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Lake Sumner Forest Park is a forest park located in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is centered around Lewis Pass and has a number of access points along State Highway 7. It sits in between Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve and Arthurs Pass National Park.
The name is derived from Lake Sumner, although Lake Sumner itself is not located in the Forest Park.
Hot Springs
There are numerous hot springs to be found in Lake Sumner Forest Park. One of the easiest to find is above the Hurunui river between The Hurunui Hut and No. 3 Hut.
See also
Forest Parks of New Zealand
Protected areas of New Zealand
References
External links
Department of Conservation - Lake Sumner Conservation Park (webarchive)
Lake Summer Forest Park (Department of Conservation)
Lake Sumner Forest Park tramping tracks (Department of Conservation)
Forest parks of New Zealand
Parks in Canterbury, New Zealand
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The Colorado State Rams football program (established 1893) represents Colorado State University and is a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mountain West Conference. The Rams have long-standing rivalries with Colorado, Wyoming, and Air Force. The team is currently led by head coach Jay Norvell, who was hired in December 2021.
The Rams have played their home games at Canvas Stadium since 2017. Previously, the team played 49 seasons (1968–2016) at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. The first game at Canvas Stadium (known as Colorado State Stadium for the 2017 season only) was played on August 26, 2017, when the Rams defeated the Oregon State Beavers 58–27.
History
Early history (1893–1910)
On December 12, 1892, a student named F.O. Congdon and 18 of the other 179 students enrolled at Colorado Agricultural College at the time decided to form the school's first American football team and compete with other schools in the area. The team's nickname (that would later be changed to Aggies, then Rams) was the CACs, the school's acronym (Colorado Agricultural College).
Following Christmas break, the team found some men at a small private hybrid college/high school named Longmont Academy who would challenge the CAC team to play the first game in each school's history. The first game in school history took place on January 7, 1893, in Longmont, Colorado. Earlier that morning, Colorado Agricultural players and fans bought orange and green ribbons at a dry goods store in Longmont, choosing the school's colors.
The team continued competing without a head coach until 1894, when Colorado Agricultural College President Alston Ellis disbanded the team after one game in the 1894 season. The program returned upon Ellis's departure from the school in 1899 and named 25-year-old University of Vermont graduate W. J. Forbes to be the program's first ever football coach. Forbes led the 1899 team to a 0–2–1 record. On Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1899, in the first ever game that Colorado Agricultural played outside of the state of Colorado (and their first ever game against Wyoming), a disagreement between officials from the two schools resulted in a controversial ending to the first ever Border War game.
At the time, officials were provided by the schools competing in the game. The game concluded with a Wyoming forfeit being called after Colorado Agricultural official Edward House ruled that Wyoming official E.D. McArthur and the Wyoming team were refusing to abide by the rulebook. After the forfeit was called and the Colorado Agricultural players began leaving the field, official McArthur reportedly exclaimed that he "did not give a damn for the rules" and instructed the Wyoming team to run in a touchdown. This action reportedly set off a brawl between the teams.
Following the game, Colorado Agricultural President Barton Aylesworth declared that his school would not play Wyoming in any athletic event until he received a written apology from the school. The two schools played again the following year, and there has remained bad blood between the two programs since. Per an NCAA rule that does not recognize forfeits in games that were incomplete, Colorado State University does not count the game as a victory in their record books.
Head coach W. J. Forbes died prior to the 1900 season in a freak accident on June 18, 1900. Forbes was succeeded by George Toomey who led the Rams to a record of 1–3 in the 1900 season. Between 1899 and 1910, the program recorded a dismal record of 14 wins and 35 losses with seven different men holding the position as head coach throughout the period.
Harry Hughes era (1911–1941, 1946)
Harry Hughes accepted the position of athletic director and head football coach at Colorado Agricultural University in 1911 and turned a winless team in 1911 into conference champions with an undefeated record in 1915. Hughes also helped build Colorado Field, the first sodded football field in Colorado history, replacing Durkee Field (1899–1911). Colorado Field was the home of the Colorado Agricultural/A&M Aggies and Colorado State Rams from 1912 to 1967.
Hughes won eight conference championships in the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1915, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1933, and 1934. He was a member of the NCAA National Rules Committee beginning in 1926 until his retirement. Hughes coached the Aggies from 1911 to 1941 in football and remained as the athletic director until his retirement in 1953. In the early 1930s, Hughes was given the nickname "Dean of American Football Coaches" by sportswriters and fellow coaches for his many seasons at one school. He was famously known as one of the most fair and sportsmanlike football coaches in America. He coached football from 1911 to 1941 and after resigning as football coach in 1946, he remained as the school's Athletic Director until 1953. Upon his retirement he was inducted into the Helms Football Hall of Fame on Harry Hughes Day, November 8, 1952.
Known as a tough but fair coach, Hughes was a strict disciplinarian who developed a play in 1914 known as the Million Dollar Play. This triple pass was an end around play based on the single wing formation and helped Hughes lead his teams to national fame. Some of Hughes's greatest players were Ralph "Sag" Robinson (All-American Honorable Mention 1916), Kenneth Hyde (1925 All-American 3rd team) and Glenn Morris (1936 US Olympic Decathlon Gold Medal winner). Hughes broke the color barrier in modern Colorado football in 1939 when he played John Mosley between 1939 and 1942.
During Hughes's hiatus from 1942 to 1945, the team was coached by Hughes's assistant coach Julius Wagner, although the university didn't field a team in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.
When Colorado State University built a new football stadium in 1968, it was named Hughes Stadium in his honor. Hughes's final record at CSU was 126–92–18.
Bob Davis era (1947–1955)
Bob Davis succeeded Hughes on January 6, 1947.
Davis utilized the "T" formation and veterans returning from World War II to turn around a 2–7 Aggies team in 1946 to an 8–2 team in 1948; placing second in the Skyline Conference. Colorado A&M (as the school was then called) was invited to and played in the Raisin Bowl in Fresno, California, against Occidental College on January 1, 1949. Losing 21–20 in the last minutes of the game, Davis's 1949 team went on to a 9–1 record and placed second again. Davis utilized classroom football along with practice and game films to help his players excel. Davis also played black athletes at a predominantly white school such as Eddie Hanna, George Jones and Alex Burl.
Several of Davis's players went on to careers in the National Football League including Dale Dodrill, Thurman "Fum" McGraw, Jim David, Don Burroughs, Jack Christiansen, Alex Burl and Gary Glick. Three of his players were All-Americans: Thurman "Fum" McGraw (first team 1948, 1949), Harvey Achziger (first team 1952) and Gary Glick (second team 1955). Davis's 1955 team won the Skyline Conference championship but following the season he resigned from coaching football to concentrate on his duties as athletic director. Davis's record with the Rams when he left was 54–33–2.
Don Mullison era (1956–1961)
A player for Colorado A&M under Harry Hughes, Don Mullison was promoted from line coach to head coach when Bob Davis retired. However, the Rams freefell to a record of 19–40–1 in Mullison's six seasons, which included a winless 0–10 campaign in 1961. Mullison was not retained as head coach past the 1961 season.
The Mullison era would begin with a 2–7–1 mark in 1956, which included wins over Montana and New Mexico. In 1957, Mullison would lead the Rams to a 3–7 record, with wins over Denver, Montana and Air Force. The 1958 and 1959 seasons would see the Rams finish with a 6–4 record, the only two winning seasons of Mullison's tenure. In 1960, Mullison would lead the Rams to a 2–8 record, with wins over BYU and Drake. In 1961, the Rams would finish a winless 0–10.
Mike Lude era (1962–1969)
Delaware line coach Mike Lude was selected as Mullison's replacement, and under his tutelage, Colorado State, as they had switched from Colorado A & M, compiled a record of 29–51–1. In 1962, the Rams duplicated the previous year's mark of 0–10. In 1963, Lude led the Rams to a 3–7 record with wins over Pacific, UTEP and Montana. In 1964, the Rams posted their best record under Lude to that point, a 5–6 mark. In 1965, CSU finished 4–6. It was in 1966 that the best season of the Lude era would come for the Rams, with a record of 7–3 with wins over South Dakota State, Utah State, Air Force, No. 10 Wyoming, New Mexico, West Texas A&M and Iowa State. In 1967, the Rams slipped to 4–5–1 with wins over Utah State, Pacific, Emporia State and Wichita State. In 1968, the Rams would join the Western Athletic Conference and finish the season at 2–8. The inability for Lude to turn around the Rams led to his firing in 1969, a 4–6 campaign, after eight seasons.
Jerry Wampfler era (1970–1972)
The Rams continued to struggle under Lude's successor, Jerry Wampfler, who had arrived in Fort Collins as a prized line coach at Notre Dame under head coach Ara Parseghian. The Rams compiled a record of 8–25 before Wampfler resigned following the 1972 campaign.
In 1970, the Rams finished 4–7. The team began the season with a victory over New Mexico State, but then lost six straight with losses to No. 20 Arizona State, Iowa State, No. 10 Air Force, Wyoming, UTEP, and West Virginia. In Wampfler's second season, Colorado State went 3–8. The Rams lost their first eight games of the season, being beaten by BYU, Idaho, Wyoming, No. 12 Arizona State, Utah, No. 20 Air Force, Utah State, and Wichita State. The Rams finished the season on a three-game winning streak, defeating West Texas A&M, UTEP, and New Mexico State. In 1972, Wampfler's Rams finished with a dismal 1–10 record. CSU lost their first nine games of the season — losing three of the first four without scoring a single point — to Arizona, Iowa State, West Texas A&M, Utah State, No. 19 Air Force, Wyoming, Florida State, BYU, and Houston. Colorado State would finally win their first game of the season in their next-to-last contest, against UTEP, before dropping their final game of the season to Utah.
Sark Arslanian era (1973–1981)
Colorado State improved its performance under head coach Sark Arslanian, who came to Fort Collins from his post as head coach at Weber State. Despite a few down years, Arslanian's record at CSU was 45–47–4.
Arslanian led the Rams to a 5–6 record in his first season. After losing to Arizona to kick off the season, the Rams defeated BYU and New Mexico State. State then lost to No. 13 Arizona State then defeated Idaho. After losses to Utah State and Wyoming, Colorado State rang up 76 points in a dominant win against UTEP then defeated Toledo. Arslanian's Rams would close the season with losses to No. 15 Houston and New Mexico. In 1974, the Rams finished 4–6–1. CSU began the season with a loss to New Mexico then defeated Florida State before losing to Memphis, tying BYU and losing to Utah State. After crushing Nevada, the Rams lost to Arkansas, beat Wyoming, lost to Arizona beat UTEP and lost to Arizona State.
In Arslanian's third season, the Rams finished 6–5. The Rams kicked off the season against No. 12 Texas, losing the contest. CSU would then reel off four straight wins, defeating BYU, New Mexico, Wyoming and Oregon State. The Rams would lose to No. 11 Arizona State before defeating Air Force losing to Tennessee, beating UTEP and losing to No. 12 Arizona and Utah State. In 1976, the Rams would again finish 6–5. That year, CSU began the season with losses to Oregon and BYU before defeating Wichita State. After a loss to New Mexico, the Rams won five straight, defeating Utah State, Air Force, UTEP, Wyoming and Idaho. Losses to Arizona and Arizona State would cap the season.
The highlight of the Arslanian era came in 1977, when the Rams beat all odds and compiled a 9-2-1 record, their first such season in years. Despite the success, the Rams didn't get a bowl invite that season. In 1978, the Rams slipped to 5–6. That year, CSU lost three straight to start the year, Utah State, BYU and Utah. Back-to-back wins over UTEP and Air Force followed before CSU lost three straight; UNLV, Wyoming and San Diego State. Arslanian would lead the Rams to three straight wins to close the season; over New Mexico, West Virginia and Pacific.
In 1979, CSU went 4–7–1. The team's wins that season were over Wyoming, UTEP, San Diego State and Air Force. In 1980, Arslanian led the Rams to a 6–4–1 record for his fourth winning season at CSU. That season, CSU defeated Air Force, Arizona, New Mexico, San Diego State, Wyoming and UTEP. A poor start to the 1981 season cost Arslanian his job. He was fired after the Rams fell to 0–6 to start the season.
Leon Fuller era (1982–1988)
Texas defensive coordinator Leon Fuller, a Bear Bryant and Fred Akers disciple, took over the Rams football program in 1982. However, Fuller also struggled to find success. He went 25–55 through seven seasons and resigned under pressure after the Rams finished the 1988 season at 1–10.
In Fuller's first season, the Rams finished 4–7. That year, CSU would defeat Wyoming, New Mexico State, Air Force and UTEP. In 1983, Fuller led the Rams to a 5–7 record. Wins that year included Utah, San Diego State, UTEP, New Mexico and Northern Colorado. Fuller's third season saw the Rams finish 3–8. Colorado State would defeat Hawaii, New Mexico and UTEP. 1985 would bring a 5–7 record with wins over UTEP, New Mexico, Wyoming, Southern Miss and Utah. Losses included Colorado, No. 9 LSU, San Diego State, No. 15 BYU, No. 10 Air Force, Hawaii and No. 4 Miami. In 1986, the Rams finished 6–5, its best season under Fuller. CSU would defeat in-state archrival Colorado in the season opener as well as Northern Colorado, BYU, Hawaii, Wyoming and New Mexico Lobos football. The Rams would slip to 1–11 in 1987, with the lone win coming against New Mexico. The 1988 campaign would also result in one win, coming against San Diego State.
Earle Bruce era (1989–1992)
CSU next turned to a veteran head coach, hiring former Iowa State and Ohio State head coach Earle Bruce as Fuller's replacement in 1989. The move was praised by many across the country, who saw CSU as getting a seasoned, proven head coach who could restore success to CSU.
The Bruce era began in 1989, which resulted with the Rams compiling a 5–5–1 record. After losing the season opener to Tennessee and the second game to No. 9 Colorado, the Rams would defeat Cal State Fullerton then tie Eastern Michigan. After losing to No. 24 Air Force, CSU defeated New Mexico then lost to No. 25 BYU. The Rams then defeated Hawaii and Utah the next to week. A loss to Wyoming and a shutout win over UTEP would conclude the season. In his second season, Bruce led the Rams to a 9–4 record and a victory over Oregon in the Freedom Bowl, their first bowl appearance since 1948 and their first bowl victory ever. In his third season at Fort Collins, Bruce coached the Rams to a 3–8 record, which included wins over Arkansas State, Hawaii and UTEP. In 1992, Bruce led the Rams to a 17–14 victory over LSU in Baton Rouge. Colorado State would finish the 1992 season with a 5–7 record.
Bruce was fired after the 1992 season for, among other things, verbally and physically abusing his players and discouraging players from taking classes that conflicted with football practice.
Sonny Lubick era (1993–2007)
1993-1998: Lubick's success & team turnaround
Sonny Lubick, who had previously served as defensive coordinator at Miami under head coach Dennis Erickson, took over the Rams as head coach in 1993. He inherited a program that had only two previous bowl appearances in their entire history before his arrival. Faced with a culture of losing, Lubick assembled a staff of assistants that included eventual Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, and began aggressively recruiting and attempting to change CSU's image. He was already familiar with CSU, having served as offensive coordinator under Fuller from 1982 to 1984.
Considering the dreadful state of the program he'd inherited, Lubick made the Rams respectable fairly quickly. In his first season, the Rams overcame a 1–4 start to finish the season 5–6. While it was clear that Lubick had the Rams going in the right direction, he took the Rams to heights the program had never previously seen in 1994. Led by a defense that featured future NFL players Sean Moran and Brady Smith, They rolled to a then school-best 7–0 start, including a shocking 21–16 upset over No. 4 Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, the biggest upset in school history at the time. Late in the second half, Garrett Sand forced a fumble that Moran recovered and ran back 79 yards for a touchdown, a feat known among Ram fans as simply "The Play."
The streak ended with a 45–31 shootout loss to undefeated Utah before a then-record crowd of 39,107 at Hughes Stadium. The Rams recovered to win their final three games, including a dramatic 44–42 comeback win at Fresno State that sealed CSU's first ever outright WAC championship and first-ever trip to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. Although the Rams lost 24–14 to Michigan, they still finished with a 10–2 record, setting a new school record for victories in a single season. The 10–2 campaign was the start of 10 straight winning seasons under Lubick, and also earned him National Coach of the Year honors from Sports Illustrated.
Lubick's Rams followed up their breakout campaign in 1994 with a strong 1995 season. With Smith earning WAC defensive player of the year honors, and safety Greg Myers earning All American honors for a second straight year, CSU finished the 1995 season with an 8–4 mark and a share of the WAC title. The Rams were once again invited to the Holiday Bowl, but this time they were downed by the Kansas State Wildcats by a score of 51–24. In 1996, the Rams posted another winning season, finishing 7–5 and tied for second place in the WAC. However, a lack of quality wins, and losses to Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, and Wyoming kept the Rams out of a bowl game.
The Rams sputtered again to start 1997, losing 31–21 to archrival Colorado after leading at halftime and falling to Air Force 24-0 a week later. However, the Rams would not lose again that season. Led by quarterback Moses Moreno, the WAC Offensive Player of the Year, running back Kevin McDougal, and future Pittsburgh Steelers linebackers Joey Porter and Clark Haggans, the Rams were only seriously threatened once for the rest of the season, a 14–7 victory at Wyoming on October 18. After defeating New Mexico in the WAC Championship game, the Rams once again went to the Holiday Bowl, this time facing the Missouri Tigers. Down three at halftime, CSU scored 21 second half points to defeat the Tigers 35–24, netting Lubick his first ever bowl victory, extending a school record nine-game winning streak (the streak would be end at ten in 1998), and finishing what is still the greatest season in school history at 11–2.
In 1998, Lubick's Rams were left out of the postseason despite finishing 8–4 and third in the WAC.
1999-2002: Leaving the WAC and creation of the MWC
Prior to the 1999 season, Colorado State and seven other WAC schools, upset over conference expansion that threatened to balloon travel costs and break up longstanding regional rivalries, broke away from the conference and formed a new league, the Mountain West Conference. But 1999 would be memorable for Ram fans for another reason. Historically, the Rams had never been able to get the better of Colorado. Even with his success in rebuilding the program, Lubick had gone 0–3 in his first three games against Colorado. On September 4 the game, dubbed the Rocky Mountain Showdown, was played at a neutral site, Mile High Stadium in Denver for the second straight year, and the Rams were once again considered underdogs against the ranked Buffaloes. However, behind 189 rushing yards and two touchdowns from McDougal, the Rams blew out the Buffaloes 41–14, marking the first time in 13 years that CSU had beaten their in-state rivals. The victory was seen by many as the final step in CSU's ascension to legitimacy. Victories over Wyoming and Air Force also completed the "Front Range" sweep, and the Rams finished 8–4 again, this time tying for the Mountain West title. CSU was invited to the Liberty Bowl, but lost to Southern Miss 23–17. After the season, Lubick received a contract extension from CSU.
In 2000, Lubick's Rams, led primarily by Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year Matt Newton, defeated Colorado for the second straight season by a score of 28–24. The victory was the catalyst for a 10–2 season that included an outright Mountain West title and a 22–17 Liberty Bowl victory over Louisville. With the graduation of several key seniors, and the preseason loss of starting running back Cecil Sapp to injury, Lubick faced a rebuilding year in 2001. The Rams still managed a 7–5 finish and a 45–20 New Orleans Bowl victory over North Texas.
2001 was also notable for the emergence of quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt. A transfer from Michigan State, Van Pelt's dual threat capability as a running and passing quarterback would make him a two-time conference player of the year. But it was his game in 2002 against Colorado that made Van Pelt a cult hero in Fort Collins. After losing to CU in 2001, Van Pelt and the Rams, bolstered by the return of Sapp, went into their Rocky Mountain Showdown heavy underdogs against a Buffaloes team ranked sixth in the nation. Trailing 14–13 late in the fourth quarter, Van Pelt broke loose on a 26-yard touchdown run. As he neared the goal line, Van Pelt turned and spiked the football off of CU cornerback Roderick Sneed's helmet as he scored what would be the game-winning touchdown. Following the game, Van Pelt called CU "the sorriest sixth-ranked team in the nation he had ever faced". It was the second biggest upset in school history, and further added to Van Pelt's following in Fort Collins. Though the outspoken quarterback occasionally gave Lubick problems, the 2002 season would be another banner season. With Sapp setting the school single season rushing record, the Rams finished 2002 with a 10–4 record and another Mountain West Conference title.
2003-2006: Struggles and underperforming expectations
The 2003 Ram football team was considered by many to be the best team in Lubick's tenure, if not all of CSU history, prior to the season. Though Sapp was gone, Van Pelt and many other seniors returned, and high-profile Colorado-transfer Marcus Houston was added to the mix. The Rams entered the season ranked 24th in the nation and with hopes of cracking the Bowl Championship Series. Those hopes were quickly dashed when the Rams were upset in their opener by CU 42–35. The Rams recovered to finish 7-6 and make a bowl game for the fifth year in a row.
Although it was not apparent at the time, Lubick's tenure had crested. With Van Pelt gone, CSU faced another rebuilding year in 2004. A particularly devastating loss at Folsom Field against Colorado on September 4, in which Lubick later admitted to mismanaging CSU's final series that ended in the Rams failing in three plays from CU's one yard line to score what would have been a game-winning touchdown in a 27–24 loss, led to a 4–7 finish, the worst year in Lubick's tenure.
The 2005 season started once again with another devastating loss at Colorado on September 3. Leading 21–10 after three quarters, three interceptions allowed CU to tie the game, and Mason Crosby kicked a game-winning 47-yard field goal with five seconds left to give the Buffs a 31–28 win. This time the Rams regrouped. Behind school record setting wide receiver David Anderson, and buoyed by the surprising emergence of thousand yard sophomore running back Kyle Bell, CSU finished the regular season 6–5 and tied for second place in the Mountain West. However, a blowout 56–32 loss to Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl seemed to be another setback.
Following the 2005 season, Lubick signed a three-year contract extension that would have made him CSU's coach through the 2009 season. It was the second contract extension Lubick received at CSU. Unfortunately, the Lubick family was dealt a difficult blow in the off-season. In February, Lubick's youngest son, Marc, was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer. The younger Lubick had just finished his first season as Colorado State's wide receivers coach, a position he took over after his brother Matt left the program in 2005 after spending the previous four seasons coaching that position under his father. Marc Lubick underwent chemotherapy and coached during the 2006 season.
The Rams entered the 2006 season with high hopes, but on and off field problems quickly beset the program. Just three days prior to the season opening game against Weber State on September 2, preseason all-conference back Kyle Bell was lost for the season with a torn ACL during a practice. A sophomore in 2005, Bell had run for over 1,000 yards and figured to be the centerpiece in CSU's offense. The Rams defeated Weber State 30–6, but lost another starter prior to their game against archrival Colorado on September 9, this time due to scandal. Several players, including preseason All-MWC cornerback Robert Herbert, were suspended indefinitely from the program after being charged with fraud in a campus check-cashing scandal.
Despite these losses, however, the Rams started the 2006 season strong. On September 9, after three years of frustratingly close losses, the Rams defeated their in-state rival CU by a score of 14–10 at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium. After dropping a 28–10 decision at Nevada the following week, CSU rebounded with a road win at Fresno State and a homecoming win against UNLV to go to 4–1. Playing at in-state rival Air Force on October 12, the Rams opened up a 21–3 halftime lead and appeared to be well on their way to a fifth victory. However, the Falcons rallied for 21 unanswered points and came back to defeat CSU 24–21. The loss was the beginning of one of the worst slides in Lubick's tenure. The following week Colorado State was shut out 24–0 at Wyoming in the annual Border War series. Home losses to New Mexico and BYU followed, and the Rams ultimately never recovered. Losses to Utah, TCU, and San Diego State concluded a season-ending, seven-game losing streak, leaving CSU 4–8 and tied for last place in the Mountain West, by far the worst year in Lubick's tenure and leading some fans and followers to question whether Lubick should be retained or let go, however, CSU decided to stick with its longtime coach.
2007: The end of the Lubick era
Lubick's 14th season got an immediate boost with the return of Bell. With their all-conference halfback in the fold, as well as the most seniors returning in Lubick's tenure, the Rams had a team that figured to rebound from the dismal 2006 season. But a difficult early schedule challenged CSU. Opening against Colorado at Invesco Field at Mile High, the Rams had a familiar finish against their in-state rival. Despite big games from Bell and Kory Sperry, CSU squandered an 11-point 3rd quarter lead and went into overtime. On their first possession, CSU quarterback Caleb Hanie threw an interception in the endzone. CU would win in overtime, 31–28.
Following the CU loss, Colorado State faced one of its most daunting home games ever against then-10th ranked California. The Bears were heavily favored but Colorado State, playing in its home opener, was game. CSU lost a thriller 34–28, their 9th straight loss dating back to 2006. Even worse, the bizarre chain of season-ending ACL injuries to key players continued when Sperry was lost with a torn ACL during the game. It was the 3rd straight season a key player for the Rams had been lost to the injury. Losses continued to mount. Dating back to 2006, CSU lost 11 straight games before defeating UNLV at mid season. Colorado State finished the season 3–9, a new low in the Lubick tenure. The lone bright spot of the year came at the end of the season when the Rams regained the Bronze Boot with a 36–28 win over Wyoming at Hughes Stadium. It would end up being the final game in Lubick's tenure at CSU.
On November 26, 2007, just 3 days after the Wyoming win, it was announced that Lubick was being relieved of his duties as head football coach. Colorado State University athletic director Paul Kowalczyk announced that Lubick has been offered a public relations position as senior associate athletic director, focused on fundraising and serving as a goodwill ambassador for Rams athletics. Lubick was replaced by Steve Fairchild, a former Lubick assistant who returned after serving as offensive coordinator for the NFL's Buffalo Bills.
On February 2, 2008, the Rocky Mountain News reported that Lubick had declined the university's offer to remain in a fundraising role. The paper quoted a source as saying Lubick, 70, had talked with Florida coach Urban Meyer about joining the Gators's staff. Meyer served as wide receivers coach under Lubick in the early 1990s. The job was reported to involve breaking down film and helping with recruiting. However, Lubick did not take that job.
Lubick won nearly 75% of home games in the stadium whose playing surface would bear his name, leading the team to six conference titles and a 108–74 record. CSU was consistently a top 25 contender from 1994 to 2002, with a 79–32 record during that period and 3 top 25 finishes. Lubick, conference coach of the year four times, coached former Denver Broncos Cecil Sapp and current Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Erik Pears, and All-Pro NFL linebacker Joey Porter.
Steve Fairchild era (2008–2011)
In December 2007, Colorado State University announced that the National Football League's Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild would be returning to his alma mater to serve as head coach.
CSU surprised in its first year under Fairchild. After a 38–17 loss to Colorado in his debut, Fairchild got his first win with CSU, a home victory over Sacramento State 23–20 thanks to a Ben DeLine field goal. The Rams followed that up with a 28–25 win over Houston one week later. However, CSU would lose 5 of their next 7 games, including tight home losses to conference powers TCU (13–7) and BYU (45–42). CSU rallied to win their final two games, with their 31–20 victory at Wyoming, securing their sixth win and a berth in the New Mexico Bowl. Underdogs to Fresno State, CSU won a 40–35 thriller for their first bowl victory since the 2001 New Orleans Bowl. The star of the game (and most of the season) was senior RB Gartrell Johnson, who ran for a career-high 285 yards and added 90 receiving yards. His 375 total yards were the most for one player in bowl history. He ran for two touchdowns, the final being a game winning 77-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Johnson would be named first team all-MWC following the season. Fairchild became the first coach in CSU history to post a winning season in his first year with the program.
Despite graduating Johnson and several other seniors, 2009 started much the way 2008 ended. The Rams opened the season September 6 at arch-rival Colorado. With a bevy of returning starters, and the game being played in Boulder for the final time (both schools had agreed to play the next decade's worth of games at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium), the Buffs were heavy favorites. However, CSU led from start to finish, beating Colorado 23–17, marking their first victory at Folsom Field since 1986. Following home victories over Weber State and Nevada, the 3–0 Rams appeared headed to postseason yet again. However, the season would derail quickly. Following a 42–23 loss at BYU, the Rams dropped a 31–29 decision at Idaho followed by 24–17 home defeat to Utah. They were the first of four losses that would come by seven points or less. The Rams would not win another game for the rest of the season. A loss to previously winless New Mexico (29–27) assured CSU of a last place finish, and a 17–16 home defeat to Wyoming the day after Thanksgiving not only cost the Rams the Bronze Boot (and their first home loss to Wyoming in 12 years), but made CSU just the 3rd team in Mountain West Conference history to go winless in conference play (Wyoming having done so in 2000 and 2001). CSU finished the season with a 3–9 record.
2010 was just as miserable. The Rams finished with an identical 3–9 record with their lone wins home victories over lowly Idaho, New Mexico and UNLV. Blowouts were frequent and the most embarrassing came in the season's final two games. On senior day the Rams were shelled by BYU 49–10. The following week they concluded their season with a 44–0 drubbing by rival Wyoming in the Border War. Wyoming hadn't won a single conference game until that dominating win over Colorado State.
It was hoped that Colorado State would begin to turn the corner in 2011, Fairchild's fourth year. Despite a 28–14 loss to rival Colorado, the Rams started 3–1 highlighted by a dramatic 35-34 comeback win in double overtime at Utah State on September 24. It would be CSU's final win. The following week CSU fell 38–31 to San Jose State on homecoming, the start of an 8-game losing streak. Fairchild was fired by new athletic director Jack Graham on December 4, 2011, one day after his Rams lost to the Wyoming Cowboys in the Border War. It was their third straight loss to Wyoming and the third straight time CSU finished their season 3–9.
Jim McElwain era (2012–2014)
On December 12, 2011, Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain was formally introduced as Fairchild's replacement. The hiring was well-received, as McElwain had won two national championships at Alabama as offensive coordinator under head coach Nick Saban.
McElwain's tenure, dubbed by the school's athletic department as "A Bold New Era", began the 2012 season on a high note. McElwain's Rams rallied from an 11-point deficit to defeat arch-rival Colorado by a score of 22–17 at Sports Authority Field in Denver on September 1. McElwain became the first CSU coach to win his debut since Jerry Wampfler in 1970 and the first to ever win his debut against CU. The momentum didn't last long, though, as CSU suffered a 22–7 setback in their home opener one week later to defending FCS national champion North Dakota State, the start of a six-game losing skid. The program showed improvement towards the end of the season, winning three of their final five games to finish 4–8 in McElwain's first season.
McElwain's second season with CSU was much more successful. CSU began the season losing their first two games, both of which they had led in the 4th quarter. Colorado State would also lose to Alabama by a score of 31–6 on September 22. However, CSU finished the season winning 8 of its final 11 games. McElwain finished his second season with a record of 8–6 after CSU's miraculous comeback win over Washington State in the New Mexico Bowl.
CSU's third season under McElwain led to even greater accomplishments. After a Week 2 loss at Boise State, the Rams, led by star quarterback Garrett Grayson and star wide receiver Rashard Higgins, reeled off 9 straight wins, climbing as high as No. 21 in the national rankings, and being in the conversation for a possible New Year's Day bowl bid. Those hopes were dashed, however, in their final regular season game at Air Force, when the Falcons hit a game-winning field goal as time expired, defeating the Rams. The loss capped CSU's regular season at 10–2. As a result of the successful transformation of the program, McElwain was named the Mountain West Conference's coach of the year on December 2, 2014.
Before the final bowl game after the 2014 regular season, McElwain accepted the position of head football coach at Florida, becoming the first Rams football coach to leave the team for another. Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin, former head coach at San Jose State, was named as the Rams interim head coach for the bowl game. McElwain did not coach the Rams in their final match, a loss in the Las Vegas Bowl to Utah.
Mike Bobo era (2015–2019)
On December 23, 2014, Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo was named the head football coach at Colorado State University. His hiring marked the second straight SEC offensive coordinator to lead the Rams football program.
2015-2017: Three 7–6 seasons
In Bobo's first season, the Rams compiled a record of 7–6, which culminated in a loss to Nevada in the Arizona Bowl. After demolishing Savannah State by a score of 65–13 to kick off the season, the Rams lost to Minnesota and Colorado in overtime in consecutive weeks. After defeating UTSA, the Rams suffered another two-game skid, losing at Utah State and No. 25 Boise State. CSU then defeated Air Force and lost to San Diego State before embarking upon a four-game winning streak. The Rams defeated Wyoming, UNLV, New Mexico and Fresno State before losing in the Arizona Bowl.
