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This page gathers the results of provincial elections in Veneto since 1995.
The direct election of the Presidents of Province was introduced in 1993 and carried out for the first time in 1995.
Direct elections, of both Presidents and Councils, were suspended in 2012 and replaced by indirect elections in 2014. Under the new system, only mayors and municipal councillors vote for the President and the Council, often forming bipartisan or trans-party alliances.
Contextually, the Province of Venice is under the process of transformation into "Metropolitan City of Venice" and its leadership was thus not renewed in 2014.
Direct elections (1995–2012)
1995 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Pole of Freedoms
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Alliance of Progressives
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Lega Nord
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Belluno
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Angelo Baraldo(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |28.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|30.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Oscar De Bona(Lega Autonomia Veneta)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|39.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|70.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Leonardo Colle(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|26.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|5.7%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Padua
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Pierluigi Ancilotto(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|37.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|43.5%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Ennio Ronchitelli(Labour Federation)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|18.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|with Sacco
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Renzo Sacco(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|29.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|56.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|13.9%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Rovigo
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Vittorio Cogo(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|33.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|41.3%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Alberto Brigo(Italian People's Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|36.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|58.7%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Cosimo Oliva(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|11.6%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|18.8%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Treviso
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Fausto Favaro(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |31.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|34.8%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Tiziano Gava(Democratic Party of the Left)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|13.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Giovanni Mazzonetto(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|43.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|65.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|12.0%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Venice
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Paolo Dalla Vecchia(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|36.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|38.2%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Luigino Busatto(Democratic Party of the Left)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|42.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|61.8
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Alberto Mazzonetto(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|10.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|10.8%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Verona
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Aventino Frau(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|44.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|46.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Silvia Mostarda(Democratic Party of the Left)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|13.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Antonio Borghesi(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|35.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|54.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|6.9%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Vicenza
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Giuseppe Castaman(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |34.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|38.6%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Giuseppe Doppio(Italian People's Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|31.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|61.4%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Manuela Dal Lago(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|29.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|5.6%
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Source: Regional Council of Veneto
1997 provincial elections
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!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Pole for Freedoms
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Olive Tree
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Lega Nord
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Vicenza
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Giuseppe Castaman(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |22.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Giuseppe Doppio(Italian People's Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|25.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|37.7%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Manuela Dal Lago(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|41.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|62.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|11.6%
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Source: Istituto Cattaneo
1998 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Pole for Freedoms
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Olive Tree
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Lega Nord
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Treviso
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Francesco Benazzi(Forza Italia)Carla Puppinato(United Christian Democrats)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |24.1%7.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|40.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Ivano Sartor(Italian People's Party)Gianni Maddalon(North-East Movement)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|16.8%8.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Luca Zaia(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|41.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|60.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1.8%
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Source: Istituto Cattaneo
1999 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Pole for Freedoms
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Olive Tree
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Lega Nord
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Belluno
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Angelo Costola(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |23.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|34.5%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Oscar De Bona(Dolomitic Agreement)Livio Viel(Democrats of the Left)Giuseppe Fascina(The Democrats)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|38.4%14.3%7.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|65.5%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Andrea Dall'O(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|11.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|5.3%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Padua
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Vittorio Casarin(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|43.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|55.4%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Antonino Ziglio(Italian People's Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|39.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|44.6%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Flavio Minzolini(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|7.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|6.1%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Rovigo
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Alberto Brigo(United Christian Democrats)Andrea Previati(National Alliance)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|26.9%11.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|41.7%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Federico Saccardin(Democrat of the Left)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|48.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|58.3%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Andrea Astolfi(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|5.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|7.9%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Venice
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Luciano Falcier(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|35.8%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|43.7%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Luigino Busatto(Democrats of the Left)Maria Luisa Semi(The Democrats)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|39.6%8.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|56.3%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Alberto Mazzonetto(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|7.8%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|8.6%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Verona
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Aleardo Merlin(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|41.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|53.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Franco Bonfante(Democrats of the Left)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|29.8%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|47.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Stefano Zaninelli(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|15.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|8.2%
|}
Source: Istituto Cattaneo
2002 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|House of Freedoms
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Olive Tree
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Lega Nord
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Treviso
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Francesco Giacomin(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |25.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Diego Bottacin(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|25.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|31.1%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Luca Zaia(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|43.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|68.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|6.2%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Vicenza
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Manuela Dal Lago(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |57.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Giuseppe Berlato Sella(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|35.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|7.8%
|}
Source: La Repubblica
2004 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|House of Freedoms
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Olive Tree
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Lega Nord
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Belluno
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Floriano Pra(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |40.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|43.8%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Sergio Reolon(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|39.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|56.2%
|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|Gianvittore Vaccari(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|9.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|with Pra
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|11.1%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Padua
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Vittorio Casarin(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|44.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|51.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Franco Frigo(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|41.8%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|49.0%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Maurizio Conte(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|8.8%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|with Casarin
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|5.2%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Rovigo
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Renzo Marangon(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|37.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Federico Saccardin(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|50.6%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Franco Secchieri(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|5.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|6.3%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Venice
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Carlo Alberto Tesserin(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|32.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Davide Zoggia(Democrats of the Left)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|50.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Giovanni Anci(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|8.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|9.0%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Verona
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Elio Mosele(Forza Italia)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|39.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|52.5%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Gustavo Franchetto(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|37.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|47.5%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Flavio Tosi(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|13.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|with Mosele
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|9.7%
|}
Source: Istituto Cattaneo
2006 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|House of Freedoms (incl. Lega Nord)
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Union
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|North-East Project
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Treviso
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Leonardo Muraro(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |57.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Lorenzo Biagi(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|30.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|Giorgio Panto(North-East Project)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|10.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#FBEC5D"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|2.2%
|}
Source: Istituto Cattaneo
2007 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|House of Freedoms (incl. Lega Nord)
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|The Union
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|VPPE, DC, LVR, etc.
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|candidate
|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|1st round
|align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|2nd round
|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Vicenza
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Attilio Schneck(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |60.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Pietro Collareda(Democracy is Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|17.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Giorgio Carollo(Veneto for the EPP)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|9.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|13.0%
|}
Source: La Repubblica
2009 provincial elections
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!align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|The People of Freedom & Lega Nord
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Democratic Party and allies
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Union of the Centre
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Belluno
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Gianpaolo Bottacin(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|47.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|51.1%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Sergio Reolon(Democratic Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|41.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|48.9%
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Luigi De Cesero(Union of the Centre)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|8.0%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|3.7%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Padua
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Barbara Degani(The People of Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|53.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Antonio Albuzio(Italy of Values)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|30.6%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Antonio De Poli(Union of the Centre)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|11.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|4.2%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Rovigo
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Antonello Contiero(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|48.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|47.7%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Tiziana Virgili(Democratic Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|36.7%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|52.3%
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Michele Raisi(Union of the Centre)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|6.2%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|8.3%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Venice
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Francesca Zaccariotto(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|48.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|51.9%
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Davide Zoggia(Democratic Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|41.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|48.1%
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Ugo Bergamo(Union of the Centre)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|5.6%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|4.1%
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Verona
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Giovanni Miozzi(The People of Freedom)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|59.1%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Diego Zardini(Democratic Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|23.3%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Mario Rossi(Union of the Centre)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|8.4%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|9.2%
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Source: La Repubblica
2011 provincial elections
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!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|The People of Freedom & Lega Nord
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Democratic Party and allies
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Union of the Centre & North-East Union
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others
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|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Treviso
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |Leonardo Muraro(Liga Veneta–Lega Nord)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue" |57.5%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-
|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Floriana Casellato(Democratic Party)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|32.9%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-
|align="left" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|Marco Zabotti(Union of the Centre)
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|6.8%
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#CCCCFF"|-
|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|2.8%
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Source: Ministry of the Interior
Indirect elections (2014–present)
2014 provincial elections
Elections in Veneto
Veneto
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Clubul Sportiv Building Vânju Mare, commonly known as Building Vânju Mare, or simply as Building, was a Romanian football club based in Vânju Mare, Mehedinți County, founded in 2002 and dissolved in 2009.
The club was established in 2002 by the merger between Real Vânju Mare and Constructorul Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Building played its home matches at first on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, then moving on Victoria Stadium in Vânju Mare and Dunărea Stadium in Orșova. At its best, Building played in the second tier, Liga II, but with no notable results.
History
CS Building Vânju Mare was established in the summer of 2002, as a result of the merger between the newly-promoted in the third tier, AS Real Vânju Mare and the 4th tier member, Constructorul Drobeta-Turnu Severin, owned by Mihaela Giuca. The new team obtained the promotion to Divizia B after only one year since its establishment.
In the seven seasons of existence, "the Builders" activated in the third tier (Liga III) during the 2002–03 (2nd place), 2005–06 (1st place), 2007–08 (7th place) and 2008–09 (5th place) seasons, and in the Liga II during the 2003–04 (12th place), 2004–05 (14th place) and 2006–07 (15th place) editions.
Mihaela Giuca's team played its home matches on the Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin in the first two seasons of Divizia B. After the first relegation, in 2005, Building returned on the Victoria Stadium in Vânju Mare, with a capacity of 1,000 seats. After another three years, Building moved to Orșova, following a conflict with the Commune of Vânju Mare, which allowed Minerul Mehedinți to play its home matches on the same ground.
Building withdrew from Liga III in the summer of 2009 and subsequently was dissolved.
Honours
Leagues
Liga III:
Winners (1): 2005–06
Runners-up (1): 2002–03
References
External links
CS Building Vânju Mare at soccerway.com
Association football clubs established in 2002
Association football clubs disestablished in 2009
Defunct football clubs in Romania
Football clubs in Mehedinți County
Liga II clubs
Liga III clubs
2002 establishments in Romania
2009 disestablishments in Romania
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Methley Junction railway station was one of three stations that served the village of Methley, West Yorkshire, England. It opened on 1 October 1849 and closed on 4 October 1943.
The station was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on its line from Knottingley which joined the line of the North Midland Railway (currently used by the Hallam Line) north of the junction of the Woodlesford–Castleford (Midland) and the Woodlesford–Normanton (North Eastern Railway) tracks. South of the station, the Methley Joint Railway to Lofthouse branched off from the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. The site of the former station is now part of a housing estate.
See also
Methley railway station
Methley South railway station
References
External links
Methley Junction station (shown closed) on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Leeds
Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1943
1849 establishments in England
Rothwell, West Yorkshire
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James Henry Blake (October 7, 1808 – August 1, 1874) was the City Marshal of Boston from 1840 to 1845. He was a son of Edward Blake and Sarah (Parkman) Blake and nephew of George Parkman. The Parkmans and Blakes were two prominent families of the Boston Brahmins who were well respected merchants.
Early life and career
Blake established himself as a merchant and real estate broker and also served in the Massachusetts Artillery as Major of Independents Cadets beginning in 1830. In 1831, while conducting business aboard the ship Mentos, two pirates boarded the boat where Blake witnessed their arrest. He testified against the pirates in the first of his many court appearances.
On May 12, 1835, he married Marianne Wildes of Boston and ran his brokerage on State Street. He was appointed City Marshal of Boston on May 1, 1840, at an annual salary of $1,000.00. Most of Blake's term as Marshal was involved overseeing July 4 celebrations on the Common, taking a census of buildings, banning illegal hay scales along the wharf, and clearing the streets of snow. He also passed a leash law forbidding large dogs to roam the streets. The most violence he saw was snowball fights, against which he swiftly levied hefty fines. For his diligence, he received a salary increase of $100 in 1844.
Blake was replaced as Marshal by Ira Gibbons in 1845, whereafter he returned to the business of real estate. He opened an office on State Street and later, as his business grew, moved to Congress Street. In 1847, Blake, along with police officer Samuel D. Fuller, helped recover articles stolen from Ebenezer Mann, another merchant.
In May 1849, the City of Boston and 17 citizens petitioned to have Blake return to fill the post and oust their City Marshal, Francis Tukey, but Tukey kept the position.
Disappearance of George Parkman
On November 23, 1849, after Blake's uncle, George Parkman disappeared after not returning from lunch, the Parkman family began a search with Blake and his brother Edward. While Edward went to City Marshal Tukey to appeal for police help, James searched in Boston. Tukey sent police officers to drag the river and search the areas the doctor frequented. On November 25, Blake was standing outside the Harvard Medical College, speaking to police officer Trenholm, when he was approached by one of the professors from the College, John White Webster who was eventually found to be responsible for Parkman’s Murder
After this encounter James met William V. Thompson, the City Clerk. Thompson told James that he had seen his uncle the afternoon of November 23, just after 2:00 p.m. He also told him he had spoken to Webster about Parkman and Webster told him that Parkman was angry and excited regarding Webster's failure to pay on the outstanding debt to him. On November 30, 1849, Parkman's remains were found by the College janitor in Webster's privy. Blake requested his own Medical Examiner, Charles T. Jackson, be present to examine the remains.
Blake recounted his meeting with Webster in the court trial. At the end of the twelve-day trial, Webster was found guilty. Amid the furor of the verdict, Blake returned to his business.
Blake was involved in other court cases, either as a juror or a plaintiff. Two of his appearances as plaintiff involved the burglary of his clothes. James Henry Blake died on August 1, 1874, in a boating accident in the Boston Harbor.
Notes
References
Bemis, George. Report of the Case of John W. Webster. Boston: Little, Brown, 1850
Blake, Samuel. Blake Family Boston: E. Clapp & Sons, 1857
Boston Police Museum
Lane, Roger. Policing in the City: Boston 1822-1885. Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press, 1967
Massachusetts State Archives, Vital Records
Roberts, Oliver Ayer. History of History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Vol. III Boston: Mudge & Son, 1898
Stone, James W. Report of the Trial of John W. Webster. Boston: Holden, 1850
Sullivan, Robert. The Disappearance of Dr. Parkman. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.
Webster, John W. and The Boston Journal. The Trial of Prof. John W. Webster Indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman. Boston: Redding & Company, 1850
Webster, John W. and The New York Globe. Trial of Professor John W. Webster for the Murder of Doctor George Parkman. New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1850.
Whitman, Zachariah. The History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Boston: Eastburn, 1842.
People from Boston
1808 births
1874 deaths
Accidental deaths in Massachusetts
Boating accident deaths
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Methley South railway station was one of three stations that served the village of Methley, West Yorkshire, England.
The station was built by the Methley Joint Railway, a line in which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the GNR and the NER were shareholders.
The station, opened on 1 May 1869, known as Methley Joint station, renamed to Methley South and was closed on 7 March 1960.
See also
Methley railway station
Methley Junction railway station
References
External links
Methley South station (shown open) on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Leeds
Former Methley Joint Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960
1869 establishments in England
Rothwell, West Yorkshire
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The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (No. 49 of 1988) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to combat corruption in government agencies and public sector businesses in India.
Provisions
The act consists of 5 chapters spread across 31 sections.
Chapter I: Preliminary
This chapter contains sections describing title, territorial extent, basic definitions, etc. Two of the main definitions are "public servant" and "undue advantage". Following are some sections:
Chapter II: Appointment of Special Judges
Section 3: Appointment of special Judges
Power To Appoint Special Judges:
The Central and the State Government is empowered to appoint Special Judges by placing a Notification in the Official Gazette, to try the following offences:
· Any offence punishable under this Act.
· Any conspiracy to commit or any attempt to commit or any abetment of any of the offences specified under the Act.
The qualification for the Special Judge is that he should be or should have been a Session Judge or an Additional Session Judge or Assistant Session Judge under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 4: Cases triable by special Judges
The offences punishable under this act can be tried by special Judges only. When trying any case, the special Judge is empowered to try any offence other than an offence punishable under this act, with which the accused may be charged at the same trial. It is recommended that the special Judge should hold the trial daily.
Case Trial By Special Judges:
Every offence mentioned in Section 3(1)shall be tried by the Special Judge for the area within which it was committed. When trying any case, a Special Judge may also try any offence other than what is specified in S. 3, which the accused may be, under Cr.P.C. be charged at the same trial. The Special Judge has to hold the trial of an offence on day-to-day basis. However, while complying with foretasted, it is to be seen that the Cr.P.C. is not bifurcated.
Section 5: Procedure and powers of special Judge
The following are the powers of the Special Judge:
He may take cognizance of the offences without the accused being commissioned to him for trial. In trying the accused persons, shall follow the procedure prescribed by the Cr.P.C. for the trial of warrant cases by Magistrate. he may with a view to obtain the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to an offence, tender pardon to such person provided that he would make full and true disclosure of the whole circumstances within his knowledge or in respect to any person related to the offence.
Except as for S. 2(1), the provisions of Cr.P.C. shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Judge. Hence, the court of the Special Judge shall be deemed to be a Court of Session and the person conducting a prosecution before a Special Judge shall be deemed to be a public prosecutor.
The provisions of secs. 326 and 475of the Cr.P.C. shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Judge and for purpose of the said provisions, a Special Judge shall be deemed to be a magistrate.
A Special Judge may pass a sentence authorized by law for the punishment of the offence of which a person is convicted.
A Special Judge, while trying any offence punishable under the Act, shall exercise all powers and functions exercised by a District Judge under the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944.
Power to try summarily: Where a Special Judge tries any offence specified in Sec. 3(1), alleged to have been committed by a public servant in relation to the contravention of any special order referred to in Sec.12-A(1) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 or all orders referred to in sub-section (2)(a) of that section then the special judge shall try the offence in a summarily way and the provisions of s. 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said code shall as far as may be apply to such trial. Provided that in the case of any conviction in a summary trial under this section this shall be lawful for the Special Judge to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. However, when at the commencement of or in the course of a summary trial it appears to the Special Judge that the nature of the case is such that a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding one year may have to be passed or it is undesirable to try the case summarily, the Special judge shall record all order to that effect and thereafter recall any witnesses who may have been examined and proceed to hear and re-hear the case in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the said code for the trial of warrant cases by Magistrates. Moreover, there shall be no appeal by a convicted person in any case tried summarily under this section in which the Special Judge passes a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding one month and of fine not exceeding Rs. 2000.
Chapter III: Offences and penalties
The following are the offences under the PCA along with their punishments:-
Obtaining an undue advantage, with the intention to perform or cause performance of public duty improperly or dishonestly, etc., and if the public servant is found guilty, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall be not less than 3 years but which may extend to 5 years and shall also be liable to fine.
Taking gratification in order to influence public servant, by corrupt or illegal means, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than three year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Abetment by public servant of offences defined in Section 8 or 9, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not les than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Public servant obtaining valuable thing without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Punishment for abetment of offences defined in Section 7 or 11 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.
Any public servant, who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to 7 years and shall also be liable to fine.
Habitual committing of offence under Section 8, 9 and 12 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than two years but which may extend to 7 years and shall also be liable to fine.
Prevention to the Corruption Act considers non-performance of public duty as an offence. Thus, non-performance of duty by public servants for which they are morally, legally and constitutionally mandated to do, is a form of corruption.
Chapter IV: Investigation
Investigation shall be done by a police officer not below the rank of:
In case of Delhi Special Police Establishment, of an Inspector of Police.
In metropolitan areas, of an Assistant Commissioner of Police.
Elsewhere, of a Deputy Superintendent of Police or an officer of equivalent rank shall investigate any offence punishable under this Act without the order of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a magistrate of first class, or make any arrest therefore without a warrant.
If a police officer not below the rank of an Inspector of Police is authorized by the State Government in this behalf by general or special order, he may investigate such offence without the order of a Metropolitan Magistrate or Magistrate of First class or make arrest therefor without a warrant.
Provided further that an offence referred to sec 13.1.e shall not be investigated without the order of a police officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police. Any such investigation without the order of a SP or above rank will be dismissed.
Amendment Act 2018
As the Prevention of Corruption Act saw limited success in preventing corruption in Government departments and prosecuting and punishing public servants involved in corrupt practices, an amendment was enacted (Amendment Act) and brought into force on 26 July 2018. The Amendment Act attempted to bring the Prevention of Corruption Act in line with United Nations Convention against Corruption 2005, which was ratified by India in 2011.
Highlights of the Amendment
(i) Definition of Undue Advantage
The terms “gratification other than legal remuneration” and “valuable thing” are being replaced by the term “undue advantage”. The bill, therefore, redefines the offense of accepting bribes as “obtains or accepts or attempts to obtain from any person an undue advantage, intending that in consequence a public duty would be performed improperly or dishonestly, either by himself or by another public servant is guilty of offense under section 7 and shall be imprisoned for a term of 3 to 7 years.
(ii) Offering of Bribes by Person/Commercial Organization
In addition to treating bribe-giving as an offense, section 9 specifically provides for an offense by a commercial organization if any person associated with the commercial organization gives or promises to give any undue advantage to a public servant to obtain or retain business or an advantage in conduct of business. Such a person/commercial organization shall be punishable with a fine, quantum of which is not prescribed in the act.
(iii) Redefining Criminal Misconduct
The offense of criminal misconduct specified in section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, is being substituted by a new section restricting the criminal misconduct to dishonest or fraudulent misappropriation of any property entrusted to the public servant or if the public servant intentionally enriches himself illicitly during the period of his office. Thus the scope of criminal misconduct has been narrowed in the amendment and the threshold to establish the offense has been increased.
(iv) Prior Sanction of Appropriate Government for Investigation and Prosecution
The amendment extends the protection of requirement of prior approval to investigation prior to prosecution. Under the new Section 17A, except when a public official is caught ‘redhanded', the police cannot begin a probe, without the approval of the relevant authority, of any public official. Earlier, this was limited to protecting joint secretaries and above. The amendment has created additional hurdles for investigation and prosecution. The amendment provides for the requirement to obtain prior sanction from appropriate Government to initiate a probe on serving as well as former public servants. While the intent was to prevent victimisation of honest officers, the amendment seemingly strengthens the shield available to officials accused of corruption.
(v) Forfeiture of Property
The new Section 18A also introduces a provision for special courts to confiscate and attach the property acquired through corrupt practices.
(vi) Time Frame for Trial
To ensure speedy justice, the Amendment Act now prescribes that the courts shall endeavor to complete the trial within 2 (two) years. This period can be extended by 6 (six) months at a time and up to a maximum of 4 (four) years in aggregate subject to proper reasons for the same being recorded.
(vii) Enhancement of Punishment
Punishment has been increased from a minimum imprisonment term of 6 (six) months to 3 (three) years, and from a maximum of 5 (five) years to 7 (seven) years, with or without fine.
Prominent cases
2G Spectrum Case
The telecom spectrum, which is allotted to private players through the spectrum auction, was allotted by the UPA government at throwaway prices to companies through corrupt and illegal means. On 21 December 2017, the special court in New Delhi after thorough examination of the case and hearing what the CBI had to say, acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum case including prime accused A Raja and Kanimozhi. The court ruled that this case was baseless.
Ketan Desai
The CBI recently arrested the Medical Council of India's former president Ketan Desai and three others under this act, for allegedly accepting a bribe to permit Patiala-based Gyan Sagar Medical College to recruit a fresh batch of students without having an adequate infrastructure.
See also
The Lokpal Bill, 2011
Jan Lokpal Bill
Indian political scandals
Corruption Perceptions Index
Corruption in Mumbai
Rent seeking
Lok Ayukta
List of Acts of the Parliament of India
References
External links
Acts of the Parliament of India 1988
Rajiv Gandhi administration
Anti-corruption measures in India
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Clubul Sportiv Medgidia, commonly known as CS Medgidia, or simply as Medgidia, is a Romanian sports club from Medgidia, Constanța County, Romania, founded in 1952.
Its professional football club currently play in the Liga III. Apart from football the club also competes in handball, volleyball, wrestling, boxing, arm wrestling, swimming, chess, and rugby.
History
CS Medgidia was founded in 1952 as Cimentul Medgidia (Medgidia Cement), name that was in close contact with the club's owner Medgidia Cement Factory. Over time the club was named also as Voința I.C.S. and Cimentul Voința being a team with constant appearances in the second and third tiers. The local rival of Cimentul was I.M.U. Medgidia, club named over time also as I.M.U. C.S. Școlar and Progresul C.S.Ș.
1999–2000 season of Divizia C was the last one for the club under the name of Cimentul, in the summer of 2000 the club was renamed as CSM Medgidia. In 2002 the club promoted back in Liga II, but after two seasons chose to sell its place to Liberty Salonta and continued to play in the Liga III until 2010, when the club withdrew from championship, then being dissolved.
In the summer of 2017, the team was re-founded as CS Medgidia and was enrolled in the Liga IV, promoting back in the Liga III after only one season.
Honours
Liga III
Winners (3): 1974–75, 1978–79, 2001–02
Liga IV – Constanța County
Winners (3): 1991–92, 2006–07, 2017–18
Runners-up (1): 2021–22
Club Officials
Board of directors
Current technical staff
League history
References
External links
CS Medgidia at AJF Constanţa
Association football clubs established in 1952
Football clubs in Constanța County
Liga II clubs
Liga III clubs
Liga IV clubs
1952 establishments in Romania
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Iowa Highway 152 (Iowa 152) was a very short route which connected Interstate 35 (I-35) and U.S. Route 69 (US 69) near Osceola, Iowa. Through Iowa, I-35 and US 69 are mostly parallel routes; Iowa 152 connected the two routes at the narrowest location between them. The route was formed in 1980 from a portion of Clarke County Road R35 and did not undergo any changes in alignment while it was designated. The highway was relinquished to Clarke County and the City of Osceola in 2014.
Route description
Iowa 152 began at a diamond interchange along I-35 northwest of Osceola. CR R35 continued along the roadway to the north and west as Iowa 152 headed to the south-southeast. It passed country homes and wooded acreages along a two-lane road. east of I-35, the highway curved to the south as it passed between farms. Just from its eastern end, it curved back to the east and crossed the city limits into Osceola. Iowa 152 ended at an intersection with US 69, which runs along Main Street in Osceola. The rural portion of the highway had an annual average daily traffic of 940 vehicles, while the portion within the city limits handled 1270 vehicles.
History
Iowa 152 was designated in 1980 from a segment of CR R35. It was entirely paved upon designation and did not undergo any route changes.
In 2014, the Iowa DOT negotiated the transfer of Iowa 152 to Clarke County and the City of Osceola. Pursuant to Section 306.8 of the Iowa Code, any time the a roadway is transferred from one jurisdiction to another, the highway either must be in good condition or the transferring agency must make a one-time payment to the accepting agencies for an amount which would pay for improvements to the road. In the case of Iowa 152, the Iowa DOT paid Clarke County $2.5 million, which included the payment to the City of Osceola.
Major intersections
References
External links
End of IA 152
152
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Samoa Red Cross Society was founded in 1952 as branch of the New Zealand Red Cross Society. It was later closed, then reactivated in 1981. It has its headquarters in Apia.
References
External links
Official Samoa Red Cross Society Web Site
Samoa Red Cross Society Profile
Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies
Organizations established in 1952
Medical and health organisations based in Samoa
1952 establishments in Samoa
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David Goggins (born February 17, 1975) is an American retired United States Navy SEAL. He is also an ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, public speaker, and author of two memoirs, and was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame for his achievements in sport. Goggins was also awarded the VFW Americanism award in 2018, for his service in the United States Armed Forces. Goggins also published a New York Times best-seller book titled Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds.
Early life and education
Goggins was born on February 17, 1975, to Trunnis and Jackie Goggins. In 1981, he lived in Williamsville, New York, on a street called Paradise Road with his parents and brother, Trunnis Jr. While Goggins' neighborhood held "model citizens consisting of mainly white people", he describes his home experience as "hell on Earth". Goggins' father owned the roller skating rink Skateland, located in East Buffalo, New York. At age six, Goggins often worked the night shift at Skateland alongside his family, organizing roller skates.
Goggins’ mother left his father due to abuse, and eventually moved herself and her children to live with Goggins' grandparents in Brazil, Indiana.
Goggins enrolled in second grade at a small Catholic school and made First Communion. His brother Trunnis Jr. returned to Buffalo to live with their father. When Goggins enrolled in the third grade he was diagnosed with a learning disability due to the lack of schooling. He also found it difficult to learn as he was suffering from toxic stress because of the child abuse that he suffered during his early years in Buffalo, New York. Because of the stress, he developed a stutter. Goggins explains how he was constantly in a fight-or-flight response with social anxiety because of his stuttering. In school, Goggins was subjected to racism and the Ku Klux Klan held a local presence at the time in Brazil, Indiana. Goggins recalls he once found "Niger we're gonna kill you" on his Spanish notebook. At 16, a student spray painted 'nigger' on the door of Goggins' car. He decided to join the United States Air Force.
