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5,500 | Construction mechanic (United States Navy) | Construction mechanic (abbreviated as CM) is a United States Navy occupational rating. Construction mechanics perform tasks involved in maintenance, repair and overhaul of automotive, materials handling and construction equipment; assign and supervise activities of assistants who locate, analyze and correct malfunctions in equipment and issue repair parts; maintain records; prepare requisitions and reports; train assistants in repair procedures and techniques; maintain individual combat readiness and perform tasks required in combat and disaster preparedness or recovery operations. At the master chief petty officer level, construction mechanic merges with the equipment operator rating. At this level, they are referred to as a master chief equipmentman (EQCM). References See also List of United States Navy ratings Category:Mechanics (trade) Category:United States Navy ratings |
5,501 | Leyton Midland Road railway station | Leyton Midland Road is a London Overground station in Leyton of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, down the line from and situated between and stations in Travelcard Zone 3. History The station opened on 9 July 1894 as part of the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway and was originally called "Leyton". On 17 August 1915, three explosive bombs from the German Zeppelin L.10 landed on or near the station, destroying the ticket office, a billiard hall in the arches under the platform and damaging several houses nearby. Four people were killed. The station was renamed Leyton Midland Road on 1 May 1949. The goods yard, which was just beyond the station, closed on 6 May 1968. As with Leytonstone High Road and Wanstead Park stations, the booking office was built into the viaduct arch. By the 1980s all the old buildings had been removed and the Greater London Council built a new booking office on Midland Road itself. A few years later that was closed and demolished when, like other stations, Leyton Midland Road became unstaffed. Station today Since the takeover by London Overground the station has benefited from a major refit including deep clean, new signing, a ticket machine and additional waiting shelters. The community garden which was started by members of the GOBLIN support group is tended by station staff now, one of whom recently won an award for outstanding service to passengers. The station also contains help points and automatic ticket gates have now been installed. Controversially, the Midland Road entrance is now closed. Services and connections The service has been improved in stages to four trains per hour, weekdays and weekends except late evenings when it goes down to two trains per hour. London Bus routes 69, 97 and W16 and night route N26 serve the station. Recent proposals In common with other stations on the line, usage has greatly increased in recent years, following improvements in train services and the reintroduction of station staff, and peak-hour overcrowding of the two-car diesel trains is now a major issue. Electrification of the line was finally approved after a long campaign and was achieved for 2017. Services from the station were suspended for 8 months (June 2016 - February 2017) whilst the work was carried out. References External links Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Category:Former Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway stations Category:Railway stations opened in 1894 Category:Railway stations served by London Overground Category:Leyton |
5,502 | Small Bump | "Small Bump" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, released as the fifth single from his debut studio album, +. The song was written by Sheeran and produced by Jake Gosling. The single peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was released to radio as the sixth and final single in Australia, where "Give Me Love" was released as the fifth single. Background On 26 March 2012, Sheeran announced on Twitter that "Small Bump" would be released as the fifth single from his debut album + saying "Before it gets out there, I'd like to be the first one to announce what the fifth single taken from my album '+' is." He added: "So the single is.... Small Bump." The song is written in the key of B-flat major. The song is about Sheeran's "close friend" and laments a stillborn baby at five months into the pregnancy. It is sung from a first-person perspective. A remix by Asa & Stumbleine was due to feature on the EP but was never finished. Legacy In the run-up to the 2018 Irish Abortion referendum, a pro-life campaign used "Small Bump" without Sheeran's permission. On 19 May 2018, he wrote on Instagram: "I've been informed that my song Small Bump is being used to promote the pro-life campaign, and I feel it's important to let you know I have not given approval for this use, and it does not reflect what the song is about." Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications !scope="col" colspan="3"|Streaming |- References External links Category:2012 singles Category:Ed Sheeran songs Category:Song recordings produced by Jake Gosling Category:Songs written by Ed Sheeran Category:Warner Music Group singles Category:Songs about pregnancy |
5,503 | John Alexander Wallace | John Alexander Wallace (April 3, 1881 – October 13, 1961) was a Canadian politician, engineer and farmer. Wallace was born in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He was elected in 1921 to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Party in the riding of Norfolk. He was previously defeated in the 1917 election as a Member of Laurier's Liberals and in 1945 as a Member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. External links References Category:1881 births Category:1961 deaths Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Category:Progressive Party of Canada MPs Category:People from Norfolk County, Ontario Category:Candidates in the 1917 Canadian federal election Category:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidates in the 1945 Canadian federal election Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons |
5,504 | Jimmy Clabots | James Ryan Clabots (born November 12, 1980), best known as Jimmy Clabots, is an American physical therapist, actor, and screenwriter. In 2009 he became a male escort, and retired in 2012. Since 2014 he’s been working as a physical therapist and Alexander Technique teacher in Los Angeles. Career In 2000 he becomes model. In 2008 Clabots started his career as an actor in the comedy film Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!. In 2011 he starred in Showtime's Gigolos, showing male escorts in Las Vegas, but left the show in 2012 when he retired from escorting. Personal life Clabots is of Cuban and Spanish descent. Filmography Film Television References External links ModelMayhem Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:American male models Category:American people of Cuban descent Category:American people of Spanish descent Category:Place of birth missing (living people) |
5,505 | Knud Illeris | Knud Illeris (born 7 March 1939) is a Danish scientist and professor of lifelong learning. His work mainly revolves around the way adults learn and continue to do so. Illeris' work both as author and editor is widely renowned and published in more than ten countries, including China, Germany and the Netherlands. In 2005 Knud Illeris was made Honorary Adjunct Professor of Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. Other objectives of his work are skill development and workplace learning. Theory Illeris' concept of learning is based on his idea of three dimensions of learning and competence development. These three main dimensions are Functionality, Sensitivity and Integration. Functionality refers to the learning content and the individual's capacity and understanding thereof. Sensitivity stresses the importance of the individual's incentive for learning: motivation, emotion and volition. The final dimension is that of Integration: the ways in which the individual can adhere the learning to make sense to him. This dimension focuses on interaction with fellow learners or the environment. These are the core elements of Illeris' learning theory, but all in all he maintains a very broad concept of learning, which is illustrated in his editing of the book Contemporary Theories of Learning. References External links Category:1939 births Category:Danish scientists Category:Living people |
5,506 | Mary E. White | Mary Elizabeth White (5 January 1926 – 5 August 2018) was an Australian paleobotanist and author. She was born in South Africa, grew up in southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and received a master's degree in paleobotany from the University of Cape Town. She married Bill White, a geologist; the couple came to Australia in 1955. White worked as a consultant for the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Canberra until the 1980s; she also consulted on a part-time basis for mining companies. In 1975, she was hired as a research associate for the Australian Museum; she established a collection of 12,000 specimens of plant fossils for the museum. White began writing large format, well illustrated science books after her husband died in 1981. She was the author of: The Greening of Gondwana – The 400 Million Year Story of Australia's Plants (1986) The Nature of Hidden Worlds – Animals and Plants in Prehistoric Australia and New Zealand (1990) Muttaburrasaurus: An Australian Dinosaur in Its Time and Space (1990) – with Robyn Muche (Illustrator) Time in Our Hands – Semi-precious Gemstones: Keys to the Geological Past (1991) After the Greening: The browning of Australia (1994), received a Eureka Prize Listen... Our Land is Crying (1997) Running Down: Water in a Changing Land (2000), which was shortlisted for a Eureka Prize Earth Alive! From Microbes to a Living Planet (2003) White received honorary doctorates from four Australian Universities, plus the Riversleigh medal in 1999 for "excellence in promoting understanding of Australian prehistory". In 2010, she received a Lifetime of Conservation award from the Australian Geographic Society. She was awarded the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science's Mueller Medal in 2001. In 2009, she was made a Member the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to botany as a researcher and through the promotion of increased understanding and awareness of the natural world". In 2003, White purchased a large forested property, Falls Forest Retreat, approximately halfway between Taree and Port Macquarie in New South Wales; she established a covenant to protect the land and preserve its biodiversity. In 2013 she sold the property but with the covenant it can never be disturbed. In her later years White suffered from vascular dementia and a stroke and went to live with her daughter and her daughter's husband between in Bundanoon, New South Wales between 2014 and 2016. In 2016, following another stroke she moved to a nearby aged-care centre. On 5 August 2018, White was found dead in her room at the Warrigal aged care complex. Her daughter, Barbara Eckersley, has been charged with her murder; at her bail hearing, her barrister maintained that his client had the "belief that the aged-care centre weren't able to deal with Dr White's agitation and pain". References Category:1926 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Australian botanists Category:Paleobotanists Category:Australian conservationists Category:Australian science writers Category:Australian women scientists Category:Women botanists Category:Women conservationists Category:Women science writers Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:University of Cape Town alumni Category:South African emigrants to Australia Category:People murdered in New South Wales Category:20th-century Australian scientists Category:21st-century Australian scientists |
5,507 | Batterie de cuisine | The batterie de cuisine (French; literally, kitchen artillery, i.e., kitchenware) is the range of tools and pans used in a professional kitchen. It includes the knives, frying pans, bakeware and the complete set of kitchen utensils required for cooking and for the making of desserts, pastries and confectionery. It does not include any of the fixed equipment such as cooking ranges, refrigeration equipment, etc. References Batterie de Cuisine. CooksInfo.com. Published 02/22/2007. Updated 12/05/2010. Web. Retrieved 11/18/2012. Batterie de Cuisine. Rebecca Franklin, About.com. Web. Retrieved 11/18/2012. External links Category:Cooking fr:Batterie de cuisine |
5,508 | Wie schön du bist | "Wie schön du bist" () is a song by German recording artist Sarah Connor. It was written and produced by Connor along with Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, and Daniel Faust for her ninth studio album Muttersprache (2015). An ode to her son Tyler, the uplifting pop ballad was conceived after a dispute with him. Her first single in German, the song was released as the album's lead single on May 1, 2015 in German-speaking Europe; it has since reached number two on the German Singles Chart. Chart performance In Germany, "Wie schön du bist" was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting sales/streams of 260,000 copies, including 240,000 digital downloads. Formats and track listings Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Parody In September 2015, German comedian Carolin Kebekus performed a parody of this song in her show PussyTerror TV, mocking dim-witted German nationalists under the title "Wie blöd du bist" (). References Category:2015 singles Category:Sarah Connor (singer) songs Category:2015 songs Category:Songs written by Sarah Connor (singer) Category:Polydor Records singles Category:Songs written by Peter Plate |
5,509 | 2006 Challenge Cup | The 2006 Challenge Cup (also known as the Powergen Challenge Cup due to sponsorship from Powergen) was the Xth tournament played for rugby league's Challenge Cup. It features teams from across Europe including England, Scotland, Wales, France and Russia. The competition started in January 2006 with the preliminary round where the Gloucestershire Warriors from the Rugby League Conference surprised an established Pennine League team in Illingworth. The final was scheduled to be played at the new Wembley Stadium but in March 2006 it became apparent that the stadium would not be ready for the final on 26 August so it was switched to Twickenham. In the final St. Helens proved too strong for the Huddersfield Giants, winning by 42 points to 12. It was Huddersfield's first final since 1953, when they also faced St Helens. Round 1 (week ending 5 February) Sees the introduction of the major amateur clubs from the National Conference League and the teams from National League 3 Round 2 (week ending 19 February) Round 3 (week ending 12 March) Round 3 sees the introduction of the National League 1 and 2 teams and teams from France and Russia. Amateurs Thornhill Trojans provided the first surprise result by beating national 2 team Workington Town. Late season snow caused a number of postponements on the Sunday. Round 4 (week ending 2 April) Round 4 sees the introduction of the Super League teams. Some matches are now televised live by the BBC. In this round the matches chosen for transmission were at Bradford and Wakefield. Round 5 (week ending 21 May) No new teams enter at this stage. In this round the matches chosen for transmission were at St Helens and Widnes. Quarter-finals (week ending 4 June) In this round the matches chosen for transmission were at Hull KR and Leeds. Hull KR pulled off a major surprise when they beat Superleague team Warrington Wolves. Semi-finals (week ending 30 July) Unlike earlier rounds, matches from now on will be played on neutral grounds. Huddersfield have the chance to win the Cup for the first time in 1953 when they beat this year's final opponents St Helens. Final The final was originally scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium though because of the construction delay was alternatively held at Twickenham Stadium, London, attracting a large attendance. Teams: St Helens: Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Jamie Lyon, Willie Talau, Francis Meli; Leon Pryce, Sean Long, Paul Anderson, Keiron Cunningham, Jason Cayless, Jon Wilkin, Paul Sculthorpe, Jason Hooper Subs: Lee Gilmour, James Roby, James Graham, Maurie Fa'asavalu Coach: Daniel Anderson Huddersfield: Paul Reilly, Martin Aspinwall, Stephen Wild, Michael De Vere, Stuart Donlan, Chris Thorman (c), Robbie Paul, Paul Jackson, Brad Drew, Jim Gannon, Chris Nero, Andy Raleigh, Stuart Jones Subs: Paul Smith, Eorl Crabtree, Steve Snitch, Wayne McDonald Coach: Jon Sharp UK Broadcasting rights The tournament was screened in the United Kingdom by the BBC. External links Rugby Football League Powergen Challenge Cup 2006 on BBC.co.uk 2006 Challenge Cup Final at rlphotos.com Category:Challenge Cup Category:St Helens R.F.C. Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Challenge Cup |
5,510 | Arnie Ginsburg | Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg (born August 5, 1926) was an American disc jockey in the Boston radio market from the mid-1950s to the 1970s. Following this period, he became involved in the business side of radio as a business manager, president and owner of WVJV-TV, and later as an executive with Pyramid Broadcasting and program manager of their Boston station WXKS/1430. Early years Arnold William Ginsburg was born on August 5, 1926. He was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of Paul Ginsburg, who ran a millinery company and Sophia (Charak) Ginsburg, who had been a singer prior to marriage. Arnie graduated from Brookline (MA) High School in 1944. His first radio job was at the old WORL/950, where he was an engineer for announcer Alan Dary. He did not intend to be an announcer; but at one point, he sat in on air with Dary and got a good response. Despite not having the traditional deep radio voice, Ginsburg developed an audience that wanted to hear more of him, and he moved to WBOS 1600 AM in 1956 to be a night-time disc jockey. It was at WBOS, a station that programmed foreign language shows during the daytime, that he developed his own on-air Top 40 show; this prepared him for his move to a full-time Boston Top 40 radio station, WMEX/1510, in 1958. Top-40 Career While he developed a following during his time with WBOS, it was at WMEX that Ginsburg's popularity as a disc jockey expanded. He was unusual, and not just because of his high-pitched voice; he jokingly referred to himself as "Old Leather Lungs" or "Old Aching Adenoids", but he was best known as "Woo Woo" Ginsburg, for his use of sound effects: his show was called the Night Train, and he used a train horn. In an era where top-40 DJs were given non-descript and non-ethnic radio names, Ginsburg kept his birth name and did not change it. He also refused a salary from station owner Max Richmond, instead making a deal for a 25% cut of all the commercial revenue Ginsburg would generate for his show. This, he claimed, made him "the highest-paid jock on the station." According to Billboard magazine, by 1959, he was making an annual salary of $10,000, an amount higher than the median American income at that time. Ginsburg frequently did on-air testimonials for his advertisers, and perhaps the best-known was his work for Adventure Car Hop, a drive-in fast-food restaurant on Route 1 in Saugus, which promoted the "Ginsburger" According to the car-hop's owners, Ginsburg's radio commercials brought as many as two thousand teenagers to his restaurant on a typical summer night. Ginsburg was also known for his ability to create hits by giving them radio exposure on his show. One good example was a novelty song sung by British vocalist Lonnie Donegan, "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)." It had been a hit in England, but when released in the United States for the first time in 1959, it was not successful. Then, in 1961, |
5,511 | Acfred I of Carcassonne | Acfred I (died 906) was the Count of Razès from 837 and Count of Carcassonne from 877. Acfred was the younger son of Oliba I of Carcassonne. He inherited Razès on his father's death, while his elder brother Oliba II inherited Carcassonne. Acfred and Oliba probably shared authority with each other in their two counties until the elder's death in 877, when Acfred inherited both counties, probably as the regent for his nephew Bencion I, but actually as count in his own right. Bencion nevertheless succeeded him on his death. Acfred married Adelinda, daughter of Bernard Plantapilosa and sister of William I of Aquitaine. He had three sons: William II of Aquitaine Acfred of Aquitaine Bernard III of Auvergne References Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. Category:906 deaths Category:Counts of Carcassonne Category:Counts of Razès Category:9th-century people from West Francia Category:9th-century Visigothic people Category:Year of birth unknown |
5,512 | Central retinal artery occlusion | Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a disease of the eye where the flow of blood through the central retinal artery is blocked (occluded). There are several different causes of this occlusion; the most common is carotid artery atherosclerosis. Signs and symptoms Central retinal artery occlusion is characterized by painless, acute vision loss in one eye. Upon fundoscopic exam, one would expect to find: cherry-red spot (90%) (a morphologic description in which the normally red background of the choroid is sharply outlined by the swollen opaque retina in the central retina), retinal opacity in the posterior pole (58%), pallor (39%), retinal arterial attenuation (32%), and optic disk edema (22%). During later stages of onset, one may also find plaques, emboli, and optic atrophy. Diagnosis One diagnostic method for the confirmation of CRAO is Fluorescein angiography, it is used to examine the retinal artery filling time after the fluorescein dye is injected into the peripheral venous system. In an eye with CRAO some branches of the retinal artery may not fill or the time it takes for the branches of the retinal artery to fill will be increased, which is visualized by the leading edge of the fluorescein moving slower than normal through the retinal artery branches to the edges of the retina. Fluorescein angiography can also be used to determine the extent of the occlusion as well as classify it into one of four types non-arteritic CRAO, non-arteritic CRAO with cilioretinal artery sparing, transient non-arteritic CRAO and arteritic CRAO. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) may also be used to confirm the diagnosis of CRAO. Causes CRAO can be classified based on it pathogenesis, as arteritic versus non-arteritic. Non-arteritic CRAO is most commonly caused by an embolus and occlusion at the narrowest part of the carotid retinal artery due to plaques in the carotid artery resulting in carotid retinal artery atherosclerosis. Further causes of non-arteritic CRAO may include vasculitis and chronic systemic autoimmune diseases. Arteritic CRAO is most commonly caused by giant cell arteritis. Other causes can include dissecting aneurysms and arterial spasms, and as a complication of patient positioning causing external compression of the eye compressing flow to the central retinal artery (e.g. in spine surgeries in the prone position). Mechanism The ophthalmic artery branches off into the central retinal artery which travels with the optic nerve until it enters the eye. This central retinal artery provides nutrients to the retina of the eye, more specifically the inner retina and the surface of the optic nerve. Variations, such as branch retinal artery occlusion, can also occur. Central retinal artery occlusion is most often due to emboli blocking the artery and therefore prevents the artery from delivering nutrients to most of the retina. These emboli originate from the carotid arteries most of the time but in 25% of cases, this is due to plaque build-up in the ophthalmic artery. The most frequent site of blockage is at the most narrow part of the artery which is where the artery pierces the dura covering the optic nerve. Some people have cilioretinal arterial branches, which may |
