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17999011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s%2018th%20State%20Assembly%20district | California's 18th State Assembly district | California's 18th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Mia Bonta of Alameda after winning the special election. She is the wife of the current of the current State Attorney General Rob Bonta, who was the former representative of the district.
District profile
The district encompasses the central East Bay, centered on the city of Oakland.
Alameda County – (28.83%)
Alameda
Oakland – (89.15%)
Emeryville
Election results from statewide races
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 18th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Election results (1992–present)
2022
2021 (special)
Primary was June 29, 2021; Special (label as General) on August 31, 2021.
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
See also
California State Assembly
California State Assembly districts
Districts in California
References
External links
District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Government of Alameda County, California |
17999041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHVTH-FM | XHVTH-FM | XHVTH-FM is a radio station on La Comadre 107.1 FM that serves the McAllen, Texas-Brownsville, Texas (USA) / Reynosa-Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area. It broadcasts from the Multimedios Radio tower at El Control, Tamaulipas.
History
XHVTH received its concession on October 17, 1990, a month after signing on air. It has always been owned by Multimedios.
External links
mmradio.com
raiostationworld.com; Radio stations in the Rio Grande Valley
References
1990 establishments in Mexico
Multimedios Radio
Radio stations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Spanish-language radio stations |
17999049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luuk%20Balkestein | Luuk Balkestein | Luuk Balkestein (born 9 April 1954 in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch retired football player who played for Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord, as well as the Dutch national side.
International career
Balkestein played three games for Netherlands U-21 and earned one senior cap for the Netherlands, a friendly match against France in March 1980.
Personal life
Balkestein is chief scout at German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach and has been a scout at SC Heerenveen from 1995 to 2001.
His son, Pim, is also a footballer.
References
External links
Player profile at Feyenoord Online
Player profile at Weltfußball.de
1954 births
Living people
Footballers from Apeldoorn
Men's association football midfielders
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
Sparta Rotterdam players
Feyenoord players
SC Heerenveen non-playing staff
Borussia Mönchengladbach non-playing staff
20th-century Dutch sportsmen |
17999058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Internet%20Policy%20and%20Public%20Interest%20Clinic | Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic | The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is a legal clinic at the University of Ottawa focused on maintaining fair and balanced policy making in Canada related to technology. Founded in the fall of 2003 by Michael Geist, its headquarters is at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Common Law Section.
History and mission
CIPPIC was initially founded on a grant from an Amazon.com cy-près fund that was matched by the Ontario Research Network for Electronic Commerce. In 2007, it received a major donation from professors Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson which ensured that CIPPIC would be able to continue its operations. CIPPIC continues to operate through donations and the support of the University of Ottawa.
CIPPIC has as its mission "to fill voids in public policy debates on technology law issues, ensure balance in policy and law-making processes, and provide legal assistance to under-represented organizations and individuals on matters involving the intersection of law and technology" and "to provide a high quality and rewarding clinical legal education experience to students of law."
Projects and initiatives
June 2008 – Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic is part of a coalition against the proposed Canadian copyright legislation known as Bill C-61. The controversial bill would strengthen the position of copyright holders with Digital Millennium Copyright Act-style provisions.
May 2008 – CIPPIC files PIPEDA complaint against Facebook
January 2008 – CIPPIC calls on government to establish a central, online registry of corporate data breaches.
References
External links
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
University of Ottawa
Privacy organizations
2003 establishments in Ontario
Educational institutions established in 2003
Computer law organizations |
17999068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHO-FM | XHO-FM | XHO-FM (93.5 MHz) is a Spanish news/talk radio radio station that serves the Brownsville, Texas (United States) / Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area.
History
XEO received its concession on August 24, 1946. The station was initially owned by José María González, a prominent businessman in Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo who died in 1950. In 1949, XEO began simulcasting in Reynosa on XEOR; another station, XEOQ-AM, was set up in Río Bravo in 1960.
On December 31, 2018, XEO-AM migrated to FM as XHO-FM 93.5.
XEO-AM closed down April 9, 2020.
HD Radio
XHO-FM broadcasts in HD Radio and broadcasts 3 subchannels. Aside from the HD1, these additional subchannels are also on XHEOQ-FM:
HD1: Notigape 93.5
HD2: Radio Fórmula 1° Cadena
HD3: W Radio
HD4: El Heraldo Radio
No authorization is on file with the IFT for these additional services. The HD2 sub was ESPN Deportes Radio until that network ceased operations on September 8, 2019; Unanimo was created with the goal of attracting the network's former affiliates and talent.
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas |
17999078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticks%20and%20Bones%20%28film%29 | Sticks and Bones (film) | Sticks and Bones is a television film adapted from the Tony Award-winning play of the same title by David Rabe. The black comedy focuses on David, a blind Vietnam War veteran who finds himself unable to come to terms with his actions on the battlefield and alienated from his family because they neither can accept his disability nor understand his wartime experience. Rabe explores the conflicted feelings of many civilians during the era by parodying the ideal American family as it was portrayed on the television sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Beneath the perfect facade of the playwright's fictional Nelson family are layers of prejudice, bigotry, and self-hatred that are peeled away slowly as they interact with their physically and emotionally damaged son and brother.
Sticks and Bones was the second play in Rabe's Vietnam trilogy, following The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and preceding Streamers. A veteran himself, he wrote it while a graduate student at Villanova University, where it was staged in 1969. The off-Broadway production, directed by Jeff Bleckner, opened on November 7, 1971 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater, where it ran for 121 performances. The cast included David Selby as David, Tom Aldredge as Ozzie, Elizabeth Wilson as Harriet, and Cliff DeYoung as Rick.
In 1973, Robert Downey Sr. wrote the teleplay for and directed a CBS television film based on Rabe's play. The cast included DeYoung as David, Aldredge as Ozzie, and Anne Jackson as Harriet (for TV the parents were renamed "Andy" and "Ginger"). The subject matter was so controversial that 94 of the network's affiliates refused to broadcast the film.
References
External links
1973 television films
1973 films
Vietnam War films
Films directed by Robert Downey Sr.
CBS films
1970s English-language films
Films scored by Jack Nitzsche |
17999095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wert | Wert | Wert may refer to:
People
Don Wert (born 1938), American former third baseman in Major League Baseball
Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy
J. Howard Wert (19th century), American author and collector
Jeffry D. Wert (21st century), American historian and author
José Ignacio Wert (21st century), Spanish sociologist and politician, former Minister of Education.
Ray Wert (21st century), American online publication editor
Other uses
Wertpapierkennnummer, is a German securities identification code
WERT, a commercial AM radio station in Van Wert, Ohio, U.S.
wert, a past subjunctive form of to be formerly used with the pronoun thou
See also
De Wert (disambiguation)
Van Wert (disambiguation) |
17999101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer%20Brothers%20Octagons | Palmer Brothers Octagons | The Palmer Brother's Octagons are two historic octagonal houses built by brothers, Dr. Horace Palmer and Monroe Palmer in or near West Salem, Wisconsin.
The Palmer-Gullickson Octagon House, the larger of the two, was built in 1856. With the help of Rachel Gullickson the West Salem Historical society was able to buy this house for preservation and use as a museum. It is located at 358 Leonard St. in West Salem.
The Palmer-Lewis Octagon House was built in 1857. It has been moved to another location on Leonard Street, and attached to a smaller structure.
On August 7, 1979, they were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
References
External links
West Salem Historical Society - official site
Octagon House Inventory - La Crosse County (its text has garbled the two houses into three, but the photo links identify the correct houses)
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Octagon houses in Wisconsin
Houses completed in 1856
Houses completed in 1857
Museums in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Historic house museums in Wisconsin
Houses in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
1856 establishments in Wisconsin |
17999109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucile%20Lawrence | Lucile Lawrence | Lucile Lawrence (February 7, 1907 in New Orleans – July 8, 2004 in Englewood, New Jersey) was an American harpist. At the end of her life, she was a faculty member of Boston University and the Manhattan School of Music, as well as teaching privately.
Career
Lawrence was born into a family with roots in New England (Lawrence, Massachusetts). Her father was a businessman in New Orleans, at one time owner of the first cold-storage warehouse in the city.
She was a fourth-generation harpist, beginning her studies at age six. At the age of eight, she appeared as soloist with the New Orleans Junior Philharmonic. A prodigious student, she was introduced to French harpist Carlos Salzedo in New Orleans while he was performing on tour with his Trio de Lutece. She began private study with him in New York and Seal Harbor aged 14, then returned to finish high school at age 15, then studied full-time in New York. Her advanced studies were conducted privately, with music history and theory lessons taken with the composer Edgard Varèse.
She made her professional debut age 18 with an eight-month concert tour of Australia and New Zealand, a lengthy 123-concert tour of joint recitals with the soprano Edna Thomas.
Upon returning to the U.S., she continued her private study with Salzedo, toured as first harpist in the Salzedo Harp Ensemble throughout the U.S., and with her own Lawrence Harp Quintette on smaller engagements. She then married Salzedo, but they divorced in 1936. She subsequently married Paul Dahlstrom, a colleague from Radio City Music Hall, and they had a family.
She appeared as harp soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the Conductorless Orchestra, the George Barrere Ensemble, the Coolidge Festival of Chamber Music, in duo-recital with Salzedo and in the New York Trio with Frances Blaisdell and Seymour Barab. She premiered and recorded Salzedo's Concerto for Harp and Seven Winds. She performed in the symphony orchestra of Radio City Music Hall, and in the 1950s on television in the Firestone Orchestra. She made many recordings under the baton of Leopold Stokowski.
While married to Salzedo, they made a summer trip to Europe to fulfill concert engagements and met composer Maurice Ravel. She performed his Introduction et Allegro and received his instructions on how to perform it. It was agreed that on their return the next summer, Ravel would compose a harp concerto. However, instead the next year, they purchased a house in Camden, Maine, and launched the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony, which continued into the late 1990s.
Lawrence was a dedicated teacher for most of her life. Lawrence and Salzedo developed the Salzedo Method, to assist with teaching, which is perhaps the most widely used harp method book of the 20th Century.
Lawrence was a faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Philadelphia Musical Academy, Mannes College of Music, Manhattan School of Music, (was hired to teach at the Juilliard School), Yale University, Boston University and Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and Harvard University. She also taught privately, and gave master classes. (Her last master class was held there in 2003). She performed a famous recital to open the American Harp Society National Conference in San Diego, in which she performed nearly all the major solo works for harp by Carlos Salzedo, her teacher and former husband, which she also released on a two-LP album.
She served as the first president of the American Harp Society, and as a judge for the International Harp Contest in Israel. Over the years, she taught such harpists as Cynthia Otis (formerly New York City Ballet Orchestra, Little Orchestra Society, Joffrey Ballet Orchestra), Beatrice Schroeder Rose (formerly Houston Symphony, faculties of Rice University, U. of Houston), Maria Pinckney (formerly St. Louis Symphony), Grace Wong (Israel contest prize-winner, Rochester Symphony) and Sara Cutler (soloist, now NYC Ballet).
She published with G. Schirmer the seminal texts Method for the Harp, ABC of Harp Playing and Art of Modulating, with musical contributions by Carlos Salzedo, and Peer-Southern's Pathfinder to the Harp. She published many editions of her numerous solos, and Solos for the Harp Player, which ranged from baroque to twentieth-century composers. She recorded a comprehensive two-LP recording of many works by Carlos Salzedo. She worked with many composers, including John Lessard, Rudolf Forst, Quinto Maganini, Charles Fox, George Perle, and Ami Maayani.
At the age of 93, she was still traveling to Boston University from her home in River Edge, New Jersey to teach her students.
She gave her last master class in Philadelphia in 2003, aged 96, for the American Harp Society chapter. She died in 2004.
Discography
Transcriptions and Original Compositions for 2 Harps, Mercury MG 1044
La Joyeuse — Rameau – Salzedo
Gavotte — Martini – Salzedo
Play of the Winds — Dandrieu – Salzedo
Spinning Wheel — Mendelssohn – Salzedo
On Wings of Song — Mendelssohn – Salzedo
Spanish Dance No. 5 — Granados – Salzedo
Clair de Lune — Debussy – Salzedo
Steel — Salzedo, from the suite Pentacle
Ten Songs from the Hebrew by Stefan Wolpe, Columbia Masterworks OCLC 57040691; Leon Lishner with David Tudor, Samuel Baron, Lucile Lawrence, Claus Adam, Elden Bailey, Anahid Ajemian, Maro Ajemian, Alan Hovhaness
King David by Artur Honegger and works by Debussy, Vogt Quality Recordings OCLC 27038918; René Morax, Blanche Honegger Moyse, Louis Moyse, Lucile Lawrence, Brattleboro Music Center Festival Orchestra (probably a recording of the Sonate for flute, harp and viola by Debussy)
Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols; unknown choir with Lucile Lawrence, solo harpist, under Franz Allers
Soloist in the following RCA recordings (many re-released on the CALA label and others): Leopold Stokowski conducting
Aurora's Wedding LM 1774
Tristan und Isolde LM 1174
Debussy: Nocturnes, Prelude de l'Apres-midi d'un Faune, Clair de Lune LM 1154
Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 LM 1125
Heart of the Ballet: LM 1083
Stravinsky/Ibert: Firebird, Escales LM 9020
(this is a partial listing)
Soloist in the Concerto for Harp and Seven Winds by Carlos Salzedo (Columbia)
Soundtrack of two films:
Opus 20 Modern Masterworks: Edgard Varese (1992) interview directed by Helmut Rost
Around and About Joan Miró (1955) directed by Thomas Bouchard (she performs a work by Cabezon)
Video
Solo harpist in the Voice of Firestone Orchestra, television program, conducted by Howard Barlow, with an appearance as soloist now viewable on YouTube, and as orchestra member for several seasons.
Interviewed in a BBC documentary on Edgard Varese (ca. 1990s)
The Method for the Harp, an interview and demonstration, with Dewey Owens and Elizabeth Morse Feldman, illustrating the Preludes for Beginners by Carlos Salzedo, and the tone colors devised by Salzedo, also in the Modern Study of the Harp.
Publications
Method for the Harp (with Salzedo), G. Schirmer, pub.
The Art of Modulating (with Salzedo), G. Schirmer
The ABC of Harp Playing (with Salzedo), G. Schirmer
Pathfinder Studies for the Harp, Southern (includes original music studies, with the exception of Conflict, which is by Carlos Salzedo)
Solos for the Harp Player, G. Schirmer
Four Vignettes by Bernard Wagenaar
Concerto for Harp by G. F. Handel, Lyra
Sonata for Harp by C. P. E. Bach, Colin
Variations on a Swiss Air by Beethoven, Lyra
Variations by L. Spohr, Lyra
Six Sonatinas by J. L. Dussek, Lyra
Three-volume collection of music for beginners by French, German, English composers, Lyra
Maqamat by Ami Maayani, Lyra
Passacaglia dans le Style Oriental by Ami Maayani, Lyra
Toccata by Ami Maayani, Israel Music Publishers
Ancient Dance by Charles Fox, Peer
Four French Ritournelles by Marcel Etchecopar, M. Baron
Music dedicated to Lucile Lawrence
Suite of Eight Dances by Carlos Salzedo, published by G. Schirmer
Passacaglia dans le style Oriental by Ami Maayani, published by Lyra
Concerto for Harp and Seven Winds by Carlos Salzedo, published by Lyra
Suite for Cello and Harp by Lou Harrison, published by Peer International Corporation
References
1907 births
2004 deaths
American women harpists
Manhattan School of Music faculty
Boston University faculty
People from River Edge, New Jersey
20th-century American musicians |
17999113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEAM-AM | XEAM-AM | XEAM-AM (1310 kHz) is a Spanish-language radio station that serves the Brownsville, Texas (USA) / Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area.
History
XEAM began life in 1934 on 730 kHz, originally assigned to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It was owned by Manuel L. Salinas and broadcast with a power of 7,500 watts. However, XEAM never broadcast in Nuevo Laredo. It signed on in Matamoros on April 18, 1935, and eventually broadcast on 1400 kHz with 500 watts. It raised its power to 5,000 watts and moved to 1450 kHz, though it eventually relocated to 1310 at 1,000 watts. By the 1960s, the concessionaire was Radiodifusoras Unidas Mexicanas de Matamoros, S.A., an affiliate of the RUMSA network.
In 2017, station group Grupo Mi Radio became known as Corporativo Radiofónico de México after it was sold by Roberto Chapa Zavala to businessman Luis Alfredo Biassi.
External links
References
Radio stations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas |
17999159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEMT-AM | XEMT-AM | XEMT-AM was a Spanish-language AM radio station that served the Brownsville, Texas (United States) / Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area. The last brand that the station carried was Radio Diamante with a Spanish pop format.
History
XEMT received its concession on June 17, 1950. It was owned by Severo Garza Saenz and broadcast with 250 watts. XEMT was bought by Radio Impulsora, S.A., in 1973, and by Radio Emisora del Noreste, S.A., in 1985. By this time, XEMT broadcast with 1,000 watts. It was sold in 2004 to the current concessionaire and cut its power to 600 watts.
On March 10, 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute denied an application for the renewal of XEMT-AM's concession. The station had failed to pay five of the ten installments of its last renewal, in addition to failure to file other obligatory reports or comply with needed changes to company bylaws.
External links
raiostationworld.com; Radio stations in the Rio Grande Valley
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Radio stations established in 1950
Radio stations disestablished in 2021
Defunct radio stations in Mexico |
17999168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dajbabe%20Monastery | Dajbabe Monastery | The Dajbabe Monastery () is a Serbian Orthodox Christian Monastery in Podgorica, Montenegro. It is located in a cave on Dajbabe hill (Dajbabska gora), which raises above Zeta valley (Zetska ravnica). The Dajbabe Monastery was dedicated to Uspenje Bogorodice or the Assumption of Mary, the monastery was founded in 1897. In the beginning, only the space of the cave was used as a sanctuary, with the plan to be expanded later with chapels. The visible part of the church is situated outside the cave, depicting a spacious entrance porch with two belfries. The Dajbabe Monastery also possesses a reliquary with the relics of St. Simeon Dajbabe.
See also
List of Serbian monasteries
Metropolitanate of Montenegro
References
Tourist attractions in Podgorica
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Montenegro
19th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings |
17999170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandywine%20Creek%20%28Quittapahilla%20Creek%20tributary%29 | Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek tributary) | Brandywine Creek is a tributary of Quittapahilla Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
It rises in northeastern Lebanon County and flows southwest through Lebanon, through the limestone hill country south of the Appalachian Mountains. It joins Quittapahilla Creek west of the center of Lebanon.
Stovers Dam and Recreation Area is the principal landmark along Brandywine Creek.
See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
External links
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Swatara Creek
Rivers of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
17999183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20von%20Hippel%20%28physician%29 | Arthur von Hippel (physician) | Arthur von Hippel (24 October 1841 – 26 October 1916) was a German ophthalmologist who was a native of Fischhausen, East Prussia. He was the father of criminal lawyer Robert von Hippel (1866–1951), ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel (1867–1938) and surgeon Richard von Hippel (1869–1918).
Arthur von Hippel studied medicine at the Universities of Königsberg, Munich and Berlin, where he earned his doctorate in 1864. Following graduation he furthered his training in Prague, and afterwards became an assistant at the eye clinic at Konigsberg. In 1879 he became a "full professor" of ophthalmology at the University of Giessen, and in 1890 returned as a professor to the University of Königsberg. In 1892 he attained the chair of ophthalmology at the University of Halle, and in 1901 went to Göttingen, where he was director of the newly founded University Eye Clinic. He retired in 1914, and was replaced at the Göttingen eye clinic by his son Eugen.
Von Hippel made contributions in his research of intraocular pressure, color blindness and near-sightedness, but is remembered for his pioneer work in lamellar keratoplasty. In 1886, he grafted a full-thickness cornea from a rabbit into the lamellar bed of a young female patient. After the operation the girl was able to count fingers at a distance of two meters, for a visual acuity of 20/200. He is also credited for the invention of a mechanized trephine for corneal procedures. This device became the prototype for trephines that are used in ophthalmology today.
Note: Arthur von Hippel is sometimes confused with his grandson Arthur Robert von Hippel (1898–2003), a German-American physicist.
References
History of Ophthalmology; Evolution of Keratoplasty in Nineteenth Century
catalogus-professorum-halensis (biography of Arthur von Hippel)
External links
1841 births
1916 deaths
People from Primorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Physicians from the Province of Prussia
German untitled nobility
German ophthalmologists
Academic staff of the University of Göttingen
Academic staff of the University of Giessen |
17999197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XERDO-AM | XERDO-AM | XERDO-AM (1060 kHz) is a radio station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, known as La Raza.
History
XERDO's concession history begins on December 8, 1951, when Manuel L. Salinas, a radio pioneer in northeastern Mexico who also started sister station XHMLS-FM, was given the go-ahead to build a radio station on 1450 kHz in Valle Hermoso, known as XEVH-AM and broadcasting with 1,000 watts during the day and 250 at night.
Salinas's successors held on to the XEVH concession for decades, and in the 1980s, XEVH increased its nighttime power to 1,000 watts. In 1996, the concession transferred to Gilma Guedea Castaño, and in April 2003, it was transferred to Radio Avanzado Gal de Valle Hermoso, S.A. de C.V. Around this time, the callsign changed to XERDO-AM.
In order to carry out a major power increase, in June 2013, XERDO was approved to move to 1060 kHz with 7,000 watts during the day and 2,500 watts at night.
External links
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
1951 establishments in Mexico
Radio stations established in 1951 |
17999212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o%20Costa%20Menezes | João Costa Menezes | João Costa Menezes is a London-based Portuguese film actor, film producer and film director.
After a degree in law by the University of Coimbra and three years working as a lawyer in Portugal, João decided to move to London in 1998, to follow an acting career. He got his first acting job in 1999, in the BBC series Sunburn, playing Luis. After that, he appeared in series such as Gormenghast and Jonathan Creek.
In London, he took a film course at the London Film School and a few workshops at Raindance .
His first short film as a director, actor and producer Zero, was shot in London in 2000. It was awarded a special prize at the Huesca Short Film Festival, Spain.
In 2001 he directed his first feature film, Akasha, a no-budget film shot in video, distributed in Russia, nominated for the Méliès d'Argent 2001. It was premiered in the United States of America at the Atlanta Film Festival.
In 2004 he directed his first music video Melancholic Ballad (for the Left Lovers), for The Fingertips, which became number 1 at Sic Radical and got the Best Music Video Award at the Arouca Film Festival.
João Got his Unarmed & Rapier and Dagger certification by the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat in June 2005. He has done stunts in Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) and played a Roman Soldier in Gladiator.
In 2007 he directed the short film Remember My Dream, with the English model Jakki Degg.
In 2008 he directed Mulheres, Bah!, premiered at the Fantasporto Film Festival and presented at the 2008 Cannes Short Film Corner, a short film with London's West End singer and actress Madalena Alberto.
Menezes does also voice-over, having done the voice of a fly in Serial Killer and the 2007 Portugal campaign for Apple Inc.
In addition to acting and filmmaking, João Costa Menezes is also a qualified tennis instructor by the United States Professional Tennis Registry.
Filmography (director/producer)
2010 – Loucura
2009 – Fado
2008 – Mulheres, Bah!
2007 – Remember my dream
2006 – Agur
2004 – Serial Killer
2001 – Akasha
2000 – Zero
Filmography (actor)
2008 – Mulheres, Bah! (voice-over)
2005 – Perfect Day
2005 – Incessant
2004 – Serial Killer
2004 – Armed for Glory
2004 – Quality Indigo
2003 – Somnis entre boires
2001 – Akasha
2000 – Zero
2000 – Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
1999 – Honest
1999 – Gladiator
1999 – Jonathan Creek (TV)
1999 – Gormenghast (TV)
1999 – Tube Tales
1999 – Sunburn (TV)
Filmography (crew)
2006 – Dirty Bomb (1st AD)
2006 – On The Other Side (2d AD)
2005 – Charlie (Production Assistant)
2005 – The Poker Academy (camera assistant)
1998 – Waves Without Sound (Script Supervisor)
1998 – The Maddest Man (Sound Assistant)
External links
People from Porto
Portuguese male film actors
Portuguese film directors
Portuguese film editors
Portuguese film producers
Portuguese cinematographers
Portuguese expatriates in the United Kingdom
Portuguese screenwriters
Portuguese male screenwriters
Living people
University of Coimbra alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
17999228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEMS-AM | XEMS-AM | XEMS-AM was a radio station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, broadcasting to Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas. It broadcast from 1952 to 2021. The last brand that the station carried was Radio Mexicana with a Regional Mexican format.
History
XEMS began broadcasting on 1500 kHz in 1952. It soon moved to 1490 kHz.
On March 10, 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) denied an application for the renewal of XEMS-AM's concession. The station had failed to pay three of the nine installments of its last renewal, in addition to failure to file two annual reports or pay for its studio–transmitter link frequency. XEMS had been mired in ownership problems which involved the ownership of Antonio Gallegos Escalante's estate among two women with whom he had children.
References
Defunct radio stations in Mexico
1952 establishments in Mexico
Radio stations in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Radio stations established in 1952
Radio stations disestablished in 2021
Spanish-language radio stations |
17999254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s%2019th%20State%20Assembly%20district | California's 19th State Assembly district | California's 19th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Catherine Stefani of San Francisco.
District profile
The district encompasses the western, more residential parts of San Francisco along with several of its southern suburbs in San Mateo County, making it slightly more friendly towards Republicans than the neighboring 17th District. It also includes the (uninhabited) Farallon Islands. The San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge is located in this district.
San Francisco County – (40.74%)
San Mateo County – (19.25%)
Colma
Daly City
San Bruno – (4.24%)
South San Francisco – (49.80)%
Election results from statewide races
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 19th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Election results (1992–present)
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
See also
California State Assembly
California State Assembly districts
Districts in California
References
External links
District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Government of San Francisco
Government of San Mateo County, California |
17999302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcasieu%20Lake | Calcasieu Lake | Calcasieu Lake is a brackish lake located in southwest Louisiana, United States, located mostly within Cameron Parish. The Lake, also known as Big Lake to the local population, is paralleled on its west shore by Louisiana Highway 27, and is located about south of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The lake is the natural outlet of the Calcasieu River. Commercial traffic uses the Calcasieu Ship Channel that runs down the west side of lake Charles and on the southern end splits Lake Charles from West Cove (with Rabbit Island) and exits the lake passing St Johns Island.
On June 24, 2007, a rare albino "pink" bottlenose dolphin, Pinky, was spotted by a charter fishing-boat captain based in Lake Charles.
See also
References
Bodies of water of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Bodies of water of Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Lakes of Louisiana
Estuaries of Louisiana
Lake |
17999308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrostis%20gigantea | Agrostis gigantea | Agrostis gigantea, known by its common names black bent and redtop, is a perennial grass of the Agrostis genus.
It is native to Europe, but in the cooler areas of North America was widely used as a pasture grass until the 1940s. Although it has largely been replaced by soybeans and more palatable grasses, it still gets some use in poor soils. It was one of the grasses planted in areas disturbed by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. It generally does well in response to fires, due to survival of rhizomes and seeds.
It can be found in open woodland, rough grassland, hedgerows, roadsides and waste ground, and as a weed on arable land.
This species is similar to Agrostis stolonifera, with the key difference being that the latter has stolons. In fact the two are sometimes treated as a single species, and it is not always clear precisely what an author means by Agrostis alba or Agrostis stolonifera.
Many internet sources describe Agrostis capillaris as being the tallest of the bent species. However C E Hubbard describes its height as ranging from 10 to 70 centimeters in high, whereas Agrostis gigantea is . Marjorie Blamey, Richard and Alastair Fitter also describe black bent as being taller.
Description
The leaves are dull green. The ligule is blunt, but toothed and up to long.
The panicle is open and loose, of green or purplish colour. It flowers from June to August.
The leaves are rolled in shoot, not hairy, no auricles, but the plant has rhizomes.
References
External links
gigantea
Flora of Europe |
17999317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khin%20Hnin%20Yu | Khin Hnin Yu | Khin Hnin Yu (, ; 7 September 1925 – 21 January 2003) was a two-time Myanmar National Literature Award winner. She is considered one of the most influential Burmese women writers. Her stories are known for their realistic portrayal of life in post-World War II Burma (now Myanmar). She is an early member of Distinguished women writers, who represent an ever-present force in Burmese literary history, along with Kyi Aye and San San Nweh. Almost all her over 50 published novels involve young heroines who had to struggle for their survival.
Khin Hnin Yu was a cousin of, and the personal secretary for, the former Burmese Prime Minister U Nu for more than 20 years. Khin Hnin Yu attended Myoma High School in Yangon. She died in 2003 at the age of 78.
Biography
Khin Hnin Yu was born Khin Su (), the fifth of seven children, to Daw Thein Tin and school teacher U Ba in Wakema in the Irrawaddy delta. A cousin of U Nu, she served as the former Prime Minister's personal secretary for more than 20 years. She married Kyaw Thaung, a colonel in the Burmese army, in 1950.
Her first short story "Ayaing" ("The Wild") was published in Sar Padaytha magazine in 1947. In 1950, her first novel, Nwe Naung Ywet Kyan (; Remnant Leaf of Late Summer), was published in Shumawa magazine. She wrote over 50 novels and most are known for her political views of the parliamentary and military socialist eras (1948-1980s). For example, her 1955 short story "Mhyawlint Lo Phyint Ma Sohn Naing De" ("Still Hoping") covers the social stigma still faced by a daughter of former pagoda slaves. A semi-biographical novel Kyunma Chit Thu (; My Lover) was banned by Gen. Ne Win's government, and the themes of her later books shifted to focus on religion.
