virtual winner of the election, defeating Flores with fifty-five percent of the votes.
Tenure
Quispe was sworn in as governor of the La Paz Department on 3 May 2021. In his inaugural address, he promised to "always work for the unity of all Paceños" and notably announced that he was "removing my political color, I am not going to work for a political [party]". On 28 April, on the same day the TED accredited him as governor, Quispe had publicly broken his pact with Jallalla and revealed his intent to move forward under the APU acronym. In retaliation, just a week after Quispe took office, on 10 May, Jallalla expelled him from its organization, naming him a "traitor". The group's leader, Leopoldo Chui, went on to announce that Jallalla had already begun to process of seeking support for a recall referendum against the governor. Quispe responded by affirming that Jallalla could not expel him because, as the leader of APU, he was never even a member of that group.
Apart from the break with Jallalla, Quispe was involved in a further six separate controversies within his first month in office. Two of these were recorded on his first day, stemming from the revelation that his wife, Ana María Salgado, had been elected as an assemblywoman, and his irritated response to a journalist who asked him about it. Three days later, on 6 May, it was noted that Quispe had declared Bs0 in his affidavit of assets, despite the fact that he was a salaried worker at SEDES before being elected.
Legal processes
Vehicle collision case
On 18 June 2021, Assemblyman Leopoldo Chui filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor's Office after the Governor's Office failed to deliver a report on the collision of a government vehicle on 13th Street in Calacoto on 13 June. The victim of the accident, Jaime Jiménez Tórrez, alleged that Quispe was in the vehicle at the time of the crash, a claim denied by his office. On 26 August, the Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant against Quispe on charges of improper use of public goods and services and dangerous driving, though it was ultimately not executed upon appeal. That same day, he testified that the legal processes against him were purely political and affirmed that he was not present during the accident. On 22 December, Prosecutor Gustavo Balderrama reported that an investigation had determined that both Quispe and his driver were intoxicated when his official vehicle was involved in the traffic accident. Quispe denounced political persecution and decried a plot by his opponents to remove him from office. Departmental Secretary of Legal Affairs Mario Flores announced that his office would request an audit of the investigation due to irregularities in its findings. He pointed to the fact that the date of the accident had been changed from 12 to 13 June and asserted that "there is not even a breathalyzer test" as evidence.
Detention and house arrest
On the night of 1 February 2022, in a live video broadcast on Facebook, departmental assemblyman Israel Alanoca recorded himself confronting Quispe in his office. The video showed the governor in an inebriated state with a bag of empty beer cans at his feet. Quispe admitted to drinking, but assured that had not been doing so in his office. According to Alanoca, at around 9 p.m., government officials had called to inform him that Quispe and members of his staff were in a drunken state at his office. Upon arriving, he recalled hearing "loud music" and stated that the secretaries accompanying the governor had locked themselves in another room. Quispe denied the allegations against him and claimed that the beer cans had been planted there by the opposition. Shortly thereafter, police arrived on the scene and the governor was detained by officers of the Special Crime Fighting Force (FELCC).
After spending the night in a police cell, and notably refusing to submit a breathalyzer test, the Prosecutor's Office charged Quispe with the crimes of improper use of public property and obstruction of justice, for which they requested three months of preventative detention. Instead, an anti-corruption judge in La Paz determined to sentence Quispe to mandatory house arrest with the authorization to be absent from his home between 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday to Saturday in order to carry out his official duties. Additionally, Quispe was required to post Bs70,000 bail, comply with mandated sobriety, was barred from entering establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold or from leaving the country, and was prohibited from meeting with the nine individuals alleged to have accompanied him on the night he was arrested, or with any of the complainants in his case. Quispe thanked the judge for his decision and affirmed his continued innocence. He also confirmed that he had no intentions of resigning from office. In response, assemblymen from the opposition assured that they would appeal the decision.
Political positions
Santos Quispe has been described as "a true unknown". His campaign failed to deliver a government program to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, although it should have been submitted in January. After securing his gubernatorial candidacy, Quispe's media presence dropped considerably and attempts by outlets to secure interviews with him were met by claims that his campaign schedule prevented him from finding the time to answer questions regarding his policy proposals. At campaign events, Quispe's rhetoric often appealed to an ideal of fulfilling his father's legacy, but was characterized as lacking clear ideas, not even tangential to the Mallku's indigenismo ideology.
Electoral history
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Dalsbygda is a village in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the village of Os i Østerdalen in the northwestern part of the municipality. There are about 600 people who live in the village. The area is characterized by agriculture, particularly with dairy production.
The Forollhogna National Park lies about to the north and west of the village. Dalsbygda Church is located in the village.
Notable residents
Annar Ryen
Therese Johaug
Arnljot Nyaas
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Tufsingdalen or Tufsingdal is a village area and valley in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village area is located along the river Tufsinga which flows through the Tufsingdalen valley. It lies in the southeastern part of the municipality, about southeast of the village of Os i Østerdalen and about north of the large lake Femunden.
There are about 170 residents in the valley. Tufsingdalen Church is located in the valley.
History
Before 1713, there were no permanent residents in Tufsingdalen. However, it was known for the rich population of whitefish in the river, and there were certainly fishing and haying along the river before this time.
In 1712, ore explorers from Røros Kobberverk found silver in the rock on the west side of Tufsingdalen, and a trial operation was started the following year. The mine was operated until 1716, because the deposit turned out to be smaller than expected. Of the 28 people who worked at the mine, two of them chose to remain in the valley as farmers.
In 1739, Femundshytta was built in Tufsingdalen as a smelting hut for the copper that was mined in Røros. There were at most 11 farms and families attached to it. The smelting hut was closed down in 1822. In July 2010, the area was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the entry Røros Mining Town and the Circumference.
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Narbuvoll is a village in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the lake Narsjøen, about southeast of the village of Os i Østerdalen. The large mountain Håmmålsfjellet lies between the villages of Narbuvoll and Os i Østerdalen. The Tufsingdalen valley lies to the southeast of Narbuvoll.
Narbuvoll Church is located in the village.
History
During the 1600s, the area was used for forestry, with a lot of the trees being cut down to be used at the smelter in Tolga, so by the early 1700s, the area was cleared with few forests remaining. Today's village area was first settled in 1732 when two married couples moved to the area to start a farm. They were from Vingelen in Tolga. Historically, the people of Vingelen had farming and fishing rights to the areas around the lake Narsjøen, but no one lived there year-round. At its peak, there were 10 farms operating in the village, but that has since declined.
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"That's Rich" is a song by Irish singer Brooke Scullion. The song will represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurosong 2022
On 16 September 2021, Ireland's national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition until 22 October 2021. The finalists were presented between 17 and 21 January 2022 on The Ryan Tubridy Show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.
Eurosong 2022 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition was broadcast during a special edition of The Late Late Show held on 4 February 2022. Following the combination of votes from the studio jury, an international jury and public televoting, "That's Rich" was selected as the winner.
At Eurovision
The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Turin, Italy and will consist of two semi-finals on 10 May and 12 May 2021, and the grand final on 14 May 2022. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.
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Wanyá McCoy (born March 23, 2003) is a Bahamian sprinter from the Berry Islands in The Bahamas. He attended Queen's College High School in Nassau, Bahamas, before going on to compete for Clemson University.
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Henry Harrison Oberly (June 19, 1841 - March 19, 1914) was a prominent Episcopal priest and author. He was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and baptized at the First Presbyterian Church; he was a student of James DeKoven at Racine College, where he was confirmed in the Episcopal Church. After studies at Trinity College, Hartford (B.A. 1865, M.A. 1868), and the Berkeley Divinity School, he was ordained to the diaconate in 1867 and to the priesthood in 1869.
Oberly was curate of Trinity Church (Manhattan) (1868-69) and the first rector of the Church of the Holy Cross, Warrensburg, New York from 1869 to 1873. He achieved national prominence during his long tenure (1879-1914) as rector of the former Christ Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey (burned January 16, 1988), where he introduced ritualistic practices then uncommon in the Episcopal Church: a "full choral Mass" in 1879, a processional cross (1884), candles on the altar (1885), red cassocks for acolytes (1888), and the wearing of a cope during Evensong (1904).
