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Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee were the defending champions, but decided to rest after competing in the Davis Cup the previous week. Mark Edmondson and Brian Teacherwon the title by defeating Andreas Maurer and Wolfgang Popp 6–3, 6–1 in the final. Seeds Draw Draw References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) Stuttgart Doubles Singles 1982
DTLA Proud DTLA Proud is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in and focused on Downtown Los Angeles. Community Center On August 5, 2019, the DTLA Proud Gala raised funds for a new LGBTQ community center in Downtown. The proposed space would contain, when completed, a lounge area and library stocked with LGBTQ literature, an art gallery, and a non-profit incubator. Annual DTLA Proud Festival The DTLA Proud Festival is held annually in Pershing Square. DTLA Proud Festival 2016 The inaugural DTLA Proud festival was held in August 2016. DTLA Proud Festival 2017 After attendance at the 2016 festival more than doubled the pre-event estimates, the organizers extended and enhanced the 2017 event with live music, DJs, dancers and a micro-waterpark. The 2017 event featured “The Run,” a 30-foot-long wall being created by the Los Angeles Conservancy and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, showcasing LGBTQ icons and listing notable sites in Los Angeles. DTLA Proud Festival 2018 2018's festival included a “Pride in the Sky” awards event at the OUE Skyspace at the U.S. Bank Tower DTLA Proud Festival 2019 To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the 2019 DTLA Proud Festival included a memorial prepared by the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. DTLA Proud Festival 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic forced the organization to cancel the 2020 DTLA Proud Festival. DTLA Proud Festival 2021 The DTLA Proud Festival was held in 2021 with COVID-19 precautions, such as requiring proof of vaccination. References External links https://www.dtlaproud.org/ Annual events in Los Angeles County, California Festivals in Los Angeles LGBT culture in Los Angeles LGBT events in California Pride parades in California
Michael K. Brame (January 27, 1944 — August 16, 2010) was an American linguist and professor at the University of Washington, and founding editor of the peer-reviewed research journal, Linguistic Analysis. He was known for his theory of recursive categorical syntax. He also co-authored with his wife, Galina Popova, several books on the identity of the writer who used the pseudonym "William Shakespeare". Early life and education Michael Brame was born on January 27, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas. Brame started his study of linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving his BA in 1966. That summer he studied Egyptian Arabic at the American University of Cairo. That fall, Brame began a PhD program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying under Morris Halle and Noam Chomsky, who was his adviser. He received his PhD in 1970 or 1971. His dissertation was titled Arabic Phonology: Implications for Phonological Theory and Historical Semitic. Recursive categorical syntax Brame developed an algebraic theory of syntax, recursive categorical syntax, also sometimes called algebraic syntax, as an alternative to transformational-generative grammar. It is a type of dependency grammar, and is related to link grammars. Brame formulated an algebra, (technically a non-associative groupoid with inverses) of lexical items (words and phrases), or lexes for short. A lex is a string representation of a word or idiomatic phrase together with a notation specifying what other word classes can bond with the string and in which order. Shakespeare's Fingerprints In 2002, Brame co-authored with his wife Galina Popova a book titled Shakespeare's Fingerprints. Over the next two years, they would publish three more books on the topic. Personal life Brame was married to Galina Popova. Bibliography Dissertation Books Selected articles Recursive categorical syntax See also English clause syntax Generative semantics Phrase structure grammar Verbless clause References Citations Works cited Further reading 1944 births 2010 deaths 20th-century linguists Dependency grammar Grammar frameworks Linguistics writers Linguists from the United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni People from San Antonio Shakespeare authorship theorists University of Texas at Austin alumni University of Washington faculty
Elīna Ieva Vītola (born 14 May 2000) is a Latvian luger who represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career She represented Latvia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the singles event where she finished in 18th place. References 2000 births Living people Latvian female lugers Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers of Latvia People from Sigulda
Colby Fulfer is an American politician who is currently the Senator-elect for Arkansas's 7th Senate district. A Republican, he was narrowly elected in a 2022 special election to replace Lance Eads, who had resigned in 2021. Electoral history References Living people Arkansas state senators Arkansas Republicans 21st-century American politicians
McIntosh Woods State Park is a state park in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Ventura. The park, which opened in 1944, is located on the north shore of Clear Lake, the second-largest lake in the state. It is a popular access point to the lake for fishers and boaters on account of its three-lane boat ramp. In addition to the boat ramp, the park includes two jetties, a fish cleaning station, a beach, and a sandbar jutting into the lake. It is also unique among Iowa state parks for its two yurts, traditional central Asian tents that can be rented by campers. A modern campground with electric and non-electric sites is also available. The park also has a boardwalk hiking trail through marshland and a bicycle trail. References State parks of Iowa Protected areas of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Ordot Dump, also known as Ordot Landfill, was a landfill on the western Pacific island of Guam that operated from the 1940s until 2011. Originally operated by the U.S. military, ownership was transferred to the Government of Guam in 1950, though it continued to receive all waste on the island, including from Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base, through the 1970s. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated Ordot Dump a Superfund site in 1983. In 2002, the U.S. government sued Guam under the Clean Water Act to force it to clean up Ordot Dump, resulting in Guam entering into a consent decree to close and cover the dump. After Guam failed to do so, the EPA put the landfill into receivership. The receiver closed Ordot Dump in 2011. In 2017, Guam sued the U.S. government for part of the costs of cleaning up the dump, which were estimated to range as high as $160 million. The Federal government argued that the statue of limitations had already run out for Guam to file suit. The Supreme Court of the United States heard the case, Guam v. United States, and decided unanimously in May 2021 to allow Guam's case to continue. Geography and geology Ordot Dump comprises in the community of Ordot in the village municipality of Chalan Pago-Ordot. It lies about south of Guam's capital Hagåtña and about southwest of the intersection of Guam Highway 4 and Dero Drive. The landfill is located in the upland at the divide between the southern volcanic and northern limestone geologic provinces. A 1988 EPA report noted that a suspected geologic fault under the landfill may provide a connection to the primary aquifer providing drinking water for Guam. The dump is located in a ravine that is a tributary to the Lonfit River, which itself feeds into the Pago River, which empties into Pago Bay on Guam's eastern coast with the Pacific Ocean. The soil underlying the landfill is very fine-grained volcanic sediment with high clay content. Its low levels of permeability may explain the lack of evidence for bacteria and heavy metals migrating into the soil. The midpoint of the landfill is a peak of approximately . History It is unknown when the site was first used for waste disposal, but it was in use prior to World War II. During the Japanese occupation of Guam, it continued to be used for disposal. Following the Second Battle of Guam, the U.S. Navy had absolute control over Guam and created the sole landfill on the island at Ordot Dump, with an unlined bottom and uncapped top. As part of the Guam Organic Act of 1950, the United States unilaterally transferred Ordot Dump to the Government of Guam (GovGuam) to operate as a municipal landfill. However, the Navy continued to use the Ordot Dump through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. In the 1970s, with the creation of military landfill options, it became solely a civilian landfill and remained the only public landfill on Guam until its closure in 2011. There are multiple anecdotes that the site was used to dump polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-containing wastes, pesticides and military ordnance, but there is no confirming documentation. It is considered common knowledge on Guam that both Japanese and U.S. forces placed unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the dump, in particular during World War II, with multiple anecdotes of explosions at the landfill sometimes causing fires. However, there are no records of serious injuries resulting from these explosions. Based on the history of the site, it is believed that any remaining UXO would be located in the northwest corner of the existing landfill. There have been many fires at the landfill; since 1990, there has been an average of a fire every two years. The only substantial documentation of these fires is of a 1998 tire fire that continued burning underground and was largely left to burn itself out. The Legislature of Guam appropriated $250,000 to cover the costs of fire at the landfill that occurred on 25 October 2002. The nearby residents of Chalan Pago-Ordot protested the presence of the dump, which forced evacuations when subsurface fires emerged, gave off a bad smell particularly after heavy rains, contaminated the nearby Lonfit River, and sustained a large amount of flies that occupied the nearby area. Following the enactment of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), the Governor of Guam designated Ordot Dump as Guam's highest priority for Superfund clean-up. It was then included on the initial National Priorities List that was finalized on 8 September 1983. On 26 March 1986, the United States Environmental Protection Agency found Ordot Landfill in violation of the Clean Water Act because of discharge of landfill leachate into the Lonfit River without a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit, and ordered the Dump to cease discharges. In its final Record of Decision, the EPA noted as potentially responsible parties for the contamination as the U.S. Navy, GovGuam, and the Department of Public Works, among other reported landfill users. In response to continued discharge of leachate, on 24 July 1990 the EPA ordered the Guam Department of Public Works to cease the discharge from the Dump. In 2002 the Federal government sought to require GovGuam to pay for the cleanup, rather than use Federal Superfund money, though GovGuam continued to insist that they could not afford the cost of a cleanup. On 11 February 2004, after continued discharge in violation of the Clean Water Act, the District Court of Guam issued a Consent Decree in which GovGuam agreed to cease the discharge of pollutants from Ordot Dump, close Ordot Dump within 45 months, begin implementing a post-closure plan, and obtain permits for and begin operating a new municipal sanitary waste landfill within 44 months. As part of the settlement, the Consent Decree stated that it was entered into "without any finding or admission of liability against or by the Government of Guam." On 17 March 2008, the District Court, noting the lack of progress in implementing the 2004 Consent Decree, appointed as Federal Receiver the company Gershmann, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) to manage and supervise Guam's Solid Waste Management Division and achieve compliance with the Consent Decree. On 31 August 2011, Ordot Dump was closed and its role taken by the newly constructed Layon Landfill in Inalåhan, which began operation on 1 September 2011. Guam v. United States Estimating that the cost of cleaning Ordot Dump could run as high as $160 million, GovGuam sued the Navy in Guam v. United States in 2017 for part of the cleanup costs, per it being listed as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA Section 107(a) or, alternatively, under CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B) for "liability to the United States or a State for some or all of a response action or for some or all of the costs of such action in a […] judicially approved settlement agreement." The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that only the Section 113(f)(3)(B) action could apply to the case, but that a three-year statute of limitations had been triggered by the 2004 Consent Decree related to violations of the Clean Water Act and that therefore Guam could not sue the Navy. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals noted that the ruling was "harsh" as the Navy had "deposited dangerous munitions and chemicals at the Ordot Dump for decades and left Guam to foot the bill." The case went to the Supreme Court of the United States in 2021. An amicus brief in support of Guam was filed by the attorneys general of 24 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands. SCOTUSblog called the amicus brief "extraordinary" as "the states are evenly divided between red states and blue states and large states and small states, from all regions of the nation." The attorneys generals maintained that only settlements explicitly linked to CERCLA could start the CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B)'s statue of limitations clock and that the DC Circuit Court ruling would allow the U.S. military to evade responsibility for its many contaminated military bases around the nation. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court on 24 May 2021 ruled with Guam. In the opinion for the Court, Justice Clarence Thomas rejected the Navy's argument and agreed with Guam that only a settlement of CERCLA-specific liability could trigger the CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B) statute of limitations. Thomas noted that, while CERCLA and other environmental statutes may have functionally similar steps, "relying on that functional overlap to reinterpret the phrase ‘resolved its liability … for some or all of a response action’ to mean ‘settled an environmental liability that might have been actionable under CERCLA’ would stretch the statute beyond Congress’ actual language." Guam was thus allowed to proceed with its action seeking Navy contribution to the cost of the Ordot Landfill cleanup. See also List of Superfund sites in Guam References External links Guam Solid Waste Receiver Former landfills in the United States Superfund sites in Guam
The 2006–07 season was the 82nd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's first season back in the top flight of Swiss football. Players First-team squad Transfers Competitions Overall record Swiss Super League League table Results summary Results by round Matches Swiss Cup References FC Luzern seasons Luzern
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799) was a Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet. Admiral Howe may also refer to: Jonathan Howe (born 1935), U.S. Navy admiral P. Gardner Howe III (born 1962), U.S. Navy vice admiral
Your Prayer is the second album by saxophonist Frank Wright. It was recorded in May 1967 in New York City and was released by ESP-Disk later that year. On the album, Wright is joined by saxophonist Arthur Jones, trumpeter Jacques Coursil, bassist Steve Tintweiss, and drummer Muhammad Ali. The tracks were reissued in 2005 on the Frank Wright compilation Complete ESP-Disk Recordings. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "For his second and final ESP date as a leader, avant-garde tenor saxophonist Frank Wright teams up with four little-known players... for passionate explorations of four of his originals plus Jones' 'The Lady.' Rather intense at times, these emotional performances... still sound groundbreaking three decades later. One of Frank Wright's finest recordings." Writing for Stereogum, Michael Nelson commented: "The other horns treat the melodies like fanfares, announcing Wright before he steps up for a fierce solo, but on pieces like 'No End' and particularly the nearly 13-minute 'Fire of Spirits,' everyone gets to have their say. Tintweiss's extended bass solo is actually a highlight of the disc, though the real secret weapon is Coursil's trumpet. Ali's drumming is frantic and ferocious throughout, wiping out the landscape like a forest fire." In a review for All About Jazz, Clifford Allen stated: "Your Prayer finds Wright refining the bag his solos come from, yet maintaining a firm hold on the ecstatic free-blues shout that makes up most of his solo language... Your Prayer is a rather lengthy slab of high-energy grit, but its unified forward and upward motion make for a firmly rooted sonic liberation." Track listing Track 1 by Arthur Jones. Tracks 2-5 by Frank Wright. "The Lady" – 9:04 "Train Stop" – 7:32 "No End" – 6:49 "Fire of Spirits" – 12:31 "Your Prayer" – 15:42 Personnel Frank Wright – tenor saxophone Arthur Jones – alto saxophone Jacques Coursil – trumpet Steve Tintweiss – bass Muhammad Ali – drums References 1967 albums Frank Wright (jazz musician) albums ESP-Disk albums
French ship Vaillant or Vaillante may refer to: French ship Vaillant (1756) French ship Vaillante (1796) French ship Vaillant (1801) See also French brig Vaillante (1793) French Navy ship names
The 2016–17 Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey season was the 68th season of play for the program, the 33rd at the Division I level and the 4th in the WCHA conference. The Nanooks represented the University of Alaska Fairbanks and were coached by Dallas Ferguson, in his 9th season. Season Alaska began the season poorly, losing four straight after opening with a win over Alaska Anchorage. The team rebounded with a win over #9 Minnesota State but could then only win two of their next eleven games. The Nanooks' offense was subpar during the first half of the season, scoring more than 3 goals in only four of their twenty games while averaging just over two and half goals per game. While the two goaltenders, Jenks and Jones, kept the team in most games, inconsistent play had led to Jenks supplanting the senior as the primary netminder in the first half of the year. After a couple of bad outings around new year's, Jones was back in as the starter and didn't relinquish the job for the rest of the year. While the team's offense didn't get any better, the defense got stronger as they year went along and helped the team improve to 6th in the standings by the end of the season. Entering the postseason, Alaska was hoping to continue giving Minnesota State fits, having defeated the Mavericks twice during the regular season. Unfortunately, the offense was absent from the series and the Nanooks were only able to record a single goal in two games. Departures Recruiting Roster Standings Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season |- !colspan=12 style=";" | |- !colspan=12 style=";" | |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Alaska Lost Series 0–2 Scoring statistics Goaltending statistics Rankings USCHO did not release a poll in Week 24. References Alaska Nanooks ice hockey seasons Alaska Nanooks Alaska Nanooks Alaska Nanooks Alaska Nanooks