5,513 | Hugo O. Engelmann | Hugo Otto Engelmann (September 11, 1917 – February 2, 2002) was an American sociologist, anthropologist and general systems theorist. Throughout his work he emphasized the significance of history. Biography Born September 11, 1917 in Vienna, Austria, Engelmann arrived in the United States in 1939, just two weeks before World War II broke out in Europe. Having fled first to Czechoslovakia and later to France as a result of the German annexation of Austria in 1938, he worked as a laborer in the fields of France until he was able to sail to America, as recorded in Journey Into a New Life. Following graduate school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison he taught at Michigan State University in East Lansing, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Towards the end of the 1950s he was among the first members of the Society for General Systems Research. He was the first editor of the Wisconsin Sociologist 1960-62, then again in 1965-70. In 1963 Engelmann was president of the Wisconsin Sociological Association. He appeared in Who’s Who in America in 1989. He is named in Austrian Social Scientists in Exile 1933-1945. In the 1960s Engelmann regularly participated in civil rights marches and was a strong advocate for racial and gender equality at a time when neither could be taken for granted even at universities. In the early 1970s one of his papers - an analysis of bussing and neighborhood schools—was quoted in a successful desegregation suit of Milwaukee Public Schools initiated by Lloyd Barbee. From 1969 until he retired Professor Emeritus in 1989 he taught, wrote, and traveled throughout the US and Europe. Retirement did not change much. He continued his active correspondence with colleagues and former students for 30 years and more. He remained active in sociology until his death on February 2, 2002 in DeKalb, Illinois. His wife Ruth is author of Leaf House: Days of Remembering. Their son John is a lawyer and is sometimes a co-author of Engelmann's articles. Work For most of his life he was first and foremost a sociologist. Ethnicity and religion were distant runners up. He was a strong supporter of intellectual freedom, equal rights, civil liberties, and workers. That spirit is evident in the first Wisconsin Sociologist journal—today called Sociological Imagination. It insisted it was "a journal of communication, published cooperatively by its contributors, under the auspices of WSA Wisconsin Sociological Association. Communications may cover any subject matter of concern to social scientists in their respective roles as scientific workers, teachers, and professional employees." About injustice he had this to say, "...when we restrict the behavioral development of others, we are depriving ourselves of interactive opportunities, and limit our own development. Thus, we can say in a very real sense that 'Whatsoever we shall do unto the least of them, we shall have done to ourselves.'" Population Expansion and the Social System Through billions of small-scale social interactions society changes in piecemeal ways and often in contradictory directions. Still, the overall thrust of social change can be discerned. In his 1967 paper "Population |
5,514 | La yumba | La yumba (zhoóm-ba) is a tango created by Osvaldo Pugliese in 1946. The term yumba - despite its indigenous origin - was not chosen by Pugliese for its etymology but for its onomatopoeic similarity with the profound gasping from a bandoneón - and the resulting mixture of that sound with other orchestra arrangements. Pugliese declared that the unrelenting rhythm was inspired by the noises of metalworking. The tango has been a dance favorite, and remains Pugliese's signature tune. The tango was performed in Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón on December 26, 1985 during the Osvaldo Pugliese's 80th anniversary, standing out as one of the first tangos played into the facilities of the famous classic-music theatre. It was also featured in the 1985 film El exilio de Gardel directed by Fernando Solanas (where Pugliese's orchestra performs live), and in the 1997 film, The Tango Lesson, directed by Sally Potter. The tune was featured on the fourteenth season of the hit show Dancing with the Stars, in which the tune was performed in the semifinals to an Argentine tango danced by Maria Menounos and Derek Hough, for which they received perfect score 30 out of 30 from the judges (though they were eliminated on the same week). References External links Recording process history Category:Tangos Category:1946 songs |
5,515 | Austrian Red Cross | The Austrian Red Cross (German: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz, ÖRK) is the national Red Cross Organization in Austria and is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It was established on March 14, 1880 by Doctor Adam Lichtenheld of the Vienna General Hospital and is the biggest aid agency in the country. Duties Its duties contain: Emergency medical services and transport services, apart from other NPOs (such as the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund) Blood-donation-service - 95% of the donated blood is provided by the Red Cross Social- and healthcare programs Development Cooperation, Rehabilitation and Emergency Aid Educational service (first aid courses) International Tracing Service - After World War II, and nowadays after big disasters. Supervision of international humanitarian law By far, most staff members are volunteers (about 74.000 in 2018), but there are professional employees as well as drafted Zivildiener, which are conscientious objectors forced to serve up to nine months time in medical service, instead of military service. Presidents of the ÖRK Karl Baron of Tinti (1880–1884) Franz Earl Falkenhayn (1885–1898) Prince Alois von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1899–1913) Rudolf Earl of Abensperg-Traun (1913–1919) Max Vladimir Eck (1919–1938) Adolf Pilz (1945) Karl Seitz (1946–1950) Burghard Breitner (1950–1956) Hans Lauda (1956–1974) Heinrich Treichl (1974–1999) Fredy Mayer (1999-2013) Gerald Schöpfer (since 2013) National Organisation The organisation persists of 9 subordinate national organisations, all are their own entities but are bound to the basic principles of the Austrian Red Cross. This has historical reasons, the national organisation originated out of many small, local aid organisations. National Association Burgenland National Association Carinthia National Association Lower Austria National Association Upper Austria National Association Salzburg National Association Styria National Association Tyrol National Association Vorarlberg National Association Vienna These consist of totally 142 district offices and 956 local offices. References External links Official Website ÖRK International Tracing Service Blood donations AutRC Development Cooperation Category:Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies Category:Medical and health organisations based in Austria Category:1880 establishments in Austria Category:Organizations established in 1880 |
5,516 | John Patten (footballer) | John Patten was a British footballer who played four matches, scoring twice, for Southampton in the Southern League in 1907. Football career Patten had played for Shrewsbury before coming to Southampton for a trial in March 1907. He had originally expected to play a reserve-team match at Ryde but, because of an injury crisis which had sidelined Jack Hogg, Alex Glen and Bill Gray, he was included in the first-team for the Southern League match against Watford on 30 March 1907, which ended 0–0. The local press commented that "his policy of parting before an opponent can get to him is to be commended". He retained his place for the next two matches, scoring in a 3–2 defeat against West Ham United and a 4–2 victory at Northampton Town. He then lost his place to Edward Bell for two matches before being recalled for the final match of the season. Despite his record of two goals from four matches, Patten was not given a contract by Southampton and returned to Shrewsbury. References External links Football career details Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Place of birth unknown Category:Year of death unknown Category:English footballers Category:Association football outside forwards Category:Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Category:Southampton F.C. players Category:Southern Football League players |
5,517 | Boztepe Hill, Trabzon | Boztepe or Mount Minthrion is a hill near Trabzon in Turkey. It is located 3 kilometers southeast of the city center of Trabzon. The Değirmendere Valley lies to the east of Boztepe. The Kaymaklı quarter occupies most of the Boztepe hill. The area has been religiously significant since ancient times. There are four sacred fountains on Bozetepe. That of Saint John the Sanctifier is near the summit. On the site is a mosque that was formerly a nineteenth-century church. The church in turn may have replaced a sanctuary to Mithras, which may have been the origin of the name Minthrion. That of Kaymaklı Monastery is known as the milk fountain. The Skylolimne is now a mostly-dry lake. The Dragon's fountain (Δράκοντπήάσον) is near Hoşoğlan village. According to John Lazaropoulos' Logos on St. Eugenios of Trebizond, Alexios II of Trebizond killed a dragon at the site. The Panagia Theoskepastos Monastery Notes Sources External links Map of Trabzon Kaymaklı Monastery info at www.trabzon.gov.tr Category:Trabzon Category:Landforms of Trabzon Province |
5,518 | James Cooper (baseball) | James Cooper (born February 12, 1982) is an American college baseball coach, currently is serving as head coach of the Grambling State Tigers baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2010 season. Playing career Cooper was an outfielder for Grambling, where he earned All-Conference honors and played under longtime head coach Wilbert Ellis. He was drafted in the 33rd round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros. He played two seasons in the Astros system, reaching Class A, and one season of independent baseball in the CanAm League for the Sussex Skyhawks before ending his playing career. Coaching career Cooper returned to Grambling as an assistant to new head coach Barret Rey. He helped rebuild the Tigers program, qualifying for a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament appearances in three years. With Rey's departure for SWAC rival Alcorn State, Cooper was elevated to head coach. In his first season, Cooper led the Tigers to a SWAC Tournament championship and an appearance in the NCAA Regional. Cooper earned SWAC Coach of the Year honors for his efforts. During the 2019 season, Cooper obtained his 200th victory with a 19-2 win over University of Arkansas Pine Bluff on April 20, 2019. Notable players drafted or signed under Cooper's helm: Jeremy Shelby 2010 38th round draft pick to Baltimore Orioles, Eldred Barnett 2011 29th round draft pick to San Francisco Giants, Chris Wolfe 2012 29th round draft pick to Oakland A's, Cory Jordan 2013 35th round pick to Tampa Rays, Edwin Drexler 2015 38th round draft pick to Los Angeles Dodgers, Tanner Raiburn 2017 33rd round draft pick to Boston Redsox, Johan Mojica 2017 UDFA to Milwaukee Brewers, Marshawn Taylor 2018 28th round pick to Arizona Diamondbacks. Head coaching record See also List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches References External links Category:Living people Category:1982 births Category:Baseball outfielders Category:Grambling State Tigers baseball coaches Category:Grambling State Tigers baseball players Category:Sportspeople from Shreveport, Louisiana Category:Sussex Skyhawks players Category:Tri-City ValleyCats players |
5,519 | Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan | The Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan was introduced in March 2011 by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, and the Director of the New York City Department of City Planning, Amanda Burden, this plan provides a framework for the next ten years of waterfront development in New York City. The plan has two components: a three-year action agenda comprising 130 funded projects, including the development of more than of new waterfront parks, creation of 14 new waterfront esplanades, and introduction of new commuter ferry service (NYC Ferry), providing a framework for the City’s of shoreline for the next decade and beyond. History New York City, like many other cities, is experiencing a vast redevelopment of its waterfronts from primarily maritime activities and water dependent uses to parks, housing and economic development activities and expanding the use on the waterways for transportation, recreation and natural habitats. This transformation is due in great part to containerization, which reshaped the shipping industry and required the use of vast, concentrated expanses of waterfront and upland areas. This condensed the Port of New York and New Jersey shipping industry to six locations within the harbor and left many waterfront areas and piers vacant. These six terminals include: Red Hook Container Terminal, Brooklyn New York Container Terminal, Staten Island Port Newark Container Terminal, Newark Global Marine Terminal, Jersey City Maher Terminal, Elizabeth APM Terminals, Elizabeth The abandoned waterfront areas and maritime infrastructure suffered from years of neglect and in 1992, the first Comprehensive Waterfront Plan was introduced by the New York City Department of City Planning. The 1992 plan recommended regulatory changes, such as specific rezonings to appropriately zone the waterfront based on actual land use patterns. As part of the 1992 Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, the City Zoning Resolution was revised in 1993 to define waterfront properties and to list special regulations for these areas. In order to help preserve the maritime industry and water dependent industry uses that still exist, the Plan also designates 6 areas as Significant Maritime Industrial Areas (SMIA). These districts were previously zoned for heavy manufacturing and will continue to be used for industry. The designated SMIA’s include: Kill Van Kull between Staten Island and Bayonne Sunset Park in Brooklyn Red Hook in Brooklyn Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn Newtown Creek in Brooklyn and Queens South Bronx in the Bronx Goals The updated Comprehensive Waterfront Plan has identified the following eight goals: Goal 1: Expand public access to the waterfront and waterways on public and private property for all New Yorkers and visitors alike. Goal 2: Enliven the waterfront with a range of attractive uses integrated with adjacent upland communities. Goal 3: Support the working waterfront: Support economic development activity on the working waterfront. Goal 4: Improve water quality through measurements that benefit natural habitats, support public recreation, and enhance waterfront and upland communities. Goal 5: Restore the natural waterfront: Restore degraded natural waterfront areas, and protect wetlands and shorefront habitats. Goal 6: Enhance the "Blue Network": Enhance the public experience of the waterways that surround |
5,520 | Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir | Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir (born September 15, 1940) is an Icelandic politician. She has served as a member of the Icelandic parliament, as Minister of Social Services in the Government of Iceland, and was President of the Nordic Council in 2005. Early life Rannveig was born in Ísafjörður, Iceland, the daughter of skipper (boating) Guðmundur Kr. Guðmundsson (born August 15, 1897, died January 12, 1961) and homemaker Sigurjóna Guðmundína Jónasdóttir (born January 14, 1903, died September 9, 1954). In 1960 she married technologist Sverrir Jónsson (born July 9, 1939). She studied computer programming 1970–1972 in Oslo, Norway and Reykjavík, Iceland. Rannveig was an employee of the Post Office in Ísafjörður 1956–1962. Clerical work 1962–1963 and 1967–1968. Computer programmer for Loftleiðir Airlines 1972–1976. Politics Rannveig was a member of the council of Kópavogur 1978–1988. Political aide to the Minister of Social Services 1988–1989. Member of parliament from 1989 to 2007 for the Social Democratic Party and its successor, the Social Democratic Alliance. Appointed Minister of Social Affairs in the Government of Iceland November 12, 1994, served until April 23, 1995. President of the Nordic Council 2004 to 2005. See also Samfylkingin External links Biography Category:1940 births Category:Living people Rannveig Gudmundsdottir Rannveig Gudmundsdottir Rannveig Gudmundsdottir Rannveig Gudmundsdottir Rannveig Gudmundsdottir Rannveig Gudmundsdottir Rannveig Gudmundsdottir |
5,521 | 1957–58 Yugoslav First League | The 1957–58 Yugoslav First League season was the 12th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Dinamo Zagreb winning their third title and qualifying for the 1958–59 European Cup. At the end of season four teams were relegated instead of the usual two because the Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to reduce the league to 12 teams for the following season. Teams At the end of the previous season FK Sarajevo and Lokomotiva were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Željezničar and RNK Split. League table Champion squad Dinamo Zagreb (Manager Gustav Lechner) Ivica Banožić 18 (0) Aleksandar Benko 12 (8) Tomislav Crnković 25 (0) Vladimir Čonč 20 (4) Emil Ferković 5 (0) Franjo Gašpert 22 (7) Drago Hmelina 8 (1) Ivan Horvat 26 (0) Bernard Hugl 3 (0) Gordan Irović 24 (0) Dražan Jerković 22 (17) Marijan Kolonić 1 (0) Mladen Koščak 22 (0) Luka Lipošinović 20 (8) Željko Matuš 20 (3) Zdravko Prelčec 4 (1) Branko Režek 24 (2) Ivan Šantek 8 (0) Top scorers See also 1957–58 Yugoslav Second League 1957–58 Yugoslav Cup References External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables Category:Yugoslav First League seasons Yugo 1 hr:Prvenstvo Jugoslavije u nogometu 1957./58. |
5,522 | Russell Holmes (volleyball) | Russell Kenneth Holmes (born 1 July 1982) is a former American volleyball player, a member of the United States men's national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, gold medalist of the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup, silver medalist of the World League 2012, two–time Austrian Champion (2009, 2010), Polish Champion (2015). Personal life Holmes was born in Anaheim, California, United States. His parents are Mark and Tamara Holmes. He has an older sister Leah and a younger brother Dane. After graduating from Fountain Valley High School in 2001, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2001–2003 in London, England. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2008 with a degree in sociology. He is married to Krystal. He has two daughters and son – Sadie Rae (born in June 2007 - from his first marriage), Shea Golden (born on April 27, 2015) and Liam Russell (born on August 10, 2017) Career Clubs In 2008–2010, he played overseas for Austria's Hypo Tirol Innsbruck in the Middle European Volleyball Zone Association (MEVZA), winning the MEVZA Cup in 2009 and the Austrian Cup in 2009 and 2010. During the winter of 2010–2011, Russell played for Minas Tênis Clube in Brazilian Volleyball League. During 2011–13, he played for Poland’s Jastrzębski Węgiel in the PlusLiga and then for Turkey's İstanbul BBSK during the 2013–2014 season in the Turkish Volleyball League. While playing in Istanbul, BBSK reached the Final Four of the CEV Challenge Cup. In 2014 he returned to PlusLiga, this time playing for Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. In April 2015 he achieved title of Polish Champion with club from Rzeszów. National team Holmes made his Olympic debut with the U.S. national team at Olympic Games 2012 in London, Great Britain. Sporting achievements CEV Champions League 2014/2015 – with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów FIVB Club World Championship Qatar 2011 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel National championships 2008/2009 Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 2008/2009 Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 2009/2010 Austrian Cup, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 2009/2010 Austrian Championship, with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck 2012/2013 Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel 2013/2014 Turkish Championship, with İstanbul BBSK 2014/2015 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 2015/2016 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów National team 2012 FIVB World League 2014 FIVB World League 2015 FIVB World League 2015 FIVB World Cup Individually 2011: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker 2016: CEV Champions League – Best Middle Blocker References External links Team USA profile PlusLiga Player profile Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Mormon missionaries Category:Sportspeople from Anaheim, California Category:American Mormon missionaries in England Category:American men's volleyball players Category:Olympic volleyball players of the United States Category:Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Austrian Champions of men's volleyball Category:BYU Cougars men's volleyball players Category:Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Category:Jastrzębski Węgiel players Category:Resovia Rzeszów players Category:Latter Day Saints from California |