He was a member of Psi Upsilon, the Catholic Clerical Union, the American Church Union, the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, and many other organizations.
Bibliography
Church Music: An Address in St. Agnes Chapel, New York, before the Faculty and Students of the General Theological Seminary (1893)
The Fortieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Parish of Christ Church, of Elizabeth, N.J., 1893: A Sermon Preached by the Very Rev. Eugene Augustus Hoffman, D.D. on Easter Day, April 2nd; and a Sermon Preached by the Rev. Henry H. Oberly, M.A. on Low Sunday, April 9th (1893) from Project CanterburySystematic Catechizing: Directions and Suggestions for Catechists and Teachers (1896)Lessons on the Prayer Book Catechism for the Use of Children (1898)The Testimony of the Prayer Book to the Continuity of the Church (1901)
References
"Rev. Dr. Henry Harrison Oberly," in The New York Times, March 20, 1914, p. 11.
"Rev. Dr. Henry H. Oberly," in Hartford Courant, March 22, 1914, p. 9.
"Long Rector in Elizabeth, N.J." in Boston Evening Transcript, March 20, 1914, p. 12.
"Episcopal Rector Died Yesterday" in Bridgewater Courier-News'', March 20, 1914, p. 7.
External links
Ralph G. Whedon, Jr., Possess Our Souls in Patience: Christ Church in the Catholic Revival of the Nineteenth Century, Making One Hundred Years of the Use of Eucharistic Vestments in This Parish Church (Elizabeth, New Jersey: Christ Episcopal Church, 1963).
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Air Inter Flight 696 was a scheduled revenue passenger flight from Lyon–Bron Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, France. On 27 October 1972, the aircraft operating the flight, a Vickers Viscount 724, crashed during the final approach to Clermont Ferrand Auvergne Airport. Of the 68 occupants on board, 60 perished.
Accident
On October 27, 1972, the Vickers Viscount 724 took off from Lyon–Bron Airport at 18:48, operating flight IT 696 to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport. In Clermont, most passengers would take a flight to Bordeaux from Paris.
The Vickers Viscount was carrying 63 passengers and 5 crew. He took off from Lyon in a violent storm, his last radio contact with the Lyon control tower at 7:20pm and did not respond to subsequent calls.
While approaching to land at Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, it crashed around 7:20 pm in the La Faye Forest, almost on top of the Mont Picot massif at an altitude of 1000 meters, in the Forez Mountains. The accident occurred on the border of the departments of Loire, commune of Noirétable, and Puy-de-Dôme, commune of Viscomtat, with the massif between the two villages.
See also
Air Inter Flight 148
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Cyril Langevine Jr. (born August 16, 1998) is a Guyanese-American professional basketball player for Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Rhode Island Rams.
High school career
Raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Langevine attended The Patrick School. He averaged 7.6 points per game as a junior. As a senior, Langevine averaged 10 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks per game. In September 2015, he committed to play college basketball at Rhode Island over offers from Fairleigh Dickinson, Duquesne, Quinnipiac, Robert Morris, George Mason, St. Francis (Pa.), St. Bonaventure and Buffalo.
College career
As a freshman, Langevine averaged 3.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game on a team that reached the NCAA Tournament. He was limited by injuries during his sophomore year and averaged 6.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game off the bench. On March 1, 2019, he scored a career-high 26 points in a 72–70 overtime victory against Dayton. Langevine averaged 14.7 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game as a junior, shooting 56.7 percent from the field. He was named to the Second Team All-Atlantic 10. As a senior, Langevine averaged 10.1 points, 10.3 rebounds and two blocks per game. He surpassed the 1,000 career point mark shortly before the season was ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professional career
On September 10, 2020, Langevine signed his first professional contract with Jämtland Basket of the Swedish Basketligan. He averaged 14.3 points, 11.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. Langevine was named to the First Team All-Basketligan and helped the team reach the semifinals. On July 15, 2021, he signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League. Langevine averaged 9.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game. On January 28, 2022, he signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League.
References
External links
Rhode Island Rams bio
1998 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from New Jersey
Guyanese men's basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)
Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players
Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
Sportspeople from East Orange, New Jersey
The Patrick School alumni |
is a late Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the village of Chihayaakasaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934. It is also referred to as simply .
History
Shimo-Akasaka Castle is located on Mount Kabutori, a ridge extending from Mount Kongō on the border of Kawachi Province with the Yoshino region of Yamato Province at an elevation of 185.7 meters above sea level and 61.4 meters above its surroundings. It was part of a defensive position which included many smaller fortifications on surrounding hills, and later, Kami-Akasaka Castle on the hillside opposite a small river. The Honmaru (Main Enclosure) of Shimo-Akasaka Castle is now the site of the Chihayaakasaka Village Hall, and a monument indicating the location of the castle is within the grounds of the neighboring Chihayaakasaka Junior High School. In 1331, when Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate in the Genkō War, he relied on Prince Moriyoshi and a local lord from the Chihaya-Akasaka area, Kusunoki Masashige, to raise an army. However, this first attempt failed, and Emperor Go-Daigo was captured and exiled to the Oki Islands. Shogunal armies attacked Kusunoki Masashige at in the Siege of Akasaka and, when the castle fell, he faked his death and escaped into the deep mountains of his own territory where he constructed Kami-Akasaka Castle and Chihaya Castle. In early 1333, Kusunoki Masashige joined forces with Prince Moriyoshi and recovered Shimo-Akasaka Castle and resumed his offense against the shogunate.
After the Kenmu restoration, Shimo-Akasaka Castle continued to be used as a base for the Southern Court during the wars of the Nanboku-chō period, but fell to Northern Court forces in 1360.It is now largely ruins with little remaining evidence of the original structure.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Osaka)
References
Further reading
Frederic, Louis (2002). "Chihaya-jō." Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp123–4
Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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1330s establishments in Japan
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Chihayaakasaka |
Tijuana Cartel are an electronic music group from Gold Coast, Australia. They have described their sound as electronic music with a world music element.
The group formed in 2003, taking their name from the movie Traffic. Originally consisting of Paul George and Carey O'Sullivan, they remain the sole consistent members of the group which has also included Joshua Sinclair, Daniel Gonzalez, She-J, and others within their live shows.
After releasing a self-titled EP in 2003, Tijuana Cartel released an EP titled Frequent Flyers which was expanded to become their 2007 debut album Frequent Flyers Redeemed. The album mixed flamenco guitar with electronic music, while later albums mixed dub, roots, and rock music sounds.
After receiving airplay on national radio station Triple J, the band began to gain some recognition and toured festivals around Australia. This led to further tours in Europe, India, and Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Sydney Morning Herald called them "one of the most fearsome live bands in the country" but noted their albums often did not live up to that reputation until 2014's 24bit Guitar Orchestra.
Their 2015 album Psychedelicatessan was inspired by, and featured samples from, the Australian cult radio play What's Rangoon To You Is Grafton To Me, written and performed by Russell Guy and James Dibble. Russell visited Tijuana Cartel's studio while they were recording after they sought permission to use his work.
The band won Live Act Of The Year at 2018 and 2020's Gold Coast Music Awards. They are nominated for 2021's awards for Live Act Of The Year, and Video Of The Year for their song Minimal Stuffing.
Discography
Frequent Flyers Redeemed - 2007
They Come - 2009
M1 - 2011
24bit Guitar Orchestra - 2014
Psychedelicatessan - 2015
Live at Hotel Brunswick - 2018
Acid Pony - 2021
External links
References
Musical groups established in 2003 |
Attersyn is the fourth EP released by the Norwegian band Gåte. The EP was released on .
Track listing
References
2017 EPs
Gåte albums |
Bricklayer's Arms is a 1945 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It is the forty first in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. It was published in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title Shadow of a Crime. It was particularly notable for the lesser role played by Priestley, with the case being solved largely by Inspector Waghorn of Scotland Yard alone.
Synopsis
A local village deliveryman comes across the body of an estate agent near a railway bridge, apparently the victim of a motorcycle accident. Subsequent investigation reveals he was killed and suspicion turns towards the dead man's boss. A mysterious bricklayer seen in the vicinity may also have some vital clue to solve the case.