Khin Hnin Yu died in Yangon on 21 January 2003 at the Yangon General Hospital.
Works
Khin Hnin Yu wrote over 50 novels and about six volumes of short-stories collections. Her famous works include:
Most of her novels are adapted into the famous films. Her novella Pan Pan Lhwet Par (Still Wearing Flower) was made into film of the same name in 1963, starring Kawleikgyin Ne Win, Myat Lay and Kyi Kyi Htay. It was very successful, running over 25 weeks and become highest-grossing film in history of Myanmar Cinema.
Awards
Khin Hnin Yu won top Myanmar National Literature Award twice.
1953: Popular Reader Choice (Myawaddy Magazine), Tharahpu
1961: Myanmar National Literature Award for Collected Short Stories, Kyemon Yeik-Thwin Wuttu-to Myar
1995: Myanmar National Literature Award for Fiction,Mya Kyar Phyu
References
1925 births
2003 deaths
Burmese writers
People from Ayeyarwady Region
20th-century Burmese writers
20th-century Burmese women writers |
17999325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20Ziegler | Julia Ziegler | Julia Ziegler (born 21 May 1984) is a Malaysian actress and model. Ziegler got her start as a model and actress for Malaysian TV commercials. She has appeared on the covers of local magazines and has also acted in television series' for the Malaysian market.
Early life
Ziegler was born in Kuala Lumpur and raised in Ampang, Selangor. Her mother is Malaysian and her father is American.
Personal life
Julia married Johan, a mechanical engineer, on 1 January 2017.
Filmography
Film
Jangan Tegur (2009)
Dramas
KL Menjerit The Series (2008)
Qanun 99 (Episode 5)
Tanah Kubur Season 6 (Episode Dosa Karib)
Bahagia Kasihmu (2017)
Selamat Malam Tan Sri (2018)
Programme
Meja Bulat Sepahtu (2017) - guest
References
http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/Hiburan/20140302/hi_13/Julia-Ziegler-pilih-sahabat-baik
1984 births
Living people
Malaysian actresses
Malaysian female models
Malaysian people of American descent
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysian Muslims |
17999331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Willison | Walter Willison | Walter Willison (born June 24, 1947) is an American stage actor.
Career
He starred on Broadway in Norman, Is That You?, Two By Two, Pippin (as Pippin), Wild and Wonderful, Grand Hotel, A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, and as The Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein's Mass at The Kennedy Center. Willison has starred in regional productions of Carousel Carnival!, Two By Two, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Your Own Thing, and as El Gallo in the First International Tour of The Fantasticks in Japan.
Willison has also performed on television, on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and he starred in the 1976 NBC Saturday morning family sitcom, McDuff, the Talking Dog. His films include Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women, Harry and Walter Go To New York, Fantasies, and with an All Star cast of theatrical legends in Rick McKay's (film) "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" (2020). He starred in The Rattlestick Theater's streaming musical Gen Speak: Love Songs, and he is a guest star on the streaming TV series Sami starring Cindy Williams on Amazon Prime.
Willison has directed productions around the United States, from San Diego's Old Globe Theater to Off-Broadway, and in cabarets and nightclubs. He conceived and directed Grand Hotel: The 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert starring Liliane Montevecchi and members of the original Broadwat cast, at 54 Below in 2015, conceived, wrote and directed Martin Charnin's The 1977 Annie Christmas TV Special: Live in Concert costarring with Shelly Burch and members of the original Broadway and TV cast at The Cutting Room, and Grand Hotel: The 30th Anniversary Celebration in Concert, benefitting The Actors Fund, directing and costarring with Broadway cast members John Schneider and Karen Akers, and Sachi Parker in 2019. He came full circle when he conceived, directed and starred as Noah opposite Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba in "Two By Two: The 50th Anniversary Virtual Concert" benefitting The Actors Fund, a streaming production of the musical which premiered on New Year's Day of 2021.
Awards
He received a Tony Award nomination and Theatre World Award for his Broadway musical debut in Richard Rodgers' and Martin Charnin's Biblical musical Two by Two.
Notes
External links
American male musical theatre actors
American male stage actors
Living people
1947 births |
17999362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick%20Clavan | Mick Clavan | Matthijs "Mick" Clavan (11 March 1929 – 11 July 1983) was a Dutch footballer. He enjoyed a long career on both club and international level, currently having the third longest international career in the history of the national team with nearly seventeen years. He played on the left side of the pitch, mainly as a left winger and inside left, but later in his career also as left midfielder and left back.
Club career
Born in The Hague, Matthijs Clavan started his club career with RVC Rijswijk before moving to ADO. At the age of 15, he acquired the nickname Mick, as his speed and cunning playing style drew comparisons with Mickey Mouse. Aside from his footballing skills, Clavan also showed a capricious character, such as when in 1951, while on military service, he insulted a sergeant and was convicted to two months in jail.
In 1954, professionalism was introduced to Dutch football, which prompted Clavan to move to the newly formed "paid club" SHS. Here, he formed a successful partnership with fellow left-sided forward Bertus de Harder. In 1956, he returned to ADO, which also had begun to pay its players. During the 1956–57 season, he helped ADO to achieve promotion to the Eredivisie. He also helped them reach the final of the KNVB Cup in 1959. In 1962, he returned to SHS (later renamed Holland Sport), which was by then playing in the second division. He retired at the age of 37.
International career
On 26 May 1948, aged 19, Clavan made his debut for the Dutch national side, scoring once in a 2–1 away win against Norway. He was subsequently selected for the Dutch squad at that year's Summer Olympics, but did not make an appearance. By the end of 1950, he had gained 12 caps, but due to his fickle character, Clavan's international appearances became more scattered after that. He was selected for the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he played in the Netherlands' only match, a 1–5 defeat against Brazil.
On 3 April 1957, Clavan gained his 24th cap in a 1–2 home defeat against West Germany. He would subsequently not be called up for more than five and a half years, until November 1962, when Elek Schwartz recalled Clavan, by now 33 years old and playing for a second tier club, for a European Championship qualifier against Switzerland. He helped the team win the home match 3–1. Almost two years later, in October 1964, Clavan was recalled again, this time for a World Championship qualifier against Albania. With him, the Netherlands won this away match 2–0. Clavan gained his final cap on 26 January 1965, aged 35, as a substitute for Klaas Nuninga in a 1–0 away win against Israel. In total, he earned 27 caps, in which he scored 7 goals.
Clavan's international career lasted 16 years and 245 days, which makes him currently the footballer with the third longest Oranje career, after Abe Lenstra (19 years and 19 days) and Bertus de Harder (16 years and 363 days).
Later life and death
After retiring, Clavan managed amateur team Ooievaars. On 11 July 1983, he died as a result of a heart attack. He was 54 years old.
References
1929 births
1983 deaths
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
ADO Den Haag players
SVV Scheveningen players
Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Footballers from The Hague
20th-century Dutch sportsmen |
17999364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%20Brown | Vin Brown | Edward Vincent Brown (5 February 1922 – 11 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
Brown possessed exceptional pace, he was a Stawell Gift finalist in 1946, and was used on the wing when he started out at Carlton during the 1941 VFL season. In his second season Brown began playing as a key defender to fill the gap left by players who were serving in the war. He went onto be full-back in Carlton's 1945 premiership side, and was considered best on ground in the grand final when he stood South Melbourne's star forward Laurie Nash.
Brown was a half back flanker in Carlton's next premiership, playing most of the Grand Final on Essendon's leading player Dick Reynolds. A twisted ankle sustained in the 1948 VFL season prompted Brown to announce his retirement.
His father Ted Brown was also a dual premiership player at Carlton, only Sergio and Stephen Silvagni have repeated this feat for the club.
His younger brother, John, also played for Carlton.
Death
He died on 11 May 1989.
See also
The 1945 "Bloodbath" VFL Grand Final
Footnotes
External links
Blueseum profile of Vin Brown
Vin Brown, Boyles Football Photos.
1922 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club premiership players
1989 deaths
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen |
17999399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters%20Rugby%20League | Masters Rugby League | Masters Rugby League is a derivative of rugby league for a wide age range of older, semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials. Masters Rugby League started in Brisbane Australia (South East Queensland Masters Rugby League inc which is still played today) and New Zealand in 1992 and has since grown in popularity, spreading to Australia and more recently to the United Kingdom & Canada
Rationale
The Masters of Rugby League New Zealand states, "Masters Rugby League is the game for a lifetime, for semi-retired players and officials". The Masters derivative of rugby league aimed to extend the playing, and officiating, life of people.
In 2008, in the United Kingdom the Rugby Football League (RFL) noted that there were only 2,000 registered club players aged 30 or over. This illustrates how the physical nature of competitive rugby league lends itself to being a young person's sport.
History
Masters Rugby League started in New Zealand in 1992. Masters Rugby League in New Zealand has seen a growth in the number of teams since then as clubs became more aware of this grade. SPARC's Push Play campaign, promoting the benefits of physical activity has also had an impact.
Masters of Rugby League Australia Inc. was a spinoff from the International Masters Tournament that was held at the Western Weekender Stadium, home of St Mary's Rugby League Club in Sydney in October 2004. Malcolm Duncan and Graeme Killeen, both associated with the Penrith Junior League became the President and Secretary respectively. With assistance from St Marys Leagues, keen referees from Penrith and others, Masters Rugby League grew.
Masters of Rugby League Australia Inc. was established as a non-profit sporting organisation, with objectives increase access to the game for eligible participants and to promote the playing of rugby league in an environment of sportsmanship and goodwill.
Eligibility
Participants must be aged over 35 and have retired from competitive rugby.
Rule modifications
Rugby league's Laws of the Game apply except for amendments made by the governing bodies. There are slight differences between those adopted in New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the rules operated in Australia but the general modifications are the same and aim to reduce the physicality of the game, with "Rough and over vigorous play" not being condoned, and to reduce the amount of running, for example the defence must only retreat 5 metres at the play-the-ball and there is no running from dummy half.
Masters players are divided by age, this being signified through the use of different coloured shorts. Physical contact is restricted or removed in both attack and defence for individual players based on these colours. The younger players can tackle normally, if older players are involved in the tackle it may be completed by a two-handed hold or by a touch.
External links
Masters Rugby League
The Australian Rugby League's Masters Rules
Masters of Rugby League New Zealand Rules
Rugby League's International Laws of the Game
References
Amateur rugby league
Variations of rugby league
Senior sports competitions |
17999400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC%20Hartha | BC Hartha | BC Hartha is a German association football club from the town of Hartha, Saxony.
History
The club was established 13 July 1913 and first emerged from local level competition in the mid-1930s by capturing the Bezirksklasse Mittelsachsen (II) title in 1935 and then winning a promotion playoff to advance to the Gauliga Sachsen, one of sixteen regional top-flight divisions established in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. Hartha fielded competitive sides through the balance of the decade and on to the end of World War II in 1945. The team captured division titles in 1937 and 1938 and delivered a number of top three finishes. Those titles earned BC a place in the national playoffs, but they were unable to progress beyond the opening group stage. They also made appearances in play for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor to today's DFB-Pokal (German Cup), in 1935–39 and 1941, and sent a representative to the national team in 1939.
They slipped briefly from first division competition in 1941 but returned after just a single season absence. As the war overtook the country, play became more local in character and in 1944 BC became part of the Gauliga Chemnitz which collapsed early in the 1944–45 season.
Following the war the former membership of BC was re-formed as Sportgemeinde Hartha which became part of the separate football competition that emerged in East Germany. The team was renamed BSG Industrie Hartha in 1949 and again in 1952 as BSG Fortschritt Hartha. From 1953 until 1958, BSG was part of the second tier DDR-Liga before slipping to the Bezirksliga Leipzig, where they played as an anonymous lower division side over the next three decades. On 18 August 1990, as the reunification of Germany approached, the club reassumed its traditional identity as BC Hartha.
The club has been playing in the lower amateur leagues in its recent history, competing in the tier nine Kreisliga A since 2013.
Honours
Gauliga Sachsen (I)
Champions: 1937, 1938
Notable players
Walter Fritzsch
Erich Gleixner
Erich Hänel
References
External links
Official team site
Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in East Germany
Football clubs in Saxony
Association football clubs established in 1913
1913 establishments in Germany
Mittelsachsen |
17999429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noall%20Wootton | Noall Wootton | Noall Thurber Wootton (September 8, 1940 – April 27, 2006) was an American attorney. He was the Utah County District Attorney in Utah, from 1974 to 1986. During his time in that role, he is most famous for being the lead prosecutor of Gary Gilmore, the first person to be executed after the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty. Wootton earned his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1961 and a JD from the University of Utah in 1964. Noall Wootton died at the age of 65 on April 27, 2006 due to cancer.
Portrayal
In 1980, Norman Mailer wrote The Executioner's Song about the events of the Gary Gilmore trial. Two years later, in 1982, a television adaption was made. In the film, Wootton was portrayed by Charles Cyphers.
References
1940 births
2006 deaths
Brigham Young University alumni
Deaths from cancer in Utah
District attorneys in Utah
People from American Fork, Utah
S.J. Quinney College of Law alumni |
17999461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT/Muenchian%20grouping | XSLT/Muenchian grouping | Muenchian grouping (or Muenchian method, named after Steve Muench) is an algorithm for grouping of data used in XSL Transformations v1 that identifies keys in the results and then queries all nodes with that key. This improves the traditional alternative for grouping, whereby each node is checked against previous (or following) nodes to determine if the key is unique (if it is, this would indicate a new group).
In both cases the key can take the form of an attribute, element, or computed value.
The unique identifier is referred to as a key because of the use of the 'key' function to identify and track the group variable.
The technique is not necessary in XSLT 2.0+, which introduces the new for-each-group tag.
General aspect of the transform
The method took advantage of XSLT's ability to index documents using a key. The trick involves using the index to efficiently figure out the set of unique grouping keys and then using this set to process all nodes in the group:
<xsl:key name="products-by-category" match="product" use="@category"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="//product[count(. | key('products-by-category', @category)[1]) = 1]">
<xsl:variable name="current-grouping-key"
select="@category"/>
<xsl:variable name="current-group"
select="key('products-by-category',
$current-grouping-key)"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$current-group">
<!-- processing for elements in group -->
<!-- you can use xsl:sort here also, if necessary -->
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
Although the Muenchian method will continue to work in 2.0, for-each-group Is preferred as it is likely to be as efficient and probably more so. The Muenchian method can only be used for value-based grouping.
References
XML-based programming languages |
17999464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Link | Ron Link | Ron Link may refer to:
Ron Link (director), American off-Broadway director
Ron Link (entertainer), Dutch talent show singer
Ron Link (patient advocate), founder of Surgical Eyes |
17999484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Soldier%20II%3A%20Brothers%20in%20Arms | Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms | Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms is a 1998 Canadian—American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Jeff Woolnough and starring Matt Battaglia, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott and Gary Busey. It is the second installment in the Universal Soldier franchise. The film recasts all returning characters and introduces a long-lost brother to the hero, played by Wincott. It was followed in the same year by Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business. In 1999, Universal Soldier: The Return, a theatrical sequel once again starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, retconed the plotline of the TV sequels.
Plot
Following the events of the original Universal Soldier, the budget of the program has been cut by the government. However, a gang of mercenaries led by crooked security consultant Otto Mazur, on orders from a mysterious CIA director, takes control of a new line of Universal Soldiers. Mazur is revealed to be in talks to sell fifty of them to a wealthy Asian client.
Meanwhile, Luc Deveraux reconnects with his parents, accompanied by reporter Veronica Roberts, now his girlfriend. Veronica learns from Luc's mother that he had an older brother named Eric who was reported killed in Vietnam when Luc was 9 years old, although his body was never repatriated. This was the impetus for the younger Deveraux's own enrollment. The adult Luc is drawn back to the UniSols' base by the activation of an automatic recall function. Veronica follows him and discovers that Eric is a UniSol as well, although the conversion process has never been completed and he has retained much of his free will.
Cast
Matt Battaglia as Private Luc Deveraux
Chandra West as Veronica Roberts
Jeff Wincott as Eric Devereaux
Gary Busey as Dr. Otto Mazur
Eric Bryson as Peterson
Kevin Rushton as Martinez
Desmond Campbell as Cooper
Michael Copeman as Lieutenant Colonel Jack Cameron
Burt Reynolds as CIA Deputy Director Mentor
Richard McMillan as Dr. Walker
Aron Tager as John Devereaux
Barbara Gordon as Danielle Devereaux
Andrew Jackson as Andrew Scott
Carla Collins as Anchorwoman
James Kee as Jasper
Frank McAnulty as Purser
Jared Wall as Luc At 9 Years Old
Neville Edwards as Porter
Sophie Bennett as Annie
Layton Morrison as Bodyguard
James Kim as Sung Bodyguard
Simon Kim as Sung Bodyguard
Production
In 1995, the embattled Carolco Pictures sold the television rights to its Universal Soldier franchise to Toronto-based Skyvision Entertainment. The Canadian company had a business strategy of turning successful theatrical films into television properties, and had already done so with RoboCop. A series of four television films was considered, but a change of ownership at Skyvision's parent company Labatt led to a scaling back of its entertainment endeavours. Former Skyvision executive Kevin Gillis revived the project at his new employer Catalyst Entertainment, in association with American outfit Durrant Fox Productions. The project was reformatted as a pair of television films, with eyes on a possible syndicated series.
Casting
The film recasts former American football player Matt Battaglia as Luc Deveraux, who received the role after coming to the production's offices on his own initiative and asking to read for it. Burt Reynolds appears in a limited capacity as overarching antagonist "Mentor", who takes greater importance in the sequel, Unfinished Business. The "Mentor" role was cast only a few days before the shoot, and Reynolds agreed to join the production on short notice as a favor to Battaglia. The veteran actor was a friend of Battaglia's father Carmello, with whom he played college football, and recommended his son try acting. Battaglia, to whom Reynolds was a real-life mentor, had previously supported the star on several shows he headlined. Canadian Andrew Jackson makes a brief appearance as Andrew Scott/GR13 in a re-enactment of the original film's final fight, which establishes continuity with the TV movies.
Filming
Brothers in Arms and Unfinished Business were primarily shot in Southern Ontario over 42 days spread between 27 October and 23 December 1997. Reynold joined the rest of the crew in early December. Downsview Military Base was used as the UniSols' operations center. Both pictures were shot concurrently, with the schedule alternating between scenes from each film. Battaglia described the filming of Universal Soldier as an overall smooth experience, with the notable exception of his relationship with Busey, whom he found difficult to work with. According to the actor, he did all of his stunts in both movies, with the exception of the scene where his character crashes through a large window in the first, as it could not be made out of candy glass. The two sequels had an aggregate budget of CAD$10.7 million. On December 11, Busey—who played Buddy Holly in a 1978 film—joined the cast of the musical Buddy: The Buddy Hollyday Story, which was then playing at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre.
Release
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms premiered on cable television via The Movie Channel, a sister channel of Showtime, on September 26, 1998. The film was paired with a rerun of the original film, which followed it. It was released on VHS by Paramount Home Video on 22 June 1999. According to Battaglia, Universal Soldier II and III—or a combination of both—were at some point considered to become Showtime's first theatrical releases, before they reverted to TV premieres.
Brothers in Arms received a 2002 DVD release by TVA Films in Canada, as part of a double feature that also includes the next installment Unfinished Business. Some German home video versions of the film are sold as Neu Bearbeitete Fassung (Newly Edited Version), but this merely indicates that they are cut for violence.
Reception
Critical response
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 0% approval rating based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 4.02/10. Canadian media watchdog Mediafilm was less than impressed by the film or its sequel, calling out their "mechanical and uninventive screenplay" as well as their "noisy and overdone direction". Ballantine Books' Video Movie Guide called the film a "boring by-the-numbers" effort, rating it a two on a scale of one to five. TV Guide wrote that "[s]ome padding and extraneous plot developments aside, this gruesomely graphic action picture is a must-see for those who enjoy seeing undead marines impaled on farm machinery or crushed in trash compactors". The BBC's Radio Times called it "efficient, undemanding exploitation." VideoHound rated it a two on a scale of zero to four.
The film received additional reviews from specialized genre outlets, although they were equally lackluster. Bulletproof Action lambasted the film's "sluggish" pacing. Although pleased by the decision to make it a direct sequel, a rarity among TV adaptations of theatrical films, The Action Elite called it "boring" and "lifeless", with special criticism for its "appalling" score. Moria Reviews also deemed the soundtrack "inappropriate", and branded the flashy editing as "pretentious". Outlaw Vern was more accepting of those stylistic flourishes, which he saw as an attempt to make the film stand out. However, he found that Battaglia's turn as Devereaux made fellow NFLer-turned-actor Howie Long "look like Jeremy Irons".
References
External links
1998 television films
1998 films
1990s science fiction action films
1990s English-language films
American science fiction action films
Showtime (TV network) films
Television sequel films
Universal Soldier (film series)
Films about the United States Army
Films directed by Jeff Woolnough
1990s American films
1998 science fiction films
English-language science fiction action films |
17999505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Dusbaba | Johnny Dusbaba | Johnny Dusbaba (born 14 March 1956) is a Dutch retired footballer who played for Ajax and Anderlecht among others, as well as the Dutch national side.
Club career
He started his career at hometown club ADO Den Haag, before joining Hans Kraay-coached Dutch giants Ajax in 1974. A tough, but somewhat careless defender, he moved abroad to play in Belgium for Anderlecht alongside compatriots Peter Ressel, Arie Haan and Rob Rensenbrink and later for Standard Liège. After spending time at NAC, he finished his career at Sint-Niklaas.
International career
Dusbaba made his debut for the Netherlands in an August 1977 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Iceland and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1978 UEFA Euro qualification match against Switzerland. He was a preliminary member for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but was not part of the final squad.
Personal life
Dusbaba was known for doing all kinds of dubious business during his playing career, selling fur coats, video recorders and TV's from the trunk of his car.
Honours
Ajax Amsterdam
Eredivisie: 1976-77
RSC Anderlecht
Belgian First Division: 1980–81
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1977–78 (winners)
European Super Cup: 1978
Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977
Tournoi de Paris: 1977
Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978
Standard Liège
Belgian First Division: 1981–82
Belgian Supercup:1981
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981-82 (runners-up)
References
External links
Player profile at Weltfußball.de
1956 births
Living people
Footballers from The Hague
Men's association football defenders
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
ADO Den Haag players
AFC Ajax players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Standard Liège players
NAC Breda players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. players
20th-century Dutch sportsmen |
17999526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s%2020th%20State%20Assembly%20district | California's 20th State Assembly district | California's 20th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is represented by Democrat Liz Ortega of San Leandro.
District profile
The district is located in the southern East Bay, centered on Hayward. The district is a major gateway between the Tri–Valley to the east, Silicon Valley to the south, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Alameda County – (30.70%)
Dublin – (39.44%)
Hayward
Pleasanton – (20.03%)
San Leandro
Union City
Election results from statewide races
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 20th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2021 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Election results (1992–present)
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
See also
California State Assembly
California State Assembly districts
Districts in California
References
External links
District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Government of Alameda County, California |
17999534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsura%20Takanobu | Matsura Takanobu | or Taqua Nombo was a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was one of the most powerful feudal lords of Kyūshū and one of the first to allow trading with Europeans, particularly the Portuguese, through whom he amassed great profits in the import of western firearms. He was also an early host and patron to the Jesuits, who he hoped would help secure an increase in trade with the Portuguese and other European traders.
Biography
After becoming lord of Hirado in 1543, the 14-year-old Takanobu was advised by Yasumasa Toyohisa. Toyohisa was a well-known samurai and cousin of the previous lord of Hirado and, under his guidance, the domains of the Koteda family were increased to include much of Ikitsuki, together with the islands of Takushima, Ojika, Noshima as well as the areas of Kasuga, Shishi and Iira in Hirado. That same year he became an ally of the powerful wakō leader Wang Zhi, inviting him to live in Hirado and allowing his band to dominate the outlying islands off Kyūshū.
During the 1550s, he was involved in a fierce rivalry with the rival Ōmura clan, the Christian convert Ōmura Sumitada, who also competed for Portuguese trade. This led to many armed conflicts, including one attempt at taking the Portuguese black ship in the Battle of Fukuda Bay by Takanobu. This rivalry lasted for over three decades, and long after Takanobu had retired, until Ōmura eventually won out by ceding Nagasaki to the Jesuits in 1580, making it the Portuguese port of call henceforth.
Although initially tolerant to the Kirishitan movement introduced to Japan (Takanobu welcomed Francis Xavier to Hirado in 1550 and his retainer Koteda Yasumasa converted to Catholicism in 1551), he expelled the Jesuits from his domain in 1558. The evangelism of the Jesuits' followers resulted in the destruction of three Buddhist temples, who then threw artifacts into the sea. A speech given by a Zen priest from Yasumandake spoke out against Father Gaspar Vilela and resulted in several mobs of Buddhist followers stoning the three churches in the area and, in one instance, toppling the cross from one church. This recent surge in religious violence forced Takanobu to ask Vilela to leave. He later forced Kato Saemon, lord of the district of Kato, into retirement in Nagasaki due to pressure from his brothers.
In 1568, he stepped down in favor of his son Shigenobu. His great-grandson, baptized in 1591 and also named Matsura Takanobu, was the 3rd daimyō of Hirado Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Matsura Takanobu died in 1599.
References
Further reading
Muto, Chozo. A Short History of Anglo-Japanese Relations. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1936.
Sansom, G. B. The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
Varg, Paul A. The Closing of the Door: Sino-American Relations, 1936–1946. Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1970.
Daimyo
1529 births
1599 deaths
History of Christianity in Japan
Japanese pirates
Matsura clan |
17999557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Collar%3A%20The%20American%20Middle%20Classes | White Collar: The American Middle Classes | White Collar: The American Middle Classes is a study of the American middle class by sociologist C. Wright Mills, first published in 1951. It describes the forming of a "new class": the white-collar workers. It is also a major study of social alienation in the modern world of advanced capitalism, where cities are dominated by "salesmanship mentality". The issues in this book were close to Mills' own background; his father was an insurance agent, and he himself, at that time, worked as a white-collar research worker in a bureaucratic organization at Paul Lazarsfeld's Bureau for Social Research at Columbia University. From this point of view, it is probably Mills' most private book. The familiarity with the studied object as a lived matter undoubtedly refers to Mills himself and his own experiences.
As Mills described it:
References
External links
White Collar: The American Middle Classes in Internet Archive
1951 non-fiction books
American middle class
Books by C. Wright Mills
Oxford University Press books
Political science books
Sociology books |
17999576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeomerycidae | Palaeomerycidae | The Palaeomerycidae is an extinct family of Neogene ruminants belonging to the infraorder Pecora. Palaeomerycids lived in Europe and Asia exclusively during the Miocene, coevolving with cervids, bovids, moschids, and tragulids there as part of a dramatic radiation of ruminants by the early Miocene.
Dromomerycids are sometimes considered to be subfamilies of the Palaeomerycidae, but recent research brought doubt to this, arguing that the dromomerycids lack the sutures on the skull roof that giraffomorphs (Giraffidae, Palaeomerycidae, Climacoceratidae) have for ossicone features. The similar resemblances of the two families could be the result of parallel evolution.
Description
Palaeomerycids were a group of horned, long-legged and massive ruminants that could attain a weight of .
One of the first known members of this group, Palaeomeryx, was thought to be a hornless form distantly related to the Giraffidae before paleontologist Miguel Crusafont found remains of Triceromeryx in middle Miocene Spain. This Palaeomeryx-like form carried two ossicones over its orbits that were straight and short, similar to those of true giraffids. However, the most striking feature of Triceromeryx was the third, Y-shaped appendage that prolonged the occipital bone at the back of the skull. Discoveries during the 1980s and 1990s showed a surprising variety in these occipital appendages.
Ampelomeryx, a genus of palaeomerycids found at the early Miocene sites of Els Casots, Valles-Penedes Basin, Spain, and Montréal-du-Gers, Gers, France, had a three-horned system of appendages similar to those of Triceromeryx. These appendages were, however, quite different, with the paired appendages extending laterally over the orbits, flat and wide, forming an eye-shade, while the third spectacular posterior appendage was about long.
Another species of Triceromeryx, T. conquensis found in La Retama in Spain, showed an even more spectacular appendage — instead of a Y-shaped structure, its posterior appendage was T-shaped with the lateral branches expanding toward the front.
In primitive members of the group (e.g. Ampelomeryx), this appendage was a posterior expansion of the occipital bone lying close to the powerful muscles supporting the skull in a normal position, thus suggesting that this appendage was actually used for fighting between males during the breeding season. The reduced shapes of the flat and laterally oriented appendages of later species suggests that these were not used in active fighting, instead forming a function of passive display.
As a group, the palaeomerycids appear to have formed a successful part of an independent radiation of horned ruminants that diversified into a variety of forms during the early to middle Miocene, with a geographic range reaching from Spain to China.
Taxonomy
The Palaeomerycidae were named by Lydekker (1883). The type genus is Palaeomeryx. The family was assigned to the Artiodactyla by Hulbert and Whitmore (2006), and to Cervoidea by Carroll (1988), Sach and Heizmann (2001) and Prothero and Liter (2007).