5,523 | Satan and Adam | Satan and Adam, a blues duo consisting of Sterling Magee, known by his stage name "Mister Satan" (born 1936), and Adam Gussow (born 1958 in New York City, New York), were a fixture on Harlem's sidewalks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Magee sings in a style that fuses blues with elements of soul and rap, plays electric guitar with withering intensity, and uses both feet to stomp out polyrhythms on a homemade percussion setup that includes hi-hat cymbals topped with tambourines and maracas. Gussow plays amplified harmonica in an equally fluent and original way. Together, Satan and Adam have, as journalist Richard Skelley noted, "redefined and shaped the sound of modern blues so much that 'I Want You' from their Harlem Blues debut was included on a Rhino Records release, Modern Blues of the 1990s. History Magee was raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. A sometime-songwriter for Jesse Stone, Magee recorded several near-hits on Ray Charles's Tangerine label in the early 1960s, including "Get in My Arms Little Girl." His proficiency on guitar earned him gigs with a number of rhythm-and-blues performers, including James Brown, King Curtis, Big Maybelle, Joey Dee and the Starliters, and a transvestite duo known as The Illusions That Create Confusion. In the mid 1970s he played sessions with Paul Winley and the Harlem Underground, a loose-knit unit that included George Benson. In the late 1970s, Magee gave up guitar, refused to be identified by his birth-name and demanding that his associates call him Satan. His longtime friend and business manager, Bobby Robinson rented him an apartment and put a guitar in his hands. Soon Magee was strolling the streets, playing for what he later referred to as his "wino buddies." By 1983 he had added a hi-hat cymbal to his mix and begun to perform as a one-man band on 125th Street in front of the New York Telephone Company office, sometimes accompanied by drummer Pancho Morales and other musicians. Around this time Gussow, a Princeton graduate and English M.A. student at Columbia University, first saw Magee and his trio performing on the corner of 114th Street and Broadway. (Gussow relates the story in his 1998 blues memoir, Mister Satan's Apprentice.) Gussow, a guitarist and harmonica player whose performing experience had previously been limited to a handful of high school and college bands, was galvanized by the encounter. After dropping out of grad school, Gussow spent several years as a part-time street performer in New York and Europe. Gussow's transformation from an academic to a blues player was facilitated by lessons he took from his mentor, New York harmonica virtuoso Nat Riddles, who had performed and recorded with Larry Johnson, Odetta, and others, and by his acculturation into the jam session life at Dan Lynch, a storied East Village juke joint. In October 1986, Gussow encountered Magee again, purely by chance, this time at Magee's regular stretch of sidewalk near the Apollo Theater. Gussow, a semi-seasoned street performer by this point, sat in. The two musicians—one older, Black, and southern-born; the other younger, White, Ivy-educated, a |
5,524 | Front de Libération Nationale | Front de Libération Nationale may refer to: National Liberation Front (Algeria), a socialist political party founded in 1954 for independence from France for Algeria National Liberation Front (Burundi), an ethnically Hutu rebel group that sometimes functions as a political party in Burundi National Liberation Front (Jammu Kashmir), the armed wing of Azad Kashmir Plebiscite Front founded in 1965. |
5,525 | World's Scariest Police Chases (video game) | World's Scariest Police Chases is a video game developed by Swedish company Unique Development Studios (sv) and published by Activision for the PlayStation. World's Scariest Police Chases is a video game adaptation of a television show called later World's Wildest Police Videos. Reception Daniel Erickson reviewed the PlayStation version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "More than we expected, World's Scariest fully meets its potential." Reviews Super Play - Aug, 2001 GamePro - Sep, 2001 PSM - Aug, 2001 Jeuxvideo.com - Jun 25, 2001 GameSpot - Jun 04, 2001 Power Unlimited - Aug, 2001 Game Informer Magazine - Aug, 2001 Edge #100 References Category:2001 video games Category:Activision games Category:Organized crime video games Category:PlayStation (console) games Category:PlayStation (console)-only games Category:Racing video games Category:Unique Development Studios games Category:Video games based on television series Category:Video games developed in Sweden Category:Video games set in the United States |
5,526 | List of historic places in Allentown, Pennsylvania | The city of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was established in 1762 and is one of the oldest major cities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States. It has deep roots in the history of the nation; it was the hiding place of the Liberty Bell during the American Revolution, and its oldest city cemetery has graves of patriots who served in the Continental Army. Over its 250-year history, many people and things have played a part in the history of the city; numerous buildings, bridges, parks and other locations in the city have come and gone, but many remain, with thirteen of them being on the National Register of Historic Places. Below is a list of major historical and notable sites in the city. See the linked article for a full description and history of each site. Locations National Register of Historic Places Albertus L. Meyers Bridge (1913) Added 1988 - NRHP #88000870 Corner of 8th and Union Streets Map location: Large concrete multi-arch bridge first opened as a toll bridge in November 1913 by the Lehigh Valley Transit Company as a streetcar and inter-urban trolley bridge. Construction began in 1911, and when opened, it was the longest and highest reinforced concrete arch bridge in the world. Automobile traffic was charged a toll to cross the bridge until the mid 1950s. Commonly called the 8th Street Bridge, its current name honors the long-time Allentown Band director, Albertus ("Bert") L. Meyers, who played in the band at the bridge's opening. Allentown Masonic Temple (1925) Added 2004, NRHP: #04000402 1524 West Linden Street Map location: Historic Masonic Temple built between 1923 and 1925. Built in the Classical Revival style, it features elaborate stone and terra cotta trim and four large and imposing fluted composite columns at its main entrance. Allentown National Bank (1905) Also known as: Meridian Bank Added 2005 - NRHP: #05001490 13-17 North Seventh Street Map location: Historic bank building built in 1905, it is a large eight-story, steel frame and masonry-clad building in the Beaux-Arts style. The bank was first chartered in 1855 by the Commonwealth as the Allentown Bank with a capitalization of $100,000. It was the first bank in Allentown, and was renamed Allentown National Bank in 1866 when it received its federal charter. The building was vacated in the 1990s; however, in the early 2000s, it was re-developed into apartments for independent living senior citizens. Americus Hotel (1926) Added 1984 - NRHP: #84003454 541 West Hamilton Street Map location: Classic 1920s Jazz Age hotel built by a group of Allentown businessmen who wanted a first-class hotel in the central business district. It was not to be a palatial private "pleasure dome" like those of the 19th-century robber barons. Rather, it would be a hotel, a public facility that provided the best that world-class service and up-to-date technology could offer. Bogert Covered Bridge (1841) Added 1980 - NRHP: #80003552 S of Allentown on LR 39016, Little Lehigh Park, Allentown Map location: Historic wooden covered bridge located at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is a , Burr Truss bridge, constructed |
5,527 | Franz Thannheimer | Franz Thannheimer (7 April 1904 – 27 June 1971) was a German ski jumper who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. References Category:1904 births Category:1971 deaths Category:German male ski jumpers Category:Olympic ski jumpers of Germany Category:Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics |
5,528 | Basal ganglia | The basal ganglia (or basal nuclei) are a group of subcortical nuclei, of varied origin, in the brains of vertebrates, including humans, which are situated at the base of the forebrain and top of the midbrain. There are some differences in the basal ganglia of primates. Basal ganglia are strongly interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus, and brainstem, as well as several other brain areas. The basal ganglia are associated with a variety of functions, including control of voluntary motor movements, procedural learning, habit learning, eye movements, cognition, and emotion. The main components of the basal ganglia – as defined functionally – are the striatum, consisting of both the dorsal striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) and the ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle), the globus pallidus, the ventral pallidum, the substantia nigra, and the subthalamic nucleus. Each of these components has a complex internal anatomical and neurochemical organization. The largest component, the striatum (dorsal and ventral), receives input from many brain areas beyond the basal ganglia, but only sends output to other components of the basal ganglia. The pallidum receives input from the striatum, and sends inhibitory output to a number of motor-related areas. The substantia nigra is the source of the striatal input of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which plays an important role in basal ganglia function. The subthalamic nucleus receives input mainly from the striatum and cerebral cortex, and projects to the globus pallidus. Popular theories implicate the basal ganglia primarily in action selection – in helping to decide which of several possible behaviors to execute at any given time. In more specific terms, the basal ganglia's primary function is likely to control and regulate activities of the motor and premotor cortical areas so that voluntary movements can be performed smoothly. Experimental studies show that the basal ganglia exert an inhibitory influence on a number of motor systems, and that a release of this inhibition permits a motor system to become active. The "behavior switching" that takes place within the basal ganglia is influenced by signals from many parts of the brain, including the prefrontal cortex, which plays a key role in executive functions. More recently, some neuroscientists and cognitive scientists hypothesize that the basal ganglia are responsible not only for motor action selection, but also for the selection of more cognitive actions. Computational models of action selection in the basal ganglia have started to incorporate this. The basal ganglia are of major importance for normal brain function and behaviour. Their dysfunction results in a wide range of neurological conditions including disorders of behaviour control and movement, as well as cognitive deficits that are similar to those that result from damage to the prefrontal cortex. Those of behaviour include Tourette syndrome, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and addiction. Movement disorders include, most notably Parkinson's disease, which involves degeneration of the dopamine-producing cells in the substantia nigra, Huntington's disease, which primarily involves damage to the striatum, dystonia, and more rarely hemiballismus. The basal ganglia have a limbic sector whose components are assigned distinct names: the nucleus accumbens, ventral pallidum, and ventral tegmental area (VTA). |
5,529 | Murtoa Stick Shed | Murtoa Stick Shed, formally known as the Murtoa No. 1 Grain Store, is a large grain store (silo) in Murtoa, a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. Constructed in 1942 and almost high, long, wide, the building is an example of Australian rural architecture with its use of unmilled timber poles and corrugated iron. The store was listed on the Australian National Heritage List in 2014, recognising its place "as a significant part of Australia’s history associated with Australia’s wheat industry and the impact of World War Two on the home front". References External links Murtoa No.1 Grain Store - National Heritage Listed - Department of Environment and Energy The Stick Shed - Official website Category:Australian National Heritage List Category:Wimmera Category:1942 establishments in Australia Category:Buildings and structures in Victoria (Australia) |
5,530 | Mahn Ba Khaing | Mahn Ba Khaing ( ; 26 October 1903 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician who served as the Minister of Industry in Myanmar's pre-independence government. He served as chairman of the Karen Youth Organisation. He and six other cabinet ministers (including Prime Minister Aung San) were assassinated on 19 July 1947 in Yangon. Ba Khaing was an ethnic Pwo Karen and a Christian. July 19 is commemorated each year as the Martyrs' Day in Myanmar. His grandson, Mahn Win Khaing Than elected as 2nd Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw starting on 1 February 2016. References Category:Assassinated Burmese politicians Category:1903 births Category:1947 deaths Category:Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League politicians Category:People murdered in Myanmar Category:Government ministers of Myanmar Category:People from Ayeyarwady Region Category:Burmese people of Karen descent Category:Burmese Christians Category:Deaths by firearm in Myanmar |
5,531 | China–Fiji relations | The Republic of the Fiji Islands was the first Pacific Island country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, in 1975. China established an embassy in Fiji in 1976, and Fiji opened its embassy in China in 2001. Fiji's current ambassador to China is Commodore Esala Teleni, who in late 2010 replaced Sir James Ah Koy, who had served since 2007. China's ambassador to Fiji is Huang Yong. Sino-Fijian diplomatic and economic relations significantly increased in the first decade of the 21st century. In May 2009, Fiji's interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama described Fiji's relationship with China as "wonderful", while Vice-President of Fiji Ratu Epeli Nailatikau described the country's "relationship with the government and the people of the People's Republic of China as one of its most important". Context detailed article: Sino-Pacific relations Oceania is, to the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan), a stage for continuous diplomatic competition. Eight states in Oceania recognise the PRC, and six recognise the ROC. These numbers fluctuate as Pacific Island nations re-evaluate their foreign policies, and occasionally shift diplomatic recognition between Beijing and Taipei. In keeping with the "One China Policy", it is not possible for any country to maintain official diplomatic relations with "both Chinas", and this "either/or" factor has resulted in the PRC and the ROC actively courting diplomatic favours from small Pacific nations. In 2003, the People's Republic of China announced it intended to enhance its diplomatic ties with the Pacific Islands Forum, and increase the economic aid package it provided to that organisation. At the same time, PRC delegate Zhou Whenzhong added: "[T]he PIF should refrain from any exchanges of an official nature or dialogue partnership of any form with Taiwan". In 2006, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the PRC would increase its economic cooperation with Pacific Island States. The PRC would provide more economic aid, abolish tariffs for exports from the Pacific's least developed countries, annul the debt of those countries, distribute free anti-malaria medicines, and provide training for two thousand Pacific Islander government officials and technical staff. Also in 2006, Wen became the first Chinese premier to visit the Pacific islands, which the Taipei Times described as "a longtime diplomatic battleground for China and Taiwan". Similarly, according to Ron Crocombe, Professor of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific, "There have been more Pacific Islands minister visits to China than to any other country". Scope Economic relations When relations were first established, Fiji had no exports to China, and the volume of Chinese exports to Fiji amounted to just €1.6 million. In 2002, Chinese exports –consisting mainly in textiles, light industrial products and mechanical and electrical products– amounted to €21 million, while its imports from Fiji –mainly raw sugar, saw log and synthetics– amounted to €0.97 million. The two countries signed an agreement on trade cooperation in 1997, and an agreement on economic and technical cooperation in 2001. Military relations Several vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy, including the Yuan Wang 5 and the Yuan Wang 7, have |
5,532 | Old Danish Pointer | The Old Danish Pointer is a medium-sized breed of dog, white with brown markings, originally used as a pointing dog in Denmark. Description Appearance Old Danish Pointers (Danish: gammel dansk hønsehund, translated "Old Danish Fowl-Dog") are strongly built. One of the most charming features of the breed is the great difference between male and female. While the dog is powerful and substantial, the female is characterized by being lighter, more spirited, and capricious. Height at the withers: Male , above preferred. Female , above preferred. Weight: Male Female Temperament Conveys the impression of a quiet and stable dog showing determination and courage. During the hunt, the dog progresses rather slowly, always maintaining contact with the hunter and accomplishing its task as a pointing dog without creating unnecessary disturbance of the ground. The breed is suited for small as well as large hunting grounds. The name has nothing to do with temperament, but refers to its ability to point out birds of the order Galliformes and specifically birds belonging to the family Phasianidae. Commonly referred to in Danish as Hen birds/Chicken birds. The often used English name, "Old Danish Chicken Dog" is therefore incorrect or at best badly translated. This is a friendly family dog, as long as it gets its exercise. It is fast and active outdoors and quiet indoors, but is not suitable for apartments or small yards. History The origin of the breed can be traced back to about the year 1710 when a man named Morten Bak, living in Glenstrup near the towns of Randers and Hobro, crossed gypsy dogs through 8 generations with local farmdogs and in this way established a pure breed of piebald white and brown dogs called Bakhounds or Old Danish Pointers. The local farmers called their farmdogs Bloodhounds, but it seems more likely that these hounds were offspring from the Squire's scent hounds, which in turn were descended primarily from St. Hubert Hounds. Likewise it is probable that the gypsy dogs generally descended from Spanish Pointing Dogs and other breeds of scent hounds, so in many ways St. Hubert Hounds have contributed to the Old Danish Pointer. References External links DKK breed standards Category:FCI breeds Category:Gundogs Category:Pointers Category:Dog breeds originating in Denmark Category:Rare dog breeds |
5,533 | Gordon Wren | Gordon L. "Gordy" Wren (January 5, 1919 – November 25, 1999) was an American ski jumper who competed in the 1940s. He finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Wren was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. Wren died in Steamboat Springs of cancer at age 80. References External links Category:1919 births Category:1999 deaths Category:American male ski jumpers Category:American male cross-country skiers Category:American male Nordic combined skiers Category:Olympic ski jumpers of the United States Category:Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States Category:Olympic Nordic combined skiers of the United States Category:Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Category:People from Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
5,534 | Dinera | The Dinera fly is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Most larvae are parasitoids of Coleoptera (Scarabaeidae). Species Dinera angustifrons Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera borealis Zhang & Fu, 2012 Dinera brevipalpis Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera carinifrons (Fallén, 1817) Dinera chaoi Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera ferina (Fallén, 1817) Dinera fuscata Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera grisescens (Fallén, 1817) Dinera guangxiensis Zhang & Fu, 2012 Dinera longirostris Villeneuve, 1936 Dinera maculosa Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera miranda (Mesnil, 1963) Dinera nigrisquama Zhang & Fu, 2012 Dinera orientalis Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera setifacies Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera sichuanensis Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera similis Zhang & Shima, 2006 Dinera takanoi (Mesnil, 1957) Dinera xuei Zhang & Shima, 2006 References Category:Dexiinae Category:Tachinidae genera Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy |
5,535 | Novy Put | Novy Put (Но′вый путь, New Way) was a Russian religious, philosophical and literary magazine, founded in 1902 in Saint Petersburg by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius. Initially a literary vehicle for the Religious and Philosophical Meetings, it was aiming to promote the so-called "Godseeking" doctrine through the artistic means of Russian Symbolism. History The first issue of Novy Put came out in November 1902. The magazine's editor-in-chief was Pyotr Pertsov, but the real leaders were Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius. The magazine, addressing the Saint Petersburg's intelligentsia, stood in opposition to the Moscow branch of Symbolists which gathered round the Scorpion publishing house and were led by Valery Bryusov. Novy Put remained loyal to Symbolism's initial values ("Arts for arts' sake", the cult of individuality) even if Merezhkovskys have by this time condemned "the new individualism" which, as Gippius put it, "devoured our society as a whole and is bound to eat Art too." While Mir Iskusstva (the magazine the Merezhkovskys were in close contact earlier) boasted a large and lavishly illustrated arts section, Novy Put was structured in accordance with the Russian 'thick journal' tradition. The poetry was provided mostly by the Symbolists: Konstantin Balmont, Fyodor Sologub, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Nikolai Minsky, Valery Bryusov, Alexander Blok, Merezhkovsky and Gippius. The prose section's most prominent publication turned out to be Merezhkovsky's Peter and Alexis, the third and final novel of the Christ and Antichrist trilogy. Also published in Novy Put were Gippius' short stories, The Sting of Death by Fyodor Sologub, works by Alexei Remizov, Boris Zaytsev, Sergeyev-Tsensky. More popular proved to be the non-literary sections, like "The Notes from the Religious and Philosophical Meetings," "Religious and Philosophical Chronicles," "From the Private Correspondence" and "One's Private Corner," the latter hosted by Vasily Rozanov. Here the authors could experiment freely without feeling constrained by the Merezhkovskys' ideological schemes. Among the notable works of non-fiction published by Novy Put were "The Hellenic Religion of the Suffering God" by Vyacheslav Ivanov and "Spiritualism as Antichristianity" by Pavel Florensky. In summer 1904 Pertsov was succeeded by Dmitry Filosofov as an editor-in-chief. The ban, imposed upon the publication of the Religious and Philosophical Society's protocols, as well as financial problems caused the decline of the magazine's popularity. As Nikolai Berdyayev, Sergey Bulgakov, Nikolai Lossky and Semyon Frank arrived, the magazine solidified its position, yet drifted away from its originally declared mission. In the late 1904 Merezhkovsky and Gippius quit Novy Put, remaining on friendly terms with its new leaders and their influential Philosophy section. In the early 1905 the publication of Novy Put stopped and, for subscribers, was temporarily substituted by another journal, Voprosy Zhizny (Life Questions) edited by Lossky. References Category:1902 establishments in the Russian Empire Category:1904 disestablishments in the Russian Empire Category:Defunct literary magazines of Europe Category:Defunct magazines of Russia Category:Magazines established in 1902 Category:Magazines disestablished in 1904 Category:Magazines published in Saint Petersburg Category:Russian-language magazines Category:Russian literary magazines Category:Religious magazines Category:Philosophy magazines |
5,536 | Thom Gunn | Thomson William "Thom" Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004), was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style. After relocating from England to San Francisco, Gunn wrote about gay-related topics—particularly in his most famous work, The Man With Night Sweats in 1992—as well as drug use, sex and his bohemian lifestyle. He won major literary awards and his best poems have a compact philosophical elegance. Life and career Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, the son of Bert Gunn. Both of his parents were journalists. They divorced when he was 10 years old. When he was a teenager his mother killed herself. It was she who had sparked in him a love of reading, including an interest in the work of Christopher Marlowe, John Keats, John Milton, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, along with several prose writers. In his youth, he attended University College School in Hampstead, London, then spent two years in the British national service and six months in Paris. Later, he studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953 having achieved a first in Part I of the Tripos and a second in Part II. Fighting Terms, his first collection of verse, was published in the following year. Among several critics who praised the work, John Press wrote: "This is one of the few volumes of postwar verse that all serious readers of poetry need to possess and to study." As a young man, he wrote poetry associated with The Movement and, later, with the work of Ted Hughes. Gunn's poetry, together with that of Philip Larkin, Donald Davie, and other members of The Movement, has been described as "...emphasizing purity of diction and a neutral tone...encouraging a more spare language and a desire to represent a seeing of the world with fresh eyes." In 1954, Gunn emigrated to the United States to teach writing at Stanford University and to remain close to his partner, Mike Kitay, whom he had met while at college. Gunn and Kitay continued to reside together until Gunn's death. While at Stanford he taught a class called "The Occasions of Poetry". Gunn taught at the University of California at Berkeley from 1958 to 1966 and again from 1973 to 2000. He was "an early fan" of the radical gay sex documentary zine Straight to Hell. In April 2004, he died of acute polysubstance abuse, including methamphetamine, at his home in the Haight Ashbury neighbourhood in San Francisco, where he had lived since 1960. Work During the 1960s and 1970s, his verse became increasingly bold in its exploration of drugs, homosexuality, and poetic form. He enjoyed the bohemian lifestyle in San Francisco so much that Edmund White described him as "the last of the commune dwellers [...] serious and intellectual by day and druggy and sexual by night". While he continued to sharpen his use of the metrical forms that characterised his early career, he became |
5,537 | Baldwin 4-8+8-4-750/8-DE | The Baldwin 4-8+8-4 750/8 DE1 was the Baldwin Locomotive Works' first attempt at road diesel locomotive. The trucks were configured in a 2-D+D-2 wheel arrangement. Only a single test unit was built. In 1943 Baldwin built an experimental "Centipede" as a demonstrator unit, which was assigned road #6000. The uniquely styled unit, with its upright, aggressive prow, was to be powered with eight model 408 V8 diesel engines (which would have produced ), though only four were actually installed. The locomotive's running gear design reflected Baldwin steam and electric locomotive practice. The carbody rode on two massive articulated cast steel half-frames cast by General Steel Castings, linked at the middle with a hinged joint. Unpowered four-wheel trucks at each end guided the locomotive through curves for stability at speed. The locomotive utilized unique "power packages", each consisting of an engine, generator, radiator, electrical cabinet, and other auxiliaries. These power packages could be changed out in as little as 20 minutes. While the locomotive was designed to carry 8 of these power packages, only 4 were ever installed. Each engine powered a single axle of the locomotive. The lone unit was dismantled soon after production, and its running gear was used for the one of a kind prototype #4500 Seaboard Air Line "Centipede". References Category:Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States Category:2-D+D-2 locomotives Centipede Category:Experimental locomotives Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1943 Category:Scrapped locomotives Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States |
5,538 | Bomberman 64 (2001 video game) | is a Japanese Nintendo 64 game of the Bomberman franchise. Gameplay It is based more on the SNES Bomberman titles, and is fully 2D without any 3D graphics. It includes "Panic Bomber" mode from the SNES Bomberman games. It also includes a mini-game called "Same Game" which is a tile matching 2D puzzle game focused on eliminating blocks. "Bomberman Mode" features standard Bomberman gameplay, but also features multiple exits per room, and thus branching paths. Multiplayer also features "Tandem Mode", where two players work together. Up to four players can play multi-player mode. Release The game was released on December 20, 2001. It was the final game released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan. It is often confused with the 1997 game Bomberman 64, which was known as Baku Bomberman. References External links Official Website (in Japanese) Category:2001 video games 64 Category:Japan-exclusive video games Category:Nintendo 64 games Category:Nintendo 64-only games Category:Racjin games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Video games developed in Japan Category:Action video games Category:Hudson Soft games |
5,539 | Robert Richards (British politician) | Robert Richards (7 May 1884 – 22 December 1954) was a British Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wrexham in North Wales for three periods between 1922 and 1954. He was born at Tanyffordd, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, the son of John Richards, mineworker, and started at Llangynog Primary Council School on 6 May 1889. He then attended the County School at Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire at the same time as Clement Davies, later Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire for the Liberal Party for many years. From there Richards went on to study at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read the Economics Tripos and received an upper second-class degree in 1908. From 1909 to 1911 Richards was a lecturer in Political Economy at Glasgow University. He then moved to Bangor University, where he held the chair in Economics until 1922. Richards also wrote a book called Cymru'r Oesau Canol, published during a hiatus from parliament in 1933. Richards was first elected at the 1922 general election, and was re-elected in 1923. In 1924 he served as Under-Secretary of State for India during the first MacDonald government. At the 1924 general election he lost the seat to the Liberal Party candidate, Christmas Price Williams. He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, but lost the seat two years later at the 1931 general election to the Liberal Party candidate, Aled Owen Roberts. Richards regained the seat at the 1935 general election and served as Wrexham's MP until he died in office aged 70 in 1954. At the resulting Wrexham by-election in 1955, Idwal Jones held the seat for Labour. In 1918 Richards married Mary Myfanwy Owen, the daughter of Thomas Owen. She died in 1950. References External links Category:1884 births Category:1954 deaths Category:Academics of Bangor University Category:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Category:Welsh Labour Party MPs Category:UK MPs 1922–1923 Category:UK MPs 1923–1924 Category:UK MPs 1929–1931 Category:UK MPs 1935–1945 Category:UK MPs 1945–1950 Category:UK MPs 1950–1951 Category:Welsh socialists Category:UK MPs 1951–1955 Category:Politics of Wrexham |
5,540 | Michael Halvorson | Michael James Halvorson (born 1 March 1963) is an American technology writer and historian. He was employed at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993, and made substantial contributions to the development of Microsoft Press (the company's book publishing division), and the growth of the Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visual Basic software platforms. He is the author of 40 books related to computer programming, using PC software, and the histories of Europe and the United States. Early career Halvorson grew up in Olympia, Washington. He received a B.A. degree in Computer Science from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in 1985, and MA and Ph.D. degrees in History from the University of Washington (1996, 2001). In a recent book, he discusses the formative influence of the liberal arts on his approach to technical writing and software systems. In November 1985, Halvorson was hired as employee #850 at Microsoft in Bellevue, Washington, where he worked as a technical editor, acquisitions editor, and localization project manager. Halvorson was an influential acquisitions editor at Microsoft during the early years of personal computing, acquiring and editing books from notable American technology writers such as Ray Duncan, Dan Gookin, Steve McConnell, Jerry Pournelle, Neil Salkind, and Van Wolverton. Within Microsoft's product teams, Halvorson worked as a localization project manager for the Visual Basic for MS-DOS 1.0 compiler (1992), contributing to the release of the product in the French and German languages. Technical writing Halvorson's first influential book was Learn BASIC Now, a Microsoft QuickBASIC programming primer co-authored by David Rygmyr. The book was published by Microsoft Press in 1989 and included a foreword by Bill Gates, who described Microsoft's plans for the BASIC language in future operating systems and application software. Learn BASIC Now won the Computer Press runner-up prize for "Best How-To Book" published in 1989. In a review of the book, L. R. Shannon of the New York Times wrote, “For anyone who wants to learn something about programming, it would be hard to find an easier or more cost-effective source than Learn BASIC Now.” In 1990, a Macintosh version of the book was published which included the Microsoft QuickBASIC Interpreter for Macintosh Plus, SE, and II systems on 3.5” diskettes. Halvorson later wrote a series of popular books on the emerging Microsoft Office software suite, including Running Microsoft Office for Windows 95, co-authored with Michael Young. In May 1999, Halvorson's Running Microsoft Office 2000 attempted to calm fears about the pending Y2K problem (or Millennium bug), which the authors believed was driven by popular hysteria. A series of textbooks introducing Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office followed to help popularize Microsoft's integrated software suites and the idea that learning to use them efficiently was a suitable subject for college students. In later years, Halvorson's Microsoft Visual Basic Step by Step programming series was popular among new-to-topic developers who sought to learn Visual Basic for Windows and the Microsoft Visual Studio development system. Canadian-American software developer Tyler Menezes credits the slot machine program in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Step by Step (1998) for introducing him to game programming |
5,541 | Jason Roach (curler) | Jason Roach (born July 11, 1984 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian curler. Roach twice (2004 and 2005) won the New Brunswick men's junior championships playing third on a team skipped by Ryan Sherrard. The team won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in their first attempt in 2004. They had finished the round robin with a 9-3 record, in a three way tie for first. The team would go on to win both of their playoff games, including the final against Manitoba's Daley Peters. The team then represented Canada at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished the round robin with a 5-4 record, tied with Korea. However, they lost in the tie-breaker match against the Koreans. At the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships they could not repeat their title, finishing with a 5-7 record. After juniors, Roach would go on to play for a number of different teams. He joined up with Grattan in 2012. Roach has played just two seasons on the World Curling Tour. His first season was 2008-09 playing second for Jim Sullivan where they played in two events the Diversified Transportation Canada Cup Qualifier and the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix. His second WCT season was with Grattan where they played in the 2012 Curling Masters Champéry. Roach made his first Brier appearance when the Grattan rink won the 2013 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship, qualifying the team to represent New Brunswick at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier. His brother, Darren Roach plays second for the team and was also a teammate on his Canadian junior championship team. References WCT player profile WCF player profile Category:1984 births Category:Curlers from New Brunswick Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick |
5,542 | J. Turner Butler | James Turner Butler (April 27, 1882 – September 29, 1969) was an American politician in the state of Florida. Career Butler served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913 as a member from Duval County. He served in the Florida Senate from 1918 to 1925 and from 1931 1941, and was its president from 1939 to 1941. A lawyer, he resided in Jacksonville, Florida; the J. Turner Butler Boulevard there is named in his honor. References Category:Members of the Florida House of Representatives Category:1882 births Category:1969 deaths |
5,543 | Saint-Arroman | Saint-Arroman may refer to the following places in France: Saint-Arroman, Gers, a commune in the Gers department Saint-Arroman, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department |
5,544 | George Olesen | George Olesen (December 6, 1924 – October 15, 2013) was an American comic book artist, best known for his work as a penciller on popular comic strip The Phantom. He worked with the character for around forty years, although he did not get any official credit for it until penciller Sy Barry retired and Keith Williams took over as the new inker. Olesen also illustrated a few Phantom stories for the Scandinavian Phantom comics, which he both pencilled and inked. During World War II Olesen served as a B-24 pilot in the Burma campaign. After the war he earned an illustration degree from the Pratt Institute. Olesen retired in 2005, leaving Paul Ryan to take over both the pencilling and inking jobs on The Phantom. Olesen enjoyed a quiet life with his wife Rigmor, far away from the stressing deadlines he constantly had to face as a cartoonist. Olesen died on October 15, 2013. References Category:American comics artists Category:American military personnel of World War II Category:2013 deaths Category:1924 births Category:Artists from Brooklyn Category:People from Palm City, Florida |
5,545 | Forster Charlton | John Forster Charlton (1915–89), was an English traditional musician, originally from near Hexham, Northumberland, who later settled in Gateshead. He at first played fiddle, but later also took up the Northumbrian smallpipes. He was a major figure in the folk music revival during the 1950s and 1960s, and an active member of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society. He was a founder member of the High Level Ranters, playing fiddle and smallpipes on their first record, Northumberland for Ever, but he subsequently left the group. Later he played in a country dance band, The Borderers. He was very active in recording traditional musicians in the area, notably Billy Pigg, and he would take a portable tape recorder to sessions and festivals. Several of these recordings were used to compile the record Billy Pigg, the Border Minstrel, while many more may be heard on the FARNE archive. Besides Billy Pigg, musicians he recorded include Joe Hutton, Diana Blackett-Ord, Richard Flemming and George Atkinson, as well as some duet recordings of himself with Colin Caisley. He also made, but did not retain, a recording of Tom Clough, late in the latter's life. He was also a pipemaker, and is believed to have made the first concert-pitch Northumbrian smallpipe chanter, for Billy Pigg. Billy Pigg on pipes, John Doonan on piccolo and Forster Charlton on fiddle, liked to play as a trio, but smallpipes were traditionally pitched rather lower than modern concert pitch, and correcting for this, by using a very sharp reed in the smallpipes and pulling out the tuning slide of the piccolo, caused intonation problems. However it is not known whether Billy Pigg ever used this chanter regularly. He also had a great interest in other types of bagpipes. During the 1950s and 1960s, he invited prominent uilleann pipers, including the McPeakes, Seamus Ennis and Leo Rowsome, to Northumberland to play at concerts. Similarly, when the triennial International Bagpipe Festival at Strakonice in Southern Bohemia was founded, Josef Režný persuaded Charlton to come as a representative of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society. From 1968 until 1986, he, later with other pipers, would go to Strakonice. This connection led to some of Josef Režný's arrangements for Dudy of traditional Czech music, being adapted for smallpipes. He was planning another trip to Strakonice in 1989, despite his poor health, but died before it took place. He was a prolific composer of tunes in traditional style, notably "The Rowley Burn Hornpipe". Tragically, he was driving from his home in Gateshead to his brother's funeral in Lesbury, in northern Northumberland, when he had a fatal road accident. Some compositions Coquetdale Waltz Harry's Rant The Hills of Home (slow march) Jim Hall's Fancy Gateshead Stadium (rant) The Joy of Living (hornpipe) The North Star (hornpipe) Ovingham Goose Fair (march) The Rowley Burn Hornpipe References Category:English fiddlers Category:British male violinists Category:Players of Northumbrian smallpipes Category:Musicians from Northumberland Category:People from Alnwick Category:1916 births Category:1989 deaths Category:English folk musicians Category:20th-century violinists Category:20th-century English musicians Category:20th-century British male musicians |
5,546 | Clitheroe | Clitheroe () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England, approximately northwest of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland, and is often used as a base for tourists visiting the area. In 2018, Clitheroe Built Up Area had an estimated population of 16,279. The town's most notable building is Clitheroe Castle, said to be one of the smallest Norman keeps in Britain. Several manufacturing companies have sites here, including Dugdale Nutrition, Hanson Cement, Johnson Matthey and Tarmac. History The name Clitheroe is thought to come from the Anglo-Saxon for "Rocky Hill", and was also spelled Clyderhow and Cletherwoode. The town was the administrative centre for the lands of the Honour of Clitheroe. These lands were held by Roger de Poitou, who passed them to the De Lacy family, from whom they passed by marriage in 1310 or 1311 to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. It subsequently became part of the Duchy of Lancaster until Charles II at the Restoration bestowed it, on George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, from whose family it descended through the house of Montague to that of Buccleuch. At one point, the town of Clitheroe was given to Richard, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Up until 1835, the Lord of the Honor was also by right Lord of Bowland, the so-called Lord of the Fells. The town's earliest existing charter is from 1283, granted by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, confirming rights granted by one of his forebears between 1147 and 1177. According to local legend, stepping stones across the River Ribble near the town are the abode of an evil spirit, who drowns one traveller every seven years. Jet engine development During World War II, the jet engine was developed by the Rover Company. Rover and Rolls-Royce met engineers from the different companies at Clitheroe's Swan & Royal Hotel. The residential area 'Whittle Close' in the town is named after Frank Whittle, being built over the site of the former jet engine test beds. Governance The town elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons. The Great Reform Act reduced this to one. The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, and remained a municipal borough until the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974 when it became a successor parish within the Ribble Valley district. Since 1991 the town of Clitheroe has elected at least 8 out of the 10 Liberal Democrat borough councillors on Ribble Valley Borough Council, while Clitheroe Town Council has been Liberal Democrat controlled for that period too. Likewise since 1993 the town has elected a Liberal Democrat County Councillor to Lancashire County Council. Clitheroe returned one of the first six ever Socialist MPs at the 1906 General Election, due perhaps to the large number of mill workers living locally at that time. Clitheroe has been represented by a Conservative Member of Parliament for many years, with the exception of Michael Carr, who won |