References
Bibliography
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 4. Salem Press, 1988.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1945 British novels
Novels by Cecil Street
British crime novels
British mystery novels
British thriller novels
British detective novels
Collins Crime Club books
Novels set in England |
The Big Door Prize is an upcoming comedy television series based on the book of the same name by M.O. Walsh that is set to premiere on Apple TV+.
Premise
A machine appears in the grocery store of a small town that is able to predict the destinies of those who observe it.
Cast
Chris O'Dowd as Dusty
Gabrielle Dennis as Cass
Damon Gupton as Father Reuben
Josh Segarra as Giorgio
Sammy Fourlas as Jacob
Djouliet Amara as Trina
Ally Maki as Hana
Crystal R. Fox as Izzy
Production
It was announced in May 2021 that Apple TV+ had greenlit a ten-episode series based on the book, with David West Read set to serve as showrunner. In December, Chris O'Dowd was cast to star, with Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton, Josh Segarra and Sammy Forulas also added to the cast. In February 2022, Djouliet Amara, Ally Maki and Crystal R. Fox joined the cast.
Filming had begun in December 2021 in Georgia.
References
Apple TV+ original programming
Upcoming comedy television series
American comedy television series
English-language television shows
Television series by CJ E&M
Television series by Skydance Television
Television shows filmed in Georgia (U.S. state)
Television shows based on books |
Outlands in the Eighty Acres, also known as Flanders Mansion is a 8,000-square-foot Tudor Revival house. It is significant as a work of architect Henry Higby Gutterson and for its innovative construction with light grey interlocking Precast concrete blocks. The mansion is preserved within the Mission Trail Nature Preserve in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 23, 1989.
History
Paul and Grace Flanders, married in 1920, came to Carmel in 1922, to build a home and start a business in real estate development. They purchased 80 acres of land from Dr. Daniel T. MacDougal of the Carnegie Institute in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Flanders designed a two-story home, which they named the Outlands at 25800 Hatton Road, located on a hill overlooking the Carmel Mission, and Point Lobos.
The Flander's were one of the first Carmelites to hire an outside architect, Henry Higby Gutterson, to design and build their residence. He had supervised the architect for the first subdivision in northern California, the St. Francis Wood, San Francisco. The Flanders Mansion lies at the end of a long driveway off Hatton Road surrounded by upper end of the of the Mission Trail Nature Preserve. The "Outlands" English cottage design was one of the first use of this style of residential architecture in Carmel By-the-Sea. The construction with light grey interlocking Precast concrete blocks was produced by the Carmel Thermotile Company. The material was advertised as "fireproof, waterproof and practically everlasting."
The City of Carmel purchased the Flanders mansion and adjoining 14.9 acres in 1972 from the Flanders heirs for $275,000. It has become part of the 34-acre Mission Trail Nature Preserve. Part of this property is now the Rowntree Native Plant Garden at 25800 Hatton Road.
The Flanders Foundation was formed in 1998 to preserve the Mission Trail Nature Preserve and the Flanders Mansion.
See also
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
National Register of Historic Places listings in Monterey County, California
References
External links
Outlands in the Eighty Acres
National Register of Historic Places in Monterey County
Mission Trail Nature Preserve
Buildings and structures in Monterey County, California
1925 establishments in California
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Buildings and structures in California |
Kashkeleng () is a village in the Kemin District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 1,015 in 2021.
References
Populated places in Chuy Region |
Berta Castañé (born 5 November 2002) is a Catalan Spanish actress and model known for her participation as Nuria Vega Valverde in the series Bajo sospecha (2015) and Carolina Solozábal in the series El secreto de Puente Viejo (2019-2020), both on Antena 3.
Career
Berta Castañé started in 2013 as a child model for Les enfants de l'eden. Later, she made her debut on television playing a leading role in the Antena 3 series Under suspicion, as Nuria Vega Valverde, a girl who disappears on the day of her communion and which gives rise to the events of the series. Later, she participated in the telefilms La Española inglesa and Laia. She has also been an ambassador for the firm Hortensia Maeso Girls and, among others, has starred in the campaign The Sweet Escape.
In 2016 she made her film debut with the film directed by Ventura Pons Oh, quina Joia!. That same year she starred in the series Big Band Clan, on the children's network Clan TV on Spanish Television, with the role of Ana. In 2017 she began to play Julia in the Catalan television series Com si fos ahir and, later, She returned to participate in a Ventura Pons film, Miss Dalí (2018), about the story of Salvador Dalí. In 2019 she was one of the protagonists of the Netflix original miniseries Días de Navidad, playing the character of Esther, who in Adulthood played Elena Anaya.
In 2019, she began to play the role of Carolina Solozábal in the Antena 3 daily series El secreto de Puente Viejo. In 2020, she played the role of Sol in the series The Barrier (La valla). Nello stesso anno has played the role of Girl in the short film Mil battles.
In January 2022, she played the role of Lucía in the Movistar Plus+ Todos mienten series, directed by Pau Freixas. In addition, her participation in the Netflix original series Bienvenidos a Edén, scheduled to premiere in 2022, was announced.
Filmografía
Film
TV series
Short films
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2002 births
Living people
Spanish television actresses
Spanish female models |
The Plain Dealer is a newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. The term "Plain Dealer" and variations may also refer to:
other newspapers
Alturas Plaindealer, newspaper in Alturas, California, from the mid-nineteenth century to 1952
The Plain Dealer (Kadina), newspaper in Kadina, South Australia (1894–1926)
Cresco Times Plain Dealer, newspaper in Cresco, Iowa
Ouray County Plaindealer, newspaper in Ouray, Colorado, established in 1877
Souris Plaindealer, newspaper in Souris, Manitoba (1892-2020)
Topeka Plaindealer, newspaper in Topeka, Kansas, serving the African American community (1899-1958)
Wabash Plain Dealer, newspaper in Wabash, Indiana, established in 1859
theatre
The Plain Dealer (play), theatrical play first performed in 1676
See also
Plain Dealer Pavilion |
Clara Serena Kleinschmidt (9 June 1890 – 11 August 1972) was a South Australian operatic contralto singer, professionally known as Clara Serena. She had a successful career in London and in Europe, interrupted by the Great War of 1914–1918, so began in 1923 with Roy Mellish, her accompanist and husband. They retired to South Australia in 1951.
History
Kleinschmidt was born in Lobethal, South Australia, to German-born immigrants Hermann Franz Kleinschmidt (c. 1862 – 7 July 1939) and his wife Ida Kleinschmidt, née Seiler (c. 1866 – 15 September 1951)
She was well-known in the district for her singing voice, but her career as a singer began in 1904, when Arthur Laughton and his friend David Waite, son of pastoralist Peter Waite, were at Oakbank for the Easter race meeting. Kleinschmidt was staying with her aunt and uncle, blacksmith Edward Marks (died 20 April 1933) opposite the lodgings where Waite and Laughton were staying. They heard her singing, crossed the road and asked to be introduced to the owner of the beautiful voice.
As a result of this meeting, Clara was enrolled with the Elder Conservatorium, where she won a scholarship and was trained under Guli Hack, while living at the Waites' family home, "Urrbrae House".
In 1908 she won an Elder Overseas Scholarship to study for three years at the Royal College of Music, London. A great deal of money was needed to ensure Kleinschmidt made the most of this opportunity, and a trust fund was set up with £1,000 capital, raised by selling 1,000 £1 shares in a syndicate called the "Serena Trust Fund Ltd.". The terms of the agreement with Kleinschmidt's parents were that the fund would be repaid from her earnings in excess of £300 per annum, for ten years from when she left for London. and after it was paid off, one fifth of her income for the remainder of the ten-year period is to be divided among shareholders. David Waite, Fred Basse, and Elizabeth Waite formed a board to safeguard Kleinschmidt's interests. As a spur to potential investors, an exclusive concert was held in the Lady Colton Hall, Hindmarsh Square, on 16 November 1908.
A "complimentary concert" was held for her on 12 December 1908 at the Adelaide Town Hall, which was filled to overflowing, and she left for England on 4 February 1909, with Elizabeth Waite as her chaperone and constant companion for the next eight years.
Kleinschmidt was diligent in her studies and impressed all the professors with her progress. Those most involved in her tuition were singing teachers John Henry Blower and Albert Visetti, and the director, Sir Hubert Parry. She graduated ARCM and gained further experience on the Continent under professors Schulz-Doenburg and Bloch, preparing for her debut in grand opera as Clara Serena.
