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6,300 | César Gaytan | César Gaytan (born July 15, 1993 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Professional career On July 2, 2011 Gaytan knocked out the veteran Uriel Gaona at the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. References External links Category:Boxers from Jalisco Category:Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Category:Super-flyweight boxers Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Mexican male boxers |
6,301 | Drift (linguistics) | Two types of language change can be characterized as linguistic drift: a unidirectional short-term and cyclic long-term drift. Short-term unidirectional drift According to Sapir, drift is the unconscious change in natural language. He gives the example Whom did you see? which is grammatically correct but is generally replaced by Who did you see? Structural symmetry seems to have brought about the change: all other wh- words are monomorphic (consisting of only one morpheme). The drift of speech changes dialects and, in long terms, it generates new languages. Although it may appear these changes have no direction, in general they do. For example, in the English language, there was the Great Vowel Shift, a chain shift of long vowels first described and accounted for in terms of drift by Jespersen (1860–1943). Another example of drift is the tendency in English to eliminate the -er comparative formative and to replace it with the more analytic more. Thus, in some dialects one now regularly hears more kind and more happy instead of the prescriptive kinder, happier. In English, it may be the competition of the -er agentive suffix which has brought about this drift, i.e. the eventual loss of the Germanic comparative system in favor of the newer system. Moreover, the structural asymmetry of the comparative formation may be a cause of this change. The underlying cause of drift may be entropy: the amount of disorder (differences in probabilities) inherent in all linguistic systems. Another underlying cause of drift may be crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in situations of language contact. For example, in Shanghai Chinese (Shanghainese) it has been reported that vowel sounds have gradually changed over time due to the influence of Mandarin Chinese (Yao & Chang, 2016). At a shorter timescale (weeks of intensive exposure to a second language) as well, phonetic changes have been observed in an individual's native language (Chang, 2012, 2013); these changes, termed 'phonetic drift', generally approximate properties of the second language. Long-term cyclic drift Cyclic drift is the mechanism of long-term evolution that changes the functional characteristics of a language over time, such as the reversible drifts from SOV word order to SVO and from synthetic inflection to analytic observable as typological parameters in the syntax of language families and of areal groupings of languages open to investigation over long periods of time. Drift in this sense is not language-specific but universal, a consensus achieved over two decades by universalists of the typological school as well as the generativist, notably by Greenberg (1960, 1963), Cowgill (1963), Wittmann (1969), Hodge (1970), Givón (1971), Lakoff (1972), Vennemann (1975) and Reighard (1978). To the extent that a language is vocabulary cast into the mould of a particular syntax and that the basic structure of the sentence is held together by functional items, with the lexical items filling in the blanks, syntactic change is no doubt what modifies most deeply the physiognomy of a particular language. Syntactic change affects grammar in its morphological and syntactic aspects and is seen as gradual, the product of chain reactions and subject to cyclic drift. See also |
6,302 | Rudolf Meidner | Rudolf Alfred Meidner (23 June 1914 – 9 December 2005) was a Swedish economist. Biography Son of Alfred Meidner and Elise Bandmann, Maidner was born on 23 June 1914 in Breslau, Silesia. He was forced to flee Nazi Germany after the Reichstag fire in Berlin 1933, being Jewish and a socialist. In 1937, Meidner married Ella Jörgenssen and became a citizen of Sweden in 1943. Meidner was an economist and the developer of the employee funds plan proposed by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in the 1970s. He studied under famous economist and Nobel Prize Winner Gunnar Myrdal. He got his PhD in 1954 with a dissertation labeled "Swedish Labour Market at Full Employment". He spent most of his work life at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation as a researcher. Meidner died on 9 December 2005 in Lidingö, aged 91. Rehn-Meidner model Meidner and Swedish economist Gösta Rehn were responsible for the Rehn–Meidner model for economic growth as promulgated by the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the LO. the blue-collar trade union. The Rehn–Meidner model was first proposed in 1951 and for over the next twenty-five years was the basis for the low-inequality, high-tech oriented, rapid-innovation Swedish economy which also was exposed to international trade and became export oriented. In response to the increasing demand on the part of workers, communities and women for a share of the excess profits (permitted by a capital-labor-state wage suppression agreement) accumulated in an increasingly powerful capitalist sector, Meidner created a proposal in 1976, published by the LO, that called for requiring all companies above a certain size to issue new stock shares to workers so that within twenty years the workers would control 52% of the companies they worked in. This policy followed in Meidner's career-long efforts to build a step-wise, peaceful, institutionally supported transition to a socialist society, whose carefully crafted incentive structure and culture would allow each member of society to work and contribute according to her or his capacity and receive social support according to her or his needs. Supported by important Swedish policy designer Walter Korpi, Meidner's work was opposed by pro-capitalist Social Democrats, including the aggressively conservative Finance Minister Kjell-Olof Feldt as well as Gosta Rehn (proponent of active labour market policies) and Olof Palme. The increasing ambitions and occasional militancy of the Swedish working class in conjunction with Meidner's careful, progressive socialist institutional planning politicized the Swedish capitalist class via the Swedish Employers Association (SAF), who joined other countries' capitalist classes ramping up their political efforts to destroy working class organizational bases and to promote the capital deregulation and mobility that began to come to crisis in the 2000s. The SAF's response was to model their political and policy strategies after the New Zealand capitalist class' campaign which had successfully destroyed a labor movement of similar strength to the Swedish labor movement. The Rehn–Meidner model resulted in Sweden having a very egalitarian wage system so that wage differentials between professions was very low, fortifying a low Gini coefficient. However, in the absence of the socialist steps urged by Meidner |
6,303 | Strong Egypt Party | The Strong Egypt Party () is an Egyptian centrist political party founded in 2012 by former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. History The Strong Egypt Party was established in July 2012 by former Muslim Brotherhood member and 2012 presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. On 31 October 2012, the party was officially inaugurated by Aboul Fotouh and co-founders Mokhtar Nouh and Rabab El-Mahdi in front of hundreds of supporters at the Supreme Court in Cairo. On 10 December 2012, Aboul Fotouh announced that the party is calling on Egyptians to vote "no" in the 2012 constitutional referendum. In a videotaped statement, he said that there were three main reasons why Egyptians should reject the draft: first, a weakness in achieving social justice, second, the special status given to the military establishment and the provision for military trials of civilians, and third, the almost unchanged authorities of the president. On 3 December 2013, the party announced that it will oppose the constitution that will be voted on in the 2014 constitutional referendum. In a press statement, party leader Aboul Fotouh said that the party rejected the draft for the same reasons as the 2012 constitution: it failed to promote social justice and gave too much power to the president. He asserted that the draft did not fulfill the goals of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and he also criticised that it made the military "a state above the state". A court case was brought forth to dissolve the party, though the Alexandria Urgent Matters Court ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction. The Strong Egypt Party boycotted the parliamentary elections on 17 October 2015. Basic tenets The party describes itself as an economically progressive and socially moderate political group. However, it does not endorse the politics of international loans, believing that it is not the solution to the economic problems of Egypt. Cooperation with other parties and movements In July 2013, following the military coup against President Morsi, members of the Strong Egypt Party participated in the Third Square movement, which was created by liberal, leftist and moderate Islamist activists who reject both the Muslim Brotherhood and military rule. In September 2013, members of the party were amongst the founders of the Road of the Revolution Front, an alliance of activists from different political backgrounds that aims to achieve the goals of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 of bread, freedom and social justice. Lawsuit against Islamic parties The Strong Egypt Party is one of the eleven Islamic parties targeted by a lawsuit in November 2014, when an organization named Popular Front for opposing the Brotherhoodization of Egypt sought to dissolve all political parties established "on a religious basis." The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction. See also Road of the Revolution Front Masmou3 The Third Square Anti-Coup Alliance Tamarod Costa Salafis Revolutionary Socialists April 6 Youth Movement Kefaya References Category:2012 establishments in Egypt Category:2013 Egyptian coup d'état Category:Centrist parties in Egypt Category:Egyptian democracy movements Category:Organisations of the Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) Category:Political parties |
6,304 | Klaus Schäfer | Klaus Schäfer may refer to one of several people: Klaus Schäfer (catholic theologian) Klaus Schäfer (physical chemist) Klaus Schäfer (politician) |
6,305 | Maltese International Trade Fair Grounds | The Trade Fair Grounds, also known as the Trade Fairs and Exhibition Centre, is a former fairground in Naxxar, Malta. It hosted various exhibitions and fairs throughout the year, but was mostly known for being the venue for the annual Malta Trade Fair. Prior to the construction of the trade fair complex, the area had been part of the gardens of Palazzo Parisio. History The fairground hosted forty-nine editions of the Malta Trade Fair, from 1958 to 2006. After the ground rent expired, the Malta Trade Fair was moved to the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali in 2007, and has been held there ever since. At this point, plans were made to redevelop the former fairground in Naxxar into a housing project, a local centre and an underground car park. In 2010, the Trade Fair Exhibitors Association took over the lease and applied to host the trade fair at the Naxxar complex again, but the licence was refused, resulting in a legal battle. The Naxxar Local Council opposed any attempts to return the Trade Fair to the former fairground. In 2008, the Electoral Commission moved its Vote Counting Complex to the former Trade Fair Grounds, after the original counting hall in Ta' Qali was demolished to make way for the American Embassy. This counting hall was used for most elections between 2008 and 2017, with the exception of the 2011 divorce referendum. New plans for redeveloping the site were submitted in 2017, and these include the demolition of the existing buildings and the construction of 490 apartments, of offices, of retail outlets and an underground car park. See also Palazzo Parisio Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre References External links Coordinates: Category:Fairgrounds Category:Naxxar |
6,306 | 2014 in Lebanon | The following lists events that happened in 2014 in Lebanon. Incumbents President: Michel Suleiman (until 25 May), Tammam Salam (acting) (starting 25 May) Prime Minister: Najib Mikati (until 15 February), Tammam Salam (starting 15 February) Events January January 1 - Sources confirm that Lebanon has captured Majid bin Mohammad al-Majid, leader of the al-Qaeda-linked group Abdullah Azzam Brigades responsible for the recent bombing of the Iranian embassy in Beirut. January 2 - Five people are killed and 20 wounded in a car bomb which hit a southern suburb of Beirut. January 4 - Majid al-Majid, the chief of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades militant group that was accused of being responsible for a double suicide bombing in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, in November 2013, dies in custody in a military hospital in Beirut. January 5 - A sniper kills a man and six people are wounded in clashes between districts in Tripoli that support rival sides in neighboring Syria's civil war. January 16 - A suicide bomber kills 4 people and injures 26 in Hermel, a Hezbollah stronghold near the Syrian border. January 17 - A rocket fired from Syria into the Lebanese border town of Arsal kills seven people and wounds 15. January 21 - A bomb detonates at a Hezbollah building in Beirut, killing 4 people and wounding 35. February February 12 - The Syrian Army and their Lebanese ally Hezbollah begin an assault to retake the strategic border town Yabrud from the Syrian rebels. February 15 - A new government is formed in Lebanon after 10-months of gridlock, Tammam Salam is elected to be Prime Minister. February 16 - Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, calls on other sectarian forces in the Arab world to withdraw from Syria, saying that if they did so, Hezbollah would also "not remain in Syria either." February 19 - Two people are killed and 38 injured in a bombing of a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut. February 24 - Israeli Air Force planes reportedly bomb a weapons shipment of SS-21 missiles destined for Hezbollah near a Hezbollah stronghold on the Lebanon-Syria border. February 26 - Syrian army and Hezbollah troops kill over 70 rebel fighters in an ambush in the outskirts of Damascus. February 28 - Syrian air strikes near the Lebanese border town of Arsal killed three people. March March 21 - Clashes erupt in Tripoli, between Syrian government supporters and detractors, leaving 3 dead. March 29 - A suicide bomber kills three soldiers at a Lebanese army checkpoint in the border town of Arsal close to the Syrian border. April April 14 - Syrian government troops recapture the towns of Al-Sarkha and Ma'loula near the Syria-Lebanon border. May May 25 - Lebanese security forces arrest Islamist militant leader Omar Bakri Muhammad. June June 24 - A car bombing occurs in a Shiite suburb of Beirut killing the bomber and injuring five other people. July July 18 - 2014 Qalamoun offensive: More than 100 people are killed as Hezbollah clashes with Syrian rebels on the border between Lebanon and Syria. August August 4 |
6,307 | Tongoa | Tongoa Island is an inhabited island in Shefa Province of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Geography Tongoa is the largest island of Shepherd Islands archipelago. The island is heavily vegetated and shows geothermal activity. Tongoa is of recent volcanic origin but currently has no currently active volcano. There are numerous volcanic cones on the island and some black sand beaches. The interior part of the island is dense rain forest. The island is named after the Tongoa plant which grows in the area. Megapode birds nest on the island. The only non-human mammals on the island are the bats Pteropus anetianus and Tonga leather (Pteropus tonganus). The estimated terrain elevation above the sea level is some 191 metres. There is an airport on the island—Tongoa Airport (TGH). Population As of 2015, the official local population was 2243 people in 454 households, most of whom moved from Epi, Emae and Makira to Tongoa. There are 14 villages on the island. Some natives speak Makura language (Na Makura) and North Efate language (Na Kanamanga). References Category:Islands of Vanuatu Category:Shefa Province |
6,308 | Kong Chow Temple | Kong Chow Temple () is a temple dedicated to Guan Di, located in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States. History The temple was founded, in 1849, by members of the Cantonese population of San Francisco. In 1854, the temple was renamed Kong Chow Clan Association, to stress the social activities planned by the temple. The Association provided social welfare and religious needs for the community. Like many buildings in the area, it was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the community worked together to rebuild it at its original location, 520 Pine, near St. Mary's Square. The Kong Chow Family Association and Temple was designed by architect Gilbert Leong. Bess Truman's visit Bess Truman visited the temple in 1948, where she prayed for positive results for her husband, Harry S. Truman's presidential run. While there, she also asked for a prediction about the results, due to the public's prediction that he would lose. While there, she held a container of Kau cim sticks, and shook them until one of the sticks fell to the ground. This stick was then exchanged for a piece of paper, which told a story, offering insight to her question. The prediction was favorable, and Truman would go on to win the presidential election. The prediction slip that was given to her is displayed in the temple. Protests In 1968 and 1969, while in her nineties, Charlotte Ah Tye Chang led protests against plans to demolish the old Kong Chow Temple. Her niece, artist Nanying Stella Wong, joined her efforts. Chang did not live to see the old temple demolished, or the new Kong Chow Temple erected at another location in 1977. Today In 1977, the temple moved to its current building on Stockton Street in Chinatown, known as the Kong Chow Building. The association works closely with the elderly population, offers scholarships and other charitable projects for the neighborhood. They also organize prayer sessions, and participates in the Qing Ming Festival. Inside of the temple is a sculpture of Guan Di, which serves as the main altar. References External links Category:Taoist temples in the United States Category:Religious buildings and structures in San Francisco Category:Chinese folk religion Category:Chinatown, San Francisco Category:Harry S. Truman Category:Divination Category:Religious organizations established in 1849 Category:1849 establishments in California Category:Guan Yu Category:Buildings and structures destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
6,309 | 1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota | The 1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. North Dakota was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican Party, California), with 55.94% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (Democratic Party, Minnesota), with 38.23% of the popular vote. Independent candidate George Wallace received 5.75% of the popular vote. North Dakota was Nixon's fourth strongest state after Nebraska, Idaho and Utah. This is the last election in which North Dakota had four electoral college votes; it lost its 2nd district due to reapportionment based on the 1970 Census. Results Notes References North Dakota 1968 Category:1968 North Dakota elections |