Lani Carin Forbes (May 6, 1987 – February 3, 2022) was an American author of young adult novels, most known for her fantasy series, Age of the Seventh Sun. Life Forbes was born on May 6, 1987, in Huntington Beach, California. Her mother was a librarian, and her father was a surfer. After graduating from Huntington Beach High School, Forbes received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hope International University, then a teaching certificate from California State University. As a teen, Forbes lived with an anxiety disorder. After the birth of her first child, she had severe postpartum depression. When she became pregnant a second time, she decided to focus on her writing to help mitigate any symptoms of the disorder. Cancer In early 2021, Forbes began having severe back pain, which both she and her doctor attributed to her pregnancy. The day after giving birth, she lost feeling in her tongue, which led to further investigation regarding stroke and other potential health issues. While still in the hospital with her newborn son, doctors told Forbes and her husband, Kevin, that she had tumor growth on her lung, liver, and spine. Later that day, she was diagnosed with stage IV high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. Forbes died nine months later, in Boise, Idaho, on February 3, 2022, at the age of 34. Josh Stanton, the president & CEO of her publishing company, Blackstone Publishing, said, “We are devastated by Lani’s passing, and we deeply mourn the loss of this exceptionally talented young writer, who gave so much to her readers. We are committed to keeping Lani’s incredible legacy alive. Her powerful, captivating young adult novels will live on to be enjoyed and beloved by readers for generations to come.” Career Forbes taught science for ten years then became a trauma counselor for "women who had been abused by their spouses through addiction." In 2020, Forbes published the first novel in her young adult fantasy series, The Age of the Seventh Sun. After publication, she became a member of Romance Writers of America and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. After her cancer diagnosis, Forbes continued to write, stating, The reality is, we cannot control what happens to us in life. Sometimes things happen that seem incredibly unfair. But no matter what happens to us, no matter what is taken from us or forced upon us, the one thing we always have power over is how we choose to respond. We get to choose how we will handle those crises. We can choose cowardice, we can choose to give up, stop trying, to give into despair. Or, we can choose joy perseverance, and yes, even happiness despite our circumstances.The final book of The Age of the Seventh Sun series will be published on February 15, 2022. Her publishing company also received another project from her, which will be published posthumously. The Age of the Seventh Sun series The Age of the Seventh Sun is a young adult fantasy series published by Blackstone Publishing that consists of three books: The Seventh Sun (2020), The Jade Bones (2021), and The Obsidian Butterfly (2022). The books include romance elements and are "based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Maya people." The Seventh Sun (2020) The Seventh Sun, published February 18, 2020, follows Prince Ahkin and Mayana through a near apocalypse as the sun is fading. Prince Ahkin's family should be able to control the sun, and Mayana's family should be able to control the water. Together, they must find a way to save their people. Kirkus Reviews called the novel "[a] page-turning adventure that, though imperfect, highlights a rich and relatively unknown mythological heritage that begs to be explored." In 2021, the book won a Realm Award for the Debut, Epic Fantasy, and Young Adult categories, as well as HOLT Medallion for Best First Book. It was also a HOLT Medallion finalist for Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic/Fantasy. The Jade Bones (2021) The Jade Bones, published February 16, 2021, follows Mayana and Ahkin after they are cast into the underworld. The two must fight against unknown dangers and horrors to make their way back to their home and reclaim the throne. On the surface, Yemania is faced with the possibility of becoming a High Healer, a position she doesn't want. She meets Ochix, who comes from an enemy town, and much like Romeo and Juliet, they must decide whether their love is worth the wrath of their people. Kirkus Reviews called the novel "[a] mythical, magical, and introspective adventure that celebrates Mesoamerican heritage," while stating, "more, please." The Obsidian Butterfly (2022) The Obsidian Butterfly, published February 15, 2022, follows Mayana and Ahkin as they once again face a near apocalypse and Yemania and Ochix who face their people's wrath. Kirkus Reviews offered the book a starred review, calling it "[a] pulse-quickening, soul-aching, and truly satisfying end to the cycle." List of works Anthology contributions It's All in the Story: California: An Anthology of Short Fiction, edited by D. P. Lyle (2017) Warriors Against The Storm, edited by Andrew Winch (2020) The Age of the Seventh Sun series The Seventh Sun (2020) The Jade Bones (2021) The Obsidian Butterfly (2022) References External links 1987 births 2022 deaths 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American writers American fantasy writers American writers of young adult literature California State University alumni People from Huntington Beach, California Writers from California Deaths from pancreatic cancer Deaths from cancer in Idaho
Valentino Guseli (born 1 April 2005) is a Australian snowboarder. He competed in the halfpipe event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. References Living people 2005 births Australian male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of Australia Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics X Games athletes Sportspeople from Canberra
2020 Florida Amendment 2 was an amendment to the Constitution of Florida that passed on November 3, 2020, via a statewide referendum concurrent with other elections. The amendment sets to increase the state's hourly minimum wage to $15 by 2026. According to Florida law, amendements to the state constitution requires 60% of the popular vote to pass References Florida_ballot_measures 2020_ballot_measures 2020_Florida_elections
James Henry Harrison (August 13, 1878 – April 2, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey. Life Harrison was born on August 13, 1878 in Caldwell, New Jersey, the son of George B. Harrison and Elizabeth C. Gould. Harrison went to the local high school and the Montclair High School. He then went to Princeton University, graduating from there in 1899. A year later, he became master and then headmaster of St. James School in Hagerstown, Maryland. While there, he decided to study law and entered New York Law School, graduating from there and being admitted to the New York state bar in 1905. He was admitted to the New Jersey state bar as an attorney in 1904, and in 1907 he was admitted as counsellor. He then became a member of the law firm Munn & Church in Newark. A Republican, he was a member of the Republican County Committee of Essex county for several years. He was elected to the Caldwell Borough Council in 1905 and served as mayor starting in 1908. By 1913, he was a director of the Caldwell National Bank and the Essex National Bank of Montclair. In 1911, Harrison was county counsel of Essex County. He was prosecutor of pleas for Essex County from 1917 to 1922. He was counsel of the Essex County Bar Park Commission and a member of the State Board of Bar Examiners. In 1923, he was elected to the New Jersey Senate as a Republican, representing Essex County. He served in the Senate until 1926. He was a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the 1928 New Jersey gubernatorial election. He was named receiver for the Breeze Corporations, Inc. He was also a director of the Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark and the National State Bank of Newark. Harrison was president of Essex County Country Club, and a member of the Cannon Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Princeton Club of New York. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, which was established by one of his ancestors. He was president of the New Jersey State Bar Association in 1931. Harrison died at home on April 2, 1943. He was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery. References External links The Political Graveyard 1878 births 1943 deaths People from Caldwell, New Jersey Montclair High School (New Jersey) alumni Princeton University alumni New York Law School alumni 20th-century American lawyers Lawyers from New York City Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey 20th-century American politicians New Jersey Republicans New Jersey city council members Mayors of places in New Jersey New Jersey state senators American Presbyterians Burials in New Jersey
Edward D. Grover (October 23, 1932 – November 22, 2016) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Tony Baretta's supervisor "Lieutenant Hal Brubaker" in the American detective television series Baretta. Grover also played as "Inspector Lombardo" in the 1973 film Serpico, cracking down to the bottom of a racket alongside with actor, Al Pacino, who played the role of "Frank Serpico". Born in Huntington Park, California, the son of Edna and A. Dee Grover. Grover attended at DeVilbiss High School, where he later graduated in 1950. He served in the Korean War from 1954 to 1956. Grover then attended at University of Toledo, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1957. After that, he attended at University of Texas at Austin, where Grover earned his scholarship in 1958. He attended at the Juilliard School, where Grover studied about performing in theatre, in which he was discipline. Grover began his career in 1959. He performed at the repertory theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which also performing at the McCarter Company and at Antioch College Shakespeare Festival. Grover guest-starred in television programs, including, The Jeffersons, Archie Bunker's Place, The Ropers, One Day at a Time, Hill Street Blues, Quincy, M.E., The Greatest American Hero, The A-Team, Fantasy Island and Hart to Hart. He starred in the 1973 film Who?, where Grover played the role of "Finchley". He played the role of "Adam Reynolds" in the soap opera television series The Doctors. Grover appeared in four films such as, Death Wish, Serpico, Law and Disorder and Report to the Commissioner. He retired his career in 2008. Grover died in November 2016 in Rolling Hills Estates, California, at the age of 84. References External links Rotten Tomatoes profile 1932 births 2016 deaths People from Huntington Park, California Male actors from California American male film actors American male television actors American male stage actors American male soap opera actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors University of Toledo alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni United States Army personnel of the Korean War
Prahlad Rai Agarwala is an Indian business man based in Kolkata, West Bengal, engaged in the manufacturing and export of a range of clothing and other products including inner wear, casual wear, kids wear, winter wear and footwear. The "Rupa" brand of knit wear owned by the hosiery company Rupa & Company Ltd. founded by Prahlad Rai Agarwala along with Ghanshyam Prasad Agarwala and Kunj Bihari Agarwal in 1968 is one of India's largest knitwear brand. Agarwala holds a bachelor's degree in law from University of Calcutta. He is also the Honorary Consul of Republic of Columbia. Agarwala was awarded the lifetime achievement award in the 7th Reid & Taylor awards for retail excellence organized by the Asia Retail Congress, 2011. In the year 2022, Govt of India conferred the Padma Shri award, the third highest award in the Padma series of awards, on Prahlad Rai Agarwala for his distinguished service in the field of trade and industry. The award is in recognition of his service as a "textile business leader, flag bearer of Make in India running Rupa & Co, one of India's largest clothing manufacturer and exporter". References Recipients of the Padma Shri Indian businesspeople in textiles Indian industrialists Indian company founders 20th-century Indian businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Parupeneus porphyreus, also called whitesaddle goatfish or kūmū in Hawaiian, is endemic to Hawaii. This species of goatfish used to be the most common goatfish in Hawaiʻi around 1960, but has declined in numbers since. References Parupeneus
Broken Star is a 2018 American psychological thriller film directed by Dave Schwep and starring Analeigh Tipton and Tyler Labine. Cast Analeigh Tipton as Markey Tyler Labine as Daryl Lauren Bowles as Kara Monique Coleman as Annie Release In April 2018, it was announced that the rights to the film were acquired by Gravitas Ventures. The film was released in theaters and on VOD on July 20, 2018. Reception Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But when the plot finally kicks in, it feels like an afterthought — as though director Dave Schwep and screenwriter David Lee Brant realized too late that they needed something more than two damaged folks in a tacky old house." Nick Schager of Variety also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The story of a starlet under house arrest who forms an unhealthy bond with her landlord, it’s a low-rent effort that’s equal parts tawdry and tedious, although more problematic for its theatrical and on-demand fortunes is the fact that, from start to finish, it makes little lucid sense." References External links 2018 films 2018 psychological thriller films American films American psychological thriller films English-language films
Spring Creek is a stream in Putnam, Sullivan and Adair counties of northern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Chariton River. The stream headwaters arise in southern Putnam County approximately one mile east of the community of Lemmons just north of Missouri Route B at . The stream flows south into northern Sullivan County approximately 3.5 miles northeast of Pollock and continues to the southeast passing under Missouri Route 129 south of Pennville and passes through the Union Ridge Conservation Area and into Adair County. It flows past the community of Stahl and flows parallel to the south side of Missouri Route O past the community of Danforth. The stream passes under Missouri Route 6 one half mile west of Novinger to its confluence with the Chariton River at . The confluence is six miles west of the city of Kirksville. References Rivers of Adair County, Missouri Rivers of Putnam County, Missouri Rivers of Sullivan County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri
Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park is a state park in Warrem County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Indianola. Opened in 2004, the park is located on the site of a 1930s coal mine; its two namesake lakes were formed from the remnants of the mine. Both lakes at Banner Lakes are stocked with trout and are also home to bluegill, channel catfish, crappie, and largemouth bass. Each lake has its own boat ramp. The park is also popular with bicyclists, as it contains a paved loop trail that links with the longer Summerset Trail and six mountain bike courses. It also includes several hiking trails. The Banner Shooting Range, which is also run by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, is adjacent to the park. References State parks of Iowa Protected areas of Warren County, Iowa
Ivan Beatz is a Ghanaian record producer, DJ, and composer from the Central part of Ghana. Afro-pop, Hip hop, Afrobeats, R&B, Rock, Hiplife, Fuji, and Highlife are some of his specialties. Ivan has produced songs for a diverse range of artists, including Kwame Eugene, Bisa Kdei, Medikal, Amerado, Flowking Stone, Kwaw Kese, Sista Afia, Kelvyn Boy, Strongman, Fameye, MzVee, LAX, Feli nuna, Deon Boakye, Ayesem, Eye Judah, Opanka, Kurl Songz, Kingskid, Ras Kuku, French kiss DJ, and Eazzy. In 2017, Ivan Beatz won the "Best Producer" at the Central Music Awards and also the "Best Producer" at Mfantseman music awards in 2018. In 2021, he was also nominated for the Global Music Awards Africa in the "Producer of the Year" together with Mr Jassiq (South Africa), KillBeatz (Ghana), Scarfboy (Nigeria), MOG Beatz (Ghana), Dave Da Music Box (Ghana), Spon Key (Ghana), and Vinny Kay (Ghana). Early life and career He started deejaying when he was a youngster and had some success. His interest in music began when he was a child, and his excitement has grown since then. He taught himself to play the keyboard, drums, and mastered Fruity Loops and other music production software applications at an early age. In 2014, he began professional music production and rose to prominence after creating "Cassanova" by French kiss DJ, which featured MzVee from Ghana and LAX from Nigeria. Ivan founded TYT Records in 2018 with the goal of supporting up-and-coming performers and Ghanaian music. He has worked on Hip-hop, High-Life, Dancehall, Afro-pop, Rock, and other genres. However, HighLife and Afro-pop have always piqued his interest. With these passions, he is more focused on enhancing the traditional Ghanaian sound that is increasingly bringing the country across borders. He produced Sista Afia's song "corner corner" featuring Kelvin Bwoy, which was nominated for the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards in the "Hi-Life Song Of The Year" category. Discography Sista Afia ft. Kelvin boy – corner corner Sista Afia ft. Kwame Eugene – Asuoden Bisa Kdei ft. Medikal – Netwerk Ayesem ft. kurl songx – Relation plane. Amerado – Don't call me king Koby simple ft. Medikal – Dede. Opanka ft. Ras kuku – Chop Bet. Lyzzy Bae ft. Fameye – Slave wife. Abrewa Nana ft. Ayesem – Jah dey everywhere. . Boggy wenzday ft Eshun – Full stop. Show Boy – Kafuii. Frenchkiss Dj Ft Mzvee x L.A.X – Cassanova. Frenchkiss Dj Ft Felinuna – LIAP Showboy – Last Chance Sista Afia Ft Kelvyn Boy – Money man Awards and nominations References Ghanaian record producers 1994 births Living people
The 2013 Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas was the second stock car race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the eighth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch would dominate the weekend to win his 52nd career NASCAR Nationwide Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Brad Keselowski of Penske Racing and Justin Allgaier of Turner Scott Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively. Background Phoenix International Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Entry list *Withdrew. Practice First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, March 1, at 10:00 AM MST, and would last for an hour and 20 minutes. Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.050 and an average speed of . Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 1, at 1:35 PM MST, and would last for 50 minutes. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 27.249 and an average speed of . Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 2, at 11:35 AM MST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 27.056 and an average speed of . No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Race results References 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series NASCAR races at Phoenix International Raceway March 2013 sports events in the United States 2013 in sports in Arizona
The 2007–08 season was the 83rd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Players First-team squad Transfers Competitions Overall record Swiss Super League League table Results summary Results by round Matches Swiss Cup References FC Luzern seasons Luzern
The Rouleina maderensis, also called the Madeiran smooth-head, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. It is found worldwide. This species reaches a length of . References Markle, D.F. and J.-C. Quéro, 1984. Alepocephalidae (including Bathylaconidae, Bathyprionidae). p. 228-253. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. ( Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Günther Maul Fish described in 1948
Rice Lake State Park is a state park in Winnebago County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Lake Mills. The park is located on the south shore of Rice Lake and provides fishing and boating access to the lake. The lake is home to bass, bluegill, yellow perch, and walleye. It is also visited by migratory birds during their migrations, making it a popular birdwatching site. The park also contains a stone picnic shelter that was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. References State parks of Iowa Protected areas of Winnebago County, Iowa
Dapat Alam Mo! () is a Philippine television news magazine program broadcast by GTV and GMA Network. Hosted by Emil Sumangil, Patricia Tumulak and Kim Atienza, it premiered on October 18, 2021 on GTV's evening lineup. The show also begun airing on GMA Network on February 14, 2022, replacing Wowowin on the network's Telebabad line up. History GTV unveiled a new program named as Dapat Alam Mo! in early September 2021, with Emil Sumangil and Patricia Tumulak revealed as first hosts of the show. In September 2021, the hosts were introduced including Kim Atienza. The show begun airing on GMA Network on February 14, 2022, replacing Wowowin. Hosts Emil Sumangil Patricia Tumulak Kim Atienza References External links 2021 Philippine television series debuts Filipino-language television shows GMA Network original programming GMA News and Public Affairs shows GTV (Philippine TV network) original programming Sign language television shows
James E. Ryan may refer to: James E. Ryan (horse trainer) (1900–1976), American horse trainer James E. Ryan (educator), American educator, author, lawyer, and legal scholar
Twin Lakes State Park is a state park in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States, located near the city of Rockwell City. The park is composed of two areas on the eastern and western shores of the North Twin Lake. It includes two beaches and fishing sites on the lake; while there are no boating facilities in the park itself, two public boat ramps can be found on the lake's south shore. The lake is home to bluegill, crappie, and walleye. The park also includes a picnic shelter built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in its eastern unit and a playground in its western unit. The eastern unit connects to a bike trail around the lake. References State parks of Iowa Protected areas of Calhoun County, Iowa
A Russian Travel Document () is a biometric refugee travel document issued for international travel purpose by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to individuals recognised as refugees residing in Russia under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The Russian travel document enables the holder to leave Russia, to travel outside Russia (with limitations) and to re-enter Russia. However, this document is not a regular Russian passport. See also Travel document References International travel documents Refugee travel documents
Shimizu Park (清水公園) is a privately owned park located in Noda City in north-eastern Chiba prefecture about 65 kilometers north of Tokyo. It is located 200 meters west-north-west of Shimizu-kōen Station on the Tōbu Urban Park Line, which is roughly 30 km east of its terminus in in central Saitama city. This park is renowned for its cherry blossoms, boasting over two thousand cherry blossoms in fifty varieties. Many of those bloom in late March or April when an annual Cherry Blossom Festival is held. In 1990 Shimizu Park was selected by the Japan Sakura Association as one of Japan's Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots. Plum trees and azalea plants also abound. Each February a plum festival is held and later in spring an azalea festival follows. History In 1894, Mogi Kasiwae, father of the first president of Noda Soy Sauce (now known as Kikkoman) rented some land on a forested area in front of Konjōin, a Buddhist temple that opened in 1398. This land was developed and opened to people of the village on April 3, 1894. When the park first opened, it was called "Syuurakuen" but since its location was in a village called Shimizu, it came to be known as "Shimizu Park." This park, which is normally open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, is currently operated by Sensyusha Co, a company closely associated with Kikkoman Soy Sauce, whose roots trace back to Noda city. See also List_of_botanical_gardens_in_Japan References External links Gardens_in_Chiba_Prefecture Gardens_in_Japan Parks_in_Japan Parks_and_gardens_in_Chiba_Prefecture Tourist_attractions_in_Chiba_Prefecture