Classification
Palaeomerycinae
Ampelomeryx
Palaeomeryx
Triceromeryx
Xenokeryx
Tauromeryx
References
External links
Palaeomerycidae
Miocene first appearances
Miocene extinctions
Prehistoric mammal families |
17999580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garhwali%20people | Garhwali people | The Garhwali people are an Indian ethnolinguistic group native to the Garhwal, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, who speak Garhwali, an Indo-Aryan language.
Etymology
In modern usage, "Garhwali" is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, and ancestral or genetic origins is from the Garhwal Himalayas. Their ethnonym is derived from the word Garhwal or Gadwal.
The earliest reference to this region is in the Skanda Purana which called it Kedar Khand and Himvat. It describes the area that contained Gangadwar (Haridwar and Kankhala), Badrinath, Gandhamardan, and Kailash.
History
Garhwal Kingdom
The Kingdom of Garhwal was founded by Parmars. The area comprises 52 principalities called (fortresses). These were small and had their own chiefs who were responsible for the welfare of the . The Parmar dynasty ruled the Kingdom until 1803 before the "Gurkhas" invaded Kumaon and Garhwal, driving the Garhwal chief into the plains. For 12 years the Gurkhas ruled the country with an iron rod, until a series of encroachments by them on British territory led to the Anglo–Nepalese War in 1814.
At the termination of the campaign, Garhwal and Kumaon were converted into British districts, while the Tehri principality was restored to a son of the former chief (that is King Pradymun), King Sudarshan Shah. A part of this kingdom was taken by the British, and later, it became known as the British Garhwal which spread over the area of 5,629 mi2 (14,580 km2). After the British rule, Garhwal made rapid development. Two battalions of the Indian army (the 39th Garhwal Rifles) were deployed in the area, stationed at the military cantonment of Lansdowne. Grain was one of the major corps of this area. Apart from this, cloth, while salt, borax, livestock, and wool were imported from Tibet. The administrative headquarters of the area were established at Pauri. Srinagar (Garhwal) was the largest city and served as an important trade center along with the town of Kotdwara which is situated at Oudh and Rohilkhand railway tracks. Later, it became a part of the Punjab Hill States Agency of British India. Most of the Uttarkashi district acceded to the Union of India in 1949.
Garhwali are known for their courage because they were preferred by the British as an army. Garhwali Kingdom was one of the few kingdoms that never came under the Muslim rule influence.
The history of Garhwal is older than that of Ramayana and Mahabharata. Worshipping Lord Shiva is attributing reverent honour and homage to him. According to the great Mahabharata, Garhwal is believed to be the land where the Vedas and the Shastras were made.
Language
The Garhwali language () is primarily spoken by the Garhwali people of the north-western Garhwal Division from the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas. The Garhwali language is classified as a Central Pahari language belonging to the Northern Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. Garhwali is one of the 325 recognised languages of India which is spoken by over 2,267,314 people such as Tehri Garhwal, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar and Rudraprayag districts of Uttarakhand.
The language has many regional dialects including: Srinagari, Tehri (Gangapariya), Badhani, Dessaulya, Lohbya, Majh-Kumaiya, Bhattiani, Nagpuriya, Rathi, Salani (Pauri), Ravai, Parvati, Jaunpuri, Gangadi (Uttarkashi), Chandpuri. Srinagari dialect is the literary standard, while Pauri is generally regarded as the prominent one.
However, for a number of reasons, Garhwali is a rapidly shrinking language. The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages book authored by "Theo Baumann" has described Garhwali language one of the moribund languages that needs to be protected.
Local deities
Chandrabadni Devi Temple is located in Tehri Garhwal. The temple can be reached either from long rout Kandikhal to Srinagar-Tehri or ) long Jamnikhal en route Dev Prayag-Tehri via a link road of Jurana. It can also be reached via () long bridle path.
The temple administration body organises several annual events including cultural and religious seminars.
Umra Narayan is situated between the mystic and peaceful hills of Rudraprayag where "Devine" temple of Lord Umra Narayan (Isth Dev of gram sann) is located. According to mythology, this temple was built during the time of Adi Shankracharya, and is believed that it was constructed by Adi Shankracharya when he was on his way to Lord Badrinath's temple. The temple has been now renovated and is away from the central city of Rudraprayag.
It is also believed that most of the "Isth Devas" in the Garhwal region are the incarnation of "Lord Vishnu" (Narsingh Dev Ji), and sometimes even the incarnation of "Vishnu" itself.
Koteshwar Mahadev is located about three kilometres inside the 'heart' of Rudraprayag, Koteshwar Mahadev temple. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva. This place is presumed to be the same spot where Lord Shiva was stopped for meditation where he was on his way to Kedarnath. According to local mythology, this temple has its presence since the time of Bhasmasur (the Deadly Asur/demon), who received a boon from "Shiva" that turned a head into Bhasma or ashes whenever he touched with boon to anyone's head. Lord Shiva accompanied by another one reached to a cave which was the home of Lord Shiva, and finally lord "Vishnu" helped him by killing the demon. The temple is filled with fantastic energy/aura, and one can feel it. Few drops of water are continually running through the hill.
Dhari Devi temple of "Dhari Devi" is situated on the banks of the river Alaknanda. One has to travel from Srinagar (Pauri Garhwal) on Srinagar-Badrinath highway to Kaliya Saur, and then turn down where one has to travel half of a kilometre towards Alaknanda river. The upper part of Goddess "Kali" is worshipped here. According to the local people, the face of the idol changes as a girl, a woman, and an old lady according to the passage of time. This idol is located in an open area. Many times, villagers and some philanthropists tried to build a roof for Goddess, but their efforts returned empty handed as the roof gets dismantle every time. As per "Srimad Devi Bhagwat", there are 108 Shakta pithas as in India, and this is one of them.
Kalimath, also known as "Kaviltha", is a village which is regarded as a divine place and Shakta pitha. It lies at an altitude of around (1,800 m) on the river Saraswati in the Himalayas, surrounded by the peaks of Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. Kalimath is situated close to Ukhimath and Guptakashi. It is one of the "Siddha Peeths" of the region and is regarded a respectful place with religious importance. The temple of the goddess Kali is located in this village and is visited by many devotees throughout the year, especially during the "Navratras". There are 108 Shakta pithas in India, and this is one of them as described in the "Srimad Devi Bhagwat". The upper part of goddess Kali is worshipped in "Dhari Devi". Goddess Kali killed the demon "Raktavija" here in this area. After killing the demon, they went under the earth.
Usually they have their own pantheon consisted of rural deities who are worshipped through Jagar (ritual), these deities include Narsingh, Bhairav, Nagaraja (Nagaraja is believed to be form of Krishna according to local legends), Pandav and Draupadi etc. This pantheon was headed by Durga and Mahadev, who is referred to by many names such as Bhagwati, Surkanda, Kali, Bhavani, Nanda etc. They also worship their ancestors who were locally known as Bhumiyal, which literally means guardians of Land each and every Garhwali villages have their own Bhumiyal they are worshipped in a small stone made shrine known as Thaan where they are represented by small rocks placed inside the thaan. Usually during the crops were offered to Bhumiyal as a way to thanking them for protecting the village.
Notable people
Film and television
Hindi cinema
Brijendra Kala (actor, dialogue writer)
Chitrashi Rawat (actress)
Deepak Dobriyal (actor)
Himani Shivpuri (actress)
Priyanshu Painyuli (actor)
Sanjay Khanduri (director)
Tigmanshu Dhulia (dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, producer and casting director)
Urvashi Rautela (actress)
Varun Badola (actor)
Anushka Sharma (actress)
Tripti Dimri (actress)
Jagat Rawat (actor)
Madhurima Tuli (actress)
Television
Aditi Sajwan (actress)
Alka Kaushal (actress)
Asha Negi (actress)
Barkha Sengupta (actress)
Priyanka Kandwal (actress)
Raghav Juyal (dancer, choreographer and actor)
Richa Panai (actress)
Shivangi Joshi (actress)
Shruti Bisht (actress)
Shruti Ulfat (actress)
Radio
Abhilash Thapliyal (radio jockey and actor)
Beauty pageants
Anukriti Gusain (actress, Femina Miss India, Miss Asia Pacific World 2014)
Manasvi Mamgai (model, Femina Miss India 2010)
Hollywood
Navi Rawat (Indian-American actress)
Folk music
Basanti Bisht (folk singer, Padma Shri award recipient)
Chander Singh Rahi (folk singer, composer, poet musician)
Jeet Singh Negi (folk singer)
Meena Rana (folk singer)
Narendra Singh Negi (folk singer and composer, Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipient)
Pritam Bhartwan (folk singer, Padma Shri award recipient)
Art
Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna (Hindi writer and poet)
Ganga Prasad Vimal (Hindi writer and poet)
Leeladhar Jagudi (Hindi writer, poet, Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient)
Manglesh Dabral (Hindi writer, poet and journalist, Sahitya Akademi Award recipient)
Mola Ram (18th century Indian painter, who originated the Garhwal branch of the Pahari/Kangra school of painting)
Ranbir Singh Bisht (Indian painter and the Principal of the College of Fine Arts, Lucknow University, Padma Shri and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship recipient)
Taradutt Gairola (lawyer, author, editer)
Viren Dangwal (Hindi writer, poet, journalist and academician, Sahitya Akademi Award recipient)
Girish Tiwari (Hindi/Kumaoni poet and folk singer)
Shekhar Pathak (historian, editor, publisher, activist, traveller associated with the Chipko movement)
Social work and activism
Anil Prakash Joshi (environmentalist, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan recipient)
Chandi Prasad Bhatt (environmentalist, Chipko movement leader, Padma Bhushan and Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient)
Gaura Devi (Leader of Mahila Mangal Dal of Chipko movement) - Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Award recipient)
Kunwar Singh Negi (braille editor and social worker, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan recipient)
Sunderlal Bahuguna (environmentalist, Chipko movement leader, Padma Vibhushan recipient)
Indian independence movement
Nagendra Saklani (Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter)
Ram Prasad Nautiyal (Indian freedom fighter and politician)
Sri Dev Suman (Indian freedom fighter, journalist and civil rights leader)
Historical figures
Teelu Rauteli, folk heroine of Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Religion
Dabral Baba (Indian yogi and mystic)
Hans Maharaj (Indian spiritual leader)
Prem Rawat (Indian American spiritual leader, founder of the Divine Light Mission)
Swami Rama (founder of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust)
Science and academics
Anand Sharan Raturi (economist and first vice-chancellor of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University)
Aditya Narayan Purohit (Plant physiologist, Padma Shri awarded and vice-chancellor of H.N.B. Garhwal University)
Anirudh Kala (psychiatrist)
Chandra Prakash Kala (ecologist)
Prem Lal Joshi (accounting researcher and professor)
Ruchi Badola (ecologist)
Vijay Prasad Dimri (geophysical scientist, Padma Shri recipient)
Indian Armed Forces
Gallantry award recipients
Naik Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
Rifleman Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 2nd Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles (posthumous)
Havildar Gajender Singh Bisht, Operation Black Tornado 2008, Ashoka Chakra (posthumous)
Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, hero of Indo-China War, 1962; Maha Vir Chakra (posthumous)
Prominent names
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff and former Chief of the Army Staff
Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan, Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), Indian Army
Lt. Gen. Anil Kumar Bhatt, General Officer Commanding (GOC) XV Corps, also called as the "Chinar Corps" of the Indian Army, former Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO), Indian Army.
Lt. Gen. Jaiveer Singh Negi, Commandant of Indian Military Academy, Indian Army
Lt. Gen. Balwant Singh Negi (Retd.), former General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Central Command, Indian Army
Lt. Gen. Madan Mohan Lakhera (Retd.), former Governor of Mizoram, former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Lt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat (Retd.), former Director General of the Assam Rifles, Indian Army and former MP Lok Sabha
Director-General Rajendra Singh, former Director General of the Indian Coast Guard
Maj. Gen. B. C. Khanduri (Retd.), former Union Minister of Surface Transport, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and former MP Lok Sabha
Air Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal (Retd.), PVSM AVSM VM & Bar (served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of South Western Air Command & Deputy Chief of Air Staff).
Air Marshal Arvindra Singh Butola, Air Officer Commander-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command, Indian Air Force
Brigadier Surendra Singh Panwar (Retd.)
Brigadier S. K. S. Negi (Retd.)
Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (Retd.), Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra recipient
Bureaucracy
Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser of India, Kirti Chakra, President's Police Medal and Police Medal recipient
Anil Dhasmana, former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, the external intelligence agency of India
Judiciary
Mukandi Lal (barrister, judge, politician, writer, and art critic from the Princely State of Tehri Garhwal)
Sudhanshu Dhulia (Justice, Uttarakhand High Court. Judge In-Charge Education, Uttarakhand Judicial and Legal Academy)
Ravindra Maithani (Judge at the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital since December 2018)
Politics
Anil Baluni (journalist, politician, MP Rajya Sabha)
Bhakt Darshan (politician, former Union Minister of State for Education and Transport, former MP Lok Sabha)
Brahm Dutt (politician, former Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, former MP Lok Sabha)
Chandra Mohan Singh Negi (politician, former MP Lok Sabha)
Dhan Singh Negi (politician, Former MLA of Tehri)
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (politician, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)
Kamalendumati Shah (former Queen of the Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, former MP Lok Sabha)
Mahant Avaidyanath (politician, former Mahant of Gorakhnath Math, former MP Lok Sabha)
Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah (politician, former King of the Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, former MP Lok Sabha)
Manohar Kant Dhyani (politician, former MP Rajya Sabha)
Manorama Dobriyal Sharma (politician, former MP Rajya Sabha)
Paripoornanand Painuli (politician, former MP Lok Sabha)
Ramesh Pokhriyal (politician, Union Minister of Human Resource Development, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand)
Rita Bahuguna Joshi (politician, MP Lok Sabha)
Satpal Maharaj (politician, former MP Lok Sabha)
Tirath Singh Rawat (politician, Chief Minister of Uttrakhand)
Trepan Singh Negi (politician, former MP Lok Sabha)
Trivendra Singh Rawat (politician, Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand)
Vijay Bahuguna (politician, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand)
Yogi Adityanath (politician, Mahant of Gorakhnath Math, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former MP Lok Sabha)
Business and industry
P. L. Gairola, Indian banker, former chairman of Dena Bank
O. P. Bhatt, Indian banker, 22nd Chairman of the State Bank of India
Sports
Mountaineering
Arvind Raturi (Mountaineer, scaled Mount Everest as a part of the NCC Mount Everest Expedition Team in 2013)
Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna (Mountaineer, Padma Shri recipient (posthumous))
Major Jai Vardhan Bahuguna (Mountaineer, Shaurya Chakra recipient (posthumous))
Mohan Singh Gunjyal (Indo Tibet Border Police) Summitted Mount Everest. Recipient of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award and Padma Shri.
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (Indian Police officer and mountaineer, summited Mount Everest, Padma Shri recipient)
Major Narendra Dhar Jayal (Mountaineer, founding principal of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute at Darjeeling)
Bachendri Pal (first Indian woman to reach summit of Mt. Everest, Padma Bhushan)
Mixed Martial Arts
Anshul Jubli (Indian MMA fighter, currently fights in the UFC)
Shooting
Jaspal Rana (Commonwealth Games gold medalist in shooting, Padma Shri recipient)
Sushma Rana (2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne)
Chess
Parimarjan Negi (third-youngest chess grand-master in history, Arjuna Award 2010)
Athletics
Manish Rawat (Race-walker), 2016 Rio Olympics)
Cricket
Amit Uniyal (Left-arm-fast-medium bowler, plays for Punjab cricket team, currently a part of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League)
Aryan Juyal (Wicketkeeper-batsman, part of the India national under-19 cricket team who won the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup)
Hemlata Kala (Player for the India national women's cricket team)
Pawan Suyal (First-class cricketer, Left-arm medium-pace bowler, plays for Delhi cricket team in domestic cricket, currently a part of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League)
Preeti Dimri (Player for India women's national cricket team)
Rishabh Pant (Player for India national cricket team) Wikipedia
Football
Deependra Negi (Indian professional football midfielder for Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League)
Manish Maithani (Indian precessional football midfielder for Pune City in the Indian Super League)
Sahil Panwar (Indian professional football defender for Pune City in the Indian Super League)
Journalism and literature
Viren Dangwal (Poet and recipient of the Sahitya Academy Award for his renowned contribution in Hindi Literature)
Manglesh Dabral (poet and journalist, He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000)
Shivprasad Dabral Charan (Historian, poet and writer (Hindi and Garhwali) from Uttarakhand)
See also
Garhwal division
Garhwal Rifles
Kumaoni people
References
External links
Article on Khas people of Uttarakhand namely Jeevat Ke Dhani Uttarakhand Ke Khasiya by Indian writer Govinda Singh
Himalay Parichay - Rahul Sankrityayan, Source : हिमालय परिचय | HIMALAYA PARICHAY | राहुल सांकृत्यायन - Rahul Sankrityayan | Hindi PDF Download | Read Online |
https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/supporting-actor/sachin-negi
Social groups of Uttarakhand
Culture of Uttarakhand
Ethnic groups in India
Demographic history of India
Garhwal division
Indo-Aryan peoples |
17999581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Bennett%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201920%29 | Jack Bennett (footballer, born 1920) | Jack Bennett (21 June 1920 – 26 May 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
From the eastern suburbs, Bennett played in the Eastern Suburban Football Association until 1937, then joined Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association in 1938. He played for Camberwell for two years, and attracted the attention of five VFL clubs, before signing with Carlton for the 1940 season.
Bennett played eight seasons with Carlton as a member of the ruck and with his solid build liked to crash his way through packs. He played in Carlton's 1945 premiership team and was one of the best afield in their 1947 premiership in which he helped out in defence. The 1947 VFL Grand Final was the final VFL game of his career. He became a life member of the club after giving eight years of service.
After leaving Carlton, Bennett moved to Tasmania. He was captain-coach of Cooee in the North Western Football Union in 1948, and captain and assistant coach of North Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association in 1949, leading the team to the State Premiership that year. He then played for Clarence in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League from 1950 until 1952, also coaching the side in 1950 and coaching the seconds in 1952.
References
External links
Jack Bennett's playing statistics from The VFA Project
Blueseum profile of Jack Bennett
1920 births
1997 deaths
Camberwell Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club premiership players
Cooee Football Club players
North Launceston Football Club players
Clarence Football Club players
Clarence Football Club coaches
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Northcote, Victoria |
17999585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromomerycidae | Dromomerycidae | The Dromomerycidae is an extinct family of Neogene ruminants belonging to the infraorder Pecora. Dromomerycids, known by two subfamilies, were endemic to North America from the later early Miocene up to the early Pliocene (~5 Ma), leaving no descendants. Dromomerycidae has a long history of uncertain taxonomic affiliations due to its superficial resemblances with the Eurasian Neogene Palaeomerycidae and were traditionally classified as subfamilies within the family. However, recent research differentiates the dromomerycids from the Giraffomorpha (Giraffoidea and Palaeomerycoidea) by the lack of sutures on the skull roof that typically make up the ossicones of the later clade. The similar resemblances of the appendages therefore could be the result of parallel evolution.
The dromomerycids are characterized by unbranched and nondeciduous appendages above the orbits of the eyes. These traits may have been typically characteristic of males but appear to have been present in both sexes of Aletomeryx. Little is known about them, however, since they very rarely are studied in the paleontological record. Dromomerycids may have been dense woodland and open bushlands/grasslands dwellers that mainly browsed on non-grass vegetation. Their gradual decline seems to have been the result of disappearances of suitable habitats as a result of increasing aridity and cooling climates.
Classification
Dromomerycinae
Dromomerycini
Dromomeryx
Rakomeryx
Drepanomeryx
Cranioceratini
Cranioceras
Barbouromeryx
Bouromeryx
Procranioceras
Pediomeryx
Aletomerycinae
Aletomeryx
Sinclairomeryx
Surameryx
References
External links
Miocene first appearances
Pliocene extinctions
Prehistoric mammal families
Pecora
Prehistoric Artiodactyla of North America |
17999587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20Rights%20Canada | Online Rights Canada | Online Rights Canada was a grassroots campaign to help notify the public on technology and informational policy issues and help the public notify their MPs about controversial proposals. It was launched with the support of the US-based Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC). and had listings of how to contact local Canadian MPs to voice concern or support on policies and proposals. The Online Rights Canada website appears to no longer exist and the current site content does not reflect the organization or its efforts.
Online Rights Canada was part of a coalition against controversial proposed copyright legislation in Canada known as Bill C-61.
See also
Electronic Frontier Canada
OpenMedia.ca
Pirate Party of Canada
Switzerland (software)
References
External links
Privacy organizations
Political advocacy groups in Canada |
17999602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Zimmerman | Brian Zimmerman | Brian Christopher Zimmerman (August 20, 1972 – September 20, 1996) was an American politician who in 1983, at the age of 11, was elected mayor of the community of Crabb, Texas. He won by a landslide, garnering 23 of the 30 votes cast. His stated goal as mayor was to incorporate the unincorporated community of approximately 200 people to avoid annexation by neighboring cities such as Houston.
His sole campaign promise led to a "hard fought" incorporation battle, because many residents feared that incorporation would result in higher taxes. However, Mayor Zimmerman held that an impending annexation would result in even higher taxes than incorporation, which instead would give the town some control over tax rates. The other major issue was that incorporation would force him out of his position as mayor, since Texas law stated that mayors of incorporated communities had to be at least 18 years of age.
He nonetheless supported a referendum to incorporate the community, stating "The mayor isn't there to sit and worry about keeping his job. He's there to do what's best for the people." Zimmerman's incorporation bid was ultimately unsuccessful, but he was reelected as mayor following the referendum. During his first two years in office, he reportedly had one of Crabb's roads paved. His unique mayorship garnered considerable attention - "worldwide" according to the Texas Almanac - that included articles in People magazine and The New York Times. In 1986, his story was chronicled in a made-for-television film called Lone Star Kid.
In 1996, Brian Zimmerman died of a heart attack in Houston at the age of 24. As of 2008, Crabb remains an unincorporated community and has been neither incorporated nor annexed during or after Zimmerman's life.
References
1972 births
1996 deaths
Mayors of places in Texas
People from Fort Bend County, Texas
20th-century mayors of places in Texas
American children |
17999617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KXXL | KXXL | KXXL (106.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Moorcroft, Wyoming, United States. The station has a Classic rock format, and is currently owned by Keyhole Broadcasting, LLC.
History
The station was assigned the call letters KPKL on 2007-09-07. On 2008-06-11, the station changed its call sign to the current KXXL.
References
External links
KOALRadio Facebook
XXL
Classic rock radio stations in the United States |
17999628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Soldier%20III%3A%20Unfinished%20Business | Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business | Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business is a 1998 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Jeff Woolnough and starring Matt Battaglia, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott, Richard McMillan, and Burt Reynolds. Like Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, none of the actors or crew of the original returned, but most of the cast and crew from the first sequel are present. In 1999, a theatrical sequel starring Jean-Claude Van Damme again, Universal Soldier: The Return, ignored the plotline of the two sequels.
Plot
Luc Devereaux (Matt Battaglia), a rejected "UniSol" (a superhuman soldier designed to be the perfect killing machine), and journalist Veronica Roberts (Chandra West) travel to Canada to continue their attempts to expose the Universal Soldier unit. After a hostage situation mistakenly leaves Veronica a fugitive, the two escape the city and go into hiding.
Meanwhile, CIA Deputy Director Mentor (Burt Reynolds) and Dr. Walker (Richard McMillan) are in the process of creating a powerful, UniSol clone of Luc's brother, Eric (Jeff Wincott), to assassinate him and Veronica. The program is under section GR-44. Deveraux and Roberts flee to Canada, hoping to find a news outlet that will tell their story as GR-44 is in hot pursuit.
The finale hints at a broad conspiracy involving "sleeper" UniSols planted in every branch of the U.S. government, up to the White House from which a voice impersonating then president Bill Clinton answers Risco's activation signal.
Cast
Matt Battaglia as Private Luc Deveraux
Jeff Wincott as Eric Deveraux
Burt Reynolds as CIA Deputy Director Mentor
Chandra West as Veronica Roberts
Richard McMillan as Dr. Walker
Roger Periard as McNally
Juan Chioran as Charles Clifton
Claudette Roche as Grace
John F.S. Laing as Martin Daniels
Jovanni Sy as Max
Aron Tager as John Deveraux
James Kee as Jasper
Lloyd Adams as Hugo
Vince Corazza as Lowell
Gerry Mendicino as Chief Thorpe
Dan Duran as Freddie Smith
Thomas Hauff as General Clancy
John Stoneham Sr. as Sheriff
Martin Roach as Orderly
Philip Williams as Scully
Production
Unfinished Business and its predecessor Brothers in Arms were primarily shot in Southern Ontario over 42 days spread between 27 October and 23 December 1997. Downsview Military Base was used as the UniSols' operations center. Both pictures were shot concurrently, with the schedule alternating between scenes from each film. The two films had an aggregate budget of $10.7 million.
The shoot was occasionally disrupted by Canadian seasonal weather. Part III'''s climactic scene, which required a Fairchild C-123 Provider to be flown in from the U.S. due to a shortage of pilots for similar aircraft available in the country, was delayed by a two-day blizzard.
Matt Battaglia's personal friend Burt Reynolds plays the main villain of the film, "Mentor", who was introduced at the end of the previous film. The character's real name (Gerard Risco) is a backronym, as the G.R. prefix found in each UniSol's identifier is revealed to be derived from his initials. In the novelization of the first film's script by Robert Tine, G.R. stood for Grave Registration.
The ending was left open for a potential regular series. Three syndicators had reportedly expressed interest at the time of filming, but it did not materialize.
ReleaseUniversal Soldier III: Unfinished Business premiered on television on The Movie Channel, a sister channel of Showtime, on 24 October 1998. It was released on VHS by Paramount Home Video on 13 July 1999.Unfinished Business received a 2002 DVD release by TVA Films in Canada, as part of a double feature that also includes the previous installment Brothers in Arms.
Some German home video versions of the film are sold as Neu Bearbeitete Fassung (Newly Edited Version), but this merely indicates that they are cut for violence.
Reception
Critical response
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business a 20% approval rating based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10.
Among reviewers not referenced by the main aggregators, reception was also poor. VideoHound rated the film one and a half on a scale of zero to four, slightly lower than Part II. Bulletproof Action similarly decreed that "Brothers in Arms was no masterpiece [...] But things still managed to go downhill in Unfinished Business".
In a mild dissent, The Action Elite found the film "awful", albeit "kind of better" than Part II. Moria Reviews also rated the film marginally higher than the previous installment, but still found fault with Jeff Woolnough's "annoyingly posed and affected" direction. Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide gave the picture two stars out of five. TV Guide also gave it two out of five stars. The publication praised West and Battaglia's chemistry, but ultimately felt that the film "[wasn't] great entertainment". Den of Geek called both Unfinished Business'' and its predecessor "flat and as uninspired as you would expect from a made-for-cable spin off".
References
External links
1998 television films
1998 films
1990s science fiction action films
1990s English-language films
Showtime (TV network) films
Television sequel films
American science fiction action films
Films about the United States Army
Universal Soldier (film series)
Films directed by Jeff Woolnough
1990s American films
1998 science fiction films
English-language science fiction action films |
17999633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud%20tank | Mud tank | A mud tank is an open-top container, typically made of square steel tube and steel plate, to store drilling fluid on a drilling rig. They are also called mud pits, as they were once simple pits in the earth.
Mud tank structure
Mud tanks are divided into square tanks and cone-shaped tanks according to the shape difference of the tank bottom.
The body of the tank is made by welding the steel plate and section, using the smooth cone-shape structure or the corrugated structure. The mud tank surface and passages are made of slip resistant steel plate and expanded steel plate. The mud tanks are made of the side steel pipe, all of the structure can be folded without barrier and pegged reliably. The surface of the tank is equipped with a water pipeline for cleaning the surface and equipment on the tank, it uses soaked zinc processing for the expanded steel plate. The ladder is made of channel steel to take responsibility the body, the foot board is made of expanded steel plate. The two-sided guard rails are installed on the safe suspension hook. The mud tank is designed to be in a standard shanty to prevent the sand and the rain. The pipeline is installed in the tank to preserve the warm air.
The tanks are generally open-top and have walkways on top to allow a worker to traverse and inspect the level of fluids in the tanks. The walkways also allow access to other equipment that is mounted on the top. Recently, offshore drilling rigs have closed-in tanks for safety. The mud tank plays a critical role in mechanically removing destructive solids and sediment from costly land and offshore drilling systems.
A tank is sectioned off into different compartments. A compartment may include a settling tank, sometimes called a sand trap, to allow sand and other solids in the drilling fluid to precipitate before it flows into the next compartment. Other compartments may have agitators on the top, which have long impellers below inserting into the tank and stirring the fluids to prevent its contents from precipitating. And mud guns are often equipped at the corners of the tanks' top, spraying high-pressed mud to prevent the drilling fluids in the corner of the compartment from precipitating, typically for the square tanks.
The piping linking the mud tanks/pits with the mud pumps is called the suction line. This may be gravity fed or charged by centrifugal pumps to provide additional volumetric efficiency to the mud pumps.