6,310 | List of awards and nominations received by Heath Ledger | {| class="infobox" style="width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: middle;" |+ <span style="font-size: 9pt">List of awards and nominations received by Heath Ledger</span> |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Heath Ledger |- | colspan=3 | |- bgcolor=#D9E8FF |align="center" colspan="3"|Total number of wins and nominations'|- | | | |- bgcolor=#D9E8FF | colspan="3" style="font-size: smaller; text-align:center;" | Footnotes |} Heath Ledger was an Australian film actor whose career lasted more than 16 years. Ledger received acclaim for his acting in the Australian crime film Two Hands (1999), receiving nominations at the Australian Film Institute (AFI) and Film Critics Circle of Australia in the categories for Best Actor. After starring in the 2001 films A Knight's Tale and Monster's Ball, Ledger was cast as the title character in the 2003 biographical film Ned Kelly for which he received his second AFI and Film Critics Circle award nominations. Ledger's performance as Ennis Del Mar in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain earned him Academy Award, British Academy Film Award (BAFTA), Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In addition, Ledger received recognition from several North American critics' associations, winning the 2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society, New York Film Critics Circle, Phoenix Film Critics Society, and San Francisco Film Critics Circle awards, as Best Actor. In 2006, he starred in the Australian romantic drama Candy, and was nominated in the category of Best Actor at the AFI, Film Critics Circle, and Inside Film awards ceremony. Following his death on 22 January 2008, Ledger received numerous posthumous awards and honours. He shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the ensemble cast for the 2007 biographical film I'm Not There. In his penultimate film performance, Ledger was nominated and awarded for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). His wins include an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ledger also won the Best Actor International Award at the 2008 AFI Awards ceremony, for which he became the first actor to win an award posthumously. In August 2008, Ledger was posthumously honoured at the Brisbane International Film Festival with the Chauvel Award in recognition of his contribution to the Australian film industry. Awards and nominations Academy Awards The Academy Awards, or "Oscars" are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Ledger received one award from two nominations. Australian Film Institute Awards Brisbane International Film Festival Awards British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. Ledger received one award from two nominations. Golden Globe Awards Independent Spirit Awards Inside Film Awards People's Choice Awards Satellite Awards Saturn Awards Scream Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Film critic awards African-American |
6,311 | Pabst farms | Pabst Farms is a development on former farmland in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, about west of Milwaukee. The location currently hosts the YMCA, multiple super markets such as Pick n Save, restaurants and hotels. The planned development will include thousands of homes and significant office space, as well as a small amount of parkland. Founding Jacob Best founded the Pabst Brewing company in 1844, which was named after Frederick Pabst in 1889. Pabst Farms began in 1906 when Fred Pabst made his first purchase of land in what was then the Town of Summit in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. 200 acres have been set aside for businesses by Peter Bell and Bill Niemann. Pabst Farms is a full 1,500 acres on both side of interstate 94 at highway 67 being developed that will consist of retail, commercial and residential areas and a village center. The city and the developers came to the agreement that they would delay for at least a year any land sale to Walmart or Sam's Club, both have showed interest in the mall. Development The Oconomowoc Fire Station at Pabst Farms is a combination of Oconomowoc and Summit. The station is 14,000 sq. ft. and is designed to blend with the other buildings in Pabst Farms. The station offers housing for full-time EMS and support for eight apparatus. Training is an important to everyone in the station and the new station includes a training room for 60 as well as training stations for firefighters to practice getting in and out of confined places, space entry and rappel practice. Other features include, solar water heating, daylighting, rainwater harvest, LED lighting, and charging stations for electric vehicles. The Department also providing bicycle racks, plug-in charging station for electric vehicles and dedicated parking for low-emitting vehicles. The property was once owned by the Pabst family, of local brewing fame, and was used as a demonstration farm and for recreation. Founders Soon after construction had ended Fred and Ida realized that the area desperately needed a school so Fred and Ida gave some land to the school district. So they built one of the best school in the county and everybody called it Pabst School. Soon with work on the farm, they developed a new way to make manufactured cheese called Pabst-ette but soon kraft bought the velvetaa cheese recipe. Fred and Ida were both very generous people with the way they treated the townsfolk, Ida every summer she would get all the children of her husband's workers and take them on the interurban trolley to the state fair where they got ice cream. Fred not only gave all of his workers homes but he also would throw picnics for the townspeople, and every year he would hold a party for all of the people living in Pabst Farms to celebrate the great harvest from that year. Both Fred and Ida lived long and successful lives but sadly Fred died on February 21st, 1958 at the age of 88 Ida died on July 31st, 1968 at age of 93. The entire town of Summit mourned |
6,312 | Olney Transportation Center | The Olney Transportation Center, also called Olney Terminal, is a SEPTA bus and subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Broad Street and Olney Avenue in the Logan neighborhood of North Philadelphia. It is a major bus terminal as well as the last subway stop on the Broad Street Line before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus. Olney Transportation Center is located near Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, La Salle University, Central High School, and the Philadelphia High School for Girls. The Olney neighborhood is a short distance east of the center; the center's name derives from Olney Avenue, which runs through both Olney and Logan. It is the second-most traveled terminal or transportation center in SEPTA's organization. Station layout History Originally built in 1928, Olney station was the northern terminus of the Broad Street Line subway until 1956, when it was extended to the Fern Rock Transportation Center. The underground subway station is accessible from both sides of Broad Street including from the bus terminal on the eastern side of the street and has a food stand inside it. The bus terminal is outdoors with a roof on top and serves buses that serve Philadelphia County, Montgomery County, and Bucks County. It also served as a trolley terminal until January 11, 1986 for Ogontz Avenue's Route 6, and was near Sigler Travel, a former Greyhound Lines bus station. Express and local trains both stop at this station. It has two island platforms, one for the two northbound tracks, and one for the two southbound tracks. Bus connections SEPTA City Buses Routes 6, 8 (Formerly the "FOX" = Frankford/Olney Express), 16 (Formerly Route C), 18 (Formerly Route S), 22 (Formerly Route 6 Bus to Willow Grove, changed on January 11, 1986 when Route 6 Trolley "City Portion" went bus), 26, 55, 80, and L Image gallery References External links SEPTA - Olney Transportation Center Olney Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Category:SEPTA Broad Street Line stations Category:SEPTA stations and terminals Category:Railway stations opened in 1928 Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Philadelphia Category:Railway stations in Philadelphia Category:Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia Category:Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania |
6,313 | Dabhel | Dabhel is a town in Gujarat state of India. It is famous for its Arabic education, most notably given in Jamiah Islamiah Talimud-din. Dabhel lies some 25–30 km south of Surat and 10–15 km north of Navsari, to the east is Vesma crossroad on National Highway 8 and to the west is Maroli. Arabian Sea is approximately 20 km from west from Dabhel. More than 90% inhabitants of Dabhel are of the Sunni sect. A proportion of Harijan do reside in Dabhel, however their numbers are dwindling as they move away. Nearest train station is Maroli on the Western Railway of India, which is west of Dabhel. To the east is Vesma cross roads on the National Highway 8, which links to Mumbai and Baroda. Notable people Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Category:Villages in Navsari district |
6,314 | 2007 in animation | The year 2007 in animation involved some animation-related events. __TOC__ Events January 4: American activist and animator Helen Hill is murdered by an unidentified intruder in her home. January 31: The Boston bomb scare occurs and the U.S. Coast Guard and Boston Police shut down parts of Interstate 93, two bridges, and a section of the Charles River after the discovery of suspicious devices placed around the city. Turner Broadcasting released a statement that the items were marketing tools placed within ten U.S. cities for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force. February February 23: After 8 years, Cartoon Network officially ends Fridays block. February 25: 79th Academy Awards: Happy Feet by George Miller wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The Danish Poet by Torill Kove wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. March March 5: The first episode of Shaun the Sheep is broadcast. March 23: The film Meet the Robinsons, co-produced by Walt Disney Company, is released. March 25: In The Simpsons episode Homerazzi the opening sequence feature Homer going through evolution, which is one of the longest opening scenes in the history of the show. May May 6: Shrek the Third is released by DreamWorks. May 20: The Simpsons 400th episode You Kent Always Say What You Want is broadcast, which satirizes FOX News. May 23: Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, based on Marjane Satrapi's eponymous graphic novel, is first released. June June 8: Ash Brannon and Chris Buck's Surf's Up is first released. June 22: Ratatouille, produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, is first released. July July 21: The Simpsons Movie is first released. August August 17: The first episode of Phineas and Ferb is broadcast. October October 18: The Three Robbers, based on children's book by Tomi Ungerer, is released by Hayo Freitag. October 20: The live-action film with animated sequences Enchanted premiers. October 21: The horror anthology film Fear(s) of the Dark is first released, featured animated sequences by several well known comics artists. November November 2: Bee Movie by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner is first released. November 12: Nickelodeon promotes its very first SpongeBob SquarePants television film, Atlantis SquarePantis, attracting 8.8. million viewers. November 27: The film Futurama: Bender's Big Score is released. December December 27: Three Little Pigs is added to the National Film Registry. Awards Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Paprika Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: 5 Centimeters Per Second BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Ratatouille César Award for Best Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Nocturna Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: Tekkonkinkreet Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: Summer Days with Coo Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Summer Days with Coo Films released April 13 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters May 18 - Shrek the Third July 27 - The Simpsons Movie November 2 - Bee Movie November |
6,315 | List of tallest buildings in Amman | Traditionally, the buildings of Amman, Jordan had a unified human scale that primarily consisted of cubic buildings ranging from one to four stories in height. This scale is being greatly compromised as a result of the advent of the high-rise buildings. The city is currently experiencing rapid growth that is reshaping the ancient city into a commercial hub. New projects and proposals in and around the city include: the Abdali Project and the construction of the Jordan Gate Towers near the 6th Circle, which is put on hold. Panoramic view Tallest buildings in Amman The following is a list of the tallest buildings in Amman: Tallest proposed buildings See also Abdali Project Jordan Gate Towers References Tallest Category:Architecture of Jordan Tallest |
6,316 | Brooke Morrison | Brooke Morrison (born 3 January 1979 in New South Wales) is a retired female field hockey striker from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 1998 season following an impressive season with the Australian U21 team at the 1997 Junior World Cup. Nicknamed Brooko she was a member of the Hockeyroos at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where the team placed third in the rankings. References Profile Australia Hockey Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female field hockey players Category:Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Category:People from New South Wales Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey |
6,317 | Jingai-san no Yome | is a Japanese four-panel manga series written by Yu Aikawa and illustrated by Akiwo Yasaka, serialized online via Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online website since June 2016. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Saetta premiered from October 2 to December 18, 2018. Plot Tomari Hinowa is a normal high school boy, until one day he's told that he has to become the wife of a mysterious creature called Kanenogi. This is the start of their newly married life. Characters Humans A high schooler living alone who becomes Kanenogi's wife. He's hesitant at first about his marriage to Kanenogi, but starts to warm up to them. Creatures A large, fluffy creature and Tomari's husband. They like to gently chew on Tomari's head and eating concrete. A small, pink creature and Sora's husband. They are sensitive about their hair growth and will get angry if anyone tries to remove their hat. A bandage creature and Mokusaibashi's husband. They can communicate through writing on paper and can control their bandages. and A pair of one-eyed and one-winged twins and Tetsukasa's husbands. Media Manga |} Anime References External links Category:Anime series based on manga Category:Ichijinsha manga Category:Japanese webcomics Category:Josei manga Category:Webcomics in print Category:Yonkoma |
6,318 | Henchir-Boucha | Henchir-Boucha is a former Catholic diocese and archaeological site in Tunisia. Henchir-Boucha is at between Majaz al Bab and Bir al Mashariqah, central Tunisia. The site is 189 meters above sea level. and is on the Oued Zitoun lake and Oued es Sid River. History During the Roman Empire and late antiquity Henchir-Boucha was the site of an ancient Roman town called Tubyza and was in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis (now northern Tunisia). The remains of a large Roman Circus is at the site. Tubyza may have been a suburb of the nearby city Municipium Aurelium Commodianum. Bishopric Tubyza was the seat of an ancient Catholic bishopric. It is now a titular bishopric. In antiquity, two bishops from Henchir-Boucha are known. Felix of Tubyza, was beheaded in Rome under Diocletian (15 January 304) for not handing over scriptures (traditor), and Honorius, who attended the Council of Carthage (411). The current bishop is Lucio Alfert of Paraguay. References Category:Former populated places in Tunisia Category:Archaeological sites in Tunisia Category:Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Category:Catholic titular sees in Africa |
6,319 | Mehdi Boudar | Mehdi Boudar (born March 2, 1980 in Annaba) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for USM Annaba in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2. Club career In the summer of 2010, Boudar signed a two-year contract with JSM Béjaïa, joining them on a free transfer from USM Annaba. International career On April 16, 2008, Boudar was called up to the Algerian A' National Team for a 2009 African Nations Championship qualifier against Morocco. He made his international debut as a substitute in the 86th minute of the return leg in Fes. References External links DZFoot Profile Category:1980 births Category:Algerian footballers Category:Algeria A' international footballers Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 players Category:JSM Béjaïa players Category:Living people Category:People from Annaba Category:USM Annaba players Category:AS Khroub players Category:Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Category:Association football midfielders |
6,320 | 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs | The Play-offs of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year. Promotional Play-Offs The top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for next year. Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Lithuania South Africa vs. Estonia Relegation Play-Offs Because there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool () was automatically relegated down to Group III. The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Irish in relegation. Turkey vs. Greece Final Placements and advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. The Bosnians and Herzegovinians placed twelfth overall, while the Estonians placed first and thus advanced to the World Group II Play-offs. and were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year, where they respectively placed first and third in the same pool of five. The Greeks thus advanced back to Group II for 2010. See also Fed Cup structure References External links Fed Cup website Category:2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone |
6,321 | Kamasau language | Kamasau is a Torricelli language of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects There are three dialects: Ghini dialect, spoken in Wandomi (), Wobu (), and Yibab () villages Hagi dialect, spoken in Kenyari village () Segi dialect, spoken in Kamasau (), Tring (), and Wau () villages Phonology Kamasau consonants are: {| | || t || ʧ || k || ʔ |- | b || d || ʤ || ɡ || |- | ᵐb || ⁿd || ᶮʤ || ᵑg || |- | ɸ || s || || || h |- | β || || || ɣ || |- | m || n || ɲ || ŋ || |- | || r || || || |- | w || || j || || |} Kamasau vowels are: {| | i || || u |- | e || ə || o |- | a || || |} References Category:Marienberg languages Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea Category:Languages of East Sepik Province |
6,322 | Vipers Kristiansand | Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in the Eliteserien, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001. For the first time in the club's history, they qualified for the 2018-19 Women's EHF Final 4 in Budapest, where they took the 3rd place and a historic bronze medal. Honours Norwegian League: Gold: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020 Silver: 2016/2017 Bronze: 2002/2003 Norwegian Cup: Gold: 2017, 2018, 2019 Silver: 2010 EHF Champions League: Bronze Medalist: 2018/2019 EHF Cup: Finalist: 2017/2018 Team Current squad Squad for the 2019–20 season Goalkeepers 1 Andrea Austmo Pedersen 12 Yang Yurou 16 Katrine Lunde Wingers RW 6 Malin Aune 7 Carolina Morais 8 Karine Emilie Dahlum LW 2 Karoline Olsen 10 Vilde Kaurin Jonassen 27 Sunniva Næs Andersen Line players 19 June Andenæs 24 Hanna Yttereng 55 Heidi Løke (c) Back players LB 3 Emilie Hegh Arntzen 21 Ragnhild Valle Dahl 25 Henny Reistad CB 4 Tonje Haugjord Refsnes 22 Marta Tomac RB 11 Silje Waade 15 Linn Jørum Sulland 23 Josefine Intelhus 2020-2021 Transfers Joining Evelina Eriksson (GK) (from Skuru IK) Leaving Yang Yurou (GK) Josefine Intelhus (RB) Technical staff Head coach: Ole Gustav Gjekstad Assistant coach: Katrine Lunde Notable former National Team players Jessy Kramer Lynn Knippenborg Charris Rozemalen Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir Angie Geschke Louise Pedersen Annette Jensen Veronica Kristiansen Elise Alsand Kristine Lunde-Borgersen Kari Brattset Jeanett Kristiansen Pernille Wibe Sakura Hauge Notable former club players Beate Bang Grimestad Bodil Flo Berge Janne Brox Susanne Fuglestad Hilde Kvifte Ingunn Birkeland Lindy Taraldsen Christin Høgaas Daland Katrine Høyland Helene Jørgensen Vinknes Gerd Elin Albert Susann Iren Hall Kristin Nørstebø Therese Helgesson Emma Jonsson Sara Nirvander Ulrika Olsson Michelle Brandstrup Sanne Bak Pedersen Mathilde Kristensen Birgit Van Os Renate Horvath Karin Weigelt European record References External links Official website Category:Norwegian handball clubs Category:Sports clubs established in 1938 Category:Sport in Kristiansand Category:1938 establishments in Norway |