Mariano Bovi (8 December 1757 – 9 April 1813) (also Marino, Mno, M.; Bova, Bove) was an Italian engraver, publisher and art dealer. Biography Mariano Bovi was born in Naples, Italy, on 8 December 1757. There is a record of him having at least one brother, Rocco Bovi (1743-1831) (who later became a mathematician and mayor of Scilla in Calabria). In 1781 Mariano was sent to London by Ferdinand IV to serve as an apprentice for three years under Francesco Bartolozzi. He later became an art dealer and publisher, going into business with his brother Rocco. His productive period in London was between 1786 and 1791. He went into bankruptcy in 1805 and died in 1813 in Messina. Etchings Partial list of prints by Bovi: Homeri Caput Integrum ..., after John Brown (published 1780) Miss Barker, after Richard Cosway (published c.1780-c.1813) Portrait of Giovanni Battista Cipriani, after Francesco Bartolozzi (published 1785) Bacchus's Favorite, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (published 1786) Henry Swinburne, after Richard Cosway (published 1786) Richard Cosway, after Richard Cosway (published 1786) Family portrait of Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies, after Angelica Kauffman (published 1790) Bacchante, after Lavinia Spencer, Countess Spencer (published London 1792) Mrs Bateman, after Ludwig Guttenbrunn (published 1793) The King's departure from his disconsolate family, after Domenico Pellegrini (published 1794) The Recording Angel, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani (published 1797) Alexandre Souvorov, after Josef Kreutzinger (published 1799) Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale), after Pierre Noel Violet (published 1800) Cupids adorning Venus with flowers, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (published 1803) Francesco Maurolico, after Polidoro da Caravaggio References External links Mariano Bovi at The British Museum 1757 births 1813 deaths Artists from Naples Italian engravers Italian etchers 18th-century engravers 18th-century Italian artists 19th-century engravers 19th-century Italian artists 19th-century male artists Italian expatriates in England
The King of Pigs () is an upcoming South Korean web series starring Kim Dong-wook, Kim Sung-kyu, and Chae Jung-an. The series depicts a thriller drama of those who brought out memories of violence due to a mysterious serial murder that began with a message from a friend 20 years ago. It is scheduled to premiere on TVING on March 18, 2022. Cast Main Kim Dong-wook as Hwang Kyung-min, who lives without forgetting the memories of school violence 20 years ago. Kim Sung-kyu as Jung Jong-seok, a detective who tracks messages from a friend 20 years ago. Chae Jung-an as Kang Jin-ah, a charismatic detective who is a strong-willed principle dist and is obsessed with cases. Supporting People around Hwang Kyung-min Han Soo-yeon as Park Min-joo, Kyung-min's wife. Lee Ji-ha as Kyung-min's mother. Others Hwang Man-ik as Park Seong-jin. Jung Eui-jae as Jin Hae-soo, the youngest detective on the powerful team that investigates a mysterious serial murder case. Oh Min-suk as Kang Min Ji Chan as Cho Pil-doo, Jong-seok's colleague. References External links 2022 South Korean television series debuts Korean-language television shows 2022 web series debuts South Korean web series
Carriage Lane Estates is an unincorporated urban community within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 in northwest Alberta, Canada that is designated a population centre for statistical purposes in the Canadian census. The community is adjacent to the eastern boundary of the City of Grande Prairie at the intersection of Township Road 714 (100 Avenue) and Range Road 54. History The community of Carriage Lane Estates was approved for development by the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 on December 6, 2004 through its adoption of the Carriage Lane Estates Area Structure Plan (ASP). The ASP estimates a population of 2,191 at full build-out. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population, Carriage Lane Estates recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Unincorporated communities in Alberta
Pauline Weeden Maloney (November 11, 1904 – June 22, 1987), born Margaret Pauline Fletcher, was an American educator based in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was the third national president of The Links, and rector of Norfolk State University. Early life and education Margaret Pauline "Polly" Fletcher was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of William Fletcher and Eliza Fletcher. She attended Morgan Academy in Baltimore, and she graduated from Howard University in 1926. At Howard, she was a member of Delta Sigma Theta. She later earned a master's degree from Columbia University. Career Maloney taught and served as a guidance counselor and an assistant principal in the Lynchburg Public Schools, especially at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, from 1937 to 1970. She was the first Black president of the Virginia School Boards Association and the Southern Region of the National School Boards Association. From 1957 to 1962, the third national president of The Links; she founded Lynchburg's chapter of The Links in 1950. As Links president, she spoke at the annual awards ceremony of the Virginia Teachers Association in 1960. Also in 1960, she addressed a public hearing of the Federal Communication Commission, on the subject of Black representation in television and radio production and programming: "The influence that broadcasting has on education, science, art, commerce, and the moral welfare of our country concerns all of us, and obviously lies at the root of these public hearings," she declared. She was also a regional director of Delta Sigma Theta, and one of the founding officers of the Friends of the Lynchburg Public Library, when it started in 1966. Maloney retired from schoolwork in 1977 and became the first woman rector of Norfolk State University. She was also active in Jack and Jill of America, the NAACP, and church organizations. Personal life Polly Fletcher married dentist Henry P. Weeden in North Carolina, and moved with him to Lynchburg in 1950. He died in 1964. Her second husband was Clarence Maloney, an attorney. Polly Weeden Maloney died in 1987, in Lynchburg, aged 82 years, survived by three daughters. In 2015, a historical marker about her was placed near her former home in Lynchburg, describing her career and noting her status as Lynchburg's "First Lady of Education." September 26, 2015, was declared "Pauline Weeden Maloney Day" by Lynchburg's mayor. She is one of the educators depicted in a three-panel mural by Ann van de Graaf, titled "Lord Plant My Feet on Higher Ground". References 1904 births 1987 deaths People from Annapolis, Maryland People from Lynchburg, Virginia Howard University alumni Norfolk State University faculty American educators Clubwomen Delta Sigma Theta members
Singapore was first represented in France in 1974, by Abdul Aziz Bin Mahmood as the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. This is a list of Ambassadors of Singapore to the France See also France–Singapore relations Notes References External links Embassy of Singapore in France Singapore France
Bruno Bachler (October 9, 1924 – November 15, 2015) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism, prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp and party functionary of the KPD. He is most well known for being part of the Edelweiss Pirates. Life Bachler grew up in an East Prussian communist-oriented family, which was also active against the rise of National Socialism after moving from Insterburg to Duisburg. Bruno was a member of the Red Young Pioneers as a child. His father was taken into "protective custody" on February 27, 1933, on the night of the Reichstag fire, and sent to one of the early concentration camps, where he died as a result of his imprisonment. After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Edelweiss Pirates, a resistant youth group. When this membership became known, the public prosecutor's office investigated him. After passing his journeyman's examination in 1942, he was called up to the Wehrmacht. During his recruit training, he secretly collected leaflets dropped by the English, which he distributed to households in the vicinity of his barracks. He was seized and brought before a court that sentenced him to one year in prison with front-line probation. Initially he was interned for a quarter of a year in the Buchenwald concentration camp, after which he was assigned to the penal company of the 16th Panzer Division on the Eastern Front and used there for mine clearance. After the end of the war, Bachler returned to Duisburg in 1945. Here he was one of the founding members of the KPD. In addition, he gathered young people in the group Neue Jugend around him and founded the Freie Deutsche Jugend in Duisburg in 1946. When it was banned in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1951, he continued to work illegally. He was arrested again and sentenced to three months in prison. Even after the KPD was banned in 1956, he was again imprisoned for three months for illegally continuing political work in the sense of high treason. A few years later, he was sentenced by a court to thirteen months in prison for illegal cooperation with the GDR trade union FDGB, which he spent in Kleve prison. This was followed by another five months in prison for an old offense: organizing holiday stays for children from the Federal Republic of Germany in the GDR. Bachler took part in the Easter marches and called for protests against war missions of the Bundeswehr.  In meetings of the Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime (VVN), he reported to young people about his resistance to the Edelweiss Pirates and about his stay in a concentration camp. Bruno Bachler was awarded the Rheinlandtaler of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland in 2006. Death and legacy Bahler died on November 15, 2015, at the age of 91 years old. After his death, Bachler was praised as an "upright fighter for his pacifist ideals and a convincing admonisher against fascism". References 1924 births 2015 deaths German resistance members
Endoclita makundae is a species of Ghost moth (Hepialidae) described from Assam, India. Description Wingspan ~75mm Range So far only known from type locality. Habitat The habitat consists of evergreen and semi-evergreen forest on low relief topography. Etymology Named for the Makunda Christian Leprosy and General Hospital. A noun in the genitive singular meaning “of Makunda”. References Hepialidae
Major Chaplin Court Treatt (1888 – 1954), also known as "C.T.", was an English Royal Flying Corps officer and a traveller and adventurer in Africa who masterminded the Court Treatt Expedition 1924–1926, the first successful attempt to drive a motor car from Cape Town to Cairo. England Chaplin Court Treat was born in Kensington, London on 13 September 1888, the son of London businessman Richard Court Treatt by his wife Florence, grew up in Elstead Mill, Elstead, Surrey, and attended Westminster School. At the outset of the First World War he enlisted in the infantry with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and fought initially in France before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. He flew missions as an observer until he was injured in a crash in 1916 which killed the pilot. After a period of recuperation he was sent to Egypt where he had a staff posting until the 1918 armistice. Africa After the war, his first peacetime job, still as an RAF officer, was in Africa. Chaplin was employed with a survey team planning and mapping for the construction of airfields for the southern portion of the Trans-African air route. The project was finished in 1922 and Chaplin chose to remain in Africa. In 1923, Chaplin married Stella Hinds in South Africa. In 1924, after an interval securing permissions in England, Chaplin and Stella, together with Stella's brother, Errol Hinds, and several others, undertook a seventeen-month car journey from Cape Town to Cairo. Later life The Court Treatts divorced in London in 1935. Chaplin mounted several further African expeditions before moving to the United States. He died in Los Angeles on 11 July 1954. See also Court Treatt expedition Notes References External links Ockerbloom, John Mark (ed.). "Court Treatt, Chaplin", The Online Books Page, n.d. 1888 births 1954 deaths People from Kensington Royal Flying Corps officers
Avenal is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. The suburb includes Queens Park and Southland Museum and Art Gallery. Demographics Avenal covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Avenal had a population of 1,263 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 132 people (11.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 105 people (9.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 555 households. There were 615 males and 648 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female. The median age was 36.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 216 people (17.1%) aged under 15 years, 270 (21.4%) aged 15 to 29, 618 (48.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 159 (12.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 79.8% European/Pākehā, 13.1% Māori, 2.9% Pacific peoples, 14.0% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 21.9%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.7% had no religion, 32.8% were Christian, 2.9% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 1.9% were Buddhist and 2.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 261 (24.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 198 (18.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. 153 people (14.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 579 (55.3%) people were employed full-time, 159 (15.2%) were part-time, and 51 (4.9%) were unemployed. Education St John's Girls' School is a state-integrated single-sex school providing education for years 1 to 8 with a roll of as of It opened in 1917 as an Anglican school, became independent of the church after the depression, and became state-integrated in 1990. References Suburbs of Invercargill
Nipekamew Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is north-east of Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Provincial Park and north-west of Narrow Hills Provincial Park and the Cub Hills. It is a long and narrow lake that runs in a north to south direction and is surrounded by boreal forest, rolling hills, and muskeg. The outflow, Nipekamew River, is at the northern end of the lake and at the southern end of the lake, neighbouring East Trout Lake flows directly into it through a short channel. Several other smaller rivers, such as Nipekamew Creek, also flow into the lake. The lake is part of the Churchill River watershed, which flows into the Hudson Bay. Nipekamew Lake is in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District and is accessed from Highways 912 and 927. Highway 912 runs up along the eastern shore and Highway 927 goes to the southern end of the lake and heads west to East Trout Lake and services the resorts in the area. East Trout-Nipekamew Lakes Recreation Site East Trout-Nipekamew Lakes Recreation Site is a provincial recreation site at the southern end of Nipekamew Lake and along the south-eastern shore of East Trout Lake. There are three resorts in the park centred on the bay and channel that separate the two lakes. Highway 927 provides access to the park and the resorts. On the East Trout Lake part of the park is Pine Grove Resort. It features cabin rentals and a campground for accommodations. There is also a convenience store, boat rentals, boat launch, public showers, and washrooms. Eagle Bay Resort is situated on the bay between the lakes. Like Pine Gove Resort, it also has cabins for rent and a campground. Eagle Bay Resort has a general store, fuel, a boat launch, restaurant, a large sandy beach, and a water trampoline. Katche Kamp Outfitters is on the same bay as Eagle Bay Resort and also has cabins for rent. It offers many of the same amenities as the other resorts, such as boat rentals, boat launch, store, laundry, showers, etc. Fish species Fish species in the lake include northern pike, walleye, and lake trout, yellow perch. See also List of lakes of Saskatchewan Tourism in Saskatchewan References Lakes of Saskatchewan Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Wouter Fok (born 30 September 1954) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. A five-time national doubles champion, Fok debuted for the Netherlands Davis Cup team against Greece in 1977 and secured the tie with a reverse singles win over Nikolaos Kelaidis. He also featured against Norway in 1978. Fok, a left-handed player, twice featured in the singles main draw of the ABN World Tennis Tournament. In 1978 he had an upset win over Dutch number one Tom Okker at a tournament in Mook. See also List of Netherlands Davis Cup team representatives References External links 1954 births Living people Dutch male tennis players
Baiba Saulite was a mother of two originally from Latvia who was shot dead outside her home in Swords, Dublin on 19 November 2006. Background Her children were taken from the Republic of Ireland by her former partner 'Mr A' in December 2004 and returned in September 2005. He had pleaded guilty to abducting the children and was sentenced to two years imprisonment. At the time of the killing he was already serving a four-year sentence for his part in a plan to export stolen cars to the Middle East. After his conviction, Baiba wrote a twelve-page victim impact statement saying that she was very worried for her safety. She was shot dead five days later. Nobody was ever convicted of her murder. Aftermath Her solicitor was under armed Garda protection after the murder, despite denials from Gardaí at the time. Detective Garda Walter O'Sullivan said he believed that Ms Saulite was specifically targeted, that information gathered during the investigation suggested a contract had been taken out on her. He said suspects were identified and prosecution recommended when sending the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The DPP chose not to prosecute, which surprised O'Sullivan. Disclosures tribunal On 1 February 2022 the Disclosures Tribunal opened an investigation into her death. Former Garda Sergeant William Hughes had been attached to the community policing unit at Swords Garda station at the time. He had investigated the abduction of her children between 2004 and 2006. Her children were located in Lebanon and she travelled there to collect them. A man referred to as "Mr A" pleaded guilty to their abduction. Baiba met with Garda Hughes and Garda Declan Nyhan at Swords Garda station to draft a victim impact statement. She handed Garda Hughes a twelve-page handwritten statement that was for the sentencing hearing of "Mr A". It detailed a history of abuse against her and near the end she wrote she was "very scared for my life". She was not making a formal complaint against "Mr A" at this time. Some elements of the draft impact statement were not suitable and she was to return to the Garda station to complete it. When she was shot dead Garda Hughes said he was "shocked and upset" when told. He told the tribunal "I was extremely shocked that things got to this stage and I felt things had gone terribly wrong with the entire matter, it shouldn’t have happened. When it happened and after I was thinking was there a way we could have prevented this". He told tribunal investigators: "I began making allegations about a ‘systems failure’, in respect of all investigations related to the murder, including the child abduction case, in which I was involved." He also said "What I was saying was that numerous related crimes, including the child abduction case and threats to Baiba Saulite and her Solicitor John Hennessy which occurred in 2006 were not properly correlated and coordinated." He had told an investigation that there was "a systemic failure" that "ultimately permitted a critical chain of events to transpire before the death of Baiba Saulite". He said that "the responsibility for the failure rests with senior management" and claimed he was "subjected to a horrendous cycle of intimidation, bullying and harassment". In 2007 there was a Garda investigation into an alleged breach of discipline by Hughes. It was to determine if he "in possession of documentation or information" that meant that he "ought to have known" about "he existence of a real and immediate risk to the life of Baiba Saulite". In 2009 the investigation concluded that there was no breach of discipline on his part. The tribunal is to determine if Assistant Commissioner McHugh or Chief Superintendent Michael Feehan tried "to target or discredit" Hughes by initiating the disciplinary procedure because Hughes had made a protected disclosure. Gardaí deny this. On 2 February 2022 Hughes testified that in the days after the killing of Baiba Saulite The Irish Sun carried an article claiming there was "a hit out to get the garda that reunited Baiba Saulite with her children". Hughes raised the article with his superiors, saying it was "dangerously menacing" and that he was not the source of the article. He also testified about his concerns about a Garda Press Office press release on 22 November 2006. The release said that at no time prior to her killing was Ms Saulites solicitor given full time Garda protection but that he was given extensive advice on enhancements he could make to his home. It also said Ms Saulite had been given similar advice. Hughes said he has since learned that she was given no such advice. Gardaí investigating the murder of Ms. Saulite were told to get the victim impact statement by breaking into the locker of Sgt. Hughes. Assistant Comissioner Al McHugh ordered Gardaí to force the locker to get the statement, if neccessary. Retired Detective Chief Superintendent Kevin Donoghue, former head of the Garda Press Office, testified about a nine paragraph statement given in this name on 22 November 2006. The statement claimed that it's purpose was to "clarify the factual position", saying there were media inaccuracies. The statement claimed the Gardaí had become aware of threats against her solicitor prior to her murder. He had been advised immediately of the threats as had she, the statement claimed. Kevin Donoghue said that no such advise had been given either to Ms Saulite or her solicitor, agreeing with counsel for Hughes. He also testified that he didn't know that Ms. Saulite had expressed concerns for her safety for a long time. Donoghue said that he got information about the case after the murder from a senior officer stationed locally. He said the statement was issued under his name because the case of Ms. Saulite was more serious than cases usually handled by the Garda Press Office. He denied that Hughes had been targeted and that the statement was made in good faith. References Murder in the Republic of Ireland Crime in the Republic of Ireland 2006 deaths Violence against women in Ireland