In 2016, the Rams again finished 7–6. After losing to Colorado by a score of 44–7 to kick off the season, the Rams defeated UTSA and Northern Colorado. CSU would follow that up with losses to Minnesota and Wyoming. Bobo led the Rams to a victory over Utah State the following week, but the Rams suffered a defeat at the hands of No. 15 Boise State the next week. Wins over UNLV and Fresno State would follow before CSU lost at Air Force. Colorado State would then defeat New Mexico and San Diego State by large margins before losing to Idaho in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl by a score of 61–50.
The 2017 season began on August 26 when the Rams hosted Oregon State for the grand opening of CSU's new on-campus Canvas Stadium (called "Colorado State Stadium" for the 2017 season). The Rams beat the Beavers 58–27 in front of a crowd of 37,583, which remains the highest attendance for a football game at Canvas Stadium as of the 2021 season. On September 1, 2017, CSU lost to Colorado 17–3 in the year's Rocky Mountain Showdown matchup. On October 14, 2017, CSU won a close homecoming game against Nevada, 44–42, behind Michael Gallup's 263 receiving yards. On December 16, 2017, CSU lost the New Mexico Bowl to Marshall, 31–28. After achieving an impressive 6–2 record through eight games, the Rams lost four of their last five games, including the New Mexico Bowl, to finish the season with a 7–6 record for the third consecutive year.
2018-2019: Struggles and Bobo's departure
The 2018 season began with losses to Hawaii and Colorado. On September 8, 2018, CSU beat Arkansas at Canvas Stadium after scoring 25 unanswered points to come back and win 34–27. CSU then lost games against Florida and Illinois State and won games against San Jose State and New Mexico before losing five straight games to conclude the season. The Rams finished the 2018 campaign with a 3–9 record and missed out on a bowl game for the first time in 5 years.
The 2019 season began with a 52–31 loss against Colorado in what would end up being the final Rocky Mountain Showdown until September 16, 2023. The following week, CSU beat Western Illinois and then proceeded to lose four games in a row. CSU split their final six games 3–3, and finished the 2019 season with a 4–8 record. On December 4, 2019, it was announced that head coach Mike Bobo and the Colorado State team had mutually agreed to part ways, ending Bobo's five-year run at CSU.
Steve Addazio era (2020–2021)
On December 11, 2019, former Temple and Boston College head coach Steve Addazio was named the new head coach of the Rams. Addazio brought his classic, conservative smashmouth offensive style to Colorado State, putting an emphasis on the run game.
2020: COVID-19 season
Addazio's first season as the head coach of the Rams was anything but predictable as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. After the Mountain West Conference indefinitely postponed all fall sports on August 10, 2020, the conference agreed to play a modified eight-game, conference-only football season. Despite eight games being scheduled, Colorado State played only four games due to coronavirus outbreaks leading to game cancellations.
In August 2020, the university temporarily suspended the football program and initiated investigations into accusations of racism and verbal abuse of players by the coaching staff. However, the subsequent investigation found that the majority of athletes and staff disputed these accusations, and in October 2020, the investigation concluded and the team was cleared.
On November 5, 2020, Colorado State beat Wyoming 34–24, winning the Border War Bronze Boot back from Wyoming for the first time since the 2015 football season.
Colorado State finished the 2020 season with a 1–3 record, with their only victory being against Wyoming. Colorado State lost to Fresno State, Boise State and San Diego State, while games against New Mexico, UNLV, Air Force and Utah State were canceled. There were no fans allowed at CSU's Canvas Stadium at any point of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 season
The 2021 football season was a welcome change after the unusual previous season resulted in playing only four games and without fans. Fans were welcomed back to Canvas Stadium on September 3, 2021, when the Rams hosted South Dakota State in front of an electric crowd of 32,327. However, SDSU spoiled the occasion, winning 42–23. After another embarrassing home loss to Vanderbilt the following week and beginning the season 0–2, the Rams went on the road and beat Toledo 22–6. Star TE Trey McBride recorded nine catches for 109 receiving yards on a team-total 110 passing yards; only two passes were completed to other receivers, and one was for a three-yard loss. On September 25, 2021, the following weekend, CSU nearly upset #5 ranked Iowa - Rams led 14–7 at half - but ultimately lost 24–14.
On October 9, 2021, CSU hosted 2020 Mountain West Champion San Jose State for the Rams' homecoming game. CSU won 32–14 in front of a near-sellout crowd of 34,780, and kicker Cayden Camper made six field goals on six attempts, breaking the school's single game record for made field goals. The following week, CSU beat New Mexico on the road 36–7 with a dominant defensive performance, allowing the Lobos just 76 yards of offense, the second fewest allowed by the Rams in a game in school history.
On October 22, 2021, CSU lost to Utah State 26–24 in the final seconds of the game due to a substitution mishap that forced Rams' kicker Cayden Camper to rush a field goal rather than stopping the clock to let him set up the kick. Following the game, head coach Steve Addazio deflected blame onto his players, saying that no coach had instructed the special teams unit to substitute into the game. This loss became the first of a six-game losing streak as the Rams failed to win another game that season, finishing the season 3–9, 2–6 in Mountain West Conference play. In Addazio's final game as head coach of the Rams, he was ejected from a game against Nevada after receiving two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, becoming the second ever FBS coach to be ejected since the unsportsmanlike conduct rules were updated in 2016. Nevada beat Colorado State 52–10, handing the Rams their worst loss of the season. On December 2, 2021, Colorado State fired Steve Addazio after he posted a 4–12 record over two years as head coach.
Jay Norvell era (2022–present)
On December 6, 2021, Colorado State hired Nevada head coach Jay Norvell to be their 24th head coach and first Black head coach in program history. In a stark contrast to previous head coach Steve Addazio's run-heavy smashmouth offense, Norvell was known for leading an explosive, pass-heavy offense. Norvell led Nevada quarterback Carson Strong to back-to-back Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year awards in 2020 and 2021.
Conference affiliations
The Rams have played in five conferences.
Colorado Football Association (1893–1908)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1909–1937)
Skyline Conference (1938–1961)
Independent (1962–1967)
Western Athletic Conference (1968–1998)
Mountain West Conference (1999–present)
Head coaches
W. J. Forbes was the program's first football coach. He was paid $25 for his services during the 1899 season. Forbes died in a freak accident following his only season as head coach on June 18, 1900, at 25 years old.
Head coach Sark Arslanian was fired after the Rams opened the 1981 season with a 0–6 record, ending his nine-year tenure with a 46–46–4 record. Defensive coordinator Chester Caddas was named as the team's interim head coach and led the team to an 0–6 record, finishing the season winless. Caddas was replaced by Texas defensive coordinator Leon Fuller after the 1981 season.
Head coach Jim McElwain left the program after being offered the head coach position at Florida following the 2014 season. Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin coached the Rams as interim head coach for one game, in the 2014 Las Vegas Bowl the team played in following McElwain's departure.
On December 6, 2021, Colorado State hired Nevada head coach Jay Norvell to be their 24th head coach and first Black head coach in program history.
List of Colorado State head coaches.
No coach (1893–1894)
No team (1895–1898)
W. J. Forbes (1899)
George Toomey (1900–1901)
C. J. Griffith (1901–1902)
Matt Rothwell (1903)
John H. McIntosh (1904–1905)
Claude Rothgeb (1906–1909)
George Cassidy (1910)
Harry W. Hughes (1911–1941)
Julius Wagner (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Julius Wagner (1945–1946)
Harry W. Hughes (1946)
Bob Davis (1947–1955)
Don Mullison (1956–1961)
Mike Lude (1962–1969)
Jerry Wampfler (1970–1972)
Sark Arslanian (1973–1981)
Chester Caddas† (1981)
Leon Fuller (1982–1988)
Earle Bruce (1989–1992)
Sonny Lubick (1993–2007)
Steve Fairchild (2008–2011)
Jim McElwain (2012–2014)
Dave Baldwin † (2014)
Mike Bobo (2015–2019)
Steve Addazio (2020–2021)
Jay Norvell (2022–present)
† = Interim head coach
Bowl games
Colorado State has played in 17 bowl games. They have a bowl record of 6–11.
Under Sonny Lubick, the Rams played in their two of their biggest bowl games to date. The first was the 1997 Holiday Bowl 35–24 victory over the Missouri Tigers while the second was the 2000 Liberty Bowl 22–17 victory over the Louisville Cardinals. During both of these winning seasons, the Rams were ranked in the top 25 football teams by both the coaches and AP polls.
In the first season under new head coach Steve Fairchild, the CSU Rams were able to beat Fresno State 40–25 in the 2008 New Mexico Bowl. During this game, running back Gartrell Johnson rushed for 285 yards and received five passes for 90 yards for a total of 375 yards, setting an FBS record for most combined rushing and receiving yards in a bowl game.
Under Jim McElwain's second year of coaching the Rams, CSU went to the New Mexico Bowl. On December 21, 2013, the CSU Rams faced the Washington State Cougars. In one of the most memorable comebacks of the decade, the Rams were able to score 18 points in the last 4 minutes of regulation game play to defeat the Cougars 48–45.
The Rams appeared in three bowls during the Mike Bobo era — the Arizona Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and the New Mexico Bowl — but lost all three games.
Conference championships
The Rams have won 15 conference championships, eight occurring during their tenure in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, one in the Skyline Conference, three in their time in the Western Athletic Conference, and three in their current conference, the Mountain West Conference.
Rivalries
Colorado
The game between Colorado State and in-state rival Colorado, now dubbed the Rocky Mountain Showdown, began in 1893. The rivalry series was continued annually until 1958, then was resurrected in 1983. Since 1998, the game has been held mostly in Denver. Since moving to Sports Authority Field at Mile High, the teams have consistently played before the largest crowds in state history to witness a college sporting event. On August 31, 2009, Colorado State and Colorado signed a 10-year contract extension of the Rocky Mountain Showdown which brought the game back to Denver's Sports Authority Field at Mile High from 2010 to 2019. The 2020 game, scheduled to be played at Canvas Stadium, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado leads the series 67–22–2 through the 2021 season.
Wyoming
The rivalry between Colorado State and Wyoming, another member of the Mountain West Conference, is the longest rivalry in each school's history and also known as the "Border War" or "Battle for the Bronze Boot". The rivalry began in 1899. Since 1968, the schools have battled for possession of the Bronze Boot traveling trophy. The bronzed battle boot was worn in Vietnam by Colorado State alumnus Dan Romero. The boot is held by Colorado State after Wyoming held the trophy for four straight years. Colorado State leads the series 59–49–5 through the 2021 season.
Air Force
The Ram–Falcon Trophy originated in 1980 to highlight the rivalry between Colorado State and the Falcons of the U.S. Air Force Academy, another Mountain West Conference member in Colorado that is in Colorado Springs. The wood-carved trophy was produced by local artist Bill Wrage. The Air Force ROTC detachment on the CSU campus initiated the creation of the trophy. Air Force leads the series 37–21–1 through the 2021 season.
Logos and uniforms
In July 2016 Under Armour designed new uniforms as part of its new five-year agreement to be CSU's exclusive provider of game-day uniforms, as well as footwear, apparel and training equipment for each of CSU's 16 varsity sports teams. The new deal took effect on July 1 and runs through 2020. In addition to the home and away jerseys, it will include five alternate gameday uniforms that Under Armour will supply for the Rams's football program, including the special "Orange Out" uniforms it has supplied for the annual Ag Day game.
Notable players
Offense
Quarterbacks
Garrett Grayson (QB, 2011–14)
Caleb Hanie (QB, 2006–07)
Bradlee Van Pelt (QB, 2001–03)
Running backs
Kapri Bibbs (RB, 2013)
Lawrence McCutcheon (RB, 1969–71)
Cecil Sapp (FB, 1999–02)
Wide receivers
Michael Gallup (WR, 2017–18)
Rashard Higgins (WR, 2013–14)
Bisi Johnson (WR, 2015–18)
Willie Miller (WR, 1972–74)
Preston Williams (WR, 2018)
Tight ends
Joel Dreessen (TE, 2000–04)
Crockett Gillmore (TE, 2010–13)
Trey McBride (TE, 2018–21)
Offensive line
Weston Richburg (C, 2009–13)
Ty Sambrailo (T, 2010–14)
Defense
Defensive line
Al "Bubba" Baker (DE, 1974–77)
Mike Bell (DE, 1975–78)
Dale Dodrill (DT, 1947–50)
Thurman "Fum" McGraw (DT, 1946–49)
Sean Moran (DE, 1992–95)
Mark Mullaney (DE, 1971–74)
Brady Smith (DE, 1992–95)
Linebackers
Shaquil Barrett (LB, 2011–13)
Clark Haggans (DE/LB, 1996–99)
Joey Porter (LB, 1995–98)
Defensive backs
Jack Christiansen (DB, 1948–50)
Jim David (DB, 1949–51)
Gary Glick (DB, 1953–55)
Fred Glick (QB/DB, 1956–58)
Richie Hall (DB, 1980–82)
Selwyn Jones (DB, 1988–92)
Punters
Ryan Stonehouse (P, 2017–21)
Jimmie Kaylor (P, 2003–07)
Consensus All-Americans
To reach consensus All-American status, a player must be selected by at least half of the NCAA's recognized All-American teams. Colorado State has had five consensus All-Americans selections as of 2021.
Mike Bell, 1978
Greg Myers, 1995
Rashard Higgins, 2014
Michael Gallup, 2017
Trey McBride, 2021†
†= Unanimous All-American selection.
Hall of Famers
College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame inductees:
Thurman "Fum" McGraw (DL, 1946–49) McGraw was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
Greg Meyers (S, 1992–95) Myers was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
Earle Bruce (Head Coach, 1989–1992)Bruce was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees:
Jack Christiansen (DB, 1948–1950) Christiansen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970.
Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame
Since its inception in 1988, the Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame has honored former Ram and Aggie athletes, coaches, and administrators across all sports for their achievements and contributions to the school. The following list is of inducted athletes and coaches who have been part of the football program as of 2021.
Italicized years indicate the individual's collegiate football career at Colorado State.
Notable in other fields
John Amos, running back, actor, brief professional career
Retired numbers
Notes
Posthomous honor
Eddie "Twinkle Toes" Hanna was one of two black players on the 1947 Colorado A&M team (along with George Jones) at a time when many college teams were still completely white. Despite this, Hanna was widely popular in the locker room and on campus. A talented athlete, Hanna looked to be on pace to play professional football upon his graduation, but unexpectedly died from suspected cardiac arrest following the first game of the 1949 season against Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His number was immediately retired following his death, and no player has worn it since.
Thurman "Fum" McGraw earned All-American awards in football (1948, 1949), track (discus, 1949) and wrestling (1948). He was the first consensus All-American in CSU football history and the only athlete in school history to be awarded All-American in three different sports. McGraw was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 1950 NFL draft and was voted to the Pro Bowl his rookie year. In 1981, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame in the 1988 inaugural class. McGraw died in 2000 at the age of 73. The modern-era Colorado State football program has a tradition of bringing McGraw's jersey on the road to away games.
In addition, Greg Myers' No. 3 jersey number is not retired by Colorado State, but it is displayed alongside the retired numbers under the press box in Canvas Stadium in honor of his collegiate accomplishments.
Future non-conference opponents
Future non-conference opponents announced as of August 9, 2022.
References
External links
American football teams established in 1893
1893 establishments in Colorado
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Marie Line, also known as Marie Line Marolany or Maro Lany, is a French singer who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 for France with the song "Où aller".
Life and career
Marie-Line Marolany was born in Saint-Raphaël, Var on the French Riviera. She has French-Caribbean roots and early on was backing singer in her brothers' group, Soul Afro Punk. She then started to sing her own compositions in piano bars all over in France and then went to record two albums with Raoul Petite. Afterwards she toured Europe with many famous French singer doing backing vocals. In 1998 she was chosen to represent France to the Eurovision Song Contest held in Birmingham, with her song Ou Aller? (Where to?). The song was totally different from the other pop entries and some suggested that it was a reminder of the French "exotic" and "afro-Caribbean" entries of 1991 and 1992. Though her performance was great and the audience seemed to like it, the song suffered a complete disaster. It was awarded only 3 points (1 point from Cyprus and 2 points from North Macedonia) and ranked 24th doing only better than Switzerland. After that Marie Line did not record any of her songs. She continued her career as a backing vocalist and a composer – she is known for have written music for three French movies: Les Caprices d'un fleuve, Cuisine américaine and Agathe Cléry.
See also
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
External links
Marie Line's MySpace Page
Living people
People from Saint-Raphaël, Var
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for France
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1998
French women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Oregon Ballot Measure 60 may refer to:
Oregon Ballot Measure 60 (1998), measure that made Oregon the first state in the United States to conduct its elections exclusively by mail
Oregon Ballot Measure 60 (2008), measure to create a new Oregon state statute mandating that only undefined "classroom performance" would determine teachers' pay raises
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Johnson Toribiong (born 22 July 1946) is a Palauan attorney and politician.
Toribiong became the president of Palau, following his victory in the November 2008 election,
and left office in 2013. Before 2020 elections, Toribiong has run for president four times - in 1992, 1996, 2008 and 2012.
Background and early career
Toribiong was born in Airai, one of the states of Palau. He attended the College of Guam, 1965–66, and holds a Juris Doctor degree (1972) and a Master of Laws (1973) degree from the University of Washington School of Law. His LL.M. thesis was entitled, "Oil Pollution by Ships and Micronesia: A Survey of Maritime Jurisdiction and Applicable Laws."
He was elected to the Senate of Palau in 1980. In the 1992 elections; Toribiong attracted 3,188 votes for president, versus 2,084 for one-term incumbent Ngiratkel Etpison and 3,125 for rival Kuniwo Nakamura; however, as no candidate attracted more than 50% of the vote, Nakamura and Toribiong went on to a runoff election, in which Toribiong was defeated.
President
Toribiong was a candidate for president of Palau during the November 2008 presidential election. His running mate for vice president was Kerai Mariur, a delegate in the Palau National Congress. Toribiong was opposed by Elias Camsek Chin, the outgoing Palauan vice president.
Toribiong led the early, unofficial vote tally with 1,629 votes to Chin's 1,499. The lead ultimately held and Toribiong defeated Chin in the election.
Toribiong was sworn into office as president of Palau on January 15, 2009.
Toribiong was defeated in the presidential election of 2012. One of the issues was his acceptance of 6 Uyghur former prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, who did not fit into Palauan society.
References
1946 births
Ambassadors of Palau to Taiwan
Living people
Palauan lawyers
People from Airai
Presidents of Palau
Members of the Senate of Palau
University of Washington School of Law alumni
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Technical Difficulties are unforeseen equipment problems such as hardware failures or software bugs that make it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.
Technical Difficulties may also refer to:
Technical Difficulties (filk group)
Technical Difficulties (Racer X album)
Technical Difficulties (Training for Utopia album)
The Technical Difficulties, a semi-educational, comedic and satirical podcast and video team made up of Tom Scott, Matt Gray, Gary Brannan, and Chris Joel.
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is the stage name of a Japanese adult video actor. Described as "the undisputed king of Japanese mature porn", Tokuda has inspired many adult industry actors to extend their retirement to a later age. Tokuda has gained international recognition after being profiled by CNN, The Guardian, Vice, and Yahoo.
Life and career
Tokuda was born on August 18, 1934. He worked as a travel agent until his retirement at about age 60. According to Tokuda, "I retired and didn't have anything to do," so he started a second career and life as a porn actor. He had been buying porn videos directly from the production company (he couldn't face getting them at a video store) and had become friendly with a director who suggested he star in a video because "old-people porn" was becoming popular. By 2008, he had made over 350 videos, and according to one director, "In his generation, Tokuda is a superstar."
Ruby Productions, which produces his movies, started making "mature" movies with people in their thirties but the popularity of "elder porn" has led them to produce a line with people in their seventies, and Tokuda is their star. Tokuda works with both young and older actresses including a number of videos with 72-year-old Fujiko Ito. Given Japan's large elderly population with a lot of time on their hands, mature porn has become a lucrative market, reportedly accounting for 20-30% of sex movie revenue.
Male actors are usually anonymous in Japanese porn but Tokuda is now featured in his own branded series of videos for Ruby with actresses of various ages. Another studio specializing in elder porn is Glory Quest which launched the "old man" series Maniac Training of Lolitas in December 2004 and when that became popular, had Tokuda star with a variety of young AV actresses in the Forbidden Elderly Care (Forbidden Nursing) series beginning in August 2006. An additional series Big Tits Loving Grandfather Erotic Mischief for Glory Quest began in April 2008. Not all of Tokuda's roles involve sex and he enjoys acting different roles. He has said he hopes to be able to continue working in adult videos until he is 80 (with a laugh).
Tokuda became a sensation in the West when he was profiled on a CNN report in 2008, and Ruby has plans to release some of his videos in the United States.
Personal life
Tokuda is married with two children and a grandson. Although he initially kept his work in pornography a secret, Tokuda had to confess after his daughter discovered a fax for a scene he was offered to appear in. He says his wife of 45 years suspects he plays some role in the porn industry but doesn't ask any questions and he has kept his "star" status a secret.
See also
Aging of Japan
Sexuality in Japan
References
External links
1934 births
Japanese male pornographic film actors
Male actors from Tokyo
Living people
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South Africa under apartheid was subjected to a variety of international boycotts, including on sporting contacts. There was some debate about whether the aim of the boycott was to oppose segregation in sport or apartheid in general, with the latter view prevailing in later decades. While the National Party introduced apartheid in 1948, it added sport-specific restrictions from the late 1950s, on interracial sport within South Africa and international travel by nonwhite athletes. The international federations (IFs) governing various sports began to sanction South Africa, both in response to the new restrictions and in reflection of the broader anti-racism of national federations in newly independent postcolonial states. By the early 1970s, South African national teams were excluded from most Olympic sports, although South Africans competed in individual events in some, mainly professional, sports through the 1980s. Although from the mid-1970s the National Party relaxed the application of segregation provisions in relation to sport, this failed to alleviate the boycott, which continued until the end of apartheid.
United Nations
In 1980, the United Nations' Centre against Apartheid began compiling a "Register of Sports Contacts with South Africa". This was a list of sportspeople and officials who had participated in events within South Africa. It was compiled mainly from reports in South African newspapers. Being listed did not itself result in any punishment, but was regarded as a moral pressure on athletes. Some sports bodies would discipline athletes based on the register. Athletes could have their names deleted from the register by giving a written undertaking not to return to apartheid South Africa to compete. The register is regarded as having been an effective instrument. A consolidated list running to 56 pages was published in 1991.
The UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports on 10 December 1985.
Multisport organisations
Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) withdrew its invitation to South Africa to the 1964 Summer Olympics when interior minister Jan de Klerk insisted the team would not be racially integrated. In 1968, the IOC was prepared to readmit South Africa after assurances that its team would be multi-racial; but a threatened boycott by African nations and others forestalled this. The South African Games of 1969 and 1973 were intended to allow Olympic-level competition for South Africans against foreign athletes. South Africa was formally expelled from the IOC in 1970.
In 1976, African nations demanded that New Zealand be suspended by the IOC for continued contacts with South Africa, including a tour of South Africa by the All Blacks: when the IOC declined to do so, the African teams boycotted the Games. This contributed to the Gleneagles Agreement being adopted by the Commonwealth in 1977.
The IOC adopted a declaration against "apartheid in sport" on 21 June 1988, for the total isolation of apartheid sport.
Parasport
South Africa participated in the annual International Stoke Mandeville Games (ISMG) after it joined the ISMGF (ISMG Federation) in 1962. ISMG founder Ludwig Guttmann supported South African participation until his death in 1980. Every fourth ISMG was recognised as the quadrennial Summer Paralympic Games, and the ISMGF later evolved into the International Paralympic Committee. From 1965, South Africa alternated white and nonwhite ISMG teams respectively in even- and odd-numbered years. Beginning in 1975, its parasports teams were racially integrated, impelled by the refusal of the organisers of the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto to allow an all-white team. South Africa's presence in Toronto caused the withdrawal of the teams from Jamaica, India, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya, and of the Canadian federal government's promised funding. The associated controversy increased public awareness of, and attendance at, the games.
The organisers of the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics acceded to their governments' demands not to invite South Africa, but through to 1983 it continued to compete in the non-Paralympic ISMGs at Stoke Mandeville. The ISMGF gave a lifetime ban to 1976 table tennis medallist Maggy Jones for distributing anti-apartheid leaflets at the 1979 ISMG. Swimmer Bernard Leach withdrew from the 1981 ISMG and founded Disabled People Against Apartheid, which picketed ISMGs until 1983. In 1985 the ISMGF voted to discontinue invitations to South Africa.
Commonwealth Games
Prior to apartheid, the 1934 British Empire Games, originally awarded in 1930 to Johannesburg, was moved to London after the South African government refused to allow nonwhite participants. South Africa continued to participate in every Games until it left the Commonwealth in 1961. The Thatcher government's refusal to enforce the Gleneagles Agreement in the UK led Nigeria to initiate a boycott of the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, which involved 32 of 59 eligible teams.
Other
The National Collegiate Athletic Association, which governs many North American university sports, permitted South Africans to receive athletic scholarships and compete in its events. Most such student athletes were white; one exception was runner Sydney Maree, who later became a U.S. citizen.
The Gay Games were instigated by San Francisco Arts and Athletics (SFAA), and South Africans participated in the first (1982) edition. Calls to ban them from the 1986 games were rejected by SFAA as inconsistent with its message of inclusivity, but the few (white) South Africans considering entry decided to withdraw. The SFAA objected when the organisers of the 1990 games in Vancouver pledged to enforce the Gleneagles Agreement and exclude South Africa; this contributed to the foundation of the Gay Games Federation in 1989, which took over the SFAA's responsibility and endorsed the Vancouver position.
By sport
The extent of boycotting varied between different sports, in the degree of contact permitted and the severity of punishment of "rebels" who defied the sanctions. This reflected the different political and social composition of each sport's IF.
Athletics
In track and field athletics, a motion to suspend South Africa from the IAAF was defeated in 1966, but had been passed by 1970.
The suspension was renewed year‐to‐year until South Africa was formally expelled in 1976.
After the end of the apartheid system, South Africa officially rejoined IAAF in 1992.
Zola Budd's time for the women's 5,000m in January 1984 was not ratified as a world record because it was outside the auspices of the IAAF.
Boxing
South Africa's amateur boxing association was expelled from the AIBA in 1968.
The professional boxing South African Boxing Board of Control (SABBC) was expelled from the World Boxing Council (WBC) in 1975. The WBC remained vocal in opposition to apartheid, and refused to include South African boxers in its rankings.
The SABBC had affiliated to the rival World Boxing Association (WBA) in 1974. It was soon well represented on the WBA executive, and the 1978 conference was held there. Many WBA title fights were held there, some in Boputhatswana, a putatively independent bantustan. When John Tate beat Gerry Coetzee at Loftus Versfeld in 1979, the stadium had a desegregated audience for the first time. Although Don King criticised Tate's promoter Bob Arum for doing business in South Africa, King did so himself in 1984. In 1986 the WBA voted to suspend the SABBC until the end of apartheid. South African boxers remained eligible for WBA rankings and fights outside the country. The Nevada State Athletic Commission withdrew from the WBA for a time in 1987, citing its lax apartheid policy as one reason.
Chess
In the 1970 Chess Olympiad, a number of players and teams protested against South Africa's inclusion, some withdrawing themselves, and the Albanian team forfeited its match against the South African team. South Africa was expelled from FIDE while participating in the 1974 Chess Olympiad, finally returning to international competition in the 1992 Chess Olympiad.
Cricket
Cricket had been organised on racial lines in South Africa from its earliest days with the "Coloured" cricketer Krom Hendricks excluded from provincial and national teams from the 1890s. However, the cricketing boycott was prompted by the "D'Oliveira affair" — the reaction of the South African authorities to the selection of Basil D'Oliveira, a "Cape Coloured" South African, for the England team in 1968. The 1970 South African tour of England was called off and replaced by a "Rest of the World" tour featuring several South African players. The International Cricket Conference (ICC) imposed a moratorium on tours in 1970. World Series Cricket, run outside the auspices of the ICC in 1977–79, included South African players in its "Rest of the World" team. There were several "private" tours in the 1970s and "rebel" tours in the 1980s. Sanctions for rebel tourists more severe in the West Indies and Sri Lanka than England and Australia. In the 1980s, up to 80 English players spent the English winter playing South African domestic cricket. In 1989, the ICC agreed that playing in South Africa would carry a minimum 4-year ban on international selection, with an amnesty for previous instances.
Golf
In the World Cup, the Greek government banned South Africa from the 1979 competition in Athens. South Africa competed in the 1980 edition in Bogotá. The prospect of their appearing in the 1981 edition, due to be staged at Waterville in Ireland, caused it to be cancelled. South Africa did not reappear until the post-apartheid era in 1992.
South African golfers continued to play around the world, including PGA Tour, European Tour, and Grand Slam events. Outside golfers competed freely in South African Tour events. The Million Dollar Challenge at the Sun City resort regularly attracted some of the world's top golfers. The Official World Golf Ranking included South African Tour events in its calculations from its instigation in 1986.
Motorsport
South African world champions during apartheid included Jody Scheckter (1979 Formula One) and motorcyclists Kork Ballington (two titles each in 1978 and 1979) and Jon Ekerold (1980 350cc).
Several constructors withdrew from the 1985 edition of the South African Formula One Grand Prix, the last held before the end of apartheid. French constructors Renault and Ligier acceded to pressure to boycott from the Mitterrand–Fabius administration. Alan Jones later admitted that he had feigned illness to withdraw his Haas Lola from the race, because its sponsor, Beatrice Foods, was under pressure from African American employees. Some drivers said they were competing reluctantly and only out of contractual obligation to their constructor.
The South African motorcycle Grand Prix likewise lapsed after 1985.
Rugby union
South Africa remained a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) throughout the apartheid era. Halt All Racist Tours was established in New Zealand in 1969 to oppose continued tours to and from South Africa. Apartheid South Africa's last foreign tour was to New Zealand in 1981. This tour was highly controversial due to the difference of opinions. Though contacts were restricted after the Gleneagles Agreement in 1977, there were controversial tours in 1980 by the British Lions and by France, in 1981 by Ireland, and in 1984 by England. In 1986, though a Lions tour was cancelled, South Africans played in all-star matches in Cardiff and in London marking the IRB centenary. South Africa was excluded from the first two Rugby World Cups, in 1987 and 1991.
Football
South Africa was suspended from FIFA in 1961, with Stanley Rous, FIFA's President, flying to South Africa in 1963 to negotiate its reinstatement with the South African Government. The South African FA proposed entering an all-white team in the 1966 World Cup and an all-black team in the 1970 World Cup, but this proposal was ultimately rejected. The South African FA was suspended by FIFA in September 1965, and expelled from FIFA in 1976.
Surfing
Surf culture traditionally self-identified as apolitical. The International Surfing Association (ISA) and professional surf tours had events in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s, at which Native Hawaiian competitors were treated as honorary whites by organisers. The 1978 ISA World Championship and 1982 World Surf League held in South Africa were boycotted by Australia, though individual Australians competed in the latter event. Australian Tom Carroll, having competed since 1981 in South African events, became in 1985 the first professional to boycott them. Shaun Tomson and Wendy Botha respectively won the 1977 International Professional Surfers and 1987 ISA Women's World Championship as South Africans and later competed with acquired American and Australian nationality.
Table tennis
The South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB), a body founded in contravention to the white South African table tennis board, was substituted for the latter by the International Table Tennis Federation. While the SATTB team was able to participate in the world championships held in Stockholm in 1957, team members were immediately refused passports by the government. It ruled that no black could compete internationally except through the white sports body.
Tennis
In the Davis Cup, the South Africa team was ejected from the 1970 edition, in part thanks to campaigning by Arthur Ashe, and was banned indefinitely.