6,323 | MV A Regina | MV A. Regina was a Panamanian flagged 330 foot long passenger Ro-Ro car ferry operated by Dominican Ferries, IMO:6702155. The ship, originally named Stena Germanica, was built in 1967 by in Langesund, Norway. The vessel was delivered on April 15, 1967 to Stena AB, and was officially named Stena Germanica on April 21, 1967 with godmother Helga Renger. In February 1979, it was sold to Armatur Sa Panama (Corsica Ferries) and renamed A. Regina. On February 15, 1985, the Dominican Ferries A. Regina ran aground and was wrecked on a reef off Isla de Mona in the Mona Passage. Routes Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (some trips) (Autumn 1967) Gothenburg – Kiel (April 24, 1967 – Autumn 1967) Algeria – Marseille (November, 1967) Gothenburg – Kiel (12 December 1967 – 1973) Korsor – Kiel (Summer, 1972) Mariehamn – Stockholm (July 1973 – 1974) Gothenburg – Kiel (April 1974 – August 1974) Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (August 1974) Gothenburg – Kiel (June 1975 – August 1975) Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (June 1975 – August 1975) Hotel ship in Stavanger (October 1975 – December 1975) Algeria – Marseille (June 1976 – November 1976) Cork – Swansea (1978) supply vessel for drilling rigs. Chartered to Chevron, USA (May 1978 – December 1978) Gothenburg – Kiel (21 december 1978 – January 1979) San Remo – Genoa – Livorno – Bastia – Calvi – Livorno – Bastia (April 1979 – 1984) Casino ship in Bastia, Italy. (1984) Mayagüez, Puerto Rico – San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic (October 1984 – February 15, 1985) Source: Operators Stena AB, Sweden (15 April 1967 – February 1979) Compagnie Nationale de Navigation Algerienne (CNAN), Algiers (November, 1967) Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV), Algiers, Algeria (June 1976 – November 1979) B & I Line, Dublin, Ireland (1978) Shell UK Exploration & Production Division, Aberdeen, Scotland (May 1978 – October 1978) Chevron, USA (October, 1978 – December 1978) Amartur Sa (Corsica Ferries), Panama (February, 1979 – 1989) Dominican Ferries SA, Panama (October 1984 – February 15, 1985) Source: 1985 Grounding and Shipwreck On February 15, 1985 at 1:20 am, while en route from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic the ship ran aground a reef off southeastern Isla de Mona, an uninhabited marine and nature sanctuary located approximately 80 km from Mayagüez. At 1:40 AM the master of A. Regina contacted the U.S. Coast Guard and described the vessel's situation, advised that there was no immediate danger, and indicated that it would be best to wait until daylight before having the passengers and crew leave the vessel. A helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen was dispatched to the scene. As day broke, using the ship’s lifeboats, 143 passengers and 72 crew members landed on Mona Island to await rescue. There were no casualties or serious injuries. At 10:30 AM, the frigate arrived on scene but due to surf conditions Joseph Hewes was unable to use its small boats to transport persons from the beach. Joseph Hewes remained nearby and using its helicopter delivered hot food, soft drinks, and water |
6,324 | Isleworth Studios | Isleworth Studios is the common name of two former film studios in Great Britain. __TOC__ Worton Hall Studios 1913-1952 Worton Hall Studios were based on Worton Hall, in Isleworth. This house was built in 1783 and rebuilt and extended in the early 19th century. In 1913 it was acquired, together with a nine-acre estate, by film producer George Berthold Samuelson. The ground floor rooms became dressing-rooms, canteen, wardrobe and other offices; the upper rooms became bedrooms for anyone staying overnight. Filming of Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet began in summer 1914 and the studios were officially opened on 1 July. Samuelson gained publicity by producing a fictitious newsreel during the early years of the 1st World War and over the next few years many silent films were shot here, many based on famous novels such as Little Women. In 1922 the studios, generally known as Isleworth Film Studios, were sold to British Super Films, in which Samuelson retained an interest. However, in 1928 an expensive lawsuit with the American actress Betty Blythe forced Samuelson to sell Worton Hall to British Screen Productions. By 1931 the studios were being used by Fidelity Films. Films produced here included Madame Guillotine, with Madeleine Carroll. In 1934 they were leased by Alexander Korda and in 1936 he produced Things to Come, based on The Shape of Things to Come by H G Wells. Wells wrote the screenplay, Arthur Bliss the music. From 1936 to 1944 the studios were owned by Criterion Film Productions, and afterwards by British Lion. They closed in 1952 and were then used for 20 years by the National Coal Board as a Mining Research Centre. Worton Hall survives and has been acquired by Bovis Homes for conversion into flats. In 1993, part of the building was leased by the Driving Standards Agency and is still used (as of 2011) as the Isleworth driving test centre. Part of the site is used as an industrial estate. Films produced here include Invader (1936) with Buster Keaton; Under Secret Orders (1937) otherwise called Mademoiselle Docteur, with Erich von Stroheim; The Small Back Room (1949); State Secret (1950) with Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. Shooting of The Third Man began here in 1948 before moving to Shepperton. In 1951, shortly before the studios closed, much of The African Queen was filmed here. For instance, the scenes in which Bogart and Hepburn are seen in the water were all shot in studio tanks at Isleworth Studios, Middlesex. These scenes were considered too dangerous to shoot in Africa. All of the foreground plates for the process shots were also done in studio. Odeon Isleworth 1957-2001 Began in March 1935 as Odeon Isleworth, one of the Odeon Cinemas. The Bauhaus-influenced building has a Germanic style and was designed by George Coles. It closed in 1957, a victim of the rise in popularity of television. The cinema was then gutted and converted to a studio. Whilst being used as Isleworth Studios, the original Odeon sign was visible up until the early 1990s. Equator Films (now Handmade Films) purchased the studio in |
6,325 | Little Dancer (musical) | Little Dancer (now titled Marie, Dancing Still) is a musical with music by Stephen Flaherty and book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based on the 1880 statue of the same name. The musical premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in 2014. The original production was directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. The musical was retitled Marie, Dancing Still – A New Musical in 2018, prior to the production opening at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle in March 2019. Production history The musical premiered at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre on October 25, 2014. The production closed on November 30, 2014. The writing team passed on a potential Los Angeles run in 2015 in order to do rewrites and revisions on the piece. The invitation - only March 28, 2016 industry reading featured a newly revised draft of the show. Participants included a number of cast members from the original Kennedy Center production, including New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck, Rebecca Luker, Karen Ziemba, Kyle Harris and Michael X. Martin. A private reading was held in June 2018. The reading featured Tiler Peck, Robert Lindsay, Kate Baldwin and Karen Ziemba. The musical was retitled Marie, A New Musical in 2018, and then Marie, Dancing Still. This is based on the "developmental work done by the creators to focus on the once “unknown” woman at the heart of the story." The musical opened at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle on March 22, 2019 and will run to April 14. The cast for the 5th Avenue Theatre production includes Tiler Peck (Marie), Terrence Mann (Degas), Louise Pitre (Adult Marie), Dee Hoty (Mary Cassat) and Karen Ziemba (Martine Van Goethem), with direction and choreography by Stroman. Synopsis The musical is inspired by the story of Marie van Goethem, a young ballerina who posed for Edgar Degas. Marie became, inadvertently, the most famous dancer in the world. Torn by her family's poverty, her debt to the artist, and the lure of wealthy men, she struggles to keep her place in the corps de ballet. She is a girl on the verge of womanhood, caught between the conflicting demands of life and art. Musical numbers Washington, D.C. Act 1 "C'est le Ballet" – Adult Marie, Company "Little Hole in the Wall" – Young Marie, Charlotte, Adult Marie "Eye Examination" – Doctors "Unfinished" – Degas, Mary Cassatt "A Rat" – Rats, Adult Marie, Company "Musicians and Dancers and Fools" – Christian "Laundry" – Martine, Adult Marie, Antoinette, Young Marie, Charlotte, Laundresses "Little Opportunities" – Antoinette, Company "Petite Chanson" – Martine, Bar Patrons, Young Marie "Ballerina" – Charlotte, Young Marie "In Between" – Degas "Act One Finale" – Degas, Adult Marie, Young Marie Act 2 "Looking Back at Myself" – Adult Marie "At the Dressing Table" – Antoinette, Martine, Young Marie "Les Petites Danseuses" – Corbeil, Abonnes "I'll Follow You" – Philippe "Observations " – Mary Cassatt "Little Opportunities (Reprise) " – Antoinette "Moving Up in the World" – Martine, Laundresses, Adult Marie, Young Marie, Charlotte "Dancing Still" – Christian "A Box of Things" – Degas, |
6,326 | Piñero Peak | Piñero Peak () is the highest point () of Piñero Island in Laubeuf Fjord, west Graham Land. Named after the island by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980. References Category:Mountains of Graham Land Category:Fallières Coast |
6,327 | Zawały, Masovian Voivodeship | Zawały is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rzeczniów, within Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Rzeczniów, west of Lipsko, and south of Warsaw. References Category:Villages in Lipsko County |
6,328 | Héctor Félix Miranda | Héctor Félix Miranda (c. 1941 – April 20, 1988) was a Mexican journalist and columnist of the Tijuana-based Zeta magazine, which reported on corruption and drug trafficking. In the late 1970s, he began to work for the daily newspaper ABC under Jesús Blancornelas and wrote under the name "Félix el Gato" ("Felix the Cat") to criticize local politicians. These columns eventually angered Baja California's state government and Mexico's former President José López Portillo to the point that the government ordered Blancornelas to fire Félix and banned its distribution. When Blancornelas refused, a SWAT team was sent to take over the paper's offices on the pretext of settling a labor dispute. In 1980, Blancornelas and Félix co-founded the weekly magazine Zeta. Through the magazine, the pair continued their investigation into organized crime and corruption. Félix contributed a column titled "A Little of Something", in which he satirized and criticized government officials, particularly those of the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He particularly targeted Jorge Hank Rhon, son of a former Mexico City mayor and the owner of a Tijuana racetrack. Félix was assassinated on April 20, 1988, when a car cut in front of him in traffic; another vehicle pulled alongside, and Félix was hit with multiple shotgun blasts. Two guards from Hank Rhon's racetrack were later convicted of the murder. In protest of the killing, as well as those of 28 other journalists since the election of President Miguel de la Madrid, a national journalism organization boycotted a Press Freedom Day ceremony at which la Madrid had been slated to speak. As of 2004, Blancornelas left Félix's name on the Zeta masthead, marked with a black cross. He also published a full-page ad in every issue under Félix's "byline", asking Hank Rhon why Félix had been murdered. Assassination Félix Miranda's sassy, humorous, and provocative writing style on issues covering corruption and drug trafficking earned him a lot of popularity among many readers in Tijuana, but many of those involved in the drug trade disliked him. While he was traveling to work on April 20, 1988, Félix Miranda was shot and killed by a gunman. After his death, Jesús Blancornelas published articles from his newspaper with Félix Miranda's name as the copublisher – as if he were alive. Blancornelas accused Jorge Hank Rhon, a prominent businessman in Tijuana, for ordering the assassination of his co-worker. By 1997, two of Rhon's body guards were arrested and serving prison time for the crime, but the Mexican authorities never confirmed who had ordered the execution. In court, the bodyguards professed their innocence and said that they were "tortured into confessing." After several years, the investigation was closed, but suspicions remain about whether the investigation of the case was all-inclusive and about the involvement of Hank Rhon and other politicians in Baja California. Félix Miranda was known in Mexico for his humorous reporting tone that satirized the corrupt doings of local and state officials in his column. Among his favorite targets was Hank Rhon, the famous race track owner and son of the former Agriculture Secretary of |
6,329 | Alphonse Couturier (Liberal politician) | Alphonse Couturier (15 December 1902 – 11 August 1995) was a Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the Quebec Liberal Party. He studied medicine at the Université Laval, becoming a doctor in 1930. He studied further at the Post Graduate Medical School in New York City. He obtained a specialist certificate in general surgery in 1951. He worked as a surgeon in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec until 1970, and then in Quebec City until 1982. He was a school commissioner in Rivière-du-Loup from 1942 to 1948. He first ran for the Legislative Assembly in Rivière-du-Loup electoral district in the 1952 Quebec general election for the Quebec Liberal Party, but was defeated. However, he was elected in 1956, and re-elected in 1960 and 1962, but was defeated in 1966. He was Minister of Health from 1960 to 1965, and Minister of Tourism from 1965 to 1966. External links Category:1902 births Category:1995 deaths Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Category:Université Laval alumni Category:Canadian surgeons Category:20th-century Canadian physicians Category:20th-century Canadian politicians |
6,330 | Talbot Mercer Papineau | Major Talbot Mercer Papineau, MC (25 March 1883 – 30 October 1917) was a lawyer and decorated soldier from Quebec, Canada. Life and career Born in Montebello, Quebec, he was the son of Louis-Joseph Papineau and great-grandson of Patriote leader Louis-Joseph Papineau. His mother, Caroline Rogers, was from an affluent Philadelphia family. Bilingual in French and English, he was raised primarily speaking English and in his mother's Protestant faith. He was educated at the High School of Montreal and at McGill University. In 1905, he was one of the first Canadians to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, and subsequently studied law at Brasenose College, Oxford. He also played ice hockey for the Oxford Canadians. Returning to Montreal in 1908, he started practising law. In August 1914, he enlisted with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant. Through an exchange in newspapers in 1916 he argued with his cousin, the anti-imperialist nationalist leader Henri Bourassa, over support for the war and the British Empire. Papineau's letter to Bourassa would eventually be published in The Times of London. He was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in Belgium and he eventually rose to the rank of major. He was hit by a shell and killed during the Battle of Passchendaele near Ypres on October 30, 1917. His body was never identified, and he is commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. In 1937 his mother presented an award in his honour to be presented annually by the Debating Union of his alma mater, McGill University. He was one of four Canadians featured in the book Tapestry of War: A Private View of Canadians in the Great War, by Sandra Gwyn. Major Papineau was portrayed by his fifth cousin, twice removed, then future Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's telefilm, The Great War. Trudeau starred in the two-part CBC miniseries, an account of Canada's participation in the First World War, in which Papineau was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele. Notes External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Category:1883 births Category:1917 deaths Category:Lawyers in Quebec Category:Canadian military personnel killed in World War I Category:Canadian Rhodes Scholars Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Category:McGill University alumni Category:People from Outaouais Category:Canadian recipients of the Military Cross Category:Canadian Expeditionary Force officers Category:High School of Montreal alumni |
6,331 | Vicentico (album) | Vicentico (2002) is the first solo album by Argentine pop rock singer Vicentico. After his time with the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs he went into a solo career when the band took a hiatus. Track listing All tracks by Vicentico except where noted. "Culpable" (Guilty) – 4:00 "Se Despierta la Ciudad" (The City Wakes Up) – 4:06 "Todo Esta Inundado" (Everything is Flooded) – 3:42 "Bajando la Calle" (Going Down The Street) – 4:50 "Cuando Te Ví" (When I Saw You) – 3:37 "Vamos" (Let's go) – 3:48 "Quisiera" (I Wish) (Vicentico, Kike Santander) – 4:10 "Chalinet" – 3:13 "Algo Contigo" (Something With You) (Chico Novarro) – 3:38 "68" – 3:55 "Cancion de Cuna" (Lullaby) – 2:48 "Cuidado" (Beware) – 4:30 Personnel Dani Buira – drums, percussion Daniela Castro – bass guitar Daniela D'Eramo – backing vocals Silvio Furmansky – guitar Chonchi Heredia – vocals Virginia Módica – backing vocals Pablo Damian Neiman – backing vocals, harmonic, percussion Niño Josele – guitar Juan Pablo Quiroga – backing vocals Gonzalo Matias Ruiz – percussion Erving Stutz – brass arrangement, flugelhorn, trombone, trumpet Romina Vallone – backing vocals Vicentico – vocals, guitar, art direction, musical direction, producer Alejo VonDerPhalen – sax Carlos Martos Wensell – mastering Germán Wiedemer – keyboards Technical personnel Amadeo Alvarez, Walter Arce, Javier Caso – production assistant Walter Chacon – engineer, mixing Fernando Delgado, Sancho Gomez Escolar – mixing assistant Uriel Dorfman – assistant engineer Pompi Gutnisky – photography Eduardo Rivero – assistant Paco Martin – direction Manuela Schedlbauer – make-up Simona Martínez – wardrobe Javier Veraldi – photography, strings, video images Afo Verde – art direction, chorus, direction, music advisor, musical direction, producer External links www.vicentico.com Vicentico at MusicBrainz [ Vicentico] at AllMusic Category:Vicentico albums Category:2002 debut albums |
6,332 | Continuum (Nik Bärtsch album) | Continuum is an album by Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch's Mobile recorded in Switzerland in 2015 and released on the ECM label. Reception The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "Continuum is European jazz rife with funkiness; it's just more specific sound. It may require a closer listen, at least initially, but once experienced, its depth and constancy are unmistakable". They also selected it as one of their Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016. PopMatters' John Garratt said "While their playing can be every bit as spritely as Ronin, Continuum captures Mobile in a low, pensive light. This isn’t to say that the music isn’t as successful overall, it’s just that establishing a warm sense of intimacy with it is going to take a little work on your part". All About Jazz reviewers said, "With its variety of styles, Continuum is the best of Mobile's albums to date, despite the very high bar set from the beginning" and "there's little doubt that those who've become fans of Ronin's more eminently groove-laden music will be (if they weren't already) ready for this group's richer compositional rigor...for whom the term Continuum is, indeed, wholly appropriate for its broader-spectrum'd musical treasures". London Jazz News' John L. Walters noted "Bärtsch's music is always urgent but never in a hurry, and his sidemen follow the leader’s calm self-discipline. What improvisation there is takes place within the broad structures of the compositions – Mobile may not be a ‘blowing’ band in the jazz sense of the word, but it interprets the music as if it were". In JazzTimes, Steve Greenlee wrote "There is a clean, icy quality to this music—a hallmark of Scandinavian jazz—that invites comparisons to electronica and to the work of Philip Glass and film composer Thomas Newman... Continuum, beginning to end, is mesmerizing". Track listing All compositions by Nik Bärtsch. "Modul 29_14" - 8:59 "Modul 12" - 9:02 "Modul 18" - 8:03 "Modul 5" - 8:32 "Modul 60" - 9:27 "Modul 4" - 5:26 "Modul 44" - 10:23 "Modul 8_11" - 8:32 Personnel Nik Bärtsch — piano Sha - bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet Kaspar Rast, Nicolas Stocker - drums, percussion Etienne Abelin, Ola Sendecki - violin David Schnee - viola Ambrosius Huber, Solme Hong - cello References Category:2016 albums Category:Nik Bärtsch albums Category:ECM Records albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher |
6,333 | Empire State | The U.S. state of New York has been known by many nicknames, most notably as the Empire State, adopted as late as the 19th century. This nickname has been incorporated into the names of several state buildings and events, and is commonly believed to refer to the state's wealth and resources. However, the origin of the term remains unclear. There are several theories on the origin of the name. Two of them involve George Washington, one credits aggressive trade routes, and another associates the nickname with New York exceeding Virginia in population. None has been proven. One commonly accepted tale says that, when Washington was given a full map of New York prior to the Battle of New York, he remarked on New York's natural geographic advantages, proclaiming New York the "Seat of an Empire". The origin of the term has puzzled many historians; as American writer Paul Eldridge put it, "Who was the merry wag who crowned the State ... ? New York would certainly raise a monument to his memory, but he made his grandiose gesture and vanished forever." History The source of the term "Empire State" is uncertain. It has been attributed to the state's wealth and resources, but there is some doubt regarding that. Two possible stories involve America's first president George Washington. The first refers to an April 10, 1785 letter to New York City Mayor James Duane in which Washington called New York "the Seat of the Empire". Washington is also said to have used the phrase "Pathway to Empire" once when referring to the state in conversation with Governor George Clinton in the 1790s; no documentation exists for this exchange, however. Alexander Flick's History of New York State claims that the title was used as early as 1819, coinciding with New York surpassing Virginia in population. He does not provide any source for this claim. Further, Flick adds that the term was "universally acknowledged and accepted" by the time that the Erie Canal was completed in 1825. In a later work, Flick and coauthor John Jacob Anderson claim that "New York is well called the Empire State ... not only because of the vastness of its resources, but because it so conspicuously illustrates the imperial power of law-abiding liberty among the people." Milton M. Klein proposes in The Empire State: A History of New York that the name may have accompanied the success of the Black Ball Line in 1818 "because of the signal advantage the regularity of shipping gave to New York's merchants over those in other coastal cities." He claims that, by 1820, it was clear that "Empire State" was in wide use, though he is doubtful that a clear origin of the term will ever be determined. The 1940 Guide to the Empire State included the following quotation: "...it would gratify the people of New York if they could discover who first dared that spacious adjective." Namesakes New York is widely known by the nickname "Empire State", and its effects can be seen throughout the state. Manhattan's Empire State Building opened in |
6,334 | Daniel Armand-Delille | Daniel Armand-Delille (28 July 1906 – 1957) was a French bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s. At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he finished 11th in the two-man event. References 1932 bobsleigh two-man results Daniel Armand-Delille's profile at Sports Reference.com Category:Olympic bobsledders of France Category:Bobsledders at the 1932 Winter Olympics Category:French male bobsledders Category:1906 births Category:1957 deaths |
6,335 | Glass Eels | Glass Eels is a play written by Nell Leyshon, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. The play has also been performed on stage at the Hampstead Theatre, it is the second part of a planned quartet of Somerset plays covering the four seasons the first being the award winning Comfort Me with Apples. The play is set on the Somerset Levels one August, probably on the River Parrett. While it explores a young girl's sexual awakening, and her acceptance of past loss, it also concerns eel fishing and a dying rural way of life. References Category:Plays by Nell Leyshon Category:2003 plays |
6,336 | Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira | Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira (May 1, 1928 – March 25, 2017) was a Roman Catholic archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, Pinto Carvalheira served as bishop of the Diocese of Guarabira, Brazil, from 1981 to 1995. He had served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Paraiba from 1975 to 1981 and then archbishop of the Paraiba from 1995 to 2004. See also Catholic Church in Brazil Notes Category:1928 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishops |
6,337 | Thelymitra benthamiana | Thelymitra benthamiana, commonly called the leopard sun orchid or blotched sun orchid, is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. It has a single leathery leaf and up to ten yellowish green flowers with brownish spots, blotches and patterns. The column is yellow with deeply fringed wings and the lobe on top of the anther has a large lump on its top. Description Thelymitra benthamiana is a tuberous, perennial herb with a single flat, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaf long and wide. Between two and ten greenish yellow flowers with brownish spots, blotches and patterns, wide are borne on a flowering stem tall. The sepals and petals are long and wide with the labellum (the lowest petal) usually narrower than the other petals and sepals. The column is yellow or greenish, long and wide with broad, fringed wings. The lobe on the top of the anther club-like lump on its summit. Flowering occurs from September to December but flowering is more prolific after fire the previous summer. Taxonomy and naming Thelymitra benthamiana was first formally described in 1871 by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach and the description was published in Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde. The specific epithet (benthamiana) honours George Bentham. Distribution and habitat The leopard sun orchid is widespread and common, growing in heath and forest. In Western Australia it often grows around the edges of granite outcrops. It is found in Western Australia between Geraldton and Israelite Bay, in southern and western Victoria, in south-eastern South Australia and on Flinders Island in Tasmania. Conservation Thelymitra benthamiana is classified as "not threatened" in Western Australia by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. References External links benthamiana Category:Endemic orchids of Australia Category:Orchids of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1871 |
6,338 | Willy Topp | Willy Adolfo Topp Bravo (born 4 March 1986), commonly known as Willy Topp or sometimes Billy Topp, is a Chilean footballer who played as striker. His last club was the Belgian side Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée. Topp has also been involved with the youth levels of Chile's national set-up. Topp started his career in his homeland with Universidad Católica, where he first played at the age of 16. He featured for them in the Milk Cup international youth tournament in 2003 and appeared on loan with other Chilean sides Temuco and Puerto Montt. In 2007, he joined Bradford City in England's League Two, but he played just 13 games in little more than a year, before he was released from his contract six months early. He spent a brief time playing semi-professionally with Jumilla Club de Fútbol in the Spanish Tercera División Group 13 before moving to Royal Montegnée. Club career Universidad Católica Born in Temuco, Chile, on 4 March 1986, Topp's football career started with Universidad Católica in his native Chile at the age of 11. In the 2002–03 season, he scored 23 goals in 28 games with Católica's youth team, helping the under-20 side become champions and earning him a call up to Chile's squad for the South American under-17 tournament. Later in the year, he was selected to play for Católica in the Milk Cup international youth tournament in Northern Ireland, where the team came third. As a result of his performances in the tournament, Topp was invited to train with English side Manchester City. However, because he was not 18, he was unable to remain with the club and returned to Chile. Topp first played for the Católica's senior teams at the age of just 16 in a friendly against Santiago Morning. He also had loan spells at Deportivo Temuco in 2005, where he suffered a broken metatarsal injury, and Club de Deportes Puerto Montt in 2006. He also came on as a substitute for Diego Maradona for the final four minutes of a charity match contested between Católica and Chile in February 2006. After his contract with Católica expired, Topp decided to leave the club and attempt to sign for a European club taking advantage of his EU passport. Bradford City Topp was due to sign for Belgian side Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée but instead returned to England in September 2007 for a trial with League Two side Bradford City as part of a deal between the two sides. After scoring in his first trial game for the reserves against Coventry City on 19 September, manager Stuart McCall decided to buy Topp. His protracted move took nearly three months to complete, after first a disagreement between Bradford and his former club Católica, then a hold-up with the English Football Association, before Topp was signed for £35,000 on 11 December 2007—the first time City had paid money for a player since Andy Tod in 2001. Topp made his Bradford debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Hereford United on 29 December 2007. His |
6,339 | Pete Monty | Peter Charles Monty (born July 3, 1974 in Fort Collins, Colorado) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin where his team won the 1994 Rose Bowl, and was then drafted in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Fort Collins, Colorado Category:American football linebackers Category:Wisconsin Badgers football players Category:New York Giants players Category:Minnesota Vikings players |
6,340 | Crescent Beach, Nova Scotia | Crescent Beach is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County. The community gets its name from the nearby beach of the same name. See Crescent Beach. References Crescent Beach on Destination Nova Scotia Category:Communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Category:General Service Areas in Nova Scotia |
6,341 | Madyan, Pakistan | Madyan (Pashto and ) is a popular hill station, located at a distance of about from Mingora, in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the Province of Pakistan. It is a tourist destination, and thousands of tourists from all over Pakistan visit this town each year especially in summer enjoying the cold breeze of Swat River. Madyan is famous for its trout fish. Agriculture and tourism related businesses like handicrafts outlets, restaurants and hotels are the main sources of income, although a small fraction is working abroad specially in gulf countries. Madyan valley is known all over the district because of its perfect weather condition. Tourists are attracted by the transparent and colorless water flows in a stream, begins from Beshigram (بشیگرام) Valley and meets with Swat River. See also Mingora Swat Valley References Hotels in Madyan Category:Swat District Category:Swat Kohistan Category:Hill stations in Pakistan |
6,342 | Asociación Academia de Cultura Japonesa (Peru) | is a Japanese international school in Surco, Lima, Peru. It is under the , which has the same Spanish name but a different Japanese name. It serves elementary and junior high school levels. The リマ日本語講習会 opened in 1969. The Instituto Nacional de Cultura of Peru gave approval for the establishment of the day school in June 1971. See also Japanese Peruvian Peruvian schools in Japan: Mundo de Alegría - Hamamatsu Colegio Hispano Americano de Gunma - Isesaki, Gunma References Further reading Sugimoto, Hiroshi (杉本 裕司) and 全国海外子女教育・国際理解教育研究協議会. インカの響き風爽やか : ペルー・リマ日本人学校通信. （国際理解教育選書シリーズ） 創友社, 2008.7. . See profile at CiNii. 横丁 郁朗. "海外勤務での伝染性肝炎は労災か?--リマ日本人学校教員が公務上申請." Safety & Health (いのちと健康) 1993(11), p2-11, 1993-10. 労働教育センタ-. See profile at CiNii. From people affiliated with the school: 亀井 隆司 (りマ日本人学校). "リマ日本人学校での取り組み" (Archive). 平成22年度派遣. Books from the school: "コノスカモスペルー: リマ日本人学校社会科副読本資料集." リマ日本人学校運営委員会, 1990. See profile at Google Books. External links Asociación Academia de Cultura Japonesa Profile from Tottori Prefecture: http://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/secure/302904/rima1.pdf http://www.minedu.gob.pe/files/762_201111151706.pdf Peru Category:International schools in Lima Category:Private schools in Peru |
6,343 | Occhieppo Superiore | Occhieppo Superiore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southwest of Biella. Occhieppo Superiore borders the following municipalities: Biella, Camburzano, Muzzano, Occhieppo Inferiore, Pollone, Sordevolo. References Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont |
6,344 | Damcho Dorji | Damcho Dorji (born ) is a Bhutanese politician who served as Foreign Minister of Bhutan, in Tobgay cabinet from August 2015 to 2018. Early life and education Born in Khailo, Gasa in 1965, Dorji studied at Punakha High School and undertook his undergraduate studies at Sherubtse College in Trashigang. He carried out postgraduate studies at the Government Law College in Mumbai and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. Career Between 2006 and 2007, Dorji was the Attorney General of Bhutan. Damcho Dorji is a member of the People's Democratic Party and was first elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2008 elections for the Khatoed Laya constituency. Following his reelection in the 2013 elections, Dorji was appointed as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs in 2013 by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. In August 2015, he took over as Foreign Minister following the sacking of Rinzin Dorji over corruption charges. See also List of foreign ministers in 2017 References External links Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) politicians Category:Foreign ministers of Bhutan Category:Bhutanese diplomats Category:Sherubtse College alumni Category:Georgetown University Law Center alumni Category:People from Gasa District |
6,345 | Silabkhor-e Pain | Silabkhvor-e Pain (, also Romanized as Sīlābkhvor-e Pā’īn; also known as Seilabkhor Sofla, Seylābkhvor-e Soflá, Sīlākhor-e Soflá, and Sīlākhor Soflá) is a village in Hotkan Rural District, in the Central District of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 49, in 12 families. References Category:Populated places in Zarand County |
6,346 | Mark Starr | Mark Ashford-Smith (December 26, 1962 – June 7, 2013) was an English professional wrestler best known by his ring name Mark Starr. He competed as a member of several tag teams. Wrestling career Continental Wrestling Association (1986–1989) Starr competed in the Memphis, Tennessee-based Continental Wrestling Association (CWA). His first championship came in 1987 when he teamed with veteran wrestler Steve Keirn to win the CWA International Tag Team Championship on April 27, 1987. They held the title belts for twelve days before dropping them to the team of Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka. The CWA had an agreement with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) that allowed AWA titles to be defended in the CWA. This arrangement enabled Starr to compete for the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship by teaming with Billy Travis in a tournament for the vacant title. On June 8, 1987, Starr and Travis defeated Phil Hickerson and Mr. Shima to win the belts, which they held for almost a month. Starr competed alongside his real-life brother, Christopher Ashford-Smith, who competed as Chris Champion, for several years and in multiple promotions. Despite their relationship, they used different last names during their time in the same promotion. In Memphis, the brothers formed a tag team known as Wild Side. They competed as a team in the 1988 Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup tag team tournament. They defeated the Mexican Twin Devils in the first round before being eliminated by The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord). The brothers faced Action Jackson and Starr's former partner Billy Travis on July 3, 1989 for the CWA Tag Team Championship. The match ended in a no contest, and the title was held up pending a rematch. One week later, Starr and Champion defeated the former champions to win the title. They held the belts until September, when they dropped them to The Rock 'n' Roll Express. Professional Wrestling Federation and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1989–1993) Starr later competed in the Florida-based Professional Wrestling Federation (PWF), where he held the PWF Tag Team Championship on two occasions. He teamed with Lou Perez to defeat Jumbo Baretta and Dennis Knight on November 12, 1989 for the first win. Their reign lasted for four days, but Starr regained the championship the following year after the title was declared vacant. He joined up with Sgt. Rock to defeat Joe Gomez and Hurricane Walker to win the belts. Starr's first championship as a singles wrestler, and the final title of his career, came the following year. He defeated Ricky Fuji to win Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling's AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, a title formerly recognized by the AWA. World Championship Wrestling Enhancement talent (1993–1995) He remained with the company for several months before joining World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In WCW, he competed in the battle royal main events at the company's 1995 and 1996 World War 3 pay-per-views but was not victorious in either. Although these were his only televised appearances at WCW pay-per-views, he also competed in dark matches at Uncensored 1995, Slamboree 1995, and Bash at the |
6,347 | Genjiro Arato | was a Japanese film producer, actor and director. Career In 1980, Arato produced Zigeunerweisen for director Seijun Suzuki. He was unable to secure exhibitors for the film and famously exhibited it himself in a specially-built, inflatable, mobile tent. The film won four Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was voted the best Japanese film of the 1980s by Japanese critics. He also produced Tatsushi Ōmori's The Whispering of the Gods in 2005. In 1995, Arato directed The Girl of the Silence, which stars Mami Nakamura and Kaori Momoi. He returned with the 2003 film, Akame 48 Waterfalls, starring Takijirō Ōnishi, Michiyo Okusu and Shinobu Terajima. His 2010 film, The Fallen Angel, starred Toma Ikuta. He died of ischemic heart disease on 7 November 2016 at the age of 70. Filmography Producer Zigeunerweisen (1980) Kagerō-za (1981) Knockout (1989) Tekken (1990) Checkmate (1991) Yumeji (1991) The Operating Room (1992) Tokarefu (1994) The Whispering of the Gods (2005) Director The Girl of the Silence (1995) Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) The Fallen Angel (2010) References External links Category:1946 births Category:People from Nagasaki Prefecture Category:Japanese film producers Category:Japanese male film actors Category:Japanese film directors Category:Asian film producers Category:2016 deaths |
6,348 | Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI MSA | The Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area or Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI MSA is composed of two counties: Kalawao County, Hawaii Maui County, Hawaii Category:Geography of Hawaii[[ Category:Metropolitan areas of Hawaii |
6,349 | National Recreation Area | A National Recreation Area (NRA) is a designation for a protected area in the United States. History Early National Recreation Areas were established by interagency memoranda of agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service. The first National Recreation Area was the Boulder Dam Recreation Area, later renamed Lake Mead National Recreation Area. In 1963, the President's Recreation Advisory Committee issued an Executive Branch policy that established criteria for establishing National Recreation Areas. The policy also called for all future National Recreation Areas to be established by acts of the United States Congress. In 1964, Congress made Lake Mead National Recreation Area to first such area to be established by statute. In 1965 Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area became the first NRA under the administration of the U.S. Forest Service. In 1972 Congress created Gateway National Recreation Area under the management of the National Park Service, thereby becoming the first "urban national park". One NRA, the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, was redesignated Cuyahoga Valley National Park on October 11, 2000. Management Areas with this designation are managed by different federal agencies, most of which operate within the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. Some national recreation areas are under the National Park Service (Interior), one under the Bureau of Land Management (Interior), and others are managed by the U.S. Forest Service (Agriculture). See also National Recreation Areas of the United States List of areas in the United States National Park System: National recreation areas Protected areas of the United States References External links Recreation.gov: Locator for all U.S. outdoor recreational areas, parks, preserves, and historic sites — "Search engine with the largest inventory of federal land in America". 01 01 *Recreation Category:Outdoor recreation Recreation |