Before his freshman year, Goggins attended a pararescue jump orientation course. Goggins' grandfather had served in the Air Force before him, and prompted him to attend.
Career
Goggins applied to join the United States Air Force Pararescue, and was accepted into training. During the training he was diagnosed with sickle cell trait and was removed from training temporarily. He instead participated in United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) training, and worked as a TACP from 1994 until 1999 alongside British counterparts Flt Sgt Jones, Flt Stg Nair and Pvt Noble, when he left the United States Air Force.
He later quit an exterminator job to become a Navy SEAL. He joined the reserves, eventually making the weight requirements to begin training as a SEAL after losing 106 lbs in three months. He graduated from BUD/S training with BUD/S class 235 in 2001. Following SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) and the completion of a probationary period, he received the NEC 5326 as a Combatant Swimmer (SEAL)and was assigned to SEAL Team 5. In his 20-year military career, Goggins served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2004, Goggins graduated from Army Ranger School, and received the "Enlisted Honor Man" award, receiving a 100% peer evaluation. Goggins was the 36th African-American Navy Seal in United States Navy Seal history.
Charity
After several of his military friends died in Afghanistan in a 2005 helicopter crash during Operation Red Wings, Goggins began long-distance running to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which gives college scholarships and grants to the children of fallen special operations soldiers. Competing in endurance challenges, including the Badwater Ultramarathon three times, Goggins raised more than million for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
Marathon and ultramarathon running
In 2005, Goggins entered the San Diego One Day, a 24-hour ultramarathon in San Diego. He then completed the Las Vegas Marathon in a time to qualify for the Boston Marathon. In 2006, he entered the HURT 100 in Hawaii. Goggins was invited to the 2006 Badwater-135, where he finished 5th overall.
In 2006, he competed in the Ultraman World Championships Triathlon in Hawaii, placing second in the three-day, 320-mile race. He also participated in the Furnace Creek-508 (2009), an ultra-distance invitational Cycling Race.
In 2007, Goggins placed third overall in the Badwater-135. He competed in the Badwater-135 in 2013 and finished 18th, after a break from the event since 2008.
In 2008, he was named a "Hero of Running" by Runner's World. In 2016, Goggins won the Infinitus 88k in 12 hours. In the same year, he won the Music City Ultra 50k, and Strolling Jim 40 Miler. In 2020, Goggins ran the Moab 240 ultramarathon, placing 2nd in the 241-mile event with a time of 63 hours and 21 minutes, approximately 95 minutes behind race winner Michele Graglia.
Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler, upon seeing Goggins perform at a 24-hour ultramarathon, hired Goggins to live with him in his house for a month. Itzler wrote about his experience on a blog and later published the story as a book
His self-help memoir, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, was released on December 4, 2018. In the book he refers to the 40% rule, his belief that most people, even with considerable effort, only tap into 40% of their capabilities. A follow-up sequel Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within was published December 4, 2022.
Awards and decorations
Bibliography
References
External links
Goggins' International Trailrunning Association (ITRA) Race Results
Living people
1975 births
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African-American United States Navy personnel
American male ultramarathon runners
American memoirists
Track and field athletes from Buffalo, New York
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United States Army personnel of the Iraq War
United States Navy SEALs personnel
United States Navy sailors
African-American Catholics
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The Tomasi–Kanade factorization is the seminal work by Carlo Tomasi and Takeo Kanade in the early 1990s. It charted out an elegant and simple solution based on a SVD-based factorization scheme for analysing image measurements of a rigid object captured from different views using a weak perspective camera model. The crucial observation made by authors was that if all the measurements (i.e., image co-ordinates of all the points in all the views) are collected in a single matrix, the point trajectories will reside in a certain subspace. The dimension of the subspace in which the image data resides is a direct consequence of two factors:
The type of camera that projects the scene (for example, affine or perspective)
The nature of inspected object (for instance, rigid or non-rigid).
The low-dimensionality of the subspace is mirrored (captured) trivially as reduced rank of the measurement matrix. This reduced rank of measurement matrix can be motivated from the fact that, the position of the projection of an object point on the image plane is constrained as the motion of each point is globally described by a precise geometric model.
Method
The rigid-body factorization introduced in provides a description of 3D structure of a rigid object in terms of a set of feature points extracted from salient image features. After tracking the points throughout all the images composing the temporal sequence, a set of trajectories is available. These trajectories are constrained globally at each frame by the rigid transformation which the shape is undergoing, i.e., trajectory of every point will have similar profile.
Let the location of a point j in a frame i be defined as pij = (xij, yij)T where xij and yij are horizontal and vertical image co-ordinates respectively .
A compact representation of the image measurements can be expressed by collecting all the non-homogeneous co-ordinates in a single matrix, called the observation matrix P such that
P is a 2F × N matrix, where F is the number of frames and N the number of feature points. Ideally, the observation matrix, should contain perfect information about the object being tracked. Unfortunately, in practice, most state-of-art trackers can only provide point tracks that are incomplete (due to occlusion) and inaccurate (due to sensor noise) if placed in an unstructured environment.
As mentioned earlier, the central premise behind the factorization approach is that a measurement matrix P is rank limited. Further, it is possible to factor P into two sub-matrices: a motion and a shape matrix, M and S of size 2F × r and N × r respectively.
The size and structure of S generally depends on the shape properties (for example whether it is rigid or non-rigid) and M depends both on the type of camera model we assume and the shape properties. The essence of factorization method is computing
The optimal r-rank approximation of P with respect to the Frobenius norm can be found out using a SVD-based scheme.
References
See also
Structure from motion
Motion in computer vision
Japanese inventions
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In 1908 the Royal Württemberg State Railways placed an order with the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen for a powerful passenger tank locomotive. Classified as the Württemberg T 5, this superheated engine was designed for duties on Württemberg's main and branch lines and had the very long fixed wheelbase of 4,000 mm in order to give the locomotive smooth riding qualities. By 1920 a total of 96 engines had been manufactured. In 1919, three examples had to be give to France; the remaining 93 were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and 89 survived into the Deutsche Bundesbahn fleet. From 1959 they began to be retired. The last one was taken out of service in 1963 and was kept at Aulendorf as a museum engine until 1968. This last example was then scrapped as well.
The Württemberg T 5 proved itself very well and was occasionally even used to haul expresses on the Gäubahn between Immendingen and Stuttgart. No locomotives have been preserved.
See also
Royal Württemberg State Railways
List of Württemberg locomotives and railbuses
References
2-6-2T locomotives
T 5
Esslingen locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1910
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
1′C1′ h2t locomotives
Passenger locomotives
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Karen Maser is an American television writer and producer. She has worked extensively on the NBC medical drama ER and the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.
Biography
Maser began her television career as a freelance writer. She wrote an episode of Cosby entitled "The Perfect Valentine" in 2000. She wrote an episode for the eleventh season of ER in 2005 entitled "You Are Here". She also contributed an episode to the twelfth season entitled "Out on a Limb".
She was hired as a staff writer for the thirteenth season of ER. As a permanent crew member she wrote two further episodes - "Tell Me No Secrets" and "Photographs and Memories". She returned as a story editor for the fourteenth season. She wrote three episodes personally - "In A Different Light", "Skye's The Limit", and "Truth Will Out". She was promoted to executive story editor part way through the fourteenth season. She joined the production team as a co-producer for the fifteenth and final season. She wrote the episode "Haunted".
In 2015, Maser was hired as a writer and co-executive producer at the start of the eleventh Season of Criminal Minds. She wrote two episodes for the eleventh season ("'Til Death Do Us Part" and "Drive") and she wrote three episodes for the twelfth Season ("Taboo", "Scarecrow" and "Alpha Male").
Filmography
Producer
Writer
Awards/Nominations
Maser won a 2008 Prism Award.
References
External links
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American television producers
American women television producers
Living people
American women television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women soap opera writers
21st-century American women
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Karl M. Baer (20 May 1885 – 26 June 1956) was a German-Israeli author, social worker, reformer, suffragist and Zionist.
Born intersex and assigned female at birth, he came out as a trans man in 1904 at the age of 21. In December 1906, he became the first transgender person to undergo sex reassignment surgery, and he became one of the first transgender people to gain full legal recognition of his gender identity by having a male birth certificate issued in January 1907. However, some researchers have disputed his label as a trans man, theorizing that he was intersex, and not transgender.
Baer wrote notes for sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld on his experiences growing up female while feeling inside that he was male. Together they developed these notes into the semi-fictional, semi-autobiographical Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren (Memoirs of a Man's Maiden Years) (1907) which was published under the pseudonym N.O. Body. The book "was immensely popular," being "adapted twice to film, in 1912 and 1919." Baer also gained the right to marry and did so in October 1907.
Despite him having undergone gender reaffirming surgery in 1906, exact records of the medical procedures he went through are unknown, as his medical records were burned in the 1930s Nazi book burning, that targeted Hirschfield studies specifically.
Life
Baer was born on 20 May 1885. He was intersex, having been born with hypospadias, a type of pseudohermaphroditism. His "unusually shaped genitals" caused Baer's family to raise him as a girl, although he was "hormonally and, in accordance with present-day knowledge, genetically male" as well as identifying with the male gender.
Personal life and activism
Baer studied political economy, sociology and pedagogy in Berlin and Hamburg, and became a social worker (Volkspflegerin) and confirmed suffragette. In May 1904 he was sent to Galicia under the auspices of the Hamburg chapter of the B'nai B'rith, to campaign against the trafficking of women from poor countries and for the rights of all women to education. Here, in Lemberg (now Lviv), Karl met the equally active Beile Halpern, who he was later to marry.
Baer's work included activism among local women. He encouraged them to campaign for kindergarten and school provision, which would allow women to hold jobs outside the home and reduce the financial hardship that prompted some to traffic their daughters or send them into service. Baer worked to oblige the authorities along established human trafficking paths to check ID documents and combat illegal movement. He also promoted the women's education movement, and became well known as a reformist throughout eastern Europe and Germany.
Baer had initially been sent to Galicia for two years; he returned to Germany after only one, having attracted censure for his male body language, argumentative style, and forceful advocacy of the cause. According to case notes by sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld of the Institute for Sexual Research, Baer then transitioned to his male identity and began living as a man. He was diagnosed as a "male pseudohermaphrodite" and underwent multi-stage rudimentary gender affirmation surgery in October 1906. After convalescence he was released from hospital in December 1906, with a medical certificate of his new gender. His new identity was confirmed by the courts in Arolsen (his birthplace) on 8 January 1907, with Berlin doctor Georg Merzbach acting as medical expert.
Karl Baer retained the middle initial "M", ostensibly stemming from his birth name, to connect him to his earlier publications under the name "M Baer". In later life he said the letter stood for "Max"; on his gravestone the middle name is given as "Meir". In October 1907 he married Beile Halpern; she died in March 1909, and he remarried, with Elza Max (1887–1947). From 1908 to 1911 Baer was an insurance sales agent; on 1 January 1911 he took up a post as Consul for Jewish Life in Berlin. In December 1920 he became director of the Berlin section of the loge B'nai B'rith, a post he held until the Section's forcible closure by the Gestapo on 19 April 1937. Baer was by then an important figure in Jewish society, and his influence on cultural life brought him into conflict with the Nazi administration. He was allowed to emigrate with his wife in June 1938 to Palestine, later to become Israel, where he worked between 1942 and 1950 as an insurance agent.
By 1950 he was going blind and had to give up his job. He lived in a throuple with his wife and his secretary, Gitla Fish, who moved to live with him and his wife. He is buried in the Kiryat-Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv under the name Karl Meir Baer.
Book and film
As part of his analysis and therapy, Baer wrote notes for Hirschfeld on his experiences growing up as a girl while feeling inside that he was male. He and Hirschfeld together worked up these notes into the semi-fictional, semi-autobiographical Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren, "Memoirs of a man's maiden years", published in 1907 under the pseudonym N.O. Body. Details of Baer's background were also changed to prevent readers identifying him from the text. Hirschfeld, a keen advocate of the notion of a 'third sex', to which anyone uncomfortable with gender norms or sexual dichotomy could attribute themselves, hoped the book would explain the dilemma that many intersexed children suffered when forced into a two-gender system. The book went through several reprints and translations, earning Baer a continuing income in later life. Later editions, especially those published after the First World War, were rewritten in light of shifts in social acceptance and to fulfil new social and political aims.
In 1919 Karl Grune adapted Baer's book into a fictional autobiography, and into the script for a silent film starring the German actress Erika Glässner (1890–1959) as "Nobody". No copy of the film seems to have survived the Nazi period and Second World War.
Historian and writer Hermann Simon, whose aunts and mother were friends of Baer and his wife, wrote a small book, Wer ist Nobody? ("Who is Nobody?") for inclusion in a 1993 print edition of Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren.
An English translation by Deborah Simon, based on a German post-war reprint, was published in 2005 under the name Memoirs of a Man's Maiden Years.
References
Further reading
N.O. Body: Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren. Preamble by Rudolf Presber. epilogue by Dr. med. Magnus Hirschfeld. Reprint issued by Hermann Simon with extra commentary and closing discussion about "who was Nobody?" „Wer war N.O. Body?“ Berlin 1993: Ed. Hentrich (Original Berlin 1907: Riecke)
M. Baer: "Mädchenhandel", in: Arena, herausgegeben von Rudolf Presber, 3. Jg. Heft 5, August 1908. S. 549–555.
K. M. Baer-Berlin. "Über den Mädchenhandel", in: Zeitschrift für Sexualwissenschaft Nr. 9, 1908. S. 513–528.
Magnus Hirschfeld: "Drei Fälle von irrtümlicher Geschlechtsbestimmung", in: Medizinische Reform. Wochenschrift für soziale Medizin, Hygiene und Medizinalstatistik XV, 1906, 51. S. 614.
Magnus Hirschfeld: Sexualpathologie. Ein Lehrbuch für Ärzte und Studierende. 2. Teil: Sexuelle Zwischenstufen: Das männliche Weib und der weibliche Mann. Bonn 1918. S. 44ff.
Louis Maretzki: Geschichte des Ordens Bne Briss in Deutschland 1882–1907. Berlin 1907.
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Gedenktafel für die Berliner Sektion von B'nai Brith
Whose Body is it anyway? Hermaphrodites, Gays, and Jews in N. O. Body's Germany von Sander L. Gilman (engl.)
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BlueFire Renewables (previously BlueFire Ethanol) is a biofuel company that produces a cellulose-to-ethanol solution using wood waste, agricultural residue and municipal waste. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California and is publicly traded in the U.S. on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol "BFRE".
On August 17, 2010, BlueFire Ethanol Fuels rebranded itself as BlueFire Renewables.
Technology
BlueFire Ethanol employs what it calls a "concentrated acid hydrolysis" process of converting waste material to ethanol. The technology, developed by and licensed from Arkenol Fuels in Orange County, California, reduces waste material to minuscule dimensions, where it is combined with sulfuric acid. This releases lignin structures within the biomass, where the sugar and acid are separated. The sugar goes into a yeast-fermenting process that results in its conversion to ethanol.
Projects
In 2007, BlueFire Ethanol received US$40 million funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to construct a per year cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, MS.
In 2008, the company unveiled plans to create a network of ethanol refineries located at landfills around the world. Under this plan, the landfill operators would receive US$6.00 per ton for the removal of their trash for processing into ethanol.
In 2009, Bluefire announced a teaming agreement with Solazyme, a renewable oil production company and leading algal synthetic biology company, that sugars produced through BlueFire's patented process will be used by Solazyme to produce various oils for fuel production.
In October 2014, BlueFire announced that it has received a Letter of Intent from The Export Import Bank of China (China EXIM) to provide up to $270 million in debt financing for its bio-energy project in Fulton, Mississippi. The Fulton, MS project will allow BlueFire to utilize green and wood wastes available in the region as feedstock for the ethanol plant that is designed to produce approximately 19-million gallons of ethanol per year.
References
http://articles.latimes.com/print/2009/apr/22/local/me-biofuels22
External links
New website
BlueFire Ethanol
Securities and Exchange Commission File - Bluefire Ethanol Fuels Inc - 10SB12G - On 12/13/06 - EX-3.1
Alcohol fuel producers
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Municipal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Curtea de Argeş, Romania. It serves mostly for football matches and had been the home ground of Internaţional Curtea de Argeş. The stadium holds up to 7,500 people.
Recently, the field grass has been replaced.
Football venues in Romania
Curtea de Argeș
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The Last Day of World War One is an episode in the 2008 season of the Television series Timewatch. The programme was a co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired in November 2008 on BBC 2. The material is presented by Michael Palin who reveals that soldiers continued to be killed in battle for many hours after the Armistice had been signed. Palin recounts the personal stories of the last soldiers to die in the final days, hours and minutes of World War I.
The programme commences with a brief mention of Major General William M. Wright of the United States 89th Division who, according to Palin, sacrificed lives storming the town of Stenay simply so his troops could have a bath; "... that lunatic decision cost something like 300 casualties" according to American historical author Joseph E. Persico.
The German 1918 Spring Offensive was Germany's last attempt to force the British and French to capitulate before the expected arrival of overwhelming American forces. The gamble almost succeeded but the Allies first held and then, in July at the River Marne, pushed back the Germans. On 8 August, "The Black Day of the German Army", the British launched their counter-attack at Amiens. The Germans were forced back and would never recover. They had suffered extremely high casualties in their offensives; the Allied naval blockade was threatening starvation; revolution at home meant troops were fighting both the enemy and their own countrymen; and now American troops were arriving at the front at a rate of 300,000 each month.
Faced with disaster, the German government dispatched a civilian peace delegation under Matthias Erzberger. On 7 November, French soldiers on the front line near La Capelle witnessed the approach of several German cars bearing white flags. The delegation was escorted through the devastated French landscape via Guise and onto Homblières from where they were placed on a train. The train was routed through Tergnier to a gun siding by Rethondes in the forest of Compiègne and the personal train carriage of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, supreme commander of the Allied armies.
Foch was in no mood to compromise and greeted the delegation, "What do you want from me?". The Germans stated that they were there to negotiate an armistice. Foch replied that as far as he was concerned, there would be no negotiation – they were there to receive his terms. A meeting was arranged for the next day from whence the Germans would have 72 hours, from the 8th to 11th, to agree to Foch's terms; Erzberger suggested an immediate ceasefire but this was refused by Foch.
Foch conceded virtually nothing during the ensuing talks. Erzberger was required to telegraph the terms back to the Supreme Command and was told to accept any terms as the situation was so grave; the messages were uncoded and were read by the Allies. At 5:10 am on 11 November 1918, the two sides signed and the news was sent around the world that hostilities would cease at 11:00 am.
References
External links
Timewatch: Last Day of World War One - OpenLearn from The Open University
Historical television series
British documentary films
Documentary films about World War I
Documentary television series about World War I
BBC television documentaries about history during the 20th Century
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International relations between Armenia and India have been described as amicable. In 2022, it was reported that the two nations were exploring the possible of long-term military cooperation.
History
Early history
Armenians are believed to have traveled to India, when some Armenians joined the auxiliary elements of the forces under the command of Alexander the Great when he crossed Armenia en route to India. The earliest documented references to the mutual relationship of Armenians and Indians are found in Cyropaedia (Persian Expedition), an ancient Greek work by Xenophon (430 BC – 355 BC). These references indicate that several Armenians travelled to India, and they were well aware of land routes to reach India, as also the general and political geography, socio-cultural milieu, and economic life of the Indian subcontinent.
According to Zenob Glak, one of the first disciples of Gregory the Illuminator, the patron saint of Armenia, at least 7 Hindu cities were established in Armenia sometime around 349 B.C. The institution of Nakharar was founded by Hindu Kings from even earlier. Zenob wrote that the colony was established by two Indian princes from Ujjain who had invaded Armenia. Under the Hindu rulers, the cities flourished until the dawn of Christianity in Armenia in 301 A.D.
The ruins of the Saint Karapet Monastery, now in Turkey, stands at the site of the Hindu temples.
Literary evidence indicates the existence of Indian settlements in Armenia as early as 149 BC. The settlements were established in Taron, Greater Armenia (roughly corresponding to the Muş Province of present-day Turkey) by two Indian Princes, their families and retinue, on land provided by the then rulers of Armenia.
An archive directory (published 1956) in Delhi states that Armenian merchant-cum-diplomat Thomas of Cana arrived on the Malabar Coast in 780 AD using the overland route. Thomas was an affluent merchant dealing chiefly in spices and muslins. He was also instrumental in obtaining a decree, inscribed on a copperplate, from the Chera Dynasty, which conferred several commercial, social and religious privileges for the regional Saint Thomas Christians. In current local references, Thomas of Cana is known as Knayi Thomman or Kanaj Tomma, meaning "Thomas the merchant". Armenians had trade relations with several parts of India, and by the 7th century a few Armenian settlements had appeared in the present-day state of Kerala on the Malabar Coast. Armenians controlled a large part of the international trade of the area, particularly in precious stones and quality fabrics.
Medieval history
Mughal emperor Akbar (1556–1605), invited Armenians to settle in Agra in the 16th century, and by the middle of the 19th century, Agra had a sizeable Armenian population. Armenian traders visited Agra during the Mughal Empire. By an imperial decree, Armenian merchants were exempted from paying taxes on the merchandise imported and exported by them, and they were also allowed to move around in the areas of the Mughal Empire where entry of foreigners was otherwise prohibited. In 1562, an Armenian Church was constructed in Agra. From the 16th century onwards, the Armenians (mostly from Persia) formed an important trading community in Surat, the most active Indian port of that period, located on the western coast of India. The port city of Surat used to have regular sea borne to and fro traffic of merchant vessels from Basra (in present-day Iraq) and Bandar Abbas (in present-day Iran). Armenians built two Churches and a cemetery in Surat. A tombstone in the city, dating back to 1579, bears Armenian inscriptions. The second Church was built in 1778 and was dedicated to Mary. An Armenian language manuscript written in 1678, currently preserved in Saltikov-Shchedrin Library, St. Petersburg, has an account of a permanent colony of Armenians in Surat. The Armenians settled in Chinsurah, near Calcutta, West Bengal, and in 1697 built a Church there. This is the second oldest Church in Bengal and is still in well preserved on account of the care of the Calcutta Armenian Church Committee. In 1712, the Armenian Church of Chennai was built and there was a significant Armenian community in Chennai with valuable contributions to the city. Most notable was Coja Petrus Uscan who built the Marmalong bridge as charity.
Modern history
Indian President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan visited the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic in September 1964, and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited in June 1976.
India recognized Armenia on 26 December 1991, three months after it declared independence from the Soviet Union. Diplomatic relations between India and Armenia were established on 31 August 1992. India opened its embassy in Yerevan on 1 March 1999. Armenia, which had opened an honorary consulate in April 1994, established its embassy in New Delhi in October 1999.
Armenian Presidents Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Robert Kocharyan visited India in 1995 and 2003 respectively.
In 2019 after an interview with WION, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stated that Armenia supports India in the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan.
Armenia signed an agreement to purchase four Swathi Weapon Locating Radars for US$40 million from India in March 2020. In September 2022, Armenia signed an agreement worth to purchase four batteries of Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers, anti-tank rockets, and various types of ammunition from India.
Armenian community in India
Indian community in Armenia
The Indian community in Armenia is relatively small, with only a few hundred Indians residing in the country. Most of them are business people, entrepreneurs, or students. The community has been growing in recent years, with the opening of new Indian-owned businesses and the arrival of more Indian students.
The Embassy of India in Armenia provides support and assistance to the Indian community in the country. The embassy also organizes cultural events and celebrations, such as the Indian Independence Day and the Diwali festival.
The Indian community in Armenia is active in promoting Indian culture and heritage in the country. There are Indian cultural centers and associations in Armenia that organize events and activities to promote Indian music, dance, and cuisine, yoga.
The Indian government has been working to strengthen the ties between India and Armenia, particularly in the areas of trade, commerce, and investment. In recent years, there has been an increase in bilateral trade between the two countries, with India importing mainly textiles, spices, and precious stones from Armenia and exporting pharmaceuticals, machinery, and textiles to Armenia.
Overall, the Indian community in Armenia is small but growing, and it plays an important role in strengthening the ties between India and Armenia.
Armenian genocide
India has not recognised the Armenian genocide. However, during World War I, when India was under British colonial rule, the country found itself at war against the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of Turkey. Many Armenians sought refuge in India, most notably in Calcutta. With the relations between India and Turkey worsened since the 2010s, mainly due to Turkey's open support for Pakistan, which also shares similar stance with Turkey, there has been growing call for recognition of the genocide in India. For the first time, under the Premiership of Narendra Modi, the Indian embassy in Armenia has mentioned the genocide and Indian ambassador Kishan Dan Dewal also paid respect to the victims of the genocide in 2021.
Diplomacy
Armenia
New Delhi (Embassy)
India
Yerevan (Embassy)
See also
Armenian Church, Chennai
Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist
Armenian cemetery in Hyderabad
Armenians in India
Hinduism in Armenia
India-Russia relations
Pakistan-Armenia relations
References
India
Bilateral relations of India
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The Golden Gate Villa is a Queen Anne style house built in 1891 in Santa Cruz, California. The house was designed by San Francisco architect Thomas J. Welsh for Major Frank McLaughlin, a mining engineer and California politician. Visitors to Golden Gate Villa included Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Edison. In the 1940s the house was operated as a restaurant, the Palais Monte Carlo. After passing through several owners, in 1963 the house was purchased by seafood magnate William W. Durney and his screenwriter wife Dorothy Kingsley, who sold it to the present owner. On July 24, 1975, the Golden Gate Villa was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places.
References
External links
The Golden Gate Villa by Susan Dormanen
Santa Cruz, California
History of Santa Cruz County, California
History of the Monterey Bay Area
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, California
Houses completed in 1891
Houses in Santa Cruz County, California
Queen Anne architecture in California
National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, California
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William Gouge (1575–1653) was an English Puritan clergyman and author. He was a minister and preacher at St Ann Blackfriars for 45 years, from 1608, and a member of the Westminster Assembly from 1643.
Life
He was born in Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex, and baptised on 6 November 1575. He was educated at Felsted, St. Paul's School, Eton College, and King's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1598 and M.A. in 1601.
Before moving to London, he was a Fellow and lecturer at Cambridge, where he caused a near-riot by his advocacy of Ramism over the traditional methods of Aristotle. (This story about Gouge, who lectured on logic, is related in Wilbur Samuel Howell's Logic and Rhetoric in England 1500-1700 (1956) as an account from Samuel Clarke, and is not reliably dated.)
At Blackfriars, he was initially assistant to Stephen Egerton (c.1554-1622), taking over as lecturer.
He proposed an early dispensational scheme. He took an interest in Sir Henry Finch's Calling of the Jews, and published it under his own name; this led to a spell of imprisonment in 1621, since the publication displeased James I of England.
Already nearly 70 years old, he attended the Westminster Assembly regularly, and was made chairman in 1644 of the committee set up to draft the Westminster Confession. The other original members of the committee were John Arrowsmith, Cornelius Burges, Jeremiah Burroughs, Thomas Gataker, Thomas Goodwin, Joshua Hoyle, Thomas Temple, and Richard Vines He was appointed as an Assessor on 26 November 1647. He was appointed prolocutor of the Provincial Assembly of London on 3 May 1647.
Of Domesticall Duties and the family
Of Domesticall Duties (1622) was a popular and thorough text of its time discussing family life. It argued that the wife although above the children is below the husband and the father figure "is a king in his owne house", and was an important conduct book of its period, running to later editions. He considered adultery equally bad in both genders, and encouraged love matches.
Gouge himself was father to 13 children. His wife Elizabeth, née Calton, died shortly after the birth of the last of them. They had married in the early 17th century, in effect by arrangement, when Gouge was put under pressure by his family. Elizabeth had been brought up by the wife of an Essex minister, John Huckle, and was eulogised after her death.
