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Blaža is a village in the municipality of Vareš, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was nil, down from 72 in 1991.
References
Populated places in Vareš |
Bojana Stefanovic is a Canadian neuroscientist. She is a senior scientist at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Functional Brain Neuroimaging at the University of Toronto.
Early life and education
Stefanovic was raised in British Columbia where she attended Magee Secondary School. She completed her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science combined degree at the University of British Columbia (UBC) where she received their Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Gold Medal for having the most outstanding record in the graduating class. Following UBC, Stefanovic enrolled at McGill University in Quebec for her PhD.
Career
Upon completing her doctorate degree, Stefanovic finished a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke before joining Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in October 2007. As an imaging scientist in Sunnybrook's brain sciences research program, Stefanovic received the 2010 Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award. Throughout her career, Stefanovic studied the development of novel, quantitative magnetic resonance imaging-based techniques for human brain function imaging. In 2019, she was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Functional Brain Neuroimaging at the University of Toronto (U of T). Following this, Stefanovic was promoted to the rank of Full professor at U of T and named the Platform Director of Physical Sciences at Sunnybrook.
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Living people
Canadian neuroscientists
McGill University alumni
University of British Columbia alumni
Canada Research Chairs
Canadian women neuroscientists |
Stockholm Sessions is an album by Eric Dolphy. It was recorded in September and November 1961 at the Swedish Broadcast station in Stockholm, Sweden, and was released by Inner City Records and Enja Records in 1981. The album was recorded during Dolphy's second visit to Europe.
Three of the tracks ("Les" (mistitled as "Loss"), "Serene" (mistitled as "Sorino"), and "Don't Blame Me") were recorded in September 1961 for a radio aircheck, and feature Dolphy on alto sax, bass clarinet, and flute, Knud Jorgensen on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass, and Sture Kallin on drums. The album liner notes list the session as having been recorded on September 25; however, Dolphy was reportedly performing with John Coltrane's group from September 12 through October 1 at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, so the recording probably took place earlier in the month, prior to Dolphy's departure for the U.S. The remaining tracks ("Miss Ann" (mistitled as "Ann"), "God Bless the Child", "Left Alone" (mistitled as "Alone"), and "G.W." (mistitled as "Geewee")), were recorded on November 19 for a TV special. "God Bless the Child" is a Dolphy bass clarinet solo, while the other tracks from that date feature him along with Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, Rune Ofwerman on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass, and Sture Kallin on drums.
Reception
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "This innovative music can serve as a strong introduction of Eric Dolphy's talents to bebop fans who have not yet grasped the avant-garde."
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars, and commented: "here and there Dolphy seems to be having problems with reed, mouthpiece or articulation. Perhaps he was simply tired."
Track listing
"Les" (mistitled as "Loss") (Dolphy) – 3:58
"Serene" (mistitled as "Sorino") (Dolphy) – 12:00
"Miss Ann" (mistitled as "Ann") (Dolphy) – 4:11
"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 5:26
"Left Alone" (mistitled as "Alone") (Mal Waldron) – 5:19
"G.W." (mistitled as "Geewee") (Dolphy) – 6:00
"Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh) – 12:07
Personnel
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Knud Jorgensen – piano (tracks 1, 2, and 7)
Idrees Sulieman – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, and 6)
Rune Ofwerman – piano (tracks 3, 5, and 6)
Jimmy Woode – bass
Sture Kallin – drums
References
1981 albums
Eric Dolphy albums |
La última pieza (, ) is a 2021 short film directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Ricardo Muñoz Senior. The film is a dystopian fiction that is inspired and satirizes Latin American socialist governments.
Plot
A working-class man must face a hostile and indifferent bureaucracy in order to finish a puzzle game.
Cast
Ricardo Muñoz Senior as Albertini
Samantha Castillo as the Public Official
Victor Oliveira as the General
Franco Tintori as the Cashier
Gabriel Atala Garay as the Soldier
Laura de Freitas as the Public Official 2
Reception
The film was the only Venezuelan and Latin American short in the official selection of the 39th Torino Film Festival in 2021. It was also awarded as the Best Foreign Film at the 2021 Victory International Film Festival 2021, as well as Best Short Film Screenplay and Special Jury Mention at the 13th Seattle Latino Film Festival. The film was set to be premiered from 28 to 31 January 2022 at the 16th National and International "Manuel Trujillo Durán" Short Film Festival in Venezuela, held in the Zulia state.
See also
Pink tide
References
External links
LA ÚLTIMA PIEZA Torino Film Festival
2021 films
2020s Spanish-language films
Venezuelan short films
Political satire films
2020s satirical films
2021 drama films
2021 comedy films |
Admiral Bertram Mordaunt Chambers, CB (3 October 1866 – 27 April 1945) was a Royal Navy officer.
Life and career
Early life and career
Born in London, Chambers was the son of barrister Charles Harcourt Chambers and Lucibella Chambers, née Hare. His paternal grandfather was Sir Charles Harcourt Chambers, puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay. Chambers was educated at Clifton College and Stubbington House School, before entering the HMS Britannia as a cadet in 1879, placing twenty-seventh out of thirty-seven successful candidates. Passing out of Britannia in 1881, Chambers was appointed to HMS Monarch in which, as a midshipman, he was present at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. In 1883, he was appointed to HMS Satellite, remaining in her until 1886.
Promoted to lieutenant in 1889, Chambers was awarded the Shadwell Testimonial for naval surveying in 1894 and 1895. He was promoted to the rank of commander in 1900 and captain in 1905. He then attended a signals course and a war course in Portsmouth, finishing in 1906. He became flag captain of the battleship HMS Bulwalk in 1907, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Frank Finnis of the Nore Division, Home Fleet. He was also in command of HMS Resolution for much of the period. In 1908, he was given commanded of the second class protected cruiser HMS Talbot. In 1910 he took up command of the battleship HMS Majestic.
Australian service
In 1911, he was loaned to the Australian government, becoming a member of the first Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, of which he was Second Naval Member. He also was involved in the establishment of the Royal Australian Naval College, of which he was the first head.
First World War and service in Canada
Returning to England, Chambers took command of HMS Illustrious from August to October 1914, then took command of HMS Roxburgh until April 1915. From 1915 to 1917, he was Admiralty Port Officer, Scapa, concurrently commanding HMS Imperieuse. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 27 April 1917 and retired the following day at his own request.
In July 1917, he was appointed Port Convoy Officer and Senior Naval Officer, Escorts, Halifax, arriving the following month. The Admiralty had initially proposed that Chambers should be titled "Senior Naval Officer Afloat, Halifax". The Royal Canadian Navy objected to the idea of giving such a title to a British officer under the command of the Admiralty, and transferred Vice-Admiral William Oswald Story, who outranked him, to Halifax. In December 1917, Chambers was among the senior officers who dealt with the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion. In 1918, he and his staff were transferred to Quebec City.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919 "For valuable services as Port Convoy Officer, Halifax, Nova Scotia".
Later life
Chambers was promoted to vice-admiral on the Retired List in 1922 and admiral on the Retired List in 1926. He was a member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1921, as well as a Younger Brother of Trinity House. He published his memoirs, Salt Junk, in 1927. He died at Moreton Hampstead, Devon, in 1945.
Family
He was the father of the motor racing manager Marcus Chambers.
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1866 births
1945 deaths
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Royal Navy admirals of World War I
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"What a Mouth (What a North and South)" is a music hall song written by R. P. Weston in 1906 and first sung by Harry Champion. It is better known for the version recorded by Tommy Steele in 1960, which peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
Early versions
The song was often performed by Harry Champion, and was published as sheet music by Francis, Day & Hunter in 1906 as one of Francis & Day's Album of Cockney Songs. The first commercially released recording was by The Two Bills from Bermondsey — Bill Burnham and Bill French — who were recorded by Peter Kennedy at "The Cock & Monkey" in Bermondsey on 13 February 1954. The 78 rpm record, Parlophone R 3953, was released in January 1955.
Tommy Steele version
Background
Steele recorded a cover of "What a Mouth" as it was one of his father's favourite songs. Steele's father told him that he knew he would be successful if he "became as successful as the Two Bills". As with the rest of the album Get Happy with Tommy, "What a Mouth" was recorded live at Decca Studios.
Track listing
7": Decca / F 11245
"What a Mouth (What a North and South) – 2:45
"Kookaburra" – 1:58
Charts
References
1960 singles
Decca Records singles
1906 songs
Music hall songs
Songs written by R. P. Weston |
Ángel Guerreiro Carreiras (28 August 1945 – 18 July 2013), mostly known by the forename Anxo (the Galician form of the Spanish Ángel) and nicknamed "Geluco", was a Spanish politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Galicia for the Communist Party of Galicia (1981–1985) and the Left of Galicia (1997–2001), and led both parties.
Biography
Guerreiro was born in Xermade in the Province of Lugo. While studying Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela, he joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) which was still outlawed by Francisco Franco. Inspired by the May 68 protests in Paris, he took part in clandestine political activity and was imprisoned three times.
In the late 1970s, Guerreiro became part of the central committees of both the Communist Party of Galicia (PCG) and the nationwide party, before becoming secretary general of the former in 1979. In 1981, he was the only Communist voted into the Galician Parliament in the region's first elections. He was one of 16 authors of the region's Statute of Autonomy. In November 1983, he was replaced as party leader by Julio Pérez de la Fuente, who stood on a more pro-Soviet platform than Guerreiro's reformist Eurocommunism.
Having lost his seat in the 1985 election, in 1987 Guerreiro founded Galicia's United Left, the regional branch of the PCE-led coalition of the same name. In 1997, he wished to contest the Galician elections in alliance with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which was rejected by the national United Left. Because of this, he set up a new party called Left of Galicia (EdeG), and was re-reelected. The pact was not renewed for 2001 and he failed re-election, resigning and dissolving the party the following year.
In his later years, Guerreiro remained active as a political pundit. He died on 18 July 2013 in A Coruña, at age 67.
References
1945 births
2013 deaths
People from Terra Chá
University of Santiago de Compostela alumni
Communist Party of Spain politicians
Members of the 1st Parliament of Galicia
Members of the 5th Parliament of Galicia
Prisoners and detainees of Spain |
Someone Else's Arms may refer to:
Someone Else's Arms, a 1970 Barbara Acklin album and its title track released as a single
"Someone Else's Arms", a song by Mae on the 2005 album The Everglow
"Someone Else's Arms", a song by Matt Brouwer from the 2012 album Till the Sunrise |
Admiral Edward Montgomery Phillpotts, CB (1 August 1871 – 9 April 1952) was a Royal Navy officer.
Biography
Background and early life and career
The son of William Phillpotts, Archdeacon of Cornwall, Phillpotts entered HMS Britannia as a cadet in July 1884. He went to sea in 1886 and was made an acting sub-lieutenant in August 1890. He joined the cruiser HMS Mohawk in 1892; the same year, he was confirmed as sub-lieutenant, and promoted to lieutenant, with seniority backdated to 1891. He then joined the gunnery school HMS Excellent in 1893, and HMS Thesus in 1896 as gunnery lieutenant. In 1897, he was landed for service in the Benin Expedition under Rear-Admiral Rawson. He was appointed gunnery lieutenant of HMS Renown, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir John Fisher, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, in 1900.
Promoted to commander in 1902, he joined HMS Bulwalk, serving as its acting flag captain from 1905 to 1906. Promoted to captain in 1906, he took command of the protected cruiser HMS Grafton the same year. He was appointed to command the armoured cruiser HMS Euryalus in 1907 and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales in 1909, as flag captain to Prince Louis of Battenberg, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet. From 1911 to 1912 he was Captain of Signal School, Portsmouth and Superintendent of Signal Schools. In 1912, he was appointed Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg.
First World War
Taking command of the new battleship HMS Warspite in 1915, Phillpotts grounded her on 17 September 1915, incurring the "severe displeasure" of the Admiralty. Phillpotts commanded Warspite at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where she scored hits on the German battlecruiser Von der Tann and battleship Markgraf, being hit fifteen times in return. On 24 August 1916, Phillpotts was in command when Warspite collided with her sister ship HMS Valiant after a night-shooting exercise: he was sentenced to be reprimanded by court-martial, but the sentence was later quashed. He was Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Sir John Jellicoe, from December 1916 to October 1917. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916.
References
External links
http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Edward_Montgomery_Phillpotts
1871 births
1952 deaths
Royal Navy admirals of World War I
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Place of birth missing |
Captain William Oldrey (1787—1851) was an officer in the Royal Navy and later a colonial settler of New South Wales, Australia. He is particularly associated with the early days of Broulee, on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Early life and naval career
Oldrey was born on 23 November 1787, in Devon, England.
He joined the Royal Navy in June 1804. His first ship, on which he attained the rank of Midshipman, in July 1804, was Warrior. His first ship's captain was William Bligh. In 1805, following Bligh's appointment as Governor of New South Wales, it was aboard Porpoise, bringing Bligh to the colony in 1806, that Oldrey first visited New South Wales. He returned to England aboard Buffalo in 1807. He may possibly have shared in the prize money won by the Buffalo and 69 other ships, when some Russian naval ships—one carrying the pay for the Russian Mediterranean squadron—were caught in Portsmouth Harbour, at the time that the Tsar Alexander I declared war on Great Britain, in October 1807.
While a Lieutenant aboard Undaunted, and in command of a boat from that frigate, on 3 May 1813, he boarded and took a French brig, while under cannonade from the batteries of Marsaille. On 7 May 1813, he attacked a French schooner protecting a number of coastal vessel, taking two. Despite his best efforts, a wind squall allowed the schooner itself to escape. In this last action, he suffered a fractured thigh bone, for that injury he received a pension.
In command of the cutter Pioneer, he made several seizures of smuggled goods between March 1819 and June 1820,
He attained the rank of Commander, in 1828. The last naval vessel on which he served and commanded, was Hyacinth, in the West Indies, from 1831 to 1832.
While in the navy, Oldrey carried to Africa—presumably aboard Hyacinthe—an African sharif, variously "Abou Beehn Saduky" (possibly Abu bin Sadik) or "Abu Bekr es Siddik" (possibly Abu Bekr es Saddik), who had been found as a slave in Jamaica, living there under the slave name of Edward Donellan. Once freed, he provided information on the geography and routes of his homeland.
Oldrey was promoted to Captain in 1838, but had not been to sea since his time aboard Hyacinthe. He had his naval pension and some savings, and emigrated to New South Wales, leaving Plymouth aboard Andromache, on 8 October 1838.
Migration and Broulee
Oldrey arived in Sydney in February 1839. He arrived at a time, when the colonial economy was booming, largely as a result of the wool and whaling industries, and a supply of cheap labour in the form of transported convicts.
Early Broulee
After migrating to Australia, Oldrey became a landholder around the newly established town of Broulee. He bought four large pieces of land, to the west, south and north-west of the new town. His land almost surrounded the town, except that in the north (including modern-day Mossy Point) was a large block owned by the Sydney merchants Hughes & Hosking. Oldrey also bought some blocks within the settlement itself. He built a house on his land, about two miles west from the settlement, which he called 'Mount Oldrey'. Oldrey also had other small landholdings in the colony. In 1840, he was a shareholder of the Australian Steam Navigation Company.
Broulee, at the time, was a new, very remote settlement, in which the rule of law was barely established. It was only accessible from the sea, but for some rudimentary tracks linking it to other places on the coastal plain, and to the Corn Trail and a trail through the valleys leading to Araluen, two routes that linked it tenuously to the newly-settled Southern Tablelands, around Braidwood. A postal connection with Braidwood, via the Corn Trail, was established in 1839.
The town plan and allotments of Broulee were laid out by James Larmer in 1839. The rationale behind the new settlement was as a seaport for the surrounding hinterland, including the valley of the Moruya River, the river mouth of which was obstructed by a large sandbar, resulting in a shallow dangerous entry. Goods were transshipped at the safe anchorage at Broulee, to and from smaller vessels that could cross the sand bar. However, crossing the river bar was often extremely hazardous.
Oldrey became the settlement's most prominent citizen, and was appointed as the local magistrate, in 1839. In the earliest times, Oldrey's residence 'Mount Oldrey' was used as the temporary courthouse.
As the earliest settlement in the region, Broulee became the administrative center with a court house, store and post office. An hotel, 'Erin-go-Bragh', was erected and licensed in 1843, in the part of the town that stood on Broulee Island, and overlooked the anchorage.
On 30 January 1844, the hotel was the scene of a bizarre assault involving, John Hawdon, J.P., a settler at Kiora, and a local magistrate—Oldrey was another local magistrate—who entered the hotel's bar on horseback. Hawdon, assisted by three other men—Hawdon's brother-in-law, Mr Potts, another local magistrate from Ulladulla, Mr Wason, and the Clerk-of-the-Bench, Mr McLean—attacked Oldrey's former superintendent, Richard Bingham Sheridan. The case could not be properly investigated nor tried, at Broulee, as the defendant was one of the two local magistrates at Broulee, and the closest bench at Braidwood refused to become involved. Sheridan doggedly persisted in seeking justice, and Hawdon was eventually tried and found guilty, by a jury, in the Supreme Court, nearly a year later. The strange episode appears to have been triggered by an argument, about money, between Oldrey and Sheridan at 'Mount Oldrey', earlier on the same day.
The settlers, at and around Broulee, were not the original inhabitants; the area lay on the traditional lands Walbanga people, a group of the Yuin. In those early days, the local people were still occupying their land, although the granting of title deeds to settlers like Oldrey was extinguishing what would later became known as native title.
In October 1841, the schooner Rover was wrecked at Broulee. Oldrey's boat was away at Batemans Bay and could not be used for the rescue. Some lives were saved by four local Yuin men, the constable, the innkeeper, and two other men who were in Oldrey's employment (one described as 'government men', and so probably an assigned convict). The government did not reward the local Yuin people for the courageous rescue, but Oldrey, who seemed to enjoy good relations with them, personally rewarded them with gifts, including a number of breastplates. The breastplates, among other inscriptions in English, carried the works "Bale me jarrad" (I'm not afraid) and an engraved illustration of a sailing vessel. The breastplate of "Jenny, Queen of Broulee" survives from around this time. As the local magistrate, Oldrey had responsibility for the annual distribution of blankets to the surviving Yuin, and complained that the government supplied these in insufficient numbers.
Speculative land boom and route from the inland
Landholders in the area, such as Oldrey, were relying on the growth of the port and its population. There was a short-lived land boom at Broulee and at the new townships established, at least on land survey plans, on Jervis Bay. Oldrey was trying to sell or rent farmland in the Broulee area from, at latest, December 1840. Prospective buyers of land could visit Jervis Bay and Broulee aboard a steamer, Sophia Jane, in October 1841. As a major landholder, Oldrey was heavily exposed to the fate of Broulee.
The land around Broulee itself was not particularly fertile. Although there was good land in the region, particulary in the valley of the Moruya River, it was not nearby the new township of Broulee. The land that Oldrey had bought around Broulee was relatively infertile, and even his better land was marginal. Another problem for the new settlement was the inadequate supply of freshwater.
In 1842, after The Wool Road was completed, Oldrey and others, including Major William Sandys Elrington and Terence Aubrey Murray, attempted to raise funds for a rival private road, from Bellalaba to Broulee, Such a road would have connected the area south of Braidwood, and perhaps as far away as Queanbeyan and the Limestone Plains, to Broulee as their seaport. It seems uncertain now exactly how the route ascended the coastal escarpment. All that is known for certain is that the road was have followed part of a cart route blazed by Charles Nicholson, from Broulee to the Monaro, in 1841, Nicholson had shifted half a ton of tobacco from Broulee to the Monaro, in fourteen days, over his crudely made cart route, and was planning to return, carrying six bales of wool.
The apparent failure of the Wool Road, with its port of South Huskisson, provided Olrey with a window of opportunity to make Broulee the seaport for the Southern Tablelands and the Monaro. The proponents of the 'New South Road' envisaged that Broulee would have a jetty and store-houses for wool and other produce.