6,350 | Paul Alexander (artist) | Paul R. Alexander (born September 3, 1937) is an American artist and illustrator. In a career spanning the years 1976–1998, he specialized in art for the covers of science fiction paperbacks and occasionally magazines. He is usually credited as Paul Alexander, but occasionally as Paul R. Alexander. Life and career Alexander was born in Richmond, Indiana. He graduated from Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio in 1967, and also studied at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles. He was "one of the top science fiction paperback cover artists of the 1970s and '80s." His career as a cover artist spanned the years 1976–1998. He has since retired. Reception Vincent Di Fate, fellow science fiction illustrator and a historian of the field, grouped Alexander together with Dean Ellis, Christopher Foss and John C. Berkey as "gadget" artists, "adept at painting futuristic hardware." Notes Category:1937 births Category:American illustrators Category:American speculative fiction artists Category:Science fiction artists Category:People from Richmond, Indiana Category:Wittenberg University alumni Category:Art Center College of Design alumni Category:Living people |
6,351 | Willem Ravelli | Willem Ravelli (31 May 1892 – 21 September 1980) was a Dutch classical bass-baritone and an academic voice teacher. After a short operatic career with De Nederlandse Opera, he worked mostly in concert, singing Lieder and oratorios. He is known for as the voice of Christ in Bach's St Matthew Passion, which he performed more than 400 times, including the first recording of the work. Career Born Willem Albert Felix Ravelli in The Hague, Ravelli studied voice with Frans Andreolie and Cornélie van Zanten, then at the conservatory in his home town in the opera class of Anton Sistermans. Ravelli was a member of the De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from the 1922/23 season. He appeared in many supporting roles, such as Morales in Bizet's Carmen and Alcindor in Puccini's La bohème, and in 1927 as Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser. He focused on concert singing, succeeding Thomas Denijs as the vox Christi in the regular performances of Bach's St. Matthew Passion conducted by Willem Mengelberg. He sang the role in the first recording of the work in 1939, with the and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, alongside Karl Erb as the Evangelist. A reviewer of a reissue of the performance which was shortened as customary at the time of the recording, notes in 2004: "As Jesus the Dutch bass Willem Ravelli can be a mite gruff but he's also a spiritually intense presence and right inside the role, one incidentally he performed over four hundred times." Ravelli also appeared in Belgium, England and Germany, presenting a broad repertory including the bass part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. He recorded the symphony in 1940, again with Mengelberg, the Toonkunstkoor and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Royal Oratorio Society. Ravelli was a voice teacher at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1937, and at the conservatory in The Hague from 1945. He died in Laren. References External links Willem Ravelli (Bass) Bach Cantatas Website Category:Dutch bass-baritones Category:1892 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Musicians from The Hague Category:20th-century singers Category:20th-century male singers |
6,352 | 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona | The 2006 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006. Arizona has eight seats, as apportioned during the 2000 United States Census. Prior to the election, Republicans held six of the eight seats and Democrats held two. In the 8th district, Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe retired, leaving an open seat. Following the elections, Democrats gained two seats at the expense of the Republicans, who lost two. Overview District 1 This normally conservative district, based in the region north of Phoenix and Tucson and one of the largest districts in the country, was represented by Republican Congressman Rick Renzi since his initial election in 2002. Renzi faced ethical problems in this election and was named by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington as one of the most corrupt candidates running for office that year. Attorney and community activist Ellen Simon emerged as the Democratic nominee and, though she trailed Renzi by wide margins, initially, made up much of the lost ground and closed the gap, causing many to consider the race competitive. Ultimately, though, Renzi won re-election by an eight-point margin. District 2 This heavily conservative and gerrymandered congressional district owes its strange shape to the decision to not have Hopi and Navajo Native Americans represented by the same congressman due to historic tensions between them. Republican Congressman Trent Franks has represented this district since his initial election in 2002 and has managed comfortable re-elections due to the conservative nature of the Phoenix suburbs that the district pulls from. This year proved to be no different, when Congressman Franks defeated Democratic challenger John Thrasher, albeit by a smaller margin than usual. District 3 This staunchly conservative district, based in the northern portion of Phoenix and its northern suburbs, has been represented by incumbent Republican Congressman John Shadegg since his initial election in 1994. This year, Congressman Shadegg faced Democratic nominee Herb Paine, a consultant, in the general election. True to the district’s conservative nature, Shadegg defeated Paine by a wide margin, though it was significantly reduced from his 2004 re-election. District 4 This heavily liberal district, based in the southern portion of Phoenix and its southern suburbs, has a high Hispanic-American population. Incumbent Democratic Congressman Ed Pastor has represented this portion of the state since a special election in 1991 to replace the late Mo Udall. In 2006, Congressman Pastor faced Don Karg, the Republican nominee and an aerospace executive, and Donald Harders, the Libertarian write-in candidate. District 5 This conservative-leaning district includes a small portion of Phoenix and many of its northeastern suburbs, such as Scottsdale and Tempe. Congressman J. D. Hayworth has represented this area since his initial election in 1994 and many considered him to be vulnerable to a Democratic challenger. Harry Mitchell, a former Mayor of Tempe, State Senator, and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Arizona, emerged as the Democrats’ leading challenger to Hayworth. Though the race was close for much of the fall, Mitchell ultimately edged out |
6,353 | 1937 Pittsburgh Americans season | The 1937 Pittsburgh Americans season was their second and final season in existence. The team played in the American Football League would go on to post a 1-3 record overall, and a 0-3 league record, before folding halfway through the season. Schedule Game notes Final league standings References Pro Football Archives: 1937 Pittsburgh Americans season Category:Pittsburgh Americans seasons Pittsburgh |
6,354 | 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament | The 1994 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Claude Smith Field on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. This was the sixteenth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its sixteenth year of existence. won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Format and seeding The top two finishers from each division by conference winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed from one division playing the second seed from the opposite in the first round. Florida Atlantic was not eligible and did not play games that counted in the conference standings as it was their first year in the league. Bracket All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Most Valuable Player Dan Newman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Newman was a second baseman for Southeastern Louisiana. References Tournament Category:Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament |
6,355 | John Gilligan (criminal) | John Gilligan (born 29 March 1952) is a convicted Irish criminal. In 2001, he was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the trafficking of commercial quantities of cannabis resin. On appeal, this sentence was reduced to 20 years. On 15 October 2013, Gilligan was released after serving 17 years in prison. Murder of Veronica Guerin In 2002, Gilligan was tried and acquitted of the murder of the investigative journalist Veronica Guerin, who was reportedly working on a tip-off from an Irish politician who was also prominent in equestrian circles. She was investigating Gilligan's involvement in the illegal recreational drugs trade in Ireland. After her murder, the Gardaí had more than 100 officers working on the case at one point, leading to 214 arrests, 39 convictions, and 100 confiscations of guns, £5,000,000 worth of drugs and £6,500,000 worth of property. However, Gilligan's assets remained frozen by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). On 30 January 2006, the High Court cleared the way for the CAB to proceed with an application to have the equestrian centre and other property that belonged to the Gilligan family handed over to the state. In January 2008, making a court appearance in an attempt to stop the state from selling off his assets, Gilligan accused John Traynor of having ordered the murder of Veronica Guerin. After accusing the presiding judge of an attempt to silence him, Gilligan continued to blame a botched Gardaí investigation and alleged that the Gardaí had planted evidence to secure his conviction, leading to his current term of imprisonment. On 19 December 2008, Gilligan lost an appeal for a second hearing by the High Court. Because of the decision, the CAB applied to the High Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act to dispose of Gilligan's properties. In November 2012, the courts cleared the final barriers allowing the CAB to sell off the equestrian centre and Gilligan's house at Weston Green, Lucan. In July 2014, after a lengthy challenge, a Supreme Court ruling brought the CAB one step closer to selling off the house adjoining the equestrian centre, retained by Gilligan's wife, as well as additional properties in Blanchardstown and Lucan. Assassination attempt On 1 March 2014 at 7.00pm, two gunmen came to the home of Gilligan's brother and went into the house while Gilligan was using the toilet. Paramedics from the Dublin Fire Brigade and Advanced Paramedics from the National Ambulance Service arrived at the scene five minutes later with at least four confirmed hits: in his face, chest, hip and leg. He was rushed to James Connolly Memorial Hospital, where he was in a critical state. He was given the last rites as he arrived at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, in Blanchardstown, but he survived the shooting. It was reported on 14 March that the ammunition that was used to shoot him matched ammunition that had been stolen from German police a decade earlier. His bodyguard, Stephen Douglas 'Dougie' Moran, was shot dead on 15 March 2014 in Lucan. After the shooting of Moran, Gilligan was discharged from hospital and then left |
6,356 | John Quinton | Flight Lieutenant John Alan Quinton, GC, DFC (2 February 1921 – 13 August 1951) was a British navigator and pilot who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for an act of outstanding bravery where he unselfishly saved a young air cadet whilst losing his own life after the aircraft he was in was involved in a mid-air collision over Yorkshire. On 13 August 1951, Flight Lieutenant Quinton was a navigator with 228 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Leeming, under instruction in a Wellington aircraft which was involved in a mid-air collision. An Air Training Corps cadet, 16-year-old Derek Coates, was with him in the rear compartment of the aircraft when the force of the impact caused the Wellington to break up and plunge to the ground out of control. Flight Lieutenant Quinton picked up the only parachute he could see, clipped it on to the cadet's harness, showed him how to pull the rip-cord and ordered him to jump. The cadet landed safely and was the only survivor of the disaster; all eight other occupants of the two aircraft perished. For his selfless action he was awarded the George Cross (GC), the UK's highest award for bravery where the award of the Victoria Cross (VC) is not applicable, such as acts of gallantry by a civilian, or by a military person who is not in the presence of the enemy. The George Cross is equal in status to the Victoria Cross, but as the newer award, in order of wear, the George Cross is second to the Victoria Cross. Citation Date of Gazette: 23 October 1951 Life history John Quinton was born in Brockley, near Lewisham, south east London in 1921 and was educated at Christ's College, Finchley leaving in 1937 having passed the London General School Examination with Matriculation. He joined the Specialloids engineering company as an apprentice and could have remained there as an exempt employee through the war, but in 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force as a navigator to more actively contribute to the war effort. Consistently rated exceptional, he flew in night fighters and was commissioned in January 1942. For his splendid work in this most dangerous and exacting branch of the service he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944 flying Mosquitos with No. 604 Squadron. Promoted to Squadron Leader, he served in India and the Far East and, uniquely for a navigator, became a flight commander. In 1946 he left the RAF and went back to his old job at Specialloids, and then moved to the car accessory company Brown Brothers where he remained until 1951. During this time he married and became a father to a son. In 1951 he re-joined the RAF at the 228 Operational Conversion Unit where he had to start again as a Flight Lieutenant as he was unable to return with his old rank of Squadron Leader. He was killed only two months later on the point of completing his refresher course. The George Cross was presented to his widow, Margaret Quinton, by HM The Queen at |
6,357 | The Dungeon Revealed | The Dungeon Revealed is a dungeon crawl computer game created by John Raymonds and published by Woodrose Editions in 1987. A demo and shareware version of the game entitled The Dungeon of Doom were released in 1986 and 1987 respectively to promote the commercial release of "The Dungeon Revealed" which came in 1987. Both were released for Mac OS, and were compatible with versions as late as System 7. "The Dungeon Revealed" can still be played with Mac OS 10.4.10 in Classic (Mac OS 9.2.2) but suffers from an absence of sound. "The Dungeon of Doom" (the demo) and shareware releases, were not 32-bit clean and thus not compatible with Mac OS 7.5 and up. Objective The player controls a single character trapped in an underground dungeon. If the character attempts to take the stairs from the dungeon, a message appears: "A force prevents you from escaping to the surface. Maybe the Orb will set you free..." Like this first message, much of the game's story and mechanics are vague or completely undocumented. Most of the player's information comes from a window called Rumors, which contains 26 short, cryptic statements including "Death is only a word" "The Dark Wizard guards the orb" "The 40th level is death" "Experience strikes twice" "There are two orbs" "Beauty can tame a beast" The dungeon is divided into 40 floors, each with one staircase going up and one going down. The floor plan of each level is randomly generated, but remains unchanged throughout a single game. Though each level is about the same size, the complexity of the floor plans becomes more maze-like as the character descends to deeper dungeon levels. There are also items, including weapons, armor, magical rings, scrolls, potions, wands, food items, and jewels placed randomly throughout the dungeon's floors. Progress through the dungeon is hindered by monsters who, depending on the circumstances, have varying levels of hostility towards the character. The character must also eat periodically to avoid starvation. The monsters become more powerful and resistant to attack as the player progresses deeper into the dungeon. Characters The player begins the game by creating a new character from one of seven classes: knight, fighter, sage, wizard, alchemist, jeweler, and jones. Each class has a different set of attributes, parameterized similarly to Dungeons & Dragons, although the physical classes of knight and caveman are best as players will constantly have to fight to stay alive, whereas the ability to assess a potion, scroll, ring etc. is not especially useful and the nature of multiple items can be discovered using the very common identify scroll. Each attribute affects the character's abilities in a number of ways, many of which are undocumented. Characters with a high intelligence attribute, for example, have a higher probability of success when casting magic spells from a scroll, as well as an improved ability to map the dungeon. In addition, each class has an increased likelihood of being able to identify a certain type of item. Characters can improve their ability scores throughout the game, both temporarily and permanently, through |
6,358 | Banta-Coe House | The Banta-Coe House is a Dutch colonial-style historic home located on Lone Pine Lane in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, overlooking the Hackensack River on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dating back to the early 18th century, it is one of the oldest remaining colonial-era homes in New Jersey. From the time the house was originally constructed until its purchase by FDU, the home was owned by a sequence of four families. The Banta family owned the house during the 18th century and it was sold to the Coe family in the early 19th century. The Coe family owned the house for most of the 19th century, during which time they renovated the house and added a second story. The house was purchased by the Hampton family in 1940 who resided in the home until it was acquired by FDU in 1993, as its campus was enlarged further south of New Jersey Route 4 along the Hackensack River. When it was acquired by FDU the house had many original features, including hand-hewn wooden floors, though portions of the house had been updated in the 1960s. Plans were made in 2000 by FDU to create an environmental resource center in the house, which would be used to document the historic pollution of the Hackensack River and to document its cleanup and recovery. In 2006, FDU made plans to renovate the home, with possible uses for the home including use as a site for the university's historical archives of New Jersey on the upper level, while the lower level could be used for exhibition space. $30,000 was raised towards the renovation by the university, which was hoping to obtain a 3:2 matching grant from Bergen County. The house was added the National Register of Historic Places as Building #83001460 as of January 10, 1983, and was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places as #172 on November 3, 1980, as part of a "Thematic Nomination of Early Stone Houses of Bergen County". See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey References Category:Houses completed in 1700 Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Category:Teaneck, New Jersey Category:Houses in Bergen County, New Jersey Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places Category:1700 establishments in New Jersey |
6,359 | Leo clubs | Leo Clubs are a youth organization of Lions Clubs International. The word "LEO" stands for Leadership, Experience, Opportunity. LEO clubs encourage youths to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities. They are dependent on a Lions club to sponsor and initiate a Leo club. Leo Club members are addressed as "Leos." They conduct various projects in the fields of health care, elders, children, disabled people, literacy and education, and self-development. LEOs can raise funds by conducting fund-raising projects. They can conduct projects with another Leo club, sponsoring Lions club, or with an outside organization. Leo clubs are sponsored by Lions clubs and comprise an official program of Lions Clubs International. History The first Leo club was founded in 1957 by Jim Graver, the coach of the Abington High School, Pennsylvania baseball team. He was an active member of the Glenside Lions Club. The club was founded with the help of William Ernst, another Lion. It adopted the high school's colors of maroon and gold. The club also created the acronym Leadership, Equality, Opportunity for the word Leo. The word equality was later changed to experience.The club is now run by Mindy Katz. The Leo Club does community work all the time. In 1964 the Leo Club Program became a sponsored program of the Lions Clubs International. It grew beyond Pennsylvania and the United States of America. By 1967 the program had grown to over 200 clubs in 18 countries and become an official youth program of Lions Clubs International. In the following year, the Leo Club Program spread rapidly, more than quadrupling in size, to 918 clubs in 48 countries by the end of 1968. Alpha and Omega Leo Clubs There are two tracks of the Leo Club Program. Alpha Leo clubs are those that consist of members between 12 and 18 years of age. Omega Leo clubs are those that consist of members between 18 and 30 years of age The Leo Club Program's maximum age of membership is 30 years of age, though it is at the discretion of the Lion's district to enforce younger upper-age limits for Omega clubs. There are no major differences in the operations or logistics of Alpha and Omega Leo Clubs. References External links Category:Lions Clubs International Category:Youth organizations based in Illinois |