Other writings
According to Ann Thompson, The Whole Armor of God (1616) illustrates the shift from "transcendent faith" in William Perkins and Samuel Ward, to "immanent faith" in a succeeding generation of Puritan writers.
In God's Three Arrows: Plague, Famine, Sword (1625 and 1631), he mentioned the idea that plague finds victims in poorer people, because they are more easily spared. They should not be allowed to flee affected areas, and nor should magistrates and the aged; but others may properly do so. In common with other Protestant theologians of the time, he supported the idea of holy war.
His massive Commentary on the Whole Epistle to the Hebrews appeared in 1655 in three volumes, replete with detail and sermon outlines. It was seen into print by his eldest son, Thomas Gouge (c.1605-1681), It was reprinted by James Nichol of Edinburgh in 1866.
Works
The Whole Armor of God (1616)
Of Domestical Duties (1622)
A Guide to Goe to God: or, an Explanation of the Perfect Patterne of Prayer, the Lords prayer. (1626)
The dignitie of chiualrie (1626) sermon to the Artillery Company of London
A Short Catechism (1635)
A Recovery from Apostacy (1639)
The Sabbath's Sanctification (1641)
The Saint's Support (1642) fast sermon in Parliament
The Progress of Divine Providence (1645)
Commentary on the Whole Epistle to the Hebrews (1655)
Family
Five of his uncles were noted Puritans: Laurence Chaderton and William Whitaker married sisters of his mother, while Nathaniel, Samuel and Ezekiel Culverwell were her brothers. His cousin, Mary Culverwell, married Ezekiel Cheever.
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1653 deaths
17th-century English Anglican priests
Westminster Divines
People from Bow, London
16th-century English clergy
People educated at Felsted School
People educated at St Paul's School, London
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
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Vanuatu Red Cross Society was founded in 1992. It has its headquarters in Port Vila.
References
External links
Official website
Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies
Organizations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Vanuatu
Medical and health organisations based in Vanuatu
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Lord's Island, which is one of the seven islands on Derwent Water in Keswick, Cumbria, England, got its name from the Earls of Derwentwater who used to live here. Not only was there a fine house on this island but it also had a drawbridge which was used to cross to the mainland.
The house, which was built in c.1450, gradually fell into a state of disrepair when the Earls moved away in c.1623. The stone from this dilapidated house was moved into Keswick and used to build the Moot Hall in 1695.
The last Earl, James Radclyffe, only managed to visit the area once, as having raised an army he decided to side with the Jacobites in 1714. He was, however, defeated at the Battle of Preston and beheaded in 1716.
References
Sources
External links
Google Maps: image of island
Islands of the Lake District
Keswick, Cumbria
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Bloemendaal railway station is located in Haarlem, on the border of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 May 1900 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms. The station building now serves as conference and meeting center.
Train services
As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Bloemendaal:
National Rail
Bus services
External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner
http://www.station-bloemendaal.nl
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1900
Bloemendaal
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1900s
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The Baden VI b was the first German tank locomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement. It was developed by the firm of Maffei for the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways in order to provide faster services on the Höllentalbahn. As a result, the first six batches were given a firebox sloping to the rear. One striking feature was also the connecting pipe between the two steam domes.
After the first delivery of 15 examples from Maffei, the remaining batches, 2 to 11, were produced by the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. The Deutsche Reichsbahn took over 164 engines. Between 1935 and 1937, five locomotives were sold to the Kreis Oldenburger Eisenbahn; they returned to the Reichsbahn in August 1941 when the KOE was nationalised, and the locomotives regained their former DRG numbers.
Most of the Reichsbahn fleet survived World War II. The Deutsche Bundesbahn ended up with 117 vehicles. Their retirement from the DB began in 1957 and was completed when 75 299 was withdrawn in 1962. The Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany took its engines out of service between 1955 and 1965.
Within this class there were differences between the eleven individual batches in terms of overall length, weight, the height of the boiler axis above the rails and the shape of the water tanks.
None of this class is known to have been preserved.
See also
Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
List of Baden locomotives and railbuses
Notes
References
Further reading
Railway locomotives introduced in 1900
2-6-2T locomotives
06 b
Scrapped locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
Maffei locomotives
1′C1′ n2t locomotives
Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe locomotives
Passenger locomotives
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The 1958 German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957–58. Schalke 04 were crowned champions for a seventh time after a group stage and a final.
It was the club's first title since 1942 and also its last, as of present. It was won in impressive fashion, Schalke winning all its four finals games, scoring 19 goals and conceding only one; a reminder of how the club dominated German football in the 1930s and early 1940s. On the strength of this title, Schalke participated in the 1958–59 European Cup, where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Atlético Madrid.
For Hamburg, it was the second lost final in a row, having lost 4–1 in 1957 to Borussia Dortmund and having to wait another two seasons for its first title since 1928.
The format used to determine the German champion was the same as in the 1957 season. Nine clubs qualified for the tournament, with the runners-up of West and Southwest having to play a qualifying match. The remaining eight clubs then played a single round in two groups of four, with the two group winners entering the final.
Qualified teams
The teams qualified through the 1957–58 Oberliga season:
Competition
Qualifying round
Replay
Group 1
Group 2
Final
References
Sources
kicker Allmanach 1990, by kicker, page 164 & 177 - German championship 1958
External links
German Championship 1957-58 at Weltfussball.de
Germany - Championship 1957-58 at RSSSF.com
German championship 1958 at Fussballdaten.de
1958
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Foreign relations exist between Armenia and Portugal. Neither country has a resident ambassador. Armenia is represented in Portugal through its embassy in Rome (Italy). Portugal is represented in Armenia through its embassy in Moscow. In addition Portugal is represented in Armenia through its honorary consulate on Nalbandyan street in Yerevan. The consul is Mr. Samuel Samuelyan.
Portugal, formally recognized the independence of the Democratic Republic of Armenia on 10 August 1920 "and entered into a solemn compact not only to respect, but to preserve as against external aggression, the territorial integrity and political independence of Armenia..."
Expatriates
One of the most notable Armenians who resided in Portugal was Calouste Gulbenkian. He was a wealthy Armenian businessman and philanthropist, who made Lisbon the headquarters for his businesses. He established an international charity, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon. He also founded the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon.
Political and economic relations
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan visited Lisbon in November 2000 and met with Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, and Foreign Minister Jaime Gama. On 10 July 2001, President Robert Kocharyan said that Armenia attached major importance to the development of relations with Portugal. Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan met a Portuguese delegation, on 11 July 2001, with a view to improving bilateral economic relations. The Speaker of the Portuguese parliament, João Bosco Mota Amaral, discussed on 19 June 2002, with the Armenian ambassador, the development and strengthening of Armenian-Portuguese interparliamentary relations.
Armenian genocide recognition
Portugal recognized the Armenian genocide in 2019.
See also
Armenia–EU relations
Armenians in Portugal
Foreign relations of Armenia
Foreign relations of Portugal
Recognition of the Armenian genocide
References
External links
Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of Armenians embassies around the world
Portugal
Bilateral relations of Portugal
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Driehuis railway station is located in Driehuis, the Netherlands. The station opened on 29 September 1957 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms.
Train services
As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Driehuis:
National rail
Bus services
The nearest busstation to Driehuis railway station is Driehuis v.d. Vondellaan.
External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1957
Velsen
1957 establishments in the Netherlands
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1950s
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Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered in Baghdad One of the oldest airlines in the Middle East, Iraqi Airways operates 5 domestic and 10 international routes in Africa, Asia and Europe since having resumed operations in 2003, 7 others were suspended in between. The airline was said to have ceased operations on 26 May 2010, partly due to claims for compensation from Kuwait arising out of the Gulf War, but continues to operate domestic and regional routes till today.
Iraqi Airways was founded in 1945 and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers' Organization. They operated the first flight on 29 January 1946, ever since they expanded into a global airline covering a wide network of destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America prior to the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq War as well as the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, ensuing sanctions brought the airline's services to a halt, random charters for Hajj were operated in defiance during the 90s.
The destination list shows airports that are served by Iraqi Airways as part of its regular scheduled passenger services. The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name; additionally, there are labels for airports that are the airline's base and terminated stations
List
Note - Iraqi Airways also served Lydda in British Mandate Palestine up until early May 1948.
References
Iraqi Airways
Lists of airline destinations
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Heemskerk railway station is located in Heemskerk, Netherlands. The station opened 1 June 1969 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms.
Train services
, the following services call at Heemskerk:
2× per hour local service (sprinter) Hoorn - Alkmaar - Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam
External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1969
Heemskerk
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1960s
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The Indian Military Nursing Services is a part of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) of the Indian Army, first formed under British rule in 1888. An officer in the Military Nursing Services is granted Permanent Commission or Short Service Commission by a Govt Gazette Notification. The list of names are published in the weekly gazette of Government of India from time to time.
History
First World War
The Indian Army Military Nursing Service has its origin in the Army Nursing Service formed in 1888 as part of the British Army. The force went through many changes in its years of existence. In 1893, it was designated as Indian Army Nursing Service. The force went through further changes in 1902, when the Indian Nursing Service and the Army Nursing Service were combined and on 27 March 1902, it was redesignated to Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. At the outbreak of the World War in 1914 there were just fewer than 300 nurses in the QAIMNS, by the end of the war this had raised to 10,404. The Army nurses served in Flanders, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, the Middle East and onboard hospital ships. Of the 200 plus army nurses died on active service, many were Indians. After, the war on 1 October 1926, the Nursing Services was made a permanent part of British Indian Army. This date is now being celebrated as the Corps day of Military Nursing Service, though in actual its origins occurred 45 five years before (many Corps of the Army) the Army Medical Corps also traces its origin to more than hundreds of years back in the similar way, though it was constituted in the present form in 1948.
Second World War
With the outbreak of the Second world war, nurses once again found themselves serving all over the world, including Singapore, Burma, Italy, Mesopotamia, Ceylon, Egypt and Western Africa. The changing working conditions and wartime shortages led to changes in uniform. Khaki slacks and battledress blouses replaced the grey and scarlet ward dress and rank insignia was adopted to signify the officer status of the nurses. In the Far East, the fall of Hong Kong and Singapore led to many army nurses (including Indian) being captured by the Japanese and endured terrible hardships and deprivations of the Far East prisoner-of-war camps. During the middle of the war in 1943, the Indian arm of the Nursing Services was separated through Indian Military Nursing Service Ordinance, 1943 and redesignated, thereby constituting the Indian Military Nursing Service (IMNS). The IMNS was an auxiliary subject to the provisions of the Indian Army Act, 1911. However they were of commissioned officers ranking equally with Indian commissioned officers. This was the first time in the history of the Indian Army women were granted commissioned officer ranks.
Post Independence
After the independence in 1950, the Government of India constituted the Military Nursing Service (MNS) by issuing Army Instruction 274/50, to set the terms and conditions of service for the grant of regular commissions in the MNS forming part of the regular Army, subject to the Army Act, 1950. The IMNS stood subsumed in the MNS as on 12 August 1950, and the auxiliary force called IMNS formally cease to exist. The MNS was constituted as an all women, all officer Corps of the Indian Army, and it remains so. On 23 November 1954 the Central Government made the Army Rules, 1954 and brought MNS under the Army Rules along with every other Corps/ Service of the regular Army. Subsequently, on 3 January 1959, through Army Instruction 4/59, the Government of India re-designated the rank of the officers in the MNS to conform to the nomenclature used by the other officers of the regular Army. After having re-designated the rank in the MNS by the Government, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) through Army Order 501/63 laid down that the MNS Officers are required to salute and are entitled to salutes in the manner as other Commissioned Officers of the Army. The COAS further issued Army Order 120/73; and laid down the order of precedence of the Arms/ Services and Units of the Army including the MNS. On 15 March 1982 the COAS had cancelled the earlier Army Order 120/73 and issued Army Order 11/82 laid down the order of precedence of the Arms/ Services and Units of the Army including the MNS and the on the subject with some further additions of newly raised Corps, which is valid even today.
On 5 December 1986, the Government of India issued the Defence Service Regulations, Regulations for the Army, 1987 for the administration of the regular Army. The said regulations addresses the MNS as a Corps/Service, and stated that officers in the MNS are Army Officers and will rank equally with male officers of the same titular rank, and on 5 December 1993, the Government of India amended the Army Rules 1954 and inserted the Rule 16A dealing with the retirement of officers of the regular Army from all Corps/ Services including the MNS.
Now, the Military Nursing Service is an integral part of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). The AFMS consists of Army Medical Corps (AMC), Army Dental Corps (ADC) and the Military Nursing Service (MNS). The AFMS personnel serve in the medical establishments of Army, Navy and Air Force. The women officers in the MNS were treated as under dogs since the inception of AFMS in 1948 (the AMC and AD Corps are more or less equally positioned). After independence, the Officers of MNS have not only served in India but have also played a role in United Nations peace keeping missions abroad in UN missions to Lebanon, Cambodia, Somalia and scores of other Nations. Many of such missions are still active.
Rank structure
The various ranks of the Military Nursing Service are listed below in descending order: Commissioned Officers
Major General
Brigadier
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Presently there are no personnel equivalent to JCOs/OR in the Military Nursing Service. Other para-medical personnel such as Nursing Assistants and Ambulance Assistants are part of Army Medical Corps.
See also
AIM:The aim of Military Nursing Service is to provide medical care to the hospitalized soldiers and their dependents in peace and field locations and to take care of their health.
References
External links
Official website
Administrative corps of the Indian Army
Army medical administrative corps
Military units and formations established in 1950
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Regency Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in the Arlington area of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Opened in 1967 and once one of the most successful malls in the country, the mall now features around 20 stores, including one anchor store, Dillard's Clearance Center, Impact Church, and a food court. It is owned by Namdar Realty Group and Mason Asset Management.
History
Regency Square Mall was a $12 million project of Regency Centers, constructed at an expanse of sand dunes. It initially featured three anchor stores: national chain JCPenney, along with May-Cohens and Furchgotts. The mall also included a Woolworth dime store as a junior anchor, as well as a cafeteria-style Piccadilly restaurant. In out parcels, the single-screen (later twinned) Regency Cinema opened on the northeast corner of the property, and Annie Tiques bar and restaurant opened on the southwest corner.
1970s
According to an Urban Land Institute study published by the Florida Times-Union in 1979, it was one of the most profitable retail centers in the nation, with yearly average sales of $156/ft² versus a national average of $88/ft². To give back to the community, the mall operators turned over thousands of dollars in coins from their decorative fountains to charities. All types of social events, from art, shows to science fairs to horticultural exhibits were held there.
1980s
In 1981, a $30 million major expansion nearly doubled the size of the mall, adding Sears and a relocated Ivey's. The former Ivey's became Furchgott's, and the existing May-Cohens was also enlarged. As a result of this expansion, the mall comprised two separate segments: the original mall between JCPenney and May-Cohens, and the new segment between May-Cohens and Sears. Furchgott's was closed in 1985 when the chain merged with Stein Mart. Unlike the other Furchgott's stores, the one at Regency Square did not become a Stein Mart, as the mall management considered the chain too low-end for the mall. A food court and a six-screen AMC theater was added midway along the east wing. The southwest outparcel was removed to make room for the expansion, requiring Annie Tiques to open a new location years later at the Jacksonville Landing when it opened in 1987. May Cohen’s briefly operated as May Florida before being converted to Baton Rouge-based Maison Blanche in July 1988.
1990s
In 1990, the Regency Twin theater on the northeast corner of the property closed, and Picadilly's Cafeteria moved from inside the mall to the new structure they built in its place.
In 1991, Regency Group sold the property to General Growth Properties of Chicago for $71.8 million.
In early 1992, Maison Blanche was sold to Mobile-based Gayfer's via Mercantile Stores.
Dillard's, who had rebranded the Ivey's store in June 1990, built a new location onto the West Wing, which opened -along with of new inline store space- also in 1992. This was likewise done at The Avenues Mall a year before. The mall's Woolworth closed in July 1997. Ivey's former store became Montgomery Ward.
While Dillard’s purchased Gayfer's parent company in late 1998, both stores overlapped in this market, so this store instead became Belk. As a result, they opened in Jacksonville for the first time, and the store was in the process of a second expansion when the nameplate was converted. The mall also underwent a $30 million renovation in 1998, which comprised the addition of a new, 24-screen AMC movie complex on the northwest corner of the property to replace the existing six-screen theater inside the mall. A substation of the Jacksonville Sheriff's office was also added, as was a food court. Old Navy also came to the mall in the late 1990s.
Regency announced formal conduct and dress codes in 1999 to deal with offensive or intimidating behavior and gang activity. Because the mall is private property, management has the right to ask individuals not in compliance to leave the premises.
2000s
Montgomery Ward closed in 2001, and Burdines expressed interest in moving into the vacated building. Starting in 2003, General Growth began talking with other retailers, such as Kohl's (which did not operate any stores in Florida at the time) to fill the space vacated by Montgomery Ward. In 2006, HomeWorks Furniture opened occupying the ground floor of the former Montgomery Ward space, but HomeWorks would close in December 2009 cititing low sales.
Since 2000, crime has become a major issue at Regency Square, and the perception of the area as crime-ridden hurt the mall. Over 1,000 incidents were reported in 2004, the highest ever. Between September 2007 and September 2008, 650 unlawful acts were documented by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, more than the combined total of crimes at Jacksonville's other two major retail centers, The Avenues Mall and St. Johns Town Center. On January 26, 2008, a suspect was killed by an off-duty policeman who was called to pursue a fleeing man who had stolen a pair of jeans from the mall's Belk store. The shoplifter shot the officer four times before being fatally wounded himself.
2010s
In September 2014, Belk announced that their Regency store would close upon the completion of a new store off-mall and closed their doors for good on February 17, 2015.
On April 21, 2016, Sears announced that its store would also be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store would close for good on July 17, 2016. The back-to-back closures of Sears and Belk left Dillard's Clearance Center and JCPenney as the only anchors at Regency Square.
In 2017, International Decor Outlet sued mall owners Namdar and Mason citing an instance where mall ownership ignored tenant complaints about a leaking roof and chose to paint over the water stains to hide them from view, which allowed for the growth of mold. Other lawsuits from tenants alleged that the mall's air conditioning is often broken and that roaches are allowed to freely roam the property.
On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that they would be closing in October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide. The departure of JCPenney on October 18, 2020 left Dillard's Clearance Center as the mall's sole anchor.
In November of 2022 Regency Square Mall was given a warning citation from the City of Jacksonville’s Municipal Code Compliance Division. The citation was given to the property owner, citing various commercial violations in the common areas, including a roof leak, interior ceiling damage, exposed wiring and flooring.
Some of the last remaining tenants at the mall include Auntie Anne's, Bath & Body Works, Jimmy Jazz, and LensCrafters.
Future
In the 2010 Arlington vision plan, citizens recognized the Regency Square Mall property as being ripe for redevelopment, with the potential to attract new businesses and consumers. The comprehensive report covered environmental, economic, and quality of life issues in the Greater Arlington region. The group's approach to the mall property was to redevelop the land with transportation and density in mind. The approach would entail mix-used structures, a gridded street pattern, and infill development. Emphasis is put on the vastness of the area and its equitable size to downtown.
Just as customers shifted from stores in the city center to Regency when it opened in 1967, the mall lost business with the opening of the Avenues mall in 1990, St. Johns Town Center in 2005, and River City Marketplace in 2006. At the end of 2011, Regency's occupancy rate was just over 74%, but two years later, it had dropped below 38%. In August 2013, General Growth Properties put the mall up for sale. It was marketed as a "turn-key" power center redevelopment opportunity.
In February 2014, a press release announced the sale of Regency Square for $13 million to a pair of businesses from Great Neck, New York: Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group.
In the summer of 2016, International Decor Outlet (IDO) was expected to open up to 80 storefronts in Regency Square Mall. This news came after the announcement that locally based Impact Church will take over the former Belk location as well. By mid-2017, IDO had been unable to fulfill expectations and was embroiled in lawsuits. With the departure of an original tenant, JCPenney, in 2020, the mall was considered abandoned. As of 2021, Regency Square Mall is the home of Impact Church and its private school.
Anchors & major retailers
The largest retail space was occupied by Sears with 216,711 sq. ft before the company closed its store in 2016. Three department stores are similarly sized, with former Belk (which closed down its store and became Impact Church) at 188,827 sq. ft., Dillard's Clearance Center in a 182,444 sq. ft. building but only occupying half of that and original anchor JCPenney occupying 176,019 sq. ft. before the store closed. As of 2012, there was one vacant anchor space of 115,000 sq. ft., originally home to
Montgomery Ward and later, Homeworks Furniture and later a car museum that closed as well. Smaller tenants included Champs Sports/World Foot Locker (37,505 sq. ft.) and Lunar Mini Golf utilizing 24,440 sq. ft.
Dillard’s owns its respective store building and parking lot and Sears also did before it closed down, with the remainder belonging to Namdar Realty Group and Mason Asset Management.
References
External links
Official website
Buildings and structures in Jacksonville, Florida
Shopping malls established in 1967
Shopping malls in Florida
Tourist attractions in Jacksonville, Florida
Arlington, Jacksonville
1967 establishments in Florida
Namdar Realty Group
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Aston Cantlow Halt railway station is a disused railway station half a mile north of the village of Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire, England. The platform was long by wide and composed of wooden railway sleepers. There was a corrugated iron waiting hut with a wooden bench inside. Although there was no goods yard or sidings the station was lit by lights tended by the station master from Great Alne.
History
The station, opened in 1922, was located on Great Western Railway's Bearley to Alcester line. Although the line itself was opened many years earlier in 1876 it wasn't until after the First World War that residents demands were met at Aston Cantlow. It stayed part of the GWR following the Grouping of 1923.
The station then closed under this management just before the Second World War due to wartime economy. It was reopened in 1941 but was rarely used and finally closed for good in 1944. After the track was taken up the station site became overgrown and, as of 2010, little or no evidence can be found of the station.
References
External links
Aston Cantlow Halt on navigable old O. S. map
Aston Cantlow Station
Disused railway stations in Warwickshire
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1922
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939
Former Great Western Railway stations
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Cecilia McDowall (born 1951 in London, England) is a British composer, particularly known for her choral compositions.
Life and career
McDowall read music at the University of Edinburgh, continuing her studies at Trinity College of Music, London and later completing an MMus in composition. She studied with Joseph Horovitz, Robert Saxton and Adam Gorb. She has won many awards and has been short-listed seven times for the British Composer Awards. In 2014 she won the British Composer Award for her choral piece Night Flight.
In 2010, Oxford University Press signed McDowall as an 'Oxford' composer. Since 2015, she has been Visiting Composer in Dulwich College, London. In 2015, she served on the panel for a Women Composers Competition of The Arcadian Singers of Oxford.
Music
McDowall's music has been commissioned and performed by both professional and amateur choirs.
A commission from the Portsmouth Festival Choir, The Shipping Forecast, gained her national media attention in June 2011. The work reflects the mystery and force of the sea, drawing together the poetry of Seán Street, the psalm 'They that go down to the sea in ships', and the words of the Shipping Forecast itself.
Her choral works often take their inspiration from extra-musical influences. The large scale Da Vinci Requiem was written to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death. It was premiered by the Wimbledon Choral Society and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall on 7 May 2019. The five movement cantata Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo (2018), was based on Nujeen Mustafa's biography, retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Night Flight was composed in 2013 to commemorate the pioneering flight of the American aviatrix, Harriet Quimby across the English Channel. Its first performance was given by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge at the Fringe in the Fen Festival on 6 July, 2013. Another cantata, 70 Degrees Below Zero, was commissioned by the Scott Polar Research Institute and the City of London Sinfonia as part of the Scott 100 Festival of Events in 2012, and premiered at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 3 February 2012.
Other choral pieces include When time is broke (Three Shakespeare Songs), written for the BBC Singers in 2016, Adoro te devote for the Westminster Cathedral Choir in 2015, and another large scale work, the Stabat Mater, for St Albans Choral Society in 2004. Also from that year, the Three Latin Motets were commissioned by the City of Canterbury Chamber Choir in 2004, and have since been recorded by the American choir Phoenix Chorale.
Although choral music dominates her output, McDowall has also composed four stage works (including the chamber opera Airbourne, 2014), orchestral music (such as Great Hills for solo violin, 2 flutes and strings, 2007, and Dance the Dark Streets, a concerto grosso with piano obbligato, 2005), and a considerable body of chamber and instrumental music (including Dream City for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet, 2002 and the String Quartet No 1, subtitled the case of the unanswered wire, from 2004.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3878771 Conway, Paul. "Presteigne Festival 2004" in Tempo', 'Vol. 59, No. 231 (Jan., 2005), pp. 44-45]</ref> The impressionistic Y Deryn Pur ('The Gentle Dove') was written for the 2007 Presteigne Festival and scored for oboe, violin, viola and cello.
Selected recordings
Notable recordings of McDowall's music include:
Rise heart; thy Lord is risen, All shall be Amen (2023), Caritas Chamber Choir, Ulysses Arts UA230120
Da Vinci Requiem, 70 Degrees Below Zero (2023), Wimbledon Choral Society, Signum SIGCD749
Sacred Choral Music (2021), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Hyperion CDA68251
Works for Organ (2021), William Fox (organ), Lucy Humphris (trumpet), Naxos 8.579077
A Time for All Seasons (2019), Bristol Choral Society, Delphian DCD 34242
Laudate (2009) CCCC, George Vass, Dutton Epoch CDLX 7230
Spotless Rose (2008), Phoenix Chorale, Charles Bruffy, Chandos CHSA 5066
Stabat Mater (2007), CCCC, Joyful Company of Singers, CDLX 7197
Proclamation , International Celebrity Trumpet Ensemble, Brass Classics
Seraphim (2005), Orchestra Nova, George Vass, Dutton Epoch CDLX 7159
Ave maris stella (2004), CCCC, George Vass, Dutton Epoch CDLX 7146
Piper's Dream (2002), Emma Williams, Richard Shaw, Ensemble Lumière, DXL 1033
British Chamber Music, SOMM CD 0653 (2022) (includes Y Deryn Pur'')
References
External links
Cecilia McDowall official website
1951 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Alumni of Trinity College of Music
British women classical composers
20th-century British composers
21st-century British composers
20th-century classical composers
21st-century British musicians
21st-century classical composers
20th-century women composers
21st-century women composers
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Kerem Şeras (born 1 January 1984) is a Turkish football player. He plays as midfielder.
References
External links
1984 births
Footballers from Ankara
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Hacettepe S.K. footballers
Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
MKE Ankaragücü footballers
Antalyaspor footballers
Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
Ankaraspor footballers
Göztepe S.K. footballers
Kastamonuspor footballers
Tuzlaspor players
Süper Lig players
TFF First League players
TFF Second League players
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Italian-Romanian relations are foreign relations between Italy and Romania. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 April 1873. Italy has an embassy in Bucharest and five honorary consulates (in Iași, Satu Mare, Brașov, Arad and Timișoara). Romania has an embassy in Rome, five general consulates (in Milan, Turin, Trieste, Bari and Bologna), two general honorary consulates (in Genoa and Treviso) and two honorary consulates (in Naples and Trento).
Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO. As of December 2017, there are around 1,168,552 people of Romanian descent living in Italy, being considered the largest foreign community in the country.
Historical and cultural relations
Relations between Italy and Romania have traditionally been close due to a large kinship, thanks to their shared similar languages. During World War I, both countries fought the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and during World War II, contributed hundreds of thousands of troops to the Eastern Front where many died fighting the Soviets. More recently, after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, over a million Romanians moved to Italy for work and better living conditions.
Companies
Several Italian banks are operating in Romania: Banca Italo Romena, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and UniCredit Bank. The latter, had been in a partnership with Romanian former tennis player and business man Ion Țiriac, between 2008 and 2015.
See also
Foreign relations of Italy
Foreign relations of Romania
Romanians in Italy
Italians in Romania
References
External links
Italian embassy in Bucharest
Romanian embassy in Rome (in Italian and Romanian only)
Romanian general consulate in Milan
Romania
Bilateral relations of Romania
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The Saxon Class XIV T locomotives were six-coupled tank engines operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways for mixed duties on main and branch lines. In 1925, the Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped them into their DRG Class 75.5.