In November 1912 Peter Waite offered to purchase all shares in the Serena Trust at face value plus five per cent.
Fred Basse died on 17 April 1913 and David Waite died c. 25 May 1913.
Return to Australia
On 2 October 1914, with the Great War affecting everyones' lives, she and Elizabeth left London by the RMS Mongolia, were met at Fremantle by Peter Waite and arrived in Adelaide 6 November 1914. Kleinschmidt returned to her parents in Lobethal. On 17 November she was surprised and delighted when the Lobethal Harmonia Club under M. F. Lauterbach, serenaded her.
She made her Adelaide debut as Clara Serena at a couple of Town Hall concerts on 1 and 4 May 1915. Supporting artists included Robert Jones, William Silver and Harold S. Parsons. Her accompanist was Roy Mellish. She may have been living with the Waites at Urrbrae again.
Concerts at Broken Hill followed on 5 and 7 June 1915, when she was suffering from a cold, but was received enthusiastically. Soloists W. A. Robyns (basso) and Parsons were excellent, and Mellish was praised for his tasteful accompaniment.
Melbourne followed on 26 June, to excellent notices, though one critic thought she strained for effect.
A benefit for the Red Cross Society followed at the Adelaide Town Hall on 23 October, when Mellish conducted a 60-piece orchestra, and guest soloists were Silver and Parsons.
This year was little different from those that followed throughout the War years; a few recitals at the Town Hall, concerts for a few patriotic or charitable causes (notably Red Cross), and each year a concert at Broken Hill, Mellish's home town.
Elizabeth Waite married James MacMeikan on 10 February 1915.
Serena and Mellish were engaged in 1917 and Peter Waite cut them out of his and his family's life. Undeterred, they married on 3 November 1917.
She had successful concerts at the Adelaide Town Hall with the NSW Conservatorium Orchestra under Henri Verbrugghen on 12 May 1921 and 21 May 1921.
Off to London
Serena had a farewell concert on 6 December 1921 and they were given a complimentary concert on 21 March 1922 by the Adelaide Glee Club, at which artists included Sylvia Whitington, Fred Stone, George Pearce and Capt. Hugh King.
Peter Waite died on 4 April 1922.
Roy Mellish's last duty before leaving was to adjudicate at the musical section of the Easter Eisteddfod held at Maryborough, Queensland, as he had done the previous year. On his return to Adelaide the couple sailed for London on the steamer Nestor on 27 April.
On 27 February 1923 she appeared in concert at Wigmore Hall alongside her friend and mentor Ada Crossley, who came out of retirement for the event, and sang three duets with Serena. The London newspapers gave positive reviews, also praising Mellish, who played entirely from memory, including his own arrangement of "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes". Other engagements followed. She undertook further training in Milan with the baritone Mario Sammarco and on return to London sang 'Delilah' in Samson and Delilah with the National Grand Opera Company.
In January 1924 she "created" Alkestis, the title role of an opera by Rutland Boughton for the British National Opera Company at Covent Garden. The Morning Post said it was not much of a challenge for her, as it "consisted mostly of dying gracefully".
She sang with the Royal Choral Society the contralto solos of Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall on Good Friday under E. C. Bairstow, followed by an appearance at the Bournemouth Easter Festival for Sir Dan Godfrey.
She sang at the Anzac Day service, at St Clement Danes church, where Arthur Mason was organist, but Mellish presided for Serena's solo "Abide with Me".
In April 1927 she gave a recital in Vienna at a Beethoven festival.
In 1927 Roland Foster, of the New South Wales Conservatorium, made a survey of conditions in England for aspiring Australian musicians, and reported that, thanks to the rise of radio broadcasting and the jazz craze, the British appetite for opera and concerts had diminished, and those who found work were not receiving the same fees. At the same time demand for tuition by singers had never been higher, with a consequent swelling of available local talent, and agents were closing their books.
Serena and Mellish were seemingly immune: she sang Götterdämmerung, Parsifal and Das Rheingold in May 1927 and prepared as understudy to Maria Olszewska for the part of Amneris in Aida.
In November 1927 she took the role of Amneris in Verdi's Aida with the British National Opera at the Golders Green Hippodrome, again to good reviews.
In March 1928 she took the principal role in Handel's Solomon at the Queen's Hall under Sir Thomas Beecham. She was privately presented to the King and Queen during intermision and Sir Edward Elgar afterwards. and in July reprised her role in Aida at Covent Garden.
Elizabeth MacMeikan, née Waite, died on 5 April 1931. Of her £72,000 estate, she left £10,000 (many millions in today's currency) to her old friend Clara Serena née Kleinschmidt.
Return to Australia
In 1951 Serena and Mellish returned to South Australia on board the Strathaird, arriving 16 February 1951.
Family
Clara Hulda Serena Kleinschmidt had two siblings: Friedrich Wilhelm Kleinschmidt and Elsa Ida Kleinschmidt, later Koster. She married Roy Mellish (1886–1970) on 3 November 1917. They had no children.
Clara Serena Mellish died on 11 August 1972 at Aldersgate Village, Felixstow, South Australia.
Brenton Langbein's mother was, reportedly, closely related to Clara Kleinschmidt, but no familial connection has yet been found.
Roy Mellish
Mellish was born 21 February 1886 in Spalding, South Australia, to John Thomas Mellish (c. 1857 – 15 December 1939) and Margaret Mellish (née Ross), who married on 6 May 1885. He was the eldest of seven surviving children; the others were born in Broken Hill.
The family moved to Adelaide in 1907 His siblings were:
Hector Mellish, born in Broken Hill, 1890
Peter Mellish, born in Broken Hill, 1892
John Stephen 'Jack' Mellish (1894 – June 1980), born in Broken Hill.
Isabella "Belle" Mellish
Grace A. Mellish
All were proficient musicians and formed the "Mellish Melody Makers", which toured South Australia October–December 1908 to great acclaim; John was the "star", a boy soprano with the St Peter's Cathedral choir, receiving many awards.
Mellish appeared with several of these family members in at least one concert at the Adelaide Town Hall in 1909, supporting organist Horace Weber.
His three brothers enlisted with the First AIF and served overseas, John with distinction.
Their mother was named as next of kin on their enlistment forms in 1916, living at Brougham Place, North Adelaide, in 1939 listed as 156 Kermode Street, North Adelaide; occupied by Grace Mellish in 1962.
Before becoming Serena's accompanist, Mellish was
conductor, Adelaide Philharmonic Society in 1912
a member of the Adelaide Glee Club, took over as conductor from Arthur Williamson when the latter enlisted in 1916.
organist of Chalmer's Church, (later Scots Church, Adelaide) 1910–1919.
While in London, Mellish was a member of the Savage Club, and after they retired to South Australia, he was an active member of Adelaide's musical establishment. He was judge of "The News Aria Contest" in 1950, and praised Allan Giles for his work as accompanist to the contestants.
He was a member of the Adelaide Male Voice Choir.
Collections
The State Library of South Australia holds several items relating to the life and career of Clara Serena, including a three-page letter from Mellish to Clifford C. Jungfer:
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Recordings
This is sample, and not exhaustive:
For Vocalion
"O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos (Verdi) and "Voce Di Donna O D'Angelo" from La Gioconda (Ponchielli) K-05227
For Columbia
Vocal Gems from "Merrie England" Miriam Licette, Clara Serena, Francis Russell, Dennis Noble, Robert Carr, and chorus. Columbia 05026 (1930)
Vocal Gems from "Maritana" Miriam Licette, Clara Serena, Heddle Nash, Dennis Noble, and a grand opera company chorus (1930). This set of recordings has been cited as Columbia 05026.
"Just For Today"; "There is no Death." Sung by Clara Serena, contralto, Mellish, accompanist. (Columbia 01776) 1930
Mendelssohn’s Elijah: Isobel Baillie as the widow, Clara Serena as the angel, Parry Jones as Obadiah, Harold Williams as Elijah, and the BBC national chorus and orchestra, conducted by Mr. Stanford Robinson. (14? 18? discs) 1930
"Alas, those Chimes", and "Sainted Mother", duet with Miriam Licette
Recognition
The Clara Serena Memorial Scholarship for vocalist students is awarded annually by the Lobethal Harmony Club.