6,360 | Casiano Tejeda | Casiano Tejeda (born 13 October 1971) is a Bolivian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. References Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Bolivian male weightlifters Category:Olympic weightlifters of Bolivia Category:Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Place of birth missing (living people) |
6,361 | Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara | The Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara is a public tertiary academy of art in Carrara, in Tuscany, Italy. It was founded on 26 September 1769 by Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, duchess of Massa and princess of Carrara; but its origins go back to 1757, when, on the advice of the sculptor Giovanni Domenico Olivieri, she founded the Accademia di San Ceccardo in which sculpture, architecture and painting were to be taught. Like other state art academies in Italy, it became an autonomous degree-awarding institution under law no. 508 dated 21 December 1999, and falls under the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education and research. See also List of academies of fine art in Italy References Category:Art schools in Italy Category:Carrara |
6,362 | DeJuan Tribble | DeJuan R. Tribble (born April 13, 1985) is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Boston College. During his time as an Eagle he recorded 15 interceptions, as well as 3 touchdowns. Tribble also played for the Florida Tuskers and Omaha Nighthawks. Professional career Florida Tuskers Tribble was drafted by the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League in the UFL Premiere Season Draft in 2009. He signed with the team on September 9. References External links Just Sports Stats Boston College Eagles bio Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Cincinnati Category:American football cornerbacks Category:Boston College Eagles football players Category:San Diego Chargers players Category:Florida Tuskers players Category:Omaha Nighthawks players Category:Players of American football from Ohio |
6,363 | August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) | August 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 23 All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 4 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For August 22, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 9. Feasts Afterfeast of the Dormition. Saints Martyrs Agathonicus of Nicomedia and his companions: Zoticus, Theoprepius, Acindynus, Severian, Zeno, and others, who suffered under Maximian (4th century) Hieromartyr Athanasius, Bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia, by beheading (c. 257) Saint Anthusa of Seleucia (298), and Martyrs Charesimus and Neophytus (c. 253-259) Martyrs Irenaeus, Or, and Oropsus. Martyr Julian of Heliopolis in Syria (c. 362) Saint Ariadne (515), daughter of Emperor Leo I. Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Antoninus of Rome, a converted executioner in Rome (186) Saint Symphorian of Autun, martyred for refusing to sacrifice to a pagan goddess (2nd century) Saint Hippolytus of Porto, Bishop of Porto in Italy, martyred by drowning under Alexander (236) Hieromartyr Maurus, and Companions, a group of fifty martyrs in Rheims in France (260) Saints Fabrician and Philibert, martyrs in Toledo in Spain. Saints Martial, Saturninus, Epictetus, Maprilis, Felix and Companions, martyrs with St. Aurea of Ostia, honoured in Ostia, Italy (c. 300) Virgin Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303) (see also: December 10 ) Saint Timothy, a martyr in Rome under Diocletian (c. 306) Saint Gunifort, a pilgrim, perhaps from England, who was martyred in Pavia in Italy. Saint Sigfrid, Abbot of Wearmouth (c. 688) Saint Ethelgitha, Abbess of a convent in Northumbria (c. 720) Saint Andrew of Tuscany (c. 880) Saint Arnulf of Eynesbury, saintly hermit, whose relics were venerated in Arnulphsbury or Eynesbury in Cambridgeshire, England (9th century) Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Bogolep of St. Paisius of Uglich Monastery (16th century) Venerable Isaac I (Antimonov, the "Elder"), Schema-Archimandrite of Optina Monastery (1894) New martyrs and confessors Ephraim (Kuznetsov), Bishop of Selenginsk, and Priest John Vostorgov (1918) Macarius (Gnevushev), Bishop of Orel, and Priests John Boyarshinov and Alexis Naumov (1918) Theodore (Smirnov), Bishop of Penza, and with him Priests Basil Smirnov and Gabriel Archangelsky (1937) John (Troyansky), Bishop of Veliki Luki (1937) Alexis (Orlov), Archbishop of Omsk (1937) Andrew (Ukhtomsky), Archbishop of Ufa and Menzelin (1937) Hierotheus (Glazkov), Hieromonk, of Lyubim (Yaroslasvl) (1937) John (Laba) and Hilarion (Tsurikov), Hieromonks, of Mirzoyan (Kazakhstan) (1937) Alexander Ratkovsky, Michael Lyubertsev and Theodore Malyarovsky, Priests (1937) New Hieromartyr Gorazd (Pavlík), Bishop of Prague, Bohemia and Moravo-Cilezsk, slain by Nazis (1942) Other commemorations Synaxis of Panagia Proussiotissa (Mother of God of Proussa) in Evrytania, Greece (c. 829–842) Georgian Icon (Iveron Icon, Iverskaya) of the Most Holy Theotokos, at the Monastery of St. Alexis of Moscow (1650) Icon gallery Notes References Sources August 22 / September 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). September 4 / August 22. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). August 22. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 62. Menologion: The Twenty-Second Day of the |
6,364 | List of indoor arenas in Australia | This is a list of indoor arenas in Australia. Indoor arenas Total capacity shown. In some cases this may differ from seating capacity. • Retractable roof venues * Temporary tenants See also List of Australian Football League grounds List of Australian cricket grounds List of ice rinks in Australia List of National Basketball League (Australia) venues List of Australian rugby league stadiums List of Australian rugby union stadiums List of soccer stadiums in Australia List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity References External links Category:Indoor arenas in Australia Indoor arenas Australia |
6,365 | Blue Obsession | Blue Obsession is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on March 28, 2000, by Ramp Records. Track listing Personnel Michael McDonald – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements (2, 3, 6, 8, 10), synthesizer (2, 4, 8, 10), vocal arrangements (2), organ (3, 7, 9), acoustic piano (4, 5, 11, 12), clavinet (5), backing vocals (11) Tommy Sims – rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 6, 7, 8), keyboards (1, 6, 8), bass (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10), vocal arrangements (1, 2), horn arrangements (1, 2, 7), duet vocals (1), clavinet (2), rhythm guitar (2), drum programming (6), guitar (6, 7), synthesizer (7), percussion (8), acoustic piano (8, 10) Marc Harris – organ (1, 4-7, 12), clavinet (5) Billy Livsey – organ (2, 10) Johnny Neel – Hammond B3 organ (3) David Pack – additional keyboards (11), guitar (11) Joe Houge – programming (11), organ (11), sampling (11) Chris Rodriguez – guitar (1, 11), acoustic guitar (12) Bernie Chiaravalle – rhythm guitar (2), guitar solo (2), guitar (3, 4, 5, 10), cymbal (4) George Cocchini – acoustic guitar (3), guitar (8) Will Owsley – electric guitar (3) Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar (6, 10), electric guitar (10) Chris Pelonis – guitar (9) Chris Kent – electric bass (5) Todd Smith – bass (9) Dan Needham – drums (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10), percussion (3) Yvette Preyer – drums (4, 5), tambourine (5) Chester Thompson – wave drum (8) Brian Zsupnik – drums (9) George Perilli – drums (11) Tom Roady – percussion (1, 7) Terry McMillan – percussion (4), congas (5) Danny Duncan – sound effects (8), percussion (10) Tim Akers – horn arrangements (1, 2, 7), string arrangements (1, 8), conductor (1), organ (4) Mark Douthit – saxophone (1, 2, 7) Doug Moffet – saxophone (1, 2, 7) Denis Solee – saxophone (1, 2, 7) Barry Green – trombone (1) Mike Haynes – trumpet (1) Sam Levine – flute (6) Bobby Taylor – oboe (6) Viktor Krauss – bass fiddle (4) Ronn Huff – string arrangements and conductor (6) Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster (1, 6), violin (8) The Nashville String Machine – strings (1, 6) Anthony LaMarchina – cello (1, 6) Bob Mason – cello (1, 6, 8) Carol McClure – harp (1, 6) Alan Umstead – viola (1, 6) Gary Vanosdale – viola (1, 6) Kris Wilkinson – viola (1, 6, 8) David Davidson – violin (1, 6) Conni Ellisor – violin (1, 6) Lee Larrison – violin (1, 6) Pamela Sixfin – violin (1, 6, 8) Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin (1, 6) Tabitha Fair – backing vocals (1) Angelo Petrucci – backing vocals (1) Veronica Petrucci – backing vocals (1) Nicol Smith – backing vocals (1, 8) Chris Willis – backing vocals (1) Wendy Moten – duet and backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (2) Amy Holland – harmony vocals (4), backing vocals (7, 9) Rodney Covington – backing vocals (5), BGV arrangements(5) Stacy Covington – backing vocals (5) Delores Cox – backing vocals (5) Ladre Fayne – backing vocals (5) Pamela Holman |
6,366 | Wayne Aberhart | Wayne Aberhart (born 10 May 1958) is a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington in first-class cricket. His two first-class appearances occurred during the 1985–86 New Zealand cricket season. References Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:Wellington cricketers Category:People from Motueka |
6,367 | Sar Tang Mahi | Sar Tang Mahi (, also Romanized as Sar Tang Māhī) is a village in Mahru Rural District, Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38, in 7 families. References Category:Towns and villages in Aligudarz County |
6,368 | Marpesia orsilochus | Marpesia orsilochus, the Orsilochus daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Suriname and Brazil. The habitat consists of evergreen rainforests. The dorsal upperside is dark brown with a bright white band across all wings. The hindwing has a long slender tail. References External links "Species Marpesia orsilochus". Butterflies of America. Retrieved February 20, 2019. "Orsilochus Daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus)". Neotropical Butterflies. Retrieved February 20, 2019. Category:Cyrestinae Category:Butterflies described in 1776 Category:Nymphalidae of South America Category:Fauna of Brazil |
6,369 | Mithra Wettimuny | Mithra de Silva Wettimuny (11 June 1951 – 20 January 2019) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in two Tests and one One Day International (ODI) in 1983. Family Mithra Wettimuny was one of three brothers to represent Sri Lanka (all opening batsmen). His elder brother Sunil played in the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups while his youngest brother Sidath scored Sri Lanka's first Test match hundred. International career Wettimuny originally came to prominence as captain of the successful Ceylon Schools team which toured India in 1969/70, a team which included future Test captains Bandula Warnapura and Duleep Mendis. Sri Lanka gained Test status in 1982, and by then in his early thirties, Wettimuny's entire first-class cricket career incorporated nine matches in four countries in 127 days. His highest score was 55 on debut against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in November 1982. References External links Category:1951 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Alumni of Ananda College Category:Sri Lanka Test cricketers Category:Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Category:Sri Lankan cricketers |
6,370 | Emfraz | Emfraz or Enfraz (also spelled Imfraz, Infraz, Amharic: እምፍራዝ imfrāz or እንፍራዝ infrāz. Also called Guba'e, Ge'ez: ጉባኤ gūbā'ē, "assembly" and Guzara, Amharic: ጉዛራ, gūzārā) is an historic town and district in northern Ethiopia. Located in the mountainous area overlooking the northeast shore of Lake Tana in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, it sits at a latitude and longitude of . Emfranz is located on the all-weather asphalt road which connects Bahir Dar to Gondar. With improvements to this road and the advent of electrical service, since 2005 Emfranz has become an important market center for fish from Lake Tana. History The earliest notice of Emfraz was in the 14th century, when Gebre Iyasu, a disciple of Ewostatewos, founded a monastery there. The Imam Ahmad Gragn camped there during the rainy season of 1543, after he defeated Cristovão da Gama at the Battle of Wofla. The Emperor Menas later used it as his camp during the rainy season of 1559, and thereafter it was favored as an administrative center by the succeeding Emperors: Sarsa Dengel spent the rainy season there three times between 1571 and 1580, then every rainy season for four years beginning with 1585, eventually building a stone castle there, possibly modelled on the Ottoman fort at Debarwa. Despite the move of the capital to Gondar, Emfraz still retained some importance in the following years. When the European traveler Charles Jacques Poncet visited the town around 1700, he compared it favorably to Gondar. He describes how it was an important marketplace for slaves and civet, favored by Ethiopian Muslims because there they could openly practice their religion, unlike in Gondar. The Emperor Tewoflos held his coronation in Emfraz a few years later. While over the next fifty years Emfraz declined in importance when James Bruce visited the town he remarked on its trade in blue Surat cloth. Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website records that by 1967 the Ethiopian Telecommunications Company had a pay telephone station in this town, but no telephone subscribers. Demographics Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Emfraz has an estimated total population of 9,162, of whom 4,375 were males and 4,787 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,302 of whom 2,302 were males and 3,000 were females. It is one of four towns in Gondar Zuria woreda. Notes External links 16th century Guzara castle and 17th-century Dabsan or "Patriarch's house" in Enfraz district. Category:Populated places in the Amhara Region Category:Populated places on Lake Tana |
6,371 | WKVB (FM) | WKVB (107.3 FM) – branded K-Love – is a non-commercial contemporary Christian radio station licensed to serve Westborough, Massachusetts. Owned by Entercom and operated by the Educational Media Foundation under a local marketing agreement, WKVB does not broadcast any local programming, functioning as the Greater Boston network affiliate for K-Love, despite being located in the adjacent Worcester market. The station's studios are located in Boston's Allston district, while its transmitter is on Stiles Hill in Boylston, with a backup in Paxton. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKVB broadcasts in HD Radio, and is available online. Historically, this station is perhaps best known as WAAF, which carried a commercial rock music format for nearly 50 years in various forms of the genre, with an active rock orientation between 1989 and 2020. The station also featured personalities including Bob Rivers, Liz Wilde and Greg Hill, and was the first high-profile radio home for Opie and Anthony in the mid-1990s. Sold by Entercom to the Educational Media Foundation on February 18, 2020, WAAF's former programming continues on digital subchannels of WEEI-FM and WWBX, as well as on Entercom's Radio.com platform. History Early years On October 5, 1960, the Federal Communications Commission awarded the Waterman Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WAAB (1440 AM), a construction permit to build a new FM radio station licensed to Worcester on 107.3 MHz, to transmit from Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton. WAAB-FM went on the air on June 15, 1961. In its early years, WAAB-FM simulcast the full service programming of its AM sister station; in 1967, it broke away from the simulcast and launched a stereo beautiful music format. WAAB-AM-FM was sold to WAAB, Inc., in 1968 for $675,000. WAAB, Inc., was owned by Ahmet Ertegun and his brother Nesuhi Ertegun, as well as record executive Jerry Wexler; all had just recently sold Atlantic Records to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The FM station took on new WAAF call letters on May 28, 1968; the call letters had previously been in use in Chicago on 950 AM for 45 years. In later years, WAAF ownership would erroneously claim a longer history than that of its own license, stretching back to experimental FM station W1XOJ in the late 1930s. W1XOJ—later given the normal call letters WGTR—was part of the first FM network, put together by the Yankee Network and its principal, John Shepard, who at the time also owned WAAB. While WAAB-FM/WAAF initially utilized the same transmission tower as this previous station, there is no connection, as the license for WGTR was deleted at the request of General Teleradio on July 24, 1953. Freeform era WAAF ended its automated middle-of-the-road programming on March 16, 1970, and introduced a live progressive rock format, which emphasized folk and folk-rock during the day and harder rock at night. It ran as a freeform station known as "WAAF, The Rock of New England", where the air talent was given total control over what music to play. The station was sold in 1971 to Southern Massachusetts Broadcasters, owned by George Gray, in an $800,000 acquisition. On November |
6,372 | Cape Maisí | Cape Maisí or Cape Maysí is a cape at the eastern extremity of Cuba, projecting into the Windward Passage. It lies in the municipality of Maisí, Guantánamo Province. See also Punta Maisí Lighthouse Cape San Antonio Notes References Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. Maisi Category:Geography of Guantánamo Province |
6,373 | Dolomedes sulfureus | Dolomedes sulfureus is a species of spiders commonly known as fishing spiders belonging to the genus Dolomedes. They produce a venom that contains a group of neurotoxic peptides. The species is found in Russia, China, Korea, and Japan. References External links Taxonomy at UniProt Encyclopedia of Life Taxonomy at ZipcodeZoo Animal Diversity Web BOLDSYSTEMS Taxonomy at ITIS Report Comparative Toxicogenomics Database Taxon profile at BioLib sulfureus Category:Spiders of Asia Category:Spiders of Russia Category:Spiders described in 1878 |
6,374 | Sabrina Vega (chess player) | Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez (born 28 February 1987 in Las Palmas) is a Spanish chess player who holds the title of the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Chess career From 1996 to 2007 Vega participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age categories. She fulfilled Women Grandmaster norm in Mondariz (2005/06), Lorce (2007) and La Massana (2007). Vega twice in a row won Belgrad chess tournaments (2013, 2014). Vega has played for Spain in seven Chess Olympiads (2004, 2008-2016). Vega has played for Spain in six European Team Chess Championships (2005-2015). She was Spanish Women's Champion in 2008, 2012 and 2015. In 2016 in Mamaia Vega won silver medal in European Individual Women Chess Championship. References External links Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez chess games at 365Chess.com Category:1987 births Category:Chess International Masters Category:Chess woman grandmasters Category:Spanish female chess players Category:Sportspeople from Las Palmas Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Living people |
6,375 | Macuse | Macuse is a coastal town in Mozambique. It is a short distance to the northeast of the river port of Quelimane. Transport It is near the site of a proposed port and railhead for the export of coal. The exact site of the port is highly variable. See also Railway stations in Mozambique Transport in Mozambique References Category:Populated coastal places in Mozambique |