History
As a successor to the four-coupled Saxon Class IV T the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik in Chemnitz developed a six-coupled tank locomotive. This new engine was primarily intended to be used in charge of suburban trains in the big conurbations.
From 1911 to 1921, 106 of these locomotives, built in three series, were placed in service by the Royal Saxon State Railways. At the time of its appearance, the Saxon XIV HT was the heaviest 2-6-2 in central Europe. Not only were these locomotives used to haul suburban services, but in the end they were put in charge of all types of passenger trains on branch and main lines in Saxony's central mountains.
After World War I some of the locomotives had to be handed over to Poland, Belgium and France as reparations in accordance with the terms of the Versailles Treaty. As a result, in 1920, the newly founded Deutsche Reichsbahn could only muster 83 locomotives of this class into its fleet, which they grouped in 1925 into their Class 75.5.
The locomotives left in Poland later went into the Polish State Railway, PKP, and were given numbers OKl101-01 to 11. The Belgian État-Belge gave their four confiscated machines the numbers 9670, 9674, 9676 and 9686. A further eight locomotives ended up in the Chemins de Fer de l'État under the numbers 32-916 to 32-923.
After the end of World War II 88 locomotives went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) in East Germany. Amongst them were several engines that had been handed over to Poland and France in 1918. In 1968, there were still 25 machines in working condition, but they were retired soon thereafter.
Two locomotives have been preserved: number 75 501 by the German Steam Locomotive Museum at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, which was loaned to the Schwarzenberg railway museum in 2002 and number 75 515 by the Saxon Railway Museum in Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, which was badly damaged in a shunting accident on 14 June 1983 at Karl-Marx-Stadt Hauptbahnhof.
Technical features
The locomotives had a boiler barrel, made from two shells, as well as two steam domes, which were linked by an internal connecting pipe. The boiler feed was achieved using injectors, but from locomotive number 1856 they were given Knorr feed pumps with a preheater located transversely under the boiler. Later the preheater was positioned on the left hand side next to the chimney on all locomotives, which gave them their characteristic appearance. Schmidt superheaters were used.
The steam engine itself comprised a two-cylinder engine with simple steam expansion and Heusinger valve gear. The engine drove the second (middle) coupled axle.
The driving axles were fixed rigidly into the locomotive frame. To improve curve running the wheel flanges of the driving wheels were reduced. The carrying axles were designed as Adams axles and had leaf return springs.
A Westinghouse compressed-air brake was installed as the locomotive brake. The air pump was originally on the left of the smokebox; later it was moved to the right.
Nine cubic metres of water were carried in two side tanks and a well tank located in the frame. The coal bunker was behind the driver's cab.
For branch line duties, all machines were equipped with a steam-operated bell.
See also
Royal Saxon State Railways
List of Saxon locomotives and railbuses
References
2-6-2T locomotives
14 HT
Sächsische Maschinenfabrik locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1911
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
1′C1′ h2t locomotives
Passenger locomotives
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William or Bill Monroe may refer to:
Bill Monroe (1911–1996), American bluegrass musician
Bill Monroe (1900s infielder) (c. 1877–1915), Negro league baseball player
Bill Monroe (1920s infielder), Negro league baseball player
Bill Monroe (journalist) (1920–2011), American journalist and NBC News correspondent
William Newton Monroe (fl. 1879–1881), founder of Monrovia, California
William Monroe, for whom William Monroe High School in Virginia was named in 1925
William T. Monroe, United States Ambassador to Bahrain in 2004–2007
William Monroe, character in the 2020 film Inheritance
See also
William Monroe Trotter (1872–1934), American banker and activist
William Monroe Trotter House, a Boston landmark
William Munroe (disambiguation)
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The Thomas A. Parker House was built as a private residence and is located at 975 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is currently the law offices of Liddle & Dubin, P.C.
Thomas Parker
Thomas Augustus Parker was born in New York and came to Detroit with his brother in 1845. The two established a successful wholesale grocery business, enabling Parker to grow wealthy. After his retirement, he invested most of his grocery profits in real estate, and was said to be worth $750,000 in 1895.
History
Parker bought the land on which this house sits in 1867 and, in 1868, commissioned architect Gordon W. Lloyd to build what is now a rare example of a Gothic Revival house in Detroit. Parker lived in the house until his death in 1901. In the 1920s, the house was leased to the Advertisers Bureau by Parker's daughter, and in 1928 it was sold. The building was later used as an artist studio, offices and an apartment building. In 1957 it was sold again, and used as offices, a reading room, a hospital record room and four apartments. It was later turned into the law offices of Macuga, Liddle & Dubin, P.C.
Description
The house is built from Kelly Island grey limestone, with sandstone from Amherst used as trim. The front façade is asymmetric, with three bays. The central bay holds an arched double-door entranceway on the first floor, and above, double French doors leading to a balcony. The side bays have transverse gables, with the east bay containing a first-floor bay window.
References
External links
Liddle & Dubin, P.C.
National Register of Historic Places in Detroit
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Houses completed in 1868
Houses in Detroit
Gothic Revival architecture in Michigan
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The diplomatic relations between the Portuguese Republic and Romania date back to 1917, having been interrupted following World War II, before being re-established in June 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. Since then, the relations between the two countries have been stable and friendly. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe, European Union, NATO and the United Nations.
History
Portugal and Romania, although countries located at the two extremes of Europe, had at one point been part of the Roman Empire and have had numerous approaches and connections throughout history. The two counties find a common heritage in the Roman Empire, and the language of the two countries is the most visible element of their shared heritage, as both the Portuguese and Romanian Languages are Romance Languages, having evolved from Latin throughout the centuries.
In 1880, Portugal recognized the independence of Romania after the Romanian War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on August 31, 1917. That same year, Romania established a resident embassy in Lisbon. In December 1919, Portugal opened the Portuguese Legation to the Balkans, based in Bucharest, and with jurisdiction over Serbia and Greece, as well as Romania.
The deposed king of Romania, Carol II, would live in Estoril, in Portugal during his exile, where he would eventually pass away.
During World War II, diplomatic relations were not interrupted between both nations, however, soon after the war, Portugal broke diplomatic relations with Romania after that nation became a communist country. On May 31, 1974, diplomatic relations were resumed, and they have remained stable ever since. Romania was the first Eastern European country to restore relations with Portugal after the Carnation Revolution.
Throughout the first decades of the 21st century, a storing increase of Romanian immigration in Portugal was registered, with the Romanian community in Portugal amounting to 40 000 people in 2011, a significant increase since 2000, when only 370 Romanian citizens lived in Portugal. Since 2011 the number of Romanians in Portugal has had a slight decrease, and in 2021, approximately 30 000 Romanian citizens were registered as residing in Portugal, with the Romanian community being the 4th largest community of foreign residents in the country.
Since the end of the Romanian Revolution in 1989, bilateral relations between both nations have increased. Portugal supported Romania's entry into the European Union, for which Romania was admitted to in 2007. In 2017, both nations celebrated 100 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Bilateral agreements
Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, several bilateral agreements were signed, including:
Cultural Agreement, on January 6, 1975
Agreement for Cooperation in the field of Tourism, on March 15, 1975
Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation and Agreement for Economic, Technical and Scientific long term cooperation, both on June 14, 1975
Agreement regarding the international transportation of goods and people, on July 22, 1979
Agreement on the Mutual Protection and Promotion of Investments, and Agreement for Economic, Industrial and Technical-Scientific Cooperation, both on November 17, 1993
Agreement for military cooperation, on July 10, 1995;
Agreement for Education, Science, Culture, Sports, Youth, Tourism and Media Cooperation, on September 16, 1997
Convention on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Tax Evasion on matters of Taxes on Income and Capital Gains, on September 17, 1997
Convention on Social Security, on August 1, 2006
High-level visits
Following the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1974, several high level visits took place, starting in 1975, with Official Visits being carried out in that year by the respective Heads of State.
Visits from Portuguese statesmen to Romania
June 13–15, 1975, Francisco Costa Gomes, President of the Portuguese Republic
March 21–23, 1979, António Ramalho Eanes, President of Portugal
March 3–6, 2000, Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
May 15, 2014, Bruno Maçães, Secretary of State for European Affairs
September 29, 2014, Paulo Portas, Vice Prime-Minister
June 18 and 19, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal
May 25 and 26, 2017, Margarida Marques, Secretary of State for European Affairs
November 6 and 7, João Gomes Cravinho, Minister for National Defence
Visits from Romanian statesmen to Portugal
October 28–31, Nicolae Ceausescu, President of Romania
July 5, 1991, Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
December 2 and 3, 1996, Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania
June 29, 2001, Adrian Năstase, Prime-Minister
October 29 to November 1, 2003, Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
July 13, 2007, Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, Prime-Minister
June 2, 2014, Titus Corlatean, Minister of Foreign Affairs
September 26, 2017, George Ciamba, Secretary of State for European Affairs
October 23, 2017, Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania
June 7, 2018, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Prime-Minister
Economic Relations
Portugal and Romania have a sturdy economic relation, as both countries are member states of the European Union, and consequently of the European single market.
In 2020 the total value of the Portuguese exports to Romania was of 475.5 million euro, while the imports amounted to 238.2 million euro, which represents a surplus for the Portuguese side of 273.3 million euro. The volume of commercial exchanges between the two countries has been increasing, with an annual average growth during the 2016-2020 period of 5.1% in the exports and of 19.6% in the exports, from the Portuguese perspective. The main products exported from Portugal to Romania in 2020 were Vehicles and other transportation material, and Machinery, while the main product groups exported from Romania to Portugal were Vegetable Products and Vehicles and other transportation material.
In 2019, Romania was the 19th largest importer and 33rd largest exporter from and to Portugal, while Portugal was, in the same year, the 39th largest importer and 27th largest exporter from and to Romania.
Cultural Relations
The Portuguese cultural institute, the Camões Institute is represented in Romania, and has Portuguese Language Centres in the cities of Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța and Timisoara, as well as an Academic Chair in Bucharest, and Lectureships in the Universities of Bucharest, Babes-Bolyai, Ovidius de Constanța and Timisoara
The Romanian cultural institute, the Institutul Cultural Român is also present in Portugal, in the city of Lisbon.
European Union
Portugal joined the EU in 1986. Romania joined the EU in 2007.
NATO
While Portugal was one of the founding members of NATO, Romania joined NATO in 2004.
Resident diplomatic missions
Portugal has an embassy in Bucharest.
Romania has an embassy in Lisbon. Romania also has 2 Honorary Consulates in Portugal, in Porto and Estoril.
See also
Foreign relations of Portugal
Foreign relations of Romania
Romanian diaspora
References
Romanial
Bilateral relations of Romania
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Romania–Spain relations are the bilateral relations between Romania and the Kingdom of Spain. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe, European Union, NATO and the United Nations.
Spain has given full support to Romania's membership in the European Union and NATO.
History
Romania and Spain, although countries located at the two extremes of Europe, had at one point been part of the Roman Empire and have had numerous approaches and connections throughout history. The first direct Spanish-Romanian political relations date back to the 15th century, when the Voivode of Transylvania, John Hunyadi and King Alfonso V of Aragon signed a cooperation treaty.
On 12 April 1880, Spain recognized the independence of Romania after the Romanian War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire. In June 1881, a diplomatic Legation from Spain arrived to Bucharest. During the visit, several commercial agreements between the two countries had been signed. In June 1913, the Romanian Legation in Madrid was opened.
On 4 April 1946, the Romanian government broke diplomatic relations with the government of General Francisco Franco and recognized the Spanish Republican government in exile. On 5 January 1967, Romania and Spain signed a consular and commercial agreement and in February 1977 both nations opened resident embassies in each other's capitals, respectively.
Since the end of the Romanian Revolution in 1989, bilateral relations between both nations have increased. Spain supported Romania's entry into the European Union, for which Romania was admitted to in 2007. In June 2016, both nations celebrated 135 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Bilateral agreements
Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements such as an Agreement on the regulation and organization of labor migration flows between both nations (2002); Agreement of Cooperation in the field of protection of unaccompanied Romanian minors in Spain, their repatriation, and the fight against their exploitation (2006); Agreement on Social Security (2006); Agreement of Cooperation in the fight against crime (2007); Security agreement on reciprocal protection of classified information (2011); Agreement on the operation of the Spanish Center of the Cervantes Institute in Bucharest and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Madrid (2012); Memorandum of Understanding between the National Institute of Romanian statistics and the Spanish National Statistical Institute on cooperation in the field of development of new methods and instruments for official statistics (2019); and a Memorandum of Understanding between the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce (2019).
European Union
Spain joined the EU in 1986. Romania joined the EU in 2007.
NATO
Spain joined NATO in 1982. Romania joined NATO in 2004.
Resident diplomatic missions
Romania has an embassy in Madrid and has consulates-general in Barcelona, Bilbao and Sevilla; consulates in Castellón de la Plana, Ciudad Real, Zaragoza and a vice-consulate in Almería.
Spain has an embassy in Bucharest.
See also
Romanians in Spain
Accession of Romania to the European Union
References
Spain
Bilateral relations of Spain
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Hell und voll (Bright and Full), Op. 216, is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II. The waltz was originally titled Hell und offen (Bright and Open), but this was later changed to Hell und voll. The work was first performed at a Medical Students' Ball at the Sofienbad-Saal in Vienna on 25 January 1859.
References
Waltzes by Johann Strauss II
1859 compositions
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Björn Peter Gärdenfors (born 21 September 1949) is professor of cognitive science at the University of Lund, Sweden.
Gärdenfors is a recipient of the Gad Rausing Prize (Swedish: Rausingpriset). He received his doctorate from Lund University in 1974. Internationally, he is one of Sweden's most notable philosophers. In 1996, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and in 2009 he became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is member of Deutsche Akademie für Naturforscher and of Academia Europaea. In 2014 Gärdenfors was awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz. He was a member of the Prize Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011-2017.
Peter Gärdenfors' research covers several areas: Belief revision, decision theory, philosophy of science, concept formation, conceptual spaces, cognitive semantics, and the evolution of cognition and language.
His son Simon Gärdenfors is a famous cartoonist and rapper.
Writings
Knowledge in Flux: Modeling the Dynamics of Epistemic States. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. .
See also
Conceptual space
References
External links
Vitterhetsakademien
Homepage at Lund University
Lecture videos
What is Life? Evolutionary and developmental aspects of intersubjectivity. Talk at Karolinska Institutet, February 20, 2008.
How to Motivate Students? TEDxNorrkoping
1949 births
Living people
Academic staff of Lund University
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society
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Santpoort Noord railway station is located in Santpoort-Noord, the Netherlands. The station opened 27 September 1957 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms. The station was situated at the junction with the railway to IJmuiden, which closed on 25 September 1983. That line re-opened between 1996 and 1999, when Lovers Rail operated a service between Amsterdam and IJmuiden.
Train services
As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Santpoort Noord:
National Rail
Bus services
External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1957
Velsen
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1950s
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Cilindro Municipal (The Municipal Cylinder) was an indoor arena in Montevideo, Uruguay, which was opened in 1956, for Uruguay's Industrial Exhibition of the Production of international character. The arena was used as the main venue of the 1967 edition of the FIBA World Cup, for which it had a seating capacity of 18,000 spectators.
History
Over the years, many artists performed at the arena, including Bob Dylan, The Mission, UB40, Van Halen, and Molotov. On October 8, 2001, Eric Clapton performed at the arena, during his Reptile World Tour, and drew a crowd of 18,000 fans.
Fire damage and demolishing
On 21 October 2010, the Cilindro Municipal's roof fell down atop the inside structure because of a fire, the source of which is unknown. The fire caused severe damage to the arena's seats. The Uruguayan Interior Minister, Eduardo Bonomi, announced that it would be demolished.
A work group started doing construction studies in the middle of December 2010, and in March 2011, the Intendencia of Montevideo announced that the damaged "Cilindro Municipal" would be replaced by a new "Olympic" stadium, with a cultural, as well as sportive scope of use. Work on the new arena was originally expected to start in 2012, and to last for three years. The arena was finally demolished successfully on 12 May 2014, and was eventually replaced by the new Antel Arena which opened in November 2018.
References
External links
Official site
Disney on ice
Article about what a reconstruction of the Cilindro would entail
Basketball venues in Uruguay
Buildings and structures in Montevideo
Indoor arenas in Uruguay
Multi-purpose stadiums in Uruguay
Sport in Montevideo
Sports venues completed in 1956
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The twenty-fifth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in . It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champion teams from Dominican Republic (Tigres del Licey), Mexico (Tomateros de Culiacán), Puerto Rico (Lobos de Arecibo) and Venezuela (Tiburones de La Guaira). The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at Estadio Universitario in Caracas, Venezuela. Bowie Kuhn, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, attended the Series, and the first pitch was thrown by Oscar Prieto, Leones del Caracas majority owner and one of the series brainchild.
Summary
The Puerto Rico team was piloted by Ron Clark. After being mauled by the Dominicans in the opening, 17-2, Arecibo crushed the Mexicans 9-1 and defeated Venezuela, 7-6, in 11 innings. Later, a solid effort came from Kevin Hagen and Rich Bordi, both pitching complete games, to beat Mexico and the Dominican Republic. By beating Venezuela and Mexico in their last two games, the Lobos ended with a 5-1 mark en route to winning one of the most celebrated victories in Puerto Rican baseball history. Outfielder Glenn Walker was selected as Most Valuable Player and was chosen for the All-Star Team along Candy Maldonado and Dickie Thon. Other significant members of the roster included pitchers John Hobbs, Gary Lance and Edwin Núñez; catcher Orlando Mercado; infielders Ramón Avilés, Onix Concepción and Wayne Tolleson, as well as utilities Henry Cruz, Carmelo Martínez and Ken Phelps.
Venezuela, managed by Ozzie Virgil, finished in second place with a 4-2 record and also had the only shutout in the Series, by Rick Anderson, who limited the Mexicans to five hits while striking out nine. Second baseman Derrel Thomas paced the Tiburones offense, hitting .476 (10-for-21) to win the batting title and slugged .714. Other contributions came from right fielder Tony Armas (.269 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .654 SLG), first baseman Ron Jackson (.360, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .680 SLG) and reliever Luis Aponte (1-0, one save, six SO in 6.0 innings of work). Other roster members included pitchers Bryan Clark, Luis Leal, Luis Sánchez, Albert Williams and Matt Young; catchers Bruce Bochy and Baudilio (Bo) Díaz; infielders Dave Concepción and Leo Hernández; outfielders Robert Marcano and Luis Salazar, and utilities Ozzie Guillén, Argenis Salazar and Manny Trillo.
The Dominican Republic, guided by Manny Mota, finished 3-3 and had to settle for a modest third place. The most prominent players were catcher Luis Pujols, third baseman Howard Johnson and outfielder César Gerónimo, who were included in the All-Star Team. Meanwhile, pitchers Alejandro Peña, Cliff Speck and David Grier got the victories. The Licey team also featured players such as Steve Baker (P), Tony Fernández (SS), Alfredo Griffin (2B), Pedro Guerrero (1B), Mike Howard (IF/OF), Rafael Landestoy (OF), Ted Martínez (IF), Orlando Peña (P) and Rafael Santana (IF).
Tomateros de Culiacán, led by catcher/manager Francisco Estrada, presented an All-Mexican squad which included local legends such as Cy Acosta (P), Salomé Barojas (P), Nelson Barrera (1B), Bobby Cuellar (P), Maximino León (P), Aurelio López (3B), Mario Mendoza (SS), Vicente Romo (P) and Jesús Sommers (DH). But the opportune hitting and strong defense were undermined by below average running speed and poor bullpen support. Mexico finished with a 0-6 record, to become the second winless team in Series history.
Scoreboards
Game 1, February 4
Game 2, February 4
Game 3, February 5
Game 4, February 5
Game 5, February 6
Game 6, February 6
Game 7, February 7
Game 8, February 7
Game 9, February 8
Game 10, February 8
Game 11, February 9
Game 12, February 9
See also
Ballplayers who have played in the Series
Sources
Antero Núñez, José. Series del Caribe. Impresos Urbina, Caracas, Venezuela
Araujo Bojórquez, Alfonso. Series del Caribe: Narraciones y estadísticas, 1949-2001. Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Sinaloa, Mexico
Figueredo, Jorge S. Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878 - 1961. Macfarland & Co., United States
González Echevarría, Roberto. The Pride of Havana. Oxford University Express
Gutiérrez, Daniel. Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
External links
Official site
Latino Baseball
Series del Caribe, Las (Spanish)
Caribbean Series
Caribbean Series
International baseball competitions hosted by Venezuela
Sports competitions in Caracas
1983 in Caribbean sport
1983 in Venezuelan sport
Caribbean Series
20th century in Caracas
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Avant is the fifth studio album by American singer Avant. It was released on December 9, 2008, on Capitol Records. Its first single, "When It Hurts" reached number 91 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Its second single was "Break Ya Back (In a Good Way)".
Critical reception
Andy Kellman from Allmusic rated the album three and a half stars out of five. He felt that "on Avant, he goes both harder and softer [...] In between two poles is a typical Avant album, no bad thing. The album, in fact, contains the best opening three-song sequence of his career."
Track listing
Notes
denotes co-producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2008 albums
Avant albums
Capitol Records albums
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Six special routes of U.S. Route 169 exist, one each in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa, and two in Minnesota.
Nowata alternate route
U.S. Highway 169 Alternate (US 169 Alt.) at Nowata is the only special route for US 169 in Oklahoma. The alternate route travels through Nowata while the main highway bypasses the town. The alternate route is approximately long.
Garnett business route
U.S. Highway 169 Business (US-169 Bus.) in Garnett is the only special route of US-169 in Kansas. The business route northern terminus is the junction of US-169 and 6th Avenue in Garnett. The main highway bypasses the town to the southeast. The business route travels along 6th Avenue until Maple Street, where it intersects US-59 and K-31 until it ends at its intersection with US-169 at a roundabout south of Garnett in Anderson County.
Smithville spur
U.S. Route 169 Spur is a route in Smithville, Missouri. The spur route follows an old alignment of US 169 into the city center of Smithville, ending at Main Street.
Fort Dodge business loop
U.S. Route 169 Business (US 169 Bus.) is a business route in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The route was established in 1990 along former sections of Iowa Highway 7 (Iowa 7) and US 20. Iowa 7 had recently been truncated to its current eastern end at US 169, and US 20 had been rerouted onto a new freeway south of Fort Dodge. Since both routes had viaducts over the Des Moines River, officials in Fort Dodge wanted the Iowa Department of Transportation to maintain the bridges. From its creation until 2014, the route was officially known as Iowa 926, but it was only signed as US 169 Bus.
Shakopee business route
U.S. Highway 169 Business is a business route in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Hibbing business route
U.S. Highway 169 Business is a business route in Hibbing, Minnesota.
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The Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto is made up of several litigators, academics, arbitrators, and mediators from the Greater Toronto Area. The group promotes arbitration as an alternative method of conflict resolution over litigation, especially in commercial suits. Members include commercial litigators from Toronto law firms including some of the Seven Sisters of Bay Street. Each member has experience and interest in promoting commercial Arbitration. The group dedicates its time to encouraging this form of Dispute resolution through seminars, papers, and talks.
History
Founded in summer 2004 when John Judge and William G. Horton talked about bringing several prominent ADR Chambers members together after noticing how well suited to arbitration Toronto representatives were during an ICC arbitration with counsel from Canada, France, Germany, and the United States.
Arbitration
Arbitration focuses on resolving conflicts outside of courthouse litigation. Parties defer to one or more mutually acceptable arbitrators who will come to the final decision. This mode of resolution has often been related to Alternative dispute resolution. In Canada groups and persons interested in or promoting ADR work with the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc.
Associations
Members of The Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto are associated with international groups promoting arbitration including ADR Chambers, The International Centre for Dispute Resolution, The British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center, The London Court of International Arbitration, The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, and the Ministry of the Attorney General's Toronto Local Mediation Committee.
Members
Members of the Roundtable belong to several major law firms, educational institutions, and private practices located in the Toronto area as well as abroad.
Brian Casey
Brian Casey is the managing partner at Baker McKenzie. His areas of practice include International arbitration, Domestic Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Competition Law, Banking and Finance Litigation, and Professional negligence. Associations include ADR Chambers, The Advocates' Society, the Canadian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Bar Association, and the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Casey has a BS in engineering from Carleton University as well as a LL.B from the University of Ottawa and a LL.M from York University in International Business Law.
The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the leading 500 lawyers in Canada lists Brian Casey under international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation.
William G. Horton
William G. Horton practices as independent counsel working with a variety of top law firms in Toronto His areas of practice include business and corporate disputes, class action, competition offences, defamation, directors and officers liability, fiduciary duty and good faith obligations, fraud, injunctive remedies, insurance and reinsurance disputes, international banking disputes, lender liability, litigation arising from major insolvencies and reorganizations, professional liability, and shareholder disputes.
Horton has a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School, and a BA from Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Associations include ADR Chambers, the ADR Institute of Canada, the Advocates' Society, the American Bar Association, the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, the Canadian Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the China International Economic Trade and Arbitration Commission, the International Chamber of Commerce, the ICDR, the International Bar Association, the International Law Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the NAFTA 2022 Committee, the Ontario Bar Association, Osgoode Hall Law School, and Vis Moot.
Best Lawyers in Canada 2009 recognized Horton for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Directors & Officer Liability, and International Arbitration. He is also listed in the 2008 Lexpert Directory, the 2008 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert 2007: Leading US/Canada Cross Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2006 and 2007, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2006, Legal Media Group's The Best of the Best 2006, and PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006.
John Judge
John Judge is a senior partner at Stikeman Elliott practising both corporate and commercial law and specializing in banking and insolvency disputes, insolvency matters, insurance and reinsurance claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, product liability, professional negligence, real estate and complex construction litigation, sale of goods, and share/asset acquisitions as well as technological disputes and trademark law Aside from his corporate and commercial work, Judge has also served as counsel in several cases regarding human rights for the Ontario Human Rights Commission and has worked on many international arbitrations through the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
Judge earned his BA from the University of Toronto in 1972 and his LL.B from the same school in 1975 before gaining bar admission in 1977. He is a member and past director of the Advocates' Society, American Bar Association, Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCI Arb.), Computer Law Association, Information and Technology Law Association, Institute for Transnational Arbitration in Dallas, International Bar Association, London Court of International Arbitration, an instructor at the Osgoode Hall Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, and director of the Sopinka Cup Society.
Barry Leon
Barry Leon is a partner in the International Arbitration Group at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall. He has more than 30 years of experience as counsel, acting on many complex and significant cases for a wide variety of clients and involving many different industries. His industry experience includes financial services, natural resources and energy, technology and intellectual property, manufacturing, construction and projects, and consumer products.
He has been recognized several times as one of the leading lawyers in Toronto, specifically in Woodward White's Best Lawyers in Canada 2006, Lexpert/Thomson Canada's Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2006, Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers 2005, and "The Experts: Update on Cross-Border Litigation" in Canadian Lawyer in May 2005. Leon received his LL.B from the University of Toronto and his M.B.A from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
In 2011, Leon was elected chair of the arbitration committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian branch of the International Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, Leon joined Arbitration Place, a hearing centre that hosts and facilitates international and domestic arbitrations.
David McCutcheon
David McCutcheon is a partner at Fraser Milner Casgrain in Toronto practising commercial ADR, corporate commercial litigation, administrative law, real estate and construction law, and environmental counsel.
He serves as a member of the National Partnership Board and the Ontario Office Management Board. In addition he is a Fellow and Past President of the ADR Institute of Canada Inc., Past President of the ADR Institute of Ontario, Past Vice-president of the ADR Institute of Canada and chair of the Rules Committee, an Arbitration Panel Member for the ADR Institute of Canada and ADR Institute of Ontario, Chartered Arbitrator on the roster of the ADR Institute of Canada Inc. and the BCICAC, and a Member of the ICC Arbitration Panel.
Graeme Mew
Graeme Mew is a managing partner at Nicholl Paskell-Mede in Toronto. His practice includes all levels of advocacy in England, Wales, and Ontario for business disputes, civil and commercial litigation, contract and tort law, insurance law, liability of directors and officers, private international law, professional liability, public law, and sports law. As a dual citizen of Britain and Canada he works as a Barrister in England and Wales and a barrister and solicitor in Ontario as well as a mediator and arbitrator.