Although the road was never built, from around 1842, Broulee had become a port at which coastal ships called regularly to carry cargoes and passengers. A regular caller at the port was the coastal steamer, Shamrock, en route to and from Port Phillip.
Bankruptcy, and the end of the port at Broulee
Nature would help thwart, Oldrey's plans. In 1841, a huge flood on the Moruya River, washed away the sandbar at the mouth of the river, making the river navigable, up to what would later become a newer settlement at Moruya. Steamships which could navigate the river became more common. There was then less reason for a port at Broulee.
New South Wales entered an economic depression in the 1840s and, in 1843, there were a number of bank failures. Grand plans, such as Oldrey had for Broulee and roads to the inland, became too risky to contemplate and finance dried up. A number of prominent citizens found themselves insolvent, including Oldrey, who was made bankrupt in January 1844. He moved to Sydney, probably around the end of 1845, aboard the steamer, Shamrock, which still called at Broulee.
The fate of Broulee was sealed by the establishment of a town and river port at Moruya around 1850. Still a minor port, Broulee became a very quiet place, known by the 1850s as 'Oldrey's Folly'. There was brief revival, when the old port was used by gold miners in the rush to the Araluen in the 1850s.
The building of the Erin-go-Bragh Hotel was pulled down and, in 1860, reassembled at Moruya. Later, the court moved there too. In 1873, storms washed away the sand spit that joined Broulee Island to the mainland, greatly reducing the safety of the anchorage at Broulee. In the 1920s, a jetty with a small tramway was built on the island, and used to ship shell grit, on a small scale. After that, Broulee then resumed its slumber, until it revived as a holiday destination later in the 20th century.
Later life, marriage, family, and death
Oldrey lived for the last years of his life at Port Macquarie, on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
On 30 August 1849, he married Jane Catherine Brown, the young widow of Captain William Brown, at Port Macquarie. The marriage was by 'special licence', indicating that there was some unusual or controversial aspect of the connection between Jane and William. A daughter, Victoria Jane Blanch, was born to the couple.
Oldrey died at Port Macquarie, on 29 December 1851, and was buried there. After he died, his son, Edward William Oldrey was born in February 1852, but the son died aged two, and lies in Camperdown Cemetery. His wife died, aged 53, in Sydney, in April 1881, and lies in Waverley Cemertery. His daughter, Victoria, married twice, and had eight children.
Legacy
Oldrey is remembered for the early days of Broulee. A park there, Captain Oldrey Park, is named after him. There was a street named for him in the ghost town of Currowan, on the Clyde River, and also a 674m mountain in the Clyde Range, with a "conspicuous round summit", rising from the Buckenbowra Valley.
With continuing high recent rates of population growth, the seaside village of Broulee is at last extending its urban footprint, over part of the land that Captain Oldrey hoped to sell for profit in the 1840s. The part of the original Broulee that lay on the island, where the hotel was, has reverted to its natural state and is now Broulee Island Nature Reserve; all that remains of that part of the early settlement is a lonely grave on the island. The sand spit reformed, during the 1980s, connecting the island once more to the mainland at high tide. Safe once again, the anchorage is occasionally used by yachts.
It seems that Oldrey's old homestead, 'Mount Oldrey', may have survived, in some form, until after 2012, but now only its site exists.
References
1787 births
1851 deaths
Settlers of New South Wales |
The 1954 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas State University–as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1954 college football season. Led by first-year head coach R. W. Parker, the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 and a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, sharing the LSC title with East Texas State.
Schedule
References
Southwest Texas State
Texas State Bobcats football seasons
Lone Star Conference football champion seasons
Southwest Texas State Bobcats football |
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Brechalov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Бречалов; born on 18 November 1973), is a Russian politician, who is currently the 3rd Head of the Udmurt Republic since 18 September 2017. He is also the Secretary of the Udmurt regional branch of the United Russia party since 7 July 2020.
He was the secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation from 2014 to 2017, was the co-chairman of the Central Headquarters of the All-Russian People's Front, and was the First Vice-president of the All-Russian Public Organization of Small and Medium-Sized Business "Support of Russia".
Biography
Aleksandr Brechalov was born in Tlyustenkhabl on 18 November 1973. His father, Vladimir, was a builder.
Career
In 1994, he graduated from the Krasnodar Military Institute S. M. Shtemenko with honors.
He got his first work experience as a schoolboy at the construction site of a residential building in Krasnodar. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as deputy head of the regime service of the Chkalovsky garrison (special aviation division).
Between 1996 and 2000, he worked as a legal adviser to CJSC TV-6 Moscow and OJSC Alfa-Bank. In 1999, he graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy. O. E. Kutafina.
From 2001 to 2002, he held the position of head of the legal department at CB Uniastrum Bank (LLC). In 2002 to 2003, he worked as the director of the legal department at CB Uniastrum Bank (LLC). From 2003 to 2006, he worked as General Director of Uniastrum Consulting LLC. Between 2006 and 2013, he was promoted as President of VBO Consult LLC.
In 2005, he was the head of the regional branch in the Krasnodar Krai. In 2008, he was promoted as vice-president. From 2012 to 2014, he was president, then was demoted to the first vice-president in 2014, of the All-Russian public organization of small and medium-sized businesses "Support of Russia".
Between 2007 and 2014, he was a member of the Board of Directors of CB Uniastrum Bank.
In 2009, he has been the founder of the OPORA CREDIT media holding, which provides information on measures to support small and medium-sized businesses and conducts the All-Russian competition for entrepreneurs "Business Success".
In 2013, he had been a Member of the Central Headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front. He is also the a Member of the Board of Directors of EXIAR OJSC In the same year, he was the co-chairman of the Central Headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front.
In 2014 — Member of the Board of Directors of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM).
As Secretary of the Civic Chamber of Russia
On 16 June 2014, Brechalov became the secretary of the Civic Chamber of Russia. According to the Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Research, in the ranking of the most promising public politicians in 2014, Brechalov took an honorable 3rd place, after the leader of the list, Elizaveta Glinka (Doctor Lisa) and deputy Olga Batalina.
In December 2014, Brechalov presented to the President of Russia the annual report of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on the state of civil society in Russia.
In 2015, he had been a member of the Anti-Corruption Council under the President of Russia.
At the end of 2015, according to the ISEPI Foundation, Brechalov took 1st place in the rating of the most promising politicians in Russia. In the "Rating 2016" prepared by the Foundation "Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Research", he took first place.
In 2016, he had been a Member of the Council under the President of Russia for Strategic Development and Priority Projects.
On 20 May 20, 2016, the website of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation published a call by Brechalov, as Secretary of the Chamber, to the citizens of the Russia to come and vote on May 22 of the same year at the primaries of the United Russia party. Brechalov assured the Russians that in the primaries they will be able to "choose exactly those whom they want to see as candidates from the United Russia party in their region in the upcoming elections". Speeches by Brechalov and other members of the public chambers in support of the United Russia primaries caused negative responses. Former member of the Public Chamber of the Russia, Yelena Lukyanova, called campaigning for participation in the primaries by members of the federal and regional public chambers illegal, noting that "members of the Public Chamber have no right to allow any form of support for political parties." Article 4 of the Code of Ethics indeed obliges each member of the Civic Chamber, in exercising the powers vested in him, "not to allow any form of public support for political parties.".
In November 2016, the Center for Anti-Corruption Policy of the Yabloko party revealed a cartel in the purchases of the Public Chamber. Brechalov argued that all purchases were carried out legally.
Since 2017, he is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Triathlon Federation.
In March 2017, the FAS Russia confirmed signs of a cartel agreement, but Brechalov denied any violations.
The 2015 report of the Public Chamber on human rights in Russia was prepared by a clothing firm, while long-established well-known human rights organizations (such as the Moscow Helsinki Group) were not allowed to write it.
As Head of Urdmurtia
On 4 April 2017, by Decree of the President of Russia, Brechalov was appointed as the acting Head of the Udmurt Republic until the person elected Head of the Udmurt Republic takes office.
On 10 September, following the results of early elections, Brechalov was elected the new Head of the Udmurt Republic, gaining more than 78% of the vote. On 18 September during the inauguration, Brechalov took the oath in two languages at once, Russian and Udmurt, and officially assumed this position.
Family
He met his girlfriend Yelena Nikolayevna, in the 5th grade of school and carried this love through his whole life. As a boy, he even thought of becoming an investigator simply because little Lena's father worked for him.
As they are married, she is the founder of several commercial companies and two centers for legal additional education. They have two children, twins Artyom and Anastasia.
Income
Brechalov's income for 2017 exceeded 34 million rubles. However, this is taking into account the amount from the sale of real estate.
The income in 2020 amounted to about 4 million 843 thousand rubles, which is almost 13.3 million rubles less than in 2019.
In Brechalov's use is an apartment of 147.5 sq. m, also the head of Udmurtia owns a passenger car "Volkswagen 7HC Multivan". Brechalov's wife, Yelena earned 3 million 629 thousand rubles in 2020.
Hobbies
He is fond of triathlon. On 6 October 2013, he completed the Ironman triathlon in Barcelona. On October 4, 2015, in the city of Calella, he overcame the Ironman distance with a result of 10 hours 41 minutes 6 seconds.
In 2015, he ran the Baikal Ice Marathon, took part in the Karjala Half Marathon in Karelia and swam across the Volga as part of the Connecting Shores swim (4.7 km).
Refeences
1973 births
Living people
United Russia politicians
Kutafin Moscow State Law University alumni
Members of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
People from Teuchezhsky District
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Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese American director and producer. She was nominated for the 2022 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing the documentary Ascension.
Biography
Kingdon is the daughter of hedge fund manager Mark E. Kingdon and financier Anla Cheng, who is a member of the Committee of 100. Her father is Jewish and her mother is Chinese. She received her BA from Columbia University in 2009 and her MA in media studies from The New School in 2014.
She directed the 2017 documentary Commodity City, which focuses on the lives of Chinese wholesalers in Yiwu International Trade City, the world's largest wholesale market. The documentary won Best Documentary Short in the 2018 Ashland Independent Film Festival.
Her documentary, Ascension, looks at China's growing economic progress and increasing economic divide against the backdrop of the pursuit of the Chinese Dream. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2021, and received critical acclaim. The film was nominated for an Academy Award, a Gotham Award, five Cinema Eye Honors, a Directors Guild of America Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and six Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. The Chinese title of the documentary was inspired by a 1912 poem written by her great-great-grandfather, a member of the South Society who participated in the 1911 Revolution.
Kingdon was named one of the "25 new faces of independent film" by Filmmaker magazine. She was also named to the 2020 "40 under 40" list by Doc NYC.
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Living people
American directors
American documentary filmmakers
Columbia College (New York) alumni
People from New York City
Filmmakers from New York (state)
American women film directors
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Ectopoglossus astralogaster is a sparsely-researched species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is known to only be endemic to premontane forests on Cerro Brewster in the western part of Guna Yala, in Panama, at 700 to 900 meters above sea level.
Ectopoglossus astralogaster is yellowish-brown in coloration, with darker brown markers.
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Poison dart frogs
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1991 |
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Lechenaultia juncea, commonly known as reed-like leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, perennial herb or shrub with crowded, fleshy leaves, and pale blue flowers.
Description
Lechenaultia juncea is an erect, perennial herb or shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about , and is sparsely branched. Its leaves are fleshy, crowded on the lower stems, sparsely arranged on the flowering stems, long. The flowers are arranged in loose groups, the sepals long, the petals pale blue, long with long, soft hairs inside the petal tube. The wings on the lower lobes are wide and those on the upper petal lobes, if present, are wide. Flowering occurs from November to December.
Taxonomy
Lechenaultia juncea was first formally described in 1905 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near Watheroo. The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like".
Distribution and habitat
Reed-like leschenaultia grows in heath in gravel or sandy soils between Three Springs and Gunyidi in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
This leschenaultia is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.
References
juncea
Plants described in 1905
Flora of Western Australia
Taxa named by Ernst Pritzel |
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Union Sportive Vimy is a French football club located in Vimy, France.
History
US Vimy was founded in 1932, and spent most of their history in amateur and semi-pro leagues in France. They were promoted into the Championnat National 3 for the first time in their history for the 2019–20 season.
Colours and badge
The club colours are sky blue.
Current squad
Honours
Régional 1: 2018-19
References
External links
Official Website
Official Twitter
Soccerway Profile
FFF Profile
Football clubs in France
Association football clubs established in 1932
1932 establishments in France
Sport in Pas-de-Calais |
GEHARD UHDE, (7 August 1902 - 7 August 1980), born Gerhard Gotthilf Karl Krienke, also known just as Uhde, was a novelist, journalist, poet, actor and theater director. He was born in Torun (Thorn), a town in West Prussia, which became part of Poland under the Treaty of Versailles in 1920. Already as a young adult, he was permitted, due to his artistic stature, to adopt the professional name of Uhde.
Life
In 1933, Gottfried Haass-Berkow was appointed the director of a new theater in Esslingen, near Stuttgart, which Gerhard joined as an actor and assistant director. There he met Tordis, the stepdaughter of Haass-Berkow, who was employed as an actress and teacher at the theater. They were married on 3 October 1933 and their son Björn was born on 1 July 1934. It was at this time that the political situation in Germany became very unstable, which created the opportunity for the eventual takeover by the Nazis under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.
Later in 1934 Gerhard met Beryl Sharland, a young actress of English/American background in Haass-Berkow's theater, whom he eventually married following his divorce from Tordis. They had four children: Sven, born on 9 October 1935, Pamela in 1937, Volker in 1939 and Monika in 1948.
Toward the end of his life, Gerhard Uhde formed a close relationship with Ella Schneider, a long-time friend dating from his years in Heidenheim, who was instrumental in organizing his literary estate. Gerhard Uhde passed away on 7 August 1980, his 78th birthday, and was buried in a section of the Bad Hersfeld cemetery reserved for distinguished citizens.
Works
Spiel vom verlorenen sohn, Play, 1924 (about a lost son)
Der Bibelrekrut, Novel, 1929
Kristall aus Sieben, Chronicle, 1931 (about an amateur theater group)
Die Goldene Gans, Play, 1932 (based on fairy tales
An beiden Ufern, Poems, 1935
April bis Marz und ein Kinderkerz, (Children's?) Stories, 1936
Königin aus Holz, Novel, 1937
Veronika and Angela, Novella, 1938
Gesicht im Dunkeln, Novel, 1939
Moosburger Tafeln, Poems, 1946 (written during his imprisonment)
Die Botschaft des Schlafenden, unpublished manuscript, 1946
Westöstliches Geständnis, Novella, 1950
Der Sprechende Stein, 1956 (novel?) (about the Stiftsruine cloister ruins in Bad Hersfeld)
Lioba Lebt, Novel, 1960. An “expanded” seventh edition was published in 1976
Umtrunk im Sternensaal, Poems, 1962
Der Lebensbaum, Short Stories, 1962
Das Rettende Buch, Memoir (of wartime experiences), 1965
Allen Gewalten zum Trutz, 1969 (reflections on life's experiences)
Tagellöhner in einer kleinen Stadt, a combination of facts and fiction (novel?), 1977
Die Gesandten, Play, 1977
Auf der Brücke, anthology of poems from five decades (which decades?), 1979
Awards and Honors
1968 – Eichendorff Literary Prize
1974 – Golden Honorary Plaque from Bad Hersfeld
1977 – Cross of Merit of the German Republic
1981 – Certificate of the AWMM (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Werbung Markt- und Meinungsforschung), Buchs, Switzerland, «awarded posthumously to the poet and writer Gerhard Uhde for his complete body of works, thus honoring him as one of the most important German-speaking authors of the 20th century.”
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1902 births
1980 deaths |
Santa Maria dei Miracoli (English: Holy Mary of the Miracles is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located in the quarter of Kalsa (Tribunali) of the historic centre of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. It is located in front of the Giardini Garibaldini and Piazza Marina.
History and decoration
The church was founded in 1543 after a miraculous event linked to a Marian icon. Putatively during the festival of Santa Cristina in May, a Marian icon, painted on a wall near this site, was linked to a number of miracles. The Senate of Palermo granted the land, and a confraternity was established to gather donations for construction of a church. In 1547, under the government of the Spanish viceroy of Sicily, Giovanni della Vega, and the archbishop Pietro Tagliavia d'Aragona, and with added patronage of the Florentine community, the church was completed. In 1629, when the Florentines were expelled from Palermo, the church was granted to the Frati Conventuali of the Franciscan order, who established adjacent a seminary (novitiate) called il Conventino. On the right of the facade, the arch represents the remains a small chapel dedicated to Santa Apollonia.
The Franciscan convent flagged in population, and was suppressed in 1775, and razed after severe damage during World War II. The church was only reconsecrated in 1970. In 2008, the archbishop of Palermo, cardinal Paolo Romeo, assigned the church pastoral duties for the immigrants in Palermo, assigning a cleric from the order of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Due to damage from the 2002 earthquake, the church underwent restoration completed in 2011.
The architect is unknown, although the work has been attributed to either Fazio Gagini or Pasqualino Scaglione. The facade is flat and generally plain with exception of a coat of arms and a small oculus above the portal. The facade has awkwardly sized central columns. The ground floor flanking the portal has two Corinthian columns atop a tall pedestal, surmounted by a small composite pilaster. On the facade, a plaque has the date 1581. The church has a Greek cross layout and leads to a somewhat archaic semi-circular apse with some gothic tracery.
The interior houses a canvas copy of the original Marian icon, a veneration known as the "Madonna delle Grazie of Constantinople", which originally was a fresco painted on a wall. The former marble main altar was completed in the late 19th-century. New decoration has been added in the 21st century, including a new altar in the shape of a boat. The crucifix above the altar was carved in the Congo.
The tabernacle by Giuseppe Vitrano, is shaped like a globe.
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Roman Catholic churches in Palermo
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Tragedy on the Line is a 1931 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It is the tenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective who works alongside the less sharp-witted Superintendent Hanslet of Scotland Yard. It was published in the United States the same year by Dodd Mead.
Synopsis
The wealthy Gervase Wickenden is found dead on the railway line near Upton Bishop's station. Decapitated it is at first assumed he was killed by a train, until a bullet is discovered in a nearby tree. Added to this was the suspicious fact that he had changed his will only two days before, and both the old and the new version are now missing.
References
Bibliography
Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1931 British novels
Novels by Cecil Street
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(), the feminine form of the German language adjective (), is a word which described an important part of the Nazi ideology. Most often translated as degenerate or , the word is most often used in English to evoke Nazi Germany:
— degenerate art;
— degenerate music;
an infamous exhibition of art the Nazis deemed “degenerate”; or
Art looted by the Nazis during World War II.
It may also be used in reference to things that preceded the Nazi concept of “degenerate art”:
the decadent movement, much of the art of which would be labeled by the Nazis
Degeneration () by Max Nordau (1892)
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Everett Gardiner Weeden Jr., or, Tall Oak, (September 4, 1936 — February 11, 2022) was an artist, activist, survivalist and historian of Mashantucket Pequot and Wampanoag descent. Tall Oak dedicated his life to the education and advocacy of Indigenous rights, and was a founding member of the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Weeden's traditional name, Tall Oak, was given to him by Princess Red Wing, another prominent historian of Narragansett and Wampanoag descent, when he was sixteen years old. Tall Oak traced his surname to his ancestor Toby Weeden, a servant mentioned in the will of John Weeden, of Jamestown, Rhode Island, in 1735.
Early life and education
Tall Oak was born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 4, 1936, and spent his early years growing up in North Providence, Rhode Island. In 1945, when he was about eight or nine years old, he moved to the Roger Williams Homes, a public housing project in South Providence. Tall Oak attended St. Michael's School, and eventually trained as an artist at Rhode Island School of Design, where he took classes from sixth grade through high school. He was awarded a scholarship after graduating from Central High School.