Notes
References
1890 births
1972 deaths
Australian contraltos
Operatic contraltos
20th-century Australian women singers
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Meidoun (ميدون) is a village in the West Beqaa District in southern Lebanon. Following the 1982 invasion it was just North of the Israeli security zone. In the late 1980s it had become a Hizbullah stronghold.
History
On 4 May 1988 the Israeli army launched a 48-hour offensive against Meidoun. UNIFIL estimated that the invading force involved 1,500 soldiers with a dozen tanks, armoured vehicles and Cobra helecopters and that the village was bombarded overnight with over 1000 shells. After several hours of fighting the army blew up the fifty houses that the village consisted of. Over the following days the SLA used bulldozers to demolish the ruins. After the raid Israeli statements claimed 40-50 Hizbullah fighters had been killed. Three Israeli soldiers were killed and seventeen wounded. One of the Israeli fatalities was a result of Lebanese Army artillery fire.
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Populated places in Lebanon
Populated places in Western Beqaa District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon |
Jack Saul is a South African former professional tennis player.
Saul, originally from Durban, competed on the international tour in the 1960s and 1970s. He made it through to the third round of the 1966 Wimbledon Championships, winning both his matches in the fifth set, over Osamu Ishiguro (12–10) and Ismail El Shafei (7–5). A Maccabiah Games representative for South Africa, Saul finished second to Allen Fox in the singles in 1969. He emigrated to Israel and is a former national coach.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
South African male tennis players
Jewish tennis players
Maccabiah Games silver medalists for South Africa
Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
Sportspeople from Durban
South African emigrants to Israel
Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
South African Jews |
Warren Whiting (October 12, 1816January 2, 1897) was an American farmer, minister, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Fond du Lac County during the 1859 session.
Biography
Warren Whiting was born in Douglas, Massachusetts, in October 1816. As a child, he moved with his parents to Erie County, New York, where his father owned a farm. He worked on his father's farm until age 21, when he went out on his own, working as a farm-hand for hire.
At age 26, he began preaching as a minister of the Free Will Baptist church. He preached for thirty-five years until his health prevented him from carrying on that work.
At age 30, Whiting left New York and moved to the Wisconsin Territory, where three of his brothers—Anderson, Joseph, and Ellis—had already become established. He stopped first in Rock County, Wisconsin, where his brother Joseph owned a farm, then went north to Fond du Lac County, where his brother Ellis had settled. He purchased a farm in the town of Waupun in 1846, which he expanded to 600 acres during his life.
Political career
Warren Whiting began as a member of the Whig Party, and became a staunch Republican when that party was established in the 1850s. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1858, and served in the 1859 session of the Legislature.
Personal life and family
Warren Whiting was the second of eight children born to Amos Whiting and Elsie ( Chase). Four of his brothers also emigrated from New York to Wisconsin, and two of them also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly—Anderson Whiting and A. Chapin Whiting.
The Whitings were descendants of Nathaniel Whiting, who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 and was one of the founders of Dedham, Massachusetts.
Warren Whiting married four times. His first wife was Lorinda Keith, of Madison County, New York; they wed on September 5, 1839, and were married for 45 years before her death in 1884. 15 months later, he married the widow Ellen C. Norstraint ( Ross), but she died just a year later. On May 17, 1887, Whiting married Ellen O'Harrow, but she also died after just a year of marriage. Whiting's fourth and final marriage occurred in May 1890, he married the widow Eunice E. B. Eddy.
Warren Whiting had four children, all of them with his first wife, Lorinda. Their first child died young, but the other three children survived him.
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Anna Grigoryan (born 8 January 1991, Kapan) is an Armenian politician and a member of the Armenian Parliament.
Education
She studied Translation Studies at the Yerevan State University earning a BSc in 2011 and a MSc in 2013. In 2017 she also attended the Diplomatic school of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Professional career
Grigoryan is a member of the Union of Young Translators since 2012 and a teacher at the Quantum College since 2013. In 2020 she worked in the Ministry of Environment becoming a deputy head of the department on International Cooperation.
Political career
In the Armenian parliamentary elections of December 2020 Grigoryan was elected as a member of the Armenian Parliament representing the My Step alliance. But the same month she left the My Step alliance, while keeping her seat in parliament. As an independent MP she opposed the Government of Nikol Pashinyan and demanded a stronger support for the people in Artsakh against Turkey and Azerbaijan.
In May 2021 she joined the Reviving Armenia party which she deemed to better represent the Syunik Province after the war in Nagorno Karabakh than the current Armenian Government. She voiced a strong support for the self determination of the people in Artsakh. She took part in the parliamentary elections of 2021 nominated on a ticket of the Armenia Alliance led by Robert Kocharyan. In January 2022, she questioned the abilities of the human rights delegate of Armenia Kristine Grigoryan and deemed her of rather being a defender of the Civil Contract party.
References
1991 births
Armenian translators
Yerevan State University alumni
Living people
21st-century Armenian women politicians |
'''Richard Ellis Carson''' is an American researcher and biomedical engineer. He is currently Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. At Yale he is also Director of the PET Center and Director of Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on the application of mathematical techniques to the study of humans and primates with Positron Emission Tomography.
Carson received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Math-Biology from Brown University in 1977. He completed his doctoral work at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1983.
In 2016, Carson was awarded the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy of Radiology Research. In 2017, he was recognized by the IEEE for "contributions to quantification in Positron Emission Tomography including image reconstruction, tracer kinetic modeling techniques, and development and application of mathematical and statistical methods for novel radiopharmaceuticals." Carson has been a fellow of the IEEE since 2019.
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Trypiotis is an historic neighbourhood, quarter, Mahalla, or parish of central Nicosia, Cyprus.
The church of this quarter, that of Archangel Michael, is one of the principal buildings of Nicosia and is the oldest church in Nicosia, amongst the churches now existing as such.
Α marble inscription high above the main door indicates that the church dates from 1695, when the foundation stone of the church was laid by the Archbishop of Cyprus Germanos II on May 3rd that year.
The name "Trypiotis" derives from a miracle reputedly performed in Phrygia by the Archangel Michael, to whom the church is dedicated. A diverted river threatened a church, but was saved when the archangel caused the river water to be swallowed up by a hole - "tripa (τρύπα)" in Greek.
Location
The quarter is situated partly within the old city of Nicosia inside the walls and partly without.
The quarter contains the southern end of Ledra Street where it meets the Walls of Nicosia. In 1882 a new passageway was made through the walls, to supplement the existing openings at Paphos, Famagusta and Kyrenia Gates.This was called the Hajisavvas Opening and it included a wooden bridge crossing the "moat" to take a road southwards towards the government buildings. This bridge was later replaced with a solid concrete one. The open area on the bridge was named Metaxas Square, after the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, but was renamed Eleftheria (Freedom) Square in 1974, following a competition instigated by the Mayor of Nicosia. This square (now renovated) connects the old quarter with the new part of the quarter outside the wall, which encompasses the important shopping streets of Nicosia, the prestigious Stasikratous Street, Themistokli Dervi Avenue and Makarios Avenue. Nicosia town hall is located on the D’Avila bastion of the walls and overlooks Eleftheria square.
Demographics
At the last census, conducted in 2011, Trypiotis had a population of 2158, an increase from its population of 1,986 in 2001 but a decrease from 2,250 in 1992.
History
Trypiotis is one of 24 historic neighbourhoods within the walls of Nicosia.
During the Ottoman period Trypiotis was counted as one of the Orthodox quarters of Nicosia. It was also known as Bash Mahallah (Mahalle-i Baş), meaning great quarter.
In the 1831 census of the Ottoman Empire Trypiotis has a population of 439 males (over age 15) out of 5292 in Nicosia.
The population of Trypiotis at subsequent censuses was as follows:
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The All Japan Federation of Metal Miners' Unions (, Zenko) was a trade union representing ore miners in Japan.
The union was founded in 1947, and it later affiliated to the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. By 1958, it had 57,000 members, although membership fell to 31,984 by 1970, and only 10,290 in 1980, in line with a decline in employment in the industry. In 1982, it merged into the new All Japan Federation of Non-Ferrous Metal Workers' Unions.