Mew has his B.A. in law from Kingston University and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1982. He received his LL.B. from the University of Windsor in Ontario in 1986 and was on the Dean's Honour Roll. He was called to the Ontario Bar and admitted as a solicitor in Ontario in 1987 before being admitted pro hac vice by the District Court of the US Virgin Islands in 2003.
Graeme Mew's memberships include The Advocates' Society, the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario, the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution as a CEDR Accredited Mediator, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (US), the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, the International Academy of Sportslaw Practitioners and Executives, the International Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto, the Metropolitan Toronto Lawyers' Association, and the Sports Lawyers Association (US). Graeme Mew is a subscriber of the American Arbitration Association and a Member Arbitrator at Arbitration Place, a hearing centre that hosts and facilitates international and domestic arbitrations.
Randy Pepper
Randy Pepper, formerly a partner at Osler, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto now works out of ADR Chambers. His practice focuses on corporate commercial litigation, specifically arbitration, competition and shareholder rights, defamation, internet liability, and product liability class actions. He works in both international and domestic arbitration decisions and served as Chair of Osler's International Commercial Arbitration/ADR Group.
Pepper was called to the Ontario Bar in 1983, became a solicitor in the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1987, and the High Court of Hong Kong in 1987. He is a member of many associations including the ADR Institute of Ontario and ADR Institute of Canada, for both of which he serves on the board, as well as the arbitration committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, and the ADR Institute of Ontario. He received his L.L.M. in arbitration and mediation from LSE.
Joel Richler
Joel Richler is a partner at the Toronto office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto. His practice includes having tried, arbitrated, and mediated cases in construction, contract disputes, procurement, product liability, securities, shareholders' rights, and technology and software.
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory has recognized Joel Richler for several years as a leading practitioner in corporate commercial litigation, construction law, securities litigation, directors' and officers' litigation and professional liability law. The Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 has cited him for his work in corporate and commercial litigation, directors and officers liability, legal malpractice law and construction law. Richler possesses an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business have ranked him since 2005.
Donald E. Short
Donald Short is a partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin in Toronto and chairs the firm's Toronto Construction Law Group Certified by the Law Society as a Specialist in Civil Litigation, his practice focuses on commercial and construction litigation, insolvency matters, and alternative dispute resolution. Recognitions of his work in arbitration include being listed in the Euromoney Guide to the world's leading experts in arbitration, as well as listings from Lexpert and The Best Lawyers in Canada. In 1999 he received the Award for Distinguished Service and in 2001 the Award for Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Canadian Bar Association Ontario.
Short has a B.A. in political science from the University of Toronto, his LL.B., also from the University of Toronto, his LL.M. from Osgoode Hall, and in 2003 earned his F.C.I.Arb. from The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a current member of the Civil Bench and Bar Committee, Toronto Region; the Commercial List Users' Committee, Ontario Superior Court of Justice; the Continuing Legal Education Committee, OBA; the National Council of Canadian Bar Association; the Provincial Council of Ontario Branch of the CBA; The Advocates' Society ADR Committee; the Toronto Local Mediation Committee (appointed by Attorney General); and the Toronto Region Case Management Steering Committee.
Janet Walker
Janet Walker is a full professor and former associate dean at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. She currently serves as an advisor to the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal Rules Committee as well as on the Canadian Panel of Arbitrators, International Chamber of Commerce; the IBA Task Force on International Procedures and Protocols for Collective Redress; the Working Group on Protocols for Parallel Class Actions, Litigation Section of the ABA; and the ILA Committee on International Litigation and the Interests of the Public: International Aspects of Group Actions.
Walker works frequently as an expert witness for laws of jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, the recognition and enforcement of judgments and application of foreign law. She also serves as counsel to members of the profession in the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Associations: Janet Walker is a member of include the American Arbitration Association, the American Law Institute, the American Society of International Law, the Arbitralwomen, the Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto, the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Association of Law Teachers, the Canadian Council on International Law, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Association of Procedural Law, the International Bar Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Law Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Osgoode Society, The Advocates' Society, and the Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners. In 2012, Janet Walker joined Arbitration Place, an internationally affiliated arbitration facility and legal centre.
In 2002 Walker was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for her continuing service in the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve. She has her B.A and M.A. from York University, her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, and her DPhil from Oxford University.
Robert Wisner
Robert Wisner is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Toronto. His practice is centred on international arbitration and litigation, foreign investment protection and international trade. Called to the bar in 1996, he received his LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1994, his M.A. from Queen's University in 1990, and his B.Soc.Sci. from the University of Ottawa in 1989.
His previous work includes cases before international arbitral tribunals, NAFTA and international commercial contracts, as well as advocacy work, foreign investment protection, market access, government procurement, economic sanctions, political risk insurance, anti-bribery and other international treaty issues. Previously, Wisner was an economist in Canada's Department of International Trade Investment Policy Division.
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Organizations based in Toronto
Arbitration organizations
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Claudio Oscar Marangoni (born 17 November 1954 in Rosario) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played club football in Argentina and England and played for the Argentina national team at international level.
Biography
Marangoni started his playing career in 1974 with Chacarita Juniors he then joined San Lorenzo de Almagro in 1976.
In 1979, he joined Sunderland A.F.C. of England where he failed to settle, his contract was terminated in 1980 and he returned to Argentina.
Marangoni played one season for Huracán before joining Club Atlético Independiente in 1982. He won three major titles with the club, the 1983 Metropolitano followed by the Copa Libertadores and Copa Intercontinental in 1984.
In 1988, he left Independiente to join Boca Juniors where he won a further two international tournaments, the Supercopa Sudamericana 1989 and the Recopa Sudamericana 1990.
Upon retirement, Marangoni started Escuela Modelo de Futbol y Deportes, the first-ever professional soccer schools and sports clinics for Argentina's youth.
The schools serve children from age 3-13 and are franchised throughout the country, serving public and private schools, community centers, country clubs and businesses. Integral to the company's model is free tuition for underprivileged children. Since selection, he expanded his training schools to Chile and Spain.
His work was recognized by Endeavor (non-profit) and he was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 1999. Endeavor is a global non-profit that selects and supports High-Impact Entrepreneurship in emerging markets.
Honours
Independiente
Primera División (1): 1983 Metropolitano
Copa Libertadores (1): 1984
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1984
Boca Juniors
Supercopa Libertadores (1): 1989
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1990
References
External links
Marangoni's biography
San Lorenzo micro profile
Endeavor Profile on Claudio Marangoni
1954 births
Copa Libertadores-winning players
Living people
Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
1983 Copa América players
Men's association football midfielders
Chacarita Juniors footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Sunderland A.F.C. players
English Football League players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in England
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in England
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The Council for Watershed Health (CWH) is a nonprofit environmental organization in the U.S. state of California. It was founded in 1996 by Dorothy Green to preserve, restore, and enhance the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River watersheds. To accomplish this, it has brought together representatives from the regional water agencies (supply, groundwater, stormwater, water quality, and wastewater), as well as government regulatory agencies (federal to local); community and environmental citizen groups; and businesses in the Los Angeles Basin watershed.
The organization was originally called the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council.
Organization
Board
The Watershed Council's Board consists of individuals representing state, regional, and local government; business; landowners (state conservancies); water and wastewater agencies; and non-profit community and environmental organizations. The board includes: the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Southern California Edison, the Southern California Building Industry Association, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff, The Resources Legacy Fund, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, and the County of Los Angeles.
Funding
Major sources of funding for the Watershed Council include the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, County of Los Angeles Flood Control District, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, United States Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Conservation, California Department of Water Resources, Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, the California Coastal Conservancy, and the Annenberg Foundation.
Programs
The goals of CWH programs are to improve and expand local water supplies and reduce per capita water demand in the greater Los Angeles region; to increase the number of people, municipalities, and businesses that adopt and implement sustainable and water-efficient urban landscapes; and to provide science-based research to better understand trends and indicators related to the health of our watersheds and communities to improve watershed health.
Healthy Streams for Angelenos
The Healthy Streams for Angelenos program monitors and researches watershed health, and works toward watershed habitat restoration.
Living laboratories
CWH works with water agencies and local community partners to develop "living laboratories": green streets, alleys, schoolyards and parks that build community capacity in local water sustainability and stewardship. Living laboratories help to determine how individual projects impact water quality, water supply, public health, and safety.
The CWH's five "living laboratories" are:
Elmer Avenune Neighborhood Retrofit and Elmer Paseo Green Alley, a partnership with Los Angeles County and City of Los Angeles
Avalon Green Alleys, a partnership with City of Los Angeles and Trust for Public Land
Glenoaks Greenway, in partnership with City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles City Council District 2
Partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for the Drought Response Outreach Programs for Schools (DROPS)
Marsh Park, a partnership with Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Watershed coordination and research planning
Among the CWH's activities and relationships are:
The Water Augmentation Study (WAS) and WAS Technical Advisory Committee
Los Angeles River Watershed Monitoring Program
Disadvantaged Communities Outreach Evaluation Project
Vice-chair of the Upper Los Angeles River Subregion Committee
Membership in the Lower San Gabriel and Los Angeles and Los Angeles Rivers Subregion Committee
Membership in the AB 530 Lower River Working Group
Water Foundation Community Tool Kit
Educational symposia and seminars
Publication of WatershedWise, a quarterly periodical
See also
Index: Rivers and streams of Los Angeles County
References
Further reading
Harter, Rick and Rumi Yanakiev (2001). "The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council" p. 20-21 in Conservation Geography: Case Studies in GIS, Computer Mapping, and Activism. (ed. Charles L. Convis, Jr.) Redlands, CA: ESRI Press. </ref>
Bullard, Kathleen (2005). "Riparian Pocket Parks as a Means for Physically and Conceptually Connecting People with Water." p. 309-317 in Facilitating watershed management: fostering awareness and stewardship (ed. Robert Lawrence France) Oxford, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
External links
Los Angeles River
San Gabriel River (California)
Environmental organizations based in California
Natural history of Los Angeles County, California
Organizations based in Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Susana Mountains
Simi Hills
Water organizations in the United States
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Zhang Yanshang () (727 – September 7, 787), né Zhang Baofu (), was a Chinese politician serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Dezong.
Background
Zhang Baofu was born in 727, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. His family traced its ancestry to the Jin Dynasty official Zhang Hua. His father Zhang Jiazhen had previously been a chancellor under Emperor Xuanzong and continued to serve in prominent positions after his removal in 723. Zhang Jiazhen died in 729, however, when Zhang Baofu was only two years old. Near the end of Emperor Xuanzong's Kaiyuan era (713-741), the mayor of Jingzhao Municipality (京兆, i.e., the region of the Tang capital Chang'an), Han Chaozong (), who had previously been recommended by Zhang Jiazhen, stated to Emperor Xuanzong:
Emperor Xuanzong, hearing this, was saddened, and he summoned Zhang Baofu and made him an army officer. Emperor Xuanzong also gave him a new name — Yanshang, meaning "extended favor." It was said that Zhang Yanshang was well-versed in the Confucian classics and histories and he also became known for administrative talent. The official Miao Jinqing, who later served as a chancellor as well, was impressed with his talent and gave him a daughter in marriage.
During Emperor Suzong's reign
During the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong's son and successor Emperor Suzong was, for some time, at Fengxiang (鳳翔, in modern Baoji, Shaanxi), and while there, he made Zhang Yanshang an imperial censor, initially with the rank Jiancha Yushi (), then as Dianzhong Shiyushi (). Thereafter, the general Wang Sili (), who then carried the title of military governor (Jiedushi) of Guanzhong Circuit, requested to have Zhang serve as his assistant, and when Wang was later made the military governor of Hedong Circuit (河東, headquartered in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi), Zhang served as the deputy mayor of Taiyuan Municipality under Wang. He was later recalled to Chang'an to serve as a low-level official at the ministry of justice (刑部, Xingbu).
During Emperor Daizong's reign
After Emperor Suzong died in 762 and was succeeded by his son Emperor Daizong, the chancellor Yuan Zai became a dominant figure at court. As Yuan had been recommended by Miao Jinqing, he treated Zhang Yanshang, as Miao's son-in-law, with kindness. When Emperor Daizong was forced to flee to Shan Prefecture (陝州, in modern Sanmenxia, Henan) in 763, at Yuan's recommendation, Emperor Daizong made Zhang an imperial attendant (給事中, Jishizhong). Soon thereafter, he became deputy chief imperial censor (御史中丞, Yushi Zhongcheng) and Zhongshu Sheren (), a mid-level official at the legislative bureau of government (中書省, Zhongshu Sheng).
In 767, Zhang was made the mayor of Henan Municipality (河南, i.e., the region of the eastern capital Luoyang). During the Anshi Rebellion, Luoyang suffered greatly from the wars, and much of it was in ruins. It was said that Zhang was diligent and hardworking, and he ruled simply. He also reopened the canals and rebuilt the palaces and imperial temples. Within several years, refugees returned, and Luoyang returned to prosperity. Emperor Daizong thus praised him in an edict. In 770, when the office of deputy supreme commander of the Henan, Huaixi (淮西, headquartered in modern Zhumadian, Henan), and Shannan (i.e., the region south of the Qinling Mountains) Regions was abolished, the troops formerly attached to that office were transferred to Zhang. Subsequently, Zhang was recalled to Chang'an to serve as chief imperial censor (御史大夫, Yushi Daifu). While he was serving in that role, there was an occasion when the junior official Li Shaoliang () submitted a number of accusations against Yuan, and Yuan's associates, in turn, accused Li of false accusations and had him arrested and detained at the office of the imperial censors. Zhang disapproved of the action and did not want to be involved, and he was sent to Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu) to serve as its military governor as well as the prefect of its capital Yang Prefecture (). At that time, there was a drought in the circuit, and a large number of the people were trying to depart for other regions. Zhang's subordinates detained them, but Zhang, pointing out that the people should be given the opportunity to survive the drought, allowed them to leave and, in their absence, kept their houses maintained and exempted them from taxes. As a result, many returned thereafter. He later left governmental service when his mother died, to observe a period of mourning for her. After the mourning period was over, he was recalled to serve as the military governor of Jingnan Circuit (荊南, headquartered in modern Jingzhou, Hubei), as well as the mayor of its capital, Jiangling Municipality.
During Emperor Dezong's reign
Emperor Daizong died in 779 and was succeeded by his son Emperor Dezong. Later that year, Emperor Dezong made Zhang Yanshang the military governor of Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan) and the mayor of its capital Chengdu Municipality. During this time, when Xichuan was under attack by Tufan and Nanzhao forces, and imperial forces, commanded by Li Sheng and Qu Huan () were in Xichuan to aid Xichuan forces; they were ultimately able to repel Tufan and Nanzhao attacks. (At the end of the campaign, however, there was a serious dispute between Zhang and Li Sheng — Li Sheng had, after the campaign, taken the military prostitute Gao Hong () with him. Zhang, angry with this, sent messengers to chase after Li Sheng's army to demand Gao back, thus causing a grudge between Li Sheng and Zhang.) In 783, there was a mutiny by his subordinate Zhang Ku (), who had been posted in the mountains in the west of Chengdu in defense against Tufan. Zhang Ku attacked Chengdu, forcing Zhang Yanshang to flee to Han Prefecture (漢州, in modern Deyang, Sichuan). It was only after another subordinate of Zhang Yanshang's, Chigan Sui (), attacked and killed Zhang Ku, that Zhang Yanshang was able to return to Chengdu. It was said that Zhang followed the law and ruled the circuit leniently, allowing the people of the circuit to recover from the wars that had ravaged the circuit ever since Anshi Rebellion.
At that time, Emperor Dezong was faced with a rebellion by the general Zhu Ci and was forced to flee Chang'an. During the times that he was at Fengtian (奉天, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi) and then at Liang Prefecture (梁州, in modern Hanzhong, Shaanxi), until he was able to return to Chang'an after Zhu was defeated by the general Li Sheng in fall 784, Emperor Dezong relied on supplies from Xichuan Circuit, and in summer 784, he gave Zhang the honorary chancellor designation of Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (). In 785, when the chancellor Liu Congyi was seriously ill (and Liu would die later in the year), Emperor Dezong thus recalled Zhang to Chang'an, intending to make him an actual chancellor. Li Sheng, still displeased with Zhang, submitted a petition accusing Zhang of a number of crimes, and Emperor Dezong, not willing to go against Li's wishes, for the time being only made Zhang Zuo Pushe (), one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng).
By 786, however, Zhang was beginning to gain the upper hand against Li in their struggle, as Li's son-in-law Zhang Yu (), displeased that Li had held a grander ceremony and given more dowry when marrying another daughter to Cui Shu () than when marrying Zhang Yu's wife to him, became an associate of Zhang's, as did another subordinate of Li's, Zheng Yunkui (). Emperor Dezong also had been suspicious of Li due to his longtime hold on the loyalty of the army, as well as various rumors fostered by Tufan agents that Li was planning treason. Li, hearing that Emperor Dezong was suspecting him, offered to resign his post as military governor of Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered in modern Baoji, Shaanxi), in winter 786 when he was Chang'an. Emperor Dezong declined, and instead requested the intervention of the chancellor Han Huang, who was friendly with LI. Han and the general Liu Xuanzuo (), the military governor of Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan), therefore, held a feast for Zhang and Li, hoping to dissolve their enmity. Both agreed, and Li further tried to dissolve Zhang's resentment by endorsing him as chancellor. In spring 787, Emperor Dezong, accordingly, made Zhang a chancellor. However, while Zhang agreed to dissolve his resentment, the resentment persisted, and when Li requested that Zhang give a daughter to one of his sons in marriage, Zhang refused, causing Li to comment:
Later in 787, Zhang, in conflict with his chancellor colleague Qi Ying, who had already offended Emperor Dezong by his honest words, and Zhang opined to Emperor Dezong that Qi did not have the talent to be a chancellor. Emperor Dezong demoted Qi to be a prefectural prefect.
Around the same time, Han died, and both Zhang and the general Ma Sui, who also had a grudge against Li, advocated for peace for Tufan, which Li had opposed. Emperor Dezong, who personally favored an alliance with Tufan against Huige, used Li's opposition against the Tufan alliance to remove Li from his post at Fengxiang. Zhang recommended Zheng, but Emperor Dezong allowed Li to recommend his successor; Li recommended his officer Xing Junya (). Emperor Dezong recalled Li to Chang'an to serve as Zhongshu Ling and Taiwei (太尉, one of the Three Excellencies) and relieved him of all of his military duties. It was said that once Li returned to Chang'an, despite the suspicions that he was under, he nevertheless spoke honestly whenever he had opinions about the matters of state. In light of Zhang's involvement in Li's command being lifted, subsequently, when Zhang wanted Li Baozhen the military governor of Zhaoyi Circuit (昭義, headquartered in modern Changzhi, Shanxi), and then Liu, to serve as the new commander of defense forces on the borders with Tufan, both Li Baozhen and Liu declined. Meanwhile, Zhang also drew resentment from other officials when he made major cuts into the ranks of prefectural and county officials — eliminating about 1,000 positions — hoping to use the savings in reduced salaries for military purposes, despite objections from Ma, Wei Lun (), and Bai Zhizhen ().
By summer 787, Emperor Dezong and Tufan's chancellor Shang Jiezan () had negotiated a peace treaty, and the general Hun Jian, as Emperor Dezong's emissary, was set to meet with Shang at Pingliangchuan (平涼川, in modern Pingliang, Gansu). Li Sheng, fearing Tufan treachery, instructed Hun to be careful, but Zhang, hearing this, accused Li Sheng of interfering with the peace with Tufan. Emperor Dezong thus instructed Hun to relax, not to aggravate Tufan in any way. On July 8, 787, at the meeting site, Shang laid a trap for Hun and launched a sudden attack, killing and capturing many of Hun's attendants, but Hun escaped. When the news reached Chang'an, Emperor Dezong was so panicked that he considered fleeing Chang'an, but remained due to Li Sheng's advice. As a result of this debacle, Zhang claimed an illness and retired, while Emperor Dezong recalled Ma to the capital and stripped him of his command. Subsequently, the reduction in officer ranks was reversed under the advice of another chancellor, Li Mi.
Meanwhile, Zhang's rivalry with another official — Li Shuming () the military governor of Dongchuan Circuit (東川, headquartered in modern Mianyang, Sichuan) — which formed when they governed neighboring circuits, led Zhang to carry out some additional actions intended to bring down Li Shuming. At that time, Li Shuming's son Li Shēng (李昇, note different tone and character than the great general) was repeatedly seen visiting Emperor Dezong's aunt Princess Gao, whose daughter was the wife and crown princess of Emperor Dezong's son and crown prince Li Song. He informed this to Emperor Dezong, intimating that Li Shēng was having an affair with Princess Gao. When Emperor Dezong asked Li Mi to investigate this, however, Li Mi correctly guessed that it was Zhang who informed Emperor Dezong of this and suggested no investigation, pointing out that Zhang's accusations also appeared to be intended to endanger Li Song. Emperor Dezong agreed, and thereafter moved Li Shēng to the position of head of Li Song's household, away from Princess Gao.
Zhang died in winter 787 and was given posthumous honors. He was also given the posthumous name of Chengsu (成肅, meaning "successful and solemn"). His son Zhang Hongjing later served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Dezong's grandson Emperor Xianzong.
Ouyang Xiu, the lead editor of the New Book of Tang, commented thus about Zhang:
Notes and references
Old Book of Tang, vol. 129.
New Book of Tang, vol. 127.
Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 224, 226, 229, 230, 232.
727 births
787 deaths
Chancellors under Emperor Dezong of Tang
Mayors of Chengdu
Mayors of Luoyang
Tang dynasty jiedushi of Huainan Circuit
Tang dynasty jiedushi of Jingnan Circuit
Tang dynasty jiedushi of Xichuan Circuit
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Ruth Waithera Nganga (born August 17, 1958) is a retired sprinter from Kenya.
Waithera won bronze over 200 metres at the 1978 All-Africa games and 1979 African Championships. Waithera won twice three sprint events (100, 200 and 400 meters) at the East and Central African Championships; in 1977 and 1979.
She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th in 400 metres race and reaching 200 metres semifinals. She became the first African woman to reach 400 metres Olympic final. At the time she was studying at the University of Arizona and she won NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Championship in 400 metres in 1984. At the 2004 Kenyan championships she won three individual gold medals; 100, 200 and 400 metres.
Waithera still holds the Women's 400 metres Kenyan record, 51.56, set in 1984. In 2008 Elizabeth Muthuka broke the record, but tested positive for doping. Thus Waithera's record remains in force. As of 2008, Waithera remains also the latest Kenyan woman to compete 400 metres at the Olympics. Waithera is a former African record holder over 400 metres.
Waithera is from Shamata village. She was a member of the Kenya Air Force. She established the Avenue Sports Club in 1998 to give orphan children an opportunity to have a career in athletics. In 1990 she was awarded a membership of the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.
She is not to be confused with a Kenyan steeplechase runner, born in 1990, who is also named Ruth Waithera.
Achievements
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External links
1958 births
Living people
Kenyan female sprinters
Arizona Wildcats women's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Kenya
Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya
African Games bronze medalists for Kenya
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games
Olympic female sprinters
20th-century Kenyan women
21st-century Kenyan women
21st-century Kenyan people
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Santpoort Zuid railway station is located in Santpoort-Zuid, the Netherlands. The station opened 1 May 1867 on the Haarlem–Uitgeest railway. The station has 2 platforms.
Train services
As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Sandpoort Zuid:
National Rail
Bus services
External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1867
Velsen
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1860s
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Iranians in Spain have a history going back for over a millennium and form a minor population in modern day. They are a part of the Iranian diaspora.
Migration history
Razi wrote in the 10th century that some Iranians had already settled in Al-Andalus, and Ibn Battuta later claimed the Iranians of Al-Andalus preferred to live in Granada because of its similarity to their homeland. However, the impetus for modern Iranian immigration to Spain came largely from the 1979 Iranian Revolution, as a result of which some Iranians went to Spain as political refugees.
Demography
A 1992 survey found that 31.7% worked in administrative jobs, 18.2% were professionals or technicians, 25.7% worked in trade, and another 11% worked in agriculture. The vast majority were 25-54 years of age, and only one-fifth were women. This is actually a relatively large proportion of women compared to other Muslim migrant communities in Spain, which may be attributed to the fact that most Iranians in Spain are political, rather than economic migrants.
Notable people
Don Juan of Persia, 17th century notable
Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian
Cihangir Ghaffari, actor and producer
See also
Iran–Spain relations
Iranian diaspora
Immigration to Spain
References
Sources
Shojaeddin Shafa, De Persia a la España musulmana : la historia recuperada, Université de Huelva (Espagne), 2000, traduction en espagnol du manuscrit en français, inédit, par Maria Angeles Gallego Garcia.
Islam in Spain
Ethnic groups in Spain
Muslim communities in Europe
Asian diaspora in Spain
Spain
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Jack Streidl (December 7, 1918 – April 16, 2012) was a high school teacher and athletics coach at Plainwell High School in Plainwell, Michigan from 1945 until his retirement in 1985. He was best known for his abilities as a football coach and he was the first to log 200 victories while coaching at one high school. In 1980 he was inducted into the Western Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1987 the Michigan High School Athletic Association conferred on him the Charles E. Forsythe Award, which is given for "outstanding contributions to the interscholastic athletics community." In 2004 he was inducted into the National High School Athletics Coaches Association Hall of Fame. In 1975 the football field at Plainwell High School was first dedicated as Streidl Field in his honor. On October 24, 2008 the football field at Plainwell High School was rededicated as Streidl Field in his honor.
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1918 births
2012 deaths
High school football coaches in Michigan
People from Plainwell, Michigan
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Sannicandro is the name of two towns in the south-east Italian region of Apulia, and of the municipalities named after them:
Sannicandro di Bari, in the Province of Bari
Sannicandro Garganico (today San Nicandro Garganico), in the Province of Foggia
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Cape Bexley is a headland in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the mainland, on the south shore of Dolphin and Union Strait, and bounded on the south by Souths Bay. It was named after Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley.
It is the ancestral home of the Akuliakattagmiut, a Copper Inuit subgroup. Haneragmiut camped here, too, and Nagyuktogmiut were visitors.
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Bexley
Former populated places in the Kitikmeot Region
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Casey Robert Parsons (born April 14, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Indians. In four seasons, he played in just 63 games, and in less than half of those (31) did he appear in the field. Parsons was used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner 48 times in those 63 games.
Parsons was born in Wenatchee, Washington, and he attended Gonzaga University, where he played college baseball for the Bulldogs from 1973 to 1976.
Following his Major League career, Parsons spent seven years as a manager in the Oakland Athletics organization. From until , Parsons managed five different teams in the minors. His teams made the playoffs twice, losing in the first round each time.
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Denver Bears players
Denver Zephyrs players
Louisville Redbirds players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Minor league baseball managers
Baseball players from Washington (state)
1954 births
Living people
Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball players
American expatriate baseball people in the Dominican Republic
Sportspeople from Wenatchee, Washington
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Clara, Lu, 'n Em is a radio soap opera, which first aired on June 16, 1930, over WGN-AM Chicago, Illinois. The show was picked up by the NBC Blue radio network and premiered at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time on January 27, 1931. Thus, it became the first nationally broadcast radio soap opera. When Clara, Lu 'n Em was moved to a regular daytime time slot on February 15, 1932, it became the first networked daytime soap opera.
The first daytime serial drama-by-installment program, network or otherwise, is widely considered by scholars of the genre to be Painted Dreams, when it premiered in October 1930.
Clara, Lu, 'n Em continued in various forms through the 1930s and early 1940s on the NBC Blue Network and CBS, finally airing as a syndicated series in 1945.
Background
The series began as a Northwestern University sorority sketch by Louise Starkey (Clara), Isobel Carothers (Lu) and Helen King (Em). Rejection by several radio executives in Chicago led the trio to WGN. Program manager Henry Selinger was skeptical of their working without scripts, but their audition convinced him to let them perform without pay. They eventually began writing their own scripts and receiving pay. Super Suds was a sponsor of the program as early as August 1930.