The role of mud tank for solids control
Mud tanks play an important role in a solids control system. It is the base of solids control equipment, and also the carrier of drilling fluids. Solids control equipment that are all mounted on the top of mud tanks include the following:
shale shaker
vacuum degasser
desander
desilter
centrifuge
mud agitator
Vertical slurry pump
Drilling fluids flow into the shale shaker directly after it returns to the surface of the well, and the solids that are removed by the screen would be discharged out of the tank, and the drilling fluids with smaller solids would flow through the screen into mud tank for further purification. A centrifugal pump sucks the shaker-treated fluids up to the desilter or mud cleaner for further purification. And vertical slurry pump is used to pump the drilling fluids up to the centrifuge, and a mud pump would pump the drilling fluids from mud tank into the borehole after it is treated by centrifuge and the circulation system continues.
The number of the mud tanks that are needed on the drilling rig depends on the depth of the well, and also the mud demands of drilling. Normally the shale shaker and vacuum degasser and desander are mounted together on the same mud tank as the first tank at the oilfield, while desilter and centrifuge on the second tank. Also, the drilling rig has other different tanks such as a reserve tank, emergency tank, etc.
The classification of mud tank
Mud tanks are an important part in the solids control system. Based on functions, mud tanks include metering tanks, circulating tanks, chemical tanks, aggravating tanks, precipitating tanks, storing tanks, etc.
References
Drilling fluid |
17999651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oeki%20Hoekema | Oeki Hoekema | Uilke Piebe "Oeki" Hoekema (born 28 January 1949) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a forward for Go Ahead Eagles, PSV, De Graafschap, Lierse SK, ADO Den Haag, Cambuur, and FC Wageningen, as well as the Netherlands national team.
References
External links
Player profile at Voetbal International
Living people
1949 births
Dutch men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Netherlands men's international footballers
Go Ahead Eagles players
PSV Eindhoven players
De Graafschap players
Lierse S.K. players
ADO Den Haag players
FC Wageningen players
Footballers from Leeuwarden
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
20th-century Dutch sportsmen |
17999652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHCAO-FM | XHCAO-FM | XHCAO-FM (89.1 MHz) is a radio station in Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, serving Reynosa, Tamaulipas and Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
History
XHCAO began on 101.7 FM, with a concession awarded to Liza Garza Acosta on August 16, 1994. In 2000, it was sold to Radio BMP de Ciudad Camargo, around the same time it moved to 89.1 FM.
It broadcast the formats La Comadre, La Mejor and La Ley until 2006 when it was transferred to XHRR-FM.
In April 2019, R Communications sold the Radio United stations in Mexico, including XHCAO, XHAVO, and XHRR, to Radio Ultra, S.A. de C.V., a company owned by the Bichara family. The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) approved the transfer on September 2, 2020.
External links
raiostationworld.com; Radio stations serving the Rio Grande Valley
References
Regional Mexican radio stations
Radio stations in Reynosa
Radio stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Mexico |
17999668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Abdul%20Rahman%20%28academic%29 | Omar Abdul Rahman (academic) | Omar bin Abdul Rahman P.S.M., J.M.N., J.S.M. (born 1932) is a Malaysian academic and corporate figure. He is currently the president and CEO of the MUST Ehsan Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that manages and administers the Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST).
Career
Early academic career
Omar graduated from the University of Sydney in 1958 with a degree in Veterinary Science and later earned a Ph.D from University of Cambridge in 1966. He started his professional career in 1960 in veterinary research, then in 1972 moved on to academic life at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM), now Universiti Putra Malaysia where he was the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences and the first professor appointed by the university. Omar played major roles in the establishment phase of the university and in the founding of several faculties and academic programmes. His last position at UPM was as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs.
Government and corporate career
In 1984 he was appointed Science Adviser in the Prime Minister's Department, the first person to hold the position. As Science Adviser, Tan Sri Omar served on a number of national committees including The National Development Planning Committee, The National Council for Scientific Research and Development, The National Information Technology Council and the National Telecommunication Council. He initiated a number of national programmes for enhancing research and development funding, for commercialization of the results of research and for the overall improvement of the national science and technology management processes.
He was the founder chairman of Technology Park Malaysia Corporation, the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Composite Technology (Research) Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Malaysian Technology Development Corporation.
Later academic career
Omar is also the founding and current chairman of the London-based Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management Ltd (CPTM), Founding Fellow of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for The Developing World), an Honorary Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Founding and Immediate Past President of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.
He also served as a member of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development, the Executive Committee for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference's Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation and of the UNESCO’s International Scientific Council for Science and Technology Policy Development.
Retirement from government service
He retired as Science Advisor in January 2001 after serving for more than 16 years but remains as Prime Minister's Special Representative to CPTM. Upon retirement in January 2001, he was given the task to establish and manage the Venture Capital for Technology Acquisition fund, a government fund managed by Kumpulan Modal Perdana Sdn. Bhd., of which he was its Executive Chairman from 2001 to April 2007.
Awards and honours
In recognition of his contributions, Omar has received the following:
Honorary doctorates
Australia
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland
Canada
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Malaysia
National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor
United Kingdom
University of Bristol, Bristol, England
University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
State honours
Malaysian federal awards
: Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (J.S.M.) (1976)
: Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (J.M.N.) (1987)
: Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (1994)
References
Profile from Malaysia University of Science and Technology
Board of Directors, GMO Limited
Living people
1932 births
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Academic staff of the University of Putra Malaysia
Malaysian biologists
Companions of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
Companions of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia |
17999682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henan%20Experimental%20Primary%20School | Henan Experimental Primary School | Henan Experimental Primary School (), founded in 1960, is a primary school in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
It was selected as one of the ten Olympics Education Model Schools in Henan in 2007.
References
External links
Official website of Henan Experimental Primary School
Education in Zhengzhou
Educational institutions established in 1960
Public primary schools in China
Experimental schools
1960 establishments in China |
17999685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gardeners%20Dictionary | The Gardeners Dictionary | The Gardeners Dictionary is a widely cited reference series written by Philip Miller (1691–1771), which tended to focus on plants cultivated in England. Eight editions of the series were published in his lifetime. After his death, it was further developed by George Don as A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system (1831–1838).
Editions
References
External links
Various scans at The Internet Archive
Books about gardening
Dictionaries by subject |
17999698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20Queensland%20Roar%20FC%20season | 2008–09 Queensland Roar FC season | The 2008–09 Queensland Roar season was the club's fourth season participating in the A-League where they would finish in 3rd place in the regular season.
Squad
Full time squad as of 31 July 2008
Player Movement
¤ Reinaldo transferred to Busan I'Park at the end of the 2007/08 A-League season and returned to Queensland in July 2008 on a free transfer.
Pre-Season
Roar Roadshow
Translink Cup
2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Hyundai A-League 2008–09
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Finals series
Minor semi-final – away leg
Minor semi-final – home leg
Preliminary final (One Leg – Played away to loser of major semi-final)
Ladder position
References
2008–09
2008–09 A-League season by team |
17999702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inwood%20Country%20Club | Inwood Country Club | Inwood Country Club is a private Golf, Tennis & Beach Club in Inwood, New York, located adjacent to Jamaica Bay and just southeast of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Originally established as nine-hole course in 1901, it is one of the oldest golf courses on Long Island. The course was expanded to an eighteen-hole layout in 1906. Prior to hosting any major championships, the course was in part redesigned by course architect Herbert Strong. The front nine of the course features an unusual layout: three consecutive par 5s followed by two par 3s in a row.
In the early 1920s, Inwood hosted two major championships, won by two of the game's legends. The PGA Championship in 1921 was won by Walter Hagen, the first of his five wins in that major, then a match play competition. Two years later, 21-year-old amateur Bobby Jones won the U.S. Open, the first of his four titles in that championship.
Inwood Country Club has a private beach club, located a few minutes from its main house in the affluent beach town of Atlantic Beach, NY.
1923 U.S. Open
Jones had a three shot lead entering the final round, but his lead vanished when he ended bogey-bogey-double bogey. Leaving the 18th green, Jones remarked disgustedly, "I didn't finish like a champion ... I finished like a yellow dog." When Bobby Cruickshank made birdie on the last hole to tie, Jones found himself needing to win an 18-hole playoff to secure his first championship. The next day, Jones and Cruickshank played the first 17 holes all-square. On the 18th, Jones hit his drive about from the green in the right rough. Calmly executing what would prove to be one of the finest shots of his career, Jones drilled a two-iron to within eight feet of the pin.
Course Layout
References
External links
Golden Age U.S. Open Courses Improve With Age
Golf clubs and courses in New York (state)
Sports venues in Long Island
Sports venues in Nassau County, New York
Hempstead, New York
Five Towns |
17999704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iluvatar%20%28tree%29 | Iluvatar (tree) | Iluvatar is a redwood tree in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California that has been confirmed to be at least in diameter at breast height, and in height. Measured by botanist Stephen C. Sillett, it is the world's third-largest coast redwood, the largest being Lost Monarch.
Iluvatar is located among a group of trees called Atlas Grove. The location is unpublished. Atlas Grove, including Iluvatar, is a carefully studied area of forest. Measuring Iluvatar required five climbers for over 20 days. Iluvatar has 134 reiterated trunks, more than any except the Redwood Creek Giant. Its first reiterated trunk is 2.6 meters in diameter, the largest reiteration on any redwood. In total, reiterations account for 12.3 percent of its stemwood volume.
Like many old growth redwoods, trunks within the crown are hydraulically linked by fused branches. In addition to allowing for water transfer within the crown, these fusions strengthen the crown of the tree, making it more resilient to wind damage. Iluvatar has 30 such fusions.
This redwood tree was named by Sillett after Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of the universe in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, in which his novels The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion take place.
The Atlas Grove (with Iluvatar) is said by author Richard Preston to have been discovered by naturalist Michael Taylor in 1991.
This coastal redwood is surrounded by other old coastal redwoods including Atlas Tree, Gaia, Pleiades, Ballantine, Prometheus, Bell, Zeus and others. Ballantine was named after a real man. Some were named after ancient Greek gods. Neighboring species include Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis, Acer macrophyllum, Rhamnus purshiana, Umbellularia californica, Tsuga heterophylla, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and Lithocarpus densiflorus.
See also
List of individual trees
References
External links
Orion Article: Day of Discovery - Excerpted from The Wild Trees by Richard Preston
Photograph Documentation and Photographs including 'Iluvatar' redwood
Individual coast redwood trees
Redwood National and State Parks |
17999726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s%2021st%20State%20Assembly%20district | California's 21st State Assembly district | California's 21st State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Diane Papan of San Mateo.
District profile
The district includes most of San Mateo County, California.
Most of San Mateo County – 64.50%
Atherton – 2.77%
Belmont
Brisbane
Burlingame
East Palo Alto
Foster City
Hillsborough
Menlo Park – 19.41%
Millbrae
Redwood City
San Bruno – 95.76%
San Carlos
San Mateo
South San Francisco – 50.20%
Election results from statewide races
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 21st district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Election results (1992–present)
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
See also
California State Assembly
California State Assembly districts
Districts in California
References
External links
District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Government of Merced County, California
Government of Stanislaus County, California
San Joaquin Valley
Ceres, California
Los Banos, California
Merced, California
Modesto, California |
17999740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Galj%C3%A9 | Hans Galjé | Hans Galjé (born 21 February 1957) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player. During his playing career, he played as a goalkeeper for ADO Den Haag, Ajax, FC Utrecht, KV Kortrijk, KSV Waregem and Club Brugge. He was manager of Belgian side R.E. Mouscron in the final months of its existence.
Personal life
Hans's nephew Timothy is also a footballer.
References
External links
1957 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
Dutch football managers
ADO Den Haag players
AFC Ajax players
FC Utrecht players
K.V. Kortrijk players
Club Brugge KV players
Eredivisie players
Belgian Pro League players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Royal Excel Mouscron managers
Footballers from Delft
Dutch expatriate football managers
20th-century Dutch sportsmen |
17999748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso%20and%20Wood%20Canyons%20Wilderness%20Park | Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park | Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park is a major regional park in the San Joaquin Hills of Orange County, California in the United States. Comprising of rugged coastal canyons, open grassland, and riparian woodland, the park borders the suburban cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel and lies within a portion of the ancestral homeland of the indigenous Acjachemen people.
Aliso and Wood Canyons is part of a larger park complex known as the South Coast Wilderness. Surrounded by heavy suburban development and the Pacific Ocean, it is an important regional wildlife preserve.
The park includes trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding; a greenbelt and bikeway along Aliso Creek; and various geological features such as caves, springs, and exposed marine fossil beds. The park is administered by the County of Orange under the OC Parks Department.
The name Aliso originated in the 18th century when Spanish explorers named Aliso Creek, probably for the Alnus rhombifolia (white alder) tree native to the area. Wood Canyon was likely named for the groves of California live oak and sycamores that are found in the canyon. In 2021, the park was designated by the Old Growth Forest Network for its old live oak and sycamore trees.
History
The park was originally inhabited by the Acjachemen and Tongva Native Americans who used Aliso Creek as the boundary between their respective territories to the south and north. The relationship between the two tribes was mostly peaceful. Because Aliso Canyon was one of the few places in what is now south Orange County with perennial streams and springs – as well as providing easy access from inland areas to the Pacific Ocean – it was a major wintering spot for native peoples. The Acjachemen village of Niguili was located in what is now the park, near the confluence of Aliso Creek and Sulphur Creek.
The 1769 Spanish Portola expedition was the first European party to explore the area. Spanish ships were also known to anchor in the bay at the mouth of Aliso Canyon and sailors "harvested large timbers from the river area". In the following decades the Spanish colonized California they established missions to convert the Native Americans to Christianity with varying degrees of success. The peoples who once lived in Aliso Canyon were moved by the Spanish to the nearby Mission San Juan Capistrano.
After Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821 the missions were secularized and mission lands were divided into private land grants. The Rancho Niguel, which included most of what is now the park, was granted to Juan Avila in 1842. After the Mexican–American War in 1850, California became part of the United States; after a severe drought Avila sold the ranch in 1865. Rancho Niguel changed hands multiple times until it was acquired by Lewis Moulton and Jean Pierre Daguerre in 1895.
During the 19th century, others also took advantage of the shelter and seclusion offered by Aliso Canyon. Dripping Cave (once used by the local Native Americans as a shelter), tucked into a sheltered part of Wood Canyon, became a "base of operations" of outlaws, led by Juan Flores, who robbed stagecoaches traveling between Los Angeles and San Diego. Long after the bandits were arrested, it retains the nickname "Robbers Cave". In 1871 Eugene Salter, the first white settler along Aliso Creek, claimed in the canyon just outside the Rancho Niguel. The next year, the homestead was taken over by the Thurston family who irrigated an orchard using water from Aliso Creek.
Aliso Canyon was used for sheep ranching through the first half of the 20th century, although tourism was also growing due to the popularity of Aliso Beach at canyon's end, and the establishment of the Aliso Creek Inn and Golf Course on the old Thurston property in 1950. During the 1960s, the Rancho Niguel was sold for residential suburban development in the planned cities of Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel. The Aliso Canyon was the proposed location of a "much publicized national fitness center headed by former Los Angeles Rams coach George Allen." A six-lane highway was proposed to run the length of the canyon, to link inland communities with Laguna Beach.
The canyon was spared from development when about 40 land parcels were acquired by the county for use as a park, the largest in 1979 when the Mission Viejo Company donated . The park officially opened on March 31, 1990 as Aliso and Wood Canyons Regional Park; it was later designated a Wilderness Park to better preserve native habitat. Continued land acquisitions and donations since then brought the park to its current size.
Features and characteristics
The park encompasses the dramatic Aliso Canyon, which is the valley formed by Aliso Creek as it slices through the San Joaquin Hills on its way from the Cleveland National Forest to the Pacific Ocean. Wood Canyon is formed by Wood Canyon Creek as it flows south to join Aliso Creek in the center of the park. Another tributary, Sulphur Creek, joins Aliso Creek at the eastern end of the park. Elevations within the park range from above sea level to at Temple Hill in Laguna Beach (colloquially "Top of the World"), on the park's western boundary. On a clear day, most of Orange County can be seen from Temple Hill and the other ridge tops surrounding Aliso Canyon.
Aliso and Wood Canyons links two major park systems in Orange County. The South Coast Wilderness, which protects much of the San Joaquin Hills ecosystem, includes Laguna Coast Wilderness Park which borders Aliso and Wood Canyons to the north. The Aliso Creek Corridor, a greenbelt stretching along Aliso Creek to national forest lands in the Santa Ana Mountains, also terminates in Aliso Canyon. Aliso and Wood Canyons very nearly touches the popular Aliso Beach County Park on its southern end; however, the two are separated by the private Ranch at Laguna Beach (formerly Aliso Creek Inn and Golf Course), preventing visitors from accessing the beach using park trails. A plan to extend a public trail through this property was indefinitely suspended in 2009 after the Great Recession.
The park contains a large number of artifacts from past inhabitants of the area. Many types of these prehistoric artifacts are found throughout the park. These include, but are not limited to, open air shell middens, rock shelters, stone tools, and their production sites. There is also historic farm equipment and buildings dating from the Rancho Niguel period. Such historical sites include the Moulton Cement Plant, Bacon House site, and Tischler Rock.
Climate
The park has a warm, dry Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and hot summers. Most of the annual rainfall occurs between December and March. The average annual precipitation is .
Trails and access
The park is open from 7 am to sunset. The main entrance and parking are located off Alicia Parkway at AWMA Road in Laguna Niguel. There is no entrance fee, but a $3 fee applies for parking.
About of recreational trails wind through the park. The most prominent include the paved Aliso Creek Trail, which travels the length of the park, and the unpaved Wood Canyon Trail which terminates at Canyon View Park in Aliso Viejo. The Aliso Creek Trail continues north along the creek towards Laguna Hills as a paved walking/biking path. The more enclosed and shaded Wood Canyon is a popular location for horseback riding; the hills bordering Wood Canyon include many mountain biking paths, such as the Mathis Canyon and Rock-It trails, ranging in difficulty from beginner to advanced. Many of the names for smaller trails in the park are from the Acjachemen language, including Aswut ("golden eagle"), Toovet ("brush rabbit"), Alwut ("crow") and Hunwut ("black bear").
Dripping Cave is a popular beginner's hike and was once used as a hideout by local cattle and stagecoach thieves during the 1800s. The Aliso Summit and West Ridge trails hug the ridge lines on the park's eastern and western boundaries, respectively.
Geology
Aliso Canyon began forming about 1.2 million years ago, as Aliso Creek carved its way through the hills at the same time the hills experienced geological uplift. During the pluvial Ice Age, ending about 10,000 years ago, Orange County had a much wetter climate and sea levels were lower; the valley is a relic of a time when much more water flowed through Aliso Creek as it cut its way to the sea. At the end of the Ice Age sea levels rose, backfilling the canyon and creating a shallow fjord. Sediment deposited by Aliso Creek slowly filled the canyon to depths of and created the flat valley floor seen today. The creek remains as an underfit stream whose present size, in today's semiarid climate, appears too small to have cut the canyon through which it flows.
The San Joaquin Hills consist of marine sedimentary rock that originally lay at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean before being uplifted above sea level. As the creek cut through the hills it exposed strata of the Monterey Formation dating to the Miocene (5-23 million years ago) and the Eocene (34–56 million years ago). Limestone outcrops in the northeast section of the park, part of the Pecten Reef, have yielded thousands of fossils including Miocene dolphin and whales, preserved invertebrates, plankton, bryozoa, and red, blue and brown algae. Much of the scientific understanding for evolution, paleoenvironments and paleoclimates during the Miocene period in Orange County is based on the specimens collected from the Pecten Reef.
Ecology
The plant and animal species in the park are split between three major plant communities covering approximately equal acreage within the park. These are coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and annual grassland. Chaparral often co-exists with sage scrub on the hills and slopes of the park; mostly in the southern extreme of the park. The grassland covers the valley floor, with riparian zones along the park's perennial streams. The park, a designated wildlife sanctuary, protects the habitat of 137 species of nesting and migratory birds.
Plants
The Aliso Canyon bottom is seasonal grassland, which flourishes in spring and diminishes by late summer or fall. The park protects habitat for a number of sensitive plant species, including many-stemmed dudleya, Pomona rattleweed, Orange County Turkish rugging, Palmer's grapplinghook, aphanisma, Laguna Beach dudleya, scrub oak, western dichondra, hummingbird sage, ocean spray, and crown-beard. Oak and sycamore are found in Wood Canyon, and marshes and grassy wetlands are found along Aliso Creek. Native grassland ecosystems in the less visited south-western portion of the park are considered largely intact.
Animals
The park is one of the largest sanctuaries in coastal Orange County for mammals such as coyotes and bobcats. Several sensitive bird, small mammal, and reptile species find refuge in the park, including California gnatcatcher, pond turtle, San Diego horned lizard, orange-throated whiptail, Pacific pocket mouse, great egret, white-tailed kite, northern harrier, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, ferruginous hawk, cactus wren, yellow warbler, and yellow-breasted chat. Up to five bald eagles have been counted in Aliso Canyon, and peregrine falcons have been sighted flying along the canyon walls.
Fish
Aliso Creek was formerly a major steelhead stream. Dam construction, upstream channelization, pollution, invasive plant species such as giant reed, as well as severe erosion problems that have in some places undermined the Aliso Creek Trail, have essentially eliminated steelhead with only occasional anecdotal sightings. Near the mouth, there was also a large population of tidewater goby (an endemic species to California) which have largely disappeared with human development. Carp of up to 18 inches (1.5 feet, 45 cm) have been taken from the creek; they are among the few fish species that thrive in the warm, silty and nutrient-rich waters.
Environmental issues
Among the most long-running problems afflicting Aliso and Wood Canyons is the presence of invasive species, many introduced by former ranching activities, and later, exotic ornamental plants imported for gardens. Plants such as giant reed (Arundo donax) and pampas grass crowd out native vegetation and provide less nutritional value to animals that frequent the park. Giant reed in particular has invaded many riparian zones along Aliso Creek and reduced the biodiversity of these habitats. There are also numerous invasive animal species, including the Brown-headed cowbird, a brood parasite which lays its eggs in native birds' nests. Recent mitigation projects have utilized herbicides and trapping to reduce the population of invasive species within the canyon.
Another issue affecting the park are hikers and mountain bikers who create unauthorized trails as shortcuts. Even before the opening of the park in 1990, motorcyclists would frequently trespass inside the boundaries, damaging sensitive habitat and slopes; in part because of this, motorized vehicles with the exception of maintenance and emergency workers are banned in the park. Rangers regularly block and re-plant unofficial trails, and visitors are urged to stay on the designated trails to prevent erosion.
Erosion
The Aliso Wastewater Management Agency (AWMA) was created in 1974 to reclaim domestic sewage for irrigation; a water treatment facility was established inside the future park as the overflow into Aliso Creek when the volume of reclaimed water exceeds demand in nearby cities. Since then, the population of south Orange County has grown faster than projected, increasing the volume of wastewater entering Aliso Creek and causing erosion problems inside the park.
In the 1990s Orange County and the Mission Viejo Company constructed a dam on Aliso Creek inside the park, which was intended to control erosion and help restore riparian habitat. About 10,000 trees were planted to enhance habitat conditions. This project was known as the Aliso Creek Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project (ACWHEP). However, after flooding damages in 1997-98 the dam was severely damaged, and has led to significant degradation of the river bed such that the creek now flows in a gully below the surrounding land. This has caused further environmental problems along the creek, and dried up former riparian habitat and wetlands.
Further efforts to control erosion along the creek in the park, both to restore habitat and protect nearby waste-water pipelines, have been controversial as they would severely impact the existing habitat in the canyon. A 2008 proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, would have "locked" the creek in place by building 20 drop structures and underground concrete walls to counter channel migration. The works would have involved moving as much as of earth and affected of the park. In 2009 a study submitted to the City of Laguna Beach suggested that the creek should be allowed to reach natural equilibrium with its surroundings, as additional human interference would likely lead to further unexpected damages. Due to environmental concerns, no such project has been attempted to date.
See also
Crystal Cove State Park
References
Parks in Orange County, California
Regional parks in California
San Joaquin Hills |
17999763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einabus | Einabus | Einabus () is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 12 kilometers (7 miles) south of Nablus and a part of the Nablus Governorate. Nearby towns include Huwara and Beita to the east and Jammain to the south.
Location
‘Einabus is located south of Nablus. It is bordered by Huwwara to the east, ‘Urif to the north, ‘Urif and Jamma'in to the west, and Jamma’in and Huwwara to the south.
Archaeology
Tombs dug out of the rocks and ancient cisterns have been found here.
History
Potsherds from Middle Bronze Age, LB/IA I, Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Crusader/Ayyubid era have been found.
The village's old mosque was built during that time and is dedicated to Umar ibn al-Khattab. Until today, olives and figs remain primary sources of income for the residents of Einabus.
The old mosque, Jama al-Arbain, was inspected in 1928 and 1942, and on a column was found inscribed the name Abdallah and the date 625 AH (=1227-1228 CE).
Ottoman era
The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of the Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 49 Muslim households. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, and goats or beehives; a total of 5,317 akçe.
In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels as a village, named Ain Abus. It was noted was a village in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.
In June, 1870, French explorer Victor Guérin found the village to have a spring (after which it was named), and having about 400 inhabitants. Below the village was a valley of olive trees.
In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus.
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village (called Ain Abus) as "a small village conspicuous on a low spur of the mountain, with a spring to the west and olives to the south."
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, 'Ainabus had a population of 227 inhabitants, all Muslims, increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 244, still all Muslim, in a total of 62 houses.
In the 1945 census, the population was 340, all Muslims, with of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, were for plantations or irrigated land, 2,107 for cereals, while 29 dunams were built-up (urban) land.
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Einabus came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 524 inhabitants in Einabus.
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Einabus has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 85% of the village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 15% as Area C. Israel has confiscated 114 dunums of Ein Abus land for the construction of the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar. Since Yitzhar was established, the villagers of Einabus have been the victims of several violent attacks from the Yitzhar settlers. The Israeli settlers have also stolen crops and damaged Palestinian homes.
As of 2012, Israeli settlers have also taken over land in Area B, in "a combination of unbridled thievery by settlers and impotence on the part of the Israeli authorities."
The village had a population of 1200 in 1987, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, and of 2,891 in 2017.
Infrastructure
There are two girls' secondary schools and one for boys. A charity center founded in 1984 contains a kindergarten and a training center for weaving and helps college-bound students that are financially unable to enter college to attend. In addition to the old mosque, Einabus has two modern mosques.
Government
Einabus is governed by a village council of seven elected members including the chairman or mayor. In 2005, Nafez Rashdan was elected mayor of Einabus.
References
Bibliography
External links
Welcome To 'Aynabus
Einabus, Welcome to Palestine
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Einabus Village Profile, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Einabus (aerial photo), ARIJ
Development Priorities and Needs in ‘Einabus, ARIJ
Aggressions on Palestinians, their Properties and their Lands In 'Einabus village 06-12, 2009, POICA
Continuous Colonists' Aggressions against Palestinian Lands and Belongings in 'Einabus Village 1 April 2010, POICA
Setting 150 Olive Trees Ablaze in 'Einabus – Nablus city 20, September, 2011, POICA
Colonists of Yizhar Set a Car Ablaze 18, May, 2012, POICA
Villages in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine |
17999778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHEMY-FM | XHEMY-FM | XHEMY-FM is a radio station in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas. It broadcasts on 98.7 FM and airs a grupera format known as La Jefa.
History
XEMY-AM 840 received its concession on March 14, 1966. It was a 500-watt daytimer, later increased to 1,000 watts in the 1990s. It moved to FM in December 2011.
External links
radiostationworld.com; List of Tamaulipas radio stations
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Ciudad Mante |
17999781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud%20pump | Mud pump | A mud pump (sometimes referred to as a mud drilling pump or drilling mud pump), is a reciprocating piston/plunger pump designed to circulate drilling fluid under high pressure (up to ) down the drill string and back up the annulus. A mud pump is an important part of the equipment used for oil well drilling.
Classification
According to the acting type
Mud pumps can be divided into single-acting pump and double-acting pump according to the completion times of the suction and drainage acting in one cycle of the piston's reciprocating motion.
According to the quantity of liners (piston/plunger)
Mud pumps come in a variety of sizes and configurations but for the typical petroleum drilling rig, the triplex (three piston/plunger) mud pump is used. Duplex mud pumps (two piston/plungers) have generally been replaced by the triplex pump, but are still common in developing countries. Two later developments are the hex pump with six vertical pistons/plungers, and various quintuplexes with five horizontal piston/plungers. The advantages that these new pumps have over convention triplex pumps is a lower mud noise which assists with better measurement while drilling (MWD) and logging while drilling (LWD) decoding.
Composition
The "normal" mud pump consists of two main sub-assemblies, the fluid end and the power end.
Fluid end
The fluid end produces the pumping process with valves, pistons, and liners. Because these components are high-wear items, modern pumps are designed to allow quick replacement of these parts.
To reduce severe vibration caused by the pumping process, these pumps incorporate both a suction and discharge pulsation damper. These are connected to the inlet and outlet of the fluid end.
Power end
The power end converts the rotation of the drive shaft to the reciprocating motion of the pistons. In most cases a crosshead crank gear is used for this.
Mud pump parts
A mud pump is composed of many parts including mud pump liner, mud pump piston, modules, hydraulic seat pullers, and other parts.
Parts of a mud pump:
housing itself,
liner with packing,
cover plus packing,
piston and piston rod,
suction valve and discharge valve with their seats,
stuffing box (only in double-acting pumps),
gland (only in double-acting pumps),
pulsation damper.