After Ashe reported in 1973 that the country's tennis organisation was sufficiently integrated, it was reinstated in 1973, but was placed in the Americas Zone instead of the Europe Zone where other African countries played.
The 1974 edition saw the final scratched and South Africa awarded the Davis Cup after India refused to travel to South Africa for the final. While Ashe criticised India at the time, he later felt he had misread progress in tennis as broader progress in South African society. Mexico and Colombia refused to play South Africa in 1975, as did Mexico again in 1976. Britain, France, and the United States all threatened to withdraw from the 1977 edition after a vote to suspend boycotting teams narrowly failed. In 1977 William Hester, president of the United States Tennis Association, said "We do not support or agree with the apartheid policy of the South African government .... But we have entered the draw and, unfortunately, we have to play South Africa — and in the United States." During the 1977 match in California, U.S. manager Tony Trabert "hit two protestors with a racket". At the 1978 rematch in Tennessee, attendance was low and there were "more police (150) than protesters (40) outside the gym." In 1979, South Africa was banned from the Davis Cup until the end of the apartheid regime.
The South Africa women's team participated in the Federation Cup (now Fed Cup) through to 1977, hosting and winning the 1972 edition in Johannesburg.
South African players continued to compete on the pro tours; Johan Kriek and Kevin Curren reached Grand Slam finals, with both later becoming naturalised US citizens.
Other
By the end of 1970 South Africa had either been expelled or suspended by FIBA (basketball), UCI (cycling), FIE (fencing), International Gymnastics Federation, International Judo Federation, International Federation of Netball Associations, FHI (weightlifting) and FILA (wrestling).
By 1978, sports in which South Africa remained a member of the IF while being excluded from the world championships included fencing, field hockey, rowing, and water-skiing.
Foreign eligibility
Some elite South African sportspeople competed internationally for another country, after becoming eligible through naturalization, length of residency, or other criteria applicable by the relevant IF. Examples include runner Zola Budd, whose UK nationality application was fast-tracked in time for the 1984 Summer Olympics; and cricketer Kepler Wessels, who acquired Australian eligibility in the 1980s through residency, before returning to South Africa, for whom he played after the end of apartheid. The 1994 film Muriel's Wedding recounts a fictional 1980s Australian's sham marriage to a South African swimmer seeking Olympic eligibility.
End of apartheid
Negotiations to end apartheid began with the 1990 release from prison of Nelson Mandela and culminated in the Government of National Unity formed by Mandela after the 1994 election. In parallel with this transition, sports ended their boycotts and each sport's IF admitted a nonracial South Africa governing body. The European Community announced its member governments' ending of the boycott in June 1991. India, which vehemently opposed South Africa's apartheid policy and was at the forefront of isolating the country internationally at all levels, ended its boycott in 1991 by inviting the South African cricket team to the country for an ODI series and subsequently allowed the Indian cricket team to tour South Africa for a Test and ODI series in late 1992. The country's hosting and winning of the 1995 Rugby World Cup was a powerful boost to post-apartheid South Africa's return to the international sporting scene.
A 1999 academic paper argues that "sport fulfilled an important symbolic function in the anti-apartheid struggle and was able to influence the other policy actors, but generally to a far less significant extent than is usually asserted".
See also
Academic boycott of South Africa
Foreign relations of South Africa during apartheid
Sports diplomacy
Sources
Citations
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Boycotts of apartheid South Africa
International sports boycotts
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Constantine's Bridge was a late antique bridge in Mysia, modern-day Turkey.
The structure, built some time after 258 AD, crossed the river Rhyndacus (modern Adırnas Çayı) at Lopadium (modern Uluabat). It was crowned in Byzantine times by a chapel dedicated by Saint Helena to emperor Constantine I (r. 324–337 AD). Only few remains have survived: at the beginning of the 20th century, the English archaeologist Frederick William Hasluck reported no arch as complete, and only a few ruined piers on the north bank. The masonry consisted of ashlar-faced rubble.
Apart from Constantine's Bridge, other remarkably well preserved Roman bridges have survived in Mysia, known by the rivers they cross as the Makestos Bridge, the Aesepus Bridge and the White Bridge over the Granicus.
See also
List of Roman bridges
Roman architecture
Roman engineering
References
Sources
Roman bridges in Turkey
Deck arch bridges
Stone bridges in Turkey
Mysia
Buildings and structures in Bursa Province
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Andronika Arianiti, also known as Donika Kastrioti, (born 1428 – died 1506) was an Albanian noblewoman and the spouse of Albanian leader Skanderbeg (born Gjergj Kastrioti). She was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, an earlier leader in the ongoing revolt against the Ottomans.
Life
Donika was born in Kaninë, in 1428. Her father, Gjergj Arianiti was a member of the Arianiti family whose domain stretched across the Shkumbin valley and the old Via Egnatia road and reached to the east today's Bitola. Her mother, Maria Muzaka was a member of the Muzaka family whose domain was the Myzeqe region.
A month after the Treaty of Gaeta, on 21 April 1451, Skanderbeg married Donika, and thus strengthened the ties with the Arianiti family, in the Eastern Orthodox Ardenica Monastery, in Lushnje, present-day southwestern Albania. Later her sister Angelina married Serbian ruler Stefan Branković. She is venerated as a saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.
After the Ottoman conquest of Albania, the Kastriotis were given peerage in the Kingdom of Naples. They obtained a feudal domain, the Duchy of San Pietro in Galatina and the County of Soleto (Province of Lecce, Italy). Gjon Kastrioti II, Donika's and Skanderbeg's only child, married Jerina Branković, the daughter of Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia.
Donika had a close friendship with the second wife of King Ferdinand I of Naples, Joanna of Aragon who is also the sister of Ferdinand of Aragon. After the beginning of the Italian War of 1494–1498, Donika was forced to leave Naples and arrived in Valencia around 1501 along with her grandchild, Alonso Kastrioti. They found refuge in the royal palace.
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Lou Engle (born October 9, 1952) is an American Charismatic Christian who led TheCall, which held prayer rallies. He is the president of Lou Engle Ministries. Engle was a senior leader of the International House of Prayer and has assisted in the establishment of Justice House of Prayer and several other smaller "houses" of prayer.
Ministry
Engle has been organizing large prayer rallies since 1999, with hundreds of thousands of people in multiple countries participating. In 2018, Engle announced the end of the organization, TheCall, as well as his intentions to launch Lou Engle Ministries.
Prayer and politics
The size of these events, in addition to Engle's political statements, raised his prominence among the Christian right. These ministries are often located near prominent landmarks, such as Harvard University and the United States Supreme Court building. The locations of the ministries are strategically chosen, to specifically contend issues such as abortion. Engle was described by Joe Conason as a "radical theocrat". An article in the Southern Poverty Law Center says he can occasionally "venture into bloodlust." He criticized other Evangelical leaders regarding the issue of political correctness.
Engle maintains that issues such as abortion and homosexuality should remain at the center of the evangelical movement. Taking a firm stand on issues traditionally associated with the Christian Right, Engle's events have drawn support from Evangelical leaders such as Mike Huckabee and Tony Perkins. In keeping with his stance on these issues, Engle has been sharply critical of former U.S. President Barack Obama, claiming that his beliefs "counter my convictions and the convictions of masses of believing Americans."
While living in Washington, D.C. Engle was briefly a roommate of then-Senator Sam Brownback. Brownback later spoke at The Call Nashville rally and worked with him while drafting Senate apologies to Native Americans and African-Americans. Brownback's association with Engle became an issue in his successful run for Governor of Kansas. During the campaign, the Kansas Democratic Party ran ads criticizing his association with Engle. Brownback stated that he had not spoken to Engle in several months and that they disagreed on some issues.
Abortion
Engle strongly supports abolishing abortion. He encouraged his audiences to pray for the overturning of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling and to vote for anti-abortion political candidates.
Views against homosexuality
In 2008, Engle focused the attention of his prayer groups towards supporting California's Proposition 8, a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage. He organized 24-hour protests in front of the United States Supreme Court, whereby the young participants symbolized the powerlessness of terminated fetuses by placing tape over their mouths with the word "LIFE" written on it.
In May 2010, Engle traveled to Uganda and organized a rally there through TheCall. During the rally, he praised the Ugandan government's efforts to combat homosexuality, and praised those promoting the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill which called for life imprisonment or the death penalty for gays and lesbians with AIDS who engage in sexual relations. Prior to traveling to Uganda, Engle had released a statement condemning the penalties. The Southern Poverty Law Center has placed Lou Engle on their "Hatewatch Extremist" list due to his remarks supporting Uganda's bill to criminalize homosexuality and comparing the struggle over gay rights to the "Civil War."
GLAAD has added Engle to their Accountability Project, a catalog of politicians, commentators, organization heads, religious leaders, and legal figures, who have allegedly used their platforms, influence and power to spread misinformation and harm LGBTQ people.
Anti-Muslim comments
Following anti-Islamic comments at a 2018 Singapore conference hosted by Cornerstone Community Church, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs opened an investigation into Engle's inflammatory rhetoric. Organizers apologized to local Muslim leaders, and pledged not to invite Engle back to speak.
Personal life
Engle and his wife Therese have seven children. He is known for his gravelly voice, cheerful demeanor, and vigorous rocking back and forth while praying and speaking.
Filmography
Engle's filmography includes being featured in the 2006 film Jesus Camp, briefly in the 2012 film Call Me Kuchu and in the 2013 film God Loves Uganda.
Bibliography
Possessing the Gates of the Enemy - A Training Manual for Militant Intercession (April 3, 2018)
, Nazarite DNA, TheCall (March 12, 2015)
References
External links
LouEngle.com
Justice House Of Prayer
The Call
American anti-abortion activists
Living people
American Pentecostals
American evangelicals
Writers from Kansas City, Missouri
American Christian religious leaders
American Christian writers
1952 births
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Ueli Wiget (born 1957 in Winterthur) is a Swiss pianist, harpsichordist and harpist.
He was prized at the 1985 Sydney Competition. Since 1986 Wiget is a member of the Ensemble Modern, a chair he combines with an international concert career.
References
Ensemble Modern ()
Ruhr Trienniale
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
ArkivMusic - Discography
Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea (Spain)
The Independent
El Mundo
Mundoclásico
BBC Music Magazine
Rechenzentrum
The New York Times
Schön Musik
External links
Deconstructive performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto
Living people
1957 births
Swiss classical pianists
Contemporary classical music performers
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
People from Winterthur
Swiss harpsichordists
21st-century classical pianists
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Butler SQL is a now-defunct SQL-based database server for the classic Mac OS from EveryWare Development. For much of its history, it was partnered with another EveryWare product, Tango, that built dynamic database pages from SQL data. The product eventually ended up with Pervasive Software, although it is no longer sold.
Butler was introduced to take advantage of new a Mac OS component known as the Data Access Manager (DAM), which was similar in concept to ODBC, allowing end-user client programs to access various data sources. DAM, however, worked at a lower level than ODBC and did not contain any inherent query language. To address the concern that a single DAM program might want to work with different back-end databases, Apple used a second system known as the Data Access Language (DAL), which was a variant of SQL that included additional flow-control and data manipulation instructions. DAL queries were converted to the target database using an adaptor on the server.
Butler was written to natively support DAL as its variant of SQL, and use DAM internally to support networking. As such, it avoided several intermediary layers that would be required to use the same queries on other database servers. Butler 2.0, released in May 1996, added direct ODBC links as well.
Butler suffered from performance problems due to the single-user nature of the Mac OS. In particular, file access was single-threaded and multitasking was coordinated by the applications, not the operating system.
References
Lawrence Charters, "Data, Data EveryWare", January 1996 General Meeting, Washington Apple Pi
"EveryWare ships Butler SQL 2.0", Business Wire, 13 May 1996
Discontinued software
Classic Mac OS software
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MacOS database-related software
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The Order of Corporate Reunion (OCR), officially the Christian, Ecumenical, and Fraternal Order of Corporate Reunion, is an ecumenical association of clergy and laity of Anglican origin. The OCR was founded by Frederick George Lee, Thomas Wimberley Mossman, and John Thomas Seccombe between 1874-1877 in London. Established as an Anglo-Papalist society to continue the work of the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom, its founders sought to restore an apostolic succession recognized by the Catholic Church through reordinations as a means for reunion.
The founders of the Order of Corporate Reunion claimed to have been consecrated as bishops by Roman Catholic bishops. However, they did not state in public the names of their consecrators; over a century after their deaths it was revealed that cardinals Luigi Nazari di Calabiana, Domenico Agostini, and Vincenzo Moretti allegedly consecrated Lee and Mossman.
Following the deaths of its founders, the order fell dormant with its apostolic succession maintained, and initially revived in 1912. Prominent members and leaders of the revived order were believed to have included Arnold Harris Mathew, Hugh George de Willmott Newman, and Peter Paul Brennan. This revived Order of Corporate Reunion, upon the death of Brennan, schismed into at least three separate bodies, though the organization incorporated by Brennan and others included Michael Kline as the disputed successive primate.
History
Following the dissolution of the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom, the OCR was established in response to Apostolicae curae, which declared all Anglican ordinations "absolutely null and utterly void". During the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, numerous Anglican clergy obtained conditional ordination (reordination) by bishops in the order, with the aim of receiving holy orders recognized as valid by the Roman Catholic Church. Most of these OCR ordinations occurred in secret, though information about some became public; Richard Williams Morgan and Charles Isaac Stevens were both consecrated within the Order of Corporate Reunion on 6 March 1879. Morgan had been previously consecrated by Jules Ferrette.
In 1912, the order was revived and allegedly involved the membership of Arnold Harris Mathew of the Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain and Hugh George de Willmott Newman of the Catholicate of the West. From its revival, it became dormant again with the death of Mathew until its growth in the United States. In 1998, a new branch of the order was established by Diederik Quatannens; his leadership was succeeded by Bertil Persson. After Persson's retirement, the order was then led by Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan of the Old Catholic Confederation, who died in 2016.
After Brennan's death, Michael Kline of the Exorcist Order of Saint Michael in Missouri was allegedly entrusted to be Brennan's successor as leader of the OCR, who alongside Persson and Brennan incorporated the OCR within the United States. During his tenure, the Order of Corporate Reunion schismed into at least three separate groups. One notable OCR group has been based in the United Kingdom and led by John Kersey, a claimaint successor to the defunct Catholicate of the West and dispenser of the Vilatte orders.
Upon the resignation of Kline as Primate of the OCR, Richard Cumming was appointed the Prime Bishop or Universal Primate of the Order of Corporate Reunion incorporated by Brennan, Kline and Persson, in 2022.
In 2023, the Order of Corporate Reunion led by Richard Cumming reorganized itself as its predecessor—the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom.
See also
John Edward Bazille-Corbin
References
Religious organizations
1877 establishments in England
Anglican organizations established in the 19th century
Anglo-Catholicism
Catholic–Protestant ecumenism
Church of England societies and organisations
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Mike Margulis (August 30, 1950 – September 15, 2018) was an American soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He played one game for the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Some references state that he attended St. Louis University, but he is not listed in the school's soccer records. Margulis was called into the Olympic team for the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played the third, and final, U.S. game of the tournament, a 7–0 loss to West Germany.
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2018 deaths
American men's soccer players
Olympic soccer players for the United States
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Over Woodhouse is a suburban area lying just North-West of Bolsover Towncentre, Derbyshire, just to the north of Bolsover Castle, on a hill facing it. The whole area is hemed-in by the A632, the B6419 to Shuttlewood, and two other roads which join together and lead to B6418 to Shuttlewood, lying just east of the former Bolsover Colliery.
It consists primarily of one large Post-World War II housing estate. Though there are some older properties within it.
Populated places in Derbyshire
Bolsover
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Dana Fox (born September 18, 1976) is an American screenwriter. She is best known as the writer of The Wedding Date (2005), What Happens in Vegas (2008), and the television comedy series Ben and Kate (2012–13).
Career
Fox graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with a degree in English and art history, and went on to attend the University of Southern California (USC), where she took part in the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Peter Stark Producing Program and graduated in 2000. She had originally intended to become a film producer, but when assigned a homework task at USC to write a 30-page screenplay, she found that she enjoyed writing more and decided to become a screenwriter instead. She became an assistant to writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar while they were creating the Superman television series Smallville, and later worked for writer-director John August.
While represented by Gough and Millar's agent, established screenwriter Jessica Bendinger sought after an unpublished writer who would work inexpensively on a screenplay. Fox had not yet written a sample screenplay, but Bendinger was so impressed with her ideas for the story that Fox was hired to write the script. The produced film was The Wedding Date, which ultimately was panned by critics but a financial success. After The Wedding Dates release, she was attached to three separate writing projects. Her next produced screenplay was What Happens in Vegas, which was bought by 20th Century Fox in a high six-figure deal for the script's first draft, and which stars Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. After What Happens in Vegas was bought, Fox performed rewrites on 27 Dresses (2008) and Knight and Day (2010), and was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Screenwriters to Watch" of 2007.
In 2012, Fox developed a half hour comedy for FOX based loosely on her older brother. The show, Ben and Kate, premiered on September 25, 2012.
Fox is good friends with fellow writers Diablo Cody (Juno), Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist), and Liz Meriwether (No Strings Attached) with whom she collaborates in a writing group they call the "Fempire". In 2012, Fox and the "Fempire" received the Athena Film Festival Award for Creativity and Sisterhood.
Personal life
Fox was born in Brighton, New York, and lives in Los Angeles, California. Fox married Quinn Emmett on October 23, 2010 at Historic Jamestowne in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Filmography
Film
Television
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External links
1976 births
Living people
Screenwriters from New York (state)
American women screenwriters
People from Brighton, Monroe County, New York
Stanford University alumni
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Film producers from New York (state)
American women film producers
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American women writers
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GN Store Nord A/S is a Danish manufacturer of hearing aids (GN ReSound/GN Hearing) and headsets (Jabra (GN Audio)). GN Store Nord A/S is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ISIN code DK0010272632).
History
The Great Northern Telegraph Company
The company was founded as The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S) in Denmark in June 1869. It was set up as a merger of three recently established telegraph companies initiated by Danish industrial mogul Carl Frederik Tietgen. The aim of the firm was to create a worldwide telegraph company.
The starting point of The Great Northern Telegraph Company (now GN Store Nord) was a concession agreement, which C.F. Tietgen made with the Russian Tzar in 1869. The agreement gave The Great Northern Telegraph Company exclusive rights – and obligations – to establish and run a telegraph line in Russia. This represented a great pioneer task for the company in establishing connections from Europe to the Far East. The Russian authorities ran the actual construction work in Russia. They had already set up a telegraph line in parts of Siberia but were looking for a business partner to cover China and Japan before continuing the Russian line all the way east to Vladivostok. Thus, The Great Northern Telegraph Company was given the responsibility to establish and run its own telegraph line in Asia and additionally assist the Russians with operations, maintenance, technical assistance, and education.
In the following years, the telegraph line expanded massively – both in Europe and in Asia. First, Oslo, London and Paris were covered. Later, operations took place along the coast of China ranging from Hong Kong to Shanghai and further into Japan, where the first telegraph station opened in Nagasaki in 1897. In addition to the telegraph line, telegraph stations and offices opened at several locations.
In 1897, negotiations began about a potential connection going from Scotland to the United States through the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. In 1906, the cable was established, although without the final connection to the United States, which had to wait for almost 60 years to become a reality. When the transatlantic connection was finally established, however, it represented a remarkable expansion, which significantly facilitated communication between people around the world.
The beginning of the 20th century was characterized by several wars and disputes, which affected the company's operations. World War I and largely the Russian Revolution changed the map of Europe, but this only meant an increase in demand for telegraphy. Thus, the company succeeded in prolonging its concession agreement in 1921, signed by Lenin.
The 1920s, and the early 1930s represented great decades for The Great Northern Telegraph Company as it had managed to acquire a reputation as being one of the leading international telecommunication companies in the world. The late 1930s, however, presented great challenges as competition from wireless telegraphy was becoming increasingly severe. In addition, World War II caused great damage to the telegraph lines around the world, which meant that in 1945 the company had only two lines left; the England-Faroes-Iceland line and the Sweden-Finland line. Although broken lines were repaired and re-established after the war, the company had to acknowledge that an era was over.
Thus, the new strategy was to focus on a broader segment by investing in various companies across sectors. This strategy was initiated in 1939 with the investment in the battery factory Hellesens. Over the following decades, The Great Northern Telegraph Company balanced between investing in the telecommunications industry and other industries. On the industry side, it invested in companies such as Lauritz Knudsen, which produced electrical goods, and in 1947, the radiotelephone production company Storno (a contraction of Store Nordiske (Great Northern)) was founded. Other acquisitions were Telematic, which produced telephones, Elmi, which produced measuring equipment, and Danavox, which produced hearing aids.
GN Store Nord since 1985
In 1985, The Great Northern Telegraph Company changed its name to GN Store Nord (GN = Great Nordic) with the aim of creating a new group identity and organizing its businesses. In this process, all subsidiaries were renamed to include GN: GN Danavox, GN NetTest, GN Automatic, etc. A major change happened in 1991 when GN was assigned the attractive GMS concession from the national Danish telecommunication authorities. In March 1992, GN's new subsidiary Sonofon opened the first private mobile telephone network in Denmark. Although GN was not the only investor in Sonofon, it owned the majority of the shares. With the blossoming of the data communications and telephony industry, and under CEO Jørgen Lindegaard, GN was back on track and enjoyed big success in the late 1990s. In 2000, the company sold Sonofon to Norwegian telecom operator Telenor for a price of DKK 14,7 billion.
A large amount was invested in the GN subsidiary NetTest, which had evolved from the former Elmi and considered GN's prospective core business. It was decided to let NetTest acquire the French company Photonetics for a price of DKK 9,1 billion. The optimistic view of the future was also reflected in the share price, which had increased fivefold in only one year, from September 1, 1999, to September 1, 2000. Same year the American Jabra Corporation was acquired.
The focus and investment in NetTest, however, resulted in a serious downturn since GN had misjudged the market development of NetTest's products. In 2001, net profit ended at DKK -9,2 billion, followed by a share price decline equivalent to previous years' gains. Thereby major parts of the yield from Sonofon was lost within one year, and shareholders were raging in the media and at the annual general meeting.
The following years' turbulence led to the company selling most of its subsidiaries and leaving Tietgen's old headquarters in 1893 at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. GN Store Nord's headquarter currently resides in Ballerup North of Copenhagen, Denmark. GN continued focusing on its two core businesses; hearing aids and headsets, produced by GN Hearing and GN Audio, respectively.
On October 2, 2006, GN announced its decision to divest GN Hearing (formerly GN ReSound) and GN Otometrics (a company producing audio measuring equipment) to Swiss competitor Sonova (formerly known as Phonak). The deal, however, was annulled after being blocked by the German Cartel Office. After this, GN announced that it intended to keep the two companies but filed an appeal against the court ruling. The case is still pending.
The blocked deal, however, left GN challenged to the extreme with two underperforming businesses, a thin product pipeline, a heavy debt position, and facing a highly adverse macroeconomic environment. Nonetheless, with comprehensive restructuring and management efforts, the company managed to survive. Since then, GN has gradually fought its way back.
In 2009, GN Audio (then GN Netcom) made a decision to globally market all its products under the same brand, Jabra (a company that GN had acquired in 2000). The purpose of consolidating all products under the same brand was to strengthen the company's position as the world's leading supplier of headsets.
Today, GN Audio is a world leader in Unified Communications headsets, and within the last couple of years, the company has managed to be the first at introducing a number of innovative products on the market. In 2014, the company launched the world's first sports headset with a built-in heart rate monitor. In addition, a series of noise cancellation headsets with a concentration zone has been launched, which are specially designed to improve employees' ability to concentrate in noisy open offices.
GN Hearing also got back on track. In 2010, the company launched the world's first hearing aid with 2.4 GHz technology – the new wireless technology was groundbreaking compared to the previous inductive technology. In 2014, GN Hearing changed the industry once more with the introduction of the world's first Made for iPhone hearing aid, which, based on the 2.4 GHz technology enables the streaming of sound directly from an iPhone without any body-worn devices.
In October 2016, GN Audio acquired VXi Corporation, the manufacturer of both the VXi and BlueParrott headset brands.
Business
Today, the GN Group consists of GN Store Nord A/S, GN Hearing A/S, and GN Audio A/S. GN develops and manufactures intelligent hearing, audio, video, and gaming solutions. GN's offerings are marketed by the brands ReSound, Jabra, SteelSeries, Beltone, Interton, Danavox, and FalCom in more than 100 markets globally.
Directors
(Incomplete)
(1873-1908) Edouard Suenson
(1908-1938) Kay Suenson
(1938-1966) Bent Suenson
(1985-2000) Christian Tillisch (GN Netcom)
(1987-1993) Thomas Duer
(2000-2003) Niels B. Christiansen (GN Netcom)
(1995-2001) Jørgen Lindegaard
(2001-2006) Jørn Kildegaard
(1997-2008) Jesper Mailind (GN ReSound)
(2006-2009) Toon Bouten (GN Netcom)
(2008-2010) Mike Van der Wallen (GN ReSound)
(2009-2013) Mogens Elsberg (GN Netcom)
(2014–2015) Niels Svenningsen (GN Netcom)
(2010-2014) Lars Viksmoen (GN ReSound)
(2014–2018) Anders Hedegaard(GN ReSound/GN Hearing)
(2018–2019) Jakob Gudbrand(GN ReSound / GN Hearing)
(2019–present) Gitte Pugholm Aabo (GN ReSound / GN Hearing)
(2015–present) René Svendsen-Tune (GN Netcom/GN Audio)
Further reading
Baark, Erik. Lightning Wires: The Telegraph and China's Technological Modernization 1860-1890 (ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. 1997)
Iversen, Martin Jes. "Via Northern: Strategic and organisational upheavals of Great Northern Telegraph Company, 1939–1948 and 1966–1977." Scandinavian Economic History Review 51.1 (2003): 29–45.
Jacobsen, Kurt. "Wasted opportunities? The Great Northern Telegraph Company and the wireless challenge." Business History 52.2 (2010): 231–250.
Helge Holst, Elektriciteten, Nordisk Forlag, 1911.
Kurt Jacobsen, Den røde tråd. Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskabs storpolitiske spil efter den russiske revolution, København: Gyldendal 1997.
GN Store Nord's 125th anniversary publication: From dots and dashes to tele - and data communication, June 1, 1994.
Martin Jes-Iversen, Turn Around - Kampen om GN Store Nord, Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2015
External links
GN at NASDAQ OMX
Great Northern Telegraph History
www.stornotime.dk The story about a Storno radiotelefonfabrik.
References
Companies listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen
Electronics companies of Denmark
Telegraph companies of Denmark
Conglomerate companies of Denmark
Companies based in Ballerup Municipality
Technology companies based in Copenhagen
Manufacturing companies established in 1869
Danish companies established in 1869
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The Minnesota Twins are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the American League Central division. They formerly played in Washington, D.C. as the Washington Senators before moving to Minnesota after the 1960 season. The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day. The Twins have used 26 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 51 seasons in Minnesota. Starters have a combined Opening Day record of 14 wins, 25 losses and 12 no decisions. No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
Brad Radke holds the Minnesota Twins record for most Opening Day starts with nine. He has a record in Opening Day starts for the Twins of four wins and two losses (4–2) with three no decisions. Bert Blyleven had six Opening Day starts for the Twins and Frank Viola had four. Radke has the record for most wins in Minnesota Twins Opening Day starts with four. Liván Hernández, Mudcat Grant, and Dean Chance share the best winning percentage in Opening Day starts with one win and no losses (1–0) each. Kevin Tapani has the worst winning percentage, losing both Opening Day starts he made for the Twins (0–2).
Overall, Minnesota Twins Opening Day starting pitchers have a record of 4–7 with three no decisions at Metropolitan Stadium and a 1–4 record with one no decision at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Their first home opener in their current ballpark of Target Field was in 2013. This gives their Opening Day starting pitchers' combined home record 5–11 with four no no decisions. Their away record is 9–14 with eight no decisions. The Twins went on to play in the World Series in , , and , winning in 1987 and 1991. The Twins lost both Opening Day games in the years in which they won the World Series.
Key
Pitchers
References
Opening day starters
Lists of Major League Baseball Opening Day starting pitchers
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Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944) was a French bryologist who was a native of Bouville, Eure-et-Loir.
Biography
He taught school in Chartres, and was the author of a highly regarded work on mosses and liverworts titled Nouvelle flore des mousses et des hépatiques pour la détermination facile des espèces (1892). He also published a book involving bryology of Eure-et-Loir, Muscinées d'Eure-et-Loir (1906).
The liverwort genus Douinia from the family Scapaniaceae is named in his honor in 1928.
References
Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia.
1858 births
1944 deaths
People from Eure-et-Loir
20th-century French botanists
Bryologists
19th-century French botanists
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Mitchell Gene Ben Hanson (born 2 September 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent 2006 to 2011 at Derby County, playing on loan at Port Vale and Notts County, before signing with Eastwood Town via Oxford United in 2011, where he became joint-caretaker manager in October 2012. He moved to Gresley in summer 2013.
Club career
Born in Derby, Derbyshire, Hanson had extensive reserve team experience and made his debut for the reserve team whilst a schoolboy. Hanson's first taste of first team at Derby was appearing as an unused substitute in the 5–0 defeat away to Reading in April 2006. Hanson, who graduated through the academy, signed his first professional contract with Derby in June 2007. After struggling to break into Paul Jewell's first team, Hanson joined League One strugglers Port Vale on a season long loan, despite struggling with a calf injury. He returned to Derby in April 2008, without making a first team appearance for the "Valiants".
He made his first team debut for Derby as an 89th-minute substitute in a 4–1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on 4 November 2008. and joined Notts County on a months loan in November 2008. He returned to Derby County on New Years Day 2009, after having appeared in five league games for the "Magpies" He signed a new two-year deal with the "Rams" in January 2009.
Early in the 2009–10 season, Hanson sustained a dislocated kneecap which ruled him out of contention for a year, eventually resuming full training in late September 2010. He returned to action with a 60-minute appearance in the reserves 3–1 defeat at Rotherham United the following month. After failing to break into the first team picture, Hanson's Derby contract was cancelled by mutual consent five months early in January 2011. He played for Oxford United reserves on trial in February 2011. Two months later he signed a contract until the end of the season; he made two substitute appearances for the club and was not offered a new contract in the summer.
In September 2011, he signed for Conference North club Eastwood Town. The "Badgers" suffered relegation in last place in 2011–12, winning just four games all season. He was appointed caretaker manager, alongside Paul Riley, following the departure of former manager John Ramshaw in October 2012.
He signed with Gresley of Northern Premier League Division One South in September 2013. He helped the "Moatmen" to a ninth-place finish in 2013–14. He became Gresley's first choice penalty taker in the 2014–15 season, and successfully converted the first five penalties of the season. Gresley reached the play-off semi-finals in 2015, losing to Leek Town. He retired in September 2015 due to injury.
International career
Hanson has played for England at under-18 level, showing his versatility by adapting to a holding midfielder role, rather than his preferred position in defence.
Career statistics
References
1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Derby
English men's footballers
Black British sportsmen
Men's association football defenders
Derby County F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Oxford United F.C. players
Eastwood Town F.C. players
Gresley Rovers F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Northern Premier League players
English football managers
Eastwood Town F.C. managers
Northern Premier League managers
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The Leontes Bridge is a Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crosses the Litani River (the ancient Leontes) in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre. The bridge, which is dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD, features a comparatively flat arch with a span-to-rise ratio of 3.1 to 1.
According to examination modern satellite data (Google Earth), it appears that the Roman Bridge over the Litani is in fact destroyed, apparently beyond repair. One can see the approach masonry from the north and south, in addition to the center support ruins still visible in the river.
According to Wikipedia, the bridge was destroyed during the Battle of the Litani River during WWII:
"The 21st Australian Brigade advanced along the coast road heading for Beirut and attempted to cross the Litani River. A surprise night time landing by the British No. 11 (Scottish) Commando, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Pedder (Highland Light Infantry), was attempted in order to seize the bridge near the mouth of the river, but was delayed by rough seas on the proposed landing beach. This gave the Vichy French defenders enough time to destroy the bridge. When the commandos eventually landed in daylight, in three separate places, the initial landing was almost unopposed due to the defenders being in combat against the Australian troops,[2] subsequently in the fighting they took heavy casualties, among them Pedder, who was killed in an assault on the French barracks. He was succeeded in command by Geoffrey Keyes, whose party was ultimately able to secure the crossing by getting over the river in canvas boats with the help of some of the Australian troops."