6,376 | Thomas MacLean | Thomas MacLean is an English progressive metal multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the guitarist of To-Mera and as the former bassist of Haken. MacLean was taught the classical guitar at the age of 10 and changed to electric at 14. It wasn't until he was 25 that he started to play the bass in order to join Haken. Since leaving Haken, MacLean has been a member of the progressive metal band Psion. To-Mera To-Mera formed in 2005 between a few friends, Julie Kiss (vocals), Lee Barrett (bass), Akos Pirisi (drums), Hugo Sheppard (keyboard) and MacLean. They released a demo, which caught the attention of Candlelight Records. The band's musical style was drastically different from conventional Progressive metal; the band drew upon a plethora of influences such as Progressive rock, and others. In 2006, Candlelight released Transcendental. In 2008, To-Mera released their next album, Delusions, in 2008. In 2009, they parted with Candlelight. Hugo Sheppard left after this, and they recruited Richard Henshall for the post. They then self released the Earthbound EP. Their next full length, "Exile", was released in September of 2012. Haken Haken was formed by school friends Ross Jennings, Matthew Marshall, and Richard Henshall at first in 2004. The members parted ways for a while to study at university, reuniting in 2007. The current members found Peter Jones on keyboards and Raymond Hearne on drums. Jones left soon after, and was replaced by Diego Tejeida. Charlie Griffiths was found on guitar, and Henshall brought in To-Mera bandmate Maclean on bass. They released two demos in 2007 and 2008, which received excellent reviews. Their music caught the attention of Sensory Records, and the first album, Aquarius, was released in 2010. MacLean left Haken in 2013 and was replaced by Conner Green. Psion In May 2015, Tom MacLean co-founded Psion, a progressive metal band that also includes drummer Jasper Barendregt, guitarist Nikolas Wolf, and lead vocalist Bryan Ramage. Psion released their self-titled debut EP on 1 September 2017 and made it available for streaming on Bandcamp. Twelve Tone Studio At the end of 2019, Tom MacLean launched his mixing and mastering service, Twelve Tone Studio, for rock, metal and alternative artists. Discography With To-Mera (2005) Demo (2006) Transcendental (2008) Delusions (2009) Earthbound (EP) (2012) Exile With Haken (2007) Demo (2008) Enter the 5th dimension (2010) Aquarius (2011) Visions (2013) The Mountain With Psion (2017) Psion (EP) References Category:Progressive metal guitarists Category:British heavy metal guitarists Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
6,377 | Entends-tu le monde? | "Entends-tu le monde?" is the first single released from 7 vies, the second French-language album by Australian singer Tina Arena. The title roughly translates into English as "Do you hear the world?". The music video for the song was directed by Fabien Dulfils in and around Sydney in December and premiered in early January. The song received a physical release as a CD single in France on 11 February 2008. Song information The track has a similar musical style to that found on Arena's previous album Un autre univers with its Senegalese choir and Persian guitars. These eastern influences were particularly prominent on the singles "Je m'appelle Bagdad" and "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible". Lyrically, the song presents a message of hope for the future. Senegalese singer Thione Seck originally composed the song and the French lyrics were written by Audrey Siourd. The track was produced by Un Chat who is also known as DJ Molecule. Track listing "Entends-tu le monde?" (radio edit) (Seck) – 3:33 "Ailleurs" (Tina Arena, Paul Begaud, Vanessa Corish) – 3:57 Release history Charts References Category:2007 singles Category:French-language songs Category:French pop songs Category:Tina Arena songs Category:2007 songs Category:Columbia Records singles |
6,378 | Old Acquaintance (disambiguation) | Old Acquaintance may refer to: Old Acquaintance, a 1943 film drama Old Acquaintance, an album by Conte Candoli "Old Acquaintance" (BoJack Horseman), an episode of BoJack Horseman |
6,379 | StepChange | StepChange Debt Charity, formerly the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), is the trading name of the Foundation for Credit Counselling, and is a debt charity operating across the United Kingdom. The organisation offers free debt advice and money management and can be contacted through its freephone telephone helpline or online through StepChange Debt Remedy, its online debt advice tool.. In 2017, around 620,000 people contacted the charity for help. The charity also campaigns to change policies and practices that trap people in problem debt. Its current Chair is John Griffith-Jones , replacing Sir Hector Sants in January 2019. The Chief Executive of the charity is Phil Andrew, who took over from Mike O'Connor in November 2017.. In 2018 the charity embarked on an ambitious four-year plan to double the number of people it helps and to develop new services. These changes come in light of the Wyman review of debt advice funding. History The charity was founded in 1993 when Vic Ware OBE and Malcolm Hurlston introduced the Consumer Credit Counselling Service to the UK via a pilot scheme based in Leeds. The introduction of debt counselling over the telephone proved to be a success and the charity expanded throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. The charity has continued to grow in recent years. In 2007 it established a non-profit individual voluntary arrangement service and in 2010 launched a free equity release advice service. On 5 November 2012 the charity rebranded as StepChange Debt Charity. In 2017 the charity was contacted by almost 620,000 people seeking debt help and delivered over 357,000 detailed debt advice sessions.. In 2018, the charity embarked on a four-year strategy to double the number of people helped by 2022, including the development of earlier intervention services alongside existing services. Policy work As well as providing advice, the organisation also campaigns for change to reduce the incidence of problem debt, and successfully worked with other charities to influence the Government to introduce a statutory a “Breathing Space” debt respite scheme. Other campaigning work on overdrafts, credit cards, and high cost credit has resulted in policy changes from the Financial Conduct Authority, and the charity continues to press for the reform of bailiff legislation. Locations The charity's head office is in Leeds, England. There are also centres in the English municipalities of Newcastle, Birmingham, Chester, and Halifax, Scotland's largest city of Glasgow, and the Welsh capital of Cardiff. The charity also has an office in London. Since November 2015 the charity has also provided help to the people in the Republic of Ireland. Funding StepChange Debt Charity is funded mostly by voluntary donations from creditors, and works with over 900 partner organisations. In 2017, the charity received income of £53.2m and had operating costs of £52.8m, including investment of £1.4m in IT transformation as part of a rolling investment programme to future-proof the charity’s operations and improve delivery capacity. References External links Category:Social welfare charities based in the United Kingdom Category:Advice organizations |
6,380 | Itty Bitty Titty Committee | Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a feminist, lesbian comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit. It was released on September 28, 2007. The film had its premiere at the international film festival Berlinale on February 9, 2007, where it was nominated for a Teddy Award for Best Feature. It had its American premiere at SXSW in March where it won the Jury Prize for Best Feature. The film was produced by non-profit organization POWER UP. Plot Anna has been rejected by her college, her girlfriend broke up with her, and her big sister is getting married. She meets Sadie, who invites her to join Clits In Action, or C(i)A, a radical Third-wave feminist group. Anna soon gets in touch with her political side. She takes part in illegal activism with the group and becomes more aggressive in her daily life. Anna starts falling for Sadie, who has been involved for years with an older woman named Courtney. Courtney works with a more mainstream feminist organization and disagrees with the C(i)A's method of creating awareness through public art, which usually involves vandalism. The group travels to take part in a gay marriage protest – instead of being for or against it, they argue that marriage is the wrong goal, as it is an institution rooted in sexism. Despite being warned by another member of the C(i)A, Meat, that Sadie uses people, Anna shares a night of passion with her while they stay in a hotel. At the rally the next day, the outspoken Shulamith ends up nearly coming to blows with a protester. The fight is caught by a local news crew and the group's message is misconstrued as violent and homophobic. Meat also reveals that their website – which they considered the center of their activism – has not received hits from anyone besides themselves. C(i)A attempts to have a meeting at Courtney's home, but personal conflicts come to a head. Anna believes Sadie is going to leave Courtney to be with her, but Sadie remains dependent on her partner. Meat and Shulamith announce that they're giving up on the group, Sadie stays behind with Courtney, and Aggie (a transgender man who's part of the C(i)A) comforts Anna, who is heartbroken over Sadie's rejection and the loss of the C(i)A. They end up partying together and having a one-night stand. In the morning, Aggie has prepared breakfast and procured a flower for Anna, who only considers him a friend. Sadie arrives to talk about what happened the night before. Anna tries to explain that her night with Aggie meant nothing. He overhears and is deeply hurt. Sadie leaves and Anna finds herself truly alone. In an attempt to fix things, Anna formulates a master plan to get C(i)A national attention. Meat and Shulamith like her idea, but insist she must make things right with Aggie. Anna apologizes, Aggie forgives her, and the four carry out the plan, without Sadie. Anna attends her sister's wedding, bringing joy to her family, but leaves early to execute her part of the plan – sneaking into the |
6,381 | Alexander Cameron (bishop) | Alexander Cameron (1747–1828) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District, Scotland. Life Born in Braemar, Aberdeenshire on 28 July 1747, he was the son of James Cameron and Margery Macktinosh. He entered the Scots College in Rome on 22 December 1764, and took the oath there on 1 June 1765. Seven years later, he received Holy Orders as a subdeacon on 19 January 1772, a deacon on 26 January 1772, and a priest on 2 February 1772, all from Francesco Maria Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza, in the chapel of the Scots College. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina by the Holy See on 19 September 1797. He was consecrated to the Episcopate in Madrid by Antonio Tavira Almazán, Bishop of Salamanca on 28 October 1798. Following the retirement of Bishop George Hay on 24 August 1805, he automatically succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District. In the early 19th century he is listed as living at 6 James Place in Edinburgh. Twenty years later, he retired on 20 August 1825, and died on 7 February 1828, aged 80. References Category:1747 births Category:1828 deaths Category:Post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland Category:Apostolic vicars of Scotland Category:People from Marr Category:18th-century Scottish people Category:19th-century Scottish people |
6,382 | Centre Sportif Richard Bozon | The Centre Sportif Richard Bozon (English: Richard Bozon Sport Centre) is a multipurpose sport complex in Chamonix, France. In addition to an international-sized hockey rink, it features a swimming pool, climbing wall, squash courts, and a gym. The hockey rink is the home of the Chamonix Hockey Club of the Ligue Magnus History The Centre was designed by Riger Tailibert, with Heinz Isler of the firm Europe Etudes as structural engineer. Construction took place through 1970 into 1971. References External links Official Site Category:Sports venues in Haute-Savoie Category:Indoor arenas in France Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in France |
6,383 | Cuenca, Batangas | , officially the , (), is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Once a part of San Jose, it became an independent town under the name "Cuenca" in 1876. Its main tourist attraction is the mountain, Mount Macolod. The Patron of Cuenca is Saint Isidore the Laborer, the patron of farmers. A celebratory feast is held annually every May 15. Geography Cuenca is located at . According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the total area of Batangas. Barangays Cuenca is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. In 1954, Don Juan was constituted as a barrio from the sitios of Lungos ng Parang, Kulit, Lumampao, Pisa, Napapanayan and Lagundian. Demographics In the , Cuenca had a population of . The population density was . Gallery References External links Category:Municipalities of Batangas Category:Populated places on Taal Lake |
6,384 | Acacia gonoclada | Acacia gonoclada, also known as ganambureng, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to northern Australia. Description The spindly tree or shrub typically grows to a height of . It has smooth, red-brown or grey coloured bark and angular olive-green to brown branchlets. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The evergreen flat phyllodes have an elliptic or oblanceolate shape with a length of and a width of . They are narrowed and curved upwards toward the base and have two or three obvious main veins. It blooms from May to September producing yellow flowers. The cylindrical flower-spikes occur singly or in pairs and are found in terminal panicles and have a length of with bright yellow flowers. The flat and linear seed pods that form after flowering are clustered in the upper axils. The this, glabrous and resinous pods are slightly constricted between seeds and have a length of and taper toward the base and apex. The black seeds inside are arranged longitudinally and have an oblong to broadly elliptic shape with a length of and have an open narrow areole. Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as part of the work Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem as published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. It was reclassified as Racosperma gonocladum by Leslie Pedley in 1987 then transferred back to genus Acacia in 2001. Distribution It is native to an area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia across the top end of the Northern Territory and central Queensland. It is found in tropical areas and grows in shallow stony soils and loamy soils. See also List of Acacia species References gonoclada Category:Acacias of Western Australia Category:Flora of the Northern Territory Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Category:Plants described in 1859 |
6,385 | Public Trial (film) | Public Trial (Spanish: Audiencia pública) is a 1946 Spanish drama film directed by Florián Rey and starring Paola Barbara. The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Canet. Cast Fernando Aguirre Matilde Artero Paola Barbara Anita Bass Raúl Cancio Francisco Delgado Tena Mary Delgado Ramón Giner José María Lado Regina Ley Ramón Martori Alfredo Mayo José Nieto Alicia Palacios Nicolás D. Perchicot José Prada Santiago Rivero Porfiria Sanchíz Mary Santpere Lolita Valcárcel Aníbal Vela Juan Vázquez References Bibliography Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. External links Category:1946 drama films Category:Spanish drama films Category:1946 films Category:Spanish films Category:Spanish-language films Category:Films directed by Florián Rey Category:Spanish black-and-white films |
6,386 | Over the Hills and Everywhere | Over the Hills and Everywhere is the second Christmas EP album by Seabird. The EP was released on October 15, 2010. Track listing "Angels We Have Heard On High" (2:53) "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (2:55) "What Child Is This?" (3:08) "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (3:31) "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (3:40) "Joy to the World" (4:18) "Silent Night" (3:50) References https://www.amazon.com/Over-The-Hills-And-Everywhere/dp/B0045GFD34/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_3 Category:2010 EPs Category:Seabird (band) albums Category:Christmas EPs Category:2010 Christmas albums Category:Christmas albums by American artists Category:Alternative rock Christmas albums |
6,387 | Darl Douglas | Darl Douglas (born 5 October 1979 in Paramaribo) is a Suriname retired footballer who holds also Dutch passport. Club career After coming through the Ajax' youth system, Douglas played professionally for RBC, Haarlem, Heracles and FC Utrecht, before moving abroad to join Portuguese side Marítimo. He returned to Holland after only a few months and played for Willem II before finishing his career after a second spell with Heracles Almelo. Personal life Douglas built his own music recording studio next to his house and owned a record label, Dredda Records. In summer 2014, he moved back to Surinam with his record label. He produces under his alter ego Jah Decko. References External links Profile Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Paramaribo Category:Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands Category:Association football wingers Category:Surinamese footballers Category:Dutch footballers Category:AFC DWS players Category:AFC Ajax players Category:RBC Roosendaal players Category:HFC Haarlem players Category:Heracles Almelo players Category:FC Utrecht players Category:C.S. Marítimo players Category:Willem II (football club) players Category:Eredivisie players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Dutch expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Portugal Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Reggae record producers |
6,388 | Ack-Ack Macaque | Ack-Ack Macaque is a science fiction novel by English writer Gareth L. Powell. Plot summary Ack-Ack Macaque is based on Powell's earlier short story of the same name, which won the Interzone reader's poll in 2007. The original short story is included as an appendix to the novel. The novel has aspects of alternate history as in this version of reality the United Kingdom and France merged in the 1950s to form the nation of Brittany. The macaque of the title is the star of a highly regarded, exclusive massively multiplayer online role-playing game (with the roguelike feature of character death being final) which is itself set in an alternate reality World War II. The main character in the novel is former journalist Victoria Valois, who attempts to track down the man who murdered her husband and stole her neural implant while the heir to the throne of Brittany becomes a fugitive after breaking into a Parisian research laboratory. As the novel progresses, these strands are drawn together and the true purpose of the macaque is revealed. A sequel, Hive Monkey, was released in 2014. Critical reception The novel gained Powell a third review from Eric Brown in The Guardian. Brown described the novel as "inventive" with "brilliant cliffhangers" and a "satisfying conclusion". Philip Reeve said that the novel "could all be quite exhausting, but it's done with such obvious enthusiasm that it's impossible not to be carried along by it." The novel was a joint winner of the 2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel with Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice. References External links Ack-Ack Macaque on Gareth L. Powell's website Category:British science fiction novels Category:2012 British novels Category:2012 science fiction novels |
6,389 | Taktika noja | Taktika noja is the eighth album of the Croatian rock band Aerodrom, released through Menart Records on 3 December 2012. The album debuted at #23 on the official Croatian Top 40 chart and peaked at #13 in the next week. Two new members performed on the record, guitarist Ivan Havidić (also performed on live album Hitovi i legende) and drummer Damir Medić. Seven singles were released from this album, "Loše volje", "Ostani", "Duh je nestao", which peaked at #8 on the national Top 20 singles chart, "Dovela si me u red", "Široko ti bilo polje", which debuted at #5 of the newly established national HR Top 40 singles chart, "Teška vibra", which debuted at #38 and peaked at #9 and "Mila Moja", which was released in May 2014 and peaked on Top 40 list at #14. Track listing All music and lyrics written by Jurica Pađen, all arrangements by Aerodrom. Charts Album charts Singles charts Personnel Aerodrom Jurica Pađen – Guitars, lead vocals Tomislav Šojat – Bass, backup vocals Ivan Havidić – Guitars, backup vocals Damir Medić – Drums, percussions, backup vocals Additional musicians Fedor Boić – Keyboards Zlatan Došlić – Keyboards in track 12 Davor Rodik – Pedal steel guitar in track 2 Mario Rucner – Viola in track 6 Ana Šuto, Lara Antić, Hrvoje Prskalo – Backup vocals Artwork Ljubo Zdjelarević – Photography and design Tomislav Tomić – Illustration Production Jurica Pađen – Producer Tomislav Šojat – Producer Hrvoje Prskalo – Coproducer Recorded by Hrvoje Prskalo References External links Official Facebook page Category:Aerodrom (band) albums Category:2012 albums Category:Menart Records albums |