Performance parameters
There are two main parameters to measure the performance of a mud pump: displacement and pressure.
Displacement
Displacement is calculated as discharged liters per minute. It is related to the drilling hole diameter and the return speed of drilling fluid from the bottom of the hole, i.e. the larger the diameter of drilling hole, the larger the desired displacement. The return speed of drilling fluid should wash away the debris and rock powder cut by the drill from the bottom of the hole in a timely manner, and reliably carry them to the earth's surface. When drilling geological core, the speed is generally in range of 0.4 to 1.0 m^3/min.
Pressure
The pressure of the pump depends on the depth of the drilling hole, the resistance of flushing fluid (drilling fluid) through the channel, as well as the nature of the conveying drilling fluid. The deeper the drilling hole and the greater the pipeline resistance, the higher the pressure needed.
With the changes of drilling hole diameter and depth, the displacement of the pump can be adjusted accordingly. In the mud pump mechanism, the gearbox or hydraulic motor is equipped to adjust its speed and displacement. In order to accurately measure the changes in pressure and displacement, a flow meter and pressure gauge are installed in the mud pump.
Characteristics
The structure is simple and easy to disassemble and maintain
Smooth operation, low vibration and low noise
Can deliver high concentration and high viscosity (less than 10000 PaS) suspended slurry
Drilling fluid flow is stable, no overcurrent, pulsation and stirred, shear slurry phenomena
Discharge pressure is not connected to speed; low flow can also maintain a high discharge pressure
Displacement is proportional to the speed, and can be adjusted by shifting the mechanism or motor
High self-absorption ability, and can suck liquid directly without bottom valve
Maintenance
The construction department should have a special maintenance worker that is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machine. Mud pumps and other mechanical equipment should be inspected and maintained on a scheduled and timely basis to find and address problems ahead of time, in order to avoid unscheduled shutdown. The worker should attend to the size of the sediment particles; if large particles are found, the mud pump parts should be checked frequently for wear, to see if they need to be repaired or replaced. The wearing parts for mud pumps include pump casing, bearings, impeller, piston, liner, etc. Advanced anti-wear measures should be adopted to increase the service life of the wearing parts, which can reduce the investment cost of the project, and improve production efficiency. At the same time, wearing parts and other mud pump parts should be repaired rather than replaced when possible.
See also
Centrifugal pump
Diaphragm pump
References
External links
3D Dynamic Modeling Of Mud Pump
Drilling fluid |
17999809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio | Reductio | Reductio is open source software written using the Java Programming Language from an idea that originated in a research paper called QuickCheck: A Lightweight Tool for Random Testing of Haskell Programs. Reductio and QuickCheck utilise a testing technique called Automated Specification-based Testing.
The primary objective of Reductio is to make testing as rigorous as possible, while alleviating developer effort through automation of many common testing tasks. Reductio includes usage examples that demonstrate how this objective has been met using both traditional Java 1.5 and Java 7 BGGA syntax as well as Scala programming language examples.
Example
The following example uses Java 7 BGGA syntax to execute 100 unit tests on java.util.LinkedList. It asserts that when a list (x) is appended to another list (y), then the size() of the resulting list (xy) is equivalent to the sum of the size() of the two original lists.
Property p = property(arbLinkedList(arbInteger), arbLinkedList(arbInteger), {
LinkedList<Integer> x, LinkedList<Integer> y =>
prop(append(x, y).size() == x.size() + y.size())
});
Citations and footnotes
External links
Reductio website
Reductio User Manual
Reductio RequalsHashCode
A Case for Automated Testing
Tests As Documentation
Software testing tools
Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
Free software testing tools |
17999822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomeryshire%20Yeomanry | Montgomeryshire Yeomanry | The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry was a Welsh auxiliary unit of the British Army first formed in 1803. It served in home defence and for internal security, including deployments to deal with Chartist disturbances in the 1830s. It provided volunteers to the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War and formed three regiments for service during World War I. It was broken up and converted to infantry and artillery in 1920.
Napoleonic Wars
During the French Revolutionary Wars of the 1790s a number of English and Welsh counties formed part-time units of Yeomanry Cavalry and Volunteer Infantry for home defence and internal security duties. The Welsh county of Montgomeryshire failed to raise any yeomanry or volunteers at this time. However, after the short-lived Peace of Amiens broke down in 1803, under the leadership of Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire, the county rapidly two formed Troops of Yeomanry cavalry, at Montgomery and Welshpool by August 1803. Williams-Wynn took command as Major-Commandant, and a third troop soon followed at Newtown and Abermule. By 2 November this had expanded into a large force, the Montgomeryshire Volunteer Legion. In contemporary terminology a 'Legion' was an all-arms force, and soon after its formation the Montgomeryshire unit comprised three Troops of Yeomanry cavalry each 40 strong, and 20 Companies of Volunteer infantry, with Watkins-Wynn as Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant and commander of the legion's cavalry. Charles Hanbury-Tracy was the second lieutenant-colonel.
The legion's cavalry established its headquarters at Trehelig-gro, Welshpool. It carried out 14 days' training at Wrexham in 1804, and 21 days at Shrewsbury in 1805, after which activity declined. By 1808, Volunteers numbers were falling and government dissatisfaction led to their replacement by a force of Local Militia, whose ranks could if necessary be filled by compulsion using the Militia ballot. Many Volunteer units chose to transfer to the new force en masse, and the Montgomeryshire Legion infantry easily filled the new Eastern and Western Montgomeryshire Local Militia. The cavalry troops however remained in being as the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry, increased to a strength of 184 all ranks by September 1809. Training was held at Oswestry in October 1809 (8 days), and at Welshpool in 1810 (12 days), 1812 (14 days) and 1813 (14 days) A further troop was raised at Berriew in May 1813, bringing the establishment of the unit (termed a 'corps') up to 238, and from that year the Yeomanry received Regular Army pay when training.
19th Century
The wars ended with the Battle of Waterloo. The militia and local militia were stood down, but recognising their usefulness as an aid to the civil power, the government kept the yeomanry in being. The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry was drawn out for training in 1815 and 1817. During the summer of 1819 it sent a troop to deal with disturbances in Newtown and Abermule and because of the unrest two further troops were raised in December that year, at Llangedwyn and Llanfyllin, giving the unit the status of a regiment. In 1821 the establishment of each troop was raised to 50 privates. Training was carried out each year until 1826, when the regiment was organised as follows:
1st Troop (Newtown) – Captain Edward Farmer, 48 men
2nd Troop (Montgomery) – Capt Pryce Devereaux, 61 men
3rd Troop (Llanfyllin) – Capt Wythen Jones, 48 men
4th Troop (Llangedwyn) – Capt David Pugh, 53 men
5th Troop (Berriew) – Capt Winder Lyon, 55 men
6th Troop (Welshpool) – Capt A.D. Jones, 46 men
However, in 1827 the government withdrew funding from the yeomanry. As the officers and men of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry were unwilling to serve at their own expense, the regiment was disbanded in March 1828.
Chartist disturbances
Within three years, a wave of unrest across the country led to a number of yeomanry regiments being reformed. In view of the civil disturbances in north-east Wales, Charles Watkins-Wyn applied to reform the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. Approval to reform a regiment of four troops was received on 13 January 1831 and they were organised as follows:
Berriew Troop – Capt J.W.L. Winder; disbanded by September 1831
Newtown Troop – Capt H.A. Proctor
Montgomery Troop – Capt Rice Pryce Buckley Williams (promoted to major 4 May 1837)
Welshpool Troop – Capt J. Davies Corrie
Llangedwyn Troop – Capt A. Bonner Maurice; authorised 25 February 1831
The establishment of a troop was 50 privates, soon raised to 63, giving a total strength of 296 all ranks. They assembled at Welshpool for training in October 1831, most of the men having been in the earlier regiment. Training was carried out at Welshpool or Newtown almost each year thereafter. In the autumn of 1832 it provided the escort when the Duchess of Kent and Princess (later Queen) Victoria visited Powis Castle.
Although the government reduced Yeomanry funding again in 1838, the Montgomeryshire regiment was unaffected because of the continuing unrest in the county. In December 1837 two troops had been called out to deal with Chartist disturbances at Caersws but the use of force was not required. Troops were called out again in May and December 1838. The worst trouble came in May 1839 when Chartist activities at Llanidloes led to the despatch of three police officers from London and the swearing-in of 200 Special constables. The arrest of three activists angered the Chartists, and an armed mob rescued the prisoners and caused damage to property. The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, 200 strong, reinforced by four troops of the South Salopian Yeomanry marched from Welshpool to Llandiloes, arriving on 4 May, by which time the town was in the hands of the insurgents. The yeomanry immediately searched the town, making a number of arrests, uncovering arms caches, and restoring order. Further reinforced by two companies of the 14th Foot next day, the yeomanry conducted further searches and pursuits of the ringleaders. After thee days the area was quiet again and the yeomanry were stood down on 10 May. The Home Secretary congratulated the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry on their prompt assembly when called out, and for their service.
Lieutenant-Col Williams-Wynn retired at the age of 77 in 1844 and from 26 January the commanding officer (CO) was Lt-Col Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet of Wynnstay, a former officer in the 1st Life Guards (as were a number of the regiment's officers). He was simultaneously Lt-Col of the 1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers from 1862. Under his command the regiment's drill and efficiency was improved, and about 1850 its old flintlock pistols were replaced by Carbines. From 1851 the regiment was organised as follows:
1st (later A) Trp (Newtown) – Maj Viscount Seaham, later Earl Vane (formerly 1st LG)
2nd (later B) Trp (Berriew) – Capt C.W. Williams-Wynn
3rd (later C) Trp (Welshpool) – Capt R.D. Jones
4th (later D) Trp (Llangedwyn) – Capt R.M.B. Maurice
E Trp (Lalnfyllin) – Capt John Dugdale of Llwyn; reformed 1862
F Trp (Caersws) – Capt W.H. Adams; reformed 1862
Cardwell Reforms
The Cardwell Reforms of 1871 saw the Yeomanry transferred from the county Lords-Lieutenant to the War Office. Training was improved for officers and permanent staff drill-sergeants, musketry training was improved, and regiments were drilled as squadrons of two troops. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn retired in June 1877 and became the regiment's Honorary Colonel. Major C.W. Williams-Wynn was promoted to succeed him, and in turn was replaced in June 1878 by Sir Watkin's nephew, Sir William Granville Williams, 4th Baronet of Bodelwyddan,
The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry had been re-equipped with the Westley Richards .499 calibre breechloading carbine in 1871, and was rearmed again by 1881 with the Snider .577 carbine. Captain Aubone G. Fife, formerly of the 6th Dragoon Guards, appointed adjutant in 1882, laid great emphasis on musketry training, but this was hampered by the lack of suitable ranges for these more powerful and longer-range weapons. A partial solution was provided by Capt R. Pryce Jones, who refurbished the old volunteer ranges at Penarth at his own expense. The Snider was replaced by the Martini–Henry .455 calibre carbine in 1886, and in 1889 a new range was built at Llangedwynn for the Llangedwynn and Llanfyllin troops. Regimental headquarters (RHQ) was fixed at Welshpool, and Newtown was not used for training after 1885 because there was insufficient space there for squadron training.
In March 1885 Aubone Fife was promoted to command the regiment, and was succeeded in turn on 2 February 1889 by Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet of Wynnstay. Because of difficulties in finding sufficient officers, the Caersws Troop was disbanded in 1889, and the personnel were transferred to the Newtown Troop. However a new F Trp was raised at Guilsfield in 1892. A reorganisation of the Yeomanry in 1893 saw the troops formally reorganised into squadrons. For the Montgomery Yeomanry this gave the following organisation:
RHQ (Welshpool) – Lt-Col Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn
A Squadron (Llangedwyn & Llanfyllin) – Capt Robert Williams-Wynn
B Squadron (Welshpool & Guilsfield) – Capt A. Williams-Wynn
C Squadron (Newtown & Berriew) – Capt N. Robinson
As part of the reorganisation, from April 1893 the Army List showed the Yeomanry regiments grouped into brigades for collective training. They were commanded by the senior regimental commanding officer but they did have a Regular Army Brigade major. The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry together with the Denbighshire Hussars formed the 15th Yeomanry Brigade, part of 8th Division. The brigade first came together for training in 1895 at Welshpool under the command of Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn. Brigade camps were held at Rhyl in 1897 and at the Williams-Wynn estate of Wynnstay in 1900. In 1896 the Montgomeryshires were among the first yeomanry regiments to be re-equipped with the Martini–Metford .303 calibre carbine; reduced charge ammunition was supplied for safe use on the ranges. In 1897 Major Edward Pryce-Jones, MP, was transferred from the regiment to form a new 5th Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
Imperial Yeomanry
Second Boer War
Following a string of defeats during Black Week in early December 1899, the British government realised that it would need more troops than just the regular army to fight the Second Boer War, particularly mounted troops. On 13 December, the War Office decided to allow volunteer forces to serve in the field, and a Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December that officially created the Imperial Yeomanry (IY). The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each for one year. In addition to this, many British citizens (usually mid-upper class) volunteered to join the new force.
The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry raised two companies for the first contingent of the IY, which both landed in South Africa on 6 April 1900 and were assigned to the 9th (Welsh) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry:
31st (Montgomeryshire) Company
49th (Montgomeryshire) Company
When the first contingent returned home in 1901 after their one-year term of service, enough veterans of the 31st and 49th stayed on to reform the companies, while the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry raised two further companies for the second contingent, which also served in the 9th Battalion:
88th (Welsh Yeomanry) Company (sponsored by the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry)
89th (Montgomeryshire) Company
This service earned the regiment its first Battle honour: South Africa 1900–01. Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, who was instrumental in raising the four companies, was awarded a CB in 1902. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the regiment when he retired in 1907.
Captain Robert Williams-Wynn, younger brother of the CO, went to South Africa with 31st Company. During the campaign he was twice Mentioned in Dispatches and was afterwards promoted to major and awarded the DSO.
Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry
The Imperial Yeomanry were trained and equipped as mounted infantry. The concept was considered a success and before the war ended the existing Yeomanry regiments at home were converted into Imperial Yeomanry, with an establishment of RHQ and four squadrons with a machine gun section. This included the Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry, with RHQ at Brook Street drill hall, Welshpool, which raised an additional squadron at Rhayader in Radnorshire. The brigade system was abolished at the same time.
In 1906 Major Robert Williams-Wynn, DSO, was promoted to command the regiment in succession to his brother, who became its Honorary Colonel the following year.
Territorial Force
The Imperial Yeomanry were subsumed into the new Territorial Force (TF) under the Haldane Reforms of 1908. and the regiment was officially titled the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry (Dragoons) with the following organisation:
RHQ at Brook Street, Welshpool
A Squadron at Llanfyllin, with detachments at Meifod, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Llangedwyn, Trefonen, Llanfair Caereinion, and Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
B Squadron at Welshpool, with detachments at Guilsfield, Castle Caereinion, Four Crosses, Chirbury, Berriew, Trewern and Forden
C Squadron at Newtown, with detachments at Church Stoke, Caersws, New MiIls, Llanbrynmair, Montgomery, Trefeglwys, Bettws Cedewain, Cemmaes Road, Dolfor and Llangurig
D Squadron at Llandrindod Wells, with detachments at Llanidloes, Builth Wells, Ryhayader, Llanbister, Bowling Green Lane, Knighton and Hay-on-Wye
The regiment formed part of the TF's South Wales Mounted Brigade (SWMB), based at Carmarthen.
World War I
Mobilisation
When war was declared on 4 August 1914, the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry mobilised at Brook Street Drill Hall with Brevet Colonel Robert Williams-Wynn, DSO, in command. It joined the SWMB at Carmarthen and then went with it by train to Hereford.
In accordance with the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c.9) which brought the TF into being, it was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on 10 August 1914 the TF was invited to volunteer for overseas service. In the SWMB the Montgomeryshire and Glamorgan Yeomanry signed up en masse at Hereford, though the Pembroke Yeomanry were less enthusiastic. On 15 August the War Office issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas. Later, the 2nd Line was prepared for overseas service and a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments.
1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
The 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry moved with the 1/1st SWMB to East Anglia and was stationed in Norfolk, at Thetford by 29 August, moving to Blickling shortly afterwards. The following month the brigade joined the 1st Mounted Division. In East Anglia the division was able to train while at the same time forming part of the defence forces for the East Coast. By September 1915 the 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry was based at Holt. In October it moved to Cromer. In November the 1/1st SWMB was dismounted.
Egypt and Palestine
The 1/1st SWMB embarked at Devonport on 4 March 1916 and sailed to Egypt in company with the 1/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade from 1st Mtd Division. They disembarked at Alexandria on 14–15 March and on 20 March the two brigades were merged to form the 4th Dismounted Brigade. At first this was placed in the Suez Canal defences under 53rd (Welsh) Division, with 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry at Beni Salama, but in April it came under the command of Western Frontier Force.
In January 1917 the dismounted yeomanry of 4th Mtd Bde were permanently re-roled as infantry. The brigade became 231st Brigade, which joined 74th (Yeomanry) Division on its formation in March 1917. On 4 March at Halmia, 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry amalgamated with 1/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry to form 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF).
74th (Y) Division was in reserve for the Second Battle of Gaza (17–19 April) and then saw action at the Third Battle of Gaza (27 October–7 November) including the Capture of Beersheba (31 October), where 25th RWF distinguished itself in storming the Turkish positions. It took part in the Capture of the Sheria feature (6 November), the Capture of Jerusalem (8–9 December) and its subsequent defence (27–30 December). Early in 1918 it fought in the Battle of Tell 'Asur.
Western Front
In May 1918 the 74th (Y) Division was sent to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front. It participated in the Second Battle of Bapaume (2–3 September) and then fought through the
battles of the Hindenburg Line including the Battle of Épehy on 18 September. Attacking on 18 September the battalion was stopped by massed machine gun fire, suffering heavy casualties among its officers and NCOs. Reduced to 120 men by the end of the day, it was temporarily reorganised into two companies commanded by 2nd Lieutenants. For his actions on 18 September, a pre-war member of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry serving with the 25th RWF, Lance-Sergeant William Herbert Waring, won a posthumous Victoria Cross. The battalion then served though the final advance in Artois and Flanders until the Armistice with Germany on 11 November. After the Armistice 25th RWF was reduced to cadre in France and disbanded on 29 June 1919.
2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry was formed at Welshpool in September 1914 and trained with 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade at Carmarthen. In July 1915 2/1st SWMB moved to Dorchester. In September 1915 it moved to Southwold and the brigade joined 1st Mounted Division, replacing 1/1st SWMB as the latter prepared to sail to Egypt.
On 4 March the regiment absorbed the 2/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry. On 31 March 1916, the remaining mounted brigades were numbered in a single sequence and the 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade brigade was numbered as 4th Mounted Brigade. In April 1916, the regiment went to Rendlesham with the brigade. In July 1916 it moved to Thornton Park near Brentwood and joined 2nd Mounted Brigade in the new 1st Mounted Division.
In October 1916 the 2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry became a cyclist unit, amalgamating with the 2/1st Denbighshire Hussars to form the 3rd (Denbigh and Montgomery) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment in the 1st Cyclist Brigade at Worlingham near Beccles. In March 1917 the regiment resumed its identity as 2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, still with the 1st Cyclist Brigade, still at Worlingham. By November 1917 it was at Gorleston where it remained until the end of the war. It was disbanded in 1919.
3/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in June 1915 at Welshpool. In July it was at Brecon and then it was affiliated to the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment at The Curragh in Ireland. By September it was at Marlborough Barracks in Dublin, later moving to Arbour Hill Barracks. It participated in the action against the Easter Rising in Dublin in April 1916. In June 1916 the regiment was dismounted and attached to the 3rd Line Groups of the Welsh Division at Gobowen because its 1st Line was serving as infantry. The regiment was disbanded in January 1917 with personnel transferring to the 2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry or to the 4th (Reserve) (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Oswestry.
Postwar
Wartime experience had proved that there were too many mounted units, and when the TF was reconstituted as the Territorial Army (TA), only the 14 most senior Yeomanry regiments were retained as horsed cavalry, the remainder being converted to other roles. The Welsh Horse Yeomanry had only been raised on 18 August 1914 and had been absorbed by the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry in 1917; it was never reformed.
One squadron of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry combined with a company of the 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment to form 332 (Radnorshire) Field Battery (Howitzers) at Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, as part of 83rd (Welsh) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, while the rest of the regiment formed two companies in the 7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (originally the 5th Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers, see above) on 3 March 1920, and the yeomanry lineage was discontinued.
Heritage & ceremonial
Uniforms
When first formed the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry wore a Light dragoon uniform with a Tarleton helmet. In 1820 or 1821 this was updated to the more modern uniform worn by the regular light dragoons of a black Shako with drooping white horsehair plume, a scarlet double-breasted Coatee with gold and crimson lancer girdle, and blue overalls with a red stripe.
When the regiment was revived in 1831 the uniform was based on that of the 7th Dragoon Guards, with a high Roman style helmet with a black bearskin crest, a single-breasted scarlet coatee with black facings and lancer girdle, and blue overalls with a red stripe. In 1846 the helmet was replaced by a black helmet with black horsehair mane, similar to that adopted by the regular heavy cavalry, though the regiment's 'appointments' were those of light dragoons. In 1856 the Albert helmet, worn by regulars since 1847, was introduced, in black japanned metal, and then in 1860 an infantry-style single-breasted tunic was adopted. Then in 1866 the Albert helmet was abandoned and a busby adopted, giving the regiment a hybrid half-dragoon, half-Hussar appearance. In 1882 the regiment reverted to a helmet, now similar to the 6th Dragoon Guards but at first without the plume; a white falling horsehair plume was worn by 1899.
Insignia
The regimental badge was the Red dragon of Wales, and the motto was Anorchfygol ('Unconquered') used in various combinations. In 1821 the dragon and motto appeared on the shako plate, and the buttons had the dragon and letters 'M.Y.C.'. On the 1831, 1846 and 1856 helmet plates the dragon appeared within a garter belt inscribed with the motto, above which was a three-part scroll displaying 'MONTGOMERYSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY'. On the 1883 helmet the oval belt enclosing the dragon carried this title rather than the motto.
By 1899 the badge worn on the Forage cap and Service cap was a dragon over the letters "MYC". When the regiment became imperial yeomanry the letters changed to 'MIY' on a scroll; similar badges were used on the collar. The buttons also had the dragon over 'MIY'. After the formation of the TF the brass collar badge and shoulder titles worn on the khaki field service dress were 'MONTGOMERY' with 'Y' (sometimes 'T' over 'Y') above.
Standards & guidons
Yeomanry cavalry were not authorised to carry standards or guidons, but most regiments ignored this and carried them unofficially. The Montgomeryshire Yeomanry's three troops were presented with swallow-tailed guidons in 1805. These were of crimson silk fringed in gold and sin the centre had a gold dragon on a green pale, beneath a gold scroll lettered 'ANORCHFYGOL'. In the upper canton nearest the pole and diagonally opposite were gold-edge green circles carrying the letters 'MY' in gold; in the opposite corners were red circles carrying the White Horse of Hanover. Lady Williams-Wynn presented new standards in 1852 and the old ones were laid up at Wynnstay where they were destroyed in a disastrous fire in 1856. The new standards were a Queen's standard and five troop standards. The Queen's was a crimson swallowtail with in the centre the rose, thistle and shamrock surmounted by a crown; beneath were two gold scrolls, the upper with the Royal motto 'DIEU ET MON DROIT', the lower with the regimental title. In the upper canton nearest the pole and in the opposite corner were the white horse in a gold-edged crimson circle, in the opposite corners were gold-edged black circles bearing the red dragon on a green pale with the motto 'ANORCHFYGOL'. The troop standards were gold-fringed black silk with in the centre the red dragon streaked with gold on a green pale, a gold scroll above bearing the regimental motto. In the upper canton and its opposite corner were the white horse, in the opposite corners were gold-edged red circles with 'MYC' in gold letters. Each standard had the troop number in black beneath the central device. The official guidon of the regiment in the TF had a circle lettered 'MONTGOMERYSHIRE YEOMANRY' beneath a crown and surrounded by a Union Wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks; beneath was the battle honour 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901'.
Honorary colonels
The following served as honorary colonel of the unit:
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet, former CO, appointed 18 July 1877
Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet, former CO, appointed 1 November 1907
Battle honours
The regiment was awarded the following Battle honours:
South Africa 1901
Egypt, 1916–17
Palestine, 1917–18
France and Flanders, 1918
See also
Imperial Yeomanry
List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908
Yeomanry
Yeomanry order of precedence
British yeomanry during the First World War
Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army
William Herbert Waring, VC
Notes
References
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Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56), London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
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Edward M. Spiers, The Army and Society 1815–1914, London: Longmans, 1980, .
Philip Talbot, 'The English Yeomanry in the Nineteenth Century and the Great Boer War', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 79, No 317 (Spring 2001), pp. 45–62.
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External links
Anglo Boer War
The Drill Hall Project
Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
Chris Baker, The Long, Long Trail
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
Roll of Honour
Montgomeryshire
Yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I
Military units and formations in Wales
Military units and formations in Montgomeryshire
Military units and formations established in 1803
Military units and formations disestablished in 1920 |
17999834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Stephen%20%28song%29 | St. Stephen (song) | "St. Stephen" is a song by the Grateful Dead, written by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter and originally released on the 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa. The same year, a live version of the song was released on Live/Dead, their first concert album. A single of St. Stephen was also released in Japan, where it was paired with "China Cat Sunflower" as its A-side. Unlike the studio version, live versions usually included a section of the song called the "William Tell Bridge", which was used to segue into "The Eleven". The song was played frequently in live concerts from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
The song makes reference to the last days and trial of the 1st century AD saint, St. Stephen, the first martyr of the New Testament of the Bible, who was stoned to death (Acts 7:54-60).
References
1970 singles
Grateful Dead songs |
17999835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy%20J.%20Corbett | Timothy J. Corbett | Timothy J. Corbett (June 10, 1858 – July 20, 1939) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Crookston from 1910 to 1938.
Biography
Early life
Timothy Corbett was born on June 10, 1858, in Mendota, Minnesota, and raised in Minneapolis. He was privately educated by Father James McGolrick, who sent him to study at the lower seminary of Meximieux in France in 1876. In 1880, Corbett enrolled at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. He completed his studies at St. John's Seminary in Boston, Massachusetts.
Priesthood
Corbett was ordained to the priesthood in Boston by Archbishop John Williams for the Archdiocese of St. Paul on June 12, 1886. With the establishment of the Diocese of Duluth in 1889, Corbett became rector of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Duluth, Minnesota. He also served as chancellor of the new diocese .
Bishop of Crookston
On April 9, 1910, Corbett was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Crookston by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on May 19, 1910, from Archbishop John Ireland, with Bishops James McGolrick and James Trobec serving as co-consecrators. During his 28-year tenure, Corbett established over 50 churches and 12 schools through soliciting funds.
Retirement and legacy
On June 25, 1938, Corbett's resignation as bishop of Crookston was accepted by Pope Pius XI, who appointed him titular bishop of Vita. Timothy Corbett died on July 20, 1939, in Crookston at age 81.
References
1858 births
1939 deaths
People from Mendota, Minnesota
Saint John's Seminary (Massachusetts) alumni
Roman Catholic bishops of Crookston
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States |
17999836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20Is%20Me%20%28Demi%20Lovato%20song%29 | This Is Me (Demi Lovato song) | "This Is Me" is a pop rock song performed by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas in their roles as Mitchie Torres and Shane Gray from the 2008 Disney Channel television film Camp Rock. It premiered on Radio Disney on June 6, 2008, and an acoustic version was released by Walt Disney Records onto digital platforms on June 17 as the fourth single from the Camp Rock soundtrack album. The song has versions and adaptations in eight languages and an acoustic version included in different editions of the official soundtrack. A live version is also included on Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.
Written and produced by Adam Watts and Andy Dodd, "This Is Me" reached number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The original version also reached the top 10 in Ecuador and Portugal and the top 20 in Austria, Canada, and Norway. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the single has sold 945,000 digital copies to date in the United States. In 2023, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Background
"This Is Me" is the first song that Lovato's character, Mitchie Torres, sang in Camp Rock with Jonas's character, Shane Gray. Mitchie wrote the song in the beginning of the film, and was later heard (in an acoustic version on piano), but not seen, by Shane, who set out to search for the girl behind the amazing voice. After most people performed already in the "Final Jam" session, Mitchie sang the song (original version) and Shane saw her and sang part of the song he wrote, "Gotta Find You". The two songs are combined to make the original version, as featured on the Camp Rock soundtrack CD.
Lovato also recorded a Spanish version of the acoustic version of the song titled "Lo Que Soy", released on the deluxe edition of Don't Forget and as a video featuring her singing the song while playing the piano.
Lyrics and composition
"This is Me" is a midtempo pop rock song with influences from power pop. The song is written in the key of A minor and Lovato's vocals span from G3 to E5. The lyrics discuss importance of one's personality and gives a positive message of following dreams and being yourself.
Release and promotion
The song premiered on June 6, 2008 on Radio Disney, and the music video was first shown on June 12 on the Disney Channel. Three days before the premiere of the film, on June 17, the song was released onto the iTunes Store for digital purchase.