5,547 | Millie Spalding | Millie Spalding (born 31 July 1998) is a British female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Georgia Lancaster and Elise Matthews, Spalding achieved gold in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. References Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:British acrobatic gymnasts Category:Female acrobatic gymnasts |
5,548 | Oh My God! (video game) | Oh My God! is an arcade puzzle game from Atlus. The gameplay is similar to Dr. Mario. Gameplay A sequence of snakes made of colored balls fall down into the playing field. The object of the game is to manipulate the direction of these snakes, by using the joystick, in order to form a line of 3 colored balls vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The game ends when the playing field tops out, that is, when there is no room for a new snake to enter the playing field. Levels are cleared by obtaining a set number of points. Gameplay gets progressively more difficult in later levels as snakes fall at greater rates, and new colors are introduced. Game details Though the title is a common English phrase and most of the text is also in English, the instructions are in Japanese. The title is actually spoken by the game (in a chorus of voices) when a player's game ends, which, as in Tetris, occurs when the "container" is filled to the "top". The game features a number of other sounds, including a Sumo Wrestler style grunt when the snake hits at the end of its fall. At one point during attract mode detailed instructions are given by a woman in Greek style dress and an anatomically correct male cherub character similar to a cupid but without the bow and arrow. The instructions are in quote balloons and are in Japanese text only, they are not given verbally. Oh My God! was released in 1993 as a conversion kit rather than as a stand-alone game and was marketed only in Japan. Though it is available as a M.A.M.E. ROM, it is rated on a commonness scale of 1 to 100 as a 1, making it among the rarest of games. There are only four known instances of the game circuit boards owned by collectors, there are no known examples of assembled, functional units. It has attracted a bit of a cult following among Mame users, however, and is even the subject of YouTube videos. External links Oh My God! at the KLOV Notes Category:1993 video games Category:Atlus games Category:Arcade games Category:Arcade-only games Category:Puzzle video games Category:Video game clones Category:Video games developed in Japan |
5,549 | Marseille (2004 film) | Marseille is a 2004 German drama film directed by Angela Schanelec. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis Sophie, a young photographer, does an apartment swap with Zelda from Marseille in February, so she can get away from Berlin. While Marseille appears harsh and closed in the bright sun, she starts photographing the city. In a car repair garage, she meets Pierre, a young mechanic who lends her his car, and she drives around. They meet again that night and spend the evening in a bar, fascinated by the lightness of not knowing about each other until one of Pierre's acquaintances comes. The next night, Sophie joins Pierre and his friends to go dancing. One very sharp cut later, Sophie is back in Berlin and her old life. There is her best friend Hanna, who is an actress, Ivan, Hanna's husband who is also a photographer, and their son Anton. No one yet knows Sophie's love for Ivan. Soon after, she finds herself in Marseille again. Cast Maren Eggert as Sophie Alexis Loret as Pierre Marie-Lou Sellem as Hanna Devid Striesow as Ivan Louis Schanelec as Anton Emily Atef as Zelda References External links Category:2004 films Category:German films Category:German-language films Category:2004 drama films Category:Films directed by Angela Schanelec Category:German drama films |
5,550 | The Girlfriends | The Girlfriends were an American girl group who scored one hit in the United States in 1964, "My One and Only Jimmy Boy". The group was founded as a result of the splintering of the Los Angeles-based studio group The Blossoms. The four members of the Blossoms - Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams, Fanita James, and Darlene Wright - first sang together in 1957. In 1962, Phil Spector created the group Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans with James and Wright; Jones and Williams then formed their own group, The Girlfriends, with Carolyn Willis (formerly of The Ikettes). They released one single, "My One and Only Jimmy Boy", on Colpix Records in 1963, written and produced by David Gates. The record peaked at #49 in 1964. The Girlfriends never released another record. Willis later joined Honey Cone and both she and Jones sang in one of the nostalgia-circuit groups performing as The Shirelles in the 1990s. References Category:American pop music groups Category:American girl groups |
5,551 | Hopea depressinerva | Hopea depressinerva is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a Critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss. References depressinerva Category:Endemic flora of Borneo Category:Trees of Borneo Category:Flora of Sarawak Category:Critically endangered flora of Asia Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
5,552 | The Fugitive (season 3) | The third season of The Fugitive originally aired Tuesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm on ABC from September 14, 1965 to April 26, 1966. The season was released through two volumes on Region 1 DVDs, with the first volume (containing the first 15 episodes) being released on October 27, 2009 and Volume 2 being released on December 8, 2009. Episodes References Category:The Fugitive (TV series) seasons |
5,553 | Tim Burton Productions | Tim Burton Productions is a film production company, founded by Tim Burton in the late 1980s. Denise Di Novi once headed the banner from 1989 to 1992. The company was not usually credited on films directed or produced by Burton. Filmography Family Dog (1993; TV series) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Cabin Boy (1994) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Mars Attacks! (1996) Stainboy (2000) Big Fish (2003) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Corpse Bride (2005) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) 9 (2009) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Dark Shadows (2012) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Frankenweenie (2012) Big Eyes (2014) Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Dumbo (2019) References External links Category:Film production companies of the United States |
5,554 | Hyalurga pura | Hyalurga pura is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. It is found in Brazil. References Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum Category:Hyalurga Category:Moths described in 1876 Category:Erebid moths of South America |
5,555 | Boyd's Coffee | Boyd's Coffee Company, or Boyd Coffee Company, is a coffee company founded in 1900. In 2016, the company was sold to Farmer Brothers, based in Texas. In 2018, Boyd's announced plans to lay off 230 employees, and close operations in Eugene and Portland, Oregon. See also List of coffee companies References Category:1900 establishments in Oregon Category:2018 disestablishments in Oregon Category:Coffee companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Portland, Oregon Category:Food and drink companies established in 1900 Category:Food and drink companies disestablished in 2018 |
5,556 | Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905) | Mazhar Khan (1905–1950) was an actor-producer-director in Indian Cinema. He was acknowledged for his strong yet natural performances, best exemplified by his role in V. Shantaram's classic Padosi (1941), wherein Mazhar, a Muslim, enacted the role of an upper-caste Hindu. He started his career as a police officer, which he left to study law for a short period. Abandoning his studies he came to Bombay and started his career in cinema with the silent film Fatal Garland opposite the top actress of the time, Ermeline. He became a popular actor, gaining success in several silent films. During his stint in silent films he worked with well-established directors like Bhagwati Mishra, Ezra Mir, Moti P. Bhagnani, R. S. Chowdhary, and M. D. Bhavnani. The magazines of those days, circa 1940s, compared Mazhar to Hollywood actors like Paul Muni, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Mazhar Khan made a successful transition to Talkies with the end of the Silent Era. Nurjehan (1931), directed by Ezra Mir, was his first Talkie picture. It received a positive response from the audiences establishing Mazhar as a profitable and dependable actor. He went on to work with the East India Film Company in Calcutta and Sagar Movietone, making films like Sultana, Night Bird, Salima and Sonhera Sansar. He then moved back to Bombay and worked under Ranjit Movietone. Having established himself in the different roles he portrayed, he became renowned for he became renowned for his character depictions while also being respected in the film industry. He formed his own production company, Asiatic Pictures under the banner of which he first made Yaad (1942) and then Pehli Nazar (1945), the latter film referred to as his best directorial triumph in his obituary. He introduced actress Veena in Yaad and Munawwar Sultana as a lead heroine in Pehli Nazar. His last role was in Usha Kiran. Early life Mazhar Khan was born on 18 October 1905, at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his matriculation from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and then joined the police force in Dhar State. He rose to the rank of a sub-inspector before quitting it. Following his father's wishes he studied law but soon left that to come to Bombay and join films. His tenure with the police had trained him in horse riding and other "athletic abilities", which were to prove helpful to him in his cinematic career. In an interview (January 1942, Filmindia) Mazhar stated that the glamour of the Indian screen attracted him, with his interest in films growing with each new picture he saw. His desire to act in films drove him to a "frenzy", and he "rushed to Bombay, the Mecca of films". Mazhar's entrance into films was hard, and he had to venture from one studio to another for work. According to Baburao Patel of Filmindia, the late Mr. B. P. Misra (B. P. Mishra) was the first to recognise the "potential box-office attraction" "in the young fugitive". Within a week Mazhar Khan was given a role in Fatal Garland, a "costume phantasy". Career Silent films Mazhar's debut film was |
5,557 | Mitchell Watt (basketball) | Mitchell Watt (born December 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the University at Buffalo, where he was an All-American and Mid-American Conference (MAC) player of the year. College career Watt, a 6'10" forward-center from Desert Edge High School in Goodyear, Arizona, came to Buffalo to play for coach Reggie Witherspoon. After cracking the starting lineup as a freshman in 2008–09, Watt established himself as one of the top defensive players in the MAC, earning the nickname sWatt. As a sophomore, Watt battled Guillain–Barré syndrome, which limited his effectiveness. His role was largely as a rebounder and defensive stopper his first three years. As a junior, he averaged 8.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game. As a senior, Watt continued his strong defensive play, but also nearly doubled his scoring output. He averaged 16.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.2 blocks per game. He led the Bulls to a 12-4 MAC record and was named conference player of the year and an AP honorable mention All-American. For his career, Watt scored 1,061 points (8.3 per game), 565 rebounds (4.4 per game) and 195 blocks (1.5 per game). At the end of his career, Watt was invited to play in the Reese's College All-Star Game at the 2012 Final Four. Professional career 2012–13 season In April 2012, Watt participated in the pre-NBA Draft Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, where he set the tournament record for blocked shots with 13. After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Watt joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On August 2, 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Super League. 2013–14 season In July 2013, Watt joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On August 18, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Ironi Nes Ziona. 2014–15 season In July 2014, Watt joined the Golden State Warriors for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On September 2, 2014, he signed with the Warriors. However, he was later waived by the Warriors on October 24, 2014. On November 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors as an affiliate player. On December 22, 2014, he left Santa Cruz and signed with his former team Ironi Nes Ziona of Israel for the rest of the season. 2015–16 season On July 6, 2015, Watt was announced as a member of the Toronto Raptors roster for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On August 16, he signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga. He parted ways with Berlin in March 2016. 2016–17 season In August 2016, Watt signed with JuveCaserta of the top Italian league, Serie A. Averaged 14.9 points, 9.0 rebounds was named team MVP. 2017–18 season In August 2017 signed a 2 year deal with Reyer Venezia. On 2 May 2018, Watt won the FIBA Europe Cup with Reyer Venezia. Averaged 11.5 points, 4.5 Rebounds. Finished 3rd place in Italian League. 2018-19 season In |
5,558 | Phillip Leishman | Phillip John Leishman (9 April 1951 – 25 February 2013) was a New Zealand television broadcaster. Biography Born in Timaru in 1951, Leishman was educated at St Patrick's High School (now Roncalli College). He began his broadcasting career on radio in 1970 and first appeared on television in 1971 on DNTV2 in Dunedin, before becoming a sports news presenter for Television New Zealand from 1976 to 1998. In the 1990s, he also hosted 1,250 episodes of the local version of the game show Wheel of Fortune. In the 2011 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to media and the community. In 1997 Leishman formed a company to produce television golf shows. He presented The Golf Show, which became HSBC Golf Club, from 1998 to 2012. He described the role as probably the most satisfying of his career. Leishman had surgery for a brain tumour in March 2012. His condition deteriorated and he died at St Heliers, Auckland on 25 February 2013. His brother Mark Leishman is also a well-known New Zealand television broadcaster. See also List of New Zealand television personalities References External links Biography at NZ on Screen Category:1951 births Category:2013 deaths Category:New Zealand television presenters Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Category:People from Auckland Category:People from Timaru Category:Deaths from brain tumor Category:People educated at Roncalli College |
5,559 | Renberg | Renberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elsa Laula Renberg (1877–1931), Sami activist Mikael Renberg (born 1972), Swedish ice hockey player Tore Renberg (born 1972), Norwegian writer |
5,560 | Brownwood Regional Airport | Brownwood Regional Airport is six miles north of Brownwood, in Brown County, Texas. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. The 21st Cavalry Brigade of the III Corps, U.S. Army use the airport for training in Apache and Blackhawk helicopters. The airport has been served by airlines in the past. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until March 13, 2005, when it ended due to federal law not allowing a subsidy over $200 per passenger for communities within 210 miles of the nearest large or medium hub airport (Brownwood is 145 miles from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, a medium hub.) Federal Aviation Administration records say Brownwood Regional Airport had 1,764 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2003, 1,417 in 2004 and 232 in 2005. History The airport opened during World War II as Brownwood Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. The 68th and 77th Reconnaissance Groups trained at Brownwood during 1942 with a variety of aircraft, including B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberators, P-40 Warhawks and A-20 Havocs. In addition to the training performed at the airfield, patrols were flown over the Gulf of Mexico and along the Mexican border. The role of the Brownwood Army Airfield from November, 1943, to September, 1944 was to operate as a refresher school and replacement training unit for liaison pilots within the Third Air Force. One of the primary aircraft used in this role was the Stinson L-5. In October, 1944, the airfield became the new combat crew training center. From January, 1945, until the end of World War II, the primary mission of the Brownwood Army Airfield was the training and preparation of combat crews for overseas replacement. The U.S. Government deeded the airport to the City of Brownwood after World War II. An F-4 Phantom and an F-111 are on display. Trans-Texas/Texas International stopped at BWD until 1976. Facilities The airport covers 1,497 acres (606 ha) at an elevation of 1,387 feet (423 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17/35 is 5,599 by 150 feet (1,707 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 4,608 by 101 feet (1,405 x 31 m). Cargo airlines In the year ending February 6, 2012 the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, average 16 per day: 83% general aviation, 12% air taxi, and 5% military. 44 aircraft were then based at the airport: 82% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter. See also Texas World War II Army Airfields List of airports in Texas References Other sources Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1997-2402) from the U.S. Department of Transportation: Order 97-4-29 (April 28, 1997): tentatively reselecting Lone Star Airlines to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Enid and Ponca City, Oklahoma, and Brownwood, Texas, for the two-year period beginning March l, 1997. Order 99-12-28 (December 29, 1999): reselects Big Sky Transportation, d/b/a Big Sky Airlines (Big Sky), to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at El Dorado/Camden, Jonesboro, Harrison, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, Enid and Ponca City, Oklahoma, and Brownwood, |
5,561 | Constitutional Party (Uruguay) | The Constitutional Party () was a political party in Uruguay. Among its most prominent members were: Martín C. Martínez, Carlos María Ramírez, Pablo de María, José Pedro Ramírez, Juan C. Blanco, Elías Regules and Domingo Aramburú. Sources Intellectuals and politics in Uruguay Republican ideas in the origins of Uruguayan democracy External links Category:Defunct political parties in Uruguay Category:1880 establishments in Uruguay Category:Political parties established in 1880 Category:Political parties disestablished in 1903 |
5,562 | 1962–63 Allsvenskan (men's handball) | The 1962–63 Allsvenskan was the 29th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 10 teams competed in the league. Redbergslids IK won the league and claimed their sixth Swedish title. LUGI and IF Guif were relegated. League table References Category:Swedish handball competitions |
5,563 | Arrondissement of Sens | The Arrondissement of Sens is an arrondissement of France in the Yonne department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 118 communes. Its population is 131,368 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Sens, and their INSEE codes, are: Arces-Dilo (89014) Armeau (89018) Bagneaux (89027) La Belliole (89036) Béon (89037) Bœurs-en-Othe (89048) Les Bordes (89051) Brannay (89054) Brion (89056) Bussy-en-Othe (89059) Bussy-le-Repos (89060) La Celle-Saint-Cyr (89063) Cérilly (89065) Cerisiers (89066) Cézy (89067) Champigny (89074) Champlay (89075) Chamvres (89079) La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse (89080) Chaumont (89093) Chaumot (89094) Chéroy (89100) Les Clérimois (89111) Collemiers (89113) Compigny (89115) Cornant (89116) Coulours (89120) Courgenay (89122) Courlon-sur-Yonne (89124) Courtoin (89126) Courtois-sur-Yonne (89127) Cudot (89133) Cuy (89136) Dixmont (89142) Dollot (89143) Domats (89144) Égriselles-le-Bocage (89151) Étigny (89160) Évry (89162) Flacy (89165) Foissy-sur-Vanne (89171) Fontaine-la-Gaillarde (89172) Fouchères (89180) Fournaudin (89181) Gisy-les-Nobles (89189) Gron (89195) Joigny (89206) Jouy (89209) Lailly (89214) Les Sièges (89395) Lixy (89229) Looze (89230) Maillot (89236) Malay-le-Grand (89239) Malay-le-Petit (89240) Marsangy (89245) Michery (89255) Molinons (89261) Montacher-Villegardin (89264) Nailly (89274) Noé (89278) Pailly (89285) Paron (89287) Paroy-sur-Tholon (89289) Passy (89291) Perceneige (89469) Piffonds (89298) Plessis-Saint-Jean (89302) Pont-sur-Vanne (89308) Pont-sur-Yonne (89309) La Postolle (89310) Précy-sur-Vrin (89313) Rosoy (89326) Rousson (89327) Saint-Agnan (89332) Saint-Aubin-sur-Yonne (89335) Saint-Clément (89338) Saint-Denis-lès-Sens (89342) Saint-Julien-du-Sault (89348) Saint-Loup-d'Ordon (89350) Saint-Martin-d'Ordon (89353) Saint-Martin-du-Tertre (89354) Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes (89359) Saint-Sérotin (89369) Saint-Valérien (89370) Saligny (89373) Savigny-sur-Clairis (89380) Sens (89387) Sépeaux-Saint-Romain (89388) Serbonnes (89390) Sergines (89391) Soucy (89399) Subligny (89404) Thorigny-sur-Oreuse (89414) Les Vallées-de-la-Vanne (89411) Vallery (89428) Vaudeurs (89432) Vaumort (89434) Verlin (89440) Vernoy (89442) Véron (89443) Villeblevin (89449) Villebougis (89450) Villechétive (89451) Villecien (89452) Villemanoche (89456) Villenavotte (89458) Villeneuve-l'Archevêque (89461) Villeneuve-la-Dondagre (89459) Villeneuve-la-Guyard (89460) Villeneuve-sur-Yonne (89464) Villeperrot (89465) Villeroy (89466) Villethierry (89467) Villevallier (89468) Villiers-Louis (89471) Vinneuf (89480) Voisines (89483) History The arrondissement of Sens was created in 1800. In 1926 it was expanded with part of the former arrondissement of Joigny (the former cantons of Cerisiers, Saint-Julien-du-Sault and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne). In August 1973 the cantons of Sens-Nord-Est, Sens-Ouest and Sens-Sud-Est were created from the former cantons of Sens-Nord and Sens-Sud. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Yonne, it received 12 communes from the arrondissement of Auxerre. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Auxerre were, as of January 2015: Cerisiers Chéroy Pont-sur-Yonne Saint-Julien-du-Sault Sens-Nord-Est Sens-Ouest Sens-Sud-Est Sergines Villeneuve-l'Archevêque Villeneuve-sur-Yonne References Sens |