6,390 | Seputar Indonesia | Seputar Indonesia (Around Indonesia), is Indonesia's longest running flagship newscast carried by a private television station. It appeared on RCTI on 15 November 1989 as Seputar Jakarta (Around Jakarta) before it evolved to go nationwide on 15 November 1990. Since the end of 2005, the program has regained its position as the most-watched newscast in the country, according to ratings by Nielsen Media Research. During its early years, Seputar Indonesia was also carried by RCTI's then sister station SCTV. On 9 February 2009, Seputar Indonesia was revived and was the only news program on RCTI, under an initiative called Satu Seputar Indonesia (One Around Indonesia). The morning news program, Nuansa Pagi was renamed Seputar Indonesia Pagi. The lunchtime news program, Buletin Siang renamed Seputar Indonesia Siang. The late night news program, Buletin Malam was renamed Seputar Indonesia Malam. The main evening edition retained the Seputar Indonesia name due to the historical context. On 1 November 2017, along with rebranding that includes iNews brand for MNCTV and GTV newscasts, it was replaced by Seputar iNews. Historically, it was also broadcast by SCTV before the network would produce their own news program, Liputan 6 respectively. Logo On 15 November 1989, the Seputar Indonesia logo used only the phrase 'SEPUTAR JAKARTA' which was formerly the logo used on 15 November 1989 until 14 November 1990. On 15 November 1990, the Seputar Indonesia logo used only the phrase 'SEPUTAR INDONESIA' which was renamed and used from what was formerly named Seputar Jakarta by the logo was used on 15 November 1990 until 23 August 1996. On 24 August 1996, the Seputar Indonesia logo is closed by a circular red ring with word seputar INDONESIA (the word seputar at the top with the word INDONESIA at the bottom) by the logo was used on 24 August 1996 until 31 July 2002. On 1 August 2002, Seputar Indonesia replaced the logo with a blue ball closed rings (in a similar shape to Saturn) was used until 24 August 2006. On 25 August 2006, the logo changed again into a ball bearing the front of RCTI by the logo continued to be used until 9 February 2009. On 9 February 2009, Seputar Indonesia relaunched the logo and was used until 31 October 2017. The logo is almost similar to the Mozilla Firefox logo. Anchors and former anchors Atika Suri Desi Anwar Helmi Johannes Putra Nababan Umay Shahab Scheduling of main news program Seputar Jakarta 16:00-16:30 WIB (15 November 1989 – 14 November 1990) Seputar Indonesia 18:30-19:00 WIB (15 November 1990 – 31 December 2004) 18:00-18:30 WIB (1 January 2005 – 23 August 2006) 17:30-18:00 WIB (24 August 2006 – 8 February 2009) 17:00-17:30 WIB (9 February 2009 – 23 August 2012) 16:30-17:00 WIB (24 August 2012 – 31 October 2017) Broadcasts in other stations and countries Seputar Indonesia was formerly broadcast on SCTV from 24 August 1990 until 19 May 1996. The program is also aired internationally, such as in Macau (Macau TV by Teledifusao de Macau from 2 January until 31 October 2017). See also Nuansa Pagi (renamed |
6,391 | Chinese people in Pakistan | The Chinese people in Pakistan () comprise one of the country's significant expatriate communities. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has raised the expatriate population, which has grown from 20,000 in 2013 to 60,000 in 2018. Distribution Karachi During the 1940s many Chinese Muslims fled unrest in China and settled in Karachi. However the Chinese community there is primarily of non-Muslim origins; their ancestors were Buddhists, but subsequent generations follow other religions or none at all. About 30% are estimated to have converted to Islam. Most Chinese in Karachi are second generation children of immigrants—the oldest generation have mostly died off, while the third generation have emigrated to other countries. Common destinations for emigrants are the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, or to their ancestral country China. They rarely wear Chinese clothing, but still retain the Chinese language, though in recent years they have shown increasing language shift towards Urdu. Previously, the community was segregated by provincial origin, but with the establishment of a Chinese Committee to represent the community, they have become more integrated. They are concentrated in a few neighbourhoods, including near the PECHS and Tariq Road, as well as Saddar and more recently Clifton and Defence neighbourhoods in Saddar Town. The Clifton and Defense Society areas has about 15 Chinese restaurants; the area is sometimes unofficially referred to as "Chinatown". One of the more well-known of these, the ABC Chinese Restaurant, founded by Li Dianxian (李殿贤) in the 1930s, was once patronised by Zhou Enlai, and continued operating until 1988. Common professions include beauticians, shoemakers, dentists, and the restaurant trade; most members of the second generation tend to follow the same trade as their parents did. Chinese dentists, in particular, have a reputation for providing quality service to the low-income residents of the city. Yet many of them are unlicensed and lack any formal training in dentistry. Instead, many of their parents had previously lived among the Chinese community in British Malaya (present-day Malaysia) and worked as dental assistants; when they came to Pakistan in the 1940s, they began practicing as full dentists themselves. There was a shortage of dentists in Karachi at that time, as there was only one dental school in the entire province of Sindh, at Hyderabad. They primarily provided simple procedures such as manufacture and fitting of dentures as well as extraction of teeth; however, in later years, some prospered enough that they were able to hire formally trained dentists to provide more complex procedures. Other areas In Lahore, Chinese Muslims established a mosque called the Chini Masjid (Chinese Mosque). They typically intermarried with local people and assimilated. The two Chinese shoemakers there, Hopson and Kingson, had a reputation for high quality. Many Chinese people can be seen in Lahore visiting the Anarkali food-street. In Islamabad, the Phoenix restaurant has become well-known. Their clientele includes Pervez Musharraf and ex-president Shaukat Aziz; Musharraf is said to enjoy their Peking duck, stir-fried beef, and garlic lamb chops. There are currently over 25,000 Chinese citizens residing in Islamabad. There is a Chinese cemetery in Gilgit which contains the |
6,392 | Frederic C. Adams Public Library | The Frederic C. Adams Public Library is a historic library building at 33 Summer Street in Kingston, Massachusetts. Designed by Joseph Everett Chandler (1864–1945), a major proponent of the Colonial Revival style, the library was built in 1898 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The building ceased operation as a public library in December 1994, when the town opened the new Kingston Public Library at 6 Green Street. Description and history The Adams Library building is located in Kingston's village center, on the east side of Summer Street (Massachusetts Route 3A) at its junction with Green Street. It is a 1-1/2 story masonry structure, with a gabled roof and walls of brick with stone trim. The main facade is five bays wide, with a dentillated cornice and a stringcourse of stone at the top of the windows and entry. The entrance is framed by wide sidelight windows and sheltered by a four-column Corinthian portico. Windows are set in recessed panels with splayed keystone lintels and a half-round blind arch above. The Kingston Public Library's organizational history dates to 1871, when the Kingston Library Association was founded. Its collection was held in a local retail establishment, and in 1890 fundraising began for the construction of a dedicated facility. Frederic C. Adams was a native of Kingston, who owned a local stockyard and slaughterhouse. On his death in 1874 he left $5,000 to the town for the construction of a library. The library was completed in 1898 to a design by Joseph Chandler of Plymouth. An addition was made to the rear in 1965, but the library continued to grow, and moved into new quarters across the street in 1994. The building was restored, and rededicated as the Adams Center in November 2012. On March 12, 2013, the Kingston Board of Selectmen created the Adams Center Board of Trustees "to secure optimal use of the Adams Center for the benefit of the Citizens of Kingston." Restoration allowed the building to be used as a venue for multiple cultural events. From 2012 to 2019, the building was available for rental for group events, small conferences, corporate meetings, seminars and private functions. In the spring 2019, the Adams Center was placed under the control of the Director of the Kingston Public Library. The Adams Center Board of Trustees subsequently resigned as a group. In the summer of 2019, the Library moved its Local History Collections to the Adams where they are available to the public. The main hall upstairs and a small meeting room downstairs are available to the public for programs, events and meetings through the Kingston Recreation Department's reservation system. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts References External links Adams Center Board of Trustees Kingston Public Library website Category:Libraries in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category:Public libraries in Massachusetts Category:Library buildings completed in 1898 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category:Buildings and structures in Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
6,393 | Siegfried Salomon | Siegfried Salomon (3 August 1885 – 29 October 1962) was a Danish composer. Salomon was born in Copenhagen. In 1899 he entered the Conservatory in Leipzig and studied there for four years. He also spent some time in Paris studying with Paul Le Flem. From 1903 he worked as an orchestral cellist and violist and appeared as a soloist in Copenhagen, Paris and Stockholm. His greatest success as a composer and conductor was with the opera Leonora Christina which premiered at Det Kongelige Teater in 1926. The opera was successful due to its use of popular style and the performance of the soprano Tenna Frederiksen Kraft in the title role. His output includes two other operas, Duen og slangen (Doves and Serpents; 1925) and Dronning Dagmar (Queen Dagmar; 1928). Among his other works is a lovely Violin Concerto in g, opus 26 from 1916. He died in his native city of Copenhagen. Sources Danish Violin Concertos Vol 3 Danacord 465-466 Kai Laursen, Violin Torben Schousboe. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), and The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), Category:1885 births Category:1962 deaths Category:20th-century classical composers Category:Danish classical composers Category:Danish male classical composers Category:Danish opera composers Category:Male opera composers Category:20th-century male musicians |
6,394 | Henry Meredyth | Henry Meredyth may refer to: Henry Meredyth (died 1715), Irish Member of Parliament for Kells and Navan Henry Meredyth (died 1789), Irish Member of Parliament for the borough of Armagh three of the Meredyth baronets were named Henry |
6,395 | Haplogroup R-M269 | Haplogroup R-M269, also known as R1b1a1a2, is a sub-clade of human Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b. It is of particular interest for the genetic history of Western Europe. It is defined by the presence of SNP marker M269. R-M269 has been the subject of intensive research; it was previously also known as R1b1a2 (2003 to 2005), R1b1c (2005 to 2008), and R1b1b2 (2008 to 2011) R-M269 is the most common European haplogroup, greatly increasing in frequency on an east to west gradient (its prevalence in Poland estimated at 22.7%, compared to Wales at 92.3%). It is carried by approximately 110 million European men (2010 estimate). The age of the mutation M269 is estimated at roughly 4,000 to 10,000 years ago, and its sub-clades can be used to trace the Neolithic expansion into Europe as well as founder-effects within European populations due to later (Bronze Age and Iron Age) migrations. Origin An understanding of the origin of R-M269 is relevant for the question of population replacement in the Neolithic Revolution. R-M269 had formerly been dated to the Upper Paleolithic, but by about 2010 it had become clear that it arose near the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution, about 10,000 years ago. The R-L23 (R-Z2103) subclade has been found to be prevalent in ancient DNA associated with the Yamna culture. David Anthony considers the Yamna culture to be the Indo-European Urheimat. No clear consensus has been achieved as to whether it arose within Europe or in Western Asia. Balaresque et al. (2010) based on the pattern of Y-STR diversity argued for a single source in the Near East and introduction to Europe via Anatolia in the Neolithic Revolution. In this scenario, Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Europe would have been nearly replaced by the incoming farmers. By contrast, Busby et al. (2012) could not confirm the results of Balaresque et al. (2010) and could not make credible estimates of the age of R-M269 based on Y-STR diversity. By contrast, the subclade R-P311 appears to have originated after the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution in Europe, and is substantially confined to Western Europe in modern populations. R-P311 is absent from Neolithic-era ancient DNA found in Western Europe, strongly suggesting that its current distribution is due to population movements within Europe taking place after the end of the Neolithic. The three major subclades of P311 are U106 (S21), L21 (M529, S145), and U152 (S28). These show a clear articulation within Western Europe, with centers in the Low Countries, the British Isles and the Alps, respectively. Distribution European R1b is dominated by R-M269. It has been found at generally low frequencies throughout central Eurasia, but with relatively high frequency among the Bashkirs of the Perm region (84.0%) and Baymaksky District (81.0%). This marker is present in China and India at frequencies of less than one percent. The table below lists in more detail the frequencies of M269 in regions in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The frequency is about 92% in Wales, 82% in Ireland, 70% in Scotland, 68% in Spain, 60% in France (76% in Normandy), about 60% in Portugal, 45% |
6,396 | Ivy Parker | Ivy May Parker (September 11, 1907 – September 7, 1985) was an American chemist and engineer. She earned a doctorate in organic chemistry in 1935 and worked in the oil industry as a specialist on the causes and prevention of corrosion of pipelines. Early life and education Born on September 11, 1907 in Quay County, New Mexico, Parker was educated at West Texas State Teachers College, where she won the Garvan Essay prize of $500 in her sophomore year. She went on to attain her master's degree and PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Texas in 1931 and 1935 respectively, becoming the first woman to receive a PhD in chemistry at the university. Career Following her work as an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor from 1934 to 1935, Parker was employed by Shell Oil Company as an analytical chemist from 1936 to 1943, and held the position of senior research chemist for the J.S. Abercrombie Company for one year. In 1945 she began a 27-year career at the Plantation Pipeline Company as a field technologist, research engineer, and senior engineer. Parker used her knowledge of chemistry to contribute to the development of pipeline technology as it evolved and expanded post-World War II. She published numerous papers on the issue of pipeline corrosion, and made innovations in both water- and oil-soluble inhibitors. In 1944 the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) appointed her as the first editor of their official publication, Corrosion, a position she occupied until 1965. She was a specialist in research on the cause and prevention of corrosion of pipeline technology. She was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, the Electrochemical Society, and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. Legacy An Ivy Parker Memorial Scholarship was established by the Society of Women Engineers for female engineering students. References External links Category:1907 births Category:1985 deaths Category:People from Quay County, New Mexico Category:University of Texas alumni Category:West Texas A&M University alumni Category:American women chemists Category:20th-century American women scientists Category:20th-century American chemists |
6,397 | Ophyx owgarra | Ophyx owgarra is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. It is found in Papua and Papua New Guinea. The habitat consists of mountainous areas. References Category:Ophyx Category:Moths described in 1906 Category:Moths of Papua New Guinea Category:Moths of Indonesia |
6,398 | South Western Ambulance Service | The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is the organisation responsible for providing ambulance services for the National Health Service (NHS) across South West England (the counties and unitary authorities of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, the Isles of Scilly, Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire). On 1 March 2011, SWASFT was the first ambulance service in the country to become a NHS foundation trust. On 1 February 2013, neighbouring Great Western Ambulance Service merged with the trust. SWASFT serves a population of more than 5.47 million, and its area is estimated to receive an influx of over 17.5 million visitors each year. The operational area is predominantly rural but also has large urban centres including Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Bath, Swindon, Gloucester, Bournemouth and Poole. The service is headquartered in Exeter, Devon. It has 96 ambulance stations and six charity-operated air ambulance bases within its area. The Chief Executive is Ken Wenman, who was appointed when the trust was created on 1 July 2006, having previously served as the Chief Executive of the former Dorset Ambulance Service. The trust's core operations include: Emergency ambulance 999 services Urgent Care Services (UCS) – GP out-of-hours medical care (Dorset) NHS 111 call-handling and triage services (Dorset) Tiverton Urgent Care Centre. It is one of the ambulance trusts providing England with emergency medical services, and employs around 4,500 mainly clinical and operational staff (including Paramedics, Emergency Care Practitioners, Advanced Technicians, Emergency Care Assistants, Ambulance Care Assistants and Nurse Practitioners). In addition there are around 3,200 volunteers including community first responders, BASICS doctors, fire co-responders and patient transport drivers. Facts and figures The trust covers an area of . In 2017/2018, approximately one in nine 999 calls to SWASFT were treated over the telephone. "Hear and treat", where the patient receives clinical advice over the telephone, accounted for 11.6% of calls. For 35.8% of incidents the patients experienced "see and treat", when the patient receives treatment or advice at the scene of the incident. In a further 5.9% of incidents, the patient was taken to a non-emergency hospital department such as a community hospital or minor injuries unit. The remaining incidents resulted in a patient being taken to a hospital emergency department, thus around half of the incidents (53%) resulted in a patient not being conveyed. In 2017, SWASFT was the best performing ambulance service in the country for non-conveyance rates. In addition approximately 62% of patients taken to hospital were admitted – this is again the highest (best) performance for an ambulance trust in the country. This means that when SWASFT takes a patient to an emergency department they are likely to be admitted, not simply treated and discharged, confirming that this is the right place for them to receive the care they need. There are 95 ambulance stations, six air ambulance bases delivered by five charities, two control rooms, two Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) bases and one boat across the SWASFT operational area. In 2016, the Care Quality Commission told SWASFT to make significant improvements |
6,399 | Bisram Khan | He was the son of Lal Khan and served both Mughal Emperor Shahjahan and Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb as one of the Chief musicians of the Mughal Court.He was an excellent Dhrupad Singer.In Nov-Dec 1658, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb bestowed a gift of a She-Elephant to Bisram Khan. See also Hindustani classical music References Category:17th-century Indian musicians Category:Indian royalty Category:Mughal nobility Category:Indian Shia Muslims Category:Hindustani instrumentalists Category:Indian male classical musicians |
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