Selling Mother's Milk: The Wet-Nursing Business in France, 1715–1914 is a 1982 book by George D. Sussman that is about the history of wet nurses in France. The author attempted to find a correlation between the population decline in France and the practice of wet nursing. Content The book's coverage starts in 1715 when wet nurses were common in France, and continues to the Roussel Law in 1874 and follows the practice of paid wet nursing until the practice declined until the outset of World War I. The 1874 Roussel Law allowed the government to monitor wet nursing by requiring every infant that was placed with a guardian to be registered with the state. The babies were sent to a wet nurse for a year or two, although there was an "at least one-in-three chance" of the children never returning to their parents due to poor care. Parents who sent their children included artisans and shopkeepers, but they were not the poorest class of people and at times have spent the money meant for the wet nurses elsewhere. Sussman states that the practice of rural wet nursing declined due to the changing family attitude towards young children, safe breastfeeding methods becoming possible, and that outside work for married women in France became less important compared to raising their children. Until the 1900s, French wives having careers was important for the family to survive and these families often saved enough money to send their babies to rural wet nurses. The demand for wet nurses was higher than the amount that was available. The nurses were not allowed to become pregnant again due to those pregnancies "spoiling" their milk. Sussman thought that the mortality rate of the practice and how slow the population grew in France during the 1800s were related. Publication Prior works on the subject of wet nursing were about if mothers were concerned with their newborns based on whether they would breastfeed them or not. Sussman studied the parents and motives of everyone involved while showing the inner-workings of the wet nurse business. The author used the medical literature available about wet nursing to write about the babies' treatment and mortality from the 1700s to the 1800s. The book was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1982. Reception Edward Shorter of The American Historical Review concluded his review with, "But this modest, well-researched study clears away much of the underbrush for other scholars who will want to know about the emotional significance of this singular custom." Paul G. Spagnoli, writing for The Journal of Interdisciplinary History said, "His book deserves the attention of an audience eager for a respite from volumes without being any more useful." References 1982 non-fiction books Wet nursing
Tynset is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Tynset may also refer to: Tynset (novel), a lyrical work of prose published in 1965 by the German writer Wolfgang Hildesheimer. Tynset (village), a village in Tynset municipality in Innlandet county, Norway Tynset Church, a church in Tynset municipality in Innlandet county, Norway Tynset IF, a Norwegian sports club from Tynset municipality in Innlandet county, Norway
Chan Hon-yee, JP (born October 20, 1961) is a Hong Kong medicine specialist and civil servant who served as Director of Health and Director of the Auxiliary Medical Service. Early life Chan Hon-yee was born on October 20, 1961. From kindergarten to preparatory school she completed her studies at Rosaryhill School. She was accepted to the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong where she obtained a Bachelor of Medicine in 1985. Career After graduating from university and practicing for more than two years, Chan joined the Hong Kong government as a government doctor in February 1988. Afterwards, she studied for a Master of Medicine in Public health at the National University of Singapore from 1991 to 1992. After returning to Hong Kong, she was promoted to Senior Doctor in November 1993 and then to Chief Doctor in July 1996. In August 2000, Chan was promoted to assistant director of Health and was appointed as an Official Justice of the Peace on July 1, 2006. She was appointed as the Food Safety Officer of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in October 2007. As Food Safety Commissioner, Chan promoted a mandatory nutrition labeling scheme in response to incidents such as the 2008 Chinese dairy contamination incident, and introduced new food safety control measures to help trace product origins following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. In 2012, Chan broke with custom and passed Tsang Ho Fai Director of the Centre for Health Protection and Tam Lifen Deputy Director of Health to be appointed as the Director of Health. Chan retired on September 21, 2021. Personal life Chan Hon-yee is married with two sons. Honors Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine - for her academic and career contributions in social medicine. Official Justice of the Peace - Constance Chan Hon-yee, JP (July 1, 2006 - ). References Living people 1961 births Hong Kong doctors Hong Kong civil servants Alumni of the University of Hong Kong National University of Singapore alumni Justices of the peace Hong Kong women
Vice-Admiral Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston, CMG (13 October 1878 – 24 March 1975) was a Royal Navy officer. References http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Herbert_Arthur_Buchanan-Wollaston https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-161146 1878 births 1975 deaths Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
This is a list of Ambassadors of Singapore to the Japan See also Japan–Singapore relations References External links Embassy of Singapore in Japan Singapore Japan
Vice-Admiral Bernard William Murray Fairbairn, CBE (18 April 1880–5 April 1960) was a Royal Navy officer. References http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Bernard_William_Murray_Fairbairn https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-237087 1880 births 1960 deaths Royal Navy admirals Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Place of birth missing Place of death missing
Hotel Korpilampi is a hotel in Lahnus, Espoo, Finland, operated by Pandox. Construction of this first so-called "wilderness hotel" in the Helsinki capital region started in 1975 and the hotel was opened in 1977. The hotel became publicly known in connection with the Korpilampi seminar in 1977. The hotel has a total of 156 rooms and 17 conference halls. The hotel also has a restaurant, a spa and a health club. Lomaliitto, the previous owner of Hotel Korpilampi, went bankrupt in 2009. After the bankruptcy the hotel was closed for a year and a half until Pandox bought the hotel. History Construction of Hotel Korpilampi was started in 1975 as a joint venture called Tornilampi by HOK-Elanto, Enso-Gutzeit and the SKOP bank. The lot designated for construction had a total area of 17 hectares, and construction started by building an artificial pond by moving about 60 thousand cubic metres of mud away from the ground so that the maximum depth of the pond was 12 metres. As the lot for the hotel was full of rocky ground, it required extensive ground transport work before a basis for a building with 162 hotel rooms, five restaurants and an auditorium with 300 places could be built. A dormitory with 23 rooms for the hotel staff was built next to the hotel. Right from the start, the hotel was marketed in connection with Finnlines as suitable for Middle European passengers of the GTS Finnjet, but this strategy never paid off, but instead HOK-Elanto grew tired of the losses in the early 1980s and sold Hotel Korpilampi to Lomaliitto owned by the trade union association. In 1989 the Serena water park was opened next to the hotel, and the hotel itself also became known as Serena Korpilampi. Korpilampi seminar The Korpilampi seminar was an financial and political seminar held at Hotel Korpilampi in 1977, organised by Kalevi Sorsa, the Prime Minister of Finland at the time. The seminar was attended by the elite of the political parties, organisations and businesses in Finland, numbering 350 in total. This conference, which has grown to mythical proportions in Finnish society, established a political consensus of the coming financial politics in Finland. References External links Official site Hotel Korpilampi at Visit Espoo Korpilampi Buildings and structures in Espoo
The United Nations Official Document System (ODS), commonly known as the Official Document System, is a multilingual online database of the United Nations documents consisting electronic publications from 1993 to the present century available in official languages of the UN, such as Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish in addition to German language. It was established in 1993 and was later updated in 2016. It preserve full text of its main bodies such as the Security Council, General Assembly, and the United Nations Economic and Social Council in addition to preserve records of the UN subsidiaries and other administrative documents. The ODS has also maintained a database of scanned copies of all resolutions, principal organs, the Security Council, and General Assembly. However it has not digitalized publishing material issued before 1993 such as press releases, sales publications, yearbooks, the treaty series, and documents without a UN symbol. Supported by all major web browsers, ODS is maintained by the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT). Its new documents are added by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM). However, scanned copies and metadata are frequently added and updated by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the United Nations Office at Geneva library. Languages The ODS user interface and publishing material is available in 6 official languages with prime focus on international studies, world peace, international security, government and political science with broad categories on area studies, government resources, and social sciences. Coverage The ODS digital documents are available published from 1993 to present century and is regularly updated while scanned copies are available published from 1946 to 1993. All published materials are downloadable in any of the available languages. References Further reading United Nations documents Bibliographic database providers Online archives
Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Murray Austin, KBE, CB (10 September 1881 – 19 June 1953) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both world wars. References http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Francis_Murray_Austin https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-234247 1881 births 1953 deaths Royal Navy admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath
Wadi Qanat, commonly known today as Wadi al-Aqul or Wadi Sayednah Hamzah, is one of three main wadis (seasonal streams) of Medina, Saudi Arabia. It flows between Mount Uhud and the city center of Medina. It connects with the two other major wadis of the city, Wadi Buthan and Wadi al-Aqiq, at a point northwest of Medina. The wadi is dry for most of the year, though it was not uncommon for it to significantly flood when it did fill. References Bibliography Medina Wadis of Saudi Arabia
Sand Dollar Beach is a long beach in Big Sur, California, one of the longest publicly accessible beaches on that coast. It is within the Los Padres National Forest and across Highway 1 from Plaskett Creek Campground. There is a picnic area, bathrooms, and barbeque pits at the parking area. There is a $10 access fee payable at the parking lot managed by a concession company. The park is open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily. Dogs are permitted on leash while on the trail and off leash at the beach. There is a access trail through a row of Monterey pines to a trail running along the top of a grassy bluff. There are views along the seaside bluff with long views up and down the coast. The beach is about long and longer at low tide. It is popular with hikers and photographers due to its breathtaking bluffs. A steep trail leads from the bluff to a wooden staircase that descends the final down to the beach. A short trail to the south leads to an overlook guarded by a wooden railing. It is possible to see whales migrating along the coast during certain parts of the year. A large white sea stack named Plaskett Rock is visible, offshore from Plaskett Rock Point, the headland that separates Sand Dollar Beach from Jade Cove. Cone Peak in the Santa Lucia Mountains is visible to the northeast. The beach is north of the small commercial center of Gorda and north of Cambria. It is south of Big Sur Village on Highway 1. References Beaches of Monterey County, California Beaches of Northern California Big Sur Monterey County, California
Theo Gorter (born 12 July 1956) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Amsterdam, Gorter's career almost ended when he was 18 year old, after suffering a broken tibia and crushed foot in a moped accident. His injuries kept him out of tennis for over a year. Gorter, a three-time national doubles champion, represented the Netherlands in a 1979 Davis Cup tie against Denmark in Hilversum. He partnered with Paul van Min in the doubles rubber, which they lost in four sets to Lars Elvstrøm and Michael Mortensen, but the Netherlands still won the tie. On the Grand Prix circuit, Gorter made the singles main draw of the Dutch Open in both 1979 and 1980. See also List of Netherlands Davis Cup team representatives References External links 1956 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Tennis players from Amsterdam
Alix Wilkinson (born August 2, 2000) is an American World Cup alpine skier from Mammoth Lakes, California. She focuses on the speed events of downhill and super-G, and made her World Cup debut in December 2019 in a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada. Wilkinson represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics as a replacement for an injured Breezy Johnson. World Cup results Season standings Olympic results References External links Alix Wilkinson at U.S. Ski Team 2000 births Living people American female alpine skiers 21st-century American women Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers of the United States People from Mammoth Lakes, California Sportspeople from California
Nicole Rocha Silveira (born 7 May 1994) is a Brazilian skeleton racer and former bobsledder who competes on the Skeleton World Cup. Career Silveira made her Skeleton World Cup debut in the 2018–19 season, finishing in 25th place. The following season, she finished in 24th place. In the 2020–21 season, she finished 22nd. Silveira also competed in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup where she placed 18th in the standings. Personal life Silveira, who is openly bisexual, is in a relationship with fellow skeleton racer Kim Meylemans. References External links 1994 births Living people Brazilian female bobsledders Brazilian female skeleton racers Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers of Brazil LGBT sportspeople from Brazil Bisexual sportspeople LGBT skeleton racers Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul People from Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul)
Vice-Admiral Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes, CBE (29 May 1874 – 15 February 1947) was a Royal Navy officer. Biography The son of the Conservative politician Henry Cecil Raikes, he entered the Royal Navy in 1888. During the First World War, Raikes saw action in Gallipoli, in the Red Sea, and in East African waters. Appointed CBE in 1923, he was promoted to Rear-Admiral and retired in 1924. In 1929 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List. References http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Cecil_Dacre_Staveley_Raikes 1874 births 1947 deaths Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Julius Cassirer (born February 2, 1841, in Schwientochlowitz; died June 18, 1924, in Berlin) was a German industrialist and art collector and principal shareholder of Kabelwerke Dr. Cassirer & Co. in Berlin. Life Julius Cassirer was the second oldest son of ten children of Marcus Cassirer (1809-1879) and his wife Jeannette, née Steinitz (1813-1889). He was born in 1841 in Schwientochlowitz, today Świętochłowice. He married Julie (Julcher) Cassirer (1844-1924), the daughter of his uncle Siegfried Cassirer (1812-1897), and had three children with her: the writer and musician Fritz Leopold Cassirer, the publisher Bruno Cassirer, and Elise Cassirer. From 1866, Julius, together with his brother Louis, was authorized signatory of the Marcus Cassirer & Co. Liqueur Factory in Breslau. His father retired as a partner of the liqueur factory now managed by his sons, he died on October 20, 1879 in Breslau and left his property equally to his nine children still living. Julius went to Görlitz, where he ran the Cassirer and Sons company together with his brother Isidor Cassirer until the 1870s. In the early 1880s, Louis and Julius Cassirer moved to Berlin, where there was a great demand for lumber due to construction activity, and became lumber merchants and suppliers with the Gebr. Cassirer Bau- und Naturholzhandlung. Since they were often awarded the houses they had already started as creditors in the event of non-payment for lumber already delivered, and were financially able to complete them, they additionally came into possession of numerous tenement houses in Berlin, which greatly increased in value, especially until 1900. Gradually, the brothers Eduard, Salo and Isidor, and Max also came to Berlin and settled in Charlottenburg, which was still independent at the time. Together with his nephews Alfred and Hugo, who had worked in the cable factory of his uncle Otto Bondy in Vienna after receiving his doctorate in chemistry, Julius Cassirer founded the cable factory Dr. Cassirer und Co. in the backyard of Schönhauser Allee 62 in 1896, in which Louis Cassirer later also became a partner. The cable works moved its production to Hakenfelde at Keplerstraße 5-6 and continued to grow as one of the first companies in its sector. In 1912, the Cassirers employed 150 workers and salaried employees here; by 1914, the workforce had grown to 630 people and the working capital amounted to 5 million marks with annual sales of 10 million marks. Julius Cassirer was also a partner in the sales office of Vereinigter Fabriken isolierter Leitungsdrähte Berlin GmbH, the Linear Gummiwarenfabrik and the Oberschlesische Telefongesellschaft, he lived in a villa at Fasanenstrasse 12 in Charlottenburg and was regarded as a "well-appointed, respected man.“ In addition to his business activities, Julius Cassirer was a member of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and the Commission for Customs, Tax and Trade Issues, the Commissions for Legal and Traffic Issues, on the Stock Exchange Board and, from 1904 to 1908, a commercial judge. In addition, charitable activities are documented, including donations his workers affected by invalidity and old distressed women and the conclusion of accident insurance for his workers. In 1910, he donated to the city of Charlottenburg the Swan Chick Fountain made by August Gaul in 1908, which is located at Kurfürstendamm 61. In 1914 he was appointed a Royal Commercial Councillor. Literature Sigrid Bauschinger: Die Cassirers. Unternehmer, Kunsthändler, Philosophen. C.H.Beck, München 2015. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4. References 1924 deaths 1841 births Industrialists
Muhammad Wali Naeemi is Afghanistan's Permanent envoy to the United Nations since February 2022. He has also served as Deputy Permanent Representative. References 20th-century Afghan people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
Admiral Cyril Samuel Townsend, CB (28 June 1875 – 31 March 1949) was a Royal Navy officer. References http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Cyril_Samuel_Townsend https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-232745 1875 births 1949 deaths Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I Companions of the Order of the Bath
Roberto Bentivegna is a British-born Italian screenwriter. Biography Bentivegna was born in London and grew up in Milan. He graduated from Emerson College and received his MFA from Columbia University in 2010. His screenplay The Eel was named to The Black List in 2012 and is currently under development, starring Sam Rockwell. In 2022, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film for his work on House of Gucci. He is also adapting Jo Nesbø's novella into an Amazon feature. References Living people Italian screenwriters British screenwriters Emerson College alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni People from London People from Milan