In 1959, he moved to Washington County to help his cousin, Princess Red Wing, at the nascent Tomaquag Indian Museum. He lived in Charlestown, Rhode Island until his death in 2022.
National Day of Mourning, 1970
In 1970, on the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock, Frank James, of the Aquinnah Wampanoag was asked by Governor Francis Sargent to write and give a speech at the ceremony. However, once James shared his speech with officials, they deemed it was "too aggressive and too extreme." This censorship angered local Indigenous people and helped to spark the creation of the National Day of Mourning.
Inspired to act by the decision of the government officials, Tall Oak gathered several other Indigenous activists from the region including Frank James. The six originally planned their gathering to take place in Jamestown, Virginia, but later decided to hold it in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Mayflower landed and a statue of Ousamequin stands, overlooking Plymouth Harbor. Their biggest objective was to make sure the event remained peaceful, part of their mission was to enhance the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people on Cape Cod.
The first National Day of Mourning was held on Thanksgiving 1970. Almost five hundred Native Americans from across the country gathered in support to hear James give a speech.
St. David's Island, Bermuda
In the 1980s, Tall Oak began work to reconnect members of the Pequot diaspora, dispersed throughout the Atlantic Ocean following the slave trade that followed the Pequot War in first half of the 17th century. On St. David's Island in Bermuda, he helped to form the St. David's Island Indian Reconnection Committee, which acted as a lead proponent for learning more, and then orchestrating a more formal connection between the communities in Connecticut and Bermuda. This culminated in 2002 with the inaugural reconnection. Tall Oak was featured on the cover of St. Clair "Brinky" Tucker's St. David's Island, Bermuda: Its People, History and Culture (2009).
See also
Princess Red Wing
Ella Sekatau
Loren Spears
External links
Bristol Community College Native American Genocide Conference Panel featuring Tall Oak Weeden
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1936 births
2022 deaths
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Pequot |
The Lake Street Transfer was a transfer station between Chicago's Lake Street Elevated and Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad, both of which were parts of the Chicago "L". It existed from 1913 to 1951, when it was rendered obsolete by the construction of the Dearborn Street Subway. It was an amalgamation of two separate stationsWood on the Lake Street Elevated one block away from the site of the future transfer station, and Lake on the Metropolitan that was on the sitethat had been respectively constructed in 1893 and 1895. The merger of the stations was a legal obligation to the Lake Street Elevated when the four companies that had formed the Chicago "L" merged in the early 1910s and involved the closing of Wood station while the Lake Street Elevated built its station at the site.
After its construction, the transfer station served as the transfer between the two lines. It was double-decked, with the Metropolitan's tracks and station being located immediately above the Lake Street's tracks and station. Access to the Lake Street platforms was via a station house at the street level, and passengers would then use the platforms to access the Metropolitan's platforms via additional stairways.
However, the construction of the Dearborn Street Subway rendered the Metropolitan's line in the area obsolete, and the station was closed shortly thereafter, although remnants of the station would remain until the 1960s. The site of the station later served as the junction of the Paulina Connector to the Lake Street Elevated, which was intended for temporary operation and would not enter revenue service until the Pink Line opened in 2006.
Wood station (Lake Street Elevated; 1893–1913)
The Lake Street Elevated was one of four companies that formed the nucleus of the Chicago "L". It had incorporated in 1888 and commenced operations on November 6, 1893. Stations were regularly-spaced across the route, and included one on Wood Street.
The Wood station was designed in a Queen Anne style, similar to the other stations on the route and the surviving station houses at Ashland.
Lake station (Metropolitan Elevated; 1895–1913)
The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad, another founding company of the Chicago "L", opened a station at Lake Street on May 6, 1895, alongside the other stations of its Logan Square Branch. It was designed similarly to those stations, surviving examples of which are California and Damen; its station house was located on the north side of Lake Street. Since the station crossed the pre-existing Lake Street Elevated, its tracks and platforms were much higher than elsewhere on the "L".
Transfer station (1913–1951)
In 1911, the four companies operating the "L"the Lake Street Elevated and Metropolitan Elevated, as well as the South Side Elevated Railroad and North Side Elevated Railroadmerged operations under the aegis of Chicago Elevated Railways (CER). The CER instituted full integration of cross-town service on the "L" and free transfers between the lines in 1913, having been mandated to do so by the Chicago City Council. As part of the same ordinance, the Lake Street Elevated was required to build a transfer station underneath the Metropolitan's Lake station. Deciding that having two stations so close together was not worth it, it decided to close Wood station.
Free transfers commenced on November 3, 1913, but the Lake Street Elevated's new station was not finished at that point. As an interim measure, "walking" transfers between Wood station and the Lake Street Transfer were issued. By mid-November, the Lake Street Elevated's station was complete, and the Wood station was closed. The final station was double-decked, with platforms for both the Lake Street route and the Metropolitan route. By 1917, a new station house on the south side of Lake Street was constructed, and the Metropolitan's original station house was used for storage. Access to the station was through stairwells from the station house to the Lake Street platforms, which had additional stairways to connect to the Metropolitan platforms.
Skip-stop on the Chicago "L" began as an experiment on the Lake Street Elevated on April 5, 1948; stations in between Pulaski and the Loop, exclusive, were assigned either "A" or "B" stations and were serviced by the equivalent "A" or "B" trains during weekdays. Despite being in this area, Lake Street Transfer was exempt from this system and continued to be serviced by all Lake Street Elevated trains. The Logan Square branch would not begin skip-stop until the opening of the Dearborn Street Subway and the closing of the transfer in 1951.
The Dearborn Street Subway, which provided a more direct connection from Logan Square to downtown, opened on February 25, 1951, and Lake Street Transfer was concomitantly closed. In 1954, the Metropolitan's tracks at the site were replaced by a direct junction with the Lake Street tracks, a connection that would be dubbed the Paulina Connector, to provide temporary service to the Loop for the Douglas Branch during the construction of the Congress Line. After the Congress Line was completed in 1958, the Paulina Connector would remain standing, but not enter revenue service until the 2006 opening of the Pink Line. Wooden material from closed stations on the Paulina Connector, including Lake Street Transfer, were removed in the late 1950s to mitigate fire hazards, as were the lowest flights of stairs to deter trespassing, but the rest of the station would remain until the mid-to-late 1960s.
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Aura Seaways is a RoPax ferry operated by DFDS Seaways on their Klaipėda–Karlshamn route in the Baltic region. She is the first of a new class of Ropax ferries intended to operate the Baltic route with her sister ship Luna Seaways expected to join her in spring 2022. The ferry was assembled at Guangzhou Shipyard International and is currently the largest RoPax in the company's fleet. The completion of Aura Seaways also mark the first newbuilt passenger vessel contracted by DFDS in nearly 40 years.
History
Aura Seaways and her sister ship were ordered in 2018 as part of a service expansion by DFDS, in order to increase capacity on their growing baltic sea network. Currently, the routes between Klaipėda and Karlshamn are served by primarily cargo-based RoRo ferries providing limited passenger transport capabilities. The introduction of Aura Seaways enabled the combination of both passenger and freight networks, while providing an additional 30% of lane metres capacity on the route. Aura Seaways operates the Klaipėda-Karlshamn route with the option of potentially expanding operations to also provide service on the Paldiski–Kapellskär route by late 2022 once joined by her sister ship.
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2020 ships
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Robert Glenn Peters (March 7, 1925 – May 23, 1999) was an American politician in the state of Georgia. Peters served in the Georgia House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from 1969 until 1989, representing parts of Catoosa County.
Peters was born in Ringgold, Georgia, and graduated from Ringgold High School. In December 1943, Peters joined the United States Army and served in the Pacific theater of World War II. After leaving the Army, he entered the glass business, and by 1949 was the president of the Broadway Glass Company in nearby Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1968, Peters served in the chamber for two decades. During his final four years in office, he served as chairman of the House's powerful Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment Committee, which has authority over Georgia's redistricting process. In 1988, Peters was defeated in the Democratic primary election for his seat by McCracken Poston, marking the end of his political career.
A lifelong Baptist, he died in his hometown of Ringgold, Georgia, in 1999 at the age of 74.
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Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats |
Nellie von Gerichten Smith (April 24, 1871 – May 15, 1952) was an American author, composer, pianist, and violinist who composed two operas.
Smith was born in Sierra County, California, to Cecelia Meta Horeis and Philip Gerichten. Little is known about her education. She married Barnaby Hathaway Smith in 1893 and they moved to Prescott, Arizona, where Barnaby managed the Palace Saloon. During her time in Arizona, Smith made several quilts which remain in Arizona collections today. She eventually returned to California, where she died in 1952.
Works
In addition to composing music and playing violin with an orchestra in San Francisco, Smith wrote an essay about the women of early Arizona which was included in Women of the West, a book edited by Max Binheim and published in 1928. Smith's musical compositions include:
Operas
Lily of the Mohawks: Kateri Tekakwitha (text by Edward C. La More)
Twins of Bistritz
Piano
"Calizona"
"Montezuma"
"Song of the Pines"
"Storm in the Grand Canyon"
Vocal
"Back to the West"
"My Happy Home Away Out West"
"Wait, My Little Darling"
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American women composers
American opera composers
Women opera composers
1871 births
1952 deaths
People from California
American quilters |
Ectopoglossus absconditus is a sparsely-researched species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is known to only be endemic to Cordillera Occidental, Cauca Department, Colombia.
It is known from only 3 individuals discovered in 1938 and 1939. It is a poorly known species.
References
Poison dart frogs
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Amphibians described in 2017 |
The Davidson Case is a 1929 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It was the seventh appearance of the armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who featured in a long-running series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
References
Bibliography
Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1929 British novels
Novels by Cecil Street
British crime novels
British mystery novels
British thriller novels
British detective novels
Geoffrey Bles books
Novels set in England |
Valentín González Formoso (born 1971) is a Spanish politician of the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG). He is a city councillor (2003–) and mayor (2007–) of his hometown of As Pontes de García Rodríguez, the president of the Provincial Deputation of A Coruña (2015–) and secretary general of his party since December 2021.
Biography
Born in As Pontes de García Rodríguez, González Formoso studied Law but put his course on hiatus due to work. First elected to the city council of As Pontes de García Rodríguez in 2003, he became mayor in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2015, all three times with an absolute majority. In June 2015, the same month as his third election, he became president of the Provincial Deputation of A Coruña due to a pact with the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) and En Marea. In an interview with ABC in December 2015, he defended provincial deputations against their critics, including the BNG.
In October 2021, González Formoso put himself forward as a candidate for secretary general of the PSdeG. He defeated incumbent Gonzalo Caballero by 59.7% to 40.21%.
González Formoso has described himself as an admirer of the "old politics" of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) prime minister Felipe González and former PSdeG leader Francisco Vázquez Vázquez. He criticised Podemos founder Pablo Iglesias for questioning the motives of the architects of the Spanish transition to democracy, whom González Formoso considers to be "people who left their ideologies to one side in order to construct the common project of coexistence that we have today".
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1971 births
Living people
People from As Pontes de García Rodríguez
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Mayors of places in Galicia |
Will Jones was an African-American man who was lynched in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia by a white mob on February 13, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 13th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States.
Background
28-year-old Will Jones lived on a farm occupied by the landowner widow Mrs. Dora Fulford, mother-in-law of Bennie DeVane one of the accused and was regarded as an upstanding citizen by the community. News coverage at the time gave no official reason for the lynching but implied it might have been either Jones was going to report on the bootlegging that was going on in the area or that Will Jones came to the defence of 26-year-old African-American man Floyd Flournoy who had insulted Jessie Mae Devane, by asking for a ride in her buggy.
Lynching
Will Jones was shot at his home, near the Lowe settlement, between 10 and 11:00 PM Sunday, February 12, 1922. Before dying the next day, he was able to make a dying statement to County Commissioner Williamson and Mayor Rogers Williams that identified some of those who shot him. He said that on Sunday he was awakened by someone at his door asking for an auto-tire patch. When Jones refused to open the door, several men started to break in. He grabbed his shotgun and fled out of the back. It was here that he was shot at and where he was able to get off a few shots, wounding Bennie and Harvey. He then fled into the night and sought the help of others. Others had heard the gunshots and were too afraid to help Jones. He then fled to Ellaville. Here, a white mob has assembled and tracked him down to a small shack on the Hart farm, which is located near the line of Sumter and Schley counties around 9:00 AM. A gun battle ensued and the mob left, believing Jones dead.
Aftermath
Nine men were accused of taking part in the Lynching and warrants for arrest were issued by the coroner. Clarence Robinson, Thomas Brown, George Trussie Phillips, Henry Lewis Fulford, Henry Harvery (Jessie Mae Devane’s father), Arthur DeVane, Bennie DeVane, and John DeVane. Schley County Sheriff R.E. Battle was accused of helping some of the accused escape the law. Seven of the nine were local farmers and two were soldiers, on leave from Camp Benning, who were camping in the area who, according to the Atlanta Constitution, “joined the mob through a spirit of excitement and adventure [rather] than because of any interest they held in the lynching of the negro.”
National memorial
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened in Montgomery, Alabama, on April 26, 2018, in a setting of . Featured among other things is the Memorial Corridor which displays 805 hanging steel rectangles, each representing the counties in the United States where a documented lynching took place and, for each county, the names of those lynched. The memorial hopes that communities, like Schley County, Georgia where Jones was lynched, will take these slabs and install them in their own communities.
Bibliography
Notes
References
1922 riots
1922 in Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American history of Georgia (U.S. state)
Lynching deaths in Georgia (U.S. state)
December 1922 events
Protest-related deaths
Racially motivated violence against African Americans
Riots and civil disorder in Georgia (U.S. state)
White American riots in the United States |
The Tiara of Maria II () is a jewelled, ornamental crown made for Queen Maria II of Portugal in the 1830s-40s, set in sapphires and diamonds. It is the oldest extant tiara that can be linked to a Portuguese sovereign.
Having found its way to the Swedish Royal Family through inheritance, the jewel is currently in a private collection, having been sold at auction on 12 May 2021 by Christie's in Geneva.
History
On stylistic grounds, the tiara can be dated to around the 1830s or the 1840s. It was certainly in the Queen's possession by 1846: it features in a portrait of the Queen by Ferdinand Krumholz, dated that year, that currently hangs in the Throne Room of Ajuda National Palace.
Maria II had been restored to the throne in 1834, after the conclusion of the Portuguese Civil War and the abdication and banishment of her uncle, usurper Miguel I. The young Queen had spent the duration of the Civil War in Paris, under the care of her stepmother, Amélie of Leuchtenberg: after her return to Lisbon, she introduced Parisian fashion and customs to the Portuguese court. Unlike what happened with previous monarchs, who usually sent envoys and plenipotentiaries abroad to buy fine luxury items and fashionable clothes on their behalf, the Queen chose her own jewellery herself, showing her cultured sensibilities and specific taste.
After the Queen's death in 1853, each of her seven children inherited part of their mother's private jewellery collection. The 1854 inventory, drawn up by court assayers João Pedro Lourenço and João Estanislau de Sousa, lists the tiara as "a diadem comprising nine detachable pieces, the central one largest... currently studded in one thousand four-hundred and fifteen brilliant-cut diamonds, five are missing"; the document values the tiara at 2.000$000 (2 contos de réis).
Sources differ on whether the tiara was inherited by Infanta Maria Ana (who later married Prince George of Saxony) or by her younger sister, Infanta Antónia (who later married Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen). It is known through their personal correspondence that the siblings exchanged some jewellery; it is therefore possible that this fact explains the discrepancy. Regardless of the precise chain of ownership, the descendants of both infantas were joined in marriage in 1920, when Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern married Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony — who was photographed wearing the tiara in a formal portrait, and who also wore it during the celebrations of the wedding of her son, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, to Princess Birgitta of Sweden in 1961. Princess Birgitta also wore the tiara in public functions, including at the wedding of her cousin, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, in 1967.
The tiara was sold at auction on 12 May 2021 by Christie's at the Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues in Geneva, alongside a set of sapphire and diamond items that belonged to Napoleon's adoptive daughter Stéphanie de Beauharnais. Maria II's tiara fetched the highest bid among the ten imperial and royal items, at a realised price of 1.77 million francs (over €1.61 million), 10 times the lower end of pre-sale estimate. The Government of Portugal, through the Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage, had initially expressed interest in acquiring the tiara for its historical value, in order to include it in the collections of the planned Royal Treasury Museum. José Alberto Ribeiro, the director of Ajuda National Palace and the person who represented the government in the auction, immediately attempted to raise the necessary funds, but only managed to gather just under €1 million (of which €400 thousand came from patrons). Ribeiro had previously tried to make arrangements with the family that owned the tiara to try and buy the piece directly from them, but was unsuccessful.
Details
The tiara is made of gold, comprising a plain base covered in brilliant-cut diamonds, on which rest nine individual sapphire and diamond ornaments. The central ornament is slightly larger than the rest, which are progressively slightly smaller than the preceding one; each alternate ornament is set with a single central octagonal step-cut or oval-shaped Burmese sapphire. In total, the tiara is set with 1415 diamonds of varying sizes.
The tiara is an example of versatile "transformable jewellery" that was innovative and in fashion at the time. The top elements of the tiara are detachable, forming nine individual brooches, and leaving the base of the tiara with its trefoil embellishments to be worn separately as a smaller bandeau-style tiara.
References
Portuguese Crown Jewels
Individual crowns |
Serhiy Serhiyovych Mashtalir (; born 20 August 1998) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ukrainian club Podillya Khmelnytskyi.
References
External links
1998 births
Living people
People from Uzhhorod
Ukrainian footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players
FC Mynai players
FC Uzhhorod players
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players |
Yair Lev (born 1959, in Tel Aviv) is a documentary filmmaker, professor and senior lecturer in the screen-based Arts Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, and a lecturer at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. He is the recipient of the Israeli Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Cinematic Arts (1996) and of the Ministry of Education and Sport Cinema Award (2018).
Biography and early career
Lev is a graduate of The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television in Tel Aviv University (1987). As a student he created the short documentary “The Making of Absolute Beginners”, that documented the making of “Absolute Beginners” (directed by Julian Temple and starring David Bowie), filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey. After returning to Israel, he directed his diploma film, a short fiction film "Holes in the Hands" (1987), that was featured in the Munich Film Festival for Short Films, Prague Festival and the Badalona Film Festival.
Film making career
Lev gained public recognition with his first feature film “Hugo”- one of the earliest films to baldly and directly confront The Holocaust experience from a “second generation survivors'” perspective. In the film, survivor Hugo Lev recounts the extraordinary, black humour filled tale of his Holocaust survival on a backdrop of the convoluted relationship he has with his son- the director. The film triggered public reverberations and was selected for the "Forum" at Berlin International Film Festival, Chicago, Montreal and the Jerusalem Film Festival.
His next film “Yakantalisa – a Portrait of a Dead Poet” (1996), a portrait of poet Hezi Leskali was nominated for the Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. That same Year Lev won the “Minster for Education and Culture Prize for Cinema”. His next film “Uri Avnery: Warrior for Peace” (2002) won the “In the Spirit of Freedom” award for best documentary at the 2002 Jerusalem Film Festival. The film paints a portrait of Uri Avnery- a peace activist, radical Leftist, prominent journalist and former member of parliament. The film featured in a number of international festivals (among them Munich, New-York, Miami, FIFA-Biarritz, Osnabrück, Vienna Jewish Film Festival, Israeli-Palestinian Film Festival Paris), was nominated for the Ophir Award (Israeli Academy Award) and was in wide release in cinemas in Israel and Germany.