Before its premiere on Radio Disney, "This Is Me" was performed for the first time at the third annual Disney Channel Games in May. Lovato also performed with Beaker from The Muppets in Studio DC: Almost Live. The song was later part of the setlist for Demi Lovato: Live in Concert (2009-2010) and The Neon Lights Tour (2014). The Spanish version, "Lo Que Soy", was performed on the South American dates of the Jonas Brothers World Tour.
Reception
Critical response
In 2023, it was chosen by Billboard as one of the 100 Greatest Disney Songs of All Time.
Commercial performance
The song debuted at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually peaked at number nine, being their first top ten on the chart. It left the chart after seven weeks. The song also peaked at number 22 on the Pop 100, which ranked songs based on airplay on Mainstream Top 40 radio stations, singles sales and digital downloads. "This Is Me" reached the top 40 in ten countries, including the UK Singles Charts. It is Lovato's 18th biggest single in the UK as of 2022, according to the Official Charts.
As of 2017, "This Is Me" has sold 945,000 digital copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom, where it was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
"Lo Que Soy"
Background
"Lo Que Soy" is the Spanish version of the song "This Is Me" of the soundtrack of the film Camp Rock. "Lo Que Soy" was included on the deluxe edition of Lovato's debut album Don't Forget (2008). The song includes the part of "Gotta Find You", but Joe Jonas does not sing. This version was performed on the South American dates of the Jonas Brothers World Tour.
Music video
The music video features Lovato playing the piano and singing, while scenes from the movie appear. The music video was released to Disney Channel in Spain, Portugal and some countries of South America. It was directed by Edgar Romero.
Other versions
Disney Girlz Rock, Vol. 2 features the acoustic extended version, performed by Demi Lovato.
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience features a live version, performed by Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers.
The European Bonus Track edition of the soundtrack features the acoustic version and a remix.
The Indian edition features the version titled "Khush hu main", performed by Sunidhi Chauhan and Sangeet Haldipur.
The Philippine edition features a version performed by Julianne and Miguel Escueta.
The French edition features a version titled "Être Moi", performed by Sheryne.
The Malaysian edition features a version titled "Siapaku", performed by Suki Low.
The Polish edition features a version titled "Oto Ja", performed by Ewa Farna and Jakub Molęda.
The Italian edition features a version titled "Sono io", performed by Ariel featuring her brother Stefano Centomo. A music video was released on August 29, 2008 on iTunes. The version was also included on Ariel's 2009 album Io ballo sola.
Holly Hull performed the song as the prize for winning My Camp Rock, a show on Disney Channel UK where contestants competed to record a song from Camp Rock and an accompanying music video.
Martina Stoessel performed "Lo Que Soy" during her audition for the Argentine Disney Channel telenovela Violetta.
The third season of the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series features a version performed by Liamani Segura.
See also
List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2008
References
2008 singles
Demi Lovato songs
Jonas Brothers songs
Joe Jonas songs
Pop ballads
Rock ballads
2000s ballads
Camp Rock
Walt Disney Records singles
Songs written by Adam Watts (musician)
2008 songs
Songs written by Andy Dodd
Male–female vocal duets |
17999848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hubert%20Peschges | John Hubert Peschges | John Hubert Peschges (May 11, 1881 – October 30, 1944) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Crookston in Minnesota from 1938 until his death in 1944.
Biography
John Peschges was born in West Newton, Minnesota on May 11, 1881. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Joseph Cotter for the Diocese of Winona on April 15, 1905.
On August 30, 1938, Pope Pius XI appointed Peschges bishop of the Crookston Diocese; he was consecrated by Bishop Francis Kelly on November 9, 1938. Peschges established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, religious courses for rural youth, and organizations for agricultural development.
John Peschges died in Crookston on October 30, 1944.
References
1881 births
1944 deaths
People from Nicollet County, Minnesota
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Roman Catholic bishops of Crookston |
17999850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHECM-FM | XHECM-FM | XHECM-FM (branded as Bonita) is a Spanish-language FM radio station in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Its broadcast hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
History
XECM-AM 1450 received its concession on November 9, 1951. The station was owned by Ricardo López Méndez and broadcast with 1,000 watts day and 250 night. It migrated to FM in 2012 after being approved to do so in December 2011.
References
External links
ort.com.mx
Radio stations established in 1951
Radio stations in Ciudad Mante
1951 establishments in Mexico |
17999854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20You%27re%20Gone%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Album | Now You're Gone – The Album | Now You're Gone – The Album is the third studio album by Swedish musician Basshunter. Released on 14 July 2008, it is his debut English language album, entering the UK Albums Chart at number one, and selling in excess of 329,717 copies in the UK making it platinum.
In New Zealand, the album peaked at number one in its fifth week, and was certified platinum and selling over 20,000 copies. The album spent a total of two weeks at number one.
Reception
Ronny Larsson from QX noted that the English-language lyrics no longer refer to the data as they did on the LOL album, but still sings on about nonsense, adding that dance music lyrics are not too poetic.
Chart performance
On 20 July 2008, Now You're Gone – The Album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s
List of UK Dance Albums Chart number ones of 2008
List of number-one albums from the 2000s (New Zealand)
New Zealand top 50 albums of 2009
References
External links
2008 albums
Basshunter albums
Ultra Records albums
Warner Music Sweden albums |
17999916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20Creek%20%28Orange%20County%29 | Salt Creek (Orange County) | Salt Creek is a small coastal stream in southern Orange County, California in the United States. About long, the creek drains in parts of the cities of Laguna Niguel and Dana Point. The creek begins in Laguna Niguel and flows west and south through a narrow canyon, partly in the Salt Corridor Regional Park.
It empties into the Pacific Ocean at Salt Creek County Beach in Dana Point.
Geography
According to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps, Salt Creek historically began in the southern San Joaquin Hills near what is now the intersection of Golden Lantern and Marina Hills Drive in Laguna Niguel. The upper half of the creek, now filled in and graded over with suburban residential development, ran southwest through a small valley along present-day Marina Hills Drive then south along Niguel Road. It emerges from an underground culvert at the intersection of Niguel Road and Club House Drive and is joined from the east by a tributary from San Juan Canyon. Crossing under Niguel Road, it flows south through a natural channel in the Salt Corridor Regional Park. The Salt Creek Trail parallels the creek from here until the mouth.
The creek crosses beneath Camino del Avion in a culvert, and enters the Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point. It is joined from the right by the Arroyo Salada Storm Channel, which drains from the vicinity of Crown Valley Parkway and Hillhurst Drive in Laguna Niguel. In the golf course, it is joined from the left by an unnamed tributary that drains much of western Dana Point. It then enters a long underground culvert beneath Pacific Coast Highway, emerging at a concrete spillway near the north end of Salt Creek Beach.
Salt Creek drains one of the smallest watersheds in the county, at . About two-thirds of the watershed is in Laguna Niguel, with the remainder in Dana Point. Situated within the southern San Joaquin Hills, the Salt Creek watershed is located east of the Aliso Creek watershed and west of the San Juan Creek watershed.
Geology
The Salt Creek watershed was shaped by seismic uplift of the San Joaquin Hills starting about 1.2 million years ago. Sulphur Creek, which now flows northwest into Aliso Creek, may have once flowed down what is now the Arroyo Salada channel into Salt Creek, but at some point in geologic time was captured to the north and resultantly makes a sharp turn north of what is now Crown Valley Parkway and Niguel Road. A low divide about high now divides the two drainage basins.
History
Like other Orange County creeks south of Aliso Creek and north of San Mateo Creek, the Salt Creek watershed was once part of the territory of the nomadic Acjachemen Native American group, which was later renamed the Juaneño by Spanish missionaries when they founded Mission San Juan Capistrano at the confluence of San Juan and Trabuco Creeks farther south, close to the group's main population center. It is possible that Juaneño villages once were located along the lower channel of Salt Creek, as springs feeding the creek provided a small but stable year round flow. The creek was labeled "Cañada Salada" (Salt Canyon) or "Cañada Niguel" in a map dating to 1858.
From the 1960s to the 1990s, residential development filled most of the available land within the Salt Creek watershed. Mountaintops were flattened and dumped into small canyons to create level land for tract housing and roads. Despite that, the Salt Creek Canyon remained relatively undeveloped, except for a golf course - the Monarch Beach Golf Links - at its southern end, and a golf course surrounding the Arroyo Salada Storm Channel's mainstem. As recently as the 1970s, the lowermost stretch of the Salt Creek Canyon was still in existence. This part of the canyon was also destroyed by landfill for the purpose of building more houses and the Pacific Coast Highway.
Effects of urbanization
Due to channelization during urban development, the source of Salt Creek, once a small marshy wetland, is no longer where it was before the area was developed in the 1990s. Between the original source and Salt Corridor Regional Park, water flows are channeled into storm drain K01P07. The Orange County Department of Public Works manages the storm channels and considers the modern "Salt Creek Channel" to start from the area of Chapparosa Park in Laguna Niguel, including part of what the USGS labels as San Juan Canyon. The tributary entering within Monarch Beach golf course is now K01P01, the Niguel Shores Storm Drain, and the Arroyo Salada is now K01S02, the Arroyo Salada Storm Channel.
The dry season flow of the stream is almost entirely composed of urban runoff. The creek carries pollutants and bacteria into coastal waters off the popular recreational areas of Salt Creek Beach and Monarch Beach. In 2007 this was estimated at per minute. Both Laguna Niguel and Dana Point implemented measures to reduce pollution from urban runoff, including stream and wetland restoration, drain filters, and irrigation runoff reduction. However, the beaches continued to experience water quality issues.
In 2004, the city of Dana Point completed the $6.7 million Salt Creek Ozone Treatment Plant, located near Pacific Coast Highway just above Salt Creek's ocean outlet. Dry weather runoff from the creek is captured, filtered for garbage and coarse solids, then treated with filtration and ozonation to reduce bacterial levels. The plant is designed to treat per minute and was originally intended to function only during the dry season between April and October. The city has since opted to run the plant year-round, only shutting it down in anticipation of excessive storm flows.
See also
List of rivers of Orange County, California
List of rivers of California
References
Notes
Bibliography
Durham, David L. (2001). Durham's Place Names of Greater Los Angeles. Quill Driver Books. .
External links
Orange County Watersheds: Salt Creek Watershed
Rivers of Orange County, California
Santa Ana Mountains
Dana Point, California
Laguna Niguel, California
San Juan Capistrano, California
Rivers of Southern California |
17999932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander%20in%20Chief%20%28video%20game%29 | Commander in Chief (video game) | Commander in Chief, also known as Geo-Political Simulator, is a government simulation game that allows a player to simulate being a nation's head of government. Players have a large amount of control over their nation, although this varies based on the form of government the player's nation has. The English version was released on July 25, 2008, and has also been released in French, German, Spanish and Russian. The French version has been named Mission-Président.
Gameplay
When starting a new game, players may choose between various scenarios, some of which have set objectives while others are more akin to a "sandbox" mode.
Similarly to other government simulation games like Democracy, the player assumes the role of the chief executive of their chosen nation such as the President of the United States of America or the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Unlike in the Democracy series the player may amend the constitution of their chosen state and run it as a dictatorship.
Inaccuracies
The game refers to the position of chief executive as "Head of State" which is not true for all states—for example, the President of the United States is the Head of State, but the British Prime Minister or German Chancellor are not—and in the game, the player plays as the chief executive. In many states there is a distinction between the Head of Government and the Head of State, with the Head of State often being a ceremonial president or monarch. There is also no distinction in the game between any upper and lower houses of the parliament.
There are also inaccuracies relating to nations in the game, as many nations are misrepresented. For example, the Finnish are inaccurately portrayed as being culturally Scandinavian, all Finnish have Swedish names when Swedish speakers only constitute 5.5% of the population. Other inaccuracies relate to the religion. Certain minority religions, such as the Baha'i faith in Iran, are not represented in the game, nor are pagans of any kind. There are also mistakes relating to ethnicity. For example, all the people of Kyrgyzstan, as opposed to a sizable minority, are represented as being Caucasian rather than east Asian and also all have Russian names also Macedonians having Turkish name inaccuracies in the game. Similarly, most Filipinos have Indian names.
Reception
The game received mixed to negative reviews. Jason Ocampo of IGN remarked that the game was "difficult to take as a serious simulation of global politics." A reviewer for GameZone stated that the game was "a pretty hollow attempt to cash in on the recent Presidential elections."
Sequels
Rulers of Nations
Masters of the World
Geo-Political Simulator 4: Power and Revolution
References
External links
English forum
French forum
Windows games
Windows-only games
Real-time strategy video games
Government simulation video games
2008 video games
2009 video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in France |
17999964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHRYS-FM | XHRYS-FM | XHRYS-FM (90.1 MHz) is a radio station in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It broadcasts from the Multimedios tower at El Control, Tamaulipas.
External links
Official website
References
Multimedios Radio
Radio stations in Reynosa
Contemporary hit radio stations in Mexico
Radio stations established in 1988
1988 establishments in Mexico |
17999969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s%2023rd%20State%20Assembly%20district | California's 23rd State Assembly district | California's 23rd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Marc Berman of Menlo Park.
District profile
As of the 2020 redistricting (which took effect as of the 2022 elections), the district includes Silicon Valley communities, containing multiple notable high-tech companies and parts of the Caltrain corridor, as well as smaller, rural districts along the coast.
San Mateo County – 16.2%
Atherton – 97.2%
Half Moon Bay
Menlo Park – 80.6%
Pacifica
Portola Valley
Woodside
Santa Clara County – 18.0%
Campbell
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Mountain View
Palo Alto
San Jose – 5.5%
Saratoga
Election results from statewide races
Due to redistricting, the 23rd district has been moved around different parts of the state.
List of assembly members
Due to redistricting, the 23rd district has been moved around different parts of the state.
Election results (1992–present)
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
1996
1994
1992
See also
California State Assembly
California State Assembly districts
Districts in California
References
External links
District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Government of Fresno County, California
Government of Tulare County, California |
17999981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%20North%20Tampa | 100 North Tampa | 100 North Tampa, formerly known as the Regions Building and the AmSouth Building, is a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida, United States. Rising to a height of and 42 floors in Downtown Tampa, the structure currently stands as the tallest building in Tampa and the twenty-sixth-tallest building in Florida. 100 North Tampa was designed by the HKS, Inc. architectural firm, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The building, an example of postmodern architecture, holds offices for Regions Bank, the American International Group, Yara, North America, KPMG, and law firms Holland & Knight, Foley & Lardner, and Turkel, Cuva, & Barrios.
History
100 North Tampa began construction after a groundbreaking ceremony in May 1990, and was completed and opened in June 1992. Civil Engineering and Surveying for the structure was completed by John Herrick, PE, PLS of Greiner Engineering. The building was designed as the Citizens and Southern Bank Plaza, but opened in 1992 as the AmSouth Building after its primary tenant, AmSouth Bancorporation. AmSouth merged with Regions Bank on May 25, 2005, and the building was renamed the Regions Building. However, shortly thereafter, the building's owners adopted its street address as the structure's official name.
The building was originally owned and developed by Plaza IV Associates; American International Group, a member of the ownership group, originally held an interest in the office tower. The building was sold by AIG to the Newark, New Jersey–based Prudential Financial in a record-breaking entity sale that took place in late June 2007. While the full details of the deal, including the final price that 100 North Tampa sold at, were never released, investors estimate that Prudential purchased the building for up to US$275 per . At this price, the building would have been sold for a final price of $150 million, a record price for a premium, Class A office tower in Tampa. The deal was brokered by the CB Richard Ellis Group.
Height
Rising to a height of , 100 North Tampa stands as the tallest building in Tampa. The 42-story tower also stands as the tallest building in the state of Florida outside Miami and Jacksonville and the tallest structure along Florida's Gulf Coast. 100 North Tampa is overall the ninth-tallest building in Florida.
In 2006, it was announced that a new construction project, Trump Tower Tampa, would surpass 100 North Tampa to become Tampa's tallest building, relegating the former Regions Building to second place in the city's high-rise rank. Trump Tower, which was expected to rise to a height of and 52 floors, began construction in mid-2006. However, the building's construction was halted in September 2006 when instabilities were found in the construction site's soil. Trump Tower Tampa was ultimately canceled due to lack of buyers in a slowing real estate market.
Design
100 North Tampa is composed of a pewter-tinted glass and Spanish Rosa Dante granite façade. The former AmSouth Building is an example of postmodern architecture; postmodern aspects of the building include its Gothic-style roof, granite cornices, prominent setbacks at the levels of the 38th and 40th floors, and granite arches at the two entrances.
Tenants
American International Group
DLA Piper
KPMG
Holland & Knight
Jones Lang LaSalle
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Raymond James
Regions Bank
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Gallery
See also
List of tallest buildings in Tampa
Bank of America Tower (Tampa)
References
External links
Office buildings completed in 1992
Skyscraper office buildings in Tampa, Florida
1992 establishments in Florida
HKS, Inc. buildings
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design basic silver certified buildings |
18000038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Joseph%20Povish | Kenneth Joseph Povish | Kenneth Joseph Povish (April 19, 1924 – September 5, 2003) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Crookston in Minnesota from 1970 to 1975 and Bishop of the Diocese of Lansing in Michigan from 1975 to 1995.
Biography
Early life
Kenneth Povish was born in Alpena, Michigan, the eldest child and only son of Joseph and Elizabeth (née Yachaik) Povish. He attended the parochial school of St. Anne's Parish in Gaylord, Michigan, and graduated from Alpena High School in 1942.
Povish studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, then at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946. Povish completed his priestly studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Priesthood
Povish was ordained a priest by Bishop Stephen Woznicki for the Diocese of Saginaw on June 3, 1950. After his ordination, Povish had pastoral assignments in the following Michigan parishes:
Assistant pastor at St. Ignatius in Rogers City (1950 to 1952)
Assistant pastor at St. Hyacinth's in Bay City (1952 to 1956)
Pastor at St. Mary's in Port Sanilac (1956 to 1957)
Pastor at St. Norbert's in Munger (1957 to 1960)
In 1960, Povish joined the faculty at St. Paul's Seminary in Saginaw, Michigan. He left St. Paul's in 1966 to become pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish in Bay City. He was named a prelate of honor in October 1967. In addition to his pastoral duties, Povish served as diocesan director of Catholic Charities and of religious education. He wrote a weekly column entitled "The Question Box" in The Catholic Weekly from 1954 to 1970, and was active in the Mexican apostolate, the League of Catholic Women, and the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Bishop of Crookston
On July 28, 1970, Povish was appointed as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Crookston by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on September 29, 1970, from Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, with Bishops Francis Reh and James Hickey serving s co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston Povish selected as his episcopal motto: "To Accomplish His Work" (John 4:34) . During his five-year tenure, he implemented the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, establishing parish councils in each parish and a pastoral council for the diocese. He also supported liturgical reform and the ecumenical movement.
Bishop of Lansing
Following the death of Bishop Alexander M. Zaleski, Paul VI named Povish as the third bishop of the Diocese of Lansing on October 8, 1975. His installation took place on December 11, 1975. As a member of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), he was chair of the Committee for Catholic Charismatic Renewal and of the Committee on Vocations. He was also a member of the NCCB Executive Board, the Committee for Laity, and the Committee for Communications.
Retirement and legacy
On November 7, 1995, Pope John Paul II accepted Povish's early retirement due to poor health as bishop of the Diocese of Lansing. He then served as apostolic administrator of the diocese until the installation of his successor, Bishop Carl Mengeling in January 1996.
Kenneth Povish died on September 5, 2003, from colon cancer in Lansing at age 79.
Sources
"Short History of the Diocese of Crookston." Diocese of Crookston. <<http://www.crookston.org/Cathedra/cathedra_Page394.htm>>.
1924 births
2003 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Crookston
Roman Catholic bishops of Lansing
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Sacred Heart Major Seminary alumni
Catholic University of America alumni
American people of Polish descent
People from Alpena, Michigan |
18000068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHRYA-FM | XHRYA-FM | XHRYA-FM (branded as Más Music FM) is a noncommercial Spanish-language FM radio station that serves the McAllen, Texas (USA) / Reynosa, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area.
History
XHRYA was permitted on November 22, 1988. For the first 19 years of its life, until November 15, 2007, it was operated by the Universidad México Americana del Norte and known as Stereo América. It was a cultural station with a format of primarily instrumental music, as well as news, weather and traffic reports. In 2007, XHRYA was relaunched as Más Music, with a pop/rock format similar to other stations in the region.
External links
masmusic.tv
raiostationworld.com; Radio stations serving the Rio Grande Valley
References
Radio stations established in 1988
Radio stations in Reynosa |
18000089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Washington%20State%20Senate%20election | 2004 Washington State Senate election | The 2004 Washington State Senate election was held on November 2, 2004, in which about half of the state's 49 legislative districts choose a state senator for a four-year term to the Washington State Senate. The other half of state senators are chosen in the next biennial election, so that about half of the senators, along with all the members of the Washington State House of Representatives, are elected every two years.
Twenty-four seats were up for their regular election this cycle, while four seats held special elections due to resignations by their incumbents, for a total of 28 seats on the ballot. Republicans held 15 of the seats and Democrats held the remaining 13. Democrats successfully flipped two seats in the general election.
Summary of results
Detailed results
The 2004 election utilized an open primary system. Primary results can be found here and general election results can be found here.
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 14
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 27
District 28
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 49
References
See also
2004 Washington (state) elections
Washington State Senate elections
Washington Senate |
18000094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MWM%20%28entertainment%20company%29 | MWM (entertainment company) | MWM (formerly known as Madison Wells Media) is an American diversified entertainment company. Founded by Gigi Pritzker and Clint Kisker in 2015, MWM produces film, television, live theater, podcasts, and interactive experiences.
History
Pritzker sought to "take advantage of a landscape that was rapidly changing and valuing 'content' in new ways," to "focus on storytellers in a way content never has before." MWM intended to create films, theater productions, and VR experiences under one umbrella to "expand and grow the IP that was born in any one of those units" through cross-pollination. Named after Madison and Wells Streets in Chicago, where Pritzker's great-grandfather sold newspapers when he was 12, MWM launched in November 2015.
At the time of its founding, MWM operated under the banners of OddLot Entertainment (film and television), Reality One (interactive), and Relevant Live (theater). In 2017, to streamline its operations and increase flexibility across its multiple platforms, the divisions were brought together, and Reality One and Relevant Live were rebranded respectively as MWM Interactive and MWM Live. In November 2017, Oddlot was renamed MWM Studios. MWM Universe, an IP-focused division of MWM that acquires and develops properties across media including film, TV, gaming, comics and books, was established in 2018 when they partnered with Chicago-based artist Hebru Brantley and his Angry Hero Productions to create fully immersive storyworlds.
MWM Studios
MWM Studios, a division of MWM, teams with storytellers to produce feature films and television programming and develops, finances and arranges global distribution for its original content. The studio, led by Rachel Shane, CCO, and COO Adrian Alperovich, has produced films such as the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated Hell or High Water and the Emmy Award-winning television series Genius. Its adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn (written by, directed, and starring Edward Norton) was released in November, 2019.
Filmography
Motherless Brooklyn
21 Bridges
My Spy
Hell or High Water
Drive
Genius: Picasso
Landline
Genius: Einstein
Ender's Game
Rosewater
Rabbit Hole
The Way, Way Back
Genius: Aretha
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Thing About Jellyfish
MWM Universe
Established in 2018, the IP-focused division of the company, MWM Universe, acquires IP and builds out franchisable story worlds, acts as a strategic partner to MWM investment companies including Wonderstorm.
Projects
Voyage To The Stars
The Dragon Prince
Nevermore Park
MWM Interactive
The interactive division, previously known as MWM Immersive, created and published video games and produces virtual reality experiences. MWM announced its expansion into video game publishing on September 4, 2019 and closed its doors on June 28, 2022.
VR Projects
War Remains
Chained: A Victorian Nightmare
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son
SoKrispy Daydreams
Game Titles
Creature in the Well
Mundaun
MWM Live
MWM Live is the live global entertainment division of MWM. It is led by executive producer Jamie Forshaw, formerly the VP of Production for Andrew Lloyd Weber's Really Useful Group. MWM Live has developed and produced projects such as the Broadway musical, Hadestown, and Million Dollar Quartet, which inspired the CMT series Sun Records.
Plays and musicals
Hadestown
The Inheritance
Million Dollar Quartet
Company (2021 revival)
Red Roses, Green Gold
Snapshots
Selected awards and nominations
Academy Awards
British Academy Film Awards
Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
References
External links
Madison Wells Media official site
Film production companies of the United States
Entertainment companies established in 2015 |
18000105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHAAA-FM | XHAAA-FM | XHAAA-FM (branded as La Caliente) is a Regional Mexican radio station that serves the Reynosa, Tamaulipas/McAllen, Texas border area. It broadcasts from the Multimedios tower at El Control, Tamaulipas, between Reynosa and Matamoros.
History
XHAAA received its concession on November 22, 1979. The original concession holder was Francisco González Sánchez, the current president of Grupo Multimedios.
External links
mmradio.com
References
Regional Mexican radio stations
Radio stations in Reynosa
Multimedios Radio |
18000129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shields%20%28surname%29 | Shields (surname) | Shields is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brooke Shields (born 1965), American actress
Carol Shields (1935–2003), American author
Carol Shields (ophthalmologist) (born 1957), American doctor
Cian Shields (born 2005), British-Irish racing driver
Clayton Shields (born 1976), American basketball player
Colin Shields (born 1980), British ice hockey player
Claressa Shields (born 1955), American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist
Derek "Mob" Shields (born 1977), a member of the Lords of Chaos
Eileen Shields (born 1970), American footwear designer
Francis Alexander Shields (1941–2003), Brooke Shields' father
Frank Shields (1909–1975), American tennis player and actor
Frank Shields (director), Australian film and TV director
Frank Shields (politician), Oregon politician
Frederic Shields (1833–1911), British artist, illustrator and designer
George Oliver Shields (1846–1925), American outdoors magazine editor
Harry Shields (1899–1971), American dixieland jazz musician
Jake Shields (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
James Shields
James Shields (baseball) (born 1981), American baseball player
James Shields (politician, born 1810) (1810–1879), American politician and U.S. Army officer
James Shields (politician, born 1762) (1762–1831), U.S. Representative from Ohio
Jimi Shields (born 1967), Irish musician and architect
John Shields
Kathy Shields, Canadian basketball coach
Ken Shields
Ken Shields (basketball), Canadian basketball coach
Kevin Shields (born 1963), Irish musician
Larry Shields (1893–1953), American dixieland jazz clarinetist
Lonnie Shields (born 1956), American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Mark Shields (1937–2022), American political pundit
Mark Shields (police commissioner) (born 1959), Jamaica's Deputy Police Commissioner
Michael Shields, several people
Mick Shields (1912–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
Nicki Shields, British television presenter
Paul Shields, several people
Pete Shields (1891–1961), American baseball player
Portia Holmes Shields, American academic administrator
Robert Shields
Rev. Robert Shields (1918–2007), American minister and diarist
Ryan Shields (born 1983), Jamaican sprinter from Chicago, Illinois
Sam Shields (born 1987), American football player
Scot Shields (born 1975), American baseball player
Shavon Shields (born 1994), Danish basketballer
Steve Shields
Steve Shields (baseball) (born 1958), American baseball player
Steve Shields (basketball coach) (born 1965), American basketball coach
Steve Shields (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
Teri Shields (1933–2012), Brooke Shields' mother
Thomas Todhunter Shields (1873–1955), Canadian religious leader
Tyler Shields (born 1982), American photographer
Will Shields (born 1971), American football player
William Ernest Shields (1892-1921), Canadian military aviator
Willow Shields (born 2000), American actress
Fictional characters
Lana Shields, a character on Three's Company
Miss Shields, a character in the 1983 American movie A Christmas Story
See also
Shiels, a surname
Shields (disambiguation)
English-language surnames |
18000143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHRT-FM | XHRT-FM | XHRT-FM (95.3 MHz) is a radio station in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
History
XHRT received its concession on November 28, 1988. It is ways been owned by Radiorama; carrying a Spanish contemporary format as Estéreo Vida.
In the 2000s, the station became a pop format known as Xtrema. After nearly two decades, in November 2022, the Xtrema brand (XHRT being the last station to use the format) was retired and leased to Grupo Radio Avanzado along with the sister station XERT-AM; XHRT became Power 95.3, playing a Spanish urban format. On July 3, 2023, Radiorama reassumed operations of XHRT, with the station adopting the @FM (Arroba FM) contemporary hit radio brand.
References
Radio stations in Reynosa
Radio stations established in 1988
1988 establishments in Mexico |
18000198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscuta%20campestris | Cuscuta campestris | Cuscuta campestris, with the common names field dodder, golden dodder, large-seeded alfalfa dodder, yellow dodder and prairie dodder, is a parasitic plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. It was formerly classified in the family Cuscutaceae.
It is native to central North America. It is a parasite of a wide range of herbaceous plants.
It is a pest of lucerne and other legumes. It has become a widespread weed in many countries. It is known as 'golden dodder' in Australia.
It has been confused in some recent literature with Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann, but the differences between the two species are clear.
Remarkably, the seeds of the plant have been found to become dispersed by waterfowl in significant numbers.