5,564 | Angel of Mine (film) | Angel of Mine is an 2019 thriller drama film directed by Kim Farrant and written by Luke Davies and David Regal. It stars Noomi Rapace, Luke Evans, Yvonne Strahovski and Richard Roxburgh. It is a remake of the 2008 French film Mark of an Angel. It had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 14, 2019. It was released on August 30, 2019 by Lionsgate. Premise A mother is distraught with the loss of her young daughter Rosie. She's desperately trying to process the steps of grieving when she suddenly starts to lose a grip on her reality. The chaos surrounding her leads her to believe her young daughter may still be alive. However, when she reaches out to those around her, no one believes her story, so she's forced to figure out what is happening to her on her own. After growing suspicious of Australian couple Bernie and Claire, Lizzie elects to gather DNA evidence to prove or disprove her suspicion; she forces Claire to confess to her husband Bernie that Lola, their daughter, is Rosie. Claire and Bernie's baby girl perished in a hospital fire; Claire kidnapped Rosie, raising her as her and Bernie's own daughter. Cast Noomi Rapace as Lizzie Luke Evans as Mike Yvonne Strahovski as Claire Richard Roxburgh as Bernard Production In February 2018, it was announced Noomi Rapace had joined the cast of the film, with Kim Farrant directing from a screenplay by Luke Davies and David Regal. In March 2018, Yvonne Strahovski joined the cast of the film. In May 2018, Luke Evans joined the cast of the film. Release It had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 14, 2019. It was then released in the United States on August 30, 2019, by Lionsgate. Response Box office Angel of Mine grossed $0 in the United States and Canada, and $230,193 in other territories, of which $46,133 in Australia. Critical reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Angel of Mine holds an approval rating of 70%, based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 6.46/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47/100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". References External links Category:2019 films Category:American films Category:Australian films Category:American thriller drama films Category:Australian thriller drama films Category:Lions Gate Entertainment films Category:2010s thriller drama films |
5,565 | Austre Hestlægerhøe | Austre Hestlægerhøe is a mountain of Innlandet, in southern Norway. Category:Mountains of Innlandet |
5,566 | Charles Edmund Ford | Charles Edmund Ford FRS FLS FZS (24 October 1912 – 7 January 1999) was a noted cytogeneticist. Educated at Slough Grammar School, he graduated in botany from King's College London. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965. He was also a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the Zoological Society of London References Category:1912 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Alumni of King's College London Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Category:Fellows of the Zoological Society of London |
5,567 | Subsidiarity (Catholicism) | Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. Political decisions should be taken at a local level if possible, rather than by a central authority. The Oxford English Dictionary defines subsidiarity as the idea that a central authority should have a subsidiary function, performing only those tasks which cannot be performed effectively at a more immediate or local level. The word subsidiarity is derived from the Latin word subsidiarius and has its origins in Catholic social teaching. Catholic social teaching The origins of subsidiarity as a formal concept of Catholic social thought lie with Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, who served as Bishop of Mainz in the mid- to late 19th Century. It is most well-known, however, from its subsequent incorporation into Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Quadragesimo anno. This encyclical’s formulation of subsidiarity is the touchstone from which further interpretations tend to depart: "Just as it is gravely wrong to take from individuals what they can accomplish by their own initiative and industry and give it to the community, so also it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and disturbance of right order to assign to a greater and higher association what lesser and subordinate organizations can do. For every social activity ought of its very nature to furnish help to the members of the body social, and never destroy and absorb them." As with many social encyclicals in the modern period, this one occurs in the historical context of the intensifying struggle between communist and capitalist ideologies, exactly forty years – hence the title – after the Vatican's first public stance on the issue in Rerum novarum. Promulgated in 1931, Quadragesimo anno is a response to German National Socialism and Soviet communism, on the one hand, and to Western European and American capitalist individualism on the other. It broke the surface of Catholic social teaching in this context, and it is helpful to keep this in mind. Gregory Beabout suggests that subsidiarity draws upon a far older concept as well: the Roman military term subsidium. He writes that “the role of the ‘subsidium’ (literally, to sit behind) is to lend help and support in case of need.” Employing Beabout's etymology, subsidiarity indicates that the higher social unit ought to “sit behind” the lower ones to lend help and support in case of need. Another etymological interpretation states that subsidiarity literally means “to ‘seat’ (‘sid’) a service down (‘sub’) as close to the need for that service as is feasible.” Either interpretation indicates a hermeneutic of subsidiarity in which the higher social body’s rights and responsibilities for action are predicated upon their assistance to and empowerment of the lower. Francis McHugh states that in addition to the “vertical” dimension of subsidiarity, there is also a “horizontal” dimension which “calls for a diversity of semi-autonomous social, economic, and cultural spheres.” Quadragesimo anno presents these “spheres” as occupying the space between the poles of individual and State: "...things have come to such a pass through the evil of |
5,568 | Lincoln Continental Mark V | The Continental Mark V is a personal luxury coupe that was marketed by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company from the 1977 to 1979 model years in North America. The fourth generation Mark series, the Mark V was derived from its Continental Mark IV predecessor, bringing an extensive update to the interior and exterior design. While only sold for three years, the Mark V is the best-selling generation of the Mark series, with 228,262 examples produced. At 230 inches long, the Mark V is the largest two-door coupe ever sold by Ford Motor Company, with the 233-inch long two-door and four-door Lincoln Continental sedans (produced alongside it) as the only longer vehicle ever marketed by Ford. Distinguished by its sharp-edged exterior design, design themes of the Mark V would be adapted onto Lincoln vehicles throughout the 1980s. For 1980, the Mark V was replaced by the Continental Mark VI. As the Mark series underwent downsizing in the interest of fuel economy, the Mark VI saw significant reductions in exterior dimensions. All Continental Mark Vs were assembled alongside the Lincoln Continental at the now-closed Wixom Assembly Plant in Wixom, Michigan. Design overview While the Mark IV would prove successful in the marketplace, Ford Motor Company was financially unable to justify a clean-sheet design for the Mark V, necessitating the chassis of the Mark V be derived from its predecessor. In what would be a key move for the future of the Mark series, for 1977, Ford split the Mark and Ford Thunderbird (counterparts since the 1969 Mark III) to reduce internal competition. To give Ford a stronger offering against the Chrysler Cordoba, Dodge Charger and the General Motors quartet of the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Pontiac Grand Prix, the Thunderbird became the counterpart of the Mercury Cougar XR7, replacing the slow-selling Ford Elite. Chassis The Continental Mark V shares its chassis architecture with its predecessor, the Continental Mark IV (developed as a counterpart of the 1972–1976 Ford Thunderbird). During the development of the Mark V, Ford was unable to justify the expense of designing an all-new platform for the vehicle. However, following the successful launch of the Mark IV, a significant design departure would also be considered risky. Although sharing many underpinnings with the Mark IV, in the interest of fuel economy, many updates were performed by Ford engineers. Four-hundred pounds of curb weight was cut bringing the Mark V down to 4600 pounds from the Mark IVs 5000 pounds. In the interest of fuel economy, the 1977 Continental Mark V was equipped with the smallest-displacement engine fitted in a Lincoln or Continental since 1957. Shared with the Ford Thunderbird/Mercury Cougar and Ford LTD/Mercury Marquis, the standard engine for the Mark V was a 400 cubic-inch V8. Outside of California, the 460 V8 remained available as an option. In 1979, the dual-exhaust version of the 400 was discontinued; the 460 was discontinued in the Mark V (and in all Lincolns by 1980). Paired with both engines, the Ford C6 three-speed automatic was the sole transmission offering. Body |
5,569 | R. H. C. Davis | Ralph Henry Carless Davis (7 October 1918 – 12 March 1991), always known publicly as R. H. C. Davis, was a British historian and educator specialising in the European Middle Ages. Davis was born and died in Oxford. He was a leading exponent of strict documentary analysis and interpretation, was keenly interested in architecture and art in history, and was successful at communicating to the public and as a teacher. Life Summary 1918. Born the son of University of Oxford history don Henry William Carless Davis (1874–1928). ?–1932. Attended the Dragon School, Oxford preparatory school. 1932–1937. Attended the Quaker school Leighton Park, Reading, Berkshire 1937–1939. Studied at Balliol College, Oxford, before World War II intervened. 1939–1945. During the war, as a conscientious objector, he joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit and served in Finland, the Mediterranean region and France. 1945–1947. Back to Balliol to take a first in Modern History and an MA. 1947–1948. Assistant history master at Christ's Hospital, Horsham. 1948–1956. Assistant lecturer at University College London, where research became an important part of his work. Married Eleanor Megaw in 1949. 1956–1970. Fellow and tutor in Modern History at Merton College, Oxford, where he produced a number of important works. 1970–1984. Professor of Mediaeval History at the University of Birmingham (UK). 1984–1991. Retirement. Early life and influences, 1918–1939 Ralph (pronounced to rhyme with 'safe') Davis was born on 7 October 1918 at 11 Fyfield Road, Oxford. He was the youngest of three sons of Henry William Carless Davis, CBE and Rosa Jennie Davis, daughter of Walter Lindup of Bampton Grange in West Oxfordshire. His father, who was Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford) and from 1925 a fellow of the British Academy, died in 1928 when Davis was not yet 10 years old. Earlier generations of the Davis family were involved in the Cotswold cloth industry at Stroud, Gloucestershire. The Lindup grandparents came from Worthing, Sussex, but in Davis's younger childhood owned a country house at Bampton, Oxfordshire which he and his brothers liked to visit. Davis, like his older brothers, went to the Dragon School, and later, during World War II, contributed newsletters from Egypt and Syria to The Draconian, the school magazine. The sudden death of his father placed financial constraints on the family, and it may have been this, or a suggestion of Gerald Haynes ('Tortoise'), a Dragon schoolmaster, which led Mrs. Davis to choose Leighton Park for Davis's secondary education. He was there from 1932 to 1937, and became involved in mediaeval architecture. Davis, as secretary of the small archaeology group and effectively its leader, organised bicycle trips round the Yorkshire abbeys in the school holidays with about six others. Davis never joined the Quakers, but he is thought to have absorbed his Christian convictions and liberal humanitarian ideals at Leighton Park. He later went served as a governor of the school for many years. Davis entered Balliol College, Oxford in 1937, preceded by both his brothers. As an undergraduate he arranged a one-month visit to northern Italy, taking in Milan, Venice, Ravenna and Florence. Also in this |
5,570 | Lizzie Gordon | Lizzie M. Gordon was an alleged teenage mystic and stigmatic from Boston, Massachusetts. She claimed to see visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, saints, and her dead brother. "Angels" lawsuit In 1881, Gordon's parents sued Fr. John H. Fleming and Archbishop John Joseph Williams for $5,000 in Suffolk Superior Court. Three years prior, Gannon began going into trances, during which should could not speak unless Fleming or a few others placed their hands on her. When she came out of them, she claimed to have received revelations from the Virgin Mary and to have seen saints and the faces of those who died. Her family sent for Fleming, their parish priest, in the fall of 1878. Fleming would often attend to the girl, often in the company of another priest, and the visits seemed to help her. In one of her revelations, Gannon said that the Virgin Mary had a message for Fleming, that he was to write a book that told Gannon's story and of all of her visions. Fleming declined to write the book. In the fall of 1879, Fleming visited the girl, who was entranced and holding in her hands two or three images or dolls of angels. They were about .75 inches long and appeared to be cut from heavy paper. Gordon said the images had been given to her by her dead brother. Her brother, to whom she had been quite attached, had died two years prior. She also claimed to have received several other items from angels or spirits, including a letter written by the Virgin Mary. Fleming persuaded the girl to give the images to him. During his visits, Fleming called in doctors and others to see if they could help the girl and she was diagnosed with hysteria by Dr. Hodges. A Dr. Porter suggested Gordon be sent to a hospital. Over time Fleming came to believe the girl was faking, and so stopped visiting around Christmas in 1880. Gordon's father tried to persuade Fleming to continuing visiting the girl. When he was unsuccessful in that, almost a year after she had given up the dolls, he asked for their return. Fleming told her father that he lost them. Gordon's father then appealed to Archbishop John Joseph Williams but the bishop sided with the priest. When the suit was brought in the summer of 1881, the girl reportedly had hardly spoken for a year. She was bedridden and could not see or speak, according to her lawyers. Other testified that they had seen her doing work around the home, out shopping with her mother in the neighborhood, and even speaking. Her parents contended that her condition was brought about by the loss of the images. Others contended that the suit was brought when Fleming refused to help the girl and her family seek publicity. Before the case went to trial, Gordon's father published a book about his daughter. The jury found for Gordon and awarded damages of $0.01. Notes References Category:Stigmatics Category:Marian visionaries Category:People from Boston Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing |
5,571 | Tropical antechinus | The tropical antechinus (Antechinus adustus), also known as the rusty antechinus, is a species of small marsupial carnivore, particularly closely related to the brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii). It is found in a small area of tropical vine forest from Paluma (near Townsville) to Mount Spurgeon (near Mossman) in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It differs from the brown antechinus, with which it was previously thought to be conspecific, in its longer and darker fur. It shares the unusual mating behaviour of many of its relatives in that shortly after the breeding season all males die from stress-related disease. References Category:Dasyuromorphs Category:Mammals of Queensland Category:Mammals described in 1923 |
5,572 | 2002 Dallas mayoral special election | The Dallas mayoral election of 2002 took place on January 19 and February 16, 2002, to elect the mayor of Dallas, Texas. It was triggered after Ron Kirk declared his intent to resign as mayor so he could focus on running in the 2002 United States Senate election in Texas. The race was officially nonpartisan. Since no candidate secured a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers. Laura Miller won the election. Results First round Runoff References Dallas 2002 Dallas Dallas |
5,573 | Vernon Allatt | Vernon Allatt (born 28 May 1959) is an English former footballer who made more than 250 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Crewe Alexandra, Halifax Town, Preston North End, Rochdale and Stockport County. References Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:People from Cannock Category:Association football forwards Category:English footballers Category:Hednesford Town F.C. players Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Category:Preston North End F.C. players Category:Stockport County F.C. players Category:English Football League players |
5,574 | Abundantia | In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia () was a divine personification of abundance and prosperity. She was among the embodiments of virtues in religious propaganda that cast the emperor as the ensurer of "Golden Age" conditions. Abundantia thus figures in art, cult, and literature, but has little mythology as such. She may have survived in some form in Roman Gaul and medieval France. In Rome The Augustan poet Ovid gives Abundantia a role in the myth of Acheloüs the river god, one of whose horns was ripped from his forehead by Hercules. The horn was taken up by the Naiads and transformed into the cornucopia that was granted to Abundantia. (Other aetiological myths provide different explanations of the cornucopia's origin.) On Neronian coinage, she was associated with Ceres and equated with Annona, who embodied the grain supply. Like Annona, Abundantia was a "virtue in action" in such locations as the harbor, where grain entered the city. Abundantia occurs in the context of Mithraic iconography on a vase from Lezoux, in the Roman province of Gallia Aquitania, which presents the most complete depiction of the act of bull-slaying that was central to the religion. Abundantia is seated and holds a cornucopia as an image of "the abundance that stems from Mithras' act." Possible survivals It has been suggested that the Gallic goddess Rosmerta had a functional equivalence to Abundantia, but the two are never directly identified in inscriptions. William of Auvergne (d. 1249), a bishop of Paris, mentions a Domina Abundia ("Mistress Abundia"), who also appears in the Roman de la Rose as "Dame Habonde." The bishop derives her name from abundantia. At night the dominae enter houses where offerings have been set out for them. They eat and drink from the vessels, but the contents are undiminished. If they are pleased, they bring prosperity and fertility. William regarded these practices as a form of idolatry. Folklorists of the 19th century saw these figures as Celtic fairies. Nicholas of Cusa reports that on his travels through the French Alps in 1457, he met two old women who told him they were in the service of Domina Abundia. They identified themselves as apostate Christians, and had been imprisoned for witchcraft. Nicholas felt that they had been deluded by the devil, but should be allowed to receive penance rather than burning at the stake. Later art and allegory In later Western art, Abundantia is often portrayed holding her cornucopia and sheaves of corn or wheat. See also Fortuna Tyche References External links Category:Roman mythology Category:Roman goddesses Category:Fortune goddesses Category:French folklore Category:French legendary creatures Category:European folklore characters Category:Deities of wine and beer Category: Personifications in Roman mythology Category:Harvest goddesses Category:Abundance goddesses |