In 2008 he completed “Hugo 2” produced by David Deri; a sequel to “Hugo”. The film that was shot over the course of four years with the director himself serving as cinematographer, differs from the first in putting the complex relationship between the director and his father under the spotlight and examining the future of Holocaust remembrance in a world devoid of Holocaust survivors. The film was part of the Wolgin Competition during the Jerusalem Film Festival 2008, and was screened commercially at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Tel-Aviv Cinematheque.
In 2017 he co-directed with Etty Wieseltier “The Longings of Maya Gordon”, a poetic portrait of a Polish-Israeli artist- a perennial outsider in her life and works. The film participated in the Docaviv festival that year and in the ART festival around Poland.
His next film “You Only Die Twice” (2018), co-created with David Deri who was producer, director of photography and co-writer, won both critical acclaim and box-office success. The film is a documentary thriller, in which Lev, as a detective, sets out to expose the identity of the unknown thief who assumed the identity of his grandfather during the second World War. The film, an Austrian-Israeli co-production in association with NGF, participated in more than 40 international festivals (among them Docaviv, Thessaloniki, Diagonale-Austria, Chagrin Falls – Ohio, Kraków) and won various prizes. The film was also nominated for the Ophir Award (The Israeli Academy Award). The film had a general release in Israel that lasted nearly a year and attracted tens of thousands of viewers as well as being one of the ten highest-grossing films of the decade at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque.
Lecturer and film-activist career
Lev is a Professor and senior lecturer at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School (where he has taught since 1993) and at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (since 1999).
In the years 2003-2008 he led workshops on directing documentary films at ESCAC (the Cinema and Audio-visual School of Catalonia), Ludwigsburg, Cologne and in Warsaw.
In the years 2000-2008 Lev edited and moderated at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque for the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum (as part of his activities as its board at the time) a monthly screening, debating and meeting fellow international filmmakers named “Culture Club”. Amongst the filmed that were shown in "Culture Club" are Errol Morris's "The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)", Péter Forgács's "The Maelstorm", Alan Berliner's "Nobody's Business", "Svyato" and "once there were Seven Simeonis" by Viktor Kossakovsky and Herz Frank respectively, who were amongst the guests in these events.
In the years 2008-2018 Lev served as Head of Studies for the “ Greenhouse Program”- a program nurturing young documentary filmmakers from the MENA region. Notable films developed at the Greenhouse program include the Oscar nominated 5 Broken Cameras, directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, A Film unfinished, directed by Yael Hersonski, and “In Her Footsteps" directed by Rana Abu Fraiha.
In 2017 Lev was promoted to senior lecturer in the Screen-based Arts Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Over the years Lev directed educational and instructional films and news reports, among others for “Uvda” (Israeli investigative and current affairs program), the Israeli Film Service and others.
Lev also engaged in writing about documentary cinema for various journals in Israel and Europe.
Style of filmmaking
In his films Lev constructs human profiles that analyse social and political dynamics. He also examines the standing and position of the documentary filmmaker in relation to the filmed reality, and the nature of reconstruction and testimony in documentary filmmaking. In his first Documentary Hugo, Lev already positioned himself as a witness; to the testimony delivered by his father the Holocaust survivor, of his experience in the camps, and his survival. The film was ground-breaking in its portrayal of the dynamic between the second-generation survivor and his parents, in this case the survivor father, and in the way it used humour as a cinematic tool and a human theme in the context of the Holocaust. In the film Lev contemplates about the significance of bearing witness to his own father's story and his moral duty as a documenting son placing a camera in front of his father and other family members. Accentuating the presence of the film crew and himself within the film raises the aesthetic and ethical awareness to the issue. This awareness becomes yet more present and apparent in the sequel Hugo2, that followed nearly twenty years after Hugo. In that film Lev revisits his father, now old and sick, and in a non-sentimental manner expands on the family dynamic of his own family under the shadow of Holocaust memories and the fear of their pending loss.
In his next films, Yakantalisa – a Portrait of a Dead Poet and Uri Avnery: Warrior for Peace, his choice to focus on those whose poetry and politics, Hezy Leskly and Uri Avneri respectively, shape a sober, critical look at Israeli society, becomes apparent. His films never focus on the mainstream, but on the controversial- artistically or politically- creating or maintaining controversy as an ideological stance. This aspect is also clear in his film The Longings of Maya Gordon, whose protagonist inhabits a surrealist world of childhood memories and a sense of absence that can't be laid to rest. Lev's films deal with the essence of Israeli identity, its torn antagonistic parts, using them in an attempt to define the act of documentation as well.
This aspect comes to the fore in his latest film, You Only Die Twice, in which Lev's own identity, as a documentary filmmaker, keeps transgressing the thin line between a fictional and a real-world character, in an attempt to follow the trail of the imposter who stole his grandfather's identity during the World War II. The Holocaust re-surfaces in this film, as in earlier ones, as part of an obsessive search of the documenting filmmaker, for his own self-identity and the family history during the war years.
Filmography
References
External links
Documentary versus reportage, an article by Yair Lev : Constructing a Drama, Yair Lev on Modern Times Review, June 7, 2000
you only die twice on NGF, Austrian Co-production company
Yair Lev on IMDb
1959 births
Living people
Film directors
Documentary film directors
Israeli film directors |
The Set Decorators Society of America Award for Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film is an annual award given by the Set Decorators Society of America. It honors the work set decorators whose work has been deemed the "best" of a given year, in the genre of contemporary film. It was first awarded in 2021.
Winners and nominees
2020s
References
External links
2021 film awards
2021 in American cinema |
YJK is a proprietary color space implemented by the Yamaha V9958 graphic chip on MSX2+ computers.
YJK is composed of three components: , and .
is similar to luminance (but computed differently), and are the chrominance components (representing the red and green color differences).
The component is a 5-bit value (0 to 31), specified for each individual pixel. The and components are stored together in 6 bits (-32 to 31) and shared between 4 nearby pixels (chroma sub-sampling).
While conceptually similar to YUV, chroma sampling, numerical relationship between the components, and transformation to and from RGB are different in YJK.
Formulas
The three component signals are created from an original RGB (red, green and blue) source. The weighted values of , and are added together to produce a single signal, representing the overall brightness of that pixel. The signal is then created by subtracting the from the red signal of the original RGB, and then scaling; and by subtracting the from the green, and then scaling by a different factor.
These formulae approximate the conversion between the RGB color space and YJK:
From RGB to YJK:
From YJK to RGB:
You may note that the component of YJK is not true luminance, since the green component has less weight than the blue component.. Also, contrary to YUV where chrominance is based on Red-Blue differences, on YJK its calculated based on Red-Green differences.
References
See also
YUV
MSX2+
Color space |
Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is used as the offices of Kirton in Lindsey Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
History
The first municipal building in the town was an old courthouse: it was used as the venue for manorial court hearings and the depository for manorial records and was completed in 1762. In the late 19th century, civic leaders decided to erect a new structure to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The site they selected was occupied by the Greyhound Inn and was donated to the town by William Emberton-Fox of Northorpe Hall.
The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the Member of Parliament, Emerson Bainbridge, on 16 June 1897. It was designed by a local architect, J. K. Broughton, in the Palladian style and built in limestone which had been recovered from an 18th-century house of correction. The new building was officially opened on 14 June 1899. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the east side of the Market Square; the central bay featured a round headed doorway with a fanlight, an ashlar surround and a keystone. The outer bays on the ground floor and the bays on the first floor were fenestrated by round headed casement windows with ashlar surrounds and keystones. The front elevation was surmounted by a band inscribed with the words "Diamond Jubilee Town Hall" and by a pediment with an oculus in the tympanum. Internally, the principal rooms were the upper hall and the lower hall.
The town hall continued to be the meeting place of the parish council for much of the 20th century and, following local government re-organisation in 1974, it served as the meeting place of the town council. By the late 20th century the condition of the building had deteriorated significantly and it became unable to host large functions. The building was closed completely in 2009 so that a major programme of refurbishment works could be carried out at a cost of £1 million. The works, which were financed by Heritage Lottery Fund, North Lincolnshire Council and Kirton Town Council and included space for a new local heritage centre, were completed in time for the building to be re-opened by the Earl of Wessex in June 2011. The town hall became available for theatre and concert events again with performers such as the Canadian folk trio, The Once, appearing in March 2014. The town council also moved its own offices back into the town hall in November 2017.
References
Government buildings completed in 1899
Kirton in Lindsey
City and town halls in Lincolnshire
Grade II listed buildings in Lincolnshire |
Peril at Cranbury Hall is a 1930 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It marked the eight appearance of the armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who featured in a long-running series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. The use of the cipher inspired a similar one used in Dorothy L. Sayers's Have His Carcase
Synopsis
An expensive new clinic is established at Cranbury Hall treating patients for fatigue with an innovative technique. Oliver Gilroy, the brother of one of the clinic's backers, is released from jail and takes over a key role at the lucrative institution. However a series of attempts of his life draw the interest of Priestley.
References
Bibliography
Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
Sandberg, Eric. Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction. McFarland, 2022.
1930 British novels
Novels by Cecil Street
British crime novels
British mystery novels
British thriller novels
British detective novels
Geoffrey Bles books
Novels set in England
Novels set in Belgium |
Yvonne Walker-Taylor (1931–2006) was the 16th president of Wilberforce University and the first female African American college president in the Untied States.
Biography
Walker-Taylor née Walker was born on April 16, 1931. She was the daughter of Eva Emma Revallion and Dougal Ormonde Walker (1890-1955). Her father was a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the tenth president of Wilberforce University.
She attended Wilberforce University, Boston University, and the University of Kansas. She began her teaching career as a high school teacher, becoming a college professor in the 1950s.
In the 1970s she began serving in an administrative capacity at Wilberforce, first as academic dean then provost of the college.
In 1984 Walker-Taylor was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University, becoming the first female African American college president in the United States. She served as president until retiring in 1988. She went on to work at Central State University as a visiting education professor and then as interim president of Payne Theological Seminary.
Walker-Taylor was a member of many community organizations including The Links, the NAACP, and was Golden Soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She was active in the African Methodist Episcopal Church serving as choir director and as a Trustee.
Walker-Taylor died on October 25, 2006. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
References
1931 births
2006 deaths
20th-century African-American women |
Mary Beth Todd Monroe (1947 – August 27, 2013) was an American physics educator, the president-elect of the American Association of Physics Teachers and a professor of physics at Southwest Texas Junior College.
Education and career
Monroe majored in physics at Sam Houston State University, graduating in 1970. She became a secondary-school physics teacher while continuing to study laser science with Charles Manka at Sam Houston State, earning a master's degree in 1973.
She became a faculty member at the University of Texas–Pan American in 1973, and in 1974 moved to Southwest Texas Junior College, where she remained until retiring in 2012; throughout this time, she was the only physicist on the college's faculty.
She died of cancer in Reagan Wells, Texas on August 27, 2013.
Contributions
Monroe was the principal investigator of multiple national projects on the reform of physics education at two-year colleges, and in 2002 organized a conference on physics teacher education.
She was an active member of the American Association of Physics Teachers beginning when she was a student, and began national service in the association in 1979. She was elected in 2011 as a future president of the American Association of Physics Teachers, but died as president-elect before she could serve her term. She also helped found a chapter of the Society of Physics Students at her college, in 1975.
Recognition
The American Association of Physics Teachers gave Monroe a Distinguished Service Citation in 1998, and the Melba Newell Phillips Medal in 2010. The Texas Section of the association gave her the Robert N. Little Award in 2003.
In 2004 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), after a nomination from the APS Forum on Education, "for her national leadership and service to the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the Two Year College project and for fostering professional identity among two-year college physics teachers".
References
Living people
American physicists
American women physicists
Physics educators
Sam Houston State University alumni
Fellows of the American Physical Society
1947 births |
My Songs: 1989–2021 is a career-spanning anthology by Australian singer songwriter Archie Roach, scheduled for release on 11 March 2022. The album will be supported with Roach's "last road tour of NSW".
Track listing
References
2022 compilation albums
Archie Roach albums
Mushroom Records compilation albums
Compilation albums by Australian artists |
The St. Sophia Floreasca Church () is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 216 Calea Floreasca in the Floreasca district of Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to Holy Wisdom.
Situated across the street from Lake Floreasca, the church is attested in a document of 1738. However, its precise date of construction is unknown, as the old pisanie, the ktetors’ portraits and founding documents are all lost. It was situated in a rural area, the property of the boyar Florescu family. A silver candleholder, kept at the National Museum of Art, is inscribed with the name Istrate Florescu and dated 1708, suggesting he was the first ktetor. The church was possibly built in the late 17th century, under Constantin Brâncoveanu. By 1916, the church was in ruins, and its reconstruction began in 1926. The original frescoes were restored in 1936, with further repairs carried out in 1986–1993.
The small cross-shaped church has a nave topped by a solid, square-based dome, one of few to survive a series of earthquakes in early 19th-century Bucharest. The nave and narthex are separated by a large, three-lobed, florally decorated arch resting on two columns. A tiny rectangular portico also features a three-lobed arch and precedes the entrance. The partly restored original painting is preserved in the interior. The upper and lower facades are separated by a string course of rounded brick. The much larger lower part is decorated with arches and simple columns. An icon of the patron saint is painted above the portico, and a bell tower is located in a corner of the lot.
The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.
Notes
References
Lucia Stoica and Neculai Ionescu-Ghinea, Enciclopedia lăcașurilor de cult din București, vol. I. Bucharest: Editura Universalia, 2005,
Historic monuments in Bucharest
Romanian Orthodox churches in Bucharest
Churches completed in 1738 |
The Order of Cisneros () is a state order of the Kingdom of Spain. It is named after Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, the Archbishop of Toledo (1495–1517), Grand Inquisitor of Castille (1507–1517), and Regent of Spain (1516–1517).
History
The Order of Cisneros was established by Francisco Franco on 8 March 1944. The order was modified in 1976 to only reward politicians for merit, and was later modified again on 15 April 1977. Although the order has not been awarded since September 1977, it has not been formally abolished by the Spanish government.
Design
The order is composed of the Eagle of Saint John atop a red Maltese cross. Adorning the cross are two sets of five arrows and a yoke is present at the tail of the eagle, in reference to the yoke and arrows, the symbol of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain which was repurposed by the Falangist movement.
Classes
The order is composed of eight classes:
Grand Collar
Grand Cross
Band
Commendation with Plaque
Commendation
Ribbon
Cross
Gold Medal
Notable recipients
Emiliano José Alfaro Arregui (1977)
Carlos Asensio Cabanillas (1956)
José Luis de Azcárraga Bustamante (es)
Antonio Barroso y Sánchez Guerra (1953)
Manuel Baturone Colombo (es)
Luis Carrero Blanco (1970)
Andrés Casinello
Antonio Castejón Espinosa
Víctor Castro (1976)
José Cuesta Monereo
Sancho Dávila y Fernández de Celis (Commendation with Plaque, 1944)
Luis Díez-Alegría (18 July 1967)
Francisco Franco y Salgado Araújo (es)
Alfredo Galera (1956)
Rafael García Valiño
Carlos Iniesta Cano (18 July 1969)
José Lacalle (1956)
Tomás de Liniers y Pidal (1974)
José López Ortiz
Pablo Martín Alonso (1956)
Pedro Pimentel Zayas (es)
Miguel Rodrigo Martínez (es)
Camilo Menéndez Tolosa (1945)
Mohamed Meziane
Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1956, 1970)
Pedro Nieto (1954)
Pilar Primo de Rivera
Joaquín Ríos Capapé (es)
Eduardo Sáenz de Buruaga
Apolinar Sáenz de Buruaga y Polanco (1956)
Juan Bautista Sánchez de Bilbao (es) (1956)
Gustavo Urrutia González (es)
Grand Masters
Francisco Franco
Juan Carlos I
Felipe VI
Coats of arms of recipients
See also
Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows
References
Awards established in 1944
1944 establishments in Spain
1977 disestablishments in Spain
Cisneros, Order of
Cisneros, Order of |
Saba Kumaritashvili (; born 8 September 2000) is a Georgian luger who competes internationally.
He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Personal
He is the cousin of Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
References
2000 births
Living people
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers of Georgia (country)
Male lugers from Georgia (country) |
Vadym Vadymovych Merdyeyev (; born 13 August 2002) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ukrainian club Uzhhorod.
References
External links
2002 births
Living people
People from Mukachevo Raion
Ukrainian footballers
Association football forwards
FC Karpaty Lviv players
FC Karpaty Halych players
FC Uzhhorod players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players |
The 2010–11 season was the 86th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's fifth 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
Swiss Cup
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
Notes
References
FC Luzern seasons
Luzern |
Guan Yingying (; born 13 September 1995) is a Chinese ice hockey forward and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays.
Guan represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Playing career
Guan began playing ice hockey in 2007. She started playing professional ice hockey in 2021, joining the KRS Vanke Rays.
She was captain of the Chinese team at the Winter Universiades in 2015, 2017, and 2019, losing in the bronze medal match in both 2015 and 2017. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games as part of the Chinese ice hockey team. She was a member of the Chinese team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
1995 births
Living people
People from Shulan
Chinese women's ice hockey forwards
Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players
Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players of China
Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
Asian Games medalists in ice hockey
Asian Games silver medalists for China |
A Kind of Spark is a middle grade novel by Elle McNicoll, published on June 4, 2020, by Knights Of Media. The book follows Addie, "an autistic 11-year-old [who] seeks to memorialize the women once tried as witches in her Scottish village."
Reception
A Kind of Spark was generally well-received, including a starred review from School Library Journal.
Kirkus Reviews called the book "[e]arnest and perceptive," noting, "The bullying Addie endures will leave readers’ stomachs in sympathetic knots, but Addie's nuanced relationships with her sisters and a new friend, Audrey, infuse humor and heart."
Publishers Weekly applauded the representation of Addie's autism, stating, "McNicoll, herself neurodivergent, portrays with clarity Addie’s neurological reality, interpersonal bonds, and thoughtful reflections." Deborah Stevenson, writing for The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, echoed the sentiment, writing, "McNicoll ... writes Addie’s narration with power and determination; it’s especially strong at revealing the sheer labor required for Addie to negotiate the world ... and the toll it takes, which is evident in Keedie as well." Stevenson concluded, "Whether they’re facing similar neurodivergent challenges or not, readers will appreciate Addie’s honesty, and they may follow her lead in reconsidering history."
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2020 children's books
21st-century American literature
Books about autism
English-language literature
Novels set in Scotland |
Thibaut De Marre (born 23 February 1998) is a Belgian cross-country skier. He competed in the 15 kilometre classical, the 30 kilometre skiathlon and the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Living people
Belgian male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of Belgium
Sportspeople from Grenoble
Cross-country skiers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics |
Ansoald () was the bishop of Poitiers from 676 until about 696.
Ansoald was probably a Burgundian from the region around Autun. He inherited land from both his parents near Chalon-sur-Saône. In the second version of the Suffering of Leodegar, it is claimed that Ansoald was a relative of the martyred Leodegar. Although the second version of the Suffering was dedicated to Ansoald, it was probably composed in the middle of the 8th century by Ursinus, long after his death.
The Gesta Dagoberti, a late and legendary source, claims that Ansoald was passing through Sicily on a diplomatic mission when King Dagobert I died (639). The reported vision of a local hermit named John, supposedly told to Ansoald, describes Dagobert's narrow escape from Hell with the help of some saints.
After the return to power of the mayor of the palace Ebroin in 674 or 675, Ansoald hosted the exiled Philibert of Jumièges and helped him found the new . His lands at Chalon he donated to the new monastery. He also founded a xenodochium (hospice) for travellers. The Life of Eligius claims that Ansoald was close to the circle of followers of Columbanus.
According to the Deeds of the Bishops of Cambrai, Ansoald was at the royal palace when he learned of the miracles that followed the martyrdom of Leodegar. Probably around 681 or 682, he disputed the possession of the body of the martyr with Bishops Hermenar of Autun and Vindician of Cambrai. Ansoald claim the body on the grounds that he was related by blood to the martyr and that Leodegar had also previously been abbot of the in the diocese of Poitiers. Ansoald won possession of the martyr through the drawing of lots. He had a church built to house the body at Saint-Maixent, which was probably dedicated on 30 October 684.