Wang Jinmei (June 14, 1898 - August 19, 1925), born Wang Ruijun, courtesy name Zhuozai, was a Chinese revolutionary and an early participant of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Biography Wang Jinmei was born in Ju County of Shandong on June 14, 1898. His birth date remains disputed. During a visit to Moscow, an entry form at Manchuria in 1921 listed his birth date as April 20, 1899. In summer 1918, Wang enrolled in the 1st Shandong Normal School. He participated in the May Fourth Movement, where he was elected as a leader in an anti-Japanese students' association. In March 1920, Wang became a research member of the Marxism Research Group of Peking University. In autumn of the same year, he was involved in the formation of the Li Sin Society, along with Deng Enming and several other classmates in Shandong. The society published the Luoyuansinkan, a bi-weekly. In spring 1921, he co-founded a branch of the CCP at Jinan. Representing the branch, in July 1921 he left for Shanghai to attend the 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. In January 1922, Wang was present at the 1st Congress of Far Eastern Revolutionary Organizations in Moscow and met Vladimir Lenin. In July 1922, he attended the 2nd National Congress of the CCP in Shanghai. In the same month, the CCP branch at Shandong was established. He was appointed as the Shandong division leader of the Chinese Labor Secretariat (predecessor of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions), and was involved in the drafting of the Labour Law Memorandum. In November 1922, Wang spearheaded the formation of a CCP branch at Shanhaiguan. He led labor strikes at Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao. In February 1923, he was arrested at Shanhaiguan and thrown in jail at Lingyu, which was responded by a protest that forced the magistrate official to order his release. Wang returned to Shandong and joined the CCP in October 1923. In January 1924, he attended the 1st National Congress of the Kuomintang at Guangzhou. In November, he was appointed as the secretary of CCP Shandong. He met Sun Yat-sen, who promoted him as a commissioner for the Propaganda Unit of the National Assembly, responsible for propaganda production and National Assembly meetings at Shandong. In January 1925, he attended the 4th National Congress of the CCP. By February, despite contracting tuberculosis, he continued several strike efforts of railroad workers. On March 1, he went to Beijing to attend the National Assembly. By April, his sickness worsened and passed away at Qingdao on August 19, 1925, aged 27. Genealogy Wang had two children: Wang Naizheng (1919 - 2009), former vice-commander of the Jilin Military Region. Wang Nai-en (born 1922), former party vice-secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission. See also All-China Federation of Trade Unions References 1898 births 1925 deaths Chinese revolutionaries Chinese Marxists Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Political party founders Chinese propagandists Chinese Communist Party committee secretaries
Allister Adel is the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona. Originally appointed to the position, Adel subsequently won election to a full term in November 2020. She is the first woman to hold the position. Early life and career Adel grew up in Dallas, Texas where she attend an all-girls school, The Hockaday School. Adel received her bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in criminology from the University of Arizona in 1999. She then worked at the Maricopa County Superior Court from 1999 to 2001 as a criminal court administrator. Deciding to go law school to become a prosecutor, Adel graduated from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 2004. After graduating law school, Adel served as a prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office (2004 – 2011) in the vehicular crimes, gang and drug enforcement bureaus. She then became an administrative law judge with the Arizona Department of Transportation. Adel briefly served as general counsel for the Department of Child Safety. There, Adel sent Governor Doug Ducey a memo under the state's whistle-blower statute regarding Ducey's appointment of Greg McKay as DCS Director. The details of the memo were never revealed. From 2016 to 2018, Adel was the executive director for the Maricopa County Bar Association. County Attorney In 2019, Bill Montgomery resigned as county attorney to take a seat on the Arizona Supreme Court. Adel was selected by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to replace Montgomery. Other applicants who applied for the position included: Rachel Mitchell, Jon Eliason, Rodney Glassman, John Kaites, Gina Godbehere, Chris DeRose, and Lacy Cooper. In 2020, Adel was unopposed in the Republican primary and defeated Democrat Julie Gunnigle in the general election, receiving 46.45% of the vote. Policies Adel campaigned on a promise to move the county away form the hard-line policies implement under Bill Montgomery. During the 2020 election, Adel made several pledges, including to reduce Arizona's mass incarceration rate, increase alternatives to prison, reduce the county's practice of overcharging defendants, and giving prosecutors more leeway in plea negotiations. After her appointment, Adel reversed a county policy that prevented gay couples from getting legal services for adoption required by state law. Adel fired controversial Jodi Arias prosecutor Juan Martinez who was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and faced investigations by the state bar for alleged prosecutorial misconduct in several death penalty cases. In September 2020, the county attorney's office declined to file charges against the police officer involved in the Shooting of Dion Johnson. Prosecution of protestors In October 2020, several Black Lives Matter protestors arrested in Phoenix were charged by the county attorney's office as gang members. Questions over the way Adel's office handled the prosecution of 15 protesters resulted in a critical reporting in August 2021 accusing the office of colluding with Phoenix police officers to falsely charge protesters. The cases were dropped a week after ABC 15 published an investigation on the dubious nature of the charges. Adel claimed that her brain injury "impacted her ability to vet the case and understand the evidence behind the charges." The incident led to the Department of Justice opening an investigation of the Phoenix Police Department. Calls for resignation Multiple groups have pushed for Adel to resign since her election. In September 2021, the Maricopa County Democratic Party sought Adel's resignation in response to the controversial prosecution of the Black Lives Matter protestors and Adel's rehab treatment. A week later, Mass Liberation AZ, a criminal justice reform and activist group, launched a “Resign or Be Recalled" campaign. On February 15, 2022, five top prosecutors in the county attorney's office wrote a letter demanding that Adel step down, sending it to the board of supervisors and the state bar. The letter "raised ethical questions about her sobriety, long absences from work and judgment." ON February 22, 2022, Adel rejected their call for resignation, stating they "either stick it out or resign." Former long-serving county attorney Rick Romley also publicly stated Adel should step down. Health issues On the night of the 2020 election, Adel was hospitalized and had emergency surgery for bleeding to the brain. Nine days prior, she had fallen and hit her head resulting in a blood clot in her brain. She remained hospitalized for two months, and underwent a second surgery in January 2021, but by February had returned to work. In August 2021, Adel checked herself into a rehab facility in California to work on problems that included stress, anxiety, an eating disorder and alcoholism. Adel continued to run the county attorney's office and returned to work in September. Adel confirms two alcohol relapses since leaving the rehab center. Personal Adel is married to David DeNitto and they have two children. She has been a registered Republican since 2000. References External links Vacancy Application. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Profile on Ballotpedia Campaign Website Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law alumni People from Maricopa County, Arizona Arizona Republicans 21st-century American women lawyers Lawyers from Dallas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people District attorneys in Arizona
Dralfa is a village in Northern Bulgaria. The village is located in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province. Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, Dralfa currently has a population of 587 people with a permanent address registered in the settlement. Geography The village lies between two geographical areas - the Balkan Mountains and the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria). Dralfa village is located in Municipality Targovishte, 17 kilometers northwest away from Targovishte. The village is a railway station for the busiest railway line in Bulgaria, Sofia - Varna. Dralfa's continental climate offers good conditions for animal husbandry, pig and sheep breeding. A very large area of the village's land is used for the production of crops like wheat and corn. The village's elevation ranges between 200 and 299 meters with an average elevation of 212 meters above sea level. Infrastructure There is an active bakery in the village, supplying the nearby 10 villages with bread. A Thracian historical mound was found near the village, which was a burial site dating back to the 4th century. Buildings There is a local community center and library “Napredak”. It was built in 1903. It is still active. The elementary school “Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodii” is active in the village and was built in 1891. Rebuilt in 1970. Ethnicity According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011. References Villages in Targovishte Province
Norman Steinberg (born June 6, 1939) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. He co-scripted for the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously alongside with Harry Colomby, Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff. Selected filmography Blazing Saddles (1974) Yes, Giorgio (1982) My Favorite Year (1982) Johnny Dangerously (1984) Wise Guys (1986) Funny About Love (1990) References External links 1939 births Living people People from Brooklyn Television producers from New York (state) Screenwriters from New York (state) American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers American male television writers 20th-century American screenwriters American television directors
Joseph Beckham Cobb (April 11, 1819September 15, 1858) was an American writer and politician. Joseph Beckham Cobb was born on April 11, 1819, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia; George T. Buckley identifies Cobb's birthplace as near Lexington, Georgia. His father was Thomas W. Cobb. He attended a school in Willington, South Carolina, and the University of Georgia, leaving in 1838 without a degree. He married Almira Clayton on October 5, 1837. Cobb moved to Mississippi in 1838 and was elected to the Mississippi Legislature in 1841, resigning in 1843. By 1844 he lived in Columbus, Mississippi, where he held a plantation. As of his death in 1858, his $117,000 estate included 1,500 acres of land and more than 100 enslaved persons. Cobb published three books: The Creole (1850), a work of historical fiction; Mississippi Scenes (1851), a set of humorous observations about people and culture in Columbus; and Leisure Labors (1858), an essay collection. He published essays in magazines as well. Jay Broadus Hubbell describes Cobb's politics as "typical of the wealthy Whig planters" in that he opposed secession of the South from the United States. In Mississippi Scenes, he wrote about Indigenous people, including Choctaw, and Black enslaved people, in highly derogatory terms. Cobb died on September 15, 1858. Publications "Uncle Billy Brown" (1847) The Creole; or, Siege of New Orleans (1850) Mississippi Scenes; or, Sketches of Southern and Western Life (1851) Leisure Labors; or, Miscellanies Historical, Literary, and Political (1858) Citations Works cited 1819 births 1858 deaths 19th-century American male writers American slave owners Members of the Mississippi Legislature Mississippi Whigs People from Oglethorpe County, Georgia University of Georgia alumni
The 2021 NCAA Skiing Championships took place from March 10 to March 13 in New Hampshire, at Jackson Nordic Ski Area, which hosted the cross-country events, and Cannon Mountain Ski Area, which hosted the alpine events. The tournament went into its 67th consecutive NCAA Skiing Championships, and featured seventeen teams across all divisions. Team results Note: Top 10 only (H): Team from hosting U.S. state Individual Results Note: Table does not include consolation (H): Individual from hosting U.S. State References 2021 in American sports 2021 in sports in New Hampshire
This is a list of Ambassadors of Singapore to the Lao People's Democratic Republic References External links Embassy of Singapore in Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic
Admiral Sir Laurence Eliot Power, KCB, CVO (7 May 1864 – 20 January 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who played an important role in shipbuilding during the First World War. Biography Born in Bramley, Surrey, Power was the son of the Rev. Henry Bolton Power and the grandson of Major-General Sir Manley Power. He entered HMS Britannia in July 1877, ranked seventh out of forty-six successful candidates. He was rated midshipman in 1879, sub-lieutenant in 1883, lieutenant in 1887, commander in 1899, and captain in 1905. A navigation specialist, Power served as navigator in a number of ships from 1885 to 1903, when he received his first independent command. He was awarded the Shadwell Testimonial in 1890 for the best plan of an anchorage by a junior officer. In 1903, he was given command the sloop HMS Alert. In 1905, he was promoted to captain and attended the Royal Naval War College. In 1906, he was given command of the protected cruiser HMS Elgar, before being appointed Captain of the HM Navigation School (HMS Dryad) in 1907. He was master of the fleet at the review of the Home Fleet by Edward VII in August 1907. In 1910, he was given command of the cruiser HMS Monmouth. In 1912, Power was appointed Captain Superintendent of Contract-built Ships, with responsibility for contract work (excluding destroyers) on the Tyne, Thames, Mersey, at Barrow-in-Furness, and at Sunderland, with headquarters at Newcastle-on-Tyne. In that role, Power played an important role in shipbuilding and ship repair efforts during the First World War. He was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1915. In December 1916 he was promoted to rear-admiral. In 1917, he was appointed Director of Dockyards and Repairs (restyled Director of Dockyards after the war). In 1920, he was promoted to vice-admiral and retired, but remained Director of Dockyards until 1923. He was promoted to admiral in 1925 on the Retired List. Power was appointed MVO in 1907, CB in 1916, promoted to CVO in 1917, and KCB in 1921. In 1900, Power married Muriel Want, daughter of Sydney A. Want, Sydney, New South Wales; they had two daughters and a son, Admiral Sir Manley Laurence Power. References Power, Adm. Sir Laurence Eliot, (7 May 1864–20 Jan. 1927), Royal Navy; Aide-de-camp to King George V, 1915; Director of Dockyards 1917–23 Laurence Eliot Power - The Dreadnought Project 1864 births 1927 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I Military personnel from Surrey Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College
The 2008–09 season was the 84th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Players First-team squad Transfers Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Swiss Super League League table Results summary Results by round Matches Relegation play-offs Swiss Cup References FC Luzern seasons Luzern
Kenneth Frederick Scheve Jr. is an American political economist. Scheve earned a degree in economics at the University of Notre Dame in 1990, then worked in the finance sector. He completed a doctorate in political science at Harvard University in 2000, where his doctoral thesis, Casting Votes in the Global Economy: Public Opinion and Voting Behavior in Open Economies, was advised by James E. Alt, Torben Iversen, and Gary King. Scheve accepted an assistant professorship in political science at Yale University from 2001 to 2004, when he was named associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. Scheve returned to Yale as full professor of political science in 2006, then left to teach at Harvard in 2012. He later rejoined the Yale faculty as Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs. In 2020, Scheve was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Selected publications References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American political scientists 21st-century American economists Political economists Harvard University faculty Harvard University alumni Yale University faculty University of Michigan faculty University of Notre Dame alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
David Imonitie (born 10 April 1954) is a Nigerian former professional tennis player. Born in Lagos, Imonitie was employed by Nigeria's national sports commission and was sponsored on tour by the government. His best performance came at the 1979 Lagos Open, where he had wins over Greg Halder and Peter Elter to make the singles quarter-finals. He reached the second qualifying round of the 1979 Wimbledon Championships. Imonitie played collegiate tennis for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. He was a two-time All-American and won four MIAA conference singles titles. After graduating he completed a master's degree at Arizona State University. It was until 1986 that he got the opportunity to play in the Davis Cup and he featured in two ties. References External links 1954 births Living people Nigerian male tennis players Sportspeople from Lagos Northwest Missouri State Bearcats athletes College men's tennis players in the United States
Dalgach is a village in Northern Bulgaria. The village is located in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province. Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, Dalgach currently has a population of 484 people with a permanent address registered in the settlement. Geography Dalgach village is located in Municipality Targovishte. It is located 14 kilometers east of Targovishte. The elevation of the village ranges between 100 and 199 meters with an average elevation of 174 meters above sea level. The village's climate is continental. There is a river called Dalgach dere which passes near the village. In the village's area, the geographical area “Idirizova Koriya” can be found. Idirizova Koriya is a group of centenarian trees with an average age of more than 150 years. Some of the trees are over 300 years old. History The are archeological sites near the village, located 1 kilometers southeast from Dalgach. The site is located on the right bank of Dalgach Dere river. There is a settlement historical mound which can be found there with a large size of diameter over 50 meters and 70 meters in height. Buildings and infrastructure In 2016, the village won the competition of Targovishte Municipality regarding the best Christmas decoration. The local community hall and library “Saglasie” is still acting There is a Kindergarten “Nezabravka”  in Dalgach village. Ethnicity According to the Bulgarian population census in 2011. References Villages in Bulgaria
The Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 (2003 c. 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which facilitated the Government's response to the financial difficulties of British Energy. Background In the summer of 2002 British Energy, the UK's only private sector nuclear electricity generator, was in serious financial difficulties and was on the point of running out of cash completely. This may have triggered a sudden and unplanned insolvency that would have posed a risk to nuclear safety and the security of electricity supplies. Financial support was therefore required to ensure that nuclear stations could continue to operate safely. The Government extended a loan facility to the company to allow time for an investigation into the possibilities of a restructuring package to be undertaken. It was also necessary to consider how nuclear liabilities could be dealt with safely, effectively and at least cost to the taxpayer. Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 The Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 received Royal Assent on 8 May 2003. Its long title is ‘An Act to make provision in connection with the provision of financial assistance to, or the acquisition of any securities of or any part of the undertaking or assets of, British Energy p.l.c. or any of its subsidiaries; to provide for the repeal of Part 2 of the Electricity Act 1989; to amend Schedule 12 to that Act and to make provision for undertakings to make grants under that Schedule to be disregarded for tax purposes.’ came into force on the date that it received Royal Assent. Provisions The Act comprises 5 Sections: Section 1: Expenditure relating to British Energy plc. This provides authority for expenditure relating to British Energy to be paid out of money provided by Parliament. It authorises expenditure in connection with the acquisition of a British Energy company, its business or its assets. It also authorises continued funding if the Government acquires the business and/or assets of a British Energy company. Section 2: Removal of restrictions on capacity to acquire certain securities. Part 2 of the Electricity Act 1989 restructured the Electricity Industry, allowing for its subsequent sale; the purpose of Part 2 no longer has effect and is now irrelevant. However, there are two sections, section 72 and 74, which may have affected the Government's freedom to take some of the actions contemplated by section 1. This section repeals both of those sections. Section 3: Amendment of Schedule 12 to the Electricity Act 1989. Schedule 12 to the Electricity Act 1989 provides the Government with the power to give financial assistance in relation to nuclear liabilities, such as dealing with spent fuel and decommissioning costs. It sets a ceiling on the level of assistance at £1 billion. This section removes the ceiling on financial assistance. Section 4: Undertaking to provide assistance disregarded for tax purposes. It allows the initial recognition of a Government undertaking to make a grant under Schedule 12 to the Electricity Act in respect of qualifying expenditure in a company's accounts would not be included in the tax computation (“a disregard”). Section 5: Short title and extent. This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland. Effects of the Act The Act is an enabling Act and provides authority to the Secretary of State to incur expenditure on British Energy plc or its subsidiaries. It amends the Electricity Act 1989 to remove the barrier to the Government acquiring shares in ‘successor companies’ and provides for the repeal of Part 2 of that Act. It amends the 1989 Act to remove the ceiling on financial assistance by the Government in relation to nuclear liabilities and to change the tax status of such assistance. See also Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry References United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2003 Electric power in the United Kingdom