5,575 | Surinder Arora | Surinder Arora (born September 1958) is a British billionaire businessman in the hotel sector. He concentrates on hotels near airports, making a speciality of providing rooms for aircrew, and has close links with British Airways and a strong personal interest in aviation Early life Arora was born in September 1958 in the Punjab to parents who had been displaced from the India/Pakistan border town of Fazilka and were about to emigrate to the United Kingdom. Arora was left with an aunt and uncle whom he believed to be his parents until he re-joined his real parents in the UK at the age of thirteen. Arora's family had a strong work ethic and he has described his mother as being very ambitious for him. In 1988, Arora became a salesman for the Abbey Life insurance company, becoming a sales manager and achieving a rating as the company's second-best salesman after one year. Hotel career In 1993, Arora left Abbey Life to develop a "B&B" (bed and breakfast) to serve airline staff at Heathrow Airport. The hotel that replaced the B&B won a contract from British Airways in 1999. In 2004 Arora won the franchise for the Accor Sofitel brand and bought the 500-bedroom Le Meridien London Gatwick hotel to rebrand as the Sofitel London Gatwick. Sofitel London Heathrow, a £180m 600-bedroom sister hotel was announced the same year. Today Arora owns hotels that provide a total of over 5500 bedrooms including franchises from Hilton and Holiday Inn. Business style Arora refers to members of his business as "like family". Turnover of staff, especially maids, is much lower than the high hotel industry average. He is known to value long-term business relationships. Net worth In 2009, he was ranked at 388 in The Times list of the richest people in the UK with a net worth of £140 million. In 2013, The Sunday Times Rich List (STRL) estimated his worth to be £356 million. In May 2019, following a revaluation of his hotels, his net worth rose by £780 million to £1.129 billion. Politics and public life Arora was a public supporter of the Labour Party under Tony Blair, though he opposed the 2003 Iraq War. He is currently a member of the New Enterprise Council, a group of entrepreneurs that advises the Conservative Party on business policy. He is also a member of the London Skills And Employment Board, and deputy chairman of Wentworth Golf Club. Arora is married to Sunita Arora with three children, and lives in Wentworth, UK. References Category:1958 births Category:Businesspeople from London Category:Indian emigrants to England Category:Living people Category:English people of Punjabi descent Category:British hoteliers Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Category:British billionaires Category:Conservative Party (UK) donors |
5,576 | Chandlers Green | Chandlers Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Mattingley in the Hart District of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Hook approximately 2.5 miles (3 km) away. Category:Villages in Hampshire |
5,577 | Bhagwati Charan Verma | Bhagwati Charan Verma (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1981) was one of the leading writers in Hindi. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films, 1941 and 1964. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra in 1961 and Padma Bhushan in 1971. He was also nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1978. Early life and education Verma was born on 30 August 1903 in a well-known Kayastha family in Tahsil Safipur, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India, where he received his early education. He has earned fame at the national and international level in the field of literature by writing poetry, novel, story, essay and drama. His father, Shri Devi Charan Ji used to advocate in Kanpur. Balak Bhagwati's early education was in Safipur. Bhagwati Babu was sent to Prayag University for higher education from where he received a bachelor's degree in literature and law. He also spent some years living with his extended family at the ancestral home in Patkapur. Thereafter he studied in The Sophical School, and went on to do his B.A. L.L.B. from Allahabad University. Career After his education he practiced law at Kanpur and later at Hamirpur where he wrote his historic novel Chitralekha in 1934. Its success got him instant fame and started his literary career in which he went to write over 17 novels. He work at Calcutta Film Corporation for a while, followed by editing a weekly magazine, Vichaar. He also did screenwriting in Bombay, and later edited a Hindi daily Navjeevan; and finally he started writing independently in 1957. He also served as a Hindi advisor at All India Radio, Lucknow and later in 1978, he was nominated to the Upper House of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He died on 5 October 1981. A park is named after him, in his birthplace, the town of Safipur Writings Bhule Bisre Chitra, Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi, 1959. Chitralekha Yuvraj Choonda Sabahin Nachawat Ram Gosain Kahi na Jay ka Kahiye Rekha Sabhin Nachavat Ram Gosai Samarthya Aur Seema Sampooran Natak Sidhi Sachchi Baten Tedhey Medhey Rastey Woh Phir Nahi Aai Do Banke Mathrubhu Barbar Santh Pranam Diwano ki Hasti He also wrote other numerous short stories which were not published but still was recognised by other writers Further reading Bhagwati Charan Verma, by Srilal Shukla, Translator, Tripti Jain, New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi. 1994. . TV serial Teen Varsh (TV Serial, Telecast in 1993 on Doordarshan Lucknow and in 1995 on Doordarshan National Network)- Cast : Shekhar Suman, Gauri Saigan, Jaya Bhattacharya, Dinesh Shakul, Director – Sunil Batta Jeevan Ek Rang Anek (TV Series, 2003 Doordarshan Lucknow) : Director Sunil Batta Jeevan Ke Rang (TV Series, 2005 DD Bharti) : Director – Sunil Batta References Bibliography External links Bhagwati Charan Verma at Kavita Kosh (Hindi) Bhagwati Charan Verma at Online Unna Category:1903 births Category:1981 deaths Category:Hindi-language writers Category:University of Allahabad alumni Category:People from Unnao Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education Category:Nominated |
5,578 | Questocrypta | Questocrypta is a monotypic genus of South Pacific brushed trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Questocrypta goloboffi. It was first described by Robert Raven in 1994, and has only been found on New Caledonia. References Category:Barychelidae Category:Monotypic Mygalomorphae genera Category:Spiders described in 1994 Category:Spiders of Oceania |
5,579 | Pancoenia periphora | Pancoenia periphora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with fuscous and dark fuscous, especially on the margins and with a dark fuscous dot below the costa near the base. The stigmata are rather large, dark fuscous, with the plical obliquely before the first discal, the second discal confluent with an upright mark of dark fuscous suffusion from the tornus. The hindwings are grey, paler towards the base. References Category:Gelechiinae Category:Moths described in 1904 |
5,580 | Christopher Wood (biologist) | Christopher M. Wood FRSC is currently an Adjunct Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and a Lifetime Distinguished University Professor, and Emeritus Professor of Biology at McMaster University. He is also a Research Professor at the University of Miami. His research is primarily concerned with Fish physiology and aquatic toxicology. He was educated at the University of British Columbia (BSc, 1968; MSc, 1971) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1974). He joined the faculty of McMaster University in 1976 where he was a Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health from 2001-2014. In 2014 he retired from McMaster University and moved to the University of British Columbia, where his research program is now based. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003, and was awarded the 2007 Miroslaw Romanowski Medal. He was also awarded the Fry Medal of the Canadian Society of Zoologists in 1999. References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:University of British Columbia alumni Category:Alumni of the University of East Anglia Category:McMaster University faculty Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Category:Canada Research Chairs Category:Canadian ichthyologists |
5,581 | Kevin Gilbert (author) | Kevin Gilbert (10 July 1933 – 1 April 1993) was an Aboriginal Australian author, activist, artist, poet, playwright and printmaker. A Wiradjuri man, Gilbert was born on the banks of the Lachlan River in New South Wales. Gilbert was the first Aboriginal playwright and printmaker. He was an active human rights defender and was involved in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972 as well as its re-establishment on a permanent basis in 1992. In 1979 he led the National Aboriginal Government protest on Capital Hill, Canberra. His vision for a continent with integrity led to him being Chair of the "Treaty ’88" Campaign for a sovereign treaty between Aboriginal Nations and Peoples and non-Aboriginal Australians, as a proper foundation for all people living in Australia now. He defined the legal argument for a treaty or treaties and Aboriginal sovereignty in his 1987 work Aboriginal Sovereignty, Justice, the Law and Land. Gilbert won the 1978 National Book Council prize for writers, for Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert (1977). Background and early life Gilbert was the youngest of eight children born to a Wiradjuri mother and an Irish/English father. He was born into the Wiradjuri Nation on the bank of the Kalara/Lachlan River just outside Condobolin in New South Wales and at age seven he and his siblings were orphaned. He was raised by his eldest sisters and extended family on an Aboriginal reserve. He left school at the age of thirteen and picked up various seasonal and short-term itinerant jobs. His books Me and Mary Kangaroo and Child’s Dreaming reflect a childhood of intimate connection to his mother’s Wiradjuri Country. His extended family would annually travel on the fruit-picking circuit within Wiradjuri territory as “…a temporary release from near starvation … and above all, it meant some independence, some freedom, from under the crucifying heels of the local police and the white ‘station’ managers; an escape from refugee camps called 'Aboriginal Reserves'”. In 1957, Gilbert received a life sentence for the murder of his wife. In prison, he educated himself and developed his artistic talents. He was released on parole after 14 years. In his own words: Written works The Cherry Pickers While in prison Gilbert studied printmaking and took up writing. In 1968 he started to pen the play The Cherry Pickers, which was smuggled out of gaol on toilet paper. It was first workshopped and presented in a reading at the small Mews Theatre in Sydney 'in the open air' with Bob Maza and other Aboriginal actors reading the parts. The play is significant that it was the first play written in English by an Aboriginal and also the first play to be performed entirely by an Aboriginal cast. The critic and publisher Katharine Brisbane, described her response after viewing an early performed reading of "The Cherry Pickers as 'I was overawed with a sense of privilege at being allowed into the domestic life of a people whose privacy had, for so long and for such good reason, been guarded from white eyes'. A more complete |
5,582 | 1966 Estonian SSR Football Championship | The 1966 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Baltic Fleet Tallinn. League table References Category:Estonian Football Championship Est Football |
5,583 | Acceptance discography | The discography of Acceptance, an American alternative rock band, consists of two studio albums, four extended plays, and five singles. Albums Studio albums Extended plays Singles References Category:Discographies of American artists |
5,584 | Wyoming Highway 138 | Wyoming Highway 138 (WYO 138) was a east-west (southwest-northeast) Wyoming State Road in central Fremont County. Route description Wyoming Highway 138 began on its western end at Wyoming Highway 789 east of Hudson. WYO 138 proceeded in a northeasterly direction, and traveled through the community (CDP) of Arapahoe. Just northeast of Arapahoe, WYO 138 reached Wyoming Highway 137 in the unincorporated community of St. Stephens where it ended. Together with WYO 137, Highway 138 provided an alternate to WYO 789 by staying closer to the Popo Agie River. History A resolution to relinquish the highway to the Bureau of Indian Affairs was approved by the Transportation Commission of Wyoming at a meeting on December 9, 2010. Major intersections References External links Wyoming State Routes 100-199 WYO 137 - WYO 789 to WYO 137 Category:Transportation in Fremont County, Wyoming 137 |
5,585 | Arcade and Attica Railroad | The Arcade & Attica Railroad is a shortline railroad that hauls freight between Arcade, New York and North Java, New York. The railroad originally connected Arcade with Attica, New York, however the right of way from North Java north to Attica was abandoned in 1947 due to flooding on the Tonawanda Creek. The principal business of the ARA is handling agricultural products (soy beans, corn, and fertilizer), lumber, dairy feed, and other commodities between Arcade and North Java. ARA continues to use its GE 80-ton centercab switcher no. 113 as primary freight power, and often will double-head 113 with its GE 65-tonner no. 112 to make switching operations easier at both ends of the line. The freight service operates as needed. The ARA also runs passenger excursion trains from May to October on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Passengers can enjoy a ride from Arcade to Curriers Station in Chaffee, New York and back on restored 1920's era Boonton passenger coaches, and an open gondola, pulled by the historic Arcade & Attica 18 (currently undergoing a full rebuild) or 1940's and 50's-era diesel engines. History The Arcade and Attica Railroad was the latest in a long succession of railroads planned and built through the Tonawanda Valley in Wyoming County. In 1836 the Attica and Sheldon Railroad was proposed, but no construction ever took place. In 1852 the Attica and Alleghany Valley Railroad was incorporated to build a narrow gauge railway from Attica, through Arcade, to the Pennsylvania state line. in 1853 the contract was let for construction and most of the road was graded between Attica and Arcade. In 1855 construction was discontinued and the property was sold at foreclosure on February 2, 1856. On February 28, 1870 the Attica and Arcade Railroad was organized and began purchasing the right of way with construction of the line scheduled for completion by October 1, 1876. The railroad went bankrupt in 1873 without ever completing the railroad. On April 5, 1880 the Tonawanda Valley Railroad was incorporated with major financial backing from the Erie Railroad. The company planned to build a , narrow gauge line from Attica, through Curriers Corners, to Sardinia to connect with the Buffalo, New York, and Pennsylvania Railroad. On September 11, 1880 the first train ran on the line from Attica to Curriers Corners. In October 1880 the Tonawanda Valley Extension Railroad was organized to extend the line from Curriers to Sardinia. By that winter the company changed its mind and began building to Arcade, rather than Sardinia. By May 1, 1881 the line had reached Arcade. On July 14, 1881 the Tonawanda Valley and Cuba Railroad was formed to extend the line from Arcade to Cuba via Sandusky and Rushford. On August 27, 1881 the Tonawanda Valley Railroad, Tonawanda Valley Extension Railroad, and Tonawanda Valley and Cuba were merged into the new Tonawanda Valley and Cuba Railroad. By September 4, 1882 the line was complete between Attica and Cuba. The Company built facilities to transfer to the standard-gauge Erie Railroad in Attica and Cuba. In Cuba, the company made a |
5,586 | Ishq Par Zor Nahin | Ishq Par Zor Nahin is a 1970 Hindi romantic movie (based on love triangle story) produced by Suresh Saigal and directed by Ramesh Saigal. The film stars Dharmendra, Sadhana, Biswajeet, Kamini Kaushal, Leela Mishra, Abhi Bhattacharya, Jagdeep, Nadira and Helen. The film's music is by S. D. Burman. This is the only film in which Biswajeet and Sadhana worked together. Similarly, this is the only movie in which Dharmendra and Sadhana worked together. The songs "Ye Dil Diwana Hai", "Mehbooba, Teri Tasveer", "Tum Mujhse Door Chale Jana Na" and "O, Mere Bairagi Bhanwara" were composed by S.D. Burman. The musical instrument 'santoor' was introduced in this film for the first time. The story of the film is similar to Yash Chopra's 1969 classic Aadmi Aur Insaan. Plot Amar Doraiswamy is the only child of multi-millionaire shipping company owner who lives in a palatial house in Goa, India. Amar introduces a close, but poor friend, Ram, to his father, who employs him conditionally. Amar falls in love with a woman named Sushma Rai, and asks Ram to pen a love letter and poem for her. Sushma gets to read the letter and the poem, and thinking that Ram is Amar, falls in love with him. She meets him, and he is also unknowingly attracted to her, both feel that they are inseparable soul-mates. Then Ram gets a shock when he finds out that Sushma is Amar's intended and decides to stay away from her. But Sushma has other plans, for she intends to marry Ram at any cost, not realizing that by doing this, she is placing not only Ram's life, but also the lives of two other individuals, namely Uma Devi and Lalit, in jeopardy. Cast Sadhana ... Sushma Rai Dharmendra ... Ram Kumar Biswajit Chatterjee ... Amar (as Biswajeet) Nadira ... Mrs. Doraiswamy Leela Mishra ... Ram's Mother (as Leela Misra) Randhir ... Doraiswamy's business partner Jagdish Raj ... Rai (as Jagdeeshraj) Meena T. ... Lalita (as Meena) Uday Chandrika ... Dancer / Singer (as Uday Chandrika) Kamini Kaushal ... Uma Devi Abhi Bhattacharya ... Doraiswamy Jagdeep ... Lalit Soundtrack Lyrics: Anand Bakshi External links Category:Films scored by S. D. Burman Category:1970 films Category:Indian films Category:1970s Hindi-language films |
5,587 | Oetz | Oetz is a municipality in the Imst district of Tyrol, Austria, located 11.7 km (7.3 mi) southeast of Imst at the lower course of the Ötztaler Ache in the outer Ötztal valley at the foot of Acherkogel mountain (3 008 m, 9,869 ft). History Settlement of the area around Oetz began around two thousand years ago. The village was mentioned for the first time as Ez in 1266. The parish church was constructed in the Late Gothic style, with extensions in 1667. Baroque interior alterations were completed in 1744. The church contains a crypt, an altar with a painting of St. Michael (1683), carvings and statues. Population Tourism Ötz is a bi-seasonal tourist resort with approximately 350,000 overnight stays, and is a popular location for rafting and tourism. The town has a local heritage museum and art gallery called the Turmmuseum Ötz (formerly the Galerie zum alten Ötztal). Nearby attractions include Lake Piburg, the Auer Klamm (gorge), the Stuibenfall (waterfall), and the waterfall on the Tumpenbach (stream). The municipality has 2,265 inhabitants. Town partnerships Ötz fosters partnerships with the following places: Hargesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany References External links Oetz Ötztal Category:Cities and towns in Imst District |
5,588 | Oberthulba | Oberthulba is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany. Divisions of the municipality Oberthulba Frankenbrunn Hassenbach Hetzlos Reith Schlimpfhof Thulba Wittershausen History With secularization of the government in 1803, the territory of the present municipality became part of Bavaria. In the Treaty of Pressburg between France and Austria in 1805, the lands of the Bishop of Würzburg were given to Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and he was made Grand Duke of Würzburg, a new state, as a reward for his support of Napoleon. These lands then again became part of Bavaria in 1814 (this time permanently) at the defeat of Napoleon. Population Coat of arms The upper half is red, and the lower half has three white peaks with a blue band of waves. On the left is a silver bishop's staff, and on the right a gold St. John's cross. Economy In 1998, there were 545 businesses in the municipality. In 1999, there were 108 agricultural businesses, with 2424 ha under cultivation, 1523 ha in fields, and 887 ha in pasture. Notable residents Herbert Neder, politician (CSU) External links References Category:Bad Kissingen (district) |
5,589 | Harry Jefferson (sailor) | Harry Jefferson (9 March 1849 – 23 June 1918) was a sailor from Great Britain who represented the country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Jefferson took the gold in the second race of the 3 to 10 ton. In 1885, Jefferson set up the stock-jobbing firm Wedd Jefferson in partnership with George Wedd. Sources Category:1849 births Category:1918 deaths Category:British male sailors (sport) Category:Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 3 to 10 ton Category:Olympic sailors of Great Britain Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic medalists in sailing |
5,590 | Vaniamkulam (gram panchayat) | Vaniamkulam is a gram panchayat in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India. It is the local government organisation that serves the villages of Vaniyamkulam-I and Vaniyamkulam-II. Educational institutions TRYWIN INSTITUTE OF WINNERS, near post office Vaniamkulam References Category:Gram panchayats in Palakkad district |
5,591 | Cẩm Ly | Trần Thị Cẩm Ly (born 30 March 1970 in Saigon) better known as Cẩm Ly, is a Vietnamese pop singer, who is also known for Southern Vietnam folk songs. She came to national attention in 1993. Her sisters are Minh Tuyết and Hà Phương. Background Her real name is Trần Thị Cẩm Ly and was born in March 30 1970 in Saigon. Her hometown is in Qui Nhơn, Bình Định. She is the third child (her fan named her as Chi Tu according to Southern order in the family) of family with 6 siblings, her father is composer Tran Quan Hien, her two younger sisters are Hà Phương and Minh Tuyết who are also singers (apparently they're locating oversea). In 2004, she got married with composer Minh Vy (whose real name is Doan Huu Minh). Apparently, she has two daughters, one is Cam Uyen (born in 2005, nickname as Thỏ (Bunny) and Cam Anh (born in 2007, nickname as La). Music career She exposed her singing talent when she was little. In 1993, she and Minh Tuyết performed a song for which the same year they won duo first prize from Hoa Binh Theater. After this event, she began singing professionally and signed a contract with Kim Loi Studio - which was the most famous studio at that time. In 1997, Minh Tuyết moved to the US and she had to temporarily stop performing due to health issue. One year later, she came back and released two albums featuring singer Canh Han, in 1999, she and singer Dan Truong released the album Neu Phoi Pha Ngay Mai. In 2000, she marked her solo career by releasing the first album Mai Khong Phai. In next years, she often performed songs from composer Nguyen Nhat Huy such as: Nguoi Ve Cuoi Pho, Bo Ben La, Thuong Nho Nguoi Dung, May Chieu, Tinh Khong Doi Thay. The first ever folk album titled Em Gai Que which was released by Kim Loi Studio consisted of 11 songs under influence of folk song: Quen Cay Cau Dua, Noi Buon Chim Sao, Phuong Buon, Chanh Long, Nho Me Ly Mo Coi, Mua Chieu Mien Trung. In July 2001, she was the first Vietnamese singer to have DVD show and it was the period of time where she confirmed her stable style and completely separated with Dan Truong. She was one of the most successful exclusive singer of Kim Loi Studio. She was also the first singer to hold a free concert for students which was titled as Vong Quanh Ky Tuc Xa in 2003 and 2004. In 2008, she held another liveshow at Lan Anh Stage as a 15th anniversary and to mark her first role ever for a cai luong play. The same year, she appeared in Thúy Nga's Paris by Night 92 show. In 2009, she held the liveshow Tu Tinh Que Huong which was the second liveshow of her career as well as releasing two albums Em Khong The Quen - Tinh Khuc Minh Vy and ballad folk album Bien Tinh. In 2011, she held |