See also
List of Roman bridges
Roman architecture
Roman engineering
Notes
Sources
External links
Jafet Library (American University of Beirut) - old photo
New York Public Library Digital Gallery – old woodcut
Bridges in Lebanon
Roman segmental arch bridges
Stone arch bridges
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Joerg Deisinger (born Jörg Deisinger) is a German photographer, musician and the former bassist and a founding member of the German 1980s heavy metal band Bonfire.
Early life and Bonfire
Deisinger was born in Nuremberg, Germany, on 23 April 1966. His pre-teen obsession with learning how to play guitar eventually became a full-fledged pursuit of becoming a rock star. When it became clear he had a genuine chance of realizing his dream, Deisinger quit his apprenticeship as an electrician to devote himself to music full-time.
Deisinger joined German hard rock band as a bassist Cacumen in 1985, which would change its name to Bonfire in May 1986 in the interest of having a catchier moniker to push their new album, Don't Touch the Light. The name was suggested by Deisinger and after some consideration replaced Cacumen. He recorded four albums with the band – Don't Touch the Light (1986), Fireworks (1987), Point Blank (1989), and Knock Out (1991). During his time with the band touring Europe extensively with acts such as Victory, Krokus, ZZ Top and Judas Priest. They sold almost 750,000 albums over a four-year period even though the North American market failed to embrace Bonfire as Europe had. Deisinger played his last show with Bonfire on 29 July 1994.
On 3 July 1996, a one-time one-payment offer was made by Claus Lessmann and original Bonfire guitarist Hans Ziller to buy the band name back from Deisinger, guitarist Angel Schleifer and drummer Edgar Patrik, as the trio had no desire to resurrect Bonfire.
After Bonfire
Deisinger went on to record two albums with Paul Sabu (self-titled – 1996, Between the Light – 1998). In 1999 he formed Soul Doctor with Fair Warning singer Tommy Heart, and while the band's 2001 self-titled debut held promise, the 2003 follow-up, Systems Go Wild, suffered from creative differences between Deisinger and Heart. Following its release, Deisinger left the band in April 2003.
In 2003 Deisinger received a Gold record for Bonfire's Fireworks album, which had officially sold 250,000 copies in Germany alone, since its 1987 release.
Deisinger relocated to Thailand in 2004. In addition to doing occasional live gigs as a session player, he opened an English school in Sichon with his girlfriend. In December of that year, the last minute cancellation of a planned Christmas vacation to Koh Phi Phi Don ultimately saved Deisinger's life; the tsunami that decimated parts of Thailand, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia on 26 December 2004 laid waste to the resort where he was supposed to be staying.
On 17 March 2005 Deisinger returned to Nuremberg, Germany and started working as a freelance photographer, eventually founding Deisinger Photography, which specializes in wedding, travel and event photographs and portfolios.
Fire and Fame
In 2005 Deisinger approached Canadian music journalist and writer Carl Begai about co-writing his memoirs, which focused on his Bonfire career. The project, eventually dubbed Fire and Fame by Carl, wrapped up in late 2007 and was released independently in August 2008.
Discography
Bonfire
Albums
1986: Don't Touch the Light
1987: Fireworks
1989: Point Blank
1991: Knock Out
1993: Live... The Best
DVD
2001: Golden Bullets (DVD, reissue of The Best)
Other
1989: Sword and Stone (Shocker soundtrack)
Axel Rudi Pell
1989: Wild Obsession
Sabu
1996: self-titled
1998: Between the Light
2003: Resurfaced
Soul Doctor
2001: self-titled
2002: Systems Go Wild
References
External links
www.joergdeisinger.com – Deisinger Photography (German)
fireandfame.com – official website of the book Fire and Fame
1966 births
Musicians from Nuremberg
Photographers from Bavaria
Living people
German rock bass guitarists
Male bass guitarists
German memoirists
German male non-fiction writers
German male guitarists
Bonfire (band) members
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Baba Sampana (born 14 December 1991 in Ghana) is a Ghanaian football player currently playing for the Philippines Football League side Ilocos United F.C. in the Philippines.
Career
He moved in January 2008 from Shelter Force to Real Sportive, with whom he played one year. He then left Real Sportive for Eleven Wise in 2009 and in August 2009 signed for Accra Hearts of Oak SC.
International
He was member of the Ghana national under-17 football team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic. On 19 August 2008 he was first called for the Satellites.
Honours
Club
Loyola
UFL Cup: 2013
Individual
UFL Cup Golden Gloves: 2013
References
1991 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
Sekondi Eleven Wise F.C. players
Real Sportive players
Expatriate men's footballers in the Philippines
Ilocos United F.C. players
Loyola F.C. players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Philippines Football League players
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Dalí·Jewels () is a permanent exhibition at the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, for which the architect Òscar Tusquets has completely refurbished a building annexed to the museum. The two floors that house the collection of jewels have an entrance independent from that of the museum, and can therefore be visited separately. The exhibition, includes the thirty-seven jewels in gold and precious stones from the old Owen Cheatham collection, two jewels made later, and the twenty-seven drawings and paintings on paper that Salvador Dalí made in designing the jewels. The whole forms an extensive collection of works carried out by the artist between 1941 and 1970, providing a perfect illustration of the various phases of his artistic development.
With the consultancy and supervision of the Spanish Gemmology Association, the collection was acquired by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation from a Japanese organisation in 1999. Since that time, the association's experts, in collaboration with technicians from the foundation's Conservation Department and the Dalí Study Centre, have been cataloguing each of the pieces and designing a permanent exhibition for them.
History
The history of these jewels started in 1911. The first 22 were acquired by the US millionaire Cummins Catherwood. Salvador Dalí made the designs for the pieces on paper, with all kinds of details and great precision of shapes, materials and colours, while they were made up in New York by the team of the Argentinean-born silversmith Carlos Alemany under the close supervision of the artist himself. In 1958 they were acquired by The Owen Cheatham Foundation, a prestigious US foundation created in 1934 that lent the jewel collection out so that various charitable, educational and cultural organisations could raise funds by exhibiting it, and finally deposited it at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Dalí, in collaboration with the Dutch American framemaker Henry Heydenryk, Jr. and Alemany, created special settings and illuminated frames for a traveling exhibition of the jewels sponsored by the Cheatham Foundation. The collection of jewels had already been exhibited temporarily at the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres during the months of August and September 1973, a year before the museum was inaugurated and while the Master was still alive. In 1981 the collection was acquired by a Saudi multimillionaire, and later by three Japanese entities, the last of which agreed to sell it to the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation.
Collection
All the pieces in the collection are unique items, and the combination of materials, dimensions and shapes used by Salvador Dalí make this a one-off set in which the artist managed to express in a unique way the wealth of his singular iconography. Gold, platinum, precious stones (diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, aquamarines, topazes, etc.), pearls, corals and other noble materials combine to form hearts, lips, eyes, plant and animal forms, religious and mythological symbols and anthropomorphic forms.
As well as designing the forms of the jewels, Salvador Dalí personally selected each of the materials used, not only for their colours or value but also for their meaning and the symbolic connotations of each and every one of the previous stones and noble metals. Some of the jewels that form part of this collection, such as The Eye of Time (1949), Royal Heart (1953), or The Space Elephant (1961), have become key works and are considered to be as exceptional as some of his paintings.
External links
Dalí·Jewels official website
Salvador Dalí
Jewellery museums
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Harry Walker Wellford (August 6, 1924 – April 17, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Education and early career
Wellford was born on August 6, 1924, in Memphis, Tennessee. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University in 1947. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1950. He was in the United States Navy as an Ensign from 1944 to 1946. He was in private practice of law in Memphis from 1950 to 1970. He also was active in political affairs, managing the successful campaigns of Howard Baker for United States Senate in 1966 and Winfield Dunn for Governor of Tennessee in 1970.
Federal judicial service
Wellford was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 24, 1970, to the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1970, and received commission on December 12, 1970. His service was terminated on September 10, 1982, due to elevation to the Sixth Circuit.
On August 4, 1976 President Gerald Ford nominated Wellford to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to replace William Ernest Miller, who had died on April 12, 1976. Civil rights groups objected to Wellford's nomination and, with the nomination coming so late in Ford's presidency, the Senate never took a vote on his nomination before Ford left office. President Jimmy Carter declined to renominate Wellford when he took office, nominating Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. instead.
On July 27, 1982, he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Bailey Brown. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 20, 1982, and received commission the same day. He assumed senior status on January 15, 1991.
Personal life
Wellford was married to Katherine Estes Potts Wellford, and they had five children. He died in Memphis in April 2021 at the age of 96. On September 2, 2022, his granddaughter Eliza Fletcher, a kindergarten teacher, was kidnapped, raped and murdered while out for an early morning jog in Memphis in a case that attracted national media attention.
See also
Gerald Ford judicial appointment controversies
List of United States federal judges by longevity of service
References
Sources
1924 births
2021 deaths
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Military personnel from Tennessee
Politicians from Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee Republicans
United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon
United States Navy officers
Vanderbilt University alumni
Washington and Lee University alumni
United States Navy personnel of World War II
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Oregon Ballot Measure 58 may refer to:
Oregon Ballot Measure 58 (1998), measure that restored the right of adopted adults to access their original birth certificates
Oregon Ballot Measure 58 (2008), measure to require "English immersion" in Oregon's public schools
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Dr. Daniel Granger is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Matthew Chambers. Daniel was introduced as a general practitioner at the Mill Health Centre on 9 July 2007. His storylines in the programme have included his addiction to gambling, on-off relationship with Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh), becoming a father and suffering from post-natal depression, briefly going to prison and becoming a partner at the Mill Health Centre. Chambers departed the soap in 2023 after 16 years in the role.
Casting and characterisation
Daniel was introduced as the nephew of established character Joe Fenton (Stephen Boxer). He arrives "somewhat under a cloud", hiding a gambling addiction that he lies about. On his BBC Online profile, he was billed as "a friendly, charming man who's always well turned out and is very much aware of his attractiveness", as well as "embodying all that is charm and sophistication". Daniel is shown to be a good and effective doctor, but also a "big kid" who focuses on the short term rather than long. His BBC profile also mentioned his "darker side" and ability to lie easily, something which causes him trouble. It noted his close relationship with Joe, who always "inevitably comes to his rescue".
Storylines
Daniel arrives hiding dangerous secrets, following the theft of a large sum of money from his former practice partner in London. He uses the money to clear part of a £200,000 debt he had run up as a result of an ongoing gambling addiction. With no intention of facing up to his problem, his addiction continues to spiral out of control, resulting in a confrontation with his criminal debtors. The criminals' actions worsen when they take Melody Bell (Elizabeth Bower) and Joe Fenton (Stephen Boxer) hostage to force Daniel to repay them. Following the ordeal, Daniel comes to terms with his addiction and turns himself in to the police. He is faced with a tribunal. Daniel goes through further turmoil as his mentally ill colleague Ruth Pearce (Selina Chilton) holds him captive in the medical centre's sick bay. Daniel makes an escape attempt and injures his leg, cutting it on the glass from a window.
When a new nurse, Cherry Malone (Sophie Abelson), begins working at the practice, Daniel finds himself growing attracted to her, and the pair later have sex, despite Cherry's husband Jimmi (Adrian Lewis Morgan) being a colleague of Daniel's. It was during this time that Daniel discovers that one of his patients, Cybil, has died, leaving him a large amount of money in her will. Daniel spends this money on a high-end sports car and a luxury apartment. Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) comes over to his flat, but she ends the relationship within the same day, stating that they needed to get it out of the way before they could work together. A story is sold to the Letherbridge newspaper about Daniel conning Cybil. Julia Parsons (Diane Keen) sees it and calls a meeting with Lily Hassan (Seeta Indrani) and Heston Carter (Owen Brenman); Daniel claims that he shouldn't have to apologise because the money was a gift; however, Lily insists that he should. With the backing of the partners, Daniel opened the Granger Clinic, a botox clinic which is run within the Mill.
Daniel is enrolled on a team building course with Zara by Julia, after she is fed up with constantly seeing Daniel and Zara arguing at the surgery. At the session, he tries his best to comfort Zara when the whole class was assigned to tell each other about their personal lives. She talks emotionally about her father and his imprisonment, and that she is helping him battle to prove his innocence of manslaughter. They got very close and nearly kissed. Zara sleeps with Daniel numerous times, and she pretends to be his girlfriend so Daniel could have access to his daughter. Afterwards, Daniel takes Zara bowling and they become a couple.
Zara starts having hot flushes and menopausal symptoms. At first, he asks if she is pregnant, but she lies and said it was probably just premenstrual syndrome. Zara later comes clean about the menopause, thinking Daniel wants to end their relationship. Misreading the situation, she ended it first. Daniel trapped Zara in her office and they got back together. They were seen leaving The Mill holding hands. Daniel later dumps Zara for Lisa Torres (Michelle Lukes), leaving Zara devastated. Daniel does not appear happy with Lisa, and in April 2011, Daniel and Zara get back together. Later that month, Lisa leaves Letherbridge, meaning that Daniel only sees his daughter Izzie Torres (Jasmin and Nicole Parkinson) every other weekend. In 2011, Daniel and Zara try in vitro fertilisation. They are left devastated when they discover it did not work, and Zara is not pregnant. However, she later discovers that she is pregnant. On 13 February 2012, Zara went into early labour at The Mill. Daniel was unaware of this as he had gone to town with Jimmi. Daniel was driven back to The Mill and held his newborn baby boy for the first time. Daniel, his baby and Zara were taken to hospital. Following a phone call from Joe, the couple decided to name their son Joe Granger Carmichael (Emily and Lewis Whitehouse).
Daniel finds Zara having sex with Sid Vere (Ashley Rice). Daniel attempts to get over it and continue his marriage with Zara, but when Zara slaps Izzie (now Bethan Moore), he ends their relationship. In 2019, he begins a relationship with Practice Manager Becky Clarke (Ali Bastian). However, while attending a medical conference at a hotel alongside Zara, the pair sleep together. Becky later reveals to Daniel that she is pregnant, and he is the father. When she miscarries the baby and expresses an interest in trying again for a child, Daniel tells her that he does not want to have another child. He later tells Becky that he is not over Zara, and confesses that he slept with her at the conference. Becky ends the relationship with Daniel, and finds a new job in order to escape the tension. As a result of the breakup, Jimmi suggests that Daniel should attend therapy, to which he begins attending. One of the issues that is brought up in therapy is that Daniel is worried about the environment for the sake of his children. As a result, he talks business manager Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee) into buying an electric car for The Mill. When Izzie visits, she sees netting placed over the trees, placed to stop birds from roosting in them. Upset, she convinces Daniel and Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle) to cut down the nets at night. However, a resident calls the police, and Daniel is arrested. The charge is dropped as the owner of the car park does not want bad publicity. Both single, Zara and Daniel begin their relationship again.
Development
Parenthood and post-natal depression
In September 2010, Walsh, who portrays Zara, revealed details of a storyline involving Zara and Daniel. Speaking at the Inside Soap Awards, she said: "There's a fantastic five-part story coming up in the next few weeks involving my character and Daniel. I don't want to give everything away, but something terrible happens to Daniel's baby daughter and Zara steps in to help. It's all very dramatic! It's nice to be the good guy for a change. Normally Zara plays the baddie and for once she gets to play the heroine, which makes a nice change for me!" This was later revealed to be an abduction plot, which Chambers described as one of his favourite storylines to film.
In 2011, Digital Spy journalist Daniel Kilkelly noted that Daniel and Zara were a popular couple. He asked producer Peter Eryl Lloyd what was coming up for them, to which he confirmed that the pair would become parents together. He hinted that neither of them are ready for parenthood at the time. Daniel "makes a great play of being experienced" in parenting but Lloyd confirmed that his confidence is a con. At the same time as this storyline, Chambers was directing episodes of Doctors, filming scenes with Zara in-between looking for locations and auditioning actors.
Following the birth of Joe, Daniel gets post-natal depression. Chambers thought it was wonderful that he had been given the storyline, since he felt that men having it is not covered on television or daily life enough. He found that most people associated it with women and thought the story was "a great chance to explore it and bring it to the fore". Chambers explained that while most men in Daniel's place would receive help for their depression, Daniel does not understand it. For Daniel, it becomes "a question of realising what is actually going on. Having a child is such a massive change to your life, so trying to figure out what's making you feel this way when you have depression can be difficult". He also liked that the story represented men who do not get help for their mental health.
Chambers was asked if he had been contacted by any men who had been through post-natal depression. He recalled that during the storyline airing, his friend, who had a four-month-old baby, began to change in personality. The two had a conversation and it led to his friend realising he had post-natal depression, who later got therapy for it. Chambers said: "I hope people who watch the show and have suffered from this now feel more at ease when it comes to speaking about it."
Infidelity
In 2012, Chambers enjoyed one of the biggest years for Daniel regarding storylines. The year, which had ups and downs for Daniel, was well-received by Chambers since he felt that long-running characters need ups and downs. It begins with Daniel having an affair with Cherry, which gets exposed. This leads to Daniel and Zara separating, with Chambers finding it strange filming without Walsh. Prior to his affair, Daniel had steadied as a character following his tumultuous arrival. However, Chambers was not surprised at Daniel relapsing to bad behaviour. He explained: "I think it's always been lurking beneath the surface with him, as he's such a volatile character." However, he was taken aback by the affair being with Cherry, due to her marriage to his best friend, Jimmi. Despite this, he liked the twist since it was controversial. Daniel is shown to be relieved when the secrets of the affair come out. Daniel had known that it would come out eventually and he is glad that he does not have to admit to it. Daniel believes that Jimmi will never forgive him, but hopes that he does. Chambers knew that Daniel and Zara would get back together following the storyline; he described them as "volatile creatures [who] have quite a bit in common".
Departure
In March 2023, Chambers announced that he would be departing Doctors after 16 years. He filmed his final scenes on 4 April 2023.
Reception
In 2009, Chambers was nominated for Best Acting Performance at the RTS Midlands Awards. In 2012, Chambers and Dermot Walsh were nominated for Best On-Screen Partnership at the British Soap Awards, but lost out to Jake Wood and Jo Joyner who play Max and Tanya Branning on EastEnders; they were nominated again a year later. At the 2016 and 2018 British Soap Awards, Chambers was longlisted for Best Actor. At the 24th National Television Awards, he was longlisted for Serial Drama Performance. Later that year, he was nominated for Best Villain at the 2019 British Soap Awards, as well as Best Daytime Star at the Inside Soap Awards.
See also
List of Doctors characters (2007)
List of soap opera villains
References
External links
Daniel Granger at BBC Online
Doctors (2000 TV series) characters
Fictional British medical doctors
British male characters in television
Male villains
Television characters introduced in 2007
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Joseph Addo (born November 2, 1990, in Ghana) is a Ghanaian footballer currently playing for Ghanaian club Aduana Stars in the Glo Premier, as a goalkeeper.
Career
Addo began his career on youth team of Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. and was promoted to the club's senior Glo Premier League team in January 2006. After his return from the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup he became the starting goalie for his club Sekondi Hasaacas. Addo left the club following its relegation to the Poly Tank Division One League and from the 2010–11 Glo Premier League season and joined Glo Premier League club and joined Heart of Lions in start for the 2011–12 Glo Premier League season.
International career
Addo was member for Ghana national under-17 football team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea and played 7 games. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the under 17 tournament in Korea 2007 where Ghana placed third in the championship. On 19 August 2008 was called for the Satellites and with the team won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt where he was taken the second choice goalkeeper.
He was called up to the senior Ghana squad for a World Cup qualifier against Egypt in October 2017.
Titles and honours
International
Ghana U-20
FIFA U-20 World Cup Champion: 2009
References
External links
FIFA Profile
1990 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Ghana men's under-20 international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
King Faisal Babes F.C. players
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. players
African Games gold medalists for Ghana
African Games medalists in football
Aduana Stars F.C. players
Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
People from Central Region (Ghana)
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Vanilla Ice Is Back! is a cover album by the rapper Vanilla Ice. Released in 2008 by Cleopatra Records, it is a cover album containing covers of several popular hip hop tracks, as well as one reggae selection: "Buffalo Soldier", originally performed by Bob Marley.
Production and release
Vanilla Ice chose most of the songs for the record, but he says he had no creative control over the production process. The album was first released as a digital download on November 4, 2008, and on digital compact disc on November 11, 2008.
The cover is modeled after that of Elvis Presley's 1960 album Elvis Is Back!.
Reception
IGN reviewer Spence Abbott wrote: "From uninspired nu metal interpretations to thin voiced funk interpretations on down to the poor synth break beats, [the album] is an embarrassing endeavor that sounds like it should have stayed locked inside Ice's studio (or at the very least leaked on YouTube and passed off as a piss take)."
Track listing
Samples
Buffalo Soldier
"Change the Beat (Female Version)" by Beside
Insane in the Brain
"Hits From the Bong" by Cypress Hill
References
Covers albums
Vanilla Ice remix albums
2008 remix albums
Cleopatra Records albums
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The Addiction: Hope Is Near is the seventh album released by rapper Fiend. It was released on June 27, 2006, for Fiend Entertainment and was produced by Fiend and Beats By the Pound members KLC & Craig B. The album peaked at No. 70 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Track listing
"Want It All"- 4:35 (feat. Hound)
"Thugg'n and Drugg'n"- 4:03
"Sell It"- 3:30
"Thug Shit"- 3:05
"That Iron Gang"- 3:49 (feat. Corner Boy P)
"Do Right, Do Better"- 3:34
"B.C.O.O.C.N."- 3:25
"Get it Bitch"- 4:44 (feat. Shorty Redd)
"Gotta Get It"- 4:22
"That's What U Want"- 4:46
"Press Play"- 3:23 (feat. Corner Boy P)
"Wired Up"- 3:28
"Oprah" (Color Purple)- 5:31
"What U Ain't"- 4:08
"What Is U Sayin"- 3:56
"Why iz U Playin'"- 3:48
"That's Survival"- 2:27
"Bottom of the Map"- 2:40 (feat. Corner Boy P & Calicoe)
References
2006 albums
Fiend (rapper) albums
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Colin Bryce (born 4 August 1974, in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a former Great Britain Olympic bobsledder, Strongman, now working as a television presenter and producer. He currently works as a sports commentator for the BBC, ESPN, Fox Sports, Eurosport, Channel Five, Channel 4 and CBBC.
Early life and education
Although born in Newcastle, Bryce grew up in Craigie, Perthshire, as well as spending six years living in the US where he made the Pennsylvania state finals as a wrestler.
He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow in Physiology and Sport Science.
Brian Shaw revealed that Colin had been in a music video "Space Cowboy" when he was younger and often references it in his videos when around Colin.
Career
Colin was a reserve in World's Strongest Man in 1997 and competed in Britain's Strongest Man in 1999.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he participated in the two-man bobsleigh event only two years after taking up the sport competitively. He was the brakeman for the British team despite recovering from a broken leg only five months before. He competed in the two-man Bobsleigh alongside Neil Scarisbrick, and placed 22nd. In 2004, he came out of the commentary booth and retirement to help an injury-ridden British team at the World Championships in Schoenau am Koenigsee, Germany, where he placed in the top 20 with driver Lee Johnston.
He has also done some high-profile refereeing work on TV shows including ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, BBC's Superstars, ESPN's World's Strongest Man coverage and CBBC's Airmageddon.
Some of his Eurosport work includes commentaries on the World Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge tour, the Sydney Olympics, Japanese game show Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course, the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Stihl Lumberjack World Championships, K-1 Total Knock Out and the BDO World Darts Championship.
Bryce was a BBC commentator at the Winter Olympics in Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, working alongside Paul Dickenson. They commentated on the only British medal when Amy Williams took Gold in the Skeleton event.
Since 2009, Bryce has been involved in the televised coverage of the World's Strongest Man contest initially on Bravo and subsequently on Channel 5 in the UK. Since 2003, he has presented the World Strongest Man Qualifying Tours, Giants Live and the Strongman Super Series, often with former England rugby player Martin Bayfield.
Bryce commentated the Highlander Challenge 2009 series which took place at Scone Palace and aired on Channel 4. Recently, he presented coverage of the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge in 2009 and 2010 on Eurosport. The event is an extreme 5-day adventure race all around the emirates.
References
External links
colinbryce.com, official website
2002 bobsleigh two-man results
British Olympic Association profile
1974 births
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
British male bobsledders
Scottish television presenters
Scottish television producers
Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne
Scottish strength athletes
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain
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Claes Johansson Uggla (1614 – 1 June 1676) was a Swedish military officer of the 17th century, who served in both the army and the navy, reaching the rank of Admiral before he was killed in action during the naval Battle of Öland.
Biography
Uggla was born in the village of Afverstad in Ölseruds parish, Värmland, the son of Colonel Johan Uggla and Margareta Gyllenmärs. As a young man he was a page at the royal court. During the Torstenson War of 1643-1645 he served as a volunteer in the navy, seeing action in the fleet under the command of Clas Fleming. From 1646 Uggla served in the Swedish army. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Prague in 1648, and was promoted to captain lieutenant. In 1650, he was promoted to captain in the Life Guards, accompanying Charles X during the Second Northern War. When the Dano-Swedish War broke out in 1657 Uggla returned to naval service. He was promoted to major and in November 1658 participated in the Battle of the Sound against the Dutch fleet. In 1660, he was promoted to lieutenant admiral. During a three-year stay in Lübeck, he oversaw the construction of warships being built for the Swedish Navy. In 1670 he was promoted to admiral, and in 1676 was elevated to the status of Friherre. When further conflict broke out in 1675 in the Scanian War, Uggla was given command of a squadron under Generalamiral Lorentz Creutz.
Battle of Öland
On 1 June 1676, during the Battle of Öland, against the allied Danish and Dutch fleets under Niels Juel and Cornelis Tromp, Creutz's flagship Kronan capsized, as a result of intemperately turning hard south, even though under full sail with open cannon ports. The Swedish fleet's line of battle was thrown into confusion, and the enemy, taking advantage of the situation, surrounded Uggla's 94-gun flagship Svärdet. He found himself attacked by four enemy vessels simultaneously, including both the Danish and Dutch flagships. After a fierce battle lasting two hours Uggla's ship was dismasted and holed below the waterline. Uggla finally surrendered to Tromp, but a Dutch fire ship failed to recognize that the ship had surrendered and attacked, and Uggla was killed when his ship blew up. Only 51 of the 670 crew survived.
See also
- Swedish torpedo cruiser, 1900–1917
Notes
References
Bibliography
1614 births
1676 deaths
Swedish admirals
People from Säffle Municipality
Swedish nobility
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Dechen Phrodrang. meaning "Palace of Great Bliss". is a Buddhist monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan. It is located to the north of the city.
In 1971 it became a monastic school, called a lobdra, and currently it has 450 student monks enrolled in eight-year courses with a staff of 15. The monastery contains a number of important historical Bhutanese artifacts including 12th century paintings monitored by UNESCO and a noted statue of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal on the upper floor. In the downstairs chapel, there is a central Sakyamuni Buddha.
References
Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan
Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan
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Melvin Morgan (born March 31, 1953) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Mississippi Valley State University, Morgan was an 11th round selection (314th overall pick) of the 1976 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He would play for the Bengals (1976–1978) and the San Francisco 49ers (1979–1980). Morgan injured his shoulder in 1980, ending his career.
References
1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gulfport, Mississippi
Players of American football from Mississippi
American football defensive backs
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football players
Cincinnati Bengals players
San Francisco 49ers players
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David Henley (February 5/12, 1748/9 – January 1, 1823) was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War, who served as George Washington's intelligence officer and prisoner of war commandant. He later served as the Agent for the United States Department of War for the Southwest Territory (later Tennessee) in the 1790s.
Life and career
Henley was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Samuel and Elizabeth Cheever Henley. On January 8, 1776, he set fire to Charlestown which was occupied by the British. In that same year, he served a brigade-major under General William Heath, and briefly as an adjutant general under General Joseph Spencer. On January 1, 1777, he was made lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. He was in command at Cambridge, Massachusetts, when the troops that had been captured at Saratoga were brought there. Henley stabbed an insolent but unarmed British prisoner. Court-martial proceedings were held at Cambridge from January 20, 1778, to February 25, 1778, but he was acquitted. British General Burgoyne challenged him to a duel, which was to take place in Bermuda. He accepted the challenge, but the duel never took place.
General Washington selected him in November 1778 to be his spymaster, and charged him with compiling information to give him a snapshot of British capabilities. He largely succeeded in that task. Henley retired from the Army the following year.
In 1793, Colonel Henley was appointed by President Washington as the Agent of the Department of War for the Southwest Territory, in Knoxville, Tennessee. In this capacity, he was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as well as quartermaster and paymaster for locally stationed troops and militia. He was known to be a hothead, but was also a strong law-and-order man. Tennessee's Constitutional Convention was held in his office at the corner of what is now Gay Street and Church Avenue in Downtown Knoxville in 1796.
He died in Washington, D.C., in 1823, while a clerk in the War Department.
Legacy
In 1994, the Knoxville Federal Courthouse was proposed the site of his office. However it was later constructed at the northwest corner of Main Street and Gay Street. Both Henley Street and the Henley Street Bridge (or Henley Bridge) in Downtown Knoxville are named after him. A tablet was placed by the state of Tennessee at the location of his office in 1947.
Henley-Putnam University, a highly specialized university devoted to intelligence, security, and counterterrorism founded in 2001, is named for Henley and Israel Putnam.
See also
Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War
Intelligence operations in the American Revolutionary War
References
Rose, Alexander. Washington's Spies. The story of America's first spy ring. Bantam, 2006.
Henley, David. The proceedings of a general court-martial held at Cambridge, on Tuesday the twentieth of January, and continued by several adjournments to Wednesday the 25th of February, 1778, upon the trial of Colonel David Henley. Published in 1778. Printed by J. Gill (Boston).
Neely, Jack. Knoxville’s Secret History. Scruffy City Publishing (Knoxville), 1995.
Tennessee State Library and Archives: David Henley Papers
External links
Letter from Henley to George Washington, dated November 19, 1778
1740s births
1823 deaths
American spies during the American Revolution
Continental Army officers from Massachusetts
Continental Army personnel who were court-martialed
Military personnel from Knoxville, Tennessee
People from Charlestown, Boston
United States Indian agents
People indicted for war crimes
People acquitted of international crimes
People acquitted of attempted murder
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Robert Dabou (born 10 November 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for the Ghana Premier League side Ashanti Gold as a goalkeeper.
Career
Dabou began his career at All Stars F.C. Before being promoted to the first team, he played his first game in 2007 for the squad.
International
Dabuo was a member of the Ghana national under-17 football team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic. On 19 August 2008, Dabuo was called up to the Satellites, and was part of the Ghana national under-20 football team that won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
Titles and Honours
International
Ghana U-20
FIFA U-20 World Cup Champion: 2009
Trivia
Fifa Profile
References
1990 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Ghana men's under-20 international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Legon Cities FC players
Ashanti Gold S.C. players
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The Gloster IV was a British racing floatplane of the 1920s. A single-engined biplane, the Gloster IV was a development of the earlier Gloster III intended to compete in the 1927 Schneider Trophy race. One aircraft competed in the race, but retired part way through. The three aircraft built continued to be used as trainers by the High Speed Flight for several years.
Design and development
To compete for the 1927 Schneider Trophy, Britain's Air Ministry was determined to improve Britain's performance for the last few competitions, with British entries being soundly beaten by American Curtiss floatplanes in 1923 and 1925, and failing to even enter the 1926 competition which was won by the Italian Macchi M.39. To improve on this disappointing state of affairs, the Air Ministry placed orders for designs of high speed floatplanes from Gloster, Supermarine (the S.5) and Shorts (the Crusader).
Gloster's design, the Gloster IV was a development of the Gloster III which had finished second in the 1925 race. Henry Folland, the Chief designer of Gloster, redesigned the aircraft to reduce drag. Like its predecessors, the Gloster IV was of wooden construction, with a monocoque fuselage and single bay wings. Both the upper and lower wings were gulled to allow the drag of the wing/fuselage junction to be minimised, while radiators were built into the surfaces of the wings and floats.