Ansoald rebuilt the church of Mazerolles. He has also been credited with the restoration work on the baptistery of Saint-Jean in Poitiers, which is the best preserved Merovingian structure in France.
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Hernán Yury Condori Machado (born 22 December 1966) is a Peruvian doctor and current Minister of Health of Peru since 8 February 2022.
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Living people
1966 births
Federico Villarreal National University alumni
Health ministers
Government ministers of Peru
Peruvian Ministers of Health
21st-century Peruvian politicians |
Jan Pechoušek (born 4 April 1997) is a Czech cross-country skier. He competed in the 4 × 10 kilometre relay and the sprint at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
Czech male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers of the Czech Republic |
The 2017–18 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey season was the 39th season of play for the program, the 36th at the Division I level and the 25th in the WCHA conference. The Seawolves represented the University of Alaska Anchorage and were coached by Matt Thomas, in his 5th season.
Season
Alaska Anchorage entered the season trying to pull out of the tailspin that had begun after Matt Thomas' surprising first season. The team started well, pushing North Dakota into overtime twice, but couldn't get their offense on track over the next few weeks. After finally getting their first win over Lake Superior State, the Seawolves ran off three consecutive wins in mid-November and looked like they may have found a recipe for success.
Unfortunately, as soon as December rolled around, the offense dried up and Alaska Anchorage lost 19 of their next 20 games. During the run, senior netminder Olivier Mantha did what he could to keep the Seawolves within striking distance, be he was called upon to stop more that 40 shots on multiple occasions. While Brody Claeys got some starts in towards the end of the season, Mantha was in net for the season finale against Alaska and finally got some support when the Seawolves scored a season-high 5 goals. Mantha ended the season as well as his college career on a high note with a second win, salvaging an otherwise terrible season.
Departures
Recruiting
Roster
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics
Goaltending statistics
Rankings
USCHO did not release a poll in Week 24.
Awards and honors
References
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Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
2017 in sports in Alaska
2018 in sports in Alaska |
Seiya Kobayashi (born 11 August 2001) is a Japanese luger who competes internationally.
He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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2001 births
Living people
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers of Japan
Japanese male lugers |
Yvonnick Raffin (born 3 February 1963) is a French Polynesian politician and Cabinet Minister. He is a member of Tapura Huiraatira.
Raffin was born in Papeete and trained as an engineer. He worked as a deputy director-general at EDT. On 1 May 2017 he was appointed head of social welfare agency Caisse de Prévoyance Sociale.
On 17 September 2020 he was appointed Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Édouard Fritch, replacing Teva Rohfritsch who had resigned after becoming a Senator. On 10 November 2021 he was also allocated the tourism portfolio following the resignation of Nicole Bouteau.
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Living people
1963 births
People from Papeete
Tapura Huiraatira politicians
Government ministers of French Polynesia
Finance Ministers of French Polynesia |
The Black Bull, formerly known as the Black Bull Inn and Black Bull Hotel, is a public house in Preesall, Lancashire, England. Dating to 1762, it stands on Park Lane.
In 1825, the pub's landlord was Jas. Newsham. Towards the end of the century, the role was filled by John Parkinson. In 1872, during Parkinson's tenure, a "syndicate of men" from Barrow-in-Furness stayed at the inn during their search for iron ore in the area. None was to be found, but they did discover a bed of rock salt, from which they took a sample. Upon returning to the inn, Parkinson's 17-year-old daughter Dorothy processed the sample by dissolving, filtering and boiling it, thus creating the very first example of Preesall salt. In 1902, Preesall Salt Works was built to the north of the village's salt marshes, on the east bank of the River Wyre. Dorothy married another John Parkinson and spent her life as a farmer's wife at Hackensall Hall Farm, where she raised nine children. She died in 1925.
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Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre
Pubs in Lancashire
Hotels in Lancashire |
The Songs of Charcoal Lane is the tenth studio album by Australian singer songwriter Archie Roach. The album is a re-recording and 30th anniversary celebration of Roach's debut studio album, Charcoal Lane. The Songs of Charcoal Lane album was recoded with Stephen Magnusson and Sam Anning, along with recording engineer Hadyn Buxton. It was announced on 9 October 2020, alongside the video of the new version of 'Took The Children Away'. The Songs of Charcoal Lane was released in November 2020.
In a press statement, Roach said the relaxed recording environment gave the new album "an intimacy [and] a closeness". Roach said "I have been so much more relaxed sitting here at my kitchen table with a cup of tea, looking out at my yard, recording the songs, maybe doing two to three takes. When we listen back to the recordings you can sense that there's a different feel, a more relaxed approach to the songs, it's more earthy."
At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.
Track listing
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2020 albums
Archie Roach albums
ARIA Award-winning albums |
HD 22676 (HR 1109) is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation Mensa. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.67, making it faintly visible to the naked eye and is currently located at a distance of . However, it is recceding from the sun with a radial velocity of .
HD 22676 has a stellar classification of G8 III, which indicates that is an evolved late G-type giant star currently on the horizontal branch, specifically the red clump region. At an age of 700 million years, it has expanded to 9.33 times the radius of the Sun. It has 2.36 times the Sun's mass and radiates at approximately 58 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,109 K, which gives it a yellow glow. HD 22676 is slightly metal enriched with an iron abundance 115% that of the Sun and spins lesuirely with a projected rotational velocity of .
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Mensa (constellation)
G-type giants
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Mensa, 1
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Anna Fairman (born October 13, 2000), also known by the Chinese name Fei Anna, is an American ice hockey defenceman and member of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Career
Fairman played college ice hockey at Robert Morris University. She was a three-time state champion in Michigan and won two silver medals while competing in the under-19 US nationals in 2018 and 2019. She started playing professional ice hockey in 2021, joining KRS Vanke Rays. She was a member of the Chinese team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She went viral on TikTok during the Olympic games for posting videos documenting her time in the Olympic village.
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2000 births
Living people
Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Chinese women's ice hockey players
Chinese women's ice hockey defencemen
Olympic ice hockey players of China
People from Troy, Michigan
Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey players
American women's ice hockey defensemen |
The 2022 Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team represents Long Beach State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Beach, led by nineteenth year head coach Alan Knipe, play their home games at Walter Pyramid. The Beach compete as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as co-champions in the Big West preseason poll.
Roster
Schedule
TV/Internet Streaming/Radio information:
22 West Media will carry select Long Beach State men's volleyball matches on the radio.
ESPN+ will carry all home and conference road games. All other road broadcasts will be carried by the schools respective streaing partner.
*-Indicates conference match.
Times listed are Pacific Time Zone.
Rankings
^The Media did not release a Pre-season poll.
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2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season
2022 team
Long Beach State |
Dmytro Oleksandrovych Yefimenko (; born 30 August 2001) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ukrainian club Uzhhorod.
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External links
2001 births
Living people
Ukrainian footballers
Association football forwards
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Uzhhorod players
Ukrainian First League players |
Kishanganj district of Bihar, India comprises only one sub-division, Kishanganj, which is divided into 7 Blocks and has a total of 771 villages. There are 39 uninhabited villages (out of 771 total villages) in the district of Kishanganj.
This is list of villages of Kishanganj district according to respective blocks.
Bhahadurganj
Altabari
Babhantola Laucha
Baisa
Baisa Jurail
Baisagopalganj
Bangaon
Bangaon Milik
Baradenga
Basbari
Belbari
Betbari
Bhadesar
Bhatabari
Bhaurdah
Bhupla
Birnia
Birpur
Bishunpur
Bochagari
Brahmotar Gachh
Chanaur
Chanaur Milik
Chandargaon
Charakpara Laucha
Chhota Laucha
Chikabari
Chorkattakurhaila
Dabar
Dahgaon
Dahgaon
Dala
Dala Mohiuddinpur
Damdama
Deotar Birnia
Deshiatoli
Dharhar
Dogacchi
Dohar
Domohani
Duadangi
Dulali
Dulali
Dulali Milik
Durgapur
Durgapur Bangaon
Durgapur Sohadi
Gangi
Goabari
Gopalpur Bairgachhi
Guabari
Gurgaon
Gurgaon Milik
Haribhasa
Haribhasa
Jhiljhili
Jhiljhili
Jhingakata
Jhingakata Istamrar
Jhingakata Taufir
Kasbe Anganj Urf KasbaKhodaganj
Kathalbari
Kathalbari
Kharij Kumhia
Kharsel
Koimari
Koimari
Korat Bangaon
Kumhartoli
Kurhaila
Lahsora
Laucha
Lohia Kandar
Lohia Kandar
Mahadeo Dighi
Mahammad Nagar
Mahesh Bathna
Mohan Singh Gachh
Muktaram Deori
Murmala
Musaldenga
Netuapara
Netuapara
Nisndara
Pahatgaon
Palasmani
Phulbari
Pipra Gachh
Rampur
Rangamani
Ruidhasa
Rupni
Sakaur
Samesar
Satmeri
Sikmi Bangaon
Siktihar
Siktiharuttarbasti
Singhia
Sukhani
Tangtangia
Tangtangia
Tangtangia
Tegharia
Tharkachhpur
Tulshia
Dighalbank
Algachhia
Aliganj
Baijnath Palsa
Bansbari
Banwaria
Barbhang
Bhurli Bhita
Boaldaha
Chhota Garumara
Dahibhat
Dahibhat Kalan
Dahibhat Khurd
Dargah Aliganj
Dargah Rasulganj
Dargah kanchanbari
Deogirja
Dhanola
Dighal Bank
Dighal Bank
Dighibari
Doria
Dubri
Dubri khas
Garbhanadenga
Garumara
Ghangra
Gurhmurha
Harhibhita
Hari Bhita
Haruadanga
Hublidenga
Ichmari
Ikra
Ikra Milik
Ikra Milik
Ikra Milik
Jiapokhar
Kachunala
Kachunala Milik
Kachunala Milik
Kachunala Milik
Kalpir Pathar Ghatti
Kamat
Kamati
Kanchan Bari
Karuamani
Kast Karam Ali
Kumarkhod
Kumhia
Kurhaili
Lachhmipur
Lohagarha
Lohargarha
Mahamari
Maldangi
Malmali
Maltoli
Maltoli
Mangra
Mulabari
Mustalaganj
Padampur
Padampur
Pakamari
Palsa
Palsa Milik
Panchgachhi
Patharghatti
Patharghatti
Sat Kauwa
Satmeri
Singhimari
Singhimari Milik
Suribhita
Talwar Bandha
Tanghan Tapu
Tapu
Tarabari
Teli Bhita
Tulshia
Tulshia Kasht
Kishanganj
Andhuakol
Andowakol
Babhantola
Bairgachhi
Balia
Bararo
Barchuna
Basantpur
Basatpur Marua Toli
Basatpur Milik
Basatpur Pharsadangi
Bastadangi
Belwa
Belwa Kasipur
Belwa Milik
Bheriadangi
Chakla
Chaundi
Chhagalia
Chhagalia
Chhota Salki
Chormara
Daula
Dheksara
Gachhpara
Gachhpara
Goaltoli
Gobindpur
Halamala
Janamjai
Jharbari
Jia Gachhi
Kaparporbandha
Kasipur
Katahalia
Katahalia Bhag
Katmohan
Kirdah Samda
Kolaha
Lakhimara
Lalbari
Mahammadpur Bhagal
Mahesh Bathna
Mahesh Bathna Khas
Mahesh Bathnakhas Milik
Majhok
Meda
Mehangaon
Mehengaon Milik
Motihara
Motihara Taluka
Nonia
Panisal
Phulwari
Phulwari
Phulwari
Piakunri
Pichhla
Pirani
Purla bari
Satkhamhar
Simalbari
Singhia
Singhia
Solki
Sultanpur
Taisa
Telia Pokhar
Tengramari
Thauapara
Thaunapara
Topamari
Kochadhaman
Altabari
Anarkali
Andhasur
Arugaon
Asura
Babhangaon
Bagalbari
Bahkol
Baichakutti
Balia
Balubari
Barahmasia
Barbata
Barijan Durgapur
Barijan Pothimari Jagir
Bastakolaha
Bastakolha
Bhag Baisa
Bhagal
Bhagpunash
Bhaunra
Bhawaniganj
Bhebhal
Bhebhra
Birwachurakutti
Birwakalkali
Bishunpur
Bishunpur
Boaldah
Bohita
Burhimari
Chapra Bakhari
Charaia
Chunamari
Churakutti
Dahuabari
Dalia
Danti
Daua
Deramari
Dhanpura
Dhanpurakhari
Dhanusna
Dhanusna
Dogharia
Dongidighi
Dopokharia
Doria
Dubra
Durgapur
Gangikhurd
Gauramani
Ghurna
Gurgaon
Haldikhora
Haribhasa
Harkhuguria
Harwadanga
Hasan Dumaria
Hatgachhi
Hatgachhi
Himatnagar
Jadhail
Jhantipari Anarkali
Jhura
Jiwanpur
Kabaia
Kairbirpur
Kajlamari
Kalanagin
Kalkali
Kamalpur
Kanhaiabari
Karehbari
Kashibari
Katamata
Kathalbari
Kochadhaman
Koitor
Kolaha
Konhaiabari
Kuari
Kushpara
Kutti
Lator
Lodhna
Lodhnakhargi
Mahadha
Mahiarpur
Mahua
Majgaon
Majkuri
Makraha
Makraha
Masidgarh Dargah
Masidgarh Milik
Masidgarh Mohiuddinpur
Masidgarh Pokharkona
Mastalia
Mehadipur
Moharmari
Moharmari Khurd
Molingaon
Mosangaon
Mujabari
Nagri
Najarpur
Naranga
Natuapara
Nihalbhag
Pachahara
Parhalpur
Parhalpur Milik
Parwa
Patkoi khurd
Patkoikalan
Phulbari
Pipla
Pipra
Pokharia
Potkoi Milik
Purandaha
Rangamani
Rani
Rasulganj
Rohania
Rohia
Rohonia Milik
Santha
Saptia
Sarai
Satbhitha
Sehangaon
Shahnagar
Shahpur
Shahpur Istamrar
Singhari
Singhia Chakandara
Singhiakhari
Sirar
Sukalrani
Sundarbari
Sundarpuchhi
Surang
Tegharia
Thutipakar
Titiha
Titlia
Topamari
Topamari
Pothia
Adhikari
Andabari
Arrabari
Bagalbari
Bagalbari Milik
Bagalbari Milik Arazi
Bagrani
Bakhonala
Baksa
Banasi
Barab Kahunia
Barapokhar
Bhatkhunda
Bhatkhunda
Bhelagachhi
Bhota Thana
Birpur
Birpur
Bisani
Bolasan
Budhra
Burhnai
CHilhamari
Charkhakati
Chechuabari
Chhagalia
Chhamtia
Chhatar Gachh
Chiagaon
Chitma
Chitma
Choragaddi
Damal Bari
Damarbari
Darigaon
Debiganj
Dhangi Pokhar
Dhantola
Dhekipara
Dhobinia
Dongra
Dubanochi
Dubanochi
Galgalia
Gangnati
Gangnati Arazigachh
Gelabari
Gendaloti
Geramari
Goabari
Gobinda
Gorukhal
Halda
Haldagaon
Haldibari
Indarpur
Indarpur Khurd
Jagir Gachh
Jahangirpur
Jalalpur
Jangiabari
Jhokha Dangi
Jogi Gachh
Jogihara
Kala Singhia
Kalakachu
Kalidas
Kalidas Arazi kismat
Kalidas Kismat
Kalupathaurf Koimari
Karigaon Milik
Kasba Kaliaganj
Keso Jara
Kharkhari
Khatia Pichhla
Koltha
Kuimari
Kulthibari
Kusiari
Lodhabari
Lohagara
Lukundra
Mahogarh
Mahsul
Makhan Pokhar
Mamubhagina
Mangur Jan
Mangur Jon
Maria
Miramani
Mirzapur
Mohania
Molnapara
Musaldenga
Nandakuri
Naribasar
Naukatta
Naunaddi
Naunaddi
Nimalagaon
Nimalagaon Milik
Paharkatta
Pakamolna
Pakamolna
Pakamolna
Pamal
Panasi
Panasi
Panbara
Panighatta
Parla Bari
Parlabari Milik
Patilabhasa
Pawakhali
Phala
Pharabari
Phati Pokhar
Phulhara Milik
Phulhera
Phulhera Gachh
Piakori
Pokharia
Pothia
Purandarpur
Raipur
Ramaniapokhar
Rasiadangi
Ratanpur
Ratua
Sahagi
Saithabari
Saradighi
Sarogora
Satbaulia
Satbaulia Khurd
Shekhpura
Singhari Gobindpur
Singhiamari
Sita Jhari
Sita Jhari
Sital Gachh
Sitalpur
Sonapur
Taiabpur
Taria
Tarni
Theikalbari
Thipi Jhari
Udgara
Terhagachh
Asha
Babhangawan
Baigna
Bairia
Balua Jagir
Baluadandgi
Bansbari
Belbarigachh
Benugarh
Betbari
Bhag Kajleta
Bhagjhunki
Bhardhari
Bhelagurhi
Bhelagurhi
Bhorha
Chargharia
Chichora
Chilhania
Dahibhat
Dak Pokhar
Deorikhas
Dhabaili
Dhokarjhari
Doria
Gamharia
Gargaon
Ghani Phulsara
Gilni
Hatgaon
Hatgaon
Hawakol
Hawakol Khurd
Jhala
Jhunki Musahara
Kadleta
Kalpir
Kamat Hatgaon
Kamdti Nankar
Kanchanbari
Kanchanbari Istamrar
Khajuribari
Khaniabad
Khara Suhia
Kharij Khaniabad
Kharra
Kharra Belbari
Kharrakasht
Khunia Toli
Kuari
Lodhabari
Mahua
Mahua Gachh
Matiari
Mianpur
Mianpur
Nania
Panchgachhi
Pharhabari
Pharhabari Milik
Pharhabari Nankar
Phulbari
Phulbari
Phulbari
Phulbari
Phulbari Nankar
Pipra
Pipra
Pokharia
Pokharia
Rahmatpur
Rampur
Serati Kamati
Sharma Toli
Sharma Toli
Sirnia
Sirnia
Suhia
Suhia Gopalnagar
Tegharia
Tokabhansa
Thakurgunj
Akhra
Ambari
Amol Jhari
Babhangaon
Babhangaon
Bahadurpur
Balka Dobha
Bandar Jhula
Bandar Jhula
Bandar Jhula
Bandar Jhula
Bandar Jhula
Bansbari
Barah Pathia
Barah Pathia
Barah Pathia
Barchaundi
Barchaundi
Besarbati
Bhagkharna
Bhata Thana
Bhatgaon
Bhaulmari
Bhaulmari
Bhaulmari
Bhaulmari
Bhelagori
Bhendrani
Bhendrani
Bhog Dabar
Bhota Thana
Bidhibhita
Burhnai Bahadurpur
Chak Chaki
Chapati
Chapra Bakhari
Chhaital
Chhatar Katharo
Churli
Churli
Dakpara
Dalligaon
Dalligaon
Dastur
Deramari
Dhak Para
Dhakpara
Dhakpara
Dogachhi
Dudhaunti
Dudhmanjar
Dudhmanjar
Dumaria
Fatehjangpur
Gamhirgarh
Giddhnikola
Gilhabari
Gothra
Gual Toli
Gunjar Mari
Harin Dubal
Hasanpur
Hazarigachh
Hulhuli
Hulhuli Milik Arazi
Hulhuli Milik Arazi
Hulhuli Milik Arazi
Hulhuli Milik Arazi
Hulhuli Milik Arazi
Hulhuli Milik Arazi
Jiapokhar
Jiapokhar
Jio Pokhar
Jirangachh
Kachhudah
Kanakpur
Karua Mani
Karua Mani
Karua Mari
Katharo
Katharo
Khanabari
Kharna
Kharna
Kharudah
Kharudah
Khaurdah
Khudra
Koia
Kudiachhara
Kudurbaghi
Kukur Baghi Milik
Kukurbaghi
Kunjimari
Kuri Muni
Lahugaon Arazi
Landhandara
Landhandara
Latkukur Baghi
Malingaon
Maujidinga
Modati
Nazagachh
Nazarpur
Nikarbari
Noniatari
Pabna
Paikpara
Paikpara
Panchgachhi
Patbhari
Patbhari
Patesari
Patharia
Pawa Khali
Pawa Khali
Petbhari
Phatamari
Rajagaon
Rajagaon
Rajagaon Milik
Rasia
Ruidhasa
Sabodangi
Sakhuadali
Salgori
Saraikuri
Satbaulia
Singhimari
Sukhani
Tatpowa
Teghari
Udragori
References
Lists of villages in Bihar
Villages in Kishanganj district
Lists of villages in India
Kishanganj district |
Luis A. Olmedo (born 1935) was a New York City Councilman from 1972 to 1984. He represented the Bushwick section of Brooklyn in the city council.