5,592 | Patrick E. Burke | Patrick Emmet Burke (c. 1830 – May 20, 1864) was a lawyer, Missouri state legislator, and Civil War officer. He commanded the Western Sharpshooters Regiment and the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Early life Burke was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, around 1830, the son of Walter Burke. As a child his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri. On April 8, 1846 he entered the Vincentian Seminary at St. Mary of the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri as a secular student. On April 1, 1848 he graduated with honors. Upon returning to St. Louis, Burke became a clerk at the law firm of Glover and Richardson. He was admitted to the Missouri State Bar in 1849. After John C. Richardson was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1857, Burke went into partnership with Samuel T. Glover (considered the dean of the St. Louis Bar). Pre-war activities Burke became politically active as a supporter of the Benton faction of the Missouri Democratic Party, opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the possibility of the expansion of slavery to the western territories. In 1855 he was elected to the 19th Missouri General Assembly as a Benton Democrat, a member of the St. Louis contingent. In addition to his legal and political activities, Burke was an active participant in the St. Louis' pre-war militia organizations. Burke was elected 1st lieutenant of the prestigious Washington Blues militia company, serving until February 1861. Early war activities Burke resigned from the Washington Blues in February 1861, apparently due to the secessionist views of most of its members. Shortly thereafter he became associated with underground pro-Unionist volunteers organized by Congressman Francis Preston Blair, Jr.. When the volunteers were mustered into Federal service in March–April, 1861, Burke was appointed captain of Company K, 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry (3 Months). On May 10, 1861 Burke participated in the capture of the Missouri Volunteer Militia at Camp Jackson on the western edge of St. Louis, and the subsequent lethal riot in the streets of the city which became known as the Camp Jackson Affair. In the midst of the violence and tension of the Missouri secession crisis, Burke married 27-year-old Catherine Mackay, daughter of a wealthy surveyor with connections to socially prominent French members of the St. Louis elite. They were married on May 28, 1861, at Assumption Roman Catholic Church, by Father P. J. Ryan. After the June 11 collapse of the Price–Harney Truce, Burke, leading Company K, 1st Missouri Volunteers, participated in the successful campaign to capture the state capital at Jefferson City and in defeat of a force of secessionist Missouri State Guard at the small, but strategically important Battle of Boonville. Burke participated in General Lyon's campaign in pursuit of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Missouri State Guard, fighting in the Battle of Dug Spring on August 2, 1861. On August 10, Burke fought on Bloody Hill at Battle of Wilson's Creek, and was mentioned in Maj. S. D. Sturgis' official report for his leadership in the Federal counterattack |
5,593 | June Conference | June Conference was an annual gathering of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for young men and women, as well as church leaders. It was held in Salt Lake City between 1888 and 1975, and included cultural festivals, training, and speeches by church leaders. Format June Conference was held over three days. Youth planned and participated in workshops about ideas for teaching youth, as well as music, dancing, exhibits, and skits, often pertaining to a conference theme. There were also music and art festivals, banquets, camp activities, testimony meetings, and programs for both youth and parents. Youth leaders received training and learned the youth theme and program for the next year. Youth programs were often on break during summer, allowing some preparation before resuming in September. The all-Church dance festival was held at the University of Utah stadium. The First Presidency and other General Authorities would speak at two general sessions of talks, including discussion of new youth programs. History The first annual June Conference was held in 1888, replacing training conferences for YLMIA (later called the Young Women organization) that had been held at the time of general conference. Leaders gave training workshops in teacher improvement, music, activities, and story-telling. In 1896 the YMMIA (later called the Young Men organization) joined in the event. Early features Starting in 1904, the conference also included an athletic field day for various sports. In 1911 Field Day was incorporated into the conference activities, organizing outdoor games and sports. At the 1929 conference, a girl's summer camping program was launched, along with a unified magazine for both young men and young women. The conference was also known for its large dance festivals with up to 2000 participants, introduced in 1936. These large festivals would rival even the all-Church athletic competitions. These large-scale productions were the highlight for the year for the church's youth programs. At a time when nearly all LDS stakes were in the United States, about 80 percent of them sent representatives to June Conference in Salt Lake City. Post-war growth Over the years the conference continued to adapt and expand. During World War II, when gas-rationing limited travel, the conference was suspended, resuming in 1945. In 1946 a dance festival of three thousand celebrated the war's end. The following year, at the 1947 Utah pioneer centennial, the dance festival was moved to the University of Utah's stadium to accommodate the size of the event. In 1952, 30,000 spectators (thousands having been turned away) saw traditional, western, and Maori dances in the two-hour program. The music festival in 1949 was unusually large, with three thousand singers joining in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. To spare the growing Latter-day Saint population in California from traveling to Utah, similar conferences for youth were held in August in Los Angeles, from 1954-57. The June Conference in 1969 was known for its elaborate events, international representatives, and debut of the film Pioneers in Petticoats, in honor of the YWMIA centennial. Correlation changes In 1971, the large-dance festival was replaced by regional festivals, with the |
5,594 | Jenny Mikakos | Jenny Mikakos (born 25 January 1969) is an Australian politician for the Labor Party. She is currently the Minister for Health, Minister for Ambulance Services and Minister for the Coordination of Health and Human Services COVID-19 as well as Deputy Leader of the Government and Member of the Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan Region. Political career Mikakos was first elected as the Member for Jika Jika Province in the State of Victoria in September 1999. From 1999 until 2006, she represented the Legislative Council province of Jika Jika. Mikakos' electorate was abolished at the 2006 election as part of major reforms of the Legislative Council introduced after the 2002 election, but she won the second position on the Labor ticket for the replacement electorate, the larger, five-member Northern Metropolitan Region. She was first on the Labor ticket at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 election. From 2002 until 2007, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Justice. From 2007 until 2010 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Planning. From 2010 until 2014 she was the Shadow Minister for Community Services, Children, Youth Affairs, Youth Justice and Seniors and Ageing. From 2014 until 2018, she was appointed Minister for Families and Children, Early Childhood Education and Youth Affairs in the Andrews Labor Government. In November 2018, Mikakos was appointed the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services following the re-election of the Andrews Labor Government. In March 2020, she was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council. In April 2020, Mikakos was appointed as the Minister for the Coordination of Health and Human Services COVID-19 as part of the Victorian Government's response to the coronavirus global pandemic. This appointment followed media coverage of comments which Mikakos made regarding a GP who tested positive for COVID-19. In Parliament, Mikakos voted against the human cloning bill but for stem cell research, for abortion decriminalisation, for assisted reproductive technology reforms and for dying with dignity laws. These bills were subject to a conscience votes in the Labor Party. Personal life Jenny Mikakos was the first woman of Greek descent elected to an Australian Parliament. She grew up in Northcote, in her electorate, to a migrant working-class family. She attended Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School, Thornbury High School, and the University of Melbourne where she obtained arts and law degrees. Before her election to Parliament, Mikakos worked as a commercial and tax lawyer for King & Wood Mallesons and Jerrard & Stuk. She was briefly a Councillor with the City of Northcote in the early 1990s. Controversies During the outbreak of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Australia, Mikakos criticised a Melbourne GP for turning up to work with flu-like syptoms, after having recently travelled to the United States. The Minister stated that she was 'flabbergasted' a doctor with 'flu-like symptoms' had presented to work. She also stated that the Doctor's choice to go to work might be a matter for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to pursue, and named the age, and practice of the Doctor. These comments were criticised by the Royal Australian College |
5,595 | Dangerous for Your Life! | Dangerous for Your Life! () is a 1985 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. Cast Leonid Kuravlev (Spartak Ivanovich Molodtsov) Georgy Vitsin (Alexander Chokolov) Larisa Udovichenko (Katerina Ivanovna) Vladimir Nosik (Maxim Dmitriev) Tatyana Kravchenko (Tamara) Tamaz Toloraya (Vano Kipiani) Boryslav Brondukov (Andrey Pavlovich Peredelkin) Sergey Filippov (gentle visitor) Nina Grebeshkova (Zinaida Petrovna) Mihail Kokshenov (lieutenant Rokotov) Nina Maslova (Lady with the Dog) Vera Ivleva (barmaid) Plot Spartak Molodtsov (Leonid Kuravlev) is a man who can not leave well enough alone. Because of this he always gets into trouble. So one morning he finds a broken high tension wire and is late for work which nearly derails the reception of visitors because his new bureaucrat-chief (Borislav Brondukov) is afraid to make decisions without him. Molodtsov at his post meets an alcoholic of the name of Chokolov (Georgy Vitsin) and Tamara – a female van driver who transports ice cream (Tatyana Kravchenko). A visitor of the facility, Comrade Kipiani (Tamaz Toloraya), eventually finds him there, on his post, near the wire. The finale of the film is fairly unexpected. Production The movie was filmed in the cities of Chernivtsi and Kamianets-Podilskyi. The institution in which the main character worked was the Chernivtsi regional council building. Other filming locations in Chernivtsi include the tower in Central Square, Chernivtsi City Hall, Theater Square and University Street. External links Category:1985 films Category:Soviet films Category:1980s science fiction comedy films Category:Russian science fiction comedy films Category:Mosfilm films Category:Russian-language films Category:Films set in Moscow Category:Films set in 1985 Category:Films directed by Leonid Gaidai Category:Soviet comedy films Category:Films scored by Maksim Dunayevsky |
5,596 | Twins Days | Twins Days is held annually on the first full weekend in August in Twinsburg, Ohio, to celebrate biological twins (and other multiples, e.g. triplets, quads). The event has taken place every summer since 1976 when the festival was founded by a group of Twinsburg citizens, based on a concept developed by Dennis Casamatta and included Ray Diersing who also has twin daughters. It is the largest annual gathering of twins in the world, and draws thousands of participants from all over the United States and elsewhere in the world. The event routinely attracts about 2,000 pairs of twins. About 1,140 sets of multiples pre-registered for the 2014 festival, including people from Nigeria, Brazil, Australia, Ghana, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, France, Italy, England, Belgium, Germany, Japan, China and India. The 2014 festival was themed as a "peace and love" event, and billed as "Twinstock: Groovy in Twinsburg". The festival has developed its own traditions over the years. As the writer Tony Barrell noted in a major press article in 2003, “An unwritten festival rule means that identical twins are identically dressed, too. This applies as much to 70-year-old men as to 17-year-old girls, and to tiny babies, wheeled around in fleets of twin buggies.” The festival is opened every year with a performance of The Star-Spangled Banner, sung by John and Jerry Starlet and signed in ASL by Jamie Maassen and Jodie Qualkinbush, and a parade along Ravenna Road (former SR-14). The festival attracts many members of the scientific community, who use the presence of thousands of identical and fraternal twins to conduct voluntary twin studies, in order to determine the genetic or non-genetic basis of a wide range of human traits. Twins are customarily rewarded for their participation. Barrell also noted that there was a tendency among Twins Days attendees to form human patterns: “Pairs of complete strangers seem continually, magnetically drawn to one another, to shake hands, slap backs – and, sometimes, take the relationship further... Another extraordinary thing is happening: clumps of twins keep making human patterns. Every few seconds, two or three or more sets get together in symmetrical formations and smile for somebody’s camera. They seem powerless to resist the compulsion, and watching it is like seeing the colors coalesce in a giant kaleidoscope.” History The Twins Days event was inspired by a pair of enterprising 19th-century twins, Moses and Aaron Wilcox. “They were the identical twins who bought about 4,000 acres of land here in 1819, and then offered to donate six acres for a town square and $20 towards a new school, on one condition: that the place drop its dull old name, Millsville, and become Twinsburg. More than a century and a half later, in 1976, the town was celebrating the United States’ bicentennial and decided to throw a party the Wilcoxes would have appreciated. Just 36 pairs of twins showed up, but the burghers of Twinsburg saw its potential and made it annual.” References External links "Our America with Lisa Ling", Twin Lives episode Category:Festivals in Ohio Category:Twin Category:Tourist attractions in Summit County, Ohio |
5,597 | Kapitan Keling Mosque | The Kapitan Keling Mosque (Malay name: Masjid Kapitan Keling,Tamil :காப்பித்தான் கெலிங மசூதி, Kāppittāṉ keliṅa macūti ) is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is situated on the corner of Buckingham Street (Lebuh Buckingham) and Pitt Street (Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling). Being a prominent Islamic historic centre, it is part of the World Heritage Site of George Town and lies at the centre of the city's Tamil Muslim neighbourhood, the chulias. It is the first permanent Muslim institution to have been established in the area, dating from the early 1800s. Cauder Mohuddeen Merican is known as the founder of the mosque and leader of the Chulias. In 1801 Sir George Leith, who was then Lieutenant Governor of Penang, appointed a prominent Indian Muslim leader, Cauder Mohudeen, as Captain of the South Indian “Keling” community. He granted a piece of land to build a mosque on the south side of Malabar Street (Chulia Street). Cauder Mohudeen (born c. 1759) was a ship mandoor or foreman from Porto Novo, which the Tamils called Paringgipettai and the Muslims Mahmudbandar, about 50 kilometres south of Pondicherry in India. He was referred to as 'Kapitan Kling'. "Keling" is a Malay term for people of Indian origin, nowadays considered offensive but not so considered at the time when the mosque was built. The "Kapitan " was a representative of the Indian community, like the "Kapitan Cina" for the Chinese community. Another renovation in 1930 gave the Kapitan Keling Mosque its present appearance after the previous design was deemed impractical. In keeping with tradition, the mosque was not rebuilt, but only enlarged. Among the major work during this period included doubling the height of the central prayer hall, improvement to the ventilation system, and allowing more natural light to enter. The exterior is ochre yellowed while the interior had white marble floors and a high ceiling. The interior aisles are formed by a series of horseshoe arches, crowned with King Edward's plaques. The façade of the building and its interior were decorated with geometric designs, as human and animal forms are forbidden in Islam. See also Islam in Malaysia References External links Penang Sentral Global Website Category:Mosques in Penang Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1801 Category:Tourist attractions in George Town Category:Religious buildings and structures with domes |
5,598 | Battle and theatre honours of the Indian Army | The Indian Army has a distinguished history in which they won many battle and theatre honours. The practice of giving battle honours began with the East India Company who awarded these to the units of the native Indian corps in their presidency armies. The practice continued after the advent of the British Crown post-1857 when the armies of the East India Company became part of the British Indian Army and after India's independence in 1947. The earliest conflict for which a battle honour was awarded was "Plassey" which was awarded in 1829 to the 1st Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry which served the East India Company in Bengal while the latest is "Kargil" in 1999 awarded to units of independent India's army for feats during the Kargil War. Pre-1914 battle honours Plassey. Buxar. Amboor. Korah. Guzerat. Carnatic. Sholinghur. Mangalore. Mysore. Sedaseer. Seringapatam. Egypt. Allyghur. Delhi. Assaye. Leswarree. Deig. Cochin. Bourbon Java. Kirkee. Seetabuldee. Nagpore. Maheidpoor. Corygaum. Nowah. Persian Gulf. Beni Boo Alli. Assam. Ava. Kemmendine. Arracan. Burmah. Bhurtpore. Aden. Afghanistan. Ghuznee 1839. Khelat. Kahun. Jellalabad. Kelat-i-Ghilzie. Candahar 1842. Ghuznee 1842. Cabool 1842. Cutchee. China. Meeanee. Hyderabad. Maharajpoor. Punniar. Moodkee. Ferozeshah. Aliwal. Sobraon. Punjaub. Chillianwalah. Mooltan. Goojerat. Pegu. Persia. Reshire. Bushire. Koosh-ab. Delhi 1857. Lucknow. Defence of Arrah. Behar. Central India. China 1858–59. Taku Forts. Pekin 1860. China 1860–62. Abyssinia. Afghanistan 1878–80. Ali Masjid. Peiwar Kotal. Charasiah. Kabul 1879. Ahmed Khel. Kandahar 1880. Egypt 1882, Tel-el-kebir. Suakin. Tofrek. Burma 1885–1887. Defence of Chitral Chitral. Punjab Frontier. Malakand. Samana. Tirah. British East Africa. Pekin 1900. China 1900. Somaliland 1901–04. First World War Europe & Gallipoli Europe France and Flanders 1914–1918 . La Bassee, 1914. Armentieres 1914. Messines 1914. Ypres 1914–15. Gheluvelt. Festubert, 1914 (also 1914–15). Givenchy 1914. Neuve Chappelle. Ypres 1915. St Julien. Aubers. Festubert, 1915. Loos. Somme, 1916. Bazentin. Delville Wood. Flers-Courcelette. Morval. Cambrai 1917. Gallipoli Gallipoli 1915 Helles Krithia Anzac Landing at Anzac Defence of Anzac Suvla Sari Bair Landing at Suvla Scimitar Hill Macedonia 1916–18 Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Arabia Egypt & Palestine Damascus Egypt 1915–17 El Mughar Gaza Jerusalem Megiddo Nablus Nebi Samwil Palestine 1917–18 Sharon Suez Canal Tell' Asur Mesopotamia Baghdad Basra Ctesiphon Defence of Kut al Amara Khan Baghdadi Kut al Amara 1915 Kut al Amara 1917 Mesopotamia 1914–18 Shaiba Sharqat Tigris 1916 Arabia Aden Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, India, China Central Asia Merv Persia Persia 1915–19 Afghanistan Afghanistan India NW Frontier, India 1914–17 Baluchistan 1915–16, 1918 China Tsingtao East Africa East Africa 1914–18 Kilimanjaro Beho Beho Narungombe Nyangao Second World War North East Africa, Middle East North East Africa Abyssinia 1940–41 Ad Teclesan Agordat Amba Alagi Barentu Berbera British Somaliland Gallabat Keren Keren-Asmara Road Massawa Middle East Iraq 1941 Post-independence Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 The battle and theatre honours of the 1947 War are: Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48 (theatre honour) Gurais Jhangar Kargil Naoshera Punch Rajouri Skardu Srinagar Tithwal Uri Zoji La Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The battle and theatre honours of the 1965 War are: Jammu and Kashmir sector Jammu and Kashmir 1965 (theatre honour) Hajipir Jaurian Kalit Kalidhar OP Hill Raja Picquet-Chand Tekri Sanjoi Mirpur Punjab sector |
5,599 | XFM 96.3 | Expat Radio 96.3 XFM was a radio station of Mediacorp in Singapore. Broadcasting on 96.3 MHz, it was Singapore's only radio station that broadcast a mix of Japanese, French, Hindi, Bangladeshi and German programmes. A blend of World Music from Brazil, Greece, Italy, Lebanon and Spain would also be played during an automated music marathon daily. Closure Both the Media Development Authority (MDA) and Mediacorp have done a review and mutually agreed to cease transmission of the station on 30 September 2016, given the rapidly changing radio landscape. Mediacorp stated that the review was "driven by new technologies and evolving radio listenership preferences". Staff will be redeployed to other positions thereafter. In 2016, the reused frequency (as well as a newly-vacated 89.3 frequency) were tendered and won by SPH Radio. In 2018, 96.3 Hao FM was launched and broadcast using the 96.3 frequency. See also List of radio stations in Singapore References External links XFM 96.3 Official Website Category:Radio stations in Singapore Category:Radio stations established in 1998 Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2016 Category:1998 establishments in Singapore Category:2016 disestablishments in Singapore |
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