Description
The life cycle of the Cuscuta starts with seed germination. The seeds germinate near the surface of the soil, sending up thin pale green and yellow stems. The thread-like stems grow slowly until they touch another plant and begin to wrap themselves around it. Once fully wrapped around a host plant, Cuscuta campestris will form sucker-like roots, called haustoria, and penetrate the body of the host, stealing nutrients from them. If the seedlings do not make contact with a host plant, they will die. The seedlings cannot survive for long they find the appropriate plant stem by recognizing plant chemo-attractants. Cuscuta campestris is known for reducing the growth of their host plants. This mechanism gives them the ability to control other populations of plants such as Mikania micrantha. Another mechanism by which dodders recognize which plants to parasitize depends on the light reflected off the host plant. Cuscuta campestris is highly attracted to "far red light", which is a wavelength that is reflected by most plant surfaces. Dodders that were exposed to unfiltered light were able to attach to their host before their energy had been totally exhausted, but dodders that were only exposed to red light lost their way. Cuscuta campestris is a parasitic weed that is one of the most widespread in the world. It does not contain leaves or roots and must grow an absorptive organ as an interconnecting vessel between itself and the host plant. These absorptive organs allow for Cuscuta campestris to penetrate the tissue of the host plant and connect, drawing out nutrients from the host. Cuscuta spp. can simultaneously parasitize different host plants, suggesting that the species may have a complex foraging strategy.
Parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta have little to no chlorophyll making them unable to significantly photosynthesize. This makes them photosynthetically inactive. Cuscuta species are thus referred to as holoparasitic plants, as they depend on their host plant for nutrients. About 10-15 species of Cuscuta, out of the known 200, are considered agricultural weeds which wrap their vines around their hosts and obtain their nutrients from them through specialized organs called haustoria. This mechanism for obtaining their food makes them very difficult to remove. Their growth has been cited to cause severe loss to crops that yield alfalfa, tomatoes, carrots and cranberry crops.
Distribution and habitat
The native range of this species is unclear but thought to be North America, specifically Canada, US, and Mexico. It is also found in parts of the Caribbean, including Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Martinique, and possibly parts of South America. It is widely naturalised in parts of coastal and subcoastal regions of Australia, found predominantly in the Southeastern Australia along the Murray River. Cuscuta campestris can be found growing in grasslands, open woodlands, gardens, riparian zones, and wetlands. Cuscuta campestris has a tolerance for a wide range of climatic conditions, from warm temperate regions to subtropical or tropical regions.
Reproduction
Reproduction is through seed or vegetative spread. Pollination for C. campestris is autogamous, or self-fertilizing, and the species can produce up to 16,000 seeds on a single plant. In North America, flowering occurs in mid-summer, with less flowering occurring in humid, high rainfall locations. Cuscuta campestris seeds have a hard seed coating that requires scarification, reducing the danger of all seeds germinating at once. Germination can occur regardless of the amount of light available, as long as temperatures are between 10-30 C and the seeds are able to remain viable for up to 10 years in soil.
Management
Cuscuta campestris is an agricultural pest. By combining preventative, chemical, mechanical, and cultural methods, the populations of Cuscuta campestris can be reduced. Scattered infestations can be dealt with using a hand-held flame gun, hand-pulling the host plants with the Cuscuta campestris parasite attached, or by mowing with a shallow blade. Cuscuta campestris must be controlled on vegetation located on roadsides and sidewalks. Cuscuta campestris is mainly spread by people, education to discourage carrying the plants to other locations is recommended.
Preventative management includes planting dodder-free crop seeds, cleaning agricultural machinery before each use, and managing pre-existing populations to reduce seed dispersal. While small infestations can be removed by hand-pulling, the recommendation for controlling large infestations is to remove all host plants of the species and replace them with non-host species. Field Dodder can be controlled using pre-emergence herbicides, which are applied before C. campestris emergence, and post-emergence herbicides, which are applied after C. campestris emergence. Cultural control is another method for removing Field Dodder from an area, planting non-host crops, such as wheat, broccoli, corn, sorghum, and legumes can significantly reduce their presence. Attempts to control C. campestris using a biological controls, include using gall forming weevils (Smicronyx spp.), Agromyzid Flies (Melanagromyza cuscutae), or using a pathogen, Alternaria cuscutacidae. Once cleared, areas with a history of Field dodder infestation should be watched for reinfestation.
References
External links
Calflora Database: Cuscuta campestris (Field dodder)
GBIF−Species in GRIN Taxonomy: Cuscuta campestris
campestris
Flora of the Great Plains (North America)
Flora of the United States
Flora of the North-Central United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status |
18000201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel%20Haywire | Hotel Haywire | Hotel Haywire is a 1937 American comedy film written by Preston Sturges with uncredited rewrites by Lillie Hayward. It was directed by George Archainbaud and stars Leo Carrillo, Lynne Overman, Spring Byington, Benny Baker and Colette Lyons.
Plot
Dentist Henry Parkhouse (Lynne Overman) and his wife Minerva (Spring Byington) have a perfect marriage until a practical joke backfires and she finds a lady's chemise in his coat pocket. Wife and husband both consult Dr. Zodiac Z. Zippe (Leo Carrillo) about what to do, and vaudevillians-turned-detectives Bertie and Genevieve Sterns (Benny Baker and Collette Lyons) get involved as well. On his lawyer's advice, Henry rents a hotel room to set up a compromising situation, only the Parkhouses' daughter Phyllis (Mary Carlisle) is in the same hotel to elope with Frank Ketts (John Patterson), and plans to get married in the room next to Henry's. When Judge Sterling Newhall (Porter Hall) shows up to officiate, he knocks on Henry's door looking for a witness. Eventually, Henry and Minnie make up, Frank and Phyliis get married, and Dr. Zippe is run out of town.
Cast
Leo Carrillo as Dr. Zodiac Z. Zippe
Mary Carlisle as Phyllis
Lynne Overman as Dr. Parkhouse
George Barbier as I. Ketts
Spring Byington as Mrs. Parkhouse
Benny Baker as Bertie Sterns
Collette Lyons as Genevieve Stern
John Patterson (actor) as Frank Ketts
Porter Hall as Judge Newhall
Josephine Whittell as Mrs. Newhall
Ellen Drew as Switchboard Operator
Cast notes
Leo Carrillo is best remembered today for playing "Pancho" on the TV series The Cisco Kid. Leo Carrillo State Park near Malibu, California is named after him.
Franklin Pangborn, who would go on to be one of the character actors frequently used by Preston Sturges in the movies he wrote and directed, has a small uncredited part as a Fuller Brush Man.
Production
Preston Sturges was paid $17,500 by Paramount to write Hotel Haywire for Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Burns and Gracie Allen. When Burns and Allen left the studio and the film was recast, Lillie Hayward was brought in to do rewrites.
Some of the scenes in Hotel Haywire were filmed at the Glendale, California train station.
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1937 comedy films
American black-and-white films
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Films with screenplays by Preston Sturges
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1930s American films |
18000212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHAVO-FM | XHAVO-FM | XHAVO-FM (101.5 MHz) is a radio station in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, serving Reynosa, Tamaulipas and serving the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. It is owned by Radio United and known as Digital 101.5.
History
The concession for XHAVO was obtained by Edilberto Huesca Perrotín on February 22, 1992. In 1998, the station was sold to Grupo ACIR transmitting "La Comadre" with a Regional Mexican format and by the early 2000s it became Digital 101.5 with a CHR format. ACIR sold XHAVO to an affiliate of Border Media Partners in 2004, and when BMP sold its Rio Grande Valley stations, XHAVO was included in the sale to R Communications, LLC.
In April 2019, R Communications sold the Radio United stations in Mexico, including XHCAO, XHAVO, and XHRR, to Radio Ultra, S.A. de C.V., a company owned by the Bichara family. The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) approved the transfer on September 2, 2020.
References
External links
Official website
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Reynosa
Radio stations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Mexico |
18000216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odule%20Dev%C3%A9ria | Théodule Devéria | Théodule Charles Devéria (; 1 July 1831 – 31 January 1871) was a French photographer and Egyptologist who lived in the 19th century. He is known for his collaboration with Auguste Mariette. His younger brother was Gabriel Devéria.
Life
Théodule Charles Devéria was born in Paris on 1 July 1831, son of the painter Achille Devéria.
In 1843 he met the Egyptologist Émile Prisse d'Avennes, who instilled in him an interest in the subject that was confirmed during a visit to the Leiden museum in 1846.
He studied Coptic and Arabic, and attended the Collège de France where he was taught by Étienne Marc Quatremère.
He entered the Cabinet of Prints in 1851, where his father was the preserving assistant, and where he learned photography.
In 1855 Devéria created lithographs for publication from a set of negatives of photographs made in Egypt of excavations in Thebes.
That year he joined the Louvre's Department of Egyptian Antiquities with the task of cataloging the many objects that Auguste Mariette had discovered during his excavations and sent to France.
In 1856 he illustrated Mariette's Choix de monuments et de dessins découverts ou exécutés pendant le déblaiement du Sérapéum de Memphis.
In December 1858 Devéria left for Egypt to help Mariette read inscriptions in Cairo and its surroundings.
He tried to accurately document the archaeological sites using drawings, stampings and photographs.
His calotype pictures from this trip are often poor in quality, showing a lack of technical skills.
In 1860 he was appointed preserving assistant at the Louvre's Department of Egyptology.
He revisited Egypt in 1861–62, traveling up the Nile to Philae at the First Cataract, and into Nubia to the Abu Simbel temples.
After returning he helped Mariette prepare descriptions of the excavation in Egypt in 1850–54 for publication.
In November 1864 Devéria met the future oriental scholar Arthur Rhoné (1836–1910).
A month later Devéria, Rhoné and some friends sailed to Egypt, where they visited Alexandria, Cairo, Memphis, and saw the work on the Suez Canal by Ferdinand de Lesseps.
Devéria made drawings and took photographs that were reproduced in an album of 77 plates.
The party went on to the Holy Land, Damascus and Istanbul.
Devéria made a fourth and last visit to Egypt in 1865-66, traveling with Mariette.
In 1868 he was made a knight of the Legion of Honor.
He died in Paris on 31 January 1871.
The renowned Sir E. A. Wallis Budge noted of him, "No other scholar had such a wide and competent knowledge of the Book of the Dead", and that his death was a "great loss" to Egyptology.
Criticism of the Book of Abraham facsimiles
Among his contributions was the first critical assessment of the interpretation made by Joseph Smith of Egyptian vignettes that appear in the Mormon scripture the Book of Abraham. His comments appeared in several publications, including the book The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons.
References
Sources
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1831 births
1871 deaths
19th-century French archaeologists
French Egyptologists
Book of Abraham
Abu Simbel |
18000218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivnath%20Mishra | Shivnath Mishra | Pandit Shivnath Mishra (born 12 October 1943) is an Indian sitarist. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana school of Indian classical music. He was formerly a lecturer and the Head of the Music Department at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
Discography
Sound of Sitar
Soul of Sitar
Sitar Jugalbandi: Live in Milan
Raag Desh: Monsoon Raga (2002)
Joy (2003)
Raga Cycle (2004)
Rare Instruments: Surbahar - Pandit Shivnath & Deobrat Mihsra (ASA Music)
Awards and accolades
Shivnath Mishra was awarded the title of Padma Shri in 2022. He is the only Sitar player from Varanasi to have received Padma Shri Award after Ravi Shankar
Shivnath Mishra was awarded the UP Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 2004
References
External links
Indian male composers
Sitar players
1943 births
Living people
Musicians from Varanasi
Hindustani composers
20th-century Indian composers
Indian music educators
20th-century male musicians |
18000219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciade%20%28poem%29 | Franciade (poem) | La Franciade (known in English as the Franciad) is an unfinished epic poem written in decasyllabic verse by Pierre de Ronsard. Ronsard began writing the poem in the 1540s for Henry II of France, but it was only in 1572 that the poet published, now for Charles IX, the first four books of a planned twenty-four. Various reasons have been given to explain why the poem was never finished. Obviously, the death of his dedicatee Charles IX meant that Ronsard would have to have made certain changes. Another factor might have been the verse form: Ronsard wrote in decasyllables, not alexandrines. Other reasons, too, have been put forward. More recently, it has been stated that "[any] attempt to pin down why the Franciade was left unfinished, while potentially interesting, is probably futile" and that "we must read it despite [the fact it is unfinished], not as a fragment of what might have been, but as a text in its own right".
Plot
The poem begins in Epirus, where its hero Francus is living a lazy life with his mother Andromache and his uncle Helenus. The poem claims that Francus (the new name of Astyanax) did not die (as Homer wrote in the Iliad), but that he was saved and awaits a new mission: to found France. Jupiter, however, hopes that Francus will give up his lazy ways and set off on his mission. He thus sends down Mercury to remind him of his destiny. Francus eventually builds ships and sets sail. The second book opens with the tale of Francus' journey and shipwreck. He lands on the island of Crete and is welcomed by Prince Dicée. Francus saves the prince's son from a giant, and the prince's two daughters fall in love with him. The third book is focused on the love story between Francus and one of the sisters, Clymène, who eventually dies, whereas the fourth and final book is mainly given over to the other sister Hyante, who delivers to Francus a prophecy about how he will give travel and eventually found France. Most of the book thus takes place on the island of Crete, whose representation owes much both to classical sources and contemporary travel narratives.
Reception
Ever since Sainte-Beuve published his Tableau historique et critique de la poésie et du théâtre français du XVIe siècle in 1828, the Franciad has generally been considered a failure. But that was not the case when the poem was first published, as more recent scholars are starting to realize. Jean Braybrook, for one, notes that until recently "critics have tended simply to see the epic as a failure" but that "in so doing, they have overlooked the interest with which it was originally received [...] and the imitations it prompted". Jean-Claude Ternaux, too, has written that it is "historically incorrect" to state that the poem was not a success at the time. When Ronsard died, in fact, the poet Jacques du Perron's funeral speech called Ronsard a "genius" and an "oracle" specifically because of the Franciad. Recent scholarship is indeed pointing towards a changing of the tide, as the poem's political, historical, and poetic value is evaluated in new ways.
Literary context
François Rigolot has stated that Ronsard wanted to "give birth to France" by writing the Franciad, another way of saying that writing an epic in Renaissance France was a kind of national project. Fellow Pléiade poet Joachim Du Bellay had indeed written in his Defense and illustration of the French Tongue, that writing a French epic was of utmost importance and that it would allow the French language to "hold its head high".
English translation
The Franciad has been available in English since 2010. The English version by Phillip John Usher begins:
Muse atop the summits of Parnassus,
Steer my speech and sing for me that race
Of French kings descended from Francion,
Hector’s son and of Trojan stock,
Who in his tender childhood was called
Astyanax or by the name Scamandrius.
Tell me of this Trojan’s misfortunes,
Of the wars he fought, of his mission,
And tell me how many times on the seas
(Despite Neptune and Juno) he overcame Fortune
And how many times on solid ground he escaped
From danger, before going on to build the walls of Paris.
The English translation has been well received by critics: Kathleen Wine called it "a vibrant and highly readable translation," adding that "Usher manages both to make the poem accessible to readers […] while nonetheless endowing it with a vigorous rhythm that lends itself to reading aloud," and summarizing that the translation is "[a] work of scholarship and a labor of love." The edition, published by AMS Press, also includes an extensive introduction to the poem's style, historical context, use of mythology, and other issues.
References
1572 books
16th-century French literature
16th-century poems
Epic poems in French
French Renaissance
Greece in fiction
Classical mythology in popular culture
Middle French literature
Unfinished poems |
18000258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHRR-FM | XHRR-FM | XHRR-FM (102.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and serving the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. It broadcasts a Regional Mexican radio format and is known as La Ley 102.5 FM.
While XHRR-FM is a Mexican radio station, it broadcasts from studios in Reynosa and in McAllen, Texas, and airs advertisements aimed at a U.S. audience. It is owned by Radio Ultra, S.A. de C.V. It had previously been simulcast with stations KESO and later KZSP on South Padre Island.
XHRR-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 45,000 watts. Its transmitter is located in Prisciliano Delgado, Tamaulipas. Its signal covers several Texas cities including, McAllen, Brownsville and Edinburg.
History
XHRR received its concession on July 10, 1980. It was owned by Romeo Flores Salinas. It had previously been affiliated with MVS Radio, carrying its FM Globo format until 2000 and Exa FM from 2000 to 2005.
In April 2019, R Communications sold the Radio United stations in Mexico, including XHCAO, XHAVO, and XHRR, to Radio Ultra, S.A. de C.V., a company owned by the Bichara family. The Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) approved the transfer on September 2, 2020.
External links
Official website
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Reynosa |
18000309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20plates%20in%20Mormonism | List of plates in Mormonism | This article identifies the various inscribed plates (artifacts) relevant to the Latter Day Saint movement.
The Golden Plates were a set of plates that Joseph Smith, Jr. had discovered in 1823 which were later translated and published as the Book of Mormon in 1830. The following other plates are described in the Book of Mormon.
The Brass Plates were a set of plates retrieved by Nephi at the direction of his father, Lehi. They contained Jewish records similar to the Old Testament, up to the time of Jeremiah.
The large plates of Nephi which are the source of the text abridged by Mormon and engraved on the Golden Plates.
The small plates of Nephi, the source of the first and second books of Nephi, and the books of Jacob, Enos, Jarom, and Omni of the Book of Mormon, which were engraved upon the Golden Plates.
The plates of Limhi
The Jaredite plates were a set of plates found by the people of Limhi containing the record of the Jaredites, translated by King Mosiah, and abridged by Moroni as the Book of Ether which was engraved upon the Golden Plates.
The Kinderhook plates were a set of plates discovered in 1843 which were in fact a forgery created by three men (Bridge Whitten, Robert Wiley, and Wilburn Fugate).
The Voree Plates (sometimes called the "Record of Rajah Manchou of Vorito" or the "Voree Record") were a set of plates discovered and later translated by James J. Strang in 1845. Alleged to be a forgery.
The Plates of Laban were a set of plates that were described as being the Brass Plates discovered by and later cited as the source of the Book of the Law of the Lord published in 1851 by James J. Strang.
References
History of the Latter Day Saint movement
Book of Mormon artifacts
Plates
Plates |
18000445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley%20B.%20Wells | Lesley B. Wells | Lesley Simpson Brooks Wells (born October 6, 1937) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Early life and education
Wells was born Lesley Simpson Wells in Muskegon, Michigan. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Chatham College (now Chatham University) in 1959 and a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland State University College of Law in 1974. She was employed as a federal court intern through the Women's Law Fund from 1973 to 1974.
Career
Wells maintained a private law practice for six years (1975–1978 and 1980–1983) in Cleveland, interrupted by two years (1979–1980) as director of the ABAR III Civil Rights Litigation Support Center at the Cleveland State University College of Law. She was adjunct professor at the Cleveland State University College of Law (1980–1981) and adjunct assistant professor, College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University (1980–1983 and 1990–1992).
Judicial service
After more than a decade as a Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge (1983–1994), President Bill Clinton nominated her on November 19, 1993, for a judgeship vacated by John Michael Manos. She was confirmed by the Senate on February 10, 1994, and received her commission the following day. Twelve years later, on February 14, 2006 she became a senior judge. She retired from active service on October 2, 2015.
Personal
Wells was married to the late Charles F. Clarke, a partner in the multinational law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. He died in January 2014.
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Living people
Chatham University alumni
Cleveland State University College of Law alumni
Cleveland State University faculty
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Ohio state court judges
People from Muskegon, Michigan
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
20th-century American judges
20th-century American women judges
21st-century American women judges
21st-century American judges |
18000541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Dietrich | Janet Dietrich | Janet Christine Dietrich (July 28, 1926 – June 5, 2008) was an American pilot and one of the Mercury 13 who underwent the same NASA testing in the early 1960s as the Mercury 7 astronauts.
Early life
Born in San Francisco in 1926, Janet Dietrich (better known as Jan) was the daughter of Richard Dietrich, who worked in the import business, and his wife, Marion. Dietrich began flying at an early age, getting a student pilot certificate at age 16. Jan and her identical twin sister Marion were the only girls in an aviation class at Burlingame High School. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, Dietrich was president of the UC Flying Club and trained at Oakland International Airport, where she earned her Private pilot licence in 1946.
In 1947, Janet Dietrich and her sister Marion entered the inaugural Chico-to-San Mateo Air Race and took first place, defeating experienced men. After placing in other local races, the flying twins collected the second-place trophy in the 1951 All-Women's Transcontinental Air Race, known as the Powder Puff Derby. They also competed in the following year's race, flying a Stinson Voyager loaned to them by one of her student pilots, Donald Prell.
Soon after graduating from Cal in 1949, Dietrich became chief pilot of Cessna. In her job, Dietrich delivered multi-engine aircraft from the factory in Wichita, conducted test flights for the shop, flew charters, and supervised the flight and ground schools. In 1953 she was the chief pilot of Santa Monica Flyers, a flight school in Santa Monica, California.
In the late 1950s, Dietrich worked as the head of the Flight Department for Air Oasis Company at the Long Beach Airport, and she mentions having this position in her appearance on the January 31, 1957, episode of You Bet Your Life—indeed, she uses the secret word "head" in identifying her position, but Groucho Marx's assistants did not notice. Later, she was a federal pilot examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration, performing pilot evaluations and issuing certificates.
Woman in Space program
In 1960, Dietrich and her sister were among a select group of female aviators invited to the Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, where experts had screened potential NASA astronauts. The women underwent the same medical tests and examinations as Alan Shepherd, John Glenn, and the other men who eventually traveled into space. The extensive exams included everything from swallowing 3 feet of rubber hose to drinking radioactive water. Though only 5 feet 3 inches tall and 100 pounds, Dietrich completed the regimen of tests, as did her sister and 11 other women.
While the women waited for the next phase of their program in July 1961, the testing was halted without warning or explanation. It would be two more decades before the United States launched its first woman into space, Sally Ride, an astrophysicist turned astronaut.
Later career
In 1960, Dietrich became the nation's first woman to earn an Airline Transport Pilot License, the highest Federal Aviation Administration license, followed by a career of commercial flying that lasted well into the 1970s. Dietrich would work for World Airways, an Oakland corporation that became a key military contractor during the Vietnam War. In that capacity she piloted regular flights between the war zone and World's base at Oakland International Airport. However, the death of her twin sister in 1974 brought Dietrich's piloting career to an end.
In 2006, the International Women's Air & Space Museum opened an exhibit honoring the Mercury 13 – Mercury Women: Forgotten Link to the Future. And in May 2007, the women of Mercury 13 received honorary doctor of science degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Over a 34-year aviation career, Dietrich accumulated more than 12,000 hours in the pilot seat. Neither she nor her sister were ever married. Dietrich died on June 5, 2008, in San Francisco of natural causes at the age of 81.
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1926 births
2008 deaths
Aviators from California
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Mercury 13
American women commercial aviators
American commercial aviators
People from San Francisco |
18000542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Gadzhev | Vladimir Gadzhev | Vladimir Gadzhev (; born 18 July 1987) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known for his goals from long distance.
A product of the Levski Sofia Academy, Gadzhev joined Greek side Panathinaikos in 2004. He had three loan spells away from Panathinaikos. He was loaned to Levadiakos in 2006, OFI Crete in 2007 and Levski in 2008, and signed for Levski on a permanent basis in 2009.
Career
Youth career
Gadzhev is a product of Levski Sofia's youth academy.
Panathinaikos
In the summer of 2004, at the age of 17, Gadzhev joined Greek side Panathinaikos but failed to break into the first team and was eventually loaned to Beta Ethniki side Levadiakos for the 2006–07 season. He earned 26 appearances for Levadiakos, scored five goals and helping his team gain promotion to the Superleague Greece. For the following campaign Gadzhev was loaned out to Superleague Greece club OFI Crete, where he made 18 appearances.
Levski Sofia
On 4 July 2008, Levski signed Gadzhev on a season-long loan deal. He made his Bulgarian A Group debut in a 1–0 away loss against Vihren Sandanski on 9 August. He scored his first goal for Levski on 27 August, netting the equalizer in the 1–1 away draw against BATE Borisov in the third qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. Gadzhev play regularly in his first season, making 23 league appearances and collected his first A Group title winner's medal at the end of the 2008–09 season. On 31 May 2009, in the penultimate game of the campaign against Minyor Pernik, Gadzhev scored his first league goal for Levski, clinching the draw 1–1 and the title for the club.
On 7 July 2009, Gadzhev signed a permanent contract with Levski for an undisclosed fee. A week later, he scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season, netting the fourth in a 4–0 win over Sant Julià in the 2nd Qualifying round of Champions League at Georgi Asparuhov Stadium. On 1 August, Gadzhev came on as a substitute in the 2009 Bulgarian Supercup against Litex Lovech. Unfortunately at the end of the game he received a very heavy injury. The diagnose was damaged torn knee ligaments. Cause of that he missed the first part of the season. However, in January 2010 it was announced that Gadzhev recovered from his injury. He made his comeback for Levski from a serious knee injury on 16 March 2010, playing for 60 minutes as a captain of the reserves' 2–2 draw against Litex Lovech. On 20 March, Gadzhev featured as substitute in Levski's 3–0 win over Slavia Sofia in the A Group. On 2 May 2010, he scored the equalizer in a 1–1 away draw with Cherno More.
On 28 July 2011, Gadzhev scored the equalizing goal against Spartak Trnava in UEFA Europa League and afterwards Levski won the game with a 2–1 final score. On 21 November 2011, he signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at Levski until 2014.
On 17 March 2013, Gadzhev made his 100th league appearance for Levski in a 0–0 draw against Montana.
On 25 September 2013, Gadzhev scored his first brace for the club in a 6–0 win over Neftochimic Burgas.
On 23 May 2014, Gadzhev announced that he would leave Levski. On 1 July, however, he re-signed a new one-year contract with Levski. A few days later, Gadzhev was stripped of the captaincy by new manager Pepe Murcia. After the departure of Valeri Bojinov in August, he was again given the captaincy.
On 7 January 2016 he signed a pre-contract with the Russian team FC Kuban Krasnodar, but 2 weeks later his contract was annulled due to the uncertain financial situation at the club.
Coventry City
On 24 March 2016, after a successful trial period, Gadzhev signed a contract with English club Coventry City until June 2017. He scored his first goal for Coventry in a 3-2 EFL Cup win against Portsmouth on 9 August 2016. He was an unused substitute as Coventry won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final.
Trivia
Gadzhev holds the record for the most red cards in The Eternal Derby of Bulgaria, having been sent off three times, though on two of these occasions it did not affect the proceedings on the pitch, as he was ejected from the bench as well as after the final whistle.
International career
Gadzhev made his international debut on 17 November 2010 in a friendly match against Serbia. Vladimir came in as a substitution in the 65th minute. However, Bulgaria lost the match with a score of 0–1. He scored his first goal in a 2–1 home win over Belarus national football team, a precise long-distance header.
Post-playing pursuits
Following his retirement, in 2024 Gadzhev briefly served as president of Hebar.
Career statistics
Club
National team
Bulgaria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gadzhev goal
International goals
Honours
A Group: 2008–09
Bulgarian Supercup: 2009
Coventry City
EFL Trophy: 2016–17
References
External links
Gadzhev at Levski's site
Guardian's Stats Centre
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
1987 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
OFI Crete F.C. players
Levadiakos F.C. players
PFC Levski Sofia players
Coventry City F.C. players
Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
FC Hebar Pazardzhik players
Super League Greece players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Pazardzhik
English Football League players
21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen |
18000567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Firstenberg | Jonathan Firstenberg | Jonathan Firstenberg is an American television composer, music supervisor, producer and consultant.
Biography
Jonathan Firstenberg was born in 1949 in Brooklyn, and grew up on Long Island, in Floral Park and Woodbury. Inspired by his parents, Firstenberg studied different varieties of music in his youth, and started playing rock and orchestral music with a violin and a guitar. When he graduated from college, Firstenberg started his career in music by taking a job with Hansen Music Publishing, in New York City.
He is married to Natalie Vicki (Hillman) Firstenberg, a transpersonal therapist and minister, specializing in healing through relationships, especially couples' counseling, and those who are longing to deepen their creative expression.
In 2005, Firstenberg auditioned and was recruited to lead the Universal Production Music Library, a division of Universal Music Publishing Group, as creative director. In this role, he is responsible for carrying out the vision and mission of Universal Music Publishing Group, CEO David Renzer and Scott James, Sr. V.P. Licensing for Film and Television and New Technologies. Firstenberg stated in an interview that he hopes to inspire composers, songwriters, producers, musicians and vocalists to invest in their music efforts by placing some of their works into the library system.
Credits
Cats, Cops and Stuff (1990)
Born to be Mild (1990)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Santa Barbara
Guiding Light
Another World
Capitol
Days of Our Lives
All My Children
General Hospital
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards:
Won, 1993, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "Santa Barbara" (shared with Dominic Messinger and Rick Rhodes)
Won, 1996, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "Guiding Light" (shared with Robyn Cutler, Michael Licari, Rick Rhodes, Ron Cohen, John Henry Kreitler, Wes Boatman, Danny Lawrence, John E. Young, David Grant, Barry De Vorzon, Richard Hazard, Edward Dzubak, and Alan Bellink)
Sources
External links
Reel Money - A real-world guide to getting music into film and TV soundtracks.
Living people
American male composers
21st-century American composers
Musicians from Brooklyn
1949 births
People from Floral Park, New York
People from Woodbury, Nassau County, New York
21st-century American male musicians |
18000587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Lush | Marcus Lush | Marcus Lush (born July 1965) is a politician and television and radio presenter in New Zealand.