Arrest
Council member Olmedo was arrested in 1983 for allegedly extorting money from two food production companies.
He allegedly received $12,000 from an undercover investigator as evidence.
References
1935 births |
František Jirásek (died 10 May 1941) was a Czech footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
During his playing career, Jirásek played for Smíchov.
International career
On 1 April 1906, Jirásek made his debut for Bohemia in Bohemia's second game, starting in a 1–1 draw against Hungary. Jirásek would later make one final appearance for Bohemia on 7 April 1907.
Post-playing career
Following his playing career, Jirásek went into breeding livestock. Before his death in 1941, Jirásek was also honourary chairman of SK Libeň.
Notes
References
Date of birth unknown
1941 deaths
Association football midfielders
Czech footballers
Czechoslovak footballers
Bohemia international footballers |
Kirill Grishenko (Belarusian: Кірыл Грышчанка; born July 23, 1991), also written as Kiryl Hryshchanka, is a Belarusian mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of ONE Championship.
Grishenko is also a former Greco-Roman wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2011 World Junior Wrestling Championships in the Men's 120 kg event and a gold medal in the 2019 European Games in the Men's 130 kg event. However, he was later stripped of his gold medal due to a doping violation.
Mixed martial arts career
Having trained extensively in Greco-Roman wrestling, Grishenko began his MMA career undefeated at 3–0 in the Belarusian regional circuit.
ONE Championship
He made his ONE Championship at ONE on TNT 4 against Senegalese wrestling champion Oumar Kane on April 28, 2021. In a bizarre ending to the fight, Grishenko won the fight by second-round technical knockout.
Grishenko was scheduled to face Canadian heavyweight Dustin Joynson ONE Championship: NextGen on October 29, 2021. Dominating the fight both standing up and on the ground, Grishenko went on to claim the unanimous decision victory
With two consecutive victories in ONE Championship, Grishenko positioned himself to fight for the Interim ONE Heavyweight World Championship against the undefeated Anatoliy Malykhin , after Heavyweight Champion Arjan Bhullar was unable to negotiate a new contract with ONE. Grishenko was initially scheduled to face Malykhin for the interim title at ONE Championship: Only the Brave on January 28, 2022. However, after Malykhin tested positive for COVID-19, the fight was rescheduled for ONE Championship: Bad Blood on February 11, 2022. Grishenko lost by second-round knockout.
Championships and accomplishments
Greco-Roman wrestling
World Junior Wrestling Championships
2011 World Junior Wrestling Championships Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Runner-Up
European Games
2019 European Games Men's Greco Roman 130 kg Gold Medalist (Later stripped due to a doping violation)
Mixed martial arts record
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| Ahmed Mohammed Jabbar Al Rubaye
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| Vladimir Davidovich
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See also
List of current ONE fighters
List of male mixed martial artists
References
1991 births
Living people
Belarusian male sport wrestlers
Belarusian male mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
European Games competitors for Belarus |
Maweiqun (马尾裙), also called faqun (发裙) is a form of underskirt, which was made of woven horsetail. It was tied inside the undergarments of its wearer. The function of the maweiqun was similar to a crinoline making the outer skirt appearing wider.
The wearing of maweiqun was a popular male fashion. It was popular for a few years during the reign of Chenghua (1465 –1488) and Hongzhi (1488 – 1506). Maweiqun originated in Joseon (朝鲜国) and was first imported in the capital of the Ming dynasty according to the Shuyuan zaji (椒园杂记) by Lu Rong (1436–1494). Maweiqun was later produced by Ming dynasty local weavers by the late 15th century when the local weavers gained the horsetails weaving skills leading to the theft of tails from the horses owned by officials in order to supply themselves with the necessary materials to produce the underskirt. This form of fashion was however perceived as exotic rather than Chinese. Despite its popularity, the maweiqun was considered fuyao (服妖) or deviant, and was eventually banned in the early reigning years of Emperor Hongzhi during the times of Lu Rong. Emperor Hongzhi's ban led to the end of the popularity of the maweiqun and to its disappearance.
Terminology
Maweiqun (马尾裙) is literally translated as 'horsetail skirt'. The term is composed of the characters mawei (马尾) which means 'horsetail' and qun (裙) which means 'skirt'. The term maweiqun was used by Lu Rong in the Shuyan zaji (椒园杂记).
Faqun (发裙) is literally translated as 'hair skirt'. The term is composed of two characters fa (发) which means 'hair' and qun (裙) which means 'skirt'. The term faqun was used in the yubu biji (寓圃笔记) by a Ming dynasty scholar during the reign of Hongzhi named Wang Qi (王锜).
In the Gujin Xiaoshi (古今笑史) by Feng Menglong, it was referred as maweichenqun (马尾衬裙). The term is composed of the characters mawei (马尾) which means 'horsetail' and chenqun (衬裙) which means 'petticoat'.
In the Mingshilu Xiaozongshilu (明實錄孝宗實錄), it was referred as maweifu (马尾服), which is literally translatted as 'horsetail dress'.
Construction and design
According to Wang Qi, a Ming dynasty scholar, the faqun could be tied inside the undergarments in order to "expand the skirt to look like an umbrella", akin to a crinoline. According to Wang Qi, when people were fat, they would wear one faqun, but when they were thin, they would wear two or three faqun.
History
The skill of weaving of horse-hair was rare in China. According to the Shuyuan zaji (椒园杂记) by Lu Rong (1436–1494), maweiqun was originally imported in the capital of the Ming dynasty from Joseon where people could buy them, but at that time, no one in the capital had the ability to weave them. Upon its introduction in the capital, the maweiqun was initially only worn by rich merchants, youth of nobility, and singing courtesans; but eventually, it was later worn by many military officials. Later on, some people in the capital of the Ming dynasty started to produce it and sell it, which caused more people to wear it regardless of social status. According to Lu Rong, many court officials (朝官) were wearing it in the late years of reign of Chenghua.
According to Chen Hongmo, another Ming dynasty scholar, the popularity of the maweiqun during the Chenghua and Hongzhi period led to people pulling off the tails of some military horses. According to Feng Menglong in the Gujin Xiaoshi (古今笑史), an official gave the advice to ban the maweiqun in the early days of Hongzhi as the liking of the maweiqun among the literati in the capital led to the stealth of tails of horses. The maweiqun was banned in the early Hongzhi era (1487-1505) according to the Shuyuan zaji and to the Mingshilu Xiaozongshilu (明實錄孝宗實錄) in 1488 AD. Emperor Hongzhi's ban led to the end of the popularity of the maweiqun and to its disappearance.
Cultural significance
Although the faqun was worn by many court officials, it was criticized by some Confucian scholars who deemed it as fuyao (服妖). Fuyao (服妖) is a general term with negative connotation which is employed for what is considered as being strange clothing style, or for deviant dressing styles, or for aberrance in clothing. Clothing considered as fuyao typically (i) violates ritual norms and clothing regulations, (ii) are extravagant and luxurious form of clothing, (iii) violates the yin and yang principle, and (iv) are strange and inauspicious form of clothing.
Wang Qi himself criticized it, "Some people wear this [faqun] to show off. But only vulgar officials and profligate sons of the newly rich wear it. Scholars look down on it very much because it is close to the bewitching dress (fuyao)". The Shuyuan zaji (椒园杂记) also refer to it as being fuyao.
In the case of the maweiqun, its widened silhouette also made it shàngjiǎn xiàfēng () which reflects an inversion of Heaven and Earth, and therefore contradicts the traditional Chinese principle of Heaven and Earth order. In traditional Chinese culture, the symbolism of two-pieces garments hold great importance as it symbolizes the greater order of Heaven and Earth; in the I-Ching, upper garment represents Heaven while the lower garment represents the Earth.
See also
Sokgot - Korean undergarments
Mamianqun - A traditional Han Chinese skirt
References
Korean clothing
Chinese clothing |
Brook Farm in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, was built in 1892. At that time, it was one of the only properties in the area on what was then its farmland. Its earliest known reference (erroneously named Brooks Farm Cottages) in literature is in the 1918 edition of The London Gazette in 1918. In the 1915 edition of The Dairy periodical, a Mrs. S. A. Keirby is stated as owning a dairy farm here.
Originally a standalone building, two bays wide, it was extended to the west in the mid–20th century. This added two properties.
Several hundred houses were built on and around its former farmland in the late 20th century, on land abutting the former site of Imperial Chemical Industries which is known to be contaminated.
Detail
References
1892 establishments in England
Houses completed in 1892
Farmhouses in England
Buildings and structures in the Borough of Wyre
The Fylde |
The Toppelund School is a primary school for 220 pupils in the Haukilahti district of Espoo, Finland. The school has 11 teaching groups for grades 1 through 6 and it offers the possibility to study two foreign languages, English (A1) and voluntary Swedish (A2). The principal of the school is Hanna Talola.
The school has a home and school association which organises club activity and a school pupils' board which meets a couple of times per year, including one pupil from each class. The school building also hosts the afternoon club Riemukupla.
History
The reason for the decision to construct the Toppelund School was the large increase of the population of Haukilahti since the 1960s, which had increased the number of families with children in the area, causing the need to build a new primary school in Haukiloahti. The design of the school started in the early 1980s and the school building was designed by architect Sirkka Ojanen. Construction of the new school started in 1984, and the school, meant for eight basic teaching groups, was inaugurated in January 1985. According to the 2017 inventory report of schools in Espoo the low school building represents pretty common architecture for its time, which blends in well with its surroundings. The school is part of a service area which also includes the Haukilahti library, a kindergarten and an all-activity house.
In the early 1990s the Toppelund School acted exemplarily well in composting its household waste. The Espoo building bureau paid for compostors for the school, which were named Kille-Komposti and Jäte-Jalmari at a naming contest.
References
External links
Official site
Schools in Finland
Buildings and structures in Espoo
Haukilahti |
Robert Ritchie (March 6, 1845 - January 7, 1907) was a prominent American Anglo-Catholic priest, author, and leader. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Philomathean Society (1862); he was next graduated from the General Theological Seminary (1867) in New York. He was made deacon on June 30, 1867, and ordained to the priesthood in 1869. Ritchie served as curate at both the Church of the Messiah and the Church of the Advent in Boston.
Ritchie was elected rector of the Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia in 1870 and served as rector for the ensuing 37 years. He was a deputy to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1904. He was also a founder in 1897 of the Clerical Union for the Maintenance and Defense of Catholic Principles and a member of the Catholic Club of Philadelphia.
Personal life
Ritchie married Helena Bridge on June 21, 1871, in Boston. His brother Arthur Ritchie was also a major Anglo-Catholic leader, serving as rector of the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch in New York City and editor of the Catholic Champion newspaper. (Robert Ritchie was a primary contributor to the Champion.) Another brother, Edward Ritchie (1851-1936) succeeded Robert Ritchie as rector of St. James the Less, becoming rector emeritus in 1924 after retiring in 1923.
Bibliography
The Growth of the Papal Supremacy and Feudalism (New York Church Club Lectures, 1894)
The Indissolubility of Marriage (1896)
A Sermon Preached before the Vice-President and Council of the Clerical Union for the Maintenance and Defense of Catholic Principles, and the Catholic Club of Philadelphia in Memory of the Reverend Henry Robert Percival, D.D. in St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, November 10th, 1903 (1903) from Philadelphia Studies
References
Obituary, The New York Times, January 8, 1907, p. 9.
Obituary, The Church Standard, January 12, 1907, p. 383.
Francis A. Lewis, "Robert Ritchie: An Appreciation" from Philadelphia Studies
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1845 births
1907 deaths
American Episcopal priests
American Anglo-Catholics
People from Philadelphia
19th-century American Episcopalians
20th-century American Episcopalians
19th-century Anglican priests
20th-century Anglican priests
Anglo-Catholic clergy
19th-century American clergy
20th-century American clergy
University of Pennsylvania alumni |
Jacob Douglas (born 12 June 2005) is a New Zealand racing driver. He is set to compete in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Exclusive Autosport in 2022.
Racing record
Career summary
*Season still in progress.
Motorsports career results
American open-wheel racing results
U.S. F2000 National Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
*Season still in progress.
References
2005 births
Living people
New Zealand racing drivers
Formula Ford drivers
U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers |
Leo Crockwell is a man from Newfoundland and Labrador, who was 55 years old when he barricaded himself in his Bay Bulls home with a shotgun, initiating an eight day armed stand-off with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), of which he was able to escape undetected, before being caught 15 hours later.
Background
On December 4, 2010, Leo Crockwell had become involved in a domestic dispute with his sister after believing she was entertaining a male companion in the residence. Crockwell, who had a loaded shotgun, pushed the barrel of the gun into the back of his sister's neck, chasing her and their mother outside; the two women retreated to a nearby home, where a neighbor convinced them to call police.
Standoff
Police arrived on scene to learn that Crockwell was in the home with a loaded weapon, and refusing to communicate.
Police attempted to establish communication with Crockwell, but he refused to answer his telephone, prompting police to cordon off the area surrounding the home and bring in negotiators. Still unable to communicate with Crockwell, the RCMP brought in tactical reinforcements and used a loudspeaker in an attempt to initiate communication. By day three, Mounties from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were on hand assisting and working in shifts around the clock. Police attempted to use a remote controlled robot to deliver messages to the barricaded man, but Crockwell took aim at the device and began firing shots at it, prompting the NL Mounties to issue a warrant for his arrest, and charging him with various firearm offences. As the standoff entered into its fourth day, media coverage of the event began to swell, and it was reported that Crockwell had a history of mental illness, and had previously been an involuntary patient at the Waterford Hospital in St. John's, a NL mental heath facility. RCMP continued in their attempt to communicate with Crockwell using the police robot, but Crockwell again took aim at the device. As the stand-off entered its fifth day, Crockwell took aim at Mounties firing shots at police officers as they attempted to end the situation by sending tear gas into the home. As the standoff dragged into its sixth day, local residents were feeling the brunt of the situation after being cut off from local businesses and essential services, such as the local grocery store and post office, due to police cutting off access to various streets around the home. Police ultimately cut off power to the home, and used distraction devices such as flash grenades in an attempt to end the impasse. As the seventh day of the standoff wore on, the RCMP attempted to flush Crockwell from the home by pumping more than two hundred thousand litres of water into the house. Still unable to establish communication with Crockwell, frustrated Mounties waited.
Day 8
At approximately 10:00 am, on Saturday, December 10, 2010, a young couple were driving towards St. John's, and encountered a man who identified himself as "Leo," in the parking lot of a convenience store, approximately 18 kilometres from the standoff in Bay Bulls.
The couple agreed to give Leo a ride to his brother's house, and upon dropping him off at the home, the woman asked Leo what his last name was, to which he replied, "Crockwell."
The couple then called the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC), who in turn arrested Crockwell at his brothers home. At approximately noon, on that same day, eight days into the Bay Bulls standoff, heavily armed Mounties, who were still holding a perimeter around the Bay Bulls home, and attempting to establish communication with Crockwell, were stunned to learn that Crockwell was in the custody of St. John's police.
Escape
The RCMP, who had the Crockwell home surrounded, would later learn; that, when water was being pumped into the home on Friday evening, Crockwell exited the home from a side window undetected, with two shotguns in hand. Once out of the house, Crockwell stashed the guns under debris on a nearby property, and walked approximately 12 kilometres out of town, until he found someone willing to give him a ride to his brother's house.
Public relations folly
Following the arrest, an embarrassed RCMP issued a media release informing the public of the successful end to the eight day standoff, which culminated in the arrest of Leo Crockwell, without mentioning that it was actually the RNC police, who had initially brought Crockwell into custody. The RCMP press release further failed to note that Crockwell had been on the lamb for approximately 15 hours, while Mounties were attempting to persuade him out of his home. An RCMP spokesperson said, in relation to the arrest, after being pressed by media; that the ability for Crockwell to walk away from a house that was surrounded by police officers was a minor mistake in an otherwise successful operation that did not end in violence. The RCMP maintained that several officers were re-positioned from their posts, due to the approximate 225,000 liters of water that was being pumped into the home, which allowed Crockwell to escape the house undetected. When asked by local media, what if anything Crockwell had said regarding the incident, the RCMP told reporters that Crockwell said, 'he was fine until the Mounties tried to drown him.'
NL Mounties charged Leo Crockwell with 16 criminal offences including five counts of attempted murder.
Trial and court proceedings
On December 12, 2010, nine days after the RCMP were called to his home, Leo Crockwell appeared before a NL judge, where he was remanded into the custody of Her Majesty's Penitentiary, St. John's, to await a bail hearing.
On January 6, 2011, Crockwell appeared in court for a bail hearing, and was adamant that he did not want or need a lawyer. His bail was denied, and he appeared in court the following week, where the Crown asked to hold the matter over until it had had the opportunity to prepare for the case given the large volume of disclosure it had received from police. Crockwell alleged that the Crown was stalling his case, and told the NL judge presiding over the matter; that the lawyer representing the Crown should spend a month in jail for the tactic.
In March 2011, Crockwell had hired St. John's based attorney, Rosellen Sullivan to represent him; and she had asked the court to hold the matter over until she had had efficient time to review the large amount of disclosure regarding the case.
In May 2011, the Crown had dropped all five charges of attempted murder against Crockwell, stating that the province intended to proceed with eight other charges, which included mischief, assault with a weapon, careless use of a firearm and uttering threats.
On June 29, 2010, NL Justice Richard LeBlanc set a trial date of February 2, 2012.
In November 2011, Crockwell appeared in court again without counsel, after he had fired his attorney.
On December 2, 2011, Justice LeBlanc expressed his frustration over the delay in proceedings telling Crockwell that he needed to try harder to find legal representation.
On December 11, 2011, Justice LeBlanc warned Crockwell that if he did not secure legal representation he would appoint counsel.
On January 10, 2012, Justice LeBlanc warned Crockwell that he needed to enter a plea to the charges against him, stating that if a plea was not entered, then a plea of not guilty would be entered on his behalf. Crockwell told the court that he was still in the process of trying to find legal representation, stating that even if a lawyer was hired, he still has not seen most of the evidence presented to the Crown, prompting the Crown to inform the judge that Crockwell's previous lawyer had returned three file boxes of disclosure material. Judge LeBlanc ordered the disclosure to be delivered to Crockwell at Her Majesty's Penitentiary, and further ordered that a computer and technician be made available at the prison so that Crockwell could prepare for trial.
On January 19, 2012, Crockwell entered a plea of not guilty in relation to the charges. Crockwell was without counsel, prompting Justice Richard Leblanc to appoint St. John's based lawyer Randy Piercey as a "friend of the court" for that purpose. In addition, Piercey was given permission to cross-examine witnesses for Crockwell.