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The 2023 NHL Stadium Series is an upcoming outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Stadium Series of games. The game will take place on February 25, 2023, at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, with the Carolina Hurricanes hosting an opponent to be announced at a later date. The Hurricanes were originally scheduled to host the 2021 Stadium Series but the game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
History
The NHL originally announced on February 15, 2020, that the 2021 Stadium Series would be hosted by the Carolina Hurricanes at Carter–Finley Stadium. After he took majority control of the team in 2018, Hurricanes owner Thomas Dundon made it a goal to have his club play in its first outdoor game. In 2019, Dundon invited NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to take a tour of Carter–Finley Stadium to see if it was feasible. Before the league could finalize the game, the Hurricanes had to seek additional funding from the local government and other organizations to help offset the cost of hosting the game.
The NHL delayed the start of the 2020–21 season to January 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic having forced the 2019–20 playoffs to conclude in late September. On October 22, 2020, the NHL postponed both the 2021 NHL Winter Classic and the 2021 All-Star Game due to "ongoing uncertainty" since both January events rely on fan participation. The decision to further postpone the Stadium Series game was made on December 23.
The Hurricanes later asked the league to move their outdoor game to the 2022–23 season, with team president and general manager Don Waddell stating that he wanted "to assure a safe environment". On February 4, 2022, the league officially confirmed that the team will host the 2023 game.
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Mists is a composition for piano by Iannis Xenakis. It was written in 1980, and was premiered on April 16, 1981, by Roger Woodward, to whom it is dedicated. Its duration is approximately 12 minutes.
Background
Mists was composed in response to a commission from Australian pianist Roger Woodward, and was presented to Woodward as a "personal gift". It was Xenakis's third work for solo piano, following Herma (1961) and Evryali (1973). Xenakis would go on to dedicate two additional works to Woodward: Keqrops for piano and orchestra (1986), and Paille in the Wind, for cello and piano (1992). According to Xenakis biography James Harley, the work was inspired by nature, "the title being suggested in the music by the scattered clouds of notes in the stochastic sections, and perhaps in the rolling waves of ascending scales".
Material and form
In the preface to the score, Xenakis wrote that the work is based on two ideas. The first is the use of scales and their cyclic transpositions, which are explored either melodically or via stochastic distributions. The second is the use of arborescences, "bush-like clusters of melodic lines". Using these statements as a starting point, writer Ronald Squibbs identified the source of pitch material as a scale which spans the range of the piano, and which is subject to transposition and rotation. Versions of this scale manifest themselves through three main types of textures: 1) continuous random walks, which consist of linear, stepwise motion through a scale with the direction and speed varying unpredictably; 2) discontinuous random walks, where pitches in a scale and their rhythmic placement are chosen via probability distributions, resulting in sonic "clouds;" 3) the arborescences, lines that branch out in multiple directions.
The work can be divided into three sections, all of which are frequently interrupted by silences. The first opens with a succession of continuous random walks presented canonically, with rhythmic variations yielding complex polyrhythms, followed by two- and four-voice walks. These walks are then interspersed with arborescences, followed by a transitional passage which leads into the second section, which is characterized by discontinuous random walks. These are notated by placing stemless note heads around elongated stems that mark sixteenth and eighth notes. The third section alternates the three types of textures, and includes a dramatic return of the continuous random walks in four-part form, with voices crossing polyrhythmically. James Harley wrote: "This is not music of accumulating momentum, but of moments of often violent intensity, placed into frames of silence. Underlying these gestures, though, is a consistency of style and pitch organization that lends coherence to this wild, strangely fascinating music."
Material from Mists was reused in both Keqrops and à r. (Hommage à Ravel) (1987), Xenakis's fourth and final work for piano.
Performative considerations
Like many of Xenakis's works, Mists is extremely challenging for the performer. A reviewer noted the density of the polyrhythmic writing, "in which 16 notes in one voice are set against 14 in another, 15 in a third, and 17 in a fourth". Pianist Pavlos Antoniadis wrote of the need for what he called "corporeal navigation", focusing "on physicality and non-serial learning", in order to effectively deal with the work's non-linearity and physical challenges. In a 2010 interview, when asked why he had recorded only two of Xenakis's works (Keqrops, as piano soloist, and Kraanerg, as conductor) up until that point, Roger Woodward responded: "These were recorded because I felt ready to make a statement about them and the composer was extremely pleased with both performances. It has taken me thirty years to feel the same way about his massive solo piano piece entitled Mists." Woodward wrote that, in Mists, "the clarity of attack demanded an equally precise preparation to produce a range of percussive sonorities", and that the performer should strive to produce "an almost imperceptible but enigmatic veil, a constant growth surging upward in complex counterpoint toward the white light".
Reception
In a 1981 review for Contact, Brigitte Schiffer wrote that, with regard to the opening section, "the writing immediately brings to mind Bach's Goldberg Variations but the pianistic challenge is new, since what was played on the two keyboards of a harpsichord in Bach's time has here to be fitted on to the single keyboard of a piano, without sacrificing the wide sweep of the lines." Texturally, she noted the resemblance of certain passages to "haze, mists, and clouds, creating a unique sound-world, magic and disturbing, in which certain gestures, such as quickly repeated single notes, function in a way like signposts". Regarding the conclusion, she wrote: "After a final flourishing of arborescences, very close and very lucidly exposed since the pedal has been withdrawn, the piece, gathering passion and urgency, draws to what Woodward calls its 'tragic end'."
Writing for the Financial Times, Dominic Gill described Mists as "torrential, thunderstruck piano writing, full of sudden halts, strange twists and turns, and violent surges... exciting to witness as a tour de force pure and simple, a bolt of naked keyboard energy".
Upon hearing a tape of Woodward performing Mists, Sviatoslav Richter wrote: "This is the first time I've heard any music by Xenakis; it's completely bowled me over, even though I'm not sure whether I've really understood it (or not understood it)."
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In triangle geometry, the Kiepert conics are two special conics associated with the reference triangle. One of them is a hyperbola, called the Kiepert hyperbola and the other is a parabola, called the Kiepert parabola. The Kiepert conics are defined as follows:
If the three triangles , and , constructed on the sides of a triangle as bases, are similar, isosceles and similarly situated, then the triangles and are in perspective. As the base angle of the isosceles triangles varies between and , the locus of the center of perspectivity of the triangles and is a hyperbola called the Kiepert hyperbola and the envelope of their axis of perspectivity is a parabola called the Kiepert parabola.
It has been proved that the Kiepert hyperbola is the hyperbola passing through the vertices, the centroid and the orthocenter of the reference triangle and the Kiepert parabola is the parabola inscribed in the reference triangle having the Euler line as directrix and the triangle center X110 as focus.. The following quote from a paper by R. H. Eddy and R. Fritsch is enough testimony to establish the importance of the Kiepert conics in the study of triangle geometry:
"If a visitor from Mars desired to learn the geometry of the triangle but could stay in the earth's relatively dense atmosphere only long enough for a single lesson, earthling mathematicians would, no doubt, be hard-pressed to meet this request. In this paper, we believe that we have an optimum solution to the problem. The Kiepert conics ...."
Kiepert hyperbola
The Kiepert hyperbola was discovered by Ludvig Kiepert while investigating the solution of the following problem proposed by Emile Lemoine in 1868: "Construct a triangle, given the peaks of the equilateral triangles constructed on the sides." A solution to the problem was published by Ludvig Kiepert in 1869 and the solution contained a remark which effectively stated the locus definition of the Kiepert hyperbola alluded to earlier.
Basic facts
Let be the side lengths and the vertex angles of the reference triangle .
Equation
The equation of the Kiepert hyperbola in barycentric coordinates is
Center, asymptotes
The centre of the Kiepert hyperbola is the triangle center X(115). The barycentric coordinates of the center are
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The asymptotes of the Kiepert hyperbola are the Simson lines of the intersections of the Brocard axis with the circumcircle.
The Kiepert hyperbola is a rectangular hyperbola and hence its eccentricity is .
Properties
The center of the Kiepert hyperbola lies on the nine-point circle. The center is the midpoint of the line segment joining the isogonic centers of triangle which are the triangle centers X(13) and X(14) in the Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers.