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr. is an American journalist, lawyer, government official, business executive, academic and author. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program on the Legal Profession as well as Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is also a lecturer at Yale Law School. He frequently speaks to professional groups and at universities around the globe. His works covers such subjects as law, government, public policy, international affairs, anti-corruption and integrity in large institutions. He has authored four books: The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension, High Performance with High Integrity, Memorandum for the President: A Strategic Approach to Domestic Affairs in the 1980s and The Politics of the Powerless: A Study of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination. Heineman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; a member of the American Philosophical Society; a member of the board of managers of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and a member of the board of Partners for Justice. Early life and education Born in Chicago in 1944, Heineman received his elementary and secondary education at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Heineman graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in history from Harvard College in 1965, where he was editorial chairman of the Harvard Crimson. He received a B. Litt. in political sociology from Oxford University, where he was a student at Balliol College, in 1967 and graduated with a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1971, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. Career Heineman started his career as a reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1968 where he covered, among other things, civil disturbances relating to SDS protests, gang wars, the assassination of Martin Luther King and police-protester confrontations at the Democratic National Convention. After law school, he became a law clerk to Associate Justice Potter Stewart at the United States Supreme Court from 1971 to 1972, a Term in which he worked for the Justice Stewart on landmark cases involving abortion, the death penalty, obscenity, press freedom and religious freedom. He was a staff attorney at a public interest law firm, the Center for Law and Social Policy, from 1973 until 1975, focusing on test case litigation to establish rights for those with disabilities. He was then a constitutional and general litigator at Williams, Connolly and Califano, representing the Washington Post on First Amendment cases, among other matters. In 1977, he was named executive assistant to Joseph Califano, the secretary at the Department of Health for Education & Welfare, and served in that position until 1978, when he became the HEW Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. He worked on, among things, national health insurance, controlling health care costs, welfare reform, the Bakke case and other civil rights issues relating to racial equality and disability rights. In 1979–87, he worked in private law practice with most of his time spent at Sidley & Austin where he started the firms’ Supreme Court practice with former Solicitor General Rex Lee and his partner Carter Phillips. In 1987, General Electric CEO Jack Welch hired him as GE's senior vice president and general counsel. He served in that position from 1987 to 2003 and then as the senior vice president for law and public affairs until 2005, when he retired. Heineman has been an occasional lecturer at Yale Law School since 2006 and he is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School's Program on the Legal Profession and has been a senior fellow at its Program on Corporate Governance. He is Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He teaches at Harvard's Law School and Kennedy School. He has been a member of the board of trustees of Central European University; the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science, Technology and Law; the Board of Trustees, Committee for Economic Development; the Advisory Council for Millstein Center for Governance and Performance, Columbia Law and Business Schools; the External Advisory Group for World Bank Group’s Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy; the Independent Review Panel on World Bank Group’s Department of Institutional Integrity; and the Board of Transparency International-USA., He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Law Institute. Key themes in recent research and writing Heineman has frequently written and lectured on business, law, public policy and international affairs. His work has been published by The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Yale Law Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Corporate Counsel. In his latest book, The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension, Heineman describes the three fundamental roles of lawyers: expert technician, wise counselor, and lawyer as leader. He explains how in the past 30 years, general counsel have risen in power and status within the profession, becoming core members of top management and being intimately involved in complex, multi-faceted problem solving and strategy setting that involve a broad range of considerations in addition to law: ethics, reputation, risk management, public policy, politics, communications, citizenship and institutional structure and culture. Heineman also argues that the emphasis in corporate governance debates on shareholders and directors is misplaced. He says that the most important dimension of governance is from the CEO down into the company. Only in that dimension of governance---not in the shareholder company relationship nor in the board-management relationship---can the essential systems, processes and resources be created and deployed on the core issues facing a corporation: high performance, high integrity, sound risk management and an overarching culture of integrity. Heineman also argues that performance does not just involve economic performance but also performance with integrity on a range of business and society issues. He submits that the business in society dimension of a corporation's activities have become ever more important and are essential to developing the trust among the corporation's varied constituencies that is key to corporate sustainability. Moreover, he maintains that corporations need systematic processes for prioritizing, analyzing and deciding on questions of ethics and the important subset of ethics—public policy (what ought public goods and public norms be). The corporate role in public policy must be broad-gauged and concerned about advancing genuine public interests not just private ones in order to create a strong, durable constitutional democracy which is necessary for business to thrive. Heineman is credited with transforming the role of General Counsel in the modern global corporation into a core member of the top management team. These are core ideas in basic courses Heineman teaches at law and public policy schools at Harvard and Yale, one on "Lawyers as Leaders" covering the role of general counsel in the private, public and non-profit sectors and a second on "Corporate Citizenship and Public Policy: Can Business Advance the Public Interest?" which explores the tensions inside companies between public and private interests. Awards and honors 1965–1967 – Rhodes Scholarship Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science Member, American Philosophical Society Oliver Smithies Lectures–Balliol College "50 Top Innovators in Law in Past 50 Years," American Lawyer Magazine "100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics," Ethisphere Magazine "100 Best Lawyers in America," National Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award, American Lawyer Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, Board Member Magazine Scales of Justice Award, Equal Justice Works (National Council on Public Interest Law) National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Exemplar Award GE Chairman's Leadership Award Excellence in Corporate Practice Award, American Corporate Counsel Association Public Service Award, ABA-Section of Business Law Personal life Heineman's father, Ben Heineman, Sr. was a businessman and civic leader, who was chairman and CEO of Northwest Industries and headed Federal, State and local task forces on such subjects as civil rights, income maintenance, higher education and fair housing. His mother was a social worker and later led many local and national civic and charitable organizations; she was the first woman president of the Chicago Child Care Society and was also the president of the Child Welfare League of America. His wife, Cristine Russell, former national health and science reporter for the Washington Star and then the Washington Post, is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s environment and natural resources program. They have two sons, Zachary, an architect and entreprenuer, and Matthew, a filmmaker. Bibliography Books The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension (Ankerwycke/American Bar Association 2016) ISBN 9781634252799 High Performance with High Integrity (Harvard Business School Press 2008) ISBN 9781422122952 Memorandum for the President: A Strategic Approach to Domestic Affairs in the 1980s (Random House 1981) ISBN 9780394513652 The Politics of the Powerless: A Study of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination (Oxford University Press 1972) ISBN 9780192181787 Selected articles Selected articles References Living people American journalists American lawyers Harvard College alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Yale Law School alumni
Joshua Kosman (born 27 October 1959) is an American music critic who specializes in classical music. The chief classical music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle since 1988, Kosman has a particular interest in contemporary classical music, championing composers such as John Adams and Aaron Jay Kernis. Described by the music critic Jayson Greene as having a "congenial, probing tone that blends a reporter’s instincts with a critic’s acumen", he has written for a variety of other publications. Life and career Joshua Kosman was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 27 October 1959. He attended Yale College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of California, Berkeley for a Master of Arts. Since 1988, Kosman has been a music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle. He was hand-picked in 1993 by the music critic Robert Commanday to succeeded him as chief classical music critic for the Chronicle. He frequently writes on contemporary classical music, promoting composers such as John Adams, Aaron Jay Kernis, Michael Gordon, Chen Yi and Lisa Bielawa. Other topics Kosman engages with include "orchestral management" and the pianist David Helfgott, who came into the spotlight after the movie 1996 Shine. The music critic Jayson Greene described Kosman as having a "congenial, probing tone that blends a reporter’s instincts with a critic’s acumen". His writing credits span numerous other publications, including Bookforum, Gramophone, The Journal of Musicology, Opernwelt, Piano & Keyboard, Symphony, as well as The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Kosman won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, and ASCAP, who gave him the 2006 Deems Taylor Award for music criticism. He is a former vice president of the Music Critics Association of North America. He maintains a classical music blog, On a Pacific Aisle. Outside of music, Kosman makes weekly cryptic crosswords for The Nation. References External links – Classical music blog Articles by Kosman on the San Francisco Chronicle 1959 births Living people American music critics Classical music critics People from Boston San Francisco Chronicle people Yale College alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni
Yan Wengang (, born 1 July 1997) is a Chinese skeleton racer who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Wengang represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton event and won a bronze medal. This was China's first ever medal in a sliding sport at the Olympics. References 1997 births Living people Chinese male skeleton racers Olympic skeleton racers of China Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in skeleton Olympic bronze medalists for China
Hargest is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. Demographics Hargest covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Hargest had a population of 2,070 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 75 people (3.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 51 people (2.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 798 households. There were 1,002 males and 1,068 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female. The median age was 36.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 447 people (21.6%) aged under 15 years, 408 (19.7%) aged 15 to 29, 948 (45.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 270 (13.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.7% European/Pākehā, 10.4% Māori, 2.3% Pacific peoples, 5.7% Asian, and 3.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 13.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 49.9% had no religion, 40.3% were Christian, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 1.2% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 387 (23.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 267 (16.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $37,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 309 people (19.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 927 (57.1%) people were employed full-time, 243 (15.0%) were part-time, and 45 (2.8%) were unemployed. Education James Hardest College Senior campus is in Hargest and provides education for years 9 to 13. The college, which also has a junior campus in Rosedale for years 7 to 8, is a state secondary school with a roll of students across both campuses as of It opened in 1958 as James Hargest High School, and became James Hargest College with the addition of the junior campus as part of a consolidation of schools in 2004. Salford School is a contributing primary school for years 1 to 6 with a roll of students. The school opened in 1970. References Suburbs of Invercargill
Georg Olms Verlag is a Hildesheim-based book publisher with publications in the field of Geisteswissenschaft (i.e. the humanities): first publications, ebooks, reprints and microfiche in the fields of archaeology, Arab studies, history, history of medicine and natural sciences, hippology, Jewish studies, cultural studies, literary criticism, art history, musicology, modern philology, Oriental studies, philosophy, theology and religious studies. History In 1886 Hermann Olms opened a bookstore in Hildesheim. Before the turn of the 20th century, the business expanded into a publishing company. School books, agricultural literature and local history works made up the publishing program. On 1 November 1945, his son Georg, who for political reasons was prohibited from working as a bookseller and publisher in the Third Reich by the Reichsschrifttumskammer, founded another bookstore, which he handed over to his son Walter Georg in 1953. From this he developed a scientific antiquarian bookshop and in 1958 founded the Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, which specialized in reprographic reprints of standard scientific works. In 1964, Walter Georg Olms acquired the publishing houses M. & H. Marcus (formerly Breslau) and Academia Verlag, Prague. From 1969, works of trivial literature, fairy tales and legends, hippology, film history, culinary art and mail order catalogs were published under the name Olms Presse. In 1970 the publishing house opened a branch in New York. Production area III at Georg Olms Verlag, Olms Neue Medien, has been dealing with microfiche, CD-ROM editions and ebooks for scientists, libraries and institutes since 1971. Since the founding of Georg Olms Verlag GmbH in 1973 and Georg Olms AG in Zürich in 1980 with its subsidiary founded in Hildesheim in 1982, the publishing program has included not only first publications but also reprints of scientific literature on humanities and on the history of medicine, natural sciences and technology. Manfred Olms, a son of Walter Georg Olms, founded Edition Olms AG in Zürich in 1977 with a focus on non-fiction and photo books. In 1983, Walter Georg Olms took over the Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, which was founded in 1680 and is considered one of the oldest publishers in the humanities. Dietrich Olms, the younger son of W. Georg Olms, took over the areas of marketing, sales and advertising in 1991. In 2002 he also took over program management. In March 2007 the Internet portal OLMS ONLINE was presented to the public in Leipzig. With the mass catalogs (1594-1860) and 350 volumes from the reprint program, editions of works by the Brothers Grimm, Johann Gottfried Herder and Christian Wolff are also available digitally. In 2013, Georg Olms Verlag was awarded the publishing prize of the state of Lower Saxony. Bibliography External links Official website Book publishing companies of Germany Companies based in Lower Saxony Economy of Hildesheim Horses in literature Mass media in Hildesheim
Phractura longicauda is a species of catfish in the genus Phractura. It is found in the coastal rivers of south Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Congo River basin. It has a length of three inches. References longicauda Freshwater fish of Africa Fish described in 1902 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
"City of Gods" is a song by American recording artists Fivio Foreign, Kanye West and Alicia Keys. It was released as the lead single from Fivio Foreign's upcoming debut studio album B.I.B.L.E. and West's eleventh studio album Donda 2. On the song, Keys interpolates the chorus from "New York City" (2015) by the Chainsmokers. Background West and Fivio Foreign first worked together for the song "Off the Grid", released on West's album Donda in 2021. The collaboration came together after West called Fivio Foreign to record in Mercedes Benz Stadium the night before the listening event for Donda. According to Fivo Foreign, West praised the verse the rapper recorded for "Off the Grid" and said that he reminds him of Jay-Z. Before Donda released, Fivio Foreign told his fans on Twitter that West was excutive producing his upcoming album B.I.B.L.E. On February 5, 2022, Fivio Foreign tweeted "I ain't gon lie, Ye gave me the feature of the Yr.. He was talking 2 crazy on that verse". When Fivio first got the beat for "City of Gods", it had a sample of "New York City" (2015) by the Chainsmokers. When playing it for West, he said "Yo, I see something with this song" and asked Fivio to send the beat so he could change it around. One of the changes West made was taking out the sample and getting Keys to sing the vocals instead. Originally Fivio was rapping "Ain't no king of new york, nobody really in charge", and when he played it for West, he said "You gotta say you're the king of New York". Fivio then suggested that he should rap "Pop was the king of New York, now I'm the one that's in charge" (thereby paying tribute to late rapper Pop Smoke) which West responded to by saying "Yo that's even better!". The song is dedicated to late rapper, friend of Fivio Foreign and longtime collaborator TDott Woo, who was shot and killed a week before the release of the song. In a statement put up with the release of the song, Fivio said "T Dot. That's my baby boy. I never thought I'd be doing this without you here with me. You supposed to be here with me but you gon' always be the prince in the City of Gods. Your name will forever live through with me. Long Live Prince T Dot." Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal. Music Vocals – Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, Alicia Keys Additional vocals – Playboi Carti Production – AyoAA, Hemz, Kanye West, Mav Beats, Ojivolta, The Chainsmokers, Tweek Tune Co-production – Dem Jointz Misc. production – BoogzDaBeast, Bordeaux, Mike Dean, Non Native, Scoop Technical Mix engineering – Mike Dean Master engineering – Mike Dean Recording engineer – John Cunningham, Non Native Assistant engineer – Sean Solymar, Tommy Rush Charts Release history References 2022 singles 2022 songs Fivio Foreign songs Alicia Keys songs Kanye West songs Song recordings produced by Kanye West Song recordings produced by the Chainsmokers Songs written by Andrew Taggart Songs written by Dem Jointz Songs written by Fivio Foreign Songs written by Kanye West Songs written by Mike Will Made It Songs in memory of deceased persons
"Worst Day" is a song by American rapper Future. It was released through Epic Records and Freebandz as a single on February 11, 2022. Future wrote the song with producers Wheezy, Taurus, Jasper Harris, and Russ Chell. A Valentine's Day song that sees Future rap about his hate for the holiday, it was released three days before it. It also serves as his first solo single in almost two years, following the release of "Tycoon", from his eighth studio album, High Off Life (2020). Release and promotion On February 8, 2022, Future shared a clip of the accompanying music video of the song with Kevin Samuels, titled "Healing Together with Dr. Kevin Samuels". The following day, he revealed the cover art of the song. Composition and lyrics The song has been described as "a little smoother and glossier than most Future singles". On the Valentine's Day song, Future raps about the stress that comes with purchasing gifts for a lot of beautiful women: "Valentine's Day, the worst day, got too many to please". Music video The official music video for "Worst Day" premiered alongside the song on February 11, 2022. American YouTuber and dating advisor Kevin Samuels plays Future's therapist, describing himself as a "professional image consultant". At the beginning of the video, Future confesses to Samuels about his addiction to buying many women excess gifts for Valentine's Day. He added that he usually spends "around two to three" on presents, with Samuels assuming that the numbers are referring to thousands, but Future corrects him and says that they are referring to millions. The video sees Future doing exactly that as he is seen with a woman, spoiling her with roses, expensive pieces of jewelry, and other lavish items. Credits and personnel Credits adapted from Tidal. Future – vocals, songwriting Wheezy – production, songwriting Taurus – production, songwriting Jasper Harris – production, songwriting Russ Chell – production, songwriting Eric Manco – mixing Glenn Schick – mastering Charts Release history References 2022 singles 2022 songs Future (rapper) songs Songs written by Future (rapper) Songs written by Wheezy (record producer) Song recordings produced by Wheezy (record producer)