NBC
As interest grew, they were sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive and were heard evenings on the NBC Blue Network from January 27, 1931, to February 12, 1932, before moving to weekdays from February 15, 1932, to March 23, 1934. From March 26, 1934, to January 10, 1936, they ran on the NBC (Red) network. On June 26, 1936, they returned to the NBC Blue Network, doing a weekly evening series, with music by Ted Fio Rito. The 30-minute program was sponsored by Frigidaire dealers.
Characters and hiatus
Story lines centered on three women who lived in a small-town duplex. Clara Roach and her family lived on one side of the duplex, Emma Krueger lived with her family on the other side. Widow Lulu Casey lived upstairs with her daughter Florabelle. When Carothers suddenly died January 8, 1937, at age 32, Starkey and King decided not to continue.
Return on CBS
When the program returned with Starkey and King in 1942 on CBS, another of their Northwestern University friends, Harriet Allyn, portrayed Lu. The show ran three times a week during the daytime.
Syndicated version
In 1945 a syndicated version of the show had a brief run. Allyn continued in the cast as Em, along with Fran Allison as Clara and Dorothy Day as Lu.
See also
Northwestern University Library
References
Listen to
Clara, Lu, and Em 1930 audition show
1930s American radio programs
1940s American radio programs
American radio dramas
American radio soap operas
NBC radio programs
CBS Radio programs
NBC Blue Network radio programs
1930 radio programme debuts
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Anoxomer is a food additive with E number E323. It is a non-digestible polymeric antioxidant. It was designed to allow the introduction of established antioxidants in a non-absorbable manner in order to avoid potential health risk associated with their digestion.
Anoxomer is prepared by condensation polymerization of divinylbenzene and a mixture of antioxidant monomers including tert-butylhydroquinone, tert-butylphenol, hydroxyanisole, p-cresol and 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol.
References
Food antioxidants
Organic polymers
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Michael or Mike Welch may refer to:
Michael Welch (actor) (born 1987), American actor
Michael Welch (footballer) (born 1982), Irish footballer
Micky Welch (born 1958), Barbadian/English football player
Mickey Welch (1859–1941), baseball player
Mike Welch (American football) (born 1951), American football coach, head football coach at Ithaca College, 1994–2016
Mike Welch (baseball) (born 1972), former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
See also
Michael Welsh (disambiguation)
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Alive! is a free monthly publication in the style of a newspaper which has been produced since its first edition in 1996 by Alive Group, an organisation with an address at the Dominican Order St Mary's Priory, Tallaght in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The current editor is a Catholic priest, Fr Brian McKevitt, who refers to the publication as a 'newszine'. While it claims a circulation of 240,000 copies, its actual readership is difficult to establish since a substantial portion of its circulation is delivered door-to-door, with most of the remainder being available through Ireland's network of Catholic churches (who do not provide estimates of take-up). It is printed by Datascope, an independent publishing company in Enniscorthy and contains an appeal in each issue for donations totalling €160,000 annually to remain in circulation.
Political stance and editorial opinion
Since September 2008, the front page has contained the following disclaimer text: "The content of the newspaper Alive! and the views expressed in it are those of the editor and contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Irish Dominican Province".
The majority of its articles are written anonymously.
The publication strongly opposed the Nice Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty on all four occasions on which they were submitted to the Irish people, a position which drew criticism from Irish politicians such as Senator Paschal Donohoe on the grounds that its position could be erroneously interpreted by many Catholics as representing the official views of the Catholic hierarchy. TD Thomas Byrne criticised the publication, claiming that he was "bombarded" with its "anti-EU" views while attending Mass. Individual politicians and the Oireachtas sub-committee on Europe asked the Catholic Church and Seán Cardinal Brady to ban it from being distributed in churches. Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú stated that it was "completely wrong" to suggest that Cardinal Brady should ban the publication from churches simply because it espoused views opposing the Lisbon treaty. Senator Ivana Bacik defended the criticism of the publication stating that it espoused extreme views that most moderate Catholics opposed and that it was the "equivalent of the paramilitary wing of the Catholic Church".
Format
A regular article entitled "Dumbag writes...!" features letters, purportedly from a devil named Dumbag, which highlight what the newspaper believes to be the folly of non-Catholic viewpoints. This feature is inspired by The Screwtape Letters by the Anglican writer, C.S. Lewis. The newspaper also features a column by Fr. Owen Gorman, an interview with a public personage about the role of religion in that person's life, a column dealing with perceived media bias against religion and Christianity and a Window on History article on a historical topic of relevance to the Catholic Church (such as the Penal Laws or the Protestant Reformation).
Fr. Brian McKevitt
Fr. Brian McKevitt OP, from Dundalk, is a member of the Dominican Order, founder and managing editor of Alive! Since 2022 he is based in St. Mary's Dominican Church and Priory, Cork. Founded Alive! when he was based, in St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght, Dublin.
In 2004 he published his The Dubbag Letters from Alive!.
In 2009, Fr. McKevitt attended a meeting in Roscommon of the John Paul II Society along with Declan Ganley (the founder of the now-defunct political organisation Libertas), Senator Rónán Mullen and a number of other conservative Roman Catholics.
McKevitt was listed at number 67 in the Ireland's Most Influential 100 list published by Village magazine in 2009.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld two complaints against the RTÉ presenter Joe Duffy that he harassed Fr. McKevitt on air, interrupting him and treating him differently from other contributors to the Liveline show. The BAI decision forced RTÉ to make a statement of apology on 22 June 2013.
Contributors
A number of people have contributed to the newspaper's Monthly Musings include Irish poet and academic Dr. Ciarán Ó Coigligh, Bishop Kevin Doran and barrister, journalist and broadcaster Kieron Wood. Other contributors include Gerard Murphy, Peter Perrum, Tom English and former University College Dublin's Students' Union president Katie Ascough.
Legal issues over covers
In June 2015 Dina Goldstein threatened to sue the magazine for using images from her "Fallen Princesses" works without her permission. One image appeared on the cover and others throughout the magazine. Ms Goldstein said that the magazine has not contacted her for permission to use the images. She said that she could not disagree more with the sentiments in the article which used the images, that she had left a message with the magazine's office and contacted an attorney to make a formal complaint.
References
External links
Alive.ie
Alive Twitter Account
1996 establishments in Ireland
Catholic newspapers
Conservatism in Ireland
Newspapers published in Ireland
Newspapers established in 1996
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Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt (), ennobled as von Bahrfeldt in 1913 (6 February 1856, Willmine, District of Templin, Uckermark – 11 April 1936, Halle an der Saale) was a royal Prussian General of the Infantry, a local historian, and a numismatist of world renown. In the anglophone and francophone world, however, he was also notorious as the alleged perpetrator of atrocities in Charleroi, Belgium, during the German invasion of 1914.
Early life
Bahrfeldt was born into a family from Prenzlau in the Uckermark. Joining the Corps of Cadets in 1869 he was made a Lieutenant in the 75th Infantry Regiment "Bremen" in 1873, stationed at Stade. Bahrfeldt had been interested in numismatics from his youth. He specialized in the coinage of the Roman Republic and the coins of Lower Saxony. Bahrfeldt commenced his numismatic researches while he was in the Army and he published his first numismatic essay in 1874. One year later he became co-editor of the Numismatisch-Sphragistischer Anzeiger. Zeitung für Münz-, Siegel-, und Wappenkunde (published in Hannover). 3 years later he was assigned to the post of Regimental Adjutant. During this period he served as secretary for the local historical society and curated its coin collection. He also carried out excavations at the Perleberg site of the beaker people.
On 14 October 1878 Bahrfeldt married in Gotha Elisabeth (Ella) Mary Charlotte Samwer (8 October 1859, Gotha – 19 October 1954, Frankfurt/Main), the daughter of the jurist, professor of constitutional law and author Karl Friedrich Samwer (1819–1882), who was also a numismatist. In 1883 Bahrfeldt published in Vienna from Samwer's papers the History of the Older Roman Coinage from about 200 B.C. He followed this up with further publications about the coinage issued in the region between the Elbe and the Weser. In 1879 Bahrfeldt published, based on the previous work of Wilhelm Heinrich Jobelmann and Wilhelm Wittpenning, a revised History of the City of Stade. From 1882 to 1885 he studied at the Prussian Staff College. In 1911, Bahrfeldt was granted an honorary doctorate by the philosophical faculty of the University of Giessen and from 1921 onwards was honorary professor for numismatics at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He was awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1912.
Late military career
Bahrfeldt was promoted to Oberst in 1904, and to Generalmajor in 1908. He commanded the 37th Infantry Division from 1911 till 1913. Being promoted to Generalleutnant on 16 June 1913, Bahrfeldt was ennobled as a member of the Prussian hereditary nobility (as part of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II) and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class with oakleaves and the Order of the Crown 2nd class.
In August 1914, at the start of First World War, Bahrfeldt was given command of the 19th Reserve Division, part of the X. Reserve Corps and the 2nd Army. He captured Charleroi on August 22, 1914, and imposed on them the Couillet Treaty. Accused by the Allies of atrocities at Charleroi, in 1925 he was condemned to death in absentia by a Belgian court. His division participated in the Battle of St. Quentin and the following Battle of the Marne. He fought in the First Battle of Champagne and in June 1915 he was given command of the 10th Reserve Division and promoted to General der Infanterie. He led his division into the Battle of Verdun and was phased out of the Army in April 1916.
Later life
Bahrfeldt joined the Deutsche Vaterlandspartei upon its formation in 1917. In the Weimar Republic, he was a member of the conservative Deutschnationale Volkspartei and Der Stahlhelm. After the dissolution of the Stahlhelm during the Third Reich, Bahrfeldt transferred to the reserve of the SA. Max von Bahrfeldt died on 11 April 1936 in Halle.
Bahrfeldt is acknowledged as one of the greatest, possibly the greatest, student of coinage of the Roman Republic.
References
Literature
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, Part B 1941, page 18, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1941.
Jürgen Bohmbach: Stader Stadtlexikon. Stade: Stader Stadtsparkasse 1994
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Biography with a portrait
Another biography
Literature in the online catalog of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
1856 births
1936 deaths
People from Uckermark (district)
Military personnel from the Province of Brandenburg
German untitled nobility
German National People's Party politicians
Generals of Infantry (Prussia)
German numismatists
German Army generals of World War I
German people convicted of war crimes
Military personnel from Brandenburg
Stahlhelm members
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Jimmie Dale Wooding (born February 6, 1954, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired decathlete from the United States, who finished seventh in the World with 8091 points at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is a two-time national champion (1981 and 1984) in the men's decathlon.
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1954 births
Living people
Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni
American male decathletes
Track and field athletes from St. Louis
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
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The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Office and Freight House, simply known as the Paducah Freight House, is a historic railroad freight depot located in the southern portion of downtown Paducah, Kentucky.
In 1852 the first charter to build a railroad for Paducah was established. Lloyd Tilghman, representative of the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad, established the first seven miles of track for Paducah, connecting the town to Florence Station, Kentucky.
The freight house was constructed in 1925 by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway in hopes of future connections with other railroads, such as the Big Four Railroad. As such, it was built larger than it needed to be, as those connections were never built. The station was usually used to transport fruits and vegetables that required refrigeration from trains to the private transportation of produce dealers. The Railway was absorbed into the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1957. In 1974 the L&N reduced their presence in Paducah and moved their workers to a different depot at 6th and Norton in Paducah. The Johnston-Backus Brokerage Company purchased the building in November 1976. In 1993 Johnston and Backus retired, selling it to Charles and Carolyn Simpson, who made it an antique mall.
The Freight House is a two-story brick structure with a limestone foundation. It has a Tudor look with its Palladian-type windows and parapeted dormers and end walls. Its different colored bricks detail the openings of the building.
The Paducah Railroad Museum is next door. It started on the second floor of the freight house, but once the freight house was sold the museum moved to Washington and 2nd streets.
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Paducah Railroad Museum Official site
Transport infrastructure completed in 1925
National Register of Historic Places in McCracken County, Kentucky
Former Louisville and Nashville Railroad stations
Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places
Buildings and structures in Paducah, Kentucky
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Transportation in McCracken County, Kentucky
1925 in rail transport
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William Earle Dodge Stokes (May 22, 1852 – May 18, 1926) was an American multimillionaire who developed many buildings on New York City's Upper West Side.
Early life
Stokes was born in New York City on May 22, 1852. He was the son of James Boulter and Caroline (née Phelps) Stokes; brother of Anson Phelps Stokes and Olivia Eggleston Phelps Stokes. One of his grandfathers was London merchant Thomas Stokes, one of the 13 founders of the London Missionary Society, and Anson Stokes later actively supported the American Bible Society, the American Tract Society and the American Peace Society. His other grandfather, Anson Greene Phelps, was a New York merchant, born in Connecticut and descended from an old Massachusetts family.
Stokes was a member of the Yale College Class of 1874. He helped purchase a corner plot at the corner of Prospect and Trumbull streets in New Haven, Connecticut, where the first Hall for Wolf's Head Society was erected in 1884. Stokes was an honorary member of the society, founded in 1883, tapped with a number of alumni who assisted the upstart students.
Career
As a young man Stokes started his career working in the family business, Phelps, Dodge & Company, a mercantile establishment founded by his grandfather Phelps and his uncle, William Earle Dodge, Sr., in the 1830s. By the time that Stokes joined the company, it had become a mining business. He was also a share holder in the Ansonia Clock Company. When his father died in August 1881, Stokes contested the will, sued his brother Anson for conspiring to throw him out of the family business, and gained a $1 million inheritance. He left Phelps Dodge and, from 1885 to 1890, he developed real estate on the Upper West Side.
Property developer
After his marriage in 1895, the couple moved into one of Stokes's new developments at 262 West 72nd Street. In 1898, Stokes began work on a new mansion at 4 East 54th Street designed by McKim, Mead and White. As the house was nearing completion, Rita Stokes filed for divorce in 1900, and neither ever lived in the house.
In 1899, Stokes commissioned architect Paul E. Duboy (1857-1907) to build the Ansonia Hotel in Manhattan, New York. Named after Stokes' grandfather industrialist Anson Greene Phelps, the hotel opened in 1903 at 2109 Broadway between West 73rd and 74th Streets. The $3 million Ansonia had 350 suites with several restaurants, a bank, a barbershop, a ballroom, a swimming pool and full hotel services, along with an imposing Parisian-style facade of turrets and balconies.
In 1907, the New York Board of Health planned to raid the Ansonia hotel's roof and confiscate the four pet geese and a pig, called Nanki-Poo, that they had been informed that Stokes kept there. Stokes and his butler hid the animals in the basement and convinced the inspector that the roof was animal-free.
Railroad venture
In 1900, as reported in The New York Times, Stokes bought at auction, for $25,000, the Chesapeake & Western Railroad, a bucolic venture that in an earlier incarnation, circa 1870s, was to be part of the Washington, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, linking through the Shenandoah Valley at Harrisonburg, Virginia and into the central and southern coal producing areas of West Virginia and southern Ohio. The Chesapeake & Western had already been capitalized with $811,200 of common stock, $608,400 of preferred stock and $1,419,000 of first mortgage bonds. Stokes renamed it the Tidewater & West Virginia, but just a year later in 1901 renamed it the Chesapeake Western Railway. In an attempt to revive the plan to link more of east with west, Stokes pushed west and laid 13 miles of rail to Stokesville, west of Bridgewater in 1902, and east to Elkton. The Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains proved to be formidable obstacles to further expansion, and without serious financial backing there was no chance of true success.
Stokes' best chance for success came in the form of an offer by Colonel Henry H. Rogers, a major stakeholder in Standard Oil, who attempted to buy the 40-mile railroad from Stokes, so he could complete the route as intended, but Stokes' asking price was far too high and Rogers turned down the offer and chartered his own railroad, the Virginian Railway, which became one of the nation's most efficient and best run railroads.
Eventually, the Chesapeake Western Railway became a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern and survives to this day, primarily linking Harrisonburg to Staunton, Virginia.
Publications
In 1917, Stoke wrote The Right to be Well Born; or, Horse Breeding in its Relation to Eugenics which was published by C. J. O'Brien in New York. In this book, Stokes, who was a horse breeder, extended his theories from the equine, advocating selective breeding in humans and the grading of men who are candidates for marriage. He writes that the genealogical records of the working class should be kept so that prospective employers can assess their capabilities. The book was so ill-received that the publishers sued Stokes for the recovery of their costs.
Personal life
In 1895, aged 43, Stokes married 19-year-old Rita Hernandez de Alba Acosta (1875–1929), the daughter of Cuban émigré Ricardo de Acosta. Rita's youngest sister, Mercedes de Acosta, wrote in her autobiography that "when Rita finally decided to marry Will Stokes it was, I believe, because she felt his wealth could open doors... But she paid a high price for any material gain." Together, Rita and William were the parents of one son, whom they called "Weddie". According to her sister, Rita hated the child and could hardly bring herself to hold him. In 1900, Rita filed for divorce and the settlement was said to be $2 million, a record at that time.
William Earl Dodge Stokes Jr. (1896–1992), who ran Hotel Ansonia after he inherited the property from his father.
In 1907, Stokes was sued by a woman named Lucy Randolph for child support. She claimed that she had met Stokes in the Ansonia and that he had told her that he wanted to have a child with her. After getting her pregnant Stokes had ignored her. Although it was proved in court that Stokes had been intimate with her, and that he had previously given her regular payments, the case against him was dismissed on a technicality.
In February 1911, Stokes, then aged 59, secretly married the 24-year-old Helen Blanche Ellwood (1885–1951). He married in secret because when he was divorced by his first wife, Rita de Acosta Stokes, the judge had told him he could not marry again during her lifetime. In June 1911, Stokes was shot and wounded by a 22-year-old vaudeville actress, Lillian Graham. She claimed that Stokes had attacked her because he was angry at her refusal to return compromising letters he had written her. For his part, Stokes claimed that Graham had been trying to blackmail him and that she had attacked him when this had been unsuccessful. Graham was found not guilty. Together, William and Helen were the parents of:
James Ellwood Stokes (d. 1998), also a developer and philanthropist.
Helen Muriel Stokes (1915–2010), who married Charles Jules Lowen, Jr. in 1941. After his death in 1956, she married Donald F. Magarrell, who died in 1980. In 1989, she married childhood friend Gerald H. Phipps.
In 1918, Stokes filed for divorce from Helen Stokes. Stokes was represented by attorney Max Steuer, and started what proved to be a very acrimonious legal case. He claimed that she had had affairs with her cousin, his own son and at least nine other men. She stated that his witnesses were lying, and that he had had numerous affairs throughout their marriage, that with Lillian Graham being just one. She added that he kept several dozen chickens in their apartment at the Ansonia. In February 1922 Rita de Acosta Lydig appeared before the Supreme Court of Justice on behalf of Helen Stokes, claiming that Stokes used to beat her during their marriage. In 1923, after paying $1 million in legal fees, Stokes' request for a divorce from his wife was denied; she won a counterclaim for separation. Stokes was tried for conspiracy to defame her, but was acquitted in 1925.
Stokes died on May 18, 1926, aged 74, and The New York Times noted in his obituary that, even though Stokes had been involved in "almost incessant litigation," he had left about $8 million in his will. However, in 1928 that estimate was reduced to $300,000, and even that would be erased, The Times said, "if his estate lost all the many pending lawsuits that plagued his controversial career, even after death".
References
External links
A West Side Developer's Other Side
The Stokes Divorce - 'A Filthy Mess', Time Magazine November 12, 1923
Stokes and the Building of the Upper West Side
A History of The Ansonia
Stokes and The Ansonia
1852 births
1926 deaths
Businesspeople from New York City
Phelps Dodge
American real estate businesspeople
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Yale College alumni
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Thomas Welch (1742–1816) was a surveyor and judge in Upper Canada
Thomas Welch may also refer to:
Thomas Bramwell Welch (1825–1903), discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice
Thomas Welch (American football) (born 1987), NFL offensive tackle
Thomas Welch (cricketer) (1906–1972), English cricketer
Thomas Anthony Welch (1884–1959), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Thomas Vincent Welch (1850–1903), New York State Assemblyman
Tom Welch (politician), American politician in Montana
Tom Welch (curler) in WFG Tankard
See also
Thomas Welsh (disambiguation)
Thomas Walsh (disambiguation)
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Overveen is a railway station in Overveen, Netherlands. The station opened 3 June 1881. It lies on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has two platforms on a central island. It is located along the Tetterodeweg.
Old names
Until 1 January 1900 the name was Overveen-Bloemendaal.
Train services
As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Overveen:
National Rail
Bus services
References
External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1881
Bloemendaal
1881 establishments in the Netherlands
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1880s
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The 1939 Finnish Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Eläintarharata on 7 May 1939.
Classification
Grand Prix race reports
Grand Prix
Finnish
Finnish Grand Prix
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Brian Witkin is an entertainment attorney and entrepreneur from Del Mar, California as well as founder and CEO of Pacific Records, an independent record label based in San Diego, California. He is also a founding member of Hawaiian themed group, Slack Key Ohana. In 2005, at the age of 19, Witkin was featured in San Diego Magazine for young people to watch and in Feb. 2015 was named “Kickass Entrepreneur” in the San Diego Union Tribune Witkin is the son of Joe Witkin the original pianist for the band Sha Na Na, and the grandson of Evelyn M. Witkin an American geneticist who was awarded the National Medal of Science by President George W. Bush in 2002 for her work on DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair and the grandson of Herman Witkin, an internationally known American psychologist and senior research scientist at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. Witkin is also the nephew of computer scientist Andrew Witkin
Education
Witkin holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (JD) from San Francisco Law School, Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) and Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in history from National University in San Diego,
Pacific Records
In 1999 Witkin started "Real2Reel Records", which in 2003 was changed to Pacific Records, Inc. and became a division of Wingnut Media Group, Inc, based in Del Mar, California. In 2007, Pacific Records was then transferred to Georgi Entertainment, LLC and in 2009 Witkin purchased the company back under the holding company New Pacific Group, currently, Pacific Records, Inc.
Pacific Records has evolved from its humble beginnings as a retail record store chain into a multi-dimensional entity that includes recording studios, engineering services, CD duplication, marketing and distributing. The primary focus remains as an independent record label and music publisher. Pacific Records current lineup includes: Grammy Honoree Lito Romero, Wes James, Super Groupie, Social Club, Sandollar, Sprung Monkey, Hilly Rubin, Steven Ybarra, A Mayfield Affair, Approaching Fiction, Jimmy & Enrique, Samantha Clemons, Jimmy Patton, Scott Bergman, Men and Gods and John Preston. The label maintains an active website found at www.PacificRecords.com
Pacific Records was a division of the Warner Music Group, which was active in the late 1970s and distributed (appropriately) by Atlantic Records. Its most successful artist was Alan O'Day which reached #9 on the Billboard Charts
Real estate
Since 2003, Witkin has been a licensed real estate broker in Southern California and a recipient of the UCSD Extension Professional Certification in Real Estate and founded his own brokerage firm in 2010.
Philanthropy & activism
Witkin serves as Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors for the Olivia Hudson Foundation, a non-profit 501-C3 company in San Diego, California which helps further pediatric brain cancer research and assist families of children with brain cancer by raising public awareness of the disease. Since 2010 Witkin has been a certified PADI Divemaster and in 2012, In efforts to support the ban of unprovoked slaughter of Great White Sharks Witkin founded ‘’Save The Great Whites’’ and became a volunteer as a NOAA Whale Disentanglement Team Member. Witkin is a board member of National University (California)’s College of Letters and Sciences Advisory Board. National University is the second-largest private, non-profit institution of higher learning in California.
Photography
Witkin is a credited surf and environmental photographer for the UT San Diego , San Diego Reader and Sol Spot.
Pilot
Since 2004, Witkin has been a certified and registered private pilot with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Musician
Witkin has released music with several groups including the Warrior Finches and
Cambrian Shores. In 2021 he co-founded the Hawaiian themed group, Slack Key Ohana, with musician Kamaka Mullen. Their debut self titled album, released in December 2021, won Best World Music Album at the 2022 San Diego Music Awards.
Journalism
In July 2021 Witkin began writing a semi-regular column, Music and the Law, for the monthly publication, The San Diego Troubadour.
References
Record producers from California
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Arthur John Street (3 January 1932 – 6 January 2009), better known as John Street, was an English professional snooker referee.
Street was born in Devon on 3 January 1932. During World War II he was evacuated to the north-east of England and, after the war, was hospitalised for 14 months due to tuberculosis. He started refereeing matches in 1960. His first professional refereeing role was at the 1974 World Snooker Championship and his first televised match was during the 1978 Masters. He worked for the Pearl Assurance company as an insurance agent for 18 years until leaving the role to focus on refereeing professionally. Before becoming an insurance agent, he had worked as an apprentice engineer, as a salesperson at a tailor and in a betting shop.
His final match was at the 1997 Benson & Hedges Masters final when Steve Davis defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 after trailing 4–8. This match was interrupted by a woman streaking.
Street refereed in five World Championship finals between 1980 and 1995. He handled the 1992 final between Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry when Hendry came from 8–14 behind to win the match 18–14 by winning 10 consecutive frames.
Street was co-author of several snooker rule books. He died from lung disease in Exeter in 2009 aged 77. Street was married to Jean in 1953, and they had three children.
References
External links
Cuesport article
1932 births
2009 deaths
Snooker referees and officials
English referees and umpires
Sportspeople from Devon
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Shadow Wave is the twelfth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. It was published by Hodder Children's Books () on 26 August 2010, and features the final mission of the long-standing central character James Adams. A limited edition of Shadow Wave, with an orange cover (designed by Callum East), was made available exclusively at W.H.Smith. Details of Muchamore's plans to create a small three-book series called "Aramov" without James, were revealed via a secret website detailed on the back pages of all copies of the book.
Plot
James Adams continues to work to infiltrate Brigands M.C. and to bring down its leader Ralph "The Führer" Donnington. Kerry Chang also joins the mission to pose as an interpreter in a set-up weapons deal. The police surround them and the Führer tries to escape but ends up falling down a cliff and breaking his leg. He is taken into police custody.
James returns to CHERUB campus to attend a wedding between mission controller Chloe Blake and her fiancé. At the wedding, he is reunited with several ex-CHERUB agents and former staff members, including Kyle Blueman, Norman Large, Dana Smith and Amy Collins. Kyle finds a mission briefing for James' final mission, where he, Lauren Adams and Kevin Sumner are to act as the children of David Secombe, an important figure in the UK government who is negotiating a weapons deal with Malaysian Defence Minister Tan Abdullah. Kyle tells James about how, when he was assisting in a CHERUB basic training course in Malaysia in 2004, he met a teenager named Aizat Rakyat who told him how Abdullah was demolishing native villages to make way for building luxury hotels. In the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami, Abdullah evicts the inhabitants of Aizat's village to build more hotels on their land. James, disgusted, quits the mission and joins Kyle in a scheme to embarrass Abdullah.
James sneaks into Lauren's room and installs a tracking device in her mobile phone. As James is about to leave, he encounters Bruce, who is despondent after breaking up with his girlfriend Bethany Parker; to cheer him up, James invites him along. Together, they go and meet Helena Bayliss, runner of charity Guilt Trips, journalist Hugh Verhoeven, and former arms salesman Dion Frei, who are working to discredit Abdullah. Lauren and Kevin go on a shopping trip with the son and daughter of Tan Abdullah, and James, using the tracking device in Lauren's phone, invites protesters to their locations, embarrassing Tan Abdullah's family. Meanwhile, Frei, claiming to act on behalf of the French government, offers Abdullah a weapons deal that is more favourable than Britain's offer and secretly films Abdullah making disparaging remarks about the Malaysian Prime Minister and accepting a bribe as part of the French agreement. When Abdullah's actions are revealed to the media, Abdullah commits suicide to avoid further embarrassment. James and Bruce return to CHERUB campus and are confronted by chairwoman Zara Asker, who has deduced their involvement. However, due to the implications were CHERUB's role in Abdullah's downfall to be revealed, she decides not to take any action against them.
James leaves for Stanford University in California, and changes his name to Robert James Choke for post-CHERUB life. A year later, he returns to the UK to visit Kerry and Lauren. The three visit Gwen Choke's grave, and Kerry tells James and Lauren that their mother would be very proud of them.