The image of the Kiepert hyperbola under the isogonal transformation is the Brocard axis of triangle which is the line joining the symmedian point and the circumcenter.
Let be a point in the plane of a nonequilateral triangle and let be the trilinear polar of with respect to . The locus of the points such that is perpendicular to the Euler line of is the Kiepert hyperbola.
Kiepert parabola
The Kiepert parabola was first studied in 1888 by a German mathematics teacher Augustus Artzt in a "school program".
Basic facts
The equation of the Kiepert parabola in barycentric coordinates is
where.
The focus of the Kiepert parabola is the triangle center X(110). The barycentric coordinates of the focus are
The directrix of the Kiepert parabola is the Euler line of triangle .
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Cornelia G. "Nina" Deaderick Glenn (September 4, 1854 – December 9, 1926) was an American society hostess and temperance activist who, as the wife of Robert Broadnax Glenn, served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909. She was involved in the temperance movement and avidly supported her husband's 1908 Prohibition campaign that banned liquor statewide. A devout Presbyterian, she was the founder of one of Winston-Salem's first benevolent societies.
Early life and family
Glenn was born Cornelia G. Deaderick on September 4, 1854, in Jonesborough, Tennessee. She was the youngest child of John Franklin Deaderick and Rebecca Lanier Williams Deaderick. Her family were a prominent Tennessee family with strong political ties. Through her mother, she was descended from Colonel Joseph Williams, an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and a delegate to the Hillsborough Convention. Her paternal ancestors were planters and enslavers who owned a 5,000-acre plantation located in the Orange Mound area in Memphis. Her grandfather, David Deaderick, was a banker, businessman, and Revolutionary War veteran who arrived in Jonesborough in 1783 and later served in the Tennessee General Assembly. Glenn was a niece of James W. Deaderick, who served in the Tennessee State Senate and as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and of Eliza Crozier Deaderick, the sister of Congressman John Hervey Crozier. Her first cousin, Adeline Deaderick, was married to Congressman John A. Moon.
Marriage and public life
She married Robert Broadnax Glenn, a lawyer and her distant maternal cousin, on January 8, 1878, in Knoxville. Her husband was the son of her mother's niece, Annie Dodge Glenn, and grew up at Lower Sauratown Plantation in Rockingham County, North Carolina. She and her husband had two sons, Chalmers Lanier Glenn ad Frank Glenn, and one daughter, Rebekah Williams Glenn. The Glenns lived in Stokes County, North Carolina after getting married. The family later moved to Winston-Salem, where her husband became a prosecuting attorney for North Carolina's Ninth Judicial District and later served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and as a senator in the North Carolina State Senate.
Glenn moved to Raleigh and assumed the role of First Lady of North Carolina, after her husband became Governor of North Carolina in 1905. During her husband's inauguration festivities between January 6 and January 13, 1905, The Raleigh News & Observer reported that a large party of Winston-Salem citizens accompanied the Glenns to the capital city. The formal reception was not held at the North Carolina Executive Mansion due to the fact that the mansion was under quarantine, as Louise Aycock, the daughter of Governor Glenn's predecessor Charles Brantley Aycock, remained in the house while recovering from diphtheria. The Glenns could not move into the governor's residence until January 17, 1905, when the Aycocks were able to leave. Glenn and her husband, one of her sons, her daughter, and her niece, Ann Dodge Glenn, resided in the mansion as North Carolina's first family.
Glenn was known to be an experienced entertainer and elegant hostess. She hosted lavish and well-planned parties, luncheons, and teas. As the official hostess, she entertained a number of dignitaries including William Jennings Bryan and President William Howard Taft. She required that the servants served all meals, including breakfast, formally on full silver place settings.
Glenn was known to be a very proper and a strict housekeeper and stern mother. She was passionate about music and gardening, and was active in the temperance movement; firmly backing her husband's successful Prohibition campaign in 1908 that banned liquor statewide.
Later life and death
While living in Raleigh, she was a parishioner at First Presbyterian Church. Upon moving back to Winston-Salem after her husband's term was over, she attended First Presbyterian Church there and was active in the parish's missionary causes. Glenn founded one of the first benevolent societies in Winston-Salem. She died of an illness on December 9, 1926, and was buried in Salem Cemetery.
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The Dobroteasa Church () is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 35 B Mircea Vodă Boulevard in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Annunciation.
According to Nicolae Iorga, the name Dobroteasa may derive from an Old Church Slavonic term for the Virgin Mary, or from the wife of a certain Dobrotă who may have endowed the original 17th century church. According to the pisanie, a masonry church was built on the site in 1730, with Vistier (treasurer) Constantin Năsturel as ktetor; earlier, a small wooden church had stood there. Damaged by the 1838 earthquake, it was restored in 1847. By 1884, the church again lay in ruins, and the city authorities ordered its demolition.
The current church was begun in 1887, completed in November 1892 and, nearly a year later, dedicated with great pomp by Metropolitan Ghenadie Petrescu. Gheorghe Ioanide painted Biblical scenes on large panels between 1893 and 1894. The carved oak choir seats are decorated with griffons and a crown with cross, the coat of arms of the Năsturel family. Thorough repairs took place in 1955–1958. Consolidation work began in 1985, following the 1977 quake. The church was shut down in 1986 and slated for demolition by the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime. A foundation was dug in front, and was meant to support an apartment block that would have blocked the view of the church from the street. That project was abandoned after the Romanian Revolution. The church reopened in 1991 and intermittent repairs took place subsequently.
The cross-shaped church is fairly large, at 21 meters long by 8–11 meters wide. The entrance is preceded by a portico with three elongated arches, the middle one higher. They are supported by columns with Byzantine Revival capitals. The vestibule has two side towers. The narthex has a spherical ceiling, while the nave has deep, semicircular side apses. The Pantocrator dome, not very large, sits on ample pendentives painted with saints’ icons in medallion. The facade alternates between rows of five bricks and stone in relief. The octagonal domes on square bases are decorated in similar fashion. An ornamented belt surrounds the facades, including the pediment; rosettes are placed beneath this, inspired by the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral. The large windows terminate in a circular arch; around the narthex, they come in pairs. The two priests’ entrances are preceded by small porticoes.
The church owns old icons and religious objects of value. It is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.
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The 2023 National Hockey League All-Star Game is an upcoming National Hockey League All-Star Game, scheduled to be held at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, the home of the Florida Panthers. It will be played on February 4. The Panthers were originally scheduled to host the 2021 All-Star Game but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
History
The NHL originally awarded Sunrise, Florida the 2021 All-Star Game on January 24, 2020. The city previously hosted the NHL All-Star Game in 2003.
On October 22, 2020, the NHL officially announced that the All-Star Game had been postponed for the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and "uncertainty as to when we will be able to welcome our fans back to our games," as fan participation and accompanying events are considered "integral to the[ir] success". The NHL stated that the event could be held in Florida "in the near future" (but not yet naming them the 2022 hosts).
On June 28, 2021, the league instead announced that the 2022 All-Star Game would take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, home of the Vegas Golden Knights. On February 4, 2022, the league later officially confirmed that Florida would host the 2023 game.
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The 1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1963–64. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center. The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 19–5 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2. They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they defeated Louisville and Kentucky before losing to Michigan in the Elite Eight.
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Pholidophoridae is an extinct family of primitive stem-teleost fish that lived during the Triassic period. Most of the genera are from the Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian ages) of Europe, but one (Malingichthys) is known from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of China. The pholidophorids were historically united with several other stem-teleost lineages into the order Pholidophoriformes; however, Pholidophoriformes in its traditional sense is now thought to be paraphyletic with respect to crown group teleosts.
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram simplified after Bean (2021):
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This is a list of Panjabi films from 2020 to present. For a complete alphabetical list, see :Category:Punjabi films.
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Smarr is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Larry Smarr (born 1948), American physicist
Murders of Nicholas Smarr and Jody Smith
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The 1986–87 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University from Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1986–87 season. Led by head coach Pete Gillen, the Musketeers finished with a 21–12 record (7–5 MCC), and won the MCC Tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Musketeers knocked off No. 4 seed Missouri in the opening round, then lost to No. 5 seed Duke in the round of 32.