Three aircraft were built, differing in the surface area of the wings and the arrangement of the tail.
Operational history
The three Gloster IVs were first flown in July–August 1927, with the two short-span aircraft (the Gloster IVA and IVB) being shipped to Venice in August 1927. The Gloster IVB was finally chosen to compete with the two S.5s in the race, the Crusader having crashed due to having its control cables crossed on re-assembly.
On the day of the race, 26 September 1927, the Gloster IVB, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Samuel Kinkead was the first aircraft to take off, completing five laps before retiring, with the race being won by Flight Lieutenant Sidney Webster flying the S.5. On inspection, it was found that the Gloster's propeller shaft was seriously cracked and would probably have failed if Kinkead had not retired.
Following the race, the Gloster IVA and IVB were returned to the United Kingdom, where they were modified to improve the pilot's view by raising the upper wing and used as high speed trainers. They were used to train pilots for the 1929 race, with the IVB crashing during a landing accident in December 1930 and the IVA used again as a trainer for the 1931 race. The original Gloster IV was meanwhile sold with the intention of being converted to a landplane and used in attempt on the world air speed record but these plans came to nothing.
Variants
Gloster IV
Serial number N224. Original larger wings. Powered by 900 hp (671 kW) direct-drive Napier Lion VIIA.
Gloster IVA
Serial number N222. Reduced span wings and modified tail. Powered by direct-drive Lion VIIA
Gloster IVB
Serial number N223. Reduced span wings and powered by geared Napier Lion VIIB engine.
Operators
Royal Air Force
High Speed Flight
Specifications (Gloster IVB)
See also
Gloster II
Gloster III
Gloster VI
Supermarine S.5
Macchi M.52
References
James, Derek J. Gloster Aircraft since 1917. London:Putnam, 1971. .
Mondey, David. "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy". Air Enthusiast, Seventeen, December 1981 – March 1982. Bromley, Kent, UK:Pilot Press. pp. 36–50.
External links
Painting of Gloster IV
1920s British sport aircraft
Gull-wing aircraft
Schneider Trophy
Floatplanes
IV
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1927
Sesquiplanes
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The 114th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in northeast Pennsylvania and has been represented by Democrat Bridget Malloy Kosierowski since 2019.
District profile
The 114th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located entirely in Lackawanna County, including the following areas:
Benton Township
Clarks Green
Clarks Summit
Dickson City
Greenfield Township
North Abington Township
Scott Township
Scranton (PART)
Ward 01, 02, 03, 07, 13, 21, 23
Ward 04 (PART)
Division 02
South Abington Township
Waverly Township
Representatives
Recent election results
References
Government of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
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FC Haray Zhovkva is an amateur Ukrainian football team based in Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast.
The team spent several years in the Ukrainian Second Division before was relegated at the end of the 1998–99 season along with FC Krystal Chortkiv. On the amateur level Haray has won the cup competition of the Amateur Association in 2002. Currently, the club competes on the regional level in the Lviv Oblast competition with more modest results than in the past.
League and cup history
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|align=center|40
|align=center|20
|align=center|7
|align=center|13
|align=center|49
|align=center|35
|align=center|67
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|align=center|1996–97
|align=center|3rd "A"
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|align=center|30
|align=center|10
|align=center|7
|align=center|13
|align=center|29
|align=center|28
|align=center|37
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|align=center|3rd "A"
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|align=center|34
|align=center|9
|align=center|11
|align=center|14
|align=center|29
|align=center|43
|align=center|38
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|align=center|28
|align=center|2
|align=center|4
|align=center|22
|align=center|9
|align=center|16
|align=center|4
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Sport in Zhovkva
Football clubs in Lviv Oblast
Association football clubs established in 1990
1990 establishments in Ukraine
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TP Formula is an auto racing team based in Italy.
References
External links
Official Website
Auto racing teams in Italy
Italian Formula 3 teams
Auto GP teams
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The Trinity Paradox is a time travel novel by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason, exploring the premise of an anti-nuclear activist from 1990s being transported back in time to the Manhattan Project, giving her the potential to sabotage the project in an attempt to prevent the development of nuclear weapons altogether.
Her attempt to do so, however, has far-reaching and unpredictable results, changing the outcome of the Second World War and the face of the post-war world.
Reception
Donald Erbschloe in his review for Physics Today said that "the setting and the people of Los Alamos come alive", "the cast is impressive" and "the climax is thrilling and, as one might suspect, explosive".
James P. Hogan noted that it "soberingly shows the perils of the sheep solemnly pledging themselves to vegetarianism while the wolves remain unconverted".
Notes
External links
Review on the "Books" website
1991 American novels
1991 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
Novels about time travel
Books about the Manhattan Project
Novels set during World War II
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Bridgers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Bridgers (1918–2003), French jazz pianist
John Bridgers (died 2006), American football coach
Luther B. Bridgers (1884–1948), American minister and songwriter
Robert Rufus Bridgers (1819–1888), American politician
Phoebe Bridgers (born 1994), American singer-songwriter
Sean Bridgers (born 1968), American actor, screenwriter, and producer
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Gareth John Evans (born 14 January 1967) is an English football player and coach. He played for Coventry City, Rotherham United, Hibernian, Stoke City, Northampton Town, Partick Thistle, Airdrie and Alloa Athletic. Evans has been the caretaker manager of Hibernian and Livingston, and was head coach of the Scotland women's under-19 national team for four years.
Career
Evans was born in Coventry and played for his local club Coventry City making ten appearances for the "Sky Blues" in two seasons before dropping down to the Third Division to play for Rotherham United. At Millmoor Evans played 39 times in 1986–87 scoring 11 goals as the "Millers" finished in a mid-table position of 14th however a poor season under John Breckin and Dave Cusack saw Rotherham relegated to the Fourth Division. With Rotherham heading for relegation Evans moved to Scottish Scottish Premier Division side Hibernian.
It was at Easter Road where Evans enjoyed the most success in his career where he spent nine seasons. In total he played 301 matches for Hibs scoring 37 goals helping the Edinburgh side to lift the Scottish League Cup in 1991. In the 1990–91 season Evans spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he played seven times scoring twice, which came in a 1–0 win over Bolton Wanderers and in a 2–1 defeat against West Ham United in the Football League Cup. In the same season he also played twice for Northampton Town.
After leaving Hibernian in 1996 Evans continued to play in Scotland, initially signing for Partick Thistle. He then joined Airdrieonians in 1998 and Alloa Athletic in 2000.
Managerial career
After ending his playing career in 2004, he joined the Alloa Athletic coaching staff. He eventually became assistant manager, before taking a similar position at Brechin City, where he assisted former Hibs teammate Michael O'Neill. Evans then moved back into full-time football in 2007 by accepting the position of reserve team coach at Hibs. Following the departure of John Hughes on 4 October 2010, Evans was appointed caretaker manager at Hibernian alongside fellow coach Alistair Stevenson. Evans left Hibernian in November 2011, as new manager Pat Fenlon assembled his coaching staff.
Livingston appointed Evans as first team coach in July 2012. After John Hughes left Livingston to manage Hartlepool United in November, Evans and Richie Burke were placed in caretaker charge of the team. Evans left the club on 28 February 2013.
Evans was appointed as Scotland women's under-19 national coach in June 2013. He left this position in August 2017. He was appointed as Head of Youth by Hibernian Football Club on 24 September 2018.
Career statistics
As a player
Source:
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy, Scottish Challenge Cup and UEFA Cup.
As a manager
References
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Living people
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Rotherham United F.C. players
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Count of Peniche (in Portuguese Conde de Peniche) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from December 6, 1806, by Prince Regent John, on behalf of Queen Maria I of Portugal, and granted to Caetano José de Noronha e Albuquerque, younger son of the 3rd Marquis of Angeja and 4th Count of Vila Verde.
This collateral Branch of the House of Angeja later inherited the titles of Marquis of Angeja and Count of Vila Verde when the Noronha'a senior line was extinguished.
List of the Counts of Peniche
Caetano José de Noronha e Albuquerque (1753-1829), 1st Count of Peniche;
Manuel Lourenço de Almeida e Noronha (1788-1824), 2nd Count of Peniche;
Caetano Gaspar de Almeida Noronha Albuquerque e Sousa (1820-1881), 3rd Count of Peniche; became 8th Marquis of Angeja in 1833 with the extinction of the Noronha's senior line;
Maria Antónia de Almeida e Noronha (1902- ? ), 4th Countess of Peniche;
Francisco de Almeida e Noronha Azevedo Coutinho (born 1983) – current representative of the title.
Family Name
The family name associated with this title was Noronha, the same used by its parent House, the Marquesses of Angeja.
See also
List of Marquesses in Portugal
List of Countships in Portugal
Marquis of Angeja
Count of Vila Verde
External links
Genealogy of the Counts of Peniche, in Portuguese
Bibliography
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. III, page 122. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
Peniche
1806 establishments in Portugal
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Kilton is a large suburban area in the northeast of the market town of Worksop in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It consists of a series of large post-World War II housing developments, some of which are council estates.
The suburb was, since the late nineteenth century, home to Kilton Hospital, which was, along with Victoria Hospital, located on Memorial Avenue in Worksop, one of the town's main hospitals. The hospital existed until the late 1980s, at a time when it chiefly dealt with maternity. Today the surviving main building, with its yellow brick facade, and stag frieze in its pediment, has been incorporated into Bassetlaw District General Hospital, which is located just behind it, and now used as the administration block.
Populated places in Nottinghamshire
Worksop
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Olea paniculata, commonly known as the native olive, is a plant of the genus Olea and a relative of the olive. It grows natively in Pakistan and southwestern China (Yunnan) through tropical Asia to Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) and the Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Lord Howe Island.
Description
It grows as a bushy tree to , often with a sparse canopy. The trunk has smooth grey-brown bark and reaches a maximum diameter of with some buttressing. The shiny green ovate to elliptical leaves measure in length, and in width, and have a pointed (acuminate) end. The blue-black fruit are oval and measure 0.8–1.2 (0.3–0.5 in) cm long. They are ripe from May to September.
It resembles the introduced and weedy African olive Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata, but the latter lacks O. paniculatas small depressions between the main and secondary veins on the back of the leaf. The introduced species is found in disturbed areas such as roadsides and waterways.
Taxonomy
One of many species first described by Robert Brown in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, it still bears its original binomial name. Other common names include Australian olive, pigeonberry ash, maulwood, and clove berry'''. In Chinese, it is called 腺叶木犀榄 (). The specific name is derived from the Latin panicula "tuft", from the arrangement of flowers.
Distribution and habitatOlea paniculata'' is found from North East Queensland to the vicinity of the Hunter Region in New South Wales. In Australia it is found near watercourses in dry rainforests. Outside Australia it is found in Yunnan province in southwestern China, where it occurs in sheltered wetter valleys in altitude, as well as India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. On Lord Howe Island it is widespread below around elevation. It is also found on New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Ecology
The fruit are consumed by the Australian king parrot, brown cuckoo-dove, topknot pigeon, rose-crowned fruit-dove, wompoo fruit-dove, white-headed pigeon, green catbird and regent bowerbird in Australia.
Uses
It is a fast pioneer species on sunny protected sites, but needs well drained soil for good growth. It is a butterfly host plant whose black fruit attracts birds. The fruit was traditionally eaten by Aboriginal Australians.
References
paniculata
Lamiales of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Trees of the Indian subcontinent
Trees of China
Trees of Thailand
Trees of Malesia
Trees of New Guinea
Trees of New Caledonia
Trees of Vanuatu
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Lord Howe Island
Plants described in 1810
Bushfood
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The White Bridge () was a Roman bridge across the river Granicus in Mysia in the north west of modern-day Turkey. Presumably constructed in the 4th century AD, it belonged in Ottoman times to the important road to Gallipoli on the Dardanelles. The structure was praised by early European travellers for its fine construction and marble facing, but was plundered for building material during the 19th century.
Exploration
The White Bridge was first mentioned by Edmund Chishull in 1699, who found it still intact. Later visitors included William Turner in 1815, Pyotr Chikhachyov in 1847 and Arthur W. Janke in the 1890s, who all judged the structure to be of ancient origin.
Turner described a very magnificent Roman bridge of brick and small stones with retaining walls of fine marble. It consisted of eight arches, the largest four spanning the river, flanked by two smaller openings at each bank. The span of the largest vault was eighteen paces, its width eight. Small arched chambers immediately under the pavement reduced the load of the bridge; similar relieving chambers also appear in neighbouring ancient bridges such as the Makestos Bridge and the Aesepus Bridge, leading Frederick William Hasluck to postulate a common origin under the reign of emperor Constantine († 337 AD).
Eighty years later, Janke could still identify several semi-circular arches at the left bank, along with piers featuring polished ashlar of 100 × 50 cm, as characteristically for Roman bridge building. Hardly a decade later, however, Hasluck essentially only found a tile-vaulted arch of the western abutment and an adjoining pier, the bridge having been plundered in the meantime for building material for the Karabogha–Boghashehr () road. The span could still be established as , the width of the roadway as . The remaining upper parts showed carelessly executed Turkish repairs with rough rubble and tiles.
The current state of the remains of the White Bridge is unknown; it is not listed in O’Connor's compilation of Roman bridges.
See also
List of Roman bridges
Roman architecture
Roman engineering
References
Sources
Roman bridges in Turkey
Deck arch bridges
Demolished bridges
Mysia
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Dale Elizabeth Tryon, Baroness Tryon (née Harper; 3 January 1948 – 15 November 1997) was a socialite and a successful businesswoman in the international fashion world. She created the fashion label "Kanga" and the couture line "The Dale Tryon Collection". "Kanga" also came to be her own nickname. Tryon gave her support to a number of charities including SANE—the mental health charity of which she was the chairwoman. She was an ex-girlfriend and close friend of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales).
Early life
Born in Melbourne, Australia, she was the eldest of three children of a wealthy printing magnate, Barry Harper, and his wife, Jean Harper. In early childhood Dale was diagnosed with Perthes disease, which affects the hip joint, and which she had until the age of nine, spending time in a children's hospital in irons, from feet to chest. She had also received a diagnosis for spina bifida since childhood. On her graduation, she worked in London as a public relations officer for the airline Qantas.
Marriage
An active socialite described by family and friends as having "tremendous joie de vivre," within two weeks of arriving in England she had met Anthony Tryon, 3rd Baron Tryon (1940–2018), who was a member of Prince Charles's inner circle. Even though she had met the Prince of Wales briefly in 1966 at a school dance in Victoria, it was through her husband that she got to know him. Dale and Anthony married in 1973 in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, and had four children: Zoë (born 1974), Charles (born 1976), and twins Edward and Victoria (born 1979). She and Prince Charles both enjoyed fly fishing, which they undertook regularly, and he publicly described Kanga as "the only woman who ever understood me."
Businesses
Tryon started her career in late 1960s by working as a reporter for The Australian Women's Weekly. In 1969 she moved to the UK and worked in the London office of the same magazine. In 1970s, she briefly worked as a fashion agent for an American designer in the UK. In 1983, Dale started a fashion business called Kanga, located in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge. Having persuaded Diana, Princess of Wales to wear a Kanga dress to the Live Aid concert, Kanga quickly became a favourite of the Sloane Ranger set and became a successful international business. Dale lived in both London and Lord Tryon's family home, the 18th-century Manor House at Great Durnford, near Salisbury. From the early 1980s her clothes were sold in shops in England, America, Australia, France and Spain, and her own boutique in Knightsbridge was later joined by branches in Salisbury, Hong Kong and Dublin. Both "Kanga" and her couture line named "The Dale Tryon Collection" were very successful.
Health
Dale had Perthes disease as a child, spina bifida since childhood and was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 1993. After living with spina bifida for years, she had a series of surgeries to correct the issue. After this point she travelled for a period with a nurse, a physiotherapist, and her daughter, Zoë, who would lie next to her as she slept, rolling her over regularly.
Soon after she received the 'all clear' from cancer, Tryon underwent treatment at Farm Place, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinic in Surrey. She was on a heavy dose of painkillers, and drank excessive quantities of vodka and champagne. While undergoing treatment for addiction at the clinic, she fell from a third-floor window, fractured her skull, broke her back and was paralysed.
Tryon was left a paraplegic from her fall, and for the last 18 months of her life was in a wheelchair.
Divorce
Living with recurring depression, and after being told by her husband that he wanted a divorce, she was detained on 17 June 1997 under the Mental Health Act 1983 for 28 days, after leaving the Black Horse Inn in Great Durnford. After discharge from the spinal injuries unit at Salisbury District Hospital, she returned home. The decree nisi was announced on 1 September, after which she renounced her title and moved into The Ritz hotel, where she intended to throw a party for her 50th birthday. From there she gave her last recorded interview with journalist Christopher Wilson.
Death
Towards the end of her life, Tryon took a trip to Australia to meet her mother and went to India to undergo homeopathic treatment by a doctor who was introduced to her by the Prince of Wales. On her return, she was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital, Westminster, experiencing complications from severe bed sores for which she had plastic surgery. Tryon died there on 15 November 1997 from septicaemia, aged 49. She was buried four days later in England, and in her will left her £1.3 million estate to her children.
Legacy
On 4 November 2008, Tryon was the subject of a documentary, Prince Charles' Other Mistress, aired by Channel 4.
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British baronesses
Deaths from sepsis
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Peru High School, also known as "PHS", is a high school located in Peru, Indiana, United States, serving students in grades 9–12 for Peru Community Schools since 1972. The former high school building, built in 1939 and now serving as headquarters of the Miami Nation of Indiana, is included in the Peru High School Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2013.
Athletics
Peru High's school colors are old gold and black and their athletic nickname is the Bengal Tigers.
Peru High School won a state championship in boys tennis 1970-71.
The Peru High School Wrestling Program has won 6 Conferences, 14 Sectionals, and 6 Regionals in just the last 20 years. Wrestling is a single class sport in Indiana.
The Peru High School Boys Basketball team has won 40 Sectional titles and 3 Regional titles dating back to 1927.
Peru High School's main rivals are the other two schools in Miami County: Maconaquah and North Miami.
Peru High School offers the following sports:
School media
The Peruvian is the school's bi-weekly paper with current news, editorials, special features, photos, and a complete sports section.
The Narcissus is the student yearbook that is published annually.
Notable alumni
G. David Thompson (1899-1965), investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector.
Kyle Macy was the 22nd overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns. Macy went on to play one season each for the Chicago Bulls (1985-86) and the Indiana Pacers (1986-87) before retiring from the NBA.
John Francis O'Hara, Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia, and President of the University of Notre Dame.
Frank Erhart Emmanuel Germann (1887–1974), physicist, physical chemist, and university professor. He was a founding member of the modern chemistry department of the University of Colorado.
Albert Fredrick Ottomar Germann (1886–1976), physical chemist, university professor, and chemical entrepreneur. He was a founder (1935) and President of Nutritional Research Associates, Inc., in South Whitley, Indiana.
B.J. Penn, served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) from 2005-2009.
See also
List of high schools in Indiana
References
External links
Official website
Public high schools in Indiana
Schools in Miami County, Indiana
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Nature's Great Events is a wildlife documentary series made for BBC television, first shown in the UK on BBC One and BBC HD in February 2009. The series looks at how seasonal changes powered by the sun cause shifting weather patterns and ocean currents, which in turn create the conditions for some of the planet's most spectacular wildlife events. Each episode focuses on the challenges and opportunities these changes present to a few key species.
Nature's Great Events was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit with the Discovery Channel and in association with Wanda Films. The British version of the series was narrated by David Attenborough. In United States, the series was shown under the alternative title Nature's Most Amazing Events beginning on 29 May 2009 and was narrated by Hasani Issa. In Australia, this program began airing on ABC1 each Sunday at 7:30pm from 14 June until 19 July 2009.
The title Nature's Great Events was previously used by Reader's Digest for an unrelated VHS series released in 1996.
Production
Production team
The series was first unveiled as a co-production deal with independent Wanda Films, under the working title of Earth's Great Events. The title was subsequently revised and the Discovery Channel revealed as additional co-producers. The Natural History Unit's production team includes series producer Karen Bass and executive producer Brian Leith. The score was composed by Barnaby Taylor and Ben Salisbury, orchestrated and conducted by William Goodchild and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Views of the earth from space, that illustrate the climatic events around the world, were created by design company Burrell Durrant Hifle incorporating NASA photography.
Filming
Filming took place over a 25-month period, an unusually tight timescale for a natural history production of this scale. In some cases, the events were not guaranteed to occur every year, so working to such a rapid schedule meant that the film crews ran the risk of having nothing to film. Producer Karen Bass described the series as "a minor miracle, given the constraints of luck and timing - we were totally dependent on events happening when they were supposed to." One of the most challenging sequences to film was the climax of "The Great Tide" episode, featuring aerial and underwater footage of dolphins, sharks and gannets attacking a sardine shoal. In 2007, the sardine run didn't take place, and after weeks of fruitless searching, the crew had to give up. The following year, there was a second and final opportunity. Just in case they were unsuccessful again, the producers devised an alternative sixth episode which would have explored the science behind seasonal changes, looking at how the "Great Events" are triggered and how environmental change may be affecting them. As luck would have it, the sardine run returned for the first time in three years and the team captured the shots they needed.
Television firsts
The BBC claimed a number of TV firsts achieved by the production team. Many of the filming techniques first used on Planet Earth, such as the gyroscopically-stabilised helicopter camera known as the Heligimbal, were adopted again, along with new technology. In "The Great Tide", some of the surface-water footage was shot from a boat-mounted stabilised camera, previously used in the Hollywood film industry. Innovations on "The Great Flood" included FrankenCam, a motion-control macro camera developed by Ammonite Films and capable of shooting extreme close-ups of tiny subjects. The team were also the first to film narwhals from the air and the first to reveal how grizzly bears use their feet to scoop up dead salmon from deep pools. The crew of "The Great Migration" had the good fortune of witnessing the first eruption of a Tanzanian volcano in 40 years, and managed to shoot aerial footage of the event.
Episodes
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Reception
The series drew an average of 4.0 million viewers and a 16.9% audience share, down on BBC One's average share of 24% for the same time slot in 2008. However, the Sunday evening repeats at a more family-friendly viewing time drew similar viewing figures to the first broadcast, and the episodes regularly featured in the top ten weekly chart on BBC iPlayer.
The series received almost universal praise in the British press. Writing in The Guardian of the scene in which a humpback whale swallows a shoal of herring, Lucy Mangan commented: "You can cradle your jaw safely in your lap for the rest of the evening, as you replay that moment in your mind's eye and reel at the slower but no less staggering evocation by the entire programme, the entire series, of the incredible force and fragility of it all." The sequence was also singled out by Tim Teeman in The Times, who wrote "now that was a money shot. Nature's Great Events: "The Great Feast" was no mis-sale". He went on to describe it as "the most surprising bit of television this week" and "the most mind-blowing, horrific and beautiful sequence of film". The series also gained a very favourable review in The Scotsman. Its critic Paul Whitelaw described it as "quite simply wonderful television. Visually stunning, immersive and mesmerising, it examined some of the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on Earth with characteristic verve and insight." He singled out praise for David Attenborough, noting that "even when he is merely narrating, [he] is quite brilliant at what he does, and I defy anyone to refute that."
Matt Warman of The Daily Telegraph was complimentary about the "wealth of surprising, beautiful images", but criticised the series for its superficial treatment of environmental issues. Writing about the plight of polar bears highlighted in "The Great Melt", he commented "it was tempting to ask whether the rise of one species, man, and the decline of another could not be considered a sad part of evolution by natural selection... Nature's Great Events, however, chose not to engage with the debate."
Merchandise
DVD and Blu-ray
In United Kingdom, DVD has been released on 16 March 2009 (BBCDVD2863), while Blu-ray Disc was later released on 15 June 2009 by 2 Entertain. Both DVD and Blu-ray includes with ten-minute feature called "Nature's Great Events Diaries" which details the filming of a particular event after each episode.
In United States and Canada, both DVD and Blu-ray Disc was released under the title "Nature's Most Amazing Events" on 2 June 2009 by BBC Warner.
In Australia and New Zealand, DVD and Blu-ray was also released by ABC DVD/Village Roadshow on 6 August 2009.
In Japan, both DVD and Blu-ray Disc were released on 4 June 2010, and it was distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan. However, it does not included Nature's Great Events Diaries like any other regions.
Books
In United Kingdom, an accompanying hardback book has been published by Mitchell Beazley on 2 February 2009. Called Nature's Great Events: The Most Spectacular Natural Events on the Planet, it is authored by the BBC Natural History Unit, edited by Karen Bass and has an introduction by Brian Leith. ()
The companion volume for the US market, Nature's Great Events: The Most Amazing Natural Events on the Planet, was published by the University of Chicago Press on 15 May 2009. ()
Soundtrack
The musical score and songs featured in the series were composed by Ben Salisbury and Barnaby Taylor with the performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, and has been performed during "Nature's Great Events Live" as part of an event for the re-opening of Bristol's Colston Hall in the UK. The soundtrack was only available for digital release at iTunes Store on 9 September 2009.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20170321105247/http://www.gosainpost.com/category/universe/
http://www.gosainpost.com/out-of-the-shadows-the-wildcats-youve-never-see/
http://www.gosainpost.com/category/animals/
http://www.gosainpost.com/bengal-tiger-panthera-tigris-tigris/
External links Nature's Great Events at HuluNature's Great Events at Hulu JapanNature's Great Events on the EdenNature's Most Amazing Events'' at Discovery Channel
UK publisher's webpage for Nature's Great Events book
US publisher's webpage for Nature's Great Events: The Most Amazing Natural Events on the Planet
Review, Leicester Mercury
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Alexander Korsantia (born 1965, Tbilisi) is a Georgian pianist.
Alexander immigrated to Canada in 1992, settling in Vancouver, British Columbia. After living in Vancouver for a number of years, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts.
He won the 1988 Sydney International Piano Competition (as a Soviet citizen) and the 1995 Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv. He is a member of the piano faculty at Boston's New England Conservatory.
In 1999 Korsantia was decorated with the National Honor Medal from the Georgian Government.
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Living people
1965 births
Classical pianists from Georgia (country)
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
Musicians from Tbilisi
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Jheryl Busby (May 5, 1949 – November 4, 2008) was an American recording company executive who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records.
Biography
Busby grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where he went to John C. Fremont High School. He attended Long Beach State College, dropping out after two years.
Busby began his business career at Mattel Toys, starting as an inventory clerk and ultimately being promoted to new-toy coordinator.
His first exposure to the recording industry was at Stax Records, where he was named head of West Coast promotion and marketing, After leaving Stax, he did promotional work for A&M Records and Casablanca Records.
At MCA Records, where he was hired in 1984, Busby was vice-president of the black music division building the unit largely from scratch, promoting established acts such as Patti LaBelle and helping to discover and market acts including family band The Jets, Jody Watley, Bobby Brown and New Edition. By the mid-'80s, the division's sales reached $50 million and was top-ranked for years in black album sales. By 1988, Busby was president of the black music division at MCA, and his business unit led the industry in black album sales.
When Boston Ventures and Music Corporation of America bought Motown Records from Berry Gordy in June 1988 for $61 million, Gordy stipulated that 20% of the firm be retained by African-American investors; Busby purchased an unspecified stake in the firm. Busby moved to Motown Records in 1988 as the company's President & CEO in 1988. Annual sales for Motown had dropped to $20 million (from a peak of $100 million, at Motown's height), with 60–70% of sales coming from sales of its old hits. Busby fostered the growth of younger talent, including Another Bad Creation, Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill and Queen Latifah. In early 1989, he was able to sign Diana Ross back to Motown after she left for RCA Records in 1981. Busby retained artists such as Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, and helped create hits from them and for Ross. When Polygram Records bought Motown for $301 million in 1993, Busby was retained as president. By 1990, the label had five songs reach number one on the R&B charts.
Busby was appointed head of the black music division at DreamWorks Records in 1998. He left DreamWorks in 2001. He was named president of Def Soul Classics in 2004. Umbrella Recordings, which he created with producer Mike City, released the Carl Thomas album So Much Better in 2007 and Patti LaBelle's The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle, her first gospel album.
Busby was a major shareholder along with Janet Jackson and Magic Johnson in the nation's first African-American-owned national bank, Founders National Bank, and served on the bank's board of directors.
Busby died at the age of 59 on November 4, 2008. He was found dead in the hot tub of his home in Malibu, the cause was later confirmed to be accidental drowning, it is believed preexisting medical conditions including "atheroscelerotic cardiovascular disease" and "diabetes mellitus may have contributed to the drowning.
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2008 deaths
California State University, Long Beach alumni
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
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James FitzEustace of Harristown, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass
(1530–1585)
James FitzEustace, the eldest son of Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass and Joan, daughter of James Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne. He was born in 1530 and died in Spain in 1585. Baltinglass's family was traditionally associated with the FitzGerald family, the earls of Kildare, but prudently remained loyal to Henry VIII during the "Silken Thomas" Rebellion of 1534–35. For their loyalty, they were granted additional lands. Later in the 1540s Thomas FitzEustace, James's grandfather, was created first Viscount Baltinglass by a grateful king. But like many other old English Pale families, the FitzEustaces later became disillusioned.
Baltinglass's circle included the Pale families of Plunkett, Dillon, Aylmer, Fitzsimon, Sedgrave and Nugent. Within this circle, discontent increased and the Baltinglass revolt was first conceived. Previously for airing his views James had earned a night in jail, a sermon, a fine and the lasting enmity of Archbishop Adam Loftus of Dublin. James Eustace was educated at Grey's Inn, the most prestigious of the Inns of Court in London, and lived in Rome during the 1570s. James had as his tutor an influential priest, Sir Norman Eustace and became a fervent Catholic who regarded Queen Elizabeth I as an illegitimate heretic. Generally, the government viewed James as misguided, but not a threat. They were even dismissive of him, which echoed ironically after his revolt broke.
Marriage
He married Mary Travers, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Travers of Monkstown Castle, only child of Sir John Travers, by Genet Preston, but they had no children. Henry predeceased his father. Mary died in 1610, having married secondly, in 1587, Sir Gerald Aylmer, Bart., of Donadea, a Catholic loyalist, repeatedly imprisoned, but finally released and knighted, by Elizabeth I and created baronet by James I of England. Sir John Travers of Monkstown (Carrickbrennan), Co. Dublin, was a connection of the Earl of Kildare. He was Master of the Ordnance and a Groom of the Chambers. He married Genet Preston, and during the period 1545 to 1551 received many grants of land, including Rathmore and part of Haynestown (east of Naas), Tomogue, and estates in Co. Carlow. In 1589 Mary petitioned for the return of part of her lands, which must have been extensive. With the assistance of Sir Gerald Aylmer, whom she later married, she obtained the re-possession of the Preceptory of Killerig, Co. Carlow. Soon after her death in 1610 this estate was shared between several grantees, but mainly Monkstown and its estates in seven counties were left to Henry Cheevers, her sister Katherine's second son.
Rebellion
In 1576, before the death of his father, James Eustace lodged complaints against the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland and the illegal taxation ordered by the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney. He and other leading Catholics were imprisoned in 1577, and he was released only just in time to assume his title the next year. Much of their resentment was directed against policies pursued by Queen's officials. To finance military campaigns against the Gaelic nobility of Ireland and rebellious Anglo-Irish magnates, the government levied a military tax, known as the cess, upon the Pale. Troops were also billeted upon the Palesmen. This drew increasingly vociferous complaints from both the Pale's gentry, merchants, and commons. Before Baltinglass's rebellion, their discontent was rife. This Pale community opposed government demands on their assets to maintain its military policy. Viscount Roland, James's father, was a prominent leader. With other leaders, he was imprisoned in the closing years of the 1570s by the Elizabethan administration who viewed their opposition as little short of treason. Such action on the government's part only increased its unpopularity. The predominant Pale faith was Catholic.