In the epilogue, the Führer is sentenced to 16 years in prison for weapons smuggling, and is also charged with the quadruple murder of Dante Welsh's family; Aizat attends university with a grant from Guilt Trips; David Secombe brokers a smaller arms deal between the UK and Malaysia; Dana drops out of art college; Bethany is expelled from CHERUB for continuing a relationship with a boy she had met on a mission; Bruce, inspired by Verhoeven, plans to study journalism; Kyle continues his law studies; Gabrielle enters medical school; Lauren's father Ron Onions is released from prison and dies of cancer several months later; Kerry joins James at Stanford; and James finally meets his father, a mathematics lecturer.
Release information
The book was released on 27 August 2010 in hardback edition (2 September in some locations). The paperback version was released in May 2011. A special edition of the book was available at W H Smith with an orange cover. The book was the second in the series to be released in hardback format.
Notes
External links
Page on CHERUB website
Preview chapters
CHERUB novels
2010 British novels
Hodder & Stoughton books
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The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
CF=Centre forward
CB=Centre back
D=Defender
GK=Goalkeeper
Argentina
The following players represented Argentina.
Diego Wolf
Jorge Lucey
Alfredo Carnovali
Roberto Fischer
Pedro Consuegra
Ernesto Parga
Osvaldo Codaro
Australia
The following players represented Australia.
Michael Withers
Graeme Sherman
Keith Whitehead
John O'Brien
Ted Pierce
Dick Thornett
Tom Hoad
Allan Charleston
Keith Wiegard
Des Clark
Belgium
The following players represented Belgium.
Bruno De Hesselle
Jozef Smits
Roger De Wilde
Jacques Caufrier
Nicolas Dumont
Karel De Vis
Léon Pickers
Brazil
The following players represented Brazil.
Jorge Cruz
Rolando Cruz
Roland da Cruz
Luiz Daniel
Hilton de Almeida
Márvio dos Santos
João Gonçalves Filho
Adhemar Grijó Filho
Henry Samson
France
The following players represented France.
Roland Moellé
René Daubinet
Alex Jany
Claude Haas
Claude Greder
Roger Neubauer
Charles Lambert
Gérard Faetibolt
André Lochon
Jacques Meslier
Jean-Paul Weil
Hungary
Hungary entered a squad of 14 players. They scored 37 goals, including one own goal from the Belgian Jozef Smits.
Head coach: Béla Rajki
Italy
Italy entered a squad of twelve players. They scored 31 goals.
Head coach: Andres Zolyomy
Japan
The following players represented Japan.
Mineo Kato
Kanji Asanuma
Takanao Sato
Yoji Shimizu
Motonobu Miyamura
Shigenobu Fujimoto
Koki Takagi
Netherlands
The following players represented the Netherlands.
Ben Kniest
Harry Lamme
Fred van der Zwan
Harro Ran
Bram Leenards
Harry Vriend
Fred van Dorp
Hans Muller
Henk Hermsen
Romania
The following players represented Romania.
Mircea Ştefănescu
Alexandru Bădiţă
Aurel Zahan
Gavril Blajek
Alexandru Szabo
Anatol Grinţescu
Ştefan Kroner
South Africa
The following players represented South Africa.
William Aucamp
Ron Meredith
Leon Nahon
Frank Butler
Wally Voges
Ronald Tinkler
Stephanus Botha
Robert Schwartz
Allan Brown
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 30 goals.
Head coach: Vitaly Ushakov and Nikolai Malin
United Arab Republic
The following players represented the United Arab Republic.
Abdel Aziz Khalifa
Amin Abdel Rahman
Ibrahim Abdel Rahman
Mohamed Azmi
Moustafa Bakri
Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal
Gamal El-Nazer
Dorri Abdel Kader
Abdel Aziz El-Shafei
Mohamed Abdel Hafiz
United States
The United States entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 33 goals.
Head coach: Urho Saari (coach), Neill Kohlhase
United Team of Germany
The following players represented the United Team of Germany.
Hans Hoffmeister
Achim Schneider
Hans Schepers
Bernd Strasser
Lajos Nagy
Friedhelm Osselmann
Dieter Seiz
Emil Bildstein
Jürgen Honig
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia entered a squad of eleven players. They scored 27 goals.
Head coach:
References
External links
Olympic Report
1960 Summer Olympics
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Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939) was an American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor. At the time of his death, he had been a Washington Evening Star staff member for 47 years. Prior to joining the Evening Star, he had been an editorial writer for The Washington Post.
Works
Sayings of Uncle Eben (1896)
Now-A-Day Poems (1900)
Songs Of The G. O. P. (1900)
Senator Sorghum's primer of politics (1906)
No use kickin' (1909)
In the tall timber : an opera bluffe (1912)
Somewhere In France Is the Lily (1917). L: Joseph E. Howard
There's a Call for You and Me, Carry On (1918). m: William T. Pierson
References
External links
American male journalists
1866 births
1939 deaths
Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery
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Hyundai Motorsport GmbH (HMSG; ) is a division of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company responsible for the brand's global motorsport activities. The company was established in December 2012 and is based in Alzenau, Germany.
Their principal activity is running the Hyundai World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). In 2015, its customer racing division was established to provide competition machinery and services in the R5 rallying and TCR touring car motorsport categories.
History
A predecessor based in Korea, Hyundai Motor Sport, existed at least between 1998 and 2003. This was the department of Hyundai that contracted Motor Sport Developments to run campaigns in the 2-Litre Cup of the World Rally Championship with the Hyundai Coupe F2, and in the WRC Manufacturer's championship with the Hyundai Accent WRC. In September 2003, after a season hampered by budget constraints, Hyundai withdrew from the WRC, severing the partnership with MSD whilst vowing to return with an in-house operation based in Germany for 2006.
Nine years later at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, Hyundai announced it would be returning to the WRC in 2014 using the i20 model built to World Rally Car specifications. As promised, on 19 December 2012 an in-house operation, Hyundai Motorsport GmbH, was established in Alzenau, Germany, responsible for the programme.
In December 2015, the Customer Racing department was established to provide rally and touring cars and services to private customers. Its first project was an R5 specification car based on the Hyundai i20 model which debuted in September 2016 at the Tour de Corse with three entries. The department has grown to provide touring cars for use in global and national competition.
Hyundai World Rally Team
HMSG developed the Hyundai i20 WRC for use in the WRC from 2014. An evolution, the i20 NG (Next Generation) was run in 2016 before being replaced in 2017 with the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC due to new regulations. In 2022, with another new set of regulations, the hybrid i20 N Rally1 was launched after a delayed and interrupted development, caused by internal turmoil and the departure of the team principal Andrea Adamo.
Juho Hänninen, Bryan Bouffier and Chris Atkinson served as development test drivers in 2013. Thierry Neuville was named lead driver for the debut World Rally Championship season, and he has remained with the team ever since the Monte-Carlo Rally in January 2014. He and Hyundai also took the team's first victory at that year's Rallye Deutschland. Dani Sordo is also a long-time team servant though has not contested as many rallies. Other drivers have included Hayden Paddon, Kevin Abbring, Andreas Mikkelsen, Sébastien Loeb, Craig Breen, Ott Tänak and Oliver Solberg.
Hyundai Motorsport won the 2019 Manufacturer's championship title, and repeated the feat in 2020.
WRC2
Hyundai's 2023 WRC2 campaign is being run by French racing company, 2C Compétition using Hyundai i20 N Rally2 cars. In 2022, Estonian based RedGrey Team (former MM Motorsport) were contracted to enter WRC2 on Hyundai's behalf. Whilst 2C Compétition and RedGrey could be considered Rally2 car customers of HMSG, in return Hyundai are considered customers of their operational services. RedGrey is also part-owned by Ott Tänak, who in 2022 was a contracted Hyundai World Rally Team driver.
Customer Racing
Rally
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
Pierre-Louis Loubet, Ole Cristian Veiby, Oliver Solberg, Nils Solans and Ken Block have all driven the World Rally Car on behalf of independent team, 2C Compétition.
Hyundai i20 R5
Hyundai Motorsport developed the i20 R5 car in 2016 for use in various national and regional championships such as World Rally Championship-2, European Rally Championship and Tour European Rally.
The car was first tested in January 2016 and made its competitive debut in the WRC2 class at Tour de Corse.
The i20 R5 quickly made a name for itself, taking wins and championships in local and regional championships around the world.
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
The Hyundai i20 N Rally2 is a rally car developed and built by Hyundai Motorsport to Group Rally2 specifications. It is the successor to Hyundai i20 R5.
The car was debuted at the 2021 Ypres Rally.
TCR
Hyundai i30 N TCR
In early 2017 Hyundai Motorsport announced it was developing an i30 N touring car based on TCR regulation. The car made its debut in the Touring Car Endurance Series 24h of Misano before being made available to customers by the end of the year.
For the 2018 World Touring Car Cup(WTCR), two teams entered the Hyundai i30 N TCR: YMR with Yvan Muller and Thed Björk, and BRC Racing Team with Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz. Tarquini clinched the inaugural WTCR Driver's Championship, and YMR secured the Teams' Championship.
BRC Racing Team entered four i30 N TCR cars in to the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season. Reigning drivers’ champion Tarquini and teammate Michelisz returned to compete with BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team. Newcomers to WTCR Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg signed to BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team for the season.
The i30 N TCR won the USAC Pirelli World Challenge TCR class in 2018 with Bryan Herta Autosport in owner and manufacturer championships.
Veloster N TCR
Hyundai added the Hyundai Veloster, a car sold in some markets where the i30 is not sold, as a TCR option in 2019. The Veloster N competed in the 2019 Michelin Pilot Challenge and the 2019 24 Hours Nürburgring under the Hyundai Motorsport N marque alongside a Hyundai i30 N TCR. Both cars finished on the podium of the TCR class.
An electrical version of the car – Veloster ETCR, was unveiled in 2020 to compete in the Pure ETCR championship starting from 2021.
Elantra N TCR
In 2020 a third car, based on the TCR regulations, was unveiled by Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing based on the Hyundai Elantra saloon model. The car made its competitive debut at the 2021 Michelin Pilot Challenge season opener at the Daytona International Speedway.
Gallery
References
General, entries and results
eWRC-results.com
Hyundai, Jonkka's World Rally Archive
Inline
External links
Official website
World Rally Championship teams
World Rally Team
German racecar constructors
European Rally Championship teams
Auto racing teams established in 2012
Official motorsports and performance division of automakers
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Papillifera is a genus of air-breathing land snail with a clausilium, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Alopiinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Species
Papillifera papillaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Papillifera solida (Draparnaud, 1805) – type species
Species brought into synonymy
Papillifera bidens (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Papillifera papillaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Papillifera deburghiae (Paulucci, 1878): synonym of Papillifera solida deburghiae (Paulucci, 1878)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
External links
Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2
Clausiliidae
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Agnus McVee was said to be a Canadian serial killer. McVee ran a hotel and store at 108 Mile House on the Cariboo Wagon Road from 1875 to 1885 during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Along with her husband Jim McVee and her son-in-law Al Riley, she is said to have killed many miners for their gold and kidnapped women for sale to miners as white slaves. The story has achieved local prominence, but documentary evidence is absent.
Her story was the subject of the 2019 graphic novel Agnes, Murderess by Canadian writer Sarah Leavitt.
Crimes
The actions attributed to Agnus McVee and her accomplices are multiple murders, kidnappings, torture, and white slavery. The murders were of traveling gold miners (most likely killed for their gold). The kidnappings were of eight young women who were tied up in the hotel basement. The women were mistreated until they were obedient and then sold to miners.
Capture and punishment
The story goes that a miner, Jim MacDonald, wished to buy a young girl from the McVees. Agnus agreed to sell MacDonald a 17-year-old girl. The next morning, Jim McVee followed MacDonald down the Cariboo Wagon Road. McVee murdered MacDonald and took all his money. The next morning, Agnus McVee poisoned her husband in retaliation for this murder. The girl, however, was able to escape and to identify Jim McVee to the North West Mounted Police.
Upon investigation, the police found McVee, Al Riley (her brother-in-law), Jim McVee's body, and eight young girls in the basement of the McVee's hotel. The police arrested McVee and Riley and the pair were taken to Fort Kamloops. They were charged and convicted of murder and kidnapping. They were then transported to New Westminster and incarcerated in the New Westminster jail. McVee killed herself in 1885 while in the jail by swallowing poison. Riley was hanged shortly after.
Controversy
The Agnus McVee story seems to have originated from a single source: According to Maryanne Rutledge, president of the 100 Mile and District Historical Society, the story comes from an out-of-publication booklet titled "Lost Treasure in BC #3" by Larry Lazeo of Fort Langley. The author received the details from an old-timer.
The tale has become widespread in the 100 Mile district and has expanded beyond it. In 2006, Red Barn Productions filmed the story for CTV's Travel and Discovery series, intended for satellite broadcast in late September or October 2006. The story is also on a BC Government web page of historical information.
One form of evidence that is sometimes given is that caches of gold have been found in the area. Rutledge states "In 1929, there was a farmer who unearthed a cache of gold in bags. More recently, when a nearby airport was built, excavation dug up a sum of cash from that era."
However, documentary evidence for the story is absent. An article by Greg Joyce in the Prince George Citizen newspaper discusses the story of the McVee murders. He states that there are no documents of ownership of the 108 Mile Hotel during the decade that McVee is supposed to have run it. Missing persons records do not list anyone who lodged at the hotel between 1875 and 1885 as reported missing. No police records of the arrest or trial have been found "despite Rutledge's extensive searches in Kamloops, New Westminster, and in the provincial archives in Victoria." Furthermore, there are no death certificates for either McVee or Riley.
References
External links
Along the Cariboo Trail
100 Mile House - History
The Cariboo Gold Rush Journey (2)
Murder and mayhem at Mile 108
1885 deaths
1880s suicides
Canadian female serial killers
Canadian people convicted of kidnapping
Mariticides
People whose existence is disputed
Poisoners
Serial killers who died by suicide in prison custody
Year of birth missing
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The International Inbound Travel Association, formerly known as the Receptive Services Association of America, is a 501(c)6 trade association of major North American–based receptive tour operator companies and suppliers (hotels, restaurants, attractions, destination marketing organizations, etc.). Based in Lexington, Kentucky, IITA is the only association focused solely on international inbound travel to the United States.
The association has several membership categories for various travel and tourism industry sectors:
Inbound Tour Operators are travel organizations (for example, receptive tour operators, destination management companies, or incentive management companies) with offices in the United States deriving more than 75% of their annual revenue from inbound tourism services to the United States.
Tour Operators are domestic or international companies with packaged product to the United States promoted via brochure, website or other electronic means. These companies do not currently meet the requirement of 75% of revenue coming from international business.
Associate Members are destination marketing and management organizations (including international, national or subnational bodies, state or provincial tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, and chambers of commerce). They promote cities, regions, states, or the whole United States as a travel destination. They provide travel services (transportation, restaurants, attractions), link to other organizations engaged in selling products and services to Inbound Tour Operator Members, and other organizations with an interest in international inbound travel, like government agencies, educational institutions, travel trade associations, and travel trade media.
Industry Service Providers provide non-travel goods and services used by Inbound Tour Operator or Associate Members in conducting normal business activities. These goods and services may include accounting, legal printing, insurance, advertising, technical, and similar other goods and services.
Sustaining Members are leading tour suppliers (Associate Members) that comprise the Advisory Board, which provides advice and input to the association's elected Board of Directors.
History
Beginning as RSA in 1991, RSAA formed to associate major receptive tour operators and suppliers in the New York and New Jersey region. As a result of continuing interest and growth from across the country, RSA grew into a national organization.
RSA joined forces with ITSA, the International Travel Services Association to form RSAA in September, 2004. ITSA was formed and founded in 1993, by receptive tour operators and destination management companies to create a united voice to address issues of importance, educational opportunities, and networking with new business partners.
In 2012, RSAA became the first travel association to enter into a strategic partnership with the U.S. Commercial Service. This partnership helped RSAA and the U.S. Commercial Service promote travel to the United States and enable international operators to form relationships with U.S. receptive operators.
Today, IITA is involved in a wide range of industry activities, focusing on working with suppliers, regulatory agencies and travel promotion bureaus to improve the quality of travel related services for foreign visitors. IITA also addresses economic and public policy issues affecting tourism at local, state, and federal levels.
Furthermore, international tour operators, as well as international entities that promote travel to the United States, are eligible for membership in IITA. More than ever, IITA serves as the bridge to international inbound business and is committed to serving the needs of its members and to advancing the industry as a whole.
Events
The largest annual event is the IITA Summit. IITA inbound tour operators, suppliers and industry service providers from across the country gather in a new location each year for the opportunity to learn about current happenings in the industry, strategically plan for the year, and network.
In addition to Summit membership events are held quarterly in various destinations. These events are open to members and those interested in learning more about the association.
Inbound International Travel
The international inbound travel industry brings in 75 million visitors with $175 billion in spending annually.
IITA represents the major inbound operators in the United States who inbound package tour business in the United States.
IITA also addresses economic and public policy issues affecting tourism at local, state, and federal levels. It is interested in building awareness of the unique role receptives play in linking suppliers from all parts of the United States with the global travel industry.
Governance
The chairman of the association is Gary Schluter of Rocky Mountain Holiday Tours and the executive director is Lisa Simon, former president of the National Tour Association. IITA offices are located in Lexington, Kentucky. The association is governed by a board of directors that consists of 16 members, supported by an Advisory Board currently consisting of 16 suppliers. The association is managed by Associations International.
On August 22, 2011, RSAA announced that it had formed a strategic partnership with VISIT USA - Europe.
On April 12, 2012, the association changed its bylaws to create an international membership class.
In February 2016, RSAA re-branded as the International Inbound Travel Association (IITA) and launched their new website inboundtravel.org.
References
External links
http://inboundtravel.org
Trade associations based in the United States
Traveling business organizations
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Dekernes ( ) is a town in the center of the Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt. It is situated about 20 km east of Mansoura, the capital of Dakahlia.
Etymology
The town's name is pre-Arabic, but the exact etymology is unknown. Czapkiewicz suggests that it is derived from a Hellenised version of through .
Education
The town is home to one of the oldest High schools in Egypt, Ali Mubarak School, which was built in 1911.
Climate
Dekernes is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh).
Villages
Dekernes is the main city in markaz Dekernes. It is surrounded by many small villages which form a part of markaz Dekernes such as:
Local unit of Demouh:
Demouh
El Qibab El Kubra
El Qibab El Sughra
Kafr El Qibab
El Gazeera
Meit Dhafer
El Mersaah
Kafr Abdel Mo'men
Local unit of Demeshalt:
Demeshalt
Meit El Nahhal
Kafr El Baz
Local unit of Negeir:
Negeir
El Qalyubiya
El Azazna
Kafr Abu Nasser
Others:
El Mahmoudiya
Manshat Abdel-Rahman
Ashmun El Rumman (According to Gauthier, the original village name was "Chemoun Erman", a Coptic name, from which today's name is derived)
Mit Tareif
Mit Sudan
Mit Sewiyd
Mit Sharaf
Mit Fares
Notable people
, an actor and producer.
Projects
In 2018 money was earmarked by the Egyptian Government for infrastructure projects in Dekernes.
References
Populated places in Dakahlia Governorate
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Electric Church was a term used by Jimi Hendrix to represent an informal cooperative of musicians performing more exploratory music in nontraditional settings. This is represented by various Hendrix jam sessions, the additional musicians with whom he recorded Electric Ladyland (1968), and the group who accompanied Hendrix at Woodstock, informally dubbed Gypsy Sun and Rainbows.
Electric Church may also refer to:
"Electric Church" (1968) a jam recorded by Hendrix with Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Lee Michaels, and Buddy Miles
"Electric Church Red House" (1968) a song released on Blues (1994), which is a composite of the "Electric Church" jam and the Hendrix composition "Red House"
Electric Church (1968) an album by the Buddy Miles Express, one half of which was produced by Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (2005) a documentary film about Hendrix's performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)
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GameCity is an independent organisation based in Nottingham, UK, which has worked since 2006 with the support of Nottingham Trent University to bring videogames to the widest possible audiences. This has been done through an annual GameCity Festival, described as the "Sundance of the video games world", the GameCity Prize since 2011, and the National Videogame Arcade since 2015. Each year, GameCity hosts talks and presentations from individuals and companies working in the games industry.
GameCity Festivals
The GameCity Festival has run annually in Nottingham since 2006.
Gamecity 3 was held over Halloween 2008. To coincide with this, GameCity arranged a successful world record attempt at the largest number of people to dress as zombies in one place. The record was set to 1227 people, although even more 'unregistered zombies' were present at the attempt. Also during the 2008 event, the National Videogame Archive for the UK was launched with the Save the Videogame campaign. This was led by the recording of the first public Director Commentary event, with Martin Hollis and David Doak playing Goldeneye 64 live.
GameCity Squared took place from the 27th to 31 October 2009. Events in 2009 included: Brickstock (a LEGO Rock Band celebration); Elite: Paper Universe - which celebrated 25 years of Elite by bringing together David Braben, Ian Bell, Robert Holdstock and others involved in its creation; Crysis: LIVE - a large scale re-enactment of Crysis; and various industry talks from Jagex and Masaya Matsuura. The final location of the Keita Takahashi-designed playground was also revealed as being Woodthorpe Grange Park in Nottingham.
GameCity 7 took place in Nottingham from the 20th to 27 October 2012. There were several events held over the 8 day festival, including keynotes from Leigh Alexander, Phil Fish, Adam Saltsman, Ed Stern and many more. The festival also had the first UK showing of the LEGO: Lord of the Rings game, demonstrated by LEGO's Creative Director Jonathan Smith. A World Record was broken on the final day of the festival, as GameCity attempted to host the World's Largest Practical Science experiment. 292 people participated in the event, succeeding the previous record of 276.
GameCity Prize
The GameCity Prize was announced on 15 September 2011. As part of the annual GameCity Festival it is awarded for a game's "accomplishments and contribution to popular culture". Minecraft won the first GameCity Prize in 2011.
National Videogame Arcade
In March 2015, GameCity opened the UK's first permanent cultural centre for videogames. Located in the centre of Nottingham, the National Videogame Arcade is "a place where the whole family can discover videogames, play videogames and make videogames". Spread across five floors, the NVA has three floors of playable galleries showcasing games both old and new, and exploring videogame culture through unique interactive exhibits. Alongside this, the NVA further features a floor dedicated to education and the National Curriculum, allowing students a hands-on experience of game-making through a variety of workshops.
In 2016, the NVA in Nottingham fell into cash flow difficulties. An eleventh hour investment by a director-led consortium, led by director Iain Simons, saved all 40 jobs. The destination was being taken into administration in August 2016.
In 2018, the NVA closed down in Nottingham. The same team has since launched the UK National Videogame Museum in Sheffield.
References
External links
National Videogame Arcade - GameCity
2006 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Nottingham
Recurring events established in 2006
Video game festivals
Video gaming in the United Kingdom
Video game museums
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"Twelve Angry Men" is a 1954 teleplay directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and written by Reginald Rose for the American anthology television series Studio One. It follows the titular twelve members of a jury as they deliberate a supposedly clear-cut murder trial, and details the tension among them when one juror argues that the defendant might not be guilty. Initially staged as a CBS live production on September 20, 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title, and as a feature film in 1957 titled 12 Angry Men. The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Schaffner, and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.
Plot
Act I
The program opens as a judge instructs the jury in a murder case that their verdict must be unanimous. In the jury room, an initial vote is 11 to 1 in favor of guilty. Juror #8 (Robert Cummings) is the holdout voting not guilty. Juror #3 (Franchot Tone) criticizes Juror #8 as being "out in left field." They go once around the table, each juror having an opportunity to express his point of view. Juror #10 (Edward Arnold) focuses on the neighbor who testified that she saw the defendant stab his father. Juror #7 (Paul Hartman) focuses on the defendant's record – reform school at age 15 for stealing a car, arrested for knife fighting, and he comes from slums that are breeding grounds for criminals. Juror #5 (Lee Phillips) takes offense and points out that he's lived in a slum his whole life – "maybe it still smells on me."
Juror #8 asks for the alleged murder weapon, a switchblade, to be brought into the jury room. Juror #4 points out that the shopkeeper where the defendant purchased the knife testified that it was the only one he had in stock and that it is a very strange knife. When the knife is brought into the jury room, Juror #8 pulls an identical knife from his pocket, and reveals he bought one from a junk shop around the corner from the defendant's house, suggesting it is less "strange" than what the shopkeeper thought.
Juror #8 asks for a secret ballot. If there are still 11 guilty votes, Juror #8 will go along. The votes are handed in.
Act II
There are now only 10 guilty votes. Juror #9 (Joseph Sweeney) admits that he was the one who changed his vote.
Juror #8 focuses on the noise from the elevated train that passed by as the murder took place. One of the witnesses, an old man, claimed that he heard the defendant say, "I'm going to kill you," and then heard the body drop one second later. He questions how the witness could have heard these things, at a distance, with the train roaring by. Juror #5 changes his vote to not guilty. The vote is now 9–3.
Juror #8 next questions how the old man who's had a stroke and walks with two canes could have gotten up out of bed and run through his apartment to see the defendant running down the stairs. The old man testified this happened only 15 seconds after the murder. Juror #3 notes the old man was confused during the trial and suggests he may not have been precise when he stated it was 15 seconds. Juror #3 and the others pause, reacting to the import of Juror #3's question. Juror #8 performs a reenactment to show that the old man could not have gotten up and walked that distance in 15 seconds. Juror #3 complains about Juror #8's dishonesty and insists the defendant must face punishment. When Juror #8 calls Juror #3 a sadist, Juror #3 lunges and threatens to kill him.
Act III
A new vote is taken. It is now 6–6. Juror #2 (John Beal) is troubled by the angle of the stab wound. Juror #5 has experience with switch blades and says they are typically used with an underhand motion, but the wound here was from an overhand motion. Another vote is taken, and it's 9–3 in favor of acquittal. Jurors 3, 4 and 10 are now the holdouts.
Juror #10 focuses on race, insisting the defendant must be guilty because, among other assumptions, "There isn't one of them that's got any good in them." The other jurors react in shock at Juror #10's tirade, and Juror #4 threatens Juror #10 to not speak again for the rest of the deliberation.
Juror #4 is still persuaded by the old lady who said she saw the defendant stab his father. One of the jurors recalls that the old lady wore glasses. She wouldn't have been wearing her glasses in bed, which is where she said she was, tossing and turning. Juror #8 says that all the old lady could have seen, without her glasses and through the train windows, was a blur. Juror #3 is left as the only guilty vote, but he finally gives in. The defendant is found not guilty.
Cast
The cast included performances by:
Robert Cummings as Juror #8
Franchot Tone as Juror #3
Edward Arnold as Juror #10
Paul Hartman as Juror #7
John Beal as Juror #2
Walter Abel as Juror #4
George Voskovec as Juror #11
Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9
Bart Burns as Juror #6
Norman Fell as Foreman
Lee Phillips as Juror #5
Will West as Juror # 12
Uncredited cast
Vincent Gardenia as Bailiff
Betty Furness presents Westinghouse appliances in breaks after each of the acts.
Production
The production was staged in New York City and aired live on September 20, 1954, as the first episode in the seventh season of the program, Studio One. A kinescope recording was made for rebroadcast later on the west coast.
It was written by Reginald Rose especially for Studio One. Felix Jackson was the producer and Franklin Schaffner the director. Wes Laws was the set decorator, and Willard Levitas provided the settings.
The production won three Emmy Awards: for Rose's writing, Schaffner's direction, and for Robert Cummings as Best Actor.
Reception
The performance received generally positive reviews. In 1997, Steve Rhodes wrote: "Cummings gives the best of several outstanding performances."
References
Sources
Revised link to article retrieved April 23, 2017.
Rose, Reginald, Twelve Angry Men, teleplay
External links
Black-and-white television episodes
Television courtroom dramas
1954 television plays
Television anthology episodes
Juries in fiction
Television shows written by Reginald Rose
Emmy Award-winning programs
Twelve Angry Men
Studio One (American TV series)
1954 American television episodes
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Cape Baring is a Canadian Arctic headland in the Northwest Territories. The most westerly point of the Wollaston Peninsula, it is located on Victoria Island, protruding into the Amundsen Gulf.