Robert Blazekovic (born May 26, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player. Blazekovic grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan and attended Springfield High School, where he won two state titles in singles. On the professional tour, Blazekovic attained a best singles world ranking of 273. In 1985 he qualified for the main draw of the Volvo International in Stratton Mountain was beaten by Jimmy Connors in the first round. References External links 1960 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis people from Michigan Sportspeople from Battle Creek, Michigan
Brian McKay is an American attorney and politician who served as the 28th Nevada Attorney General from 1983 to 1991. McKay also served as chairman of the Nevada Republican Party from 1992 to 1995. Early life and education Mckay was born in Billings, Montana, in 1945. He served in the United States Air Force from 1966 to 1969. After his discharge, McKay attended Colgate University, graduating in 1971, and received a Juris Doctor from the Albany Law School in 1974. Career After law school, McKay became a Deputy Attorney General, working there for four years. McKay represented the Colorado River Commission, served as Chief Legal Counsel to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, and was special counsel for the University of Nevada. McKay joined the Advisory Policy Board of the National Crime Information Center in 1985, serving three terms. McKay was elected Nevada's Attorney General in 1982, defeating Democrat B. Mahlon Brownn the former U.S. attorney for Nevada. McKay was re-elected in 1986 against Clark County District Attorney Roy A. Woofter. During his first Christmas as Attorney General, McKay issued an advisory opinion in response to questions by Nevada children and confirmed that Santa Clause is indeed real. In April 1987, McKay represented Nevada at the United States Supreme Court in Sumner v. Shuman, in which the court held that a death sentence cannot be mandatory. After leaving office, McKay served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission and as the chair of the Nevada Republican Party from 1992 to 1995. As chairman, McKay filed complaints against the Nevada Democratic Party with the FEC for financial disclosure violations. References External links 1945 births Living people
Michael Schwartz is an American former ice hockey player and coach who was the NCAA Division III coach of the year. Career Schwartz began attending college at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls right after graduating from Johnson High School in 1975. After two years, however, he left school. In 1979 he returned to the college ranks, this time at Augsburg College. After settling in, he began to play hockey again and was part of the Auggies 1982 Championship team. Schwartz graduated with a BA in education in 1983 and embarked on a professional career. In 1986 he returned to ice hockey once more as the head coach for his alma mater, Johnson High School. He helped the team win back-to-back twin cities championships in '89 and '90 and was hired by the Sioux City Musketeers as head coach. Schwartz did not see much success in the USHL and was fired after just one season with the Musketeers finishing last in the league. After working as an NHL scout for a year, Schwartz was back behind the bench, this time for White Bear Lake High School. His second turn in high school just as good as the first and he led the White Bears to three consecutive state tournament appearances. In 1996, Ed Saugestad retired from coaching after 38 years with Augsburg. Schwartz was chosen as his successor and he got off to a good start with a winning season in his first year. For an encore, He led Augsburg to its first conference title in 16 years and the program's first every MIAC Tournament championship (the tournament began in 1986). Despite the NCAA not using automatic qualifiers at the time, the Auggies were also able to make their second NCAA Tournament appearance (the first in 14 years). Augsburg finished 4th in the tournament after taking down Wisconsin–River Falls in the quarterfinals and Schwartz was named as the Division III coach of the year. The team declined sharply the following year, but Schwartz was able to rebuild the Auggies into a contender in the MIAC. After 2003, however, the program sank out of the playoff picture. In spite of the diminishing returns on the ice, Schwartz was named as the school's director of athletic facilities and helped with major extensions and renovations to several structures on campus, including the Si Melby Hall and Edor Nelson Field. He remained as the facilities director even after resigning as head coach in 2006. Two years later, however, Schwartz left Augsburg to pursue a career in the financial sector. Schwartz was inducted into the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2019. Statistics Regular season and playoffs Head coaching record USHL College References External links Year of birth missing (living people) American ice hockey coaches American men's ice hockey players Living people Ice hockey people from Minnesota Augsburg Auggies men's ice hockey players Augsburg Auggies men's ice hockey coaches
Velopoula (Greek: Βελοπούλα) is an island situated to the southeast of Spetses, which is one of the Saronic Islands, in the Greek region of Attica and the Aegean Sea. It is the site of a lighthouse. References Saronic Islands
Xuanduan (), also known as yuanduan (), is a form of Chinese court dress (and/or ritual garment) which was made of dark or black fabric. It is a form of yichang (i.e. a set of attire composed of upper and lower garment). It was worn since the Western Zhou dynasty. During the Ming dynasty, under the reign of Emperor Jiajing, the xuanduan became a model for the regulations reforms related to yanfu (casual or leisure clothing) worn by the Emperor and officials. Terminology The term xuanduan appears in the Liji in the section Yuzao (玉藻) and in the Zhouli. The xuanduan is named after its shape (端, duan) which is angular (i.e. it is made by using the whole width of a squared-shape fabric) and by its colour. The character xuan (玄) can literally be translated as 'dark' or 'black'. The term xuanduan is literally translated as 'dark coloured Square-cut', or 'Black and square-edged', although some authors have also translated it as 'dark solemn' or 'black straight'. History During the Western Zhou dynasty, it was a form of a daily clothing which was worn by the Emperor and ordinary commoners. In the Zhou dynasty, it was worn by emperor when they were not at court, on sacrificial occasions by princes, and by scholars when they would pay their respects to their parents in the morning. According to the Liji in the section Yuzao, it was also a form of ritual clothing for the Emperor, who wore it to salute the appearance of the sun outside the eastern gate and when he would listen to notification on the first day of the first month outside the southern gate; and by the Princes of States who wore xuanduan when sacrificing (诸侯玄端以祭). Ming dynasty During the reign of Emperor Jiajing of Ming, sartorial reforms took place. Emperor Jiajing reformed yanfu (i.e. daily casual or leisure clothes, worn at home by the emperor, the officials and by the appointed ladies of the court), especially those he, himself, had to wear when he was not engaged in official duties. Emperor Jiajing therefore sought the help of Grand Secretary Zhang Zong (1476–1539) to investigate the dress regulations which were governing the casual clothing in ancient time. Zhang Zong therefore consulted the Lishu and found out that the xuanduan was most widely worn in ancient times beside the formal court attire, mianfu; this led the Jiajing emperor to decree that the yanfu of both the Emperor and the officials had to be modelled after the xuanduan: According to the new regulations, the Emperor's xuanduan (yanbian guanfu, lit. 'Dress of the Casual Hat') was black (玄) in colour and was decorated with 143 dragons, including a large dragon medallion at the front of the garment; it was also decorated with a green trim border. The royal princes had to wear a green xuanduan which was decorated with a green trim and decorated with two ranks badges of dragon design (baohe guanfu, lit. 'Dress of Preserving Harmony'). The xuanduan used as the yanfu of the officials (zhongjing guanfu, 忠靖冠服, lit. 'Dress of Loyalty and Tranquility') were dark green in colour. Officials of the third rank and above had xuanduan decorated with cloud patterns while the xuanduan worn by the officials who ranked fourth and below wore plain xuanduan. Design and construction The xuanduan is a form of yichang, which is composed of an upper garment called yi and a lower garment called chang (skirt). According to the Zhouli, the standard xuanduan had sleeves and body of equal size (two chi, two cun long) and the sleeve opening was made of one chi, two cun. It was made of a whole width of square fabric which was dyed black (or dark) in colour. The colour of the skirt (chang) which matches with the upper garment varied depending on rank: i.e. Shi (士) officials of high rank wore black lower garment, middle-rank Shi officials wore yellow lower garment, while the low-rank Shi officials wore lower garment in motleys. Gallery See also Hanfu List of Hanfu Ruqun Pienfu Mianfu References Chinese traditional clothing
Melior, O.S.B. Vall. (died c. 1197) was a Benedictine monk, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a native of Pisa. He served as papal legate in France for more than three years, trying to arrange a peace between Richard I and Philip II. He became a major negotiator, on the mandate of Pope Celestine III, in the divorce case between King Philip II of France and Queen Ingeborg of Denmark. Early Life Melior was a monk, belonging to the Vallombrosian branch of the Benedictines. He enjoyed the academic status of Magister. It is stated that he was archdeacon of Laon, based on a single reference to a Melior the archdeacon in a letter of Stephen of Tournai, abbot of S. Geneviève in Paris (1176–1192), to the archbishop of Reims. Verona Driven out of Rome by the Roman commune, due to the war over Tusculum, Pope Lucius III (1181–1185) fled to the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who was at Verona, expecting to receive assistance for Tusculum and against the Romans. Some of the cardinals followed Pope Lucius to Verona; others, however, whose followers had perpetrated the outrages at Tusculum and in the Roman campagna, remained in the city. Far from obtaining aid from the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, they fell into quarreling, and the papal court became prisoner of the emperor in Verona. Cardinal Melior was named a cardinal by Pope Lucius III at Verona, on Ash Wednesday in 1184. He granted Melior the titular church of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, and named him his chamberlain. On 11 November 1185, two weeks before the pope's death, eighteen cardinals, including Melior, subscribed a bull in Verona in favor of the monastery of S. Peter Lobiensis. Lucius died in Verona on 25 November 1185, and the election of his successor took place immediately after the funeral on the same day. Cardinal Melior certainly participated in the election of a new pope, which was brief and unanimous. The successful candidate, was Humbertus Crivelli, the Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, "a violent and unyielding spirit, and a strong opponent of Frederick (Barbarossa)," in the words of Ferdinand Gregorovius. He took the name Urban III. On 16 December 1185, Cardinal Melior subscribed a bull in Verona for Pope Urban. Shortly after 22 September 1187, Urban and the cardinals escaped from Verona, and by 3 October had found refuge in Ferrara. Cardinal Melior subscribed a bull in Ferrara on 13 October. There Urban died on 20 October. His successor, Alberto di Morra, a friend of the emperor, brokered an agreement which might lead to a papal return to Rome, but Gregory VIII reigned for less than two months, having only been able to move from Ferrara to Pisa. When he was in Pisa with the papal court, as the new pope, Clement III was about to return to Rome, on 13 January 1188, he subscribed a bull Ego Melior presbiter cardinalis sanctorum iohannis et pauli tit. pamachii. On 1 March 1191, at Pisa, Cardinal Melior witnessed a charter of the new Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI, for the benefit of Pisa. He signed himself magister Melior Cardinalis Massanae episcopus, a unique formula. However, the signature Massanae episcopus creates a problem. There already was a bishop of Massa Marittima, Bishop Martinus; he is attested in a document of 28 November 1189 and in a document of 17 November 1196. There is no room for Melior. Monaco glides over the problem by writing carefully, "He became bishop of Massa Marittima, only to be designated during the pontificate of Celestine III legate to France, a position he held from 1193 to 1197;" and Ganzer is sure that Melior later gave up the bishopric. Inspection of the original parchment, however, indicates that there is a space after the word "Cardinalis" and before the word "Massanae", leaving room for the name or initial of Martinus. Melior was not bishop of Massa Maritima at any time. Rome Cardinal Melior subscribed, Ego Melior SS. Joannis et Pauli presbyter cardinalis in a document signed at the Lateran on 27 December 1191. On 23 April 1193, he subscribed a bull for Pope Celestine III at the Lateran; likewise on 15 May, 3 June, and 10 June. France In 1193, Queen Berengaria of England, the wife of Richard I, and Queen Joanna of Sicily, his sister, stopped in Rome on their way back from Cyprus and the Third Crusade. They hoped to avoid the attentions of the German Emperor, Henry VI, whose designs on Apulia and Sicily were about to lead to a war of conquest. They remained in Rome for half the year before daring to resume their journey to France. Pope Celestine placed them in the care of Cardinal Melior, his legate, who accompanied them to Pisa, Genoa, Marseille, and finally Poitiers. At some point during his legateship, Cardinal Melior was approached by the archbishop of Reims, the king's uncle, in the hope of settling the centuries' old dispute between the bishop of Dol and the archbishop of Tours over the claim of Dol to metropolitan status over the dioceses of Brittany. The king and his principal subjects, the archbishop said, were bitter and likely to resort to violence over what they regarded as an insult to the dignity of Tours and the entire kingdom. Melior's response is not recorded. The matter was finally settled by Pope Innocent III in 1199, in favor of Tours. In the same summer, on 14 August 1193, King Philip married Ingeborg of Denmark, the sister of King Canute VI. Philip was dissatisfied within a day, and sought an immediate annulment, claiming he had been bewitched by sorcery. He ordered an assembly of the notables of his kingdom at Compiègne on 4 November 1193, at which he presented a genealogy which claimed to show that Philip was related to Ingeborg within the prohibited degrees of kinship. The archbishop of Reims, the king's uncle, Cardinal Guillaume "aux blanches mains", pronounced the marriage uncanonical and dissolved. Ingeborg fled to a convent in Soissons and appealed the case to the pope. Pope Celestine was sufficiently disturbed that he quashed the divorce judgment, "contra ordinem juris prolatam," and sent his notary, the subdeacon Centius, as his legate, with letters for the king. He was annoyed at the reception of both his legate and his letters by the king. On 23 July 1194, the Constable of France, Drogo de Merloto; Anselm, the Dean of S. Martin in Tours; and Ursio, the royal French Chamberlain; announced the agreement of yet another truce between the perpetually warring houses of Plantagenet and Capet. It was achieved through the pleas of the cardinal and the abbot of Cîteux. If there was any disagreement between the contracting parties, the Cardinal Legate Magister Melior would inquire into the truth of things, and if the offender did not correct his violation, the legate would pronounce the sentence of excommunication and lay the territory under the interdict. In 1195, Andreas, the chancellor of the king of Denmark, led an embassy to Rome to fully brief Pope Celestine on the Ingeborg case. On his return journey, he was entrusted by the pope with letters for Cardinal Melior. When they arrived at Dijon, however, they were imprisoned by agents of the duke of Burgundy, Eudes III. They were released by intervention of the abbot of Cîteux, and taken to Clairvaux, where they were to await the pleasure of the king of France. In the meantime they were able to send on the pope's letters to the legate. In a later letter, written by the chancellor Andreas to Archbishop Absalon of Lund in 1196, he recapitulates his troubles of the previous year, and adds that, on 7 April 1196, the archbishop of Sens, the bishop of Arras, the abbots of Cîteux and of Clairvaux, and Magister Petrus the precentor of Paris, were to act as judges delegate of the pope and examine the case of Philip and Ingeborg; they were to induce the king to take back the queen. If they were to fail, then on the second Sunday after Easter, 5 May 1196, Cardinal Melior, on the mandate of the pope, was to assemble a council of the archbishops of Reims, Sens, and Tours, and the bishop of Bourges and their suffragans, along with the papal notary, were to induce the king to take back his wife. At some point after August, Ingeborg wrote to the pope, complaining that the cardinals, the legates, the archbishops, and the bishops had failed. In June 1196, King Philip compounded his sins, crimes and errors by attempting another marriage, with Agnes of Merania, daughter of Berthold, Duke of Merania. Rome Melior subscribed a papal bull, along with the datary Cardinal Cencius, at the Lateran on 9 February 1197. This is his last known act.. He died before 11 June 1197. References Sources Ganzer, Klaus (1963). Die Entwicklung des auswartigen Kardinalats im Hohen Mittelalter: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Kardinalkollegiums von 11. bis 13. Jahrhunderts. Tübingen 1963. Monaco, Francesca Roversi (2010). "Migliore." Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 74 (Treccani 2010). 12th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-priests 1197 deaths Year of birth unknown
Mangamutu is a small settlement, on the western outskirts of Pahiatua, in the North Island of New Zealand. The Wairarapa Line runs through the area, with the Pahiatua railway station in the settlement. The settlement was the birthplace of former New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake. Etymology Mangamutu takes its name from the nearby Mangamutu stream. It is a Māori phrase meaning finished stream from the words manga meaning stream and mutu meaning finished. Economy Mangamutu is home to a significant Fonterra dairy factory. The factory was originally commissioned by the Tui Dairy Company in 1976; Tui merged with Hāwera-based Kiwi Dairies in 1996, who in turn merged with the New Zealand Dairy Group in 2001 to form Fonterra. References Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui Tararua District
Matthias Spanlang (February 20, 1887, in Kallham – June 5, 1940, in Buchenwald concentration camp) was an Austrian priest, opponent of National Socialism and prisoner in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps. He was executed, probably by being crucified upside down, after baptizing a fellow inmate into the Catholic faith. Early life and priesthood Matthias Spanlang came from a farming family living at the Steindlgut in Stockham. Due to his talent, he passed the Abitur after attending elementary school and the Petrinum college in Linz. He then studied Roman Catholic theology. On 31 July 1910 he was ordained a priest in Linz and subsequently worked as a parish vicar in various parishes. On 31 December 1925, the parish of St. Martin im Innkreis was entrusted to him for parish work. Buchenwald Concentration Camp When meetings of Austrian National Socialists were held in Sankt Martin in 1931, Spannlang made himself unpopular in these circles through his sermons and newspaper articles. This eventually led to him being sent to Rieder prison on 24 May 1938 and from there to the Dachau concentration camp. Despite the willingness to release Spanlang from the Dachau concentration camp in December 1938, even though travel allowances were available and all conditions were met, Spanlang remained in the concentration camp. On 26 September 1939 he was transferred from Dachau to the Buchenwald concentration camp. According to the report of a later released fellow prisoner, the Cistercian religious Konrad Just, Spanlang was taken to the detention bunker together with the priest Otto Neururer because both had carried out spiritual acts forbidden in the camp – in this case baptizing a fellow prisoner into the Catholic faith. According to Konrad Just, Neururer was hung naked and upside down on his feet until after 34 hours death occurred in agony, as a result of excessive blood rush in the head. Four days later, the evening appeal also reported the death of Father Spanlang, who was probably murdered in a similar way, although there is no certainty about the circumstances of his death. Legacy In 1996, Otto Neururer was beatified by Pope John Paul II, but not Father Matthias Spanlang, as there is no certainty about the circumstances of his death. References 1887 births 1940 deaths Austrian people who died in Buchenwald concentration camp 20th-century Austrian Roman Catholic priests