On January 27, 2012, a jury had been selected for the Crockwell trial, which was scheduled to begin on February 2, 2012.
On February 1, 2012, Crockwell, after choosing to represent himself at trial, informed Justice LeBlanc one day before his trial's scheduled start date that he wished to retain legal counsel.
On February 3, 2012, Crockwell was back in court represented by St. John's based lawyer Bob Buckingham. The sudden change in counsel, prompted Justice LeBlanc to dismiss the previously selected jury, and set a new date for a new jury to be selected.
On February 12, 2012, Crockwell filed an application seeking a stay of proceedings with the court, asking that the charges against him be dropped, claiming that his Charter Rights were violated, due to the RCMP's use of excessive force.
On March 23, 2012, Crockwell appeared in court with St. John's based lawyer Ken Mahoney. No reason was provided for the sudden change in counsel, and Crockwell proceeded to take part in the jury selection process, while his new counsel sat by his side. With new counsel in place, Justice LeBlanc pushed the trial's start ahead three weeks to allow Mahoney time to get up to speed.
On April 27, 2012, with the trial already underway, Crockwell fired his counsel, and declared that he would act as his own counsel for the remainder of the trial, prompting Justice LeBlanc to provide Crockwell with a "booklet," to use a guide for self-representation; while the previously appointed friend of the court, observed the trial, and could intervene on Crockwell's behalf if necessary. Crockwell was moved from the court's prisoner box, and was provided with a table and legal pad, where he proceeded to cross examine a witness, who was testifying over photographs that were entered into evidence.
As the trial moved into the month of May, Crockwell was cross-examining the Mounties, who had set up the perimeter on his Bay Bulls home. Crockwell, in questioning one of the Mounties he had shot at, while tear gas was being deployed into his home, asked the police officer why he did not return fire, to which the Mountie responded, "RCMP officers are trained to fire at a target and I couldn't see you."
On May 28, 2012, Justice Leblanc acquitted Crockwell on the charge of possessing a firearm without a licence, and an additional charge of assault, leaving Crockwell facing just six of the sixteen criminal offences he was originally charged with.
On June 1, 2012, a jury convicted Crockwell on five of the six charges pertaining to the Bay Bulls standoff. However, a sentencing hearing was put on hold, due to the previously filed stay of proceedings application which was still before the court.
Following the guilty verdict, Crockwell abandoned his self-representation and hired St. John's based attorney, Lori Marshall to argue his application.
Crockwell and Marshall would part ways for undisclosed reasons, prompting Crockwell to hire Mike King to argue the outstanding application. However, when the matter was called to court in October 2012, King told the court that he could no longer represent Crockwell, due to a break down in the solicitor-client relationship.
In November 2012, Crockwell was back in court with attorney John Brooks, who told the court that his relationship with Crockwell had broken down, and he was no longer representing Crockwell.
On February 13, 2013, Justice LeBlanc dismissed the application for a stay of proceedings, stating that Crockwell was the author of his own misfortune, and ruling that the force used by the RCMP was not excessive. LeBlanc went on to praise the RCMP for showing remarkable restraint after being fired upon by Crockwell during the week long standoff.
On February 13, 2013, Leo Crockwell was sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a three year probation period as a result of the Bay Bulls standoff.
Aftermath
The Leo Crockwell escape from his Bay Bulls home made national headlines, and had a comedic effect in local lore, as various individuals took it upon themselves to create memes, and write songs and limericks about the escape, some even likened Crockwell to the infamous D. B. Cooper. David Schwartz, a Toronto based journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) compared the Crockwell escape to the top ten prison escapes in Canada.
Bay Bulls residents had varying points of view with how the standoff unfolded. David Ryan, a neighbor of Crockwell, who went on to pen a book about the ordeal, said that police overreacted to Crockwell from the start. While another Bay Bulls resident described soothing her daughter during the standoff, due to the heavy police presence in the town. The woman stated, that she told her young daughter not to worry, because the police would catch him, but had to recant after Crockwell had escaped.
The Crockwell ordeal embarrassed the national police force, and the week long affair cost the Mounties close to half a million dollars.
Halifax RCMP conducted a review of the handling of the Bay Bulls Standoff, and blamed poor communication, false assumptions and misunderstood roles for the mishap. The report noted that spectators of the standoff, who were set up behind staked out RCMP officers shouted, "Go Leo!" And, that RCMP officers heard breaking glass, yet, commanders at the scene held on to the steadfast belief that Crockwell was still in home. RCMP were initially hesitant to publicly release the report, citing security concerns, and an RCMP spokesperson said at the time, that the report was, "really quite boring."
Additional legal issues
Leo Crockwell made headlines again in December 2013, when he called for his release from prison, stating that his prison sentence had been miscalculated, and he should be released from custody. A NL justice agreed, that Crockwell had not been given proper credit for time served during his prolonged court process, and on December 23, 2013, Crockwell was released from prison, five months before his calculated release date in May 2014.
In July 2014, RCMP issued an arrest warrant for Leo Crockwell, in relation to two alleged breaches of probation. Crockwell dismissed the warrant as illegal, and called into a St. John's based news radio program (VOCM News Radio), and stated to the listening public that he had no intention of complying with an illegal arrest warrant, and wound not go quietly if police tried to arrest him. Crockwell was arrested on December 4, 2014, and appeared in a St. John's courtroom, where he claimed that he did not breach his probation, because he was not on probation. Crockwell asked the NL justice how a person could be charged with breaching an illegal probation order, and referred to the Criminal Code of Canada, which states that a probation order can only be placed on an individual serving a prison sentence of two years or less.
Crockwell was released from custody the following day, on a promise to appear before the court.
On March 2, 2016, when the matter was called to provincial court, Crockwell was a no-show. Represented by St. John's based lawyer Nick Westera, Westera asked the court to proceed on the matter without Crockwell being present. Westera stated that his client was apprehensive about appearing in court, as he had prior issues with the justice system. The Crown was not opposed to Crockwell's absence; however, the NL Justice presiding over the matter called it a very rare move, and refused to proceed with a trial in the absence of the accused, and ordered Crockwell to appear before the court on March 28, 2016.
When the matter was called on March 28, 2016, Crockwell was again a no-show. He told NL media that he did not need to appear in court, because the probation order he was accused of breaching was not a valid order, and referred to the Crown's attempt to bring the matter to trial as a "planned wrongful conviction." When local media attempted to get both the Crown's and the RCMP's thoughts on Crockwell's defiance, both declined to discuss the matter. After failing to present himself to the court, the NL Justice issued an arrest warrant for Crockwell.
In the weeks that followed, the Crown withdrew the warrant, and on May 18, 2018, with Crockwell in absentia, still refusing to attend court, the Crown announced that it was withdrawing the two charges against Crockwell, who had long maintained were unlawful. When contacted by local media following the courts withdrawal, Crockwell said, that he was relieved the process was now over, and added "the warrant should have never been issued in the first place."
Personal life
Leo Crockwell currently resides in Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, in the same home the Mounties pumped tear gas, flash grenades and more than two hundred thousand litres of water into on December 4, 2010.
References
Crime in Newfoundland and Labrador
2010 in Newfoundland and Labrador
December 2010 events in Canada
2010 in Canadian politics
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian escapees
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
Glaucium grandiflorum, the great-flowered horned poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the horned poppy genus which is native to the Middle East.
Description
The species is a perennial flowering plant which has scalloped, blue-gray leaves. It flowers in the summer and fall with orange-red flowers that are in diameter. These flowers are on long stems which extend above the plant's foliage. The seed pods ripen in late summer.
Glaucium grandiflorum grows and can have one or more main stems. These stems are branched, and are covered with rather dense hairs. The petals are long. There are numerous stamens with anthers in length. Their filaments are monotronic in the upper half and broadened in the lower half. The pedicals, when fruiting, can be up to long, and are erect or contorted and hairy. The stigma are broad.
Phytochemistry
Numerous alkeloids have been isolated from the plant, including norchelidonine, dihydrochelerythrine, 8-acetonyldihydrochelerythrine, protopine, allocryptopine, corypalmine, and tetrahydropalmatine.
Taxonomy
Glaucium grandiflorum has two accepted infraspecific varieties:
Glaucium grandiflorum var. haussknechtii (Bornm. & Fedde) A. Parsa
Glaucium grandiflorum var. iranicum B. Mory
Distribution and habitat
Glaucium grandiflorum has a distribution from the Eastern Mediterranean to Iran.
Glaucium grandiflorum is found in disturbed habitats and shrub-steppes. It is found in the Irano-Turanian floristic region and is a glycophyte.
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Ladislav Jan Jetel (3 June 1886 – 24 September 1914) was a Czech footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
During his playing career, Jetel played for Meteor Prague between 1905 and 1913.
International career
On 1 April 1906, Jetel made his debut for Bohemia in Bohemia's second game, starting in a 1–1 draw against Hungary. It was Jetel's only cap for Bohemia.
Death
On 24 September 1914, Jetel was killed in action in World War I in Parašnica, now in modern-day Serbia.
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Domenico Gagliardi (c. 1660 – c. 1735) was an Italian physician and anatomist. He may have served as a professor of anatomy at Rome (but his name is not listed) and served as chief physician (protomedicus) to four Popes. He studied the structure of bones, dissolving the structures, and observing them under a microscope as described in his 1689 book Anatome ossium novis inventis illustrata.
Life and work
Gagliardi was born in Marino. Little is known about his early life but he studied medicine at Sapienza and began to conduct examinations of bones and teeth and published his findings in 1689 as Anatome ossium novis inventis illustrata. He compared the bones of humans and of animals, dissolved them in acids and various chemicals to examine fine structure, and commented also on the structure of teeth. He believed that teeth were similar to bones but with aligned fibres concreted by "juice". He noted that he could produce sparks by striking teeth together or against steel. He found that layers or lamellae of bone were in some places held by claviculi (nails / bolts) which perforate the lamellae and hold them together. These claviculi are more often referred to in modern literature as Sharpey's fibres. In 1722 he wrote on philosophy, morals, and health. Gagliardi served as chief physician to four Popes - Pope Alexander VIII (1610-1691), Pope Clement XI (1649-1721), Pope Benedict XIII (1649-1730) and Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758).
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The Venice Vanguard was a newspaper circulated in Venice, California, beginning in 1907. By 1984 it had become a "throwaway shopper."
History
The paper was founded by William A. Rennie, Venice's justice of the peace (Ballona Township) and city recorder. Its first issue on June 17, 1907, was a four-page paper, each page measuring 9 by 12 inches, "the editor first writing the news, then setting the type, finally 'kicking it off' on the old press, and lastly, distributing the papers."
By 1908, the business "had assumed such proportions that an addition of 30x20 feet was added to the building, a pony power press installed, a lot of new type put in, and the paper enlarged to a five-column folio."
Rennie's sons, Robert H. Rennie and Walter W. Rennie, joined the firm in January 1910. The paper was owned by the Santa Monica Outlook Company in 1911.
On July 19, 1913, the Vanguard printed ten thousand copies of "the largest newspaper ever published by any Southern California beach city," to mark its sixth anniversary. The "prosperity edition," as it was called, amounted to 56 pages in seven parts.
A building permit was issued on August 27, 1913, to W.A. Rennie & Sons for the construction of a one-story, red-pressed brick building at Mildred Avenue and Strongs Drive to house the newspaper's offices.
In 1920, the newspaper was sold to George Tompkins of Imperial Valley, California.
Tompkins sold the company to F.W. Kellogg and Edward A. Dickson in 1922. Edward S. Kellogg was to be business manager and Fenne H. Webb was to continue as city editor.
A statement by the new owners said that Venice should seek annexation to Los Angeles "only as an absolute necessity, which does not exist today and which cannot exist for several years," perhaps "if there is no possibility of securing an adequate water supply for Venice, Ocean Park, and Santa Monica." The new owners pledged the paper to support the opening and widening of Main Street and of Trolleyway; the acquisition of the Santa Monica beaches by the city, and the building of a yacht harbor.
In the early 1920s, C.H. Garrigues was the editor. In 1925 the newspaper was known as the Venice Vanguard-Herald. John B. Daniell was publisher, first mentioned in 1926 and as "former publisher" in 1931.
The newspaper became a daily before World War II but reverted to a weekly in 1941, yet by 1949 the newspaper had again become a daily known as the Venice Evening Vanguard. The James S. Copley organization had purchased the newspaper in 1928, then sold it in 1969 to Edwin W. Dean Jr., publisher of the Inglewood Daily News.
Legal problems
In 1906, the newspaper published an article, later termed an "allegory," a take-off of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, and meant to be amusing, which mentioned Abbot Kinney, the founder of Venice, and W.H. Anderson. A court held the reference to be libelous but levied only a small sum, $750, as recompense, to be paid by Kinney to Anderson. More than a hundred thousand dollars had been sought in the five suits filed. The trial was a lengthy one, but the jury deliberated for only sixteen minutes.
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Wild Life in the Far West: Personal Adventures of a Border Mountain Man is a purported memoir of life in the 19th-century American west written by James Hobbs (c. 1819 – 1880) first published in 1872. The text alleges to be a firsthand account of many important events in the early American West: Hobbs claims to have been a member of Kit Carson's exploratory party, fought in the Mexican-American War, and the prospected during the California Gold Rush. Wild Life has been summarized by historical author David Remley as "a fanciful book of 'personal adventures'...much of which is clearly exaggerated and perhaps wholly fabricated."
The book is primarily notable in that—despite numerous falsehoods—it remains in print and a commonly-cited reference by academic authors detailing early California and Native American civilizations. The book covers places and times where firsthand testimonials were rare, and some authors cite Hobbs' book as a reference while simultaneously warning that his testimony is unreliable. Notable texts that have cited Hobbs' book include Captives and Cousins by James F. Brooks, The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen, and The Apache Wars by Paul Andrew Hutton.
Original publication and promotional tour
The book was first published in 1872 by the Connecticut firm of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, with the stories being “taken down from [Hobbs’] own dictation by two different writers in” Hartford. The initial printing was nearly 500 pages and contained a number of elaborate illustrations. The book was heavily advertised in newspapers across the country and was distributed widely upon release.
Following publication of Wild Life in the Far West, Hobbs embarked on speaking tours throughout the eastern half of the United States. At these engagements, he was often billed as "Comanche Jim," and performed a combination of lasso tricks and stories at schools and courthouses. One review compared his lecture to a "rehash of Beadle's dime novels."
By 1877, he had begun telling audiences that he was the great-grandson of Tecumseh—a statement that appears to have had no basis in reality. In January 1878, Hobbs was committed to a Cincinnati, Ohio insane asylum “as a lunatic.” Sometime later that year he was moved to the National Soldiers Home in Dayton, where he continued giving his well-rehearsed lectures to the other inmates. Hobbs died at the home of his friend “Rocky Mountain Jim” in Brookville, Ohio on February 22, 1880. He is buried at the Dayton National Cemetery.
Contemporary reaction
Several chapters from Wild Life in the Far West are set in California's Inyo County, primarily taking place during the so-called Owens Valley Indian War of the 1860s. Pleasant Chalfant, longtime Inyo resident and senior editor of the Inyo Independent newspaper, was likely an acquaintance of Hobbs and proved a steadfast critic of his writing. In 1874, he ran passages from Wild Life in the Independent under the heading "Another Chapter of Those Lies," while also inviting local citizens to write in with corrected versions of tales from Hobbs' book.
Inyo County Sheriff W.L. "Dad" Moore wrote to the Independent correcting Hobbs' error-filled account of the January 1865 McGuire family murders at Haiwee Meadows and subsequent Native American massacre at Owens Lake. In addition to getting many basic dates, names, and details incorrect, Wild Life also paints Hobbs as a major player in both events. In his letter to the Independent, Moore asserts that Hobbs was not present at all, and in fact "was never in this country until four or five years after these occurrences." Moore further expounded: "During my life I have read a number of fabulous narratives, romances founded on the semblance of facts; but after reading that little yarn of Capt. Hobbs'...I am compelled to say that of the many stupendous frauds submitted to an enlightened public, this story of Hobbs' eclipses anything that has been written. [...] I must say that any person who is familiar with the history of this country will give no credence whatever to any of Capt. Hobbs' stories."
In 1876, an acquaintance of Hobbs wrote Chicago's Inter Ocean newspaper with multiple accusations against the author's character, stating that "he is the author of [Wild Life] about as much as Spotted Tail is of the Pentateuch."
Later reception
In his 2003 book Kit Carson & His Three Wives: A Family History (published by University of New Mexico Press), Marc Simmons notes that Hobbs "claimed to have been a companion of" Kit Carson. Simmons further states that Wild Life in the Far West "popularized the fiction that" Carson's daughter Adaline's Arapaho name was "Prairie Flower," noting that Hobbs plagiarized the concept from the 1853 book Lena Leota, or The Prairie Flower by J.P.R. James.
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Mervyn Robert Bruce Ingram, (13 December 1921 – 11 July 1944) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with at least eight aerial victories.
Born in Dunedin, Ingram joined the RNZAF in 1940. After completing his flight training, the latter part of which was received in the United Kingdom, he was posted to the Royal Air Force's No. 66 Squadron in June 1941 and then onto No. 611 Squadron. He was an original member of No. 486 Squadron when it was formed in March 1942. A month later he was dispatched to the Mediterranean theatre to fly with No. 601 Squadron as part of Malta's aerial defences. During his period of service on Malta he claimed his first aerial victories. The squadron later shifted to Egypt and he participated in the Western Desert campaign until the end of 1942. After a period of duty as an instructor, he returned to operations with No. 232 Squadron in June 1943 before being given command of No. 152 Squadron, equipped with Supermarine Spitfires and operating over Sicily. He took his command to India in November 1943, and it soon began participating in flight operations over India and Burma. He died several days after crashing his aircraft on landing at Imphal, having contracted malaria and tetanus while in hospital.
Early life
Mervyn Robert Bruce Ingram was born on 13 December 1921 in Dunedin, New Zealand. His father, C. Ingram, was the chief of the local fire station. Ingram was educated at Dunedin North Intermediate School and then went onto Otago Boys' High School. He was active in sports, playing rugby union and represented the Otago Province at junior level in 1939. He was also a competitive swimmer, winning a number of age-group titles in the sport. After completing his schooling, he worked as a clerk for the local branch of Shell Oil.
Second World War
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Ingram applied to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). He was called up in July 1940, proceeding to the RNZAF station at Levin as an airman pilot for his initial training before going on to No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School. He made his first solo flight on 12 September and the following month went to No. 1 Flying Training School at Wigram. He earned his pilot's badge on 16 January 1941, less than a week after he had to make a forced landing due to engine failure. Promoted to sergeant in early February, at the end of that month he was sent to the United Kingdom on attachment to the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Channel Front
After a period of time at No. 53 Operational Training Unit (OTU), learning to fly the Supermarine Spitfire fighter, in June 1941 he was posted to No. 66 Squadron, with which he flew 23 sorties. The following month he was transferred to No. 611 Squadron. He was credited with damaging a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter on 20 September. Commissioned a pilot officer in November, he flew over 80 sorties with the squadron before being posted to No. 486 Squadron in March 1942. His new unit was a newly formed fighter squadron based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, equipped with Hawker Hurricanes, and staffed mainly with RNZAF flying personnel; Ingram was one of the more experienced pilots. However, he was not there long as he was selected as a reinforcement pilot for Malta and joined No. 601 Squadron.
Service with No. 601 Squadron
The island of Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, was under sustained attack by the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica and its aerial defenders were hard pressed. Nos. 601 and 603 Squadrons, equipped with Spitfire Vcs, were selected as reinforcements to be transported to the island in a mission that was to be designated as Operation Calendar. Due to non-availability of a suitable British aircraft carrier, they sailed aboard the United States aircraft carrier USS Wasp, embarking on 14 April 1942 from Glasgow. Passing through the Strait of Gibraltar on 19 April, Ingram and the other pilots flew their Spitfires off the deck of the Wasp the following day. He and the rest of No. 601 Squadron safely landed at Luqa.