Broadcasting
He made his first footsteps into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path. Since then the longtime talkback radio host has won acclaim and awards for Off the Rails, which chronicles his journey along New Zealand's railway lines, and he spent a month in Antarctica for the series, Ice. In December 2008 Lush began work on a new television series, South, in which he explores Southland and Otago. South went to air in August 2009.
Lush was raised largely in Auckland, the fourth son of a printer and a speech therapist. He began his long career in talkback by presenting a show on student station Radio B (now 95bFM), where he worked alongside Eating Media Lunch co-creator Paul Casserly. At the age of 24, he went on to take over the graveyard talkback shift on 1ZB. During the late 1990s, he hosted the breakfast show on Auckland's 91ZM and from 2000 it was heard nationwide, except in Wellington and Christchurch. Lush's ZM programme was axed in 2001 when the 91ZM Wellington breakfast show hosted by Polly and Grant took over.
Lush moved to Southland in 2002 to host the breakfast show on Foveaux FM, but left the station in 2004, and in 2005 began presenting an evening talkback programme on the newly established Radio Live. In 2007, he then became breakfast host on Radio Live. In 2014 it was announced Lush would come back to ZB and in January 2016 he started his new talkback programme, Marcus Lush Nights, broadcasting nationwide every weeknight on Newstalk ZB from 8pm to midnight.
Television shows presented by Lush include Newsnight, Off the Rails: A Love Story, South and North.
Politics
Lush was a candidate at a 2021 by-election for the Invercargill City Council caused by the resignation of deputy mayor Toni Biddle. He stated that he would continue Marcus Lush Nights even if elected. He won the election in a landslide, winning more than half the votes counted. On 10 August 2022, Lush announced he would contest the 2022 Invercargill mayoral election. He again promised to continue his radio show if elected. On 14 October 2022 the official declaration of results for the Invercargill City Council showed Marcus Lush placing third place in the mayoralty election whilst not seeking election to council.
See also
List of New Zealand television personalities
References
External links
Marcus' profile on NZ On Screen
Marcus Lush Nights Newstalk ZB
1965 births
Living people
New Zealand television presenters
New Zealand radio presenters
New Zealand television journalists
People from Bluff, New Zealand
Newstalk ZB
Invercargill City Councillors |
18000597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Boothroyd | Geoffrey Boothroyd | Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference works on the subject. He provided weapons advice to author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novels and their film adaptions.
Career
Boothroyd was born in Blackpool and employed by Imperial Chemical Industries in the manufacture of ammunition.
James Bond
Boothroyd read Ian Fleming's early James Bond novels and wrote a letter in May 1956 to Fleming professing admiration for the character of James Bond, but not his choice of weapons. Boothroyd was particularly critical of Bond's sidearm, the .25 calibre Beretta, which he described as "really a lady's gun". Fleming responded to Boothroyd, and their subsequent correspondence about weaponry has been published multiple times. Fleming had previously thought the subject of guns to be dull and uninteresting, but responded enthusiastically to Boothroyd's suggestions.
Boothroyd initially suggested that Bond should use a revolver, but Fleming preferred a semi-automatic pistol because it would be easier to conceal. Boothroyd proposed a compromise solution of the 7.65mm Walther PPK, which provided higher stopping power than the Beretta and had a double action, allowing a more rapid first shot after drawing from a holster. Fleming adopted this suggestion, giving Bond a PPK in the novel Dr. No (1958). The choice of the PPK directly influenced that gun's popularity and notoriety. The novel also contains a character named "Major Boothroyd" who issues Bond with the weapon (the real Boothroyd held no military rank). Boothroyd also advised Fleming on the use of silencers and suggested various firearms for use by Bond and other characters. In the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962), Major Boothroyd is played by Peter Burton; subsequent films renamed the character as 'Q'.
For the cover of the novel From Russia, with Love (1957), Fleming wanted a design incorporating a pistol and a rose. Boothroyd posted his own weapon to illustrator Richard Chopping for use on the cover: a .38 Smith & Wesson snubnosed revolver, modified by removing a third of the trigger guard. Boothroyd was questioned by police when a similar weapon was used in a triple murder in Glasgow; the revolver was determined to be unrelated and Peter Manuel was later arrested, convicted and executed for the murder.
In 1964, the BBC broadcast a television documentary about Boothroyd's influence on Bond's weapons, entitled The Guns of James Bond. It was introduced by the Bond actor Sean Connery, filmed in costume on the set of Goldfinger (1964), and featured demonstrations of the weapons by Boothroyd in his home and on a firing range. The documentary was later re-released on the Dr. No Ultimate Edition DVD and is available on the BBC website.
Books
Boothroyd wrote over a dozen books about firearms, beginning with A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961) and Guns Through the Ages (also 1961). His last original book was The British Over and Under Shotgun, published posthumously in 2004 and co-authored with Susan Boothroyd. Several of his textbooks have continued to be revised and issued as new editions after his death.
References
External links
1925 births
2001 deaths
British non-fiction writers
Gun writers
British male writers
20th-century British non-fiction writers
British male non-fiction writers |
18000629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebber%20Priory | Sebber Priory | Sebber Priory (Sebber Kloster) was a religious house located at Sebbersund, near Nibe in northcentral Jutland, Denmark.
The site is now occupied by Sebber Church as well as Sebber Kloster Golf Club and Sebber Abbey manor house.
History
Sebber Priory was established as early as 1250 and certainly before 1268 as a house for Benedictine nuns. The priory was dedicated to St Lawrence. Its founding details are uncertain; it may have begun as an Augustinian house.
It appears that Sebbersund was already a village in Viking times, a trading place for ships plying the Limfjord between the North Sea and the Baltic. Over 300 Viking age graves were found in one of the largest Viking cemeteries found to date on the same ground as the priory was built. Sebbersund seems to have historically been a religious site dating to pre-Christian times.
Sebber Priory was constructed in Gothic style of red brick, the most common building material of the time. The priory was built to house approximately 12 Benedictine nuns in a relatively isolated place where they could practice a contemplative life without interference from the outside world. The original monastery included a refectory, assembly hall, dormitory as well as the Priory church (Klosterkirken).
Reformation in Denmark
The Reformation brought an end to Sebber Priory when King Christian III and the State Council adopted the , establishing Lutheranism as the state church in October 1536. The abbey and its estate reverted to the crown and was then given over to Christian Friis, a noble from Aalborg. In 1581 Sebber Kloster passed to Oluf Brockenhuus, who lived there until his death in 1608.
In 1677 Major General Casper Christoffer Brockenhuus (ca. 1649 - 1713) became the sole owner of the estate. In 1697 Christoffer Brockenhuus sold the farm to the merchant (1647-1707). At his death, Jørgen Jensen Gleerup (1748 - 1798) took over Sebber Abbey (Sebber Kloster).
Sebber Abbey
Subsequent generations consolidated the estate's economy and improved its operation. The manor has been owned by the Tesdorf family since 1957. The main building of the manor burned down in 1959 and was rebuilt. In 2006, the manor underwent restoration and is now open for public occupancy.
Sebber Church
The former monastery church is still preserved and operated as a parish church in the Diocese of Aalborg.
Sebber Church (Sebber Kirke) was the main building of the medieval priory. It remains much as it was during the Middle Ages. The church is located in direct connection with Sebber Abbey and has a direct walking path to the main building. The baptismal font and crucifix date from the days when it was still a priory church.
References
External links
Sebber Nonnekloster
Sebber Kloster Golf Klub website
Sebber kirke website
Benedictine monasteries in Denmark
Benedictine nunneries in Denmark
Buildings and structures of the Tesdorpf family
Buildings and structures in Aalborg Municipality
Monasteries dissolved under the Danish Reformation |
18000666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20Biosphere%20Reserve | Dana Biosphere Reserve | The Dana Biosphere Reserve (Arabic: محمية ضانا للمحيط الحيوي) is Jordan's largest nature reserve, located in south-central Jordan. Dana Biosphere Reserve was founded in 1989 in the area in and around the Dana village and Wadi Dana comprising .
Human presence
The people of the Ata'ta (or Al Atata In Arabic (العطاعطة أو العطاطة)) tribe are the native inhabitants of Dana Biosphere Reserve. Their history in Dana dates 400 years, with human settlement in the area dating back more than 6000 years. Besides the presence of the Ata'ta people, archeological discoveries suggest Palaeolithic, Egyptian, Nabataean, and Roman settlement in Dana.
Accommodations
Visitors to Dana Nature Reserve and Dana village can stay at Dana Cooperative Hotel and other accommodations.
Geography
Dana Biosphere Reserve drops from an altitude of on the Qadisiyah plateau to the low-lying desert area of Wadi Araba. The varied geology of Dana contains limestone, sandstone, and granite. The area of Wadi Dana features wind-cut sandstone cliffs. Dana is the only nature reserve in Jordan that crosses four bio-geographical zones; Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian, Saharo-Arabian, and Sudanian penetration.
Geology
Dana's unique landscape is formed by an outcrop (exposed bedrock) of fluvial sandstone, dating back to the Paleozoic and Lower Cretaceous. It is also covered by shallow marine carbonate rocks from the Upper Cretaceous and the Tertiary period. The area around Dana is further characterized by a horst, the Dana Horst, formed by two faults running from east to west, which are the Salawan Fault and the Dana Fault. The horst contains Precambrian granitoids and volcanic rocks in contact with Cretaceous rocks. The origin of this basaltic formation is believed to be from two distinct volcanic eruptions: the first dating back to somewhere between the Miocene and Pleistocene, while the second is a highly recent eruption of the nearby Jabal al-Qadisiyah.
Flora and fauna
The diverse environment of Dana is home to 703 plant species, 215 species of birds, and 38 species of mammals.
Plants
Dana is the most diverse area of plant life in the country, consisting of numerous vegetation types including: Phoenician juniper, evergreen oak, sand dunes, acacia, and rocky sudanian. Dana is the southernmost area in the world to host the Mediterranean cypress, Cupressus sempervirens. Of the hundreds of plants species inhabiting Dana, three can be found nowhere else in the world. Many plants, especially trees and shrubs, grow in the highlands of the nature reserve.
Endangered species
The threatened Nubian ibex, Syrian serin, caracal, and lesser kestrel are natives of Wadi Dana and plans to save the species were put forth by Global Environment Fund in 1994. Additionally, the largest breeding colony of the Syrian serin is in Dana Nature Reserve. Threats to the animals include hunting.
See also
Mujib Nature Reserve
Azraq Wetland Reserve
List of nature reserves in Jordan
References
External links
Dana from the American center of oriental research.
Dana Biosphere Reserve
Dana Community Cooperative
The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature
Dana Cooperative Hotel
Biosphere reserves of Jordan
Nature reserves in Jordan
Horsts (geology) |
18000711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMEX | WMEX | WMEX may refer to:
WMEX (AM), a radio station (1510 AM) licensed to Quincy, Massachusetts serving the Greater Boston area, United States, the original station to use the call sign, from 1934 to 1978 and again since November 2014
WMEX-LP, a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to serve Rochester, New Hampshire, United States
WMVY, a radio station (88.7 FM) licensed to serve Edgartown, Massachusetts, which used the call sign WMEX in May 2014
WNHI, a radio station (106.5 FM) licensed to serve Farmington, New Hampshire, which used the call sign WMEX from February 2001 to June 2008
WQOM, a radio station (1060 AM) licensed to serve Natick, Massachusetts, which used the call sign WMEX from October 1999 to January 2001
WFYL, a radio station (1180 AM) licensed to serve King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States, which used the call sign WMEX from February 1999 to September 1999
WEXP (FM), a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to serve Westport, New York, United States, which used the call sign WMEX from September 1996 to February 1999
WWDJ, a radio station (1150 AM) licensed to serve Boston, Massachusetts, which used the call sign WMEX from February 1985 to August 1996
WMJK, a radio station (100.9 FM) licensed to serve Clyde, Ohio, United States, which used the call sign WMEX until February 1985 |
18000752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEPS | WEPS | WEPS (88.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Elgin, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by the Elgin Area School District U46 and licensed to Board of Education School District U-46. Founded in 1950, WEPS is the oldest non-commercial educational radio station in the state of Illinois.
WEPS broadcasts a classical music format as a member of Wisconsin Public Radio's WPR Music network. WEPS broadcasts student programming aside WPR Music. Student programming broadcasts weekdays at 7 AM and PM and on 8AM and PM on Fridays
History
Originally licensed in 1950 to broadcast at 88.1 MHz, WEPS originally broadcast instructional programs to the Elgin Public Schools, local high school sporting events, and was partially staffed by students to give them experience in high school radio station operation. The effort to bring WEPS on the air was led by Ernest C. Waggoner, director of audio-visual education for the school district. The station originally had an ERP of 10 watts. In 1960, the station's frequency was changed to 90.9 MHz, and its ERP was increased to 380 watts. In 1977, the station began sharing time on the frequency with WDCB.
WEPS moved to its current 88.9 MHz frequency in 1987, after reaching an agreement with WDCB, which allowed WDCB to begin full-time operations. The station became an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network on September 28, 2005. During the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and early 2021, it was effectively a full-time feed of the network due to the closure of U-46 facilities. In 2024. U-46 resumed programming on the station. In May 20, 2024, the station rebranded as WPR Music specializing in classical, jazz, world, and folk music.
References
External links
WEPS U-46 website
WEPS schedule at Wisconsin Public Radio
EPS
High school radio stations in the United States
NPR member stations
Wisconsin Public Radio
Radio stations established in 1950
1950 establishments in Illinois
Elgin, Illinois
Classical music radio stations in the United States |
18000769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTAM-FM | XHTAM-FM | XETAM-AM/XHTAM-FM is a combo AM/FM radio station in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It broadcasts on 640 AM and 96.1 FM and is known as Romántica with a romantic format.
History
XETAM received its first concession on May 4, 1989. The original concessionaire was Promociones Radiofónicas Culturales, S.A. The station initially broadcast with 1,000 watts day and 250 watts night.
On November 4, 1994, XETAM was one of 83 stations that received a combo FM frequency.
On June 3, 2019, XETAM/XHTAM flipped from Ke Buena to romantic music as Romántica. It also began airing the syndicated Central FM morning newscast with Pedro Ferriz de Con.
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Ciudad Victoria |
18000789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTAM | XHTAM | XHTAM may refer to:
XHTAM-FM 96.1 Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, a simulcast of XETAM-AM 640
XHTAM-TDT 17 Reynosa-Matamoros, Tamaulipas, an affiliate of Canal de las Estrellas network |
18000801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amna%20Buttar | Amna Buttar | Amna Buttar (born 1962) is a Pakistani American medical doctor and former member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan. She is currently working as clinical associate professor of medicine and geriatrics at the NYU Langone Health.
Biography
Born in a Buttar family in Lahore, Amna Buttar did her MBBS from Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, and went to United States. She did her internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin, and fellowship in Geriatrics from the University of Michigan. She also completed a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan.
Buttar served as assistant professor of medicine and geriatrics at Indiana University and served as associate professor of the same discipline at University of Wisconsin. She was serving as director of geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when she moved to Pakistan in 2007. She has written numerous book chapters in multiple textbooks, and authored many research papers, including publications in prestigious journals like Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. She has given over 100 presentations locally, nationally, and internationally pertaining to geriatrics medicine. Buttar developed and implemented four different health care programs in three different states in the US. She is recipient of prestigious Career Award by the Department of Health and Human Services in the US, and served on advisory committee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the US.
During her stay in the US, she served in Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America as president/secretary of FJMC alumni. She is founder president of Asian-American Network Against Abuse of human rights (ANAA). She actively advocated for human and women rights and brought cases of Mukhtar Mai and Dr Shazia Khalid to limelight all across the globe.
She has been given LeadHer Award by the Girls Learn International in New York City in 2006. She has also received Human rights award from Pakistan Peoples Party human rights wing in August 2006. She has testified to the U.S. Congress, as well as representing Pakistan United Nations at the UN Commission on Status of Women.
Apart from numerous, social, charitable and welfare programs, she started a charitable program to help poor women lingering in Pakistani Prisons for a long time having no monetary and legal support. Her interviews have appeared in local and international print and electronic media, including CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, National Public Radio of USA and many others. She has served as Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Punjab from women reserved seats for Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) 2008 to 2012. She holds dual American nationality.
She moved back to the USA in 2012, and now resides in New York. She is serving as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics at NYU Langone Health System, New York, USA. She is section chief of Geriatrics at NYU Langone Health Main Campus, New York, USA.
Dual nationality case
On 4 June 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan admitted a petition by the registrar's office. The petition stated that Amna Buttar holds dual Pakistani and American nationality, and hence, according to Pakistan's constitution, she is not eligible to hold public office in Pakistan. Along with Amna Buttar, the petition included names of 13 other current members of National and Provincial assemblies in Pakistan.
Controversy
In 2008, Amna Buttar criticised a Pakistani Beauty Pageant, Miss Pakistan World for being irrelevant to the problems faced by Pakistani women. "In Pakistan, we are trying to get basic rights for women: right to marry, right to divorce, equal opportunity for job and education, and issues like Miss Pakistan create problems for this movement...An average Pakistani young woman does not want to wear a bikini in public, and for her it is important to have equal opportunity and all focus should be on that, and not on a pageant where only the elite can participate."
References
1962 births
Living people
Pakistani emigrants to the United States
Indiana University faculty
Pakistan People's Party politicians
Geriatricians
Pakistani medical doctors
Women geriatricians
American geriatricians
Pakistani science writers
Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan
Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Punjab MPAs 2008–2013
Politicians from Lahore
American people of Punjabi descent
University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni
American physicians of Pakistani descent
21st-century Pakistani women politicians
Naturalized citizens of the United States
People from Lahore |
18000809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Georgia%20Imperial%20Sugar%20refinery%20explosion | 2008 Georgia Imperial Sugar refinery explosion | On 7 February 2008, fourteen people were killed and thirty-six injured during a dust explosion at a refinery owned by Imperial Sugar in Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States. Dust explosions had been an issue of concern among U.S. authorities since three fatal accidents in 2003, with efforts made to improve safety and reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
The Port Wentworth refinery was large and old, featuring outdated construction methods, factors which are believed to have contributed to the fire's severity. The origin of the explosion was narrowed down to the center of the factory, in a basement located beneath storage silos. Large accumulations of sugar dust due to poor housekeeping became airborne from the initial shock waves, leading to a series of massive secondary explosions spreading throughout the factory. Investigations conducted by the Department of Justice ruled out deliberate criminal activity in 2013.
As a result of the industrial disaster, new safety legislation was proposed. Port Wentworth's economy declined because the factory had ceased operating. Imperial intended to rebuild it and return to production by the end of 2008, with replacement buildings to be completed by summer the following year. Victims filed up to 44 lawsuits for damages against Imperial and/or the company hired to clean up the site. Imperial said that the explosion was the main reason for a major loss in the first quarter of 2008.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its report on the incident in September 2009, saying that the explosion had been "entirely preventable". Investigations by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reached similar conclusions.
Background
Imperial Sugar's refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, was a four-story structure on the bank of the Savannah River. Imperial, based in Sugar Land, Texas, had bought the refinery and its brand name in 1997 from a previous local owner. Known since construction as the Dixie Crystal refinery, it was the main employer in Port Wentworth, a town of 3,500, prior to the disaster.
The Port Wentworth refinery was constructed in 1916 by 400 people who were moved from Louisiana specifically for this purpose, and opened the following year. Imperial bought the refinery together with Savannah Foods to form part of a national supply and distribution network to meet demand from businesses such as Piggly Wiggly, General Mills and Wal-Mart. This network was the second largest in the United States.
The refinery sat on a site and was spread across . Workers described the factory as antiquated, with much of the machinery dating back more than twenty-eight years. The site had continued operating because it had good access to rail and shipping links for transport.
In the last full fiscal year before the disaster, which ended on September 30, 2007, the facility refined 14.51 million hundredweight (658,163 tonnes) of sugar, 9% of the nation's requirements, compared to Imperial's Gramercy, Louisiana, refinery, which refined 11.08 million hundredweight (502,580 tonnes) of sugar in the same time period. 90% of the raw sugar supplied to the facility came from overseas in that year, and Imperial expected the "vast majority" to come in from abroad in the year of the explosion as well.
In the time leading up to the explosion, Imperial had run into financial difficulties. In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, sales had fallen eight percent while the company's profits and stock price had fallen by half. The last two annual reports by Imperial before the explosion said that any damage to the facility at Port Wentworth would "have a material effect on the company's business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows".
Meanwhile, in 2004 the CSB conducted a study into the risks presented by dust explosions after three fatal accidents in the year before. The West Pharmaceutical Services explosion in North Carolina killed six persons, the CTA Acoustics explosion in Kentucky killed seven, and the Hayes Lemmerz explosion in Indiana killed one, prompting the report. The CSB found that between 1980 and 2005, there had been 281 explosions involving combustible dust, resulting in 119 deaths and 718 injuries. The agency made a number of recommendations to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which had been partly implemented by 2008. The CSB continued to be concerned about the potential for further fatal accidents up until the explosion at the Imperial refinery in Port Wentworth.
Explosion and emergency response
The explosion occurred at 7 p.m. local time in what was initially believed to be a room where sugar was bagged by workers. Witnesses from across the Savannah River in South Carolina reported seeing flames shoot up several storeys high. There were 112 employees on-site at the time. The explosion occurred in the center of the refinery, where bagging and storage facilities were fed sugar by a network of elevators and conveyor belts. Many of the buildings at this location were six to eight storeys high with narrow gaps in between.
Ambulances responded to the scene from across twelve counties, and firefighters from three. The United States Coast Guard closed off the river in the area, and a firefighting tugboat was used to douse the fire from the river. A helicopter was used to search the river for anyone who may have been thrown into it by the blast. Off-duty employees were brought in to assist with search and rescue operations, as emergency services personnel were unfamiliar with the plant's layout. Red Cross worker Joyce Baker, who was among the first to arrive at the scene, reported that it was like "walking into hell", with some of the men she treated having "no skin at all", while others had skin "just dripping off them".
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMHSA) alerted local hospitals to prepare for up to 100 casualties. A doctor at nearby Memorial Health Hospital described patients arriving at an emergency triage as varying in condition from suffering minor burns to their hands to having received 80-90 percent burns, with many in critical condition, and one with 95 percent burns. The victims' ages ranged from 18 to 50. Many victims were placed in artificial comas because they were on life support systems. Eight were transported by helicopter to the specialized Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, about an hour away. Five of those injured later died there while receiving treatment.
A church close to the refinery was used as a point for families seeking information on relatives employed at the facility. So many people came that police requested that each family send only one representative. At the close of the day of the explosion, six people were missing, with no confirmed deaths. Overnight, several deep-seated fires were uncovered, and firefighting continued the next day.
Most of the three-mile (5 km) stretch of river that had previously been closed was reopened without restriction, although a patrol remained in place to enforce a safety zone. The river restrictions delayed one outgoing vessel and two incoming ones. There was also a minor oil spill originating from equipment at the refinery's unoccupied and rarely used dock.
The explosion seriously weakened the structure of the refinery, leaving it highly unstable. There was also extensive smoke damage. The packaging area was totally destroyed; twelve percent of the refinery was demolished by the explosion. Removal of debris began the day after the accident, with assistance from structural engineers. The six missing persons were all found dead that day, three of them in tunnels running beneath the facility. The final death toll was thirteen. It was the first major shutdown of a U.S. sugar refinery since American Sugar Refining Inc.'s Domino Sugar shut down its plant in Chalmette, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
After seven days, on February 14, 2008, the worst of the fire had been extinguished. The sugar storage silos remained alight despite attempts to put the fire out by dousing them with thousands of gallons of water from a helicopter. Specialist crews and equipment were called in to complete work tackling the smoldering, molten sugar in the silos. At this time, seven bodies had been recovered, and an eighth person had died in the hospital.
Investigation
The location of the explosion was quickly established as a building used to store refined sugar before packaging it and two of three tall, thick reinforced concrete storage silos adjacent to it, as pictured. According to Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor, the accumulated sugar dust likely acted like gunpowder. Sheptor, who was in the plant at the time of the explosion, survived only because he was protected by a firewall. Heavy equipment had to be used to shore up the partially collapsed structure before firefighters could enter it to search for victims. Within twenty-four hours, the explosive substance was identified as sugar dust.
Federal investigations by OSHA and the CSB were launched, and they interviewed witnesses, checked documentation, and conducted on-scene examination of the plant. OSHA arrived within two hours and the CSB within forty-eight hours. Other brief investigations were conducted by state firefighters and police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), but these were ended quickly after confirming there was no evidence of the explosion and fire having been deliberately started. In a press conference held on February 17, 2008, one of the six members of the CSB team said that the explosion showed the ongoing risk from dust explosions despite their report highlighting the matter in 2004.
Investigators were unable to enter the silos as OSHA ruled them to be too hazardous after the explosion. They were only able to access the area after the silos were demolished. By the time this took place, four months after the disaster, investigators believed that the explosion started in a basement area beneath the silos, from which sugar was fed up to the packaging building on conveyor belts. The factory's outdated construction materials and methods are believed to have contributed to the severity of the blaze. The ceiling was of wooden tongue and groove design. The creosote used throughout was known as “fat lighter,” because of the fire risk it posed. Interviews of Imperial employees conducted by OSHA uncovered a lack of training, as forty of the workers reported never receiving training on how to exit the building in an emergency. Only five employees recalled having a fire drill.
Aftermath
Initial response
Imperial's refinery in Louisiana was shut down by the company six weeks after the Port Wentworth disaster, over fears a similar explosion would occur there. It was kept from operating for more than a week. OSHA fined Imperial $36,000 over safety legislation violations at that plant.
The Georgia plant's 371 workers continued to receive payment from Imperial, and 275 were rehired to assist with cleanup and demolition of parts of the refinery that could not be salvaged. Work began on April 18, 2008, after Imperial's board confirmed their intention to rebuild. The plan was for the plant to return to sugar refining by the end of 2008. Demolition of the sugar silos was conducted on June 24, 2008, with a wrecking ball. A replacement packaging building and new sugar silos were intended to be completed by summer 2009. During demolition, of fire-hardened sugar were recovered from one silo, and another from the second silo. The company hoped to recycle the product for ethanol production. In the first quarter of 2008, Imperial posted a $15.5 million loss, which they said was primarily due to the explosion. Port Wentworth suffered an economic depression after the accident, with local businesses losing many customers. Imperial was purchased in 2012 by the Louis Dreyfus Group.
Reports from OSHA and CSB
Within a month of the accident, OSHA, fearing that many employers may be unaware their facilities presented a risk of dust explosions, sent a letter to 30,000 employees to alert them to the danger of a similar explosion occurring. OSHA also proposed the Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008, a new bill aimed at introducing regulations to reduce the risk of dust explosions. The bill passed the United States House of Representatives but never passed the United States Senate. In 2009 OSHA began developing a federal standard for combustible dust. Congress introduced a bill in 2013 to require OSHA to issue an interim standard based on the voluntary combustible standard set by National Fire Protection Association.
The CSB released its report in September 2009, saying the explosion had been "entirely preventable". It noted that the sugar industry had been aware of the risk of dust explosions since 1926. Specifically, internal company memorandums by managers in 1967 expressed their concern about the potential of explosions from sugar dust. Imperial Sugar had made construction changes before the explosion, that enabled the accumulation of sugar dust. It had never practiced evacuation procedures, and the lack of emergency lighting meant that people were confined to dark hallways and tunnels at the time of the explosions.
Legal issues
Victims of the disaster continued to file claims against Imperial Sugar and its construction contractor. By September 2010, 44 civil suits had been filed in Chatham County Court in relation to the explosion, and eighteen had been settled. The state appeals court rejected an effort by defendants' attorneys for a pre-trial appeal in two related cases in an effort to limit damages. In 2011 Lawrence Manker Jr., an Imperial worker who underwent 70 surgeries for burns covering 85% of his body after the plant explosion, settled his lawsuit with the company for an undisclosed amount. He was the last victim to leave a hospital burn unit.
In March 2008, Raquel Islas, a female worker whose arms were burnt, sued Savannah-based company Stokes Contracting, which was a contracted construction company. In April 2008, the widow of Shelathia Harvey also sued Stokes, as well as Savannah Foods, which operated the refinery along with Imperial. In August 2008, Malcolm Frazier, who suffered burns over 85% of his body, succumbed to his injuries at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center, where he had remained since the explosion.
The United States Department of Labor requested that Ed Tarver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, pursue criminal prosecution against Imperial and its executives. OSHA cited Imperial with 124 safety violations, finding that the company acted with "plain indifference to, or intentional disregard for, employee safety and health". Tarver said there was not enough evidence of intentional disregard or plain indifference to bring criminal charges against Imperial. He also cited a lack of federal criminal laws specifically related to safety in the sugar industry as a reason for his decision.
OSHA fined Imperial $8.8 million in May 2010 after citing the company for 211 violations at the Port Wentworth plant and the plant in Louisiana. After settlement negotiations the company agreed to pay $6 million, while admitting no fault.
Monument
On February 7, 2009, a monument honoring the people lost in the explosion was dedicated at Legacy Park, on the grounds of the Port Wentworth plant.
See also
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational safety and health
References
External links
"TIMELINE: Imperial Sugar explosion from 2008 until today." Contains list of fatalities.
Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008. (110th Congress)
"Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar", CSB safety video.
"How can sugar explode?" Refers to Imperial Sugar explosion.
Port Wentworth, Georgia: Sugar Explosion Memorial.
Sugar Refinery tribute ceremony. Savannah Morning News video archives.
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