In Catholic eyes there was a growing threat from the Protestant-dominated government, a perception supported by their marked decline in participation within the kingdom's government. English-born Protestants increasingly occupied positions of authority. These government officers found the concept of being both Catholic and a loyal subject to be inconceivable. The persecution was further escalated in retaliation for Pope Pius V's excommunication of Queen Elizabeth in the 1570 Papal bull Regnans in Excelsis. With growing regularity, the sons of Catholic families from the Pale families withdrew from English universities and pursued their education in Catholic Europe. Within the walls of these continental colleges, Counter-Reformation theology, Baroque art, and Baroque literature dominated. Catholic Palesmen were profoundly affected by their exposure. Their education made them more determined to both defy and to resist the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland upon their return.
In 1579, Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, took up arms in Munster for a second time against the Queen, in the so-called Second Desmond Rebellion. Elizabeth I appointed Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond to deal with the rebellion. This he eventually did, but with ruthless and terrible severity. During the summer of 1580, James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass, apparently prompted almost entirely by religious motives, recruited a Catholic army in County Wicklow, with the goal to assist Desmond. His allies included many influential Catholics, some of them his own relatives.
James Eustace knew that he lacked the necessary military muscle, a suitable operational base and martial experience to be successful. He knew that if he acted independently, his revolt would be crushed easily. Baltinglass's partner in rebellion was Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne, the Chief of the Name of Clan O'Byrne, whose father had defeated Baltinglass's father in a battle that is celebrated in Irish poetry. This did not, however, prevent an alliance between their sons.
Fiach O'Byrne and Baltinglass proved useful partners in rebellion, each bringing different qualities and assets beneficial to the rebellion's initial success. Fiach provided the military leadership and drew to his standard the Irish clans of Leinster, who viewed him as their Chief and their protector. Baltinglass's championing of the Catholic cause gave the revolt the extra dimension which the government so feared. Without Baltinglass's involvement, the uprising would have been looked upon merely as another uprising by the Irish clans. It would not have received any significant aid from Catholic Palesmen. An alliance between the Irish-speaking Clans of the Wicklow Mountains and an English-speaking army from the Pale was a new development in the long history of uprisings against the House of Tudor in Ireland. What this alliance symbolized terrified the government and was to be repeated many times in uprisings to come.
News of this soon reached the ears of Ormonde, James Eustace's brother-in-law, (Edmund Butler, brother of the Earl of Ormonde, had married Eleanor Eustace, Baltinglass's sister) who sent him a severe warning, for we have Baltinglass's defiant reply, later produced in evidence against him.
At first, the revolt was successful, and on 25 August 1580, a severe defeat was inflicted upon the troops of the Lord Deputy in the Wicklow Mountains at the Battle of Glenmalure. The Annals of the Four Masters states that "the entire extent of country from the Slaney to the Shannon and from the Boyne to the meeting of the Three Waters became one scene of strife and dissension".
But Baltinglass and O'Byrne never coordinated their efforts with those of Earl Desmond, and in any case, had started too late. There was desultory fighting for nearly a year, but with no large engagement, and the Baltinglass troops overran a large area doing great damage, but were then hopelessly overpowered. A force of Spaniards and Italians had landed at Smerwick, Co. Kerry, in order to assist the Catholic cause, but when they had completed the long march of 150 miles to Naas were taken prisoner and massacred. The scene of this massacre, on the southern edge of the town, is still called Spaniards Cross or Foad Spaniagh.
Defeat & Exile
Baltinglass and his followers were outlawed and forty-five of them were hanged in Dublin. James Eustace escaped to Munster, where Desmond was still in revolt, and thence, with the aid of the Wexford Martyrs, to Spain. He was well received, and only just failed to persuade King Philip II of Spain to provide sufficient troops and ships to invade Ireland. He died there childless in 1585. The fates of his five brothers were as follows:
1. Edmund Eustace had married Frances, daughter of Robert Pipho, and secondly Joan, daughter of Richard Walsh of Carrickmines, who afterwards married Dermot Kavanagh of Knockangary. In 1583 he escaped to Scotland and thence to Spain, where he was created "4th Viscount" by the Pope. He served against England in the Armada in 1588, and died in Portugal in 1594.
2. Thomas Eustace was executed in 1582.
3. William Eustace was certainly believed to have been slain in battle in 1581, for it was officially reported to Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State in London, "Head of William Eustace, another of the Baltinglass brethren, taken this morning." It is, possible however that this report was untrue and that he was the ancestor of the Eustaces of Robertstown whose distinguished line will be dealt with later. The Complete Peerage reports that William (4th son) was "slain in rebellion, 21 Apr. 1581." Burke's Extinct Peerage1883 reports that William (3rd son) "had not been engaged in rebellion ... (and was) ... living as Viscount Baltinglass, in 1610".
4. Walter Eustace was captured in 1583 and executed.
5. Richard Eustace was in Paris at the time of the rebellion, engaged in arranging for the dispatch of ammunition and supplies to assist his brothers. He became a priest in Rome.
Among the other Eustaces from County Kildare who took part were Maurice of Castlemartin and Thomas of Kerdiffstown (near Sallins), who were both executed, and John of Newland and Oliver of Blackhall, Clane, who were eventually pardoned, as was Maurice FitzGerald of Osberstown, Naas, who was the husband of Baltinglass's aunt Janet.
In 1585, the Statute of Baltinglass was passed by Parliament, but against considerable opposition. Under this Act, the title and arms were attainted, and all the vast Baltinglass possessions were forfeited, as was normal then, with retrospective clauses voiding all transfers of property that had taken place during the previous twelve years. The Eustaces of Harristown, once Lords of Portlester, Kilcullen and Baltinglass were thus virtually obliterated. James and his brothers had fought for what they were convinced was right, but they had failed, and for their failure, they paid dearly. Whether James Eustace and his followers were traitors or martyrs, they were certainly brave men. At the time of the attainder, the Dowager Viscountess, once a proud Butler, but now the mother of "the six traitorous brethren," petitioned (rather pathetically, and with what result we can well imagine) to be allowed to retain her jointure or alternatively to be granted somewhere to live.
Almost all the forfeited estates were granted to Sir Henry Harrington who had been active in quelling the rebellion. He sold them in 1617 to Sir Charles Wilmot, from whom they passed, via Sir James Carroll and Sir Thomas Roper, to the Viscounts (later Earls) of Aldborough. Harristown, Rochestown and Calverstown were granted in about 1590 to John Eustace of Castlemartin. The Baltinglass, house in Dublin and a lease of New Abbey, Kilcullen, were granted to Edmund Spenser, the poet, who was Secretary to the Lord Deputy, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton. Rathfarnham Castle and much of the land around Rathfarnham also belonged to the Eustace family of Baltinglass. However, this property was also confiscated for their part in the Second Desmond Rebellion of 1579–83. Rathfarnham castle and its lands were then granted to the Loftus family.
The title was revived in 1685, when Colonel Richard Talbot, of Carton, was created Viscount Baltinglass, but he died without an heir six years later. It was again revived in 1763, when John Stratford was created Baron of Baltinglass, but he was advanced in 1776 to Viscount Aldborough and this title became extinct in 1875. The Eustaces of Castlemartin and Harristown were connected with his family twice. His father had married (as his second wife) Penelope née Eustace, one of the three co-heiresses of Sir Maurice Eustace, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His great-great-granddaughter, Louisa Saunders of Saunders Grove, married in 1860 Thomas Tickell, descendant and heir of Clotilda, Penelope's sister and another of the co-heiresses.
References
Tickell, Sir Eustace F; The Eustace Family and Their Lands in County Kildare; (1955); Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society; Vol. XIII, No. 6; pp. 284–287.
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Moons are celestial bodies that orbit planets or smaller bodies.
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Moon (disambiguation)
Mooning
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Jean-Marc Monnerville (born 21 February 1959), better known by his stage name Kali, is a French musician from Martinique known for his contributions to Modern Zouk, banjo playing and his work with the Eurovision Song Contest. He is further notable for his often controversial, politically charged lyrics comment on imperialism, slavery and military proliferation.
Early life
Monnerville was born in Fort-de-France on 21 February 1956. His mother, a primary school teacher, and his father, a professional musician, encouraged Jean-Marc to study classical percussion. The nickname "Kali" was developed in primary school in homage to "Kalimero," a well-known cartoon character of the time. Kali's musical career began in earnest when his father sent him to France in the early 1970s to study music composition and theory. His first group, "Gaoule" was symbolically named after a notorious slave massacre carried out in the French West Indies in the 17th century.
His signature Rasta style developed in 1979 with his sophomore ensemble, 6ème Continent. Their notable singles included an iconoclastic version of "Adieu Foulards" and "Reggae Dom-Tom", a hard-hitting song which evoked the difficult relationship between France and its former colony. In June 1983, 6ème Continent rose to national prominence when they stepped in to replace the Nigerian singer Femi Kuti at the "Fète de la Musique." Playing on an open-air stage erected on the Place du Trocadéro, 6ème Continent proved an enormous hit. After being asked to "modernize their sound" by CBS Records (the international name of Columbia Records), Monnerville made the executive decision to split up the group.
Developing career
Kali returned to Martinique to start a solo career, intentionally ignoring the popular "Zouk" craze and focusing on traditional music of the West Indies. This return to musical heritage was further explored on the albums "Racines I" (1989) and "Racines II" (1990) by fusing acoustic piano and banjo with percussion and synthesizers.
After returning to Paris for a live performance in 1990, he was selected to represent France in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest. His performance, the original composition Monté la riviè (Going up the River) was regarded by fellow contestants to be "an absolute surprise" for its offbeat subject matter and inclusion of the banjo. While the French entry ranked 8th among 22, his performance garnered major popularity and helped the sales of his next album "Lese la Te Tounen" (Let the Earth Move). In 1994 he won an award from the Sacem (French Association of Songwriters and Composers), citing his composition "Pan Patchew" as "Best Song of 1994."
Recent Music
His 1995 album "Débranché" (Unplugged), reverts to a purely acoustic sound. Following the record's success, Kali was invited to perform in Zimbabwe where he joined other musicians celebrating the Centenary of the first anti-colonial insurrection. "Racines IV," a 1998 album, celebrated the artist's comeback to traditional West Indian music since 1992.
In 2002, Kali commemorated the centenary of the eruption of the Pelée volcano with "Bèlè Boum Bap."
The fifth album in the "Racines Caraïbes" series was released in November 2007, featuring guest performances by Jocelyne Beroard, Tanya Saint-Val, Emeline Michel and Ralph Thamar.
Discography
As Gaoulé:
As 6eme Continent:
As Kali:
References
External links
Eurovision Song Contest Today Unofficial Page
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Thomas Morgan (6 December 1769 – 22 November 1851) was a Welsh navy chaplain who saw action during the French Revolutionary Wars and was involved in the Spithead mutiny before serving as chaplain of the naval dockyard at Portsmouth.
Life
Morgan was born on 6 December 1769 and educated at Christ College, Brecon. He then studied at the University of Oxford, firstly at Wadham College and then at Jesus College, and graduated in 1790. He later obtained his DD degree (1824). He was ordained and joined the Royal Navy as a navy chaplain. During the French Revolutionary Wars, Morgan was injured during the naval battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794. Four years later, he was serving at Spithead during the Spithead mutiny. Sympathetic to the men's grievances, he helped to restore order. Morgan served as chaplain and secretary to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton from 1799 to 1807, then served as a chaplain in naval hospitals before his final posting as chaplain at Portsmouth naval dockyard. He was also a priest of various parishes: Talley and Llansadwrn in Carmarthenshire, Llanfaches in Monmouthshire and Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. He died on 22 November 1851 in Portsmouth.
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The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill Guide or Red Book; ) is a legal citation guide in Canada. It is published by the McGill Law Journal of the McGill University Faculty of Law and is used by law students, scholars, and lawyers throughout Canada. The book is bilingual, one half being in English and the other in French (Manuel canadien de la référence juridique).
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The first edition of the McGill Guide was published in 1986. A new edition of the book is released once every four years. While the McGill Guide is the standard citation guide taught at law schools throughout Canada, many jurisdictions have their own unique citation styles.
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Similar to other uniform legal citation guides (such as the Bluebook), the McGill Guide has been subject to scrutiny by the legal community. One of the most common criticisms is a lack of access to the book due to the price ($89.00), which is sold by Thomson Reuters, rather than directly by the McGill Law Journal. The McGill Law Journal has committed to open access for its journal, but has yet to do so for its citation guide.
See also
Citation of Canadian legislation
References
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Publisher, Carswell
"McGill Citation Style" - Ontario Tech University
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The 115th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in northeastern Pennsylvania and has been represented by Democrat Maureen Madden since 2017.
District profile
The 115th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Monroe County and includes the following areas:
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The Armed Offenders Squad was a unit of the Victorian Police tasked with investigating non-fatal violent crimes. Subject to frequent complaints of police brutality, the squad was disbanded in 2006 following an investigation by the Victorian Office of Police Integrity.
Formation
The predecessor of the Armed Offenders Squad was the Armed Robbery Squad, a unit regularly accused of excessive force and violence. The 1979 Beach Inquiry found that the Armed Robbery Squad had committed "abuses... so grave as to warrant the most prompt institution of safeguarding reforms.". In 1999 the Armed Robbery Squad, the Special Response Squad, and the Prison Squad were amalgamated to form the Armed Offenders Squad. At the time of its dissolution in 2006, the Squad was made up of 35 detectives.
Internal culture
The Armed Offenders Squad had their own self-created logo of two golden revolvers with the barrels crossed. When the Squad would submit printed evidence to the Victorian Prosecutor, they superimposed the golden-revolver logo on top of the official Victoria Police badge symbol in contravention of Victorian Police regulations. All Squad members, including the squad's sole female member, adopted a uniform of black suits, white shirts, dark sunglasses and a team-issue black tie featuring the logo. The uniform was based on the clothes worn by the jewel-thieves in the film Reservoir Dogs.
Understaffing meant that the Armed Offenders Squad rarely had a permanent supervisor, operating instead under a succession of acting managers and short-term appointees. The Office of Police Integrity's investigation found that "informal Squad culture ... gained such strength and impenetrability that the chain of command was effectively reversed, to the point where some Squad members considered themselves immune from managerial accountability or authority." When, in 2003, a newly appointed Inspector drew up a comprehensive and detailed action plan to improve the day-to-day operations of the squad, his proposals were ignored until he was transferred out, at which point they were permanently shelved. When interviewed by the Office of Police Integrity, a former Squad manager said: "I’d rather see someone out getting complaints for working... You’re going to accumulate complaints if you work... sure you won’t get any if you just sit around and do nothing."
The Office of Police Integrity found that the Armed Offenders Squad were "contemptuous of the law", "divisive, insular, and exclusionary", and possessed an attitude of "elitist superiority within Victoria Police". Covert surveillance revealed that some members still identified with the disbanded Armed Robbery Squad, with Detective Mark Butterfield saying to a suspect "Welcome to the Armed Robbery Squad" before assaulting him.
Armed Offenders Squad detective Graeme Head crashed his car in Mentone in 2001 after a night of drinking with Squad colleagues. When police arrived and attempted to give him a breathalyser test, Head fled the scene twice and was finally captured with the aid of police dogs. Tests revealed that his blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. When Head was found guilty of drink driving offences two years after the crash, Assistant Commissioner Simon Overland said "a lot has changed in two years" and that the Squad had been reformed since Head's crash.
In October 2005, Detective Inspector Bernie Rankin was appointed to head the Squad. Rankin, former head of the homicide squad and investigator of the Russell Street Bombing, was specifically tasked with reducing the number of complaints the squad was generating. On his appointment, Rankin held a meeting with the Squad members, telling them that their performance had to improve, and that the Inspector had to be notified when prisoners arrived for interrogation. He also warned them that video equipment would be installed in the interview rooms, although this was not arranged for more than two years. Briefings were moved from the informal setting of the Squad kitchen to a new operations room, and new administrative procedures were introduced to make sure that management was informed of the activities of the officers. After this period, there were fewer complaints made against the squad.
Investigation
In July 2005, George Brouwer, the OPI's director, received a letter from a man claiming he had been punched, kicked, elbowed, thrown down a flight of stairs, choked unconscious, and strangled with a plastic bag over his head by three detectives from the Armed Offenders Squad. Later that year the OPI began an investigation into the Squad, codenamed "Operation Air". An initial statistical analysis of complaints indicated an unusually high rate of allegations of violence against the AOS compared to similar squads. Investigators placed covert electronic surveillance equipment in the Armed Offenders Squad's interrogation room at the St Kilda Road Police Station.
Beating of suspect A100
The resulting secret footage revealed one suspect being told, prior to the commencement of a formal interview, that he was not allowed to request a lawyer and that if he did so, the formal audiotape of the interview would be erased and the interview would start afresh. The suspect was codenamed A100 and has been interrogated about the whereabouts of a shotgun used in robberies. A100 was held for six hours, during which he was not given anything to drink or allowed to use the toilet. During the interrogation he was dragged from his chair, assaulted by two officers, and punched and kicked until bloody while the officers yelled, between punches, "Fucking... Armed... Robbery... Squad". After the first assault on the suspect had already happened, Inspector Rankin entered the room for a supposed "welfare check". Rankin told the suspect: "It’s going to be a long hard day for you, pal. ... I suggest you listen to some of the advice that the boys are going to give you. It might be a lot less painful."
The six-hour detention yielded only fourteen minutes of formally taped interview. Detective Mark Butterfield was secretly taped punching the suspect in his ear, which began to bleed, and threatening that the ear would "come off" by the end of the interrogation. Towards the conclusion of the interview, the suspect asked whether he could make a telephone call, for which he was beaten with a telephone by Detective Robert Dabb who said: "Here it is, here's your fucking phone call... piece of shit."
Dissolution and aftermath
In June 2006, the Squad's offices were raided by the OPI. At the time of the investigation, the powerful police union, the Police Association, was headed by Paul Mullett, a former Armed Robbery Squad detective. After the raid, he called for the OPI to be disbanded, calling the investigation a "disgrace".
On 13 September 2006, Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon called a meeting with the Squad's members to announce that the unit was being disbanded. The meeting was covertly recorded and its content leaked to the Herald Sun. The leaker also supplied the Herald Sun with a poem written by a Squad detective, "Ode to the Armed Offenders Squad", which ran in part:
They’ve done a good job, the bosses will say, but know that will last but for a day.
Because some have complained a door was broken, a dog was kicked and neighbours awoken.
But the crim is in the A.O.S. say, the bosses are angry; two complainants today.
So long as there’s bad crooks, they’ll need us around, if they’re rid of us then crime will abound.
Six days later, at a public hearing, Squad detectives Robert Lachlan Dabb, Mark Harrison Butterfield and Matthew Adrian Franc were shown videotape of themselves beating A100. Dabb collapsed in the witness stand when the video was shown. [Hagan, Kate. "Ex-detectives admit to bashing suspect." Age (Melbourne). 26 Feb 2008.] All three claimed not to recognise themselves on the video and denied any involvement in the beating. They were suspended the next day. In response, the Police Association led a rally in Batman Park, which was attended by about 300 police and former members of the Squad, including Dabb, Butterfield, and Franc. The gathering passed resolutions calling for the Squad to be reinstated, for Christine Nixon to resign, and for the OPI to be disbanded. Police Association secretary Paul Mullett told the rally that disbanding the squad would lead to "what's currently occurring in NSW: drive-by shootings, ethnic gangs, race gangs, youth gangs, street gangs, gang rapes by the day". Eventually, Victoria Police guaranteed that the Squad members who were not charged would be guaranteed jobs in the Squad's replacement, the Armed Crime Task Force.
In May 2007, Detective Inspector Bernie Rankin was charged with counselling or procuring the commission of an assault. Dabb, Butterfield and Franc were charged with unlawful assault and lying to the OPI. The charges against Rankin were later dropped. Dabb, Butterfield, and Franc initially seemed likely to fight the charges but later pleaded guilty to assaulting the suspect. Dabb and Butterfield received sentences of ten weeks of community service. Franc was sentenced to five weeks.
With the criminal proceedings finalised, the OPI published its report on the Armed Offenders Squad in October 2008. The report found that replacing the Armed Offenders Squad with an Armed Crime Task Force had increased the percentage of crimes solved from 47% to 80%, and reduced the average number of annual complaints from 10 to less than 1. The report also recommended that video cameras be placed in all Victoria Police vehicles, due to numerous allegations of assaults taking place while suspects were being transported, and that suspects be videotaped from the moment of their arrival at the police station. It was concluded that the Squad was a "cultural relic" and that its members had "[drawn] comfort from the strong support they received from the Police Association". Police Association secretary Paul Mullett would later step down after being charged with perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice following an unrelated OPI investigation. Cameron Stewart.
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Dravo Corporation was a shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh in 1891. The corporation went public in 1936 and in 1998 it was bought out by Carmeuse for $192 million ($ million today). On March 5, 1942, it became the first corporation to receive the Army-Navy "E" Award for outstanding war time production. Dravo ranked 72nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.
Facilities
Neville Island shipyard, Pittsburgh started 1919, constructed LST's during World War II employing 16,000 people, closed 1982. ()
Wilmington Shipyard, Delaware employed 10,500 during World War II, constructing Destroyer escorts. Now closed. Traces back to Harlan and Hollingsworth ()
Ships
From 1942 to 1945 Dravo Corporation built Landing Ship, Tank, (LST). LST were built to support amphibious operations able to land tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops on to beaches. No docks or piers were required for these amphibious assaults. The LST had a special bow with a large door that could open. Then a ramp was installed for unloading allied vehicles. The LST had a flat keel, so it could be beached and stay upright. The propellers and rudders were protected from grounding damage. Many were used in the Pacific War and in the European theatre, especially on Battle of Normandy. In 1942 and 1943 Dravo Corporation also built Submarine chasers.
Pittsburgh yard
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Wilmington yard
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PC-574 - PC-577
LST6, LST16, LST21, LST25
65 of 558 Landing Ship Medium
LSM-201 - LSM-232, LSM-414 - LSM-446
See also
James v. Dravo Contracting Co.
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References
External links
Heinz History Center Library and Archives
Dravo - Wilmington
Bethlehem - Wilmington (activity prior to Dravo)
Dravo - Pittsburgh
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Russell Gerry Crook (1869–1955) was an American sculptor and craftsman active in the Boston area.
Crook was born in San Francisco, and studied under John Henry Twachtman and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He had his studio in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He created the Kona Fountain in Center Harbor, New Hampshire (1907), as well as figureheads for Dodge Watercars and a pair of terracotta polar bears.
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Invaluable.com auction description
Dodge Watercars
1869 births
1955 deaths
19th-century American sculptors
19th-century American male artists
American male sculptors
20th-century American sculptors
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Sir Peter John Wood (born November 1946, in Surrey) is an English entrepreneur, most notable as the founder of the Direct Line and esure insurance companies. Wood was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to UK industry and philanthropy. In 2021 he was the 198th wealthiest person in Britain with an estimated personal fortune of £815 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2021.
Business
Direct Line
In 1985 Sir Peter launched Direct Line, the first telephone-only insurance company in the UK. The venture was underwritten by the Royal Bank of Scotland, and within nine years was the biggest insurer of private vehicles in the country, claiming three times as many customers as the Royal Bank itself. Wood did not have a capital stake in Direct Line, having sold it to the Royal Bank in 1988 in return for considerable performance-related remuneration. This led to his becoming Britain's highest paid company director, receiving £1.6 million in 1991, £6 million in 1992, and £18.2 million in 1993. The subsequent attention and notoriety his pay attracted—Labour Party MP and then-shadow Trade Secretary Robin Cook called his bonus "obscene"—was a source of embarrassment both to Wood himself and the Royal Bank, which attempted to buy its way out of its contractual obligations with a one-off £24 million payment in 1994, taking his total income that year to £42 million. Wood himself claims that he personally requested an end to the deal after receiving a letter bomb at the Direct Line offices which injured a member of staff. Nevertheless, Wood remained richly rewarded, receiving another £17 million in 1995 and remaining a byword for the perceived excesses of corporate boardrooms in the 1990s, according to critics.
He left Direct Line in 1997, but continued to work with the Royal Bank in other areas, including Privilege, an insurance company specialising in lower-risk customers which had been founded in 1996. Whilst running Direct Line, Wood founded Línea Directa Aseguradora (LDA), a direct motor insurer in Spain, through a joint venture between RBS and Bankinter. LDA listed on the Madrid stock exchange in April 2020 with a market valuation of €1.434bn euros.
esure
In 1999 Wood founded esure, this time in partnership with the Halifax bank, which provided £150 million of startup capital. esure used the same business model as Direct Line and targeted the same customer base, establishing a foothold in the market before following with a subsidiary (First Alternative) in 2003 for drivers of higher premium vehicles. Even its advertising and marketing were similar, to the point where Direct Line challenged esure's "Mr Mouse" character to be an infringement of its own iconic red telephone on wheels, and it successfully took esure to court to prevent it being trademarked. A women-only specialist insurance brand, Sheilas' Wheels, was established by Wood and esure in October 2005.
In February 2010, Wood led a management buy-out of esure, subsequently leading the floatation of esure Group plc on the London Stock Exchange on 27 March 2013. esure staff received a £3m payout at the time. In August 2018, esure announced that it was to be acquired by Bain Capital for £1.2bn. Wood remained as Chairman of esure until March 2020 when he stepped down from the Board.
GoCo Group
Sir Peter Wood was also chairman of price comparison website Gocompare.com, following its demerger from esure Group plc in November 2016. In November 2020, Future plc agreed a £594 million takeover of GoCo Group plc, which by this point had grown to include not just Gocompare.com but also Look After My Bills and MyVoucherCodes.
Other
Wood also set up two insurance companies in the United States, Response (1995) and Homesite (1997), although his involvement with both of them came to an end in 2004. He is a Director and shareholder in American insurer The Plymouth Rock Company.
From 1996 to 2000, Wood was a non-executive director of the holding company British Gas and the Automobile Association. In 1998, he was appointed as a non-executive director to the Board of the Economist, where he serviced until March 2004.
Wood is an established investor in property. Developments include the former headquarters of BBC Radio in Marylebone, London and properties in Palm Beach, Florida.
In 2021, Wood founded the investment vehicle, SPWOne.
Philanthropy
He was appointed a director of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers in 1994 and served for three years until he moved to found The Croydon Colorectal Cancer Charity with Mr Ian Swift, Consultant Surgeon at Mayday Hospital, Surrey.
Wood is the biggest donor to prostate cancer research at UCL Hospital in London, where he has funded the latest radiology equipment and sponsors a leading professor. Wood also funded equipment enabling UCL to conduct research in the immune response detectable from the blood of Covid-19 patients.
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The Tango Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located to the north of the capital city of Thimphu in Bhutan, near Cheri Mountain. It was founded by Phajo Drugom Zhigpo (1184? - 1251?) in the 13th century and built in its present form by Tenzin Rabgye, the 4th Temporal Ruler in 1688. In 1616, the Tibetan lama Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal meditated in its cave. The self-emanated form of the wrathful Hayagriva is deified in the monastery. It belongs to the Drukpa Kagyu School
of Buddhism in Bhutan.
Etymology
The word 'Tango' in Bhutanese language means “horse head”. This name conforms to the main deity Hayagriva (local name Tandin) deified in the monastery.
Legend and tribute
According to local legend, the location of this monastery is the holy place where Avalokiteshvara revealed himself as "the self-emanated form of the Wrathful Hayagriva". The location had been prophesied in Tibet. The acclamation of the divine nature of this place was performed by Ngawang Tenzin.
History
According to a local legend Phajo Drugom Zhigpo propounder of the teachings of Dodeyna who was on a visit to this place during his teaching mission heard the neighing of a horse coming from the direction of the Tango. Concurrently, he witnessed the cliff in the form of god Tandin (horse head or Hayagriva) engulfed in flames. The deity appearing before Zhigpo prophesied that the place was meant to build a monastery for meditation. The prophecy also mentioned that Zhigpo would marry the Dakini, Khando Sonam Peldon and establish the Drukpa Kagyu School of Buddhism in Bhutan.
The earliest history traced to this location is when Guru Rinpoche on a visit to the place in the 8th century had identified the place as representing the Hayagriva or horse head. It was only in 1222 that the place again got its recognition when Phajo Drugom Zhigpo, propounder of the Drukpa Kagyu School of Buddhism, witnessed the cliff in the form of god Tandin (horse head) or Hayagriva.
Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal migrated from Tibet to Bhutan in 1616 at the age of 23 not only at the request of Pal Yeshay Genpo but also due to a conflict with Deb Tsangpa of Tibet; Namgyel belonged to a respectable lineage of Tsangpa Jarey in Tibet and had been christened by the name of Drukpa Rinpochhe Ngawang Tenzin Nampar Gyelwa Jigme Drak Pai Dey and had attained name and fame from a young age as an enlightened dharma preacher. When he travelled in Bhutan on a preaching mission he was also attacked by Tibetan army (sent by his enemy Deb Tsangpa). However, by virtue of his skills in the field of tantric art he subdued his enemies, and finally went into meditation in the caves of the Tango Monastery; the monastery had been offered to him by the Tshewang Tenzing of Dorden (now Dodena). He deeply meditated and performed tantric ritual of Gempo in the cave of Tango. With these spiritual powers, Zhabdrung caused the decimation of the dynasty of Deb Tsangpa of Tibet. Consequently, he celebrated this victory by writing of his achievements by composing the “Nga Chudugma or My sixteen Accomplishments”.
Following his victory, Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal adopted the title of Dujom Dorjee, consolidated his powers and issued sixteen tenets. He renamed the cave monastery as Duduel Phug and then went back to the cave for further meditation. However, the cave was attacked by his enemies using tantric powers. They had destroyed the cliff of the caves, which resulted in blocking of the cave by a huge boulder (size of a yak), which by providence narrowly missed killing the Namgyal, as it is said “the boulder missed Zamdrung’s head by an inch”. His followers considered Zamdrung’s survival as a miracle. During this period Namgyals’ father Tenpai Nima had died and Namgyal brought his father’s body to the cave and cremated it in the cave of the horse head cliff, in Tango. Thereafter, in 1620, Namgyal built the Chari monastery and the Duduel Chorten in memory of his father; the building was constructed by skilled carpenters brought from Nepal.
Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye son of Tshewang Tenzin and Damchoe Tenzima (daughter of the Lama of Chang Gangkha) born in 1638 AD, received religious instructions from a very young age in the Drukpa Kargyud tradition from Shabdrung and his teacher Damchoe Gyeltshe and was very proficient in the tradition when he ascended the throne of Desi at the age of 31. He also became the 4th Desi at the age of 43. As the 4th Temporal Ruler he creditably ruled the country in accordance with set spiritual and temporal laws. The Tango Monastery was rebuilt by him in its present form in 1688/1689. The monastery built with 12 corners has the 3-storey gallery central tower. It was further extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the late 19th century, Shabdrung Jigmre Choegyal had a golden roof installed. In 1966 AD, the 64th rJe Khenpo Jamyang Yeshey Sengyel along with Her Royal Highness the Grandmother Ashi Phuntshog Chodon also restarted the Shaydra School of Buddhist Studies. In 1977 AD, Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Kesang Wangchuck refurbished the monastery into a very elegant structure vis-a-vis the original. The monastery underwent restoration again in the mid 1990s and is currently the residence of the 7th Tri Rinpoche, a young incarnation of Tenzin Rabgye. Today it is run as an upper-education level monastic school.
Architecture
Tango Monastery is built in the dzong fashion, and has a characteristic curved (semi-circular) outside wall and prominent main tower with recesses. It covers the caves where originally meditation and miracles were performed by saints from the 12th century onwards. Behind the series of prayer wheels are engraved slates. Inside the courtyard is a gallery, illustrating the leaders of the Drukpa Kagyupa lineage.
Caves
The caves, the original place, before the monastery structure as it exists now was built, is where the holy saints meditated from the 12th century onwards. The rock face identified as the 'Horse head' or 'Hayagriva' is integral to the rock setting of the caves. The caves are formed at two levels – the lower and upper caves with a self formed secret central passage. The central cavern is proclaimed as the “cavern of a dakini containing triangular red and black colours and a natural divine mansion”.