Events from the year 1944 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War. Incumbents King: Michael I of Romania. Prime Minister: Ion Antonescu. Events 11 January — Germany concludes a secret agreement to pay Romania thirty tons of gold and 43,000,000 Swiss francs in return for use of Romanian territory for German bases. 1 July — Foreign Minister Mihai Antonescu meets the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in Rome and pleads with him to lead a bid by the countries aligned with Germany to leave the Axis. Mussolini refuses to commit to the plan. 1 August – The United States Army Air Forces unsuccessfully attempt to destroyer the refineries at Ploiești in Operation Tidal Wave, losing 53 bombers to Romanian defences. 2 October — The Tudor Vladimirescu Division is created by the Soviet Union from Romanian prisoners of war who were given the choice of "volunteering" to fight against Nazi Germany, or to remain incarcerated. 1 November – The Vânători de munte manage to hold Soviet troops in check during the Kerch–Eltigen operation in Crimea (until 11 December). 20 December – Repatriation of Jews that survived the Holocaust in Transnistria begins. By 30 March 1944, nearly 11,000 people, including orphans, had been repatriated. Births 25 May – Cristina Doboșan, gymnast. 5 August – Petru Ciarnău, wrestler. Deaths 1 August – Horia Creangă, modernist architect. References Years of the 20th century in Romania 1943 in Romania Romania Romania
Ana Julia Duque Heckner (14 August 1898 – 25 July 1993) – in religious María Berenice – was a Colombian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation. Duque first entered the Dominican nuns in Bogotá in 1917 where she made her solemn profession after the completion of her novitiate period. It was after this that she spent the next three decades teaching children in various locations until she saw the plight of the poor and the minorities around her; she decided to establish a religious congregation that would cater to their needs and secured support from the Archbishop of Bogotá to achieve this. Duque was a prolific writer and was known to write articles and books in service to her fellow sisters that would touch upon the aims of her order and on various themes that she wanted her order to address. Through her order she was able to establish schools and nurseries with a particular emphasis on girls and women who were often left sidelined in Colombian life and left to fend for themselves. Duque focused on the disadvantaged regions in Colombia and exhorted her sisters to tend to the marginalized and those on the peripheries such as prostitutes and drug addicts. But Duque also founded several branches of the order that would cater to the secular people and to priests who shared her desire to evangelize amongst the poor and tend to those on the societal peripheries. The beatification process launched in Medellín in 1998 and Duque became titled as a Servant of God. Duque is scheduled to be beatified in Medellín sometime in 2022. Life Ana Julia Duque Heckner was born on 14 August 1898 in Salamina in the Caldas department as the eldest of nineteen children born to Antonio José Duque Botero and Ana Berenice Heckner Rister (of German origins). Five of her siblings entered into the religious life with one brother becoming a priest and three sisters all becoming religious; Elías became a priest while María, Lucila, and Tulia all became nuns. Duque was baptized on 16 August in the Immaculate Conception parish in Salamina; on 31 October 1902 received her Confirmation from the Bishop of Manizales Gregorio Nacianceno Hoyos and on 7 September 1907 made her First Communion. Her parents provided for her initial religious formation and it was from them that she developed a strong devotion to the Mother of God and would herald her known trait of reciting frequent rosaries. But she was an avid reader in her childhood and fostered a strong desire to become a Carmelite nun after she read the works of Saint Teresa of Ávila since the writings of the saint strengthened her faith and religious ideals. Duque later entered her parish as a catechist and became part of a Marian group that was active in the parish. But difficulties arose when she turned fifteen since her parents indicated that it was time for her to consider marriage in the not-too-distant future. Her parents had also indicated this to her since it was hoped that it would see her abandon her desires for the religious life since she was the eldest and some of her siblings had expressed similar intentions. Duque refused their attempts and instead in November 1917 entered a convent and decided to join the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in Bogotá on 20 December 1917. Duque entered the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in November 1917 in Bogotá as a postulant before she commenced her novitiate period there; she was first vested in the white religious habit on 26 July 1919. Duque later made her solemn religious profession on 21 November 1919 and assumed the name María Berenice upon her profession. The next three decades would see her serve as an educator and she would work at colleges first at San Gíl and Ubaté before she was transferred to Manizales (and on occasion in Fredonia which was close to the town) and Rionegro. But she also worked to establish a school for girls of poorer families and of Afro-Colombian descent to whom she taught how to read and write as well as to train them in catechism and housework. But what caused her much suffering was that women of color could not enter a convent due to racial discrimination or on the basis of their poor economic backgrounds. Duque came to see the poor as the chosen ones of God and when she ended up founding her order welcomed those women with the noted phrase: "They are hidden treasures of God". In 1930 she travelled to Medellín to work as an assistant for the formative process for those who had just entered into the religious life. But from 1938 to 1942 she increased her apostolate amongst the poor and often visited textile factories to instruct people in catechism or to just talk about God and the Gospel to the workers. But it was during that time that she also visited the dangerous regions that were known for being havens for criminals and drug addicts as well as for alcoholics and prostitutes to whom she tried to evangelize and convert from a life of sin. It was in those neighborhoods that she developed a strong sense of social justice and a powerful goal to cater to the needs of those on the societal peripheries. Duque organized Marian conferences and also organized retreats and meetings in different places that included hospitals and clinics. Duque also helped to establish Catholic Action units as a means to attract adolescents to a stronger religious vocation. But a particular focus was spent on the women that desired entrance into the religious life; she often helped them in their formation and also helped them to discern their call to the religious life. Duque also focused on welcoming poorer girls and girls of color as well as those of unmarried parents. Duque came to realize over time that she alone could not resolve the different situations that these girls faced and realized that she needed further support to be able to manage such a broad and difficult apostolate. Duque secured permission from her provincial superior and the Archbishop of Medellín Joaquín García Benítez to set up the basis for what would become her own religious congregation and on 14 May 1943 started steps towards this goal. Duque had seen the plight of girls and women who often tended to end up on the margins of Colombian life and were more often than not forced to fend for themselves; she wanted to help them and had a stronger urge to tend to those who lived and struggled on the societal peripheries. This hard work paid off on 6 October 1953 when the Congregation for Religious provided her with the permission needed to establish the Little Sisters of the Annunciation with further permission that she act as its first Superior General. Further permission for her order came on 5 August 1954 when she obtained a decree of perpetual adoration while the construction of the motherhouse would commence in Medellín in 1955. The first women who joined her were almost all of color and Duque helped to form them in the ideals that she wanted her order to possess. But difficulties soon arose when some of the women were sent to tend to other apostolates and she herself was sent to France where she fell ill before she could even return to her homeland in 1947. It was upon her return that she resumed her apostolate with a renewed vigor to make up for lost time despite the initial setbacks that saw her almost have to begin anew. Duque helped her order recover from its brief stagnation due to her brief dismissal to France and helped them to further expand their work outside of Medellín and into other regions. Duque also supported the apostolic nuncio Paolo Bertoli in further promoting the Catholic Action movement in Colombia. It was around this time that she began to write the constitutions and received further support from Archbishop Joaquín García Benítez who had an active role in assisting Duque and her colleagues. This led to the order receiving canonical recognition from the archbishop on 3 October 1950 as a pious union and then on 2 July 1953 as an order of diocesan right. Duque vested in her order's new habit on 23 October 1953 and made her perpetual vows into the order. Duque made a pilgrimage to Israel in 1954 and made other trips to France and Rome (a Marian Year had been called hence her pilgrimage to Rome). Between 1962 and 1965 she reviewed the documents from the Second Vatican Council and encouraged religious renewal amongst her sisters through studies of the documents. In 1967 she stepped down as the Superior General and continued her apostolate to tend to the ill despite her own illness and sent some of her sisters to Rome for further studies. Duque founded the Afro-Colombian Missionaries on 15 August 1957 after she received a series of requests from some people of color from the Colombian coast. Her tenure as the Superior General saw houses open in Ecuador and Peru but also crossed international boarders with a house opened in Spain. The institute received the papal decree of praise from Pope Pius XII on 25 March 1958. Duque established the Domus Dei Institute (it has since been renamed as the Missionaries of the Annunciation) which she established with the aim of welcoming priests and religious brothers into the order who shared her views on the service to those that suffered from societal marginalization. Her illness returned sometime in the 1970s and was manageable until it saw her confined to bed rest. This long illness led to her death in Medellín on 25 July 1993 at 2:20pm. The Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Osos Joaquín García Ordóñez presided over her funeral on 28 July with the Archbishop of Medellín Héctor Rueda Hernández as a concelebrant. Her congregation continued to expand upon her death and is now established in fifteen different countries (such as the Philippines and Côte d'Ivoire) around the world as she had once hoped. Her remains are housed at the order's motherhouse in Medellín. Beatification The beatification process opened on 12 October 1998 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" (no objections) edict that provided the Medellín archdiocese permission to launch the diocesan investigation. That process started on 14 August 1998 (two months before the "nihil obstat" had been provided) but had started before formal approval had been provided since it started to deal in initial document gathering and swearing in the participants involved to manage the process. The Archbishop of Medellín Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo closed the diocesan process on 23 October 2003 and the documentation was submitted to the C.C.S. in Rome. The C.C.S. provided a decree of validation on 26 August 2005 that determined that all the correct evidence had been submitted to them and that the diocesan process had been conducted according to their regulations. The postulation (the officials managing the cause) submitted the "Positio" dossier to the C.C.S. in 2009 for additional evaluation. Nine theologians approved the Positio on 19 December 2018 and the cardinal and bishop members of the C.C.S. also provided their approval to the cause on 15 January 2019. Pope Francis signed a decree on 12 February 2019 that determined that Duque could be titled Venerable on the account of her life of heroic virtue in accordance with the cardinal and theological virtues. Francis later signed a decree that approved a miracle attributed to her intercession on 13 October 2021 (medical consultants advising the C.C.S. approved it in March 2021 as did nine theologians in June 2021) which therefore enabled for Duque to be beatified. The beatification is scheduled to take place in Medellín sometime in 2022. The current postulator for this cause is Sr. Alix Mercedes Duarte Roa H.A. Miracle The miracle that led to her beatification was the healing of the teenage Sebastián Vásquez Sierra (aged thirteen at the time) in April 2004. 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Justice Little may refer to: Philip Francis Little (1824–1897), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland William A. Little (Georgia judge) (1838–1924), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia William A. Little (Nebraska judge) (c. 1832–1867), Associate Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
Rick Meyers (born May 14, 1958) is an American former professional tennis player. Born and raised in Abilene, Texas, Meyers won a 5A state singles championship while at Cooper High School and played collegiate tennis for Texas Christian University, where he was named All-Southwest Conference all four years. Meyers was a main draw qualifier for the 1981 Canadian Open and fell in the first round to the sixth-seeded player Eliot Teltscher. He also made a Grand Prix tournament appearance at the Caracas Open in 1982 and was eliminated in the second round by Eddie Dibbs, after a win over Roberto Vizcaíno. In 2008 he was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame. References External links 1958 births Living people American male tennis players TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Tennis people from Texas Sportspeople from Abilene, Texas
David Neo Chin Wee is a Singaporean brigadier-general currently serving as Deputy Secretary (Technology) at the Ministry of Defence. He will take over as the Chief of Army on 10 March 2022. Education Neo is an alumnus of Victoria School and was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship from the Public Service Commission in May 2012 and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Postgraduate Scholarship in 2012. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration, Management and Operations from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Operations Research from Stanford University and Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in Electrical Engineering where he graduated with Honours, was a James Scholar and was on the Dean's List. He also holds an A.B Econs in Economics from University of Illinois with a Distinction and was awarded the College of Business Undergraduate Research Award. He also attended the Indonesian Army Command and Staff College (SESKOAD) in 2007 and attained the Top Foreign Student - Best Thesis. Military career Neo enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1996 and served in the Singapore Army as a Commando officer. Throughout his career he held many appointments and roles, from command tours to staff appointments. The staff appointments include: Training Development Officer from Apr 2001 - Dec 2002, Staff Officer (Plans) / Joint Operations Department from Nov 2004 - Aug 2006, Chairman SICUS Committee NDP 2008 from Aug 2007 - Aug 2008, Deputy Director (Planning) / Head Strategic Plans from Jan 2010 - Jun 2012, Chairman, Show Committee NDP 2014, Head Joint Plans and Transformation Department from Oct 2014 - Jul 2016, Director Joint Operations from May 2019 - Mar 2021 and Deputy Secretary (Technology) on Mar 2021. As the Head Joint Plans and Transformation Department and Director of Joint Operations, he oversaw the SAF's contributions to the national fight against COVID-19. His command appointments include: Company Commander from May 2003 - Nov 2004, Commander Officer 1st Battalion Singapore Guards from Jan 2008 - Dec 2009, Brigade Commander 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade from Aug 2013 - Oct 2014, Commander 3rd Singapore Division from Jul 2018 - Jun 2019. On 10 March 2022, he will take over Goh Si Hou as the Chief of Army. Non-military career Outside of the SAF, Neo holds several other appointments. Currently he is a Board Member of Temasek Defense Systems Institute since March 2021 and a Director in DSTA since April 2021. In the past, Neo was the programme director of the Pioneer Generation Office and the founding Group Chief of the Silver Generation Office under the Agency for Integrated Care. He was also a Member, Board of Governors of Singapore Polytechnic from April 2015 - April 2018 and Alternate Director in Advanced Material Engineering from June 2013 - June 2016. Awards and decorations Public Administration Medal (Military) (Bronze) in 2014 Long Service Medal (Military), in 2021 Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (20 Years) Medal Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal with 15 year clasp Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal Master Parachutist Badge Advanced Freefall Badge Advanced Combat Skills Badge Basic Diver Badge US Ranger Tab US Airborne Badge US Army Infantry School DUI Badge Indonesian Army Freefall Badge Indonesian Army Jumpmaster Badge Australian Army Parachutist Badge Thailand Airborne Badge References Living people Singaporean military leaders Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Chiefs of the Singapore Army
is a Japanese supplementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. Classes are held at the Orchard School. History It opened in 1981. Previously the International Center hosted classes. By 1986 the Orchard School hosted the Japanese school's classes. The school had around 40 students, with some having parents working at some twenty companies which were branches of Japanese firms, including subsidiaries of Enkei, Sanyo, Sony, and Uniden. Some students had parents were academics at area universities, including Indiana University and Purdue University. By then the Indiana Japanese School served around two to three students who were living in Columbus, all of them children of Enkei employees. By 1997 it had 308 students, including Columbus and West Lafayette students, with most of them being children of company employees. That year the school, which served K-12, was the largest of the Indiana hoshuko. Curriculum As of 1986, mathematics, science, and the Japanese language are the main courses taken. By 1997 the course offerings also included social studies, and each day had five hours of instruction. References Further reading - English abstract included External links Indiana Japanese Language School Asian-American culture in Indiana Japanese-American culture Schools in Indianapolis Indianapolis 1981 establishments in Indiana Educational institutions established in 1981
Nathan Smith is an American ice hockey center currently attending Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is a member of United States national team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Playing career Smith was a high-scoring forward in junior hockey, leading the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders for two consecutive years. Despite being taken by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2018 NHL Draft, He remained in juniors for another year before beginning his college career. He debuted for Minnesota State in 2019 and provided second line scoring for a team that was ranked #1 for a time during the season. Minnesota State entered the postseason as one of the favorites to contend for a national title, however, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Mavericks season to come to an abrupt end. After the end of his freshman year was cancelled, Smith's sophomore season was delayed by over a month. In spite of the upheaval, Smith put up good numbers and finished second on the team in scoring. In the Mavericks first game of the NCAA Tournament, they found themselves down 1–3 with under 10 minutes to play. Smith scored to cut the lead in half and began a tremendous comeback by MSU that left to the program's first tournament win at the Division I level. After scoring a goal in Minnesota State's 4–0 win over Minnesota, he added two more on the power play against St. Cloud State in the national semifinal. While it wasn't enough to get the Mavericks a win, it did earn him a spot on the All-Tournament Team. For his junior season, Smith shot out of the gate and scored in bunches. By the end of December he was leading the nation in scoring. That left him as a prime target for the United States national team when the NHL announced that it wouldn't be sending it's players to Beijing for the Winter Olympics. Less than month later, Smith was named to the team. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Awards and honors References External links 1998 births Living people American men's ice hockey centers Ice hockey people from Florida Sportspeople from Tampa, Florida Cedar Rapids RoughRiders players Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey players Winnipeg Jets draft picks Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
David Stasavage is an American political economist. Stasavage attended a bachelor's degree at Cornell University in 1989, then obtained his doctorate from Harvard University in 1995. He subsequently went to Europe, working successively for the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Centre for the Study of African Economies, and the Bank of England. Stasavage began teaching as a faculty associate within the London School of Economics in 1999. By 2005, his final year at the LSE, Stasavage had acquired the rank of reader. Stasavage returned to the United States in 2006, as an associate professor at New York University. In 2009, Stasavage was appointed to a full professorship. Since 2015, he has served as Julius Silver Professor of Politics. Stasavage was later appointed dean for the social sciences. In 2015, he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Selected publications References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American political scientists Academics of the London School of Economics Harvard University alumni Cornell University alumni American expatriates in the United Kingdom New York University faculty People associated with the Bank of England 21st-century American male writers World Bank people OECD officials Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences American university and college faculty deans Political economists 21st-century American economists 20th-century American economists