The cape is the ancestral home of Kangiryuarmiut, a Copper Inuit subgroup.
It is named in honor of Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, First Lord of the Admiralty. ⋅
References
Peninsulas of the Northwest Territories
Geography of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
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{{Infobox station
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| borough = Scredington, North Kesteven
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| original = Great Northern Railway
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| events = Station opened as Scredington| years1 = 1 February 1875
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}}Aswarby and Scredington railway station''' was a station close to Scredington, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford railway. It opened in 1872 and closed in 1930. It was originally shown on maps as Aswarby Station, but by 1905 it was shown as Aswarby and Scredington Station.
History
Opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and was then closed by that company.
References
Notes
Sources
External links
Aswarby and Scredington Station on navigable OS map
; Aswarby station on 1891 OS map.
Disused railway stations in Lincolnshire
Former Great Northern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930
1872 establishments in England
1930 disestablishments in England
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"The Time Is Now" is a song by Irish-English electronica-pop duo Moloko, released as the lead single from their third album, Things to Make and Do (2000). Members Mark Brydon and Róisín Murphy conceived the song as an acoustic dance recording, not wanting to turn it into a loud, drum-heavy track, unlike much of their earlier work. Characterised as a "disco anthem", "The Time Is Now" has been described as one of Moloko's least electronic efforts and a musical standout of the 3rd millennium's outset, receiving positive reviews from music critics. The song's multiple cover artworks were designed by Lizzie Finn and photographed by Barnaby & Scott.
"The Time Is Now" was released on 20 March 2000 and charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart the same month, outpeaking the band's previous single, "Sing It Back", which reached number four. In May 2000, the song was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments greater than 200,000. It found success in several other European countries as well, becoming a top-20 hit in four of them. It received a nomination for the "Best British Single" at the 2001 BRIT Awards, as did its music video for "Best British Video".
Background and release
Moloko producer Mark Brydon recalled, "It's probably the closest we've come to sitting down with a guitar and writing a song. We thought we'd try and make a track with the same structure as a dance record but keep it acoustic. There was this temptation to put on a big snare or something, but every time we did that it upset the balance. Being constrained by budget, we couldn't really afford the full-on disco strings, so it's not exactly Love Unlimited Orchestra. We got this quartet in to do more of a Curtis Mayfield thing. We think of them as 'street' strings." Echo Records released "The Time Is Now" in the United Kingdom on 20 March 2000 as the lead single from Things to Make and Do across three formats: two CD singles and a 12-inch vinyl single.
Composition
"The Time Is Now" had been described as a "disco anthem", containing a varied blend of string instruments, an acoustic guitar that opens the song, and high-pitched vocals similar to the Bee Gees. The track ends with a fade, accompanied a looping, "chilling" piano. According to the digital sheet music published at Musicnotes, the record is set in common time with a key of C major and a tempo of 124 beats per minute.
Critical reception
"The Time Is Now" received favourable reviews from music critics. Andy Hinds of AllMusic, in a review for Things to Make and Do, said "check out the nylon-string guitar in the flamenco-flavored 'The Time Is Now,' which faintly recalls Basement Jaxx's 'Rendez-Vu' and it adds a timeless quality to the music overall". Swiss radio station director Sacha Horovitz lauded, "'The Time Is Now' is the best song we have at the moment! ... They love it and we love it, so everyone's happy!" Jo Heuston of Liverpool radio station Juice 107.7 also praised the song, calling Moloko an "exciting" band. James Keith of Complex UK referred to "The Time Is Now" as "beyond ubiquitous", going on to say that it has become a paragon of the new millennium. Pop culture website Freaky Trigger compared the "shimmering" acoustic intro of the song to Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's 1975 single "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" and called the string arrangement "perfect", referring to the track as "one of the most emotionally affecting Top 10 hits for years".
The song was nominated for "Best British Single" at the 2001 BRIT Awards but lost to Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ". The same circumstance occurred with its music video, which was nominated for "Best British Video" but also lost out to "Rock DJ"'s clip.
Commercial performance
In the duo's native United Kingdom, "The Time Is Now" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart on 26 March 2000, unable to outsell Melanie C's debut collaboration with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, "Never Be the Same Again". To date, it is Moloko's highest-charting single in the UK, as well as their joint-longest-charting single alongside "Sing It Back", spending 13 weeks in the top 100. On 19 May 2000, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the song a silver disc for shipping over 200,000 units; it was the 73rd-highest-selling song of the UK in 2000. In Ireland, the single first appeared on the Irish Singles Chart at number 43 on 23 March 2000, climbing to its peak of number 10 three weeks later. Like in the UK, it spent a total of 13 weeks on the Irish chart. At the end of 2000, the song was ranked at number 84 on Ireland's year-end chart.
In mainland Europe, the song reached number three in Greece. It was a top-20 success in the Flanders region of Belgium and in Finland, achieving peaks of number 15 and number 12, respectively. It entered the top 40 Iceland and Italy, falling shy of the mark in Switzerland, where it settled at number 41. It found moderate chart success in Germany and the Netherlands, peaking within the top 50, and it also appeared on Ultratip Bubbling Under listing of Belgium's Wallonia region. Overall, it peaked at number 14 on the Eurochart Hot 100. In Australia, "The Time Is Now" debuted at number 50 on 21 May 2000 and climbed to number 36, its highest position, two weeks later, staying three more weeks in the top 50 before dropping out.
Track listings
UK CD and cassette single
"The Time Is Now" (edit) – 4:32
"The Time Is Now" (Can 7 Soulfood mix) – 3:59
"The Time Is Now" (Francois K vocal edit) – 9:00
UK and Dutch 12-inch single
A1. "The Time Is Now" (Francois K vocal mix) – 8:58
B1. "The Time Is Now" (Can 7 Jungle Boogie) – 7:15
B2. "The Time Is Now" (Matt Darey vocal edit) – 3:55
Dutch CD single
"The Time Is Now" (edit) – 3:44
"The Time Is Now" (Can 7 Soulfood mix) – 3:58
Dutch maxi-CD single
"The Time Is Now (edit) – 3:44
"The Time Is Now (Can 7 Soulfood mix) – 4:00
"The Time Is Now (Francois K Main vocal mix) – 9:03
"The Time Is Now (full length) – 5:21
Australian and New Zealand CD single
"The Time Is Now" (radio edit)
"The Time Is Now" (DJ Plankton mix)
"The Time Is Now" (François K main vocal)
"The Time Is Now" (Matt Darey vocal)
"The Time Is Now" (full length)
"The Time Is Now" (Can 7 Soulfood edit)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
In popular culture
In 2014, the song was featured in the Enhanced Version of Grand Theft Auto V'''s Non-Stop-Pop radio station. It was also featured on Sky Sports' Saturday night Premier League highlights show, Football First'', since 2004.
References
External links
2000 singles
2000 songs
British disco songs
The Echo Label singles
Electronic songs
Moloko songs
Mushroom Records singles
Roadrunner Records singles
Songs written by Róisín Murphy
UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles
Songs written by Mark Brydon
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Hilversum Sportpark is a railway station in Hilversum, Netherlands. It lies south of Hilversum town centre. The station was opened in 1874 and is on the Hilversum - Utrecht railway line. The station was previously called Amersfoortsche Straatweg (1874-1919), and Soestdijker Straatweg (1919-1965). The station is heavily used during weekdays because an important branch of the ROC (a community college) is located next to the station.
Train services
Bus services
References
External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner
Railway stations in North Holland
Hilversum
Railway stations opened in 1874
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1870s
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Nelson Head is a Canadian Arctic hypsographic cape in the Northwest Territories. The most southerly point of Banks Island, it protrudes into the Amundsen Gulf.
It is the ancestral home of Kangiryuarmiut, a Copper Inuit subgroup.
Naming
The cape was named Nelson's Head by Captain Robert McClure on September 7, 1850 during his western search for Franklin's lost expedition in honor of Lord Nelson, whose profile may have been suggested by the 'strikingly grand and imposing' features of the cape. Nelson had not been previously honored by Arctic explorers.
Appearance
Described by Alexander Armstrong, ship's surgeon aboard HMS Investigator, the cape reaches over 1000 feet almost vertically from the water's edge:
'It is of limestone formation, the lower third of dark brown stratification, above which is assumed a lighter colour of reddish yellow, such as a ferruginous coating might impart. This was surmounted by a dark grey columnar formation, much resembling irregularly formed basaltic columns, with joints or fissures similar to what is usually observed in that formation; the whole capped by a covering of soil.
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Peninsulas of the Northwest Territories
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Trivest Partners, L.P. is the oldest private equity firm in the Southeast U.S., founded in 1981, and focuses exclusively on founder and family-owned businesses. Trivest is headquartered in Miami, Florida with regional offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Trivest has provided "Private Equity for Founders" in the lower middle market through its flexibility in transaction structuring and related "Just Say No" program, which eliminates the typical pain points faced by founders looking to outside investment. The firm is largely industry-agnostic, but focuses on investments in the consumer, business services, healthcare, value-added distribution and niche manufacturing sectors.
Overview
The Trivest team is led by Managing Partner Troy D. Templeton. Troy joined the firm in 1989 and plays a key leadership role in Trivest's buyout activities, investment sourcing, resource allocation, portfolio oversight and firm administration. Jamie Elias, David Gershman, Jorge Gross Jr., Forest Wester, Russ Wilson and Steve Reynolds are also Partners of Trivest.
Trivest was an early entrant to the leveraged buyout space in the early 1980s and has completed investments in over 350 companies representing roughly $7 billion in value since its founding. Since its inception in 1981, Trivest has raised six institutional private equity funds, with total investor commitments of over $2.5 billion, dedicated to leveraged buyout investments in founder and family-owned middle market companies. Trivest is currently actively investing from Trivest Fund VI, raised in August 2018 with commitments of $630 million. In addition, in 2017 Trivest launched the Trivest Growth Investment Fund ("TGIF"), a $225 million fund committed to making non-control and growth investments in founder and family-owned businesses. Two new funds were raised at the end of 2019, closing in early 2020: Trivest Growth Investment Fund II ("TGIF II"), a $435 million non-control fund; and Trivest Discovery Fund, a $235 million control fund, currently investing in smaller businesses within fragmented industries.
In 36 months from 2019 through 2021, Trivest closed 137 total investments, making it one of the most active firms of its size in the country.
The firm currently has 39 portfolio companies, accounting for roughly $2.5 billion in aggregate sales and more than 8,500 employees portfolio-wide.
Among the firm’s most notable prior investments are Turnpoint Services, Jon-Don, Oil Changers, Big Truck Rental, Lamark Media, AM Conservation, Ellery Homestyles, Endeavor Telecom, Group III International, Hazmasters, National Auto Care, Onepath Systems, Pelican Water Systems, National Carwash Solutions, Take 5 Oil Change, Wise Company, HandStands, North Star Seafood, ATX Networks, Directed Electronics, Twinstar International, Herbal Magic, Aero Products International (makers of the Aerobed) and Sun Pharmaceuticals (Banana Boat brand).
In August 2023 it was announced Trivest had acquired the Buffalo, New York-based commercial debt collection company, ABC-Amega for an undisclosed amount.
Awards
2019 Inc Magazine "PE50" list of the Top 50 Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms (Inaugural list)
2019 Buyouts Magazine Small-Market Deal of the Year for Pelican Water Systems
2020 Inc Magazine "PE50" list of the Top 50 Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms (One of only 18 firms on the list both years)
2020 Buyouts Magazine Middle-Market Deal of the Year for Turnpoint Services
2020 RCP Advisors Deal of the Year for Turnpoint Services
2021 Grady Campbell "Elite 10"
2021 Inc Magazine Founder-Friendly Investors
2022 Grady Campbell "Elite 10"
References
2020 Small Market Deal of the Year: Trivest Partners / Buyouts Magazine, April 8, 2020
Trivest Closes New Private Equity Funds / Business Wire, January 31, 2020
The 50 Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs / Inc Magazine, July/August 2019
How This Florida PE Firm Helped a Solar Business Grow Revenue More Than 15X / Inc Magazine, November 2021
External links
Trivest (company website)
Private equity firms of the United States
Financial services companies established in 1981
Companies based in Miami
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Major General Amy S. Courter (born 1961) is the former National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. She was elected by a unanimous decision of CAP's National Board on August 7, 2008.
Education
Amy Courter graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and education, minoring in computer science and mathematics. She also earned secondary school teaching certifications in psychology, computer science and mathematics. Courter played basketball and field hockey as a Kalamazoo Hornet, and studied abroad in France at the Université de Strasbourg.
Career
Courter served as Vice President of Information Technology and Telecom at Valassis, a marketing company in Michigan. Courter began as a mid-level manager at Valassis, accepting increasingly more strategic roles, overseeing all IT efforts globally for the last 14 of her 20 years there. Valassis is a publicly traded $2.3 billion company (NYSE:VCI). In 2005, she planned her departure from Valassis to enable her to work in other industries – notably health care and manufacturing.
Civil Air Patrol
Courter joined Civil Air Patrol as a senior in high school. She served as Michigan Wing Commander from 1999 to 2002. She also served as the female senior advisor to CAP's National Cadet Advisory Council.
Courter has received the Garber, Loening, Yeager and Wilson awards; as well as the Distinguished Service Award with two clasps, National Commander’s Commendations and Exceptional Service, Meritorious Service and Commanders Commendation awards.
While serving as wing commander, Courter played a pivotal role in creating a new National Cadet Special Activity, the Civic Leadership Academy. This gives cadets an in depth view of the United States Government.
Courter was the first female member of CAP to attain the ranks of brigadier general and major general. In 2007, Courter became the Civil Air Patrol's acting National Commander. She was elected to a regular three-year term as National Commander in 2008. On August 7, 2008, during the 2008 Civil Air Patrol National Board and Annual Conference, Courter was elected to remain as Civil Air Patrol's National Commander. She was promoted two days later at the conclusion of the conference.
References
1961 births
Living people
National Commanders of the Civil Air Patrol
Female generals and flag officers of the United States
Businesspeople from Michigan
Kalamazoo College alumni
21st-century American women
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The Minerva Initiative is a research program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that provides grants to sustain university-based, social science studies on areas of strategic importance to U.S. national security policy. The program looks to tap into the community of area specialists and other university researchers, particularly those who work on Islam, Iraq, China, and related areas. Since its establishment in 2008, the Department of Defense has awarded over 70 grants to private researchers. Grants are awarded on an annual basis for research projects that typically last three years.
In 2011 the DoD hosted the first annual Minerva Conference. The event has since become an annual gathering in September for Minerva researchers, DoD keynote speakers, and scholars to highlight the most relevant research conducted through the program's support.
History
In 2008, the project was provided $50 million by the United States Department of Defense to fund research on five separate themes. When the program began in 2008 project funding was split between DoD and the National Science Foundation. Since that time, all projects have been funded solely by the DoD. The goal was to create improved relations between the Department of Defense and the universities and to develop knowledge that the military can benefit from in the long term.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates commissioned the Minerva Initiative under the vision of "... a consortia [sic] of universities that will promote research in specific areas." Originally, Secretary Gates proposed four principal focus areas: 1) Chinese Military and Technology Studies 2) Iraqi and Terrorist Perspective Projects 3) Religious and Ideological Studies, and 4) New Disciplines Project and 5) Open Category. Since its establishment, the Minerva Initiative has expanded the breadth of sponsored research to include a wide range of academic disciplines and topics [see Ongoing Research]. The program continues to fund research on the most important social science topics for universities like Arizona State University, which recently received a grant to support research on terrorists' use of social media.
Purpose
The stated goal of the Minerva Initiative "is to improve DoD's basic understanding of the social, cultural, behavioral, and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the U.S." The program seeks to achieve this by sponsoring research designed to bring together universities, research institutions, and individual scholars. Three key priorities reflect the objectives of the Secretary of Defense for the Minerva Initiative:"1) Leverage and focus the resources of the Nation's top universities.
2) Seek to define and develop foundational knowledge about sources of present and future conflict with an eye toward better understanding of the political trajectories of key regions of the world.
3) Improve the ability of DoD to develop cutting-edge social science research, foreign area and interdisciplinary studies that is developed and vetted by the best scholars in these fields."
Ongoing research
As of 2015 the Minerva Initiative's priority research areas fall within four categories:
I. Identity, Influence, and Mobilization
II. Contributors to Societal Resilience and Change
III. Power and Deterrence
IV. Innovations in National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation
A list of all research awards made since the start of the Minerva Initiative are listed at the program's site: https://web.archive.org/web/20091212104216/http://minerva.dtic.mil/funded.html. In 2015, the Minerva Steering Committee received over 300 applications (297 white papers and 46 full proposals).
Controversy
The program's funding of social science research for national security purposes has proven controversial. Although many scholars support Minerva, at the program's start a number of academic researchers sounded public alarm about the prospect of Defense Department funding for research. In 2008 the American Anthropological Association sent a public letter suggesting that the funding be transferred to a different body, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF). Hugh Gusterson, a prominent anthropologist at George Mason University, wrote a series of articles in a variety of venues that have attracted significant attention,
The journalist Nafeez Ahmed has expressed concern that Minerva research, in its effort to understand mass mobilization, may be targeting peaceful activists, NGOs and protest movements. Others believe social science should continue to emphasize security issues but worry that DoD funding will bias findings. One article notes:
See also
Human Terrain System
Project Camelot
References
External links
"Pentagon preparing for mass civil breakdown"
United States Department of Defense
Research projects
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The Battle off the coast of Jaffna – a naval battle fought between the Navy of Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger ships. According to Sri Lankan sources, it took place on Saturday 1 November 2008 in the northern territorial waters of Sri Lanka off the coast of Jaffna during the Sri Lankan Civil War. A Sri Lankan government customs officer, D.K.P. Dassangayake, reported that the battle begun as the Navy met the rebel ships and exchanged fire.
Jaffna
Jaffna
November 2008 events in Asia
2008 in Sri Lanka
2008 in military history
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Heemstede-Aerdenhout () is a railway station in Heemstede and Aerdenhout, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 October 1891 and is located on the site of the old Toll house for the Leidsevaart canal, which still flows next to the station from Haarlem to Leiden. This canal still follows the Oude Lijn (Amsterdam - Rotterdam) closely. The train soon became the favored method of travel after the station opened, and the canal has gone out of use since the end of the second world war. The current station building was opened in 1958 and was one of the first Dutch viaduct stations.
Train services
, the following train services call at this station:
Bus services
3: IJmuiden - Haarlem - Schalkwijk
4: Heemstede De Glip - Heemstede-Aerdenhout station
80: Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zandvoort
90: Haarlem - Noordwijk - Den Haag
References
External links
NS website
Dutch Public Transport journey planner
Connexxion website
Railway stations in North Holland
Railway stations opened in 1891
Railway stations on the Oude Lijn
Bloemendaal
Heemstede
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1890s
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Celestina Stefania Popa-Toma (born 12 July 1970) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed internationally between 1985 and 1988. She is an Olympic silver medalist and a world gold and silver medalist with the team. She is best known for her eponymous straddle pike jump with full turn on floor as well as for her flexibility and style.
Career
In 1984 Popa placed second at the Romanian Junior Nationals and she became a member of the national team. In 1985 she was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 1985 World Championships. Also in 1985, she was the all around champion, vault and beam gold medalist at the International Chunichi Cup in Japan.
Together with Aurelia Dobre, Camelia Voinea, Eugenia Golea, Daniela Silivaș and Ecaterina Szabo, Popa was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1987 World Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 1988 she won the silver medal with the team at the Olympics and placed tenth all around in the preliminaries.
Eponymous skill
Popa has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.
Post retirement
After retiring from competitions in 1989 she studied at a sport school in Bucharest until 1991, and in 1994 graduated from university with a degree in physical education. She hold the National Romanian Coaching Certification Level III. Popa has been coaching since 1991, and since 1994 she has been a recreational coach at Flicka Gymnastics in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is married to fellow former Romanian gymnast Flaviu Toma, who was a longtime head coach and technical director at Flicka. In 2009, she opened her own gym "Celestina Popa Gymnastics" in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
References
External links
List of competitive results at gymn-forum.net
Celestina Popa Gymnastics
1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ploiești
Romanian female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for Romania
Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
Romanian gymnastics coaches
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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The men's 52 kg powerlifting event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was contested on 10 September at the Beihang University Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This event was the second-lightest of the men's powerlifting weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of of body mass. Powerlifters were divided into two groups, A and B, with group B beginning their lifts at 16:30 and group A at 17:15.
As with all Paralympic powerlifting events, lifters competed in the bench press. Each athlete was allowed three attempts to bench press as much weight as possible. Athletes attempting to break a record were allowed a fourth attempt. For the attempt to be valid, the competitor must have lowered the weighted bar to his chest, held it motionless for a moment, then pressed the bar upwards until his arms were fully extended. If the competitor failed to meet these requirements or any other rule infraction was committed, the attempt was declared invalid by a team of three referees and the result struck from the record.
Results
Key: NMR=No marks recorded
References
Men's 052 kg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerlifting%20at%20the%202008%20Summer%20Paralympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%2052%20kg
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OLIGO Primer Analysis Software is a software for DNA primer design. The first paper describing this software was published in 1989. The program is a real time PCR primer and probe search and analysis tool, in addition to siRNA and molecular beacon searches, open reading frame, restriction enzyme analysis. It was created and maintained by Wojciech Rychlik and Piotr Rychlik.
OLIGO Primer Analysis Software has been used for: real time PCR, apoptosis studies, antigen typing, species identification, studies on species evolution, measuring mRNA expression levels, oligonucleotide-based array hybridization studies, degenerate primer studies, microsatellite analysis, DNA microarray detection, inverse PCR, genome walking, nucleotide polymorphisms studies, detection of microorganisms or viruses, genotyping, cloning, vector (gene) construction, genome sequencing, detection of mutants or intraspecific variability, genetic disease studies, siRNA and gene silencing, FISH analysis (single cell expression study), scorpion probes, and development of new DNA amplification methods.
References
Oligo Primer Analysis Software by Molecular Biology Insights
Other Primer Design Software
FastPCR
Gene Designer
Geneious
MacVector
Netprimer
Primer Premier
UGENE
Vector NTI
Bioinformatics software
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLIGO%20Primer%20Analysis%20Software
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Fanny may refer to:
Given name
Fanny (name), a feminine given name or a nickname, often for Frances
In slang
A term for the vulva, in Britain and many other parts of the English-speaking world
A term for the buttocks, in the United States
Plays and films
Fanny (play), a 1931 play by Marcel Pagnol
Fanny (1932 film), a French adaptation
Fanny (1933 film), an Italian production
Fanny (musical), a 1954 Broadway musical based on the Pagnol plays Marius, Fanny and César
Fanny (1961 film), an American non-musical film based on the 1954 musical
Fanny (2013 film), a French adaptation by Daniel Auteuil
Fanny: The Right to Rock, a 2021 Canadian documentary film directed by Bobbi Jo Hart profiling Fanny (band)
Music
Fanny (band), an American all-female band active in the early 1970s
Fanny (album), 1970 self-titled debut album by the band
Fanny (singer) (born 1979), French singer
Fanny J (born 1987), French singer from Guiana
"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)", a 1975 song by the Bee Gees from Main Course
"Fanny", a song by Argentine singer Leo Dan
"Fanny", a song by Spratleys Japs from Pony
Places
Fanny Township, Polk County, Minnesota
Fanny, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
821 Fanny, an asteroid
Other uses
List of ships named Fanny
Fanny Award, a fan voted award for the adult entertainment industry
Fanny's, a restaurant in Evanston, Illinois
"Fanny", a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
See also
Fanny pack, a pouch bag worn with straps that secure around the waist
Fanny von Stratzing, the German name for the Venus of Galgenberg, a prehistoric statuette
Fannie, a given name (including a list of people with the name)
Fanni (disambiguation)
FANY (disambiguation)
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The Cryptonemiales is a defunct algal order; it is synonymous with the Halymeniales and has significant overlap with the Nemastomatales.
References
Red algae orders
Obsolete eukaryote taxa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonemiales
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"Against the Wind" is Máire Brennan's first solo single, taken from her 1992 album Máire. Two covers were made available, one with a sand pattern and the title of the single, the other with a photograph by Tim Jarvis, of Máire and three dancers, superimposed on the sand pattern. A promotional video directed by the Douglas Brothers was made to accompany the single.
The song also appears on Moya Brennan's 2005 live album Óró - A Live Session and on 2008's Heart Strings.
Track listing
7" Vinyl & Cassette
"Against the Wind" (edit)
"She Moved Through the Fair"
Compact Disc
"Against the Wind" (edit)
"She Moved Through the Fair"
"Against the Wind" (album version)
References
1992 debut singles
1992 songs
RCA Records singles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against%20the%20Wind%20%28M%C3%A1ire%20Brennan%20song%29
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Sickle-gloss, or sickle sheen, is a silica residue found on blades such as sickles and scythes suggesting that they have been used to cut the silica-rich stems of cereals and forming an indirect proof for incipient agriculture. The gloss occurs from the abrasive action of silica in both wild and cultivated stems of cereal grasses, meaning the occurrence of reaping tools with sickle gloss doesn't necessarily imply agriculture. The first documented appearance of sickle-gloss is found on flint knapped blades in the Natufian culture (12,500 to 9500 BC) in the Middle East, primarily in Israel.
How sickle-gloss forms
Sickle-gloss has been recognized as a characteristic of reaping grasses since the 1930s, at least. There is a general consensus that sickle-gloss occurs after the reaping of grasses and it may form in as little as a few hours of work. However, it may require more time to accumulate enough sickle-gloss for archaeological preservation. It is also speculated that the gloss may accumulate from cutting canes or reeds, woodworking or perhaps even hoeing or digging. It may be possible to distinguish between different types of glosses on a macro or microscopic level.
Gloss lines
Direction of the gloss lines are relative to the work edge of a sickle. Gloss lines rarely penetrate more than 5 mm on the face of the segment. Later period sickles were more likely to show gloss patterns that were parallel or near parallel to working edges.
Importance of context
At sites with sickle-gloss, it is reasonable to assume that there were sickles used for varying lengths of time. Sickles that lack gloss may be assumed to be unused or unfinished (since flint sickles only require a few hours to accumulate sickle-gloss.)
Controversy
According to Lithics After the Stone Age: A Handbook of Stone Tools from the Levant, there is much debate over the actual formation of sickle-gloss, focusing on whether the gloss results from abrasive polishing of silica in the flint artifact or whether a silica coating is added from silica in the grasses that are harvested. According to "Cutting Graminae Tools and 'Sickle Gloss' Formation", there are at least four main concepts that have been invoked to try to explain the origins of sickle-gloss:
Gloss is a result from working with plant materials in which the tool used forms a silica gel. Small plant fragments are incorporated in the gel.
Gloss is also a result of working with plant materials in which the tool used forms a silica gel. However, the plant material is separate from the gel.
There is a purely mechanical or chemical and mechanical character to the sickle gloss.
Sickle gloss forms as a result of many different factors and tries to include the aforementioned ideas.
There is also debate on the meaning of the sickle-gloss, especially in understanding the rise of agriculture and the use of sickles as indicators of reaping grasses in Epipaleolithic and early Neolithic societies. This problem doesn't apply in late Neolithic societies because of their documentation of the use of sickles for agriculture.
References
Bar-Yosef, Ofer (1998), "The Natufian Culture in the Levant, Threshold to the Origins of Agriculture", Evolutionary Anthropology 6(5): 159–177, , http://www.columbia.edu/itc/anthropology/v1007/baryo.pdf
Silicon dioxide
History of agriculture
Natufian culture
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Lake Nedlouc is the lake on the top plateau of Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. Nedlouc (on different maps and publications spelled also Nedluc or Nedluk) is Inuktitut word meaning part of the leg around the knee. Why the lake was named like that is unknown. It is known also by two other Inuktitut names, Nallualuk (meaning unknown) and Tasirtuuq (meaning: many lakes).
Lake is the source of two rivers, Charpentier River on the north-west and Nedlouc River on the north-east. It consists of two major lakes, one on south-east and one of north-west, connected by series of shallow rapids of Charpentier River and smaller lakes. The area is arctic tundra with few stunted trees.
References
Lakes of Nord-du-Québec
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Nedlouc
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