The rock faces at different levels exhibit self-manifest figures of the sun, the moon and of the demon Matramrutra. Other self emanated divine forms identified within the caves consist of: the Pal-khorlo-dompa (Sri Cakrasambhara gods seen even now); a long cavernous passage in the basement that makes a distinction between the good and the evil while manoeuvring through it; the projecting rock face in the form of Hayagriva directly facing the valley denoting Abhicarya in ferocious shapes; a temple of Hayagriva at the lower level; crystal images of tutelary deities; a three-faced Hayagriva (discovered by Ngawang Tenzin); a whip containing combined prayers; a stone slab with foot print of a dakini (the youngest daughter of Ngawang Tenzin); a temple of the four handed Mahakala at the upper cave created by the Shabdrung, a hazardous cave at the bottom – a fit place for hermits; and a large sandalwood tree, considered as walking stick that was planted by Phajo Drukgom with the prophecy that "This will be the centre from which the Drukpa Kargyud doctrine will spread". There is chorten near the cypress trees where Khando Sonam Peldon died. All her belongings are enshrined in the chorten. A Tandin Nye, a temple built by Phajo after his meditation. is also located here.
Monastery/Temple
The 12-cornered monastery was built under the direction of the Gyalse Tenzin Rabgyein in a short span of two months. Basically the monastery has six temples namely, the Trulku lhakhang, the Longku lhakhang, the Choeku lhakhang, the Guru lhakhang, the Namsey Lhakhang and the Gonkhang (inner chapel dedicated to a deity).
On the ground floor in the Tulku lhakhang, is the temple of Trulku where the main deity is of Buddha made in gold and copper. Buddha statue is thrice the height of a man. The sculptor of this statue was the renowned Panchen Deva of Nepal. Flanking the main deity are a clay Buddha Dipankara cast in medicinal metals and a statue of Maitreya (double the height of a man). Life-size statues of the 8 chief spiritual sons of the Buddha (the Jang Sem Nye Wai Say Chen Gyad (Jamyang), Chador, Chenrizig (Avaloketeshvara), Namkhai Nyingpo (Akashagarba), Dripa Namsel, Saye Nyingpo, Jamba and Jampel Zhenu Jurpa) are also located here. These statues are credited to be the work of craftsmen Trulku Dzing and Druk Chophel. Other objects of veneration in the monastery are a stone with a clear footprint of Jetsuen Tenzinma, daughter of Ngawang Tenzin, and also stone impressions of riding horses, goats, and sheep. A golden key discovered by Ngawang Tenzin, in the shape of a horse-head is much revered. Another adjoining temple, the Gonkhang, is dedicated to the four handed Mahakala (Pel Yeshey Gonpo, the protective deity) temple holding a skull in one hand; the skull is said to be that of the Tibetan King Thrisong Detsan."
On the second floor, the statue of Avalokiteshvara – the Buddha of compassion – made (by Panchen Deva of Nepal) of gold and copper is installed in the Longku lhakhang. Also seen on this floor are the temple of Guru Rinpoche and the Namse palace. There is also the Namsey lhakhang where the statue of Namsey (Vaisravana – the god of wealth) is deified.
On the third floor, there are temples of Dharmakaya and a gold and copper statue of Buddha Amitayus (made by Panchen Deva). Buddha image is flanked by a statue of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal and a life-size clay figure, made with medicinal metals, of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye. The bedroom of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye is located to the right of the temples. Central to this room is an image of Guru Rinpoche (who appeared in Tenzin Rabgye's vision). Other object seen here includes the Kargyud Serthreng. Other images are made with medicinal metals and all images here are credited to Trulku Dzing, the sculptor. A set of paintings seen on the walls here are weeping images. The depiction of weeping is an expression of sorrow at the demise of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye, at the age of 59 years. There is also self-made image of Trulku Jampel Yamtsho. Wall paintings are seen on all the three floors of the monastery.
There is a natural fountain in the middle of the courtyard opposite to the central tower. A chaitya known as Jangchub Chorten or Kudung Chorten, built with the ashes of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye is located between the Dzong and the monastery.
Festival
The Yarney ('Yar' means “Summer” and 'Ney' means “To stay”) represents monks' summer retreat time and is an important annual festival that is held in this monastery. Initiated since 1967, the festival starts from the 15th day of the 6th month of the Bhutanese calendar and concludes on the 30th day of the 7th month, which corresponds to the month of August/September in the Gregorian calendar. During this period, which lasts for one-and-a-half-months, the monks observe special vows and the strictest monastic disciplines. The observances by the monks are in the form of their wearing ceremonial yellow robes, do elaborate chants of prayers before and after eating (eating meals from begging bowls), desist taking the afternoon meal, do not leave the precincts of the monastery, and not involve in any kind of entertainment on holidays; such observances are deemed to accumulate great merits. During this period, common people make food offerings to the monks.
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Drukpa Kagyu monasteries and temples in Bhutan
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Millbrae Crescent is a street located in Glasgow providing numerous examples of category A listed buildings thought to be designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson, or posthumously by his architectural partner, Robert Turnbull. The street comprises an elegant row of two-storey terraced houses built using blonde sandstone and exemplifying Thomson's typical use of Egyptian-derived columns and ornamentation. Millbrae Crescent is located on the River Cart in Langside, Glasgow, and within close proximity of Thomson's noted residential Victorian villa, Holmwood House. The crescent, which is located near the White Cart Water river, has been a high risk area for flooding over the years.
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Crescents (architecture)
Alexander Greek Thomson buildings
1877 establishments in Scotland
Category A listed buildings in Glasgow
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Helwangspitz is a mountain in Liechtenstein in the Rätikon range of the Eastern Alps, to the east of Vaduz, with a height of / or .
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Liechtenstein
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Christopher Merrick Hughes (born 3 March 1954, London, England), also known as Merrick, is a British music producer, songwriter, and former drummer of Adam and the Ants. Best known as producer of Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair, and as the co-writer of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", Hughes has a joint background as a musician, songwriter and producer. His career began with Adam and the Ants as drummer and producer of the "Cartrouble" and "Kings of the Wild Frontier" singles, then the Kings of the Wild Frontier album. Yielding three hit singles, the album earned Hughes Music Weeks 'Producer of the Year Award'.
Life and career
Hughes was educated at Emanuel School in London, and was a member of Adam and the Ants, also producing their albums, Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming. Hughes was awarded Music Week’s "Producer of the Year" award for his work on the album, Kings of the Wild Frontier. He co-wrote Tears for Fears' hit song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", and produced their first two albums, the platinum-selling The Hurting and the multi-platinum Songs from the Big Chair. He began working with the band again on their third album, The Seeds of Love, but left the project due to creative differences. Hughes also produced the Electric Soft Parade's debut album, Holes in the Wall, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize, and Propaganda's 1234. Hughes was also a member of Dalek I Love You and co-produced Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain".
In February 1994, Hughes released Shift, his first solo album, which was re-released in July 2008. Shift was a tribute to American minimalist composer, Steve Reich. In 1972, Hughes' father took him to London to see Reich's performance of Drumming. Hughes credits Reich as a driving influence in his career. Shift uses fragments of Reich's work and "subjects it to subtle manipulations using the technology of recorded sound".
At db records, Hughes worked on the early development of Tom McRae and the Electric Soft Parade, producing debut albums that were both nominated for a Mercury Music Prize.
Hughes has worked with many artists including: Adam and the Ants, Def Leppard, Tears for Fears, Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Ric Ocasek, Wang Chung, Tom McRae, the Electric Soft Parade, Propaganda, Howard Jones, Lloyd Cole, Jon Bon Jovi, Tori Amos, Enya (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin), Moya Brennan (Máire Ní Bhraonáin) the voice of Clannad, Crybaby, Stackridge, the Teardrop Explodes and Sam Brookes.
His album Eirenic Life was released on Helium Records on 14 July 2017.
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Official website
website
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Samia Sarwar (1970 – 6 April 1999) was a Pakistani woman who was shot dead in her lawyers' office in Lahore in an honour killing arranged by her parents.
Sarwar was a married woman with two children, belonging to an affluent family of Peshawar. She had accused her husband, a cousin with whom she had an arranged marriage at seventeen, of marital abuse. She had been separated from him for several years, living at her parents' home with her children. She eventually filed for divorce after deciding to remarry an army officer, but faced strong opposition from her family. Sarwar then sought the help of Lahore-based sisters Asma Jehangir and Hina Jilani, who were well-known human rights lawyers. Shortly afterwards, at a meeting between Sarwar and her mother at their chambers in Lahore, Sarwar was shot dead by an assassin hired by her own parents. They had arranged the murder of their daughter because they felt that she had brought shame upon the family by abandoning her husband to marry another man.
Background
Samia Sarwar was born into an affluent and educated family based in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province. Her father, Ghulam Sarwar Khan Mohmand, was not only a successful industrialist but also a prominent public figure, being the President of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce. Her mother, Sultana Sarwar, was a medical doctor with a successful practice in Peshawar.
Sarwar had been married for over 10 years to a cousin, her mother's nephew, and had two young children. She had separated from her husband following accusations of physical abuse and had moved back to her parents' home with her children. After a chance meeting at a party, Sarwar fell in love with an army captain named Nadir Mirza. She filed a suit for divorce on the grounds that she was suffering violence and abuse at the hands of her husband. She filed the divorce papers in court secretly and later told her parents about it. Upon their refusal to support her, she left their home for Lahore.
After a frantic search, Sarwar's parents located her and threatened her with dire consequences if she did not come back quietly and returned to her husband. With money running short and no support forthcoming from relatives or others, either of money or shelter, Sarwar took refuge in Dastak, a shelter for women in Lahore. She particularly chose Dastak because that shelter was run by Asma Jehangir, a staunch feminist and women's rights activist. At Dastak, Sarwar knew she would receive not just food and shelter but also free legal counsel.
Death
After being informed that Sarwar had taken refuge at Dastak, her mother sought permission to meet her and discuss matters with her. She stated that she was intensely worried about her daughter and that meeting and conversing with Sarwar may help her and the rest of the family to accept her decision to divorce her husband and remarry. Based on this understanding, Sarwar agreed to meet her mother at the offices shared by her two lawyers and mentors, the sisters Asma Jehangir and Hina Jilani. She however stipulated that her father and brothers, whom she knew were intensely hostile towards her after recent events, should not come to the meeting, and that her mother alone was to come.
Sarwar's mother came to the meeting accompanied by a man whom she did not recognize. He was there ostensibly to chauffeur Sarwar's mother and to help her climb the stairs. Once they were inside the lawyer's office, the man pulled out a gun and shot Sarwar dead at point-blank range.
Aftermath
Nadir Mirza faced an army enquiry and was dismissed "in disgrace" from the army for irresponsible behavior "unbecoming of an army officer." He left the country soon afterwards. He now lives in Britain, and is married with two children.
Despite public protests and demonstrations, nobody received punishment for the crime. This is because the Pakistani Penal Code recognizes the Islamic practices of qisas and diya, where the next-of-kin of a victim can accept restitution and grant forgiveness to the culprit. In that case, the Pakistani state does not press charges even for otherwise cognizable offences like murder. Sarwar's father, being her wali or first-ranking kin, forgave the assassin and also his accomplice (being Sarwar's mother). The law has been amended since through the "Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the name or pretext of Honour) Act, 2016", which states: "For murder committed in the name of honour, even if the accused is pardoned by the Wali or other family members of the victim, the Court will still punish the accused with imprisonment for life."
The two left-wing activists, the feminist lawyers Hina Jilani and Asma Jehangir, were threatened with death for their defense of Samia Sarwar. The death threats were issued by a number of religious groups, most notably the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. Ms. Jehangir is also the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Killings.
In the Pakistani Senate
After the murder, Senator Syed Iqbal Haider of the Pakistan Peoples Party, supported by nineteen fellow senators, framed a resolution condemning the practice of 'honour killings.' Iqbal had to amend the wording of the proposed resolution four times, as supporting Senators became fewer. On the day when the bill was to be tabled in the Senate, a majority of that House opposed the introduction, Senator Ajmal Khattak stating that when it is a question of 'honour,' there is no room even for discussion. Chairman Wasim Sajjad (a Rhodes Scholar) ruled that there could be no discussion on the matter. As a result, the resolution was not even tabled in the house.
In media
A BBC documentary, Licence to Kill, covered Sarwar's killing and some other honour killing cases which occurred in Pakistan. It was first broadcast on March 25, 2000 and won the RTS 2001 award for Best TV journalism. Licence to Kill is the follow-up to 1999's documentary, Murder in Purdah, on the killing of women in Pakistan. While 'Murder in Purdah' showed how casually women are killed in Pakistan, 'Licence to Kill' shows how state institutions endorse such killings and allow the killers to escape without punishment. Both films were selected for cinema screening at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London March 2000.
The BBC programme comments that "The Pakistan Penal Code, amended in 1990 to embrace Islamic principles, has made it easier for those who kill women to get away with it". This is because Sharia, the Islamic principles of law, practices Qisas on cases of murder. The concept of Qisas views a murder as a crime against the victim's family, not the State. This means that the victim's next of kin can forgive a murder if they choose to. So if a woman's family are complicit in killing her, then other family members, as next of kin, can legally forgive those complicit.
See also
Honour killing in Pakistan
2012 Kohistan video case
Qandeel Baloch
Stoning of Farzana Parveen
Death of Samia Shahid
Ayman Udas
References
Honour killing in Pakistan
Incidents of violence against women
1999 murders in Pakistan
Violence against women in Pakistan
Filicides
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Alpspitz is a mountain in Liechtenstein in the Rätikon range of the Eastern Alps, to the east of Vaduz, with a height of or .
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Mountains of Liechtenstein
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The Warsaw tram network is a tram system serving a third of Warsaw, Poland, and serving half the city's population. It operates 726 cars, and is the second-largest system in the country (after the Silesian system). There are about 25 regular lines, forming a part of the city's integrated public transport system organized by the Warsaw Transport Authority. Since 1994 the system is operated by the municipally-owned company Tramwaje Warszawskie sp. z.o.o.
History
Horse tram
The history of tram transport in Warsaw dates back to 1866 when a long horse tram line was built to transport goods and passengers between the Vienna Railway Station and the Petersburg and Terespol railway stations across the Vistula River. This was in order to circumvent limitations imposed by Russian authorities, which prevented the construction of a railway bridge for strategic reasons. In 1880, a second line was constructed with the help of Belgian capital, this time intended as public transit within the city. The Belgian company quickly expanded its own lines, and in 1882 took over the line between the railway stations, which has lost most of its original purpose after a railway bridge was finally built in 1875. In 1899 the entire tram system, by then of tracks with 234 tram cars and 654 horses operating 17 lines, was purchased by the city. By 1903, plans were drafted to convert the system to electric trams, which was done by 1908.
Interbellum
The development mostly stagnated for the next 10 years with only a few short stretches built. After World War I, the network developed rapidly handling increased traffic and extending to the outskirts of the city with the network reaching the length of and 757 tram cars in 1939. In 1927, a privately owned light rail line called EKD (today Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa) was built, connecting several neighboring towns with the center of Warsaw using electric motor coaches similar to trams, only faster, larger and more massive, with frequent stops and tracks running along the streets in city; however the system was incompatible with the Warsaw trams as it used standard gauge tracks while the city network still used Russian gauge left from Russian times. In 1925, the company operating the Warsaw trams decided to construct an underground system. Preliminary boring started, but the work was suspended because of the Great Depression; the idea resurfaced in 1938, but was again buried with the outbreak of World War II.
Second half of the 20th century
The tram system remained operational, although gradually deteriorating, during most of the Nazi occupation until the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, after which all the infrastructure was systematically destroyed. After the war it was rebuilt relatively fast. As the system was practically built from scratch the occasion was used to convert it to standard gauge. During the 1950s and 1960s, the network was extended to newly built districts of soviet style panel houses and industrial plants and newer trams based on the design of Presidents' Conference Committee were introduced. Due to the city's lack of a metro system and restriction on car ownership, the tram system remained the backbone of Warsaw's transport system. In the 1960s, however, a political decision was made to increase the dependency on oil imported from Russia, while Polish coal was to be exported to Western Europe in exchange for hard currency; as a result, newly developed districts were connected with the city center by buses rather than trams, and some of the existing tracks were closed.
Present situation
After 1989, the tram system in Warsaw initially received little investment with a large part of the city's budget spent on the construction of the first Warsaw Metro line. However, since 2005, the situation has been changing with the purchase of new rolling stock, modernization of key tram lines, and deployment of a passenger information system. Plans also include extension of the network and an "intelligent" traffic management system which is to prioritize trams at traffic lights. In August 2008, a tender for delivery of 186 low-floor, air-conditioned trams was launched, allowing for a dramatic overhaul of the look of the tramway system.
In 2014 a first entirely new line since a quarter century was opened, connecting a quickly growing remote residential district Tarchomin on the north-eastern outskirts of the city with the existing tram network and the M1 metro line. The route is undergoing further expansion with the latest 1km long segment finished in September of 2021 after multiple delays. Two more new lines are being planned: one with 4km of new tracks to Gocław, and another almost 20km to a southern suburb of Wilanów. The construction of the tram route to Wilanów was launched in August 2022 and is set to be completed by early 2024. It is unclear when work will start on the line to Gocław.
Rolling stock
Tram depots
Historic fleet
Sources:
Tickets
There is a single fare system for every mode of transportation. Tickets can be purchased at ticket machines and newsagents all over the city, as well as using a mobile app.
Route list
This is a list of Warsaw Tramway lines. As of 2015, there were several track closures all over the tramway system, due to the construction of the second metro line. This list shows tram lines which are operating as of 30 October 2023 and the routes they operate on as of the same date.
The standard headway is every 8 minutes during peak hours and every 12 minutes off-peak, but the trams on lines 1, 9, 17, 31, and 33 run every 4–6 minutes. Line 2 has the most frequent service with trams running every 2 minutes during peak hours.
Tram loops
See also
List of town tramway systems in Poland
Warsaw Metro
Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie
Notes
References
External links
Warsaw Transport Authority – network maps
Tramwar – a private website about trams in Warsaw
Tram
Warsaw
Warsaw
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Gafleispitz is a mountain in Liechtenstein in the Rätikon range of the Eastern Alps, to the east of Schaan, with a height of .
References
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Liechtenstein
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During President Gerald Ford's presidency, he nominated two people for two different federal appellate judgeships who were not processed by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee before Ford's presidency ended. Neither of the two nominees was renominated by Ford's successor, President Jimmy Carter. Both nominees were nominated after July 1, 1976, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Both seats eventually were filled by appointees of President Jimmy Carter.
The two nominees were blocked in committee; no committee hearings ever were held for either one.
List of failed nominees
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Tennessee seat – Harry W. Wellford (judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.) (In 1982, Wellford was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a different seat on the Sixth Circuit; he was quickly confirmed by the United States Senate)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Arizona seat – Richard Bilby (judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Thomas Tang) (In 1979, Bilby was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and confirmed three months later.)
According to an October 12, 1976 memo to President Ford from his personnel director, Douglas Bennett, eight U.S. district court nominees also were nominated during 1976 but never acted upon by the U.S. Senate:
Ed Bethune (nominated June 15, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Elsijane Trimble Roy)
Donald G. Brotzman (nominated July 22, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee John L. Kane Jr.)
Elizabeth A. Kovachevich (nominated June 8, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Howell W. Melton; later nominated by President Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and confirmed by the U.S. Senate)
John H. Moore II (nominated August 4, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee William Hoeveler; later nominated by President Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and confirmed by the U.S. Senate)
Richard Revell (nominated April 26, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Edward Huggins Johnstone)
Donald Ellsworth Walter (nominated August 5, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Earl Ernest Veron; later nominated by President Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and confirmed by the U.S. Senate)
Herbert F. DeSimone (nominated August 5, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Francis J. Boyle)
James A. Andersen (nominated August 6, 1976; judgeship later filled by Carter nominee Jack Edward Tanner)
See also
Gerald Ford Supreme Court candidates
United States federal judge
Judicial appointment history for United States federal courts
Deaths of United States federal judges in active service
References
Ford, Gerald
judicial appointments
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Riccardo Zadra is an Italian pianist.
Zadra was awarded the 1988 Sydney Competition's 2nd prize. He has performed and recorded internationally since. He is the founder of the Accademia pianistica internazionale de Padova, presided by Aldo Ciccolini, and teaches at the Vicenza Conservatory.
References
Ministry of Education, Universities and Research
Italian classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Italian male pianists
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century Italian male musicians
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Windows HPC Server 2008, released by Microsoft on 22 September 2008, is the successor product to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Like WCCS, Windows HPC Server 2008 is designed for high-end applications that require high performance computing clusters (HPC stands for High Performance Computing). This version of the server software is claimed to efficiently scale to thousands of cores. It includes features unique to HPC workloads: a new high-speed NetworkDirect RDMA, highly efficient and scalable cluster management tools, a service-oriented architecture (SOA) job scheduler, an MPI library based on open-source MPICH2, and cluster interoperability through standards such as the High Performance Computing Basic Profile (HPCBP) specification produced by the Open Grid Forum (OGF).
In June 2008, a system built collaboratively with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and Microsoft ranked #23 on the TOP500 list, a ranking of the world's fastest supercomputers, with a LINPACK score of 68.5 teraflops. The NCSA supercomputer uses both Windows Server HPC and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. By November 2011, that ranking had dropped to #253. Since then, all Windows computers have dropped off the TOP500 list, and Linux has replaced all other operating systems on the list.
In the November 2008 rankings, published by TOP500, a Windows HPC system built by the Shanghai Supercomputer Center achieved a peak performance of 180.6 teraflops and was ranked #11 on the list. In June 2015, that was the last Windows machine left on the list (dropped off later) then ranked 436, just barely made the TOP500 (with Windows Azure dropping off earlier).
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, also known as Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition (codenamed Windows 7 Server) based on Windows Server 2008 R2, was released on 20 September 2010.
Windows HPC Pack
After Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Microsoft released HPC Pack 2008 R2 in four flavors: Express, Enterprise, Workstation and Cycle Harvesting. Later it simplified the offer by releasing HPC Pack 2012 that combined capabilities of all four versions of HPC Pack 2008 R2. HPC Pack 2012 can be installed on top of any Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter.
The head node for the HPC-Pack requires Windows Server, however the node computers can be Windows 10 or Windows 11.
References
External links
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Technical Library
Windows HPC Server 2008 Resource Kit
Windows Server 2008
Job scheduling
Grid computing
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The Girl in the Picture is a 1985 Scottish film directed by Cary Parker and starring John Gordon Sinclair as Alan, a Glaswegian photographer, keen to get back with his former girlfriend Mary (Irina Brook). Meanwhile, his assistant Ken (played by David McKay) is smitten by a girl he knows only through her photograph.
The film also stars Gregor Fisher, Rikki Fulton and Simone Lahbib, with a score composed by Scottish musician Ron Geesin.
External links
1985 films
1985 comedy-drama films
British comedy-drama films
Films set in Glasgow
The Samuel Goldwyn Company films
1980s English-language films
1980s British films
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The 116th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Luzerne County and Schuylkill County and includes the following areas:
Luzerne County
Hazleton
Hazle Township
West Hazleton
Schuylkill County
East Union Township
Kline Township
Mahanoy City
Mahanoy Township
McAdoo
North Union Township
Ringtown
Shenandoah
Union Township
Representatives
References
Government of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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Hurricane Olaf was a minimal hurricane that impacted Mexico in October 2003. The fifteenth named storm and sixth hurricane of the annual season, Olaf formed from a tropical wave became better organized on October 2 to the south-southeast of Acapulco and developed into a depression the next day. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Olaf six hours after forming. Continued intensification occurred, and Olaf reached its peak strength as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph (120 km/h) winds on October 5 and developed a partial eyewall. The storm soon became disorganized and was only a hurricane for six hours, before re-curving towards the Mexican coast. The cyclone made landfall near Manzanillo, Colima, on October 7 and soon dissipated overland. The storm caused severe flooding in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato. However, no fatalities were reported.
Meteorological history
Olaf originated from a tropical wave that exited the coast of Africa on September 17. Over the next two weeks, it moved westbound into the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Initially, the wave was not in an environment conductive for further development. However, on October 2, a low-level circulation was noted on satellite imagery. This circulation quickly became better defined over the next several hours while located 400 mi (645 km) south of Acapulco. The next day, Dvorak Classifications, a tool that estimates a tropical cyclone intensity, were placed at T1.5/30 mph (50 km/h). In addition, a ship nearby reported winds of 35 mph (45 km/h). Microwave imagery also indicated that the center was near the associated convection. Based on this, the system was upgraded into a tropical depression.
Initially, wind shear from nearby Tropical Storm Nora was expected to weaken the system but this did not occur. , the depression was soon upgraded into a tropical storm. Moving northwest, it steadily intensified into a moderate tropical storm late on October 3. The next day, Olaf weakened slightly, only to resume intensification roughly 24 hours later. At that time, it was noted that additional intensification was likely. On October 5, radar imagery indicated a partial eyewall. Based on this, Olaf was upgraded into a minimal hurricane. At the same time, reached it peak intensity at 75 mph (120 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 987 millibars. Olaf was hurricane for only six hours, but operationally it was believed had been a hurricane for much longer. This is Because that the center was operationally believed to be further north, closer to the deep convection, Olaf was operationally believed to have been a hurricane for much longer.
Shortly after reaching its peak, Olaf began to become less organized, resulting in steady weakening while the storm's motion slowed. By early October 6, Olaf was only a minimal tropical storm as the system recurved northwest. However, Olaf rapidly reorganized that afternoon and the National Hurricane Center re-assessed the intensity at 50 mph (80 km/h) based on increased banding features. Continued restrengthening occurred, and by October 8, Olaf made landfall with winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) near Manzanillo. Olaf weakened rapidly over the high terrain of the coast. Within 24 hours, Olaf had dissipated inland.
Preparations and impact
While Olaf was at peak strength, a tropical storm warning issued for Punta San Telmo to Lazaro Cardenas and a hurricane warning was issued from Punta San Telmo to San Blas, including the Islas Marias. The next day, the tropical storm warning was extended to include Manzanillo. At that same time, a hurricane watch was issued from San Blas to Mazatlán. In addition, hurricane warning was extended to include areas from Manzanillo to San Blas including the Islas Marias. Three hours later, when Olaf was revealed to be much weaker, the hurricane warnings and hurricane watches were canceled. However, the tropical storm warnings remained in effect until October 7. A yellow alert was declared in the Mexican states of Michoacán, Colima, and Jalisco, and a green alert was declared in Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Nayarit, and Guerrero. Local authorities also opened shelters.
Olaf was a part of a rainy year in Mexico, producing more rain than Hurricane Nora. One person was killed, and flooding caused serve damage to roadways and crops in the Mexican state of Jalisco. In the same state, more than 12,000 homes were damaged. In the state of Guanajuato, an estimated total of 15,000 people were impacted from the floods. In addition, two communities were isolated. After the hurricane, a program wanted donation from food to basic home supplies. Moisture from the remnants of Nora and Olaf interacted with an upper-level low to produce heavy rainfall across Texas, producing flooding near Waco that forced a family to evacuate in McGregor. The floodwaters closed portions of Interstate 35, U.S. Route 84, and Texas State Highway 36. It also spawned a tornado in Sugar Land that damaged four buildings, including a school.
See also
Other storms of the same name
References
Olaf
Olaf (2003)
Olaf
Hurricanes in Guanajuato
Hurricanes in Jalisco
Hurricanes in Texas
Hurricanes in Michoacán
Hurricanes in Colima
Hurricanes in Nayarit
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Safwan al-Qudsi (; 1940 – 28 October 2022) was a Syrian politician and the Secretary General of the Syrian Arab Socialist Union Party, a member of the central leadership of the National Progressive Front, a political alliance of parties which controls the Syrian legislature, and chairman of the Arab Parties Congress.
Safwan al-Qudsi received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Damascus. From 1972 to 1974 he was an assistant editor of the magazine Knowledge (), a chief editor from 1974 to 1978. From 1980 through 1981 he was editor-in-chief of Moral (), a literary magazine.
Safwan al-Qudsi was elected to the legislature in 1977, and was a Minister of State from 1978 to 1980. Since 1981 he has been a member of the central leadership of the National Progressive Front. He has been the Secretary General of the ASU since 1984. He was member of the Syrian Society for Research and Studies ().
In March 2000 Safwan al-Qudsi's wife, Bari'a al-Qudsi, was appointed Minister of Labor and Welfare, representing the ASU party in the cabinet. She lost the position in the December 2001 governmental reshuffle.
Selected publications
Qudsi, Safwan (1974) Siyasah al-musallahah: dirasat fi al-fikr al-siyasi al-muasir (Armed Policy Studies: Contemporary political thinking) Wizarat al-Thaqafaj wa-al-Irshad al-Qawmi, Damascus
Qudsi, Safwan (1984) al-Batal wa-l-tarikh: Qira'a fi fikr Hafiz al-Asad al-siyasi (The Hero and History: A Reading of the Political Thought of Hafiz al-Asad) Ṭalas, Damascus
Notes
External links
"صفوان قدسي" brief biography of Safwan al-Qudsi in Arabic
1940 births
2022 deaths
Al-Qudsi family
Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria) politicians
Damascus University alumni
Members of the People's Assembly of Syria
Syrian ministers of state
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Stephen Paul Miller (born 1951) is an American poet and academic. He has written five books of poetry, one critical volume, and co-edited two critical collections.
Miller's poetry books include Being with a Bullet (Talisman), Skinny Eighth Avenue (Marsh Hawk Press), Art Is Boring for the Same Reason We Stayed in Vietnam (Domestic), The Bee Flies in May (Marsh Hawk Press), and the forthcoming Fort Dad (Marsh Hawk Press). He is also the author of The Seventies Now: Culture as Surveillance (Duke University Press) and Screwball Consensus: Franklin Roosevelt, Alan Turing, and Preston Sturges. With Terence Diggory, Miller co-edited Scene of Our Selves: New Works on the New York School Poets (National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine, Orono) and, with Daniel Morris, Secular Jewish Culture/Radical Poetic Practice (University of Alabama Press). Miller teaches English at St. John's University.
References
External links
Jewish Week addresses Miller's work concerning Jewish American poetry
City College of New York alumni
New York University alumni
American male poets
Living people
1951 births
20th-century American poets
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Schimmelpenninck is the name of the family belonging to the Dutch and German nobility, whose members played important political and military roles in the history of the Netherlands, Prussia and later in the German Empire.
History
The first recorded members of the family lived in the 15th century Zutphen and belonged to the political elite of that city.
Two branches exist nowadays:
Schimmelpenninck van der Oye: descendants of the family in Zutphen. They have the title of baron. The earliest known member is Jacob Schimmelpenninck who is mentioned in Zutphen from 1418 onwards.
Schimmelpenninck: This branch started with the wine merchant Johan Jacobsz Schimmelpenninck († 1574) who was an illegitimate son of a member of the aforementioned Schimmelpenninck van der Oye family. This branch was granted the title of count in the 19th century, based on the fact that one of its scions, Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, played an important role in Dutch politics during the 19th century. Other members of this branch are mentioned in Nederland's Patriciaat.
Prussian line
In 1602 one branch of the Schimmelpenninck van der Oye family came to Prussia as a result of religious disputes. They bought extensive land in Archdiocese of Warmia and changed their spelling to German Schimmelpfennig von der Oye. They were awarded with the title of Baron in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the family is two crossed, black keys on a silver surface.
Notable members
Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1631-1673), son of Jacob, Lord of Voorstonden, and Anna Catharina van Kecken, Lady of Holthuisen. Kept a journal which was published in 1870 by his descendant Alexander Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye.
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863)
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825)
Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1800–1872)
Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1836–1914)
Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1912–2012)
Monique Schimmelpenninck, born de Bissy (1923–2009)
Sander Schimmelpenninck (born 1984)
Literature
J. B. Rietstap-Wapenboek van den Nederlandschen Adel (deel 2) 1887.
Nederland's Adelsboek 92 (2006-2007), p. 308-348.
Nederland's Patriciaat 1 (1910), p. 410-413.
References
Dutch noble families
Dutch patrician families
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The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (also known as CalRecycle) is a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency that oversees the state's waste management, recycling, and waste reduction programs. CalRecycle was established in 2010 to replace the California Integrated Waste Management Board. It is known for administering the California Redemption Value (CRV) program, among other responsibilities.
History
State Solid Waste Management Board
The original waste management agency, the State Solid Waste Management Board, was established in 1972. It was renamed the California Waste Management Board in 1982.