Ingram was soon in action and by 14 May was credited with his first aerial victory, a half share in a destroyed Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber, which was part of a raid targeting the Ta Kali airfield. On 15 June, with another pilot, he was credited with a half share in a Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber of the Regia Aeronautica that was attacking a supply convoy destined for Malta. On a subsequent sortie the same day, he destroyed a Ju 88 that was targeting the same convoy.
Later in the month, No. 601 Squadron moved to Egypt and began operations in support of the campaign in the Western Desert. On 14 July, he was one of three pilots that combined to destroy a Bf 109 and a week later had the sole credit for destroying another of the same type. He destroyed a Ju 88 near El Alamein on 24 July and repeated his success the next day. In the course of completing an air test on 9 August he crashed his aircraft. Injured in the crash, he was hospitalised for several days and did not return to the squadron until 1 September. Quickly back on operations, and by this time a flight lieutenant, he was credited with the probable destruction of a Bf 109 the next day, damaged a second Bf 109 on 4 September, and shot down a third on 7 September, all in the area around El Alamein. Another Bf 109 was claimed as probably destroyed on 18 September. He was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the announcement being made in The London Gazette on 6 October 1942.
On 19 October, Ingram claimed a Bf 109 as probably destroyed. Another was damaged a week later, following the commencement of the Second Battle of El Alamein. At the end of the month, he was one of six pilots who engaged and destroyed a Junkers Ju 52 transport over Mersa Matruh. The following week while flying to the west of Mersa Matruh he shot down a Bf 109 and had a half share in a Ju 87 destroyed. His final aerial victory while flying with No. 601 Squadron was on 8 December, when he shot down a Bf 109. Shortly afterwards, he was rested from operations, having flown over 130 sorties with the squadron.
Posted to No. 244 Wing Base Training Pool where he remained until February 1943, Ingram then performed instructing duties at the No. 1 Middle East Training School. In March he proceeded onto No. 73 OTU, again as an instructor. In late June, he was posted to No. 232 Squadron, at the time based in Malta and operating along the coast of Sicily in preparation for the Allied invasion of the island. He had a brief stay with the unit after flying only 14 sorties, he was transferred again, this time to No. 243 Squadron, also based in Malta, in July. The squadron's role was primarily to escort heavy bombers to targets in Sicily and Italy. His time with the squadron was also relatively brief, flying only 30 operations. On one of these, escorting Kittyhawk P-40 fighter bombers on 3 August, Ingram engaged a Bf 109 near Mount Etna and claimed it as damaged.
Squadron commander
On 10 August 1943, Ingram, having been promoted to acting squadron leader, was appointed commander of No. 152 Squadron, yet another unit based in Malta and which was flying patrols over the Sicilian invasion beaches. Once the Allied invasion of Italy began, the squadron carried out similar patrolling duties. On 18 September, near Salerno, he damaged a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter and the next day was credited with the destruction of another aircraft of the same type in the same area. A few days later, he had a half share in a destroyed Fw 190. By October, the pace of the squadron's operations over Italy had declined and the next month it was transferred to India.
Becoming operational in December, the squadron initially performed defensive patrols over Calcutta and then started flying to central Burma. From March 1944 it began flying to Imphal, carrying out low level operations against the Japanese and escorting bombers and transport aircraft. On 21 June, returning to Imphal after an attack on Japanese supply lines, Ingram crashed his Spitfire while landing. Due to a broken nose, he was hospitalised. During his recovery period, he contracted malaria and tetanus. Despite nurses being flown to Imphal with medication to help in his treatment, Ingram died on 11 July 1944. He is buried at the Imphal War Cemetery in India. The DFC that Ingram had been awarded in 1942 was formally presented to his parents on 27 February 1948 by New Zealand's Governor-General, Bernard Freyberg, in a private ceremony for families of military personnel who had died while on active service.
At the time of his death, Ingram was credited with having shot down eight enemy aircraft, with shares in another six aircraft destroyed. He is also credited with three probably destroyed and five damaged.
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San Nicola da Tolentino, or more in non-dialect known as the church Saint Niccolò da Tolentino, is a Roman Catholic church located on via Maqueda #157, between via dei Calderai and via Giardinaccio, at the Southwest border of the quarter of Kalsa (Tribunali) of the historic centre of Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
History and decoration
A plaque in the church indicates the site once housed a synagogue. In January 2 of 1492, King Ferdinand expelled all the Jews from the lands under the crown of Aragon. On 6 October 1492, the Jewish community sold the site to the Di Salvo family, putatively to cover a debt. In 1507, under the approval of the archbishop of Palermo, Giovanni Paternò, the Clarissan nun, Lucrezia di Leo, obtained the site and adjacent courtyard to found a small monastery called Santa Maria del Popolo. This monastery remained poor in donations and numbers, and in 1579, the remaining nuns were assigned to the convent of Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto. In 1582, the Collegio dei Notai was assigned the monastery's property, but 14 years later transferred the property to the Discalced Augustinians, who ultimately continued construction of a church dedicated to St Niccolò in 1603–1609, but due to damage from earthquakes the church underwent reconstructions in the 17th and 18th-centuries. The Augustinian monastery was felt to be failing to keep their monastic orders, they were moved to Santa Maria della Sanita, and this church became a parish site of worship. In 1824, the church was reconsecrated by Cardinal [Pietro Gravina, brother of Federico Gravina.
The statue of San Niccolò da Tolentino in the facade was added in 1687.The facade defines the longitudinal layout of a tall central nave and lower flanking aisles, separated from the nave by pilasters and arches. The nave leads to a crossing transept, with a dome, and lastly to a recessed apse. The lateral aisles open to individual chapels. The first chapel on the right has a 1494 baptismal font with a statue of St John the Baptist derived from the nearby, now demolished church of San Giovanni dei Tartari. In 1874, the parish of this church was assigned to this church. In one of the chapels was buried a Spanish Archbishop of the Fajardo family, an Augustinian prelate, who was captured by Muslims while on route to Sicily. Ransomed, he soon died in 1694. On the left nave, is a canvas depicting the Immaculate Conception by Pietro Novelli.
San Nicolò alla Kalsa and San Nicolò la Carruba
The church of San Nicolò alla Kalsa, also known as dei Latini, was located in Piazza Santo Spirito, near the Porta Felice. The gothic style church was heavily damaged by the 1823 earthquake, fell into ruin, and was razed. There was also in the same quarter a church of San Nicolò la Carruba, pertaining to the Greek community. Only a sliver remains of the church still visible on Via del Quattro Aprile, across the street from the Palazzo Palagonia alla Gancia.
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Paulie Gee (born Paul Giannone) is an American restaurateur who founded the eponymous Paulie Gee's pizzeria in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.
Early Life
Gee was born in the Kensington section of Brooklyn. He is of Italian and Jewish descent.
Career
Prior to opening Paulie Gee's, Gee had a career in Information Technology, working for various telecommunications corporations and later as a consultant. Disillusioned with his career, he built a pizza oven in his backyard and developed a following in the online pizza community.
Gee opened Paulie Gee's pizzeria in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in March 2010, known for its eclectic topping combinations and rustic dining experience. The "Hellboy" pizza with soppressata and Mike's Hot Honey quickly became a specialty at the restaurant.
Paulie Gee's has since opened and licensed additional locationsacross the United States in Columbus, Baltimore, Chicago, and New Orleans.
Gee has made a variety of media and public speaking appearances since opening Paulie Gee's, often noted for his career change late in life.
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Howard Radclyffe Roberts Jr. (March 26, 1906 – June 11, 1982) was an American entomologist known for his work on grasshoppers. His 1941 University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. dissertation was an early work highlighting the role phallic structures could play in grasshopper taxonomy. While serving in World War II, he and Edward Shearman Ross cowrote The Mosquito Atlas, used by the armed forces to identify malaria-transmitting mosquitos. Roberts worked for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP), serving as its managing director from 1947 to 1972. He described dozens of grasshopper species from North and South America, and also is the eponym of several taxa named in his honor.
Early life and education
Roberts was born on March 26, 1906, in Villanova, Pennsylvania, into an upper-class Philadelphia family. His parents were Howard Radclyffe Roberts (son of the sculptor Howard Roberts) and Eleanor Page Roberts (née Butcher); he was one of four sons. He attended Haverford School, and graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in 1925. Francis Beach White, who was the head of St. Paul's English department, encouraged Roberts' interested in natural history; White had ornithology as a hobby.
Roberts graduated from Princeton University in 1929 with a Bachelor of Science in architecture. He was a member of the Ivy Club, one of Princeton's eating clubs. As an undergraduate, Roberts began participating in expeditions for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. In 1928, he went to North Carolina with M. B. Cadwalader to collect water fowl and shore birds. Roberts went on several bird-collecting expeditions for the Academy in the late 1920s and early 1930s, going to Trinidad and Sudan, among other places. Some of these early expeditions were with the ornithologist Melbourne Armstrong Carriker to Peru.
Research
He got his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941, where he studied under Clarence Erwin McClung; Morgan Hebard at the ANSP also encouraged his study of grasshoppers. His dissertation, A Comparative Study of the Subfamilies of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) Primarily on the Basis of Their Phallic Structures, was published in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This work was among the first to make use of the male phallic complex in grasshopper taxonomy beyond species-level analysis; this analysis divided grasshoppers into two groups based on the morphology of the ejaculatory sac. It remains one of the most important works on the skeletal system and sclerites of grasshopper phalluses.
Roberts volunteered with the U.S. Army during World War II, joining the Medical Entomological Department. He became a Major serving with the Malaria Survey Unit in the Philippines and New Guinea. In 1943, Edward S. Ross and Roberts published The Mosquito Atlas in two volumes. The American Entomological Society published the volumes, which the U.S. War Department distributed in loose leaf. Roberts and Ross began working on this publication at the headquarters of the 8th Service Command in Texas and finished writing it at the U.S. National Museum. The entomologist Robert Matheson wrote in a review for The Quarterly Review of Biology that it "should be a great help in the identification of the species" and praised the illustrations. It was important to those fighting malaria during World War II and helped saved thousands of lives.
In 1966 and 1967 Roberts went to Costa Rica to collect arboreal grasshoppers. In order to get the grasshoppers down from the trees he invented a machine to shoot insecticide into the canopy and then dead insects would fall to plastic tarps on the ground. A parachute was launched into the treetops, and then an "insect bomb" was hoisted up to the parachute using pullies. He tested this procedure on trees near his home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, before his trip. The Philadelphia Inquirer discussed this as "one of his more colorful experiments" in its obituary for him. Roberts made field expeditions to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela in 1976 and 1981. He deposited many specimens he collected in these trips in South American museums including La Plata Museum and the National Museum of Brazil. Roberts' papers on Orthoptera were published over the span of 1937 to 1992; fifty-four of the grasshopper species he described remained valid names as of 2009.
Learned societies Roberts belonged to included: the Entomological Society of America, the American Ornithologists' Union, the American Society of Mammalogists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Zoologists, and the American Entomological Society. He was also in Sigma Xi.
Administratorship
Roberts became the managing director of the ANSP in 1947. He tended to stay out of the public spotlight, being more personally involved in research than public events and fundraising, in contrast to his predecessor, Charles Cadwalader. Over the course of Roberts' directorship, the research staff grew from a dozen to over one hundred. As part of his efforts to professionalize the research staff, Roberts recruited scientists from outside Philadelphia for paid positions which previously were often held by self-financed volunteers. While he was managing director, the ANSP established its Womens Committee. His directorship also saw the establishment of a new Department of Limnology in May 1948. As director Roberts took a personal interest in the Fish Department with Charles C. G. Chaplin and James Erwin Böhlke; he accompanied them on several trips to the Caribbean for Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters. Roberts also initiated the monograph series Notulae Naturae for short scientific articles. Roberts retired from the role of managing director in 1972 with the title Curator Emeritus of the Department of Entomology.
Personal life
Roberts married Enid Hazel Warden (1912–2006) on August 23, 1933. She was originally from Devonshire, England; they married in London. His wife sometimes accompanied him on field expeditions; while in Mexico, she collected the type specimen of Coelostemma hazelae, which the American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry named after her. They had three children: Pauline Stella Roberts, Radclyffe Burnand Roberts, and Eleanor Page Roberts. His son was also an entomologist; his research focused on bees.
Roberts was also on the board of the Children's Seashore House from 1943 to 1982 and also served as its president for ten years. He was also a board member for the Fairmount Park Art Association. He became the chairman of the publication committee for Sculpture of A City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Gold after the initial chairman had to fulfill duties for Expo '74.
Roberts was also on the advisory board for Swiss Pines gardens. For leisure he grew orchids, and competed in orchid shows.
Death and legacy
Roberts died on June 11, 1982, at Bryn Mawr Hospital. He had been planning an expedition to do additional fieldwork in Brazil before he fell ill. Ruth Patrick wrote his obituary for Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Revista de la also published an obituary of Roberts, as did The Philadelphia Inquirer and Princeton Alumni Weekly. The Social Register also noted his death.
Taxa named in honor of Roberts (cited in their original combinations) include:
Thaumastus robertsi
Psilopsiagon aurifrons robertsi
Oedipus robertsi
Cadomastax robertsi
Hyla robertsorum
Pterophylla robertsi
Aplatacris robertsi
Aedes robertsi
Phrynotettix robertsi
Piscaris robertsi
Steirodon robertsorum
Eumastax robertsi
Peltolobus robertsi
Balachowskyacris robertsi
Parascopas robertsi
Caenolampis robertsi
Radacris
Radacridium
Platydecticus robertsi
Parasymploce robertsi
Dinagapostemon goneus
Phlugis robertsi
Parapiezops robertsi
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Eric Tetteh is a male politician in Ghana. He is a member of New Patriotic Party. He is from the Eastern Region of Ghana and is the Municipal Chief Executive for Yilo Krobo Municipal.
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Tsymbal or Tsimbal (; or Цимбал) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bogdan Tsymbal (born 1997), Ukrainian biathlete
Kostiantyn Tsymbal (born 1993), Ukrainian karateka
Mykola Tsymbal (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
Nikolai Tsymbal (1925–2020), Soviet military officer
Yevgeni Tsimbal (born 1986), Russian footballer
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Ukrainian-language surnames |
YSB, an acronym for Young Sisters and Brothers, was an African American monthly lifestyle magazine, in print publication from 1991 until 1996. The magazine was founded by Robert L. Johnson as a subsidiary of BET. It was the first national African American lifestyle magazine specifically for teenagers age 13 to 19. It was designed to build teenagers self-esteem, and marketed for the "hip-hop generation".
History
YSB debuted the first issue in September 1991. The magazine offered news stories on music, fashion, as well as then-current issues facing teens including substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. BET's publishing division also published Emerge magazine, BET Weekend, and Heart & Soul magazine. Contributors to the magazine included Kenji Jasper (journalist), Jelani Cobb (journalist), Frank Dexter Brown (editor), Fo Wilson (also known as Folayemi Wilson; creative director), and Lance Pettiford (creative director).
Shortly before the last issue in October 1996, BET and Microsoft joined efforts to publish the print magazine online, and at the time only 11% of African American households had access to the internet at home (compared to 29% of white households at this same time). The magazine had been operating at an annual loss of almost $2 million prior to closure.
See also
Essence (magazine), an earlier African American monthly lifestyle magazine for adults
References
African-American magazines
Monthly magazines published in the United States
News magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1991
Magazines disestablished in 1996
Magazines published in Washington, D.C. |
Hawala and crime describes notable examples of hawala used in money laundering.
By country
USA
Post-9/11 money laundering crackdowns
Some government officials assert that hawala can be used to facilitate money laundering, avoid taxation and move wealth anonymously. As a result, it is illegal in some U.S. states, India and Pakistan.
After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the American government suspected that some hawala brokers may have helped terrorist organizations transfer money to fund their activities, and the 9/11 Commission Report stated that "Al Qaeda frequently moved the money it raised by hawala". As a result of intense pressure from the U.S. authorities to introduce systematic anti-money laundering initiatives on a global scale, a number of hawala networks were closed down and a number of hawaladars were successfully prosecuted for money laundering. However, there is little evidence that these actions brought the authorities any closer to identifying and arresting a significant number of terrorists or drug smugglers. Experts emphasized that the overwhelming majority of those who used these informal networks were doing so for legitimate purposes, and simply chose to use a transaction medium other than state-supported banking systems. Today, the hawala system in Afghanistan is instrumental in providing financial services for the delivery of emergency relief and humanitarian and developmental aid for the majority of international and domestic NGOs, donor organizations, and development aid agencies.
In November 2001, the US administration froze the assets of Al-Barakat, a Somali remittance hawala company used primarily by a large number of Somali immigrants. Many of its agents in several countries were initially arrested, though later freed after no concrete evidence against them was found. In August 2006 the last Al-Barakat representatives were taken off the U.S. terror list, though some assets remain frozen. The mass media has speculated that pirates from Somalia use the hawala system to move funds internationally, for example into neighboring Kenya, where these transactions are neither taxed nor recorded.
In January 2010, the Kabul office of New Ansari Exchange, Afghanistan's largest hawala money transfer business, was closed following a raid by the Sensitive Investigative Unit, the country's national anti-political corruption unit, allegedly because this company was involved in laundering profits from the illicit opium trade and the moving of cash earned by government allied warlords through extortion and drug trafficking. Thousands of records were seized, from which links were found between money transfers by this company and political and business figures and NGOs in the country, including relatives of President Hamid Karzai. In August 2010, Karzai took control of the task force that staged the raid, and the US-advised anti-corruption group, the Major Crimes Task Force. He ordered a commission to review scores of past and current anti-corruption inquests.
Between October 2010 and June 2012, the U.S. government charged four Somali defendants with laundering $10,900 for al-Shabaab using hawalas. The defendants were Basaaly Saeed Moalin, Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud, Issa Doreh and Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud. The indictment relied upon illegally collected metadata under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The convictions were upheld by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Germany
In 2021, 75 tons of gold worth 1.6 billion euros was smuggled by a gang from Germany to Turkey using hawala.
Sweden
In February 2022, An exchange office on Södermalm in Stockholm has been the basis for the business that laundered money for numerous criminal networks. In total, the exchange office has laundered more than SEK 200 million [$21,472,700 at] for criminal networks.
References
Money laundering |
Natasha Donovan is a Métis Canadian illustrator who focuses on comics and children's illustration. She is a member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia.
Life and education
Though Donovan's "Métis family are the Delarondes and the Morins from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan," she spent the majority of her life in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia.
Donovan received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia.
Donovan currently lives in Deming, Washington with her partner, Sky, and their dog, Luna.
Career
Donovan taught herself how to draw, and before beginning her career in illustration, she worked in academia and magazine publishing at the University of Victoria.
Awards and honors
Publications
Surviving the City, written by Tasha Spillett (2019)
Go Dance!, written by Cinnamon Spear (2020)
Borders, written by Thomas King (2021)
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer, written by Traci Sorell (2021)
The Global Ocean, written by Rochelle Strauss (2022)
A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn by Patricia Newman (2022)
Mothers of Xsan series
The Sockeye Mother, written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) (2018)
The Grizzly Mother, written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) (2019)
The Eagle Mother, written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) (2020)
The Frog Mother, written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) (2021)
The Raven Mother, written by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) (2022)
Surviving the City series
Surviving the City, written by Tasha Spillett (2019)
From the Roots Up, written by Tasha Spillett (2020)
Anthology contributions
The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance, edited by Melanie Gillman and Kori Michele Handwerker (2016)
This Place: 150 Years Retold (2019)
Marvel's Voices: Heritage (2022)
References
External links
Official website
Living people
Métis artists
21st-century Canadian artists
Canadian illustrators |
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