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The is an ancient ruined cave-temple located in the Yamada neighborhood of the town of Taishi, Minamikawachi District, Osaka in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1948.
Overview
The Iwaya is located on the south slope of the Iwaya Pass at an elevation of 360 meters, to the east of Rokutan-ji temple ruins. It consist of two shallow artificial caves cut into a tuff cliff facing west-southwest. The larger cave has a width of 7.6 meters, height of 6.1 meters and depth of 4.5 meters, and contains three carvings in bas relief in the center. There is a smaller cave on the same cliff to the south with a stone pagoda. The carving is damaged, but it was at least three stories, and the remaining height is 2.1 meters. The cave-temple is located along the route of the Takenouchi Kaido, an ancient highway which connected Asuka and Yamato Province with the seacoast of Osaka Bay. This was the route taken by the Japanese missions to Imperial China during the Asuka and Nara periods, and this type of cave-temple was common on the Asian continent, but was very rare for Japan.
There is no documentary record of when the cave-temple was made, but it is believed to have been founded in the first half of the 9th century, based on a quantity of coins dated 796 AD which have been found at the site. There is a local legend which states that this was the location where Chūjō-hime wove the Taima mandala.
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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Osaka)
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Muyres is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dallan Muyres (born 1987), Canadian curler
Kirk Muyres (born 1990), Canadian curler |
The 1985 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach Eddie Williamson, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, placing seventh in the SoCon. Williamson was hired from Georgia in December 1984 to succeed Bob Thalman as head coach of the Keydets.
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George Nicholas was an American animator, known especially for his work at Disney and Hanna-Barbera.
He was born in Vermilion, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles with his parents when he was 10.
His earliest job as a professional animator was working for Walter Lantz in 1932. In 2016, the founder of the Society for Animation Studies Harvey Deneroff stated that Nicholas's early work for Disney was on Goofy and Pluto short films. Among his later Disney credits were Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
For Hanna-Barbera, he worked on The Flintstones TV series and the feature film The Man Called Flintstone, as well as The Jetsons TV series.
He worked with Chuck Jones on cartoon adaptations of stories from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, including Rikki Tikki Tavi and The White Seal. He also worked on A Christmas Carol for director and fellow animator Richard Williams, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1972. He also worked on an animated TV special based on Johnny Hart's comic strip B.C., called B.C.: The First Thanksgiving and another TV special based on Hart's The Wizard of Id.
He died in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, on November 23, 1996, at the age of 85.
When Nicholas died, he left an extensive collection of his own animation work, as well as that of other prominent animators such as Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery and Milt Kahl, which he bequeathed to Edinboro University. Working with the Erie Art Museum, his daughter Donna Nicholas organized a traveling exhibition of the best these works, called From Mickey to the Grinch: Art of the Animated Film. Those works were then auctioned off to fund a memorial scholarship in his memory.
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The is an ancient ruined cave-temple located in the Yamada neighborhood of the town of Taishi, Minamikawachi District, Osaka in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1948.
Overview
The Rokutan-ji temple ruins are located on a small flat land at an elevation of 258 meters near the tip of a hill that is derived from Mount Nijō in the southwest direction, to the west of the Iwaya ruins. The flat ground of the temple ruins was made by carving away the tuff of the mountain, leaving behind a pillar of stone which was carved into thirteen-storied pagoda on the north side. Although the upper portion is damaged, it is 5.7 meters high. An image of Buddha is also embossed on the western rock wall, but is in very poor preservation, protected by an artificial shallow cave measuring 2.2 meters wide by 1.8 meters high by 0.7 meters deep. Below the southern cliff, a small tower with a height of about 1.5 meters was built from the ground, facing the cliff.
The cave-temple is located along the route of the Takenouchi Kaido, an ancient highway which connected Asuka and Yamato Province with the seacoast of Osaka Bay. This was the route taken by the Japanese missions to Imperial China during the Asuka and Nara periods, and this type of cave-temple was common on the Asian continent, but was very rare for Japan.
There is no documentary record of when Rokutan-ji was made, but it is believed to have been founded in the first half of the 9th century.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Osaka)
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Taishi town home page
Taishi, Osaka
Historic Sites of Japan
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Mark Alan Musen is a Professor of Biomedical Informatics and of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University; at Stanford, he directs the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research. Musen's research focuses on open science, data stewardship, intelligent systems, and biomedical decision support. Musen has led the development of Protégé since the late 1980s; today, Protégé is the most "widely used domain-independent, freely available, platform-independent technology for developing and managing terminologies, ontologies, and knowledge bases" in a range of application domains.
Musen is the founding co-editor in chief of the journal Applied Ontology.
Education
Musen received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Brown University in 1977. He attended Brown's Alpert Medical School, graduating in 1980 with an M.D. Musen completed his residency in internal medicine at Stanford University Medical Center in 1983. After residency, he completed a doctoral degree in Medical Information Sciences at Stanford in 1988.
Career
Between 1988 and 1995, Musen was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was appointed Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research in 1993 and promoted to Professor of Medicine in 2002.
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The Crimean Tatar civil rights movement was a loosely-organized movement among the exiled Crimean Tatar nation that manifested throughout the second half of the 20th century, with the primary goals of regaining recognition as a distinct ethnic group, the right to live in Crimea, and restoration of the Crimean ASSR. Although the origins of the movement date back to the 1950s when its leaders were originally exclusively composed of party workers and Red Army veterans, who were confident that the union would soon fully rehabilitate them in accordance with proper adherence to Leninist national policy, as decades passed and the party remained hostile to even the most basic requests from Crimean Tatar petitions and deletions, a split eventually emerged in the movement; many youths who were deported as children gave up hope in communism and took issue with the Leninist line towed by leaders of the movement. Eventually in 1989 the Soviet government lifted the restrictions on moving to Crimea from all exiled Crimean Tatars, and began the rehabilitation process. Since then, in the period of a few years, over 200,000 Crimean Tatars returned to Crimea, but they continue to lack the status of titular people in any part of Crimea.
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Politics of the Crimean Tatars |
Rear Admiral Christopher Erson Smith, is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He has commanded the ships (2002–04), (2008–10) and the flagship (2015–17), and was appointed the Deputy Chief of Navy in September 2020.
Naval career
Smith joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1989 as a midshipman at the Royal Australian Naval College, HMAS Creswell. He was awarded the Conspicuous Service Medal in the 2002 Australia Day Honours.
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Australian military personnel of the Iraq War
Living people
Recipients of the Conspicuous Service Medal
Royal Australian Navy admirals
University of Canberra alumni
University of Wollongong alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
Bauhaus Stairway, or German: Bauhaustreppe, is an oil painting by Oskar Schlemmer, completed in 1932. It depicts the Bauhaus school, a German art school that closed in 1932 due to the Nazis' taking power. It is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art. The portrait depicts students ascending the stairs at the Bauhaus school, with all but one walking away from the viewer.
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1932 paintings
German paintings
Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York City)
20th-century paintings |
Josh Henson (born July 14, 1975) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator for the USC Trojans. Henson was previously the offensive line coach for the Texas A&M Aggies.
Early life and education
Josh Henson was born on July 14, 1975, in Tuttle, Oklahoma. After finishing high school, Henson attended Oklahoma State University and played college football there for five years. While at Oklahoma State, Henson started 37 games at offensive line and was named All-Big 12. Henson graduated from Oklahoma State with a bachelor's degree in secondary education.
Coaching career
After graduating from Oklahoma State, Henson had a one-year stint as an assistant to the Kingfisher High School football team, where he helped the team reach the state semifinals. The next year, Henson became a graduate assistant for Oklahoma State but later he became the tight ends coach at Oklahoma State for the next four years. After four years as tight ends coach for Oklahoma State, Henson became the tight ends coach for LSU. After another four years, Henson left LSU to become the co-offensive line coach and later the offensive coordinator for Missouri. After not being retained as offensive coordinator by the new head coach, Barry Odom, Henson returned to Oklahoma State to become the offensive line coach. Three years after, Henson left to become the offensive line coach for Texas A&M. In 2022, Henson once again got the opportunity to be an offensive coordinator, becoming USC's offensive coordinator under new coach Lincoln Riley.
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1975 births
Living people
People from Tuttle, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University alumni
College football coaches in the United States |
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