California Integrated Waste Management Board
The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) was established in 1989 under AB 939 introduced by Byron Sher of the California State Assembly and signed into law by Governor George Deukmejian.
The CIWMB was one of six agencies under the California Environmental Protection Agency (abbreviated Cal/EPA, to distinguish it from the federal United States Environmental Protection Agency—EPA). The CIWMB was led by a six-member policy-making Board. Four members of the Board were appointed by the governor, and each branch of the Legislature made one appointment. Board terms ran for up to four years.
In 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to eliminate the CIWMB as well as 87 other state boards and commissions. California state senator Tony Strickland introduced Senate Bill (SB) 63 in January 2009 to dissolve the CIWMB; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 63 into law in July 2009. The California Integrated Waste Management Board—CIWMB became defunct on January 1, 2010.
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
The CIWMB's duties and responsibilities were transferred to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), another agency within the California Environmental Protection Agency, in January 2010. The functions of the beverage container recycling deposit/California Redemption Value (CRV) programs established by the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (AB 2020, Margolin - 1986), or "Bottle Bill," were consolidated from California Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling into the new CalRecycle.
CalRecycle Monthly Public Meetings provide an overview of many pending and recently-made decisions, updates about ongoing department projects and work activities, and a general report from the Director of CalRecycle.
January 2010 – January 2011
Margo Reid Brown, who was board chair under the previous CIMWB structure, was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as the first chief deputy director and acting director of CalRecycle.
January 2011 – February 2012
CalRecycle deputy director Mark Leary (and Executive Director of the former CIWMB from 2001 to 2010 ) served as Acting Chief Deputy Director and Acting Director of CalRecycle.
February 2012 – May 2012
Mark Leary was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. as Chief Deputy Director of CalRecycle and continued to serve as Acting Director of CalRecycle until Caroll Mortensen was appointed.
October 2011 – July 2015
Caroll Mortensen was the first director of CalRecycle appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in October 2011, confirmed unanimously by the state senate in May 2012, and served until July 2015. Both Mark Leary (2011-2012) and Margo Reid Brown (2010-2011) were acting directors, but Mortensen was the first to be appointed Director of CalRecycle by the governor. Mortensen continues as a senior environmental scientist within the Legislative and External Affairs Office at CalRecycle.
July 2015 – December 2019
Scott Smithline served as the director of CalRecycle from July 2015 to December 2019. Director Smithline was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and confirmed unanimously by the state senate in July 2015. As director, Smithline led efforts on waste reduction and recycling as well as oversight of waste disposal in order to protect public health and the environment. Before becoming director, he served as the department's assistant director for policy development since 2011, and, previously as the Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Californians Against Waste. Ken DeRosa is current chief deputy director of CalRecycle and was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in November 2012.
December 2020 - Current
Rachel Wagoner was appointed as the Director of CalRecycle by Governor Newsom in December 2020.
Programs and current issues
When the CIWMB was established, California diverted only 10 percent of solid waste out of landfills and into recycling and/or reuse projects. By 2007, the waste diversion rate had increased to 58 percent. The CIWMB's cooperative efforts with California's local jurisdictions (counties and municipalities) in furtherance of AB 939's mandate to reach 50 percent waste diversion contributed to the rise.
The CIWMB worked to implement programs to seek "a higher and better use" for an estimated 92 million tons of waste generated each year in California. Specifically, the CIWMB provided grants and loans that helped California's recycling industry; used incentive grants and loans to help spur the private sector into developing new markets for recycled materials; cleaned up solid waste disposal sites; and cleared illegal waste tire disposal sites. The CIWMB also regulated California landfills; promoted the proper disposal of used motor oil; promoted the reuse and recycling of electronic waste; coordinated the safe disposal of sharps waste; and encouraged the purchase of environmentally preferable devices.
In 2001, CIWMB became the first government agency to adopt "Zero Waste" as a strategic goal.
By 2017, the recycling rates for bottles and cans in California had fallen to their lowest point in almost a decade, and critics alleged CalRecycle was not sufficiently adjusting its subsidiary processing payments to changing market conditions.
Composting Goals and Regulations
According to CalRecycle, organic waste takes up about a third of California's landfills with food waste alone taking up about 15.5 percent. The decomposition of this organic waste in landfills contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Organic waste must be diverted from landfills and to Compostable Material Handling Facilities and Operations that are permitted to compost under CalRecycle regulation Title 14, Natural Resources—Division 7, Chapter 3.1 approved April 4, 2003. This regulation was adopted as a means of implementing the provisions of the California Waste Management Act of 1989 relating to composting. California operations that only compost agricultural material and sell or give away more than 2,500 cubic yards or more a year, and operations and facilities that use agricultural and clean green material and sell or give away 1,000 cubic yards or more a year are required to abide by the regulations of chapter 3.1 and obtain a Compostable Materials Handling Facility Permit under Article 2, Section 17854, unless they meet certain exclusions. Handling of compostable materials during use as growth mediums on mushroom farms and Vermicomposting farms are not subject to these regulations. The regulations prohibit the composting of unprocessed mammalian tissue unless used for researching pathogen reduction, treated or untreated medical waste, and hazardous waste, and require minimization of odor, impacts, litter, noise, dust, and pathogens, as well as emissions of the permitted facilities.
Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling
The California Recycling Market Development Act (AB 1583 by Assembly Member Susan Eggman) established the Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling to advise the Department on issues related to market development, recyclability, and achieving the department's existing waste diversion goals. The Director appointed 16 members to serve on the commission, and Chairwoman Heidi Sanborn stated that "the commission was created because there is a crisis in our industry, and our haulers, nonprofits and everyone in this space knows we are not achieving our goals. In fact, we are going backward, so we need to bring stakeholders together to publicly discuss problems." The commission issued 19 Preliminary Recommendations in December 2020.
Nick Lapis of Californians Against Waste, a Commissioner and co-sponsor of the California Recycling Market Development Act, stated that, "China’s National Sword exposed that we thought we were recycling a lot that was going overseas that was not actually being recycled. Now that we are forced to deal with it ourselves it puts an obligation on us to create markets. And it highlights that a lot of materials that were being shipped are not currently recyclable."
See also
California Environmental Protection Agency
California Redemption Value
California Green Lodging Program
Environmentalism
Index of recycling articles
United States Environmental Protection Agency
3,000 mile myth
Waste reduction
References
External links
Resources Recycling and Recovery
Recycling organizations
Resources Recycling and Recovery
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Giver may refer to:
The Giver, a 1993 novel by Lois Lowry
The Giver (film), a 2014 American social science fiction film
"The Giver", a 2012 song by Duke Dumont from EP1
"The Giver (Reprise)", a 2015 remix
Giver (TV series), a Canadian program airing on TVOntario's TVOKids programming
Givers, an indie pop group from Lafayette, Louisiana
See also
Give (disambiguation)
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MS Azura is a cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises and owned by Carnival plc. The ship was built by Fincantieri at their shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. She officially entered service with the company in April 2010 and was named by Darcey Bussell.
Delivery
Azura is a ship, with a modified design which distinguishes her from early ships of the same class. Construction of Azura began in 2008 when her keel was officially laid on 27 October 2008. A ceremonial float out took place on Friday 26 June 2009, with Amanda Dowds, wife of the ship's captain, acting as her godmother. The formal handover took place on 26 March 2010.
Maiden voyage
Azuras maiden voyage began on 31 March 2010, when she departed from the Fincantieri shipyard en route to Southampton. She arrived in the UK on 7 April 2010. Azura first cruise with passengers began on 12 April 2010.
Naming
Azura was formally named on 10 April 2010, by godmother Darcey Bussell. As well as performing the traditional bottle breaking ceremony, as a former principal dancer of the Royal Ballet, Bussell presented a dance performance by Royal Ballet School as part of the celebrations. Azura was originally registered in her homeport of Southampton, UK, but in November 2011 she was re-registered to Hamilton, Bermuda to enable wedding ceremonies to be conducted on board.
Facilities
The ship's facilities include a dance floor in the atrium, a show lounge and an interpretation of a London pub.
An open-air cinema screen is situated in front of the funnel.
In total, the ship has eleven restaurants and eating areas, twelve bars and places to drink, four pools, a gym, two spas, outdoor cinema, a theatre and two show lounges.
Design, refits and COVID-19
Azura is the only Grand-class ship to feature a "Duck Tail" stern.
She completed a minor refit in April 2015 at Blohm and Voss's shipyard in Hamburg. This included painting P&O's large Union flag design on to the bow, repainting the funnel in blue with P&O's "sunburst" logo plus minor interior updates.
Azura was berthed out of use at Port of Tyne International Passenger Terminal, North Shields, Tyne and Wear from 21 January 2021 to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She left for Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 29 June 2021 at 06:45 BST where she remained until returned to service.
References
External links
P&O Cruises official website for Azura
2009 ships
Passenger ships of Bermuda
Ships of P&O Cruises
Ships built in Monfalcone
Ships built by Fincantieri
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Efecto Dominó is an album by Chetes, released on April 15, 2008. The album received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.
Track list
All songs written by Chetes except where noted:
Efecto Dominó (4:10)
Fuera de Lugar (3:36)
Querer (3:38)
Quédate (Chetes/ Ken Coomer/ Charlie Brocco) (3:32)
La Primera Vez (4:09)
Destino (4:12)
Canción Optimista (2:29)
Sobrenatural (3:09)
Blues Del Diablo (3:18)
Ahora (3:17)
Como Lo Siento (9:00)
Musicians
Chetes: vocals, acoustic guitar, bariton guitar, nylon string guitar, electric guitar, resonator guitar, optigan, harpsichord, banjo on "La primera vez", string arrangements for "Ahora", toy piano, stylophone, rhodes, mellotron, piano
Ken Coomer: production, drums except on "Sobrenatural" and "Blues del Diablo", percussion, glockenspiel on "Quedate", Walkie Talkie Radio on "La primera vez"
Fred Eltringham: drums on "Sobrenatural" and "Blues del Diablo"
Peter Stround: electric guitar, nylon string guitar on "Querer"
Audley Freed: electric guitar
Tim Marks: bass
Rami Yaffee: organ, piano, wurlitzer, harmonium, chamberlin strings on "Destino", vibraphone on "Como lo Siento"
Chris Carmichel: cello
Keith Gattis: pedal steel guitar
Scotty Huff: trumpet, flugelhomy and whistling on "La primera vez"
Sarah Hays: backup vocals on "Blues del Diablo"
Charlie Brocco: production, backup vocals on "Blues del Diablo"
Jonathan Brocco: saxophone on bonus track of “Como Lo Siento”
References
2008 albums
Chetes albums
Spanish-language albums
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Villosa taeniata, the painted creekshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.
The glochidia of this species are hosted by the rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris).
References
taeniata
Bivalves described in 1834
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Ivan Dimov () was a Bulgarian actor. He finished the acting school at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre and spent the next 39 years playing on the stage. Meanwhile he managed to star in some of the most prominent Bulgarian films of the 1950s and 1960s like "Kalin Orelat" and "Tyutyun". For his contribution to the cinema Dimov was awarded the title People's artist (very popular in the People's Republic of Bulgaria).
Full filmography
Tyutyun (1962) as Barutchiev
Tzarska milost (1962) as Doychin Radionov
Komandirat na otryada (1959) as Bay Nikola
Malkata (1959) as Yatakat
Siromashka radost (1958) as Dyado Mateyko
Geratzite (1958) as Margalaka
Dimitrovgradtsy (1956) as Enev
Pod igoto (1952) as Marin vaglishtarya
Kalin orela''' (1950) as Kalin
Izpitanie (1942) as Alexander Kamenov, eng.
Strahil voyvoda (1938) as Strahil voyvoda
Bezkrustni grobove'' (1931) as Kocho
References
External links
1897 births
1965 deaths
Bulgarian male film actors
People from Chirpan
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Liuxing Hudie Jian () is a wuxia novel by Gu Long. It was first published in Taiwan in August 1973 by Laureate () and subsequently reproduced by other publishing companies. It has been adapted into the 1976 film Killer Clans, a 1978 television series produced by Hong Kong's CTS, the 1993 film Butterfly and Sword, a 2003 mainland Chinese television series, and a franchise of video games.
Plot
In the jianghu (martial artists' community), there are two major martial arts clans engaged in an intense rivalry. On one side stands the Dragon Gate Clan () led by "Old Uncle" Sun Yubo (). On the other side is the Twelve Flying Peng Clan () led by "King of Ten Thousand Pengs" Fan Xuan ().
Apart from the two clans, there is an assassin organisation led by "Boss Gao" Gao Jiping (), who pretends to operate a brothel called Forest of Delight (). Gao Jiping has adopted and trained four orphans to serve as assassins under her: Ye Xiang (), Shi Qun (), Meng Xinghun (), and Xiaohe ().
Lü Xiangchuan (), Sun Yubo's deputy, has long wanted to kill his boss but he knows he cannot do so on his own. He secretly makes a deal with Gao Jiping, who sends Meng Xinghun to assassinate Sun Yubo. However, Lü Xiangchuan's plan ultimately fails and he dies at the hands of his friend who has remained loyal to the clan. Gao Jiping commits suicide after the loss of her four assassins: Meng Xinghun falls in love with Sun Die, marries her and joins Sun Yubo; Ye Xiang is killed; Xiaohe survives but becomes disabled; only Shi Qun is still alive and well.
Around the same time, internal conflict breaks out within the Twelve Flying Peng Clan. Although Fan Xuan emerges victorious, he also loses many of his loyal followers. After these incidents, the major clans have sustained heavy losses so they are forced to put aside their rivalry. Peace is restored in the jianghu.
Adaptations
Meteor, Butterfly, Sword (mobile game)
Meteor, Butterfly, Sword (mobile game) is a 2018 free-to-play action game published in game markets including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and Japan. The story of Meteor, Butterfly, Sword is based on a martial arts novel, Liuxing Hudie Jian. In the game, the character continues to fight and pass the levels and chapters to reach the next one. The character will also be in the process of unlocking his own ability attributes and various weapons. The development and operating process is supported by Thunder Fire UX.
References
External links
Novels by Gu Long
Adaptations of works by Gu Long
1973 novels
Chinese novels adapted into films
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The incident at Antioch was an Apostolic Age dispute between the apostles Paul and Peter which occurred in the city of Antioch around the middle of the first century. The primary source for the incident is Paul's Epistle to the Galatians . Since the 19th century figure Ferdinand Christian Baur, biblical scholars have found evidence of conflict among the leaders of early Christianity; for example, James D. G. Dunn proposes that Peter was a "bridge-man" between the opposing views of Paul and James, brother of Jesus. The final outcome of the incident remains uncertain, resulting in several Christian views on the Old Covenant.
Gentile Christians and the Torah
Paul was responsible for bringing Christianity to Ephesus, Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica. According to Larry Hurtado, "Paul saw Jesus' resurrection as ushering in the eschatological time foretold by biblical prophets in which the pagan 'Gentile' nations would turn from their idols and embrace the one true God of Israel (e.g., ), and Paul saw himself as specially called by God to declare God's eschatological acceptance of the Gentiles and summon them to turn to God."
According to Krister Stendahl, the main concern of Paul's writings on Jesus' role and salvation by faith is not the individual conscience of human sinners and their doubts about being chosen by God or not, but the problem of the inclusion of Gentile (Greek) Torah-observers into God's covenant.
As Gentiles began to convert from Paganism to early Christianity, a dispute arose among Jewish Christian leaders as to whether or not Gentile Christians needed to observe all the tenets of the Law of Moses.
The inclusion of Gentiles into early Christianity posed a problem for the Jewish identity of some of the early Christians: the new Gentile converts were neither required to be circumcised nor to observe the Mosaic Law. Observance of the Jewish commandments, including circumcision, was regarded as a token of the membership of the Abrahamic covenant, and the most traditionalist faction of Jewish Christians (i.e., converted Pharisees) insisted that Gentile converts had to be circumcised as well. By contrast, the rite of circumcision was considered execrable and repulsive during the period of Hellenization of the Eastern Mediterranean, and was especially opposed in Classical civilization both by ancient Greeks and Romans, who instead valued the foreskin positively.
Around the same time period, the subject of Gentiles and the Torah was also debated among the Tannaitic rabbis as recorded in the Talmud. This resulted in the doctrine of the Seven Laws of Noah, to be followed by Gentiles, as well as the determination that "Gentiles may not be taught the Torah." The 18th-century Rabbi Jacob Emden was of the opinion that Jesus' original objective, and especially Paul's, was only to convert Gentiles to follow the Seven Laws of Noah while allowing Jews to keep the Mosaic Law for themselves (see also Dual-covenant theology).
Paul objected strongly to the insistence on keeping all of the Jewish commandments, considering it a great threat to his doctrine of salvation through faith in Christ. According to Paula Fredriksen, Paul's opposition to male circumcison for Gentiles is in line with the Old Testament predictions that "in the last days the gentile nations would come to the God of Israel, as gentiles (e.g., ), not as proselytes to Israel." For Paul, Gentile male circumcision was therefore an affront to God's intentions. According to Hurtado, "Paul saw himself as what Munck called a salvation-historical figure in his own right", who was "personally and singularly deputized by God to bring about the predicted ingathering (the "fullness") of the nations ()."
Council of Jerusalem
Paul left Antioch and traveled to Jerusalem to discuss his mission to the Gentiles with the Pillars of the Church. Describing the outcome of this meeting, Paul said that "they recognized that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised". The Acts of the Apostles describe the dispute as being resolved by Peter's speech and concluding with a decision by James, the brother of Jesus not to require circumcision from Gentile converts. Acts quotes Peter and James as saying:
This Apostolic Decree is still observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles is disputed. While the Council of Jerusalem was described as resulting in an agreement to allow Gentile converts exemption from most Jewish commandments, another group of Jewish Christians, sometimes termed Judaizers, felt that Gentile Christians needed to fully comply with the Law of Moses, and opposed the Council's decision.
Incident
According to the Epistle to the Galatians chapter 2, Peter had traveled to Antioch and there was a dispute between him and Paul. The Epistle does not exactly say if this happened after the Council of Jerusalem or before it, but the incident is mentioned in Paul's letter as his next subject after describing a meeting in Jerusalem which some scholars consider to be the council. An alternate theory, which many believe to be better suited to the facts of the incident, is that it took place long before the Jerusalem Council, perhaps shortly after Paul's famine visit of Acts 11. This conclusion makes more sense of Peter's apparent change of heart. says:
When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
To Paul's dismay, the rest of the Jewish Christians in Antioch sided with Peter, including Paul's long-time associate Barnabas:
The rest of the Jews joined in this charade and even Barnabas was drawn into the hypocrisy.
The Acts of the Apostles relates a fallout between Paul and Barnabas soon after the Council of Jerusalem, but gives the reason as the fitness of John Mark to join Paul's mission (). Acts also describes the time when Peter went to the house of a gentile. says:
The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him and said, "You went into the house of the uncircumcised and ate with them."
This is described as having happened before the death of King Herod (Agrippa) in 44 AD, and thus years before the Council of Jerusalem (dated c. 50). Acts is entirely silent about any confrontation between Peter and Paul, at that or any other time.
A minority of scholars argues that the confrontation was actually not between Paul and Peter the Apostle, but another one of the identified 70 disciples of the time who was also named Peter. In 1708, a French Jesuit, Jean Hardouin, wrote a dissertation that argues "Peter" was actually "another Peter", thus the emphasis of using the name Cephas (Aramaic for Peter). In 1990 Bart D. Ehrman wrote an article on the Journal of Biblical Literature, similarly arguing that Peter and Cephas should be understood as different people, citing the writing of Clement of Alexandria and the Epistula Apostolorum in support of his theory; Ehrman's article received a detailed critique by Dale Allison, who argued that Peter and Cephas are the same person. Most scholars now agree with Allison on the matter, and Ehrman himself has partially backed down from his position, stating that he is undecided on the matter.
Outcome
The final outcome of the incident remains uncertain; indeed the issue of Biblical law in Christianity remains disputed. The Catholic Encyclopedia states: "St. Paul's account of the incident leaves no doubt that St. Peter saw the justice of the rebuke." In contrast, L. Michael White's From Jesus to Christianity states: "The blowup with Peter was a total failure of political bravado, and Paul soon left Antioch as persona non grata, never again to return."
According to church tradition, Peter and Paul taught together in Rome and founded Christianity in that city. Eusebius cites Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth as saying, "They taught together in like manner in Italy, and suffered martyrdom at the same time." This may indicate their reconciliation. In , Paul's letters are referred to as "scripture", which indicates the respect the writer had for Paul's apostolic authority. However, most modern scholars regard the Second Epistle of Peter as written in Peter's name by another author.
See also
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
New Perspective on Paul
Proselyte
References
Bibliography
External links
With subsection titled "The Incident at Antioch".
Paul N. Tobin, The Incident at Antioch
Jewish Encyclopedia: Saul of Tarsus: Paul's Opposition to the Law
1st-century Christianity
Ancient Christian controversies
Christian terminology
Judaism in the New Testament
Mosaic law in Christian theology
Saints Peter and Paul
Ancient Antioch
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Pavel Mikšík (born July 27, 1943) is a Slovak architect and designer working in the field of fountain design.
Biography
Pavel Mikšík was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He was introduced to fine arts in early childhood by his father. In school he excelled in both drawing and technical subjects. He decided on the Faculty of Architecture at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Mikšík changed to the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. He graduated in 1968.
Early works
After graduation Mikšík won another First prize, this time for Dr. Clementis Memorial.
Contemporary works
Mikšík has specialised in the creation of fountains, from interior and drinking fountains to large-scale monumental pieces.
Memberships
Mikšík is a member of Professional Artist Group ART-CLUB+8. He takes part in annual exhibitions. He works and lives near Bratislava, Slovakia.
List of major works
(2006) Monument with light effects in Zahorska Bystrica (Slovakia)
(2005) Fountain in the Main Square in Šamorín (Slovakia)
(1995) Fountain in the historical square in Dolny Kubin (Slovakia)
(1993) Fountain for the Karlskrohn Town Hall (Germany)
(1993) Fountain in Cham (Germany)
Exhibitions
(1995) Pictures and Bronze Figures - Ingolstadt (Germany)
(1988) Artprotis - Newark (USA)
(1982) Bronze Figures - Zurich (Switzerland)
References
External links
Official website
1943 births
Living people
Architects from Bratislava
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava alumni
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Juan Martínez may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Juan Martínez Montañés (1568–1649), sculptor of the Spanish Golden Age
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar (1583–1641), poet and painter of the Spanish Golden Age
Juan Martínez Abades (1862–1920), Spanish painter
(1901–1976), Chilean architect
Juan Luis Martínez (1942–1993), Chilean poet and writer
Law and politics
Juan Martínez de Ampiés (died 1533), Spanish army officer, first governor of Venezuela Province
Juan Martínez de Rozas (1759–1813), Chilean lawyer and politician
Juan Antonio Martínez (died 1854), interim President of Guatemala
Juan Ramón Martínez (politician) (born 1941), Honduran newspaper columnist and politician
Juan Manuel Martínez Nava (born 1954), Mexican politician
Juan Antonio Martínez Varela (Minister of Defense of El Salvador) (fl. 1999–2004), Salvadoran defense minister
Religion
Juan Martínez (bishop of Lugo) (), Galician clergyman
Juan Martínez Silíceo (1486–1557), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, cardinal and mathematician
Juan Manual Martínez de Manzanillo (died 1592), Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop
Juan Martínez de Ripalda (1594–1668), Spanish Jesuit theologian
Sports
Association football (soccer)
Juan Ramón Martínez (footballer) (born 1948), Salvadoran footballer
Juan Martínez Martínez (born 1955), Spanish footballer, and current coach of CD Castellón
Juan Ignacio Martínez (born 1964), Spanish footballer
Juan Martínez Munuera (born 1982), Spanish football referee
Juan Martínez Marconi (born 1982), Chilean footballer
Juan Manuel Martínez (born 1985), Argentine footballer
Juan Carlos Martínez Camarena (born 1991), Mexican footballer
Juan David Martínez (born 2001), Colombian footballer
Track and field
Juan Máximo Martínez (1947–2021), Mexican long-distance runner
Juan Martínez Brito (born 1958), Cuban discus thrower
Juan Martínez Martin (born 1980), Spanish track and field athlete
Water sports
Juan Martínez (swimmer) (born 1946), Spanish swimmer
Juan Martínez (canoeist born 1950), Mexican sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s and 1970s
Juan Martínez (1990s canoeist), Mexican sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s
Other sports
Juan Antonio Martínez (fencer) (born 1920), Cuban fencer
Juan Martínez (equestrian) (1924–1994), Spanish Olympic equestrian
Juan Antonio Martínez (basketball) (born 1944), Spanish basketball player
Juan Tomás Martínez (born 1962), Spanish cyclist
Juan Martínez Oliver (born 1964), Spanish road bicycle racer
Juan Martínez de Irujo (born 1981), Spanish Basque pelota player
Others
Juan Martínez de Recalde (c.1540–1588), Spanish naval officer
Juan Martinez, managing partner of Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth
Other uses
Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés, Spanish oil painting by Diego Velázquez
See also
San Juan y Martínez
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The Indoor Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of both men's and women's Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and is held every two or three years. The first Indoor Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1995. Separate world championships are held for both junior and masters age groups with the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket and the Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket held at similar intervals.
The World Cup is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side having won every world title in both divisions to date.
The 2017 Indoor Cricket World Cup was held in Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with Insportz Club serving as the host venue.
Tournament Format
Whilst the precise nature of the tournament has varied slightly over the years, each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides.
The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Masters World Series or the Junior World Series.
Results
See also
Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket
Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket
References
Indoor cricket
World championships in cricket
World cups
Recurring sporting events established in 1995
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The Executive Council of the Province of Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from its inception in 1841 to 1848.
Members were advisers to the Governor and later to the Premier of the Province of Canada. Members of the Executive Council were generally members of the elected Legislative Assembly, but there were also some members from the appointed Legislative Council of the Province of Canada. The council replaced the Executive Councils of Upper and Lower Canada. It lasted from 1841 to 1867, when the Province of Canada was abolished as part of Canadian Confederation. It was replaced at the federal level by the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, and at the provincial level by the executive councils of the two new provinces, Ontario and Quebec.
The Executive Council sat at several capitals of the Province of Canada:
Kingston 1841–1843
Montreal 1843–1849
Toronto 1849–1852
Quebec City 1852–1856
Toronto 1856–1858
Quebec City 1859–1866
Ottawa 1866–1867
Presidents of the Executive Council
William Morris 1846–1848
James Leslie 1848
Philip Michael Matthew Scott VanKoughnet 1856
Isidore Thibaudeau, May 16, 1863 – March 29, 1864
George Brown June 30, 1864 – December 1865
Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair 1866
Clerks
Samuel Boies Smith - son of Samuel Smith, British Army officer and former member of the Executive Council of Upper Canada (1817-1818, 1820) and Administrator of Upper Canada 1817-1818
References
Province of Canada
Privy councils
Monarchy in Canada
Former Canadian ministers
1841 establishments in Canada
1867 disestablishments in Canada
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Shane Battelle (born October 5, 1971) is a retired American soccer player who played with the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.
College
After capping off his senior year at Hazelwood Central High School with a state championship, Missouri Player of the Year honors and being named a Parade Magazine All-American, Battalle spent one season (1990) playing soccer at Southern Methodist University. He was named to the Soccer America Magazine Freshman All-American Team as one of the best 11 freshman in the entire country that year. In 1991, he transferred to St. Louis University, where he played for the men's soccer team. SLU finished the 1991 season ranked second in the nation. Battelle was team captain his senior year. The Billikens went to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I post-season tournament that season, and Battelle was selected as a 1993 first-team All-American. Battelle was also nominated for the MAC Award and Hermann Trophy as the best player in college soccer but finished behind Claudio Reyna in the voting. He was inducted to the Saint Louis University Hall of Fame in 1999 with teammate and longtime friend Brian McBride.
Professional
In January 1994, the St. Louis Ambush selected Battelle in the first round of the National Professional Soccer League draft. The Ambush went on to win the NPSL Championship that season. In the summer of 1995, he played for the St. Louis Knights in the USISL In February 1996, the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer selected Battelle in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. Battelle spent one season playing for Columbus, starting at defensive center midfield. A knee injury suffered that season ended his career.
International
In 1990, Battelle played with the United States U-20 National Soccer Team (US U-20) in its bid to qualify for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. Battelle also played with the U.S. National B Team, a group of the best college players in the country who were seen as prospects for the full U.S. National Team, from 1992 to 1994. The full National Team, at that time, was composed of only players who had graduated from college. This included a win over Trinidad & Tobago in Trinidad. He was co-captain of the U.S. at the 1993 World University games along with Claudio Reyna, scoring key goals in wins against Ireland and Australia, and notching two goals and an assist in a victory over Nigeria. Battelle also played in the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival, captaining the North team to the gold medal.
References
External links
St. Louis University Player Profile
1971 births
American men's soccer players
Columbus Crew players
National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer players
SMU Mustangs men's soccer players
St. Louis Ambush (1992–2000) players
St. Louis Knights players
USL Second Division players
Living people
Major League Soccer players
United States men's under-20 international soccer players
All-American college men's soccer players
Men's association football defenders
Columbus Crew draft picks
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Cape Charles is a headland, or cape, in Northampton County, Virginia. Located at the southern tip of Northampton County, it forms the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula and the northern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Cape Charles was named in honor of Charles I of England, the second son of King James I and his eventual successor to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Cape Henry, which forms the southern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, and Cape Charles are collectively known as the Virginia Capes.
See also
Cape Charles, Virginia
Cape Henry
Virginia Capes
Notes
References
Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997. .
Headlands of Virginia
Landforms of Northampton County, Virginia
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Arthur Emmett may refer to:
Arthur Emmett (judge) (born 1943), judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Arthur Emmett (cricketer) (1869–1935), English cricketer
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Xiang-Dong Kong ( born 1968, in Shanghai) is a Chinese pianist. He was one of the young musicians featured in From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China.
Kong was Gold Medalist at the 1988 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. In 1992 he won the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is a 75th descendant of Confucius.
References
1968 births
Living people
Chinese classical pianists
Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners
Prize-winners of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition
Prize-winners of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
Musicians from Shanghai
21st-century classical pianists
Descendants of Confucius
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Jeffrey Lawrence Price (born December 18, 1949) and Peter Stewart Seaman (born October 26, 1951) are an American screenwriting and producing duo whose notable works include Trenchcoat (1983), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Doc Hollywood (1991), Wild Wild West (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Last Holiday (2006) and Shrek the Third (2007).
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
1949 births
1951 births
American comedy writers
American film producers
American male screenwriters
American television writers
American male television writers
Animation screenwriters
Hugo Award-winning writers
Living people
Screenwriting duos
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Andreas Hanakamp (born 1 July 1966) is an Austrian sailor who has competed in two Olympic Games as well many other sailing events including the 1996 Hong-Kong-Challenge, Bacardi Cup, Rolex Fastnet Race and most recently, is competing in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race.
Hanakamp has sailed over 150,000 miles offshore, with 30,000 miles offshore racing experience. Andreas works as a professional sailor and also owns his own sailing services company based in Austria.
He is married to Nicole, they have three children; Lisa, Nicola and Marie.
Achievements
Hanakamp is an ambassador to the Year of the Dolphin project.
Volvo Ocean Race
Hanakamp was the press officer for the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, and skipper for Team Russia in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race.
Star class results
References
External links
Andreas Hanakamp: Homepage
Team Russia Homepage
1966 births
Living people
Austrian male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Austria
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star
Volvo Ocean Race sailors
Sportspeople from Wiener Neustadt
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Shalamov () is a Russian male surname, its feminine counterpart is Shalamova. Notable people with the surname include:
Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), Russian writer, journalist and poet
Yelena Shalamova (born 1982), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Russian-language surnames
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Jeff(rey) or Geoff(rey) Price may refer to:
Jeffrey Price (screenwriter), part of the Hollywood screenwriting team
Jeff Price, head men's basketball coach at Georgia Southern University
Geoff Price, American football player
Jeffrey L. Price, chronobiologist
David Price (mineral physicist) (Geoffrey David Price, born 1956), British mineral physicist
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